"Is it over just like that?" As they emerged from the teleportation array at the edge of the Four-layered Sea Canyon, no one could quite believe it.
"I can’t believe I didn’t think of this method," Xun Youshan lamented.
Had he thought of this method, he would have set up a teleportation array here before he entered the Fourfold Seas.
Fei Zhankong said indifferently, "First, you would need to be able to set up a seventh-grade or higher teleportation array, and then you can think of this method."
Bei Shu shook his head. "Even if Lao Xun is a seventh-grade Array King, he wouldn’t be able to set up a teleportation array to achieve this effect, could he?"
"Are you suggesting I didn’t have the materials?" Xun Youshan immediately bristled at the suggestion, recalling how wealthy he was when he first entered the Fourfold Seas.
Bei Shu explained,
"No, it has nothing to do with materials but rather with your Dao. You truly don’t have the ability to set up such a perfect teleportation array.
Whether it’s about perfection of rules or some other kind of perfection, I can’t exactly say.
You can only set up arrays under the spatial rules of this realm. Such teleportation arrays will not work to transport out of the Fourfold Seas."
Ding Huan nodded to himself. Bei Shu had hit the nail on the head. He had also come to understand this after seeing Wu Zhanxia simulate the Immortal Bridge Space.
He had underestimated his own Great Universe Technique all this time, a cultivation technique that transcended the spatial limits of this realm.
Once the universe within his Sea of Consciousness was fully formed, even in a space with no rules, none of his actions would be affected.
However, Ding Huan estimated that in the vast universe, there could not be a space without rules.
Anywhere that existed would have its rules.
"Sect Master Ding, what do you plan to do?"
Cang Yongqian had great faith in Ding Huan. Now that everyone had safely exited the Fourfold Seas, Cang Yongqian felt it was not impossible for Ding Huan to lead them out of the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield.
Ding Huan replied, "The first thing we do once we leave the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield is to take back Jiuyuan City. The second thing is taking out every single Jiuyuan cultivator in the Triple Heaven Star Land."
"Hmph, many of Jiuyuan’s scum came from my Triple Heaven Star Land. They’re even more detestable than the natives of Jiuyuan," Cen Huan huffed, her voice laced with extreme displeasure.
She didn’t want to come to the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield at all. Deep down, she knew the chances of finding Immortal Fate there were minuscule.
Yet staying in the Triple Heaven Star Land, she had only two options: join Jiuyuan or be schemed against and fall.
Mu Chengzi smiled slightly:
"You might be overestimating Jiuyuan. First, it’s absolutely impossible for Jiuyuan to have a powerhouse who has stepped onto the Immortal Bridge. Secondly, the strongest among Jiuyuan’s Earth Immortals number no more than a hundred or so. They’re incredibly arrogant, controlling many cultivation planets.
It’s just that no one has ever led the charge against them. If Sect Master Ding stands up to Jiuyuan, I believe he won’t be much weaker than them."
Ding Huan’s heart stirred, and he immediately responded:
"I agree with Mu’s words. Strong as Jiuyuan might be, they are but invaders. We, fighting on our home turf, even if we lose, the Triple Heaven Star Land will remain."
"How do we leave this place?" Ji Gu asked.
She had been afraid to leave the depths of the Four-layered Sea Canyon, one of the main reasons being her inability to leave the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield, let alone the Fourfold Seas.
If she couldn’t leave the Fourfold Seas, she would inevitably have to return to the Canyon.
"Just follow me," Ding Huan said confidently about their exit. As long as his Eye of the Great Wilderness was in working order, he could leave this place.
Originally, his plan was to explore the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield and search for the Earth Fire Vein.
But even he hadn’t expected to recruit so many powerful allies at once. Now that he’d gathered so many mighties all at once, it was natural to seize the moment and take down Jiuyuan.
After all, he could enter this place at any time.
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Jiuyuan City.
After Ding Huan had destroyed Changyan Academy, the city had completely become Jiuyuan’s dominion.
The new City Lord of Jiuyuan City was named Cen Yuan, whose cultivation level was not high, merely at the True God Realm. However, her background was not ordinary.
When the City Lord was Wangping Dao, Jiuyuan City was relatively normal. Despite some injustices, the overall situation was still bearable.
But after Cen Yuan became the City Lord of Jiuyuan, the city could truly be described as purgatory.
To Cen Yuan, it seemed, everyone was beneath her, and she didn’t even care much for her own people of Jiuyuan.
Some sects within Jiuyuan City began to move away slowly, knowing how easy it was to be caught by the City Lord for some pretext.
When Ding Huan destroyed Changyan Academy, there was at least a valid reason for it, and based on that reason, it didn’t seem too outrageous.
But when Dean Cen destroyed sects in Jiuyuan City, she needed no valid reason at all.
Sometimes, if she took a fancy to something that ended up being bought by a sect at an auction, that sect would be destroyed the next moment.
Even that could be considered a relatively good reason. Some sects didn’t even know what they had done wrong to be wiped out.
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All Sects such as Inquiry Weapon Sect and Bitter Pill Sect had been utterly destroyed.
