Chapter 539

538. Chapter 533: Three Thousand Great Dao

Ding Huan spread his hands: "If you don't believe me, I can't help it. I can easily control you right now—no reason to lie."

"Can you tell me how you're immune to the suppression of this world's heavenly rules?" The Primordial Spirit suddenly changed the subject.

He clearly knew that, whether or not Ding Huan had a Dao vein, he wasn't likely to give it to him.

Ding Huan saying he could control him? That was genuinely true. He had no way to threaten Ding Huan except to flee.

"Are we familiar? Since we're not, what's it got to do with you?" Ding Huan turned to leave.

"I'm Seeing Ji Luo. May I ask your name?" Seeing Ji Luo didn't leave immediately but followed behind Ding Huan.

"Ding Huan." Ding Huan sensed this guy's origins might be unusual too, so he gave his own name.

Seeing Ji Luo made a gesture with his ethereal hand, like "good."

"Now we know each other. Earlier, you suddenly shattered the void and arrived in a lower realm—didn't you want to go somewhere specific?"

"If you keep tearing through dimensions randomly, you might search your whole life and never find it. But I'm different—I have a way to help you find your destination quickly."

Ding Huan had already been about to summon the Cosmic Cauldron to avoid Seeing Ji Luo, but hearing his words, he stopped: "You really have a way?"

Seeing Ji Luo chuckled: "Of course I do. But you have to tell me how you're immune to the suppression of this world's heavenly rules."

Ding Huan opened his palm—the Cosmic Cauldron landed in the void: "I have a supreme primordial treasure, now fused with my spirit. The suppression of heavenly rules has been transferred onto this treasure."

It didn't matter if the Cosmic Cauldron was revealed—many already knew of it.

The Great Cosmos Art couldn't be revealed—that was his trump card.

"Excellent item…" Seeing Ji Luo's eyes lit up the moment he saw Ding Huan's iron cauldron.

Even though his eyes were illusory, Ding Huan could feel the ripple of Dao resonance.

After Seeing Ji Luo's spiritual sense circled the iron cauldron, his voice grew even more excited: "Can you give me this cauldron?"

Ding Huan laughed bitterly at this shameless request:

"Since you have such an outstanding thick skin, maybe when my iron cauldron grows a little cauldron someday, I'll give you the little one. Keep working hard."

With that, Ding Huan landed atop his own Cosmic Cauldron.

Seeing Ji Luo hurriedly said: "I truly know how to locate specific realms."

"Then give it to me right away. Our deal was: you answer my question, and you haven't fulfilled your promise." Ding Huan said coldly.

"Fine."

Ding Huan expected Seeing Ji Luo to haggle further, but instead he simply said "fine," then explained seriously:

"If you've ever lived in the place you're trying to reach, and you have something from that realm, you can bring it out."

"How?" Ding Huan asked eagerly.

He had too many things from Earth—his Reincarnation Spear, Star House, all were from Earth.

Seeing Ji Luo chuckled: "Everything carries its own Great Dao principles. Even a single brick or piece of wood is no exception.

The laws of all things manifest differently across realms—that's why cultivators from two different realms have differences in their Dao, even if their talent and comprehension are identical…

Even if two cultivators have identical talent, insight, and everything else, their power still differs…"

Ding Huan cultivated the fusion of all things' laws—he understood this better than anyone else.

Seeing Ji Luo's words instantly revealed the core truth to him.

He pulled out the Reincarnation Spear, activated the Great Cosmos Art, and every law's information was clearly displayed in the Dao Starry Sky.

In just moments, Ding Huan gained a vague sense of direction.

This indescribable, intuitive feeling felt profoundly beautiful.

"Thank you—your method is excellent." Ding Huan meant it sincerely.

To those who understand, some things are just a thin sheet of paper—pierce it, and that's all there is.

Now it was Seeing Ji Luo's turn to be stunned—he stared blankly at Ding Huan: "You can really sense a realm's location through its objects?"

Such subtle law fluctuations—even someone with Ding Huan's cultivation level couldn't manage it, and even a true Saint would need tremendous effort.

He said he believed Ding Huan couldn't do it.

But he hadn't lied—his theory was correct.

"Are you trying to trick me?" Ding Huan looked at Seeing Ji Luo.

Seeing Ji Luo hurriedly said: "No, no—I'm telling the truth. Now let's talk about your iron cauldron. Let me borrow it for a while—I swear I'll repay you double."

Ding Huan chuckled: "Since you just taught me something, I won't kill you. Leave now, or I'll act."

Seeing Ji Luo seemed to realize his demand was excessive. He paused, then said: "What if I follow you? You let me… hold your cauldron…"

Before he finished, Ding Huan cut him off: "Don't even think about it."

"I'm a Primordial Spirit. Without a good treasure to inhabit, I've been wandering the void naked. Otherwise, even though your cauldron is excellent, I wouldn't be begging you."

