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Chapter 1663 - Chapter 1663 Chapter 717 Exploring the Ruins Again

Chapter 1663: Chapter 717: Exploring the Ruins Again, Reincarnation Death Realm_2 Chapter 1663: Chapter 717: Exploring the Ruins Again, Reincarnation Death Realm_2 According to the information he had gathered from several Dao Realms before, this mist was indeed the mysterious maze rumored to have trapped a Heavenly Sovereign. Many had speculated that, surely, a genuine Ashen Inheritance and the Ashen Set must be within.

He extended his Tao Thought into the mist and as expected, like falling into an unfathomably deep abyss, it swiftly vanished without a trace of response.

At this point, Han Yi decided to halt this exploration.

If this maze could trap a Heavenly Sovereign, then for him, if he were to fall into it, there would surely be no escape.

“This is the end.”

He silently mused to himself.

Before he had started exploring this ruin, he was already prepared to either be thrilled with findings or to leave without regrets.

Moreover, managing to secure the mysterious Chongxuan Stele right at the beginning was already a tremendous opportunity. He dared not ask for endless fortunes; if that were the case, he would have grown suspicious.

He squinted slightly, taking one deep look at the mist before planning to retreat.

But just at that moment, the fragment of Ashen Tower at his waist began to tremble gently. This vibration was so subtle that an ordinary person, whether through sight or touch, would have been unable to detect it.

Yet, in Han Yi’s perception, this vibration was quite noticeable.

With a gasp of surprise, he took the fragment from his waist and examined it closely in his hand.

The piece was gray, still entirely void of any Spiritual Nature and Taoism. If probed with Tao Thought, nothing unusual was detected, yet the trembling did not cease but continued at a fixed frequency.

However, this vibration only lasted for a few moments before stopping again, leaving Han Yi puzzled.

After another few moments, the trembling resumed, then disappeared again, repeating this cycle…

Han Yi observed for a full thirty minutes, and the pattern was consistent.

“Could this be some sort of signal?”

He flew towards the direction of the mist, arrived at the edge shortly after, and resumed observing the fragment. This time, the pattern of its frequency changed to vibrating for four breaths, stopping for two, then vibrating for four again, continuing in this cyclical pattern.

Carrying the fragment, Han Yi moved in other directions, and after thirty minutes, he found himself back at the edge of the mist.

After a simple test, he deduced that the source causing the Ashen Tower fragment’s tremor was definitely within the mist itself, which was part of the maze.

And more so, it must be close by.

Now, he was conflicted again; he initially had no plans to venture into the mist due to its unpredictable dangers. However, with this new development, and the source of the tremor being only a step away, he felt uneasy not taking the risk.

As he hesitated, a cultivator of the Outer Path Realm, not far from him, also arrived at the outskirts of the mist. The cultivator glanced at Han Yi, noticed his mere Daoist Fruit status, and without much attention, probed the mist and shortly after, decisively stepped in and vanished from sight.

Seeing this, Han Yi finally made his decision to enter.

If there hadn’t been any change, he naturally wouldn’t have taken the risk, but with the new development pointing to an exploration direction, despite potential dangers within the mist, it seemed worth investigating.

Moreover, he was not lacking in means of protection.

Having decided to proceed, he began to concentrate his thoughts. Then, Divine Force surged around his body, forming a protective Divine Armor, before he took a step forward.

Splash.

A sudden, immense sound of bells resonated around him, deafening and reverberating in his ears.

Subconsciously, Han Yi brought out the Feast Sacrifice Divine Axe to protect himself.

When the mist suddenly dispersed, to his astonishment, he found himself high in the sky, above the clouds, surrounded by hundreds of figures like him standing in mid-air. The aura from these figures varied in strength.

Among them, the powerful ones emitted an aura even more intense than what the Age Candle Heavenly Venerate had when releasing the Age Candle Ancient Seal, distinctly the presence of a Heavenly Sovereign, and notably, there were multiple such presences.

The weaker ones encompassed even the likes of Taiyi Immortal Monarch and Daluo Immortal Venerate.

Besides, most were like him, in the same Dao Realm, primarily at the initial steps, including Daoist Fruits, practitioners of Outer Path, and even Daoist Masters of Harmonization.

