Chapter 758: Xing Jia

Just two months later, Ding Huan entered the Harmony Spirit Realm, fourth layer.

This pleased Ding Huan greatly; the location of this sect was chosen excellently—given his current progress, advancing to the Pre-Sage realm here should be no problem.

It might not even take many years.

Based on his understanding of the Pre-Sage realm, when he stepped into it, all cosmic laws within his consciousness universe would reorganize.

Although Ding Huan did not know whether Xing Jia's residual soul influenced the consciousness world, he decided to eliminate Xing Jia first.

Ding Huan ceased his cultivation and landed before Xing Jia.

Seeing Ding Huan approach, Xing Jia's already shattered residual soul grew even fainter: "Are you planning to kill me?"

Clearly, Xing Jia had realized Ding Huan intended to eliminate him.

Ding Huan spoke calmly: "I kept you alive originally to have you assist me, but so far you've been of no help whatsoever—and even schemed to nearly get me killed by Wu Liang."

Do you think I still have any reason to keep you alive?"

"So you really killed Wu Liang."

Although Xing Jia had guessed Ding Huan had likely killed Wu Liang, now that it was confirmed, he was still deeply shaken.

Ding Huan raised his hand and summoned Grand Void Flame: "I hope your residual soul can still survive—but once you vanish from my world, you will not be able to reincarnate."

"Wait…" A fierce sense of resentment surged within Xing Jia.

He was a Dao Ancestor—a Dao Ancestor of an entire realm! How could he end up like this? A being who could be killed at any moment?

"Do you have any final words to say?" Ding Huan asked calmly.

"Let me tell you the secret of immortality," Xing Jia said, his tone tinged with longing.

Ding Huan chuckled: "The secret of immortality? You mean there are Immortal Sages beyond the Nine-Turn Sage?"

"You know?"

"What do you think? Not only do I know Immortal Sages exist, I also know the three realms: Creation Dao, World Evolution, and Creation."

Ding Huan thought: You old bastard didn't want to tell me, did you?

Xing Jia felt puzzled—according to logic, no one in this realm should have ever encountered the Immortal Sage realm. How did Ding Huan know?

"If so, do you know what a Creation Dao Sage is? What a World Evolution Sage is? What a Creation Sage is? And do you know what the fourth step beyond Creation Sage is called?"

Ding Huan was silenced by Xing Jia's question.

He didn't know.

"There's a fourth step beyond Immortal Sage?" Ding Huan asked involuntarily.

Xing Jia spoke calmly: "Immortal Sages don't just have a fourth step—they have a fifth and sixth step as well, and…"

"And what?" Ding Huan asked eagerly.

"And I believe that Creation Dao, World Evolution, Creation, or even the fourth, fifth, or higher realms, are not truly Immortal Sages."

"We've merely been deceived by the illusion of immortality. We cultivate the Dao seeking immortality, yet the truth is tragic, lamentable, pitiful…"

Xing Jia moved from "tragic" to "lamentable" to "pitiful," his tone filled with an indescribable desolation and bleakness.

At this moment, even his desire to live had weakened.

Ding Huan stared in surprise at Xing Jia's residual soul: "You old bastard—you're not even asking for anything this time? You're just volunteering this? That's not like you at all."

"You're going to kill me; begging won't help. Besides, just now, as I recalled the Immortal Sage Dao, I felt a resonance within."

"I realize that all my life's scheming to pursue the Dao of immortality—endless calculations and plots—ended up as dust returning to dust, empty and insubstantial…"

"I'll ask you about one person—have you ever heard of them?"

"Who?"

"This person is named Quan. Some say he is the ancestral patriarch of Dunyi World."

"Quan? How do you know him?"

Xing Jia exclaimed in surprise, then his thoughts drifted back to a distant past.

He was one of the Dao Ancestors who stood on equal footing with Quan—Quan was the Dao Ancestor of Dunyi World.

Seeing Xing Jia's expression, Ding Huan knew this man had heard of Quan—and even knew him well.

Ding Huan opened Xing Jia's perception field.

Xing Jia sensed the clear cosmic laws outside and immediately exclaimed: "Is this Dunyi Divine Realm? Quan's domain?"

"You do know Quan. This is indeed Dunyi Divine Realm. Look—this is the sect I established here: Blue Star Academy. What do you think?"

Ding Huan was quite satisfied with establishing Blue Star Academy and couldn't resist showing it off to Xing Jia, a former Immortal Sage.

Xing Jia fell silent.

Ding Huan frowned: What's this supposed to mean?

"What? You don't think highly of my sect?"

Xing Jia spoke slowly: "If you were an ordinary cultivator, I'd think establishing a sect here poses no problem."

But now I sense you're no ordinary cultivator—you resemble two young disciples I encountered long ago. They cultivated their own Dao arts and possessed profound fortune."

So if I were to speak frankly, I advise against establishing your sect here."

"Why? Because Dunyi Divine Realm belongs to Quan? But Quan never owned Dunyi Divine Realm—he was merely a powerful figure who emerged from it."

When I founded Blue Star Academy, I received the recognition of Dunyi Divine Realm's Heavenly Dao. The Dao tones echoed clearly in every corner—there's no deception here."

