Chapter 1970: Chapter 869: Middle-stage Heavenly Sovereign, Slaying Tao Tribulation to Ashes_2

“At the beginning, when I advanced from Initial-stage Divine Sovereign to Middle-stage, it took no more than ten million Life Seeds. Logically, even if the consumption increased this time, it shouldn’t have doubled.”

As his Realm improved, the number of Life Seeds needed for each minor breakthrough increased, something Han Yi did not doubt.

However, in the past, the advancement in Immortal Path cultivation and the increase in Divine Clan’s cultivation required a similar number of Life Seeds for each minor Realm.

Hence, based on his previous experience, he felt there was something amiss.

His thoughts quickly clarified as he understood the anomaly.

He activated the Sword Domain again, and as his will shifted, strands of Sword Qi with powerful attributes emerged within it. These Sword Qi, imbued with these attributes, were more than double as potent as he had anticipated.

Furthermore, within the fluctuations of the Sword Qi, a Sword Scripture abruptly surfaced in his mind.

It seemed that he was already familiar with this Sword Scripture, yet only now, upon focusing, did it Manifest.

Though called a Sword Scripture, it was in fact just two Sword Skills.

Han Yi had an epiphany.

This Sword Scripture, containing only two Sword Skills, was conferred by the traces of Transcendence, and at its core, belonged to the Transcendent One who had left those traces.

This was one of the benefits of comprehending the Tao Trace of Transcendence–a very small chance to understand the Tao Skills once used by a Transcendent Realm Venerable.

Han Yi had not anticipated that his cultivation here would, upon breaking through the Realm, gain the favor of the Tao Trace and bestow upon him a Sword Scripture.

This was truly an extraordinary opportunity from the heavens.

He looked at the Sword Scripture.

“Annihilation Sword Scripture of Ten Directions”.

Within the Sword Scripture, the two Sword Skills were respectively named Slaying Tao and Apocalypse.

With a wave of his hand, Han Yi drew out the Yunmu Ancient Sword. Although this Ancient Sword was at the Initial Stage, he had thoroughly refined it and could control it at will.

With a single thought, Yunmu shuddered slightly. It pierced through Chaos, and wherever it passed, the Great Tao was slain, Chaos collapsed into cosmos, and all things came to an end.

Boom!!

Far away, three Heavenly Venerates’ eyelids twitched wildly.

The sword had swung from afar, but as soon as the Ancient Sword moved, they felt as if they were directly facing it and sensed an omen of death and extinction.

They dared not imagine the terror and despair they would feel if that sword was aimed directly at them.

“Such a formidable Sword Skill. This Sword Skill is definitely at a high-level.”

“The Sword Skill is indeed powerful, but what’s strange is that the aura on this Taoist isn’t strong. It seems like he just broke through to Middle-stage Heavenly Venerate. Why is that?”

“This Sword Skill has such a devastating destructive force; it can even crumble the Great Tao. Such robust Sword intention must come from a great power’s inheritance. It seems the other party has an unusual background. Given his Sword intention, he does not seem to be from the Primordial Demon Sect; could he be from the Dao God Sect, a Taoist of that sect?”

The three Heavenly Venerates entertained various thoughts.

As for Han Yi, who was displaying the ‘Slaying Tao’ Sword Skill with Yunmu Ancient Sword, a look of joy appeared on his face.

He had the most say over the power of this Sword Skill.

The display just now was just a taste; moreover, he had only used the Yunmu Ancient Sword.

The Yunmu Ancient Sword was a relatively ordinary Heavenly Venerate Ancient Sword, Han Yi’s first Heavenly Venerate Ancient Sword, but it had become unsuitable for him now.

Just like with the Yue Guang Divine Spear, after breaking through to the Middle-stage Divine Sovereign, he felt that Yue Guang was ‘light,’ and thus he consecrated the Seven Absolute Ancient Saber which was more suitable for his Realm.

And currently, none of his Ancient Swords were of the Middle-stage. By using Yunmu, which he had most thoroughly refined, to execute the Sword Skill, he could not fully demonstrate the might of the Sword Skill.

Of course, once the Green Reed Sword is fully integrated, it is highly probable that Han Yi will acquire a High-level Venerable Sage Ancient Sword. At that time, executing this Sword Scripture combined with the mutated Sword Domain, the might will certainly far surpass the present.

After examining the gains from this closed-door cultivation, Han Yi then checked the information transmitted by the Wan Ming Incarnation.

Four thousand years had passed, and although many of Han Yi’s Wan Ming incarnations had been damaged, some had made breakthroughs. A few ascended from the first step of the Dao Realm to the Tao Fruit, and some had broken through from Daluo Immortal Venerate to the Dao Realm.