While what startled Han Yi profoundly was, at this moment, the figures around him, especially the Immortal Monarchs and Immortal Venerates, appeared to have chaotic thoughts, as if teetering on the verge of a collapsing Taoist Heart.

“Fake, it’s all fake, all of it is fake, confusion, illusion, break for me.”

An Immortal Venerate screamed frantically, holding a ninth-grade blade, and charged into the sky.

Han Yi then looked up, his pupils suddenly contracted.

In the sky, a Spirit Light descended; the Immortal Venerate, whose Taoist Heart had collapsed and who had ascended to kill, was directly blown to pieces under this beam of Spirit Light, like fireworks, dead with his path annihilated, while his broken body and blade fell through the clouds below, plummeting downwards.

“Hmph, fool.”

A deep, cold snort sounded, from a Daoist Fruit Realm Cultivator who was relatively close.

Seeing this, Han Yi was shocked but remained composed, observing silently with slightly raised eyebrows. Looking into the sky, he saw boundless skies and at the end of the Heavenly Vault was nothing but gray. Beyond that, no figures were visible; he couldn’t find the one who had just made the move.

Yu Guang glanced around; he noticed that the Immortal Venerates, originally facial expressions wildly changing, unstable in their Taoist Heart, seeing the fallen Immortal Venerate, then turned to suppress their Heart Demons and stabilize their Taoist Hearts.

Just then,

Han Yi noticed a nearby presence from the Outer Path Realm, also with a rapidly changing expression; this Outsider was the one who had stepped into the mist before Han Yi.

At this moment, not far from his side, a Daoist Fruit Realm Cultivator approached Han Yi but kept a safe distance, sending a covert Tao Thought.

“Daoist, seeing your unfamiliar face, you must have just come in, right?”

“Yes, I’ve just entered the mist, Daoist, do you have any advice?” Han Yi asked with intrigue.

“Quickly tell me, are the two Supreme Elders of the Emperor Xuan Sect about to take action to break this Reincarnation World?”

“Reincarnation World?”

Han Yi felt a stir in his heart, vaguely uneasy.

“Before I came in, I hadn’t heard about the Supreme Elders of the Emperor Xuan Sect taking action.”

The Emperor Xuan Sect had two Peak Venerables who were revered as Supreme Elders within the sect.

Hearing Han Yi’s response, the approaching Daoist Fruit Realm Cultivator looked somewhat disappointed and asked, “Then, what is the outside world’s view on this mist?”

Han Yi did not answer but instead asked, “I do have quite a bit of information, but before that, Daoist, could you first tell me, what exactly is this place and what does Reincarnation World mean?”

The Daoist Fruit Realm sighed deeply and began to describe his experiences since entering the mist, his tone quite somber, even holding little hope for himself, thus he hoped that a Peak Venerable from the outside world would intervene to break through this mist, enabling his escape.

“As the outside world speculated, this indeed is the true remains of Ashen Mountain.”

“This mist, too, is indeed the core area of these ruins, and moreover, within this mist lies the core inheritance of Ashen Mountain.”

“However, these inheritances, for us, are nothing but illusions, mirages, more dangerously, deadly poisons, a death sentence.”

“Because we are all intruders, outsiders, not the real Ashen Mountain Cultivators, and the inheritance assessment set for outsiders is inside the Reincarnation World. But even passing those assessments, it doesn’t help at all.”

“Every thirty minutes, the assessment will begin, and then, everyone will be thrown into the Reincarnation World, which are fragments of time captured from great battles that Ashen Mountain has once experienced.”

“Most importantly, whether you complete the tasks given by the Reincarnation World, survive without completing the tasks, or explore the Reincarnation World fully, in the end, everyone returns here.”

“There has never been an exception.”

“I have been here for twenty-seven years, gone through countless Reincarnation Worlds, but no matter what I do, it’s futile.”

“The earliest here, from the appearance of the ruins, was a Daoist Master who achieved Harmonization, he’s experienced more Reincarnation Worlds than I have, no matter what he did, like me, always ended up back here.”

“Even the five Heavenly Sovereigns who entered this place, all ended up the same.”

“This place is an endlessly repeating Death Realm.”