Chapter 702: Envoy of the Dao Court

With a sweep of his hand, Ding Huan tossed a pile of divine crystals and divine spirit veins onto the ground, stacking them into small hills.

"Old Hou, you pick first—after all, you put in the hard work." Ding Huan pointed at the little hills.

There were plenty of things here, but the ones that caught Ding Huan's eye were only those dozen-plus high-grade divine spirit veins, along with some high-grade divine spirit herbs. Fewer than a thousand top-grade divine crystals.

As for divine pills, cultivation arts, and the like, Ding Huan really didn't care much.

Emperor Hou Hen stared at Ding Huan in shock; he had never imagined Ding Huan could open a world belonging to a God-Gathering cultivator.

Even though the God-Gathering cultivator before them had an incomplete Great Dao, opening the other's world was by no means easy.

At the very least, he himself could not now open the world of another God-Gathering cultivator.

"Old Hou, do you want them or not? If not, I'm taking them away." Ding Huan gave Emperor Hou Hen an impatient pat.

Emperor Hou Hen laughed awkwardly, then took a hundred million high-grade divine crystals and three high-grade divine spirit veins: "Alright, I'll just take these."

Ding Huan couldn't be bothered with pleasantries either, sweeping all the remaining items into his Five Elements World.

"Friend Ding, it's a good thing you came back, otherwise Shen Cuo absolutely wouldn't have reasoned with us." Xian Wushang had also just recovered from the shock of Ding Huan tearing open a God-Gathering cultivator's world.

This was too outrageous—tearing open a God-Gathering cultivator's world. Just how powerful must one's Great Dao perception be?

He felt Ding Huan had already reached the Divine King realm; if that were truly the case, Ding Huan's cultivation had risen far too quickly.

Only he couldn't make out Ding Huan's exact cultivation right now.

"Sect Master Xian, hasn't Mo Changcan returned?" Ding Huan asked.

His divine sense had already swept over and seen that Seeing Qu Yi and the others were all in closed-door cultivation. Because he wasn't cultivating at Great Star Peak, Seeing Qu Yi's later cultivation speed had slowed, but even so, she was about to reach perfection of Heavenly God.

Even Yi Jie was almost a fifth-grade divine beast—the fellow knew he needed to quickly raise his strength.

By comparison, Chu Buqian and Chu Tianhua's cultivation progress was a bit slower.

"No." Xian Wushang shook his head.

Ding Huan had planned to take Mo Changcan along to the Eternal God Abyss this time. The fellow had no idea where he'd gone off to, and hadn't returned for such a long time.

"Sect Master Qi, were you planning to slip away quietly?" Ding Huan turned his gaze onto Qi Yi.

"Friend Ding, this matter really has nothing to do with me…"

Before Qi Yi could finish his sentence, Ding Huan punched him right on the skull.

Qi Yi's cultivation had regressed terribly; now he was only at the early stage of World God.

Ding Huan didn't even need to form law hand seals—raising his hand, he tore open Qi Yi's world.

"Oh, this kid has some good stuff on him." Seeing Seeing Ji Luo eyes lit up.

He saw a high-grade fire-attribute divine spirit vein.

Ding Huan hadn't expected it either—that Qi Yi actually had such a treasure on him. Even Shen Cuo's world hadn't had something this good.

"Brother Ding…"

Before Seeing Ji Luo could finish speaking, Ding Huan swept everything into his own world: "This fire-attribute divine spirit vein is of great use to me, so I won't give it to you."

"Alliance Head Yuan." Ding Huan looked toward Yuan Qing.

Yuan Qing was still in shock at how easily Ding Huan had torn open his opponent's world. He was a Divine King himself, and had never heard of anyone being able to open a cultivator's world.

What Ding Huan had done today had truly been an eye-opener for him.

Looking at the attitude this God-Gathering cultivator beside Ding Huan had toward him, it didn't really seem like he was Ding Huan's master.

If he were Ding Huan's master, how could Ding Huan possibly call him Old Hou?

At the very least, when Ding Huan saw him, he still called him Alliance Head Yuan.

Yuan Qing had just been thinking about Alliance Head Yuan when he heard Ding Huan call him.

"Friend Ding, whatever you need, just say the word. Although my cultivation is nothing special, I can still have a say in the Upper God Land."

He had always been proud of his cultivation before, but now he knew that in front of Ding Huan, his cultivation was probably the most embarrassing thing about him.

"After we left, did the Shenzu really not come looking for trouble?" Ding Huan asked, slightly puzzled.

It felt a bit strange. The Shenzu's Tree Ancestor had nearly been killed by him, and the two Divine Kings the Shenzu Sect had sent to the Ruins of the Dao, plus one undercover Divine King, had all been killed by him.

By all reason, the Shenzu wouldn't just let it go like that.

Yuan Qing hurried forward and answered: "Friend Ding, the Shenzu really didn't send anyone. However, an envoy who claimed to be from the Dao Court did come.

Only he had just arrived here and hadn't even begun negotiating with me when Shen Cuo killed him."

The Dao Court? What did that mean?

Ding Huan looked at Yuan Qing.

Yuan Qing inwardly groaned, and could only honestly reply:

"I've never heard of the Dao Court either. When he arrived, he was very disdainful of our Upper God Land. He called himself a High Emissary and said he had important business.

Only he hadn't even finished explaining his business when Shen Cuo arrived at Dao Ruins Street."

"And then that High Emissary was killed by Shen Cuo?" Ding Huan asked.

Yuan Qing nodded: "Indeed it was so."

