Chapter 621

620. Chapter 615: Cut the Grass but Left the Root

After the protective array was established on the Half-God Star Continent, even more people came.

Previously, many dared not come to the Half-God Star Continent, fearing the Insect King would return with his swarm.

If the Insect King returned with a vast horde, no one on the Half-God Star Continent could escape.

Now that the Half-God Star Continent had both a defensive protective array and an offensive Immortal array, and could also serve as a realm for ascension, the number of arrivals naturally kept growing.

Almost all factions from the Great Dao Corridor, from initially sending personnel to garrison the Half-God Star Continent, eventually moved their entire organizations here.

Even some other Immortal Realm star continents, upon learning of the Half-God Star Continent, began relocating here en masse.

The population of the Half-God Star Continent increased in a straight-line upward trend.

After Ding Huan separately designated the ascension site, he entrusted the Blue Star Sect's disciple recruitment to Ji Xing, Fan Qingsi, and Qian Xunhaoyi.

Zhuo Yao and Yan Qi had nothing else to do, so they also joined the Blue Star Sect and lent their aid in recruiting disciples.

Seeing Zhuo Yao and Yan Qi join the Blue Star Sect, Song Chengdao and Wu Hanchan followed suit and joined as well.

As for Xing Pan, he never even considered it—he had already declared himself a senior elder of the Blue Star Sect even before Ding Huan planned to recruit disciples.

In reality, he was still the lowest-ranked senior elder in the entire Blue Star Sect.

Ding Huan never expected that the first to join the Blue Star Sect were He Cong and Yi Feichang.

When He Cong was imprisoned by the Mu Clan, Ding Huan had helped Yi Feichang, the widow.

Though the Mu Clan was now in decline, and Mu Congdao's death from poison had left them utterly broken, they no longer dared trouble He Cong and Yi Feichang.

Still, out of gratitude toward Ding Huan, He Cong and Yi Feichang chose to join his Blue Star Sect.

Outstanding disciples from major Immortal sects, clans, and academies all sought to join the Blue Star Sect, the premier Immortal sect on the Half-God Star Continent.

Zhuo Yao and Yan Qi could only raise the Blue Star Sect's admission threshold.

Originally planning to recruit only a thousand inner disciples, three thousand outer disciples, and three thousand miscellaneous disciples, the Blue Star Sect now had millions applying.

Ding Huan did not participate in the disciple recruitment—he only needed to leave behind his legacy.

Quality control was handled entirely by Zhuo Yao and Yan Qi of the Blue Star Sect.

He had more important matters to attend to.

Now that he had established his own Immortal sect, the first priority was to pass down his cultivation techniques.

To accomplish this, Ding Huan even postponed organizing the contents of Shi Tuo's ring.

The complete Great Cosmos Art was unsuitable for transmission, but transmitting any other technique would not be his sect.

Ding Huan still modified the Great Cosmos Art into the Small Cosmos Art.

The Small Cosmos Art could be cultivated to Immortal Emperor's peak, then allow ascension to the Divine Realm.

For those joining the Blue Star Sect who wished to switch to its cultivation method, there were four viable stages.

The first stage was for those just beginning cultivation—this was the optimal time to start practicing the Small Cosmos Art.

But Ding Huan knew very few such people existed on the Half-God Star Continent.

Even if any did, they were almost all Immortal second-generation heirs.

The second stage was for cultivators who had just arrived in the Immortal World—that is, those who had just advanced to the True Immortal realm—could switch to the Small Cosmos Art.

This group of disciples would likely be few, since one could not directly ascend from the Cultivation World to the Immortal World.

And without ascension, those wishing to reach the Half-God Star Continent from the Cultivation World were not nonexistent, but exceedingly rare.

The Immortal World's dimension was vast beyond measure; the Half-God Star Continent was merely an insignificant speck within it.

The third stage was for those who had just advanced to the Great Yi Immortal realm—these could switch to the Small Cosmos Art.

This group of disciples would likely be the largest.

The fourth stage was for those who had just reached the Immortal King level—this level could also switch to the Small Cosmos Art.

For sect legacy, Ding Huan emphasized voluntary participation.

If one wished to join the Blue Star Sect but refused to practice the Small Cosmos Art, that was acceptable too.

He would never force any Blue Star Sect disciple to practice the Small Cosmos Art.

Of course, disciples wishing to practice the Small Cosmos Art still had to pass through the Blue Star Technique Tower he had set up.

The complete Small Cosmos Art would not be given to anyone—each person seeking the full technique must climb the Blue Star Tower layer by layer.

For example, an Xuan Immortal advancing to Great Yi Immortal needed the subsequent cultivation method for Great Yi Immortal level of the Small Cosmos Art.

They would then climb to the Great Yi Immortal level of the Blue Star Tower; only upon entering could they obtain the Great Yi Immortal-level cultivation method of the Small Cosmos Art.

To ensure Small Cosmos Art practitioners gained greater competitiveness and to prevent the technique from becoming commonplace,

Ding Huan placed enlightenment arrays on every level of the Blue Star Tower.

These were modeled after his own mind-sea's Great Cosmos Universe—two different Great Yi Immortals entering the Blue Star Tower would receive different Great Yi Immortal cultivation methods.

Those with higher talent would perceive stronger techniques; those with lower talent would receive weaker ones.

Ding Huan believed this was true personalized instruction.

Simple to conceive, difficult to execute.

To set up the Blue Star Technique Tower, Ding Huan spent a full thirty years.

When Ding Huan emerged from seclusion, the Blue Star Sect was already thriving.

"Master, Xie Kuangren has arrived." Seeing Ding Huan emerge, Ji Xing nearly teleported over.

Xie Kuangren came?

