Arc 35The Dao Tomb Calamity

Han Yi gathered World Force and treasures, faced the corruption surrounding the Primordial Demon Sect, and advanced through prolonged cultivation. As he investigated Dongfang He’s death and strengthened the Great Wilderness Dao Palace, the worsening Dao Tomb calamity drew cultivators to him, and he sensed a new development in the Primordial Grand World.

  • Han Yi recovered Yuehua Heavenly Venerable’s jade hairpin, returned to the Great Wilderness Dao Palace, and killed a mature Grave Beast before gathering World Force and exploring fragments in the Land of Return to Ruin.
  • Han Yi escaped a hidden black aura, then subdued an Immortal Tomb pursuer and found Hongjun in Dao-Splitting Valley, where Hongjun took the Heavy Profound Dao Stele to seal the forces tormenting him.
  • Han Yi entered the Primordial Demon Sect, fought demonized cultivators, and absorbed black currents as World Force before the Primordial Demon Lord’s appearance and the ensuing battle left the sect ruined.
  • Han Yi collected treasures from the Origin Demon Palace, then cultivated at the Transcendence Dao Mark and advanced to mid-stage Celestial Venerable as the Primordial Demon Sect ended and the Dao Tombs worsened.
  • Han Yi traded treasures for Source Crystals, learned Dongfang He had died near Yellow Wind Valley, and searched the Burial Calamity Dao Domain without finding decisive evidence of what happened.
  • Han Yi witnessed Yuan Ding Celestial Venerable collect a talisman that had absorbed a Grave Beast, then returned to the Great Wilderness Dao Palace and installed a divine array that helped Qin Yi and Jade Sea repel another Grave Beast.
  • Han Yi advanced to high-rank God Venerable, attracted cultivators seeking refuge to the Great Wilderness Dao Palace, and received the Wanming Book from Nether before sensing something appear in the Primordial Grand World.
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Ch. 851Great True Pulei, Demon Venerable Ling Tian

Han Yi escaped the Demon Abyss Pool after killing Yuehua Heavenly Venerable and took her jade hairpin, while Pulei chose not to pursue him. He avoided a confrontation with Demon Venerable Ling Tian, returned through the Ancestor God Dao Domain, and reached the Great Wilderness Dao Palace.

  • Han Yi seized Yuehua Heavenly Venerable’s jade hairpin, sealed it, and left the Demon Abyss Pool without trying to claim her other artifacts.
  • Pulei recovered Yuehua’s remains and shattered soul fragments, then let Han Yi go because he feared the power of Ancestor God Star.
  • Han Yi encountered Demon Venerable Ling Tian’s conspicuous aura near the Violet Rainbow Continent and learned from Demon Venerable Yuhai that Ling Tian was a recently advanced high-stage Demon Venerable.
  • Demon Venerable Ling Tian watched scenes of Han Yi defeating Violet Rainbow Heavenly Venerable and declared that he would wait for Han Yi to challenge him openly.
  • Han Yi avoided Ling Tian, crossed back into the Ancestor God Dao Domain, and returned to the Great Wilderness Dao Palace in the Eastern Realm.

Ch. 852Seven Absolutes: Blade Radiance, Qin Yi's Thoughts

Han Yi returned to the Great Wilderness Dao Palace with Demon Venerable Yuhai, then refined the Seven Absolutes Ancient Saber and created a powerful saber art. After killing a mature Grave Beast in one strike, he considered returning to the Intellect Realm to gather more Life Seeds.

  • Han Yi returned to the Great Wilderness Dao Palace, where Dao Ancestor Houtu had arrived and Qin Yi welcomed him and Demon Venerable Yuhai.
  • Han Yi introduced Yuhai to the Dao Palace’s cultivators and ordered them to recruit more cultivators throughout Chaos.
  • Han Yi spent more than two million Life Seeds refining the Seven Absolutes Ancient Saber and comprehending a saber art.
  • A mature Grave Beast attacked the Dao Palace and sent Yuhai flying, but Han Yi killed it with one strike of Seven Absolutes: Blade Radiance.
  • Qin Yi accepted Han Yi as the Dao Palace’s strongest protector, while Han Yi considered returning to the Intellect Realm for more Life Seeds.

