Ou Ping patted his chest confidently, “Rest assured, as long as I’m here, there won’t be any problems.”
Lan Xiaobu and Mo Wuji believed him. Not only were there no Creation Sages in the Land of Eternal Life now, but even if the previous Creation Sages were still around, they likely couldn’t handle Ou Ping. Ou Ping was on the verge of stepping into the fourth stage, and even as a Creation Sage, his combat strength far surpassed that of the Land of Eternal Life’s Creation Sages.
Mo Wuji grabbed array flags, preparing to set up the Dao-guiding array, when a sudden, overwhelming sense of dread washed over him, as if death were imminent.
“What’s going on?” Lan Xiaobu felt the same unease.
Before Mo Wuji could respond, a cold snort echoed through the void, followed by a massive handprint descending. All the rules of heaven and earth seemed meaningless under this handprint.
A handprint from the void could directly target a realm like the Land of Eternal Life—what kind of cultivation level was this? Lan Xiaobu and Mo Wuji had no time to think, as the deathly aura of the handprint suppressed them, threatening to reduce them to dust in the next moment.
Lan Xiaobu frantically burned his essence blood, unleashing a Great Severing Divine Ability. Mo Wuji, also burning his essence blood, pointed a finger.
Boom! Boom!
The combined divine abilities of Lan Xiaobu and Mo Wuji slammed into the massive handprint, causing a violent explosion of Dao rhythms. The vast Burial Path Great Origin suddenly split in the middle, with cracks spreading rapidly. The entire Land of Eternal Life seemed to transform into a leaf, its veins clearly visible as it slowly tore apart.
The rules of heaven and earth shattered, and Dao principles collapsed.
The Land of Eternal Life, which had existed for countless years, began to fracture at this moment. It was clear that, under this division, it was only a matter of time before the Land of Eternal Life was completely torn apart.
At that moment, every cultivator in the Land of Eternal Life knew something catastrophic had occurred. How else could a realm that had stood for billions of years split apart without warning?
Countless cultivators fled frantically. At this point, only escaping the Land of Eternal Life offered a chance of survival. Being caught in the shattered rules of heaven and earth or the annihilating aura of collapsing Dao principles meant certain death.
Even the Eternal Life City, teeming with cultivators, collapsed in an instant. Zeng Feiyu guessed this was likely related to Lan Xiaobu and the others going to the Burial Path Great Origin. The situation was beyond control, and he could only roar frantically, urging all cultivators in the Eternal Life City to flee into the void.
With the Eternal Life City collapsed, it was certain that the Land of Eternal Life’s destruction was inevitable. In fact, as his divine sense swept out, he saw the Land of Eternal Life already breaking apart, countless cracks nearly reducing it to fragments.
Lan Xiaobu’s Great Severing Technique, capable of slicing through an entire universe, struck the massive handprint, but only caused it to pause slightly. At the same time, Mo Wuji’s Creation Finger, which could melt all existence under its power, hit the handprint, merely stirring up continuous ripples of Seven Realms Finger Dao patterns—nothing more.
“Get out now!” Lan Xiaobu immediately summoned the Seven Realms Stone. This terrifying opponent was far beyond their ability to confront. They didn’t even have the qualifications to resist, so how could they fight?
Ou Ping and Mo Wuji rushed onto the Seven Realms Stone without hesitation. They, too, knew the owner of this handprint was far too terrifying. Compared to this being, they were worlds apart.
To be honest, both Lan Xiaobu and Mo Wuji had heard the phrase “You’ll regret this” countless times when slaying enemies, but they had never regretted it, nor had there ever been cause for regret. Today, however, Lan Xiaobu felt some regret. At the very least, he shouldn’t have killed Qu Wan so hastily.
Who could have predicted that killing Qu Wan would provoke such a massive reaction?
Because he killed Qu Wan, it triggered this colossal handprint to descend, threatening to reduce the entire Land of Eternal Life to dust. In the tearing apart of this realm, countless cultivators would perish.
Lan Xiaobu had always disdained those who recklessly slaughtered the innocent, especially those who used cultivators’ essence blood and vitality to achieve their Dao or, like Qu Wan, relied on universal annihilation to advance. He would kill such beings without hesitation if he could.
But today, the fall of countless cultivators in the Land of Eternal Life was because of him. Whether due to recklessness or other reasons, he couldn’t escape responsibility.
“Xiaobu, activate the Seven Realms Stone now, or we’ll never escape,” Mo Wuji said urgently as soon as he stepped onto the Seven Realms Stone.
Without needing Mo Wuji’s urging, Lan Xiaobu activated the Seven Realms Stone without hesitation. His greatest fear was that the Seven Realms Stone wouldn’t be able to move under this handprint.
