After the myth

Chapter 1118: Calculating Taixu
"How could we let this old fellow be fooled?" Mo Wuji didn't know Ding Huan's trump card, but he believed in Ding Huan.

The most taboo thing when working with two people is not trusting your partner.

If he had not trusted his companions and had escaped first to save his body, Ding Huan would have died for sure.

Once Ding Huan dies, he probably won't be much better off.

"Taixu was able to guess that we killed Siwu. He thought we thought he was definitely gone, but I'm sure he wouldn't leave."

Under normal circumstances, Taixu or Siwu would have been killed by Ding Huan and Mo Wuji working together, so he certainly couldn't stay where he was and wait for Ding Huan and Mo Wuji to come and kill him.

"Why won't he leave?" Mo Wuji asked.

Logically speaking, Taixu should have left long ago.

"This old bastard wants something from me, and he thinks as long as we think he's gone."

He could severely injure me with a sneak attack and take what he wants from me.

Do you know why Si Wu's punch to you just now lacked power? It's because I used the Source Law to counter Si Wu's attack.

Taixu, like before, placed a Source Law technique on me, which I was unaware of at the time. I should also thank Pang Buzi; if he hadn't grabbed me, I wouldn't have been willing to sever my Dao and start over.

After I severed my ties with the Dao, I realized that what I thought I had broken free from that guy's control was just my imagination.

The truth is, that guy was condensing a Dao Bead on my body. All my efforts and my own Dao blood would ultimately be condensed into the Dao Bead he wanted in an instant, and then he would take it away.

Mo Wuji cursed loudly, "That bastard is really cunning, no wonder you wanted to kill him."

"So when we go out later, Taixu will definitely hide to the side and launch a sneak attack on me, and then take away the Dao Bead from my body while he is controlling me."

When you make your move, you must seize the right moment; make your move when he takes something from me.

"If I act too early, that guy will fail; if I act too late, he might really severely damage my Dao foundation."

Mo Wuji understood Ding Huan's thoughts and chuckled, "You're quite cunning too, no less so than that Taixu. Don't worry, leave the rest to me."

Over the past tens of thousands of years, Ding Huan has continuously added various mottled Dao rhymes, corrosive Dao poisons, various Dao malevolent energies, and filthy auras to the Dao Pearl...

After preparing for so long, if this Dao Pearl cannot be delivered to Tai Xu, wouldn't it be like showing it to a blind man?
"Let's go, let's leave now. If we linger any longer, that old bastard might get suspicious." Ding Huan finished speaking and disappeared.

Mo Wuji immediately followed Ding Huan and fled.

He understood Ding Huan's meaning; they had come here to rescue Ye Xuan.

It would be abnormal if he didn't rush to save Ye Xuan after killing Si Wu.

There are very few independent cultivators to be seen outside the Tongti Star Continent anymore; the few that are seen are always in a hurry.

Clearly, the cultivators of Tixing Continent all knew about Si Wu's actions of capturing people here, stripping them of their Dao blood, and restoring their own Dao bodies.

Unless there are special circumstances, most people are unwilling to go out.

Even those who do venture out are mostly cultivators of low cultivation level. Those with higher cultivation levels, even if they are active, stay around Dao City.

Ding Huan and Mo Wuji rushed to the exit of the boundary restriction of the Tongti Star Continent as fast as they could.

Surprisingly, there are still many cultivators here.

However, Ding Huan immediately understood that these cultivators had been called in to maintain order.

After all, even Taixu wouldn't want Tongtixinglu to collapse immediately.

Moreover, although Taixu himself guards this place, it is impossible for him to personally handle matters such as entering and leaving the Tongti Star Continent.

As soon as Ding Huan arrived, his divine sense swept out.

This is more in line with his and Mo Wuji's current situation.

Having just killed Si Wu, the two were at the peak of their morale when they arrived at this place, so it was impossible for them to be cautious.

To Ding Huan's surprise, he did not see Taixu.

There were at least several hundred cultivators in the void square of the same planet, but Taixu was not among them.

Did you guess wrong?
Ding Huan was a little annoyed. He had been planning this for a long time, but he didn't expect Taixu to be so cunning. Instead of plotting against him, Taixu chose to leave first.

"Fellow Daoist, leaving Tongti Star Continent is currently not permitted. If you wish to leave, you must apply to the Dao Alliance..."

Ding Huan was immediately stopped when he reached the exit of the Star Continent.

The one who stopped Ding Huan was an ordinary cultivator of medium build, at the fifth step of the Great Dao.

Something's not right. Even the cultivators working here at this time are definitely distracted.

How could you so calmly and responsibly stop him?

There's something wrong with this guy.

Just as Ding Huan thought of this, he felt a hidden aura land on the Dao Pearl and then explode.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ding Huan froze, his eyes filled with unease and disbelief.

The next moment, a handprint reached out and grabbed at Ding Huan's brow.

Ding Huan tried to struggle and turn her head away, but the movement became slow.

As the Daoist aura around Ding Huan became chaotic, boundless Daoist energy converged towards his brow.

Not only that, but the Dao blood energy around Ding Huan also frantically converged towards his brow.

Ding Huan was still unable to move, but the unease in his eyes had long since turned into fear and regret.

"Pfft!" Blood exploded, and a Dao Bead was grabbed from Ding Huan's brow by the handprint.

