Chapter 782: The Dao Court Drifts Away

Ding Huan raised his hand, and the Eternal God Deep Trench vanished. A faint, flickering halo appeared on his wrist.

Sensing the powerful aura that seemed on the verge of overturning the entire universe, Ding Huan took a deep breath. With a thought, the halo on his wrist disappeared.

The Eternal God Wheel had been sent into his Sea of Consciousness universe.

The Eternal God Wheel was not a post-Chaos treasure, but a true Chaos treasure.

Just from the Dao-rule aura of this dharma treasure alone, one could tell how powerful it was.

The universe was vast, and there were not many Chaos treasures.

And the Eternal God Wheel was not only a Chaos treasure, but an ultimate Chaos supreme treasure.

Only with his current cultivation, he had to let the Universe Wheel gradually merge with his Grand Dao laws.

Otherwise, it would be very strenuous for him to summon the Eternal God Wheel.

It might even cause his Sea of Consciousness to be injured when he summoned the Eternal God Wheel.

Refining the Eternal God Wheel and being able to use it with ease were two different things.

There was another point—who would be willing to give up a Chaos supreme treasure like the Eternal God Wheel?

The Eternal God Saint had been forced to abandon the Eternal God Wheel beneath the Tribulation of Measure, and even so, he had still locked Ku Sansang onto the Great Nirvana Stone to guard the Eternal God Wheel.

The Great Nirvana Stone bore the Dao-rhyme imprints left by the Eternal God Saint Shen Huang. Ding Huan absolutely did not believe that the Eternal God Saint, the previous owner of the Eternal God Wheel, would leave no imprint behind.

Therefore, the Eternal God Wheel must contain traces of Dao intent left by Shen Huang.

Yet after he refined the Eternal God Wheel, he did not sense any trace of Dao intent.

This was not normal.

Ding Huan figured it must be because his cultivation was too low to detect Shen Huang's Grand Dao intent.

As long as the Eternal God Wheel remained in his hands, sooner or later he would be able to uncover Shen Huang's Dao intent.

Until he found Shen Huang's Dao intent within the Eternal God Wheel, he could not use it.

"The Eternal God Deep Trench is gone?" Pu Zhijian stared blankly at the vanished Eternal God Deep Trench before him, muttering to himself.

Although he knew the Eternal God Deep Trench was a dharma treasure, seeing it refined by Ding Huan and then disappear before his eyes still left him immensely shaken.

Emperor Hou Hen sighed with emotion. Indeed, it was so.

Ding Huan had refined the Eternal God Deep Trench.

"Brother Ding, thank you for saving us." Emperor Hou Hen suddenly looked up and hurriedly cupped his fists.

The moment Ding Huan descended, he saw Emperor Hou Hen and Pu Zhijian standing not far from the Universe Cauldron.

Ding Huan put away the Universe Cauldron: "Did either of you see Mo Changcan?"

Emperor Hou Hen shook his head: "I reckon Mo Changcan has already left the Land of Three Gods. The Dao Ruins were originally connected to the void. When I came, I hadn't even caught up to Mo Changcan before that bastard grabbed me and put me to work on the Grey Stone."

Ding Huan sighed. At that time, he had not yet repaired the Blue Star Divine Land.

"Fellow Daoist Ding, have you noticed that the current rules of heaven and earth seem much more complete, and when cultivating, the insights are completely different from before?"

Pu Zhijian voiced the doubt in his heart.

Emperor Hou Hen also looked at Ding Huan; he was equally unclear what the issue was.

They had been trapped on the Great Nirvana Stone and did not know about Ding Huan repairing the Blue Star Divine Land.

Ding Huan explained: "Because I have already repaired this realm. It is no longer called the Land of Abandoned Gods, nor the Land of Three Gods, but Blue Star Divine Land.

Old Hou, you and Sect Leader Pu should head back now. I have some matters to attend to and will return soon. By the way, bring Elder Dan Yichen's remains back and deliver them to Li Yin Divine Valley."

