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Chapter 1479 - Chapter 1479 Chapter 626 Bizarre Virtual Skills Battle of the

Chapter 1479: Chapter 626: Bizarre Virtual Skills, Battle of the Heavenly Sovereign_2 Chapter 1479: Chapter 626: Bizarre Virtual Skills, Battle of the Heavenly Sovereign_2 Han Yi did not dare to relax, instead, he stood in place, waiting for three breaths.

Then, he fled towards the southwest direction, and only when he returned to the territory of the Age Candle Immortal Court did he gradually let out a sigh of relief.

“He must have truly left.”

“Phew!”

As he relaxed a bit, Han Yi quickly dispelled the enhancement of the Wanxing Daotai, reducing his aura from that of an Immortal Venerate’s level back down to a Peak Immortal Monarch.

This decline in aura caused various degrees of weakening in his Immortal Power and Immortal Soul within his body.

That was the price of using the Wanxing Daotai.

Of course, this cost only occurred when using it to elevate his realm’s aura to deceive the Heavenly Tao; if he was concealing or lowering his aura, naturally there would be no such repercussion.

Because just now, when he used the Wanxing Daotai, he had deceived himself, making his Immortal Path system believe that he had broken through to the Immortal Venerate realm, forcibly elevating his Immortal Power and Soul Energy to match that of the Immortal Venerate realm.

This forced elevation was akin to overdrawing in advance; once things went back to normal, naturally there would be the price of weakness to pay.

Otherwise,

Han Yi could have simply elevated to the Tao Ancestor Realm and killed that Ninth-order Void Demon with a single slap. There were two reasons for not doing so: on one hand, his Seventh-order Wanxing Daotai could not directly elevate his aura to the Tao Ancestor Realm, and on the other, even if he could, he wouldn’t dare, as it might come at the cost of his life.

Although his aura was weakened, fortunately, he did not fall in realm.

Han Yi immediately retracted the Three Thousand Sword Realm, leaving only the Green Reed Sword in his hand.

Afterward, he swiftly headed towards the Age Candle Immortal Court.

Meanwhile, in his mind, he felt a lingering fear from the battle that had just taken place.

This battle was the most evenly matched one he had encountered in his cultivation journey so far, with a duration that was unprecedented in his previous combats.

The opponent’s techniques were exceptionally strong and numerous, while Han Yi’s techniques seemed far too weak. Only by deploying the Three Thousand Sword Realm and maneuvering the Seventh-order Sword Control with the Wanxing Daotai, using the Eighth-order aura of Qingping as the medium, could he achieve what was, at this moment, his truly full-powered strike that could contend with the opponent.

However,

Despite having few techniques, with this one sword, Han Yi blocked most of the opponent’s attacks.

The opponent could not do anything to him either.

During this battle that lasted for the duration of one incense stick, Han Yi also came to understand the real combat power of this Ninth-order Void Demon.

It should be a mid-stage Ninth-order Void Demon, not far from the peak of the Ninth-order.

Translated into the Immortal Realm’s Immortal Path measurements, it was roughly equivalent to between a seasoned Immortal Venerate and a peak Immortal Venerate.

Through this battle, Han Yi also gauged his own strength clearly.

Using all his techniques with full force, he could now contend against the most powerful seasoned Immortal Venerates. Undoubtedly, in terms of combat power, he was also at the seasoned Immortal Venerate level.

“Maybe, after a few hundred years, by comprehending the Three Thousand Tao Principles and reaching the Extreme Immortal Monarch realm, my combat power could surpass that of seasoned Immortal Venerates and reach the combat power level of a Peak Immortal Venerate.”

Thoughts flickered through Han Yi’s inner mind.

Just then, he suddenly stopped and looked up towards the northwest direction, sensing a terrifying aura that shook even the Immortal Realm’s Great Tao, soaring straight up beyond his field of vision.

And Han Yi was not unfamiliar with this aura.

“The aura of Age Candle Dao Ancestor.”

“Did the Dao Ancestor make a move?”

Han Yi exclaimed in shock.

Simultaneously, as the Age Candle Dao Ancestor’s aura manifested, to the further north, within the territory of the Void Demon Palace, an aura that made the Great Tao tremble, overshadowing a span of time and space, also emerged.

“This aura, this aura…”

“So powerful, incredibly powerful.”

“It must be the aura of a Heavenly Sovereign.”

“It’s the master of the Void Demon Palace, that emperor of the Void Demon clan.”

Han Yi could only feel that, despite being separated by several Immortal Domains, the space around him became viscous. This was the Great Tao surging, an inadvertent fluctuation exerting its influence across several Immortal Domains.

He looked as far as he could, but all he saw was the roiling Great Tao and the chaotic Immortal Energy; even time and space were in turmoil.

Three breaths.

It was merely the duration of three breaths, but to Han Yi, it seemed even longer than the incense stick’s worth of battle he had experienced before.

After three breaths, the time and space near the border in front of him finally began to normalize, with the Tao Principles returning and the Immortal Energy calming down.

“It’s over, but I wonder what the outcome was?”

