It had only been five days, and Ding Huan had already reached the peak of Level 9 as a gene cultivator.
He wanted to achieve Genetic Foundation Establishment, but unfortunately, he had no clues, completely unaware of where to start.
Ding Huan knew that cultivation was not something to be rushed; in his previous life, his cultivation wasn’t high, but he had cultivated for a long time and thus had some experience.
Therefore, Ding Huan did not stubbornly continue to pursue Genetic Foundation Establishment.
It was time to prepare to leave Earth, but before leaving, there were a few things he needed to do.
The first thing was to go to Yanjing to look for the Yongtang Gene Company and the Qin Family, as his father, Ding Baishan’s disappearance was related to these two places.
Second, he needed to visit the human corridor defense line to kill that Demon Dragon and the giant ape. Such powerful beings must not be left on Earth.
Third, he planned to visit the Qu Family and ask Qu Yonghe to help forge a spear, and to also check on Qu Yi, hoping he could pass on the Nine Paths to Qu Yi.
Unfortunately, his trip to Kunlun Mountain hadn’t yielded any good materials.
Without materials, asking Qu Yonghe to make a spear would just mean relying on Qu Yonghe to find them himself.
Suddenly, Ding Huan thought of the War Disc, wondering whether he could pry a piece of material from it to help forge a spear.
Success or not, he had to try.
His only worry was that the War Disc was too hard to be cut.
Ding Huan organized his belongings; he didn’t have much, but what was valuable to him was a Demon Core from a Level 9 Large Eagle Owl, and a leather scroll...
Thinking this, Ding Huan took a star-shaped stone from his pocket.
This item didn’t look exquisite; it was even somewhat rough.
What Ding Huan couldn’t understand was why his Divine Will couldn’t penetrate this stone?
It certainly wasn’t because his Divine Will hadn’t materialized, as he could penetrate other things with it.
Ding Huan closely examined the star-shaped stone, and after confirming that his Divine Will couldn’t see through it, he put the stone aside and cleaved it with a Wind Blade.
Crack! A white mark appeared on the stone from the Wind Blade.
With his strength, this strike didn’t split the stone.
Picking up the star-shaped stone again, Ding Huan now knew this stone was extraordinary.
His Wind Blade, not to mention a regular stone couldn’t withstand it; even steel would be split apart.
Ding Huan forced his Divine Will to probe again, this time utilizing the True Yuan fusion method taught by Qi Xinyue.
When Qi Xinyue taught Ding Huan the Divine Concealment Technique, elemental power fused with mental strength with the aid of Divine Arts.
In fact, mental strength is essentially the rudimentary form of Divine Will. Ding Huan directly used Divine Will merged with True Yuan, which equally achieved the purpose of materializing his Divine Will.
This time, Ding Huan infused True Yuan into his Divine Will, and in just a moment, it touched a series of dense patterns.
With full force, Divine Will struck against those dense patterns, and a strong force rebounded.
Ding Huan felt a pain in his head, and a stream of fresh blood spurted from his mouth.
Wow, Ding Huan was inwardly astonished.
The patterns he had seen seemed somewhat similar to those engraved on the Undying Spider and the Cosmic Guidance Ball in the Zhan Shen Continent.
Deep in his memory, Ding Huan had knowledge of arrays, and he could vaguely feel that these were so-called Array Patterns.
But he didn’t understand them at all.
Even if he didn’t understand, Ding Huan could be sure that there was something hidden behind the Array Patterns in the star-shaped stone.
Ding Huan rested for a long time before attempting again to penetrate with Divine Will melded with True Yuan.
This time prepared, Ding Huan didn’t use full force but restrained the True Yuan.
As expected, since he didn’t use full force, the rebounding power was significantly less.
After several attempts, Ding Huan was amazed to find that each time his Divine Will struck the pattern, the next rebounding force weakened.
This discovery thrilled Ding Huan, and he began continuously striking the internal patterns of the stone.
Once, twice...
After hundreds of times, Ding Huan was still repeatedly striking the patterns.
Because he was about to uncover the truth, his excitement grew, and he didn’t even consider that his Divine Will could deplete.
Until he overused his Divine Will, his vision blacked out, and he finally couldn’t withstand anymore and fainted.
...
Qi Xinyue had been outside practicing the Wind Blade Skill and Fireball Technique until nightfall when she came to the Blue Star.
When she found Ding Huan pale and collapsed on the ground, she hurriedly rushed to help him up.
Feeling that Ding Huan’s breath was normal, she then breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Ding Huan had only over-exhausted his Divine Will. After Qi Xinyue massaged his acupoints for a while, he opened his eyes.
A faint, soft scent and touch came as Ding Huan opened his eyes to see Qi Xinyue massaging the acupoint between his eyebrows.
And he was lying in her arms.
"Xinyue, I’m fine now, thank you,"
Ding Huan said, then tried to sit up to continue studying the star-shaped stone.
"Mm," Qi Xinyue saw Ding Huan’s eyes open and let go of her hands.
Only at that moment did she realize her actions had been perhaps too intimate; her face flushed red, and she quickly helped Ding Huan to sit up.
"Xinyue, have you ever heard of Divine Runes?" Ding Huan asked.
By changing the topic, Ding Huan made Qi Xinyue’s embarrassment lessen slightly; she thought carefully before replying:
"My master once mentioned the concept of Array Patterns to me, I don’t know if Divine Runes are Array Patterns."
"You know about Array Patterns?" Ding Huan was overjoyed.
Qi Xinyue shook her head, "I don’t know about Array Patterns, I only know that Array Patterns are inscribed by Divine Masters with a strong cultivation, based on their understanding of the Heaven and Earth Rules, creating patterns that resonate with these rules and serve certain purposes...
