Chapter 626: Cultivating the Divine
Ding Huan didn't even react before arcs of thunder crashed down.
Has the Divine Thunder Tribulation arrived?
He had just converted all his Immortal Essence into Divine Essence and hadn't even begun to charge at cultivating the Divine when the Divine Thunder Tribulation came?
The ultimate in the Dao is not to forcibly perceive and impact it, but to form naturally.
Although he knew it was unlikely he would achieve such a seamless understanding of the Great Dao every time, Ding Huan was still very satisfied.
He also did not summon a Magical Treasure; instead, he just swung a punch outward.
Crack!
The arc of thunder struck Ding Huan's fist, immediately causing his fist bone to crack.
Ding Huan was inwardly shaken; this Divine Thunder Tribulation was far stronger than the Immortal Realm's Thunder Tribulation.
Yet Ding Huan didn't waver in his decision and continued punching towards the Thunder Tribulation Arc.
As Ding Huan forcibly resisted, the Thunder Tribulation Arcs grew more fierce.
After the third wave of nine thunder arcs fell, Ding Huan's two arms and shoulders were a bloody mess, with broken bones.
Ding Huan raised his hand to grab a stalk of Double Leaf Immortal Reeds and quickly merged with it, frantically operating the Nirvana Technique.
He felt that his physical body could also advance through this Thunder Tribulation.
He had indeed been stuck at the Immortal Body for too long.
Boom boom boom!
When the fourth wave of eighteen thunder arcs descended, Ding Huan's physical body strength rapidly increased.
The newly healed body cracked once again, and Ding Huan knew this was a sign of his body's advancement.
As the Thunder Tribulation Arc struck his body without any obstruction, Ding Huan could clearly hear the sounds of his bones restructuring and his physical body rapidly condensing.
Crack!
After the fifth wave of eighteen thunder arcs fell, Ding Huan's skeletal restructuring was complete.
Even when stronger thunder arcs struck Ding Huan, they only scattered his flesh, leaving his bones unharmed.
Ding Huan could clearly perceive the strength of his physical body; he thought that once the Immortal Body was perfected, it would be the Divine Body.
After all, the Divine World follows the Immortal Realm.
Now, using the Double Leaf Immortal Reeds and the Nirvana Technique to elevate his physical body, Ding Huan realized that a perfected Immortal Body is not a Divine Body but a Sacred Body.
The fifth wave of Thunder Tribulation Arcs had yet to pass when the violent Divine Essence atmosphere surged towards Ding Huan like a breached sea.
Ding Huan's momentum skyrocketed; the strength of the domain around him increased by hundreds of times, and his Sea of Consciousness grew more condensed, with the Sea of Consciousness Dao Universe resembling the vast starry sky.
Clear and majestic.
When the sixth wave of Thunder Tribulation Arcs descended, Ding Huan had already reached the first layer of cultivating the Divine, with condensed Dao Rhythm, robust aura, and surging Divine Essence.
Ding Huan continued to absorb Divine Spirit Qi.
On the eighteenth floor of the Ladder Sea, not only is the Heaven and Earth Divine Spirit Qi pure and rich, but there is also no external interference.
This is indeed an excellent place for cultivation.
However, only he can cultivate here; anyone else coming here would likely be turned to ash by the Poison Dao Rhythm.
Even with a top-tier Detoxification Divine Pill, it wouldn't work.
Because there's the poison of the sinking Dao here.
With Ding Huan's understanding of the Poison Dao Law of the sinking Dao, this Poison Dao Law shouldn't be solvable by ordinary Divine Pills.
Only by comprehending and understanding this Poison Dao Law and transforming it into one's Great Dao Law can one ignore this Poison Dao Law.
The Thunder Tribulation disappeared, and Ding Huan easily operated his Dao Technique.
This isn't right.
Ding Huan felt that even without condensing a Divine Status, he could advance to the Heavenly God Realm.
Even though the Heavenly God Realm was still far away, this feeling was still very clear and distinct.
Isn't it said that to advance to the Heavenly God Realm, one must condense a Divine Status?
Moreover, it's said that a cultivator who doesn't condense a Divine Status can only linger below the Heavenly God for a lifetime, never advancing an inch.
Could it be that this is somehow related to his Great Universe Technique?
Indeed, his own Great Universe Technique forms its own cosmic system; does he still need to condense another Divine Status?
If another Divine Status needed to be condensed for advancement, wouldn't his Great Universe Technique be no different from any other cultivation technique?
Knowing that his Great Universe Technique doesn't require condensing a Divine Status, Ding Huan felt very pleased.
He began setting up the Gathering Spirit Divine Array.
At the first layer of cultivating the Divine, Ding Huan easily set up a second-level Gathering Spirit Divine Array.
He didn't have many Divine Crystals on him, and with such a good cultivation environment here, Ding Huan naturally wanted to cultivate for a longer period.
With the Gathering Spirit Divine Array, the speed of Divine Spirit Qi gathering was even faster during Ding Huan's cultivation.
Combined with the Great Universe Technique's inherent strong ability to absorb Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, a few days passed, and Ding Huan's Gathering Spirit Divine Array was enveloped by a faint layer of Divine Spirit Qi.
Half a year passed by unknowingly, and when Ding Huan stopped cultivating, he had reached the third layer of cultivating the Divine.
He felt that the Divine Spirit Qi had become somewhat thin.
No, staying here any longer, the cultivation growth rate is too slow.
He needs to leave the Place of Divine Observation.
Then find a place with more concentrated Divine Spirit Qi for closed-door cultivation.
Withdrawing the Gathering Spirit Divine Array, Ding Huan swept with his Divine Will, and saw several Divine Stone at the edge of the eighteenth-layer Ladder Sea.
