Chapter 612: 611. Chapter 606: The Divine Star

611. Chapter 606: The Divine Star's Protective Array

Wu Hanchan stepped out of the council hall and saw corpses scattered across the square; the surviving warrior-cultivators, terrified and dazed, froze in place.

At this moment, he finally understood the true meaning of Ding Huan's earlier words: "Non-divine cultivators, don't move."

Wu Hanchan felt a chill pour down his back, freezing him from head to toe.

What kind of method was this—to pick out and kill only the divine cultivators among the crowd?

No matter what method it was, neither he Wu Hanchan nor Song Chengdao could accomplish it.

In fact, no one on the Chaotic Star Continent could.

Now he was merely relieved—relieved he hadn't invited more powerful figures to surround Ding Huan.

If he had done so, not only would he Wu Hanchan be gone, but the Immortal Gate Dao Court would be wiped clean by Ding Huan.

After Wu Hanchan left, Song Chengdao followed Ding Huan's advice.

He simply reorganized the Immortal Court right within this warrior-cultivator council hall, and restructured the warrior-cultivator army as well.

He overhauled the entire warrior-cultivator army and placed its control under the Immortal Court.

The Immortal Court's Heavenly Emperor was appointed as Li Yuancheng, the former domain lord of the Immortal Gate Dao Court.

Ding Huan had no interest in these matters; he waited only to exterminate the divine race on the Divine Star, then visit their ascension gateway before returning to the Semi-Divine Star Continent.

In just three days, the Immortal Court on the Chaotic Star Continent was fully reorganized.

The Heavenly Emperor, Immortal Chancellor, and Immortal Inspector of the Immortal Court were all held by domain lords.

In addition, some sect leaders became heads of the various Immortal Court bureaus.

Although the master of the Divine Sword Manor was no longer Zhuo Yao, due to Ding Huan's influence, the current master Zhuo Zhuo Yongwu now also served as head of the Immortal Court's Mineral Bureau.

Five days later, under the leadership of the newly appointed Commander Qiu Lun, the Immortal Court's warrior-cultivator army seized the Feiyang Star.

Without Qi Qianjun's orders, the Chaotic Star Continent's warrior-cultivator army entered Feiyang Star before the divine cultivators could react.

……

When Ding Huan, using the Cosmic Cauldron, brought Song Chengdao, Wu Hanchan, Zhuo Yao, and Seeing Seeing Yan Qi and his wife to the outskirts of the Divine Star, the Chaotic Star Continent's warrior-cultivator army had not yet arrived.

Although the Divine Star was protected by a ninth-rank Immortal Array, Ding Huan could still sense its fortune was truly extraordinary.

"When we first came here, the Divine Star was worse than an ordinary Immortal Domain on the outskirts of the Chaotic Star Continent. Now, returning again, it has become so majestic—this…"

Song Chengdao, with his powerful cultivation, also sensed the Divine Star's vigorous fortune.

Ding Huan said: "The Chaotic Star Continent doesn't have such a fortune. You don't need to think to know—the Divine Star wiped out surrounding Immortal Domains and stripped them of their fortune. What a skill."

"This is my and Hanchan's mistake—we were too selfish. Alas…"

Hearing Ding Huan's words, Song Chengdao sighed—he truly felt he had been selfish.

When the divine race exterminated the surrounding Immortal Domains, those domains had begged the Chaotic Star Continent for help, but he had ignored them.

Back then, he was solely focused on refining his Divine Core; whether these domains fell to the divine race or whether the divine race invaded the Chaotic Star Continent, he likely wouldn't have had time to care.

As for Wu Hanchan, this man cared only about his own patch of land on the Chaotic Star Continent—he didn't care about the fate of any other domain.

This time, they'd met Ding Huan, a powerful figure who had slapped them in the face.

Even so, Song Chengdao and Wu Hanchan's first thought wasn't to join forces with Ding Huan to destroy the Divine Star—they wanted to sneak into the Divine Star with him to seek ascension.

Only after Ding Huan scorned them did they awaken and realize they must do something for the Chaotic Star Continent.

Otherwise, they would have remained as before, until the Chaotic Star Continent was conquered by the divine race.

"Let's go—enter the Divine Star," Ding Huan said, directing the Cosmic Cauldron straight toward the Divine Star.

"Ding Huan, aren't you waiting for the warrior-cultivator army to arrive before attacking together?" Zhuo Yao quickly asked.

He knew Ding Huan's strength and knew he had a method to instantly slay all divine cultivators within a certain range.

But this was the Divine Star—how many divine cultivators were there? Surely not fewer than the human cultivators on the Chaotic Star Continent.

Ding Huan waved his hand: "The Chaotic Star Continent's warrior-cultivator army won't arrive for at least another ten days—I don't have that much time to wait."

Even if they did arrive, they probably couldn't exterminate the divine race."

There was another thing Ding Huan didn't say: as long as the human cultivators of the Chaotic Star Continent couldn't destroy the divine race, once they left, the human race there would soon be wiped out by the divine race.

This was a racial struggle—just as he wouldn't show mercy to the divine race, the divine race wouldn't show mercy to the human race.

The divine race on the Divine Star had already exterminated over a dozen Immortal Domains—how many human cultivators had they refined? Countless billions.

Ding Huan couldn't possibly let any of them escape.

None among them were innocent.

Since he had the means, he might as well wipe them all out.

The Cosmic Cauldron, like a sharp blade, slammed into the Divine Star's protective array, sending ripples of void Dao patterns flying.

The Cosmic Cauldron spun in place several times, yet failed to pierce through the array and enter the Divine Star.

"Crack!"

As if the protective array had shattered.

Ding Huan knew clearly—he had not shattered the Divine Star's protective array.

His intention had been to use the Cosmic Cauldron and his array expertise to break through the Divine Star's array in one blow.

