Upon hearing that the void passage appeared irregularly, Lan Xiaobu didn’t mind. He casually set up a temporary cave dwelling and decided to wait for the void passage to appear while continuing his cultivation.
Seeing Lan Xiaobu casually take out a mid-grade divine artifact—a cave dwelling treasure—the woman looked at her male companion in surprise and said, “He’s quite wealthy. His cultivation level probably isn’t lower than ours.”
They couldn’t discern Lan Xiaobu’s exact cultivation level, but they didn’t think he was stronger than them. In the Eternal Realm, there were too many people who concealed their cultivation levels. The biggest advantage of hiding one’s cultivation was that others couldn’t gauge your strength and wouldn’t casually attack you.
“This person isn’t simple. Let’s move to another spot to wait,” the male cultivator cautiously transmitted to the woman. They then deliberately distanced themselves from Lan Xiaobu.
Lan Xiaobu set up a monitoring array. He didn’t know when the void passage would appear, and time was extremely precious to him. He decided to use this waiting period to see if he could forge the Chaos Iron Mother into a long halberd.
The Primordial Flame was now a seventh-grade divine flame, hovering beside the Fortune Dao Tree in his sea of consciousness. With a wave of his hand, the Primordial Flame appeared in his palm. The flame had taken on a pale golden hue with seven purple Dao patterns. Even though the flame was his own, Lan Xiaobu could still sense the terrifying energy within it.
Instead of directly melting the Chaos Iron Mother, Lan Xiaobu took out a Fire Origin Crystal. When he was at the Divine King stage, he had already elevated the Primordial Flame to a seventh-grade divine flame. Now, at the Unity God stage, perhaps he could push it even further.
As soon as the Fire Origin Crystal appeared, the golden flames of the Primordial Flame surged, and the purple Dao patterns extended like hands, snatching the crystal.
Boom! The flames suddenly erupted, forming a hundred-foot-tall mountain of fire.
Lan Xiaobu could clearly feel the flame growing increasingly excited as time passed, its intensity growing stronger. After half a day, nine purple Dao patterns appeared on the surface of the flame.
Ninth-grade divine flame! Lan Xiaobu’s heart stirred, and he took out another Fire Origin Crystal and tossed it into the flame. Soon, this crystal was also devoured by the Primordial Flame, but the purple Dao patterns only deepened in color without any further advancement.
It seemed that a ninth-grade divine flame was the limit for now. To advance the Primordial Flame further, he would need to find even higher-grade flame materials. This left Lan Xiaobu somewhat frustrated. Fire Origin Crystals were already top-tier treasures. What could be higher than that? Perhaps Fire Origin Pearls?
Lan Xiaobu took out the Chaos Iron Mother. Previously, no matter how much the Primordial Flame burned it, the Chaos Iron Mother had shown no reaction. Now, under the ninth-grade divine flame, it began to melt, albeit slowly.
Feeling the painfully slow melting speed, Lan Xiaobu sighed. It seemed this still wouldn’t work.
At this rate, how long would it take to forge a halberd? For now, he could only roughly shape the Chaos Iron Mother into a halberd. Otherwise, it would take who knows how many years to complete the forging.
Fortunately, the Chaos Iron Mother was one of the ultimate forging treasures in the universe. Even if he couldn’t inscribe divine restrictions into it, the halberd formed from the Chaos Iron Mother would naturally develop innate restrictions.
As the Chaos Iron Mother gradually took the shape of a halberd, Lan Xiaobu hesitated for a moment before taking out several pieces of Boundary-Shattering Gold and Chaos Condensation Pearls, adding them to the mix.
A month later, when the aura of the Boundary-Shattering Gold and Chaos Condensation Pearls fused into the halberd began to fade, Lan Xiaobu added a few drops of Void-Stilling Water.
Another half-month passed, and the halberd finally took its complete form. Although its appearance was somewhat crude, it was at least usable. Lan Xiaobu had initially considered adding a few Chaos Rule Crystals to the halberd, which would imbue it with innate rules and enhance his domain. However, considering that his flame level was still too low and the process would take an unknown amount of time, he decided to abandon the idea.
With a spray of his essence blood onto the halberd, the weapon, despite its rough appearance, emitted a resonant Dao chime. Lan Xiaobu was immediately delighted—his mind and the halberd were now completely connected.
Indeed, self-forged treasures were the best. He had used the Seven-Tone Halberd for a long time, but it had never connected with him on such a deep level, even though he had refined it.
The halberd forged from the Chaos Iron Mother didn’t require any refining—it was already intimately connected to his mind.
Looking at the twelve-foot-long halberd in his hand, Lan Xiaobu was quite satisfied. He stood up and swung it a few times. Even within the Cosmic Dimensional Model, the halberd’s movements created faint killing intent domains, as if each swing could obliterate an entire realm. After another glance at the halberd, Lan Xiaobu declared, “From now on, you shall be called the Eternal Halberd.”
