Xu Ling Sect is also a top Daoist realm sect. There are two outer Daoist realm monks in the sect, the sect master who inherits the name of Xuling Dao and Supreme Elder who has banned himself. There are three in the Daoist realm, and they are the three highest ranking elders.
The Daoist name of the third elder is Jade Dragon. Jade Dragon Daoist is a monk who has just entered the Daoist Realm. He is very clear about the sect's arrangements, so when he saw the Daoist monk standing next to the second elder, he thought of some terrible situation and his pupils shrank suddenly.
He moved his gaze to look at the second elder, and found that the other elder's face was more solemn than ever before. Even when they looked at each other, he could see the deep fear hidden deep in the other's eyes.
Jade Dragon Daoist felt something in his heart, and the uneasiness in his heart surged out and turned into reality. He held his breath, suppressed his throbbing, and asked, "Brother Dao called me here, what's the important matter?"
In the hall, the second elder Xu Ling Sect with the Daoist name Kui Hua looked at the ordinary Daoist standing on his side and said in a deep voice, "Xuanhe, tell me."
Hanging River Daoist, who was sitting in the secret place of the sect and always paying attention to the dozens of Tao realm soul lamps in the sect, could not help but tremble in his eyes, and said in a low voice, "Third Elder, the soul lamp of the sect master was extinguished just now."
As soon as he said these words, the horror in Jade Dragon Daoist's heart burst out, and he subconsciously said, "Impossible, absolutely impossible."
His words did not trigger any rebuttal from Hanging River Daoist and Daoist Kuihua.
Daoist Kuihua said to Xuanhe: "Xuanhe, please return to the secret place of the sect first and pay attention to the movements within the sect at all times. You must not tell anyone about the extinguishing of the sect master's soul lamp without my permission. Remember, remember."
Hanging River Daoist also knew the seriousness of the situation. After agreeing, he bowed respectfully to the two Daoguo Realm elders, walked out of the hall, and returned to the secret place where he had been sitting.
In the hall, the second elder Xu Ling Sect, Daoist Kuihua, and the third elder Jade Dragon Daoist, who had calmed down, looked at each other. They both saw the fear and horror in each other's eyes, and their breathing seemed to have stopped for a moment.
After ten breaths, the third elder Jade Dragon Daoist finally broke free from the initial panic and whispered:
"The Great Elder has been traveling for tens of thousands of years and is currently unable to be contacted."
"Brother Dao, what are we going to do next?"
"Do you need to wake up Supreme Elder?"
Daoist Kuihua thought for a moment and shook his head heavily, "No, no, Supreme Elder is my Xu Ling Sect's last trump card. It cannot be used until life or death is at stake."
"First of all, the extinguishment of the sect master's soul lamp does not mean that the sect master has died. There are many ways to cause signs of suspended animation. These should be familiar to you and me."
"What if the sect master only encountered a big change that caused the soul lamp to go out? If we wake up Supreme Elder for this, it will be self-defeating."
"Secondly, if the sect master really falls, we should not wake up the Supreme Leader immediately. Instead, we should secretly investigate the situation and find out the causes and consequences before the sect master's death. If it is really necessary for Supreme Elder to take action, we can wake him up."
Having said this, Daoist Kuihua paused and continued, "Next, I am going to go out to find the sect master and explore the truth about his fall. During this time, I need my junior brother to be in charge of the sect."
"Remember, you must not mess up your position, and you must not announce to the public that the sect master's soul lamp has been extinguished, so as not to attract the covetousness of other sects."
Jade Dragon Daoist After hearing this, he hesitated to speak, but he was suddenly shocked and couldn't come up with a better idea. After thinking about it, he had no choice but to agree.
After the two discussed in private, they successively summoned other ordinary Daoists in the sect to tell the sect's Daoists that Daoist Kuihua was going to the Eastern Realm to understand Transcendence Dao Mark.
Xu Ling Sect's Dao Realm, there are thirteen people in total, eight are in the ordinary Dao Realm, and only six are left in the sect.
On weekdays, the second elder Daoist Kuihua is in charge of all matters within the sect. This time he is out, so naturally he has to temporarily transfer his power to the third elder Jade Dragon Daoist.
The sect's mountain-protecting formation also requires the handover of tokens, which naturally takes a certain amount of time.
When Han Yi arrived outside the Xu Ling Sect's mountain gate, he noticed a slight change in the sect. This change was not full of seriousness and solemnity. On the surface, nothing serious happened.
"In this case, it seems that several Dao Fruit Realm elders at the Xu Ling Sect concealed the matter."
"There is no aura of outsider realm, which means that Supreme Elder has not been awakened."
Han Yi saw this and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
His initial purpose of coming here was for that Supreme Elder, but on the way, something changed and his purpose became three.
