Chapter 784

At that moment, a coolness flooded from the depths of his consciousness, and Ding Huan instantly snapped back to clarity.

Is it the Life Tree?

Ding Huan was overjoyed—after he repaired this realm, the Life Tree had grown from a tender sprout to about a meter tall.

In Ding Huan's eyes, the Life Tree at a meter tall was still just a sprout, so he had never expected it to aid him now.

Unexpectedly, the Life Tree gave him such a great surprise—just as he was about to collapse, it jolted him back to awareness.

Ding Huan's domain surged wildly, and the Break-Catastrophe Blade fused with the cosmic laws of the Blue Star Divine Land, then slashed downward.

The killing momentum enveloping Mo Nianyan and Lou Yiyi surged violently.

Boom!

The Break-Catastrophe Blade slammed into Mo Nianyan's spear, and the Dao resonance exploded.

Mo Nianyan felt as if his head had been split clean in two—he spat a jet of blood, while his five viscera and six organs were torn into countless fragments.

This killing momentum scattered Mo Nianyan's soul.

Now, without Ding Huan needing to explain, he knew this realm was intimately tied to Ding Huan—deeply so.

When Ding Huan said this was his domain, it wasn't boasting—it was truer than anything else.

Seeing himself engulfed once more by the killing realm, how could Mo Nianyan dare to gamble further?

He was certain that if he were trapped a second time, even if he escaped, his physical body would be shattered beyond recognition.

He instantly activated a talisman, and in the next instant, a Bai Guang wrapped around Mo Nianyan and vanished without a trace.

Ding Huan watched helplessly as Mo Nianyan escaped.

The talisman Mo Nianyan summoned was a top-tier Break-Realm Talisman.

Neither his Seven-Realm Seal's killing realm nor the Blue Star Divine Land could block such a Break-Realm Talisman.

Mo Nianyan fled, grievously wounded; Lou Yiyi's domain, by contrast, was virtually defenseless.

Ding Huan's killing realm shrank violently, and the Break-Catastrophe Blade transformed into a new realm, slashing toward Lou Yiyi.

Lou Yiyi had already seen Mo Nianyan escape, but he had no way out—he possessed no such Break-Realm Talisman.

All his best treasures had been stolen from him; even his Great Dream Pagoda was now a fake pagoda.

Lou Yiyi's domain surged uncontrollably—he had to break free from this killing realm.

Ding Huan knew that even if Lou Yiyi escaped his killing realm, six other realms awaited him.

Yet Lou Yiyi's strength, after being freed from the Nightmare Dao Principle, was utterly negligible.

As for the Life Realm, Lou Yiyi would never dream of entering it in this lifetime.

The Break-Catastrophe Blade spun, and a river of Yellow Spring blades descended.

"Puff!" Lou Yiyi, a Second-Transformation Saint, had no resistance against Ding Huan's blade momentum—he was split cleanly in two.

Ding Huan raised his hand and formed a seal, ready to tear open Lou Yiyi's world.

A wave of destruction erupted within the killing realm.

"Ding Huan, I, Lou Yiyi, will return. As long as the Great Dream endures, our next meeting will be your death date…"

The voice faded, its vitality dissolving into nothingness.

Boom!

One realm was torn apart.

Ding Huan was somewhat astonished by Lou Yiyi's decisiveness—the fellow had just self-destructed his own world.

This move left him baffled.

Any other person would never have done this.

Lou Yiyi was, after all, a Second-Transformation Saint; logically, he shouldn't have feared others tearing open his world—what was his intent?

He didn't know that Lou Yiyi was terrified.

If Ding Huan tore open his world, his next reincarnation would be nearly impossible.

His divine soul consciousness in another dimension had long since been utterly eradicated.

He knew how hard it had been for him to cling to life in this place.

It was a remnant of his will, carried by a Nightmare, swept into a cosmic vortex, and barely surviving in a low-level realm.

Even so, he still could not be reborn.

By sheer coincidence, that Nightmare entered the dream of a low-level cultivator, allowing him to awaken his will within the other's dream.

In the end, he possessed that low-level cultivator and survived once more.

Otherwise, Lou Yiyi would have ceased to exist in this world long ago.

Having learned from past mistakes, Lou Yiyi would never entrust his reincarnation to luck.

If he ever encountered another powerful being capable of tracing and annihilating his soul, where would his life be?

Ding Huan hung the Break-Catastrophe Blade back on his back and looked at the bamboo sprout and Wen Keshu.

"Ding Daozhi, your divine powers are boundless—I, Bamboo Sprout, am utterly awed," Bamboo Sprout said, bowing with a stiff, dry remark.

In truth, compared to his earlier self, his emotional intelligence had improved greatly.

"Ding Daozhi, since arriving here with Bamboo Sprout Senior, we have remained in seclusion and never killed any life in this realm."

Wen Keshu quickly added an explanation.

Bamboo Sprout hurriedly agreed: "Yes, yes! Since arriving here with Wen Keshu Daozhi, we've kept to ourselves. That Mo Nianyan—he chased after Wen Keshu Daozhi—he's a bad guy."

From Bamboo Sprout's phrasing, Ding Huan knew this fellow was utterly pure.

"What about Lou Yiyi?" Ding Huan asked.

In truth, in Ding Huan's eyes, the Lou Yiyi he had just slain was the most dangerous.

He couldn't articulate the danger, but he felt this man was like a jackal—if he ever grew strong, this realm would be destroyed by his hands.