Most of these cultivators operated primarily within the Fu Heng Eastern Realm, with a small portion scattered across various parts of Chaos. Of course, only a very few Dao Realm Cultivators crossed the Tao Domain channels to places like the Heavenly Destiny Continent and the Ancestral God Domain.

Despite the plethora of information gathered, Han Yi’s focus was on just a few key points, the most important of which was the Ancient Great World.

“Changes have arisen in the Extreme Ancient,”

“Four thousand years ago, the Daoist Immortal Great Venerable intervened to annihilate the Absolute Yin Three Realms, driving away the creatures of malice and darkness and subduing the ‘Dark’.”

Han Yi felt a slight tremor in his heart when he saw this piece of information.

Initially, Hongjun Great Heavenly Venerate used his Chongxuan Stele to suppress the abnormal breath within him, sort out his injuries, and he vaguely mentioned that, if he recovered, the Daoist Immortal wouldn’t be able to succeed.

Therefore, four thousand years ago, after Han Yi returned to Fu Heng, he paid close attention to the Ancient Great World.

Unexpectedly, just as he had anticipated, changes did indeed unfold in the Ancient Great World after he began his retreat.

“The obliteration of the Absolute Yin Three Realms, the expulsion of the malevolent and dark entities, allowed the Extremely Ancient Nine Realms to fully recover.”

“What deeper intent lies behind this act of the Daoist Immortal Great Venerable?”

“Could it be that he has found another way to circumvent the restrictions set by Hongjun Great Heavenly Venerate and break through to become a Half-step Venerable?”

Han Yi’s expression grew somber.

He had taken the risk to travel to the Valley of Split Path in search of a way to limit the Daoist Immortal, and eventually found Hongjun, inadvertently imposing a roundabout restriction on the Daoist Immortal.

If the Daoist Immortal could circumvent that restriction and achieve the state of Realm Venerable before Hongjun, then Han Yi would never be able to return to the Ancient Great World, and even if the Daoist Immortal sought him out in Chaos, with the exception of the Ancestral God Star, anywhere else would be a place of danger.

“The only plan now is to hope that Hongjun Great Heavenly Venerate achieves the state of Realm Venerable first, suppressing the Daoist Immortal.”

“Additionally, I hope my suspicion is incorrect, and that the crisis in the Extreme Ancient is merely a last-ditch attempt by the Daoist Immortal.”

Han Yi temporarily pushed aside these troubling thoughts, refocusing on the present situation.

With a thought, he retrieved Yunmu, dispelled the Sword Domain with a wave of his hand, and tried to continue delving deeper into the Tao Trace.

He had learned that only beings more powerful than Heavenly Venerates, those who have surpassed them, could step into the depths of the Tao Trace.

However, every Half-step Transcend Level powerhouse has carved out their own path. Therefore, even when seeking to comprehend the Tao Trace, they would not linger for long. Staying too long could influence them, and their own path would surely become distorted.

“Back at the Primordial Demon Sect, the Lord of Taichu mentioned that the Master of Primordial Demon had received the relic of the Ancestor Demon, but it was as if it tainted the essence of the realm.”

“That must be the principle he was referring to.”

The memory of what happened four thousand years ago at the Primordial Demon Sect sent a shiver through Han Yi’s heart.

In fact, when the Taichu Lord mentioned the ‘Ancestor Demon’, it was not the first time Han Yi had heard of it. Years ago, in a ruin on the Ancestral God Star, he coincidentally encountered an emergence of an Ancestor Demon’s Soul Split.

Han Yi later learned that the ruin was the Sealing Demon Field created by that fragment of Soul Split. At that time, the Yu Sect of the Origin Divine Race took action to destroy the Sealing Demon Field. As for the fate of that fragment of Ancestor Demon’s Soul Split, Han Yi did not know.

Of course, regarding the true identity of the Ancestor Demon, Han Yi could only speculate. Whether it was a Half-step Transcendence or a true Transcendent Realm Venerable was beyond his reach at the moment.

At the edge of the Tao Trace, as his mind wandered, Han Yi had already taken steps towards the deep, but about ten miles away from the true depths, he still halted.

Here, he instinctively felt that if he continued forward, he would not be able to withstand it.

“Let it be, this place will do for now.”

“I do not know what mysteries lie in the depths of this Tao Trace, but since High-level Venerate Sages cannot enter, and Half-step Transcendents are unwilling to intervene too much, whatever is inside doesn’t carry much significance.”

Han Yi sat down.

His newly achieved Middle-stage Heavenly Venerate Cultivation strength was stable, without a period of weakness due to the aid of Life Seeds, but using the Tao Trace for contemplation to solidify his foundation was naturally the best.

The main role of this Transcendent Tao Trace for cultivators was to stabilize after breaking through a realm. His purpose for coming here was now actualized.

As for the mutation in the Sword Domain, that was another matter of fortune, serendipitous and unpredictable.