Chapter 942: The Factions of the Divine World

The Chaotic Dao Body is indeed a rare Dao Body; even Ni Ni Chongtian possesses only a Void Dao Body, which is far inferior to the Chaotic Dao Body.

If it were elsewhere, it might be acceptable.

But this is the Outer Divine Isles of the Divine World, where the heavenly qi and cosmic laws are far richer and clearer than beyond the Cosmic Wall.

Moreover, Geng Yuan has trained since childhood within the Divine World.

As the young master of Tingdao Mountain, how could his father possibly fail to lay a solid foundation for him?

His Great Dao foundation was laid so well that even on the edge of the Divine Isles, he need not train—his cultivation naturally rises on its own.

Geng Yuan, who trained since childhood in the Divine World, naturally had no interest in these fragmented Great Daos.

As a result, this passive attitude toward cultivation left his Great Dao not only worthless, but his Dao resonance also muddled and degraded.

Now he is no different from someone who has given up entirely—or perhaps he inherited his father's character, which is why he sent this message to Ding Huan as a warning.

"Big Brother, if you're looking for a place to settle, you absolutely cannot stay on the Divine Isles. The Divine Commerce Tower is what it is—I know better than anyone else; it's just a bunch of shameless scoundrels.

They only ever bully others; no one dares bully them. Even though there are countless Divine Isles, no matter which island we appear on, the Divine Commerce Tower will detect us instantly."

Geng Yuan warned.

"I heard that many of the Divine Isles on the outer edges of the Divine World are hidden, each wrapped in a barrier…"

Before Ding Huan could finish, Geng Yuan interrupted: "Yes, but such barriers are extremely hard to find.

Even a powerful cultivator skilled in setting barriers, without luck, might spend tens of thousands of years and still fail to locate a single Void Island."

Ding Huan nodded—that made sense.

Even if wrapped in a barrier, such a barrier must be nearly impossible to find.

"But I know of a place with a hidden barrier—it was told to me by my father.

He hoped that once I gained some understanding of barriers, I could open it and enter the Void Island to train.

But I've never had any interest in training, let alone studied barriers, so I've never gone."

Upon hearing this, Ding Huan was overjoyed: "Brother Geng, take us there right away—I've had some insights into barriers; maybe I can find it."

"Alright, let's go take a look first. If we can't find it, I still have another option."

As Geng Yuan spoke, he pulled out a directional jade slip sealed with forbidden marks and handed it to Ding Huan.

This jade slip was undoubtedly of supreme value, showing that once Geng Yuan recognized a friend, he was extremely generous.

Ding Huan took the jade slip—it was indeed a Void location.

Moreover, this Void location was not close to their current position.

Even with the Cosmic Cauldron for travel, it would take about half a month.

"What realm is your father?" Ding Huan asked casually.

At the same time, he fully activated the Cosmic Cauldron, eager to reach the Void Island in the shortest time possible.

Even if he intended to visit the Divine World, he needed to settle Gu Baihe and the others first.

"Fifth Step of the Great Dao—the Wu Que Saint."

Only now did Ding Huan learn that the Fifth Step of the Great Dao was the Wu Que Saint.

Literally, it probably meant the Great Dao had reached perfect completeness.

"Geng Yuan, who is the strongest being in the Divine World?"

"The Seventh Step—the Cosmic Lord. In the Divine World, there are said to be nine Cosmic Lords. They are beings who give birth to entire living universes; with a single gesture, they can destroy a vast dimensional plane."

"He is a Lord of the Seventh-Step Universe. In the World of Gods, I heard there are nine Lords of the Universe in total. They are beings who evolve a vibrant universe into existence, and with a wave of their hand they can destroy a vast plane."

Geng Yuan chuckled: "Forget the Eighth Step—even Ninth and Tenth Steps exist. But if your Great Dao is fragmented, what does it matter if you're Eighth or Ninth Step?

Even if they encountered a slightly stronger Fourth Step, they'd have to stand aside. These Eighth Steps are merely self-deception."

"You say there are Tenth Step Dao-attaining cultivators?"

Geng Yuan rubbed his head, his tone weary: "He's just a madman—he failed to attain the Word-Saint realm.

Every subsequent Dao-attainment lacked accompanying Dao Words, so he could only attain ordinary Great Daos.

Like the Wen Enforcement Officer you met earlier—a Seventh Step cultivator couldn't defeat even an ordinary Word-Saint. He's truly pitiful.

That man cultivated quickly; in a fit of rage, he claimed he surpassed the Ninth Step and had reached the Tenth Step."

Ding Huan quickly asked: "What happened afterward? Where did that Tenth Step cultivator go?"

Geng Yuan didn't understand why Ding Huan was interested in his offhand joke, but explained: "He spoke too arrogantly. I heard the Divine Temple sent someone to kill him—I don't know the details."

Geng Yuan did not know why Ding Huan was interested in a joke he had casually mentioned, and explained, "That man's words were far too arrogant. I heard the Divine Temples sent people to kill him. As for the specifics, I don't know either."

Geng Yuan explained: "By 'Divine Temple,' I mean the largest faction in the Divine World—its name is literally the Divine Temple."

"Tell me about the largest factions in the Divine World."

Ding Huan had just scanned the jade slips he had copied; they contained almost no information about the Divine World.

"I can only tell you what I heard while still in the Divine World. After I left, I no longer know how the factions changed.

When I was in the Divine World, the top faction was the Divine Temple.

Then came the Holy Dao, Great Principle Gate, Longevity Palace, Seventh Step, Fangcun Peak, Nine Layers Heaven—all were entities no one dared provoke.

