Lan Xiaobu felt a lingering fear in his heart. Fortunately, he had been cautious and didn’t recklessly charge into the passage upon arrival, or he might already be annihilated, body and soul.
Realising that even possessing a primordial technique didn’t guarantee safe entry, Lan Xiaobu promptly left the star continent plaza. He didn’t go far, however. In the void, he shapeshifted into a ferocious star-roaming cultivator before returning to the plaza.
Now, Lan Xiaobu exuded a fierce aura, his body radiating a potent bloodthirsty killing intent, unmistakably the mark of someone who frequently engaged in murder and plunder.
Once back, he didn’t keep a low profile. Instead, he openly inquired about various treasures, asking where supreme treasures had been discovered. Over time, half the star continent plaza outside the Great Cosmos knew of his presence. His blatant inquiries about treasures, combined with his bloodthirsty aura, made it clear—short of saying it outright—that he was up to no good.
This time, Lan Xiaobu didn’t wait long. In just six months, he set his sights on a female cultivator. He suspected he wasn’t the only one; others were likely watching her too.
In his view, this female cultivator was definitely planning to enter the passage. Unlike the grey-clad cultivator who rushed in directly, she didn’t. Instead, she intermittently scanned the passage and the cultivators at its edges with her divine sense.
Lan Xiaobu sighed inwardly; she was acting as he had. When he first arrived, he sensed something was off and stayed away from the passage without observing it. This woman, however, hadn’t felt that unease. After observing for a while, she chose to leave.
But Lan Xiaobu was certain she’d return.
Sure enough, in just over ten days, she reappeared near the passage. Lan Xiaobu was exasperated—her patience was lacking. He had lingered on the void platform for over a year, and even after the uneasy feeling faded, he still didn’t enter, choosing to observe from afar, which saved him. Yet this woman, after only ten days of observation, was already impatient?
Though Lan Xiaobu didn’t fully extend his divine sense, he could feel dozens of divine senses secretly monitoring the area, with some cultivators slowly approaching. He knew that even if she didn’t enter the passage now, she likely couldn’t escape.
The female cultivator seemed to sense something was wrong. Her expression shifted, and she made her choice, rushing toward the passage. Clearly, she knew that whether she entered or not, she faced being surrounded and killed.
As she charged into the passage, over a dozen figures swiftly followed, some directly unleashing treasures to attack her.
Lan Xiaobu had thought weapons couldn’t be used here, but now he realised anything was possible. The woman was only at the Derivation Realm. Escaping into the passage’s depths under such an onslaught from so many powerhouses was a pipe dream.
Lan Xiaobu had waited for this moment. As the dozen figures rushed the woman, he charged in too.
No one paid him attention. His behaviour made it obvious to all that he was on the void platform for exactly this kind of plunder.
A Creation Sage-realm cultivator was the fastest, his handprint nearly binding the woman’s form. She felt her space slowly locking, a trace of despair in her eyes.
*Boom! Boom!* Two divine ability principles slammed into her. Already slowed, she could only barely resist. Several blood splashes erupted from her body. She must have been a top-tier body refiner, or those attacks would have shattered her.
Lan Xiaobu’s plan was to rush into the passage’s depths while others dealt with her, using the opportunity to enter the Great Cosmos.
He noticed that this time, no top-tier powerhouses were among those charging in. The strongest were Creation Sages, unlike the previous incident where a single strike locked the grey-clad cultivator and took him away. With this level of attack, Lan Xiaobu thought he could reach the passage’s depths even without a scapegoat. But he didn’t dare gamble—what if a few near-fourth-stage powerhouses appeared? If he got entangled, he’d be done for.
Since there was no threat, Lan Xiaobu didn’t hold back. He threw a punch, simultaneously unleashing seven or eight divine sense stabs.
The Creation Sage about to bind the woman roared in shock under Lan Xiaobu’s punch, retreating frantically. But no matter how fast he retreated, Lan Xiaobu’s punch struck his back, sending a blood arrow spraying.
“You dare break the rules…” The Creation Sage, shocked and enraged, shouted at Lan Xiaobu while retreating, furious at his lack of honour.
He had never seen someone so shameless. Making a fortune on the star continent plaza outside the Great Cosmos was an unspoken agreement, and with it came an unwritten rule.
The rule was that hunters could compete for prey, but they couldn’t backstab each other. Otherwise, with everyone rushing into the passage, those in front would be vulnerable to betrayal.
Lan Xiaobu didn’t know this rule, and even if he did, he’d have acted anyway.
After the Creation Sage attacking the woman was ambushed by Lan Xiaobu, she felt the space around her loosen. Then, hearing several startled cries, three more cultivators attacking her were ambushed by Lan Xiaobu.
Though heavily injured, the woman knew this was her chance. In an instant, she rushed into the passage’s depths.
No one competed with Lan Xiaobu. Having ambushed four people and being closest to the woman, the prey was his. As for his rule-breaking, any reckoning would come later.
But when others saw Lan Xiaobu didn’t immediately seize the woman and instead rushed into the passage’s depths, they realised he, too, was using a treasure to enter the Great Cosmos. By then, it was too late—he had vanished into the passage.
The bloodied woman stood in a rule space, seeing Lan Xiaobu approach. She relaxed, knowing he couldn’t rob her here. She took out a golden Dao scroll, and beams of white light fell upon it, with spatial rules swirling around her.
Lan Xiaobu’s eyes lit up. “The Great Origin Dao Scroll.”
This was undoubtedly a top-tier primordial Dao scroll. Among his own scrolls, none could surpass it. Those fourth-stage or near-fourth-stage powerhouses had miscalculated, unaware she possessed the Great Origin Dao Scroll. If they had known, not just pseudo-fourth-stage but even fifth-stage powerhouses would have come to rob her.
Though Lan Xiaobu coveted the scroll, he didn’t act. He waited for her to teleport away before entering the rule space.
Seeing Lan Xiaobu waiting outside without greed in his eyes, the woman understood he, like her, aimed to enter the Great Cosmos with a primordial scroll, not rob her.
She quickly clasped her fists in gratitude. Lan Xiaobu nodded. Though he had used her to enter the passage, he had saved her life, so her thanks were warranted.
Seeing his nod, she confirmed her guess. Just as she was about to speak, a beam of light enveloped her, whisking her away. Her technique had met the entry conditions, and she was sent to the Great Cosmos.
After she teleported, Lan Xiaobu dropped his disguise, reverting to his true form, and stepped into the rule space. Here, even if a primordial technique met the requirements, shapeshifting was forbidden.
Upon entering, he felt powerful spatial principle auras. He presented his modified Second Dao Canon, which floated in the void before him. Beams of detection rules swirled around it.
Lan Xiaobu knew this was checking if his Second Dao Canon qualified to send him to the Great Cosmos. He sighed inwardly—these primordial scrolls were benefiting the Great Cosmos’s powerhouses. It was inevitable; in any place, such dynamics existed, and he couldn’t resist.
In just over a dozen breaths, a white light swept over, taking the Second Dao Canon. Lan Xiaobu’s heart leapt—he knew it had passed. Sure enough, the next moment, he was teleported away.
