Chapter 669: Breaking the Protective Array of Liyin Shengu Valley

Ding Huan and the others thought that killing the mayor of Qianlin Shencheng and draining its divine vein would cause massive upheaval.

Not to mention that the Tiancaishen Alliance would undoubtedly hunt them down.

In fact, aside from reporting the incident to the Tiancaishen Alliance and sending a World God for a cursory investigation, everything fell silent.

It wasn't Chu Bukuan's view of the Tiancaishen Alliance that was wrong—it was simply that the Divine Realm had no energy left to deal with such matters.

Not to mention Qianlin Shencheng, a mid-tier divine city.

Even when two Divine Kings of the Daoxu Street Merchant Guild were killed, and all their merchant towers and rest lodges in Daoxu Street were destroyed, no one came to investigate.

Otherwise, how could Ding Huan and Mo Changcan have trained peacefully for over a year?

The main reason was that the Divine Clan and the Human Clan were at full-scale war.

The Human Clan didn't even have enough Divine Kings to fill the battlefield—where would they find extra Divine Kings to investigate Daoxu Street and Qianlin Shencheng?

In fact, during this period, more than just Qianlin Shencheng had been destroyed; even in the Upper Divine Lands, one sect, two divine cities, and one marketplace had been razed.

The Tiancaishen Alliance couldn't possibly attend to them all.

Investigating such matters required at least a Divine King.

Even one Divine King wasn't enough—the case of the Jin Zunshen King being killed publicly in Daoxu Street proved that.

In this short span of war between the Human Clan and the Divine Clan, nineteen Divine Kings of the Divine Clan had died in battle.

The Human Clan had lost even more—nearly thirty Divine Kings, not counting the two the two Ding Huan and Mo Changcan eliminated in Daoxu Street.

On Daxing Peak, Chu Bukuan, Chu Tianhua, Qu Yi, and Luo Huan'er had all been training for half a year.

Although Ding Huan hadn't participated in the training, he had implanted one high-grade divine vein and one mid-grade divine vein into Daxing Peak.

Moreover, since Qu Yi and Luo Huan'er were practicing the Kai Tian cultivation method, their cultivation advanced rapidly, with progress nearly every day.

Mo Changcan didn't train at all because Ding Huan wasn't training—he thought the pace was too slow and simply gave up.

In half a year, Ding Huan had become a Level Six Divine Array Master.

He spent five months merging the Great Array Art with his own array knowledge.

Then, in just one month, he advanced from a Level Four Divine Array Master to a Level Six Divine Array Master.

Mo Changcan was responsible for guarding the protective array of Liyin Shengu Valley; in just half a year, he repelled over twenty to thirty attacks from insect demon swarms, divine beast waves, poison Dao spiritual rhythms, and strange flames.

In his boredom, Mo Changcan also discussed array theory with Ding Huan.

In half a year, though his cultivation hadn't improved, his array skill had advanced to Level Five Divine Array Master.

For Mo Changcan, this was unquestionably the fastest period of array progress he'd ever experienced.

Ding Huan continuously forged array flags, set up various protective arrays, and studied array transformations.

His Flame Tai Xu, beneath the impure fire origin crystal, had advanced to Level Seven Divine Flame.

This raised the grade of the array flags Ding Huan forged; as the array flags improved, his array skill advanced faster.

If Mo Changcan hadn't been following Ding Huan to set up arrays, his array skill would have advanced so quickly he'd have grown bored.

He simply wasn't the type to endure solitude—even in seclusion, if his cultivation slowed, he couldn't continue.

"Ding Huan, I feel I've understood Level Six Divine Arrays for a long time—why can I still only set up Level Five Divine Arrays?"

After setting up another Level Five Concealment Divine Array, Mo Changcan couldn't help asking.

Ding Huan pulled out a handful of array flags and tossed them to Mo Changcan: "Try using my flags."

Mo Changcan took the array flags Ding Huan had forged; from the forbidden patterns carved on them, they were clearly one tier superior to his own.

He casually tossed out a dozen flags—just setting the foundation made his eyes light up.

As he placed each flag in sequence, once a new Spirit Gathering Divine Array formed, he shouted excitedly: "Ding Huan, I've set up a Level Six—"

But the next moment, his eyes widened.

Ding Huan had opened the protective array between Liyin Shengu Valley and Daxing Wasteland.

That meant, if they wished, they could enter the Dahuang Divine Vein at any time.

"You're a Level Seven Divine Array King?"

Mo Changcan realized.

Ding Huan had truly become a Level Seven Divine Array King.

A year ago, when Ding Huan began studying array theory and declared his intent to reach Level Seven Divine Array King, Mo Changcan had been speechless.

But he knew Ding Huan had to become a Level Seven Divine Array King—otherwise, he couldn't even open Liyin Shengu Valley's protective array, let alone set up interception arrays in Daxing Wasteland.

Yet in just a year, Ding Huan had risen from a Level Four Divine Array Master to a Level Seven Divine Array King.

