Chapter 311

Cang Yongqian interrupted Geng Qianxing's cultivation; even though Cang Yongqian was a senior and his cultivation was far higher, the good-natured Geng Qianxing still felt annoyed.

"Chief Yi, is Lord Ding here?" Cang Yongqian asked urgently upon arrival.

Geng Qianxing shook his head: "I don't know where Lord Ding went. Why are you so desperate to find him, Senior Cang?"

"Friend Fei was bullied—no, he was directly imprisoned. And he told us not to interfere, or he'd make things unpleasant."

"If you absolutely must save Fei Zhankong, bring him a Level Nine illusion beast's core within a month, and exchange it for Fei Zhankong."

Cang Yongqian spoke all this in one breath.

Geng Qianxing froze.

Fei Zhankong was bullied? And imprisoned?

Fei Zhankong was a Peak Earth Immortal—his strength was such that he rarely bullied others, let alone got imprisoned. Who would dare imprison him?

"It's true…" Cang Yongqian's voice was frantic.

He knew he'd already spent several days returning—the other side had given him a month, but he didn't have that long.

"Just you and Senior Fei?" Geng Qianxing grew anxious too.

Fei Zhankong was a crucial ally, immensely powerful.

If the Jiuyuan forces suddenly showed up now, without Fei Zhankong, our strength would be severely weakened.

"No—besides me and Senior Fei, there were Shan Beishu, Xun Youshan, and Mu Chengzi," Cang Yongqian replied patiently.

After all, Geng Qianxing was at least the Threefold Dao City's appointed mayor, chosen by Ding Huan.

"Are they alright?" Geng Qianxing tensed.

If those three were also in trouble, it would be catastrophic.

Cang Yongqian shook his head: "They're fine, but they dare not approach—the man's domain is extremely vicious…"

"A Level Nine illusion beast's core is impossible to find. I'll send a message to Lord Ding immediately." Geng Qianxing pulled out a communication bead and sent multiple messages to Ding Huan.

Ding Huan had given him this bead—only to be used in the most urgent situations.

When was it most urgent? Naturally, when Jiuyuan forces attacked the Threefold Heaven Star Continent.

…

Around Ding Huan, the celestial qi formed a misty void lake; his mental sea's star system gradually separated.

The twelve star domains and the main star's domain began to resonate.

As Ding Huan wildly absorbed the starlight veins and celestial sources, a faint, indistinct thing slowly formed between the star domains.

Ding Huan understood: once these faint forms became clear within his mental sea universe, he would cross into the next realm.

Unfortunately, there was no vast starry sky here.

If he could cultivate at the Sword Storage Mountain, his progress would be far greater than here.

Just as Ding Huan prepared to push forward with full force, a series of messages abruptly interrupted his cultivation.

Ding Huan's spiritual sense landed on the communication bead—he felt puzzled. This message came from Geng Qianxing.

Did Jiuyuan attack?

That didn't make sense—his hidden preparations hadn't sensed any Jiuyuan experts arriving.

Could the enemy have other methods?

When Ding Huan learned that Fei Zhankong had been captured and imprisoned, he froze.

Who was Fei Zhankong? A Peak Earth Immortal. In combat power, he surpassed Cen Huan, Xun Youshan, Mu Chengzi, and others.

Could such a person be imprisoned—right before the eyes of Cang Yongqian, Shan Beishu, Mu Chengzi, and Xun Youshan?

Was there really such a powerful being on the Threefold Heaven Star Continent?

Ding Huan decided to end his seclusion.

He glanced at his supreme-grade Earth Fire Vein, and the fire seed resting upon it.

Should he leave it to grow here, or take it with him?

Logically, this was the First City of the Threefold Heaven Star Continent—the Threefold Dao City.

Combined with its location at the planet's core, the Earth Fire Vein and fire seed would be perfectly safe here.

But Ding Huan felt that no matter how safe, it was safer still on his person.

Besides, after this outing, his next cultivation would be at the Sword Storage Mountain—here, everything was fine, except for the lack of Star Dao principles.

Thinking this, Ding Huan simply collected the Earth Fire Vein and the fire seed.

Not only that—he also took his two Superior Starlight Veins and two Superior Spirit Veins.

After collecting them, Ding Huan set up a trapping and killing array on the spot.

His sole purpose in setting up the trapping and killing array was this: if the Jiuyuan man ever came here.

Then this array might trap him for a moment.

In that moment, he could return and block the man's escape.

…

"Lord Ding, you're still in the mayor's mansion?" Seeing Ding Huan emerge, Geng Qianxing gaped.

Ding Huan nodded: "Old Cang, you all went out and still got one of your own captured? Even if one got taken, why didn't any of you dare move to rescue him?"

There was another thing Ding Huan didn't say aloud.

One of your Peak Earth Immortals was taken, and instead of going to rescue him, you came to me—a mere True God realm cultivator?

What face do you have?

"Lord Ding, that man is terrifying. Shouldn't we gather Cen Huan, Fu Fu Fu Qijian, and the others to go together?"

Cang Yongqian knew only Ding Huan could summon everyone who'd gone off to tend their own affairs—he could at most persuade Cen Huan to come; as for Lady Ji, Qi Qi Yonghan, and others, his influence was too weak.

Especially Fu Fu Fu Qijian—he believed Fu Fu Fu Qijian, though only a Peak Earth Immortal in early stage, was certainly no weaker than some Peak Earth Immortals at the zenith.

Ding Huan waved his hand: "No need, let's go take a look first."

Saying this, he summoned a semi-immortal-grade spaceship.

