Chapter 00232: The Engagement Ceremony
# The Engagement Ceremony
Chapter 232
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 232: The Engagement Ceremony
Ding Huan naturally had no intention of leaving.
He had only condensed six star mountains, still a ways off from reaching the Starry Sky Realm.
With the starry sky spiritual vein provided by Hong Tiao, he was confident he could achieve the Perfection of Star Condensation in the shortest time possible.
Once he broke through the Star Condensation Realm and advanced to the Starry Sky Realm, it wouldn’t matter if the Moon Shadow Sect or the Twin Soul Sect came looking for him—he would go after them himself.
He was determined to annihilate the Twin Soul Sect.
As for the Moon Shadow Sect, it depended on their compensation.
If it wasn’t satisfactory, he would destroy them too.
He didn’t believe these two sects had Void God Realm experts.
Even if they did, they would at most be at the early Void God stage.
When Ding Huan arrived at the sect’s main hall, everyone was already waiting for him.
Old Six, who had just broken through to the Nebula Realm and killed several Foundation Establishment cultivators, was no longer the timid figure he once was.
He was now brimming with arrogance, even disregarding Liu Yinzhu, who stood nearby.
However, as soon as Ding Huan entered, Old Six quickly straightened up.
"Sect Master," everyone stood and greeted Ding Huan as he entered.
This was the second time everyone acknowledged him.
The first was when they successfully switched to the Small Universe Technique.
This battle had made them realize that killing enemies of the same level with the Small Universe Technique was nothing extraordinary.
Ding Huan motioned for everyone to sit and then spoke, "This time, three sects invaded our Blue Star Sect, and we wiped them all out. But this is just the beginning. I believe they won’t stop, and neither will we. So, from now on, everyone must focus on cultivation and improving their strength. Besides that, the sect will soon be fully established. Today, I will assign responsibilities to each of you."
Hearing Ding Huan’s words, even Sang Yuhe felt a stir in her heart.
After this battle, she understood that if the Blue Star Sect could withstand the next wave of attacks, its rise in the cultivation world, even in the Three Heavens Star Continent, was inevitable.
As one of the only two True Core cultivators in the sect, even though she had switched cultivation techniques, it wouldn’t take long for her to reach the True Core Realm again.
She was a founding member of the sect, and securing a good position would only benefit her future cultivation.
Even Sang Yuhe was looking forward to her future role, and the others were even more eager.
After all, they were all founding elders of the sect.
Ding Huan’s voice rang out again, "Since we are now the Blue Star Sect, all the peaks need to be renamed. The peak where I cultivate, Purple Stream Peak, will now be called Blue Star Peak. The other peaks will be named by the elders and deacons who reside there, as long as the names include the character 'Star'..."
"From now on, Liu Yinzhu will serve as the Law Enforcement Elder and Vice Sect Master. She will also appoint deacons from among the disciples in the main hall and control one of the sect’s main formation flags. Sang Yuhe will serve as the External Affairs Elder and will also be the president of the soon-to-be-established merchant association, controlling one of the sect’s auxiliary formation flags. Qin Qingshan will serve as the Internal Affairs Elder, Yan Mei as the Teaching Elder, Mo Huaping as the Scripture Pavilion Elder, and Shen Jiankai as the Mission Hall Elder..."
With Ding Huan’s words, every cultivator who had participated in the founding of the Blue Star Sect was assigned a position.
Although the sect currently had few disciples, it would soon begin recruiting new members.
After Ding Huan left the main hall, Liu Yinzhu continued the meeting, mainly assigning specific tasks to the elders and disciples and appointing deacons for various departments.
Meanwhile, Ding Huan upgraded the sect’s protective formations, raising them all to the sixth level.
Once the formations were upgraded, Ding Huan began setting up trapping, killing, and poison arrays outside the sect.
He was certain this wasn’t the end.
If the Moon Shadow Sect and the Twin Soul Sect dared to return, even if they didn’t enter the sect, Ding Huan would make sure they suffered before leaving.
He wouldn’t stop until these sects felt the pain of messing with the Blue Star Sect.
After setting up all the formations, Ding Huan hesitated but ultimately decided not to go to Purple Garden Heavy Mountain.
This place would be a strategic location for the Blue Star Sect in the future, second only to the Sword Hidden Mountain.
For now, his strength wasn’t sufficient.
Once he advanced to the Starry Sky Realm, he would make all the sects and forces that had wronged him pay back tenfold.
As for the Nine Sound Sect, Ding Huan classified them alongside the Twin Soul Sect—they needed to be annihilated.
With all the formations in place, Ding Huan returned to Blue Star Peak to continue his cultivation.
Now that each elder and deacon had their own peak, they knew cultivating near the sect master would speed up their progress.
However, rules were rules, and everyone returned to their respective peaks to cultivate.
Old Six, being Ding Huan’s beast companion, had the privilege of staying on Blue Star Peak.
Ding Huan handed the Sharp-Mouthed Tiger to Old Six, instructing him to train it.
Although Old Six wasn’t thrilled, he didn’t dare disobey Ding Huan’s orders.
He reluctantly dug out a cultivation technique from his collection and gave it to the tiger.
