Chapter 392: 392. Chapter 388: Myriad Void Marsh

392. Chapter 388: Myriad Void Marsh

Ding Huan was internally stunned—was this even a planet? If it was, how massive could this planet possibly be?

And if the Fourth Immortal Realm and Fifth Immortal Realm both lay on the same star continent, why were their heavenly laws so different?

This reminded Ding Huan of the Threefold Heaven Star Continent.

Very similar.

In the Threefold Heaven Star Continent, the heavenly laws of the Ascension Realm were clearly superior to those of the Dao Cultivation Realm.

Is there some connection here?

"Brother Ding Huan, I think you should seek opportunities in the Fifth Immortal Realm. If what you said is true, then the Fourth Immortal Realm… ah…"

As he spoke the last words, Reminding Reminding Shen Yi let out a long sigh.

Ding Huan shook his head—he had no intention of going to the Fifth Immortal Realm.

"Old Shen, do you know the Myriad Void Marsh?" Ding Huan asked again.

Upon hearing Ding Huan's words, Reminding Reminding Shen Yi's expression changed, then he turned serious: "Brother Ding Huan, no matter where you heard of the Myriad Void Marsh, I have one thing to tell you—never go in."

"Why?" Ding Huan asked, puzzled.

Reminding Reminding Shen Yi spoke slowly: "Anyone who enters the Myriad Void Marsh walks a path to death. Over the years, at least tens of thousands have ventured in."

And every one of them was a prodigy of extraordinary talent, yet I have never heard of a single soul surviving after entering the Myriad Void Marsh.

Within a few months of entry, all communication ceases. Those with soul tablets—those tablets always shatter."

"But I heard that only by crossing the Myriad Void Marsh can one find a true, boundless Dao realm," Ding Huan said.

Reminding Reminding Shen Yi sighed again: "It's hearsay, but no one has ever truly confirmed it."

Reminding Reminding Shen Yi's warning against entering the Myriad Void Marsh was merely an instinctive act—he understood Ding Huan's nature somewhat.

It was impossible to dissuade Ding Huan from going to the Myriad Void Marsh.

If that was the case, it was better to tell Ding Huan how to survive if he did go.

He said outright: "Brother Ding Huan, in a while, the Immortal Sect Gathering will be held. As sect master, I can bring two people—I can take you along to take a look."

The Immortal Sect Gathering will draw geniuses from major sects and powerful figures from the Fifth Immortal Realm—you can hear what they have to say."

"They know far more about the Myriad Void Marsh than I do. If you intend to enter, you must ask them."

Ding Huan smiled: "Fine, I'll go take a look. But I won't travel with you."

Reminding Reminding Shen Yi frowned: "I'm the sect master—you can attend the Gathering as a guest elder of the Immortal Mist Alchemy Sect. Otherwise, you won't be allowed in."

"I only need to state my name—I'm certain I can get in," Ding Huan said.

Reminding Reminding Shen Yi paused, then said: "But wouldn't that make you even more dangerous?"

Ding Huan replied calmly: "Whether I go alone or with you, the level of danger is the same."

Reminding Reminding Shen Yi understood the meaning behind Ding Huan's words.

Ding Huan—a treasure who could find Immortal Spirit Springs—was a target everyone would fixate on, no matter who he traveled with.

In that case, he might as well go alone.

"Fine. The Immortal Sect Gathering is still three months away—you can train here for a while. The gathering will be held in the First Xiancheng of the Fourth Immortal Realm: Changsheng Immortal Dao City."

Changsheng Immortal Dao City? Ding Huan thought silently—what a crude, rustic name.

After giving Ding Huan a directional jade slip, Reminding Reminding Shen Yi headed off to the second Immortal Spirit Spring.

Clearly, he hoped Ding Huan would cultivate in seclusion at that spring.

Ding Huan didn't refuse—he had three months, so he'd cultivate there for three months.

Compared to using Immortal Crystals, cultivating at the Immortal Spirit Spring was far more convenient.

The Immortal Spirit Qi seeping from the spring was better suited for absorption.

As soon as Ding Huan activated the Great Cosmos Technique Zhou Tian, the Immortal Spirit Qi from the spring completely enveloped him.

With Reminding Reminding Shen Yi's permission, Ding Huan cultivated for the first time without any concealment.

Under the Great Cosmos Technique Zhou Tian, his cultivation rapidly surged—much faster than in the void.

Two months later, Ding Huan entered Jin Xian Second Layer. He did not continue cultivating, but went to greet Reminding Reminding Shen Yi.

Seeing Ding Huan arrive, Reminding Reminding Shen Yi was delighted.

In two months, he had fully developed the second Immortal Spirit Spring Ding Huan had found.

Though the Immortal Mist Alchemy Sect couldn't yet claim Immortal Spirit Qi was everywhere, at least there was enough for cultivation and growing Immortal Spirit herbs.

"Brother Ding Huan, I have an idea—you can attend the Immortal Sect Gathering openly, without using your name."

"What idea?"

"You know the Sheng Dao Arena, right? Besides sect rankings, it has a large display for cultivator rankings—you helped Baihe Immortal Dao set up a formation to trap and kill the Immortal Thief Beetles, proving your formation skills are decent…"

Ding Huan had heard of this ranking board.

It listed rankings not just for formation, alchemy, talisman, and artifact arts—but also for growing Immortal Spirit herbs, refining materials, mining, and more.

In short, if you had any skill in the Fourth Immortal Realm, you had a chance to make the list.

