novelraw Chapter 905 - 898: Jing Xizhen Returned Defeated
Chapter 905 - 898: Jing Xizhen Returned Defeated
Seeing Jing Xizhen leave, Ding Huan strongly and decisively killed Qingsha Taoist Ancestor, causing Yan Jiuyue to be unable to control her trembling.
Ding Huan could kill her with just a word.
She cautiously retreated, hoping that no one noticed her at this moment.
In fact, everyone saw Yan Jiuyue leave the great hall, but no one paid her any attention.
Ding Huan, who initially wanted to kill Yan Jiuyue, refrained when he saw Yan Zhuo's desolate expression.
Yan Zhuo was quite a good person, and killing Yan Jiuyue in front of him seemed somewhat unkind.
Only after Ding Huan's Divine Will confirmed that Jing Xizhen had indeed left the Dao Court great hall did he take his seat at the Daoist's position.
"Zhu Qingfeng greets the Daoist, everything has been well in Wan Dao City while you were away, except for some unexpected events today."
The first to show allegiance once Ding Huan sat down was Zhu Qingfeng.
The rest were too lazy to disdain this person.
They were sure that if Jing Xizhen had always supported Qingsha, Zhu Qingfeng would have been the first to oppose Ding Huan.
Ding Huan nodded, raising his hand to completely erase Qingsha's traces, then gestured for Hou Yucheng to sit beside him.
Zhu Qingfeng was truly a petty person. Whether it was by luck or other reasons, this person was always opportunistic.
Ding Huan couldn't punish this guy for something not yet done.
But he could let him do things he found inconvenient, such as killing Yan Jiuyue.
Jia Baihe didn't need Ding Huan's prompting and sat on the other side of him.
"Everyone, let me begin by telling you some good news. The Tian Meng Clan has been completely eradicated, and there is now not a single Tian Meng Clan cultivator in the entire Universe."
The Tian Meng Clan is gone?
Hearing Ding Huan's words, everyone was stunned.
The Tian Meng Clan was so powerful, how could it just be gone?
"Daoist, the Tian Meng Clan was so strong, how could they be wiped out just like that?" Feng Pu couldn't help but ask.
He had fought against the Tian Meng Clan and knew how many powerful figures they had.
Ding Huan pointed to Hou Yucheng beside him: "This is Hou Yucheng, a Daoist friend, who has been fighting the Tian Meng Clan in the Wan Dao Mountains. Mr. Hou and I joined forces, and by a stroke of fortune, eradicated the Tian Meng Clan."
"Oh, I must ask Master Ding, how did you manage to destroy the Tian Meng Clan?"
A sudden voice interrupted.
Everyone looked back and found that Jing Xizhen had returned, and no one knew how he had entered.
Ding Huan felt a chill, but fortunately, he was always setting up the barrier law.
He would never give Jing Xizhen a chance to get close to him.
Luckily, Jing Xizhen seemed to know Ding Huan was wary of him, so he didn't come forward but found a seat in the back.
For a strongman at his level, sitting anywhere was the same; there was no concept of front or back or respect or inferiority.
Perhaps in his heart, as long as he wished, he could sit in Ding Huan's position at any time.
No matter why Jing Xizhen gave up forcibly protecting Qingsha just now, Ding Huan didn't use his previous attitude towards him.
"Brother Hou has been keeping an eye on the Tian Meng Clan and the Chaos outskirts; he knows that at the edge of the Tian Meng Clan near the Chaos, there is a Chaos Barrier that envelops the Quantitative Tribulation Dao Principle and various Quantitative Tribulation Laws..."
"Quantitative Tribulation Dao Principle and various Quantitative Tribulation Laws?" Jing Xizhen exclaimed in shock, standing up.
Others might not know the value of these Quantitative Tribulation Laws, but he was all too aware.
The Quantitative Tribulation Laws wrapped in the Chaos Zone by a Natural Barrier were preserved when a great calamity was approaching in the Universe.