Ch. 853Heavy Profound Deduction, Entering the Land of Return to Ruin Again

Han Yi tested the Heavy Profound Dao Stele and discovered that World Force revived dormant worlds within it and generated chaos power, suggesting the space might grow into a small Chaos World. He entered the Land of Return to Ruin to gather more World Force, where the Lord of Myriad Travels recognized him and sent him a Star Map as compensation for the Myriad Travel Palace’s connection to Han Yi’s recent battles.

  • Han Yi decided not to return to the Intellect Realm yet, judging that its new defenses and the danger around its World Core made another visit too risky.
  • Han Yi used World Force to awaken 367 dormant worlds inside the Heavy Profound Dao Stele and found that their revival produced chaos power.
  • Han Yi asked Qin Yi to guard the Great Wilderness Dao Palace, then traveled to the Land of Return to Ruin to gather World Force.
  • After entering the Land of Return to Ruin, Han Yi began absorbing more than ten points of World Force with each passing breath.
  • The Lord of Myriad Travels recognized Han Yi as the Dao Realm cultivator who had entered the land over thirty thousand years earlier and learned through karma that Han Yi had killed Heavenly Venerables Xuan Mang and Wan Ye.
  • The Lord of Myriad Travels sent Han Yi a Star Map as compensation for the Myriad Travel Palace’s involvement in the events surrounding those deaths.

Ch. 854Lord of Myriad Travels' Goodwill, the Mysterious Giant Cauldron

Han Yi entered the Land of Return to Ruin, where the Lord of Myriad Travels gave him a Star Map and revealed the origins of the ruined Chaos World fragments. In the Black Frost Chaos World fragment, Han Yi seized a powerful ancient cauldron and caught the Ancient Firmament Seal trying to escape into it.

  • Han Yi sensed that the Land of Return to Ruin lay beyond his Chaos World and received a Star Map from the Lord of Myriad Travels.
  • Han Yi entered the Black Frost Chaos World fragment and followed the Star Map to the colossal cauldron he had seen before.
  • Han Yi discovered that the Ancient Firmament Seal was trying to refine the ownerless cauldron and become its spirit.
  • Han Yi struck the cauldron, blasted out the Ancient Firmament Seal, and suppressed its two wills with his master’s will.
  • Han Yi lifted the cauldron, drew in the surrounding lightning domain, and watched it shrink to a three-inch artifact in his palm.

Ch. 855Slaughtering the Monster Insects, Mysterious Will

Han Yi claimed the Ancient Firmament Seal, destroyed a swarm of black monster insects, and traveled to another Chaos World fragment in the Land of Return to Ruin. As he explored a ruined giant tree and sensed unusually dense World Force, a hidden ancient monster awakened and the Lord of Ten Thousand Journeys searched for the strange aura it released.

  • Han Yi sealed the mysterious giant cauldron in a new Divine Aperture World, destroyed the two wills inside the Ancient Firmament Seal, and absorbed World Force from the artifact continent.
  • Han Yi used the Ancient Firmament Seal to crush a giant monster insect formed from countless smaller insects and continued toward another fragment marked on the Star Map.
  • A concealed consciousness awakened, sensed a familiar aura, and sent eerie black light through a crack; the Lord of Ten Thousand Journeys detected a Transcendent aura but could not find its source.
  • Han Yi reached a fragment shaped like a withered giant tree, armed himself with the Ancient Firmament Seal and Seven Extremes Divine Saber, and searched its ruined structures.
  • Han Yi found that many treasures on the tree had decayed, while his panel reported 239 points of World Force seized at the tree’s core.

