Chapter 1952: Chapter 860: Hongjun Borrows the Tablet, Peak Qingping_2

Upon entering the Tao Stele, two unusual auras began to roil violently, but Hongjun had already prepared a countermeasure. He reached towards himself and grasped, pulling out the Chongxuan Stele once again.

Then, the ‘green, yellow, purple’ three-colored light swirled and intertwined, directly sealing the Chongxuan Stele into a tricolored crystal.

From a distance, Han Yi, who was intently watching Hongjun, suddenly noticed that Hongjun’s aura plummeted dramatically, even falling to the level of an Initial Stage Heavenly Venerate, yet a smile suddenly appeared on Hongjun’s face.

This was the first time Han Yi had seen a smile on Hongjun’s face.

However, Hongjun’s smile did not last long. After three breaths, he retracted his smile, then put away the tricolored crystal and looked at Han Yi.

“Did you come here specifically to find me?”

At this time, Hongjun finally had the chance to have a proper conversation; previously, his condition was not good, the two unusual auras within him prevented his injuries from lightening, and thus he was in a stalemate for tens of thousands of years. Fortunately, Han Yi appeared nearby, and through the aura of the Green Reed Sword, Hongjun knew it was Han Yi, and through deductions, deduced that Han Yi had the Tao Stele he needed, hence he summoned Han Yi over.

Seeing Hongjun speaking in a calm tone now, Han Yi also knew he must have passed the critical moment and that there should be no more danger, thus he also breathed a sigh of relief.

“Correct, the junior has specifically come to seek the Great Heavenly Venerate.”

“The junior came here mainly to earnestly request the Great Heavenly Venerate to return to the Ancient Great World, to expel the Daoist Immortal, and restore ancient order.”

“Daoist Immortal Great Venerable has now usurped the ancient powers, imprisoning all Heavenly Venerates at Mount Kunlun, causing turmoil to the Ancient Great World.”

“Please, Great Venerate, take action.”

There was no surprise on Hongjun’s face; he nodded.

“I am aware of the Daoist Immortal’s actions; my plight this time also involves the power of the Daoist Immortal.”

“However, although I have now eliminated the stubborn disease, I still need some time to recover to my peak condition.”

“Moreover, this great catastrophe has also been a great fortune for me; with this opportunity, I have a 30% confidence to break and then establish, breaking through to the realm of Realm Venerable.”

“If I truly break through, to me, the Daoist Immortal is merely something I can extinguish effortlessly.”

Upon hearing this, Han Yi was inwardly shocked; he was surprised that Hongjun was heavily injured and that the Daoist Immortal had secretly made a move, even though he did not know the method of the attack, it was undoubtedly not simple.

Additionally, having gone through this calamity, Hongjun actually had the possibility to further advance – going further meant surpassing the Heavenly Venerates and becoming a Half-Step Transcendent Realm Venerable.

That step has halted countless prodigies throughout the Chaos, with numerous powerhouses pursuing this state, yet only a handful can glimpse its true face.

And now, Hongjun Great Heavenly Venerate actually has a 30% chance of breaking through, and although it’s only 30%, it’s already quite astonishing.

No wonder Hongjun Great Heavenly Venerate, although much weakened, showed a rare smile.

However, although Han Yi was shocked by Hongjun Great Heavenly Venerate’s extraordinary encounter, the outcome of this trip was quite below his expectations; Hongjun’s breakthrough to Half-Step Transcendence was still uncertain and might take a long time. By then, perhaps the Daoist Immortal Great Venerable’s intended actions might have already been accomplished.

Hongjun, seeing Han Yi’s concern, continued to speak.

“Rest assured, although I am temporarily unable to take action, as I recover, the Daoist Immortal afar in the Ancient Great World will definitely not be able to advance further; between him and me, it’s a relationship of one benefiting at the expense of the other – I grow an inch, and he shrinks an inch.”

Han Yi’s eyes slightly lit up, although he did not dare to probe deeply into the relationship between Hongjun and the Daoist Immortal, according to what Hongjun said about ‘one benefiting at the expense of the other’, he made some conjectures.

Hongjun Great Heavenly Venerate is a supreme powerhouse of the Ancient, the one who has the deepest comprehension of the ancient ‘Heavenly Dao’. The Daoist Immortal Great Venerable, on the other hand, is a part of the Heavenly Dao’s spirituality transformed into a cultivator.

As Hongjun’s strength recovers and improves, and even more so if he further advances and breaks through to Realm Venerable, his control over the Ancient Heavenly Dao will also gradually strengthen, while the Daoist Immortal Great Venerable will gradually weaken due to losing ground.