A part of the laws forming the tribulation hadn't fully erupted when they were enveloped by the Chaos Barrier.
Therefore, these Quantitative Tribulation Laws were preserved.
The probability of forming a barrier that wraps the tribulation laws is less than one in billions.
If he could refine this thing, his power would definitely reach a new level.
Of course, he wouldn't refine it now; he needed to Slay the Dao and then refine it.
Now he understood better than anyone that his Eighth Step of the Great Dao was just here.
Once he left the vast Universe, this Eighth Step would be a joke.
If after Slaying the Dao, he could prove the Dao again with the Fourth Step and establish himself as the Saint of Words and then refine the Chaos Barrier that envelops the tribulation laws, his strength wouldn't be weaker than those guys, possibly even stronger.
"Yes, indeed there is a barrier enveloping the Quantitative Tribulation Laws. Brother Hou and I spent over a hundred years using various means to guide this barrier to the Tian Meng Clan."
"Did you trigger the Quantitative Tribulation Laws?" Jing Xizhen asked urgently.
If so, that would be simply a waste beyond measure.
Ding Huan nodded: "Yes, it was the only way to destroy the Tian Meng Clan and protect the Great Universe."
Having said that, Ding Huan still decided to find time to visit the Wan Dao Abyss to comprehend a Quantitative Tribulation Divine Power.
Jing Xizhen sighed and sat back down.
It seems the opportunity was missed by just a bit.
If he had arrived here a little earlier, he would have destroyed the Tian Meng Clan, and naturally, the barrier enveloping the Quantitative Tribulation Laws would have been his.
It wouldn't work just like this; even to destroy the Tian Meng Clan, there had to be fame and recognition.
At the very least, he had to be the Master of the Dao Court of the Great Universe, or else it would be meaningless.
Ding Huan had already set up a Void Barrier in front of him for protection, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
Unlike Jing Xizhen, the others were overjoyed when they heard that the Tian Meng Clan had been annihilated.
That meant the Human Tribe could freely enter the Ten Thousand Dao Mountain Range to seek cultivation resources.
"Thank you, Daoist Master. The establishment of the Great Universe Dao Court was the right decision. If it weren't for the Daoist Master stepping forward, the Human Tribe of the Great Universe might have perished here."
Yi Qi stepped forward and bowed respectfully, his tone extremely reverent.
Feng Pu and Zhu Qingfeng also hurriedly stepped forward to bow in courtesy.
Even someone as opportunistic as Zhu Qingfeng felt from the bottom of his heart that Ding Huan was remarkable.
Jing Xizhen was somewhat envious, as this was all the power of merit.
He clasped his hands and sincerely said, "Daoist Master, earlier I was rude. Your contributions to the Great Universe have earned my respect.
I, Jing Xizhen, may have my own calculations, but I am by no means a villain. If you do not believe me, you can ask Brother Ling."
Ling Zhuzhen nodded, "He's right. Jing Xizhen, although a bit selfish, is not a villain. If there's no conflict of interest, he won't scheme against you in secret."
Clearly, Ling Zhuzhen and Jing Xizhen both realized Ding Huan's wariness of Jing Xizhen.
Ding Huan nodded and also clasped his hands, "Jing Daozu, in that case, let the past be cleared from now on."
Jing Xizhen understood Ding Huan's meaning: this meant the matter of supporting Qingsha was over.
If he made another move, then he'd better watch out.
Jing Xizhen indeed had no intention of making another move against Ding Huan.
For Jing Xizhen, taking action against Ding Huan was meaningless.
"The words of the Daoist Ancestor need not be mentioned, if I hadn't known how laughable the Daoist Ancestor was, I wouldn't have left the Great Universe. In the Great Universe, only one person is qualified to become a Daoist Ancestor.
As for us, who can only exist on this Cosmic Plane of the eighth step of the Great Dao, to call ourselves Daoist Ancestors is too self-deprecating."