Is the Divine Rune on the Undying Spider somewhat like this?"
"Resonate with the rules of Heaven and Earth?"
Ding Huan muttered to himself as he thought about the Primordial Qi Vein.
Primordial stones, Primordial Qi Veins, Blossom God Crystal Stones, Energy Veins...
All these things contain Primordial Qi and can aid Cultivators in their cultivation.
The difference lies in the richness of the contained Primordial Qi. During cultivation, the understanding of the Dao seems to deepen.
Some contain sparse Primordial Qi, seemingly only beneficial for enhancing cultivation.
Could it be that these things that deepen the understanding of the Dao are the Heaven and Earth Rules?
The more Ding Huan thought about it, the more he believed he was correct. He once again used his Divine Will to grind the patterns on the stone.
To Ding Huan, this is most likely an Array Pattern.
Just as Qi Xinyue said earlier, the function of this Array Pattern is to prevent him from probing into the secrets within the Star-shaped Stone.
He didn’t understand the rules of Heaven and Earth. However, when his Luo Shijin circulated through the Cycle, it definitely contained a trace of the Heaven and Earth Principles.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to gather True Yuan through the Luo Shijin, washing his veins and enhancing his cultivation.
The Energy Vein brought from the Zhan Shen Continent, while cultivating on it, made his understanding of the Luo Shijin clearer, which should be his best source of Primordial Qi.
This time, Ding Huan simply sat on the Energy Vein, circulating his Luo Shijin, treating the patterns on the stone as a vital point that must be traversed.
Every time the Luo Shijin circulated there, he would gather Divine Will and strike.
While the Luo Shijin circulated, the True Yuan was already flowing inside him; he didn’t need to merge the True Yuan into his Divine Will anymore.
After the first Cycle, Ding Huan felt a distinct difference.
Firstly, he wasn’t hit by the backlash from the patterns inside the stone; secondly, he felt this strike was more impactful than all his previous attempts.
He had guessed right, the patterns inside this stone were indeed Array Patterns that resonated with the rules of Heaven and Earth.
This made Ding Huan very happy, and he continued with his great endeavor of striking the stone’s Array Patterns.
Time continued to pass, and Qi Xinyue, seeing Ding Huan fully absorbed in his work, didn’t disturb him.
Lao Liu, having a good emotional quotient, upon seeing both Qi Xinyue and Ding Huan on the Blue Star, simply built a resting place on a tree trunk next to the Blue Star.
In its view, it had to ingratiate itself with Ding Huan.
As long as Mr. Huan was satisfied, perhaps it could help it generate a Spirit Root.
If it intruded into the Blue Star now, and if Mr. Huan and Miss Xinyue were engaged in some indescribable activity, it would be in trouble.
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It had seen such things before at Qianluo Mountain.
Ah Huang was of a proud disposition; otherwise, the number of Fierce Beasts that sought Ah Huang’s favor in that decrepit house every day would be uncountable.
The night passed just like that.
Ding Huan was still tirelessly utilizing the Luo Shijin’s Circulation to strike at the stone’s patterns.
Qi Xinyue really wanted Ding Huan to rest for a bit, but she didn’t know what Ding Huan was doing and worried if stopping halfway might cause significant problems.
The only thing she could do was not to disturb Ding Huan.
Stepping out of the Blue Star, Qi Xinyue saw Lao Liu, who was still sound asleep in the distance, and couldn’t help but ask, "Lao Liu, why didn’t you come up to the Blue Star yesterday?"
Lao Liu chuckled hehe and gave a knowing look.
Qi Xinyue was somewhat baffled; she hadn’t interacted much with Lao Liu, how could she know about its vile thoughts?
Seeing Qi Xinyue didn’t understand, Lao Liu skillfully took out pen and paper from the leather pouch on its body and wrote:
"Sister Xinyue, no matter what you and Mr. Huan are doing inside, don’t worry, I won’t enter."
Qi Xinyue finally understood, she spat out in disgust and turned to walk away.
This Lao Liu was shameless to a degree, making her face somewhat hot, though she didn’t take it to heart.
On the second and third day, Ding Huan was still tirelessly grinding at that Array Pattern.
Qi Xinyue felt somewhat distressed but could only place the well-cooked Falcon Meat beside Ding Huan, hoping he would eat a bit when he rested.
In fact, with Ding Huan’s level of cultivation, even going several days without food would not affect him much.
The Falcon Meat brought by Qi Xinyue, Ding Huan didn’t care about at all; he felt that with just a bit more effort, he could erase that Array Pattern.
He admittedly didn’t understand Array Patterns, but that didn’t prevent him from eroding it through the dumbest method.
"Crack!"
A crisp sound, only perceivable to Ding Huan, resounded, and he was so excited he almost shouted out loud.
He seemed to see a massive space—was this the secret hidden by the Array Pattern?
"Big brother, are you alright?" Qi Xinyue had been paying attention to Ding Huan; feeling his excited mood, she quickly came over to ask.
"Thank you, Xinyue…" Ding Huan was overwhelmed with emotion, and he jumped up, holding Qi Xinyue tightly.
He vaguely thought of something but was not yet sure.
It was the Sumeru Space.
Being too excited and too incredulous made it hard for him to control himself.
Qi Xinyue and Ding Huan had spent time together, and she hadn’t minded even when Ding Huan had seen her body.
But now, being held by Ding Huan, she felt as if her whole body was on fire, and she immediately weakened.
Ding Huan also realized, and he awkwardly let go of Qi Xinyue:
"Sorry, Xinyue, I just discovered something that could be of great benefit to my future, so I got too excited."
Qi Xinyue’s face was flushed red, but she just nodded her head lowly.
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