Chapter 629: Wangshen Tihai

Luo Huan'er stared blankly at Ding Huan—was Ding Huan really a newcomer who had just arrived in the God Realm?

Under Ding Huan's domain just now, she had been utterly powerless to resist.

She was clearly at the God-Nurturing realm, while Ding Huan was only at the Immortal Emperor realm?

Ding Huan paid no attention to the dazed Luo Huan'er. With effortless ease, he opened her ring and pulled out a pile of jade slips introducing the Wangshen Tihai.

Ding Huan's divine sense fell upon these jade slips and he found that their contents were indeed far more detailed than those obtained from Wu Bapi.

Wu Bapi had such a fearsome reputation, yet the combined rings of five people only held a few dozen low-grade divine crystals.

Not only that, the jade slips introducing the Wangshen Tihai were also extremely crude.

Yet Luo Huan'er's single ring alone contained over a hundred low-grade divine crystals.

Most importantly, Luo Huan'er hadn't deceived Ding Huan—the jade slips in her ring introducing the Wangshen Tihai left Ding Huan very satisfied.

But that was only the outline.

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Although he himself was also a member of the human race, he understood the deep-rooted flaws of humanity just as clearly.

"Brother Ding, I even hate my own body. I want to find a place to end it all. Thank you." Luo Huan'er bowed once more before turning to leave.

It could be seen that if one wished to enter the depths of this Tihai to search for God-Rank Stones, one had to enter together with someone who had a boat.

They always bully the weak when strong, always choose division in times of peace, only begin to unite in times of peril, always grow resentful when content, always feel attachment when they have lost…

After a long while, she finally left swiftly with the Nine-Colored Void Lotus Ding Huan had given her.

A trace of bitterness showed in Luo Huan'er's eyes: "Brother Ding, I know you look down on me. The pill I gave you just now was an antidote pill.

After that, I lived a life no longer human.

Ding Huan stepped down onto this desert…

If one forced one's way across it on foot, one would only be swept into the seabed.

This is water? Ding Huan withdrew his foot, staring in astonishment at this boundless desert seawater.

Luo Huan'er took the jade box, staring blankly at Ding Huan's disappearing back.

"You don't want my ring?" Luo Huan'er stared at Ding Huan in even greater shock.

Those loose cultivators searching for God-Rank Stones could not use divine sense, nor could they walk on the sand sea. Their only option was to use things on Unsinking Divine Wood boats to scrape the fine sand atop this seawater.

Ding Huan took the Dao Rhyme Sphere and channeled his divine sense into it. To his astonishment, despite how powerful his divine sense was, he could not even penetrate this Dao Rhyme Crystal Sphere, let alone examine the restrictions within.

Ding Huan's divine sense could only make out the first tier of the Wangshen Tihai below; further up, his divine sense simply could not penetrate through, though his gaze could see farther.

Most sand seas could not be stood upon; only Unsinking Divine Wood boats could enter such sand seas.

And now this single Nine-Colored Void Lotus was a treasure that, after destroying her mottled flesh, would allow her to reshape her flesh and her Dao.

That very night, my brother was killed by Wu Bapi, and I was violated by Wu Bapi…

He did not stop Luo Huan'er from self-destructing, because Luo Huan'er's flesh and Dao were already mottled beyond repair, and she could not advance even half a step further.

He had just scanned those jade slips introducing the Wangshen Tihai.

She had prepared to self-destruct and reincarnate because she was certain that after self-destructing she could only choose reincarnation, since she could not possibly obtain a body-restoring treasure.

Ding Huan finally understood why Luo Huan'er had proactively offered to bring him to the Wangshen Tihai—it was because he had helped her kill Ao Bapi.

"Thank you, thank you…" Luo Huan'er knelt once more.

Ding Huan wouldn't even take her ring, so naturally he wouldn't kill her.

Having said that, Ding Huan turned and walked toward the Wangshen Tihai. He decided to go to the Wangshen Tihai first to see exactly what a God-Rank Stone was.

Luo Huan'er finally understood that when she had produced the pill, Ding Huan had already realized she was giving him an antidote pill—the man simply looked down on her.

A faint poisonous Dao aura seeped over. Ding Huan's aura circulated slightly, and the poisonous Dao aura vanished without a trace.

Standing before this seawater-like desert, Ding Huan's divine sense still could not penetrate into it.

Ding Huan unhurriedly walked into the Wangshen Tihai, arriving at the edge of the first tier.

In such pure sand seas, people could walk on the surface without sinking, because there was no seawater beneath.

Ding Huan sighed. He didn't need to go down to know that if one fell into the depths of this sand sea due to a scramble, one probably wouldn't survive.

Ding Huan said, "Otherwise, you think I wouldn't kill you?"

Ah, humans—

Ah, humans—they always bully those kind and weak among their own kind."

Ding Huan said lightly, "I find it dirty."

But whether a few inches or several zhang, these fine sands could not bear weight.

If a group of people rode on a single Unsinking Divine Wood boat, then once a God-Rank Stone was scraped out, a scramble would inevitably occur.

At this point, Luo Huan'er laughed self-deprecatingly: "When I was kind and timid, everyone wanted to bully me. When I myself became a demon, even Wu Bapi gave me a wide berth.

He too fell silent, for Luo Huan'er's own experiences had truly touched him.

To search through these fine sands for God-Rank Stones, one had to use Unsinking Divine Wood to refine a wooden boat.

