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Chapter 1076 - Chapter 1076 Chapter 445 First Encounter with a Ghost

Chapter 1076: Chapter 445: First Encounter with a Ghost Immortal, Harvesting the Immortal Vine_1 Chapter 1076: Chapter 445: First Encounter with a Ghost Immortal, Harvesting the Immortal Vine_1 “Here it comes.”

The moment Yang Jiu Huan’s voice fell, beneath the half-empty space where Han Yi stood, the valley’s depths underwent a heaven-shaking transformation.

A colossal vine burst forth from the earth, lashing towards Han Yi.

Han Yi looked downward, his gaze deep and unfathomable, his expression slightly taut. He had just used his Immortal Pupil, Immortal Sense, and Immortal Power among various methods to investigate the area below. It could be said that he had thoroughly scanned every inch of space beneath the ground more than three times.

During his recent investigation, this Immortal Vine should have had no place to reside in the space underneath, but now, the Immortal Vine appeared, undeniably present.

Moreover.

Since Han Yi was emanating the aura of the Immortal Vine, he could even detect a particular spot in the space below, from where an aura, similar to his own, beckoned him to come closer.

That identical aura should be the main body of the Ancient Enlightenment Immortal Vine.

Han Yi’s eyes suddenly brightened: “Found you.”

He wielded the Green Reed Sword, and with a gentle downward stroke, the giant vine lashing towards him was sliced into two by the Sword Light. Han Yi then forcefully thrust downward, the Green Reed Sword leaving his hand and piercing directly into the ground below. In an instant, it had breached the rolling sands and entered the earth’s depths.

Under the watchful eyes of Han Yi, Yang Jiu Huan, and Li Zhengyang, the front half of the Green Reed Sword seemed to have penetrated into some hidden space, disappearing from view, leaving only a small portion of the Sword Blade, hilt, and handle exposed.

This Immortal Sword had partly inserted itself into the Realm Heavens they sought.

In that moment, they distinctly sensed a dense Immortal Vine aura emerging at the location of the Immortal Sword.

“Act now.”

With a light cry from Yang Yuhuan, the purple Immortal Cauldron in her hand flew out, hovering in the air and swelling to a hundred meters in size. Seven streaks of purple Dan Qi spread out from the Immortal Cauldron like swift arrows, plunging into the area around the Immortal Sword.

These seven streaks of Dan Qi seemed to have pinpointed the Realm Heavens, and then, with a thunderous crash, the purple Immortal Cauldron dropped sharply downwards.

Suddenly, beneath the valley, the seven streams of purple Dan Qi, empowered by a formidable force, shattered the space violently, collapsing it downward.

“Let’s go.”

Han Yi retrieved the Green Reed Sword that had caught a tiny crack in the space just moments before and, along with Yang Jiu Huan, plunged into the broken space below, closely followed by Li Zhengyang.

In a flash.

The entire valley, except for a small area of tumbling sand and rocks in the southern region, was devoid of any Immortal Path aura.

After passing through the shattered space, Han Yi found himself in a grey and hazy world.

In front of him, a mountain tens of thousands of meters tall stood in the center of the world, miles away. Outside the mountain, there was nothing else.

The mountain was a dark green color, not its natural hue, but rather because a colossal Immortal Vine covered and entwined the mountain, concealing its original color.

Han Yi’s Immortal Pupil flickered as he scrutinized the mountain, his expression growing increasingly solemn.

“There’s something wrong with this Ancient Enlightenment Immortal Vine.”

Not far from him, Yang Jiu Huan had already retracted the Immortal Cauldron into her hands. A purple robe made of Dan Qi materialized on her figure, exuding a stunning Immortal Path charm.

“Indeed, there’s the aura of Ghost Tao on this Ancient Enlightenment Immortal Vine.”

Li Zhengyang appeared beside Yang Jiu Huan, his face slightly grave: “Ghost Tao.”

Nearby, Han Yi also sensed the aura of Ghost Tao on the massive Immortal Vine.

Ghost Tao is distinct from Evil Ghosts and the Ghost Clan.

Ghost Tao belongs to a heterodox path. When a cultivator dies and only the soul remains, and the Divine Soul transitions to cultivate the Ghost Tao, the soul becomes eternal in the world; where the soul is the body, and the body is the soul, that is Ghost Tao.

Han Yi had encountered cultivators of the Ghost Tao before, but it was clearly unusual to detect the aura of Ghost Tao on an Immortal Vine.

Just at that moment.

A massive grey-black Phantom emerged from the Immortal Vine, floating mid-air. This Phantom resembled a Taoist, its towering form reaching a thousand meters in height.

Han Yi and the others looked up slightly at the Phantom’s eyes and shuddered violently.

“It’s a Ghost Immortal, but his state is very odd.”

In front of them, two green lights shone from the Phantom’s eyes like huge lanterns, flickering uncertainly.

The malice within the green glow was blatant and unabashed, a fundamental and intrinsic kind of malice, so intense that it alarmed the three of them.

At that time, the Immortal Cauldron sank into Yang Jiu Huan’s palm, and a pattern of the Immortal Cauldron emerged exquisitely on the purple robe she had materialized.

Han Yi’s eyes moved; he was not unfamiliar with this kind of integration with an Immortal Artifact, but it was his first time witnessing it.

At the Realm of True Immortal, Immortal Power is infinitely mysterious. When using an Immortal Artifact, it’s not treated merely as an external object. Instead, it can undergo deep integration. A True Immortal merging with an Immortal Artifact can unleash power that surpasses the artifact’s own capabilities.

However, this method requires an extraordinarily high degree of compatibility, demanding that the Immortal Artifact be in perfect harmony with the True Immortal, coupled with a prolonged ritual of consecration. This method is strikingly similar to the Unity of Man and Sword in the mundane martial arts world.

At this moment, Yang Jiu Huan’s merging of the Immortal Cauldron into her body exemplified this method.

After merging the Immortal Cauldron, Yang Jiu Huan took out a red mirror, or rather, a frame without a mirror surface.

She then positioned the hollow mirror towards the immense grey-black Phantom and released a stream of Immortal Power. A slight ripple appeared in the vacant mirror, and an image materialized.

In the image, a shadow twisted and struggled, clearly identical to the Phantom towering miles away.

As soon as the distorted shadow appeared, it exploded in just three breaths’ time. The red frame recoiled from the backlash, and a crack as fine as wood grain emerged upon it.