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Chapter 1686 - Chapter 1686 Chapter 728 Feather Light Achieves Enlightenment

Chapter 1686: Chapter 728: Feather Light Achieves Enlightenment, Immortal Court’s Predicament_2 Chapter 1686: Chapter 728: Feather Light Achieves Enlightenment, Immortal Court’s Predicament_2 Han Yi’s vision had improved tremendously with the enhancement of his realm; he immediately noticed that Wanjie had recently broken through to the Daoist Fruit Realm and, due to his profound foundation, had quickly stabilized his realm.

As for Xuan Zang Taoist Ancestor, though thousands of years had passed since he was seriously injured and fell, his wounds had still not fully healed. He was only equivalent to someone who had just stepped into the Daoist Fruit level, far from the peak level.

Wanjie Taoist Ancestor quickly regained his composure, although the light still rippled in his pupils, showing his inner turmoil.

Meanwhile, Yu Guang Taoist Ancestor bowed to Han Yi, greeting him:

“Brother Han Yi, it’s an honor.”

“Brother, you are a pillar of the Immortal Court. Now that you’ve returned, although the Heavenly Sovereign is still not back, we no longer have to worry about minor violators.”

Yu Guang Taoist Ancestor’s face remained calm, but his heart was tremendously shocked.

He cultivated a special Tao Skills scripture, which included a Sensing Skill that was exceptionally sensitive to foreseeing danger.

Just now, he had subconsciously used this Sensing Skill on Han Yi, only to discover that Han Yi was like an invincible abyss, his aura terrifying to the extreme. This terror far surpassed that which he had felt when he had seen several cultivators of the Outer Path Realm in the Eastern Realm.

In other words, Han Yi’s combat power was absolutely far beyond the Daoist Fruit Realm, even much stronger than ordinary Outer Path Realms.

Yu Guang Taoist Ancestor had never seen a Daoist Master of the Unity Realm Stage, so he could not compare Han Yi to a Daoist Master, but he felt that Han Yi’s strength might closely approach or even reach the Unity Realm Stage.

Xuan Zang Taoist Ancestor’s gaze shifted to Yu Guang Taoist Ancestor and then back to Han Yi.

After the second Expedition to the Wisdom Realm, he had begun to suspect Han Yi’s identity as a Daoist from the Ancient Great World, and now, his suspicion had been confirmed.

As far as he knew, among the few Daoists of the Ancient Great World, none had ascended as quickly as Han Yi. The strongest was only just entering the Tao Realm.

Before Xuan Zang Taoist Ancestor was injured, he had reached the Peak Daoist Fruit Level and was quite confident in breaking through the Outer Path. With his insight, he could naturally see that Han Yi’s aura was substantial, equivalent to Daoist Fruit Realm cultivators who had cultivated for half the Chaos Era, far beyond merely entering the Daoist Fruit Stage.

Furthermore, Han Yi had always possessed the terrifying combat power to defeat enemies above his level. For instance, he had once slain Myriad Dynasties Taoist Ancestor, who was in the Daoist Fruit Realm, while he was only in the normal Tao Realm. Now that he had broken through to the Daoist Fruit Realm, did it mean that he could face the Outer Path without fear, possibly even to fight and slay it?

If what he suspected was true, then Han Yi’s return was nothing less than a tonic for the Immortal Court.

“Alright, let’s sit down and talk. Brother Han, now that you have returned, the heavy responsibilities of the Immortal Court will need to fall on you.”

Xuan Zang Taoist Ancestor asked everyone to sit down, settling himself on his own cushion; Wanjie, Yu Guang, and Han Yi each took their respective seats.

After several hundred years, Han Yi was sitting here once again.

He then turned to Wanjie Taoist Ancestor and asked, “Brother Wanjie, I briefly understood the current situation of the Ancient Great World upon my return. What are the specific and detailed arrangements of the Immortal Court now?”

Wanjie Taoist Ancestor’s expression was solemn, “Don’t rush; let me explain it slowly.”

“The matter starts from 250 years ago, when an anomaly of a Heavenly Sovereign’s demise occurred in the Donghuang Evil Court…”

Mentioning ‘Heavenly Sovereign’s demise,’ not only did Wanjie Taoist Ancestor’s expression turn serious, but Xuan Zang and Yu Guang also shared the same demeanor. Even Yu Guang, who had ascended to the Taoist realm not long ago, showed a shocked look in his eyes. He had ascended as a Taoist not long before the Heavenly Sovereign’s demise, which was a profoundly disturbing experience for him.

And Han Yi, although he had long known of Donghuang Taiyi’s downfall from many incarnated Immortal Venerates, what he heard from the Calamity Tao Ancestor at the Taoist Fruit Realm was far more specific, as if he were there himself.

“After that, in the second year, a Heavenly Sovereign returned, the first to come back was from the Kunlun Territory, the Demon Lord of Free Demon Heaven, the second was… the Island Master of Purgatory Island.”

