Chapter 662: Seeing Qu Yi

Seeing Qu Yi didn't even think—she opened her hand, and the hide scroll that Ding Huan knew so well appeared in her palm.

"This is something I happened to find—this very scroll. It contains all things under heaven; every cultivation method, divine art, and technique I've learned came from this scroll."

Ding Huan stared blankly at the scroll in Seeing Qu Yi's hand, his mind going hollow.

"Big Brother Ding, is there something wrong?" Seeing Qu Yi noticed Ding Huan's dazed expression and felt a flicker of panic.

Ding Huan took a deep breath, then slowly spoke:

"Yiyi, listen to me—this scroll is flawed. It has an owner, and it possesses autonomous awareness. It waits only for the right day to devour your thoughts and completely replace you…"

As Ding Huan spoke, he suddenly felt something was off.

Seeing Qu Yi's eyes lit up instantly at hearing Ding Huan call her "Yiyi" again.

But then she cried out in horror: "Soul Possession?"

Soul Possession—she knew it all too well. It meant becoming a stranger, while she herself would lose all awareness and memory.

Why hadn't she felt any soul possession?

Ding Huan finally realized what was wrong.

He had indeed obtained the scroll—he didn't know whether his reincarnation was tied to it.

Ding Huan regretted not having visited the dull yellow planet where he had perished in his last life.

One thing he was certain of: after acquiring the scroll, he could never simply pull it out at will.

But Seeing Qu Yi's actions showed she could summon it anytime, anywhere.

Had she mastered the scroll?

He had tortured himself nearly to death, enduring horrors that still made his heart tremble at the memory.

Only then, with the aid of a half-segment of a Dao Vein, and help from Grand Void and Ash Sea magma, had he destroyed that scroll.

Dao Vein.

Now Ding Huan understood clearly—it was a force stronger than a Divine Vein.

Though it was only a tiny, broken fragment of a low-grade Dao Vein.

But what about Seeing Qu Yi?

Could she summon the scroll at will?

Ding Huan immediately set up a Spirit-Sealing Great Array, then layered it with multiple Spirit-Binding Arrays.

Only then did his spiritual sense settle upon the scroll.

Vast, ocean-like streams of cultivation knowledge flooded into Ding Huan's perception.

Fundamental Dao theories, Great Dao cultivation methods, Great Dao divine arts, all kinds of technique arts…

This was nothing like when he had obtained the scroll—back then, information only triggered when he needed it.

Sometimes, he couldn't even access it.

With just those basic Great Dao teachings, he had created the Great Universe Art.

Now, every single thing within the scroll was instantly accessible.

Could this scroll truly have no awareness?

Ding Huan hesitated only a moment before beginning to frantically copy the scroll's contents.

Whether it had awareness or not, the scroll's knowledge was a treasure—he had to preserve it at all costs.

Though it was only a small scroll, Ding Huan copied its contents into eight jade slips.

After stowing his copied jade slips, he left the original scroll untouched, sealing it within the Spirit Arrays, then said to Seeing Qu Yi:

"Yiyi, I need to examine your spiritual soul, your consciousness sea, and any possible consciousness lingering in your body."

"Ah…"

Seeing Qu Yi stared blankly at Ding Huan. Though her heart had long held no room for any other man, wasn't this too sudden?

But she immediately understood—Ding Huan feared the scroll was dangerous, worried some unclean consciousness might still linger in her consciousness sea or body, preparing to possess her.

"Mm."

Seeing Qu Yi did not refuse.

Ding Huan also realized—though Seeing Qu Yi had reached the Spirit Nurturing Realm and lived over a million years, she, like him, was originally from Earth.

Some thoughts were carved into the bone—they never changed.

He fell silent for a long while, deciding to tell her everything, when Seeing Qu Yi suddenly spoke: "Big Brother Ding, I won't mind."

Ding Huan had planned to tell her why he treated her this way—that in his last life, she had given him her eyes and saved his life.

But then he remembered—the scroll was no ordinary thing, and its awareness varied in strength.

He had nearly lost his life in the Ash Sea to destroy the scroll's awareness deep within himself, yet he was certain the one he destroyed wasn't even among the strongest.

According to what he knew, the scroll's master had scattered five scrolls in total.

If his words unsettled her spirit, it might prevent him from locating that one scroll's awareness.

"Yiyi, can you tell me where and how you obtained this scroll?"

Seeing Qu Yi shook off her wandering thoughts:

"After I left Earth with Elder Zhong Chi and others, we searched endlessly for true cultivation lands. At the time, I had already reached Foundation Establishment—my cultivation was decent.

After flying for years with no hope of survival, Huaxia-1 was pulled into a cosmic vortex.

When we were spat out by the vortex, Huaxia-1 was on the verge of disintegration. At that moment, only I had reached Foundation Establishment—if Huaxia-1 fully broke apart, no one else would survive. Fortunately, we later encountered a Void Ship; its crew took interest in the Great Desert Golden Monkey. They allowed us aboard and brought us to Qiji Continent…"

Hearing "Qiji Continent," Ding Huan felt deep regret.