Ch. 856Fear Descends, Returning to Chaos Antiquity

Han Yi escaped the Land of Return to Ruin after a terrifying black aura invaded his body, then recovered in the Chaos Antiquity Dao Domain. After using the world force he had gathered to strengthen the Heavy Profound Dao Stele, he traveled toward the site where Eastern Sovereign Primordial Unity had fallen.

  • Han Yi gathered world force atop a colossal tree, but a black insect torrent attacked and a hidden streak of black light invaded his body.
  • Han Yi used the Wanming Book to repel the aura threatening his divine soul, then fled the Land of Return to Ruin into the Chaos Antiquity Dao Domain.
  • Han Yi burned away the remaining aura, spent three days searching his body for traces, and repaired the damaged Myriad Nether Space over the following month.
  • Han Yi poured 26,719 points of world force into the Heavy Profound Dao Stele and placed the bronze cauldron inside it for safekeeping.
  • Han Yi consulted the Star Map and traveled through the Chaos Antiquity Dao Domain to a vast sea of fire where Eastern Sovereign Primordial Unity had fallen.

Ch. 857Annihilating Dao Extinguishers, Hongjun's Whereabouts

Han Yi visited Eastern Sovereign Primordial Unity’s corpse, noticed a trap, and lured two Immortal Tomb Dao Extinguishers into a fight so he could capture one and learn about Grand Celestial Venerable Hongjun. After discovering Hongjun had fallen into Dao-Splitting Valley, Han Yi headed back toward the Immortal Tomb’s territory to investigate.

  • Han Yi saw an obscure aura around Eastern Sovereign Primordial Unity’s corpse and left without disturbing it.
  • Two Immortal Tomb Dao Extinguisher Celestial Venerables pursued Han Yi, who lured them into Inverse Origin Mountain’s territory and killed the mid-stage pursuer with one slash.
  • Han Yi subdued the surviving early-stage Celestial Venerable and transformed him into a Wanming Incarnation to learn about the Immortal Tomb.
  • Han Yi discovered in Extinguishing Yang’s memories that Grand Celestial Venerable Hongjun had fled into Dao-Splitting Valley after his battle with the Immortal Tomb Lord.
  • Han Yi rejected Extinguishing Yang’s belief that Hongjun had died and returned toward the Immortal Tomb to investigate Dao-Splitting Valley.

Ch. 858Dao-Splitting Valley, Source-less Land

Han Yi entered Dao-Splitting Valley to search for Grand Celestial Venerable Hongjun, but found no trace of him in the Source-less Land. The Green Duckweed Sword then led Han Yi to Hongjun in the maze, where Hongjun asked to borrow an object and took the Heavy Profound Dao Stele from him.

  • Han Yi reached Dao-Splitting Valley, entered its shifting maze, and crossed a passage into the true Source-less Land, where he sensed no sign of Hongjun before returning.
  • As Han Yi prepared to leave, the Green Duckweed Sword sensed a powerful split sword ahead in the maze, and Han Yi concluded that Hongjun had left it as a guide.
  • Han Yi followed the Green Duckweed Sword through another passage and found Hongjun seated at its end, shifting between solid and illusory states.
  • Hongjun told Han Yi he needed to borrow something, then beckoned the Heavy Profound Dao Stele out of Han Yi's body and took it.

Ch. 859Hongjun Borrows the Stele, Peak Green Duckweed

Han Yi lent Hongjun Grand Celestial Venerable the Heavy Profound Dao Stele, allowing Hongjun to seal the two foreign auras afflicting him. Hongjun said he needed time to recover but could restrain Dao Immortal’s advancement, while Han Yi received the reunited Green Duckweed Sword and departed for the Origin Demon Dao Domain.

  • Hongjun took the Heavy Profound Dao Stele from Han Yi, removed the items stored inside, and used the stele to seal the Dao Destroyer and Dao Immortal auras tormenting him.
  • Hongjun told Han Yi that Dao Immortal had contributed to his predicament and that recovering could give him a thirty percent chance to advance into the World Venerable realm, while preventing Dao Immortal from advancing further.
  • Hongjun promised to return the strengthened Heavy Profound Dao Stele after leaving Dao-Splitting Valley and gave Han Yi the Split Green Duckweed Sword from Tongtian.
  • Han Yi reunited the two Green Duckweed Swords, which would take about ten years to fully fuse, then bid farewell to Hongjun.
  • Han Yi left Dao-Splitting Valley and followed the Star Map toward the Origin Demon Dao Domain, postponing his visit to the Radiant Flame Sacred Land until he regained the stele.