In truth, with his array skills and the Cosmic Cauldron's power, it was possible.

As soon as the Cosmic Cauldron struck, Ding Huan realized he had only shattered the outermost false protective array.

This false array was a ninth-rank defensive Immortal Array; only after it cracked did the true protective array appear.

Ding Huan, having studied with Ji Luo, was already familiar with Divine Arrays.

Behind this ninth-rank Immortal Array lay a third-rank Divine Array.

Because it was a third-rank Divine Array, the Cosmic Cauldron could not break through in one strike.

"Ding Huan, have you ever seen a Divine Array? If I'm not mistaken, the Divine Star's protective array should be a Divine Array—and not even the lowest rank…"

Songcheng Dao's tone carried a note of dejection.

If it was a divine formation, even if the cultivator army of the Chaos Star Continent attacked here for thousands of years, as long as the Divine Star had enough immortal spirit sources, the cultivator army still couldn't break through.

"Isn't the Divine Star a star continent of the Immortal World? Why does it have a divine formation? Who could possibly set up a divine formation?" Seeing Seeing Yan Qi looked puzzled.

Not only was Seeing Seeing Yan Qi puzzled, Zhuo Yao and Wu Hanchan were equally puzzled.

Why did the Divine Star have a divine formation protecting it?

And it was protecting an entire planet.

Ding Huan understood what was going on.

He too was a divine formation master, and could even set up a second-tier divine formation.

The prerequisite was having divine formation banners.

With his current ability and understanding of the Dao's rules, he couldn't refine divine formation banners.

The fact that there was a divine formation here meant the Divine Star could communicate with the God Realm and had obtained formation banners from the God Realm.

Either the Divine Star had a formation master like him who could use divine formation banners to set up divine formations, or the God Realm had used some means to send a true divine formation master to the Divine Star.

Whichever it was, it showed that the Shenzu Sect of the God Realm valued the Divine Star greatly.

In Ding Huan's view, it was most likely that the Shenzu Sect had sent someone down.

Without cultivating the Great Universe Art, it was very hard to comprehend the methods of setting up divine formations while still in the Immortal World.

Let alone setting up a divine-grade protective formation for an entire star continent.

"You've got some skill, to actually see through that waste Qi Qianzhun, and regain control of the cultivator army." A mocking voice rang out, and the Divine Star's protective formation opened on its own.

The one who stepped out was a man in a yellow divine robe. The aura around him seemed to be suppressed by something, but the occasional wisp of pressure that leaked out made even Songcheng Dao feel a chill in his heart.

"Ding Huan, the Dao aura around this man isn't from the Immortal World. He very likely truly condensed a divine spark." Songcheng Dao's eyes held a deep wariness.

He already understood that even though he had condensed a divine spark, it was a false one.

Facing a divine being who had truly condensed a divine spark, he likely didn't have the qualification to fight.

"I'll go test this man." Wu Hanchan stepped out of the Universe Cauldron in a single stride, the Slaughter God Sword in his hand rolling up a curtain of sword-light that slammed toward the yellow-robed man.

A flash of contempt crossed the yellow-robed man's eyes, and standing in place he threw a single punch.

"Boom!"

With just one punch, the sword curtain shattered completely. Wu Hanchan was wrapped in the overwhelming force of the fist and sent flying backward whole.

He was still in the void when he sprayed out a stream of blood.

Songcheng Dao rushed over, grabbed Wu Hanchan, and brought him back onto the Universe Cauldron.

"He's very strong." Blood was still overflowing from the corner of Wu Hanchan's mouth; he was utterly horrified within.

Even when he fought Ding Huan, he had the slight upper hand.

Facing this yellow-robed man, he had no power to resist at all.

He thought of the Myriad Rivers Sword Dao he had erased not long ago.

Before this yellow-robed man, he was as fragile as those many sword cultivators of the Myriad Rivers Sword Dao had been before him.

"Ding Huan, this guy is definitely not a cultivator of the Immortal World." Songcheng Dao stared at the yellow-robed man, his tone carrying wariness and gravity.

Ding Huan's divine sense had been resting on the yellow-robed man the whole time; hearing this he nodded:

"Right, he should have condensed a true divine spark. By the God Realm's grading, he's very likely a Heavenly God cultivator."

Ding Huan's voice was very soft, yet the yellow-robed man actually heard Ding Huan's words. His gaze swept over Ding Huan:

"You've got some skill, even knowing of the Heavenly God realm. You lot destroy yourselves; I'll let you enter reincarnation."

In his heart he was equally shaken — Ding Huan's Universe Cauldron had truly shocked him.

Although Ding Huan had refined the Universe Cauldron, his cultivation was too low; he couldn't make the cauldron's innate aura vanish completely.

With the yellow-robed man's cultivation and strength, he saw at a glance that this was a supreme treasure.

He was quite pleased. In this godforsaken place, he'd finally gotten his hands on some good stuff.

"Brother Chengdao, Brother Hanchan, go all out, don't hold back at all. When he repelled Brother Hanchan just now, it looked easy and crushing, but it actually wasn't like that.

The reason Brother Hanchan was sent flying so easily — it wasn't even on the same level — was because of the suppression of his Dao rhyme rules, not his elemental force suppression. That's his advantage, and also his disadvantage…"

As Ding Huan spoke, he reached out and drew his bizarrely ugly long saber.

He was certain this yellow-robed man had rule talismans or something of the sort on him; otherwise, this guy would absolutely have been crushed apart by the Immortal World's rules.

So the yellow-robed man didn't dare to attack at full strength, while they could.

Right now the yellow-robed man was using his Dao rules being higher than Wu Hanchan's to crush Wu Hanchan. In a moment, he might very well be crushed into fragments by his own Dao rules.