Yi Ju replied, "These two people are Wen Shi's men. They returned midway and did not follow Wen Shi and others through the Endless Void."

"How do you know they went to hunt down Shi Changxing?"

Yi Ju smiled awkwardly, "Because I also received a message from Gu Wufeng inviting me to join the pursuit of Shi Changxing, but I used the excuse of seclusion not to go.

Actually, I can be considered one of Wen Shi's people, but I just don't want to risk my life for him now."

Ding Huan couldn't tell if Yi Ju was telling the truth.

After pondering for a moment, he asked, "If that's the case, aren't you worried about Wen Shi returning? With your passive attitude, I'm afraid Wen Shi won't let you off when he comes back."

Yi Ju showed no concern, "Back then, when many Seventh Step cultivators were crossing the Endless Void to seize the Creation Dao Principle, I knew it was a one-way journey.

And as I expected, if they could come back, they wouldn't have waited until today.

He Manzhi and Gu Wufeng were able to return because they didn't enter the Endless Void Space."

"Were they the only two who returned then?"

"No, a total of eleven people returned. Among them, four were with Wen Shi, and only He Manzhi and Gu Wufeng went after Shi Changxing."

Ding Huan nodded, "Could you show me the message you received back then?"

Yi Ju did not hesitate, taking out a Communication Bead and handing it to Ding Huan.

The Communication Bead activated, and a sharp voice came through, "Mr. Yi, Shi Changxing dared to kill Fei Juer and Luo Kaisi, we absolutely cannot let him go.

I just received news that Shi Changxing has entered the Fog Realm. I've arranged with Li Chong, He Manzhi, and you to bring this man back to Ducheng..."

Yi Ju explained on the side, "Li Chong is also one of Wen Shi's men. Like me, he used the excuse of seclusion not to participate in this hunt."

Ding Huan returned the Communication Bead to Yi Ju, "Please also give me the locations of He Manzhi and Gu Wufeng's cave mansions."

Yi Ju directly carved two Direction Jade Scrolls and handed them to Ding Huan, "These are the locations of He Manzhi and Gu Wufeng's cave mansions. However, He Manzhi is currently not in Ducheng."

"Alright, thank you, Mr. Yi."

Ding Huan took the Jade Scrolls and asked another question, "Mr. Yi, have you heard of someone called Wen Chendao?"

"Yes, he is the top fighter by Wen Shi's side. In Ducheng, apart from Wen Shi, he is the most powerful. He went with Wen Shi this time to seize the Creation Dao Principle."

Yi Ju's answer was unexpected to Ding Huan, as he was only casually asking.

Unexpectedly, he indeed got an answer.

It seems that as long as he finds Wen Shi, he will find Wen Chendao.

Unexpectedly, Wen Chendao, who disappeared in the World of Gods, has come to the Fog Realm.

"What is the relationship between Wen Shi and Wen Chendao?"

"I don't know that, only that their relationship is not ordinary."

"Then how did Gu Wufeng know that Shi Changxing returned to the Fog Realm?"

"Because Wen Shi carved many monitoring arrays at the entrance of the Fog Realm, these arrays can clearly tell who went out and who came in."

Hearing Yi Ju's answer, Ding Huan's heart sank.

When he was seriously injured and entered the Fog Realm, he had no ability to check if there were monitoring array patterns at the entrance of the Fog Realm.

Thinking back now, his entry into the Fog Realm was already within someone's monitoring range.

It was just that they saw him escape from the outside world, with low cultivation, so they didn't care.

If someone had cared, he might have been dealt with back then.

He definitely needed to go and destroy those monitoring arrays later.

"Thank you, Mr. Yi, for providing this information." Ding Huan nodded in satisfaction, then turned around and left.

Watching Ding Huan leave, Yi Ju didn't return to his cave mansion but followed him leisurely.

He also wanted to know what Ding Huan planned to do and was curious about Ding Huan's true strength.

Ding Huan ignored all the restrictions and walked straight to the entrance of Gu Wufeng's cave mansion.

Along the way, any blocking restrictions he encountered were all torn apart by him.

The street's restrictions were all Wen Shi's handiwork, so he saw no need to detour around them.

If anyone dared to confront him, they were definitely Wen Shi's men, and killing one would mean one less enemy.

Gu Wufeng's status was evidently much higher than Yi Ju's, as could be felt from the scale of his cave mansion and its primordial energy.

Knock on the cave mansion restriction?

Impossible.

Ding Huan drew the Breaking Tribulation Blade and slashed it at Gu Wufeng's cave mansion barrier.

"Crack!"

With just one slash, Gu Wufeng's cave mansion restriction was cut open by Ding Huan.

Dense heaven and earth primordial energy surged out.

Following this heaven and earth primordial energy, Gu Wufeng emerged, a face full of rage.

The commotion immediately drew numerous cultivators in Ducheng to gather and watch.

If one couldn't make progress during long seclusion, they actually wanted to find some entertainment.

Back then, when Ding Huan broke open Luo Kaisi's cave mansion restriction, it was a spectacle.

Now someone again was breaking the cave mansion of a Seventh Step strongman, it naturally attracted onlookers.

Unexpectedly, the person who broke open another Seventh Step strongman's cave mansion was the one who had acted against Fei Juer and Luo Kaisi in Ducheng back then, rumored to be called Ding Huan or something.

"Who are you?" Gu Wufeng asked, staring at Ding Huan.

