Chapter 693

He finally understood why his Starry Sky Divine Spirit Meridian had collapsed so quickly—it was this guy absorbing it.

He looked at Ding Huan again.

To draw Starry Sky Divine Spirit Qi from this Void Divine Chasm, survive the fall from it unharmed, and break free of his bindings so swiftly—this guy wasn't ordinary at all.

"What's wrong with me? Is this your property? Can't Master Huan come here?" Ding Huan figured the angrier this guy got, the better.

As if sensing Ding Huan's thoughts, the long-faced cultivator suddenly grew calm.

"It's useless to have him take you to find the Starry Sky Divine Spirit Meridians, because all of them are under my control—they're mine."

"Yours, huh? Then call out to them—see if your Divine Spirit Meridians answer. If they don't, that means they belong to the universe, and anyone can use them," Ding Huan said.

Ji Luo, standing beside him, trembled with fear; this guy had left a shadow in his heart—he dared not even curse him.

Brother Ding Huan must've eaten the wrong medicine today—why say things to make the other guy angrier?

"Oh, so you're being unreasonable, trying to claim my things as universal property? Then are the Divine Spirit Meridians on your body also universal property?"

As if understanding Ding Huan's thoughts, the long-faced cultivator grew even more composed.

Ding Huan sneered: "Yes, you're reasonable. Reasonable enough to snatch strangers into your stone hut, strip them of their abilities, and kill them if they refuse you."

To be honest, I've never met a big shot like you who's so 'reasonable'—damn impressive."

"Brother, let's back off a bit—I feel it's unsafe being this close to this guy," Ji Luo said, pulling Ding Huan as he noticed Ding Huan growing more and more bold.

Ding Huan nodded: "Alright, let's back off."

Though Ding Huan spoke boldly, he was wary of this guy.

If he fell into this guy's hands again, it wouldn't be good.

The first time, this guy didn't take him seriously, letting him escape; if it happened again, he wouldn't be so lucky.

Fortunately, the deep chasm was long enough—after retreating more than ten miles, Ding Huan and Ji Luo stopped.

Ji Luo's divine sense still couldn't penetrate outward; Ding Huan's divine sense could only reach a few zhang around him.

Within his divine sense range, everything was meteor fragments and rocky debris.

If not for the thick Starry Sky Divine Spirit Qi here, this place would be utterly lifeless.

"Brother, can we get out?" Ji Luo, feeling safer, finally asked the question he most wanted to ask.

"No rush to leave—I came here to find the Starry Sky Divine Spirit Meridians. How can I leave without finding them?"

When Ding Huan entered, he had already sensed the heavenly laws here—the rules within this Void Chasm resembled the Law of Sinking.

He possessed the Great Cosmic Art, so comprehending the heavenly laws here and integrating them into his own Great Cosmic Dao wasn't difficult.

Therefore, no matter what, he could get out.

"Useless—the Void Divine Spirit Meridians do exist here, but all of them are controlled by that guy."

"Taking the Divine Spirit Meridians from him is harder than killing him. Let's leave first."

Ji Luo didn't want to stay here a single moment longer.

"What's the rush? I'll set up a grand array and cultivate for a while first."

Ding Huan began setting up the Gathering Spirit Divine Array.

If the Level-7 Gathering Spirit Divine Array didn't work, he'd keep studying the Level-8 one.

He refused to believe he couldn't absorb this old man's Divine Spirit Qi.

Once he reached the Divine King realm, he'd face that old man head-on.

As soon as the Level-7 Gathering Spirit Divine Array was set, before Ding Huan even began cultivating, thick Starry Sky Divine Spirit Qi surged toward him.

"Hah, not bad, right?" Ding Huan laughed heartily, deeply satisfied.

Before, he'd been too far away—once that old man carved a Spirit-Binding Array, he couldn't absorb any Divine Spirit Qi here.

Now it was different—he was cultivating right across from the old man.

At this proximity, with his Great Cosmic Art and the Gathering Spirit Divine Array, no Spirit-Binding technique could hold.

"Brother, you've far surpassed me," Ji Luo sighed, watching Ding Huan effortlessly set up the Level-7 Gathering Spirit Divine Array.

He'd watched Ding Huan grow—he hadn't been long, yet Ding Huan had already set up a Level-7 Gathering Spirit Divine Array.

Meanwhile, he'd been trapped for centuries without escape, yet Ding Huan had freed him from that stone hut in just a few incense sticks' time.

Back then, he'd been right—befriending Ding Huan brought him nothing but benefit.

The man seated cross-legged on the red boulder far away frowned slightly as he watched Ding Huan set up the Gathering Spirit Divine Array.

But soon he began carving array patterns—his were Spirit-Binding Divine Array patterns.

Ding Huan saw the other's divine array patterns too, thinking inwardly: This old man's Void Array patterns are strong.

Had Ding Huan not developed his own independent array system, his own pattern-carving traces would've been far heavier than the other's.

"Brother Ji, cultivate quickly—or your low cultivation won't let me take you along," Ding Huan said after setting up the Gathering Spirit Divine Array, immediately activating the Great Cosmic Art.

He didn't even summon his own Superior Divine Spirit Meridian.

Without Ding Huan's prompting, Ji Luo chose a spot.

