“Though I’ve experienced many things, compared to those Primordial Saints, I’m still far behind. This person’s Great Dao is self-formed, if not for the damage to his foundation, even if you used the Great Severing Technique, I’m afraid you wouldn’t be able to cut through his Dao Law chains.”
The Reincarnation Saint sighed here, “If I’m not mistaken, the last cosmic calamity was likely tied to this person. He’s been hiding in the Great Desolate Divine Realm to heal, but he didn’t expect you to unify it and become the Realm Lord. Because of that, he can’t use the realm’s fortune to recover, nor can he refine the Great Desolate Divine Realm. In a way, you’re probably his enemy.”
Lan Xiaobu said calmly, “Since I’ve chosen the path of cultivation, I don’t fear him. Even if he’s an Eternal Saint, so what? But I suspect the last cosmic calamity wasn’t related to him.”
Lan Xiaobu guessed that the previous cosmic calamity was more likely caused by Qu Peng. He wasn’t sure if Qu Peng was an Eternal Saint, but he’d already destroyed two of Qu Peng’s avatars and even taken over the location of the Seven Realms Stone.
“Friend Lan, I know you’re eager to find your friends, but I still have a word of advice. You’d best hurry past the Ninth-Turn Saint level and seek the chance for eternity. Otherwise, in the future struggle for eternal life, you might not even have the slightest opportunity. Perhaps you won’t even have the time to pursue it.”
The Reincarnation Saint’s tone was serious and grave, he was also thinking of himself, planning to ally with Lan Xiaobu, naturally hoping Lan Xiaobu’s strength would rise quickly. If Lan Xiaobu were taken out in a few moves, what point would there be in an alliance?
Having seen an Eternal powerhouse and felt their true strength, Lan Xiaobu also knew he needed to reach the Fourth-Turn Saint level as soon as possible. Yet he still couldn’t let go of this place, after a moment of hesitation, he said, “I’ll search for three more months, if I can’t find them in that time, I’ll find a place to prove the Reincarnation Dao.”
The Reincarnation Saint shook his head, “Three months from now, it’s not about finding a place to prove the Reincarnation Dao, but going to the Six Paths Nirvana Land to comprehend the Six Paths Laws. Otherwise, even if you prove the Reincarnation Dao, you won’t be able to construct a complete set of Reincarnation Laws. I’m very clear on this, I won’t mislead you.”
The Reincarnation Saint knew why Lan Xiaobu said this, it must be because he’d gained insight into the Reincarnation Laws when proving the Fifth-Turn Saint level, so Lan Xiaobu thought proving the Reincarnation Dao would be easy. But it wasn’t so. Without constructing the complete Six Paths, even if he proved the Reincarnation Dao, he’d likely be stuck at the Reincarnation Saint level with no further progress. Before, he didn’t care about Lan Xiaobu’s cultivation, but now he had to.
Not only because he wanted to collaborate with Lan Xiaobu, but more importantly, that escaped Eternal Saint knew who he was.
Even if the other party didn’t recognise him, they could identify him through his Reincarnation Dao as soon as they saw him.
“Alright.” Lan Xiaobu understood the Reincarnation Saint’s meaning, and he appreciated it. Though they were using each other, they were also helping each other.
Over the next three months, Lan Xiaobu and the Reincarnation Saint scoured nearly the entire Wangshuang Desert Sea, yet found no trace of Kong Fusheng, Hu Qingjia, or Qin Ku. This made Lan Xiaobu doubt whether the three had truly entered the Wangshuang Desert Sea.
“Friend Lan, there’s little point in searching further. I have a vague feeling that the vast cosmos is about to descend into chaos again. Those bastards never stay quiet, and the more resources they hoard, the more they stir things up. Sigh, the cosmos’s resources are finite, almost entirely divided up by those bastards, then they keep stirring the pot endlessly…” The Reincarnation Saint found Lan Xiaobu and voiced his concerns helplessly.
Lan Xiaobu strongly agreed with the Reincarnation Saint’s words, for others, finding even a single top-grade divine spirit vein was incredibly difficult. Yet he’d easily obtained thousands of top-grade divine spirit veins from Min Yuan, a nobody in the grand scheme. It was clear the truly good stuff had indeed been carved up by these veteran powerhouses. Then they endlessly disrupted the vast cosmos, destroying and renewing, only to destroy again…
If one day he gained that kind of power, he’d crush all those old bastards and stop them from wreaking havoc in the cosmos.
With that thought, Lan Xiaobu nodded, “I’m done searching, let’s go to the Six Paths Nirvana Land first.”
With that, he summoned the Reincarnation Cauldron, “Friend Reincarnation, hop on, this flying treasure of mine is pretty fast.”
The Reincarnation Saint nodded, stepping onto the Reincarnation Cauldron with a calm expression.
Lan Xiaobu grew even more impressed with the Reincarnation Saint, though this Reincarnation Cauldron wasn’t forged by him, its previous owner was indeed a Reincarnation Saint. After realising he couldn’t reclaim it, this guy had simply accepted it as Lan Xiaobu’s.
