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Chapter 1623 - Chapter 1623 Chapter 697 Tao Skills Formlessness A Journeys

Chapter 1623: Chapter 697: Tao Skills, Formlessness, A Journey’s Interlude_2 Chapter 1623: Chapter 697: Tao Skills, Formlessness, A Journey’s Interlude_2 He waved his hand and said, “There’s no need for such caution, Daoist friend.”

“Our Demon Witch Mountain branch is rumored to be that of the Sword Demon Witch. Therefore, our entry assessment primarily revolves around the sword. The strength of our Witch Demon Sword Qi is formidable, as you must have witnessed, Daoist friend.”

Han Yi nodded.

The young man knew quite a lot, but Han Yi knew even more.

A year ago, when he decided to participate in the competition for Mountain Master of Demon Witch Mountain, the Taoist Ancestor Xuan Zang had informed him of everything he knew about Demon Witch Mountain.

Demon Witch Mountain was spread across the Nine Great Dao Domains, with a total of twelve branches. In the Fu Heng Daoist Area, there was only one branch, which was that of the Sword Demon Witch.

Within the Sword Demon Witch Mountain, the First Mountain Master was an existence at the Heavenly Sovereignty level, while the Second Mountain Master was in closed-door cultivation attempting to break through to Heavenly Sovereignty. The Third to Sixth Mountain Masters were all at the Dao Realm Peak, at the Unity Realm Stage. Following them, the Seventh to the Thirty-third Mountain Masters were all of the Outer Path Realm.

The top eighty Mountain Masters were of the Dao Fruit Level, and even the weakest Ninety-ninth Mountain Master was a senior powerhouse in the first step of the Dao Realm.

This was the strength of Demon Witch Mountain in the Fu Heng Daoist Area, and it was merely one Daoist Domain with the power displayed openly.

If the power of the twelve branches across nine domains were combined, the force would be terrifyingly formidable, not to mention that the overall Mountain Master of Demon Witch Mountain was a supremely transcendent existence at the Half-Step Transcendence level.

This was a superpower of the Chaos tier.

Even the True Holy Palace, which had three Heavenly Sovereigns, would show deference to the cultivators of Demon Witch Mountain, as the two were not on the same level.

“By the way, I am from the Kongtong Arena of the Kunlun Immortal Realm, Bai Xuanjing. Are you from Penglai or Daluo?” asked the young Golden Immortal, also known as Bai Xuanjing.

It was evident that he was quite interested in Han Yi.

Han Yi’s eyes lifted slightly as he glanced at Bai Xuanjing and said indifferently, “Daluo.”

The Kongtong Arena was an arena in the Kunlun Immortal Realm. Its master, the Kongtong Daoist, had recently ascended from Immortal Venerate to the Dao Realm, and the status of the arena had risen with the tide.

However.

For Han Yi, this arena was just another common force.

Upon hearing ‘Daluo,’ Bai Xuanjing’s eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something, and he quickly followed up with another question:

“It is said that a Taoist Ancestor has emerged from the Daluo Immortal Realm, honored with the title of Yi.”

“Eight thousand years ago, he joined the Age Candle Immortal Court of the Daluo Immortal Realm at the Nascent Soul Stage, and not long ago, he was able to fight one-on-one and slay a Taoist Ancestor Level Elder from the Void Demon Palace of the Penglai Immortal Realm.”

“Afterwards, when facing a powerful Taoist Ancestor emerging from the Chaos, he defeated and pursued them as well.”

“This matter is no small feat, and the name Taoist Ancestor Yi has now become thunderously renowned.”

“There are also prophecies suggesting that he is destined to have a place in the Extreme Ancient future and will eventually become a Heavenly Sovereign, with his Heavenly Sovereign title being Yi Heavenly Venerate.”

Upon hearing this, Han Yi’s normally calm expression suddenly turned to one of astonishment.

He was only at the first step of the Dao Realm, so far from the level of a Heavenly Sovereign that it was unimaginable. Normally, a cultivator would take several Chaos Eras to advance from the first step of the Dao Realm to become a Heavenly Sovereign.

And now, people were declaring that he would definitely become a Heavenly Sovereign in the future?

This was akin to a mixed blessing.

He had been focused on his cultivation recently, paying little attention to the world’s affairs, and was truly unaware of this development.

However, this did not affect him. In the Dao Realm, such flattery was utterly futile.

Moreover.

This Bai Xuanjing was only at the Golden Immortal realm, not entirely clear on the divisions within the Dao Realm. Like Han Yi in his early days, he could only generically refer to the Dao Realm as Taoist Ancestor, based on secondhand accounts.

Han Yi’s expression returned to calm, but Bai Xuanjing did not stop there, continuing to talk in fits and starts. His easy familiarity somewhat raised Han Yi’s opinion of him.

The higher one’s realm, the more guarded one becomes, making such ease increasingly difficult to achieve. Although Bai Xuanjing was only at the advanced Golden Immortal realm, his state of mind was quite admirable, fearless of the Heart Demon within the trials of ascension to Taiyi and Daluo.

Suddenly, his gaze shifted toward the center of the valley, and Bai Xuanjing beside him turned to look in the same direction.

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“At last, he’s here.”

Bai Xuanjing’s face lit up with excitement as he stood up.

