Chapter 689: Post-Chaos World
Ji Luo's thoughts were quickly cast aside; Ding Huan's cultivation stirred too great a commotion.
At this moment, if he didn't hurry to cultivate, what was he hesitating for?
Hou Hen Divine Emperor watched helplessly as the divine spirit qi got swept away by Ding Huan.
If Ding Huan was determined not to make a deal with him, he truly felt powerless.
The disturbance caused by Ding Huan's cultivation was overwhelming.
Such terrifying methods of sweeping away divine spirit qi left him feeling inferior.
Ding Huan was too close to him this time, and he planned to cautiously use his divine will to probe Ding Huan's Daoist skill during cultivation.
Here, divine will was isolated.
However, Hou Hen Divine Emperor did not know how many world essences he had been trapped here, so his divine will extended far more than Ding Huan.
Soon Hou Hen Divine Emperor's expression changed.
He sensed a vast cosmic aura, containing the immensity of the void and the depth of the starry sky.
Is this the Tao technique that integrates the universe?
Hou Hen Divine Emperor attempted to operate the circulation technique, wanting to comprehend the dao rhythm within Ding Huan's daoist path.
With merely half a circulation, he pleasantly sensed a dao rhythm of liberation from restriction.
Hou Hen Divine Emperor desperately wanted to complete this circulation; as long as he could complete the first circulation, he would have a chance to break free from the first layer of forbidden patterns binding him.
Unfortunately, after half a circulation, his dao rhythm was locked by the surrounding forbidden patterns, making it impossible to complete the entire circulation.
Hou Hen Divine Emperor sighed, feeling disappointed but not surprised.
He had lived this way for many years; if he could perform the circulation, he would have broken free long ago, not waiting until today.
He watched Ding Huan completely enveloped by star sky divine spirit qi, feeling like he should do something.
Following behind Luo Xu Saint in the past, what benefits did he get?
Nothing but difficult, tiring, and dirty work, all done by Hou Hen.
He didn't know how Luo Xu Saint was doing now, but even if Luo Xu succeeded, he likely wouldn't remember Hou Hen's former dedication.
Besides, helping Luo Xu Saint didn't even count as adding flowers to brocade.
If he didn't work independently, wouldn't it be better to find someone to whom he could give timely help?
This Ding Huan before him seemed to have extraordinary potential. If he built a good relationship now, as long as Ding Huan knew gratitude, wouldn't Hou Hen not be forgotten here in the void divine gorge in the future?
Thinking of this, Hou Hen Divine Emperor's gaze fell on Ji Luo.
This guy was definitely an old being who had remolded his physical form.
The old being lacked cultivation and strength but had good foresight and befriended Ding Huan.
Ding Huan even saved Ji Luo; if Hou Hen befriends Ding Huan now, it stands to reason he won't forget Hou Hen.
Even if the other party turned out to be an ingrate, Hou Hen wouldn't lose anything.
How many years had he been trapped here?
He couldn't get out anyway.
Understanding what he should do, Hou Hen Divine Emperor immediately started to untangle all constraining spirit divine arrays and restrictions.
Ding Huan operated the cosmic technique for cultivation; regardless of how many constraining spirit divine arrays and restrictions there were, the speed at which he swept away divine spirit qi was like the Yangtze River flow.
Now, all constraining spirit divine arrays and restrictions were undone by Hou Hen Divine Emperor, and the divine spirit qi swept by Ding Huan was more vast and immense.
Ding Huan felt his divine essence rapidly multiplying, with no obstacle to the swept divine spirit qi, immediately understanding;
Hou Hen, the old rascal, must have figured it out and destroyed the constraining spirit divine array.
That's more like it; since everyone's cooperating, why be stingy?
Having given away his things, there was no favor.
Now, with Hou Hen Divine Emperor unraveling the constraining spirit divine array, he owes Hou Hen a favor.
Since the old rascal was so considerate, he would exert some effort at that time to help the old rascal get rid of the forbidden pattern.
Initially planned to reach the world god twelfth level in five years, but due to Hou Hen Divine Emperor's generosity, Ding Huan reached from world god eleventh level to twelfth level in just over two years.
From a distance, watching Ding Huan's momentum surge crazily, Hou Hen Divine Emperor was even more certain he hadn't mistaken; Ding Huan would never be ordinary in the future.
Such Tao technique, such cultivation speed, and such terrifying spirit qi absorption...
With the understanding of array dao incorporated, this surely lacks no upper limit.
His gaze then fell back on Ji Luo.
Ji Luo hid behind Ding Huan to cultivate, relying on the divine spirit qi absorbed by Ding Huan, making his cultivation twice as effective with half the effort.
Hou Hen Divine Emperor soon revealed a disdainful expression in his eyes.
This guy, relying on possessing three thousand great paths, had a pile of cultivation techniques, but he really followed the wrong person.
If it wasn't for cultivating beside Ding Huan, the speed of this guy wouldn't have been slow to a ridiculous degree.
And to restore the body, retraining, truly wasted the star sky divine spirit qi, bah!
In the fifth year, Ding Huan's atmosphere suddenly surged wildly, numerous terrifying breaths nurturing in the void.
Ji Luo, likewise already at the world god peak, hurriedly ceased cultivation, quickly retreating.