If there was anyone in the Three Heavens Star Continent with the most powerful beast cultivation techniques, it was Old Six.
There was no second to him.
To cultivate on Blue Star Peak, the starry sky spiritual vein had to be implanted.
Ding Huan only temporarily implanted it.
Once he achieved Perfection of Star Condensation, he would head to the Sword Hidden Mountain to comprehend the Starry Sky Realm, and he would take the spiritual vein with him.
The Starry Sky Realm was the most crucial stage in the initial cultivation of the Great Universe Technique.
Having a starry sky spiritual vein made a world of difference.
Blue Star Peak already had the most concentrated spiritual energy in the Blue Star Sect.
With the addition of the starry sky spiritual vein, its spiritual energy density rivaled that of some sects in the Ascension Realm.
To speed up his cultivation, Ding Huan went all out.
As he circulated the Great Universe Technique, he felt his cultivation speed increase significantly.
For someone like him, who had created his own cultivation technique, the speed of progress was no longer solely determined by the amount of spiritual energy.
More important was the alignment of his path with the spiritual energy, the cultivation environment, and the laws of heaven and earth.
The starry sky spiritual vein was undoubtedly the most compatible spiritual source for Ding Huan’s Great Universe Technique.
This time, it only took him a month to condense seven star mountains.
After that, he condensed one star mountain every month.
What surprised Ding Huan was that nearly half a year had passed, and the Twin Soul Sect and Moon Shadow Sect still hadn’t retaliated.
That didn’t make sense.
Regardless, Ding Huan decided it was time to leave the Blue Star Sect.
His destination was the Sword Hidden Mountain.
It had been a year and a half since he last left.
This time, his first goal was to break through to the Starry Sky Realm, and his second was to claim the Sword Hidden Mountain and set up protective formations.
Once he reached the Starry Sky Realm, his first task would be to annihilate the Twin Soul Sect, followed by the Nine Sound Sect.
As for the Moon Shadow Sect, he would decide later.
Fortunately, the cultivation world didn’t know that Ding Huan’s mission was to destroy sects.
If they did, they might have united to eliminate the Blue Star Sect first.
What Ding Huan didn’t know was that after he killed the Moon Shadow Sect’s leader, Yi Wandao, and the Twin Soul Sect’s leader, Tan Yanxiao, the leaders of the Cultivation World Alliance, Hu Wuxin and Xin Can, coincidentally went to the Ascension Realm.
This disrupted the alliance’s usual procedures.
In the past, such a major event as the deaths of two sect leaders would have prompted an emergency alliance meeting.
But with both leaders absent, any meeting would have to wait until they returned.
In the meantime, the Moon Shadow Sect and Twin Soul Sect had sent complaints to the alliance, not only in writing but also through their elders, who personally came to request the alliance’s intervention to remove the Blue Star Sect, an unrecognized tumor, from the cultivation world.
Despite their complaints, neither sect took any action.
Both were in chaos internally, with no clear successor to their fallen leaders.
Until a new leader was chosen, they had no energy to trouble the Blue Star Sect, giving Ding Huan the chance to cultivate in peace.
When Ding Huan condensed his twelfth star mountain, he realized it would be difficult to advance to the Starry Sky Realm while staying in the Blue Star Sect.
So, he decided to head to the Sword Hidden Mountain.
This time, he also brought the unrefinable pot.
If he advanced to the Starry Sky Realm, he would refine it there.
He refused to believe he couldn’t refine a pot after reaching the Starry Sky Realm.
As Ding Huan made his way to the Sword Hidden Mountain, the Ascension Realm’s number one sect, the Desolate God Sect, was hosting an engagement ceremony.
This ceremony had invited nearly all the sects in the Ascension Realm, as well as some from the cultivation world.
Hu Wuxin was there to attend.
The groom was Yi Jiang, the personal disciple of the Desolate God Sect’s new leader, Qiao Sha.
The bride was Han Xiaonü, a disciple of the Luo Shen Palace’s leader.
Han Xiaonü was one of the three great beauties of the Ascension Realm, and her cultivation of the Luo Shen Palace’s techniques made her look like a true celestial being.
Seated among the guests, Hu Wuxin smiled, his eyes filled with joy.
Beside him, Xin Can was less enthusiastic.
He hadn’t even realized this was Yi Jiang’s engagement ceremony.
Instead, he leaned over and whispered to Hu Wuxin, "Alliance Leader, have you noticed something about the guests invited from the cultivation world?"
"What’s that?" Hu Wuxin seemed oblivious.
Xin Can said gravely, "They’re all Void God Realm experts. I’ve noticed that almost 80% of the Void God Realm experts from our cultivation world have been invited. This doesn’t feel right."
Hu Wuxin continued to smile.
"Our level of cultivation is nothing to the seniors of the Ascension Realm. We just need to follow their instructions and not worry about anything else."
Xin Can was momentarily stunned but then fell silent.
He knew Hu Wuxin well.
The alliance leader’s words about just following orders and not worrying were clearly a lie.
If Hu Wuxin had already noticed the issue, there was no need for Xin Can to concern himself further.
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