“Should I join Demon Witch Mountain and become a true disciple, the resources for cultivation available to me will certainly be more abundant, not to mention the improvement in status can’t even compare to what I have now.”

“This time, I must give it my all.”

Han Yi also stood up, adding, “Indeed, this time we must make a great effort.”

The effort he referred to was competing for the position of mountain master, unlike becoming a disciple of Demon Witch Mountain, which Bai Xuanjing was striving for with all his might; their forms of effort were the same, but their goals differed.

At this moment, in the center of Yellow Wind Valley, a Taoist appeared. This Taoist was a Daluo Immortal Venerate. He swiftly set up an array and, upon activation, transformed it into a golden light array about a hundred meters in size.

“Ladies and gentlemen, please hold your sword tokens and step into the transmission array in an orderly manner. Be aware that the teleportation passes through boundless chaos; do not leave the range of the array arbitrarily during the journey, or you will bear the consequences of any chaos that ensues, at the risk of life and death.”

“Alright, quickly now, later…”

The Taoist had not finished speaking when the array behind him trembled slightly. Then, in an instant, the hundred-meter array expanded to cover a span of ten miles, enveloping the entire Yellow Wind Valley.

The Taoist’s gaze sharply narrowed, his face showing shock: “This…”

Simultaneously, a pleasant voice came from the other end of the transmission array.

“Han, are you there? Please step onto the transmission array. I personally will guide you over from Demon Witch Mountain.”

As soon as this voice emerged, an invisible Daoist authority enveloped the whole Yellow Wind Valley. Everyone inside was startled, and the Taoist in front of the array quickly realized what was happening, his expression changing uncertainly.

Bai Xuanjing, standing beside Han Yi, was slightly startled, but he hadn’t fully grasped what was happening yet.

Whereas Han Yi, beside him, had already taken steps forward. As he passed by Bai Xuanjing, he said indifferently, “I am Han Yi of Daluo.”

Han Yi looked at Bai Xuanjing’s astonished face, smiled faintly, then took a step forward and, in the next instant, reappeared beside the Taoist in the center of Yellow Wind Valley.

The Taoist had instantaneously understood the situation: a being from the Dao Realm was using the transmission array, and this being was the much-talked-about Age Candle Han Yi of recent millennia. He bowed respectfully, “I pay my respects to the Taoist Ancestor.”

Han Yi nodded slightly, passing by and stepping into the light array. The golden light soared to the sky, spreading out over a hundred miles before quickly retracting back into the hundred-meter array.

In a few brief moments, the gazes of everyone in Yellow Wind Valley shifted from the central position of the transmission array to the still-startled Bai Xuanjing, their eyes flickering, as if trying to figure out the relationship between Bai Xuanjing and this figure of the Dao Realm.

“Han Yi, he claims to be Han Yi… Could it be that Daluo Taoist Ancestor?”

“Undoubtedly, with the name Han Yi, who in the Extreme Ancient would dare to misuse it nowadays? The cause and effect are too significant; it could only be the Age Candle Taoist Ancestor.”

“Hiss, that Taoist Ancestor is quite fearsome. Not long after ascending, he’s already killed a Taoist Ancestor of Void Demon Palace and made them too scared to act rashly.”

“It’s not just fearsome–his strength is terrifying. It’s said that there are levels among the Taoist Ancestors, and although this one has only recently ascended, in terms of combat power, he should be among the stronger ones even within the ranks of the Taoist Ancestors.”

“That’s not right; that should be Bai Xuanjing of the Kongtong Arena. How did Han Taoist Ancestor come to be with him? Could it be that he caught the eye of the Taoist Ancestor?”

Faced with the inquisitive gazes of the crowd, Bai Xuanjing’s heart went through a tumultuous change, and then he resigned himself to his fate. He hadn’t expected to have unwittingly conversed with the renowned Taoist Ancestor Han.

In his heart, however, there was a tinge of relief that he hadn’t spoken ill of Han Taoist Ancestor in his presence and was grateful that Han Taoist Ancestor seemed to be a temperate person.

The Taoist at the center of Yellow Wind Valley regained his composure and called out loudly, “Gentlemen, let’s go. If we don’t leave now, this array will disperse.”

Thus, within Yellow Wind Valley, all the immortals lined up to step into the array. During this process, several Golden Immortals who knew Bai Xuanjing sent silent inquiries through transmission. Although Bai Xuanjing reported the truth, the others found it hard to believe.

They were all Golden Immortals; how could a Taoist Ancestor be standing with you and not with others? There must be something more to it.

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Elsewhere, Han Yi paid no mind to this small episode. He focused his gaze beyond the transmission array into the chaotic scenery, which was changing rapidly, barely within the grasp of his Tao Thought.

It proved that he was being teleported at an incredibly fast speed.

This type of transmission was not unfamiliar to him as he had experienced it once before on the Ten Thousand Travel Mobile Palace when traveling with Houtu Taoist Ancestor to the Ten Thousand Travel Palace.

This time, it took twelve breaths before the surrounding chaotic space gradually dissipated. Light surged forth, driving away the chaos, and transformed the area which he was in into normal space.

He had arrived at Demon Witch Mountain in the Fu Heng Taoist Area.

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