Post-Mythical Era: I don't want to die in the third reincarnation-Chapter 1123 - 1116: Delivering Dao Blood to the Door

Ding Huan took Mo Wuji outside Wenda City, clearly sensing that there were far fewer people here.
Although on the surface Wenda City existed because of the Dao Tower, in fact, it had developed into a Cultivation City, and the Dao Tower's influence on Wenda City was no longer that significant.
The decrease in population in Wenda City now is likely related to the Sword Yuan Blood Peak.
Ding Huan scanned with his Divine Will and found no cultivators who had reached the Sixth Step of the Great Dao.
"Ding Huan, we don't need to enter the city. We just need to find someone to ask," Mo Wuji, feeling the space restrictions outside Wenda City were somewhat peculiar, reminded Ding Huan.
Ding Huan nodded, not planning to enter the city either.
They didn't wait long before they found a target.
A True Saint at the Fifth Step of the Great Dao walked out of Wenda City, deeply preoccupied, leaving alone.
"Greetings, Taoist friend." After leaving the range of Wenda City, Ding Huan immediately blocked this True Saint.
This True Saint was just far away from Wenda City when he was stopped, yet he hadn't sensed a thing.
Seeing Ding Huan and Mo Wuji suddenly appear in front of him, the True Saint felt a chill run through his body.
The appearance of these two did not even cause a ripple in space.
This clearly meant they were existences capable of easily crushing him.
"Cheng Xindao greets the two seniors."
"Friend Cheng, there's no need to worry. My friend and I are from Wanpeng Star Land. We originally planned to visit friends at the Sword Yuan Blood Peak, but heard there's been some trouble there and wanted to inquire about it," Ding Huan cupped his fist, his tone very courteous.
Cheng Xindao wasn't foolish; anyone daring to inquire about the Sword Yuan Blood Peak surely wasn't a simple character.
After bowing, he cautiously said:
"The two seniors, the Sword Yuan Blood Peak had an incident hundreds of years ago. First, the Alliance Hierarch Su Qianshan was plotted against and fell outside the Sword Yuan Blood Peak.
Then, the senior Yan Yu became the new Alliance Hierarch. Six hundred years ago, the Yan Yu Hierarch too was slain outside the Sword Yuan Blood Peak, his body vanished.
Moreover, everyone at the Sword Yuan Blood Peak either perished or disappeared. The Blood Peak itself also vanished, presumably taken away by someone.
Currently, the area where the Sword Yuan Blood Peak was enveloped in a corrosive Dao Rhythm. Even if a cultivator at the Seventh Step of the Great Dao entered, they would immediately be annihilated.
That area became the first forbidden land of Tongti Star Land, the Blood Peak Forbidden Land, and within a million miles, no one dares to approach."
Ding Huan continued asking: "Friend Cheng, I've been to Wenda City before, and it was once full of strong experts, exceptionally prosperous.
Why is there not even a Seventh Step of the Great Dao here now? And are there very few strong cultivators here?"
Cheng Xindao's tone grew increasingly respectful: "Replying to the senior, after the Sword Yuan Blood Peak was taken, the number of Seventh Step of the Great Dao here decreased day by day.
It's rumored that with the Dao Alliance gone, staying in Tongti Star Land offers little benefit to one's Great Dao, so many seniors at the Seventh Step of the Great Dao left Tongti Star Land..."
Mo Wuji suddenly spoke: "Friend Cheng, your tone seems insincere, is there something you're trying to hide from us?
And when you left Wenda City just now, you seemed deeply preoccupied, what was it for?"
Although Mo Wuji's tone was calm, it carried an undeniable intent to kill.
Cheng Xindao involuntarily shuddered and quickly bowed again: "Senior, the rumors are indeed as I said, but we don't think that's the whole story."
"Let's hear it," Mo Wuji softened his tone.
Cheng Xindao dared not hide anything: "After the Sword Yuan Blood Peak disappeared, the first to vanish were those at the Eighth Step of the Great Dao. From what I've heard, they never actually left.
Someone has seen with their own eyes a powerful cultivator at the Eighth Step of the Great Dao enter the Blood Peak Forbidden Land, then never come out again.
After cultivators at the Eighth Step of the Great Dao disappeared, it then happened to cultivators at the Seventh Step. Upon hearing this, we wanted to leave Tongti Star Land, but we can't get away.
I went to Wenda City earlier to discuss with many fellow practitioners how we might leave Tongti Star Land, but nothing came of it, so my mood was not good."
Ding Huan asked: "Why can't you leave? Is Tongti Star Land locked down?"
Cheng Xindao really wanted to retort to Ding Huan, you just entered Tongti Star Land, don't you know why?
But he didn't have the guts, so he could only answer: "After the Dao Alliance in Tongti Star Land disappeared, the place became chaotic.
There's a powerful guardian at the entrance of the Star Land Protection Array of Tongti Star Land, who only allows people to enter but disallows anyone from leaving.
He's extremely strong. Once, a powerful cultivator at the Eighth Step of the Great Dao tried to forcibly leave Tongti Star Land but was slain effortlessly."
"Show me a portrait."
Cheng Xindao was very reluctant to do this, as it would offend the powerful guardian of the Tongti Star Land entrance. But faced with Ding Huan's request, he had no choice but to sketch an image in the void.
The strongman in the image was not tall, had ordinary looks, and displayed not an ounce of grandeur.
