Chapter 849: Harmonizing with Light and Merging with Dust

Seven months later, the Cosmic Cauldron halted in a void wrapped in chaotic spatial laws.

"This is where the Divine Realm of Light once stood; these spatial distortions existed long ago, and after the Divine Realm of Light shattered, the spatial laws here became even more chaotic."

Qiao Qianhe pointed to the region of chaotic spatial laws before them.

After seven months of recovery, he was no longer the gaunt, skeletal figure he had been, and had largely returned to normal.

"It seems that the strong one has left; otherwise, by the time we arrived, that strong one would have already noticed us," Qin Qin said.

Ding Huan silently marveled—truly, how powerful.

Qiao Qianhe used a teleportation talisman, one likely forged by Qiao Qianhe himself.

Perhaps Qiao Qianhe's talisman-crafting skill was only average.

Yet the Cosmic Cauldron had flown for seven months to reach here, so this teleportation talisman was still a long-range one.

Such a long-range teleportation talisman.

Even if the talisman's rules were obvious and its forging crude, it could not be intercepted by human means.

Yet that strong one had foreseen the talisman's rule shifts and crossed the void ahead to intercept Qiao Qianhe—how much more than just powerful was that?

Is this a form of teleportation?

One must move faster than the talisman and know precisely the path through space it takes to accomplish this.

"Because the technique I cultivate is tied to the Light Principle, I must enter the Divine Realm of Light to attain insight."

Ding Huan knew that since the Divine Realm of Light had shattered, there was no point for Qin Qin and Qiao Qianhe to enter.

These shattered celestial laws might affect him, but not Qin Qin or Qiao Qianhe.

Qiao Qianhe looked at Ding Huan, then at Qin Qin, puzzled.

Throughout this journey, he had been recovering, so his understanding of the relationship between Ding Huan and Qin Qin remained mere speculation.

In his mind, Qin Qin and Ding Huan must be cultivation partners—or soon to be.

Otherwise, they would not have left the Small Heaven Ruins alone together.

Yet Ding Huan's words just now clearly implied he wanted Qiao Qianhe and Qin Qin to leave.

Qiao Qianhe leaving made sense; but why should Qin Qin leave? He couldn't understand.

"Big Brother Ding, I'm going in. My mother vanished in the Divine Realm of Light—I want to go back and see." Qin Qin said at once.

Qiao Qianhe now realized he had guessed wrong, and said bluntly: "Then I'll go in too."

"Fine. I'm going in first," Ding Huan said, sensing faint fragments of broken Light Law—he urgently needed to strengthen his power.

Without further words to Qin Qin, he flashed forward and plunged into the chaotic, tangled space.

"Qin Qin, you and Brother Ding…" Qiao Qianhe couldn't help asking.

Qin Qin understood his meaning, a faint bitter smile touching her lips: "When I told you this before, Brother Ding said the same thing to me."

Perhaps this is simply a cycle."

…

The outer edges of the Divine Realm of Light were wrapped in chaotic spatial law fragments; one misstep could mean death within them.

But for Ding Huan, even if the spatial laws here were a hundred times more chaotic, they affected him not at all.

As he moved through these shattered, chaotic law spaces, he didn't need to sense them with his divine sense—he relied purely on instinct.

In less than half a stick of incense, Ding Huan had already entered.

Looking at the scene before him, Ding Huan could hardly believe it.

The space was filled with shattered fragments of the Divine Realm of Light; the largest piece was surely far bigger than the Blue Star Divine Land he had once repaired.

The space was saturated with endless fragments of Light Law and Destruction Law.

Fragments.

Moreover, Ding Huan sensed a tiny number of Cutting Law fragments…

Ding Huan sent out his divine sense and immediately saw that many fragments' edges were unnaturally smooth—clearly cut by some kind of divine technique.

Ding Huan reached out and seized a fragment of the Divine Realm; he instantly knew the cut marks were recent.

Meaning, these cuts were not from the Great Calamity, but from someone using a Cutting Technique when Qiao Qianhe seized the Light Dao during their last confrontation.

That person was very likely the great one Qiao Qianhe had mentioned.

Ding Huan dropped the fragment he held and fixed his gaze on the largest shattered piece of the Divine Realm.

If the Light Dao still existed, even if the Divine Realm of Light was shattered beyond repair,

with this massive fragment and countless other fragments, there was still a chance to restore the Divine Realm of Light.

But Ding Huan dismissed the thought as idle speculation.

Not only had the Light Dao long since escaped, but even if he obtained it, he would never use that single Light Dao to restore such a world.

That would be absurd—acting the saint for no reason.

Ding Huan immediately summoned the Cosmic Cauldron, seeking the spot with the densest concentration of broken law fragments to cultivate.

Unlike others, anyone coming here to sense the Light Law would choose the largest shattered fragment.

Ding Huan chose the place with the densest broken laws.

This space was certainly larger than the Small Heaven Ruins.

Ding Huan controlled the Cosmic Cauldron for nearly a month before finally stopping it.

Before him was a tiny vortex of law fragments.

