Chapter 696: The World Takes Shape, Divine King Realm

The Lei Jie arcs grew ever more terrifying, and Ding Huan frantically circulated the Nirvana Art to temper his fleshly body with the help of the Lei Jie.

The moment the fifth wave of five black Lei Jie arcs descended, Ding Huan's fleshly body advanced to the fourth layer of the Holy Body.

This made Ding Huan, who had originally planned to bring out his magic treasure, decide to keep enduring it head-on.

Boom boom boom!

Five consecutive Lei Jie arcs slammed into Ding Huan's body, and he felt his Sea of Consciousness shudder.

The next instant, his world completely shattered, then fused with his Sea of Consciousness's Great Dao universe, and his Sea of Consciousness universe unexpectedly took on substance.

The Sea of Consciousness's Great Dao universe had truly given birth to a rudimentary world, and Ding Huan sensed his Sea of Consciousness universe in shock.

He touched the auras of the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—and his Sea of Consciousness universe gained darkness and light.

He knew that before, although his Great Dao Sea of Consciousness universe had grown ever more vast, possessing billions upon billions of laws, it was only a kind of Dao rule.

It was as if his Sea of Consciousness's Great Dao universe contained billions of water-attribute laws, each water-attribute law differing from the others.

But having water-attribute laws and possessing actual water were two entirely different things.

Although his Sea of Consciousness universe still had no water now, Ding Huan was certain that it was only a matter of time before his Sea of Consciousness universe gave birth to water.

Not just water—even the Yangtze and Dahe would slowly be born within it…

The sixth wave of Lei Jie arcs descended once more.

While resisting the black Lei Jie arcs, Ding Huan simultaneously sensed the changes within his Sea of Consciousness universe.

He felt the aura of soil—this was the earth-attribute law giving birth to true soil.

At this moment, Ding Huan even forgot that he was undergoing Tribulation Crossing, and forgot that his flesh and blood were flying everywhere on his body.

He only grew more and more excited as he sensed his Sea of Consciousness universe, sensing the world that was about to take shape within him.

Emperor Hou Hen, watching from not far away, was equally shaken.

He had thought that when Ding Huan reached the fourth wave of the Nine-Nine Stacked Lei Jie, he would bring out his magic treasure.

Now Ding Huan had already endured through the seventh wave of Lei Jie arcs; not only had he not brought out his magic treasure, his fleshly body seemed to be growing stronger.

This was simply a freak of nature—he had never seen an existence like Ding Huan.

The eighth wave of Lei Jie descended; eight black Lei Jie arcs completely wrapped Ding Huan up, yet Ding Huan remained immersed in his own universe world.

The Grand Cosmos Art and the Nirvana Art circulated automatically, madly absorbing all the Lei Jie arcs' Lei source and the boundless world-forming laws.

At this moment, Ding Huan and the Nine-Nine Stacked Lei Jie arcs had formed a balance.

The ninth wave of Lei Jie arcs descended, and Ding Huan clearly saw his world radiate an entirely new aura of vitality—his world had completely taken shape.

This stirred something in Ding Huan's heart; he immediately poured all the vitality and fortune he had previously collected in the Life-and-Death Mirror into his Sea of Consciousness universe.

His Sea of Consciousness universe had only just formed.

As Ding Huan poured this thin vitality and fortune into it,

Ding Huan once again witnessed the changes in his world.

His world now had the appearance of a Five Elements world, yet was vaster and more majestic than one.

Because his world was not a sky, but a starry sky.

His world could even be said to be a small universe.

Stirred in his heart, Ding Huan's divine will swept up the hollow willow that had been planted in the Five Elements world and dropped it into the new Sea of Consciousness world.

The originally drooping hollow willow spread its branches in a short time; not only did its aura of vitality grow dense, even its Dao rhythm became clearer and clearer.

Ding Huan rejoiced—so the reason the hollow willow had always looked half-dead was that it had looked down on the Five Elements world.

It seemed the potential of his world far surpassed that of the Five Elements world—even this willow knew it.

Just as Ding Huan was about to study his world, Lei Jie thundered down once more from the void.

This time it was not Lei Jie arcs coming one by one—eighteen Lei Jie arcs descended in the very first strike.

Ding Huan sensed the aura of Divine King Dao rhythm; he knew this time it was the true Divine King Lei Jie.

The Grand Cosmos Art began to assault the Divine King shackles, while the Nirvana Art also began to circulate.

Resisting the Lei Jie arcs with one's fleshly body brought far more benefits than using a magic treasure to block them.

Emperor Hou Hen sighed; he knew this was something he could only envy.

Only someone like Ding Huan would dare to use his fleshly body to withstand the Divine King Lei Jie head-on.

Earlier he had not known why Ding Huan would undergo that kind of Nine-Nine Stacked Lei Jie that formed a primordial chaos world; he was certain Ding Huan had obtained supreme benefits.

This Divine King Lei Jie was strong, but he estimated it still could not force Ding Huan to bring out a defensive magic treasure.

Just as Emperor Hou Hen had predicted, when the third wave of Lei Jie arcs descended, Ding Huan's fleshly body advanced once more—to the fifth layer of the Holy Body.

In the distance, Ji Luo watched Ding Huan's Divine King Lei Jie, yet felt a hint of loss in his heart.

He too was about to undergo Tribulation Crossing to advance to Divine King; he was certain that a Lei Jie of Ding Huan's level, he could not survive.

And when Ding Huan underwent Tribulation Crossing, he had not even brought out a magic treasure—the gap was growing ever wider.

When the fifth wave of Lei Jie arcs descended, Ding Huan broke through the Divine King shackles, and his cultivation surged.