"Add his Dao Rhythm fluctuations..."
"I can't depict those..."
"You don't need to depict them exactly. Something similar will do."
"Understood."
Cheng Xindao's response grew more anxious, doubting if he would emerge unscathed today.
He struggled to capture the Dao Rhythm of that powerful entity, but he couldn't achieve even one percent resemblance.
While Cheng Xindao was anxiously restless, Ding Huan waved him off, "You may go. Remember, you didn't say anything today."
"Yes, I promise not to reveal a single word," Cheng Xindao's back was drenched with cold sweat.
He never expected to leave alive.
After Cheng Xindao left, Ding Huan said, "Wu Ji, I know who that guy blocking the entrance to the Tongti Star Land Protection Array is."
"Is it the Void?" Mo Wuji had already guessed it.
Ding Huan confirmed, "It's that old bastard. He made two avatars join forces with the 'Ancient Wound' to target us.
He himself is helping the Ancient Wound guard the Tongti Star Land, preventing strong cultivators from leaving. Who would've thought he'd stoop to being a watchdog someday?"
It's clear that all the strong forces within the Tongti Star Land are just blood food for the Ancient Wound. To recover strength, the quickest way is naturally to absorb the Dao Blood of strong cultivators from the Tongti Star Land.
"Then we must quickly finish off this Ancient Wound. Besides the Tongti Star Land, there are Wanpeng Star Land and Dacheng Star Land here.
If the Ancient Wound goes to either of the other two Star Lands, he could gain a significant amount of fresh Dao Blood, speeding up his recovery."
Mo Wuji said, he had encountered the terrifying power of the Ancient Wound.
If this Ancient Wound were to recover to some degree of mobility, he and Ding Huan would have to flee as far as possible.
Not only that, but eliminating the Ancient Wound would only get more challenging as time passed.
Ding Huan shook his head, "He definitely won't leave the Tongti Star Land for now, as many have cultivated here using his Great Dao Dao Blood and Great Dao Rules.
Thus, absorbing the Dao Blood of the cultivators from the Tongti Star Land allows him to recover at the fastest rate — no other place can compare.
But we indeed need to eliminate the Ancient Wound now. If he recovers enough to strike again, we'll either die or end up as crippled as he is."
"How should we act?"
"My thought is for us to reach the Sixth Step of the Great Dao, becoming True Saints of this realm, thereby drawing the attention of the Ancient Wound.
Given his thirst for Dao Blood, the appearance of someone at the Sixth Step of the Great Dao would immediately get carried away..."
Ding Huan did not suggest becoming the Seventh Step of the Great Dao, estimating that those at the Seventh Step here have probably been wiped out.
The sudden appearance of two Seventh Step individuals would certainly rouse suspicion.
"Alright, let's do it that way," Mo Wuji agreed at once.
"We need to blend our own Great Dao with the Heaven and Earth Rules of this Star Land to attract the attention of the Ancient Wound.
In a while, you act first, and I'll follow. I've left a Source Principle failsafe in the Sword Source Blood Peak of the Ancient Wound, which is our bargaining chip for a sneak attack."
Hearing that Ding Huan had a backup plan, Mo Wuji felt even more confident.
Mo Wuji highly admired Ding Huan's understanding of the Cosmic Origin Principle.
The Ancient Wound's power was only a fraction of its original, and the failsafe Ding Huan left might not be detected.
...
Millions of miles away from the Sword Source Blood Peak, Ding Huan and Mo Wuji, now displaying Great Dao power at the Sixth Step, hurried on their way.
"If we still can't find a way to leave the Tongti Star Land this time, I don't plan to attend such gatherings anymore; they're pointless," Ding Huan said, looking frustrated.
Mo Wuji also wore a troubled expression, "I know, but with just the strength of the two of us, it's difficult to leave the Tongti Star Land.
We must cooperate with them; there's strength in numbers..."
"Brother Fan, I have a top-grade Break Position Talisman that allows us to leave without using the Tongti Star Land's Protetciton Array exit. The only downside is that we need a Chaos Dao Vein. Where do we find that?"
"Do you really have such a treasure?" Mo Wuji's voice quivered with excitement.
"Yes..."
"I'll figure out a way to get the Chaos Dao Vein..."
Almost as Mo Wuji's voice trailed off, a powerful force swept over them.
Under this force, Mo Wuji and Ding Huan disappeared from the Sword Source Blood Peak.
Neither Mo Wuji nor Ding Huan were novices.
The moment they were enveloped by this formidable space power, they realized they didn't need to be so close to the Sword Source Blood Peak.
It seemed that the main Dao Cities of the Tongti Star Land had been set with such Source Principle vortices.
Any Dao Blood that matched the Ancient Wound would be enveloped by Space Restriction, sent into the Blood Peak Forbidden Land.
"What's going on?" Mo Wuji's alarmed voice fell as he and Ding Huan were both tossed to the ground.
They found themselves inside a grand hall. In its center hovered a looming shadow shrouded in Dao Rhythm, with rings of Dao Blood swirling around it.
The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi almost solidified, filling the entire space of the hall.
The Cosmic Origin Principle in the hall was almost tangible, and the closer to the center shadow they got, the clearer the Great Dao Origin Rules became.
"We were transported here..." Ding Huan's voice trembled with fear as he instinctively retreated.
Soon, he distanced himself from Mo Wuji rather unceremoniously.