Post-Mythical Era: I don't want to die in the third reincarnation-Chapter 1159 - 152: Universe Without Reincarnation

"If you're not here, will I be able to sense when that person returns?" Qu Yi looked at Ding Huan with tear-filled eyes.

Ding Huan suddenly understood Qu Yi's thoughts.

Qu Yi would rather die than fall into someone else's hands.

However, some things are not as one wishes; facing a powerful opponent, sometimes even death is not within one's control.

Although Ding Huan thought it unlikely that as soon as he left, that person would return, what if it did happen?

If he stayed here, even if he couldn't win, they could at least fall together with Qu Yi.

If Qu Yi fell into someone else's hands...

Qu Yi gently caressed Ding Huan's face: "If we really encounter such a formidable opponent, I'm afraid I won't be able to retain any chance of reincarnation.

I only hope that during reincarnation, I can keep the memory of this lifetime, just like you. In this lifetime, you came to find me. After I reincarnate, let me search for you..."

It was as if lightning struck in Ding Huan's mind, making him feel as though he was about to grasp something incredibly important, yet he was just a little short.

Qu Yi didn't want to leave Ding Huan. After speaking, she hugged him tightly again, feeling that once they were apart, things might never be the same again.

After a long time, Ding Huan finally struggled out of that vague feeling, grasping those two words, reincarnation.

He remembered what he said when he killed Dou Ling, telling Dou Ling that if not now, when would be the time to reincarnate.

But in the First Universe, there was no path to reincarnation.

The beings in the First Universe were all eternally immortal, so they didn't need reincarnation.

All cultivators in the First Universe, their Daos transcend reincarnation.

Moreover, the Realm Lords who controlled the First Universe only needed to ensure their own eternal existence.

As for whether others would die or need reincarnation, that was completely outside their scope of concern.

Ultimately, he used the Reincarnation Dao Principle to obliterate Dou Ling, body and soul.

Ding Huan's Great Universe Technique naturally contained the Reincarnation Dao Principle, otherwise it couldn't have grown to its current level.

But the First Universe had no reincarnation at all; how could his Great Universe Technique construct a void Dao Network there?

To construct a void Dao Network, he would have to cut away the Reincarnation Dao Principle from the Great Universe Technique.

His own Tao Universe World could have the Reincarnation Dao Principle, but when constructing the Void Dao Network Circulation, reincarnation was unnecessary and could not be included.

Ding Huan was unwilling to waste even a fraction of a moment. He lowered his head and kissed Qu Yi's forehead: "Yi Yi, thank you for reminding me. I'm not leaving; I'm going to try again right away."

"Ah..." Qu Yi woke up, looking at Ding Huan with tears still hanging in her eyes.

Ding Huan wiped the tears from the corners of Qu Yi's eyes: "You're right. If, after trying, I still can't construct the Dao Network I need, then we'll leave together."

Ding Huan figured it out.

Even if Qu Yi stayed here alone and reached the Seventh Step of the Great Dao, how much more could that help him?

"Mm." Qu Yi nodded quickly.

For her, falling wasn't scary.

The real fear was solitude; she didn't want to continue being alone here.

If she had to die, she'd rather die with Ding Huan.

...

After comforting Qu Yi, Ding Huan returned to his secluded spot. As the Great Universe Technique Circulation began to operate, Ding Huan tried to alter his Great Universe Technique.

His Great Universe Technique must be modified because without modification, it would surely have the Reincarnation Dao Principle.

When Ding Huan cut away the Reincarnation Dao Principle, he immediately sensed a void Dao Network.

The effort of the past ten to twenty thousand years hadn't been in vain.

Even though he hadn't succeeded before, he completed various attempts and had long since devised numerous plans for constructing the void Dao Network.

Now, having discovered the key point, the direction for constructing the void Dao Network became clearer.

Under the Great Universe Technique Circulation, the first blurry void Dao Network appeared.

This was not yet what Ding Huan needed.

He needed to further refine this void Dao Network.

Since it was a void Dao Network, it was a void network constructed in the space around him.

This Dao Network, rooted in the Void Origin Principle, forms a Tao Dao Network of the Zhouian with his own Dao Technique and Tao Physique.

Under normal circumstances, such a Dao Network couldn't be detected by anyone.

However, every situation has its exceptions.

After arriving in the First Universe, Ding Huan had encountered many powerful beings and many others he hadn't met yet.

This included the guy who left a Tao Thought in the Void Algae Forest.

If in a confrontation, someone discovered his void Dao Network and broke through his Tao Domain, wouldn't he be completely at their mercy?

Though this was an unlikely possibility, every matter has exceptions.

A little carelessness now could lead to downfall in the future.

Ding Huan had seen this happen too many times, and he had experienced it himself more than once.

As the saying goes, there's always a taller mountain; it means exactly this.

His void Dao Network had to remain undetectable to anyone.

It must be such that even if he openly told others about the existence of his void Dao Network, others still couldn't perceive it.

The first method was to construct the void Dao Network using the Source Principle of his own Tao Universe World.

The Void Tao Network formed by one's own Tao Universe World Source Principle is inevitably not as good as the Cosmic Origin Principle of the space one resides in.

The second method is to detach from the Source Principle.

Ding Huan knew he must construct a Void Tao Network using the Source Principle, for the Source Principle is the Universe's original rule...

Thinking about the Universe's original rule, Ding Huan once again fell into contemplation.

