Chapter 901

Feeling the river of calamity laws swirling around his chaotic law sea, Ding Huan shifted his Daoic intent, effortlessly birthing a calamity law unique to himself.

Ding Huan sighed inwardly—he had secluded himself for years without touching the fourth step of the Dao, yet he had broken through unintentionally.

Not only that, he now controlled the preliminary methods of setting up barriers.

More importantly, his physical body had ascended another level, surpassing even the Sacred Body.

Ding Huan opened his hand, and violent Daoic rhythms, nearly tearing apart the universe, circled around him.

These were the great Daoic arts forged from his calamity law.

If he wished, he could instantly transform these calamity rhythms into calamity arts, annihilating all existence.

Compared to destruction arts, calamity truly obliterated everything at its root.

It could destroy not only all physical forms, but also cosmic rules, universal laws, every Dao…

No wonder the universe fell silent after each calamity.

This method was total annihilation.

He owed thanks to Hou Yucheng—if Hou hadn't told him about the chaotic barrier enclosing the calamity, he never could have used the calamity laws to perfect his chaotic law sea.

He never could have stepped into the fourth level or mastered calamity arts.

Though his chaotic law sea was still immature, all he needed now was continuous refinement.

One day, his chaotic law sea would form true Chaos,

and he would become the sovereign of this boundless universe.

When his universe reached full maturity, all calamities that came his way would be but fleeting clouds in his eyes.

As long as he did not rely on this universe for survival, how could this universe harm him?

That was true desirelessness, true non-attachment.

Dispersing the calamity aura from his hands, Ding Huan merely changed his attire and did not immediately leave the Chaos.

Though his Daoic aura was not superior to this universe's, it was utterly different from it.

To walk out like this, anyone would sense something wrong with his Dao.

Ding Huan's Daoic rhythms subtly shifted; within the span of a breath, his aura returned to its former state of Creation Realm.

Now he could leave.

The first thing upon leaving would be to seek trouble with the Tianmeng Clan.

Over these years, the Tianmeng Clan must have been deeply affected by his Ru Dao law—he only needed to unleash one calamity art upon them.

He had only just attained the fourth step of Dao.

Under his Ru Dao law and Killing Law, the Tianmeng Clan would not dare act against Wanda City so soon.

Even if they intended to act, they could not move that quickly.

Ding Huan arrived at Wanda Abyss at top speed, finding only Hou Yucheng standing at its edge, looking bewildered.

"Brother Hou, what are you doing here…"

Ding Huan's words halted abruptly—his divine sense detected no trace of the Tianmeng Clan.

Even with his Ru Dao and Killing Law at their peak, he could not possibly have exterminated the entire Tianmeng Clan.

With his current understanding of cosmic laws, Ru Dao might eliminate those at the seventh step.

Previously, his grasp of Dao could only influence the strongest, not kill Tianmeng Clan's eighth-step or seventh-step Daoists.

"Brother Ding, you've seen it too—the entire Tianmeng Clan fled. I watched clearly—they escaped using a Dao Pearl.

I don't know what kind of pearl it was, but it must be their ultimate treasure, likely that post-Chaos supreme artifact."

Hou Yucheng's tone still held disbelief.

The Tianmeng Clan fleeing—even using their clan's ultimate treasure—meant they were facing annihilation.

Could Ding Huan's Ru Dao law really be that powerful?

Otherwise, why would the Tianmeng Clan flee?

Ding Huan himself found it hard to believe.

Hou Yucheng added: "Brother Ding, could it be that your Killing Law and Ru Dao Law combined wiped out the Tianmeng Clan's strongest?"

Ding Huan shook his head: "Impossible."

He knew his Dao well—Ru Dao plus Killing Law might affect the Tianmeng Clan's eighth-step and seventh-step Daoists, but killing a seventh-step was out of the question.

Not even a fourth-step could be killed by them.

Because once those elders sensed their Dao being erased by cosmic laws,

they would halt cultivation and seek solutions immediately.

Could the Tianmeng Clan's Daoic Chaos problem still be unresolved?

If their Daoic Chaos problem remained unsolved, then his Ru Dao law could indeed take effect.

"Huh…" Ding Huan exclaimed.

"What?" Hou Yucheng asked.

"One Tianmeng Clan member is still alive. Come, let's go see." Ding Huan stepped into the Wanda Abyss in a single stride.

"There really is one alive—I didn't notice him before."

Hou Yucheng saw him too—a dying old man, barely clinging to life.

His Daoic rhythms were decayed and chaotic, his aura nearly vanished.

Feng Gu opened his eyes as Ding Huan and Hou Yucheng approached, his gaze sweeping over both before settling on Ding Huan.

"You are the one who laid down the Forgetfulness Law, Ru Dao Law, and Gene Killing Law against my Tianmeng Clan?" Feng Gu spoke with extreme slowness, as if savoring every syllable.

Ding Huan studied Feng Gu in return.

Had this been before, he would have immediately sealed Feng Gu and opened his world.

Now, at a single glance, he knew Feng Gu's world had already collapsed.

He had no need to open this man's world; the fellow had lost his world and remained here to die.

"Not bad. You must be the last remaining Great Dao Eighth Step of the Tianmeng Clan?"

Ding Huan spoke calmly as well.

Hou Yucheng was startled; his spiritual sense also settled on Feng Gu. Was this old man the sole Great Dao Eighth Step of the Tianmeng Clan?

