studiobondurri Chapter 848: Sealing the Samsara Sea
Chapter 848: Sealing the Samsara Sea
Chapter 848: Chapter 848: Sealing the Samsara Sea "She can’t hear us."
"Then... I miss you a lot."
Ruan Tang looked at Xu Lai with deep affection.
As their gazes met, it seemed as if tiny pink stars flitted back and forth between them.
Deep and passionate emotions.
Their lips drew closer and closer, until they were about to touch.
"Snap"
A soft unexpected noise, it was the sound of a flowerpot being nudged.
Ruan Tang instinctively looked toward the source of the sound and said in astonishment, "Ruan Lan, what are you doing?"
Ruan Lan was on all fours, seemingly trying to sneak away but accidentally knocked over the potted plant by her feet. She muttered softly to herself:
"You can’t see me, you can’t see me, you can’t see me..."
Xu Lai: "..."
Ruan Tang: "..."
She shot Xu Lai a reproachful glance. "Why is Ruan Lan here!"
"She’s been here the whole time."
"Then why did you just now..."
Ruan Tang was extremely embarrassed, being all lovey-dovey in front of her younger sister was utterly improper.
"I thought you knew."
Xu Lai spread his hands: "No problem, she’s already used to being the third wheel, by now she should be accustomed to it."
Ruan Lan stood up and huffed.
She shouldn’t have been lying on the sofa. She should have been under it; that way she wouldn’t have had to endure this PDA, nor would she feel the need to sneak away to save her sister from embarrassment.
"I can’t stay in this house anymore, I’m going to the Immortal Domain."
"You can’t."
Xu Lai refused decisively.
"You can’t restrict my personal freedom!" Ruan Lan protested angrily.
"I’m not restricting you. If you can fly to the Immortal Domain by yourself, I won’t stop you."
Xu Lai sneered and asked, "Dare I ask, have you formed your Golden Core? Can you traverse the void? Without the help of the Formation Chessboard, can you fly?"
"..."
Ruan Lan flushed red. "Golden... Golden Core is nothing, who needs it!"
The little sister-in-law stormed off in anger.
On her way up the stairs, she was still asking, "Sister Qi, how do I form a Golden Core? I want to do it right now and head to the Immortal Domain!"
Xu Lai shook his head.
It’s good for young people to have drive.
But a journey must be taken step by step, and food must be eaten one bite at a time; take too much and you can’t chew it.
Ruan Lan is clearly not suited to the current cultivation paths in the Immortal Domain, and the usual array master methods don’t really fit her.
He still needs to find time to let Baize, the Divine General, guide Ruan Lan.
After all, in the Immortal Domain.
Baize is the purest Chess Master and Array Master, and she can definitely have a major impact on Ruan Lan’s future.
"The Supreme Emperor, I’ve pried the mastermind out of Zi Tianxuan." Baize’s divine sense timely whispered in his ear.
"Oh?"
Xu Lai showed interest: "That quick."
He had just returned home from the Immortal Domain for half a day.
"Not fast, you only just returned to Earth recently. I returned to the Heavenly Court after disabling Fengyue Pavilion with my troops."
Baize said regretfully, "Ten days! It took me ten days to obtain useful intelligence."
Xu Lai wasn’t surprised.
Zi Tianxuan, Chou Sihai, and Tong Wannian are the leaders of the Holy Lands, and all possess Quasi-Emperor Realm cultivation. It’s normal for them to have tough mouths.
Ten days of interrogation.
Not too short, not too long, just right.
"Tell me about it."
Xu Lai sat on the sofa, glancing back at the kitchen, noting the rib soup needed another half hour to finish cooking. Just about enough time to finish discussing matters.
"Where’s Ruan Lan?"
Suddenly shifting the topic, Baize said, "The Supreme Emperor, how about I come to Earth and speak with you face to face, as the matter is of great importance."
"...?"
Xu Lai’s face flashed with suspicion.
During the fifteen days he had spent on Earth after his son was born, he had learned from his wife that Baize had visited Earth before.
Furthermore.
