Chapter 913: Rules for Generating the Dead Universe Wall

Shen Nian swept around the surroundings, and Ding Huan picked up a pearl the size of a fist.

The pearl was entirely gray, with a hole in the center, resembling a counting bead.

As his Shen Nian approached, an unfathomably profound Daoic aura seeped out, making Ding Huan's scalp tingle.

This thing's rank seems no lower than my Eternal Divine Wheel.

This pearl was definitely dropped by the gray-robed man in his frantic escape—I'll refine it later when I have time.

Ding Huan pulled out a jade box, placed the pearl inside, sealed it with dozens of forbidden seals, and sent it into his world.

His Shen Nian swept the area several more times, confirmed nothing else remained, then called out Jia Baihe and Yi Jie.

"This is…" Jia Baihe stared at the pile of gray bones on the ground, looking questioningly at Ding Huan.

Ding Huan handed her the jade coffin containing Yi Shang's bones: "Baihe, Yi Shang was killed—this is her remains."

Jia Baihe took the coffin numbly, remaining motionless for a long while.

"Someone here used those external cultivators as furnace vessels to cultivate—Yi Shang's Dao was stripped away by him."

Ding Huan explained.

After saying this, Ding Huan suddenly felt his assumption might be wrong.

The gray-robed man's strength was undoubtedly the supreme existence within this space.

Moreover, his Dao was no ordinary matter.

Even my Great Universe Art meant nothing to him—would he care about the Daos of these furnace vessels?

So even if the gray-robed man was refining his own Dao here, he didn't primarily rely on the cultivators trapped on the giant rock.

He might be relying instead on those shattered Chaotic Dao Patterns.

"Big Brother, Yi Shang's world must contain soul fragments…"

Before Jia Baihe could finish, Ding Huan shook his head: "Useless—he stripped away Yi Shang's Dao and Dao Rhymes."

Even if he hadn't touched Yi Shang's world, it would still have collapsed."

Jia Baihe's eyes reddened.

Without Sister Yi Shang, how could she have lived to this day?

Seeing Jia Baihe stunned, Ding Huan quickly said:

"Baihe, don't be sad. Though he stripped Yi Shang's Dao and destroyed her world,

I believe with Yi Shang's strength, she must have left behind a reincarnation or rebirth opportunity. If we ever get the chance, we'll find her and help her."

Ding Huan believed most people, besides himself, would leave behind soul fragments as safeguards.

He didn't, first because he didn't cultivate the Primordial Spirit.

Second, because his soul was most suitable for refining and perfecting the Great Universe Art when fully intact—otherwise it would be flawed like his soul.

When Ding Huan led Jia Baihe and Yi Jie out of the barrier, he found all eleven people on the giant rock had emerged, all staring at the barrier's location.

"Elder…" Chang Ji rushed forward first upon seeing Ding Huan emerge, exclaiming excitedly.

He was the strongest cultivator on the rock and the only one at the Sixth Step of Dao.

After receiving the Dao Vein from Ding Huan, he had been in deep seclusion.

Only when he heard Ding Huan had opened the barrier—accessible once every thousand years—and entered it did he shockingly break his seclusion.

"Elder, can you open the barrier?" Chang Ji finally voiced what he'd been thinking.

"I can indeed open the barrier, but it's not an exit. If you wish to leave, follow me."

Ding Huan didn't mind taking these people with him.

He was going to open the barrier and leave anyway; a few more or fewer people made no difference.

Hearing Ding Huan would take them with him, everyone bowed deeply in excitement.

They had suffered too long trapped here.

All on the giant rock followed Ding Huan as he left.

Until they witnessed with their own eyes Ding Huan truly opening the barrier.

Their excitement could not be contained.

When their Shen Nian scanned the void beyond the barrier, their hearts nearly leapt from their throats.

It was the unbearable release of long-suppressed yearning for freedom.

Yet no one rushed out first—they all looked to Ding Huan.

In their eyes, Ding Huan was unquestionably a supreme cultivator.

"You may leave now. We shall meet again."

Ding Huan bowed to them, gesturing for them to go first.

"Thank you, Elder! Please grant us your name—we are eternally grateful," Chang Ji bowed deeply.

"I'm Ding Huan. Until we meet again." Ding Huan waved dismissively.

Each person introduced themselves, thanked him, and took their leave.

"Big Brother, aren't we leaving?" Yi Jie asked, puzzled.

Everyone had left; the barrier had resealed, yet Ding Huan still had no intention of departing.

"I'm going back to check that giant rock—it's no ordinary thing. I plan to take it."

Ding Huan had long set his sights on the giant rock.

That rock was no common object; since he'd seen it, why wait for its original owner to claim it?

"You always think ahead, Master Huan," Yi Jie quickly agreed.

Ding Huan ignored Yi Jie—he'd felt nothing unusual about the rock before, but after everyone left, he sensed its aura felt strangely familiar.

Returning to the giant rock, he made no attempt to refine it—instead, he flung out dozens of array flags, then swept his hand, and the rock vanished into his world.

After removing the giant rock, Ding Huan finally felt the lingering regret of leaving something behind vanish.

Returning to the edge of the barrier, Ding Huan did not open it, but stared at the Cosmic Wall.