The entire movement was fluid and seamless, without the slightest pause.

"You're courting death..." Almost at the same time that Ding Huan's brow bead was taken away, Mo Wuji roared and his Mortal Halberd slammed towards the cultivator at the fifth step of the Great Dao.

From the moment the Dao Pearl left Ding Huan's brow to the moment Mo Wuji drew his halberd, it was almost simultaneous.

boom!
As space shattered, the cultivator at the fifth step of the Great Dao had already vanished.

"Ding Huan, are you alright?"

Mo Wuji asked eagerly.

Ding Huan spat out a jet of blood, his Daoist aura already withered and exhausted.

He could barely stand.

Even though Ding Huan didn't say a word, everyone around him could tell that Ding Huan's path had collapsed.

"Take me away from here, now..." Ding Huan struggled to finish these words, his breath almost fading away.

Mo Wuji swept his hand, carrying Ding Huan out of the protective array of Tongti Star Continent, and then disappeared.

Half a day later, the two stopped a hundred million miles away from the planet Tongti.

"How is it?" Mo Wuji asked Ding Huan.

Ding Huan recalled for a moment and said, "I feel there are flaws. The state of the Dao Pearl in my body when the Taixu Seed was taken away was all simulated by me. I wonder if this guy will find out anything."

Mo Wuji laughed heartily:
"No problem, just look at Si Wu. That guy planted a Dao Bead in you, and when he removes the Dao Bead, he can definitely control your body and the Dao's essence."

Otherwise, what's the point of him cultivating the Dao Bead? If it weren't for the two of us, he would have already taken you away.

With me here, he had no choice but to forcibly take the Dao Pearl. That old bastard also knows that with your strength at this level, if you don't take the Dao Pearl now, you really won't have another chance.

Ding Huan chuckled: "I just hope that old bastard will fuse with the Dao Bead after he gets back."

Wuji, your timing is really precise.

I suspect that if you had been even half a breath late, that old bastard would have really torn apart my Dao foundation.

At that time, it was either me being exposed, or the other side succeeding.

Mo Wuji waved his hand: "If we can't even handle this, what's the point of cooperating?"

The process of taking the Dao Pearl itself won't be a problem. My concern is whether he'll discover something wrong with the Dao Pearl when he's fusing with it.

He had collaborated with Lan Xiaobu countless times, so seizing opportunities was no problem for him at all.

Ding Huan shook his head: "If he can see that there is something wrong with the Dao Pearl, then his strength is probably no less than Si Wu's, and there is no need for him to launch a sneak attack on us."

The reason for Ding Huan's confidence was his confidence in the fundamental principles of his own Dao.

Although the bead was filled with the corrosive and mottled aura of the Great Dao, Ding Huan completely enveloped it with his own Great Dao source principles.

Unless Taixu is fully aware of his Great Universe Technique and the source of the Great Dao World constructed by the Great Universe Technique.

Otherwise, the Great Dao Source Void would be impossible to fathom.

As long as the Great Void merges with the Dao Pearl, all the mottled auras in the Dao Pearl will instantly merge into the Great Dao of the Great Void.

Even if Taixu realized he had been tricked by then, it was too late.

"Do you know where Taixu is?" Mo Wuji knew that the best time for them to launch a sneak attack was when Taixu merged with the Dao Bead left by Ding Huan.

Ding Huan shook his head: "I don't know yet. I'll only know when that old guy fuses with the Dao Bead."

I reckon this old guy won't fuse with the Dao Bead easily; he's very cautious.

“He can’t wait much longer,” Mo Wuji said with certainty.

In Taixu's eyes, depriving the Dao Pearl of walking was equivalent to depriving Ding Huan of all the Great Dao.

In fact, Taixu only succeeded halfway.

Normally, after Ding Huan is stripped of the Great Dao, Tai Xu will take Ding Huan away.

Unfortunately, Ding Huan was with Mo Wuji, and Mo Wuji's timing in attacking was terrifyingly accurate, making it impossible for Taixu to take Ding Huan away.

The inability to take Ding Huan away adds uncertainty for Taixu, but it may not necessarily be a bad thing for Ding Huan.

Because the Dao Pearl inside his body was stripped away, Ding Huan had no essence or blood left, but his Dao foundation was stripped away.

However, he was given a chance to retake the course.

As long as Ding Huan remains steadfast enough, he will have another chance to return in hundreds of thousands of years.

Therefore, Taixu couldn't wait too long; he wanted to merge with Ding Huan's Great Dao before Ding Huan could.

The uniqueness of the ultimate path in the vast universe is something that a powerful being like Taixu naturally understands.

As long as Taixu merges with Ding Huan's Great Dao, Ding Huan will never have a chance to turn the tables.

Even if they could cultivate, they could only look up to Taixu's breath and be crushed by him in the future.

This is also why Mo Wuji judged that Taixu couldn't wait for long.

Ding Huan and Mo Wuji can only wait now; Ding Huan can't even retrieve the cosmic cauldron.

Before Taixu absorbs and integrates Ding Huan's Dao Beads, they cannot do anything.

Sure enough, after waiting for about four days, Ding Huan's eyes lit up: "Wuji, that old guy finally couldn't resist and started fusing with the Dao Beads."

"That bastard has finally fallen into Master Huan's hands."

(End of this chapter)