Chapter 842: Dealing with the Great Desert Dao Sovereign

Inside the Cosmic Cauldron, Ding Huan had already understood the entire cause and effect.

He had never imagined that Meng Chuan Nü, this woman, would have risked her life to save Guan Huan and Bai Yue.

This was truly beyond his expectations.

"Many thanks to Dao Friend Meng for stepping in to rescue us." This time, Ding Huan offered his thanks sincerely from the heart.

Meng Chuan Nü breathed a sigh of relief; at last this primordial powerhouse had taken note of her kindness.

Although saving them at the time had been a casual act, she had still risked her life.

Not only that, she had also lost a magic treasure.

Still, these sacrifices were well worth it.

If she had not stepped in to save Guan Huan and Bai Yue, she would likely still be being hunted down right now.

Here inside Ding Huan's Cosmic Cauldron, no matter what, their pursuers could not catch up.

"Brother Ding Huan, I never expected that Wu Qiu would be so despicable. We had clearly agreed to join forces, yet he betrayed us. We can only blame ourselves for not making him swear a Great Dao oath when we first cooperated."

Guan Huan's injuries were severe; only now did he finally have the time to slowly recover.

Ding Huan said, "For Wu Qiu to betray us, there is only one possibility: Zuo Qiong and Chang Yun have joined forces, and they have even sworn a Great Dao oath not to violate the Heaven Ruins Dao Court."

As long as Zuo Qiong and Chang Yun had not joined forces, Wu Qiu would not have betrayed them.

Because if pushed to the wall, Wu Qiu would choose to ally with Zuo Qiong.

"Why?"

"Because as long as Zuo Qiong had not allied with them, no matter who went to the Heaven Ruins Dao Court, Wu Qiu might have struck and killed the other party.

With all three great Dao Courts joining forces, Wu Qiu had no faith in us, and being utterly without scruples, choosing betrayal is no surprise."

Ding Huan even began to suspect whether the rumors he had heard before about Chang Yun and Zuo Qiong having a grudge were false.

"Brother Ding Huan, where are we headed now?" Even an honest man like Guan Huan felt a bit of pent-up grievance in his heart.

Once his injuries healed, the first thing he would do was go with Brother Ding Huan and uproot the Heaven Ruins Dao Court entirely.

Did that old fellow Wu Qiu think that just because they could wipe out the Qu Clan Dao Court, they couldn't wipe out the Heaven Ruins Dao Court?

"Naturally, we return to the Heavenly Huan Women's Palace. That place is the best for both cultivation and healing; ordinary people simply cannot enter."

Although Ding Huan said they were returning to the Heavenly Huan Women's Palace, his Cosmic Cauldron did not fly straight there; instead, he planned to take a long detour.

He could be certain that Chang Yun and the others would definitely be waiting for them outside the Heavenly Huan Women's Palace.

The moment he returned directly, he would likely be caught red-handed.

"Good, then I'll go heal first." Guan Huan only wanted to recover his eyesight as quickly as possible.

After Guan Huan and Bai Yue went off to heal, Meng Chuan Nü finally spoke: "Dao Friend Ding, actually, besides the matter of Hui Zhi, I went to find you for one more thing I'd like to ask your help with."

Ding Huan cupped his fist and said solemnly, "Dao Friend Meng, no matter what came before, you saved Guan Huan and Bai Yue, which makes you a friend of Ding Huan. Whatever it is, just say it."

Meng Chuan Nü was overjoyed in her heart; she had not misjudged Ding Huan.

Owing a favor really does get repaid.

"Dao Friend Ding, I want to ask you to help me deal with one person."

"Who?"

"The Great Desert Dao Sovereign."

Ding Huan immediately recalled: "The guy who snatched your Great Dream Desert?"

"Yes, that very person. This fellow tricked a little girl, seems she's Wu Qiu's daughter. That Bai Chi took out all her father's cultivation resources and gave them to this guy..."

