Chapter 850: Not That Strong

"Qinqin, are you sure the Light Sacred Hall is on this unbroken piece of the Light God Domain?" Qiao Qianhe asked with some doubt, watching Qinqin, who had been trying hard to find the direction.

It wasn't that he didn't trust Qinqin; it was simply because Qinqin had been searching for over a hundred years and still believed the Light Sacred Hall was on this remaining shattered god domain.

The reason he was accompanying Qinqin was not because he wanted to become dao companions with this Qinqin Holy Maiden he had once been unable to forget.

After hearing Qinqin speak of Ding Huan's easygoing refusal of her, he felt that wasting his time on a woman was truly shameful.

So he wanted to learn from Ding Huan and strive hard to pursue the great Dao.

Accompanying Qinqin to search for her mother was merely one method.

His true purpose was to wait for Ding Huan to come out of closed-door cultivation.

Qiao Qianhe learned from Qinqin that whether it was her stepping into the Derivation Realm, or another cultivator named the Seed Emperor stepping into the Creation Dao Realm, it was all because they had comprehended Ding Huan's great Dao laws.

The method of comprehension was also extremely simple: when Ding Huan cultivated, the great Dao rules in the surrounding space would be very clear.

So he wanted to follow Ding Huan and cultivate together for a period, to see if he could touch the fourth step of the great Dao.

"I'm certain. I felt a trace of my mother's aura here. I have some vague impression that the Light Sacred Hall was right here back then. There won't be any mistake."

Qinqin said in a firm tone.

Her mother was the Light Holy Maiden of the Light Sacred Hall.

And the Light Sacred Hall was the supreme existence of the Light God Domain, so her mother was the Holy Maiden of the Light God Domain.

It could be said that in the Light God Domain, apart from the Light Holy Son, the Light Holy Maiden held the highest status.

With such a high status, the Light Holy Maiden naturally had her own great Dao cave abode.

Cultivating within her own great Dao cave abode for a long time would inevitably leave behind her own great Dao aura.

"Then what do you need me to do?"

Qiao Qianhe also wanted to help Qinqin, but he had only spoken half his words when he abruptly stopped.

He then exclaimed in shock: "Light Dao Law?"

He had once bound the Light Dao Law, so the moment the Light Dao Law's aura leaked, he immediately caught it.

"Light Dao Law?"

Qinqin also looked at Qiao Qianhe in astonishment.

Didn't the Light Dao Law escape?

Moreover, the Light God Domain could not possibly contain two Light Dao Laws.

Qiao Qianhe had no time to explain to Qinqin; he madly rushed into a crack in the shattered god domain.

—into a crack in the shattered god domain.

Although this remaining shattered god domain was the largest piece left after the Light God Domain shattered, it was still covered in crack after crack.

The Light Dao Law that Qiao Qianhe sensed was within a crack in this shattered god domain.

When Qinqin sensed the aura of the Light Dao Law, Qiao Qianhe had already rushed into that crack.

When he once again used his dao rhyme to bind the Light Dao Law, Qiao Qianhe trembled all over in excitement.

With this Light Dao Law, he believed he could prove the fourth step of the Dao.

The moment the Light Dao Law appeared, Ding Huan sensed it at the same time.

His divine sense swept out, because he had already perfected his own Light Law Star River; his divine sense in this space was even stronger than Qiao Qianhe's.

When he saw Qiao Qianhe binding the Light Dao Law, his heart suddenly trembled slightly.

Ding Huan immediately took out a communication bead and sent a message to Qiao Qianhe: "Hurry and escape with Qinqin. That powerful expert is coming."

Only now did Ding Huan realize that the Sinking Array was not merely a vortex array meant to torment and humiliate Qiao Qianhe.

It was a contingency left behind by that powerful expert.

When he had rescued Qiao Qianhe back then, within that vortex array

was the Sinking Law.

After he entered, he also laid down his own Sinking Law and left behind his own dao thought imprint.

Ding Huan had wanted to wait until he proved the Eternal Realm before coming back to study this Sinking Array.

Back then, he had rescued Qiao Qianhe from this Sinking Law array.

But if he were to set up such a Sinking Array himself, he wouldn't be able to.

Because there was his own Sinking Law imprint, the moment someone entered that vortex Sinking Array, Ding Huan sensed it immediately.

He also understood the other function of that Sinking Law array.

It was also a teleportation array, left behind by that powerful expert as a contingency.

The reason that powerful expert left this contingency was that he somewhat suspected the Light Dao Law acknowledged Qiao Qianhe.

If Qiao Qianhe could attract the Light Dao Law, then he could use the teleportation array to return and once again leave behind the Light Dao Law.

Qiao Qianhe indeed did not attract the Light Dao Law, nor did he perish in that Sinking Array; instead, he was rescued by Ding Huan.

After he brought Qiao Qianhe back to the shattered Light God Domain, Qiao Qianhe actually once again discovered the Light Dao Law.

This showed that the powerful expert's judgment might be correct: Qiao Qianhe attracted the Light Dao Law.

Of course, it could also be luck.

The reason the Light Dao Law returned after escaping was still to repair the Light God Domain.

It was just an unfortunate coincidence that it was discovered by Qiao Qianhe a second time.