His fears were justified. Though the Seven Realms Stone was activated, it couldn’t break free from this spatial confinement. Even as the Burial Path Great Origin was collapsing, the Seven Realms Stone remained unable to escape the spatial shackles. The handprint seemed to represent the very principles of the Heavenly Dao, the origin of all space.
“Xiaobu, don’t worry about it. Just keep activating the Seven Realms Stone frantically. I’ll activate the cosmic barrier to block this confinement,” Mo Wuji said, as his Divine Storage Network unleashed boundless Dao principles.
As the cosmic barrier was activated, Lan Xiaobu felt the spatial confinement on the Seven Realms Stone loosen instantly. Like a wild horse breaking free, the Seven Realms Stone tore through the shattered Land of Eternal Life and vanished into the void.
“Don’t go back,” Mo Wuji said, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. Forcibly activating the barrier to counter the handprint’s attack had come at a cost. More accurately, it wasn’t about blocking the handprint’s attack but allowing the Seven Realms Stone to break free from its spatial confinement.
Lan Xiaobu, of course, wouldn’t be foolish enough to return to the Great Desolation Universe or the Mo-Lan Universe. This terrifying aura had clearly locked onto his Seven Realms Stone. Wherever it went, it would only bring harm to others. Moreover, Lan Xiaobu could faintly sense that an elusive aura was still tracking his Seven Realms Stone. No matter where he went, the opponent would catch up.
This was only possible because they had the Seven Realms Stone. Without it, they would have already been crushed in the Burial Path Great Origin, with no chance to escape.
*Crash!* The Seven Realms Stone stumbled and slammed onto a path.
Indeed, it had crashed onto a path—a yellowish dirt road. Ou Ping didn’t even need to extend his divine sense to know where they were.
“The Chaos Road!” Ou Ping exclaimed in delight. He was thoroughly impressed with Lan Xiaobu. In such a frantic situation, Lan Xiaobu had managed to steer the Seven Realms Stone to the Chaos Road—a stroke of genius.
Lan Xiaobu let out a breath, “That bastard shouldn’t be able to find this place, right?”
Mo Wuji swallowed a Dao fruit and relaxed, “He probably can’t. The Chaos Road is considered a post-chaos supreme treasure, a grade above the Seven Realms Stone. If that guy can still Ascendancy still track us here, no amount of running will help.”
“What level of power is this? How is it so strong?” Ou Ping, now calmer, still felt lingering fear. He came from Mengmu Dayan and wasn’t inexperienced, but even he had only heard of fifth-stage powerhouses. The being behind that handprint, which nearly wiped them out, was outrageously powerful.
“I suspect it’s beyond the fifth stage,” Lan Xiaobu said gravely. At that moment, he even felt a hint of relief that the powerhouse had acted so promptly. If he had returned to the Great Desolation Universe before the attack, the Great Desolation Universe would surely have been destroyed.
Mo Wuji looked at Ou Ping and asked, “This guy must be the powerhouse behind Qu Wan. Logically, Qu Wan’s origins should be closely tied to your Mengmu Dayan. Doesn’t Mengmu Dayan have such a powerhouse?”
Ou Ping shook his head, “No. If Mengmu Dayan had such a powerhouse, I wouldn’t have dared to join you against them, even if it meant my own destruction.”
He was speaking the truth.
Lan Xiaobu said, “Wuji, though we’re temporarily safe here, I suspect we can’t stay long. We need to leave quickly. That powerhouse likely left a mark on us, so before we leave, we must find and remove it.”
Mo Wuji had already checked multiple times with his Divine Storage Network but couldn’t find any mark. Neither could Lan Xiaobu or Ou Ping.
“Xiaobu, hurry and construct a dimensional model. If we wait too long, I fear we won’t even be able to build a cosmic dimensional model,” Mo Wuji said urgently.
Lan Xiaobu nodded and immediately began constructing dimensional models for himself, Mo Wuji, Ou Ping, and the Seven Realms Stone.
Fortunately, the cosmic dimensional model was fast. In less than half an incense stick’s time, they found the marks on all three of them and the Seven Realms Stone. Despite their speed, the marks had nearly fused with their Dao principles. Thankfully, the cosmic dimensional model allowed them to locate and extract the marks in time.
“Wuji, Old Ou, let’s remove the marks first, then find a way to leave this place,” Lan Xiaobu said, his urgency to reach the Great Cosmos growing. The vast, boundless cosmos seemed to always have stronger beings who could effortlessly crush him, no matter how far he advanced, leaving him deeply frustrated.
