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Chapter 1616 - Chapter 1616 Chapter 694 Ashen Set Plotting Reincarnation

Chapter 1616: Chapter 694: Ashen Set, Plotting Reincarnation Chapter 1616: Chapter 694: Ashen Set, Plotting Reincarnation This grey fragment, only about the size of half a palm and roughly a finger thick, was almost indistinguishable in terms of which type of Tao Artifact it belonged to from its appearance.

However, when Xuan Zang Taoist Ancestor picked up the fragment, he seemed to think of something.

He infused a strand of Tao Force into the grey fragment and instantly, a dim phantom emerged. The phantom was quite blurred, but it was vaguely visible that it was tower-shaped.

At this moment, the tower that manifested in the Age Candle Hall, though only about ten feet tall, emanated an extremely faint yet fundamentally unique and powerful aura as soon as it appeared.

This aura flashed by and then the vaguely visible tower phantom crumbled and disappeared.

But inside the hall, Han Yi and Calamity Tao Ancestor were suddenly startled because the fleeting aura gave them an extremely terrifying sense of palpitations.

“This, this must definitely be a fragment of a Heavenly Reverence Ancient Artifact,” Han Yi said solemnly.

He possessed a Divine Reverence Ancient Artifact and had seen Nangong Hao from the Wenren Divine Clan of the Ancestral God Star offer another Divine Reverence Ancient Artifact. Outside the Fire Hell ruins, he had also glimpsed the Third Palace Master of the True Holy Palace striking from afar; he was not unfamiliar with the aura of Heavenly Reverence and Divine Reverence level.

The fleeting aura just now, though extremely weak, was undoubtedly within the scope of Heavenly Reverence.

At this moment, the phantom in the hall disappeared, but it also confirmed that this grey fragment likely came from a Grey Tower that had broken off.

“Senior brother, do you know where this fragment came from?” asked Han Yi.

His experiences were quite limited as, after all, he had ascended to the Tao Realm for only about four thousand years, and his experience with Chaos was similarly cursory.

At this moment in the Age Candle Hall, the one with the most travel experience in Chaos and the broadest knowledge was Xuan Zang Taoist Ancestor. He might have picked up this fragment because he had discovered something.

“There is a little discovery,”

“Just now, Han mentioned that this fragment came from a Heavenly Reverence Ancient Artifact, and he was correct,”

“This fragment likely comes from the shattered Ashen Tower,”

He paused, but seeing that Calamity and Han Yi were quite puzzled about ‘Ashen Tower’, Xuan Zang Taoist Ancestor realized they had never heard of it and thus further explained:

“The Ashen Tower comes from a set of Heavenly Reverence Ancient Artifacts; it is one piece of the set named ‘Ashen’ which consists of nine different pieces, including swords, knives, halberds, drums, etc., and there is a rumor that if the nine pieces come together, their power would exceed that of a Heavenly Reverence.”

“This set of Heavenly Reverence Ancient Artifacts belong to the master of Ashen Mountain, Ashen Heavenly Reverence.”

After hearing all this, Han Yi was deeply shocked, realizing how immensely powerful the set of nine Heavenly Reverence Ancient Artifacts was, and that the owner of this set, the Ashen Mountain master mentioned by Xuan Zang Taoist Ancestor, must be tremendously powerful.

However, he was puzzled by the fact that he had never heard of such a powerful entity before.

As his thoughts churned, Xuan Zang Taoist Ancestor seemed to hear Han Yi’s thoughts and continued to say:

“It’s normal for you to not have heard of Ashen Mountain; this force is not located in the Fu Heng Taoist Area but in the Primordial Demon Dao Domain. Initially, Ashen Mountain and Primordial Demon Palace vied for control over the Tao Domain and clashed, resulting in Ashen Heavenly Reverence being slain by Primordial Demon Heavenly Sovereignty, and subsequently, the entire Ashen Mountain was exterminated.”

“If Ashen Heavenly Reverence had won then, what would have been destroyed would be the Primordial Demon Palace, and the Tao Domain would accordingly be called the Ashen Dao Domain.”

“Moreover, this event happened so long ago that it predates the birth of the Ancient Great World.”

“I also learned of this secret by chance during my travels in Chaos.”

Upon hearing this, Han Yi was thoroughly sobered.

He hadn’t expected that a grey fragment, obtained through many encounters with Calamity Tao Ancestor, would have such an ancient and terrifying history.

Ashen Mountain, Ashen Heavenly Reverence, Ashen Set, Ashen Tower – these names once represented the supremely eminent position of a Dao Domain in some ancient era.

Xuan Zang Taoist Ancestor set down the fragment of the Ashen Tower.

“Alas, there are many pieces of the Ashen Tower scattered across the Nine Great Dao Domains, and the difficulty of gathering all the fragments is even higher than forging a new Heavenly Reverence Ancient Artifact,”

“This fragment is mostly of commemorative significance now, and besides its hardness, it doesn’t have much practical use.”

Han Yi also thought the same; the fragment had managed to survive the Halberd Light Strike because of its special material, but its spiritual nature had been lost, making it almost impossible to reuse.

But from this fragment, he learned of a hidden secret among the nine great Chaos, which he considered worthwhile.

Afterward, the two evaluated other Spiritual Items and fragments.

Anything that could survive the Halberd Light Strike without being reduced to rubble was naturally extraordinary, and most items were rare treasures for those in the Tao Realm. Even if they couldn’t use them themselves, they could be exchanged for something they desired.

Han Yi left most items in the Immortal Court; the boundary between him and the Immortal Court was not very definitive.

Moreover, having borrowed and fully cultivated the four Sword Tools of the Immortal Court, they would henceforth be his weapons.

It was appropriate to leave the treasures in the Immortal Court.

After evaluating the items, the three of them refocused their discussion on how to handle the upcoming crisis.

This crisis included not only the potential arrival of third-step Dao Realm, External Dao Level, even Dao Realm Peak, Integration Dao Level, and even Heavenly Reverence Level beings as a consequence of Han Yi slaying Myriad Dynasties Taoist Ancestor,

but also included Purgatory Island and Void Demon Palace, two powerful forces with a ‘blood feud’ with Age Candle.