"Brother Ding, this is truly unkind; you should at least inform me, Lao Ji, about crossing tribulations. Your sudden tribulation is going to be the death of me, Lao Ji?"
Ji Luo's disgruntled voice echoed.
If he hadn't realized in advance, he would've been doomed if caught in Ding Huan's thunder tribulation today.
Ding Huan ignored Ji Luo; actually, he too was unclear, since he hadn't even attempted to reach divine king realm, why did the thunder tribulation arrive?
Since the thunder tribulation came, he had no choice but to undergo it.
Hou Hen Divine Emperor was astonished at sensing changes in rules within the void; why did it seem unlike a god king tribulation?
"Crack!"
The first thunder arc finally struck down.
Even the Thick Trace God Emperor was shocked and certain that this was definitely not a God King Tribulation. This tribulation seemed to have an aura resembling that of the chaos opening, something he encountered for the first time.
Moreover, the Thunder Tribulation Arcs were black.
Bang!
Ding Huan threw a punch towards the tribulation.
Thud! A mist of blood exploded, leaving Ding Huan's arm a bloody mess, and with just one punch, the flesh and blood of his arm were blasted off entirely.
The bones fractured, looking absolutely terrifying.
Ding Huan was blasted away, shocked as he felt the second wave of Thunder Tribulation Arcs forming in the vast void.
What was happening?
How could his strong physique not withstand a single Thunder Arc?
Fortunately, his body's recovery speed was incredibly fast, and under the guidance of the Nirvana Technique, the flesh of his arm quickly regenerated.
Not far away, the Thick Trace God Emperor watched Ding Huan's tribulation closely, covering his forehead speechlessly.
He had seen foolish people, but never someone as foolish as Ding Huan.
Could you really punch through a Thunder Tribulation?
Even if you stopped the Thunder Arc, it would just make the tribulation more violent.
Did he see it wrong before? Could this be a fool?
What surprised him was, this indeed was not a God King Tribulation.
A true God King Tribulation would evoke the Divine King's Dao Rhythm. He didn't sense any Divine King's Dao Rhythm, instead, he felt the opening and formation of the vast universe.
Ding Huan was equally astonished, as a crack appeared in his once blurry world.
He guessed correctly. After absorbing the Star Sky Divine Spirit Qi for cultivation, his world seemed somewhat unstable.
It's not just unstable; as he progressed closer to becoming a Divine King, his world grew more and more blurred.
This time it was clear, cracks split across it entirely.
Bang bang!
Two more Thunder Arcs struck down.
Without hesitation, Ding Huan operated the Great Universe Technique and Nirvana Technique, throwing out two more punches.
Crack! His hand bones shattered once more.
This time, with preparation, Ding Huan's injuries were not as severe as before. Moreover, his healing also accelerated significantly.
Endless Taoist Aura and Dao Rules merged into Ding Huan's Daoist Rhythm.
Ding Huan saw clearly this time; the world formed by his advancement to World God had completely fractured.
Yet this fractured world didn't disperse; instead, it gradually integrated with his Sea of Consciousness Dao Universe.
What was going on?
Ding Huan understood well that his Sea of Consciousness Dao Universe, simply put, was just a mind space capable of containing some top-tier treasures.
Primarily Innate Treasures, like the Cosmic Pot and the Life and Death Mirror.
Ordinary items could not enter this mind space.
Upon advancing to World God, the world he formed was a real space.
Now, his real space had fractured and was gradually merging into his mind space?
Before Ding Huan could comprehend it, the third wave of Thunder Arcs descended violently.
Three massive black Thunder Arcs targeted Ding Huan's head, a presence that seemed to bring down the entire Chaotic Universe.
The Thick Trace God Emperor was utterly stunned.
"Ninefold Overlapping Tribulation?" the Thick Trace God Emperor murmured.
He had heard of this tribulation but never seen anyone undergo it.
Because it's fundamentally not a cultivator's tribulation.
This is the obstructing tribulation formed by the post-chaotic world.
The Ninefold Overlapping Tribulation is where the first wave is one arc, the second wave is two arcs...
All the way until the ninth wave of Thunder Arcs is nine.
Many misunderstand the chaos world.
In fact, the chaos world isn't solely the world inherently existing in chaos; there are two types of chaos worlds.
One exists in the vastness, naturally formed by the cosmic rules.
Another is the post-chaotically formed world, also known as the post-chaotic world.
Small worlds can form a True Spirit World upon merging enough Heaven and Earth Rules.
True Spirit Worlds also have levels, where the highest level, upon merging the Five Elemental Elements, can form a Five Elements World.
The Five Elements World is essentially the pinnacle of world formation.
Regarding the growth of the Five Elements World, merging other elemental laws still falls within the Five Elements World category.
However, if the Five Elements World exists in the vast chaos, it's possible to merge with the chaos Dao Principles, thereby forming a post-chaotic world.
But this formation takes untold ages in the vast chaos to gradually form!
How did he truly witness the Ninefold Overlapping Tribulation, and under it, was a post-chaotic world forming?
Something still felt off.
Though both have the word 'chaos,' the post-chaotic world and chaos world are vastly different.
The chaos world lacks any rules, with no laws existing at all.
Whereas the post-chaotic world has to aggregate the Great Thousand Laws, beyond the five elements, and requires merging with laws like darkness, and more.
How did Ding Huan form a post-chaotic world?