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Chapter 1427 - Chapter 1427 Chapter 601 Three Thousand Sword Realm Journey

Chapter 1427: Chapter 601: Three Thousand Sword Realm, Journey to the Netherworld Chapter 1427: Chapter 601: Three Thousand Sword Realm, Journey to the Netherworld Han Yi found himself back at the base of Age Candle Mountain.

He didn’t immediately leave, but instead stood at the foot of the mountain, gazing at the summit. Regrettably, the mystical fog obscured his vision, presenting only a blurry scene.

Then.

He looked toward the south, where, in the invisible central area of Daluo, a colossal spatial passageway must still have been standing in the air.

According to his speculation, such a passageway existed only because of the Heavenly Mandate Calamity, thus, this particular passage would surely persist until after the Tao Tomb, or at least for three hundred thousand years.

Of course, there was a premise–provided that the Ancient Great World would not be destroyed in the second stage of the Tao Tomb Ripple, specifically not being annihilated by the Chaos Tomb Beast.

Given Han Yi’s understanding of the power of the Ancient Great World, it should amount to more than that.

After withdrawing his gaze.

Thoughts in Han Yi’s heart started to stir.

Previously, outside the Halo Passage in the Chaos, since those present who could speak were at least Tao Ancestors, he, a mere Immortal Monarch, couldn’t even fully circulate his thoughts.

Now having calmed down, numerous thoughts burst forth and leaped around.

Han Yi suddenly thought of two issues he had overlooked before.

One was, why Daluo?

If it were the Heavenly Mandate Calamity, the first realm to manifest should have been the most powerful, Kunlun World, not the Daluo Immortal Realm.

Yet, from previous experiences, the first emerging passage was indeed in the Daluo Immortal Realm, and Han Yi was the first to encounter it.

This was somewhat unexplainable.

Logically, the Heavenly sense should have first opened the passage in the Kunlun Immortal Realm, guiding the Great Heavenly Sovereign of Mount Kunlun and other Heavenly Sovereigns to enter the Halo Passage first, reaching Chaos, and receiving the token from Wangxi Mountain Master of Demon Witch Mountain.

Just before leaving, Han Yi also heard the confusion of Wangxi Mountain Master who had given out the token.

Her confusion precisely validated the question in Han Yi’s mind at this moment.

If the answer to this question was not random whims of the Heavenly Tao, then there must be a deeper meaning within it.

Han Yi decided to put this aside for now.

Another question emerged in his heart.

That was, in the Chaos outside the Halo Passage, the Hongjun Great Heavenly Venerate from Mount Kunlun didn’t even glance at him.

Han Yi guessed that it certainly was not because his Realm was so low that the Great Heavenly Venerate couldn’t see him.

At the terrifying power level of a Great Heavenly Sovereign, one does not need to ‘see’ to know the cause and effect of the current space and time.

Moreover.

Han Yi guessed that a part of the Interception Sect fate within him definitely couldn’t be concealed from this Great Heavenly Sovereign, but the Sovereign showed no concern, not even giving him a single glance.

The implied meaning in this was something Han Yi couldn’t comprehend for the moment.

Apart from these two issues which he had previously overlooked due to blocked thoughts, there was the question he had asked the Calamity Tao Ancestor before.

What exactly was the purpose of opening the passage to the Nine Realms, making them interconnected, and subsequently leading to Chaos?

Could it really just be providing them a fast passage to contact Chaos?

No.

He suddenly realized that when he first heard the passage led to Chaos, his initial thought was that the passage would bring unknown beings from Chaos to the Daluo Immortal Realm, triggering a cataclysm.

This thought had been under the assumption that he was unaware of the active Heavenly Mandate Calamity.

But now, upon revisiting this thought.

Combining the warnings of Heavenly Tao, Tao Tomb Ripple, and Heavenly Mandate Calamity, three major events, Han Yi arrived at a conclusion.

The opening of this passage would inevitably bring a continuous stream of observers from Chaos, causing havoc in the many worlds of the Ancient Great World; and with chaos comes reshuffling, in which reshuffling, true powerhouses can rise and supreme beings can be born.

Han Yi’s eyes trembled.

He recalled a term he had heard in his previous life, which was the ‘catfish effect’.

In simple abstract terms, it refers to the introduction of a variable to activate a group within a certain environment.

Now, to face the calamity of the Tao Tomb, the Heavenly Tao of the Ancient Great World had opened the passage, preparing to bring in beings from Chaos to activate the Ancient Great World.

This was indeed the true Heavenly Mandate Calamity.

And furthermore.

If this continued to spread, Han Yi speculated that the gray halo hanging in Chaos wasn’t merely a simple passage but a marker, sending out the Tao signal fluctuations of the Ancient Great World to the nearby realms of Chaos, thereby attracting them.

Thinking this, Han Yi inhaled sharply.

Invasions of the Wisdom Realm, Taoless Sacrificial Path, Chaotic Evil Gods, each of these came from outside, every one of them having a profound impact on the Daluo Immortal Realm, with countless cultivators and Immortals perishing.

This was still because the Boundary Wall of the Ancient Great World had blocked most of the Primordial Guests.

Han Yi speculated that after this, Primordial Guests would continuously arrive, and Daluo, even the entire Ancient Great World, would face great changes.

This great change was part of the sequence of the Heavenly Mandate Calamity.

Yet, for most cultivators and Immortals, it would be a disaster of extinction.

Han Yi also remembered that when time and space were in disarray, and the Tao Tomb Ripple had just arrived, he saw the giant tortoise carrying the Illusion World while crossing the void to return to Daluo from Penglai.

Surely, the initial entry of the giant tortoise from Chaos into the Ancient Great World was a reason for the weakening of the Boundary Wall of the Ancient Great World and the ‘loosening’ by the Heavenly Tao.

As his thoughts turned, Han Yi took a deep breath.

“Power, it’s still about power.”

“Without enough strength, one cannot face the calamities but will only be obliterated by the waves; only with great power can one control one’s own fate.”

Han Yi left Age Candle Mountain to return to Tiankui Mountain, and then began to seclude himself.