Chapter 768: Pretender Saint

When Ding Huan sensed that the entire space was filled with realms of various elemental laws, he froze in shock.

Immediately, he burst into wild joy.

In such a spatial law realm, where all other elemental law realms coexisted, anyone entering would surely die.

Because there would be no room to survive, slowly crushed to death by these law realms.

But he wouldn't—his cultivation was the Great Cosmos Art; as long as he instantly constructed a Great Cosmos Art Zhou Tian, then perceived the laws surrounding him and merged with them…

As long as he merged with the first law, he would gain room to survive.

Ding Huan dared not even imagine how his cultivation might skyrocket.

Why had he sought out law realms in the first place?

Wasn't it because the laws within law realms were the purest cosmic laws, and the fact that these cosmic laws could form a world meant they embodied a law's profound essence?

That was precisely why law realms were precious.

It was like on Earth, knowing nearly all symbols and numbers, yet still being unable to solve various mathematical problems and conjectures.

Law realms were among the most perfect answers to these law essences.

Now the most important thing was to determine whether this spatial law realm had already been subjugated—if someone had already subjugated the space he was in, he must flee immediately.

In just half a day, Ding Huan confirmed it.

Although Min Yuan had discovered this spatial law realm, Min Yuan currently lacked the ability to subjugate it.

Subjugating a law realm was entirely different from subjugating a treasure.

Subjugating a treasure merely required time and patience.

The seals within a treasure were either man-made or naturally formed, always present.

Subjugating a law realm wasn't about having high cultivation—first, one had to fully comprehend all the laws composing the law realm.

This was extremely difficult.

If your perception was weak, you wouldn't even sense the existence of laws.

Even if you sensed their existence…

Never mind that these laws were completely unrelated to the heavenly laws you cultivated—even within the same sky, a world formed by laws was not easily understood.

As long as this law realm wasn't Min Yuan's, there was nothing to worry about.

Because Min Yuan certainly couldn't enter.

Even if Min Yuan, this Grand Saint, had reached the Fifth Transformation, he still couldn't enter.

Since Min Yuan couldn't enter for now, what was there to hesitate about?

Ding Huan immediately threw out several Chaotic Spirit Veins and Supreme Star Spirit Veins, while setting up the Restraining Spirit Array.

As the Great Cosmos Art Zhou Tian rotated, the various law realms within this space began to be perceived and merged by Ding Huan…

Ding Huan's cultivation began to surge.

Formation Soul Realm Level Five, Formation Soul Realm Level Six…

In just three short years, Ding Huan's cultivation shattered through Formation Soul Realm Level Twelve.

Ding Huan even forgot about Tribulation Crossing—he was simply too ecstatic.

In three years, he had perceived the complete Five Elements law realm, the Thunder law realm, and even a small fragment of the spatial law realm.

Only when the first wave of Lei Jie crashed down did he suddenly realize he had to undergo Tribulation Crossing.

He was about to ascend to the Pretender Saint realm.

Min Yuan stood outside the spatial law realm, frowning as he stared at his own spatial law realm.

Because he had not yet fully merged or subjugated this spatial law realm, his divine sense could only reach the outermost law realm he had placed there.

As for Ding Huan's exact condition inside, he knew nothing.

Originally, Min Yuan hadn't been worried.

In his decades-long meditations, a few years were like the time it took to drink a cup of tea.

But today something felt off—he sensed thunderous roars within his spatial law realm.

The space itself quaked violently; he even felt dense heavenly qi, and crucially, it was mixed with Chaotic energy.

Could someone be undergoing Tribulation Crossing inside?

Even Min Yuan himself didn't believe it.

Undergoing Tribulation Crossing within a law realm?

At least, he had never heard of such a thing.

As long as Ding Huan took to undergo Tribulation Crossing, Min Yuan waited outside for the same duration.

He waited until the Tribulation Crossing ended, until his own law realm returned to its original state, before finally exhaling in relief.

It seemed the Thunder law realm he had placed inside had collapsed.

Why the Thunder law realm had collapsed, he couldn't understand.

Ding Huan hadn't intended to ascend—but as he continuously perceived and merged these law realms, his cultivation rose steadily, without any deliberate effort.

As Ding Huan ascended to the Pretender Saint realm, his speed of perceiving law realms increased further.

Five years later, Ding Huan's cultivation reached Pretender Saint Level Three, and only then did he realize the law realms around him were completely depleted.

During these five years, he had mostly encountered Five Elements law realms—oh, and one fragment of Thunder law realm.

As for the spatial law realm, he had only perceived a tiny portion.

But it didn't matter—outside still remained a massive spatial law realm, which he intended to fully merge before leaving.

He had never encountered Wind or Ice law realms.

As for Darkness and Light law realms, he had encountered none either.

In truth, Ding Huan most desired the Time law realm—he had touched the barest edge of Time law techniques.