Seeing Ji Luo sounded utterly helpless.

Ding Huan found it amusing—the word "naked" suited this guy perfectly.

Sensing Ding Huan's complete lack of compromise, Seeing Ji Luo suddenly pulled out a gray-black book: "I'll trade this with you—I'll lend it to you.

When I refine a physical body, we'll swap it back."

Ding Huan found it funny—this guy was offering a tattered book to trade for his Cosmic Cauldron? Did he think he was an idiot?

His spiritual sense landed on the book—and when he saw its title, his eyes widened instantly.

Three Thousand Great Dao?

Immediately he realized his spiritual sense couldn't penetrate it at all—and within the book, Dao resonance surged wildly, unmistakably a primordial treasure from before creation.

Even older than the moment of creation itself.

This was undoubtedly an extraordinary treasure.

If not for the Cosmic Cauldron being something Ding Huan could never part with, he truly would have traded for it.

"See? This is why I ended up like this—because of this book. You know the Heavenly Gang Dao Art and Earthly Sha Illusion Art, right? In my book, they're just one Great Dao."

"Mine is the original Great Dao; everything else you've learned was carved out from this book, not top-tier Great Daos."

"If you've replicated it several times, it's barely a minor Dao."

"This book must not be missed."

Ding Huan thought of his own Heavenly Gang Dao Art.

His Heavenly Gang Dao Art came from a hide scroll; he had always been unable to perfectly transform his form, only managing facial illusions, and he'd assumed it was due to insufficient cultivation.

Now he no longer thought that—his Heavenly Gang Dao Art had likely been tampered with.

And the Great Computation Art.

Though it could still compute some things, when it came to matters or people above his cultivation level, the results became hazy and unclear.

This didn't seem right either.

After learning of the hide scroll's Dao Nian, he had suspected this very thing.

All these Great Dao abilities had been tampered with.

Now that the true Three Thousand Great Daos lay before him, how could he not be stirred?

"I heard there's a Great Computation Art—is it among the Three Thousand Great Daos?" Ding Huan asked.

Seeing Ji Luo fell silent, then said after a while:

"Great Dao techniques like the Great Computation Art, Great Destiny Art, Great Lei Ting Art—all of them are part of the Three Thousand Great Daos."

"But some are missing from my copy—stolen by someone."

"So your version is useless? The good Daos were torn away, leaving only minor ones?" Ding Huan, eager for the Three Thousand Great Daos, began to belittle it.

Seeing Ji Luo snapped: "What are the Three Thousand Great Daos? They're the complete set of all Daos—how could there be minor ones?"

Ding Huan took a deep breath: "Fine, I'll trade with you—but not temporarily. Permanently."

Seeing Ji Luo blinked, then shook his head: "Your pot isn't enough to permanently trade for my Three Thousand Great Daos."

Ding Huan smiled: "Old Ji, what I'm offering to trade with you isn't this pot—it's…"

Before he finished speaking, Seeing Ji Luo roared: "Even if you used the pot, Luo Ye won't trade with you—how dare you offer trash…"

But his words cut off abruptly as he stared at a massive scale appearing in the void.

After a long moment, he said: "Is that the Heaven-Earth Scale?"

Ding Huan said: "Correct—it's the Heaven-Earth Scale. This thing isn't inferior to my pot. Using this to trade for your Three Thousand Great Daos should be fine, right?"

Seeing Ji Luo shook his head: "This isn't an insult, but your Heaven-Earth Scale lacks a counterweight, and even if it had one, it still couldn't trade for my Three Thousand Great Daos."

"I can lend it to you for a while—if you give me this broken Heaven-Earth Scale in return."

Ding Huan had been about to pull out the Life-Death Mirror—he always felt it held great use for him—but hesitated and didn't take it out.

Besides, trading the Heaven-Earth Scale plus the Life-Death Mirror for the Three Thousand Great Daos might not cost him, but it would expose too many of his treasures.

If so, why insist on claiming the Three Thousand Great Daos for himself?

Once he saw this clearly, Ding Huan suddenly felt liberated: "Then let's do this—I'll lend you the Heaven-Earth Scale for a while, and you lend me the Three Thousand Great Daos for a while."

"When we no longer need to exchange, we return each other's things—how's that?"

Seeing Ji Luo froze. This didn't make sense.

"Wait—my Three Thousand Great Daos you can cultivate, but your Heaven-Earth Scale…"

"What? Are you saying you'd only play with the Heaven-Earth Scale and get no use from it? If you don't want to trade, fine."

"Besides, I haven't even refined my Heaven-Earth Scale. Who knows what treasures like the Three Thousand Great Daos might still be inside its space? You won't lose out."

Ding Huan cut off Seeing Ji Luo before he could finish.

Seeing Ji Luo knew he was at a disadvantage, so he sighed: "Fine—who says Luo Ye is short of a primordial treasure right now?"