This is the three hundred and sixty-seventh year since Ding Huan left the Fog Realm.

With the speed at which the Cosmic Pot bolsters his own Great Dao, in over three hundred years, he has traversed countless planes and passed through numerous Cosmic Walls.

But today, Ding Huan had to stop.

He had a feeling that he had been wandering in this piece of the Void for at least thirty years.

It's as if he's encountered a ghostly wall, unable to leave this part of the Void.

Yet his Divine Will clearly faced no obstacles, and there was not the slightest anomaly when he controlled the Cosmic Pot to fly.

The feeling of wandering in circles for decades was entirely an intuition and a sensitivity to the Law of All Things.

He was certain he had been to this exact spot more than once.

What surprised him even more was that he was unable to make a Void position mark in this part of the Void.

Ding Huan didn't dare claim that his cultivation stood at the pinnacle of the Universe, but he was sure his strength was definitely among the top-tier individuals.

If even he couldn't make a Void position mark here, there surely weren't many who could.

Ding Huan carefully examined every detail of the surrounding Void, finally confirming he wasn't mistaken.

In these past decades, he truly had been circling in this portion of the Void.

In fact, he couldn't even turn back now if he wanted to.

It was as if he was trapped in an Enchantment Array.

In Ding Huan's eyes, formation arrays were things he played with when his cultivation was weak; he didn't even play with Dao Arrays anymore.

What kind of Array in this Universe could trap Ding Huan?

The fact is, he was indeed trapped.

Ding Huan didn't know if he was trapped in an Array or a Barrier.

At the very least, he couldn't see through it now.

He could only put away the Cosmic Pot; patience was required at this moment.

Back when his cultivation was still weak, he could still pass through Cosmic Walls.

Now, as someone who had perfected his own Dao at the Seventh Step, it wasn't likely he would be trapped to death in an unknown piece of the Void, right?

With the Great Universe Technique in operation, Ding Huan began to perceive everything existing in this piece of the Void.

Ding Huan thought that with his understanding of the Heaven and Earth Rules and the Law of All Things, breaking through wherever he was trapped shouldn't be a problem.

At worst, it would just take some time.

A hundred years later, Ding Huan realized he had been too arrogant.

To understand where exactly he was trapped, he even went out of his way to set up hundreds of Top-grade Dao Veins.

But after a hundred years, those Top-grade Dao Veins he laid down were mostly consumed, and he was more than familiar with all the laws in the space; he knew every rule in this piece of Void like the back of his hand.

Yet, no trace of anything resembling a Barrier could be found.

He was in a Void completely without obstructions.

Ding Huan forced himself to calm down.

He had been in seclusion for a hundred thousand years before; how long was this?

If he didn't calm himself, he might never find the real cause.

He began to hypothesize.

If he guessed correctly and was indeed trapped in some space with no exit or trace, what possibilities were there?

First, his cultivation was too low to sense many things.

Ding Huan thought this was unlikely, as he was at the Seventh Step of the Great Dao, and the Great Universe Technique was built from his own Dao.

Not only that, his Tao World had nearly reached parity with the World of Gods.

He didn't believe there were Heaven and Earth Rules and Laws that his Great Universe Technique couldn't sense—this was too absurd.

The second possibility was that he was trapped by his own Dao Heart.

In comprehending the Great Dao, he was trapped in his own Dao Heart World.

To break this situation, he would first have to elevate his own mindset to break free from the mental trap of his Dao Heart World.

This possibility was immediately ruled out by Ding Huan; he could not be trapped in a mindset. He had controlled the Cosmic Pot along the way, and the Void he was in had always been real—there was no Heart World at all.

Then the third possibility was that he inadvertently entered a space set up by someone else, a space level he had never encountered nor seen before.

This also seemed unlikely.

He had traveled from low-level Universe planes; what space had he not encountered?

At the very least, even if he hadn't encountered such a space set by someone else, could his Great Universe Technique not sense it?

He had been employing the Great Universe Technique for a hundred years and still found nothing.

Ding Huan's thoughts began to drift away.

He worried about Qu Yi.

Trapped here, no one was out there searching for Qu Yi.

Even if Nian Huan wanted to look, she wouldn't know where to begin.

Ding Huan sighed; perhaps it would be better to live as an ordinary person.

To spend a plain life together with Qu Yi on Earth.

He chose the path of cultivation, and each time he thought he was at the peak, he would discover that he was still under others...

Ding Huan's thoughts suddenly halted.

An ordinary person?

If he were an ordinary person, could he sense Immortal Dao Arrays?

Obviously not.

Not to mention the Immortal Dao Array, even an ordinary Spirit Array he couldn't sense.

