Chapter 691

Xian Wushang looked at the two of them coldly.

The one who stepped forward to accuse him of monopolizing the Divine Rice in Liyin Divine Valley was Gongyang Rong, the sect leader of Tiandaoshen Sect; the man supporting him was Ling Li, the head of Jueying Divine Pavilion.

He sneered inwardly—these people were utterly shameless.

When fighting the Divine Clan, it was always him and Shu Ziche charging ahead, always them leading the charge.

Yet now these bastards acted as if they had stayed behind while Tiandaoshen Sect was the true frontline force.

Not only that, they even called the Divine Rice a war trophy won from the Divine Clan.

This Divine Rice was given by Ding Huan—what the hell does it have to do with the Divine Clan?

Pu Zhijian scoffed: "As far as I know, the Divine Rice in Liyin Divine Valley was gifted by Ding Huan—what connection does it have with the Divine Clan?"

"So what if it's Ding Huan?" Gongyang Rong snapped. "Isn't he still a human cultivator?"

Shu Ziche said calmly: "He's nothing special—just has a Composed Spirit Ancestor as his master, and that master can arrive anytime."

If you think Ding's younger brother isn't here, you can act without restraint, then I'll tell you plainly—you're deluding yourselves.

And let me tell you this: the Divine Clan agreed to peace not because of your efforts, but solely because Master Huan acted."

Indeed, upon hearing Shu Ziche mention the human Composed Spirit Ancestor Master Huan, the crowd fell silent.

Even Gongyang Rong, who had been so arrogant, clammed up.

Most of the sect leaders summoned by Gongyang Rong and Ling Li involuntarily stepped back.

A Composed Spirit Ancestor was a being who could effortlessly wipe out all their sects.

They could fight Liyin Divine Valley to the death—but they dared not offend a true Composed Spirit Ancestor.

"Sect Leader Shu, we're not targeting Liyin Divine Valley—we merely hope Liyin Divine Valley, for the sake of humanity's future, will distribute some of the Divine Rice to more sects."

A sect leader who seemed relatively reasonable stepped forward.

But Xian Wushang ignored him, turning instead to his communication bead—Seeing Qu Yi had just sent a message.

He took Seeing Qu Yi's message very seriously.

"Sect Leader Xian, I suggest selling a portion of the lower-grade Divine Rice to sects that are relatively friendly toward Liyin Divine Valley at a high price.

For the leading sects—like Tiandaoshen Sect and Jueying Divine Pavilion—use their own momentum to suppress them. If you promise to sell Divine Rice to some Shenwang Sect sects, won't they be eager to act?"

Xian Wushang's heart stirred; he passed the message to Shu Ziche.

Shu Ziche glanced at the message, then smiled:

"I think it's viable. Now you can ask Miss Qu: what price should we set for the Divine Rice, and how far should we suppress those sects?"

Shu Ziche was showing respect to Ding Huan, the owner of the Divine Rice—after all, Seeing Qu Yi had an extraordinary relationship with Ding Huan; seeking her opinion was equivalent to seeking Ding Huan's.

In fact, by this point, even Bai Chi would understand.

Even with a Composed Spirit Ancestor backing them, Liyin Divine Valley could never monopolize the Divine Rice alone.

So the Divine Rice had to be distributed.

The key now was: how, and at what cost, to release it.

Xian Wushang immediately sent Shu Ziche's question to Seeing Qu Yi.

Seeing Qu Yi trained on Daxing Peak—for Xian Wushang, Daxing Peak's status had long surpassed Liyin Divine Valley as a sect.

Others didn't know Ding Huan's abilities—but didn't he?

Soon, Seeing Qu Yi replied again: "Of course sell it by Divine Spirit Vein units. As for suppression—if Brother Ding were here, he'd have wiped them out already."

Even Shu Ziche was secretly startled upon reading this reply.

Seeing Qu Yi looked so gentle and frail—yet she was this ruthless.

Wipe out entire sects? That's that harsh?

But Xian Wushang and Shu Ziche exchanged a glance and both nodded.

If we only compromise this time, others will think Liyin Divine Valley is easy to bully.

Liyin Divine Valley itself doesn't matter—but Ding Huan trains here, so behind Liyin Divine Valley stands Composed Spirit Ancestor Master Huan.

If Liyin Divine Valley is seen as easy to bully now, doesn't that mean Master Huan is easy to bully too?

So wiping out a few Shenzhidi Sect sects is inevitable.

Thinking this through, Xian Wushang immediately knew what to do.

……

After reaching World God Seventh Layer, Ding Huan stopped cultivating—he could no longer sense the Starlight Qi.

Starlight Qi was crucial to him now; once he lost perception of it, his comprehension of cosmic laws weakened drastically.

Ding Huan's divine sense settled into the void.

Having trained here for years, faint traces of Starlight Divine Qi swept in by the Spirit Gathering Divine Array still lingered.

Ding Huan's divine sense immediately caught a faint trail.

It was the path along which Starlight Qi had been drawn in by the Spirit Gathering Divine Array.

Could it be that somewhere, a Starlight Divine Spirit Vein had been drained dry by me?

Ding Huan stared at the trail extending into the void and decided to investigate its source.

