Chapter 1950: Chapter 859: Valley of Split Path, Land of No Origin_2

“The Land of No Origin, this is the true Land of No Origin.”

“Only a Heavenly Sovereign capable of harnessing the power of Chaos can barely survive in this vast land.”

“The Xi Skill Chaos Realm, Taoist Spirit Seventh Stele, Returning Ruins, and other places I have visited before are all under the cover of the Taoist Spirit Chaos World and are not truly the Land of No Origin.”

Han Yi took a deep breath to suppress the horror in his heart. He looked behind him to find a dim spatial passage. This passage was unstable, seemingly on the verge of shattering at any moment.

He knew as he passed through it that if he didn’t return before this pathway broke apart, he would be stranded in the Land of No Origin, forced to rely on his own strength to traverse it and return to the Taoist Spirit Chaos World.

The duration for which the passage remained open was merely an instant.

An instant is brief for mortals, over in the blink of an eye, but for a Heavenly Sovereign, much can be done in such a span.

First, Han Yi glanced at the passage behind him; then he rapidly extended his Divine Thoughts in all directions. Yet, all he could sense was a void; even time and space seemed nonexistent here.

More importantly, there was no trace or whereabouts of Hongjun to be sensed.

Without further delay, he swiftly turned and re-entered the passage. Although the Chaotic Power was scarce within, Han Yi instantly felt at ease the moment he returned.

After another day of swift travel, he finally returned to the front of the beehive-like puzzle.

Standing in the Valley of Split Path, observing the ever-changing maze, Han Yi sighed internally. This kind of search was utterly fruitless; no wonder the Chaotic Ancient Immortal Mausoleum had no means of dealing with Hongjun after he entered the maze.

As for why the passage took a day’s time to traverse, it was understandable; the distance Han Yi covered in a day’s travel was about the width of a Dao Domain. The passage likely led to somewhere far from the Taoist Spirit Chaos World, hence he could be deemed to have truly left the Taoist Spirit’s protection, arriving in the Land of No Origin.

The reason such a maze was set up here was beyond his knowledge. After all, the Valley of Split Path had been in existence for countless Chaos Eras, its origins known only through fragmented folklore.

With thoughts flashing in his mind, he paused only for a few moments before preparing to leave. However, at that moment, his brow suddenly twitched, and with a wave of his hand, a dark black sword hovered in front of him.

On this sword, a green lotus flower was laid upon it.

This sword was none other than the Green Reed Sword.

The Green Reed Sword has been in Han Yi’s possession since he was a low-level cultivator and had helped him greatly along the way. However, the sword was not complete but formed from the fusion of many scattered Divided Swords.

Han Yi had once scoured realms save for the Kunlun Immortal Realm in search of the Green Reed Sword to restore it to the high-level standard of a Tao Sword.

For him now, a high-level Tao Sword was far from sufficient, and thus he hadn’t used this Tao Sword for a long time, keeping it within his Inner Tao Domain.

Yet, as he prepared to leave the Valley of Split Path, this Tao Sword showed an extraordinary reaction.

The Spiritual Nature of the Qingping Sword was quite abundant. With a slight tremble, a thought entered Han Yi’s mind, brightening his view.

“Are you saying you can sense the Qingping Divided Sword, and that it’s ahead within one of the maze’s pathways?”

The Qingping Sword hummed softly, confirming that the sensation was indeed true, and this feeling did not manifest when Han Yi first arrived here, but suddenly arose after he returned from the Land of No Origin.

Moreover, the sensation from this Divided Sword felt considerably profound, undeniably of a very high level, perhaps even surpassing the sword itself.

Han Yi’s eyes shone with speculation.

The only one who could have left the Qingping Sword Qi’s trail here was undoubtedly Hongjun the Great Heavenly Sovereign; he could think of no other possibility.

The Ancient Great World was far too distant from the Valley of Split Path, separated by several Dao Domains, and since the Valley of Split Path belonged to the Chaotic Ancient Dao Domain, the territory of the Immortal Tomb, only a Heavenly Sovereign could possibly have the strength to traverse such a long distance to come here.

And if it were not for a specific purpose, no Heavenly Sovereign would casually wander to this place.

