Chapter 626

625. Chapter 620: The Ascension Was Sloppy

In the void, Ding Huan pulled out the Breakthrough Talisman.

He did not choose to search for the Pangu Great World again to retrieve all the Devouring Dao Silver.

He came to Changyi Continent because he feared that if he didn't come, his Dao heart would develop problems when he eventually sought enlightenment.

Although he eradicated the Du family effortlessly, with no ripples at all.

That was because his power utterly crushed the Du family.

But deep inside, Ding Huan harbored the resolve to repay that grudge.

He had this obsession; if he avoided coming here out of fear of trouble, he might truly plant a seed of disaster that would disrupt his heart during his eventual enlightenment.

Now that he had taken revenge, he had no desire left to spend years searching for the Pangu Great World.

Devouring Dao Silver was a good thing, but the Bone-Clinging Devouring Dao was merely one among his countless Poison Dao laws—he would encounter more Poison Dao laws in the future.

Besides, no one in the Myriad Void Swamps could take away Devouring Dao Silver.

He had to reach the Divine Realm as soon as possible.

His enemies were growing ever more numerous; staying in place for one day meant exposing himself to one more day of danger.

He activated the Breakthrough Talisman; a golden light enveloped Ding Huan, and the next instant he vanished from his spot.

Ding Huan strained to extend his divine sense outward, but the moment it stretched even slightly, an intense dizziness surged through him.

When he regained consciousness, he was already inside the Blue Star Sect on the Semi-Divine Star Continent.

Looking at the dimmed Breakthrough Talisman in his hand, Ding Huan was inwardly stunned.

This talisman was incredibly powerful.

This was still incomplete—if the full Breakthrough Talisman existed, how incredible would it be?

Yet after using it, the talisman had become so dim; it must require absorbing heavenly and earthly qi before it could be used again, otherwise it could not be reused.

…

After Ding Huan returned to the Semi-Divine Star Continent's Blue Star Sect, he immediately convened a sect assembly.

At the assembly, he passed on the position of Blue Star Sect's leader to Xing Pan.

He also announced his ascension to the Divine Realm.

In truth, at this point, the number of Immortal Emperor Perfects on the Semi-Divine Star Continent capable of ascending to the Divine Realm was extremely rare—those who could ascend had already done so.

Aside from the Blue Star Sect's Zhuo Yao and Seeing Seeing Yan Qi, even Song Chengdao and Wu Hanchan—who had previously waited for Ding Huan—chose to ascend to the Divine Realm.

Simply put, after Ding Huan left, there was no word from him; Song Chengdao, worried about his own Dao path, chose to ascend along with the other Immortal Emperor Perfects on the Semi-Divine Star Continent.

Ding Huan, Zhuo Yao, and Seeing Seeing Yan Qi stood at the outer edge of the Ascension Stone.

"Yao Ge, I'm worried we won't end up in the same place after ascending." Seeing Seeing Yan Qi looked uneasy.

She wasn't afraid of ascending—she feared being separated from Zhuo Yao afterward.

This was also Zhuo Yao's concern; he had no solution and turned to Ding Huan.

Ding Huan himself didn't know either; he could only comfort them: "After ascending to the Divine Realm from here, the chance we'll stay together is slim.

Yao Brother, Yan Sister, no matter where we ascend, first focus on strengthening ourselves. Also, the Dao Arts I gave you—avoid using them when others are around."

The Dao Arts Ding Huan gave Zhuo Yao and Seeing Seeing Yan Qi were mostly adapted from the Three Thousand Great Dao Arts.

Once exposed, these arts would inevitably attract covetous eyes.

"We know," Zhuo Yao's expression was grave—even without Ding Huan's warning, he understood the limits.

Ding Huan handed out one hundred Divine Crystals and two Communication Beads, giving Zhuo Yao and Seeing Seeing Yan Qi fifty Divine Crystals and one Communication Bead each:

"These should be Divine Crystals—probably low-grade. Since we're just arriving in the Divine Realm and don't yet understand the situation, we don't know if Divine Crystals will be hard to obtain; take these for now.

These Communication Beads are crafted by me—if we're within a certain range, we should be able to contact each other through them."

Zhuo Yao took the Communication Bead and Divine Crystals: "I'll go first."

Saying this, Zhuo Yao stepped onto the Ascension Stone.

He and Seeing Seeing Yan Qi shared deep feelings; the longer he hesitated, the harder it was to let go.

He then tossed a Superior Immortal Spirit Vein into the vein slot outside the Ascension Stone.

Instantly, waves of white light enveloped Zhuo Yao; Ding Huan didn't use his divine sense—he could see clearly with his Spirit Eyes.

The Immortal Spirit Vein in the slot dissolved at an astonishing speed; a fissure seemed to tear open in the void, and Zhuo Yao vanished, wrapped in a white veil.

At that moment, the Immortal Spirit Vein in the slot was completely gone.

After Zhuo Yao left, Seeing Seeing Yan Qi immediately appeared disoriented.

Ding Huan quickly said: "Yan Sister, once in the Divine Realm, you may have to survive alone for a long time—you must learn to endure solitary cultivation. Stay calm when trouble arises."

Seeing Seeing Yan Qi nodded, regaining composure from her earlier panic.

She had always been with Zhuo Yao; now that he was gone, she hadn't yet adjusted.