Ch. 860Ashen Mountain's Whereabouts, Startling Change in the Primordial Demon Sect

Han Yi learned that Fufeng Heavenly Venerable had taken the Ashen Mountain ruins, then heard that the Primordial Demon Sect and Primordial Demon Dao City were in upheaval. He reached the broken passage into the sect and entered, where darkness and strange murmurs assailed him.

  • Han Yi searched for the Ashen Mountain ruins, learned that Fufeng Heavenly Venerable had uprooted them, and decided not to confront the Emperor Xuan Sect.
  • Han Yi stopped Puchen Heavenly Venerable and learned that the Primordial Demon Sect's grand formation had been breached and that outsiders entering the sect had not returned.
  • Han Yi hurried toward Primordial Demon Dao City and saw many Heavenly Venerables gathering near its unguarded, disordered streets.
  • Han Yi spotted a shattered passage into the Primordial Demon Sect, watched cultivators vanish as they entered, and followed them inside.
  • Han Yi was plunged into darkness as dreadful murmurs attacked his mind and senses.

Ch. 861Eerie Mist, Heavenly Venerables Fall to Demonic Corruption

Han Yi entered the Primordial Demon Sect through a passage and discovered that strange mist had spread across its mountain gate, cutting off perception and trapping those who entered. After crossing the dense fog into the sect’s core, he found a battlefield where Primordial Demon Sect Heavenly Venerables had fallen to demonic corruption, and felt a terrifying presence watching him from a dark palace.

  • Han Yi resisted an eerie murmur in the passage, then saw pale black mist shrouding the Primordial Demon Sect’s mountain gate.
  • Heavenly Venerable Li Zhan tested the mist with a spirit bird, lost contact with it, and led the Emperor Xuan Sect group inside; Han Yi followed in dark Chaos Divine Armor with the Seven Absolutes Ancient Saber.
  • Han Yi reached the core region and saw that dense black fog swallowed probes and concealed the cultivators who entered it.
  • Han Yi stepped into the dense fog, was struck by Heavenly Venerable Hanyun, and realized the fog formed a vast spatial formation that prevented escape.
  • Han Yi saw Hanyun and dozens of other Primordial Demon Sect Demon Venerables fighting in a corrupted state, while trapped cultivators battled them for survival.
  • Han Yi looked toward a dark palace at the battlefield’s center and sensed a cold, indifferent gaze staring back at him.

Ch. 862The Undying Demon Venerable, Black Airflow

Han Yi fought the demonized Hanyun Demon Venerable and discovered that black airflow from the central palace could restore the dead. After Han Yi tested the airflow on Xiong Heng, it entered Han Yi’s body, leaving his fate uncertain.

  • Han Yi joined the Heavenly Venerables besieging Hanyun Demon Venerable and used his Seven Extremes arts to wound him and protect the other fighters.
  • Heavenly Venerable Li Zhan pierced Hanyun Demon Venerable’s head, but black airflow from the central palace restored him, and the fighters fled.
  • Han Yi saw Heart-Eater Demon Venerable overwhelm six high-stage Heavenly Venerables and watched Xiong Heng kill two hidden Heavenly Venerables.
  • Han Yi killed Xiong Heng and tried to intercept the black airflow that restored him, but his attacks passed through it.
  • A second wisp of black airflow changed course toward Han Yi, accelerated, and entered his body.

Ch. 863The Essence of World Force, a First Glimpse of the Truth

Han Yi discovered that black streams from the central palace were World Force, then learned from Fu Xu Demon Venerable that the Primordial Demon Lord’s return had triggered the sect’s strange outbreak. After escaping Demon Venerable Ling Tian’s attack, Han Yi headed for the Demon Advent Dao Court to search for its secret vault.