This Cosmic Wall formed automatically under the laws of Heaven and Earth, like an assembly line, continuously extending outward.

It looked entirely natural, with no human interference.

But Ding Huan was almost certain that this Cosmic Wall had been formed through deliberate human intervention.

Someone had established a certain law of Heaven and Earth here, making this the origin point of the Cosmic Wall's formation.

He just didn't know if that someone was the owner of the hide scroll.

The owner of the hide scroll had acted so arrogantly that he never gave Ding Huan a chance to ask.

With the gray-robed man's strength, he shouldn't have possessed such abilities.

After hesitating for only a few breaths, Ding Huan decided to destroy this Cosmic Wall production line.

He didn't know whether the formation of the Cosmic Wall was good or bad.

Ding Huan had made one thing clear.

Whatever the enemy did, he would destroy.

Regardless of whether the Cosmic Wall was connected to the gray-robed man, the fact that the gray-robed man hadn't destroyed this production line meant he tacitly accepted that the Cosmic Wall's formation benefited him.

The key to forming the Cosmic Wall lay in the laws of Heaven and Earth here.

As for other things, Ding Huan wouldn't boast—but when it came to destroying the laws of Heaven and Earth, if he claimed second place, few would dare claim first.

Under the Great Cosmic Art, Ding Huan's Zhou Tian quickly sensed the myriad Great Laws constructing the Cosmic Wall.

These Great Laws had been bound within this space for countless years.

Ding Huan cleanly tore apart all the Great Laws that gave rise to the Cosmic Wall.

From this moment on, this place would no longer be the origin of the Cosmic Wall's extension.

"We can leave."

After tearing apart all the Great Laws that gave rise to the Cosmic Wall, Ding Huan shattered the barrier.

"Master Ding, don't we need the Cosmic Cauldron?" Yi Jie looked at Ding Huan.

"No." Ding Huan pulled out the Eternal Life Talisman.

If he could avoid it, he truly didn't want to use the Eternal Life Talisman—the Cosmic Cauldron was more convenient.

The Eternal Life Talisman required a long time to recover after each use.

Unfortunately, he hadn't asked Ke how he had entered the Mid-Level Cosmic Plane.

"Let me and Yi Jie enter your world," Jia Baihe quickly said.

She knew that with the Eternal Life Talisman's teleportation, one misstep could send them tumbling into spatial chaos.

She and Elder Yi Shang had been caught in exactly that situation.

Ding Huan shook his head: "You and Yi Jie don't need to enter my world. I plan to return to Xiao Tian Xu first. When the Eternal Life Talisman teleports, the transition of spatial laws is absolutely the most natural."

If you can stay conscious, you can perceive the changes in the plane's laws during the transition."

Jia Baihe naturally had no objection, and Yi Jie was overjoyed.

It absolutely must feel the shift in plane laws during the Eternal Life Talisman's teleportation—this was something impossible to sense through cultivation alone.

If it could grasp this, it might become the first Sacred Beast to step beyond its limits.

Ding Huan infused a thread of Xiao Tian Xu's laws of Heaven and Earth, intending to use the Eternal Life Talisman to teleport there.

The Eternal Life Talisman activated.

No longer the previous Bai Mang, but a gentle Dao rhythm enveloped the three, then silently vanished from their original spot.

Yi Jie immediately extended its divine sense—but the moment it did, the overwhelming force of spatial transition crashed into the depths of its mind.

In just one breath, Yi Jie fainted completely.

Jia Baihe wasn't as reckless as Yi Jie; she didn't extend her divine sense, relying only on her own Great Dao Zhou Tian to sense the transformation of the plane.

In a short time, Ding Huan felt his feet touch solid ground.

"Thud!" Yi Jie crashed onto the ground before Ding Huan and Jia Baihe.

"With a Talisman Spirit, the Eternal Life Talisman's teleportation is not only smoother, but lets you clearly perceive the shift in spatial laws," Jia Baihe said, surprised.

She was before attaining the Eternal Life Realm, and now was precisely the time to sense the Dao principles of the universe.

In just one teleportation, she gained profound insights.

Ding Huan ignored Yi Jie lying on the ground and swept his divine sense outward—he could hardly believe this was truly Xiao Tian Xu.

When he had left Xiao Tian Xu, its laws of Heaven and Earth were still intact.

Although Xiao Tian Xu had been split into several Dao Courts, overall it had remained stable.

Now, everywhere in Xiao Tian Xu were traces of battle—not to mention the rivers and Dao scrolls, the mountains and rivers were shattered—

The laws of Heaven and Earth were clearly chaotic, fragments of shattered Dao principles scattered everywhere.

If this continued, Xiao Tian Xu's ruin was only a matter of time.

Xiao Tian Xu was resource-poor—why fight so fiercely?

Ding Huan immediately sent messages to Guan Huan and the others.

To Ding Huan's relief, Guan Huan was still in Xiao Tian Xu and replied promptly.

"Brother Ding Huan, we're at the foot of Da Lun Mountain. We can't come over now—find a safe place and wait for me…"

Ding Huan did not reply to Guan Huan's message.

He had set up a teleportation array at the foot of Da Lun Mountain—he could just teleport there. Why wait for Guan Huan to come?

"Master Ding, where are we?" Yi Jie finally woke up.