Chapter 821: Ding Huan Re-awakens to the Path of Mortals

Ding Huan sighed; if he had the Great Cutting Technique, he could simply target the fracture points and finish it with one strike.

If the Great Cutting Technique were cultivated to a certain level, there would be no need to locate precise fracture points at all.

Fortunately, he did not possess the Great Cutting Technique—he cultivated the Great Cosmos Technique instead.

Coupled with over a hundred years of cultivation on this star continent, he could perfectly manifest the cosmic law technique attuned to this Dao meridian.

After a stick of incense, Ding Huan located all the fracture points and immediately unleashed his Mind Blade.

Over a thousand strands of mind blade light flashed—every single Dao meridian was severed by Ding Huan in the same instant.

Ding Huan rolled his hand, seized Guan Huan, and vanished from the spot instantly.

What should have been an impossible task took Ding Huan barely half a stick of incense.

Worse still, after he took Guan Huan away, no one noticed—except the alert triggered by Guan Huan's disappearance, which stirred the enforcers.

Less than ten breaths after Ding Huan left, a figure landed outside Tianyuan Dao City.

He was an enforcer of the Changxing Dao Court's Enforcement Bureau, a Fifth-Transformation Saint.

As an envoy of the Changxing Dao Court, his sole mission here was to watch Guan Huan.

And wait for someone to come rescue Guan Huan.

Now that Guan Huan was gone, he was dead.

At this moment, he forced down his inner unease and fear, trembling as he pulled out a communication pearl and sent a message, then sprinted out.

The message was sent to the Dao Lord of the Changxing Dao Court, Chang Yun.

He rushed out, hoping only to catch the one who took Guan Huan.

In truth, he knew better than anyone—he could never catch the culprit.

Not only did he not know which direction the culprit fled, but even if he did, he knew he was no match.

A man who could sever the Dao Lord's own Dao meridian without a sound and vanish effortlessly was beyond his capacity to oppose.

Yet he had to chase—this was his only sliver of a chance to survive.

Chang Yun, who was in seclusion, flew into a rage.

He had never imagined someone could rescue a man bound by over a thousand Dao meridians of his own.

In the Xiao Tian Xu, who else besides himself could sever his Dao meridian?

He had not only bound Guan Huan with Dao meridians—he had also assigned a Fifth-Transformation Saint to watch him.

He didn't even require his envoy to do anything else; merely alert him if anyone came to rescue Guan Huan.

Such a simple task, and his envoy failed—what use was such a person?

He was certain his assigned enforcer had not remained constantly outside Tianyuan Dao City.

His guess was correct—the Fifth-Transformation Saint had indeed not stayed outside Tianyuan Dao City.

Anyone else would have found it impossible to guard a Dao City's outskirts for one or two thousand years.

But even if that man had been watching Guan Huan, he still could not have stopped Ding Huan from rescuing him.

Chang Yun suppressed his fury and rose—he intended to summon Yue, only to find even the bait was gone.

He had to go to Tianyuan Dao City himself.

But Tianyuan Dao City was not under his Changxing Dao Court's control—he could not command its city master.

…

After using Heart Escape to leave Tianyuan Dao City, Ding Huan summoned the Cosmos Cauldron.

In less than an hour, the Cosmos Cauldron had already left Tianyuan Dao City so far behind it was untraceable.

A day later, Ding Huan halted on a remote desert plain and casually built a temporary cave dwelling.

Guan Huan had been severely crippled—his soul sea was not torn, but shattered.

His meridians were nearly nonexistent.

These were not the worst injuries—the worst was that Guan Huan's Dao foundation had been destroyed.

Even Ding Huan, upon sensing Guan Huan's injuries, felt a pang of sorrow—this was why he had encountered him.

Had it been anyone else, even if they rescued Guan Huan, they could not restore him.

At best, they could only let Guan Huan re-enter reincarnation—such injuries made soul transference impossible.

Because the Dao foundation was gone.

Ding Huan extracted a drop of Cosmic Essence and plucked a leaf from the Nine Primordial Dao Bamboo, placing it into Guan Huan's mouth.

Only Ding Huan would dare use a leaf from the Nine Primordial Dao Bamboo—this single leaf was worth far more than Seven-Leaf Reincarnation Grass.

To other cultivators, the Nine Primordial Dao Bamboo was truly heaven-defying.

To Ding Huan, it was merely ordinary.

Restoring Dao foundations, mending Dao meridians, comprehending Dao principles…

Ding Huan felt he didn't need any of it.

Even if his own Dao foundation were damaged, he could repair it without the Nine Primordial Dao Bamboo.

As for generating nine Dao paths, he felt he had no use for them at all.

His Great Cosmos Technique condensed innumerable laws, innumerable star rivers, boundless Dao.

The nine Dao paths meant nothing to him—he had already formed them.

In truth, even without the Nine Primordial Dao Bamboo, Ding Huan believed he could restore Guan Huan's Dao foundation through the Great Cosmos Technique.

But that would amount to probing every aspect of Guan Huan's Dao—something taboo, and it would take far longer.

As Guan Huan began healing, Ding Huan dropped several top-grade spirit veins into the ground.

One drop of Cosmic Essence truly was a life-saving miracle.