  • A black stream entered Han Yi and was absorbed by his panel, which reported that he had seized 12,874 points of World Force.
  • Han Yi killed several demonized Demon Venerables, absorbed another black stream, and watched their bodies and belongings get drawn toward the central palace.
  • Han Yi found Fu Xu Demon Venerable hiding in a cave, subdued him, and used the Wanming Book to learn that the Primordial Demon Lord had returned and the sect’s Heavenly Venerables had become controlled or demonized.
  • Fu Xu Demon Venerable told Han Yi that the nearby Demon Advent Dao Court held a secret vault controlled by Demon Venerable Ling Tian.
  • As the cave collapsed, Demon Venerable Ling Tian struck Han Yi, but Han Yi escaped among fleeing Heavenly Venerables and headed toward the Demon Advent Dao Court.

Ch. 864Ancestor Demon Pollution, Lord of Supreme Beginning

Han Yi survived the Primordial Demon Lord’s emergence when the Lord of Supreme Beginning intervened and drove the demon away. With the Primordial Demon Sect’s defenses gone, the surviving cultivators began fighting over its ruins, and Han Yi found himself targeted by a Celestial Venerable.

  • Han Yi searched the ruined Demon Advent Dao Court for its secret treasury, then fought demon-corrupted Demon Venerables and absorbed their black currents as World Force.
  • Xieyi Demon Venerable broke free of his battle group, injured Han Yi, and plunged the battlefield into chaos.
  • The Primordial Demon Lord appeared and immobilized the cultivators, but a half-step Transcendent from Ancestor God Star arrived and attacked him.
  • The strange mist and demon-corrupted Demon Venerables vanished after the clash, and the surviving Celestial Venerables began fighting over the Primordial Demon Sect’s inheritance.
  • Han Yi recovered, noticed World Force appearing on his panel, and saw a hostile Celestial Venerable approaching him.

Ch. 865Source Crystal Vein, Hard-Resisting High-Level Foes

Han Yi entered the Origin Demon Palace and discovered its vast inner world, where he seized a source crystal vein while two high-level Heavenly Venerables fought over it. After enduring their attacks and absorbing much of the vein’s energy, he drove them off and continued exploring with the vein strapped to him.

  • Han Yi converted source crystals into Life Seeds to heal, then killed a mid-level Demon Venerable who had targeted him and took his resources.
  • Han Yi fought off a high-level Heavenly Venerable who tried to stop him from entering the Origin Demon Palace, then crossed into the palace’s immense inner world with Demon Venerable Fuxu.
  • Demon Venerable Fuxu explained that the inner world was the Primordial Demon Lord’s cultivation ground, and Han Yi headed toward the sounds of battle.
  • Han Yi found two high-level Heavenly Venerables fighting over a broken source crystal vein, seized it, and began absorbing its energy directly.
  • The two Heavenly Venerables attacked Han Yi as he fled with the vein, but they abandoned their pursuit after he endured their blows and warned them that they were wasting time.
  • Han Yi fastened the partly drained vein to himself because he could not store it in his Divine Aperture World, then continued exploring.

Ch. 866Volcanic Wonderstone, Frenzied Scramble

Han Yi plundered the second layer of the Origin Demon Palace, collecting its lava, wonderstone, mountains, and treasures as more cultivators flooded in. As Heavenly Venerate battles made the palace increasingly dangerous, he escaped and found the Primordial Demon Sect’s grounds had been stripped and destroyed.

