Chapter 1977: Chapter 873: Valley of the Yellow Wind, A Hundred Years of Exploration

Burial Disaster Dao Domain, vast and boundless, wasn’t always named as such nor looked this eerie since its creation within the Taoist Spirit Chaos World. In fact, countless forces of various sizes scattered across the Chaos, fighting for resources, experiencing both flourishing growth and decline.

But from a certain point in time, the entire Dao Domain became a land of death. All Taoist Immortal Spirit Energy decayed to the brink of complete dissipation, and even Chaotic Power was contaminated by the aura of disaster and death. Not even a Heavenly Sovereign dared to harness Chaotic Power here, fearing their Taoist Body would be affected.

This time point might well be the one rumored, when a Transcendent Realm Venerate perished here, and the aura released upon death permeated the entire Dao Domain, inviting endless death, leading to the eventual renaming of the Dao Domain to Burial Disaster.

Tens of thousands of years ago, the catastrophe of the Tao Tomb erupted, worsening the Chaos, intensifying the changes in this already dangerous Dao Domain.

If it was about which of the Nine Great Dao Domains would be the first to collapse due to the Tao Tomb’s failure, Han Yi believed it wouldn’t be the disordered Chaotic Ancient Dao Domain, but rather this one, which had already moved towards death – the Burial Disaster Dao Domain.

Han Yi traversed through the Chaos, his gaze examining the deteriorating space, his Divine Thoughts probing, even entering the bottom layers of space, observing the evolution of this Dao Domain.

Upon seeing the Burial Disaster Dao Domain, a thought emerged.

Could the current state of the Burial Disaster Dao Domain be a preview of what is to come for Fu Heng Taoist Area as it enters the third stage of the Tao Tomb?

The third stage of the Tao Tomb disaster is the extinction of Ten Thousand Paths, limited life spans. Not to mention the limits on lifespans, but just the extinction of Ten Thousand Paths, compared to the current state of the Burial Disaster Dao Domain he was witnessing, seemed similar.

Or rather, the current view aligned with his imagination of the extinction of Ten Thousand Paths.

After pausing for a moment in the Chaos, Han Yi shook his head, pressed down the numerous thoughts, regardless of how the Tao Tomb evolved. The purpose of his journey was primarily to investigate the downfall of Dongfang He, to pursue the subsequent changes of the Tao Tomb, which did not include this place.

He continued to advance stealthily, and shortly after, he encountered a Tomb Beast. To his surprise, this Tomb Beast, only the size of one in its Juvenile Stage, emanated an aura of destruction that made Han Yi feel as if he was facing a Tomb Beast in its mature stage.

Han Yi tested the strength of this Tomb Beast, finding that it indeed possessed the power of a mature stage Tomb Beast, yet in terms of size and life force, it was clearly equivalent to an ordinary Juvenile Stage Tomb Beast from other Dao Domains.

Although he had a preliminary hypothesis in his mind, it was still merely a guess and hard to be certain.

As he continued forward, encountering more and more Tomb Beasts, and after measuring and slaying them, he verified his conjecture.

“Indeed, the Tomb Beasts of the Burial Disaster Dao Domain, due to the compounded influence of this environment, possess a level of destructive power that is one grade higher than those from other Dao Domains.”

“That is to say, the Newborn Stage Tomb Beasts here are equivalent to the Juvenile Stage Tomb Beasts of the Fu Heng Taoist Area, and Juvenile Stage Tomb Beasts are comparable to mature stage Tomb Beasts.”

“As for the mature stage, it’s strange, I’ve come so far and have yet to encounter even one.”

“If my previous guess is correct, an ordinary mature stage Tomb Beast should be comparable to a Peak Grave Beast, and a Peak Grave Beast is very likely to break through the limitations, giving birth to an even more terrifying monster, which I cannot even begin to imagine at the moment.”

“Moreover, such a monster could provoke a Half-step Transcender to take early action to annihilate.”

Han Yi’s expression turned solemn as he suddenly thought of Dongfang He’s downfall. Could it be that he had fallen at the hands of a mature stage Tomb Beast, or even a Peak Grave Beast?

If that were the case, plus the fact that the Tomb Beasts’ passing left behind almost no traces as the Chaos itself was destroyed, indeed, it would be difficult to investigate.

However, regardless, he needed to go to Yellow Wind Valley himself to investigate before making any other decisions.

Half an hour after entering the Burial Disaster Dao Domain, Han Yi gradually slowed down and finally stopped before a vast and strange area.

On both sides of this area were two long rectangular Chaos Ruins, both of which were large in size.

But unlike the ruins in other Dao Domains, these were completely a wasteland.

And after countless searches by Primordial Guests, anything of even slight value had long been removed, furthermore, due to the lack of Taoist Immortal Spirit Energy, despite the passage of countless tens of thousands of years, no valuable Spiritual Items have ever emerged.

Between the two large ruins lay a Chaos Tidal Belt, where the obliterated power within was not purely black, but a shade of yellow and black.

This yellow-black was a unique substance known as ‘Evil Yellow Black Water’, a ‘Miracle’ that formed after corroding the Chaos.

And because this Chaos turned yellow, from a high vantage point, the two large ruins and the middle Chaos Tidal Belt looked like a valley beneath a gust of yellow wind.

Hence the name, Yellow Wind Valley.

With a sweep of his Divine Thoughts, Han Yi found himself able to cover both large ruins thoroughly, yet was unable to probe the middle Yellow Wind Valley, meeting great resistance.

He wasn’t surprised by this; Yellow Wind Valley was one of the top ten perilous areas in the Burial Disaster Dao Domain. Its danger originated from the Yellow Wind Belt in the center, which in turn was caused by the “Evil Yellow Black Water.”

It’s called ‘water,’ but in fact, it is an active substance, extremely corrosive, with such potency that it causes mutations in the Chaos. A normal Tao Realm would be dissolved instantly upon contact, and only a Heavenly Sovereign could withstand it.