It formed because various law fragments here were trapped, colliding and repelling each other until they spun into a small vortex.

Faced with such a vortex formed by law fragments, Ding Huan had no reason to pass it up—he plunged into the vortex.

It was filled with Destruction Law, Light Law, and Cutting Law fragments—the perfect place to perfect his Law River.

Dozens of top-grade Spirit Veins were thrown out by Ding Huan, then encircled around him via the Binding Spirit Array.

Ding Huan unreservedly contemplated the fragments of here's Dao principles.

The Divine Realm of Light had shattered into this state, and all the valuable things had been looted; in Ding Huan's view, no one would come here again.

Ding Huan contemplated various fragments of Dao principles in this space, perfecting his own Law-Star River.

At that time, Qin Qin and Qiao Qianhe arrived at this shattered Divine Realm space.

They did not see Ding Huan.

Both chose the largest surviving fragment of the Divine Realm.

……

As the Great Cosmic Art activated, a great cocoon of Dao principles gradually formed around Ding Huan.

The Scroll of Light had long been opened, floating before him like the myriads of Dao fragments.

"The form of the universe: light and dust coexist; use it and it never runs dry… harmonize with its light, blend with its dust…"

No wonder it was the Opening Dao Scroll.

Such a great Dao concept—if he had not been amidst myriads of Light Dao fragments, Ding Huan felt he would never have understood it so easily.

Now it was simple.

With the aid of the Scroll of Light, Ding Huan simultaneously contemplated and fused Light Dao fragments, while his own Great Dao's Light Dao principle rapidly took shape.

In merely decades, the Light Law-Star River within Ding Huan's Great Dao world was nearly complete.

Simultaneously, his Great Dao world's Destruction Law-Star River rapidly began to perfect itself, and the Cutting Law-Star River took on an embryonic form.

Ding Huan's Destruction Law-Star River had already been nearly perfected.

Here, he encountered Destruction Dao fragments preserved from the primordial calamity, causing his Destruction Law-Star River to form almost simultaneously with the Light Law-Star River.

At the moment the Light Law-Star River formed, Ding Huan saw his Light Law-Star River and Dark Law-Star River facing each other across the void.

In that instant, it was as if he had perfected the day-night cycle of his own world.

The cosmic rules of his own universe also became clearer.

The thousand-zhang Life Tree, already present, rapidly grew.

A new embryonic form of a Life Law-Star River formed.

Ding Huan's Great Dao world expanded wildly.

Not only that, his own cosmic world expanded several-fold.

Infinite cosmic spiritual energy was sucked in by Ding Huan, and he naturally stepped into the Ninth Transformation Saint realm.

But this was not the end.

Ding Huan was ecstatic; he could clearly feel the Light Dao principle within his Great Dao world rapidly forming.

At this moment, he finally understood what "harmonizing with light and blending with dust" meant.

His vast Great Dao and the myriad Dao principles within his Great Dao world finally achieved perfect balance.

Within his cosmic world, there was no supreme Dao principle,

nor was there dirt or grass.

All existence served to perfect his cosmic world.

The previously vague outline of the Cycle Law-Star River was also being perfected.

Ding Huan was overjoyed.

He had thought he needed to find the true Underworld to perfect his Cycle Law-Star River.

But now, having perfected the Light Law-Star River and comprehended "harmonizing with light and blending with dust,"

his Great Dao cosmic world could be described as complete.

Although he had not yet encountered many Dao principles, with his now fully complete Great Dao world, he could perfect even those Law-Star Rivers he had never seen through his own contemplation.

Thus, he could perfect his own Cycle Law-Star River through his Great Dao world.

He did not need to seek the so-called Underworld Cycle Dao principle.

He could construct a Cycle within his own cosmic world, unrelated to the vast external universe.

As long as he constructed his own Cycle Law-Star River,

then for him, even without stepping into the Eternal Life realm, he would be, in a certain sense, immortal.

As long as his Cycle Dao principle remained, he could cycle within

his own Great Dao world.

Earlier, Ding Huan had thrown out dozens of supreme spiritual veins; now, spiritual energy still seemed somewhat thin.

Without hesitation, Ding Huan threw out another ten chaotic spiritual veins and a hundred supreme spiritual veins.

Dao resonance and Dao tones surged within his cosmic world.

Ding Huan felt his cultivation rapidly surging upward.

Was he about to attain the Eternal Life realm?

Boom!

When he completed his Cycle Law-Star River, Ding Huan knew his cultivation had reached a brand-new level.

Not the Eternal Life Saint realm, but the Tenth Transformation Saint.

Ding Huan instinctively halted his cultivation, awestruck as he felt his Great Dao resonance and his cultivation level.

The highest Saint realm was Ninth Transformation—this was universally accepted.

Now he was not a Ninth Transformation Saint, but a Tenth Transformation Saint.

Did this mean that if he continued cultivating, he could reach Eleventh Transformation, then Twelfth Transformation?

Was the Great Cosmic Art really this powerful?

He had already perfected seventeen Law-Star Rivers, yet his Great Dao showed no signs of end.