Ding Huan believed Qiao Qianhe understood his meaning and would absolutely take in the Light Dao Law into his own great Dao world immediately.

The moment Qiao Qianhe saw Ding Huan's message, he felt his scalp go numb.

He immediately grabbed a teleportation talisman and urgently said to Qinqin: "Qinqin, we need to leave quickly. That powerful expert is coming."

"Ah..."

Qinqin cried out in surprise, then shouted: "Hurry and tell Big Brother Ding."

"It was Big Brother Ding who told me—he must have left first; let's go quickly." As Qiao Qianhe spoke, his divine energy enveloped Qin Qin, and he activated the teleportation rune.

He knew his chance of escape was slim.

Because the last powerful being had caught up to his teleportation rune, now the opponent would surely catch up to it again.

When Qiao Qianhe fled using the teleportation rune, Ding Huan knew immediately.

He immediately retracted all his Divine Nerve Veins and summoned the Cosmic Pot.

The Cosmic Pot.

Ding Huan understood just as clearly: if everything he knew was true, his chance of escape was nearly zero.

That was a being who could intercept teleportation runes—let alone him, even Qiao Qianhe and Qin Qin would find it hard to escape.

Not being able to escape and choosing not to escape are two different things.

He knew full well he could not escape.

Ding Huan's movements showed not the slightest hesitation—until his Cosmic Pot burst out of the ruined Divine Light Domain did he sense a flying artifact chasing after him.

That didn't make sense.

That cultivator could intercept teleportation runes—how could he be this slow?

Had the opponent already captured Qiao Qianhe?

Just as Ding Huan thought this, his communication pearl flickered.

He saw the message sent by Qiao Qianhe.

"Qin Qin and I are entering the Small Heaven Ruin—I'll wait for you there…"

This only deepened Ding Huan's confusion.

Such a powerful being had arrived via teleportation into the Fallen Law Array.

Yet he hadn't intercepted him, nor even captured Qiao Qianhe?

Had Qiao Qianhe lied to him?

No—Qiao Qianhe would never lie to him; that meant something was happening he hadn't yet understood.

The flying artifact behind him moved at incredible speed, but no matter how fast, it couldn't outpace the Cosmic Pot.

Ding Huan couldn't shake it off for now, nor could the opponent block his Cosmic Pot.

This situation confirmed even more strongly to Ding Huan that something was wrong.

If the opponent could intercept teleportation runes, blocking his Cosmic Pot would surely be a matter of moments.

Qiao Qianhe must have misunderstood.

The opponent couldn't intercept teleportation runes.

If this powerful being couldn't intercept teleportation runes, then how did he stop them?

There was only one possibility: the powerful being had exploited the teleportation rune's own rules, and Qiao Qianhe was unaware.

When Qiao Qianhe teleported, the opponent used the same teleportation rules to teleport simultaneously.

Because he was so powerful, he sensed the spatial trajectory of the teleportation rune halfway through.

He broke free from the teleportation rules mid-transit and intercepted Qiao Qianhe ahead of time.

Ding Huan exhaled in relief—if this was true, then though the opponent was still formidable, he wasn't at the absurd level of being able to intercept teleportation runes.

The absurd level.

Clearly, the opponent had also teleported from the Fallen Law Array to the Divine Light Domain—he hadn't used space-shifting.

He had been here once before; setting up a teleportation array foundation outside the Divine Light Domain wasn't surprising.

He had done this too many times.

The opponent could space-shift the distance his Cosmic Pot flew in seven months—there was no need for him to keep fleeing anymore.

Now that he understood the opponent's true strength, Ding Huan was no longer as clueless as before; after sending a message to Qiao Qianhe, he continued guiding the Cosmic Pot at high speed through the cosmic void.

He wasn't being chased for the first time; now that he was inside the Cosmic Pot, he no longer feared pursuit.

The opponent's flying artifact was certainly inferior to the Cosmic Pot—his ability to catch up now was only because his Dao cultivation far surpassed Ding Huan's.

…

"Big Brother Qiao, is that news from Big Brother Ding?" Qin Qin asked, seeing the glow of the communication pearl in Qiao Qianhe's hand.

Qiao Qianhe nodded: "Yes. Ding Huan told me to wait for him in the Small Heaven Ruin."

There was another thing Qiao Qianhe didn't tell Qin Qin.

That was: Ding Huan had given him advice.

That after attaining the Fourth Step through the Dao of Light, if possible,

do not fuse the Dao of Light.

Instead, send this Dao of Light out of the Small Heaven Ruin, letting it drift freely into the cosmos.

Qiao Qianhe didn't know that Ding Huan had been moved by the Dao of Light's stubbornness.

Even though the Divine Light Domain was so shattered, that single Dao of Light still remembered returning to restore this realm.

Compared to those cultivators who took refuge in the Divine Light Domain, then unhesitatingly smashed it the moment they found something valuable, this Dao was far more worthy of respect.

No matter what Ding Huan meant, since Qiao Qianhe recognized him as a friend, he would consider Ding Huan's advice.

So he decided that once he attained the Fourth Step in the Small Heaven Ruin, he would follow Ding Huan's suggestion and send the Dao of Light away.