"Lou Yiyi cultivates the Great Dream Sacred Scripture; he is the famed Great Dream Sage. After the cosmic eon's collapse, he had nowhere to go, so he remained here perfecting his Dao."

Wen Keshu explained.

"The Great Dream Sacred Scripture?" Ding Huan repeated, surprised—he had never heard of this Dao before.

Seeing Ding Huan didn't understand, Wen Keshu volunteered: "I once happened to hear that the Great Dream Dao is renowned alongside the Great Cosmos Art; when perfected, it can destroy heaven and earth, leaving nothing alive..."

Ding Huan's face darkened. These bastards cultivated such abominations.

Sensing Ding Huan's expression had turned grim, Wen Keshu stopped speaking.

"What is this place, then?" Ding Huan did not take out his anger on Wen Keshu.

He saw clearly that Wen Keshu and Zhu Sun were not killers—their aura carried almost no bloodlust.

Though their cultivation was decent, they had likely not killed anyone here, as they claimed.

"Wen Keshu and I were the first to arrive here. The location was found by Elder Zhu Sun. Elder Zhu Sun is extremely sensitive to the laws of heaven and earth; the moment he entered the Great Expansion Divine Realm, he knew the source of vitality lay in the Dao Ruins."

"After we came to the Dao Ruins, we truly found this place where vitality resided," Wen Keshu answered without hesitation.

Zhu Sun had witnessed Ding Huan cleave Lou Yiyi in one slash—he knew Ding Huan was an absolute ruthless figure. After Wen Keshu finished speaking, he quickly added:

"Yes, yes! After we arrived, Mo Nianyan came trailing after us like a leech. That guy chased after Sister Keshu like a parasite—utterly disgusting."

"We had only been cultivating here a short while when Lou Yiyi finally showed up."

"According to Lou Yiyi himself, he's a native cultivator of the Great Expansion Divine Realm, having lived here all along."

Zhu Sun mentioned twice that Mo Nianyan had chased after Wen Keshu—clearly distancing her from any blame.

Ding Huan fell silent.

He cared little for Wen Keshu, Mo Nianyan, or Zhu Sun.

But Lou Yiyi—was this man truly a native of the Great Expansion Divine Realm?

If he was a native, then he must have grown up on Blue Star Divine Land.

Now that he's been slain by me, his lingering soul fragments probably still linger on Blue Star Divine Land.

If it were someone else, Ding Huan might have let it go. But Lou Yiyi felt far too dangerous—he could not let this slide.

If not for the Life Tree, I might truly have fallen for Lou Yiyi's trap.

Ding Huan's divine sense settled upon the Life Tree in his dantian.

The Life Tree had visibly withered and shrunk a little.

Clearly, even the young Life Tree's warning came at a cost.

Compared to the hollow willow that pretended to be dead even when he was about to die, this Life Tree truly acted in his interest.

When the chance arises, I must find resources for the Life Tree.

Ding Huan resolved even more firmly to eradicate every lingering soul fragment left by Lou Yiyi.

But before that, he must destroy this hidden space.

Ding Huan walked into the depths of the space and soon detected anomalies in its heavenly laws.

The familiar Dao rules immediately reminded him of one person: Ku Ku Sansang.

So this was Ku Ku Sansang's true strength.

This place was set up during Ku Ku Sansang's rule over the Great Expansion Divine Realm.

The heavenly laws here are the original laws of the Great Expansion Divine Realm's origin.

This place absorbs the Great Expansion Divine Realm's heavenly fortune and vital energy to stabilize itself.

Even if the Great Expansion Divine Realm collapsed, this place could still endure for a time.

The Great Expansion Divine Realm became a Divine-Abandoned Land; he repaired it and turned it into Blue Star Divine Land.

As long as Blue Star Divine Land exists, this place continuously drains its heavenly fortune and vital blood.

As long as Ku Ku Sansang leaves the Eternal God Abyss, he can hide here, using Blue Star Divine Land's heavenly fortune and vital energy to repair his Dao and body.

Ding Huan unhesitatingly summoned the Break-Catastrophe Blade and slashed down.

Crack! The heavenly laws shattered.

Ding Huan raised his hand and gathered countless Dao principles, then seized them.

These were the origin Dao principles of the Great Expansion Divine Realm—he absolutely would not allow Blue Star Divine Land to regress back to the Great Expansion Divine Realm.

As Ding Huan tore apart the heavenly array here,

the heavenly laws here fully merged with the surrounding environment.

Having finished, Ding Huan turned to Wen Keshu and Zhu Sun.

"Elder Zhu Sun, you're a Primordial Dao Body, aren't you? With such a body, where could you not go? Why hide in such a corner?"

Ding Huan was genuinely puzzled.

Zhu Sun sighed: "You remind me of someone I once met—he was extremely powerful, and a decent man, cultivating the Supreme Dao."

"At first, I was arrogant, thinking he wasn't even worthy to be mentioned alongside me."

"Later, I realized how childish I was—I could have grown far faster by staying beside such a person, instead of remaining a Second-Transformation Sage to this day."

"If he was so decent, why didn't you follow him?" Ding Huan asked in surprise.

Zhu Sun shook his head: "Do you know what the Cosmic Model is?"

Ding Huan nodded—he knew it well. Legend said it was the first Heaven-Opening artifact.

The Great Nirvana Stone he had just obtained was also a Heaven-Opening artifact, but not on the same level as the Cosmic Model.

"The Cosmic Model is my treasure. He took it from me—if I followed him, wouldn't that just torment me?" Zhu Sun sighed.