Jing Xizhen waved it off, his tone returning to sincerity.
"Brother Jing, did you really find a second high-level cosmic plane?" Ling Zhuzhen had long wanted to ask this question.
Jing Xizhen was silent for a while before saying, "I suppose so..."
Deep in his heart, it wasn't "suppose," but rather he felt the Great Universe wasn't worthy of being called a high-level Cosmic Star Land.
Even though Ling Zhuzhen's cultivation had declined, he didn't care at all in front of Jing Xizhen, "Brother Jing, it either is or it isn't, what do you mean by 'suppose'?"
"Brother Ling, if we had just started cultivation, would you and I be able to discern the strength and completion of the Heaven and Earth Rules?"
"No." Ling Zhuzhen said without hesitation.
Jing Xizhen sighed, "That's how I feel. I thought by reaching the eighth step of the Great Dao, I'd surely be able to sense where the Heaven and Earth Rules are strong or whether the Heaven and Earth Rules are complete.
But in that place, I couldn't sense at all. It's as if when I first entered the Cultivation World, I couldn't sense the Heaven and Earth Rules of the Cultivation World either."
"Does that mean the place you went to has Heaven and Earth Rules so complete and high-level that even you can't sense them?" Ling Zhuzhen looked at Jing Xizhen with some doubt.
Jing Xizhen replied, "I'm not sure; the fact is that there I'm not a match for even a sixth-step strength of the Great Dao."
"A sixth step of the Great Dao so powerful?"
"No, I'm no match for any existence at the sixth step of the Great Dao."
Ling Zhuzhen fell silent. Although he had long known there were issues with verifying the Dao in the Great Universe, it was still a bit hard to accept that an eighth-step powerhouse of the Great Dao could not defeat a sixth-step.
Jing Xizhen's strength was undoubtedly stronger than when he left the Great Universe, even much stronger.
If Jing Xizhen couldn't defeat the sixth step of the Great Dao in that place, neither could Ling Zhuzhen, and perhaps even worse.
Since experiencing the Calamity, he knew one couldn't verify the fourth step of the Great Dao here.
Facing this reality was truly distressing.
Jing Xizhen's return was definitely related to the Great Dao, yet he was striving to restore to the sixth step of the Great Dao. Was there any point?
By the way, Ding Huan's Great Dao should have had a breakthrough, he could inquire about it later on.
Ding Huan said nothing.
He believed that when he reached the sixth step of the Great Dao, he could definitely take on Jing Xizhen.
No, it wouldn't even require the sixth step of the Great Dao. As long as his cultivation became more stable, by the time he advanced to the fifth step of the Great Dao, he could take on Jing Xizhen.
"I'm not sure whether the Great Universe is truly a high-level universe or not, but there's one thing I can be sure of.
In the Great Universe, I'm very clear about the Heaven and Earth Rules here, and I can see the upper limit of the verifiable Great Dao..."
Ding Huan spoke up, "Jing Daoist Friend, aren't you verifying the Dao through science? In that case, the strength of the Heaven and Earth Rules in a Cosmic World shouldn't matter much to you, right?"
Jing Xizhen's expression was very self-deprecating.
He still answered, "That's because I hadn't discovered the essence of the Great Dao before. Whether it's verifying the Dao through science or Daoist Skill, it's one essence, which is to align with the Heaven and Earth Rules.
Scientific Daoism aligns with the Heaven and Earth Rules through external means, whereas Great Dao Skills align with the Heaven and Earth Rules through personal perception.
The strength and clarity between them are evident. Those who don't understand are merely deceiving themselves."
In fact, when he was in the Great Universe, he understood this issue, but he built his world through scientific Daoism and was unwilling to face this truth.
Now that the Great Universe was already collapsed, what was there to hide?
"In that case, what is the main purpose of Jing Daoist Friend's return this time?" Ding Huan stared at Jing Xizhen.