After the myth

Chapter 1168 is Chapter 1168: Are you here to find me?

Mo Wuji stopped.

The vague sense of threat had finally disappeared, indicating that he was now safe.

This further confirmed that his previous perception was correct; that old bastard Qi Qitang had known he was there all along, and that guy was waiting for him to enter the Eight Lands with ill intentions.

Maybe after he left, that guy came back.

Fortunately, that guy didn't know his background; otherwise, if he had been arrested on the spot, given the difference in their strength, he probably wouldn't have been able to escape.

Relieved, Mo Wuji began to assess the situation before him.

He has always followed his own senses, and decades have passed since he met Qi Qitang.

The seal of the Eight-Town Canyon can no longer be sensed in this place.

However, Mo Wuji was certain that the Eight Peaks Canyon must be nearby.

If all parts of the Eight Valleys were exposed, it wouldn't be something that one of the Five Ancestors plus a few Realm Lords could seal away.

Therefore, in his view, most parts of the Bayan Canyon are still in their initial state after being vastly developed.

These places appear to be no different from ordinary void.

But the Eight Peaks Canyon is hidden somewhere, and he needs to tear apart the source boundary here, or rather, the vast seal.

This vast dimensional seal existed alongside the creation of the universe, and given his current level of understanding of the source laws, finding it would be extremely difficult.

Mo Wuji didn't care. If it were simple, the seals in these places would have been broken long ago.

Once these seals were broken, the myriad miasma sources and various garbage sources within the Eight Valleys would have already assimilated into the First Universe.

Now, the Batang Canyon is not much different from ordinary places.

He can take his time searching. He's been in the First Universe for tens of thousands of years already, so a few more years won't matter.

After sending a location message to Ding Huan and Lan Xiaobu, Mo Wuji began to study the source laws of everything in the void.

This kind of sealed boundary formed along with the vast opening is the most difficult to break, and must be addressed from every source principle on the periphery.

……

Lan Xiaobu has ended her seclusion.

During his nearly 100,000-year seclusion, he tried every possible method to deplete this vast primordial river.

Finally, inspired by the universe's dimensions, he constructed a virtual source-based longevity space using his own path to immortality.

And in doing so, they absorb the vast primordial energy of the vast primordial river.

His method worked.

The vast amount of primordial energy that was originally impossible to absorb was being absorbed frantically.

His own strength is also increasing rapidly.

But just as this vast primordial river was about to be completely absorbed, Lan Xiaobu gave up.

He knew that if things continued like this, even a hundred vast primordial rivers wouldn't be enough for him to reach the ninth step of the Great Dao.

This is not a problem with his grand principles.

Rather, the problem lies with his physical body.

Lan Xiaobu was certain that the powerful beings in the First Universe, when cultivating, would never absorb vast amounts of primordial energy like he did, and would need to rely on a simulated virtual space for longevity based on the source principles.

On the surface, he did indeed absorb an endless amount of vast primordial energy, thus increasing his strength.

In fact, it did not help him in the slightest in stepping into the ninth stage of the Great Dao.

His limitations lie within himself.

No matter how powerful his skills are, they cannot change his origins.

His physical body simply couldn't withstand the terrifying and vast primordial energy of the ultimate ninth step; otherwise, his physical body would have been blasted apart.

His methods also have limitations.

He constructed a virtual Origin Law Longevity Space using his own path to immortality, which could indeed absorb more vast primordial energy.

The prerequisite was that he was in the first universe.

Once he leaves the first universe, he will rebuild a new simulated space of immortality.

In other words, his strength is based on the first universe. Once he leaves the first universe, although his strength will be many times stronger than before, it will still drop a bit.

He was disgusted by this method of enhancing his own strength by using the source of the outer universe, or by using the method of bluffing by simulating the space of immortality.

Perhaps at times, if one's own conditions are insufficient, no matter how much effort is put in, it will be in vain.

This cannot go on.

Although the vast primordial energy in the River of Origin still exists, Lan Xiaobu has long lost interest in continuing his cultivation.

With his physical body, his strength has reached its current level, which is almost the ultimate.

Unless one can break through the eighth step of the Great Dao and step into the true ultimate ninth step of the Great Dao.

His current direction makes it impossible for him to break through to the eighth step of the Great Dao.

He has to change direction.

Alternatively, one could transform one's Dao body, making it comparable to the Dao spirit bodies that accompanied the creation of the vast universe.

Alternatively, one could change their path of cultivation, allowing themselves to absorb vast primordial energy without absorbing it through the simulated source of longevity space.

After leaving his Daoist imprint in the vast Yuanmai River where he had cultivated, Lan Xiaobu immediately rushed out of the vast Yuanmai River.

As soon as Lan Xiaobu left the vast Yuanmai River, he received messages from Mo Wuji and Ding Huan.

The first message Mo Wuji sent was that he had gone to the Eight Shores Land and that the Eight Shores Land might be the key to taking the ninth step.

Ding Huan also said he was going to the Eight Peaks to meet up with Mo Wuji. The second message came from Mo Wuji, who sent his location.

He and Mo Wuji have been working together for so many years, and they have traveled to countless places.

He had great faith in Mo Wuji's intuition about the Great Dao.

Not only Mo Wuji, but Ding Huan's understanding of the Great Dao, in Lan Xiaobu's opinion, is definitely no weaker than his and Mo Wuji's.

