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

Chapter 904 - 897: Kill Once More

What Ding Huan didn't expect was that Jing Xizhen was slightly startled when he heard his words, and then nodded: "You're right. Before bringing you to justice, this position indeed still belongs to you."

After saying this, Jing Xizhen really relinquished the position of Daoist, and instead sat in the seat next to it.

"Ding Huan, the position is now yours."

After Jing Xizhen sat down, he looked at Ding Huan, with a tone that carried some mockery.

Ding Huan didn't care about Jing Xizhen's tone, he was quite puzzled in his heart.

What does this guy mean? Could it be that he really wants to talk reason?

Regardless of whether Jing Xizhen wants to talk reason or has some other scheme, Ding Huan didn't care.

He still kept sketching the barrier laws but didn't go to sit on the Daoist seat.

What a joke.

On either side of that seat sat the scheming Qingsha and the eighth-step Daoist Jing Xizhen.

Does he think his life is too long to dare to sit on the Daoist seat?

"Since it's about talking reason, let me speak then."

Ding Huan's tone was calm and unhurried.

If Jing Xizhen's cultivation was a bit lower, he would have grabbed a chair to sit down.

Now he didn't dare to sit down, he had to be ready to escape anytime.

"This woman Qingsha carved out a Chaos Zone in the Great Universe, throwing some innocent Saints into the Chaos Zone to fill her Dao Principle River.

I was thrown into the Chaos Zone to fill the Dao Principle River because my Dao Root was somewhat purer. I barely survived by sheer luck.

This woman, out of her own selfish interests, completely disregards the life and death of ordinary cultivators in the Great Universe. Is such a person fit to be a Dao Ancestor? Do you know how many innocent cultivators in the Great Universe were slaughtered by her this way?

The Human Tribe of the Great Universe is fighting against the Tian Meng Clan. Every cultivator that falls adds to the Tian Meng Clan's chances of winning."

Hearing Ding Huan say this, Jing Xizhen also furrowed his brow slightly.

In fact, this kind of thing wouldn't count for much.

But as a Dao Ancestor, Qingsha should still do these things in secret. Doing them openly like this is going too far.

"Is this true?" Jing Xizhen looked at the others with a gloomy face.

Qingsha's gaze also swept through the crowd. It didn't matter if this matter was true or false, as long as everyone present believed Ding Huan's words to be false, that would be enough.

As for Jing Xizhen leaving to seek outside confirmation, that was simply impossible.

Because today's events would inevitably end with Ding Huan dying here, there was no question of finding a witness to seek the truth.

So, as long as no one here testifies for Ding Huan, it would be fine.

She believed that there was no one here who would dare testify for Ding Huan.

As for Ling Zhuzhen, he wasn't even aware of this matter and had no qualifications to testify.

"It is true. I swear by the Great Dao that this is absolutely true. Not only I, but everyone in the Great Universe knows this."

What Ding Huan didn't expect was that the first to speak on his behalf was neither Feng Pu nor Yi Qi, but Yan Zhuo.

"Master, I'm sorry, I indeed did wrong in this matter." Qingsha immediately admitted her mistake.

Jing Xizhen, with a grim face, only said to Ding Huan: "What about the other matters? Including you seizing Qingsha's supreme Dao Vein and stripping Yan Jiuyue's Dao Root."

Ding Huan chuckled: "Jing Xizhen, you're at least an eighth-step Pathfinder of the Great Dao. Shouldn't your understanding of Heaven and Earth Rules not be that of an idiot?

Let's not talk about whether I seized Qingsha's supreme Dao Vein or not, but after the Calamity in the Great Universe, do you think the world that recreated can truly give rise to a supreme Dao Vein in such a short time?"

In fact, both Ding Huan and Hou Yucheng knew this.

The Wan Dao Mountain Range indeed almost evolved a supreme Dao Vein.

However, because an eighth-step powerhouse from the Tian Meng Clan forcibly tried to use that Dao Vein, it ended up just short of becoming a supreme Dao Vein.

Now that Dao Vein is within Hou Yucheng's world.

Jing Xizhen understood that what Ding Huan was saying made sense.

Under this newly evolved chaotic Heaven and Earth Rules, it was really difficult to give rise to a supreme Dao Vein.

"You can deny it, but it's the truth." Qingsha, seeing Jing Xizhen not speaking, could only manage a rebuttal with extremely suppressed words.

The tone was one of suppression, meaning that's how the facts are, but unfortunately, I have no evidence to expose you.

Ding Huan ignored Qingsha, instead looking at Yan Jiuyue: "Yan Jiuyue, I saved you from the brothel, and this is how you twist the truth?

Or should I not have disturbed your good deeds of Dual Cultivation with countless male cultivators in the brothel? If that's the case, I do regret it."

Upon hearing such frank words from Ding Huan, Yan Jiuyue turned livid with anger, trembling all over.

Ding Huan exposed her shortcomings like this, especially in front of that man.

"I... I'm just speaking the truth..." Yan Jiuyue lowered her head, her tone filled with fear and unease, and also a sense of weakness and helplessness.

Though she wasn't very smart, she understood the only possible way to win Hou Yucheng's sympathy at this time was through being weak and helpless.

Ding Huan didn't bother with her either, instead looking at Qingsha: "Do you know why, after you Soul Searched Yan Jiuyue, you couldn't track me down?"

Qingsha looked coldly at Ding Huan. She had actually been wondering why she hadn't been able to track down Ding Huan.

"Because during your Soul Search of Yan Jiuyue, I was observing clearly. I had set up several monitoring array patterns there, but unfortunately, your skills weren't enough to see them."

While speaking, Ding Huan raised his hand and tossed out an Imaging Crystal Ball.

