Chapter 790: The Bitter Family and the Bitter Ya

The Zongzhu of Lanxing Academy, Ding Huan, was getting married, and nearly every sect, family, and alliance on the Lanxing Divine Continent arrived at Lanxing Academy.

At this moment, the Lanxing Divine Continent was unprecedentedly united and harmonious.

Whether sincere or feigned, everyone who came to Lanxing Academy at this time was grateful to Zongzhu Ding.

Without Zongzhu Ding, there would be no Lanxing Divine Continent as it is today.

After the Great Calamity, finding a place with complete celestial laws to cultivate was incredibly difficult.

Ding Huan courteously hosted every guest who came to offer congratulations.

That was because Ding Huan knew clearly he could not stay on the Lanxing Divine Continent for long.

In the vast universe, reaching the First Transformation Saint Realm was the ultimate limit for many.

For Ding Huan, this was truly the beginning of the True Dao.

Countless powerful beings existed in the universe; if not for the repeated Great Calamities that destroyed one realm and star continent after another,

the Lanxing Divine Continent would amount to nothing in this vast universe.

Not to mention others—Zuan, the Dao Ancestor of Dunyi Divine Realm, Xing Jia, the Dao Ancestor sent by him to Dunyi Divine Realm, even Wu Liang and Yue Jinya.

Which one of them was not once a famed existence?

Any one of them, in their prime, could effortlessly crush Ding Huan.

After the Great Cosmic Calamity, these people all barely clung to life.

None of them likely truly perished; even if they did, they had countless ways to return.

If one day these people returned, the Lanxing Divine Continent would be nothing but a dish to them.

So he must strengthen his own power—at least enough to protect the Lanxing Divine Continent before they return.

To strengthen his power, he must leave this plane.

The celestial laws of this plane offered him no way to improve his strength.

The noise and revelry faded, and Ding Huan finally returned to his bridal chamber.

Seeing Qu Yi sat nervously by the bed, still keeping her homeland's custom of wearing a red veil, waiting for the man who would spend his life with her to lift it.

Looking at Qu Yi, quietly waiting for him by the bed, Ding Huan's eyes grew slightly damp.

Once again, the words Qu Yi had once spoken to him echoed in his ears:

"When I die, please donate my eyes to him—he's still so young…"

Past memories flashed through Ding Huan's mind like rapid scenes.

Countless years of sea changes had passed, yet it seemed they had returned to the starting point.

He had once imagined countless times being with that girl, accompanying her…

Sensing Ding Huan had not moved for a long time, Qu Yi whispered softly: "Big Brother Ding…"

She was uneasy.

Ding Huan walked to Qu Yi's side and gently lifted her veil, gazing into her clear, peerless eyes—his heart swelled with countless words, yet he did not know where to begin.

"Yi Yi, I…"

Ding Huan felt guilt—he had known for a long time what Qu Yi wanted, yet he had constantly strived to improve his cultivation.

Qu Yi gently placed her hand over his mouth: "When I reached the Spirit Nurturing Realm, I awakened memories from my past life—I understand.

If one day you can return to Earth, take me with you—I miss home."

Ding Huan pulled Qu Yi into his arms; he knew that in the vast universe, he was her only home.

No matter how strong her cultivation became, no matter which plane of the universe she reached, she remained that home-loving girl from Earth.

…

It had already been the fifth month since Ding Huan's wedding.

Because the Zongzhu of Lanxing Academy was still at the sect, Lanxing Academy thrived.

Countless cultivators longed to join Lanxing Academy, yet its recruitment had grown increasingly strict.

Good talent alone was no longer enough to join Lanxing Academy.

Lanxing Academy evaluated applicants holistically—talent was even ranked below cultivation level.

Those wishing to join Lanxing Academy all worked hard to improve their strength.

The Lanxing Divine Continent was restored by Ding Huan, but it had few secret realms.

To seek opportunities and enhance strength, the best place was the Dao Ruins.

Many elders of Lanxing Academy were now in seclusion, cultivating.

The only exception was Grand Saint Min Yuan.

Min Yuan did not enter seclusion to improve his cultivation; instead, he actively requested to manage the Dao Ruins, even spending his days wandering aimlessly through Dao Ruins Street.

Many people did not understand Min Yuan's intentions.

It was said that Grand Elder Min Yuan was the strongest cultivator in Lanxing Academy—why, then, did this strongest cultivator spend his days aimlessly wandering Dao Ruins Street?

Only Min Yuan himself knew why he wandered there.

He could say that no matter what changes or Great Calamities occurred, he, Min Yuan, would always live comfortably.

Moreover, Min Yuan had always been above others.

At all times, Min Yuan had been the one giving orders, towering above all.

But Min Yuan felt something different on the Lanxing Divine Continent.

On this star continent, he was still a towering figure.

Wherever he went, he was the revered Grand Elder of Lanxing Academy.

The difference was that Min Yuan knew the reverence he received on the Lanxing Divine Continent mostly came from others' sincere hearts—a true reverence.

Previously, his status above others and the reverence he received came mostly from others being forced, or intimidated by his aura into showing respect.

This was the difference — this kind of heartfelt respect made Minyuan quite pleased.

He needed exactly this kind of reverence; otherwise he wouldn't have given himself the title of Great Sage.

Of course, this wasn't the main reason he was wandering around outside.

He wandered because he knew that secluding himself to cultivate was utterly pointless.