Only an hour passed before Ding Huan sensed Guan Huan's aura gradually strengthening.

Moreover, the Dao energy around Guan Huan began to coalesce.

This was a sign of his consciousness sea rapidly recovering and his meridians reconnecting.

Several days later, though Guan Huan still had not awakened, the divine spirits' energy around him began to surge wildly toward him.

Ding Huan muttered, is this Eternal Realm sage really that powerful?

Does healing require this much divine spirits' energy?

Fortunately, he had thrown out plenty of divine spirit veins, so Guan Huan wouldn't feel any blockage in his divine essence.

To avoid being discovered, Ding Huan still went outside to set up

a Spirit-Binding Great Array.

After half a month passed, seeing that the divine spirits' energy around Guan Huan kept increasing, and moreover, Guan Huan's Dao energy began to change.

Ding Huan felt this was more than just healing.

This Dao energy, continuously strengthening in accordance with the laws of heaven and earth, seemed to be advancing?

No way, is the Commoner Dao really this powerful?

Can you advance during healing?

Since Guan Huan was advancing, Ding Huan simply threw out another Chaos Divine Spirit Vein.

Sure enough, after Ding Huan threw out the Chaos Divine Spirit Vein, he felt a clearer transformation of heaven and earth's laws.

Moreover, Ding Huan also sensed Guan Huan's Commoner Dao principles.

Half a day later, Ding Huan finally understood.

Guan Huan's Commoner Dao really was Commoner Dao.

It was like a not particularly bright student, determined to get good grades, who studied day and night without rest, finally forging his own path.

Though this path was decent, it was entirely built through diligence and struggle.

It might defeat many, but it wasn't among the absolute top tier.

It had no particularly outstanding features.

This left Ding Huan slightly disappointed.

Guan Huan had reached this point, and advanced with his help, likely because diligence outweighed everything else.

After sensing part of the Commoner Dao principles, Ding Huan lost interest.

Another half month passed; the aura around Guan Huan surged to its peak, then a vast Dao energy shot skyward.

Waves of divine spirit clouds, imbued with Heavenly Dao principles, transformed into seven-colored cloud blossoms that drifted down and wrapped around Guan Huan.

Ding Huan watched, deeply moved.

It's truly better to cultivate in places where heaven and earth's laws are complete—when advancing, heavenly Dao divine spirit clouds still descend.

He had never received such treatment when he advanced.

Once all the divine spirit clouds were absorbed by Guan Huan, his aura gradually calmed, finally returning to ordinariness.

Guan Huan opened his eyes; he was clearly overjoyed.

The moment he stood up, he rushed to Ding Huan's side, bowing deeply: "Guan Huan thanks you, friend, for saving my life."

Though he had been unable to speak or express his will, he had clearly witnessed every moment of Ding Huan's rescue.

Ding Huan laughed heartily: "I just couldn't stand Chang Yun's arrogance. But I must congratulate you on your advancement."

Ding Huan didn't fully understand the details of the Eternal Realm's Dao levels.

In his perception, Guan Huan hadn't advanced from Creation Dao Sage to Derivation World Sage.

The other likely advanced to Creation-Nature Sage.

Guan Huan sighed: "I had been stuck at Derivation World Sage, unable to make progress—until this time, when Chang Yun tortured me nearly to death, I finally understood why I was stuck."

Ding Huan's eyes lit up—he had seen Guan Huan's Dao, and it wasn't profound at all, just diligence compensating for lack of talent.

But Guan Huan's insight into advancement through Dao realization was extremely precious to him.

Guan Huan showed no intention to hide anything: "I cultivated the Commoner Dao, but as my strength grew, I long ago lost touch with the true essence of the Commoner Dao.

To others, I was already a lofty cultivator, no longer a commoner.

This near-fatal injury made me realize I am still a commoner. Commoners die, get wounded, are tortured, and are nailed outside Dao Cities."

Here, Guan Huan bowed again to Ding Huan:

"I've gained this insight, but I know it's too late—I'm certain to die. Chang Yun won't save me, won't give me a chance to prove a higher Dao.

I never expected I, Guan Huan, would meet someone like you, a true friend with a warm heart.

Not only did you save me, but you gave me a Chaos Divine Spirit Vein to cultivate with, helping me enter the Creation-Nature Sage realm…

From this moment on, my life belongs to you. Whatever you ask me to do, I will never hesitate."

There was one thing Guan Huan didn't say—he knew clearly that the Chaos Divine Spirit Vein he mentioned was the least valuable thing Ding Huan had produced.

The most valuable things were the leaves of the Nine Heavenly Dao Bamboos and the Cosmic True Essence.

Anyone who could produce such things to save a life—no matter what Ding Huan asked him to do, he would do it.

He didn't mention it because the items were too precious.

So precious he couldn't believe it.

He knew in his heart he must repay with his life.

Ding Huan waved his hand: "We're fate-bound—I'm Ding Huan, you're Guan Huan; our names both contain 'Huan.'

I saved you by chance, and I simply liked your appearance. As for help, I do have one thing I need you to assist with."

Guan Huan perked up—he owed Ding Huan too much; no matter what Ding Huan asked, he would give everything.