Han Yi’s heart tensed slightly, but his realm was too far inferior to a Heavenly Sovereign’s to deduce any valid outcome. He could only turn around and make his way towards the Age Candle Immortal Court.

After the time it takes an incense stick to burn.

Han Yi finally returned to the Immortal Court. Upon arriving, he only then learned the outcome of the collision he had observed en route, between the Age Candle Dao Ancestor and the master of the Void Demon Palace, at the northern boundary of the Immortal Court.

“The Dao Ancestor merely received the hit from the master of the Void Demon Palace from afar, without any other more intense actions?”

Han Yi had some doubts.

The answer he received came from the Original Art Immortal Sovereign.

As he hastened back to the Age Candle Immortal Court, he happened to encounter the Original Art Immortal Sovereign coming down from the Age Candle Mountain.

“Exactly.”

“I happened to be nearby at that time.”

“That stroke, the entire Immortal Realm’s Tao Principles seemed filled with endless murderous intent. I looked just once and had to avert my gaze, otherwise I would have been injured.”

Fear visibly flickered across the face of the Original Art Immortal Sovereign.

“From what we can tell afterwards, the Dao Ancestor, though not with ease, was uninjured after receiving that strike.”

“This might be the reason why the master of the Void Demon Palace did not continue the attack.”

Seeing that Han Yi still had doubts, the Original Art Immortal Sovereign continued:

“Rest assured.”

“With the Dao Ancestor present, the Void Demon Palace will certainly not dare to advance aggressively southward.”

“Moreover, the Dao Ancestor has some ideas concerning the handling of the Void Demon Palace.”

Han Yi nodded and for the time being had to be content with this.

He did not ascend Age Candle Mountain but made a trip to the Sky Candle Palace instead and reported the intelligence about the Void Demon’s memories that he had discovered in the domain of the Void Demon Palace and his own experiences during this journey.

This time, he did not conceal anything, he gave a general account of even the details of his skirmish with a ninth-order Void Demon, including the appearance of that ninth-order Void Demon and the strangeness of its three Virtual Skills.

This intelligence, especially the information about that ninth-order Void Demon, would prepare the other Immortal Venerates of the Immortal Court if they encountered it, so they would not be caught off guard.

The Sky Candle Palace gave Han Yi a large number of Immortal Marks. These Immortal Marks were not particularly useful to him now, but when used to develop Tiankui Mountain or given to the cultivators of the Xianyi Pavilion and the Xuandan Sect, they were a tremendous amount of wealth.

Immediately thereafter.

Han Yi left the Sky Candle Palace and returned to Tiankui Mountain.

Tiankui Mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, several new peaks had appeared. These were the peaks of the Xuandan Sect that Han Yi had moved from Diyang Mountain Range into his Divine Aperture world, and then from his Divine Aperture world to Tiankui Mountain, including Xuandan Peak.

Whereas Tiankui Mountain used to be relatively quiet and deserted, it was now bustling with noise and activity to the extreme.

Countless cultivators were transporting rocks and constructing palaces in full swing.

Speaking of which.

From the time he had moved Lian Tingxi and the arrangements of the Xuandan Sect out of his Divine Aperture world, to his journey to the Void Demon Palace where he killed seventh-order Void Demons, cut down eighth-order Void Demons, and fiercely contested a ninth-order Void Demon, before escaping back to Age Candle, it had been just over an hour.

This period of time, for the people of Xuandan Sect, wasn’t considered long.

They did not know that within this hour, Han Yi had killed many Void Demons, investigated a great deal of intelligence and information, and even sensed a battle between those at the level of Heavenly Sovereign from afar.

Han Yi did not interfere with the construction of Xuandan Sect.

As the current situation was still unclear, it was not possible for him to directly go out and find a new location to relocate the Xuandan Sect. He planned to let the Xuandan Sect stay on Tiankui Mountain for the time being.

He would consider relocating the Xuandan Sect only once the situation, including the Void Demon Palace and the changes brought by the unification of the Nine Realms, had stabilized.

Inside the only cultivation palace at the summit of Tiankui Mountain.

Han Yi sat cross-legged and looked at the panel, his gaze falling on one line in particular.

[Sword Controlling (Seventh-order 82/100)].

An hour ago, the progress of the Sword Controlling Immortal Skill was only 79/100, but a battle far exceeding his own cultivation level had advanced his Sword Controlling Immortal Skill to 82/100.

In that breathtaking and utterly focused clash, where not the slightest mistake was permissible, Han Yi had utilized the seventh-order Sword Control to its pinnacle.

It was in that special state that his understanding of the Sword Controlling Immortal Skill improved rapidly, comparable to a brief session of sword comprehension.

This was an unexpected gain from the battle beyond his level.

“Not enough.”

“It’s still not enough.”

“With the current situation being so unclear, improving my own strength is of the utmost urgency.”

“At the eighth-order, if Sword Control reached the eighth-order, today’s battle would not have been so difficult. There might not have even been a need for the Wanxing Daotai. With the eighth-order Green Reed layered with the eighth-order Sword Control, and amplified by the Three Thousand Sword Realm, I might have been able to fight that ninth-order Void Demon.”