Post-Mythical Era: I don't want to die in the third reincarnation

No matter whether Jie Kuangren believed it or not, Ding Huan brought him into the Blue Star Sect to heal his wounds.

He was very clear that Jie Kuangren took out such a precious Breakthrough Talisman not only to ask him to deal with the Insect King but also because he wanted to ascend.

The Ascension Land was carved out from the Blue Star Sect, and Ding Huan was the Sect Master of the Blue Star Sect.

Jie Kuangren wanted to ascend, so he had to ask Ding Huan.

Back then, when he was undergoing tribulation, Jie Kuangren ambushed him.

If there was no good compensation, Ding Huan definitely wouldn't let it go.

In less than half a day, Jie Kuangren felt his Sea of Consciousness and meridians successively repaired, even the broken Taoist Rhythm rapidly improved.

At this point, even if Jie Kuangren didn't want to believe it, he had to.

Indeed, under great reputation, there are no false scholars. In just a few decades, Ding Huan's strength had increased a hundredfold, not to mention his healing methods were so formidable.

With such healing methods, as long as there was still a breath left, one could recover quickly, right?

"Thank you, Star Lord." Jie Kuangren exhaled a long breath, feeling that the Breakthrough Talisman was worth its value.

Ding Huan took out the Divine Flame Sword and handed it to Jie Kuangren, saying, "You use a sword, this sword comes from an opponent, so I'll give it to you."

He was rather unwilling to take advantage of others. The Divine Flame Sword plus the grace of healing should compensate for the Breakthrough Talisman.

As for killing the Insect King, that didn't count as helping because he urgently wanted to get rid of the Insect King himself.

"This..."

Jie Kuangren knew at a glance that this Divine Flame Sword was of a higher grade than his Slaughter Demon Sword.

Ding Huan placed the Divine Flame Sword into Jie Kuangren's hand: "Wait for me, I'll refine this Breakthrough Talisman, and then you take me to the Great Dao Corridor."

"Not inviting Song Daoyou and the others?" Jie Kuangren forgot to refuse the Divine Flame Sword for a moment.

Ding Huan waved his hand: "No need, I'm enough."

Jie Kuangren couldn't handle that insect, but Ding Huan was not afraid.

Back when he was still an Immortal Venerable, he had already used his means to break a few legs of that insect.

Now he had reached the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm, and the Insect King's strength was still damaged. Would he still need Song Chengdao's help?

"Alright, I'll wait for you." Seeing Ding Huan speaking so decisively, Jie Kuangren also seemed to think there was no need to call for others.

His strength was now restored, coupled with Ding Huan, what was there to fear?

Ding Huan had refined far too many Innate Treasures, not to mention this Breakthrough Talisman was not complete.

With his current strength as an Immortal Emperor, he took just a few days to completely refine the Breakthrough Talisman.

Then he immediately imprinted a Heaven and Earth Dao Principle of the demigod Star Land on it.

As long as he didn't go to the Divine World, with this Heaven and Earth Dao Principle of the demigod Star Land, Ding Huan believed he could return to the demigod Star Land anytime.

...

When Ding Huan came to the Great Dao Corridor again, he couldn't believe how desolate it had become in such a short time.

Passing through several big Immortal Cities, most had only a few thousand people.

Some smaller Immortal Cities had no one at all and were completely empty.

Almost all Daoist Skill academies were deserted.

Ding Huan could understand, compared to the demigod Star Land, the Great Dao Corridor was indeed lacking in many ways.

Whether in terms of area, the completeness of Heaven and Earth Dao Principles, or Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, they were two levels apart.

The Cosmic Pot hovered outside a freezing snowy field.

Jie Kuangren had a somewhat embarrassed look on his face.

Last time he ambushed Ding Huan here, but ended up severely injured by the combined forces of Ding Huan and Zuo Shanyi. If Ding Huan hadn't helped heal him, his wounds wouldn't have allowed him to act now.

"I understand why that guy is hiding here." Ding Huan carefully extended his Divine Will, forming a rough guess in his mind.

"Why?" Jie Kuangren asked instinctively.

"Because the space here is the weakest, maybe that Insect King thinks he can rip open the space here to escape at any time."

Ding Huan said this, but he suspected that the Insect King, like him, had come through the Cosmic Vortex.

Indeed the space here was very weak, but if the Insect King could rip open the space here, Ding Huan still found it hard to believe.

The Heavenly Dao Universe Cover is not an ordinary treasure; being able to tear open the space here would mean breaking the Array Core of the Heavenly Dao Universe Cover.

Ding Huan raised his hand to summon a long knife.

"Aren't we setting up a Killing Trap Immortal Array?" Jie Kuangren reminded, still apprehensive about the Insect King.

Back on the Insect Star, now the demigod Star Land, if it weren't for the Cultivator Army saving him frantically, Jie Kuangren would have died at the hands of the Insect King.

Ding Huan shook his head: "Setting up an array wouldn't be very effective against this Insect King, and once I start setting the array, the Insect King could become alert. Rather than that, it would be easier to simply ambush him directly.

Master Jie, you just wait for me here, I'll go in alone."

Jie Kuangren initially wanted to go in with Ding Huan, but realized his current strength might lag significantly behind Ding Huan's.

At the very least, he couldn't injure the Insect King or wipe out all the insects on the demigod Star Land.

The only way he could help was by locking the Great Dao Corridor when the Insect King tried to escape.

After instructing Jie Kuangren, Ding Huan carefully sneaked into the depths of the Ice Vein.

He didn't use Divine Will to scan; with the Insect King's alertness, the moment his Divine Will scanned the Insect King was when it would become aware of him.

