Chapter 759: The Various Sects Come to Pay Respects

"Thank you for not playing tricks today, so I've decided to give you a chance at reincarnation—though whether you'll retain memories of your past life, I can't guarantee."

Ding Huan made his decision.

Xing Jia, as if expecting this outcome, his tone grew calm: "If I'm not mistaken, you plan to return to the Three Gods Land and somehow repair it, right?"

Ding Huan didn't hide anything from Xing Jia: "You're right—I am thinking exactly that."

Xing Jia said: "Actually, you don't need to kill me."

"Give me a reason," Ding Huan said, looking at Xing Jia's lingering soul.

Xing Jia spoke slowly: "As a being like me, I would never swear a Great Dao oath to become your servant, nor would I ever surrender my soul imprint—but I believe keeping me alive benefits you far more."

"You established the Blue Star Academy in Dunyi Divine Realm, didn't you? I suspect that after hearing me, you'll likely want to abandon it—and so you might dissolve the Blue Star Academy here."

Ding Huan didn't answer.

He had never once considered dissolving the Blue Star Academy.

Who said that establishing the Blue Star Academy in the Three Gods Land meant he had to dissolve the one in Dunyi Divine Realm?

It's merely a matter of priority.

The Blue Star Academy in Dunyi Divine Realm will remain, but in the future, he will focus more on the one in the Three Gods Land.

Besides, the Three Gods Land and Dunyi Divine Realm belong to different dimensions.

Therefore, the two Blue Star Academies have no interference with each other's fate or anything else.

"I don't advise you to dissolve the Blue Star Academy here, but you can't stay in Dunyi Divine Realm. That's where my usefulness comes in."

"I can't leave my divine soul imprint with you, but I can join your Blue Star Academy. I swear loyalty to the Blue Star Academy—I'll treat it as my own sect."

"Once you restore my body, with my strength, these ants in Dunyi Divine Realm won't be a threat—and your Blue Star Academy here will remain safe."

Xing Jia's tone was extremely sincere.

Ding Huan blinked—he was going to join Ding Huan's Blue Star Academy?

It sounded too dubious.

But soon Ding Huan realized: he smirked at Xing Jia: "Old Jia, your abacus beads are already clacking right against my face."

"You want to join my Blue Star Academy—won't my first move be to restore your body? And then find you a pile of heavenly treasures?"

Xing Jia's expression turned serious: "Ding Daofriend, you won't lose out. I was once on the same level as Quan. If a being like me joins your Blue Star Academy, what's a little initial investment to you?"

"Besides, I guarantee I'll expand your Blue Star Academy and ensure your purpose in founding it isn't wasted."

"What do you need?" Ding Huan asked.

"Just one drop of Cosmic Essence," Xing Jia said.

Ding Huan frowned at him: "As far as I know, Cosmic Essence can't restore a body..."

Xing Jia chuckled: "That's just ignorance. Cosmic Essence originates from the universe's origin—if used properly, it can restore a body just as well, it's just that few know how."

"Besides, I'm not using Cosmic Essence to fully restore my body—just one drop will let me condense my Yuan Soul and open my Survival World..."

Ding Huan's eyes lit up: "Old Jia, you mean after using Cosmic Essence, you can open your world and take out anything?"

Xing Jia knew what Ding Huan was thinking: "You're imagining too much—I can only open the first layer of my world."

"That layer holds everything needed to restore my body and soul, plus resources for my cultivation to the Saint realm."

"Those resources probably don't even match yours—no Dao Veins, no Dao Crystals, no top-tier treasures. Only after I reach the Saint realm can I open my true world."

Ding Huan stopped asking.

He knew this was one of Xing Jia's survival tactics.

If Xing Jia were captured before reaching the Saint realm, none of his things would be taken.

Just like now.

"Fine, Old Jia—I accept your terms," Ding Huan decided. Killing Xing Jia was pointless.

With his abilities, even a little restored power would let him uphold the Blue Star Academy.

Xing Jia beamed: "I, Xing Jia, swear by my own Great Dao: today I join the Blue Star Academy, and will do nothing against Lord Ding. From now on, I treat the Blue Star Academy as my own sect, defending all its interests. If I break this oath, my Great Dao collapses, and I sink into eternal oblivion."

Ding Huan clearly felt Xing Jia's Dao oath merge with his own Great Dao—no deception.

He looked at Xing Jia strangely: "Old Jia, I'm not disrespecting you—but you weren't ever this straightforward before. You were petty, indecisive, hesitant, always looking over your shoulder. Why the sudden change?"

Xing Jia hesitated, then said: "I already gave you the answer—you remind me of one of the two people I once met."

"If I hadn't chosen the wrong side back then, I wouldn't have ended up like this. Or maybe—I'm just not cut out for scheming. Every scheme I've ever tried, I've lost."

"Like before—I schemed against you once, and look what happened. So why not just be honest?"

Ding Huan clapped Xing Jia on the shoulder—only to find his hand pass through air, since Xing Jia had no physical form.

Ding Huan didn't care: "Old Jia, that's the right way to think. In any place, sincerity is the ultimate weapon against sincere people. And I? I'm a sincerely honest person."

If Xing Jia had a body, he'd have rolled his eyes—*you're sincere? You must have misunderstood what sincerity means. *

But the next moment, he felt Ding Huan truly was sincere.

Ding Huan took him out of his own Great Dao world and tossed him one drop of Cosmic Essence.