“A hundred years later, the entire Ancient Great World, aside from the Great Heavenly Sovereign of Mount Kunlun who had not yet returned, was that there was no news of the Age Candle Heavenly Venerate.”

“After that, up until today, a hundred and fifty years, although Purgatory Island and Void Demon Palace were wary of the Heavenly Sovereigns, the two Heavenly Sovereigns didn’t personally take action to overthrow my Immortal Court, but the Dao Realm powers of these two forces had repeatedly encroached, the most recent being seven years ago.”

“Seven years ago, the Third Elder of the Void Demon Palace reached the northern border, just as Yu Guang had emerged from seclusion, he and I triggered the great formation, striking from a distance, and repelled the Third Elder of the Void Demon Palace.”

At this point, the Calamity Tao Ancestor paused, his face worried, “Age Candle Mountain has the mark of a Heavenly Sovereign, with no unusual signs, proving that the Heavenly Sovereign is not in great trouble, therefore, neither the Island Master of Purgatory Island nor the Palace Master of Void Demon Palace will personally take action against the Immortal Court.”

“However, the existence of the Dao Realms of these two forces does not have such scruples, and I worry that if the Immortal Court’s strength is not sufficient, the situation might gradually spiral out of control over time.”

“Indeed, by then, there might be Peak Level Dao Realms bursting into the Immortal Court, slaughtering or causing destruction, and then leaving unchallenged.”

“With the Ancient Candle Formation, although it’s not afraid of ordinary Dao Realms, even Daoist Fruit Realms and ordinary Outer Path Realms can be held off when fully activated, but if a Daoist Master from the Unity Realm Stage arrives, completely unifying inner and outer paths, with strength just a step below the Heavenly Sovereign, even with the Ancient Candle Formation, if the main operator of the formation is too weak, they still cannot withstand the attack.”

Han Yi, having heard this, also gained a clearer understanding of the current concerns of the Immortal Court.

In the Mortal World, there’s a saying, ‘Troublesome little devils,’ which, if applied to the current situation of the Age Candle Immortal Court, means the Dao Realms of Purgatory Island and Void Demon Palace are these ‘little devils.’ This comparison may not be particularly fitting, but it has some truth.

Unlike the Donghuang Evil Court, which confirmed the downfall of Donghuang Taiyi through the manifestation of a Heavenly Sovereign’s demise anomaly, the Age Candle Immortal Court remained calm. But with no return from the Heavenly Sovereign, variables will always exist.

Other powers’ Heavenly Sovereigns, where the strength difference is not significant, would not strike Age Candle unless they completely fall out, for once they do, when Age Candle Heavenly Venerate returns, he would retaliate equally, and when a Heavenly Sovereign acts, even one of the same Heavenly Reverence Level, would struggle to protect their own Dao Realm Cultivators and low-level Immortals.

Then, the acting forces would either have to flee far from the Ancient Great World into Chaos or fall into destruction under the Heavenly Sovereign’s strike, and even if the Heavenly Sovereign survived, they would become isolated and helpless.

This is also why existences of the Heavenly Reverence Level seldom attack other powers of the same level.

But the non-action of a Heavenly Sovereign doesn’t mean that Dao Realms or low-level Immortals wouldn’t act, and indeed, their actions might even be tacitly allowed by the Heavenly Sovereign.

For instance, if the Dao Realm of the Void Demon Palace could kill a Daoist Ancestor of the Age Candle Immortal Court, and if the Daoist Ancestor of the Age Candle Immortal Court couldn’t counteract, even when the Age Candle Immortal Court returns, unless pushed into a desperate situation, they generally wouldn’t strike at other Dao Realms.

This point has now put the Age Candle Immortal Court into a predicament.

Xuan Zang Taoist Ancestor was not fully recovered, Calamity Tao Ancestor, although having advanced to Daoist Fruit, was not strong enough to kill enemies above his level, and as for the newly risen Yu Guang Dao Ancestor, although his potential was immense, he still couldn’t transform potential into strength on the Dao Realm level, thus could only assist the Immortal Court, but could not become a real pillar of support.

Seven years ago, the defeat of the Third Elder of the Void Demon Palace was somewhat fortuitous, if the opponent had been prepared and it happened again, it might not have forced the opponent to retreat, and by then, aside from the vicinity of Age Candle Mountain, other domains of the Immortal Court could very likely become hunting grounds for foreign Dao Realms.

On the Dao Realm level, a single retreat signifies weakness in all areas, and then other forces, like sharks attracted by the scent of blood, would come one after another, taking advantage while the Heavenly Sovereign is absent, and would tear a piece of flesh from the Immortal Court.

Seeing that Han Yi had mostly digested the information, Calamity Tao Ancestor, with a grave expression, raised the most critical and concerning question.

“Brother Han, if Peak Outer Path or even Harmonization attacks, do you have the confidence to withstand it?”

This question made both Xuan Zang and Yu Guang tense up.