Blood trickled from Kui Xishan’s mouth, his entire essence and spirit locked by Lan Xiaobu’s devastating slaughter Dao rules. His life force hung solely on the thread of Lan Xiaobu’s Longevity Halberd.
If regret could be bought, Kui Xishan would give everything he owned for a second chance.
Lan Xiaobu was merely a seventh-step Great Dao cultivator, so why was he so heaven-defying? At this moment, Kui Xishan finally understood why Huizhi refused to confront Lan Xiaobu—not because of his injuries or reluctance to stir trouble, but because Lan Xiaobu was simply too powerful.
Feeling his life force slipping away, Kui Xishan struggled to speak, “Brother Lan, if you spare me this once, my life is yours.”
He knew well that, despite Huan and Tuliao standing by, Huan might overpower Lan Xiaobu but capturing him was a fantasy. Huan cared nothing for Kui Xishan’s life. Only Lan Xiaobu could save him now. If Lan Xiaobu withheld his killing intent, Kui Xishan could recover after a million years of rest.
Lan Xiaobu ignored Kui Xishan, his gaze fixed on Huan. He hadn’t killed Kui Xishan yet because he coveted his world. But with Huan watching, Lan Xiaobu feared an ambush if he tried to access it.
Huan didn’t act either. He hadn’t expected Lan Xiaobu’s concealment skills to be so terrifying. Clearly, Lan Xiaobu’s escape techniques were equally formidable. Even if Huan attacked, he couldn’t trap Lan Xiaobu—not unless Huizhi used the Wuxu Arrow to lock him, which Huizhi wouldn’t do. Huan silently scorned Huizhi: injured by a scheme and too cowardly to face his schemer, his Dao was pathetic.
“Release Daoist Kui, and I’ll owe you a favour,” Huan said evenly, staring at Lan Xiaobu word by word. His star-core planet hovered above his head.
Lan Xiaobu’s hand twitched, intricate spatial rules locking Kui Xishan as a murderous aura erupted.
Kui Xishan, who had clung to a glimmer of hope from Huan’s words, panicked. He felt his world being torn apart inch by inch. Lan Xiaobu was going to kill him.
“Such audacity!” Huan roared, his star-core planet surging forward again. Simultaneously, the rippling vortex on his forehead expanded abruptly, his Great Cosmos domain sweeping toward Lan Xiaobu.
He didn’t care about Kui Xishan’s life, but for Lan Xiaobu to crack open Kui Xishan’s world after Huan’s words was a slap in the face. Huan, the mightiest in the Great Cosmos, would not tolerate such disrespect.
At the same moment, Tuliao struck. He knew if he didn’t act while Huan did, he’d have no chance.
Lan Xiaobu snorted, “Daoist Changyi, do me a favour—take out this Tianmeng freak.”
Changyi laughed heartily, unleashing his treasure to envelop Tuliao. “The Tianmeng Clan destroyed my Xiutuo World, slaughtering billions of its human cultivators. I was already going to kill this scum. This isn’t a favour for you—it’s for myself.”
Changyi felt his words were clever: helping Lan Xiaobu while framing it as personal vengeance. If Huan came for him later, he had an excuse. Couldn’t he seek revenge for his world’s destruction? Even Huan couldn’t be that overbearing. Knowing Lan Xiaobu’s character, Changyi figured this approach would earn his gratitude.
Lan Xiaobu breathed easier. With Tuliao occupied by Changyi, he faced less pressure. His Longevity Halberd and domain unfurled simultaneously.
Boom! Huan’s vortex domain clashed with Lan Xiaobu’s Longevity domain, shaking the already unstable space. It seemed the next moment, their collision would obliterate the area.
Crack! The Longevity Halberd struck the star-core planet, Dao rules exploding, spawning a chain of black holes as the space’s rules shattered.