While asking this, he already knew who Ding Huan was.

The person who once, along with Shi Changxing, killed Fei Juer and Luo Kaisi; moreover, the person who extracted two top-grade Dao Veins from Wen Shi's cave mansion.

"Where is Shi Changxing?" Ding Huan asked.

"Heh heh..." Gu Wufeng was angered into laughter by Ding Huan.

No matter how strong you, Ding Huan, are, you're just another Seventh Step.

Everyone else is also a Seventh Step, after all.

A mere Seventh Step, openly striking the restriction of my cave mansion, and still dares to so arrogantly ask where Shi Changxing is?

One more word, and it's Gu Wufeng's fault.

Gu Wufeng's domain surged out without the slightest reservation, dispatching a message while brandishing his Shock God Blade.

Even if he's not afraid of Ding Huan, he still needs help.

Because he will not let Ding Huan escape.

Dare to touch Gu Wufeng's cave mansion restriction, don't even think of leaving.

"Oh, using a blade? Alright, see my blade." Ding Huan didn't unfold his domain at all, his Breaking Tribulation Blade sweeping down with a canopy of the sword curtain.

Sometimes, when perception isn't on the same level, the methods of dealing with the opponent are completely different.

Even Gu Wufeng was stunned. He had never seen a battle between two equally matched opponents where one side allows the other's domain suppression, striking without extending their own domain.

Isn't that courting death?

After all, without extending one's own domain, under the suppression of the other's domain, there's no chance to even make a move.

Only when one side completely overwhelms the other is there no need to extend one's own domain.

"Crack!"

Feeling the rules of his own domain shatter, Gu Wufeng felt a chill all over his body.

Ding Huan had slashed without unfolding his domain, as if Gu Wufeng's domain was nonexistent to him.

What does this indicate? It indicates the opponent can actually overpower him.

The Breaking Tribulation Blade tore apart Gu Wufeng's Tao Domain, raising a canopy of broken Heaven and Earth Laws.

Gu Wufeng suspected he was facing Wen Shi, only Wen Shi could achieve this.

He quickly reacted, the Shock God Blade he had dispatched wildly engulfing his own Dao Yuan.

Moreover, he began burning his Essence Blood, just to block this blade from Ding Huan, he would immediately leave Ducheng, as far as he could go.

Only someone like Wen Shi could deal with such a formidable one, he was far from enough.

"Boom!"

The Shock God Blade, having absorbed Gu Wufeng's Dao Essence Blood aura, rolled up a violent Sword Force, colliding with the murderous aura of the Breaking Tribulation Blade's sword curtain, erupting a sky full of Dao Rhythm, layers of Divine Skills, and Laws fracturing.

The Shock God Blade was blown back, Gu Wufeng following it, flying backward.

He spat out a Blood Arrow, his face pale as paper.

Yet, he felt a sense of relief.

Blocking Ding Huan's blade, it was as if he had saved his own life.

As he was blown back, Gu Wufeng did not hesitate to use a Forbidden Technique.

He wanted to immediately escape from Ducheng, never to return.

If he had known Ding Huan with Shi Changxing was this formidable, even if Wen Shi was in Ducheng, he wouldn't have stepped forward to pursue Shi Changxing.

Wisps of pale reddish-brown fog enveloped Gu Wufeng, and in an instant, he vanished.

Onlookers were astounded, their mouths half-open in shock.

To defeat Gu Wufeng in one move, apart from Wen Shi and Wen Chendao, an outsider had appeared.

Yet no one questioned Gu Wufeng's escape.

Even Wen Shi would have been helpless in the face of Gu Wufeng's Deciphering Escape Technique, let alone this foreign cultivator.

Gu Wufeng had another nickname, 'Undying Saint.'

This undying meant 'cannot be killed.'

Why couldn't he be killed? He possessed the Deciphering Escape Forbidden Technique.

Yi Ju gasped.

He had known before that Ding Huan's strength was formidable; now it seemed even more so.

Even he hadn't imagined that Ding Huan would be this strong.

With just one blade, he almost killed Gu Wufeng.

Only Ding Huan seemed completely unconcerned, taking a step into the Void, then swinging his Breaking Tribulation Blade once more.

The blade strike casual.

Clearly, just an ordinary blade.

But to outsiders, Ding Huan's strike seemingly sliced the entire Void in half.

Under Ding Huan's blade, the Void seemed to become substantial.

With one swipe, all the rules within the Void became clear.

This gave people an illusion that if they could swing the blade, they might also cut the Void as if it were solid.

"Ah!"

A miserable scream echoed, and from the Void, two halves of a body fell to the ground, scattering a canopy of blood mist.

The crowd seemed to freeze.

Everyone looked at the presence that fell from the Void.

It was Gu Wufeng who had just escaped.

However, at this moment, Gu Wufeng's body had split from the waist down into two halves.

The Saint's scream was only heard when the Great Dao was torn apart.

Clearly, Gu Wufeng's Great Dao was cut open by Ding Huan's blade.

No one dared to make the slightest sound.

Ding Huan's blade showed that his power likely surpassed that of Ducheng's strongest Saint, Wen Shi.

Yi Ju wiped the sweat from his forehead; his initial choice to help Ding Huan was not due to Ding Huan and Shi Changxing's strength, but because he didn't think Wen Shi would return.

If Wen Shi were sure to return, he would never have helped Ding Huan.

Now it seemed, his choice was the right one.