Ding Huan had never paid attention before, but now, upon recalling it, he felt the Fourth Immortal Realm placed unusual emphasis on certain talents.

Before Reminding Reminding Shen Yi finished, Ding Huan bowed: "Thank you, elder brother—I know what to do."

Reminding Reminding Shen Yi laughed heartily: "If you make it into the top ten, you can attend the Immortal Sect Gathering. If all else fails, just use your name."

For Ding Huan, he was leaving the Fourth Immortal Realm anyway—knowing his formation prowess wouldn't force him to stay.

Whether or not he went to the Myriad Void Marsh, he had no intention of remaining in the Fourth Immortal Realm.

After bidding farewell to Qi Yonghan and Mu Zhen, Ding Huan arrived at the Sheng Dao Arena.

The Sheng Dao Arena was extremely close to Changsheng Immortal Dao City, the host city of the Immortal Sect Gathering—just half a stick of incense's flight time away on a low-grade flying Immortal artifact.

Ding Huan's gaze settled on the largest ranking display.

The ranking screen showed no name for Immortal Mist Dan Dao Gate; it seemed Reminding Reminding Shen Yi had listened to him and did not bring the Immortal Spirit Spring of the Immortal Sect here to boost the score.

The top-ranked Immortal Sect was Luo Tian Immortal Dao; just from its name, it seemed to house Luo Tian Immortals.

Ding Huan had no interest in the Immortal Sects of the Fourth Immortal Realm, so he simply went beneath the Array Dao ranking screen of the Fourth Immortal Realm.

This was a ranking of individual Array Dao proficiency, and getting on the list was simple.

Candidates first carved their names, then set up their most skilled Immortal Array on the array platform beneath the screen.

The Array Ranking Screen would assign a score based on the level and quality of that Immortal Array, then update the rankings.

But each participant had only two chances to set up an array.

If neither attempt made the list, they had to wait ten years before returning.

Ding Huan glanced at the Array Masters' ranking on the screen; the top name was Wen Zhixi, and from the name, it seemed to be a woman.

Ding Huan was a Level-Three Top-tier Immortal Array Master, capable of setting up an Immortal Array nearly approaching Level-Four.

But Ding Huan did not set up a Level-Three Immortal Array; he merely set up a relatively simple Level-Two Immortal Array.

By setting up this simple Level-Two Immortal Array, Ding Huan only wanted to know whether such a low-level Level-Two Array could make the list.

The question of whether it could make the list was not whether it would enter the top ten of Array Masters, but whether it could enter the top one thousand on the ranking.

To Ding Huan's shock, merely setting up a simple Level-Two Immortal Array shot him directly to seventh place.

Looking at the thousands of names on the Array Ranking Screen, Ding Huan was speechless.

How watered-down must this ranking be? Even a Level-Nine Spirit Array Master could make the list?

Having reached seventh place on the Fourth Immortal Realm's Array Dao ranking screen, Ding Huan no longer needed to continue testing—this rank alone would let him enter the Immortal Sect Gathering.

Ding Huan chose to end the test, and a jade tablet fell.

He grabbed the jade tablet, on which was clearly written: "Ding Huan, Fourth Immortal Realm Array Dao Ranking, Seventh."

Ding Huan silently thought that if he now entered the top ten, someone in the top ten must have been pushed out.

Who got pushed out didn't matter to Ding Huan; he didn't even bother with Shape-Shifting, and walked straight into Changsheng Immortal Dao City.

Because the Immortal Sect Gathering was about to begin, Changsheng Immortal Dao City was extremely lively.

Although the abbots of major Immortal Sects all remembered Ding Huan, no one in Changsheng Immortal Dao City actually cared about him.

With Immortal Crystals opening the way, Ding Huan quickly checked into the most luxurious pavilion in Changsheng Immortal Dao City—the Changsheng Pavilion.

With more than ten days left until the Immortal Sect Gathering, Ding Huan collected several jade slips and notes about the Fourth Immortal Realm, the Fifth Immortal Realm, and the Myriad Void Marshes.

From these scattered pieces of information, Ding Huan gradually gained a rough understanding of the Myriad Void Marshes.

The Myriad Void Marshes were boundless, stretching across a portion of the void.

In truth, they simply severed a section of the void.

Once inside, one would completely lose all sense of direction.

Within the Myriad Void Marshes, it was not merely endless swamps; here there were endless seas, boundless deserts, death zones radiating infinite toxic miasmas…

One could say that once inside, there was only one path—and that path was death.

Once, in the Fifth Immortal Realm, a powerful cultivator reached Luo Tian Immortal Peak, and entered the Myriad Void Marshes seeking a higher level of Immortal Dao.

On the ninth day after he entered the Myriad Void Marshes, his soul tablet shattered.

Even such a horrific place as the Myriad Void Marshes could not deter the endless seekers of the Dao from entering.

Without exception, all cultivators who entered the Myriad Void Marshes vanished without a trace.

Those with soul tablets saw them shatter within a year; those without soul tablets never sent back any message again.

Ding Huan silently sighed—the Dao path was arduous; as long as he still sought the Dao, nothing would make him stop.

If he were a man easily satisfied, then upon gaining great power on Earth, he should have been content.

Yet he came to the Threefold Heaven Star Continent, where he stood at the peak once again—but still, he unhesitatingly chose to seek a higher level of the Dao.

Now he could cultivate to the extreme in the Fourth Immortal Realm, even the Fifth Immortal Realm—but that was not his goal; his goal lay farther away.