Chapter 581: 580. Chapter 575: Gene Killing Law

580. Chapter 575: Gene Killing Law

As soon as Ding Huan landed, seven or eight figures rushed toward him.

Ding Huan had no intention of reasoning; he raised his hand and summoned the Wheel of Reincarnation Spear.

Of the seven or eight people, only one was at the Mid-Immortal Emperor stage; the rest were either Immortal Venerable or Early-Immortal Emperor, and one was even an Immortal King.

"You—you're Master Ding Huan…" An Immortal Emperor recognized him, his voice trembling with panic.

With Ding Huan's record, these people weren't even enough to fill a single tooth gap.

Ding Huan said coolly: "Correct. Are you all here to beg for death?"

Their hearts tightened; not one dared to answer.

Once they knew it was Ding Huan, no one believed he was bluffing.

At that moment, a figure suddenly appeared at the edge of the square.

Ding Huan's divine sense swept over; there was a teleportation array, and the man had arrived via teleportation.

He was someone whose strength rivaled Mu Congdao, though he was severely injured.

The newcomer saw the standoff and immediately rushed over: "What's going on?"

"Chief Guardian Ji, Master Ding Huan is trying to force his way through the Great Dao Corridor's protective array…" The Mid-Immortal Emperor replied quickly.

The man was Ji Yi, one of Xie Kuangren's two chief guardians.

Ding Huan's gaze settled on Ji Yi; his divine sense swept over him and immediately knew the wounds on his body were left by Zuo Shanwei.

Ji Yi appearing here made Ding Huan wonder what had become of Zuo Shanwei.

Master Ding?

Ji Yi's gaze also fixed on Ding Huan: "Master Ding, you're also a College Dao Master. Why are you forcing your way through the Great Dao Corridor's protective array?"

Ding Huan sneered: "Fine. There's another protective array—I'll hold off for now. Open it for me."

Even as he spoke, the killing aura around him showed no sign of weakening.

To everyone's surprise, Ji Yi nodded and replied: "Alright."

He then truly opened the Great Dao Corridor's protective array.

Ding Huan's divine sense swept out through the opening, revealing a dense swarm of demonic insects in the void.

Ding Huan glanced at Ji Yi but didn't rush out; instead, he asked coolly: "How is Zuo Shanwei?"

Ji Yi's heart skipped; he forced down his unease: "He escaped. He was severely injured when he fled; our Immortal Surveillance Bureau will catch him soon enough."

Ding Huan silently regretted it but asked: "Tell me the details."

Ji Yi, desperate for Ding Huan to leave, still had to answer: "Zuo Shanwei infiltrated the Immortal Surveillance Bureau's headquarters to steal a Semi-God Vein. We surrounded him."

He was extremely ferocious—he killed several of our people, and we managed to severely wound and trap him."

While we were locked in stalemate, Mu Congdao arrived and dealt him a crippling blow, allowing him to escape."

Though Ji Yi's account was as simple as it could be,

Ding Huan had already pieced together the full situation.

Zuo Shanwei's Break-Heaven Hammer was powerful, but it couldn't break through the Great Dao Corridor's protective array in one go.

It seemed the Heaven-Earth Cover's tier wasn't weaker than the Break-Heaven Hammer; otherwise, Zuo Shanwei would have shattered the array.

Ding Huan glanced at the tear in his Cosmic Cauldron and had a rough idea.

He hadn't come in easily—he'd done so because his array mastery far surpassed the Ninth-Level Immortal Array tier.

More importantly, the Great Dao Corridor's protective array had poured all its power into besieging Zuo Shanwei, leaving it vulnerable at the precise moment he struck.

What he regretted was that Zuo Shanwei had still escaped.

"What's Zuo Shanwei's cultivation level?"

"Early Immortal Emperor."

Hearing "Early Immortal Emperor," Ding Huan's heart tightened slightly.

How terrifying is this dung beetle's progress?

Ding Huan had never suspected Zuo Shanwei was possessed—but now he truly wondered.

Otherwise, such rapid cultivation advancement defied logic.

He himself had barely reached Immortal Venerable Eighth Layer by risking his life.

"How about Mu Congdao?"

"Though he successfully ambushed Zuo Shanwei, he was counterattacked and severely injured—he's currently recovering."

Ji Yi answered every question Ding Huan asked, plainly and without concealment.

Ding Huan nodded: "Good. Farewell."

With that, Ding Huan controlled his Cosmic Cauldron and shot swiftly through the second protective array of the Great Dao Corridor.

Zuo Shanwei was still inside the Great Dao Corridor; his escape had indirectly helped Ding Huan.

But for Ding Huan, he needed to ascend to Immortal Emperor immediately—otherwise, this dung beetle wouldn't be an easy opponent.

After Ding Huan left, the others stared at Ji Yi in confusion.

They hadn't been able to lock Ding Huan in with the Great Dao Corridor's array, but Ji Yi Guardian could have—why let him go instead of trapping him?

Ji Yi's voice was grave:

"You've heard the rumors about the Chief's severe injury, right? The Chief was ambushed by two people—one is Zuo Shanwei, the other is almost certainly the one who just left: Ding Huan…"

"Ah…"

Everyone stared, dumbfounded.

Though rumors said Xie Kuangren was wounded, it had only been rumor—no proof.

Now it was confirmed.

They simply could not accept this shocking news at first.

On the Great Dao Corridor, Xie Kuangren was not merely a Director, but a symbol of the Immortal Surveillance Bureau's cultivators.