In this void abyss that bound divine will, his divine will kept extending outward.

The newly formed universe world condensed once more, and space continued to expand.

The Lei Jie arcs were still continuing, and Ding Huan's cultivation was still surging as the Grand Cosmos Art madly swept in divine spirit qi.

The void divine spirit qi that had already been swept over by Ding Huan like a long river now poured into him as if being dumped outright.

Emperor Hou Hen was shaken by Ding Huan again and again; he had never seen anyone's cultivation advance so swiftly.

Previously, Ding Huan had used five years to go from the eleventh layer of World God all the way to the Divine King Lei Jie.

Now Ding Huan had just stepped into the first layer of Divine King—was he about to advance to the second layer of Divine King? While he was still in shock, a high-grade divine spirit vein was tossed out by Ding Huan.

The aura of the high-grade divine spirit vein merged with the divine spirit qi of the starry sky spirit vein, and the speed at which the aura around Ding Huan grew stronger became even faster.

Boom!

It was as if a gap had been opened—Ding Huan's cultivation shattered through God-King First Layer and entered God-King Second Layer.

And at this moment, the final wave of Lei Jie had just ended.

The space gradually calmed, yet the divine energy showed no sign of stopping, still surging wildly toward Ding Huan's position.

Emperor Hou Hen let out a long breath.

He felt it was now embarrassingly foolish to have boasted before Ding Huan about his position as one of the Twelve Divine Emperors.

Would a powerhouse with Ding Huan's potential care about a mere position?

The cosmic rules that bound Saints with positions would never apply to Ding Huan.

What realm would one reach after breaking free from the position's restriction?

Above Saint?

What exactly is an existence above Saint? At least, he had never seen one.

Ding Huan was deeply satisfied—he had fully perfected his world, merging his Sea of Consciousness's Great Dao Universe with his own world to form a new, true world.

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Moreover, now that he had reached God-King Second Layer, he could wander among the Divine Clan.

Doesn't the Divine Clan also have a deep abyss? He would enter it openly to search for Abyssal Nirvana Gold.

If they dared to bar him, he'd have the perfect excuse to destroy the Divine Clan.

Forget it—why even need an excuse to destroy the Divine Clan?

Ten days later, Ding Huan's cultivation was fully stabilized, his world completely condensed, and only then did he end his seclusion.

His world needed a name—"Sea of Consciousness Universe" was too ordinary.

He sensed his cultivation and his world—stable, powerful.

Boom—boom—boom!

Another series of thunderous roars descended.

Ding Huan was startled—why was Lei Jie coming again?

He quickly understood: this wasn't his Tribulation Crossing, but Lao Ji's.

Lao Ji had been at the peak of World God, but gained new insights during his Tribulation Crossing and now stood at the fullness of World God realm.

This guy was eager to cross Tribulation and ascend to God-King, then no doubt would come to pressure him to leave here.

Ding Huan ignored Lao Ji and pulled out the Starfall Arrow.

Ding Huan believed that even if he stood beside Emperor Hou Hen, the Emperor could not ambush him.

But one must always guard against the unforeseen.

He took out the Starfall Arrow given to him by Emperor Hou Hen.

This Starfall Arrow must be first subjugated.

If someone had tampered with this arrow and struck him secretly, it would be disastrous.

His divine sense settled upon the Starfall Arrow—dense, mysterious seals instantly appeared beneath his divine perception.

In the past, subjugating such seals would have taken him months; now, Ding Huan completed it in only half a day.

He took half a day because he searched for hidden seals while subjugating it.

One hundred and eight seals were intact—the arrow was indeed a primordial treasure.

What pleased Ding Huan was that Emperor Hou Hen had been decent—he had not tampered with the Starfall Arrow.

He casually sent the Starfall Arrow into his Sea of Consciousness world.

Ding Huan then pulled out a bow.

He had obtained it during his first entry into the dark space where the Tree Ancestor lived; to ordinary cultivators, this bow was a top-tier treasure.

But Ding Huan had never valued it, so he never bothered to subjugate it.

Now that he had a Starfall Arrow and no Heaven-Earth Bow, he could temporarily subjugate this Five-Element Bow.

The Five-Element Bow's tier equaled a supreme divine artifact—quite an excellent treasure.

Ding Huan was accustomed to primordial treasures; even spiritual treasures now barely caught his eye. Had he not had the Starfall Arrow, he might never have remembered this bow.

In only half an incense stick's time, Ding Huan effortlessly subjugated the Five-Element Bow.

He put away the bow and arrow, glanced at his still unworthy long blade, and sighed.

First, help Emperor Hou Hen, then go to the Divine Clan.

"Hahaha! Congratulations, Brother Ding! Your divine art is complete, your world is complete!" As soon as Ding Huan emerged, Emperor Hou Hen laughed heartily.

The caution and wariness he showed during negotiations with Ding Huan were now entirely gone.

What Ding Huan saw was a man utterly sincere and open.

This guy changes fast—is he finally realizing he can't beat me?

Not necessarily—his strength likely exceeds the Combined Divine realm; even if bound, he still has some tricks.

"Emperor Hou Hen, let me first inspect the Divine Vein." Ding Huan did not immediately help Emperor Hou Hen remove the sealing runes.

For him, he must first inspect his goods.

Emperor Hou Hen chuckled awkwardly: "Brother Ding, the Starry Divine Vein lies behind me—only after I leave can you enter."

I'm locked in place by the sealing runes—I can't move an inch, not even to let you see it.

He spoke even more cautiously, hoping only that Ding Huan would remove his seals and take him along.

In this damned universe, going solo leads nowhere.

(Friend, good night!)

(End of Chapter)