Chapter 725

Ding Huan stood on the teleportation platform he had set up at the Yongshen Abyss, frowning as he held the ring in his hand.

"What? Did the deal go wrong?" Emperor Hou Hen, seeing Ding Huan's expression, immediately knew something had gone amiss.

Ding Huan nodded: "I didn't expect Wu Zha to be this powerful."

Even Ding Huan himself hadn't anticipated that, with his understanding of spatial laws and his status as an Eighth-Rank Divine Array Master, he still failed to retrieve the Void Nirvana Gold.

Fortunately, the opponent couldn't take away the top-grade wood-element divine spiritual vein either—so in this struggle over spatial laws, both sides ended in a draw.

It must have been when he transmitted the jade box that Wu Zha severed the spatial pathway.

This fake monk has some skill—he can cut through space.

Thinking of Wu Zha's ability to sever space, Ding Huan felt a chill of dread.

Fortunately, Wu Zha hasn't allied with Yuan Yuan the Great Emperor—if Wu Zha and Yuan Yuan joined forces, he'd likely have been ruined this time.

With Wu Zha's grasp of spatial laws, he could certainly block the spatial-breaking array patterns Ding Huan had laid in Yongshen Holy Dao City.

Worse, Wu Zha might even set up new spatial seals.

If his spatial-breaking array patterns were blocked and new spatial seals were added, the few of them might not be able to activate the teleportation talismans.

Fortunately, he didn't succumb to greed and tried to trade more divine spiritual rice.

If he had dared to do so, he'd be dead.

Ding Huan looked beyond the crescent arch, recalling his time in the Yongshen Abyss—he knew that along the crescent arch, the Collapse Law was weakest, allowing primordial artifacts to cross, then reach the divine race's territory.

Now he had to solve this problem—he couldn't rely indefinitely on the teleportation array leading to the Yongshen Abyss.

He would lay down some Void Divine Arrays to draw the Collapse Law and Void Law of the Yongshen Abyss into this safe route, ensuring the Dao Court could never again cross the Yongshen Abyss using primordial flying artifacts.

…

Wu Zha reached out and seized the jade box that hadn't been teleported, his heart trembling inwardly.

Just now, he'd been moments away from losing everything.

The ring holding the top-grade wood-element divine spiritual vein hadn't been recalled—it had been teleported away instead.

Fortunately, Ding Huan hadn't retrieved the Void Nirvana Gold either; otherwise, he'd have suffered a massive loss today.

Too bad Ding Huan left too quickly.

If Ding Huan had delayed just a little longer, he'd have guaranteed Ding Huan couldn't escape.

He'd been carving spatial teleportation seal patterns—but unfortunately, Ding Huan's cultivation was low and his alertness high.

"Absolutely cannot let this man go," Zhen Lun said, furious, his face dark with rage—he'd gained nothing.

He was used to being arrogant; facing Ding Huan, a mere minor Divine King from the Exiled Lands, he'd gained nothing and been mocked—how could he swallow this insult?

At this moment, powerful figures who'd received the news surged toward this location; upon learning Ding Huan carried Void Nirvana Gold and Cosmic True Essence, none who came here were willing to let it go.

"Enough talk—head straight for the Exiled Lands, retrieve the divine spiritual rice, and capture Ding Huan too," Wu Zha said without hesitation.

Though he'd acquired one piece of Void Nirvana Gold, it was still far from enough for him.

In his eyes, all those treasures on Ding Huan, a mere insect, were pure waste.

Even without Wu Zha's suggestion, the crowd was already rushing toward the Yongshen Abyss.

"Who has a primordial flying artifact…"

Wu Zha had just spoken these words when a flash of light shot out from the crescent arch and plunged into the Yongshen Abyss.

"It's Fang Shizhuo from the Dayuan Starlight Cave—didn't know he still had a primordial Bagua Wheel," Zhen Lun snorted.

Not just Zhen Lun—everyone here resented Fang Shizhuo.

This guy had a primordial flying artifact and had charged alone into the Yongshen Abyss toward the Exiled Lands.

Only Yuan Yuan the Great Emperor and a few others sneered inwardly.

This Fang Shizhuo had just arrived, heard Ding Huan carried Cosmic True Essence and Void Nirvana Gold, and immediately plunged into the Yongshen Abyss to chase Ding Huan.

He didn't know the strength of Ding Huan's entourage—if he caught up to Ding Huan, he'd be asking for death.

Just like them, he assumed those from the Exiled Lands were all worthless trash.

In truth, Ding Huan himself could fight a Semi-Sage under a trapping killing array—let alone the two outsiders beside him.

And there was one suspicion Yuan Yuan the Great Emperor hadn't voiced—he suspected Ding Huan had laid down a Poison Dao Law.

Because during their battle, his divine energy and divine perception had flowed sluggishly.

But during the transaction, Ding Huan hadn't activated that Poison Dao Law.

This was easy to confirm—he'd just need to inspect himself carefully when he returned.

Fang Shizhuo indeed thought so.

The rumor he'd heard was that Ding Huan and the others, these insects from the Exiled Lands, had just escaped using a teleportation talisman.

The only place Ding Huan and his group could flee to was the Yongshen Abyss.

So he had to rush toward the Exiled Lands as fast as possible—his strength was more than enough to catch Ding Huan.

Ding Huan carried divine spiritual rice, Void Nirvana Gold, and Cosmic True Essence—all things he craved.

Fang Shizhuo knew his Dao was incomplete—in plain terms, he was a pseudo-Sage.