Baize spent the night in Ruan Lan’s room!
It was said that some pathological laughter emanated from the room that night.
Xu Lai had once believed his wife was overthinking it, but now the more he pondered, the more something felt off. Could it be that...
"The Supreme Emperor, please cease your irrelevant imagination."
"Geez, even from this far away, you know what I’m thinking?"
"I guessed."
"Fine, you might as well come and guide her cultivation." Xu Lai nodded.
"It’s not about guidance, Ruan Lan and I will make mutual progress."
"Does Ruan Lan know about your realm?"
"I doubt she knows."
"Good."
Xu Lai breathed a sigh of relief.
Thankfully the overly dramatic younger sister didn’t know, or else she would surely boast till her jaw was sky-high.
But Xu Lai clearly overthought it; even if she knew, Ruan Lan wouldn’t care much.
Because as of now, she has no clear concept of realms beyond Golden Core and Nascent Soul.
Like kindergarten kids, knowing only that they must attend elementary and then middle school, with other schools above that, but not really understanding any specifics.
"I suggest the Supreme Emperor have Ruan Lan visit the Immortal Domain for honing." Baize suddenly remarked.
"Her realm is too low... no, she has no realm."
"When you left the sect, you couldn’t even beat a no-realm Ruan Lan."
"..."
Xu Lai couldn’t argue, it was indeed true.
The Xu Qingfeng of that time would likely get beaten by today’s Ruan Lan, just with her master defense Starlight Array alone.
Even weakened countless times, Xu Lai still couldn’t break it.
In other words...
If Ruan Lan locked him inside it, with endless starlight falling and the array eternally circulating, the trapped person would die of hunger and thirst.
Or.
Die in despair.
Thinking about it this way, Ruan Lan indeed has some self-protection abilities.
"Let’s discuss when you arrive." Xu Lai said.
"No, if Ruan Lan goes to the Immortal Domain, I will not go to Earth."
"So that was what you meant by ’matter of great importance’." Xu Lai massaged his temples: "Go on, who is the mastermind."
"The Great Emperor Tiangui."
Baize replied calmly: "To be precise, it’s the Tiangui Tribe; Zi Tianxuan and the others don’t have the qualifications to contact the Great Emperor Tiangui."
Xu Lai wasn’t surprised.
Great Emperor Tiangui, Yuan Ying, an old adversary.
A reincarnation ago, there were traitors among the weak Human Race.
This rebellious force called themselves the Celestial Clan, splitting from the Human Race. But within less than several tens of millennia, the Celestial Clan vanished without a trace.
Not long ago.
Xu Lai encountered a Celestial Clan member named Shi Lan, a six-fold Quasi-Emperor cultivator.
From her, he learned and confirmed that, at his peak, Yuan Ying severed half of his soul and fused it into a restriction, all to control the then-weak Human Race.
Laying plans for millennia.
To target him, the one who became emperor during the Era of Emperors!
Because of Yuan Ying.
Sikong Jiu, who was forced to become a Heavenly Dao to escape the pursuit of the Nine Kings’ Palace and the Tiangui Tribe, chose to ally with Xu Lai.
Their goals aligned, with no conflicts of interest, making them perfect partners.
Therefore.
Learning that the Great Emperor Tiangui is behind the seventeen Holy Lands actively targeting the Heavenly Court wasn’t surprising to Xu Lai.
But rather regrettable.
Xu Lai had hoped to draw out other Emperor Realm individuals, those are the big fish he wanted to reel in.
"Enough, anything else?" Xu Lai’s interest waned.
"Yes."
Baize’s voice grew cold: "I request permission to guard Samsara Sea."
"What do you mean."
Xu Lai’s tone became serious: "Is Samsara Sea not about to become chaotic?"
Based on the guesses from the Celestial Clan girl Shi Lan and Xu Lai, the Tiangui Tribe might be hidden within a small barrier somewhere in Samsara Sea.
"Not necessarily, but it’s about prevention."
Baize dropped a bombshell: "The last command Zi Tianxuan received, aside from probing your injury, was... to seal Samsara Sea!"