Ding Huan paused slightly—he had not yet sought retribution against Xie Kuangren for the ambush during his ascension to Immortal Sovereign, yet this man dared come to him?

Ding Huan sent out his divine sense and immediately saw Xie Kuangren standing at the entrance of the Blue Star Sect.

At that moment, Xie Kuangren was locked in a staring contest with Yi Jie Wang Ba, eyes locked.

Yi Jie Wang Ba, however, pleased Ding Huan greatly—since his threat, the fellow had progressed rapidly over the past few decades.

In such a short time, it had already become a fifth-grade immortal demon beast.

From the look of it, this fellow was also worried that he wouldn't take it to the God Realm.

Xie Kuangren carried the Demon-Slaying Sword on his back, his expression somewhat forlorn; the injuries on his body clearly had not healed.

Not to mention that the injuries on Xie Kuangren's body still hadn't healed—even if they had, Ding Huan wouldn't fear him.

"Master Huan, look at my strength…" Seeing Ding Huan come over, Yijie immediately called out.

"Not bad, step aside." Ding Huan did praise Yijie for a moment.

"Xie Kuangren greets the Star Lord." Xie Kuangren offered Ding Huan an immortal's bow, his tone very respectful—not here to pick a fight.

Ding Huan was somewhat surprised: "Xie Si-zhu, there's still quite a bit of grievance between you and me. I was just worrying about not being able to find you, and yet you actually dare appear before me?"

Xie Kuangren forced a bitter smile: "If Star Lord Ding had been determined to look for me, you would have found me long ago. I believe Star Lord Ding simply hadn't taken me to heart, and that's why you didn't go looking for me."

This statement wasn't wrong.

Ding Huan indeed had not seriously gone looking for Xie Kuangren.

With his ability, he only needed to seek out Ji Yi and Quan Er to ask, and he could have known Xie Kuangren's whereabouts.

This fellow Xie Kuangren was somewhat selfish and too idealistic; he simply couldn't accomplish anything major.

If Xie Kuangren didn't continue to offend him, Ding Huan really couldn't be bothered to spend time looking for him.

"Last time the Star Lord was crossing his tribulation, I launched a sneak attack on the Star Lord. I apologize to the Star Lord."

After speaking, Xie Kuangren took out a jade box and handed it to Ding Huan:

"To show my sincerity, this talisman is offered to the Star Lord as compensation."

Although the jade box had restrictions, Ding Huan could still sense a powerful fluctuation of aura within it, as if it could tear the universe apart.

This was probably no ordinary treasure.

Ding Huan took the jade box and opened it; a golden talisman appeared within.

"This is a Boundary-Breaking Talisman. I heard it comes as a set; this one of mine is only one component. But this Boundary-Breaking Talisman was not artificially refined—it is a primordial treasure, capable of breaking through any boundary realm.

For example, if you leave a trace of the Heaven and Earth Dao Rules of the Half-God Star Land on this Boundary-Breaking Talisman, then in the future when you go to another boundary realm and wish to return here, you can use the Boundary-Breaking Talisman to break through the boundary realm and rely on that trace of Dao Rules to return to the Half-God Star Land…"

Ding Huan's heart stirred; this was immensely valuable.

He had previously been unwilling to leave the Half-God Star Land region to search for the Changyi Continent precisely because it would waste too much time.

By the time he found the Changyi Continent and returned to the Half-God Star Land, if lucky, several decades would be gone.

If unlucky, several hundred years would be gone.

If he carelessly got drawn into some vortex, he might not return for tens of thousands of years.

With this Boundary-Breaking Talisman, he only needed to leave a trace of the Heaven and Earth Dao Rules of the Half-God Star Land on it; in any cosmic interface, as long as he activated the Boundary-Breaking Talisman, he could come here.

If only he had obtained this talisman before going to the Pangu Grand World.

Then he only needed to refine this talisman, leave a trace of the Heaven and Earth Dao Rules of the Pangu Grand World on it, and from here he could instantly break through the boundary realm and head to the Pangu Grand World…

"Xie Si-zhu, this talisman is indeed of great use to me. The grievances between you and me are wiped clean." Ding Huan accepted the talisman without the slightest hesitation.

"Many thanks, Star Lord. I've come here because there's something I need to tell the Star Lord." Xie Kuangren said joyfully.

Ding Huan had already guessed that Xie Kuangren wouldn't come to give him such a precious thing for no reason.

"Si-zhu, please speak."

Xie Kuangren's face grew grave: "Star Lord, back then you severely wounded the Worm King here, but you didn't kill it, did you?"

Ding Huan nodded: "That's right, the Worm King indeed left."

That Worm King left by tearing open the void interface—could it possibly come back?

Xie Kuangren said: "That Worm King is now lurking in the Grand Dao Corridor. I'm no match for the Worm King, so I didn't dare disturb it.

I reckon that since the Worm King was able to obtain information about the Half-God Star Land, it's probably waiting for you to ascend to the God Realm before making a move against the Grand Dao Corridor and the Half-God Star Land."

Hearing Xie Kuangren's words, Ding Huan likewise grew grave.

If not for Xie Kuangren's message, after he left, the protective array outside the Half-God Star Land would absolutely be unable to withstand that Worm King.

Indeed, when cutting weeds, one must dig up the roots.

Thinking of this, Ding Huan said: "Xie Si-zhu, thank you for coming to warn me. I'll first help heal your injuries, and then you take me to deal with that Worm King."

"My injuries?" Xie Kuangren looked at Ding Huan in surprise.

He knew his own injuries well—at least another thousand-plus years would be needed.

This was because he had obtained some good things in the Half-God Star Land; otherwise, the time consumed would be even longer.

Ding Huan said he could help heal his injuries? How could he not be somewhat doubtful?