Seeing he was too close to the long-faced cultivator, he moved behind Ding Huan, picked another position, and finally relaxed enough to begin cultivating. The Great Cosmic Art's Zhou Tian began spinning; Starry Sky Divine Spirit Qi flooded toward them, swiftly enveloping the space around Ding Huan.

At first, only a trickle of Divine Spirit Qi near the long-faced cultivator was drawn toward Ding Huan.

But as Ding Huan cultivated longer, the Great Cosmic Art fully incorporated the surrounding space into its Zhou Tian—he could no longer restrain the Starry Sky Divine Spirit Qi around him.

The stream of Divine Spirit Qi flowing toward Ding Huan grew from faint to thick, then to an extreme density, nearly forming a river of Divine Spirit Qi rushing toward him.

The long-faced cultivator sighed, ceasing his futile efforts.

He'd never seen such a shameless fellow—cultivating right across from him, stealing his Divine Spirit Qi.

And yet he couldn't stop him.

He did have more than one Starry Sky Divine Spirit Meridian, but he could only absorb the Qi to cultivate—he couldn't even store those meridians away.

Ding Huan forcibly used his Divine Spirit Meridians to cultivate, and he could only endure it.

The angry emotion was quickly replaced by shock.

He stared at the space where Ding Huan was cultivating; he had never seen such a terrifying degree of absorbing divine spiritual energy.

Looking at them one by one

Back then there was indeed a fellow on Tianjie; how does this fellow share some similar traits with that kid?

Ding Huan finally felt the exhilaration of wildly sweeping in starry-sky divine spiritual energy; his divine essence skyrocketed, and the great Dao universe within his consciousness sea also expanded rapidly.

Ding Huan was immersed in the exhilaration of advancing his cultivation, while Ji Luo grew excited.

Indeed, to advance cultivation quickly, one still has to cultivate beside Brother Ding.

Even though he was recovering his cultivation and strength, it was still far better than going at it alone.

Had he known back then, he would have waited to ascend to the God Realm together with Brother Ding; that way, he might have already merged with the Dao long ago.

How could he have wasted several hundred years in vain, only to end up needing Brother Ding to come rescue him?

Two months later, Ding Huan stepped into World God eighth layer; half a year later, World God ninth layer,

Ding Huan was very clear that this was not merely a compression of cultivation time.

Perhaps even without the starry-sky divine spiritual vein, using an ordinary divine spiritual vein, his cultivation speed would not be much slower than this.

But cultivating with the starry-sky divine spiritual vein, that kind of clear perception of the Heaven and Earth's Dao laws far surpassed cultivating with an ordinary divine spiritual vein.

Not only that, every subtle change in the great Dao universe within his consciousness sea, he could clearly capture during the process of cultivation.

After advancing to World God ninth layer, the speed of Ding Huan's cultivation advancement slowed down.

However, Ding Huan did not mind in the slightest, because he felt that every Zhou Zhou Zhou Tian of his universe was a tempering of his great Dao's charm.

Two years later, Ding Huan stepped into World God tenth layer.

Five years later, Ding Huan stepped into World God eleventh layer.

Ji Luo finally welcomed his World God Lei Jie.

Even though Ji Luo re-cultivated from scratch and advanced to World God, he would still draw a Lei Jie.

Ding Huan did not continue cultivating; to cultivate to the God King realm, he was afraid it would still take nearly ten more years.

"Fellow Daoist, may I trouble you to come over for a chat?" Ding Huan was watching Ji Luo undergo Tribulation Crossing, when the long-faced cultivator on the red giant rock in the distance actually took the initiative to invite Ding Huan over for a chat.

Ding Huan glanced at this long face; even if the other party had not invited him, he had already planned to change locations.

Not to change to some other place; he planned to set up a gathering-divine-spirit array anew at a position closer to this long-faced cultivator, and then continue to charge toward God King.

Best not to exceed a hundred zhang.

Now that the other party had invited him, Ding Huan walked over very decisively.

His World God eleventh layer, even though he had just stepped into it, his strength compared to when he had just entered was already several grades stronger.

Back when he was at World God seventh layer, he did not fear the other party; now that he was at World God eleventh layer, what did he have to fear?

"I am Emperor Hou Hen; may I ask how I should address Fellow Daoist?" The man gave Ding Huan a hand salute.

Clearly, Ding Huan's strength had earned his respect.

Ding Huan was not only strong, but also grew stronger day by day; even sitting here, he could clearly sense Ding Huan slowly growing stronger.

In this universe, what is there to fight over or not fight over? What is there to reason about or not reason about?

You are strong, then you are in the right.

Now in this Void God Abyss, Ding Huan was the strong one, and growing ever stronger, so Ding Huan was the one in the right.

"My name is Ding Huan." Ding Huan answered calmly.

Once he advanced to God King, even if the other party did not give him the divine spiritual vein, he would still come over to seize it.

Ding Huan also knew the other party understood his thoughts, which was why he took the initiative to get familiar with him while he had not yet advanced to the God King realm.

"You haven't heard of me?" The man, seeing Ding Huan's expressionless attitude, asked in surprise.

"Why would I have heard of you? Are you very formidable?"

"Emperor Hou Hen, the Divine Emperor, you haven't heard of?"

Ding Huan frowned; he knew that after God King came merging with the Dao, when did a Divine Emperor appear? There was only Immortal Emperor, alright.

(End of this chapter)