Post-Mythical Era: I don't want to die in the third reincarnation

Chapter 1007 - 1000: Is There Chaos Without Rules?

"Crack!"

It was as if something was being torn apart by his own Taoist Rhythm...

No, it seemed it wasn't tearing; Ding Huan felt as though he was touching upon some kind of essence.

It was unclear whether it was the essence of this universe or the essence of his own Great Dao.

However, the feeling was extremely vague and fleeting, disappearing in an instant.

He opened his eyes, only to discover in surprise that his Illusion Eye could easily penetrate various natural Restrictions outside.

After advancing to the Sixth Step True Saint, he hadn't had a chance to sense his own strength, and the first thing he felt was actually that his Illusion Eye had advanced to the level of a Holy Eye.

This was the first time he had advanced the Illusion Eye without using Tao Fruit.

But Ding Huan quickly set aside the matter of the Illusion Eye's advancement.

He was certain he hadn't felt wrong; it was when he broke through the Sixth Step that he clearly sensed that something had been touched by him.

He tried to feel it again, but it eluded him.

Yet, his Great Dao level indeed touched upon the essence of this universe.

In other words, the Fog Realm seemed to become more transparent and clear to him.

Ding Huan extended his Divine Will out.

Sure enough, it was different from before; the Fog Realm was formed by countless independent Heaven and Earth Rules spaces. Previously, his Divine Will, although able to cover a part,

it would be blocked once it reached a certain distance.

Now his Divine Will could pass almost unimpeded through one independent Heaven and Earth Rules space after another...

However, this was not the main reason he had earlier sensed something being torn by his Great Dao.

The "crack" sound was more like a perception of Dao Thought; it was definitely something his Great Dao had touched upon.

Ding Huan didn't stabilize his cultivation, instead continuing to sense what had given him that feeling earlier.

Once this feeling was not grasped immediately, it would be difficult to comprehend it again later.

The vague impression became gradually clear as Ding Huan struggled to recall it.

At the moment he broke through to the Sixth Step, it felt as if he should break some kind of shackle.

To be precise, he wasn't breaking it, but touching it.

Then he broke through to the True Saint.

That shackle...

Ding Huan's mind gradually clarified.

He confirmed that the existence he wanted to break through upon advancing was a shackle of the Great Dao, but he merely touched it.

At this moment, Ding Huan's understanding slowly took shape in his mind.

When anyone cultivates in this vastness, they are actually bound by a shackle they can't even see.

As long as this shackle exists, even if you comprehend your Great Dao and construct your own Tao World rules, you cannot break through this vastness.

In other words, you are confined within this vastness.

Even at the peak of cultivation, you can only touch the utmost extreme of this vast Great Dao.

He had this feeling because, while breaking through to the Sixth Step True Saint, he glimpsed at that shackle binding his Great Dao.

This Great Dao constraint is not something others calculated against him with; it's something that exists from birth for anyone.

Ninety-nine percent of people, throughout their lives, cannot even glimpse such a shackle, which in reality limits them from breaking through this universe and constructing a Great Dao beyond this vastness.

Ding Huan took a deep breath.

He had not yet broken the shackle constraining him from stepping into a higher level of Great Dao.

What set him apart was that he already knew that such a shackle existed upon him.

To break free of all constraints, the constraints of the Heavenly Dao, the constraints of life, the constraints of the vast universe...

He must break this shackle that binds himself to the Great Dao.

Ding Huan's heart was calm.

Since he could feel the desire to break through this vastness and control his own fate, he must break the shackle that originally binds his Great Dao.

Is he far from breaking this Great Dao shackle?

The greatest fear in cultivation is having no goal.

The Great Dao has a shackle that prevents one from surpassing this vastness, and Ding Huan didn't find this strange.

This is quite normal. If you are born in this universe, living in this universe,

and yet you wish to transcend this vast universe, then the Heaven and Earth Rules of this vast universe will naturally restrain you.

Or rather, it's not the Heavenly Dao, but the limitations of your birth that dictate the limit of your Great Dao.

Much like being born in water as a fish, yet still yearning to break free from the water's restraints to breathe air freely.

So, everything within this vast universe, as long as it exists, whether it has form or is engaged in cultivation.

There is always this layer of shackles.

When he couldn't break free from the Great Dao shackle of this vastness at the Sixth Step, he'd try again at the Seventh Step, and if that failed, he'd try at the Eighth Step.

Ultimately, one day, he would break free of this constraint.

Ding Huan suspected that the owner of the Hand Seal in the chaos center of the World of Gods also might not have broken free of this vast Great Dao shackle.

A year later, Ding Huan had stabilized his cultivation, deciding to immediately head to the Endless Void.

Before stepping into the Seventh Step, he wouldn't return to Blue Star Island.

Leaving the secluded spot, Ding Huan sent several messages to Shi Changxing, still receiving no response.

Ding Huan would no longer wait for Shi Changxing.

As for all the Dao Veins within the secluded space, he withdrew them entirely.

There was a Barrier he had set up here, and even if he left these Dao Veins, Shi Changxing wouldn't be able to make use of them.

When controlling the Cosmic Pot to fly in the Fog Realm again, Ding Huan no longer needed to circumnavigate all the independent spaces.

This is because, in the Fog Realm, many independent spaces each have completely different Heaven and Earth Rules.