Especially the divine spiritual rice—it would greatly help him perfect his Dao.

In Fang Shizhuo's mind, the path Ding Huan would take was along the crescent arch—he had a ninety percent chance of catching him.

Even if it wasn't a peak Yang day, Ding Huan could still pass—and so could he. But what terrified him was that his Bagua Wheel had barely flown a few zhang before being swept up by waves of Collapse Law.

He couldn't control it at all—it couldn't sink deeper into the Yongshen Abyss.

This didn't make sense—wasn't the effect of the peak Yang day supposed to be this strong?

Fang Shizhuo quickly realized it wasn't the peak Yang day's influence—it was that the formerly safe crescent arch route had now become unstable.

He faintly glimpsed a blurred shadow directly ahead—definitely Ding Huan's flying artifact—why hadn't they sunk into the Collapse Law?

But Fang Shizhuo could see no further—his Bagua Wheel's descent accelerated uncontrollably, and he had lost all command over it.

……

The Cosmic Cauldron surged into the Eternal God Abyss.

"Brother Ding Huan, wasn't there someone chasing us before, who ended up sinking to the bottom of the Eternal God Abyss?" After emerging from the Wheel of Reincarnation Cauldron, Emperor Hou Hen asked with some excitement.

He asked this precisely to find out whether Ding Huan's method would work.

If Ding Huan's method worked, it would mean cultivation in the Abandoned Lands wouldn't attract pursuit from the Dao Court.

Although the Dao Court's sages were mostly pseudo-sages, they had already held off several strong opponents from the Dao Court at the Eternal God Sacred Dao City.

No error in a single word, a single syllable, a single content, a single look!

Yet Emperor Hou Hen knew clearly inside.

That was the result after Ding Huan had spent a long time setting it up.

If the Dao Court's army had simply stormed in, and Ding Huan had had no time to arrange various death-binding divine arrays, they would have had zero chance of victory.

"Yes, I'm considering whether we should stay in the Three Gods Lands or leave here."

Ding Huan stared into the Eternal God Abyss, lost in thought.

The Three Gods Lands, in plain terms, were the Dao Court's abandoned lands.

The Dao Court's heavenly and earthly laws were incomplete; the sages cultivated there were all pseudo-sages. How much could one truly achieve in the Three Gods Lands?

He had obtained a Core of the Earth's Heart; logically, he could repair part of the Three Gods Lands' laws.

But Ding Huan knew deep down: even if he could accomplish this, he could only restore partial laws—no more than what the Dao Court already had.

He absolutely could not restore a place with more complete laws than the Dao Court.

Moreover, with his current strength, he probably couldn't even repair the Three Gods Lands.

If they left the Three Gods Lands, could he, with his God-King realm strength, find a divine continent with more complete laws in a short time?

Both Leng Qingdie and Emperor Hou Hen had higher cultivation than Ding Huan, yet neither interrupted his contemplation.

Ding Huan was indeed a God-King, but this God-King was clearly no ordinary God-King.

Just the fact that Ding Huan had reached the peak of Eternal God Peak within the Eternal God Abyss—and could move freely within it—put them far behind.

Moreover, wasn't Ding Huan a Divine Array Master capable of arranging Level-Eight Divine Arrays?

"Comrade Leng, how did you know the Cosmic Heart was atop Eternal God Peak?"

Ding Huan looked at Leng Qingdie.

In truth, what lay atop Eternal God Peak was not the Cosmic Heart, but the Cosmic Core.

Leng Qingdie pulled out a pitch-black stone tablet and handed it to Ding Huan: "I heard it from this."

Ding Huan took the tablet; it felt icy to the touch, strangely odd.

The tablet bore a restriction, of average rank—he broke the restriction and heard an extremely hoarse voice:

"I must reach the Eternal God River, find Eternal God Peak. Only the Cosmic Heart atop Eternal God Peak can repair my divine realm…"

After hearing this, Ding Huan's doubts grew deeper.

He carefully probed it with his divine sense; something about the tablet felt off.

He immediately constructed a Great Cosmic Art Zhou Tian, brought the tablet into this Zhou Tian, and immediately sensed different heavenly and earthly laws.

There was another hidden restriction within—Leng Qingdie had not detected this concealed layer.

"Comrade Leng, is this tablet only this one passage?"

Upon hearing Ding Huan's question, Leng Qingdie nodded firmly: "Yes. I've studied this tablet repeatedly for many years—it's only this one sentence."

"Comrade Leng, this tablet is of some use to me. Might I borrow it for a while?"

Leng Qingdie said without hesitation: "This tablet is useless to me. I give it to Brother Ding."

"Let's go back to Liyin Divine Valley first."

Ding Huan had not yet discerned anything from the tablet; he was extremely sensitive to heavenly and earthly laws, and also to life-force laws.

Just now, while using the Great Cosmic Art Zhou Tian, he suspected the tablet emitted a life-force fluctuation.

Though this feeling and suspicion was bizarre, Ding Huan still trusted his Great Cosmic Art.

Back in Liyin Divine Valley, the sect master Xian Wushang and another God-King were absent.

In Daxing Peak, Seeing Qu Yi remained in seclusion.

Emperor Hou Hen, Leng Qingdie, and Ji Luo each chose their own spots to restore their cultivation.

Especially Emperor Hou Hen: after being saved by Ding Huan, aside from cultivating for several months among the divine clan, he had never properly cultivated since.

He must seize this opportunity to restore his strength.

After releasing Yi Jie and Er Gou, Ding Huan also entered seclusion to study the tablet.

(End of Chapter)