"Brother Ding, you truly repaired this realm?" Emperor Hou Hen understood far better than Pu Zhijian what repairing a realm represented.

Ding Huan had said he wanted to repair the Land of Three Gods, but he had not expected it to happen so quickly.

In such a short time, Ding Huan had repaired the Land of Three Gods?

"It's true." There was little excitement in Ding Huan's tone.

He had previously repaired the Land of Three Gods and transformed it into his Blue Star Divine Land, and he did feel a measure of self-satisfaction.

Think about it—what kind of beings had originally controlled these divine realms?

If not Eternal Saints, then realm Dao Ancestors.

And he was only a One-Turn Saint, yet he too had repaired a realm, and the rules of this realm even bore the imprints of his Grand Dao. This was almost equivalent to being a realm Dao Ancestor.

But after refining the Eternal God Wheel, his mood had remained somewhat heavy.

Not only because the Dao-intent imprint left by Shen Huang had not been found.

There was also the fact that after refining the Eternal God Wheel, he had finally understood what middle-tier universes and high-tier universes were.

His Blue Star Divine Land, even if elevated to its highest level, was probably only a low-tier universe...

Or rather, it could not be said that the Blue Star Divine Land was a low-tier universe; it should only be a low-tier star land.

Any universe that could not prove the Dao of an Eternal Saint was entirely a low-tier universe.

Since the Blue Star Divine Land existed in a low-tier universe plane, it could never give birth to an Eternal Saint.

Even if the rules of heaven and earth in his Blue Star Divine Land continued to improve endlessly, this could not change that fact.

It was like being forever unable to step into the true immortal level within the cultivation world—a limitation imposed by the rules of a realm.

To make the Blue Star Divine Land into the kind of rule-bound star land found in high-tier universes, unless he, Ding Huan, could elevate the rules of this entire universe domain, or even the plane, to the level of a high-tier universe.

Ding Huan estimated that even if he became an Eternal Saint, he could not do it.

"Haha, Brother Ding Huan, I knew I hadn't misjudged you." Emperor Hou Hen laughed heartily.

No matter what Ding Huan thought, he greatly admired what Ding Huan had accomplished.

"Old Hou, I have some urgent matters to attend to. Head back to the sect and cultivate now."

Deep within, Ding Huan was eager. If he wanted to raise his cultivation, he could not remain in this universe forever.

If he could not remain in this universe, then he could not remain in the Blue Star Divine Land.

One of the most important reasons was the Eternal God Saint Shen Huang.

Who knows when this guy might show up at his door?

After learning of the Eternal Divine Wheel's prodigious nature, Ding Huan was one hundred percent certain that once the Eternal Saint's power recovered to a certain level, he would surely come seeking the Eternal Divine Wheel.

Although he had now subjugated the Eternal Divine Wheel, he could not detect even a trace of the hidden Daoic imprint within it.

Only when his strength increased enough to ensure his own safety would he be able to settle down.

What he needed to do now was find the powerful ones hiding within the Daoic Ruins—either eliminate them all or drive them out of Lanxing Divine Continent.

Otherwise, these individuals would remain a source of instability for Lanxing Divine Continent.

As long as these people remained, he dared not leave Lanxing Divine Continent.

Qin Bu and Emperor Hou Hen also noticed Ding Huan had something on his mind; after Emperor Hou Hen collected Shan Yichen's remains, he and Qin Bu took their leave of Ding Huan.

After being rubbed against the Great Nirvana Stone like a chick by Ku Ku Sansang, Emperor Hou Hen realized just how weak he truly was.

If he could not improve his strength, even staying by Ding Huan's side, he might not even get a sip of broth in the future.

Choice mattered, but so did one's own effort—Emperor Hou Hen understood this well.

After seeing off these two, Ding Huan immediately went to the place Shu Ziche had told him about.

The Daoic resonance from a battle could severely wound Shu Ziche, who was at the late Divine King stage—certainly a Saint of at least First Transformation.