Since Ding Huan and Mo Wuji both believe that the Eight Trigrams Land is the key to stepping into the ninth step of the Great Dao, why should he continue to waste time elsewhere?
Just go to the land of Batang.

He had never heard of the Eight Shores, but Mo Wuji had given him directions, so he just needed to follow them.

……

This is the 305th year that Ding Huan has been traveling at a frantic pace. In Ding Huan's mind, it will only take a hundred years at most for him to reach the place Mo Wuji gave him.

No matter what he encountered along the way, Ding Huan did not stop for even a moment.

Nothing was more important than him taking the ninth step of the Great Dao.

Not to mention that he already had a bunch of enemies, Mo Wuji also told him that even Qi Qitang was looking for him, which made him feel even more threatened.

Ding Huan stopped today.

He sensed a familiar aura of the Great Dao Source Principle.

Ding Huan cultivated for over 100,000 years in the First Universe and constructed his own Void Dao Network there.

In addition, given his own Dao characteristics, he is quite familiar with all the fundamental principles of the First Universe.

Suddenly, a trace of the Great Dao Source Principle appeared in the middle, which was something he was familiar with, or even something he had shown off not long ago. How could he not have a deep impression of it?
Therefore, the moment Ding Huan sensed this trace of the Great Dao's origin, he knew it belonged to Si Wu.

The fact that a trace of Siwu's Great Dao Source Principle can be sensed here means that Siwu is nearby.

By the time Ding Huan realized what was happening, he had already transformed into Shen Dai.

He was most familiar with Shen Dai, who was a celebrity in the First Universe. In addition, Shen Dai's strength posed no threat to anyone, so he was considered a safe person.

After putting away the cosmic pot, Ding Huan wondered if he should go check on Si Wu.
Ji Yijian's invitation to cooperate in ambushing Siwu likely refers to this very place.

If Ji Yijian were alright, he might pretend he knew nothing and simply run away.

Now that Ji Yijian has run into trouble, his plan to join forces with Ji Yijian is basically off the table.

Since that's the case, why doesn't he go and check on Si Wu first?
If it were possible to stun him, I could go and stun Siwu now.

The fact that Ji Yijian dared to invite him to ambush Si Wu meant that even if he failed to ambush Si Wu, he could still escape.

If he couldn't even escape from Si Wu, Ji Yijian would definitely not invite him to join forces to ambush Si Wu.

Ji Yijian should value his life more than he does, right?

If you encounter it, just do it. What's there to be afraid of?
Thinking of this, Ding Huan summoned a flying shuttle, a post-chaos magic weapon, and slowed down his speed.

He had so many spoils of war that he couldn't even remember who this flying shuttle came from.

Ji Yijian knew where Si Wu was in seclusion, perhaps because of this trace of the Great Dao aura emanating from Si Wu.

It's normal for Si Wu to suddenly wake up and reveal a trace of his own Dao aura.

After all, he didn't wake up normally; rather, he woke up after his divided soul was severely injured.

A day later, Ding Huan stopped, looking at the empty desert in front of him.

In the first universe, these boundless void deserts are everywhere.

When he first entered the Void Algae, the other side was the Void Desert.

He stopped because he was considering a problem.

He had never considered Si Wu to be particularly powerful, mainly because he had fought with Si Wu and had killed him.

In addition, his own strength has been increasing rapidly, making him more than a hundred times stronger than when he fought Siwu.
Therefore, he agreed to Ji Yijian's suggestion to ambush Siwu.

In fact, the Si Wu who fought him might just be a wisp of Si Wu's soul.

It should be known that the Sword Source Blood Peak may very well have been formed from just a few drops of Si Wu's essence blood, and that his essence blood may contain only a trace of Si Wu's soul.

Si Wu's few drops of essence blood plus a wisp of soul were so terrifying...

No, it should be said that one of Si Wu's eyes is a Chaos Treasure.

Even if Si Wu's true form is severely crippled, it's probably beyond what he can handle right now.

After all, he was one of the Five Ancestors, so Ji Yijianhu couldn't be a tiger.

Ji Yijian might not be fearless.

Rather, this guy was so obsessed with obtaining Si Wu's vast primordial spirit that he went to ambush Si Wu with a do-or-die mentality.

Ji Yijian is barefoot, while he is wearing shoes. Why is he in such a hurry?
Even if he wanted to settle scores with Si Wu, it wouldn't be too late to do so after reaching the ninth step.

Who knows if that wisp of the Great Dao Source Principle was intentionally left behind by Si Wu to lure his opponent over?
Ding Huan inadvertently shifted the direction of his flying magic weapon, intending to avoid the void desert.

Si Wu is definitely in that desert. Since he doesn't want to look for Si Wu, he shouldn't go into the desert now.

"You've come to see me?" Ding Huan had just shifted his direction slightly and hadn't gone far when a sudden voice came from behind.

Ding Huan felt a chill run down his spine and immediately controlled his flying magic weapon to retreat a little.

One after another, seemingly nonexistent spatial energy locks swept over, clearly intended to prevent Ding Huan from leaving.

Ding Huan tried to make his face turn pale.

He carefully maneuvered his flying magical artifact further away until it was locked by the spatial laws, then cautiously asked, "Junior Shen Dai has inadvertently disturbed Senior's cultivation; please forgive me..."

(Good night, fellow Taoists!)

(End of this chapter)