My Wife Turns Out to be an Empress of the Dynasty-Chapter 522: Crushing the Realm

Despite the opponent's excuses about being forced into the situation, Gu Lan knew the reality—they had come to harm Lanyan Royal School. Attempting to complete the bounty and harm the school left no room for mercy from Gu Lan.

Whether it was exploring the secret places of the Earthly Realm or establishing a nation in the Immortal Realm, manpower was essential. Those descending to the Lower Realm were just what Gu Lan needed to fill the gap. Recently, a grandmaster had constantly complained to him about the shortage of people, specifically requesting reinforcements at the Saint Stage or higher.

Such people were rare within Lanyan Royal School, but now that these invaders had delivered themselves, Gu Lan wasn't going to be polite about it.

"I'll give you ten breaths to decide."

"Do I even have a choice?"

Hearing Gu Lan's cold voice, the Imperial Realm cultivator smiled bitterly. He had no doubt that rejection would lead him to an early grave. This person standing before him must be the legendary Divine Realm headmaster of Lanyan Royal School—his power was unfathomable and far beyond what a lone cultivator could handle.

Men die for wealth, and birds die for food. Today's outcome was something he had foreseen long ago when he chose this path, though he hadn't expected it to arrive so quickly.

"Damn the seven great houses of the Immortal Realm! They tricked me into accepting this bounty, and now it turns out they gave false information! The headmaster of Lanyan Royal School never established a sect in the Immortal Realm—he's still in the Lower Realm! This time, every cultivator who accepted the bounty is going to be trapped like me."

While cursing the seven great houses in his heart, the Imperial Realm cultivator gave up resisting, fully opening his mind to allow Gu Lan to plant the restriction mark in his sea of consciousness. With a simple gesture, Gu Lan effortlessly planted the mark, so swiftly that the cultivator didn't even have time to react.

Opening his eyes, he was still in shock, now realizing that the earlier dazzling formation was undoubtedly Gu Lan's handiwork.

"You have some skill in formations. Follow those two to the formation school—someone there will tell you what you need to do next," Gu Lan instructed as he dispersed the layers of trapping arrays.

Outside, Xiao Yan and Chen Fan had been waiting for a while. Having already received Gu Lan's transmission, they weren't surprised at the outcome. After all, if their headmaster couldn't solve the problem, that would have been truly shocking.

Xiao Yan and Chen Fan escorted the captured cultivator to the formation school, while Gu Lan turned into a beam of light, shooting out from Lanyan Royal School. Now that he had uncovered the invaders' motives, he didn't need to hold back anymore. Through the protective formation of the world, Gu Lan could sense the movements of all Imperial Realm cultivators in the Earthly Realm.

At the moment, the remaining independent cultivators who had accepted the bounty were gathered together, discussing plans to cooperate. They had already realized that Lanyan Royal School's formations were no joke and were forming an alliance to take action.

Unbeknownst to them, this was exactly what Gu Lan wanted. Having them all in one place would save him a lot of trouble.

"With these Imperial Realm cultivators working for us, those grandmasters who always complain about being short-handed will definitely be happy," Gu Lan mused with a smile, his figure appearing above the group of Immortal Realm Imperial Realm cultivators.

Suspended in the air, he began forming seals with his hands. It wasn't that the strength of the enemies required such elaborate measures; rather, Gu Lan intended to set up a large-scale trapping array to lock down the space and prevent any escape.

"Friends, I've already scouted the area. The Earthly Realm hasn't seen an Imperial Realm cultivator in years, and Lanyan Royal School has only risen in the last decade. Apart from their headmaster, the rest are merely at the Saint Stage—nothing to worry about," one of the Imperial Realm cultivators said, leading the discussion.

He was the strongest among them, at the sixth tier of the Imperial Realm, and already showing signs of mastering a domain.

"The only concern is the formations around Lanyan Royal School, which must be the work of their Divine Realm headmaster. If we fight individually, we may fail the bounty from the seven great houses. But if we join forces, I'm sure with our reputation from the Immortal Realm, we can easily break the formation."

"Since that's the case, why don't we..."

Before he could finish, spatial fluctuations rippled through the area, causing panic among the group.

"This is the disturbance of a spatial lockdown—we've been discovered!"

"With such a wide-scale spatial lock, the intruder must be incredibly powerful. Everyone, prepare for battle!"

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These independent cultivators were no strangers to danger, each having survived countless battles. Sensing the spatial disturbance, one of them immediately brought out a Realm Breaker Talisman, hoping to stop the spatial lock. At the same time, over a dozen others drew out spatial treasures, all aiming to break free from the lockdown.

In ordinary circumstances, such quick thinking and battle experience might have allowed them to create a small opening to escape. But they were facing Gu Lan.

If Gu Lan weren't worried about accidentally killing them, he would have used the power of laws directly, leaving no chance for any of them to survive.

"Friends," Gu Lan's voice echoed as his figure descended into the formation, "since you're already here, you might as well stay."

At that moment, Gu Lan finished setting up the space-locking formation and entered its confines. Seeing their attempts to break the spatial seal, he wasn't about to let them succeed.

The best counter to spatial power is, of course, more spatial power. And Gu Lan had mastered the best counter to space itself—spatial domains.

"Spatial Domain—activate!"

In an instant, waves of powerful spatial Realm Power radiated from Gu Lan's body. Normally, spatial power is chaotic and disorderly, but when a cultivator masters a domain, they can impose order upon it.

In the eyes of the independent cultivators, the Realm Breaker Talisman crumbled to dust before it could even release its power. The spatial treasures lost their glow and fell to the ground, reduced to mere scrap metal.

"A spatial domain!"

"How could there be someone in the Earthly Realm who has mastered a spatial domain?"

"Could it be... this is Gu Lan, the headmaster of Lanyan Royal School?"

The leading Imperial Realm cultivator, who had the highest cultivation among them, realized the terrifying truth. In desperation, he activated a secret technique to push his potential to its limit.

A Saint Stage cultivator defeating an Imperial Realm cultivator was nearly impossible. An Imperial Realm cultivator defeating a Divine Realm cultivator? That was absolutely impossible.

The higher one's cultivation, the clearer this truth became. Now, he could only pray that Gu Lan wouldn't have time to deal with all of them, leaving him a slim chance of escape.

Reaching the edge of the spatial formation, he summoned his life-bound treasure and hurled it with all his might.

Pfft!

The formation barrier remained untouched, while the cultivator himself was thrown back a hundred meters, coughing up blood.