"Ding Huan, I'm leaving too—be careful in the Divine Realm," Seeing Seeing Yan Qi said, then stepped onto the Ascension Stone and tossed out a Superior Immortal Spirit Vein.

Soon, another white glow enveloped Seeing Seeing Yan Qi and she vanished.

Ding Huan looked at Yijie beside him: "I'm worried I won't be able to bring you with me."

Yijie's pig face instantly twisted in distress: "No way—I feel the Divine Realm won't reject me."

"I'll send you into my space for now—if anything goes wrong, we can deal with it later," Ding Huan said. He had the Breakthrough Talisman; if problems arose during ascension, he could return to the Semi-Divine Star Continent.

This time, Ding Huan did not send Yijie to the Five Elements World.

In his view, the Five Elements World's heavenly laws were still too weak.

Ding Huan sent Yijie into the Cosmic Cauldron, then stepped onto the Ascension Stone.

He placed a Superior Immortal Spirit Vein into the vein slot; white light instantly enveloped Ding Huan.

The moment the white glow wrapped him, Ding Huan felt completely immobilized—he had only one thought: if someone attacked him now, he was certain to die.

Before Ding Huan's thoughts could even finish turning, a tremendous force swept him up and carried him away.

Ding Huan very much wanted to keep his consciousness and not faint, but he was overthinking it.

He was jolted awake by a hard piece of stone.

Ding Huan opened his eyes and saw that he was inside a long-dried-up enormous pool.

Apart from dirt, broken stones, and some weeds, there was nothing else in the pool.

Before Ding Huan had even begun cultivating, he sensed that the rules of heaven and earth here were stronger than those of the Immortal World by more than a single realm.

Is this the God Realm?

Ascending so sloppily?

But very soon Ding Huan noticed that outside this dried, weed-choked pool, a circle of people was standing.

From the auras on them, Ding Huan could tell that the cultivation realms of these people were all stronger than his.

From the surprised looks in these people's eyes, it was clear they too were quite astonished as to why Ding Huan had appeared in this place.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is an Ascension Pool that's been abandoned for who knows how long, right? Could someone really have ascended into this abandoned Ascension Pool?"

Someone in the crowd finally spoke up.

An abandoned Ascension Pool?

Ding Huan stood up and swept his divine sense around, only then noticing that outside the Ascension Pool there were still some traces of a ruined Ascension Hall.

This really was an abandoned Ascension Pool.

The Ascension Hall no longer existed; what Ding Huan did see was a very small wine shop.

The wine shop wasn't very far from the Ascension Pool. The reason these people had appeared here was because Ding Huan had suddenly shown up in this abandoned Ascension Pool.

And the onlookers had probably all been drinking in the wine shop before.

"You really just ascended?" a woman asked in surprise, staring at Ding Huan standing in the abandoned Ascension Pool.

From the scene at this Ascension Pool and the reactions of the people around him, Ding Huan knew that no one had ascended here before.

It seemed that after ascending from the Half-God Star Land to the God Realm, one didn't end up in a fixed place.

But the Ascension Stone was real, at least it could get one to the God Realm.

Ding Huan hurriedly cupped his fists and said, "This senior sister, I really did just arrive, but it wasn't an ascension. I was sucked into a cosmic vortex, and when I came out, I was here.

May I ask, senior sister, what place is this?"

The female cultivator smiled: "This is the outskirts of the Ladder of Gazing at the Gods. Your luck is fairly good, to actually end up here—it saves you a lot of running around."

Ding Huan caught the meaning behind the female cultivator's words: they had come to this place on purpose, and getting here hadn't been easy at all.

Just as Ding Huan was about to step out of the Ascension Pool, a short man blocked his path.

Ding Huan frowned slightly: "What do you mean, sir?"

"The immortal essence in your body hasn't even been converted into divine essence, and you should address me as Senior. You don't know any rules at all." The short man's face was full of mockery.

When the surrounding people saw this short man, they all instinctively stepped back a bit.

That female cultivator opened her mouth as if about to transmit some words to Ding Huan, but a companion beside her tugged at her, and she forcibly swallowed the words back down.

"What rules?" Ding Huan looked calmly at this short man.

This guy was probably a genuine God-Nurturing cultivator; the elemental force around his body was clearly a realm higher than immortal essence, and his Dao resonance was incomparably solid.

"The rule is to take out your ring and let me have a look. If there's no divine treasure that violates the rules of the God Realm, then you can come up."

The surrounding watching cultivators all understood what the short man meant.

What cultivation was Ding Huan? Just an Immortal Emperor—he hadn't even touched what the Dao was.

Such an Immortal Emperor, caught in a cosmic vortex, not only survived but came out completely unscathed.

Even Bai Chi could guess that Ding Huan had a treasure on him, perhaps even a quite decent storage space.

If it were somewhere else, Ding Huan would have already summoned his long blade and slashed over with one strike.

But this place was the God Realm, and he had no idea how many friends this short man had.

Dealing with this one short man was no pressure for him—so what if he was a true God-Nurturing cultivator?

What he worried about was that if he made a move and a group of people came to surround him, he definitely couldn't win.

While Ding Huan was still torn over whether to act, several more figures descended.

The leader was a young man, with two women behind him. The young man landed at the edge of the abandoned Ascension Pool and sized up Ding Huan.

When the short man saw this young man arrive, he carefully retreated a few steps, showing that he was quite wary of this young man in his heart.