Chapter 1966: Chapter 867: Volcano Miracle Stone, Frenzied Contention_2

And to withstand the power of the Miracle Stone, this Divine Aperture World had to be much smaller than the regular Divine Aperture Worlds.

Outside, on the scorching land, Han Yi stood up from the deep pit. His hands were a blur, even revealing the golden bones underneath the skin.

The moment he grabbed the Miracle Stone, the flesh on his hands was almost burned away.

However, his Chaos physical body granted him exceptional healing abilities, and with the ongoing repairs from the Life Seeds, he quickly returned to normal.

Then immediately,

He looked around.

The watching Heavenly Venerates and Dao Realm cultivators in the distance, upon meeting Han Yi’s gaze, instinctively avoided eye contact and dared not to look directly at him.

Among the Dao Realm cultivators, some turned and left, seeking opportunities elsewhere, while a few Heavenly Venerates hesitated for a moment but ultimately did not dare to make a move.

Han Yi scanned the area but did not attack; instead, he moved towards another location.

After traveling some distance, he suddenly had an idea and attempted to take the shattered Origin Crystal veins, covered by Chaos Divine Armor, into his body. This time, he found he could do it directly.

This puzzled him.

“At the beginning, I couldn’t take the Origin Crystal veins into my body, and neither could the other Heavenly Venerates. But now, it’s possible again, including that Miracle Stone and the emerging magma.”

“The root of this change should lie within this world.”

“And this world belongs to the Master of Primordial Demon. In other words, it’s very likely due to some change in the Master of Primordial Demon that things within this world can now be taken away.”

“This change seems to indicate a weakening of control.”

“Perhaps it’s because the Master of Primordial Demon was injured, or maybe he has traveled too far away, or even left the Taoist Spirit Chaos World?”

Han Yi’s mind raced through several conjectures, but soon he shook his head. No matter the reason, with respect to a world created by a Half-Step Transcendence, he was of too low a level to understand.

But since he could now take things from this world, he guessed that it would soon be picked clean. Every blade of grass in this world, steeped in the influence of Half-Step Transcendence, was extraordinary.

To cultivators above the level of an Immortal, everything in the second layer of the Primordial Demon Palace, even the air, was a treasure.

Han Yi had not gone far when he encountered a High-level Heavenly Venerate. This Venerate was employing their Heavenly Venerate Domain; the earth trembled as mountains, ancient forests, and even the flat ground were lifted and collected into their Heavenly Venerate World through the domain.

This scene made Han Yi’s eyebrows jump wildly.

This High-level Heavenly Venerate was ruthlessly scouring the area, not letting anything in the space escape.

And as Han Yi watched this High-level Heavenly Venerate, their deployed Heavenly Venerate Domain seemed to encounter something. The Heavenly Venerate in the sky’s expression lit up with joy. With a motion of the hands, a black Spirit Plant below was drawn up and landed in their palm.

This black Spirit Plant had nine leaves, each adorned with black Runes forming exotic patterns that floated and circulated. It was about three feet tall, with wisps of Demon Energy gently swirling around it, with no other anomalies.

But both the High-level Heavenly Venerate and Han Yi’s expressions changed upon seeing this Spirit Plant.

“It’s the Nine-Life Floating Spirit Grass.”

The High-level Heavenly Venerate spoke in a deep voice and quickly absorbed the plant into his body. Then, with a wary glance at Han Yi, he dispersed his Heavenly Venable Domain and swiftly left the area, planning to continue his thorough collection elsewhere.

Han Yi did not pursue. Although he was as powerful as a High-level Venerable Sage, getting something that had entered the body world of a High-level Venerable Sage to come out was still unrealistic.

“What a pity, that was the Nine-Life Floating Spirit Grass. Even if I don’t need it, giving it to other cultivators in the Great Wilderness Dao Palace would be beneficial.”

That mysterious black Spirit Plant with nine leaves was called Nine-Life Floating Spirit Grass, one of the most precious Spirit Plants in Chaos. Once refined by a cultivator, it could split into six spirit bodies. These nine spirit bodies could roam separately, and if the main body perished, one would awaken randomly in one of the spirit bodies.

Moreover, it was effective even for Heavenly Venerates.

In other words, once one refined the Nine-Life Floating Spirit Grass, they gained nine extra lives, able to die nine times.

Han Yi knew of this Spirit plant because its effects were somewhat similar to those of the Wan Ming Tome. He had come across a description of it while searching for the Wan Ming Tome in the past.