Just as the Reincarnation Saint stepped onto the cauldron, a message landed on the communication bead on Lan Xiaobu’s wrist.
Seeing the message, Lan Xiaobu’s face instantly paled.
“Friend Lan, has something happened?” The Reincarnation Saint sighed inwardly, why did trivial matters always pop up just as they were about to get to serious business?
Lan Xiaobu took a breath, calming himself before saying, “I need to return to the Great Desolate Divine Dao City, an old friend has come back, he says something’s happened to one of my friends.”
The Reincarnation Saint could only reply, “In that case, let’s go together.”
The Reincarnation Cauldron was incredibly fast, in less than a day, it stopped outside the Great Desolate Divine Dao City. Before even stepping off, Lan Xiaobu spotted Qiao Aolun. Besides Qiao Aolun, there was Pang Buling, who’d stayed behind.
“Lord, I’ve failed you.” Qiao Aolun saw Lan Xiaobu, approached with a face full of shame, and bowed deeply.
Lan Xiaobu took a breath, trying to steady his tone, “What happened to Su Cen?”
Qiao Aolun said guiltily, “After you left, Lord, I felt my Great Dao had stagnated, because the technique I originally cultivated was the Immortal Dao…”
“The Immortal Dao?” The Reincarnation Saint exclaimed in surprise.
Qiao Aolun nodded, “Yes.”
The Reincarnation Saint sighed, “You’re truly lucky to have obtained the Immortal Dao, it’s one of the top techniques in the vast cosmos, no worse than mine.”
Qiao Aolun didn’t know who the Reincarnation Saint was, but Lan Xiaobu did, the Reincarnation Saint cultivated the Reincarnation Dao Scroll, a Primordial technique, for him to say the Immortal Dao was no worse meant it too was a top-tier Primordial technique.
Qiao Aolun wasn’t in the mood to ask about the Reincarnation Saint’s technique and continued, “I acquired my Immortal Dao in the Changqin Immortal Realm, so I found a way back there. In the Changqin Immortal Realm, I encountered Su Cen being hunted, I saved her. She had also cultivated the Immortal Dao I left behind, making her something of a disciple to me.
Since the later parts of the Immortal Dao technique were missing, I searched for years in the Changqin Immortal Realm and finally found some clues. According to what I uncovered, the subsequent parts of the Immortal Dao should be in the Lost Sea. This Lost Sea lies in the void between the Immortal and Divine Realms, a place called the Lost Sea, so we went there to search for the rest of the Immortal Dao technique…”
Lan Xiaobu was speechless inwardly, with Qiao Aolun’s current strength, even if he reached the Quasi-Saint level, searching for something in the void between realms was a life-risking endeavour.
“We’d just found the Lost Sea and hadn’t been inside for more than a few days when we encountered danger. I didn’t have time to save Su Cen, her Dao and life rapidly disintegrated. Before she died, she threw her ring to me and told me if I found someone from Earth named Lan Xiaobu, to give the ring to him…”
Qiao Aolun’s tone was thick with regret as he spoke, he knew Lan Xiaobu was from Earth, but sadly, he couldn’t tell Su Cen that, she was already gone.
Looking at the ring Qiao Aolun handed him, a sudden wave of sorrow surged in Lan Xiaobu’s heart. If Su Cen had come looking for him, she’d likely regained her past life’s memories. He recalled the days when he and Su Cen had relied on each other, that Earth enslaved by alien powers, those days worse than death…
All he could see before his eyes was one scene, Su Cen lying in nuclear-ravaged ruins, looking at him in despair.
Despite living through two lifetimes, that image was still etched in his mind, impossible to erase.
Holding the ring, Lan Xiaobu seemed lost in memories from long ago, neither Qiao Aolun nor Pang Buling dared to interrupt.
The Reincarnation Saint, standing aside, suddenly spoke, “Friend Lan, I sense a flaw in your Dao, if you don’t mend it, I’m afraid it’ll be hard for you to reach the ranks of the Eternal.”
Lan Xiaobu let out a long breath, putting the ring away and saying slowly, “I know.”
He knew his Dao had a flaw, but he couldn’t mend it. Now that Su Cen was gone, he was even less able to.
“Lord Lan, I’m sorry.” Qiao Aolun’s eyes were full of guilt.
Lan Xiaobu waved his hand, “If not for you, Su Cen would’ve been killed in the Changqin Immortal Realm. Her gaining the Immortal Dao technique was a stroke of fortune for her.”
After a pause, he added, “Brother Qiao, could you let me see your Immortal Dao?”
Qiao Aolun quickly said, “I don’t have the Immortal Dao on me, it’s in Su Cen’s ring, when she tried to return it to me, I told her to keep it with her.”
“Thank you, Brother Qiao, if you’re willing to wait, give me a few hundred years, no more than five hundred, I should return to the Eternal Saint Dao City, then I’ll pass the complete Immortal Dao Scroll to you.” Lan Xiaobu said to Qiao Aolun, harbouring no resentment toward him.
Cultivation was inherently fraught with the risk of falling at any moment, Qiao Aolun sought the Immortal Dao and took Su Cen along, clearly treating her as a true disciple.
