Perhaps sensing that he had carved enough void array patterns, Qiahe Quasi-Sage raised his hands, unleashing a series of hand seals that activated a chain of void entrapment arrays. Though each individual void divine array was below Level Eight, when linked together, they were comparable to a single Level Eight void divine array.
Kun Wei immediately summoned his Sky Departure Canopy, but this canopy was merely a replica, the genuine article having been used by him to suppress the fate of the Eternal Life Realm. At this moment, Kun Wei actually felt that stepping down from his position as the Eternal Life Realm’s Dao Lord might have been a blessing in disguise.
He couldn’t compare to Lan Xiaobu, after all, even after Lan Xiaobu used a fate array disc to suppress the Great Desolation Divine Realm’s destiny, he still had a mountain of treasures. Meanwhile, after Kun Wei used the Sky Departure Canopy to anchor the Eternal Life Realm’s fate, his own possessions were pitifully scarce.
But in the next instant, Kun Wei regretted not retrieving the real Sky Departure Canopy and keeping it by his side, because what the opponent had set up was a series of void strangulation divine arrays.
Void divine arrays weren’t unfamiliar to Kun Wei, he could set them up himself. But whether he knew how or not, in the midst of this chain of void arrays, he felt there was no difference, he was utterly helpless.
The fake Sky Departure Canopy emitted a series of cracking sounds, and Kun Wei knew it wouldn’t hold out long before being torn apart by this chain of strangulation arrays. At this moment, he could only pin his hopes on Lan Xiaobu, knowing that Lan Xiaobu was a formidable void array master.
But the reputation of the Great Cosmic Saint was simply too overwhelming, and he couldn’t help but worry if Lan Xiaobu could withstand it.
“Daring to ruin my plans, die!” A trace of disdain curled at Qiahe Quasi-Sage’s lips. Though Lan Xiaobu’s attack had caused him heavy losses, preventing him from annihilating the Eternal Life Realm as planned, Lan Xiaobu clearly had plenty of valuable items. Forget the chaos energy and Primordial Breath, even the Five-Needle Pine Dao Fruit alone could make up for some of his losses.
As for the Eternal Life Realm, once he restored his physical body, he could still use it to advance.
Just as the rolling killing momentum of the chain void entrapment arrays took shape, it abruptly stalled, and Qiahe Quasi-Sage sensed something was wrong.
Soon, Qiahe realised what was off. Though he had set up the entrapment array group, the overwhelming killing momentum had somehow turned back on him, with relentless waves of destructive dao charm surging in reverse, constantly compressing the space around him.
Crack! Crack!
Qiahe’s primordial spirit, once so solid it was almost tangible, began to crumble and weaken. He was just a primordial spirit, and no matter how condensed it was, without a powerful treasure, it couldn’t withstand this terrifying chain of void strangulation arrays, especially since he currently lacked any strong treasures.
A flash of despair crossed Qiahe’s eyes, he hadn’t expected Lan Xiaobu’s mastery of void array dao to surpass his own, it was impossible. Possible or not, if this continued, he would surely be counter-killed by this void strangulation array.
Before Qiahe could think further, the rolling killing momentum in the surrounding space suddenly dissipated, and Lan Xiaobu appeared before him.
Lan Xiaobu shook his head in exasperation, “I really overestimated you. If I’d known you were this pathetic, why would I bother setting up a counter-kill array? What a waste of my time.”
As he spoke, several soul-piercing threads shot out, pinning Qiahe in the void.
Qiahe was so furious he could spit blood, but facing such a dominant Lan Xiaobu, all he could muster in his heart was despair.
He truly hadn’t expected Lan Xiaobu to be this powerful, absurdly so. With Lan Xiaobu’s methods, even if he didn’t understand void divine arrays, Qiahe wouldn’t have been able to kill him. What made him want to cry even more was that, despite being so overwhelmingly strong, Lan Xiaobu had still cautiously used a void divine array to counter-kill him, couldn’t he have a shred of shame?
Walking up to Qiahe, who was pinned in the void, Lan Xiaobu looked him up and down before clicking his tongue, “Should I keep calling you Qiahe, or switch to Qu Peng? Eh, I’ll just call you Qu Peng.”
“Killing me now is pointless, I have billions of clones, my body was shattered by an ambush long ago, and now my billions of clones are scattered across countless domains. You know I cultivate the Great Universe Technique, as long as one clone survives, I’ll eventually stand at the pinnacle of the universe again. If you kill me, you’ll be making a great enemy of me. If you let me go, I’m willing to owe you a favour,” Qu Peng said earnestly.
“Answer a few questions first. What was your purpose in establishing Zhan’ai Saint Dao City?” Lan Xiaobu asked, puzzled as to why Qu Peng would build Zhan’ai Saint Dao City only to destroy it. Logically, since Qu Peng cultivated the Great Universe Technique, he should’ve aimed to annihilate the entire Eternal Life Realm, not just Zhan’ai Saint Dao City.
“Though I have many clones, few of them cultivate the Great Universe Technique. The Eternal Life Realm is one of the rare places where one of my clones practicing the Great Universe Technique resides. If you’re willing to cooperate with me, the Great Universe Technique can actually be cultivated together,” Qu Peng said, dodging Lan Xiaobu’s question as he continued to persuade him.
“If you don’t answer, you won’t get another chance,” Lan Xiaobu said, his aura brimming with killing intent. The already weakened Qu Peng, heavily injured by Lan Xiaobu, felt his primordial spirit teetering on the edge of collapse.
