Chapter 335: Arrogant

Nearly twenty years of seclusion and cultivation had connected all the star systems in Ding Huan's cosmic consciousness sea with star bridges; his consciousness sea had expanded several times over, and the true energy within his dantian stars surged violently.

Yet as Ding Huan continuously absorbed heavenly and earthly primordial qi, his strength continued to rise, but he could never perceive the next realm.

Unable to sense the next realm, further cultivation could only strengthen his foundation and true energy, but could not elevate him.

Ding Huan knew that even if his Great Cosmic Art was extraordinarily formidable, his foundation was still insufficient.

He ended his seclusion.

As soon as he stepped out, Ding Huan saw Jia Baihe.

"You haven't been cultivating?" Ding Huan asked, puzzled, looking at Jia Baihe.

Jia Baihe smiled: "I've reached the peak of Earth Immortal. Further cultivation won't let me break into the Immortal-Fanqiao realm."

Ding Huan's spiritual sense descended into his miniature world and retrieved the Nine-Colored Immortal-Mortal Lotus. "Here, take this."

"I can't accept this—it was bought with your spiritual stones. I won't take anything from you."

Jia Baihe was stunned. Was the Nine-Colored Immortal-Mortal Lotus something you just gave away casually?

How many people in the Void Flying City had come solely for this one herb?

Nearly all two hundred who attacked us died because of the Nine-Colored Immortal-Mortal Lotus.

Now Ding Huan was giving it to her so casually—how could she dare accept it?

Ding Huan shoved the Nine-Colored Immortal-Mortal Lotus into Jia Baihe's hands:

"I bought it only to study the Dao resonance of the Immortal-Fanqiao realm—I never intended to use it to break through. And this time, my gains were greater."

Ding Huan truly had no intention of keeping the Nine-Colored Immortal-Mortal Lotus; he had acquired far more at the auction.

Moreover, after killing a couple hundred strong cultivators, he had taken all their rings—and he had no plan to share them with Jia Baihe.

Though he hadn't yet taken time to sort through what was inside them, anyone who came to this auction wouldn't be poor.

Even if each ring contained only one hundred million high-grade spiritual stones, two hundred rings would total twenty billion high-grade spiritual stones.

In truth, those who came specifically to the Ten Thousand Worlds Consortium's Void Flying City auction would never carry only one hundred million high-grade spiritual stones.

Their rings likely held far more—not less.

Seeing that Ding Huan genuinely didn't want the Nine-Colored Immortal-Mortal Lotus, Jia Baihe eagerly accepted it, her heart racing.

Having left the Third Layer Star Continent with Ding Huan nearly twenty years ago, Jia Baihe had always seen him as decisive, sharp-judged, with unmatched talent and cultivation arts.

But those weren't what impressed her most. What struck her deepest was that Ding Huan was a cultivator with principles—unyielding yet unarrogant in all dealings, something she had never encountered before.

Deep inside, if she weren't utterly unworthy of him, she might have fallen for him.

But she knew clearly: in this lifetime, she would never choose a Dao partner.

"Are we leaving here?" Jia Baihe felt unsettled, as if she'd thought of something she shouldn't have.

Ding Huan nodded: "Yes, we leave now. But I suspect there's a teleportation array here—though I'll need to find where the array cluster is located."

"I know—behind the Star Hall is a special teleportation hall, which includes the array to the Third Layer Star Continent," Jia Baihe said quickly.

Ding Huan was delighted: "Let's go see."

As he spoke, Ding Huan extracted all the spiritual veins implanted here.

He doubted he'd ever return to cultivate here; this departure meant taking every spiritual vein with him.

The two passed through the Star Hall and indeed found a teleportation hall protected by a grand array.

Inside the teleportation hall were eleven arrays, each leading to different star continents.

The array to the Third Layer Star Continent was unmistakable—it stood first.

"Let's go," Ding Huan stepped onto the array.

Jia Baihe hurriedly followed him onto the array.

The array activated—a white light surged and transported them away.

"This isn't the Third Layer Star Continent," Ding Huan immediately sensed upon landing.

Jia Baihe said: "This place is called Emperor Robe Star. It's a satellite of the Third Layer Star Continent—a dead planet. No spiritual energy, so no life exists here."

Ding Huan understood—it was likely a planet orbiting the Third Layer Star Continent.

"It's very close to the Third Layer Star Continent—just a few days' flight away," Jia Baihe added.

Ding Huan was about to summon his iron cauldron when the ring on his finger suddenly glowed.

Jia Baihe looked at him in confusion—the glow resembled that of a communication bead.

But Ding Huan's finger bore a ring, not a communication bead.

Ding Huan frowned.

The ring's surface was engraved with a communication array pattern—only Liu Yinzhu could contact him through it.

Before leaving, he had told Liu Yinzhu: unless it was an extremely urgent matter, do not send him messages.

It seemed she had sent him a message while he was on Jiuyuan Star, but the distance between Jiuyuan Star and the Third Layer Star Continent was too great—the communication array pattern couldn't receive it.