In the records, the last time this Spirit plant appeared in the Taoist Spirit Chaos World was during the previous Chaos Era.

Of course, if one were to encounter an attack powerful enough to trace Cause and Effect throughout the entire Chaos Realm, such as an action taken by a Realm Venerable, then even with nine lives and separated by several Tao Domains, it is estimated that all of one’s avatars would perish in an instant.

Han Yi withdrew his gaze and moved to another location, then deployed his Divine Domain, mimicking the method of the High-level Heavenly Venerable he saw earlier, beginning to absorb the mountain ranges he saw around him into his Divine Aperture World.

His Physical Body was strong, and his Divine Frame could hold many Divine Aperture Worlds. Additionally, since the Chongxuan Stele had been borrowed by Hongjun, it greatly reduced his burden. Therefore, even in this world, he could absorb without fear of “overloading.”

Rumble rumble.

Within tens of thousands of miles near Han Yi, there was a booming sound as mountain ranges were drawn into his body, and the Spirit plants and treasures bred within the mountains naturally became his own.

After ‘digging away’ the nearby land, what was exposed below was the chaotic flow of air, equivalent to the very periphery of this world. Further down would be the Boundary wall, and expanding further would enter deeper layers of space.

Then, Han Yi changed locations and continued to ‘dig.’

There were quite a few other Heavenly Venerates who shared the same idea.

Of course, there were also Heavenly Venerates who preyed on Low-level Cultivators.

During this process, Han Yi encountered two Peak Venerables. The territories occupied by these two Venerates were filled with the thickest Demon Energy, clearly places where the Master of Primordial Demon had personally stayed before.

Even from a distance, Han Yi could sense danger. Stepping into the territories marked by these Venerates would surely invite attack.

He decisively changed direction and did not rashly enter the areas designated by the Peak Venerables.

As time passed, the land Han Yi ‘dug away’ filled up various Divine Aperture Worlds, and a cursory exploration revealed numerous Spirit plants and crystal mines within these ‘land pieces.’ Although these Spirit plants were not as exceptional as the Nine-Life Floating Spirit Grass, each one of them was comparable to an ordinary Initial Stage Ancient Artifact.

As for the crystal mines, some were comparable to the Flame Strange Stones he had previously encountered, which were more than sufficient for crafting Ancient Artifacts.

One day later.

As more and more High-level and even Peak Venerables poured into the second layer of the Primordial Demon Palace, this space became increasingly dangerous.

These Venerates were from neighboring Tao Domains, such as the Ancestral God Domain, Chaotic Ancient Dao Domain, and even the Central Dao Region.

By this time, all the valuable items had been scavenged, and the later arriving Venerates had no choice but to set their sights on the first batch of Venerates.

Fierce battles gradually increased and became more intense.

The phenomena of falling Venerables erupted periodically, and the intervals between them grew shorter and shorter.

This alerted Han Yi to the extreme danger.

He decisively gave up. After sensing for a moment, he found that the presence of Fu Xu Demon Venerable, who had entered with him, had already disappeared, likely having perished within the Primordial Demon Palace. Shaking his head, he fled from the Primordial Demon Palace, encountering two groups of Venerates trying to kill him mid-escape.

The first group consisted of three Middle-stage Venerables, two of whom he killed, and the third fled in terror. The second group was a High-level Venerable, but after exchanging a single blow, his opponent, seeing he could not gain the upper hand, promptly gave up and sought other targets.

After escaping from the Primordial Demon Palace, Han Yi looked around and shook his head continuously.

The Primordial Demon Palace was originally in the depths of a broad continent, which was the location of the Primordial Demon Sect. But now, as Han Yi left the Primordial Demon Palace, he found that the surrounding land was already shattered into countless pieces, and the valuable large pieces had been taken away, leaving only the relatively barren mountain ranges and empty ground.

Beneath the shattered Primordial Demon Sect, the Primordial Demon Dao City had also been broken, its fate unknown.

The Heavenly Venerates who entered the Primordial Demon Palace intended to empty it, and the Dao Realm Cultivators outside had the same intention for the Primordial Demon Sect.

It was the most direct and comprehensive method of plundering.

“From today onwards, the Primordial Demon Sect will cease to exist.”

Han Yi had no interest in the ‘land’ of the Primordial Demon Sect outside and, with a flicker, escaped into the Chaos.