This was still far from enough for him.

But Ding Huan could imagine the methods of Min Yuan, this fake son of the Great Sage.

To find a Time Rule World was nearly a fool's dream.

Regardless, he was deeply grateful to this Great Sage.

With so many Rule Worlds, if he had to search for them himself, he might not find even one in thousands of years.

Now Min Yuan had found them for him; all he needed to do was merge and comprehend—what more could he complain about?

If that was the case, he couldn't let this Great Sage Min Yuan down on the final Space Rule World.

Ding Huan had no intention of fully merging this Space Rule World into his own Rule River—he knew that once he merged it to a certain point, Min Yuan would surely notice.

Ding Huan also knew that even as a Pretender Sage, he was still far from being able to confront Min Yuan.

So he made up his mind: the moment Min Yuan, this Great Sage, discovered him, he would flee immediately.

He wouldn't even take out the Heaven-and-Earth Bow.

Once the cultivation gap reached a certain level, pulling out the Heaven-and-Earth Bow would only be handing himself over as prey.

The moment he touched this Space Rule World, Ding Huan was completely immersed in its profound comprehension.

This vast Space Rule World contained far more complete and perfected Space Rules than the smaller ones he had previously comprehended.

Ding Huan could clearly sense his control over the Space Rules.

Because his control over the Space Rules had become clear, his perception of Space Rule techniques also grew subtle.

Not only that, but his Heart-Dodging Technique also entered an entirely new level.

Half a year later, when the space around him became utterly empty, he suddenly snapped back to awareness—he had completely consumed the immense Space Rule World.

Moreover, his cultivation had risen from Pretender Sage Layer Three to Pretender Sage Layer Four.

This Space Rule World that had once trapped him had now become a stepping stone for his advancement.

Strange—why wasn't Min Yuan, this Great Sage, waiting outside for him?

Had he assumed Ding Huan was dead and no longer cared?

That couldn't be—it was certain Min Yuan had temporarily left this Void Rule Island.

Otherwise, before Ding Huan had finished consuming this Space Rule World, Min Yuan would have intervened.

Looking at the distant Void Rule Island, Ding Huan had no intention of entering it.

It was time to go.

Staying here risked being caught red-handed if Min Yuan returned—then there'd be no more bounty of Rule Worlds waiting for him.

When Min Yuan returned and discovered all the Rule Worlds he had amassed over countless years had been stripped away, the bastard would go mad.

Just as Ding Huan was about to summon the Cosmic Cauldron, he suddenly remembered something.

Min Yuan must have used some method to keep this Space Rule World stationary in this space.

Otherwise, any Rule World in the boundless universe would constantly move—it could never remain fixed in one place.

Ding Huan constructed a Great Cosmic Art Zhou Tian.

Only half a day passed before he joyfully discovered three hidden primordial treasures within the void.

A monk's staff, a bronze seal, and a long spear.

This was the first time Ding Huan had ever seen a primordial-level spear.

If he had possessed such a spear earlier, he might never have considered forging the Break-Catastrophe Blade.

Several days later, the Five Sutra Cane, the Thunderstart Bronze Seal, and the Wind Huan Spear were all sent into Ding Huan's world.

After retrieving these three primordial treasures, Ding Huan immediately summoned the Cosmic Cauldron—the Cosmic Cauldron trembled faintly in place, then vanished instantly.

Half a month later, the Void Rule Island had long been left far behind by Ding Huan's Cosmic Cauldron.

Although Min Yuan, this fake son of the Great Sage, had ambushed him and cost him a drop of Cosmic True Essence, Ding Huan didn't care much anymore.

The one who ambushed him was dead; as for Min Yuan, he had given Ding Huan such a grand gift—what was there to be unhappy about?

More than a month after Ding Huan had left, Min Yuan finally returned to the Void Rule Island, stepping calmly onto a leaf-shaped Void Skiff, thoroughly satisfied.

He had reason to be happy.

Though his journey had taken a long time, he had acquired a Soil Rule World second only to his own Space Rule World.

His cultivation art also involved Soil Rule principles, so Min Yuan planned to seclude himself on the Void Rule Island for a while.

One goal was to further refine his Space Rule World; the other was to integrate this Soil Rule World into his Five Elements World, to see if he could elevate it further.

When Min Yuan landed his skiff and stood at the outer edge of the Space Rule World, he suddenly felt a dread.

When his divine sense and perception could no longer detect the three array foundations he had left behind—or the Space Rule World itself—Min Yuan's scalp went cold.

No—this could not possibly happen…

He comforted himself even as he hurled several array flags to the ground.

The vanished Space Rule World sank his heart to the bottom.

His worst fear had come true.

His Space Rule World was gone.

Simultaneously, the thousands of Rule Worlds he had stored within it had vanished as well…

"Puh!" Min Yuan could no longer suppress his fury and terror—he spat out a mouthful of blood.