Chapter 00235: The Advancement of the Great Universe Technique
# The Advancement of the Great Universe Technique
Chapter 235
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 235: The Advancement of the Great Universe Technique
Ding Huan had no idea that his Blue Star Sect had nearly attracted the attention of a powerhouse from the Ascension Realm.
If Pang Xiangxiang had pointed a finger at the Blue Star Sect, accusing them of deceit and plunder, Qiao Sha could have easily sent a True God Realm cultivator to crush the Blue Star Sect without breaking a sweat.
However, Pang Xiangxiang told the truth, not giving Qiao Sha a single excuse to act upon.
Even though Yi Jiang was seething with hatred, there was nothing he could do.
Not only had his dream of becoming the sect master of the Moonlight Sect been shattered, but his plan to marry Han Xiaonu from the Luo Shen Palace had also completely fallen apart.
Qing Yu stared blankly at Pang Xiangxiang.
It wasn’t until Pang Xiangxiang finished speaking and sat down that Qing Yu finally understood why Pang Xiangxiang had spoken in Ding Huan’s favor.
In reality, by speaking impartially, Pang Xiangxiang had indirectly helped Ding Huan.
After all, Pang Xiangxiang also wanted to align herself with Ding Huan.
Should Qing Yu step forward? If she spoke up for the young sect master, would he spare her life and allow her to successfully build her foundation afterward, just like Pang Xiangxiang? Pang Xiangxiang didn’t know what Qing Yu was thinking, but if she had known, she would have told Qing Yu with a sigh:
"Back when I was cultivating with Yi Wandao, he was the legitimate young sect master of the sect, with all the resources at his disposal. Whatever he wanted, he could get. Yi Jiang, on the other hand, is a drowning dog now, and it’s unclear whether he can even return to the Moonlight Sect. Do you really think he’ll spare your life and help you build your foundation?"
Unfortunately, Qing Yu couldn’t grasp this truth.
She was good at reading the situation and pleasing others, but that was just a small bit of cleverness.
So, she stood up and said:
"Esteemed sect masters, I was once the personal maid of Guan Wan. I know a thing or two about this Ding Huan…"
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Meanwhile, Ding Huan stood once again at the outskirts of the Hidden Sword Mountain.
The poisonous mist seemed to have thinned slightly.
Ding Huan’s divine sense swept through the mountain, and he frowned.
He didn’t see Ji Xinting.
Wasn’t this guy supposed to be here, cultivating while guarding the Hidden Sword Mountain for him? Where had he gone? It seemed this guy couldn’t be relied upon.
Oh well, Ding Huan decided not to bother with Ji Xinting.
He made his way to the cosmic vortex and began to review every detail of the Great Universe Technique he had created since its inception.
He then pulled out the Starry Sky Spirit Vein and placed it beneath him.
His divine sense slowly penetrated the vast cosmic vortex as the Great Universe Technique began to circulate through his meridians.
When the circulation of the one hundred meridians merged with the cosmic vortex through his divine sense, Ding Huan faintly sensed the aura of cosmic laws.
At this moment, his aura surged once again, and endless spiritual energy was drawn toward him, merging with the spiritual energy from the Starry Sky Spirit Vein beneath his feet.
Ding Huan absorbed it all.
Twelve star mountains began to slowly rotate in his dantian, like twelve orbiting planets.
As Ding Huan’s aura grew stronger, the rotation of the twelve star mountains accelerated.
The poisonous mist of the Hidden Sword Mountain was also drawn toward Ding Huan, forming a massive vortex of spiritual energy around him.
Ding Huan faintly sensed the circulation of the one hundred and first meridian.
Without hesitation, he directed the gathered spiritual energy to charge toward it.
Boom!
A thunderclap echoed in the sky, startling Ding Huan so much that he nearly stopped the circulation of the Great Universe Technique.
The last time he had comprehended the Great Universe Technique, a similar thunderclap had nearly killed him.
Why was this thunderclap happening again?
Before Ding Huan could react, a bolt of lightning descended from the sky.
He had no way to dodge it.
The bolt struck his shoulder.
"Crack!" Ding Huan clearly heard the sound of his bones breaking.
His arm instantly lost all mobility.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Several more thunderclaps echoed in the sky, and before the sound could even reach him, three more bolts of lightning struck down.
Ding Huan finally realized that he was undergoing a tribulation.
He didn’t dare to be careless now.
He summoned his Farewell Spear, and a barrage of spear shadows formed a defensive screen in front of him.
Ding Huan knew full well that this screen would have a hard time blocking the incoming lightning bolts.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The spear screen shattered, and the weakened bolts of lightning struck Ding Huan without any resistance.
Even though the lightning had been weakened by the spear screen, Ding Huan still suffered several broken bones, and his body was left a bloody mess.
Ding Huan didn’t dare to think about anything else now.
If he didn’t survive this tribulation today, he might be killed by the lightning when he tried to advance to the Starry Sky Realm.
At this moment, Ding Huan was frantically circulating the Great Universe Technique while also opening up a separate meridian for healing.
As the healing meridian formed beneath the Great Universe Technique, Ding Huan’s recovery speed skyrocketed.
When five more bolts of lightning struck, Ding Huan’s injuries had mostly healed.
However, he didn’t feel the slightest bit relieved.
The lightning was growing stronger, and if he continued to rely on his current healing speed and ability to resist the lightning, death seemed inevitable.