"Now that you're here, I'm at ease. Good, very good—Forgotten Dao Principle…"

After speaking these words, Feng Gu's aura instantly dissipated, and his entire body shattered into infinite fragments of Dao rhythm.

Ding Huan raised his hand and scattered these fragments of Dao rhythm.

"I understand," Ding Huan sighed in relief.

"Understand what?" Hou Yucheng remained confused.

"I understand why the Tianmeng Clan fled. I never imagined the Forgotten Dao Principle was at work. Their Great Dao Chaos issue was never fundamentally resolved."

"My Collapse Dao Principle was deployed in time, causing their old ailment to flare up again. Under the Forgotten Dao Principle, they failed to notice it for a while, which made their Great Dao Chaos grow even worse."

Ding Huan explained.

In the end, it wasn't his Collapse Dao Principle that was powerful.

It was simply that the Tianmeng Clan's Great Dao Chaos had become too severe, allowing him to exploit the gap.

Indeed, there is no such thing as useless Dao art—only Dao art one doesn't know how to use.

Fortunately, he had deployed the Forgotten Dao Principle; otherwise, the Tianmeng Clan might have noticed the Collapse Dao Principle and truly broken out.

If he were to deploy the Forgotten Dao Principle now, he believed the Tianmeng Clan would never notice.

"Brother Ding, you can also deploy the Forgotten Dao Principle?" Hou Yucheng stared at Ding Huan in shock.

Such a technique could only be deployed after achieving absolute mastery over the laws of Heaven and Earth.

Ding Huan did not conceal it: "It's related to my Great Dao cultivation art. Let's go—we can head to Wanda City."

…

Wanda City, Dao Court Hall.

Compared to the former Dao Master's mansion, the current Grand Universe Dao Court Hall was at least ten times larger and more majestic.

By right, only one person could sit in the main seat of the Dao Court Hall.

That person was the Dao Master of the Grand Universe Dao Court—Ding Huan.

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Yet now, seated directly above in the Dao Court Hall was a man with an unpleasant expression.

Though his face was gloomy, his features were exceptionally refined.

Combined with the long robe swirling with Dao rhythm, he gave off an aura of long-standing superiority.

In fact, he truly had long held such superiority.

But this man was not Ding Huan.

Beside him sat a woman wearing a veil.

On both sides of the Dao Court stood more than a dozen people.

Including Ling Zhuzhen, Jia Baihe, Feng Pu, Yi Qi, Zhuo Qingfeng, and Yan Zhuo.

Yan Zhuo originally had no right to stand here; but because he was Jia Baihe's adoptive father and she held him in deep respect, Zhuo Qingfeng promoted him.

Zhuo Qingfeng always adhered to the principle of appointing relatives, making Yan Zhuo the head of the Wanda Merchant Association, controlling nearly half of Wanda City's commercial dealings.

【99】 "Brother Ling, you've really fallen on hard times—you're still only at the Great Dao Sixth Step. And even that, your Dao seems weaker than before."

"Brother Ling, you've really fallen on hard times—still only at the sixth step of the Dao? And worse, your Dao seems even weaker than before."

Though seated on the Dao Master's seat, the man in the long robe's expression was still unpleasant, but his tone was relatively mild.

Ling Zhuzhen spoke calmly: "You're not the Dao Master, yet you sit in Dao Master Ding's seat. Heh, Jing Xizhen—I can only say you have immense guts."

Jing Xizhen paid no heed to Ling Zhuzhen's words and continued in a calm tone: "Back then, you were a Dao Ancestor, and so was I—our Dao paths simply differed."

After the Great Cataclysm, your cultivation plummeted to this state. Though I remain at the Great Dao Eighth Step, I've grown far stronger than before."

"Have you ever wondered why?"

Ling Zhuzhen fell silent. Before the Grand Universe was destroyed by the Great Cataclysm, he had been the Dao Ancestor of Jisheng World, and Jing Xizhen had been the Dao Ancestor of Weiju World.

But Jing Xizhen rarely attended Dao Ancestor councils of the Grand Universe.

Because Jing Xizhen had cultivated through technology—completely different from their Dao civilizations, they often couldn't even see eye to eye.

"Brother Ling, times have changed. Of our old friends, only you and I remain. Let's settle our affairs later—today, I'm here solely for my disciple's sake."

Jing Xizhen turned to the veiled woman beside him and said: "Qingsha, explain."

The woman removed her veil—revealing none other than Qingsha Dao Ancestor, the former Dao Ancestor of Wansha World, who had been slain by Ding Huan.

Ling Zhuzhen stared in shock at Qingsha: "How is this possible…"

He had seen clearly: after Ding Huan killed this Qingsha, he used Bloodline Soul-Seeking to sever all her reincarnation and resurrection methods.

If so, how could Qingsha Dao Ancestor still be alive?

In an instant, Ling Zhuzhen realized—he looked at Jing Xizhen: "Brother Jing, you came from another high-level universe?"

With Ding Huan's current cultivation realm, even if he used Bloodline Soul-Seeking to exterminate completely, it could only target this universe.

If Qingsha had a fragment soul or Dao consciousness elsewhere, Jing Xizhen's methods could easily restore her.

Moreover, since Jing Xizhen's cultivation had risen rather than fallen, he must have come from a high-level universe.