Ding Huan's divine sense landed on the ring he had piled aside in his Five Elements World.

Shen Cuo couldn't open the other's world, but envoys of this sort generally kept their things in the ring on their hand.

Soon he fished out a ring—the ring's owner hadn't fallen long ago.

The ring's restrictions were still intact, showing that Shen Cuo hadn't cared at all about what was inside the ring.

"What was the cultivation of the man who called himself High Emissary?" "I guess it was at the World God realm."

Ding Huan had already taken out a jade slip.

The jade slip's contents were very brief:

"Although the lands of the Human Race and the dwelling of the Shenzu are abandoned wastelands split off from the Dao Court, the fact that you have managed to survive there for several million years can be considered diligent.

"We have heard that in this abandoned land, divine spirit rice has appeared and is being widely cultivated and spread……"

After reading this jade slip, Ding Huan nearly laughed in anger.

Such a condescending tone.

It implied that the Upper Divine Lands, Middle Divine Lands, and Lower Divine Lands were originally abandoned places of the Great Dao Court.

That these ants could still survive in these abandoned lands was somehow impressive.

They also heard these ants had obtained Divine Rice—quite the luck.

Therefore, these wretched survivors must send someone carrying top-grade Divine Rice to accompany the envoy to the Great Dao Court and explain everything.

Shen Cuo may be worthless, but he wasn't wrong to kill.

In one by one /p>

This trash envoy jabbering in front of him—he'd just swat him dead.

Ding Huan finally understood: the Cosmic Dish controlled by the Dao Ancestor must have stopped at the Great Dao Court.

Even Yuan Qing didn't know of the Great Dao Court's existence, proving there was an insurmountable chasm between the Great Dao Court, the Divine Clan's territory, and the Human Clan's territory.

This chasm was likely the Eternal Divine Abyss mentioned earlier by Shu Ziche—the Abyss of the Divine Realm.

To reach the Great Dao Court, one must cross the Eternal Divine Abyss.

The Great Dao Court surely had rules: no one was allowed to enter, and no one from the Great Dao Court was allowed to enter the Divine Clan's or current Human Clan's territory.

Precisely because of this rule, the Human Clan had remained unaware of the Great Dao Court's existence until now.

The reason the Great Dao Court sent envoys to the Human Clan's territory must be the Divine Rice.

It seemed the Divine Clan now knew of the Great Dao Court's existence; otherwise, the Great Dao Court's people could never have reached the Human Clan's territory.

After all, to come here, they had to traverse the entire Divine Clan's domain.

"Master Xian, I plan to wander through the Divine Clan's lands. My friends are training here—should Mo Changcan return, have him wait for me here."

Ding Huan was already heading to the Eternal Divine Abyss; now he intended to see what the Great Dao Court was like.

If he met the Dao Ancestor, he could ask about Earth's several cycles of reincarnation.

Also, was it the Dao Ancestor who manipulated his consciousness, causing the parchment on his body to be destroyed by him?

"Ding Daofriend, rest assured—as long as I, Xian Wushang, live, no one will harm your friends in the slightest." Xian Wushang's tone was ironclad.

"Master Yuan, you should return and rebuild Dao Xu Street. If you need Divine Rice, you can buy some from Master Xian." Ding Huan patted Yuan Qing.

Yuan Qing was selfish and cowardly—but perfect for the position of Tiancaishen Alliance leader.

"Thank you, Ding Daofriend—I've already purchased Divine Rice from Master Xian." Yuan Qing spoke eagerly.

He had feared this most.

He didn't want Ding Huan to think he'd forcibly bought the Divine Rice and later come after him.

Ding Huan didn't care.

He had given the Divine Rice to Xian Wushang and Shu Ziche—intending for them to sell it.

Xian Wushang explained: "When over a dozen sects learned we possessed Divine Rice, they surrounded Liyin Divine Valley."

Ding Huan's face darkened. He could give or sell Divine Rice—but no one could seize it or force a purchase.

"Who led them?"

Yuan Qing hurriedly explained: "It was Gong Yangrong, sect leader of Tiandaoshen Sect, and Ling Li of Jueying Divine Pavilion."

"I tried to persuade them not to cause trouble, but they refused—and they've all been killed…"

Ding Huan learned that those who had requested to buy Divine Rice from Liyin Divine Valley had joined forces to kill Gong Yangrong and Ling Li: those who didn't join got no Divine Rice.

They easily killed Gong Yangrong and Ling Li—even Pu Zhijian and Shu Ziche, who came to help, didn't lift a finger.

Ding Huan sighed inwardly: humans, indeed, were the most selfish.

In the Cultivation World, never see yourself as a savior—no one will thank you.

"Old Hou, Old Ji, let's go—take a stroll through the Divine Clan." Ding Huan didn't press further, called to Seeing Ji Luo and Emperor Hou Hen, and summoned the Cosmic Cauldron.

He planned to first go to the Divine Clan and warn them—if they refused to listen, he'd deploy the Gene Annihilation Law and erase them.

After settling the Divine Clan, he'd head to the Eternal Divine Abyss.

His sole purpose in going to the Eternal Divine Abyss was to find Abyss Rebirth Gold.

Once his Dao Blade was upgraded, he'd see if he could enter the Great Dao Court.

Thinking of upgrading his blade, Ding Huan tossed the top-grade Fire Divine Vein into his consciousness universe, then added several Fire Origin Crystals.

Only then did he place the Grand Void Flame above the Fire Divine Vein.

He was about to forge a Dao Blade artifact—this flame needed upgrading first.

(Daofriend, good night!)

(End of Chapter)