Before discovering the Source Principle, he thought the Law was the Universe's original rule.

As a result, he was trapped in the Source Principle Realm for nearly a hundred thousand years.

Who can be sure whether there are even more profound Cosmic Principles beyond the Source Principle?

Even if there were, he couldn't possibly discover it now or use it to form his Void Tao Network.

Break the Source Principle?

He could indeed break the Source Principle.

But broken Source Principles are shattered Source Principles; who would use shattered Source Principles to construct their Void Tao Network?

This is still worse than using the Source Principle.

However, there is a way to use the Source Principles of the Vast Universe and his own Tao Universe World to merge into a new Source Principle...

This way, he can perfectly utilize the Source Principle's mysteries of the Void he resides in and also perfectly avoid his opponents' prying.

To pry into his Void Tao Network, they would have to master his Great Universe Technique.

Ding Huan only thought in the beginning, but later he began to try repeatedly, finally becoming immersed once again.

Time passed by unknowingly.

When Ding Huan constructed the first clear Void Tao Network, the first complete Great Universe Technique Circulation was also completed simultaneously.

At this moment, endless Vast Primordial Qi crazily surged towards Ding Huan, and his Taoist Aura skyrocketed.

In the distance, Qu Yi watched Ding Huan's aura rise continuously, that Taoist Aura nearly covering the entire Vast Origin Vein Lake, she excitedly clenched her fists.

She understood Ding Huan the best.

In such a situation, Ding Huan must have succeeded.

Outside the Vast Origin Vein Lake, under Ding Huan's frantic sweep, the Void Algae began the reverse-separation of Vast Primordial Qi and Vast Source Principle once more.

The difference is that previously Ding Huan's reverse separation of the Void Algae only expanded the Vast Origin Vein Lake.

Now, as he reverses the Void Algae, he is also madly sucking the Vast Primordial Qi from the lake.

Ding Huan's speed of absorbing Vast Primordial Qi was fast enough, and now the speed at which the Vast Origin Vein Lake expanded outward was even faster…

Qu Yi had not seen the Vast Origin Vein River; if she had, she would surely believe this was the Vast Origin Vein River.

After Ding Huan's aura soared to a certain extent, it almost merged with the Vast Origin Vein River.

If Qu Yi were not Ding Huan's close confidante, she would doubt whether Ding Huan had once again incarnated into the Dao.

Knowing that Ding Huan had found the direction of the Great Dao, Qu Yi dared not delay any longer and continued to charge towards the Seventh Step of the Great Dao.

If she could not step into the Seventh Step of the Great Dao here, it would be even harder to step into it once she left this place.

...

Mo Wuji stopped cultivating; he found himself in the same situation as Ding Huan.

If needed, he could step into the Ninth Step of the Great Dao at any time.

Mo Wuji always felt that this Ninth Step of the Great Dao was not what he needed.

He and Lan Xiaobu had a hard time entering the Vast Origin Vein River, and as a result, after stepping into the Ninth Step of the Great Dao, he couldn't even consume one billionth of the Vast Primordial Qi in this Vast Origin Vein River, and was unable to absorb the Vast Primordial Qi anymore.

What's more, after stepping into the Ninth Step, he had no further insights, which was no different from the Eighth Step of the Great Dao.

This kind of Ninth Step of the Great Dao wouldn't likely be very strong, perhaps just another Shen Dai.

As Mo Wuji was still frowning and contemplating his path to the Ninth Step of the Great Dao, Lan Xiaobu was rushing over.

Initially, after he and Lan Xiaobu entered the Vast Origin Vein River, they each chose a direction, trying to prove the Dao for the Ninth Step.

Now, seeing Lan Xiaobu, Mo Wuji knew that Lan Xiaobu, like him, also chose not to step into the Ninth Step of the Great Dao.

"Wu Ji, looking at you, you should be stuck at the Ninth Step like me."

Lan Xiaobu, deeply connected with Mo Wuji, got straight to the point as soon as he arrived, without beating around the bush.

Mo Wuji nodded: "Stepping into the Ninth Step like this is indeed possible at any time, but I feel that stepping in like this might be completely meaningless.

With such a Ninth Step, let alone rebelling here, it's hard to even protect ourselves."

"Exactly."

Lan Xiaobu instantly said: "If we step into the Ninth Step like this, we might be able to deal with Shen Dai, that weak Realm Lord, but against other Realm Lords, we wouldn't stand a chance."

They weren't deliberately using Shen Dai as a reference; it was just that in the First Universe, Shen Dai was the only Realm Lord they knew.

"I feel the problem is that our Dao bodies were not born from the Vast opening; our Dao bodies were cultivated step by step, and compared to those strong beings that were born with the Vast opening, there's indeed a big gap..."

Mo Wuji's thoughts were similar to Ding Huan's, that their Dao bodies born from the Vast opening limited their ability to step into the Ninth Step with supreme standing.

Lan Xiaobu sighed: "I have a feeling that if the correct path of the Great Dao is found, this Vast Origin Vein River can accommodate at most just one of us stepping into the Ninth Step of the Great Dao.

Now neither of us can even consume a billionth of this Vast Origin Vein River, what an utter disgrace."

Mo Wuji waved his hand: "We shouldn't belittle ourselves. How long have those old entities been here? Some even for billions of years, yet how long have we been here?

Isn't there a saying that all roads lead to Rome? We may not have Dao bodies born from the Vast opening, but can't we think of other ways?"

(Good night, fellow Daoist!)