Post-Mythical Era: I don't want to die in the third reincarnation-Chapter 1174 - 1167: Outsmarted by One’s Own Cunning

Qi Qitang hummed in acknowledgement and continued to ask, "Is Di Xin's Big Net on that Ding guy?"

Ji Yijian was stunned momentarily, and then his heart was once again filled with endless frustration.

He finally understood something; the reason Di Xin could meet Qi Qitang was not that Qi Qitang was Di Xin's backing.

It was because Qi Qitang wanted Di Xin's Big Net.

Someone of Qi Qitang's status and position naturally couldn't just take Di Xin's Big Net for free; he had to offer something equivalent in return.

As a result, Qi Qitang found Di Xin, who somehow managed to get Qi Qitang's help.

Qi Qitang was indeed speechless; the Big Net was no longer on Di Xin, yet he still assumed it was and came to help.

It resulted in him not only losing most of Di Xin's Dao body but also potentially losing Ding Huan, his partner.

If Ding Huan died, so be it, but his plans were entirely disrupted.

This was an opportunity he had been planning for hundreds of thousands of years.

Indeed, fortune is truly unpredictable; did he just have poor luck?

"Yes, the Big Net is on Ding Huan." Even if Ji Yijian regretted it now, it was too late; what was done was done.

"Very well, then take me to find Ding Huan." Qi Qitang nodded.

Di Xin quickly bowed low to the ground, "Thank you, Ancestor Qi, for your help."

Qi Qitang suddenly looked back at the Eightfold Expanse Canyon, then said casually, "This is what you exchanged for with the Big Net, no need to thank me."

After saying this, Qi Qitang directly summoned his Flying Treasure.

Ji Yijian tactfully stepped onto Qi Qitang's Flying Treasure, and they quickly departed.

Mo Wuji felt a chill down his spine.

He suspected that his presence had long been known to Qi Qitang.

When Qi Qitang looked back at the Eightfold Expanse Canyon, he felt a sense of impending death.

It was an inexplicable sixth sense; he suspected that Qi Qitang was waiting for him to enter the Eightfold Expanse Canyon.

However, Mo Wuji immediately pushed these thoughts aside; regardless, he must first deal with Di Xin.

This guy was now half-dead, the best time to kill him.

Once he had restored his Dao body, it wouldn't be easy to kill him.

What Mo Wuji didn't expect was that the moment Qi Qitang left, Di Xin activated a Jutsu Talisman and fled without a moment's hesitation.

Mo Wuji stood up, somewhat dazed, could Di Xin also have detected his presence?

While it was possible for Qi Qitang to discover him, under Di Xin's conditions it shouldn't be possible to sense his presence.

If it wasn't Qi Qitang who warned Di Xin, then Di Xin was being overly cautious.

He now faced a dilemma: should he enter the Eightfold Expanse Canyon?

Qi Qitang might not have discovered him, but there's definitely a chance.

Once Qi Qitang discovered him, entering the Eightfold Expanse Canyon now would be courting death.

If he wanted to be safe, it was best not to go to the Eightfold Expanse Canyon.

The Eightfold Expanse Canyon was the place he had identified, the most suitable for him to step onto the ninth step of the Great Dao.

It was also a place containing the most pristine and perfect Source Principles of Vast Origin since the vast expansion.

So, despite the threat of Qi Qitang, he had to enter the Eightfold Expanse Canyon.

However, he could no longer enter from this location; he needed to find another way.

Mo Wuji quickly withdrew.

The Eightfold Expanse Canyon was vast and expansive; spending an extra hundred years to find the entrance was worth it.

Still, before leaving, he sent another message to Ding Huan.

If Ding Huan really went to the vast Yuan Vein River, it would be doomed.

Regardless if Ding Huan received it or not, he had to warn Ding Huan first, not to go to his death.

...

Ding Huan stood at the entrance of the Cosmic Vortex where Di Xin had disappeared.

This place was Di Xin's escape route.

Not just Di Xin, but also Zuo Shanyi, Luo, and Xin Xi Er fled from here.

So this path only led to the First Universe.

But it was Di Xin's planned retreat; entering here, he must guard against that Zuo Shanyi guy.

Di Xin had been gravely injured by him and was definitely looking for a cave mansion to lick his wounds right now.

Xin Xi Er and Luo had weak cultivation; they couldn't set up traps in the First Universe to await him.

The only one who could possibly plot against him was Zuo Shanyi.

That guy couldn't be assessed by normal logic.

Knowing this possibility was slim, Ding Huan still summoned the Source Universe City to protect himself, then entered the Cosmic Vortex.

It was a Chaos Treasure he crafted himself and best suited him.

Even if someone were to ambush him on the other side, it wouldn't succeed.

Upon entering the Cosmic Vortex, a powerful sensation of spatial tearing surged toward him.

Ding Huan realized he was overthinking.

In such a transmission, even if the Five Ancestors came, there'd be no way to ambush him on the other side.

No matter how much Zuo Shanyi's strength improved, he couldn't plot against someone at such a transmission source.

This transmission was most likely an indeterminate one.

The first thing Ding Huan did was to put away the Source Universe City.

In the extreme pull and spatial separation of the Cosmic Vortex, he could only resist by employing the Great Universe Technique.

In this scenario, the Source Universe City became cumbersome; if he didn't put it away, he might ultimately be swept away by the Cosmic Vortex.

The transmission within this Cosmic Vortex extended a great distance.

Fortunately, Ding Huan's Dao will was formidable, and his understanding of space Source Principles was adequate. Despite the powerful spatial tug during transmission, he could still sense the changes in the outer spatial Source Principles.