He left a divine sense mark at his cultivation spot, then carefully stepped into the void.

Though the Starlight Qi trail grew ever fainter, Ding Huan still traced its origin.

To Ding Huan's surprise, within half a stick of incense, he found the source.

The source was a Void Divine Ravine.

Ding Huan knew these Void Divine Ravines—they were extremely dangerous.

Sometimes, once you entered, you never came out.

Because most Void Divine Ravines severed all divine sense—either due to cosmic laws restricting divine projection, or natural sealing barriers.

Standing at the edge of this Void Divine Ravine, Ding Huan didn't know whether he should go in.

However, he quickly decided to go in and take a look.

Why are Starry Sky Essence Veins rarely seen? It's because this kind of essence vein exists within the vast void.

Let alone the fact that they normally can't be discovered at all, even if discovered, no one would take them out to sell.

Since Starry Sky Essence is seeping out from within this Void Divine Ravine, that proves there's a Starry Sky Essence Vein inside.

Moreover, there might be more than one such Starry Sky Essence Vein.

A single Starry Sky Essence Vein couldn't have been swept away by him carrying off so much Starry Sky Essence.

Ding Huan carved a teleportation array at the edge of this Void Divine Ravine, then only then did he bring out a top-grade flying divine artifact and slowly entered this Void Divine Ravine.

His flying divine artifact was a flying ship.

Looking one by one in—

In this kind of Void Divine Ravine, a flying ship was more suitable.

The moment the flying ship entered the Void Divine Ravine, Ding Huan knew he had done a foolish thing.

Because the flying ship simply couldn't maintain flight, but instead smashed down like a meteor.

All flight array patterns became completely ineffective here.

Ding Huan was greatly shocked in his heart.

Falling in this state, the flying ship would turn to scrap, and he inside the ship would be no better off.

Even with a Sacred Body, he would still be injured.

Ding Huan wanted to carve levitation array patterns to control the falling speed of the flying ship.

Soon he discovered that no matter how he carved the array patterns, he simply couldn't carve them out.

Ding Huan understood this was because his divine sense was being suppressed.

The Grand Cosmos Art began to operate, and Ding Huan quickly constructed a Zhou Tian with the surrounding space, his divine sense slowly extending outward.

From initially being able to extend less than a chi, slowly to extending one meter, then to two meters...

After a full half an incense stick's time, Ding Huan finally carved out the first void array pattern.

But after this void levitation array pattern was carved on, the flying ship showed no sign of slowing, still falling faster and faster.

It seemed that in this place, all levitation array patterns were utterly useless.

Ding Huan simply stopped carving array patterns for the flying ship, and instead formed a Zhou Tian with the surrounding space using his own body, continuing to operate the Grand Cosmos Art.

Immediately he burst out from the flying ship, and the flying ship fell at an extremely fast speed.

And under his Grand Cosmos Art's Zhou Tian, the levitation array pattern finally took effect.

His falling speed slowed.

He didn't know how long had passed before Ding Huan's feet struck with a jolt.

Boom!

Ding Huan felt he had smashed onto the ground, blasting some rubble into pieces.

Ding Huan was secretly shocked — if he hadn't used the Grand Cosmos Art's Zhou Tian to stabilize his body, upon landing his five viscera and six bowels would have been shattered, and as for his legs, they would have turned to scrap.

Next time he encountered this kind of place, he still needed to rely on the Cosmos Pot.

Just as Ding Huan thought of this, he suddenly felt the space tighten, and before he could react, a large net descended.

Even though he clearly sensed the large net descending, Ding Huan simply couldn't control this patch of space.

Then the large net covered him tightly and securely.

Ding Huan almost burst out cursing.

In less than a single year, he had actually been bound twice by someone.

Soon he couldn't curse anymore.

Because the Dao rhyme transmitted from that large net instantly locked down his entire body's aura, leaving him with no ability to resist.

This guy was absolutely an expert beyond a God King.

Ding Huan's mind rapidly thought of countermeasures — he hadn't expected that not only was there someone in this Void Divine Ravine, but it was a sneaky old bastard whose cultivation exceeded God King.

"Boom!" A great force swept up Ding Huan along with that net, and after shifting horizontally for some distance, Ding Huan was smashed down.

The large net was removed from his body, but all of Ding Huan's acupoints and meridians were completely sealed.

Thrown onto the ground, Ding Huan then discovered this was a stone prison, and there was another person in the stone prison.

Except this guy was far more miserable than him — his legs were gone.

But that was also normal — if he hadn't relied on the Grand Cosmos Art, his legs would have been gone too.

"Old Ji?" When Ding Huan saw clearly who this guy in the stone prison was, his eyes went wide.

No wonder he hadn't gotten any news of Seeing Ji Luo in the God Realm — turns out this guy was so miserable, having fallen into the Void Deep Ravine, and moreover being captured into this stone prison.

"Brother Ding, how did you get captured too?" Seeing Ji Luo also stared at Ding Huan in shock.

They could even run into each other here?

Mates in misery, indeed.

(Fellow Daoist, good night! On the first day of the new year, I still request your monthly ticket support!)

(End of this chapter)