  • Han Yi uprooted half an erupting volcano, collected its lava, and extracted a fiery wonderstone that nearly destroyed the Divine Aperture World holding it.
  • Han Yi realized that objects from the second layer, including an Origin Crystal vein, had become removable, and suspected the Lord of the Primordial Demon’s control had weakened.
  • Han Yi saw a high-level Heavenly Venerate claim a Nine-Life Floating Spirit Grass, then began sweeping mountains and their treasures into his Divine Aperture Worlds.
  • Han Yi avoided territories claimed by peak Heavenly Venerates and continued collecting resources as more cultivators arrived and fighting intensified.
  • Han Yi sensed the growing danger, found that Demon Venerate Fu Xu’s aura had vanished, and escaped after killing two attackers and repelling another group.
  • Han Yi saw that the Primordial Demon Sect’s grounds and Dao City had been destroyed and plundered, then fled into Chaos.

Ch. 867Vast Life Seeds, Upheaval in Primordial Antiquity

Han Yi returned to the Fuheng Dao Domain with treasures from the Primordial Demon Sect’s collapse and cultivated at the Transcendence Dao Mark to advance his Celestial Venerable cultivation. After four thousand years, he opened his eyes as upheavals reshaped the Immemorial World and the chaos.

  • Han Yi fled the collapsing Primordial Demon Sect, returned to the Fuheng Dao Domain, and inventoried the source crystal veins, ores, exotic treasures, and spiritual plants he had taken.
  • Han Yi learned that his incarnations could not detect any changes in the Primordial Grand World, then chose to cultivate at the Transcendence Dao Mark instead of returning to the Great Wilderness Dao Palace.
  • Han Yi absorbed the remaining two source crystal veins and raised his Life Seeds to more than 47 million before beginning to advance to the mid-stage Celestial Venerable realm.
  • During Han Yi’s cultivation, Lord of Supreme Beginning collected the Primordial Demon Hall, formally ending the Primordial Demon Sect and leaving the Origin Demon Dao Domain in an era of contention.
  • A hundred years into Han Yi’s cultivation, Dao Immortal Grand Celestial Venerable defeated the Three Fiends of Absolute Yin, and the Absolute Yin Three Realms joined the Immemorial Continent beneath the Heavenly Dao.
  • After four thousand years of cultivation, Han Yi opened his eyes while the Dao Tombs continued to grow more severe.

Ch. 868Mid-Stage Celestial Venerable, Dao-Slaying Calamity Ash

After four thousand years cultivating beside the Transcendence Dao Mark, Han Yi broke through to mid-stage Celestial Venerable and gained a Transcendent Sword Scripture that greatly strengthened his sword domain. He learned that Dao Immortal Grand Celestial Venerable had reshaped Primordial Antiquity, then stopped just short of the Dao Mark’s depths to consolidate his cultivation.

  • Han Yi awakened from his four-thousand-year seclusion, expanded and then withdrew his sword domain, and advanced to mid-stage Celestial Venerable.
  • Han Yi discovered that the Transcendence Dao Mark had bestowed the Ten Directions Dao-Slaying Calamity Ash Sword Scripture, containing the Dao-Slaying and Calamity Ash techniques.
  • Han Yi tested the Dao-Slaying technique with Cloud Dusk Ancient Sword, alarming three nearby Celestial Venerables with its destructive power.
  • Han Yi learned through his Wanming Incarnation that Dao Immortal Grand Celestial Venerable had exterminated the Absolute Yin Three Realms, driven away Xiong and Nether, subdued An, and restored the Primordial Nine Realms.
  • Han Yi approached to within ten li of the Dao Mark’s depths, sensed he could go no farther, and sat down to stabilize his new cultivation.

Ch. 869Peak Grave Beast, High-Grade Green Duckweed

Han Yi left the Transcendence Dao Mark and tested his newly advanced Green Duckweed Sword against an apex mature Grave Beast, discovering that it could recover from his strongest attacks. He then traveled to Chaos God City to exchange treasures from the ruined Primordial Demon Sect for source crystals and met Dongfang Xu at the Primordial Beginning Pavilion.