The Insect King was healing here, with Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi slowly flowing in a certain direction.

Ding Huan was now following the flow of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to that location.

Ding Huan wasn't slow; his aura almost merged entirely with the icy aura of the surrounding world, thus continuously moving deeper into the Ice Vein along with the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

After several hours, Ding Huan stopped, sensing the Insect King was recovering strength less than a kilometer away from him.

He couldn't move forward anymore; any further and he would certainly be detected, it was an instinct.

Ding Huan took a deep breath, then instantly activated Heart Escape Technique, and in the next moment, his long knife swung down with an endless icy killing force.

Almost at the same time Ding Huan's long knife fell, the Insect King sensed it and dashed out frantically.

Because Ding Huan did not expand his Domain, the Insect King encountered no restrictions when it rushed out.

Even Ding Huan's sword force hadn't unfolded, unable to lock the Insect King's movements.

Although the Insect King's body avoided Ding Huan's strike, somehow, the direction of Ding Huan's blade suddenly shifted to perfectly align with the direction of the Insect King's escape.

Ding Huan was employing an old trick once again.

He calculated that no matter how fast his strike was, the Insect King would detect it.

With the power of the Insect King, once it detected the attack, it could avoid it one hundred percent.

Since that was the case, his only chance of a successful sneak attack was to gamble on the Insect King's instinct not being too sharp.

Thus, he calculated the direction in which the Insect King was most likely to escape after he swung his blade.

Then, halfway through delivering the sword force, he shifted to another position.

Not many people can execute such a maneuver.

Because his first strike was also a genuine attack.

Only an authentic attack can make the Insect King feel a mortal threat and flee.

The first strike's genuine attack instantly changes the sword force direction and continues with a real blow; without formidable Divine Will and Immortal Essence, this is fundamentally impossible.

Crunch!

A crisp cracking sound exploded, and Ding Huan's strike severed the lower rear half of the Insect King's body.

The Insect King let out a shrill scream and then charged deeper into the Ice Vein.

Ding Huan's strike was swift enough, yet it only managed to cut off the Insect King's tail along with a small segment of its body.

The fact is the Insect King's speed was truly quick.

Ding Huan raised his hand and wrapped up the severed half of the Insect King's body, pursuing immediately, but in the instant of collecting the Insect's remains, the Insect King had already tunneled tens of thousands of miles away.

Ding Huan silently noted that with such severe injuries, if the insect were unharmed, how fast could its speed be?

Seeing Ding Huan had succeeded and began the pursuit, Jie Kuangren rejoiced and quickly followed behind.

After only a dozen breaths, Ding Huan sensed something was amiss.

The insect had found the Cosmic Vortex he couldn't discover before.

Initially, when he controlled the Cosmic Pot to enter this Ice Vein through a Cosmic Vortex, he couldn't find the exact location of this Cosmic Vortex.

He never expected that the Cosmic Vortex was actually a hidden Void Barrier.

Lao Ji was truly useless; even the insect detected this Void Barrier.

The Void Barrier was casually torn open by the insect, which rushed straight in.

Ding Huan didn't know if this Cosmic Vortex was the same vortex he encountered upon coming here, but since the insect dashed in, he followed without hesitation.

If he doesn't kill this insect, he can't sleep peacefully.

Now he understands the insect's vengeful mindset, hiding deep within the Ice Vein, clearly intending to wipe out the Great Dao Corridor and all Human Clan Cultivators on Demigod Star Land.

Otherwise, isn't there anywhere in the vast Universe to heal?

It's just this insect fearing him, so it has stayed hidden.

Once the insect escaped, it was certain that after recovery, it would still return here.

Wasn't it challenging enough to establish a legacy?

How could he let a single insect ruin it?

When Jie Kuangren arrived here, the Void Barrier hadn't recovered.

That's when he realized there was a Cosmic Vortex here.

This Cosmic Vortex clearly wasn't a space the Heavenly Dao Universe Shield could protect.

Sighing, Jie Kuangren didn't follow inside.

As long as Ding Huan had a Breakthrough Talisman on him, he could return to Demigod Star Land anytime.

If he followed inside, returning would be difficult.

Jie Kuangren decided to delegate the matters of the Great Dao Corridor to others and prepared to wait for a while on Demigod Star Land.

If after waiting for a while, Ding Huan hadn't returned, he would ascend to the Divine World first.

The insect's speed was exceptionally rapid.

Ding Huan also found out that Void Tunneling was definitely the insect's innate Divine Skill.

This creature's speed in Void Tunneling was exceedingly fast.

Ding Huan's Heart Escape Technique was top-notch speed, yet he was slowly being left behind.

Fortunately, Ding Huan's Heart Escape was continuously perfected during the chase, soon he started catching up to the Insect King again.

This chase and escape lasted several months, Ding Huan saw he was close enough to strike the Insect King.

However, the insect's speed unexpectedly surged again.

Ding Huan's Divine Will clearly perceived it.

The Insect King's physical body had fully healed, though its power decreased by a degree again.

This made Ding Huan even more determined not to let this insect escape.

This Insect King had been on Demigod Star Land for who knows how many years, even he possessed loads of treasures for physical restoration.

The amount of Immortal Materials for body restoration on the Insect King could only be described with heaps.

Ding Huan continued to perfect his Heart Escape Technique.

After initially pulling away from Ding Huan, under his relentless chase not sparing Immortal Essence and Divine Will, the Insect King wasn't able to increase the distance further.

Seeing the Insect King's speed not rising more, Ding Huan felt assured.

His Escape Technique was continually improving; sooner or later, he would catch up to the Insect King.

(Fellow Daoist, good night!)