After the myth

Chapter 1102 Weakness is the original sin
"Run!"

This was Dou Ling's only thought, but he immediately discovered that the surrounding space was completely bound by Ding Huan's dimensional restriction.

If he hadn't been injured, he could have easily torn through this restriction with a wave of his hand.

But now, he can't break free at all.

Dou Ling sighed. If he hadn't been injured, would he have needed to run away?
He heard the sound of his bones shattering, he heard the sound of his Dao breaking apart, and finally, he heard the sound of cracks appearing in his primordial spirit...

"Shen Dai, you dare to kill me? Do you know what the consequences of killing me will be?"

Dou Ling felt his primordial spirit rapidly withering away. The opponent's Daoist essence was truly terrifying, capable of corrupting his primordial spirit and all the fundamental principles of the Dao.

He knew the other person wasn't Shen Dai, but he couldn't reveal it.

If the other party were Shen Dai, he would still have a chance to live.

If the other party had not been Shen Dai, he wouldn't have had a chance to survive.

Ding Huan said calmly, "No need to pretend anymore, you've already seen through me, I'm not Shen Dai..."

Ding Huan raised his hand and began to peel away the Great Dao World of Dou Ling.

Dou Ling's Great Dao World is very solid, and the spatial source is also layered one after another.

Even the most solid world of Tao is constantly weakening under Ding Huan's stripping away.

Dou Ling's heart sank.

The opponent can even separate his own Great Dao World; how could he be a simple person?
Even the real Shen Dai could not separate himself from his Dao World.

"Crack!"

Ding Huan peeled back the layers of a vast and boundless universe, staring blankly at the world before him.

It can be said that this universe contains nothing but vastness.

The entire world was a dark gray, the universe was riddled with cracks and fissures, and mountains and rivers were in complete chaos...

As for the cosmic veins he longed for, he saw none of them.

"You bastard, you're all talk and no action..." Ding Huan cursed.

He only cursed once, then suddenly thought of something and stopped cursing.

“Fellow Daoist, if you are willing to spare me this time, I am more suitable to cooperate with you than Shen Dai. If you think that no one knows what Shen Dai did, you are wrong.”

Although my world is empty, in the First Universe, whatever you want, I can get it for you.

"If you cooperate with me, your chances of survival are at least 60%; if you cooperate with Shen Dai, you have no chance of survival."

Seeing Ding Huan's furious state, Dou Ling knew that Ding Huan was most likely after his wealth.

Ding Huan chuckled: "Dou Ling, let me tell you a disgusting story."

Dou Ling didn't know what Ding Huan meant, and didn't dare to say anything more.

Ding Huan's eyes were filled with disdain: "There was a shameless guy who wanted to go up the mountain to chop some firewood. So he went to his neighbor's house to borrow an axe."

His neighbor's axe broke, so he told him the truth. Unexpectedly, this shameless guy started cursing at his neighbor before going home.

When he got home, his wife asked him why he was angry. He said that his neighbor was too stingy and wouldn't even lend him an axe, forcing him to use his own.

After Ding Huan finished speaking, he looked at Dou Ling and said, "Dou Ling, are you worried that you will destroy your own cave when you advance your own Great Dao, so you forcibly borrowed Shen Dai's cave?"

If I'm not mistaken, your path should be the path of Nirvana. When you attain Nirvana, your own path and the universe may be destroyed.

Whether you succeed or fail, everything in your Great Dao world may be destroyed.

So you hid all your things in your own cave, and came to Shen Dai's cave to harm others, isn't that right?"

Dou Ling's already illusory primordial spirit became even more illusory after hearing Ding Huan's words.

That's for sure.

Otherwise, if he wasn't sick, why would he be in seclusion trying to seize Shen Dai's cave?
Ding Huan casually tossed out a ball of flame that enveloped Dou Ling: "The Great Dao is good, but unfortunately the First Universe does not have reincarnation, so you don't even have the chance to reincarnate."

Even if Dou Ling had a thousand reasons to be unwilling, he could only be annihilated under Ding Huan's Dao Fire.

Ding Huan immediately activated the teleportation array and sent a message to Mo Wuji.

A dozen or so breaths later, Ye Xuan, Mo Wuji, and Lan Xiaobu appeared outside Shen Dai's cave.

As soon as the three arrived, they felt a rich cosmic energy.

At least five or six thousand cosmic veins have been implanted here.

"Ding Huan, what's going on?" Mo Wuji asked in shock.

“This is Shen Dai’s cave. That old bastard actually implanted so many cosmic veins in his cave.” Ding Huan didn’t hide anything.

Ye Xuan cursed, "That old bastard! We still thought we were allies, so we didn't ask him for more Yuan Meridians."

Unexpectedly, this guy treated us like a pitiful beggar, throwing us some leftovers.

Fortunately, Shen Dai is currently imprisoned by Ding Huan, otherwise he would definitely use the story Ding Huan just told to mock Ye Xuan.

Who told him to be weak?
Weakness is the original sin.

Ding Huan disagreed with Ye Xuan's words: "Shen Dai isn't giving us charity; it's something he risked his life for. If he doesn't give it to us, we'll just extract more from his Great Dao World."

In Ding Huan's eyes, Dou Ling occupying Shen Dai's cave and them taking away Shen Dai's vital essence are completely different concepts.

Dou Ling was a powerful force that forcibly occupied the territory.

The Yuan Meridian they obtained was obtained at Shen Dai's expense. Lan Xiaobu smiled and said, "Who told us to be so ignorant?"