A true Saint, not a false one.

Such an unknown powerful being, existing on Lanxing Divine Continent, was a danger.

……

At the same moment, in the Eternal Saint's True Hall of the Dao Court, Emperor Jue Yuan received word that the planetary protection array of the Divine Abandoned Lands had vanished.

This news stirred great excitement among the powerful figures gathered in the Eternal Saint's True Hall.

The Divine Abandoned Lands were a repaired Divine Realm—if its planetary protection array was gone, did that not mean they could enter it at any time?

For years, they had held hundreds of meetings on this very matter.

They had repeatedly examined and observed the outer planetary protection array of Lanxing Divine Continent; had they dared, they would have attacked it already.

"Let's go see," Emperor Jue Yuan stood up first.

Without needing Emperor Jue Yuan's reminder, the others rushed toward the teleportation array and directly teleported to the outermost edge of the Eternal Divine Saint City.

To everyone's shock, not only had the planetary protection array vanished—the Eternal Divine Abyss had vanished too.

Outside the outer edge of the Eternal Divine Saint City lay boundless void.

In other words, the Dao Court's star continent now directly bordered the void on all sides.

"What happened?" someone asked in awe.

"Could it be that the Divine Abandoned Lands suddenly drifted away?" a Domain Lord blurted out.

"Yes, it must be—the Divine Abandoned Lands drifted off…" a Pretender Saint from the Buddha Kingdom immediately agreed.

But he soon noticed all the Saints remained silent, including even his own Buddha Kingdom's Pi Yuan Buddha Master.

Emperor Jue Yuan's face turned pale; after a long silence, he said: "If I'm not mistaken, it's not the Divine Abandoned Lands that drifted away—it's our Dao Court."

Though most had guessed this, when Emperor Jue Yuan spoke it aloud, all were filled with dread.

The Dao Court had once been a star continent with relatively stable laws; now, adrift in the boundless cosmic void, what difference did it have from a meteoric landmass?

What is the greatest characteristic of a meteoric landmass?

Its celestial laws continuously collapse; its heavenly fortune and vitality steadily dissipate until it becomes true meteorite.

Then, the meteorite collides with other meteor fragments and broken planets in the boundless cosmic void, eventually turning into countless dust particles across the universe…

They saw the Dao Court's final fate.

Pi Yuan Buddha Master sighed: "It seems the reason the Dao Court could maintain its celestial laws and even slightly increase its heavenly fortune was entirely due to the heavenly fortune seeping in from the Divine Abandoned Lands and the Eternal Divine Abyss."

Thanks to the Divine Abandoned Lands and the Eternal Divine Abyss, the Dao Court stood firm like a star continent in the boundless void. Now…"

Pi Yuan Buddha Master did not need to finish—everyone understood the outcome.

From this moment on, every cultivator living on the Dao Court would seek an escape route.

"Master Jiehe, Ni Cangxing, left the Dao Court over a decade ago with his followers—perhaps he already knew the Dao Court would collapse…"

The Ding Ding Guangxian of the Buddha Kingdom immediately cast Ni Cangxing as the enemy of all.

"Of course—he lived within the Dao Court yet exchanged glances with that Ding Huan, betraying our Dao Court's interests!" Someone immediately echoed.

Though everyone knew Ni Cangxing had betrayed no interest, they now needed a target for their venting.

"Can we blame Master Ni Cangxing for this?" Qin Bu of Penglai Island said calmly.

Ding Ding Guangxian sneered: "Then why is Ni Cangxing absent now, while we are here?"

Qin Bu replied calmly: "Ever since the Dao Court could no longer grow Divine Rice, I knew this day would come—only I didn't expect it to arrive so soon."

There was another thing he did not say, which many had thought of—but all pretended not to know.

Emperor Jue Yuan waved his hand: "Now is not the time to argue over this—what matters is what we should do."

Staying on this drifting star continent was clearly impossible—should we search together for a new habitable star continent, or go our separate ways?