  • The three Heavenly Venerables identified Han Yi as the cultivator who had fought an Outsider Dao realm cultivator at the Myriad Travel Palace and spread word of his extraordinary rise to high-grade Heavenly Venerable strength.
  • After stabilizing his cultivation at the Transcendence Dao Mark, Han Yi left for Ancestor God Star to seek a defensive formation for the Great Wilderness Dao Palace and trade rare treasures for source crystals.
  • Han Yi encountered an apex mature Grave Beast and attacked it with the Green Duckweed Sword and Seven Absolutes Ancient Saber, but it recovered from his strongest strikes and would not die.
  • Han Yi killed a juvenile Grave Beast with Blade Radiance, then concluded that only apex mature Grave Beasts displayed the extraordinary recovery he had witnessed.
  • Han Yi reached Chaos God City and entered the Primordial Beginning Pavilion, where Dongfang Xu greeted him on the ninth floor.
  • Han Yi told Dongfang Xu that he had obtained rare items during the destruction of the Primordial Demon Sect and wanted them appraised for exchange into source crystals.

Ch. 870A Thousand Source Crystals, Returning to Ancestor God

Han Yi sold a portion of his Primordial Demon Hall treasures for 1,275 Source Crystals, collected 500 at the Primordial Beginning Pavilion and the remaining 775 at the Primordial Beginning Hall. There, Dongfang Du told him that Dongfang He had died a thousand years earlier in the Burial Calamity Dao Domain.

  • Han Yi asked Dongfang Xu to appraise his Primordial Demon Hall treasures, and Xu identified the strange stone as an Extreme Fire Heart and the purple lotus as an eight-node Mist-Stinging Purple Lotus.
  • Han Yi sold eight types of crystal ore, three supreme treasures, and twenty spirit plants for a total of 1,275 Source Crystals.
  • Dongfang Xu gave Han Yi 500 Source Crystals and recorded his claim to the remaining 775 at the Primordial Beginning Hall.
  • Han Yi traveled to Ancestor God Star and collected the remaining 775 Source Crystals from Dongfang Du at the Primordial Beginning Hall.
  • Han Yi asked Dongfang Du whether Dongfang He had recently served at the hall, and Du told him that He had perished outside the Burial Calamity Dao Domain a thousand years earlier.

Ch. 871Dongfang's Grief, Setting Foot in Burial Calamity

After learning that Dongfang He had perished in Burial Calamity Dao Domain, Han Yi sought clues from Saint Blaze and resolved to investigate Yellow Wind Valley himself. He gave Nangong Hao resources to aid his breakthrough, set aside his own cultivation, and entered the deadly Dao Domain.

  • Dongfang Du told Han Yi that Dongfang He had died in Burial Calamity Dao Domain, and Han Yi decided to investigate.
  • Han Yi learned from Saint Blaze that Dongfang He's trail had ended in Yellow Wind Valley, one of the Dao Domain's ten great forbidden lands.
  • Han Yi visited the Nangong Clan, gave Nangong Hao fifty Source Crystals and the Myriad Dao Spirit Vine, and learned that Nangong Hao was preparing to break through to Divine Venerable.
  • Han Yi stopped cultivating because his grief over Dongfang He made it unsafe to continue, and he left before his traces could disappear in the Dao Tomb storm.
  • Han Yi traveled through safer Dao Domains and entered Burial Calamity Dao Domain, where he sensed its pervasive death, destruction, and decay.

Ch. 872Yellow Wind Valley, a Hundred Years of Investigation

Han Yi investigated Yellow Wind Valley and the surrounding Burial Calamity Dao Domain for clues about Dongfang He's fall, uncovering a bloodstained ancient artifact fragment that might be connected. After a hundred years of searching, he found no further evidence and remained uncertain who had killed Dongfang He.

  • Han Yi discovered that Grave Beasts in the Burial Calamity Dao Domain possessed Destruction power one level above beasts of comparable size elsewhere.
  • Han Yi searched the ruins around Yellow Wind Valley, found a faint wisp of Dongfang He's aura, and then thoroughly investigated the corrosive Yellow Wind Belt without finding decisive evidence.
  • Han Yi reasoned that Dongfang He's traces may have been erased by a powerful cultivator, since Yellow Wind Valley alone posed no fatal threat to him.
  • After eighteen years of searching outward, Han Yi found a bloodstained fragment of a Celestial Venerable ancient artifact in the Shattered Domain Territory and determined its blood was about a thousand years old, but could not trace its owner.
  • Han Yi continued investigating for a hundred years but found no more clues and remained disappointed.

