Taihan Sacred Mountain’s Kun Wei, no matter how capable he is, could not possibly set up top-tier current arrays across the entire Eternal Realm. Similarly, he never expected that after Lan Xiaobu escaped, instead of fleeing far away, he would come to the territory controlled by Taihan Sacred Mountain.
Although the Great Path Desert Valley is not technically part of Taihan Sacred Mountain, Taihan Sacred Mountain has long since taken advantage of the natural arrays here, using top-tier treasures to suppress the array’s core and setting up a top-tier sealing array.
Taihan Sacred Mountain was already powerful, and most sacred sects were unwilling to provoke them. Moreover, since the Great Path Desert Valley was unclaimed territory, and Taihan Sacred Mountain had taken control of it, no one was willing to step forward and challenge them without someone leading the charge.
The Great Path Desert Valley was originally the largest void entrance in the Eternal Realm, with numerous wandering cultivators entering the Eternal Realm through it every year. Even some of the sacred sects currently in the Eternal Realm had entered through the Great Path Desert Valley.
By sealing off the Great Path Desert Valley, Taihan Sacred Mountain effectively blocked most external cultivators from entering the Eternal Realm. For the cultivators of the Eternal Realm, this was not a bad thing. The fewer cultivators in a realm, the fewer resources consumed, and those who remained would be the greatest beneficiaries.
As for the other sacred sects, they had smaller entrances and exits to the Eternal Realm, so they didn’t mind Taihan Sacred Mountain sealing off the Great Path Desert Valley. Taihan Sacred Mountain was doing the dirty work, and they were happy to reap the benefits.
Lan Xiaobu stood outside the Great Path Desert Valley, not even bothering to disguise himself. Since he had come to this place, it was only a matter of time before Taihan Sacred Mountain discovered him.
Outside the Great Path Desert Valley, everything was shrouded in a gray haze. The series of interconnected ninth-grade sealing divine arrays made Lan Xiaobu sigh in admiration. Sacred sects were indeed impressive. Looking at the divine arrays here, there were none below the ninth grade, and he hadn’t even reached the level of a seventh-grade divine array master yet.
If he relied solely on his own abilities, he wouldn’t even be able to touch the entrance to the Great Path Desert Valley, let alone enter it.
Lan Xiaobu used the Cosmic Dimension Model to construct the dimensional structure of the interconnected sealing divine arrays while summoning the Chaos Unicorn from his world.
The Chaos Unicorn wasn’t high-level, only a third-grade divine beast. However, it was highly intelligent and incredibly fast.
Lan Xiaobu hung a small world around the unicorn’s neck and had it navigate through the ninth-grade interconnected divine arrays while he hid in the small world, studying the arrays.
The Cosmic Dimension Model could certainly construct the dimensional structure of these interconnected divine arrays, but Lan Xiaobu didn’t plan to rely entirely on it. He hoped to solve the problem himself before resorting to the model.
He believed that one day, he would be able to handle anything independently without relying on the Cosmic Dimension Model. Moreover, these divine arrays were likely set up by Taihan Sacred Mountain’s great sage, Kun Wei. If he could fully understand them, he would have some insight into Kun Wei’s methods when they eventually faced off.
The Chaos Unicorn was small, and even if someone occasionally spotted it, they wouldn’t pay much attention. No one would suspect that he was hiding in a small world, studying the interconnected divine arrays.
…
Recently, the Eternal Realm had been bustling with activity. The sacred sects had ceased their wars, and the entire Eternal Realm was now hunting for Lan Xiaobu, the Dao Lord of the Great Wilderness Dao Court. Initially, over ten sacred sects involved in the sacred war joined the hunt, followed by the Demonic Derivation Sacred Sect and the Silver Void Sacred Sect. Eventually, even some sacred sects from the Great Wilderness Universe that had reestablished their Dao Fields joined in.
It was exhilarating to think about—hunting down a realm’s Dao Lord. What could be more thrilling?
However, many sacred sects from the Great Wilderness Universe ignored the joint bounty issued by Taihan Sacred Mountain and over a dozen other sacred sects.
Most of the reestablished sacred sects from the Great Wilderness Universe didn’t dare to casually hunt Lan Xiaobu. Who was Lan Xiaobu? The Dao Lord of the Great Wilderness Dao Court, recognized by the Heavenly Dao. Hunting down a realm’s Dao Lord was no small matter.
If the Dao Lord found out, even if your sacred sect had reestablished its Dao Field, the Dao Lord could intervene and cause you to lose it. Moreover, what if they failed to capture the Dao Lord?
While the rest of the Eternal Realm was abuzz with activity, the most excited were the seven sages in the Golden Pot Palace.
Not only was the Golden Pot Palace’s master, Sage Chunhu, seated in the main position, but the guest seats were occupied by Sage Tingkun, Sage Heyu, Sage Jiushen, Sage Baijian, Sage Chenjue, and Sage Puheng, all equally excited.