The first one is to eliminate the threat of the Xu Ling Sect. The news that Xu Ling Daoist died in Eastern Sovereign Territory should not take too much time to be passed to the Xu Ling Sect. Once Xu Ling Sect knows the truth, he may initiate revenge. Although Han Yi has no fear, there is no principle of guarding against thieves for a thousand days. It is naturally best to eliminate the threat in advance.
The second one is to look for opportunities to transform Supreme Elder of the Xu Ling Sect into his own Wanming Incarnation. This incarnation will definitely have milestone value and significance.
Of course, he found out from Void Ridge Dao Pagoda that Xu Ling Sect's Supreme Elder was not a normal heretic, but a monk who had been injured and could not recover from his injuries by taking many shots like a normal heretic.
But if it is placed outside Sui Zhu Immortal Court, it can also be used as a trump card to resist the invasion of outsiders.
The third one is that he will try to transform Xu Ling Sect's Tao realm, including the ordinary Tao realm and Tao fruit realm, into Wanming Incarnation, and completely control the power of this Tao realm. If successful, this place will undoubtedly become a fallback for Immortal Court. If nothing can be done, Immortal Court can retreat here and hibernate temporarily.
At this moment, his appearance had been transformed into Xu Ling Daoist using Formlessness Daoism, but when he reached the Xu Ling Sect mountain gate, he changed his mind.
If he steps into the sect as Xu Ling Daoist, it is very likely to arouse the suspicion of Daoguojing who knows the truth and awaken Supreme Elder in advance. Although he is not afraid of a battle, he can destroy the entire Xu Ling Sect. However, several of his goals cannot be achieved. This is the most brutal method with the smallest recovery.
The other method is for him to sneak into it and use his methods to transform all ordinary Dao realm and even Dao Fruit realm monks into Wanming Incarnation without anyone noticing. When the time comes, he will definitely not miss Supreme Elder.
Just as he was thinking about it, the entire Daoist rhyme of Void Ridge Mountain had undergone subtle changes. This change was almost impossible to perceive for people below the Daoist realm, but for Han Yi, it could not be clearer.
On the third breath after this change occurred, a figure escaped from the Xu Ling Sect and fled towards the north.
Han Yi immediately recognized that the escaped monk was the second elder of the Xu Ling Sect. From Void Ridge Dao Pagoda, he had a comprehensive understanding of the Xu Ling Sect's situation, and he also had a clear understanding of many Daoist appearances.
"Xu Ling Sect Second Elder, Dao Fruit Realm, Daoist Kuihua."
"According to Xu Ling Pagoda, after the sect leader left the sect, Daoist Kuihua sat in charge of the sect and controlled the sect-protecting Daoist array, and would not leave the sect easily."
"As for who in this sect was the first to know about the death of Xu Ling Daoist, Daoist Kuihua must be at the forefront."
"It can't be such a coincidence that he left at this moment. Something happened to happen. It was definitely because he knew about Xu Ling Daoist's death."
"That's fine. If you start to break the situation, you will be able to gradually control Xu Ling Sect."
Han Yi's eyes flashed, his figure swayed, and he chased after Daoist Kuihua. He was not fast, he was just in a stalemate with Daoist Kuihua at the moment.
After a while, he saw Daoist Kuihua arrive at the central land of Eternal Life Territory and step into the passage leading to chaos. This kind of passage exists in every land of Primordial Nine Realms, and according to the requirements of the great Heavenly Venerable, all forces share this passage. Therefore, even Heavenly Venerable-level forces do not dare to occupy it at will.
"It seems that this Daoist Kuihua is most likely planning to escape into chaos to investigate the death of Xu Ling Daoist."
"But he doesn't know that the place where Xu Ling fell is not Chaos, but Eastern Sovereign."
Han Yi's inner thoughts flickered, his body swayed, and he chased after him. After stepping into the passage, he followed the direction of the passage and walked out of the halo passage.
Behind him, the splendid passage stands outside the world, amidst the chaos, just like the eternal Eternal, existing here.
Ahead, there was a blurry shadow, already quite far away from him.
Han Yi's body swayed. This time, although he still used Formlessness Daoism to cover up his aura, he no longer had any worries about his speed and had improved it to the extreme.
With his current cultivation level, the divine cultivation level is higher than the immortal cultivation level. The speed of performing Boundless True Realm is faster than that of Trace-less Dao Art Daoism. Moreover, the speed of the Boundless True Realm alone has reached the level of outsiders. When Daoism and divine magic are superimposed, among outsiders, the speed alone is also at the peak.
And the figure he was chasing, namely Xu Ling Sect Daoist Kuihua, was only in the Dao Fruit realm, and not the peak Dao Fruit. Strictly speaking, it was just a senior Dao Fruit.
