Chapter 708: Entering the Yongshen Deep Chasm

Soon, a tall man with flowing hair entered the Yongsheng Zhen Hall.

Cultivators from the Buddha Realm and the Western Teachings are clearly distinct.

Cultivators from the Buddha Realm practice Buddhist Dao arts and never shave their heads, nor do they leave any marks of Buddha inquiry upon their scalps.

"Venerable Suo Gu of the Buddha Realm pays homage to the Holy Master." The tall master bowed deeply in a grand Buddhist salute upon entering.

"Bring a seat for Venerable Suo Gu," Emperor Hou Hen immediately said.

Venerable Suo Gu was a quasi-sage powerhouse, and the Buddha Realm had sages of its own—even Emperor Hou Hen dared not speak to Venerable Suo Gu with the arrogance of a Holy Master.

Moreover, in Emperor Hou Hen's heart, the Buddha Realm was far more amiable than the Western Teachings.

After all, the Buddha Realm had already existed long before he became the Holy Master of the Dao Court's Yongsheng Zhen Hall; at that time, the Western Teachings were still unknown in some forgotten corner.

"Holy Master above, I hear the Dao Court has discovered the Divine Rice in the Divine Clan's lands. The Buddha Realm is willing to lend a hand in searching for the Divine Rice, to benefit all beings of the Dao Court."

Emperor Hou Hen had been fretting over finding someone to send—now someone volunteered, why would he refuse?

He understood the Buddha Realm's true motive for stepping forward.

The Divine Rice was crucial to him, and equally vital to all other factions.

The Buddha Realm and the Western Teachings had never ceased their struggle; with its vast population, if the Buddha Realm obtained the Divine Rice, its power would rise by more than one level.

"If Venerable Suo Gu is willing to seek the Divine Rice, that is excellent. Then, I shall also send Jin Guanghai to join you and bring the Divine Rice back to our Dao Court, to benefit all living beings of the Dao Court."

Emperor Hou Hen's tone was genuinely delighted, as if sincerely pleased that Venerable Suo Gu had thought of benefiting all beings.

As for sending Jin Guanghai to join the search for the Divine Rice, that was Emperor Hou Hen simply flattering himself.

He had no authority over a single soul in Jin Guanghai.

Yet Emperor Hou Hen knew well: as soon as he mentioned the Divine Rice, no faction within the Dao Court could resist.

So once he spoke of the Divine Rice, others would come without being asked.

…

In the third month, Ding Huan advanced to Divine King fifth layer.

In just three months, he saw two groups enter the trapping array he had set.

But both groups were teleported into the Yongshen Deep Chasm and vanished without a trace.

The only thing Ding Huan regretted was that their flying artifacts were teleported down with them.

If he could set a grand array that teleported people away but left the flying artifacts behind, that would be ideal.

Unfortunately, his current array art level was insufficient to achieve this.

After both groups were teleported into the Yongshen Deep Chasm, the next six months passed without Ding Huan sensing a third group approach.

Ding Huan had reached Divine King seventh layer, truly entering the late Divine King stage.

The greatest progress came from Emperor Hou Hen, who re-entered the quasi-sage realm.

After eight to nine months of recovery, his strength had returned to quasi-sage first layer.

Ji Luo's cultivation had also reached Divine King sixth layer.

Ding Huan no longer intended to continue cultivating here.

He resolved to enter the Yongshen Deep Chasm to seek Abyssal Nirvana Gold.

The effect of the Divine Marrow Pool had grown steadily worse; further cultivation here was meaningless, only wasting his time.

When Ding Huan ceased cultivation, Ji Luo and Emperor Hou Hen both sensed it.

With Ding Huan no longer cultivating and the Divine Marrow Pool's essence now barely useful, continuing to cultivate would yield little benefit and only waste time.

"Haha, Brother Ding, thanks to you, I've now reached quasi-sage first layer!" Emperor Hou Hen laughed heartily, his mood joyful.

Quasi-sage was the realm he had been locked in within the Void Deep Ravine—except now he was at first layer, whereas before he had been at peak.

His rapid recovery to quasi-sage first layer was mostly due to Ding Huan's Great Cosmos Art, followed by the Divine Marrow Pool and the Divine Vein.

Ji Luo felt gloomy—he remained the weakest, at Divine King sixth layer.

The only one comparable was Yi Jie, but Yi Jie was just a pig.

He, Ji Luo, had sunk to comparing himself with a pig—it was utterly humiliating.

"Old Ji, you regained your cultivation after your body shattered; naturally, your progress is slower than Old Hou's. Old Hou was already a quasi-sage, so his recovery comes faster."

Seeing Ji Luo's low spirits, Ding Huan went over to comfort him.

But the more Ding Huan comforted him, the more Ji Luo's face fell: "Don't even mention Old Hou—I can't even catch up to you! I'm just recovering my cultivation, but you're purely hard-training…"

Hearing Ji Luo's words, Emperor Hou Hen gave him a scornful glance: "Old Ji, do you have any shame? You dare compare yourself to Brother Ding?"

Don't you have any sense? Without Brother Ding, you wouldn't even be at Divine King sixth layer—you'd be lucky to reach Divine King at all."

Ji Luo resented this remark but had no rebuttal.

"Master Ding, I feel my power has surged—I can easily crush a Divine King!" Yi Jie, sensing his low visibility, quickly spoke up.

Ding Huan glanced at Yi Jie and said absently: "Fine, then future Divine Kings are your responsibility."

What could he expect from a divine beast whose innate talent was cursing?

"Brother Ding, where are we going now?" Emperor Hou Hen now held Ding Huan in high regard—he decided to follow Ding Huan wherever he went.

He had a hunch that the sage realm he had never reached might be attainable by staying beside Ding Huan.