Xiu Cang, the Sect Master of Inquiry Weapon Sect, was a highly respected figure in the Ascension Realm. If he knew that after he entered the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield, his Sect was also annihilated, he might burst with rage to the point of spitting blood.
Some Sects, worrying about being targeted by the City Lord of Jiuyuan City for destruction, dared not stay in the Ascension Realm and sought refuge in the Taoist Realm instead.
Even so, they were still unable to stop Cen Yuan’s madness.
At this moment, Hundred Joy Villa was facing the imminent crisis of destruction.
Lord Lin Yuqi of Hundred Joy Villa was an Earth Immortal mighty one. Since he had gone to the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield, the Villa could only respond to the accusations from Jiuyuan City by sealing itself off.
In the Triple Heaven Star Land, an unwritten rule was, any Sect that put down a Protecting Array and sealed itself was considered to have withdrawn from any grudges or conflicts, and under normal circumstances, could not be attacked.
The City Lord of Jiuyuan City, Cen Yuan, disregarded this rule and also sent people to attack the sealing Mountain Gate Array of Hundred Joy Villa.
...
Deep in the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield, four men were standing before a massive iron pillar.
Divine Will could not penetrate this iron pillar; they bombarded it for days with no effect.
Just as the four were about to use a Blast Formation, one of them suddenly changed his expression and, with a harsh voice, said:
"Dare to mess with my Hundred Joy Villa, thinking that just because Lin Yuqi isn’t around, you can do whatever you please?"
These four were Lin Yuqi, the Manor Master venturing into the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield seeking Earth Immortal predecessors, along with Yi Qianxing, Xiu Cang, and Xiang Fengbei.
Lin Yuqi was the Manor Master of Hundred Joy Villa, Yi Qianxing was the Tower Immortal of the Ascension Tower, and Xiu Cang was the Sect Master of Inquiry Weapon Sect, who was still unaware that his Sect had been eradicated.
Xiang Fengbei was the Sect Master of Sky Saber Sect, an Immortal at the eighth layer of cultivation, who was invited to search the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield together with Yi Qianxing and others.
"Who would dare to be so bold?" Yi Qianxing also frowned and spoke.
He really couldn’t understand who would dare to make a move on Hundred Joy Villa.
The Manor Master of Hundred Joy Villa, Lin Yuqi, was an Earth Immortal mighty one. He had only entered the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield for a year or two.
Besides, even if it was assumed that Lin Yuqi could not get out, it was still too soon for them to attack Hundred Joy Villa.
Moreover, the strength of Hundred Joy Villa was not as simple as it appeared on the surface, because Hundred Joy Villa also had two late-stage Immortals.
"Qianxing, I must go back." Lin Yuqi cupped his fists; with his Villa under attack, how could he have the mind to search for Earth Immortal predecessors here?
Lin Yuqi had wholeheartedly wanted to do something for the Ascension Realm, only to have someone aim to destroy his home right after he left.
This was something no one could tolerate.
"Lord Lin, let’s go back together; I’m just worried that we won’t be able to get out," Yi Qianxing replied.
A tinge of desolation appeared between his brows.
Why couldn’t the people of the Ascension Realm work together? They were considering the future of the Ascension Realm at the forefront, yet there were those dragging their feet in the back.
"Whether I can get out or not, I have to try," Lin Yuqi said resolutely.
Xiang Fengbei sighed deeply, "Sometimes, you can’t just do something because you want to; there are too many selfish people."
Xiu Cang remained silent. He was forthright by nature, but now he had an ominous feeling.
The four marked the location of this iron pillar and hurried back.
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"Sect Master Ding, is this the place where we go out?" Bei Shu asked.
Ding Huan led a group to the Dao Rhythm Prohibition he had set up and did not move forward any further.
"Everyone, wait," Ding Huan said, then reached out to bring forth a Crystal Ball.
In the image of the Crystal Ball, three men and a woman appeared.
These four sat in four different positions, appearing to cultivate individually, but subtly formed a Four Symbols Iron Barrel Array.
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"These four seem to be intercepting someone. By their appearance, they are all Earth Immortal mighty ones. Which place are they from?" Qi Yonghan asked.
Ding Huan smiled: "They’re just outside, probably preparing to intercept me."
He had killed the City Lord of Jiuyuan City, Wang Pingdao. How could Jiuyuan let him go?
Jiuyuan, knowing he could enter and leave the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield, simply waited outside the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield for him.
"Brazen enough to try and intercept Sect Master Ding," Xun Youshan chuckled.
Cang Yongqian spoke indifferently: "They don’t know that Sect Master Ding is bringing so many at the Earth Immortal Perfection stage out with him."
Xun Youshan glanced at Cang Yongqian and chuckled:
"That only shows you don’t know how formidable Ding Huan is. I’m certain that even if none of us were with Ding Huan, those four attempting to ambush Ding Huan would still be dreaming."
He felt that although Cang Yongqian followed Ding Huan, his recognition of Ding Huan’s true potential and strength was still inadequate.
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