Boom, boom, boom!

The fourth wave of the Heavenly Tribulation descended. Because Feng Zishan was killed, this time the tribulation did not fall in double, but was eighteen arcs of thunder.

Ding Huan took the opportunity to sweep away everything from Feng Zishan's world.

After the tribulation ended, Ding Huan's cultivation stabilized at the first layer of the God Unification Realm.

If it weren't for Feng Zishan interrupting his tribulation, he might have already reached the second layer of the God Unification Realm.

But he didn't really lose out.

In Feng Zishan's world, he managed to get seven or eight Dao Fruit Trees, many of which he couldn't even name.

Twenty-one Chaos Divine Spirit Veins, sixty-three top-grade Divine Spirit Veins, and several hundred combined top-grade, mid-grade, and low-grade Divine Spirit Veins.

As for the Divine Crystals, Ding Huan didn't bother to count, but that pile amounted to at least over ten billion.

He didn't get any Innate Treasure, but he did acquire an Acquired Spiritual Treasure, specifically the sword Feng Zishan used.

The Quasi-Saints of the Chunyi Divine Realm not only possess strength far surpassing the so-called Saints of the Dao Court, their wealth cannot be compared to the Dao Court he came from.

There's only about ten days until the time to seize the Chaos Qi, and Ding Huan wasn't planning to separate the Life Tree and Cosmic Tendon.

First, he spent several days refining the Chaos Gourd, then started to set up monitoring array patterns.

On this Chaos Edge, he took several days to arrange over a thousand monitoring array patterns.

Although Si Anren didn't say, Ding Huan could guess that this Chaos Qi, once revealed, would definitely be as fleeting as a flash in the pan, quickly covered by chaos.

If Chaos Qi were easy to obtain, he wouldn't have seen anyone bring out Chaos Qi until now.

This thing is definitely not easy to obtain. It's quite possible he hasn't even found the clear path within chaos, before it's already assimilated by chaos.

Ding Huan searched for Chaos Qi by setting up monitoring array patterns, believing that even if others knew of his method, they could not replicate it.

He sensed the Chaos Law here, and his monitoring array patterns were integrated into this space's Chaos Law, making it not something that would be annihilated in a day or two.

By the time it gets annihilated in ten plus days, he would have already found the Chaos Qi.

Sure enough, on the eighty-first day, Ding Huan's Divine Will did not detect a single clear path.

Instead, two clear paths appeared in his arranged monitoring array patterns.

Ding Huan used Heart Escape directly to reach the closer clear path.

In the vast chaos, although Divine Will could not sweep for the clear path from afar, it was exceptionally clear upon reaching it.

Like a clear stream appearing in the midst of a barren desert, this stream tore through the desert, extending far into the distance.

Ding Huan's Divine Will landed on the clear path, capturing the dense Chaos Dao Rhyme, carrying a feeling like a pure spring never polluted.

Ding Huan felt the vast and clear Chaos Law, internally praising, realizing this was the true Chaos Qi.

He took out the Chaos Gourd, and with a swirl of Divine Will, the Chaos Qi from the clear path found an outlet, fully sucked into the Chaos Gourd by Ding Huan.

Despite the great amount of Chaos Qi Ding Huan collected, after half an incense's time, he felt the Chaos Qi did not even cover the bottom of the Chaos Gourd.

Truly, the Chaos Gourd was too large.

Just as Ding Huan happily gathered, the clear path was annihilated by chaos and vanished.

Ding Huan quickly scanned with Divine Will to another spot, only to find that the clear path there had similarly disappeared.

Looks like he could only obtain this bit of Chaos Qi.

Ding Huan was actually quite satisfied. Despite having collected Chaos Qi for merely half an incense's time, the Chaos Qi in his gourd barely covered the bottom.

In reality, the amount of Chaos Qi was considerable, it's just that his gourd was too large.

With the Chaos Qi feast concluded, logically, Ding Huan should leave this Chaos Land and find a place to continue secluded cultivation, researching the Life Tree.

Yet Ding Huan did not choose to leave. Instead, he found a spot near the Chaos Edge, and this time he directly used an Earth Jutsu Talisman to enter underground, then arranged various protecting arrays.

He knew it wasn't safe to go out now and found it better to carefully study how to separate the Life Tree here.

He entered as Wu Liang, and leaving with anyone's identity wouldn't work.

He decided to wait for some years before going out.

Outside the Great Dao Divine Vein Square, next to the forbidden array for entering the Chaos Zone to compete for Divine Veins, many were still waiting for something.

Sect Master Meng Zhenting of the Ancient Desolate Divine Woman Sect's expression was tense.

Wu Liang promised her they would definitely capture Ding Xiaotu here.

Yet now eighty-one days had passed, and even a Saint couldn't remain inside the Chaos Zone much longer, needing to leave, while Wu Liang still hadn't come out.

There's only one possibility, Wu Liang perished.

