The Beginning of a Hegemon, Great Wilderness Dao Palace

From Han Yi's silence to the moment everyone in the hall sensed the drastic shift in Eastern Sovereign's aura, only several dozen breaths had passed.

During that brief time, Xuancang, Wan Jie, and Yu Guang in the hall had thought Han Yi's silence meant he was considering matters. They did not know that, upon detecting Eastern Sovereign's change, Han Yi had swiftly devised a new plan: to send all idle Wanming Incarnations at or above the Dao Realm flooding into the Eastern Sovereign Territory.

Moreover, he would put this plan into action immediately.

Seeing the changes in the three men's expressions, countless thoughts raced through Han Yi's mind. Yet in the end, he decided not to tell them the truth.

The fact that he cultivated the Wanming Book concerned the Netherworld of the Absolute Yin Three Realms, and even more so, a great power that had once existed within the Chaos Antiquity Dao Domain: Ten Thousand Nether City.

After nearly a thousand years of roaming the chaos, Han Yi had also gained a considerable understanding of the major powers across the nine Dao Domains.

Should this matter spread, it would spell a catastrophe of annihilation for the Sui Zhu Immortal Court. At that time, even if the Sui Zhu Celestial Venerable returned, he absolutely would not be able to withstand it. Ten Thousand Nether City's enemies were Dao Domain-level hegemons, Chaos Overlords who surpassed Celestial Venerables.

As thoughts flashed through his mind, the four people in the hall flickered out and flew high above Sui Zhu Mountain, gazing eastward.

At the same time, the Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao Ancestor activated the Ancient Candle Dao Formation. Endless rosy light shrouded the Immortal Court, dazzling to the extreme, yet containing a danger that made even Dao Realm cultivators' hearts quail.

"Such powerful