There’s a saying that haste makes waste.
The more Ding Huan tried to speed up his healing, the slower it became.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Five more bolts of lightning struck, easily tearing through the spear screen Ding Huan had constructed.
Even his Farewell Spear was nearly knocked out of his hands by the force of the lightning.
Crack! Ding Huan’s skull was cracked, and his body was a bloody mess, with bones exposed in several places.
Collapsed on the ground, his face covered in blood, Ding Huan continued to frantically circulate the Great Universe Technique.
Either he would survive this tribulation, or he would die.
There was no other option.
If he gave up on advancing to the Starry Sky Realm and stopped circulating the Great Universe Technique, he didn’t know if he could avoid the lightning, but he knew it wouldn’t do him any good.
Even if the tribulation stopped, the next time he tried to advance, it might only be equivalent to cultivating the Small Universe Technique.
The sky above him was brewing the next wave of lightning.
The terrifying rumbling made Ding Huan suspect that this wave would be even more intense.
This was only the first wave of the tribulation.
He had never experienced a tribulation before, but he had heard about them.
It was said that tribulations came in several waves, and if the later waves were stronger, how could he possibly survive?
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The lightning didn’t stop just because Ding Huan hadn’t figured out how to defend himself.
Wave after wave of lightning struck without pause.
If this continued, he would surely die.
In a moment of desperation, Ding Huan grabbed the iron pot he had with him and held it above his head.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The bolts of lightning struck the iron pot, and to Ding Huan’s surprise, the pot blocked the lightning.
At the same time, he sensed a surge of spiritual energy.
Crack! Two bolts of lightning still managed to slip through, striking Ding Huan’s body and blasting two holes in his back, revealing his internal organs.
Ding Huan didn’t have time to think.
He frantically absorbed the surging spiritual energy, and his aura began to rise rapidly.
A cracking sound echoed as Ding Huan felt the star mountains in his dantian begin to shatter.
However, he wasn’t worried, because as the star mountains shattered, his cultivation level skyrocketed.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! It seemed that the heavens had noticed Ding Huan using the iron pot to block the lightning, and this time, sixteen bolts of lightning struck down.
With the experience from the first time, Ding Huan quickly moved the pot to block the lightning.
However, this time there were twice as many bolts, and despite his best efforts, three bolts still struck his body.
Ding Huan collapsed to the ground, feeling the sky above him still brewing the next wave of lightning.
He felt a sense of despair.
If the next wave came, he would surely die.
At this moment, all Ding Huan could do was frantically circulate the Great Universe Technique.
He couldn’t do anything else.
The only silver lining was that the sixteen bolts of lightning, while nearly crippling him, had also accelerated the shattering of the star mountains in his dantian.
As the sky brewed the sixth wave of lightning, the star mountains in Ding Huan’s dantian completely shattered and condensed into a single, vibrant star.
As this star formed, Ding Huan felt an endless surge of vitality nourishing every part of his body.
His nearly broken body was almost completely healed in an instant.
He had reached the Starry Sky Realm.
Finally, he had a foothold in this world.
The sixth and seventh waves of lightning struck in quick succession.
This time, Ding Huan put down the iron pot and instead grabbed his Farewell Spear, slashing at the incoming lightning.
The sixteen bolts of lightning were effortlessly shattered by Ding Huan’s spear, causing him no harm.
Ding Huan didn’t have time to marvel at his newfound strength.
Instead, he was shocked by the changes happening in his body and dantian.
According to his previous experience, he should have opened up the one hundred and first meridian of the Great Universe Technique.
However, the reality was that his meridians were gradually disappearing.
Not only could he not find the one hundred and first meridian, but even the one hundred meridians he had previously opened were slowly vanishing.
With each circulation of the Great Universe Technique, one of his meridians disappeared.
Ding Huan was terrified.
If this continued, wouldn’t his Great Universe Technique be rendered useless?
But then something even more shocking happened.
His sea of consciousness suddenly expanded, and the star in his dantian was projected into his sea of consciousness.
This star was a physical projection, and as it appeared in his previously empty sea of consciousness, it was as if an endless chaos was slowly being unveiled.
As the Great Universe Technique continued to circulate, his meridians continued to disappear, and small stars began to form around the star in his sea of consciousness.
By the time all the meridians he had painstakingly opened had vanished, there were twelve small stars orbiting the central star in his sea of consciousness.
Ding Huan was still trying to figure out what was happening when the next wave of lightning struck.
Three waves of lightning, totaling forty-eight bolts, struck Ding Huan.
To his surprise, after these three waves, the twelve small stars around the central star in his sea of consciousness became even more radiant and clear.
Not only that, but each small star was now surrounded by nine even smaller star particles.
Ding Huan stared in awe at the scene in his sea of consciousness.
A massive star slowly rotated at the center, surrounded by twelve smaller stars.
Each of these smaller stars was orbited by nine star particles.
The scene in his sea of consciousness resembled a small galaxy.
The central star was like a sun, the twelve smaller stars were like planets, and the one hundred and eight star particles were like moons… It was as if his body had been returned to him, and his Great Dao had constructed a miniature universe within his sea of consciousness.
The star in his dantian was still there, but Ding Huan felt that it was more symbolic now, perhaps serving as a reservoir for his true essence.
His Great Universe Technique had advanced.
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