This spaceship was part of the compensation from the Divine Clan, and it was the best flight treasure he possessed.

"Lord Ding, I'll come along too," Geng Qianxing hurried forward as he saw Ding Huan about to activate the spaceship.

Ding Huan replied bluntly: "Your cultivation is too low—wait until you reach Earth Immortal."

Before he finished speaking, he had already commanded the spaceship to shoot out of the Triple Dao City in an instant.

Geng Qianxing sighed, then clenched his fists: "He must advance to Earth Immortal soon."

Recently, his cultivation speed had been astonishing, and with the unparalleled resources here, he believed he could break through to Earth Immortal within three years.

When he returned to the cultivation chamber and resumed his Great Dao technique, he froze in shock.

The clear Dao resonance he had previously cultivated had now become hazy again—he would need to spend vast amounts of time traversing one Great Dao Zhou Tian after another to grasp the true essence of the Dao.

The only thing unchanged was that the celestial and terrestrial primordial qi remained just as dense as before.

After cultivating for nearly another hour, Geng Qianxing wearily ceased his practice.

What exactly was the problem?

Lord Ding?

Geng Qianxing suddenly stood up—he finally understood why his cultivation speed had been so fast before.

It was Lord Ding.

Definitely, when Lord Ding cultivated, the cosmic rules became clear. That was why he could so easily surge from Human Immortal Sixth Layer to Human Immortal Eighth Layer.

He had seen Ding Huan's domain—it was unquestionably the most supreme True God realm domain he had ever encountered, stronger than even those of Human Immortals or Earth Immortals.

By the way, Fu Qiujian was only Human Immortal Fifth Layer back then.

How many years had passed since he followed Ding Huan? Now Fu Qiujian had reached Earth Immortal.

Shouldn't Lord Ding be cultivating the Small Universe Art?

I've heard that disciples of the Blue Star Sect who cultivate the Small Universe Art are virtually invincible at their own level.

The moment this thought arose, Geng Qianxing suddenly felt he wanted to join the Blue Star Sect.

Whether or not he joined the Blue Star Sect didn't really matter.

What mattered most was whether he could cultivate beside Ding Huan.

Ding Huan wasn't here, and his own cultivation was sluggish—better to pay a visit to the Blue Star Sect.

Previously, as a Tower Immortal, he had been too idle; now, constantly trailing after Ding Huan, he was always busy and could no longer sit in silent seclusion as he used to.

He decisively set off for the Blue Star Sect.

……

Almost the instant Ding Huan departed.

Lou Yunsheng, far away on a derelict planet in the void, suddenly pulled out several array flags and hurled them—then a streak of Bai Mang swept him up.

Ding Huan had never imagined that hidden within the outer array patterns surrounding the Star Core Stone was a teleportation array.

When he was here, Lou Yunsheng dared not approach.

It wasn't that Lou Yunsheng feared Ding Huan—he was severely injured, and while Ding Huan was present, he dared not teleport over.

Even though he knew Ding Huan had stolen his Star Core Stone, he still dared not come.

In his eyes, the one who could locate his Star Core Stone and seize it before he activated the teleportation array was a being of supreme power.

Such strength was unquestionably the pinnacle of the Triple Heaven Star Continent—even at his peak, his own power was barely superior.

Moreover, after taking his Star Core Stone and discovering his array formation, Ding Huan hadn't left—he had stayed right there to cultivate.

That only confirmed to him that Ding Huan wasn't afraid of him at all—perhaps he was even waiting for him to arrive.

Knowing the other was waiting for him, how could Lou Yunsheng fall for such a trap? So even though he could teleport over, he never moved.

Now that he sensed Ding Huan had left, he immediately activated the teleportation.

"Boom!" Almost the moment Lou Yunsheng landed, hundreds of blade rays formed a vortex, engulfing him.

"Wang Ba! So treacherous and cunning—I knew it…" Lou Yunsheng cursed loudly as he pulled out an array flag and activated it.

When he sensed the anti-teleportation array pattern, he had also used a Break-Seal Talisman—unfortunately, it had just shattered the teleportation pattern and plunged him directly into the opponent's killing array.

At this moment, his body was already shredded by Ding Huan's Level Eight Binding-Killing Array, streaks of blood mist rising from his wounds; his intact skin now hung in tattered rags.

To Lou Yunsheng, he was certain Ding Huan had discovered the teleportation array pattern—but pretended not to notice.

Worse still, when Ding Huan left, he had set up anti-teleportation array patterns.

If he had set up anti-teleportation patterns, why bother placing a binding-killing array here?

Clearly, this was a psychological trap—Ding Huan had outmaneuvered him.

Ding Huan suddenly halted his spaceship.

"Lord Ding, what's wrong?" Cang Yongqian asked anxiously.

Ding Huan waved his hand: "Nothing. I was ambushed."

He now understood why someone had appeared inside his Heart-Strangling Killing Array.

It was because there was a hidden teleportation array within the array patterns—he had studied them for so long and still hadn't noticed.

Clearly, this fellow's array expertise was no ordinary skill.

As for the binding-killing array he had set up, it was to prevent the opponent from teleporting in from another location and then earth-digging through.

It had nothing to do with the deviousness Lou Yunsheng imagined.

If Lou Yunsheng knew Ding Huan had accused him of being ambushed, he would surely spit out a mouthful of blood.

Ding Huan took his things, set up a killing array to injure him, and now claims he was the one who was ambushed?

This is outrageous.

Whatever the case, Lou Yunsheng didn't dare stay here any longer—staying here and waiting for Ding Huan to return would be seeking death.

He once again activated the teleportation array flag and fled in panic.