Now that he had returned, the message arrived immediately—meaning the delay was no more than three days; beyond that, it wouldn't have reached him.

Liu Yinzhu sent this urgent message—meaning the matter was serious.

Ding Huan immediately summoned his iron cauldron and rushed toward the Third Layer Star Continent with Jia Baihe.

In just half a day, Ding Huan's iron cauldron halted at Zangjian Mountain.

"Lord Ding, I'm returning to Jia Star Mountain. If you need my help, just call me," Jia Baihe felt unexpectedly reluctant.

She felt safe with Ding Huan—he corrected her mistakes before she could make them, and her cultivation speed had accelerated.

Now that Ding Huan was about to return to Lanxing Sect, she had no reason to stay with him.

"Thank you," Ding Huan said. "Without your help, I wouldn't have destroyed Jiuyuan Star so quickly."

Next time, he likely wouldn't need Jia Baihe's aid.

When Jia Baihe released her toxins, he had already constructed the Great Cosmic Zhou Tian.

With his understanding of the Dao of Poison from the Great Universe Art and his accumulated poison gene, when he eventually constructs the laws of the Dao of Poison, his ability to use poison will only be stronger than Gabi's.

……

The moment Ding Huan returned to Blue Star Sect through the teleportation array, his divine sense swept over the sect's council hall and found its door had been forcibly destroyed.

Someone actually dared to come to Blue Star Sect and destroy the door of Blue Star Sect's council hall?

Ding Huan arrived at the sect's main hall immediately.

"Sect Master..." Seeing Ding Huan arrive, Liu Yinzhu and the others stood up excitedly.

Ding Huan nodded, then pointed at the door and asked, "Who destroyed it?"

Yan Mei didn't hide anything at all: "It was Old Six. It wants to refine Zi Yuan is critical into a magic treasure, Vice Sect Master Liu disagreed, so it destroyed the door and charged into the council hall throwing a huge tantrum.

Vice Sect Master Liu still refused, wouldn't give it the formation flags of Zi Yuan is critical. It went to the Scripture Pavilion now, and we simply can't stop it."

Ding Huan's divine sense swept to Old Six, who was shouting at Hu Wuxin at the entrance of the Scripture Pavilion.

Liu Yinzhu hurriedly said, "Old Six wants to go to the Scripture Pavilion and take away our Little Universe Art, then go refine Zi Yuan is critical. I disagreed.

It insisted on forcing its way through, so I could only ask Elder Hu to go block it. We're here discussing countermeasures."

"Call it over, tell it we can consider its request." As he spoke, Ding Huan walked to the sect master's seat and sat down.

Hu Wuxin was blocking the entrance of the Scripture Pavilion, the corners of his mouth still bearing bloodstains—he had been injured by Old Six earlier.

Ding Huan's divine sense landed on Old Six. This guy was only at the Star Domain realm, yet could actually crush Hu Wuxin. This guy being so famous in the past indeed had some tricks up its sleeve.

Being able to injure Hu Wuxin meant this guy had recovered some of its memories; otherwise it wouldn't have such ability.

"Brother Huan doesn't even dare to block me from going to the Scripture Pavilion, who do you think you are? You've only been at our Blue Star Sect for a few days, and you want to block Sixth Master from entering the Scripture Pavilion? If you still dare not step aside, I won't just teach you a lesson—I'll kill you."

Old Six was practically pointing at Hu Wuxin's nose as it cursed.

When it said these words, killing intent rose in Old Six's heart. In its eyes, anything that stood in its way and blocked its great Dao, it would kill.

Just as Old Six was about to curse again, it received a message from Liu Yinzhu. The message was very simple, only a few words:

"Come to the sect's council hall."

The message carried a sense of helplessness, clearly one of resignation.

Old Six looked at the communication bead and sneered, "All this negotiating, and in the end you still have to compromise with me. Now you're begging me to go refine Zi Yuan is critical, but it won't be that easy."

After speaking, Old Six transformed into a streak of flowing cloud and vanished in an instant.

Hu Wuxin stared at the cloud trail where Old Six had disappeared, a flash of horror in his eyes.

No wonder Blue Star Sect is so powerful—such a movement technique is simply unheard of.

"Vice Sect Master Liu, why bother? If you'd sent people earlier to help me refine Zi Yuan is critical, would there have been so much trouble? Now everyone's unhappy."

Old Six hadn't even entered the council hall when its voice already came from afar.

By the time it walked into the council hall, it sensed something was off.

Today seemed even quieter than the past few days—had everyone become so sensible? No one was yelling at it anymore?

"Brother Huan?" Old Six finally saw Ding Huan sitting in the sect master's seat.

Ding Huan stared coldly at Old Six:

"Sixth Master, you're really something. Not only did you kick in the door of my Blue Star Sect's council hall, you also want to refine my Blue Star Sect's Zi Yuan is critical."

With just one glance, Ding Huan understood why Old Six was so arrogant, even revealing its true nature.

This guy's Little Universe Art could be considered complete, so it believed it had long since dissolved the brand Ding Huan had left in its soul.