Meng Chuan Nü was still seething with anger.

What she was angry about was naturally not that Wu Jiena had been blind, but that after the Great Desert Dao Sovereign had taken her Great Dream Desert, he could still come to the Lesser Heaven Ruins.

Not only that, he could still freeload shamelessly and live so carefree—

ly.

Ding Huan, however, thought of Wu Jiena.

Back then, Wu Qiu had scolded Wu Jiena to go back and cultivate in closed-door training, verbally warning Wu Jiena not to go out until she reached a certain cultivation level.

It was just that Wu Qiu had not used强硬手段 to confine his daughter at home.

At the time he had guessed that Wu Jiena probably would not listen; now it seemed indeed to be the case.

This woman had not only escaped from Heaven Ruins Dao City, she had probably even done so without her father knowing his daughter was no longer in Heaven Ruins Dao City.

Meng Chuan Nü said sarcastically, "I went to Heaven Ruins Dao City to see Wu Qiu, originally intending to help him bring his daughter back.

This fellow was ungrateful enough to go meet Shen Chi on his own initiative, leaving me aside."

Ding Huan understood.

Meng Chuan Nü was, after all, a primordial powerhouse; although her strength had now declined sharply, the pride in her bones remained.

She had clearly visited Wu Qiu first, yet this Wu Qiu had dropped her midway through receiving her, not even waiting for her to finish speaking before going to receive Shen Chi; this left her feeling displeased.

In her eyes, this was an insult.

"Where is this person now?" Ding Huan had never seen the Great Desert Dao Sovereign.

He could tell this fellow was no saintly man or devout woman either.

That piece of Great Dream Desert—Meng Chuan Nü did not know how long she had spent refining it.

The Great Desert Dao Sovereign hid within it for one purpose only: to gain without laboring.

In the end, he had even succeeded.

"At the Great Wheel Mountain." Meng Chuan Nü replied.

"At the Great Wheel Mountain?" Ding Huan thought to himself, from here to the Great Wheel Mountain was no short distance.

Fortunately, he had set up three teleportation arrays at the Great Wheel Mountain—on both sides and at the summit.

Meng Chuan Nü saw Ding Huan's expression and knew he had misunderstood: "Dao Friend Ding, the Great Wheel Mountain stretches for who knows how many hundreds of millions of miles. Part of it lies in the Great Wheel Dao Court, and the other part in the Heaven Ruins Dao Court.

That Desert Dao Lord is on Dalun Mountain, where the Tianxu Dao Court resides, not far from here. I've set up a teleportation array there—we can teleport over.

Ding Huan paused briefly, then said: "Then we don't need to teleport. Guan Brother and Bai Yue need to heal; let's just take my spaceship instead."

Meng Chuan Nü had no objections—she only wanted to kill the Desert Dao Lord as soon as possible and reclaim the Dream Desert.

The Dream Desert was a treasure she coveted.

Earlier, she had summoned the Ruyi Lock to block Chang Yun and Chen Chi, but in her escape, she didn't even retrieve the Ruyi Lock.

But if it were the Dream Desert, she couldn't bear to abandon it.

Fall.

"Have you found where Hui Zhi is?" After turning the Cosmic Cauldron's direction, Ding Huan asked about Hui Zhi's whereabouts.

Hui Zhi carries a Dream Dao Principle—this is one I've claimed for myself.

Moreover, Hui Zhi likely knows how to reach the higher universes.

Meng Chuan Nü nodded: "I know. I've sensed the location of his Dream Dao Principle, but I dare not go there yet.

With my current strength, going there would be suicide."

There was another thing she didn't say: she suspected Hui Zhi had reached the Fourth Step of the Dao.

She didn't mention it because she feared Ding Huan would be afraid.

To kill Hui Zhi, she would definitely need Ding Huan's help.

If Ding Huan was afraid, finding another ancient master like him wouldn't be easy.

This place, Xiao Tianxu, though complete in its celestial rules, offered Dao principles she truly despised.