When he left, he had casually carved several monitoring array patterns.

Through the monitoring array patterns, he clearly saw Qingsha's entire process of Soul Searching Yan Jiuyue.

Qingsha stared blankly at the Imaging Crystal Ball activated by Ding Huan, wanting to smash it directly.

She understood that doing so was meaningless.

Not to mention, Ding Huan certainly had more than just this one crystal ball. Even if she crushed it, Jing Xizhen could restore the Imaging Crystal Ball.

Faced with so many people, Jing Xizhen had to recover despite his injuries.

Qingsha felt a deep resentment in her heart; no wonder she could never catch Ding Huan—turns out, her actions had long been observed by him.

The Imaging Crystal Ball clearly recorded the scene where Qingsha failed to chase down Ding Huan and then forced an interrogation on Yan Jiuyue.

Yan Jiuyue simply said she didn't know, and Qingsha began her Soul Search on Yan Jiuyue.

Clearly, not a single word of what Qingsha just said was true.

Jing Xizhen looked at Ding Huan with some surprise; no wonder he could become the Daoist Court Master of the Grand Universe, not because of his strength alone, but because of such cunning that might even surpass his own.

He then furiously glared at Qingsha.

A seventh-step Great Daoist, even if a false seventh-step, should have known there were Monitoring Array Patterns set up around them before attempting a Soul Search.

Indeed, she was useless—a waste that held no value to him.

Ding Huan produced the Imaging Crystal Ball, remaining ready to flee at any moment.

Yan Jiuyue's face turned pale. With the emergence of the Crystal Ball, it confirmed her as colluding with Qingsha to defame her savior.

Yan Zhuo's face turned equally pale. He looked at Yan Jiuyue and slowly said, "Jiuyue, this is the last time I call you this; starting today, we sever our father-daughter relationship.

You need not carry the Yan name any longer; change it to your own."

He previously thought Yan Jiuyue was merely jealous of Jia Baihe, but it was beyond jealousy—it was a matter of character reaching the lowest depths.

Yan Zhuo, being forthright and upright, had no need for such an adopted daughter.

Yan Jiuyue's lips trembled, unable to utter a single word.

Ding Huan looked at Yan Zhuo, acknowledging that Yan Zhuo indeed possessed some integrity.

Ling Zhuzhen sneered, "Heh, Brother Jing, is this your disciple? Turning truth into lies, defaming the Daoist?

I'm afraid you also didn't know that the other two former Dao Ancestors here, Feng Pu and Yi Qi, were also severely harmed by the Tian Meng Clan due to your disciple's deliberate schemes?"

Not to mention Jing Xizhen, even Qingsha was speechless now.

Jing Xizhen knew things had blown out of proportion.

If he insisted on killing Ding Huan now, not a single person would stand by him.

He might as well have just killed Ding Huan from the beginning and pinned all the blame on him.

"Master Ding, Brother Ling, I didn't investigate this matter thoroughly. How about this: I won't meddle any further; I'll leave this matter for Master Ding and Qingsha to settle between yourselves.

Once you're done here, we can discuss important matters, which is the main reason for my return."

After speaking, Jing Xizhen surprisingly turned and left, vanishing from the Dao Court Hall in an instant.

Jing Xizhen was indeed furious, not at Ding Huan but at Qingsha.

Whether Qingsha's words were true or false didn't matter; even if false, he could act as if they were true.

But Qingsha was supposed to be a Dao Ancestor, a seventh-step Great Daoist.

Yet she let Ding Huan present concrete evidence that struck him hard in the face.

How could he reverse black and white now?

If he didn't personally kill this woman, it would mean his temper was pretty good.

Seeing Jing Xizhen leaving, Qingsha stood up in panic, "Master."

No one responded to her.

She understood better than anyone that it wasn't because Jing Xizhen learned the truth and abandoned her, but because she allowed Ding Huan to produce evidence.

Ding Huan didn't pay much attention to Qingsha; he kept his eyes fixed on Jing Xizhen.

Only after Jing Xizhen left did he confirm that he truly didn't intend to take any forceful action.

"Master Ding, it was my mistake. For the sake of my Master..."

Before Qingsha could finish her words, Ding Huan had already struck her brow with a powerful punch.

With her current low level of cultivation, she had no ability to resist against this punch from Ding Huan.

As her world shattered, Ding Huan's Killing Dao Rhythm tore through all her soul thoughts.

For the sake of Jing Xizhen?

He's not yet a match for Jing Xizhen. If he were, he would have dealt with Jing Xizhen as well.

"Boom!" A mist of blood exploded.

Qingsha didn't even have time to feel regret.

If she could have, she would never have thought to tell Jing Xizhen about the Grand Universe's rebirth, nor about how to return to the Grand Universe.

Alas, she squandered another chance to survive.

Zhu Qingfeng lowered his head, completely drenched in cold sweat.

He felt only one type of lingering fear.

Qingsha didn't call on him to testify.

If Qingsha had asked him to testify, as long as Jing Xizhen was present, he would have unhesitatingly stood up to help Qingsha.

Simply because Jing Xizhen's power was overwhelmingly terrifying, so terrifying that he didn't even dare to conceive thoughts of defiance.

Ling Zhuzhen saw Ding Huan's punch, and his eyes lit up.

He knew Ding Huan's strength must have reached a new level, having grasped a whole new tier of the Great Dao.

Although it wasn't clear if Ding Huan had stepped into the fourth step, judging from his attitude towards Jing Xizhen earlier, Ling Zhuzhen suspected that Ding Huan succeeded.

Perhaps even possessing the ability to escape from Jing Xizhen's grasp.

(Good night, fellow Daoist!)