The Might of the Heavy Profound, Battling an Outer Dao Again

Han Yi unleashed his divine power and pulled the jet-black Dao stele free with all his strength. It had not taken long, but the commotion it caused was exceptionally conspicuous within these dim, gray ruins.

The beings nearby were all drawn over by him.

Among them were even Immortal Lords and Immortal Venerables, the weakest of the lot. They had dared venture into the ruins precisely to seek treasure amid danger, so naturally they did not fear peril. If the opportunity was right, they would dare snatch something even from a Dao Realm cultivator.

The rest were Dao Realm cultivators, most of them cultivators of the First Step of the Dao Realm. Two Dao Fruit Realm cultivators in the depths had noticed the disturbance and were rushing outward.

The strongest was an Outer Dao existence who had entered a step later than Han Yi. This Outer Dao came from the Emperor Xuan Sect of the Emperor Mystic Continent and was an elder of that sect.

These ruins had appeared near the Emperor Mystic Continent. To Emperor Xuan Sect cultivators, something at their "doorstep" ought to belong to them. Though they could not stop other cultivators of the continent from exploring the place, if a treasure emerged, then so long as they knew of it, they would certainly seize it. Now that he was here in person, this Outer Dao elder naturally intended to come and "take away" the treasure.

Although Han Yi sensed more than twenty auras rushing toward him from all directions, he was not flustered. Instead, he gripped the Dao stele with both hands and prepared to store it within his Divine Aperture World.

Yet when his Dao sense swept forth to collect the stele, he discovered that it could not be stored away.

Startled inwardly, he paid