The four men exchanged a knowing smile; they were indeed ignorant.

They were all stunned when they saw the cosmic vein; they had never imagined that such a wonderful thing as the cosmic vein existed in the universe.

"Where is Shen Dai?" Mo Wuji asked Ding Huan.

Ding Huan explained, "I imprisoned this guy. When we came back, his cave had been occupied by Dou Ling..."

"That Dou Ling who's ranked sixth in the first universe?" Ye Xuan asked in surprise.

Ding Huan nodded: "Yes, that's him. This guy should be cultivating the Nirvana Dao."

When he undergoes Nirvana, even his own Great Dao Universe will collapse. Fearing that he might destroy his own cave dwelling, he comes to Shen Dai's cave dwelling to undergo Nirvana and advance in rank.

"What a selfish guy," Lan Xiaobu said disdainfully.

"Where is he?" Ye Xuan asked.

Ding Huan pointed to the space he had burned: "I killed this guy, and now he's turned to ashes."

Ye Xuan looked at Ding Huan in disbelief: "The sixth Dou Ling of the First Universe is so easily defeated?"

After saying that, he seemed to realize that there was something wrong with what he said, and quickly explained, "Ding Huan, don't overthink it. I just feel that Dou Ling shouldn't be killed so easily."

Ding Huan's tone turned serious: "That's exactly what I wanted to say. Dou Ling's strength is not only not weak, but extremely strong. When I killed him, he probably didn't even have a fraction of his strength left."

He was undergoing his Nirvana at the most crucial moment when I launched a sneak attack and then seized the opportunity to kill him.

Ding Huan's words were simple, but Mo Wuji and the others knew that the process was definitely not as simple as Ding Huan described.

Ding Huan pointed to Shen Dai's cave: "There are at least five thousand cosmic veins here. After we divide them, we'll go to Dou Ling's cave."

I'm certain we're going to make a killing this time.

Ye Xuan looked at Ding Huan in confusion: "Ding Huan, didn't you say that Dou Ling is extremely terrifying? If even Dou Ling, the sixth strongest, is so terrifying, then wouldn't the rest of the people in the First Universe be even stronger?"
Once we are discovered, we won't even have a chance to escape.

Ding Huan softened his tone: "Brother Ye, this is probably our only chance."

If we don't seize this opportunity to make a fortune, it will be almost impossible for us to obtain resources to advance to the ninth step of the Great Dao once the others have recovered from their injuries.

This trip is the most opportune time, and we have the most opportune excuse.

Mo Wuji immediately agreed: "I agree with Ding Huan, but we need to discuss how to get to Dou Ling's cave."

This place is considered the central region of the first universe.

To reach Dou Ling's cave, there is only one option: to go there openly and honestly, without arousing suspicion.

Ding Huan said, "I can easily form a fighting spirit and go out, while Wuji can easily form a fighting spirit sent by Shen Dai."

The point is to let everyone know that after Shen Dai returned, Dou Ling gave up Shen Dai's cave dwelling and went back to his own..."

"After you arrive at Douling Cave, shall we teleport there?" Ye Xuan asked.

Before Ding Huan could speak, Lan Xiaobu said, "I'm afraid that won't work. I suspect that the teleportation fluctuations we made to get here may have been leaked out."

Ding Huan said, "Xiao Bu is right. Shen Dai is a marginal figure, so he lives in the most peripheral part of the First Universe Central Hub."

While there was a possibility of exposure when you teleported here, it wasn't very high. But I'm certain that the entire area from Shen Dai to Dou Ling's cave is the central hub of the First Universe.

The chances of us being exposed during this teleportation distance are far too high.

So after Wuji, having transformed into Shen Dai, closed his cave, he was teleported to this Five Elements World. I then brought the Five Elements World into Dou Ling's cave.

Ding Huan waved a Five Elements World in his hand.

This requires absolute trust.

If Ding Huan harbors malicious intentions, then once they enter this Five Elements World, their fate will be controlled by Ding Huan.

"Okay, let's do it."

Whether it was Ye Xuan, Mo Wuji, or Lan Xiaobu, none of them hesitated for a moment.

Having been with Ding Huan for so long, everyone knows what kind of person he is.

The four then began extracting the Chaos Essence Veins.

There are a total of 5,300 cosmic veins. Ding Huan worked hard and got 1,400 of them.

After the Yuan Meridian was extracted, Ding Huan sent Shen Dai out: "Shen Dai, that Dou Ling was too powerful. I was no match for him. He escaped, and he also took away the Yuan Meridian here."

Shen Dai no longer cared about the Yuan Meridian; he immediately rushed towards his Yuan Dao Pool.

When he discovered that the Yuan Dao Pool was still there and his second body was also fine, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Yuan Meridians are external things, it's good that Fellow Daoist Ding is alright."

Shen Dai wasn't an idiot. It was obvious that Ding Huan had invited Ye Xuan and the others to defeat Dou Ling together, and then drained all the cosmic energy veins from this place.

At this moment, Shen Dai only hoped that he could merge with the physical body as soon as possible; otherwise, if Dou Ling joined forces with the others, he wouldn't even have a chance to escape.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, I will transform into a fighting spirit and leave this place later. After you go into seclusion, do not come out."

Even though he knew Shen Dai wouldn't have time to come out, Ding Huan still gave the guy a word of advice.

"Brother Ding, don't worry, I need to recover my physical body and won't be coming out for a while."

"Alright, then give me the location of Douling Cave."

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