Chapter 716

The Heavenly Soul Saint had already fused his physical body and swallowed several top-grade Dao fruits, now staring at Ding Huan in shock.

At this moment, his Dao resonance was chaotic, his strength having plummeted from Saint to Pre-Saint.

This decline was not due to the Eternal God Abyss—even if he left the Abyss now and the celestial laws no longer suppressed him, he would no longer be a Saint.

He was not a Body Cultivator; his physical form had been too severely damaged.

If not for that black dog falling from Eternal God Peak just now, he would have perished, his Dao destroyed.

Moreover, he was certain he had long been poisoned—with a terrifyingly potent Law Poison.

Ding Huan stepped forward again, his domain ready to lock onto the Heavenly Soul Saint.

In desperation, the Heavenly Soul Saint retreated further, shouting loudly:

"Ding Daofriend, I was wrong in this matter. If you spare me, I will reveal everything you wish to know."

"Not only that, I can also tell you how to use the Cosmic Core atop Eternal God Peak."

He said this because he was certain Ding Huan had already obtained the Cosmic Core.

Cosmic Core?

Ding Huan froze—wasn't it the Cosmic Heart?

Even Leng Qingdie, far away, was momentarily stunned, snapping out of her shock at Ding Huan's devastating blow to the Heavenly Soul Saint.

She had been told it was the Cosmic Heart—how had it become the Cosmic Core?

"Not the Cosmic Heart?" Ding Huan asked casually.

Without even demanding terms, the Heavenly Soul Saint immediately replied:

"The Cosmic Heart and the Cosmic Core are entirely different—the Cosmic Heart can even be used for cultivation, while the Cosmic Core has only one function: to repair the Great Dao Universe."

"Of course, I'm simplifying it—here is a jade slip; Ding Daofriend, you may examine it."

As he spoke, the Heavenly Soul Saint tossed a jade slip to Ding Huan.

His fear of Ding Huan was beyond words.

Having fought Ding Huan, he now knew for certain: Ding Huan was already at the Divine King realm.

In just one year on Eternal God Peak, a Divine King had comprehended all celestial laws and stood firm against him, a Saint.

If Ding Huan ascended to Saint or even Pre-Saint, what could he possibly use to fight him?

As for whether Ding Huan could attain Sainthood—he had not the slightest doubt.

If a cultivator with Ding Huan's talent and potential could not attain Sainthood, then Saints were already extinct.

So he not only wanted to live—he refused to continue opposing Ding Huan.

The thing atop Eternal God Peak had been taken by Ding Huan; there was no point for him to remain here.

"Ding Daofriend, I am no match for you here. But I possess a Escape Talisman—if I choose to flee, even if your power advances further, you cannot stop me in an instant."

"I attacked you only because I was misled by false words. If you are willing to let this go, these compensations are my apology."

Saying this, the Heavenly Soul Saint seized a ring and threw it to Ding Huan.

Ding Huan's divine sense swept through it—when he saw one hundred high-grade Spirit Veins and ten supreme-grade Spirit Veins inside, he immediately snatched the ring into his hand.

His gaze toward the Heavenly Soul Saint grew hotter.

This fellow was so wealthy—if he opened his world, I could strike it rich.

He wasn't short of supreme-grade or high-grade Spirit Veins—he'd casually pulled out one hundred and ten; could this be ordinary wealth?

The Heavenly Soul Saint said nothing more; he merely gazed calmly at Ding Huan.

He had done all he could—if Ding Huan still attacked, he would flee immediately.

He held a World-Breaking Talisman; even here in the Eternal God Abyss, he could shatter the dimensional barrier and escape.

"If so, let this matter be dropped," Ding Huan said, knowing he could not capture the Heavenly Soul Saint, and chose to be magnanimous.

Hearing Ding Huan's words, the Heavenly Soul Saint finally exhaled in relief.

"Ding Daofriend, I have one more question." Ding Huan remembered the Dao Court.

The Heavenly Soul Saint immediately bowed: "Ding Daofriend, ask—I will answer without reservation."

"I heard the Dao Court is filled with powerful figures and numerous Dao sects—is this true?"

Hearing this, the Heavenly Soul Saint sneered: "They're merely clinging to life—I wouldn't deign to remain in the Dao Court."

At this, Ding Huan's interest surged.

He casually pulled out two stone chairs and a stone table: "Ding Daofriend, please sit. Let's talk in detail."

As he spoke, Ding Huan also produced teacups and poured the Heavenly Soul Saint a cup of Spirit Tea.

Sensing no murderous intent from Ding Huan, the Heavenly Soul Saint relaxed and sat down.

He was already poisoned—drinking tea would only deepen the poison; what difference could it make?

Thinking this, he lifted the cup and drained it in one gulp.

To his shock, the moment the tea passed his throat, the Law Poison within his body began rapidly dissolving.

In an instant, the Heavenly Soul Saint understood: Ding Huan had cured his poison, to ensure he spoke without reservation.

Ding Huan had indeed thought so.

Since he couldn't kill the Heavenly Soul Saint now, yet needed him to explain the Dao Court in detail, why not be generous?

He might as well cure the poison.

After all, once the Heavenly Soul Saint left, as a Saint he could eventually dispel the poison himself—just at the cost of time.

"The Dao Court originally had a name. Many years ago, a group arrived and renamed it Nine Heavens Court."

"But the Nine Heavens were never recognized by this world's Heavenly Dao; unwilling to reclaim their original name, they simply called it the Dao Court."