Under the impact, Kui Xishan, still impaled on the Longevity Halberd, turned to nothingness, his soul extinguished. Lan Xiaobu spat a stream of blood, his body reeling as if struck by a billion-ton hammer.
“Daoist Ling, what are you waiting for?” Huan shouted, realising he couldn’t dominate Lan Xiaobu without Ling Zhuzhen’s help. If Ling assisted and Huan’s reincarnation vortex and Great Cosmos domain fully locked the space, he could trap Lan Xiaobu even without Huizhi. Once in his reincarnation channel, Lan Xiaobu would be at his mercy.
Ling Zhuzhen’s hands clenched, veins bulging. Seeing Lan Xiaobu fight, he knew Lan Xiaobu’s strength had grown immensely since their last encounter.
His strength was close to Kui Xishan’s, perhaps slightly superior, but Lan Xiaobu had killed Kui Xishan like slaughtering a chicken. If they couldn’t defeat Lan Xiaobu today, Ling Zhuzhen was doomed.
Lü Qiqian watched Ling Zhuzhen closely. If Ling acted, Lü would intervene to block him for Lan Xiaobu.
Lü Qiqian had seen it all. Today’s situation was clear: even with Huan and Ling Zhuzhen combined, they couldn’t hold Lan Xiaobu. A seventh-step Great Dao cultivator so formidable, able to rival Huan, suggested that at the eighth or ninth step, Lan Xiaobu could be the Great Cosmos’s mightiest. Even if the cosmos collapsed, Lan Xiaobu would remain unparalleled. Lü decided to risk aiding him, hoping for his approval.
After a long pause, Ling Zhuzhen exhaled and said slowly, “I didn’t know the Great Cosmos Dao Ancestor was serious. Daoist Lan once saved my life, and I haven’t repaid him. How could I act against my benefactor? I’m sorry, I can’t join.”
Relieved, Ling Zhuzhen knew that even if he acted, they couldn’t defeat Lan Xiaobu. Why play the villain?
Lan Xiaobu relaxed as Ling stayed neutral. Soon, he sensed Huan’s vortex black hole tightening. Instinct warned him that if it fully converged, his life force would be at risk, with no chance of reincarnation.
He had to break the balance. Lan Xiaobu raised a hand, and a wooden bridge appeared beneath his feet.
He sensed that if Huan’s vortex black hole bound him, it might drag him into a reincarnation-like channel. If it was Huan’s own reincarnation channel, entering would mean certain death or enslavement.
So Lan Xiaobu summoned his Six Paths Reincarnation Bridge. As it appeared, it instantly constructed the Six Paths rules.
With his Great Dao perfected, Lan Xiaobu no longer built the Six Paths rules sequentially. In one move, the Entry Wheel, Establishment Wheel, Past Life, Present Life, and Future Life rules were instantly formed, followed by the Reincarnation rule.
A surge of reincarnation aura swept over, and Lan Xiaobu was astonished to find his reincarnation rule merging with Huan’s vortex black hole. With the Six Paths Bridge, the reincarnation channel formed directly beneath it.
One breath, one reincarnation; one bridge crosses three lives!
As the uncontrollable reincarnation aura surged, Huan’s face changed. “The Six Paths Bridge?”
His reincarnation channel was countered by Lan Xiaobu’s Six Paths Bridge. Realising this, Huan knew he had to retreat, or he’d be trapped under Lan Xiaobu’s bridge.
Decisive, Huan withdrew swiftly upon discovering his core divine ability was countered, his divine sense reaching to retrieve the star-core planet.
Lan Xiaobu snorted coldly. He’d been forced to flee in disgrace before. Now, with luck on his side and the Six Paths Bridge countering Huan’s reincarnation vortex, how could he let Huan escape unscathed?
As the Six Paths rules locked the star-core planet, Lan Xiaobu stood atop the bridge and unleashed the Wuxu Bow.
A ferocious killing aura, capable of tearing the vast cosmos, instantly sealed the space.
And in that space, only Huan remained.