Ding Huan walked to the top of the Ladder Sea and picked up a crystalline Divine Stone.
According to the introduction he obtained from the Sea of the Divine Ladder, this crystalline Divine Status Stone is an Innate Divine Status Stone, surpassing the Five Star level Divine Status Stone.
In fact, this should be called a Divine Status Crystal.
However, such a Divine Status Crystal had only appeared once in the Sea of the Divine Ladder.
Ding Huan used his Divine Will to scan around, finding only one of these crystalline crystals.
After searching around, he collected two more pure white Divine Status Crystals.
These should be Acquired Divine Status Crystals, considered the top level of Five Star Divine Status Crystals.
Ding Huan searched again and found three more Divine Status Crystals with a slight mottled color.
These are slightly lower than Five Star Divine Status Crystals, and if one has to classify them, calling them Low Grade Five Star Divine Status Crystals wouldn't be wrong.
Unable to find any lower-level Divine Status Stones, Ding Huan proceeded to the seventeenth level and then found another Acquired Five Star Divine Status Crystal.
Feeling he was essentially wasting time, Ding Huan decided to leave the Sea of the Divine Ladder now.
As soon as he stepped out of the Sea of the Divine Ladder, Ding Huan saw several cultivators preparing to enter the sea.
Those cultivators also saw Ding Huan and were a bit startled.
Few people had met Ding Huan, but because of his conspicuous actions six months ago, many had seen his image.
He was a newcomer with courage as big as the sky.
Almost everyone thought Ding Huan must have been done away with by the Loose Cultivator Alliance.
Unexpectedly, after so long, Ding Huan was still able to survive from the hands of the Loose Cultivator Alliance.
Ding Huan noticed their puzzled looks, but since he didn't know them, he said nothing more.
Upon returning to the tavern, he found the tavern lady missing.
The tavern's doors were open, but no one was selling wine, and several loose cultivators sat inside, chatting idly.
Ding Huan asked suspiciously, "Where's the tavern lady?"
He only had one purpose for seeking out the tavern lady: to ask how to leave the Sea of the Divine Ladder.
No one answered Ding Huan's question.
Ding Huan was just about to find a shop to ask how to leave the Sea of the Divine Ladder when a voice transmission reached his ear:
"Six months ago, the Loose Cultivator Alliance was looking for you but couldn't find you. They believed you had the most contact with the tavern lady, so they gave her a five-day deadline to find you.
When she couldn't find you after five days, her friend came and had a fierce battle with the Loose Cultivator Alliance, resulting in heavy casualties. The tavern lady should have left the Sea of the Divine Ladder with her friend.
If you have no urgent matters, hurry and leave here, or else, the Loose Cultivator Alliance won't spare you."
Ding Huan was a bit bewildered—what was this about?
Was he really that familiar with the tavern lady? Had he implicated her too?
He even remembered he had once said the tavern lady's wine tasted terrible, not worth the cost of a single Low Grade Divine Crystal.
However, it was clear the tavern lady wasn't someone easy to provoke, seemingly resulting in a tie with the Loose Cultivator Alliance.
"Ding Huan?" A sudden voice rang out, and immediately Ding Huan saw a man with a sinister face staring at him.
Ding Huan calmly said, "Who are you? What do you want with me?"
"I'm a steward from the Loose Cultivator Alliance. The incident involving the Five Yuan Squad has something to do with you. Come with me." The sinister-faced man spoke coldly.
Ding Huan nodded, "Alright, lead the way."
The sinister face was about to issue a threat but was slightly stunned when he heard Ding Huan's words—he agreed just like that?
Some loose cultivators still resting in the tavern were also surprised at how quickly Ding Huan agreed.
"Very well." The sinister face said and turned around to leave.
Ding Huan didn't hesitate and followed behind the sinister face.
After walking only a few steps, two figures descended from the sky.
The powerful aura caused all the cultivators in the Sea of the Divine Ladder to pay attention.
Descended were an elder and a young woman.
The woman wore a veil, concealing her appearance.
But the elder's aura made Ding Huan quickly withdraw his Divine Will, sure that the elder could kill him with just a slap.
He wouldn't even have room to resist.
The elder sensed the group's panic and said loudly:
"Everyone, don't be afraid. I am Bo Ya from the Qing Lei Divine Sect of the Lower Divine Land.
Today, I'm here to recruit some outer disciples. If your aptitude is good, entering the inner sect of my Qing Lei Divine Sect isn't impossible. Those willing to join my Qing Lei Divine Sect, please come to participate in the selection..."
Just those few words immediately attracted a crowd of disciples to flock over.
What is the main purpose of these loose cultivators gathering here? Is it not to join a divine sect?
Now, with a divine sect recruiting disciples, how could anyone miss such an opportunity?
In fact, divine sects from the Lower Divine Land recruiting disciples here is not a first-time event.
Every once in a while, there will be sects coming here to search for disciples with good talent.
Even sects from the Middle Divine Land occasionally come here to search for disciples.
The sinister face who brought Ding Huan did not expect a sect to come recruit disciples at this moment, so he hesitated.
The reason for staying as a henchman in the Loose Cultivator Alliance was naturally to join a sect, and now the opportunity was right before him. Should he still continue taking Ding Huan back to the Loose Cultivator Alliance?
Ding Huan turned around and left, planning to take a look at the Qing Lei Divine Sect's disciple recruitment.
Having been in the Divine Land for over half a year and with no one finding him, it indicated that his actions against Qing had likely not been leaked.
"Stop." Seeing Ding Huan about to leave, the sinister face immediately blocked his way.