Even the possibility of a Heavenly Sovereign wandering here wielding the Green Reed Sword and stepping into the Beehive Maze is extremely slim. This probability is much lower than the likelihood of Han Yi finding a high-level ancient artifact in Chaos.

Therefore, under normal deductions, the Sword Qi of the Divided Sword that the Green Reed Sword is sensing at the moment must definitely originate from the missing Hongjun Great Heavenly Sovereign.

At the dawn of the Ancient Great World, the battle between Chan Sect and Interception Sect came to an end with the annihilation of Interception Sect. Subsequently, Chan Sect became the foremost authority of the Kunlun Immortal Realm, a legacy that has been transmitted to this day.

And after countless years, Han Yi, because of the Green Reed Sword, has obtained the last wisp of Qi Fortune from the Interception Sect.

Initially, Han Yi was worried that the Interception Sect Fate on him would be detected by Mount Kunlun, leading to a pursuit and assassination. However, after the eruption of the Tao Tomb Ripple, even when Hongjun Great Heavenly Sovereign saw him, there was no reaction, which let him know that the strife between the two sects had already concluded.

The Qi Fortune of the Interception Sect was not of any concern to Mount Kunlun.

The Qingping Sword, tossed into Reincarnation and scattered across various regions of the Ancient World, including dozens in the Daluo Immortal Realm, Han Yi did not believe that Mount Kunlun lacked such Divided Swords.

At this moment, it seems that not only do these Divided Swords exist, but some are actually still on Hongjun Great Heavenly Sovereign.

And now, combining the sensation from the Green Reed Sword, it is very likely that Hongjun Great Heavenly Sovereign has detected his arrival in reverse and is using the aura of the Qingping Sword to guide him here. Otherwise, there is no explanation for why the Green Reed Sword had no reaction when he first arrived, and only now is responding.

With this thought, Han Yi grasped the Green Reed Sword, letting it follow the sensation, once again heading towards the beehive-like maze. The maze was constantly changing, so the direction indicated by the sensation of the Green Reed Sword kept shifting as well. Hence, the path Han Yi took was not straight but continuously adjusted.

By the time he arrived at the maze, he seized the moment of its fluctuation, swiftly entering one of the spatial passages.

This time, the journey through the colorful spatial passage took him a full day before reaching the end.

But at the end of this passage, there was no spatial barrier, instead, there was a seated Taoist.

Han Yi’s pupils shrank. This Taoist was none other than Hongjun Great Heavenly Sovereign, whom he had fatefully encountered several times before.

Yet, the current state of Hongjun Great Heavenly Sovereign was peculiar. His eyes were tightly closed, and his figure was constantly shifting between reality and nothingness. One moment he was solid, and the next, he appeared to be in an ethereal state.

When in physical form, his aura climbed; when ethereal, it nearly vanished.

This state was bizarre and inexplicable. Not daring to approach carelessly, Han Yi kept his distance and bowed:

“Youngster Han Yi greets the Great Heavenly Sovereign.”

Han Yi knew that the other party had guided him here with the aura of the Qingping Sword because he must have had something in mind, and he also wanted to inform the other party about the current situation in the Ancient Great World, urging Hongjun Great Heavenly Sovereign to take action against the Daoist Immortal Great Venerable. That’s why he had entered this place.

Of course, he was also cautious, ready to flee immediately if Hongjun Great Heavenly Sovereign was not right.

At the end of the passage, the strangely behaving Hongjun slowly opened his eyes. As he did, Han Yi felt the flowing lights of the surrounding passageway freeze for an instant, as though being paused, before slowly returning to normal.

“Han Yi, I need to borrow an item from you.”

“Don’t worry, though it is important, I will compensate you, and I will return it to you once I’m done with it.”

Hongjun’s voice was slightly hoarse but its content caused Han Yi’s heart to stir slightly. He did not believe he possessed anything that Hongjun would value.

As a Great Venerable of the Ancient Great World, his strength was already at the highest level of Peak Venerables. Even against other Peak Venerables, he could fight three at once and defeat them, surely one of the select few strongest beneath Half-Step Transcendence.

How could such a powerful being possibly need something from him?

But before Han Yi could react further, he saw Hongjun gesture with his hand and an item emerged from Han Yi’s body, landing in Hongjun’s hand.

Seeing this item, Han Yi’s pupils shrank.

The Chongxuan Stele.