From the moment the Great Wilderness Divine Court was established, they knew that the person who had stripped Sage Kusuo of his fortune and seized Sage Heyu’s Book of Life and Death was Lan Xiaobu, as he had used the Fortune Array Disk to suppress the realm’s fortune.
But Lan Xiaobu was on the other side of the Great Wilderness Divine Realm. Even though they knew he possessed many treasures, there was nothing they could do. They could only keep this information hidden and not reveal it.
Now, with the joint bounty issued by Taihan Sacred Mountain, the Eternal Sacred Dao, the Myriad Dao Sacred Sect, and over a dozen other sacred sects, they knew that Lan Xiaobu had come to the Eternal Realm.
How could they let such an opportunity slip by? The treasures Lan Xiaobu possessed far surpassed those of even the wealthiest sages in the Eternal Realm. Not only did he have the Fortune Array Disk, which had suppressed a realm’s fortune, but he also had the Reincarnation Cauldron, the Book of Life and Death, the Second Dao Canon, Chaos Iron Mother, the Heavenly Gang Transformation, the Great Severing Divine Ability…
And that wasn’t all. There was another treasure they didn’t even dare to imagine or confirm.
Anyone who obtained even one of these treasures could potentially attain true sagehood, rather than being the kind of pseudo-sage that even stronger quasi-sages could bully.
“I just want my Book of Life and Death back,” Sage Heyu said, his face pale. After losing the Book of Life and Death, he wasn’t even considered a pseudo-sage anymore.
Sage Chunhu took a deep breath. “We must find Lan Xiaobu before the other sacred sects do and secretly take him away. The treasures he possesses could elevate us to the pinnacle of the Great Wilderness Universe.”
No one spoke. Everyone wanted to capture Lan Xiaobu, but those present knew that no sacred sect was as desperate to catch him as they were.
Sage Chunhu paused, then continued slowly, “So many sacred sects are hunting for Lan Xiaobu, yet there hasn’t been any news so far. The only information we have is that he and Kong Fusheng visited the Great Origin Sage.”
Sage Tingkun chuckled, his chubby chin jiggling. “If Lan Xiaobu were easy to catch, he wouldn’t have become a realm’s Dao Lord or taken Sage Heyu’s Book of Life and Death. And let’s not forget the Reincarnation Cauldron—that belonged to both the Yin-Yang Sage and the Three Cauldrons Sage, and now it’s in his possession.”
Sage Chenjue smiled faintly. “Sage Tingkun is right. So we can’t judge Lan Xiaobu by ordinary standards. The fact that there’s been no news of him so far suggests two possibilities: either he left the Eternal Realm early, or he’s hiding in a place no one would think to look—somewhere near the sacred sects he’s antagonized. My suggestion is that we first check around the Myriad Dao Sacred Sect, the Eternal Sacred Dao, and Taihan Sacred Mountain. If we find no trace of him there, he’s probably returned to the Great Wilderness Divine Realm.”
“Lan Xiaobu won’t return to the Great Wilderness Divine Realm. I have a feeling. His cultivation level probably isn’t that high, and he must know that if the Great Wilderness Divine Realm fully merges with the Eternal Realm, he’s doomed. The Eternal Realm’s heavenly rules are clear. If I were him, I’d choose a place in the Eternal Realm to seclude myself and cultivate,” Sage Jiushen said.
Sage Heyu, having lost the Book of Life and Death, was solely focused on reclaiming it. Without the book, his strength was the weakest among them, so he lacked the confidence to speak and remained silent.
Sage Chunhu stood up. “I think we should split into four groups. Two will investigate the territory of the Eternal Sacred Dao, two will check the Myriad Dao Sacred Sect’s territory, two will search around Taihan Sacred Mountain, and one will explore forbidden areas or places people rarely visit. Whether we find anything or not, we’ll regroup here in six months.”
…
Lan Xiaobu was completely immersed in the interconnected sealing divine arrays. The possibility of being trapped by these arrays and never escaping wasn’t even a concern for him.
In less than six months, he had advanced to the level of a seventh-grade divine array master, capable of easily inscribing seventh-grade void array patterns.
Just as Lan Xiaobu was about to continue his push toward becoming an eighth-grade divine array sovereign, the Chaos Unicorn suddenly bolted.
Lan Xiaobu was startled. The unicorn had always been obedient, knowing that he was comprehending array dao and had been moving according to his instructions. For it to suddenly dash off, it must have been frightened.
Lan Xiaobu immediately extended his divine sense and, without hesitation, stepped out of the small world.
Standing not far from him was a woman in red. Her cultivation level was high—Lan Xiaobu sensed that she was likely a pseudo-sage. The woman carried a longsword on her back and didn’t even glance at Lan Xiaobu, her gaze fixed on the Chaos Unicorn beside him.
