Post-Mythical Era: I don't want to die in the third reincarnation

Qu Yi, without a second thought, opened her hand, and the leather scroll that Ding Huan was extremely familiar with appeared in her palm:

"I came across this by chance. It's this leather scroll. Everything I cultivate, all the cultivation techniques, divine skills, methods, they all come from this leather scroll."

Ding Huan stared blankly at the leather scroll in Qu Yi's hand, his mind somewhat blank.

"Brother Ding, is there something wrong with it?" Qu Yi noticed Ding Huan's dazed expression and felt a bit panicked inside.

Ding Huan took a deep breath and then slowly said:

"Yi Yi, listen to me, there's something wrong with this leather scroll. It has an owner and its own consciousness. It's just waiting for a day when it will devour your thoughts and consciousness, completely replacing you..."

As he spoke, Ding Huan suddenly felt that something wasn't quite right.

Qu Yi's eyes lit up immediately when she heard Ding Huan call her Yi Yi again.

But then she exclaimed in horror, "Possession?"

Possession, she was very clear about, would entirely turn her into a stranger, while she would lose her consciousness and memory.

Why hadn't she felt like she was being possessed?

Ding Huan finally realized what was amiss.

He had indeed acquired the leather scroll, yet he didn't know if his reincarnation was related to it.

Ding Huan slightly regretted not checking the brownish-yellow planet where he fell in his previous life.

There was one thing he was sure of, which was that after obtaining the leather scroll, he absolutely could not take it out casually.

But looking at Qu Yi's actions, it seemed she could take it out at any time.

Could it be that she had control over the scroll?

He had tortured himself almost to the point of falling, bearing terrifying pain that still made him shiver when thinking about it.

Finally, he managed to dispose of that leather scroll with the help of a fragment of Dao Vein that he came by and the assistance of Void and Grey Sea Lava.

Dao Vein, ah.

Now Ding Huan naturally understood that it was an existence even more formidable than Divine Spirit Veins.

Although it was just a small, broken fragment of a low-grade Dao Vein.

However, what's with Qu Yi?

She could just casually take out the leather scroll?

Ding Huan immediately arranged a Soul-locking Big Array, then deployed various Divine Binding Arrays.

Only then did his Divine Will fall onto the leather scroll.

A vast sea of cultivation information like smoke was caught by Ding Huan.

Various fundamental Dao Thought theories, Tao Technique, Taoist Divine Power, various techniques of the Dao...

This was completely different from when he gained the leather scroll, as at that time, scroll information would only be triggered when knowledge was needed.

Sometimes it couldn't be accessed at all.

Just by using this foundational Great Dao knowledge, he created the Great Universe Technique.

And at this moment, everything from the leather scroll was within reach.

Could it be that this leather scroll truly has no existing consciousness?

Ding Huan only hesitated for a moment before he began to madly copy the content of the leather scroll.

Whether or not there was consciousness, the contents of the leather scroll were treasures, and he had to preserve these things for later.

Even though it was just a small leather scroll, Ding Huan copied eight jade scrolls in total.

After putting away the jade scrolls he copied, Ding Huan did not touch the leather scroll. Instead, he restrained the leather scroll with a divine array before speaking to Qu Yi:

"Yi Yi, I need to examine your Divine Soul and Sea of Consciousness, as well as any other possible consciousness inside your body."

"Ah..."

Qu Yi looked blankly at Ding Huan. Although no other man had room in her heart for a long time, wasn't this a bit too rushed?

However, she immediately realized that Ding Huan was concerned that something went wrong with the leather scroll, fearing that some impure consciousness might be lingering in her Sea of Consciousness or body, preparing for possession.

"Alright."

Qu Yi did not refuse.

Ding Huan also came to his senses. Although Qu Yi had cultivated to the Primordial Soul Realm, and her lifespan had already exceeded a million years, she, like him, still originated from Earth.

Some thoughts were ingrained deeply in their bones and would not change.

He was silent for a while, deciding to tell Qu Yi everything, when suddenly Qu Yi spoke, "Brother Ding, I won't mind it."

Ding Huan originally intended to tell Qu Yi why he treated her like this, because in the past life, Qu Yi gave him her eyes, saving his life.

Ding Huan also thought of how the leather scroll was not a simple item, and its consciousness varied in strength.

He nearly lost his life in the Grey Sea just to eliminate the leather scroll buried deep in his consciousness, yet Ding Huan was certain that the consciousness he eliminated was not the strongest among all the leather scrolls.

As far as he knew, there were five leather scrolls thrown out by the scroll's owner.

If his words caused Qu Yi to be unsettled, it might make it harder for him to locate that strand of scroll consciousness.

"Yi Yi, could you tell me where you got this leather scroll and how?"

Qu Yi also pulled back from her wandering thoughts:

"Back when Zhong Chi and I left Earth with the others, we were determined to find a true Cultivation Star Land. At that time, I had already achieved Foundation Establishment, and my cultivation was considered quite good.

After flying aimlessly for years and losing all hope of survival, the Hua Xia One was caught in a cosmic vortex.

When we emerged from that vortex, the Hua Xia One was on the verge of disintegration. At that time, I was the only one who had achieved Foundation Establishment. If the Hua Xia One completely fell apart, none of the others would have survived.