Daoist Kuihua Although he was vigilant, he did not think that anyone would be following him. Therefore, when he noticed something unusual, he turned around and saw a figure with super speed, approaching within a hundred miles. This distance was as if he were face to face in the Dao Fruit Realm.
For a moment, he felt an extreme sense of crisis in his heart, because judging from the speed, the opponent was definitely a heretic.
Then, his first flashing thought was that the outsider monks approaching him must be related to the death of the sect master. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the sect leader's soul lamp to go out in front of him, and it was suspected that he had fallen. He left Immemorial Continent on his own back, and after entering the chaos, he was targeted by the outsider monks.
This idea was deeply rooted in his heart as soon as it emerged. However, when faced with heretics and a crisis came, he would not fight head-on, and he also knew that at this speed, he would not be able to escape.
After quickly taking out his natal Daoist artifact, a picture scroll depicting mountains and rivers, and offering it up, letting the picture scroll wrap around him and protect him, he also spoke out the Daoist sound loudly.
"Fellow Daoist ahead, do you have anything important to do?"
"I am Primordial Grand World, the great elder Xu Ling Sect. My sect masters Xu Ling Daoist and Supreme Elder are also heretic monks. Fellow Daoist, do you need me to introduce you?"
"Immemorial World Heavenly Venerable Chonglou is located outside the world passage. This place is not far from the passage. If fellow Daoists want to see Heavenly Venerable, I can also introduce him to him."
His second sentence was to let the heretic monks who had temporarily set their sights on him give up on him because they were afraid that there were two heretics in his sect.
And the second sentence, mentioning Heavenly Venerable Chonglou, is even more shocking, making the other party take action.
But what made him tremble in his heart was that these two sentences did not make the other party hesitate for even a moment. Their speed was still fast, and a superposition of nothingness in chaos spread towards him.
Daoist Kuihua felt no luck in his heart. While his face changed drastically, he threw a Daoist Talisman in the direction where Han Yi had escaped. This Talisman was one of the secrets of the sect. Even a heretic monk would be dizzy for a moment if he was struck by this Talisman.
He could take advantage of this moment to escape.
He has no intention of returning to Primordial Antiquity, because once he does so, it is very likely that the heretic crisis will be brought back to the sect. When the time comes, Supreme Elder will be alerted, wake up, and fight this heretic. Even if the sect is fine, the smallest cost will aggravate Supreme Elder's injuries.
But the next moment, the horror in his pupils increased, because after the Daoist talisman he threw was activated, it shot out a thick force of chaos. This force of chaos turned into a mile-long arrow and stabbed towards the spreading void.
But when the arrow pierced into the void, a terrifying power of chaos erupted within the void, surrounding the arrow and constantly wiping out its power. In just three breaths, the mile-long chaos arrow completely collapsed and was swallowed up by the void space.
"How is this possible?"
Daoist Kuihua is not a shallow-minded person. Whether it is from the sect's classics or Supreme Elder's personal experience with the sect master, he is not unfamiliar with the methods of outside monks. In fact, the sect leader occasionally spares time to preach and teach them tricks. To a certain extent, it is not false to say that he has fighting experience with outside monks.
In his solidified impression, the methods and the power of chaos used by the heretic monks could never be as huge and powerful as those in the void space ahead.
In an instant, a desperate suspicion emerged in his mind.
The other party is not a heretic, but... a daoist??
As soon as the thought came to his mind, nothingness overwhelmed him. In the nothingness, he saw a Dao sword, shining with pure white light. The murderous intention surged, like a violent wave approaching, and a chilling feeling spread all over his body.
He moved his eyes away from the Dao sword and stared at the figure walking towards him in the void. The murderous intention that was aroused also manifested, causing the scroll floating and protecting him to emit nine-colored glow.
In a dangerous situation with murderous intent, Daoist Kuihua still forced himself to calm down and asked what he wanted to know most.
"Fellow Daoist, do you have a grudge against me, Xu Ling Sect?"
Han Yi, who was carrying a giant ax on his back, stopped with a wild look. He looked at Daoist Kuihua without any explanation. He swayed and teleported away. In the Void Sword Realm, he achieved a speed that even the Dao Fruit Realm and even the Outer Dao Realm could hardly react to.
boom!
His figure disappeared in place, and when he reappeared, it was already at the top of Daoist Kuihua's head. Then, with a palm pressed down, infinite divine power surged out, like a sacred mountain carrying countless worlds, suppressing On Daoist Kuihua, Daoist Kuihua suddenly raised his head, his expression once again horrified, and at this moment, the Tao power on his body, under the pressure of the divine power above his head, was almost solidified and could not be mobilized. Even if he wanted to self-destruct, he could not do it.
In the chaos, a piece of nothingness spread out quickly, condensed quickly, and finally disappeared. Two figures appeared at the place where the nothingness finally disappeared. (End of chapter)