He had initially considered naming it the Great Desolate Halberd, as it sounded more imposing. However, although he was the Dao Lord of the Great Desolate Divine Realm, the realm itself wasn’t derived from his Dao and didn’t have a deep connection to him.
On the other hand, his Eternal Dao and Eternal Realm were intimately tied to him. Thus, he decided to name it the Eternal Halberd.
The Eternal Halberd appeared to be twelve feet long, but since it was connected to his mind, once his cultivation advanced further and the halberd’s grade improved, it could change size at will.
Lan Xiaobu decided that once he reached the Sage stage and his flame reached the Saint Flame level, he would upgrade the Eternal Halberd again.
The halberd’s appearance was far less impressive than the Seven-Tone Halberd. It was pitch black with a few faint golden Dao patterns. Lan Xiaobu knew these patterns were formed by the Chaos Condensation Pearls.
In terms of power, however, this halberd far surpassed the Seven-Tone Halberd. At the very least, it wouldn’t be damaged by his own divine abilities.
With the Eternal Halberd completed, there was no need to keep it in the Cosmic Dimensional Model. The halberd was forged from Chaos Iron Mother, infused with Chaos Condensation Pearls, Void-Stilling Water, and Boundary-Shattering Gold. Since it was forged with a divine flame, top-tier experts might be able to detect the presence of Chaos Iron Mother. However, Lan Xiaobu wasn’t concerned. While such experts were numerous in the Eternal Realm, they were far fewer in the Rootless Divine Realm. And he was planning to head to the Rootless Divine Realm to advance to the Quasi-Sage stage.
It was time to leave. Through the external monitoring array, Lan Xiaobu sensed that the spatial fluctuations below the cliff had intensified. Although he had never been here before, he believed this was a sign that the void passage was about to appear.
Boom! A terrifying sound of spatial tearing echoed, and the next moment, the space around Lan Xiaobu trembled violently. The intense tearing of rules was palpable even to him, and the overflowing divine energy flattened several distant mountains.
Two Quasi-Sages were fighting. Lan Xiaobu sighed inwardly. The Eternal Realm’s rules weren’t yet fully stabilized, and already battles of this magnitude were taking place. The war at Mount Buzhou, which he hadn’t witnessed, was likely ten times more intense. Once the Eternal Realm’s rules were fully stabilized, the entire realm might be destroyed by such battles.
Sages—the ultimate goal everyone pursued. But after becoming Sages, was their purpose to continue destroying the very world they lived in? Lan Xiaobu took a deep breath. Perhaps this was why he had established the Great Desolate Dao Court and become its Dao Lord.
In his domain, anyone who dared to recklessly destroy the environment would be executed or thrown into the abyss for suppression… Yes, the Pillar of Heaven was also necessary—it would suppress these troublemakers.
Not far from Lan Xiaobu, the man and woman who had been waiting for the void passage were pale with fear. The aftershocks of such a battle could easily kill two small Divine Kings like them. What terrified them even more was that the two combatants were heading in their direction.
They wanted to retreat but didn’t know which direction to go. If they accidentally retreated toward the battle, they would die even faster. They instinctively looked at Lan Xiaobu, only to be shocked to find that he wasn’t hiding but was instead staring intently at the two combatants in the void.
This is suicidal! Watching such a battle, if one of them gets annoyed, a casual strike could tear you apart. They needed to leave quickly, or they would be caught in the crossfire.
Originally, Lan Xiaobu was just watching the spectacle, but when he recognized one of the combatants, a killing intent surged within him.
Nuo Yisheng! Back when he and Kong Fusheng went to meet the Great Yuan Sage, this guy had introduced himself as a disciple of the Three Cauldrons Sage and tried to seize his Reincarnation Pot. If Kong Fusheng hadn’t been with him, this guy would have tried to kill him back then.
At Heavenly Street, even the Three Cauldrons Sage couldn’t take his Reincarnation Pot, yet this mere disciple had the audacity to try. Now that they had crossed paths again, it was time to settle old scores.
The person fighting Nuo Yisheng was also a Quasi-Sage. From his injuries, it was clear he was no match for Nuo Yisheng. Covered in wounds, he would have fled long ago if Nuo Yisheng hadn’t been relentlessly pursuing him.
Sensing Lan Xiaobu’s gaze, Nuo Yisheng felt irritated. With a wave of his hand, he sent a blade of energy slashing toward Lan Xiaobu. A mere ant, daring to watch a Quasi-Sage battle without hiding? Seeking death!
Lan Xiaobu was both angered and amused. This bastard, he hadn’t even made a move yet, and Nuo Yisheng was already provoking him.
Without hesitation, Lan Xiaobu grabbed the Eternal Halberd and stepped into the void. The halberd unleashed a sweeping arc of energy, crashing toward Nuo Yisheng.
As he struck, Lan Xiaobu realized he wasn’t like Cui Xinglan. If it were her, even if she knew Nuo Yisheng was someone she wanted to kill, she probably wouldn’t have acted.
The man and woman who had been waiting with Lan Xiaobu for the void passage to the Rootless Divine Realm were stunned. Who would dare to join such a battle?