Xing Jia said: "The fact that you recognize these things proves your extraordinary nature. Do you understand the difference between offering charcoal in the snow and adding flowers to brocade?"

"I humbly ask for your guidance," Ding Huan bowed.

If this old bastard could truly offer something valuable, allowing him to reincarnate once wouldn't be out of the question.

But that would be on my terms—he must not dare to use this as leverage.

Xing Jia seemed to know he had no leverage over Ding Huan and made no demands:

"Quan was indeed not the founder of Dunyi Divine Realm, nor is he an indispensable presence within it."

"But at least he left an indelible mark on the Dunyi God Realm. No matter what achievements you make in the Dunyi God Realm, you cannot erase Quan's mark."

Ding Huan said lightly: "I heard that Quan actually wanted to betray the Dunyi God Realm to someone, even destroy the Dunyi God Realm."

Xing Jia was slightly surprised hearing Ding Huan's words, after all this kind of information wasn't something just anyone could know.

It can be seen that Ding Huan truly is a person of opportunity.

Xing Jia chuckled:

"You don't quite understand the principle behind this. Even if Quan once wanted to betray the Dunyi God Realm, as long as Quan returns and issues a Dao declaration to share life and death with the Dunyi God Realm, then you will be abandoned by the Heavenly Dao of the Dunyi God Realm."

Ding Huan fell silent, he vaguely sensed that what Xing Jia said was true.

Xing Jia continued: "In the eyes of the Dunyi God Realm's Heavenly Dao, you are merely someone who adds flowers to brocade, while Quan is someone who once delivered charcoal in the snow. You will always rank behind Quan.

Don't ask me how I know, because Quan and I are the same kind of person, we stand at the same height, so I know.

My words to you are worth a fortune, there simply isn't a second person who could tell you this."

Ding Huan felt terrible all over, because he felt Xing Jia was right.

He establishing a sect in the Dunyi God Realm only issued a maintenance Dao declaration, fundamentally it was still for himself.

And although Quan planned to betray the Dunyi God Realm, he very likely played a critical role in the Dunyi God Realm's existence.

The existence of Heavenly Dao is not judged by an individual's worldly moral standards.

Whether Heavenly Dao is benevolent or not is not what a person thinks.

"For you, the best place to establish your legacy is the Three Gods Land where you were before. That place is ownerless, broken, and constantly on the verge of shattering.

If you establish your legacy there, you will possess the great fortune of that divine domain accompanying you, and your future achievements will be even greater.

Why is it that you establishing a legacy sect here is ultimately inferior to Quan's? Because the great fortune here will be bestowed upon Quan. Unless he doesn't appear, as long as he appears, you cannot compare to him."

Xing Jia felt that playing tricks on Ding Huan was completely useless, failing several times.

He simply said whatever he knew.

Ding Huan replied: "I asked a friend to help establish a legacy sect in the Three Gods Land."

Xing Jia chuckled: "When I say establish a legacy sect, I don't mean just building the sect and then ignoring everything else.

You need to repair the Three Gods Land, at the very least restore the rules of heaven and earth of the Three Gods Land, you can't even let a single God Merging be born.

Otherwise, such a domain, constantly on the verge of collapse, where does its fortune come from?"

Ding Huan couldn't help but sigh: "Old Jia, you say it lightly, repair a domain, heh..."

Xing Jia continued: "If repairing a domain were so simple, do you think it would still need to wait for you to do this?"

Ding Huan thought to himself that was true, if repairing a domain were simple, the Three Gods Land would have been repaired long ago, why wait for him?

This time, without waiting for Ding Huan to ask, Xing Jia continued: "In fact, in many people's eyes, repairing a domain is something impossible to complete, but after you prove your Dao and become an Eternal Saint, you will find it's actually very simple.

Do you know what a Domain-Deriving Saint is? When the rhythm of your Great Dao stirs and can derive a domain, creating all living things, that is the Domain-Deriving Saint realm.

So after you prove your Dao and become a Domain-Deriving Saint, will you still feel repairing a domain is difficult?"

"If I am only at the God Merging realm now, how can I repair a domain?" Ding Huan asked.

"There are too many ways, for example the Cosmic Tree, World Mountain, Heaven and Earth Five Soils, Five Elements Divine Water, Cosmic Heart, Cosmic Fascia, Cosmic Fetal Membrane, and the Cosmic Core you possess can all be used to repair a domain.

If you are determined to repair the Three Gods Land, then fortune will accompany the Three Gods Land. Sometimes things you need won't require deliberate searching, they will automatically appear beside you. What you need to do is work hard to take them back."

Hearing these words, Ding Huan's heart was like a thunderclap.

He had indeed thought about repairing the Three Gods Land, but that was merely a thought.

Afterwards he obtained the Cosmic Core and Cosmic Fascia, could there be a connection?

"The Cosmic Core probably can't completely repair the Three Gods Land, right?"

"The Cosmic Core can gather the dissipating fortune of the Three Gods Land, and concentrate the rules of heaven and earth. Combined with the Cosmic Fascia or World Mountain, it will gather the scattered veins of heaven and earth of the Three Gods Land, and then completely repair it."

Xing Jia answered very carefully, with no intention of being perfunctory.

Ding Huan said nothing, he already had a plan in mind, thinking about how to deal with this Xing Jia.