Unfortunately, Wu Liang had joined the sect less than a year, hence not qualified to leave a soul token.

Not only Meng Zhenting, but Master Ge of Law Enforcement Hall from the Divine Woman Sect also wore a displeased expression.

She had long despised Wu Liang, intending to deal with him slowly once he emerged, but to her surprise, that useless thing didn't even make it out of the Chaos Land.

If Meng Zhenting's face was just gloomy, then the anger in the eyes of Fang Wuqiong, the Sect Master of Baihe Sword Dao, was almost overflowing.

The top genius of Baihe Sword Dao, Ji Bucheng, had fallen inside.

One must know, Ji Bucheng wasn't just the top genius of Baihe Sword Dao; he was also the top genius of the entire Chunyi Divine Realm.

He couldn't fathom who had the audacity to target Ji Bucheng.

And it wasn't just the top genius Ji Bucheng who fell. Even the soul token of Ji Bucheng's master, Feng Zishan, had shattered.

Had Baihe Sword Dao been inactive for so long that many had forgotten about them?

Si Anren of the Great True God Dao watched the Array Gate with a furrowed brow.

He knew clearly that his Moonfall Arrow had been refined by Wu Liang, and he was guarding Wu Liang here, never expecting the other party wouldn't come out.

Si Anren didn't believe that Wu Liang had perished inside.

A person as sinister and cunning as Wu Liang was unlikely to die so easily.

His belief in Wu Liang's treachery stemmed not only from Wu Liang recording everything with Imaging Crystal Balls first.

More importantly, he suspected that the Heaven and Earth Bow Wu Liang exchanged with him was a fake.

Because when he refined the Heaven and Earth Bow, he felt that the mottled Dao Rhythm outside and the Slaughter Dao Rhythm inside didn't match at all.

Almost as if they weren't condensed from the same place, formed under the same Heaven and Earth Rules.

A treasure like the Heaven and Earth Bow, an Innate Treasure, is naturally refined from countless ages in one place; if moved to another, it couldn't possibly form an Innate Treasure.

However, he subconsciously believed that this Heaven and Earth Bow was the one auctioned at the auction.

If it truly was a fake, perhaps even Wu Liang didn't know, and it was the auction that faked it.

Even though he was from the Great True God Dao, he didn't dare casually confront the Chunyi Auction to discern truth from falsehood.

After waiting a while longer, once Si Anren confirmed that Wu Liang truly wouldn't emerge, he turned and left.

Originally, he planned to find the Divine Woman Sect and force Wu Liang to hand over the Moonfall Arrow once he came out.

But with the person nowhere to be found, he was helpless.

He could only seek out Ding Xiaotu, at least Ding Xiaotu still carried a Sunset Arrow.

...

At this moment, Ding Huan had arrived in his Sea of Consciousness Universe.

He looked at the Life Tree before him.

Others might not be able to separate the Cosmic Tendon from the Life Tree, but perhaps he could.

As long as he thoroughly studied all the laws within the Life Tree and the Cosmic Tendon, he might have a chance to separate them.

The first Great Universe Technique Circulation was established by Ding Huan. While sensing the Law Information within the Life Tree, though it was still boundless and complex, he could faintly discern some clues.

Ding Huan was in no rush; he began comprehending the laws within the Life Tree one by one.

The fact was that he had long prepared for a prolonged retreat in this place.

The first Life Law Fragment was comprehended by Ding Huan and fused into his Sea of Consciousness World, and then the first Great Dao Law Fragment contained within the Cosmic Tendon was similarly comprehended and fused by Ding Huan.

The second, the third…

Various Life Law Fragments, Cosmic Origin Law Fragments

As each Law Fragment was comprehended and integrated into his world by Ding Huan, one after another, new laws appeared in his River of Laws.

As time passed in Ding Huan's continuous comprehension, he encountered layer upon layer of ancient auras.

Indeed, this Life Tree, which seemed so tender, had actually experienced endless ages.

The reason the Life Tree was bound here, besides the Cosmic Tendon competing for its vitality, lay in an obscure Taoist Aura.

Ding Huan was thankful that he'd been schemed by the Forgotten Dao Principle; otherwise, he would've definitely overlooked it.

This was a Dao Thought, and this Thought wouldn't affect him presently, but could attach itself to his Dao.

If one day, he met the owner of this Dao Imprint, that person could take away the Life Tree at any time, and even his life and death might hinge upon the other's whim.

Cautiously, Ding Huan operated the Great Universe Technique, using each Law Fragment to peel away this Dao Imprint and seal it within his world.

Should he ever encounter the owner of this Dao, he would let them know what the Slaughter Law of the Great Dao was.

He would make them understand that one's own Dao should not be casually left out.

Almost simultaneously with Ding Huan stripping away the Dao Imprint, he felt the Life Tree emit a clear cry, as if liberated.

Before Ding Huan could feel joy, the Life Tree withered in an instant, turning into a pile of flying ash.

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