Don't be fooled by Guan Huan's current Creation Realm status.

If she had to choose an ally, she'd pick Ding Huan over Guan Huan any day.

Meng Chuan Nü assumed Guan Huan was a Creation Realm cultivator from Xiao Tianxu, unaware that Guan Huan had also come from elsewhere.

Ding Huan knew Meng Chuan Nü wouldn't reveal where Hui Zhi was hiding, so he didn't ask.

Until one cultivates to the Eternal Life Realm, asking is pointless.

Meng Chuan Nü said it was close, yet the Cosmic Cauldron still flew for over half a month.

Guan Huan's injuries hadn't fully healed, but he'd regained partial combat capability.

Bai Yue was worse off—after half a month, he'd only barely restored his physical body.

To surround the Desert Dao Lord, Guan Huan and Bai Yue temporarily halted their healing.

Meng Chuan Nü pointed to the massive Dalun Mountain ahead: "At the foot of Dalun Mountain lies a sea called Dalun Sea.

Along its edge is a desert spanning ten million li—called Dalun Desert. This guy loves to hide in deserts.

When we approach, don't alert him—he's good at escaping."

"Here's the plan: you wait here. I'll go alone first and set up a sealing array to trap him."

Ding Huan signaled Guan Huan and the others not to follow.

"Alright, we'll wait outside for you," Meng Chuan Nü said, placing absolute trust in Ding Huan.

She also knew Ding Huan's Dao was extraordinary—otherwise, he wouldn't need fragments of celestial rules.

Someone who cultivates using celestial rule fragments must be exquisitely sensitive to cosmic laws and able to conceal his presence perfectly.

If he truly intended to hide, even if he stood behind her, she might not sense him.

Ding Huan was indeed doing exactly that—his entire Dao aura had nearly merged completely with this desert.

He was searching for the Desert Dao Lord's location.

Less than an hour later, Ding Huan found the Desert Dao Lord's position.

He'd merely sensed an odd fluctuation in the celestial rules of one spot within Dalun Desert.

Dalun Desert wasn't a good place for cultivation—so if the rules were odd there, it must be where the Desert Dao Lord was in seclusion.

Ding Huan began surrounding the Desert Dao Lord's location, carving intricate void-sealing array patterns.

After completing the sealing array, Ding Huan set up another array outside it: a spatial transformation array.

This spatial transformation array was Ding Huan's true trump card against the Desert Dao Lord.

You can't defeat the Desert Dao Lord merely by overpowering him.

One misstep, and he'll vanish.

To deal with someone like him, you must lock him down so he can't escape.

With a cunning man like the Desert Dao Lord, he'd surely have ways to break through

his sealing array.

But he wouldn't necessarily break through Ding Huan's spatial transformation array.

Ding Huan knew the Desert Dao Lord understood spatial laws extremely well—otherwise, he couldn't have hidden in the Dream Desert so long without Meng Chuan Nü detecting him.

Finally, he'd snatch the prize from under her nose.

The Dream Desert was filled with shifting space everywhere—anyone with poor spatial understanding couldn't even survive inside, let alone seize the Dream Desert.

Ding Huan didn't believe the Desert Dao Lord's understanding of spatial laws surpassed his own.

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He had perfected his Spatial Law River and forged his own Spatial Dao Principle.

This was the result of obtaining a complete Spatial Law world, combined with the Great Cosmic Art.

Unless the Desert Dao Lord had cultivated and gained insight within Ding Huan's Dao world and mastered every spatial law within it,

then this time, the Desert Dao Lord would definitely drink his washwater.

After setting all his hidden measures, Ding Huan sent a message to Meng Chuan Nü, then stepped forward and slashed out with Dahan Yi Dao.

Boom!

Beneath the blade curtain, all the hidden arrays and spirit-binding arrays arranged by the Desert Dao Lord shattered.

Two naked figures appeared before Ding Huan.