To control a Flying Treasure in the Fog Realm, one must navigate around these spaces with independent rules.

Otherwise, once the Cosmic Pot enters an independent space, its speed would rapidly decrease due to the abrupt change in Heaven and Earth Rules.

Thus it would be better to walk around them.

Now, Ding Huan's Cosmic Pot passes through these independent spaces with completely different Heaven and Earth Rules without needing to slow down at all.

This is because, after Ding Huan stepped into the Sixth Step, all Heaven and Earth Rules in any space seemed to originate from the same source in his eyes.

As long as the Cosmic Pot is under his control, it will not get trapped within these independent Heaven and Earth Rules.

Of course, if an independent space is enclosed by a Barrier, he would still need to detour.

With his current understanding of Heaven and Earth Rules and Taoism, he has not yet reached the level where he can ignore any Barrier.

It must be said that the Endless Void Direction Jade Scroll from Wen Chendao's possession is truly powerful.

With the current speed of the Cosmic Pot, even after flying for over fifty years, it still hasn't reached the entrance of the Endless Void.

If an ordinary person were to fly there, wouldn't it take over a thousand years? And if something happened along the way, perhaps even ten thousand years wouldn't be enough.

With the Fog Realm's complex terrain and complex Heaven and Earth Rules, to still be able to clearly record directions after the Cosmic Pot has been flying for decades, shows that this Jade Scroll is clearly not an ordinary item.

Ding Huan began to doubt Shi Changxing's words.

Given Shi Changxing's status in the Fog Realm, it's unlikely he could acquire such a Direction Jade Scroll.

Since it's impossible, how could Shi Changxing dare claim to take him to the Endless Void?

Ding Huan increased his flying speed, and another ten years later, he stopped the Cosmic Pot.

The end of the Direction Jade Scroll had been reached.

In front of him lay a Vast Void, appearing as if it were the Void itself.

Ding Huan scanned it with his Divine Will, but it seemed to fall into emptiness, with nothing there.

So this is the Endless Void.

Ding Huan put away the Cosmic Pot and stood at the edge of the Endless Void, feeling the Heaven and Earth Rules of the Endless Void.

Soon his expression turned somewhat peculiar.

In his eyes, there exists no place in the Vastness without rules.

Even where the Origin Chaos lies, there are still rules.

And yet, does this Endless Void truly have no rules?

He cultivates the Great Universe Technique, merging with and comprehending the myriad laws of the Vast Universe.

Therefore, in Ding Huan's view, as long as the universe exists, there cannot be a place without rules.

In other words, the absence of rules is also a kind of rule.

However, upon feeling the Endless Void in front of him once more, there truly seemed to be no rules.

In a place without rules, Divine Will cannot extend at all.

Ding Huan did not rush to enter the Endless Void.

Before understanding the specifics, entering such a place without rules would only bring discomfort to himself.

Ding Huan sat cross-legged at the edge of the Endless Void, drawing this space into his circulation with the Great Universe Technique.

Initially, Ding Huan intended to use the Great Universe Technique Circulation to sense what this Endless Void truly was.

But he quickly ceased this futile endeavor.

Because he couldn't even complete the first Taoist Circulation of his Great Universe Technique.

The reason was simple: his Great Universe Technique Circulation wanted to contact the construction laws of this Endless Void.

The premise for the Great Universe Technique Circulation is to proceed through Heaven and Earth Rules and the Law of All Things.

Any law, as long as it is a law, can allow the Great Universe Technique Circulation.

The fact that the Great Universe Technique cannot operate here indicates that this Endless Void may indeed have no rules.

Ding Huan furrowed his brows in contemplation.

If a place without rules truly exists, then this means that his Great Universe Technique also doesn't stand.

And his foundation of Tao is the Great Universe Technique.

If the Great Universe Technique doesn't stand, will his Dao still stand?

He began to doubt whether there was a problem with his Great Universe Technique.

Thinking back to when he recently stepped into the True Saint and sensed that he might be constrained by the shackles of the heavens, still shackled by the fetters of the Great Dao.

Thinking that he was preparing to break his own Dao chains to step out of this Vastness with his own Dao, only to suddenly discover a significant issue with his Tao Technique, isn't this a joke?

As he found himself entrapped in the paradox of rulelessness being a kind of rule, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

His form instantly flickered and he darted away.

Soon after, he saw with his Divine Will a long whip sweeping past the place where he had just been meditating.

The one holding the long whip was a woman, who stared at Ding Huan in astonishment.

The truth is that Ding Huan's Escape Technique was too swift, she didn't even have time to react.

Ding Huan wasn't angry but instead looked back at the place where he had been sitting cross-legged in fear.

Because in seeking to perceive the rules of the Endless Void and its structure, he had been sitting almost on its edge.

And now, part of the place where he was sitting had transformed into the space of the Endless Void.

If not for the woman's action just now, he might have fallen into the Endless Void Space.

That woman didn't intend to harm him, but rather to lend a helping hand.

"Many thanks to you, fellow Daoist, for your assistance," Ding Huan said, clearly distinguishing right from wrong, and expressed his gratitude with a clasped fist.

The woman smiled, sizing up Ding Huan before saying, "My name is Mu Yin, are you planning to enter the Endless Void?"