Advancing in array theory isn't just about mastering enough knowledge or understanding—it requires more.

Most importantly, it demands immense divine spirit power. The higher the array level, the stronger the divine spirit power required.

Now, not only had Ding Huan become a Level Seven Divine Array King, but Mo Changcan himself had also become a Level Six Divine Array Master in just a year.

Ding Huan smiled; he didn't find it particularly strange.

Even without the Great Array Art from the Three Thousand Dao Arts, with his Great Cosmos Art and the leather scrolls and jade slips he'd obtained from Qu Yi,

he could have reached Level Six Divine Array Master in a year by focusing solely on array theory.

With a bit more luck, becoming a Level Seven Divine Array King wouldn't have been impossible.

When he began his seclusion, he would copy these jade slips and give one to Qu Yi.

Qu Yi's survival to this day was tied to that leather scroll.

Without the scroll, Qu Yi would never have lived this long.

Sometimes, knowledge is the foundation of survival.

"Correct. I've opened the protective array between Liyin Shengu Valley and Daxing Wasteland. I plan to go to Daxing Wasteland and set up a permanent defensive wall.

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Once this defensive wall is in place, we'll be able to train in seclusion in Liyin Shengu Valley without those trash bothering us."

"I'll go with you."

Mo Changcan said immediately.

"Alright, let's go out," Ding Huan didn't refuse—he had already guessed Mo Changcan would come with him.

The two left the protective array, and Ding Huan turned back to repair the array again.

Seeing Ding Huan's skilled hands, Mo Changcan sighed and said:

"If the Lord and Elders of Shengude Sect found out there was a disciple in the outer sect who could open the sect's protective array anytime, they probably wouldn't be able to sleep."

Mo Changcan himself was a Level Six Divine Array Master; he knew well that setting up an array and breaking one were two different things.

Of course, if your strength far surpassed the array's power, breaking it with brute force was simple.

But if you were only a Level Seven Divine Array King trying to break a Level Seven Divine Array protecting a sect, it wouldn't be simple at all.

Ding Huan had broken through Shengude Sect's protective array from behind without alerting the sect—such skill was absolutely beyond the reach of an ordinary Level Seven Divine Array King.

As soon as the two stepped into the Great Star Wasteland Range, Ding Huan sensed a desolate aura of heavenly rules.

Before his eyes, apart from endless patches of withered yellow trees, were only gray-white mountain lands.

The divine qi of heaven and earth was extremely scarce—far inferior to Shengude Sect.

"These trees are probably still alive," Mo Changcan said, gazing at the endless yellowed forest.

"These trees are barely clinging to life. The major sects' Spirit Gathering Divine Arrays drain the heavenly qi here. The divine race's arrays also drain the heavenly qi here—just surviving is already good enough."

Both Ding Huan and Mo Changcan moved at incredible speed; less than half a day passed before Ding Huan stopped before a protective array.

"This must be the divine race's array. These Wang Ba bastards even left an array gate—clearly planning to trigger beast floods according to their scheme..."

Here, Mo Changcan seemed to recall something and looked at Ding Huan excitedly: "Ding Huan, why don't we just enter the Great Star Wasteland Range from here and see what treasures it holds?"

"This protective array is at most a Level Eight Divine Array. With your skills, you should be able to break it, right?"

Ding Huan shook his head: "Useless. The divine race bastards have been here countless times—any good treasures were long ago taken by them."

"To find real treasures, we must go deeper. Our current strength isn't enough. Once we both ascend to Divine Kings, we'll come back through here and openly claim our fortune."

"Good, excellent," Mo Changcan strongly agreed with Ding Huan's view.

Ding Huan pointed at the divine race's protective array: "We set up our own array here to intercept divine race cultivators—it helps every human sect bordering the Great Star Wasteland Range."

"Think about it—if one day the divine race and human race go to war, the divine race could easily invade human territory through this very spot..."

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

"Changcan, think—could the human and divine races already be fighting? Otherwise, how could we have come here so smoothly, without any obstruction, all the way to Shengude Sect?"

Hearing Ding Huan's words, Mo Changcan fell into deep thought.

As Ding Huan said, normally, they shouldn't have been able to arrive here so peacefully.

"Ding Huan, I agree with you. Originally, divine race elders and human race elders fought outside Dao Xu Street—a battle involving Divine Kings could never end so easily."

The more they talked, the more convinced they became that the divine and human races had already gone to war—and that the human race was in absolute disadvantage, otherwise, no Divine Kings would have failed to pursue them.

"In that case, I'll need to put more effort into this blocking array."

Ding Huan found it strange: if the human and divine races were already at war, why hadn't the divine race attacked Shengude Sect through this very location?

Capturing Shengude Sect would give the divine race absolute geographical advantage.

Not just Shengude Sect—all human sects bordering the Great Star Wasteland Range should be accessible to the divine race at any time.

Even more unbelievable to Ding Huan was that within the Great Star Wasteland Range, he saw only divine race protective arrays—no human race arrays at all. This was abnormal.

(End of Chapter)