In the Wangshen Tihai, besides the kind of sea Ding Huan had seen—where the surface was covered by a layer of fine sand—there were also pure sand seas made entirely of sand. Ding Huan was already standing at the outer edge of the Wangshen Tihai. He looked up, and the Wangshen Tihai stretched like terraced fields, extending all the way into the depths of the vast, boundless clouds and mist.

Seeing Ding Huan stop, Luo Huan'er rushed anxiously in front of him, took out a brown Dao Rhyme Sphere, handed it to Ding Huan, and said:

……

Indeed, the Dao path is arduous.

If one could avoid reincarnation, who would choose it?

With the Nine-Colored Void Lotus and the low-grade divine crystals on her, she was confident she could reshape a perfect flesh body and re-cultivate her Dao.

Above this seawater lay a layer of fine sand, spread flat across the surface—only a few inches thick in the thin places, several zhang thick in the thick ones.

We were lucky—my brother really did obtain a Grade-Three God-Rank Stone in the sand sea. If I had known that God-Rank Stone would be my brother's death warrant, I would rather not have had it.

As for those cultivators without boats who also couldn't find a boat to ride, if they wanted to search for God-Rank Stones, they could only go to the pure sand seas.

Here in Wangshen Terrace Sea, anyone who wants to vent can find me, because I'm the easiest to bully, and at those moments I wished I could die right away.

Ding Huan took out a jade box and handed it to Luo Huan'er, then turned and left.

Ding Huan was the only person who had purely chosen to help her.

His divine sense had scanned vaguely earlier, only knowing this was a sea; now, looking with his eyes, it truly was a vast, dark-brown ocean.

Ding Huan was the most unusual person she had ever met, unlike any other cultivator. She opened the jade box Ding Huan had given her, and when she saw inside was a Nine-Colored Void Lotus, tears once again spilled from her eyes.

Only when he stepped closer did he realize this was not seawater at all, but a dark-brown desert.

But I cannot die—I must avenge my brother.

He saw no one searching for Divine Essence Stones in this desert.

This Dao Rhythm Ball is no simple thing.

Luo Huan'er looked deeply at Ding Huan: "That year, my brother brought me to Wangshen Terrace Sea, hoping to help me obtain a Divine Essence Stone."

Ding Huan looked at Luo Huan'er with sympathy: "I killed all five of them—you don't need to worry anymore."

Given Luo Huan'er's current state, only by reshaping her physical body could she continue to open her own Dao.

These terrace-seas connect in layers, stretching upward, truly resembling a ladder.

But some parts of the desert-sand can be stood upon—these places make it easier to obtain Divine Essence Stones…

"This was something my brother and I occasionally obtained. If one day you can break the seal on this Dao Rhythm Ball, you'll understand—so I give it to you now."

Divine Essence Stones are hidden within these fine sands.

A boat forged from Unsinkable Divine Wood is not cheap—he killed Five Scalpers and only managed to obtain two such boats.

Ding Huan did not touch anything inside Luo Huan'er's ring; he merely took out a jade slip, copied the one he needed, then tossed the ring back to Luo Huan'er.

To be honest, Ding Huan didn't fully understand these things—he needed to see for himself.

"I also despise this disgusting body of mine, but I know my strength—I can't kill them…"

Ding Huan tried walking on the desert-sand, but powerful suction forces surged toward him; even with his divine sense's strength, he could not stand on the desert-sand.

Later, I learned a technique to strip Yang Yuan—I killed one beast after another who had taken over my body. I wanted to refine a Divine Essence, and after killing those five beasts, I would self-annihilate.

The jade slip's introduction also noted that one could not stand here; at first I didn't understand, but now, after experiencing it myself, I do.

When she saw Ding Huan's retreating figure, she seemed to remember something and shouted loudly: "Big Brother Ding, wait!"

Luo Huan'er froze, then suddenly realized—she knelt to the ground, tears falling: "Brother, your vengeance has finally been settled."

Earlier, he had read on the introductory jade slip that to enter the Terrace Sea and search for Divine Essence Stones, one needed a boat forged from Unsinkable Divine Wood.

Ding Huan did not linger longer on the first layer of Wangshen Terrace Sea—he entered the second layer.

In Wangshen Terrace Sea, the greatest fear is poisoning, and with each higher layer, the toxicity grows stronger.

Otherwise, Ding Huan might truly have persuaded Luo Huan'er not to self-annihilate.

Seeing these layered terrace-seas, Ding Huan finally understood why it bore this name.

Upon reaching the second layer of the Terrace Sea, Ding Huan immediately sensed the poison here was more than twice as strong as the first layer.

Ding Huan said: "Your body's Dao Rhythm is already hopelessly corrupted—you cannot advance further. Take this; if you ever get the chance, you may reshape your physical body."

She had a technique, but her physical body could not cultivate.

Only now did Ding Huan understand how difficult it was to search for Divine Essence Stones on the desert-sand.

Yet from afar, the desert's color was indistinguishable from the sea.

If this increase in toxicity continued, the wandering cultivators searching for Divine Essence Stones in Wangshen Terrace Sea would likely not reach beyond the fifth layer.

Ding Huan continued upward and soon reached the third layer.

In this layer, Ding Huan saw groups of wandering cultivators searching for Divine Essence Stones—and none used Unsinkable Divine Wood boats.

The desert-sand in this layer had no water? His divine sense still could not penetrate it. He tried stepping onto the desert-sand—it was indeed fine sand, no water, and did not sink.

(End of Chapter)