"Because they lacked Heavenly Dao recognition, some of them left, while others stayed." Here, the Heavenly Soul Saint chuckled and pointed casually: "Originally, the human race lived in the Three Divine Lands—but after the Great Calamity, two new Divine Ravines appeared."

"Moreover, the celestial laws weakened, limiting cultivation to no higher than the Divine King realm."

The people of the Dao Court were lofty and high above, so they simply stopped acknowledging the Three Gods Land and abandoned it. After all, the God Realm where the Dao Court resides can still prove the Dao of Saints."

Ding Huan roughly understood some of it—it should be that the Dao Ancestor brought the many immortals and gods of the Nine Heavens to the Dao Court.

Although the Dao Court's rules of heaven and earth were fine, and could even prove the Dao of Saints, the Heavenly Dao of this place did not recognize these immortals and gods who came from the Nine Heavens.

Some people were unwilling to keep wandering, so they simply settled down in the Dao Court and opened up various Dao grounds.

Another portion of people left the Dao Court, possibly to go somewhere else.

Ding Huan asked Tianpo about some of the Dao Court's sect situations and order, then stood up preparing to leave.

Saint Tianpo had been trapped here for nearly two hundred thousand years, so there were many things he was equally unclear about.

"Leaving." Ding Huan stood up, preparing to control the Universe Cauldron to depart.

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No matter what the situation of the Dao Court was, he planned to go over personally to take a look.

They looked down on and even abandoned the Three Gods Land, and now seeing that the Three Gods Land has Divine Spirit Rice, they want to come and reap the benefits.

Even to reap the benefits, they planned to kill every living being in the Three Gods Land.

He just didn't believe it—that the Dao Court was so awesome.

Suddenly that black dog rushed over: "Dao Friend, can you take me along?"

"You beast dare call Grandpa Huan 'Dao Friend'? Grandpa Jie will slap you flying, you little trash."

Yijie finished speaking and rushed up, swiping out with a claw.

Ding Huan clearly felt that after Yijie's slap shot out, a strange Great Dao rule condensed in an instant, and then he actually saw this black dog get slapped flying.

Only this black dog, although heavily injured, was clearly stronger than Yijie. It rushed over again and prostrated before Ding Huan: "Grandpa Huan, can you take me along?"

"On what grounds should I take you along?" Ding Huan looked at this black dog before him.

If it weren't because Saint Tianpo was here and he couldn't be too harsh, he would have directly rebuked this dog. Just now, if not for this dog, he would have killed Saint Tianpo.

"I can find the Chaotic Divine Spirit Vein." The black dog's tone carried urgency.

Ding Huan's heart startled—Chaotic Divine Spirit Vein, this was only something from legends.

Top-grade Divine Spirit Veins could be obtained, but Chaotic Divine Spirit Veins had to be nurtured in places where Chaotic Qi existed.

Not far away, Saint Tianpo, hearing these words, also stared at this black dog in astonishment.

That there was a dog on Yongshen Peak, he knew.

If he had known this dog could find Chaotic Divine Spirit Veins, he would have long since made a move to capture this dog.

"Who told me to be kind-hearted? You can follow by my side."

Hearing Ding Huan's words, the black dog excitedly flew up and rushed onto the Universe Cauldron.

Yijie glanced at the black dog with some ill will, thinking to himself that this little trash had some taste.

The Universe Cauldron rolled up a streak of afterimage and vanished into the Yongshen Deep Abyss.

Seeing Ding Huan's Universe Cauldron disappear, Saint Tianpo's expression finally turned cold.

He turned his head to look at Ji Xinguan, who stood not far away trembling, and slapped out a hand seal.

This guy almost made him fall here; killing him didn't feel satisfying enough.

A trace of despair flashed through Ji Xinguan's heart; he could only watch helplessly as this hand seal tore him into scraps.

The rest, seeing Ji Xinguan's fate, all fell silent as cicadas in winter, and each withdrew.

……

"What's your name?" Inside the Universe Cauldron, Ding Huan looked at this black dog before him.

"I'm willing to follow Grandpa Huan, please Grandpa Huan give me a name."

Yijie said disdainfully: "Stop sucking up. If you have a name, you have a name, why not say it."

"I don't have a name; I was born on Yongshen Peak." The black dog raged.

Why does this pig keep taking against him?

"You were born on Yongshen Peak? Then how did you fall down from Yongshen Peak?" Ding Huan looked at the black dog in astonishment.

The black dog said with a mournful face: "It's because I felt the Cosmic Core disappear, so I wanted to rush up to see what was happening, and then I missed my step…"

Ding Huan knew the black dog hadn't just missed its step, but had stepped into the Void Space.

"Then do you know when the Yongshen Deep Abyss appeared?" Ding Huan asked another question.

The black dog nodded: "I know. It was during the World-Destroying Tribulation, when the God Realm shattered, the Yongshen Deep Abyss appeared. The reason Yongshen Peak exists is because Yongshen Peak is entirely filled with Chaotic Qi…"

"Yongshen Peak's interior is entirely filled with Chaotic Qi?" Ding Huan exclaimed in shock.

"Yes, but Grandpa Huan, you can't open it now. At least after proving the Dao of Saints, you can tear open Yongshen Peak's prohibition patterns."

"Very good, you're not bad. From now on, you'll be called Ergou." Ding Huan patted the black dog's head.

(Dao Friend, good night!)

(End of this chapter)