As for the once-bullying Divine Commerce Tower—hah, in the Divine World, they truly amounted to nothing."

Upon hearing "Nine Layers Heaven," Ding Huan's heart stirred—he immediately asked: "Geng Yuan, tell me about Nine Layers Heaven."

Geng Yuan shook his head: "I only know that Nine Layers Heaven was the last to enter the Divine World—and they were outsiders.

Their people are highly united, and their Dao Ancestor's power is so immense that even the Cosmic Lords of the Divine Temple cannot touch them.

In the end, Nine Layers Heaven forcibly broke into the Divine World and established their own universe within it.

Their universe seems sealed by a barrier crafted by their Dao Ancestor; outsiders generally cannot enter, and they rarely emerge."

"Incredible…" Ding Huan couldn't help but exclaim.

"Incredible..." Ding Huan couldn't help but exclaim.

He was certain that before the Dao Ancestor of the Nine Heavens came to the World of Gods, he had once been just like them.

But as soon as the Dao Ancestor arrived here, he could reprimand the Lord of the Cosmos and forcibly establish the Nine Heavens in this place.

A true powerhouse is a powerhouse wherever he goes.

Ding Huan also sighed.

Since leaving Earth, his original obsession had been to diligently seek out the whereabouts of Blue Star mythology.

Although he never said it, deep inside, he still longed to follow in the Dao Ancestor's footsteps.

As he continuously proved his Dao, constructed his own Great Dao world, built his own Chaotic Law Sea, and forged numerous Law Star Rivers,

this thought gradually faded, until he no longer gave it a second thought.

Now he realized it must have been because he cultivated the Great Cosmos Art, and initially survived on Earth, where Earth's Heavenly and Earthly Laws had been carved into his very bones.

Earth was merely a tiny Blue Star split off from one of the Nine Heavens, so he had been influenced by Earth's Heavenly and Earthly Laws.

Before his Great Dao was complete, his subconscious believed he must pursue the traces of mythology to advance further.

Now that his Great Dao was gradually perfecting itself, that original notion had long vanished.

Unexpectedly, just when he no longer cared about the whereabouts of the Nine Heavens, he finally discovered them.

Truly, when you don't try, the willow grows into shade.

The Dao Ancestor brought the Nine Heavens to the World of Gods and fused the Nine Heavens into the World of Gods.

Back then, the Holy Ones and the Chaotic Great Luo Jinxian of the Nine Heavens—were they perhaps mere bottom-tier beings in the World of Gods?

That was why the Dao Ancestor wrapped the Nine Heavens in a barrier, allowing them to prove their Dao and strengthen here.

Perhaps many years from now, when the barrier of the Nine Heavens opens, it will be the moment the World of Gods' balance shifts.

"Indeed, it's impressive. My father told me that since the birth of the World of Gods, only the Nine Heavens has ever openly settled here with an independent world."

"But there have been many who dared oppose the World of Gods. Many years ago, I personally witnessed two young cultivators of the Seventh Step of the Great Dao, directly confronting the World of Gods' elites."

"They slaughtered a river of blood outside the World of Gods, nearly shattering its barrier."

Here, Geng Yuan sighed again: "So you see, nothing is absolute."

"Those two had proven a muddled Great Dao, yet with their Seventh Step of the muddled Great Dao, they slaughtered Fifth Step Wu Que Holy Ones—it was utterly shocking."

"They didn't just kill one; even a Sixth Step Zhen Ze Holy One had intervened, and nearly got slaughtered by their combined force."

"Only when the Master of the Divine Palace appeared did they manage to severely wound the two…"

"What exactly happened?"

Ding Huan had never heard before that an ordinary Seventh Step Great Dao cultivator could slaughter a host of Wu Que Holy Ones, let alone nearly kill a Sixth Step Zhen Ze Holy One.

This too shattered his understanding.

Since he had proven his Dao and become a Holy One of Proclaimed Truth, he felt that ordinary Great Dao Holy Ones like Jing Xi Zhen posed no real threat.

Geng Yuan's eyes flickered with admiration:

"Those two were also extremely flamboyant. Do you know what they rode?"

As Geng Yuan spoke, he thought of the cosmic pot beneath his feet: "Big Brother, you must be careful with your pot—don't let the World of Gods' elites find out."

"Otherwise, those shameless bastards will surely come to seize it."

Ding Huan nodded: "I know. Continue."

Seize his cosmic pot? Even if a Seventh Step Lord of the Cosmos came, he could still escape.

"Those two were called Mo Wujie and Lan Xiaobu. They rode something called the Seven Realms Stone."

The Seven Realms Stone?

Ding Huan had heard of the Seven Realms Stone—it seemed even higher in rank than his cosmic pot.

Riding the Seven Realms Stone into the World of Gods?

That was far too flamboyant.

Wait—he'd heard the name Mo Wujie before.

After he slew Lei Chou, a series of mental imprints appeared on the Great Lei Ting Art—likely left behind by Lei Chou's mother.

They clearly stated that the one who killed Lei Chou's father, Lei Hongji, was a man named Mo Wujie.

But he didn't know if this Mo Wujie was the same as the one Geng Yuan mentioned.

"At the time, the Seven Realms Stone halted just outside Divine Island, and before even entering, it was spotted by a disciple of the Divine Palace of the World of Gods."

"That disciple immediately moved to seize the Seven Realms Stone, but the people on the Seven Realms Stone were no one to be trifled with—they didn't even bother asking for their origins, and simply slew him on the spot."