“We really have no grudge, I swear—”
Qu Peng was still making a final effort when Lan Xiaobu threw a punch, “Too bad I’ve already killed one of your clones.”
Qu Peng froze, no wonder the other party had no interest in reconciling. But he genuinely wanted to reconcile, forget one clone, even if a thousand were killed, he wouldn’t care, because he was Qiahe now.
Boom! Under Lan Xiaobu’s punch, Qu Peng’s nearly collapsing primordial spirit shattered into fragments of broken laws.
Lan Xiaobu’s hands unleashed an endless torrent of spatial rule dao charm, and in a short time, he tore open Qu Peng’s world.
When Lan Xiaobu saw that Qu Peng’s world contained only scraps of materials and a few treasures, he couldn’t help but curse, “This damn pauper.”
Lan Xiaobu was genuinely disappointed, even if this clone’s world lacked other things, at least having a scroll of the Great Universe Technique would’ve been nice.
With his Universe Dimensional Model, constructing heaven-opening divine abilities like the Great Destruction Technique, Great Curse Technique, Great Death Technique, and Great Severance Technique was effortless, yet he couldn’t construct the Great Universe Technique. Now Lan Xiaobu roughly understood why, it was likely because Qu Peng’s original realm was too high, surely a powerhouse who had stepped into the ranks of Eternal Saints.
To construct the Great Universe Technique, he’d probably need to reach the Eternal Saint level himself.
Kun Wei sighed inwardly, Qu Peng was impressive, but compared to Lan Xiaobu, the gap was simply too vast. Lan Xiaobu could’ve crushed Qu Peng outright, yet he still made thorough preparations, tirelessly carving void array patterns. Meanwhile, as the Eternal Life Realm’s Dao Lord, how had he acted in the past?
At just Second-Revolution Sage level, he had gathered a cultivator army and rampaged through the Eternal Life Realm, if not for that, he wouldn’t have been schemed against by Fang Zhifan and ended up in this state.
“Kun Wei, what do you think this guy was up to? His words might be exaggerated, but he definitely has a lot of clones,” Lan Xiaobu said, finding little gain after killing Qu Peng and opening his world, now pondering what Qu Peng’s true aim had been.
Kun Wei quickly replied, “Qu Peng cultivated the Great Planetary Technique, the most terrifying of heaven-opening divine abilities, often requiring the destruction of a planet or domain. Logically, he should’ve waited until his technique matured, then used the annihilation of the Eternal Life Realm to advance, wait, I get it.”
Kun Wei’s tone grew excited, “Dao Lord Lan, Qu Peng must’ve established Zhan’ai Saint Dao City to prepare for sacrificing the Eternal Life Realm. All these upright coffins here, many of them held past powerhouses of the Eternal Life Realm, they became Qu Peng’s cultivation—”
Lan Xiaobu waved a hand, cutting Kun Wei off, “You’re probably wrong. Qu Peng was too arrogant, daring to split his soul into countless fragments and condense clones across numerous domains. His plan was likely to eventually fuse all these clones together to re-ascend as an Eternal Saint. Unfortunately, he overestimated himself. The Qu Peng I just killed, though formed from one of the original Qu Peng’s soul fragments, might’ve already developed thoughts of breaking away from the main body. His technique wasn’t just the Great Universe Technique, it was mixed with a poison dao.
The sea poison bugs here were part of the new path he took. After gaining his own ideas, he even changed his name. Otherwise, he’d still be called Qu Peng, not Qiahe.”
In Lan Xiaobu’s view, he’d seen plenty of ruthless demonic cultivators, some who absorbed others’ essence blood, others who consumed souls, and some who stole foundational dao bases, but never one who absorbed others’ thoughts and consciousness.
After gaining independent consciousness, Qu Peng changed his name to Qiahe and sought to fuse the minds of countless brilliant cultivators to cultivate the smartest brain possible. Sadly, he thought too much, failing to create the smartest brain and instead turning himself into a fool. If not for his remarkable strength, he’d have been taken out long before today.
Though Kun Wei didn’t agree with Lan Xiaobu’s perspective, he wouldn’t argue, instead nodding repeatedly, “Right, this guy really overestimated himself.”
Lan Xiaobu ignored Kun Wei’s flattery and walked to the centre of the hall, where there was an entrance with a staircase leading underground. Earlier, his divine sense had been blocked when he tried to probe it, and before he could act, Qu Peng had ambushed him.
Now that Qu Peng was dead, he had no more reservations, tearing apart the shielding divine array with his divine sense.
Kun Wei, however, cried out in shock, “Seven Realms Stone?”
Lan Xiaobu also saw a massive stone, half grey, half white, even a mere sweep of divine sense over it brought a vast aura with a faint oppressive weight.
Around the giant grey-white stone seemed to be a stretch of void, with seven vague directions within it. These directions weren’t clear, as if obscured by something.
On the massive grey stone were three characters: Seven Realms Stone.
Kun Wei frowned, “Isn’t the Seven Realms Stone supposed to connect to seven directions, all extremely distinct, with divine sense able to sense the vast void? Why are there only seven blurry directions here, and they’re not even clear?”
Lan Xiaobu took a deep breath, “Though I’ve never seen the Seven Realms Stone, I’m certain this is it. The Seven Realms Stone must’ve been bound here by someone, whoever did this has incredible means to restrain even the Seven Realms Stone.”