Although the world's rules of Blue Star God-Land were improving every moment, they were still not enough to allow him, a Fourth-Turn Sage, to advance to the level of a Fifth-Turn Sage.

So whether he secluded himself or not actually made little difference.

His wandering here was simply to wait for Ding Huan.

Once Ding Huan knew how well-traveled and knowledgeable he was, when he went to the Hunyi God Realm in the future or sought out higher-level cultivation planes, there was a very good chance he would bring him along.

He was also certain that Ding Huan wouldn't stay on Blue Star God-Land for long.

If it weren't for Ding Huan's grand wedding, he might have already left Blue Star God-Land long ago.

Someone like Ding Huan — if he were content with the status quo, then he, Minyuan, might as well be blind.

If Ding Huan wanted to raise his strength, he had to leave Blue Star God-Land.

The reason was the same as his own — even he, Minyuan, couldn't raise his cultivation on Blue Star God-Land, so Ding Huan certainly couldn't either.

……

Every day Ding Huan stayed beside Qu Yi, and recently he had been keeping within a step of Qu Yi.

Because Qu Yi carried his bloodline.

For cultivators, bearing a child was not a matter of ten months' pregnancy.

Given Ding Huan and Qu Yi's cultivation and strength, even though Qu Yi now carried Ding Huan's bloodline, nurturing that bloodline would still take years, decades, or even longer.

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This was also why, in the God Realm, many couples' children were born already standing at a brand-new starting point in terms of strength.

Many of their abilities were innate divine abilities.

Such innate divine abilities could only be passed to blood-descended children if the parents themselves possessed them.

Even though they were together all day, Ding Huan wasn't idle — he was teaching Qu Yi all sorts of array-path methods.

Blue Star Academy was now steady as a boulder, but who could know what the future would bring?

That day, Ding Huan was teaching Qu Yi a Level-Five Divine Array for Transforming Poison when a message landed in the communication bead in his hand.

"Is something the matter with the sect?" Qu Yi asked softly, looking at Ding Huan.

Unless it was something important, the sect's people wouldn't disturb Ding Huan at this time.

Everyone knew that Ding Huan and she were in the middle of their newlywed period.

"It's Ku Ya," Ding Huan sent a message straight out.

Soon Ku Ya appeared before Ding Huan, and she bowed respectfully: "Ku Ya greets the Sect Master, greets the Vice Sect Master."

Ding Huan had great confidence in Ku Ya's abilities.

It could be said that within Blue Star Academy, after Ding Huan's long observation, Ku Ya's ability to handle affairs was the strongest.

Even someone as wily as Yuan Qing fell far short of Ku Ya.

"Is there something?" Ding Huan asked.

Ku Ya said carefully: "Someone from the Ku family found me. He told me the Ku family must take control of Blue Star God-Land, and that they need me to cooperate with them — the timing chosen for after you leave."

"They?" Ding Huan looked at Ku Ya in surprise.

He didn't care much about Ku Ya's words; he could even guess who had approached her — it must be Ku Ku Sansang, whom he had already killed.

Because he had married Qu Yi, he had been delayed.

Logically speaking, the moment he took away the Eternal God Wheel, he should have killed Ku Ku Sansang.

On the surface Ku Ku Sansang had been killed by him, but in truth Ding Huan knew it certainly hadn't been a clean kill.

Back then Blue Star God-Land had been Ku Ku Sansang's old lair; if Ku Ku Sansang hadn't left numerous clones on Blue Star God-Land, Ding Huan himself wouldn't have believed it.

Still, failing to kill Ku Ku Sansang in time wasn't a bad thing — it would make Ku Ku Sansang think he couldn't track down the locations of those split souls of his, Ku Ku Sansang.

Ding Huan chuckled inwardly — yet he could, in fact, do exactly that.

He had the Grand Gene Art; relying on gene-killing methods, he could wipe out an entire clan of the God Realm, so what was a mere Ku Ku Sansang?

Ku Ya hurriedly explained: "It's Ku Ku Sansang and Ku Xinren."

"Ku Xinren?" Ding Huan looked at Ku Ya in astonishment:

"I recall that originally you were able to find Blue Star God-Land because Ku Xinren pointed you here, right?"

Ku Ya nodded: "Yes, but I know his intentions. He planted a mark on me and had me come here only to serve as his vanguard.

Moreover, the moment Ku Xinren first laid eyes on me, he wanted to take over my body.

It was only because he saw I was a woman and my aptitude wasn't all that extraordinary that he gave up on the body-snatching and switched to using me instead."

"Why do you choose to help me, rather than help the Ku family?"

Ku Ya shook her head: "I've never considered myself a member of the Ku family. My grandfather and my father were both killed by the Ku family. Because they felt my grandfather had sullied the noble bloodline of the Ku family."

"Why do you also bear the surname Ku?"

Ku Ya replied: "Because my father also bore the surname Ku, but he had absolutely no connection to that noble-bloodline Ku family they believed in.

The reason I carry a trace of the Ku family's bloodline is because my grandmother brought it in — my grandmother was a member of the Ku family.

After the Ku family learned of my grandfather and grandmother's affair, they hunted my grandfather everywhere. My grandfather and grandmother hid for decades, yet were still killed by them in the end.

They weren't satisfied with killing my grandfather — they also killed my father. At that time, my mother had only just become pregnant with me; I was born without a father."

Although Ku Ya spoke calmly, Ding Huan could hear from her tone the hatred she harbored toward the Ku family.