He was even a spiritual pillar for many of the Immortal Surveillance Bureau's cultivators.

Now Xie Kuangren had been severely wounded.

Ji Yi spoke slowly: "Ding Huan and Zuo Shanwei are fellow disciples, and Ding Huan is the senior. Back then, when we relied on the Great Dao Corridor's protective array, we barely stopped Zuo Shanwei from draining half of the Semi-God Vein—and we paid an enormous price."

"If we try to stop Ding Huan here, none of us will survive—not only that, but the Great Dao Corridor's protective array will be torn apart."

Ji Yi was not lying; when they tried to stop Zuo Shanwei, he was there, and Quan Er was there too. Moreover, the main forces of the Immortal Surveillance Bureau were all present.

Even then, they failed to kill Zuo Shanwei.

Now, this Ding Huan is no weaker than Zuo Shanwei, and he is alone—still injured at that.

If we don't let Ding Huan go, we'll only be sending ourselves to die.

They checked: these two disciples are not cultivators of the Great Dao Corridor, and no one knows where they came from—but both are terrifyingly strong.

No one spoke. This news was simply too shocking.

They knew Ding Huan was strong, but strong enough to severely wound a Director—even by ambush—was unheard of.

"All outside is filled with demonic insects. Letting him out is actually a good thing," muttered a mid-Immortal Emperor.

Ji Yi nodded. He thought the same.

Since we can't kill Ding Huan, let Ding Huan deal with the demonic insects.

The moment Ding Huan's Cosmic Cauldron burst out of the Great Dao Corridor's void protective array, it was engulfed by endless insects.

These were indeed Thief Immortal Insects, mixed with a few others, but ninety-nine percent were Thief Immortal Insects.

Ding Huan inwardly admired: the Great Dao Corridor's protective array truly was impressive.

So many Thief Immortal Insects couldn't even approach the Great Dao Corridor—any that came near were shredded by the Killing Formation.

Ding Huan didn't rush to control the Cosmic Cauldron and flee. He covered the Cosmic Cauldron with Grand Void Flame, then reached out and seized several Thief Immortal Insects.

To obtain the gene laws of the Thief Immortal Insects, he naturally needed to study them carefully.

With Ding Huan's mastery over genes and laws, this was never difficult—and now he had even learned the Great Gene Art.

In less than an hour, Ding Huan had mastered several gene laws unique to the Thief Immortal Insects.

The Thief Immortal Insects near the Cosmic Cauldron were all vaporized.

The Thief Immortal Insects with even slight sentience began to retreat.

Now, as Ding Huan deployed a gene-kill law, those retreating Thief Immortal Insects died instantly upon contact.

But this void was too vast and boundless—Ding Huan's gene-kill Dao rhythm could not pursue them.

As long as the Thief Immortal Insects escaped beyond the range of his gene-kill Dao rhythm, they remained unharmed.

This left Ding Huan deeply frustrated.

In the end, it was still a matter of insufficient strength.

His Great Dao laws could only operate within a limited range.

When one's strength was sufficient, a single Cosmic Law could kill every Thief Immortal Insect in the entire universe—that would be true great skill.

"Hah! This technique is excellent."

Although Ding Huan was dissatisfied with his gene-kill law, Seeing Ji Luo was extremely pleased.

Once deployed on a star continent, this technique would eliminate even the most numerous Thief Immortal Insects.

Earlier, he had worried because he thought Ding Huan was truly poisoning the Thief Immortal Insects.

No matter how strong a poison law was, if the scale became too vast, resistance laws against poison might emerge.

This cycle of Heaven's Dao was unknown to ordinary cultivators, but Seeing Ji Luo knew it all too well.

Just as extreme life becomes death, extreme death becomes life.

Poison is powerful, but no matter how potent, when its killing range expands, new survival laws will inevitably arise.

These survival laws allow the poisoned targets to ignore the poison and gain stronger survival instincts.

This is just like the Great Plague Art: when death reaches its extreme, new survival laws emerge.

Ding Huan's method eliminates demonic insects through Heaven's Dao laws; though if expanded too widely, it too might trigger resistance to death.

But on a single star continent, this would never happen.

With the demonic insects no longer blocking their way, the Cosmic Cauldron's speed increased further.

Half a month later, the Cosmic Cauldron came to a stop.

Before Ding Huan and the others lay a vast, emerald-green star continent.

Because the star continent's protective array had vanished, their spiritual senses could clearly see the emerald scenery within.

They could also see the horrifying demonic insects—swarms, piles, and heaps…

"Master, is this the Demon Insect Star Continent? How come these insects haven't devoured all the Immortal Spirit plants on this star continent?" Fan Qingsi couldn't help but exclaim.

"These insects have developed high sentience. They've learned to protect their living space—truly remarkable."

As Ding Huan answered, he too felt a deep sense of awe.

He was pondering a question: when demonic cultivators reach their peak, they transform into Dao bodies.

Humans, though not the most adept at cultivation, possess the form most attuned to Heaven's Dao.

So, in the end, might this Demon Insect Star Continent become a Human Cultivator Star Continent—where the ancestors of its human cultivators were all demonic insects?

"Let's go. Enter the Semi-God Star Continent." Ding Huan guided the Cosmic Cauldron into the Semi-God Star Continent.

Before the Cosmic Cauldron even landed, countless Thief Immortal Insects swarmed toward it from all directions.

Ding Huan frantically deployed wave after wave of gene-kill laws, while Grand Void Flame blanketed the Cosmic Cauldron as it charged through the piled-up demonic insects.