Xing Jia clutched the Cosmic Essence, trembling with excitement—what had he gone to the Eternal God Abyss for? One reason was precisely Cosmic Essence.

Who would've thought that after all this wandering, he'd finally obtain Cosmic Essence in Dunyi Divine Realm—even though this drop too came from the Eternal God Abyss.

"Old Jia, this is my top-tier cultivation spot. I'm going into seclusion—restore your body. Oh, once your body is fully restored, you'll be the Supreme Elder and Deputy Sect Master of my Blue Star Academy."

Ding Huan finished speaking, ignored Xing Jia, and prepared to continue his seclusion to break through to the late stage of the Union Soul realm.

"Old Jia, there's a top-tier cultivation chamber I've set up here. I'm going to enter closed-door seclusion now—go restore your physical body. Oh, right, once your body has fully recovered, you'll be the Supreme Elder and Vice Sect Master of my Blue Star Academy."

He'd wait at least until the three years were up, and recruit the first batch of Blue Star Academy disciples.

Returning to the Three Gods Land wasn't something that needed to be rushed.

At the very least, he had to wait until the three-year period was up and the first batch of disciples had been recruited into Blue Star Academy before even thinking about it.

……

Time slipped by swiftly, and in the blink of an eye another half year had passed. Just as Ding Huan still had some distance to go before reaching the fifth level of the Combined God Realm, a message came through the communication bead from Zhuo Hong:

"Sect Master, outside Blue Star Divine City many sects have come to congratulate Blue Star Academy on establishing a sect. I have already invited them in and arranged them all in the guest hall of the City Lord's residence of Blue Star Divine City."

Ding Huan was puzzled in his heart—were there really sects coming to congratulate Blue Star Academy on founding a sect?

He had not invited these sects over; he had only said they could join Blue Star Academy.

But Ding Huan quickly realized what had happened: the Heavenly Dao of the Dunyi Divine Realm had acknowledged his Dao declaration and let the entire Dunyi Divine Realm know he had founded a sect.

It seemed these sects had overestimated the strength of his Blue Star Academy, which was why they had come to offer congratulations.

Once Ding Huan understood what was going on, he immediately concealed his cultivation and headed to Blue Star Divine City to meet these sect masters.

Blue Star Divine City was not far from Blue Star Academy. When Ding Huan's divine sense swept over the Blue Star Divine City that Zhuo Hong had rebuilt, he was quite satisfied.

Blue Star Divine City had been built very well by Zhuo Hong; its area was indeed twice that of the original Holy Talisman Dao City.

Although no merchants had moved in yet, many low-level cultivators were already doing some finishing work.

"Sect Master…"

The moment Ding Huan entered Blue Star Divine City, Zhuo Hong came up to greet him.

Ding Huan nodded with great satisfaction: "Hall Master Zhuo, you've done well. Come, take me to meet those guests… By the way, just call me Young Sect Master."

Zhuo Hong didn't quite understand Ding Huan's meaning, but it didn't matter—whatever Ding Huan said was what it was.

"Hall Master Zhuo, did all these sects arrive at the same time?"

"No, some sects arrived very early. It wasn't until the Nirvana Holy Dao Palace's people also came that I invited them in. There should still be some sects that haven't arrived yet."

As expected, they had all come on their own, so the timing wasn't uniform.

"Young Sect Master, many things happened outside during your closed-door cultivation. The Great True Divine Dao and the Jia Baihe Sword Dao got into a fight over their genius disciple Ji Bucheng, and both sides suffered heavy losses.

Not only that, many other sects got dragged in, and several sects were nearly wiped out. Among today's guests, not only are there people from the Jia Baihe Sword Dao, even the number one sect, Nirvana Holy Dao Palace, has sent people…"

Along the way, Zhuo Hong kept briefing Ding Huan on various things that had happened in the Dunyi Divine Realm.

During this period, building Blue Star Divine City required manpower.

Zhuo Hong had recruited many loose cultivators to help, and a lot of information had been obtained from these loose cultivators.

Ding Huan didn't find it surprising that the Jia Baihe Sword Dao and the Great True Divine Dao had fought—he had a connection to this matter himself.

But the Jia Baihe Sword Dao had a deep grudge with the Holy Talisman Dao. He had established a sect on the Holy Talisman Dao's territory, yet the Jia Baihe Sword Dao had actually sent people to offer congratulations instead of coming to cause trouble—that was a bit strange.

"You didn't show any hostility toward the people from the Jia Baihe Sword Dao, did you?"

"Young Sect Master can rest assured, I still know this much."

Zhuo Hong hurriedly said.

Before they knew it, the two of them had arrived at the guest hall of the City Lord's residence of Blue Star Divine City.

When Zhuo Hong led Ding Huan into the guest hall, he found at least a hundred people seated there.

And Zhuo Hong had done an excellent job—divine spirit fruits and divine spirit tea were both amply provided, and there were even some people specifically standing by to attend.

Seeing Zhuo Hong lead Ding Huan in, every gaze in the great hall converged on them.

Ding Huan's eyes narrowed slightly. He hadn't used his divine sense to sweep, but he sensed that a powerful expert was concealed among this group.

Ding Huan hadn't seen many experts of the Dunyi Divine Realm, though he had killed one called Feng Zishan.

This Feng Zishan's strength was probably no weaker than Meng Meng Zhenting, the Sect Master of the Divine Woman Gate, yet among the people who came to his place today, there was one fellow whose cultivation was probably several levels stronger than Feng Zishan's.