Back then, when he went to Changyi Continent for revenge, his spiritual sense had swept across Qiji Continent—he simply hadn't bothered to go.

On Qiji Continent, Elder Zhong Chi, Fan Yibing, Lü Zi, Fang Chong, Geng Qianxing, and Zhan Wei had no spiritual roots and could not join any sect—they struggled to survive.

Though I had a spiritual root, the test showed it wasn't particularly strong, so we parted ways to survive.

During a search for spiritual herbs, I became separated from Sister Yibing and found myself trapped in a dead end.

In this dead end, I saw a withered skeleton; this parchment was found beside that skeleton.

After obtaining the parchment, I chose to cultivate the Wan Yuan Zhen Dao Jue. Since then, my cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds. In just a few short years, I reached the Primordial Soul realm.

Not only that, my Array Art and Alchemy also surged forward rapidly, and I soon became a top-tier Spirit Pill King.

I successively found Senior Zhong Chi, Fan Yibing, Lyu Zi, Fang Chong, and Geng Qianxing; Zhan Wei, however, perished in a battle.

I forged the Yun Ling Yuan Dan, allowing Senior Zhong Chi and others to gradually cultivate Spirit Roots, then taught them cultivation techniques…」

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Ding Huan nodded.

He naturally knew how extraordinary this parchment was.

After obtaining this parchment, it would have been effortless for Seeing Qu Yi to find a way to cultivate a Spirit Root.

"Afterward, my advancement accelerated even further. Once I reached the Human Immortal realm, I chose to leave Qi Ji Continent—I wanted to find you…"

Seeing Qu Yi lowered her head; the hardships she endured over these years searching for Ding Huan were so severe that even recalling them made it hard to breathe.

Ding Huan seized Seeing Qu Yi's hand; he longed to say he should have taken her with him back then.

But thinking of Qi Xinyue, who had traveled with him, he swallowed the words.

If he had taken Seeing Qu Yi back then, she might have perished long ago.

Seeing Qu Yi said nothing more; Ding Huan was lost in thought about the parchment.

After a long while, Ding Huan said: "Yiyi, check yourself—see if any foreign consciousness lingers within you, especially in your mind sea."

Seeing Qu Yi nodded, closed her eyes, and carefully scanned her body with her spiritual sense.

Ding Huan summoned Grand Void Flame.

Although Grand Void Flame's advancement had slowed, it had now reached Level Six Divine Flame.

As long as Grand Void Flame sealed this space, even if the parchment had problems, it could not escape his grasp.

Ding Huan's spiritual sense began examining the parchment down to the minutest detail.

He did not believe this parchment had no flaw whatsoever.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye; Ding Huan was still examining the parchment, while Seeing Qu Yi ceased her search.

She had repeatedly checked her entire body—including her mind sea, meridians—over a hundred times, and was certain there was not the slightest issue.

But since Ding Huan was now inspecting the parchment, she remained silent, waiting quietly beside him.

Ding Huan's greatest sensitivity lay in the laws of all things; by examining the parchment so meticulously, he would immediately detect even the tiniest irregularity.

On the eighth day, Ding Huan's spiritual sense landed on a corner of the parchment, where he sensed fluctuations in the Space Law.

Ding Huan felt a pang of relief—he was glad he had touched upon the Space Law; otherwise, even with his understanding of the laws of all things far surpassing other cultivators, he might not have detected this Space Law fluctuation.

Grand Void Flame instantly sealed the area; Ding Huan's spiritual sense decisively tore open this space.

Ding Huan's cultivation was at the early stage of the Divine Lord realm; his spiritual sense strength could reach the level of a World God.

Added to that, Ding Huan himself had touched upon the Space Law and could even wield Space Law techniques.

In just a short time, his spiritual sense ripped open this space.

It was a gray-brown space, within which two distinct spiritual souls were entangled, seemingly devoid of life.

More precisely, one complete Primordial Spirit was entangled with a fragmented soul fragment.

The moment Ding Huan's spiritual sense contacted the fragmented soul fragment, he knew—it was the parchment's soul fragment.

Ding Huan silently rejoiced; Seeing Qu Yi had been incredibly lucky.

At this moment, he fully understood what had happened.

The withered remains Seeing Qu Yi had seen must have been the physical body of this complete Primordial Spirit; its owner, like him, had discovered the parchment's lingering soul fragment, and the two had clashed.

But this fellow had less luck than him—he had used Grand Void Flame, fire pulp, and Dao Veins in the Gray Sea to destroy the parchment's soul fragment.

And this fellow and the soul fragment had nearly destroyed each other.

A complete Primordial Spirit and a fragmented soul fragment had been entangled for an unknown length of time, eventually both drawn into this parchment space and falling into unconscious slumber.

Ding Huan knew clearly: neither of these two had truly died.

If he was going to act, he would eradicate them utterly.

Ding Huan began carving the Spirit-Imprisoning Array Patterns, Soul-Sealing Array Patterns, Soul-Binding Array Patterns…

(End of Chapter)