Let's make an assumption: right now, he is just a mortal, and what traps him is an Array. He would still be in the same situation as he is now, unable to find any clues.

Could it really be because his cultivation is too low that he can't sense what the space trapping him truly is?

Previously, he didn't think this way because he believed he was already standing at the pinnacle of this vast Universe; it was impossible that he couldn't perceive the space trapping him because his cultivation was too low.

If it truly is because his cultivation is too low, then the first and third assumptions he made previously could both exist.

Because his cultivation is low, he's never encountered such a void space.

A frog also thinks it has seen the whole sky, firmly believing the sky is just like the well's opening.

Could it be that he has also become a frog at the bottom of a well?

Ding Huan took a deep breath and drew out the Breaking Tribulation Blade.

No matter how perfect the space is, after being torn, there will be Law Fragments.

Perhaps the secret is hidden within these Law Fragments.

If he truly cannot find the reason, the last resort would be to tear open the void here and enter the void black hole.

Entering the void black hole might be a desperate choice, but it would be better than being trapped here.

The Breaking Tribulation Blade Force gathered, and Ding Huan infused almost all his Dao Yuan into the Breaking Tribulation Blade, then slashed down with one stroke.

The void roared, and Ding Huan stared blankly at the void before him.

With his strength, he could easily rip open a void rift in the World of Gods.

Yet here, he couldn't tear even a trace.

Could this be a plane more advanced than the World of Gods?

Impossible.

The World of Gods is the top realm of this Universe, the very center of it.

How could there exist a plane more advanced than the World of Gods?

Ding Huan once again wielded the Breaking Tribulation Blade, this time letting a cascade of sword curtains fall, one after another.

Simultaneously, Ding Huan's Great Universe Technique Circulation began to operate.

After just a few cycles, Ding Huan sensed the Law Aura he hadn't felt for over a hundred years...

No, it shouldn't be called a law; it seemed to be an existence even more mysterious than a law.

Ding Huan was thoroughly immersed.

As long as he sensed it, he believed he could comprehend the profound meaning within and evolve it in his own Tao Universe World.

One year... ten years... a hundred years...

When Ding Huan opened his eyes again, he found that the Dao Veins around him were already exhausted, and he had almost integrated with this part of the void.

Only the Breaking Tribulation Blade floated behind him, reminding him that he did not belong to this void.

Ding Huan took a deep breath.

This time, the seclusion lasted a full thousand years, a thousand years during which, if anyone had ambushed him, it would have been a guaranteed strike.

Because he was truly and completely immersed in enlightenment that shook his Dao Thought.

From when he began cultivating and embarked on the path of Dao, steadily reaching the Seventh Step of the Great Dao, until he stood at the pinnacle of this vast Universe.

Ding Huan never doubted his understanding of the Great Dao and comprehension of the vast Universe.

This thousand-year seclusion overturned his perception.

He unexpectedly sensed an entirely new law here.

It should not be called a law, but a Heaven and Earth Mystique even more profound than a law.

He might as well call it the Primordial Heavenly Principle, or the Source Principle.

According to his understanding of the Great Dao.

The Great Dao is about comprehending the Heaven and Earth Rules and evolving one's own Dao Principles.

All rules between heaven and earth are constructed from the Law of All Things.

Thus, to evolve one's Taoism, one must comprehend the Law of All Things, understand the Heaven and Earth Rules, and finally construct one's Taoism.

His path is a step ahead of others; he evolves the Law of All Things in his own Tao World, but he also needs to first comprehend the Law of All Things of the external world.

And now, he unexpectedly discovered the Primordial Heavenly Principle, which he decided to name the Source Principle.

No wonder he couldn't sense it before.

Because the Source Principle can construct a law, this overturned his understanding of Dao.

The Law of All Things in his own world is indeed something he evolved himself.

But it is based on a foundation, that is, he comprehends the Law of All Things of this Universe, then evolves his own Law of All Things in his Tao World.

In other words, prior to seeing a certain law, such as the Origin Law, Creation Law, Void Law, and so on.

He, Ding Huan, cannot construct these laws in his world.

To construct his Creation Dao Principle, he specifically went to Nihility Space. After seeing the Creation Dao of this world, he then constructed his own Creation Dao Principle.

However, Source Principle is different. Even without seeing these laws, as long as he understands the Source Principle, he can construct these laws in his Tao World based on his own Great Dao Will.

The laws constructed from the Source Principle, even if they are the same type of law, can be completely different from the laws existing in this Universe World.

Knowing this principle is why Ding Huan stared in a daze at the void that trapped him.

He was trapped in a void array based on the Source Principle, this void array also known as Position Realm.

It is a whole level higher than a barrier. Since he had never encountered the Source Principle before, how could he unlock it?

(Goodnight, fellow Daoist!)