If one day he became a sage, he would stand before Luo Xu, that old Wang Ba, and point at his nose and curse him.

Oh, and he'd bring Yi Jie along to help curse.

So what if you're a sage? Who isn't a sage? "To the Yongshen Deep Chasm—I seek Abyssal Nirvana Gold," Ding Huan said.

"Then we must descend from the Crescent Arc's peak—this Yongshen Deep Chasm is no ordinary place," Emperor Hou Hen quickly added.

He had suffered before—trapped for years in the Void Deep Ravine—and now that he'd finally escaped, he didn't want to be trapped again in the Yongshen Deep Chasm.

Ding Huan shrugged: "If Old Hou is worried, you and Old Ji can wait outside."

Ding Huan was certain: even if they descended from the Crescent Arc's peak, once deep within the Yongshen Deep Chasm, even primordial flying artifacts might lose their function.

The reason he had the confidence to enter the Eternal God Abyss was, apart from the fact that the great Dao he cultivated was the Great Cosmos, most importantly because when he had previously walked along the edge of the Eternal God Abyss, he had sensed the laws of heaven and earth within the Eternal Saint Bridge.

Among them were not only the Law of Sinking, but also the Law of Reincarnation.

In the Reincarnation Swamp of Dao Ruins, he had already comprehended the Law of Sinking.

The Reincarnation Swamp might also contain the Law of Reincarnation; he simply had never come into contact with it.

However, his Yellow Spring Seal contained the Law of Reincarnation; he had only brushed the surface of it now.

Since this Eternal God Abyss might contain the Law of Reincarnation, even without the matter of the Abyss Nirvana Gold, Ding Huan might still enter the Eternal God Abyss.

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For him, the Great Cosmos Art was fusing together hundreds of millions of laws of heaven and earth.

Any law he had never come into contact with was, for him, an entirely new step.

Comprehend, fuse, and then advance.

This was the foundation of his cultivation of the Great Cosmos Art.

Emperor Hou Hen said without the slightest hesitation: "Brother Ding, when we brothers are of one mind, how could I, Shi Hen, withdraw halfway? Wouldn't that be slapping my own face?"

Ji Luo shot Emperor Hou Hen a look—afraid of death is afraid of death, yet he put it so nobly.

Wherever Brother Ding Huan decided to go, he couldn't even be bothered to ask, just going straight there would do.

"Since that's the case, let's head to the Eternal God Abyss now." After pulling away the Divine Spirit Vein he had not finished cultivating, Ding Huan summoned the Cosmos Cauldron.

Three people and one pig stepped onto the Cosmos Cauldron, and Ding Huan steered the Cosmos Cauldron as it charged toward the Eternal God Abyss.

As Ding Huan's cultivation increased, the Cosmos Cauldron's speed grew ever swifter.

In less than two short days, the Cosmos Cauldron plunged into the Eternal God Abyss.

Emperor Hou Hen watched, his heart pounding with fright; he had assumed Ding Huan would spend some time gathering himself outside the Eternal God Abyss.

Who could have known Ding Huan would be so fierce? He went straight into the Eternal God Abyss.

The moment the Cosmos Cauldron entered the Eternal God Abyss, it began plummeting wildly.

Even though Ding Huan had completely refined the Cosmos Cauldron, and every divine pattern restriction within the Cosmos Cauldron was crystal clear to him, at this moment Ding Huan still could not stop the Cosmos Cauldron from falling.

Emperor Hou Hen and Ji Luo were of no help; they could only use their divine senses to search for a possible place to set down within the Eternal God Abyss.

Ding Huan, meanwhile, circulated the Great Cosmos Art Zhou Tian, striving to sense every law existing in the outer space…

To control his own fate here, he first had to control every law of heaven and earth here.

He had not been mistaken—the Eternal God Abyss indeed contained the Law of Sinking, and also the Law of Reincarnation.

But beyond these, there was also the Law of Darkness, the Law of Space he had never come into contact with, and even a Law of Nothingness.

Ding Huan had never come into contact with the Law of Nothingness, but within the circulation of his Zhou Tian, he believed without any reason that this was the Law of Nothingness.

Under this law, all existence became ethereal and insubstantial, as if it did not exist.

This was clearly an illusion.

The Cosmos Cauldron was still plummeting wildly; Emperor Hou Hen and Ji Luo could do nothing, and could only watch Ding Huan comprehending the laws of heaven and earth.

They were very anxious.

If Ding Huan could not control the Cosmos Cauldron to stop when it hit the bottom, their physical bodies would likely shatter.

Emperor Hou Hen had already tried; in this kind of space, he simply had no way to enter any of his worlds.

It was truly because this space was filled with far too many laws of heaven and earth that he could not comprehend at all.

He did not know how long had passed when Ding Huan, still unable to fully comprehend these laws of space, felt the Cosmos Cauldron come to a stop.

There was no impact at all.

Even Ding Huan opened his eyes in surprise.

His divine sense swept outward, and he immediately discovered that his divine sense could only leave the Cosmos Cauldron within a range of a hundred meters.

This was still the result of his fusing together the many laws of heaven and earth here; as for Emperor Hou Hen, his divine sense could leave the Cosmos Cauldron by less than ten meters.

"This isn't the bottom of the Eternal God Abyss?"

Ding Huan did not continue to comprehend the Law of Nothingness and those Laws of Space he had never encountered in this space.

"Indeed it is not the bottom of the Eternal God Abyss; why has the flying treasure stopped?" Emperor Hou Hen asked in a grave tone as well.

Ding Huan tried to control the Cosmos Cauldron up and down; no matter how he drove it with his divine sense, the Cosmos Cauldron still swayed within this space, and it was simply beyond his power to break free.

(Fellow Daoist, good night!)

(End of this chapter)