Ch. 873Grave Beast Transformation, Jade Cauldron Celestial Venerable

Han Yi discovered that a mysterious talisman absorbed a Grave Beast when it reached peak power, and he saw Yuan Ding Celestial Venerable of the Heaven-Controlling Dao Palace retrieve it. Suspecting the secret was tied to Dongfang He's death, Han Yi escaped to the Guanghan Dao Domain and began cultivating in seclusion.

  • After searching the Burial Calamity Dao Domain for more than a century, Han Yi found no further clues and concluded that a powerful cultivator had likely caused Dongfang He's death.
  • As Han Yi prepared to leave, he witnessed a mature Grave Beast grow beyond peak strength before a yellow talisman emerged from its body and absorbed it completely.
  • Han Yi waited and saw Yuan Ding Celestial Venerable arrive, collect the talisman, and search other parts of the Burial Calamity Dao Domain.
  • Han Yi fled into the Guanghan Dao Domain and suspected both the Heaven-Controlling Dao Palace and the Guanghan Dao Palace were involved in the Grave Beast secret.
  • Han Yi hid in a ruin, formed a concealed Celestial Venerable Sword Domain, and began cultivating as his Life Seed burned.

Ch. 874A World-Shaking Scheme, Advancement to High Rank

Han Yi cultivated with Life Seeds, returned safely to the Great Wilderness Dao Palace, and fortified it against the Grave Beast calamity. After twelve thousand years in seclusion, he broke through to high-rank God Venerable with an exceptionally powerful divine body and resumed cultivating to strengthen himself further.

  • Jade Cauldron Celestial Venerable secretly delivered a Grave-Beast Binding Talisman to Ji Xuan Celestial Venerable and said he had found no trace of Dongfang He’s death in the Burial Calamity Dao Domain.
  • Han Yi left the Guanghan Dao Domain, returned to the Great Wilderness Dao Palace, and installed a divine array powered by the bronze ancient artifact, giving its activation keys to Qin Yi and Jade Sea.
  • A mature-stage Grave Beast attacked the Great Wilderness Dao Palace, but Qin Yi and Jade Sea activated the array and grievously wounded it.
  • Xingkun Celestial Venerable joined the Great Wilderness Dao Palace with survivors from his destroyed world while Han Yi continued his seclusion.
  • After twelve thousand years of cultivation, Han Yi broke through to high-rank God Venerable and revealed a divine body about five billion six hundred million zhang tall.
  • Han Yi returned to the divine mountain and continued cultivating with Life Seeds to increase his strength.

Ch. 875Great Wilderness Makes Its Name, Finally Obtains Wanming

After advancing to a high-rank Divine Venerable, Han Yi strengthened the Great Wilderness Dao Palace’s reputation and received the true Wanming Book from Nether. He returned to cultivation, but three thousand years later sensed a change in the distant Primordial Grand World.

  • Han Yi revealed his colossal high-rank Divine Venerable form to attract cultivators seeking refuge as the Dao Tomb calamity worsened.
  • Han Yi reviewed reports of regions where the chaos had entered the Dao Tomb’s third stage early and noted the Primordial Grand World’s continued stillness.
  • Cultivators began joining the Great Wilderness Dao Palace after Han Yi’s new rank became known, including Celestial Venerables and Divine Venerables.
  • Nether met Han Yi in the chaos and formally handed him the Wanming Book, which merged with its projection and vastly expanded Han Yi’s Myriad Nether Space.
  • Nether declined Han Yi’s invitation to join the Great Wilderness Dao Palace and departed to resolve his karma.
  • Three thousand years later, Han Yi sensed that something had appeared in the Primordial Grand World.
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