It seemed his conjecture was correct; this truly was a random transmission.

After enduring over a month in the Cosmic Vortex, Ding Huan was finally thrown out.

He was indeed thrown out.

The moment he was teleported out, Ding Huan lost all his Dao Intent and Dao Yuan.

At this moment, he had no ability to control his body at all.

Before Ding Huan could react to this extremely terrible feeling, his Dao Intent and Dao Yuan were restored.

But at this time, Ding Huan had already been thrown into the void.

After stabilizing himself, Ding Huan swept his Divine Will outwards and confirmed that he had returned to the First Universe.

Compared to entering the First Universe from Shen Dai's territory, entering here was indeed much quicker and more convenient.

However, the moment of losing his Dao Yuan and Dao Intent made Ding Huan vigilant.

If someone attacked him in that moment, not even ten thousand of him would be enough to avoid being killed.

This situation was quite strange.

Moreover, after being sent out by the Cosmic Vortex, he found no trace of any transmission Source Principle fluctuations here.

This did not align with his understanding of space Source Principles.

All teleportation is based on space Source Principles.

Even random teleportation cannot leave space Source Principle fluctuations.

It was normal that there were no transmission positions and no Transmission Array Base after he entered the Cosmic Vortex and was teleported here.

But having no space Source Principle fluctuations was indeed abnormal.

Ding Huan swept out his Divine Will, carefully observing and feeling the void he was in.

Finally, he was certain that he had been teleported here…

Or rather, he had been thrown here, indeed without any space Source Principle fluctuations.

It was as if, the moment he was teleported out, someone had grabbed him and placed him here.

Otherwise, it would contradict his understanding of space Source Principles.

No matter what, he would not use that Cosmic Vortex a second time.

This was no good Transmission Vortex.

The next time he enters or exits the First Universe, it would be more prudent to go through the usual edges of the universe.

His Communication Bead flickered a few times on his wrist.

Ding Huan focused his Divine Will on the Communication Bead and found it was a message from Mo Wuji.

Ding Huan felt some guilt in his heart.

He had intended to send a message to Mo Wuji and Lan Xiaobu after leaving Shen Dai's cave mansion.

However, when Kui Feng, Qu Ba, and several others barged into Shen Dai's cave mansion and he had set up an empty city stratagem to scare them away, he forgot about this matter.

He hastily took out the Communication Bead.

When Ding Huan intended to send messages to Mo Wuji and Lan Xiaobu respectively, and saw the contents of the message from Mo Wuji, his expression immediately grew serious.

Mo Wuji's message was simple; he told him that Ji Yijian, along with Qi Qitang—one of the great Ancestors of the vast universe—was looking for him and advised him not to go to the Hao Han Yuan Mai River.

Additionally, Qi Qitang helped Di Xin retrieve his half Dao body from Ji Yijian.

Ding Huan cursed Ji Yijian for being useless.

Even when benefits were in his grasp, he managed to lose them.

If he had known this, he would not have traded Di Xin's half Dao body to Ji Yijian.

Fortunately, Mo Wuji discovered this matter and informed him in time, otherwise, he would inevitably have ended up like Ji Yijian, presenting himself to be slain.

Ji Yijian betrayed his teammates with no burden on his conscience.

He wondered if the Great Dao oath this guy took initially had any effect.

Indeed, the Hao Han Yuan Mai River was not so easily obtained.

The plan had to change; without the Hao Han Yuan Mai River, he must find a new place to prove his Dao at the ninth step.

Ding Huan immediately sent messages to Mo Wuji and Lan Xiaobu.

Mo Wuji replied quickly, telling Ding Huan he was currently looking for an entry point in the Eightfold Expanse Canyon.

He also told Ding Huan that Eightfold Expanse Canyon is crucial for the Dao Manifestation ninth step.

If Ding Huan was free, he should also come to the Eightfold Expanse Canyon.

Lan Xiaobu did not reply to the message.

Ding Huan guessed that Lan Xiaobu was also at a critical moment in closed cultivation.

However, he agreed with Mo Wuji; he had already planned to visit the Eightfold Expanse Canyon beforehand.

Since the Hao Han Yuan Mai River was off-limits, he might as well go to the Eightfold Expanse Canyon with Mo Wuji.

The distance between Ding Huan and the Eightfold Expanse Canyon was too far.

With the space Source Principles of the First Universe, even if Mo Wuji and Ding Huan possessed each other's Transmission Source Principles, it would not be possible to set up such a long-distance transmission position.

Ding Huan had no choice but to travel like Mo Wuji, flying there himself.

...

Ji Yijian was somewhat puzzled.

Clearly, he was supposed to lead the way, but Qi Qitang did not allow him to guide their direction; instead, he controlled the Flying Treasure to circle around again and returned to the edge of the Eightfold Expanse Canyon.

"Eh? Could it be that my sensing was wrong?" Qi Qitang murmured to himself, frowning at the edge of the Eightfold Expanse Canyon.

He was quite confident in his sensing abilities.

Although he did not carefully scan the surroundings with his Dao Intent, he felt a fourth person had been present while he was talking with Di Xin and Ji Yijian.

Moreover, he was sure this fourth person was there to enter the Eightfold Expanse Canyon.

Someone who knows the secrets of Eightfold Expanse Canyon and comes for it cannot be simple.

Thus, he intended to wait for the person to enter and then seal this fragmentary place within Eightfold Expanse Canyon, trapping them like fish in a barrel.

He did not scare the snake into fleeing, as to not alert them.

Once they entered the Eightfold Expanse Canyon, even if they wished to escape, they could not.

When he circled back, that person had left.

This was not right.

(Goodnight, fellow Daoist!)