For Han Yi, this was also a piece of good news. He had long conjectured that the Daoist Immortal Great Venerable’s grand moves in the Ancient Great World were intended to try advancing further and breaking through to Half-step Transcendence.

He was concerned that if the Daoist Immortal succeeded in breaking through, having an enemy of Half-step Transcendence level would indeed be disastrous news for him at the moment.

Being able to restrict the Daoist Immortal from advancing further, and thus maintaining the status quo, was already a favorable outcome for him.

“Thank you, Great Heavenly Venerate,” Han Yi respectfully expressed his gratitude.

Hongjun nodded, “As for this Tao Stele of yours, it is an ancient artifact, into which a fragment from the Chaos Realm of the Land of No Origin has been integrated. I utilized the unique Tao Principle of this stele to extract and suppress the foreign qi from within my body.”

“Once I leave the Valley of Split Path, I will return this Tao Stele to you.”

“And by then, this artifact will be even more powerful.”

After a pause, Hongjun took out two items, one of which was a dark black long sword, which looked exactly like the Green Reed Sword Han Yi was holding, indeed another Qingping Separation Sword.

“This sword comes from your fellow Daoist Tongtian. You carry the last bit of Qi Fortune from the Interception Sect. The events of those days need not continue. Now, returning this Divided Sword to you can also be considered as fully resolving the grudges between the two sects.”

Hongjun Great Heavenly Venerate gently tossed the dark black Green Reed Sword towards Han Yi, whose aura was terrifying, even more powerful than his Seven Absolute Ancient Saber, and it was a middle-stage Ancient Artifact.

Han Yi let go of the restless Green Reed Sword in his hand. The two swords met in the middle and unified. The sound of the swords humming was not very grand, only resonating within a few directions.

Moments later, the two Green Reed Swords fully integrated into one, a surge of even more formidable Sword Intention flashed by, and then, the Green Reed Sword returned to silence, all its aura completely retracted, turning into a most ordinary Spirit Sword.

“The Green Reed Sword was a personal side sword of your fellow Daoist Tongtian. If it is complete, even I must be cautious and cannot be negligent.”

“Unfortunately, the final battle that year damaged the Green Reed Sword. Even now, after gathering all the divided swords, it could only be restored to a high-level Ancient Artifact, unable to reach the peak of Ancient Artifacts.”

“However, for you, this sword, for a short period, should be sufficient.”

Han Yi, feeling excited inside, bowed and thanked.

A high-level and familiar Ancient Artifact that he didn’t need to refine again would significantly enhance his Combat Power.

Although the Chongxuan Stele was temporarily borrowed by Hongjun to seal the foreign qi stripped from within his body, the return date was also uncertain.

But in terms of strength enhancement, this trip was still more beneficial than harmful to Han Yi.

Moments later, Han Yi bid farewell to Hongjun and returned to the Valley of Split Path. When he turned and looked at the honeycomb-like maze again, he could no longer find the path where Hongjun was.

The passages here are seemingly endless; without the guidance of the Green Reed Sword, let alone him, even a Half-step Transcend level powerhouse couldn’t find Hongjun.

He had now stored the Green Reed Sword within his inner Dao Domain. This integration of the Green Reed Sword would take some time; based on his estimation, about ten years.

These ten years, Han Yi could wait.

He turned and left the Valley of Split Path. Outside the vast valley, the Chaos was deep and eerily silent; due to the thinness of the Chaotic Power, even the Tomb Beasts were much rarer.

After leaving the Valley of Split Path, he glanced towards the direction of the Chaotic Ancient Immortal Mausoleum and the Huanyan Sacred Land, then he set forth towards the Primordial Demon Dao Domain according to the Star Chart.

In fact, his initial purpose for this journey from the Returning Ruins was twofold; one was to investigate the sea of fire where Donghuang Taiyi fell, and the other was to explore the Huanyan Sacred Land.

In the Huanyan Sacred Land, he was interested in the Ferry Grave Taoist Boat. Han Yi wanted to see if he could further activate the Chongxuan Stele by referencing the Ferry Grave Taoist Boat, allowing this artifact to carry cultivators across the great calamity of the Tao Tomb in the future.

Unfortunately, now that the Chongxuan Stele was borrowed by Hongjun, even if he went to the Huanyan Sacred Land, he couldn’t make comparisons, so he simply shelved this plan.

When Hongjun finishes his seclusion and returns the Chongxuan Stele to him, it wouldn’t be too late to make a trip to the Huanyan Sacred Land.