Fortunately, we encountered a Void Spaceship afterward. The people on the ship took a fancy to the Great Wilderness Golden Ape. They allowed us aboard and brought us to the Qi Ji Continent..."

Upon hearing about the Qi Ji Continent, Ding Huan was filled with regret.

Back when he went to the Changyi Continent for revenge, his Divine Will had swept over the Qi Ji Continent, but he had been too lazy to visit.

"After arriving at the Qi Ji Continent, Zhong Chi, Fan Yibing, Lü Zi, Fang Chong, Geng Qianxing, and Zhan Wei all lacked Spirit Roots and couldn't join a sect, making survival difficult.

Even though I had Spirit Roots, the test revealed they weren't particularly good, so we had to separate to survive.

During one search for Spiritual Medicine, I got separated from Sister Yibing and fell into a dire situation alone.

In that dire place, I found a skeleton, and this leather scroll was found beside it.

After obtaining the leather scroll, I chose to cultivate the Ten Thousand Essence True Dao Art. Since then, my cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds. In just a few years, I reached the Primordial Soul Realm.

Not only that, but my progress in the Array Dao and Alchemy Dao also surged, quickly making me a top-tier Spirit Pill King.

I found Zhong Chi, Fan Yibing, Lü Zi, Fang Chong, Geng Qianxing, one after another, but Zhan Wei perished in a conflict.

I refined Spirit Nourishing Primordial Pills, allowing Zhong Chi and the others to develop Spirit Roots, then taught them cultivation techniques..."

Ding Huan nodded thoughtfully.

He was well aware of the extraordinary nature of that leather scroll.

After obtaining the leather scroll, Qu Yi needed little effort to find a way to nurture Spirit Roots.

"Later, I advanced even faster. After reaching the Immortal Realm, I chose to leave the Qi Ji Continent because I wanted to find you..."

Qu Yi lowered her head, and even just recalling the hardships she endured in searching for Ding Huan was suffocating.

Ding Huan held Qu Yi's hand, wanting to say he should have taken her with him back then.

But as he thought of Qi Xinyue, who had left with him, those words got stuck in his throat.

If he had taken Qu Yi with him back then, she might have perished long ago.

Qu Yi remained silent, while Ding Huan pondered the leather scroll.

After a while, Ding Huan said, "Yi Yi, check yourself thoroughly and see if there's any foreign consciousness. Especially in your Sea of Consciousness."

Qu Yi nodded, closed her eyes, and her Divine Will carefully examined her body.

Ding Huan then summoned the Great Void Flame.

Though its advancement had slowed, the Great Void Flame had reached the sixth level of Divine Flames.

As long as the Great Void Flame locked down this space, even if the leather scroll had any issues, it couldn't escape his grasp.

Ding Huan's Divine Will meticulously examined the leather scroll.

He didn't trust that this leather scroll was completely without problems.

Three days passed quickly, and Ding Huan was still examining the leather scroll, while Qu Yi ceased her search.

She had checked her body repeatedly, including her Sea of Consciousness and meridians, hundreds of times and confirmed there were no issues.

But since Ding Huan was focused on examining the leather scroll, she remained silent, patiently waiting beside him.

Ding Huan was most sensitive to the Law of All Things, and by meticulously examining the leather scroll, he could detect any flaw immediately.

On the eighth day, Ding Huan's Divine Will touched a corner of the leather scroll, where he sensed fluctuations of Space Law.

Ding Huan felt fortunate that he had touched the Space Law. Otherwise, despite his understanding of the Law of All Things surpassing other cultivators, he might not have noticed the fluctuations of this Space Law.

The Great Void Flame instantly locked the space, and Ding Huan's Divine Will decisively tore through this realm of space.

Ding Huan's cultivation was at the initial stage of the Divine Monarch level, and the strength of his Divine Will could touch the level of a World God.

Moreover, Ding Huan had already touched upon Space Laws and could even wield Space Law Divine Powers.

It took only a brief moment for Ding Huan's Divine Will to tear open this space.

This was a gray-brown space, within which were two intertwined Divine Souls, both seemingly devoid of life.

To be precise, it was a complete Primordial Spirit entangled with a broken soul remnant.

Once Ding Huan's Divine Will touched that broken soul remnant, he knew it belonged to the leather scroll.

In his heart, Ding Huan felt silently fortunate; Qu Yi was incredibly lucky.

At this moment, he fully understood the situation.

The skeleton Qu Yi saw was likely the body of the owner of the complete Primordial Spirit. But like him, this body had discovered the leather scroll's residual soul, leading to conflict.

However, this unfortunate guy wasn't as lucky as him. In the Gray Sea, aided by the Void, fire magma, and the Dao Veins, Ding Huan managed to eliminate the leather scroll's soul remnant.

Yet this person and the soul thought both perished together.

A Primordial Spirit tangled with a sliver of broken soul remnant for who-knows-how-long, eventually getting drawn into the leather scroll's space, entering a timeless sleep.

Ding Huan understood clearly that neither of these beings had truly perished.

If he was going to act, he had to eradicate them completely.

Ding Huan began to inscribe Spirit Confinement Formation, Soul Lock Formation, Soul-binding Array Patterns…