Chapter 585: Chapter 278: Yuan Shun’s Secret, Returning to the Jade Balance
Down below.
The endless Corpse Realm, filled with rolling, corpse-filled air, was converging towards the center at a speed faster than Han Yi could see. In just a short moment, it had condensed into a white beam of light.
The beam followed the two of them, shooting into the sky, and was absorbed by Yuan Shun’s body, as if the endless Corpse Realm was his body’s own creation.
In the blink of an eye, the northernmost part of the Tianquan World, this endless Corpse Realm, had vanished without a trace. Moreover, what shocked Han Yi was that when he looked down, he saw that all the corpse puppets within the Corpse Realm had disappeared along with the receding realm.
It was as if becoming a Corpse Puppet meant becoming a part of the Corpse Realm, truly bizarre beyond compare.
At the same time.
The collapsed tunnel they had just traversed began to vibrate, with the frequency increasing rapidly, as if some terrifying existence was about to follow the tunnel and track them down.
However, Yuan Shun had already lightly swept his other hand upwards, and an Illusion World emerged, and both of them soared into the sky. Afterwards, the crack leading to the Illusion World closed.
Within an instant, the two of them vanished without a trace, and were no longer in the Tianquan World.
Below the northernmost part of the Tianquan World, the vibrations grew more and more violent, but at the last moment, they came to an abrupt halt; only a reluctant Roar echoed through the entire Tianquan World, causing many Spirit Transformation Experts to feel a premonition of an impending catastrophe.
Meanwhile, the original endless Corpse Realm had completely vanished.
Those cultivators who had been lingering on the edge of the Corpse Realm witnessed the rapid disappearance of the realm with their own eyes, vanishing faster than their Divine Sense could keep up with.
And those who were within the Corpse Realm and hadn’t transformed into Corpse Puppets could also see that within the blink of an eye, the surrounding thick fog of corpse energy vanished, leaving no obstruction to their Divine Sense.
This bizarre endless Corpse Realm gradually became a legend. However, this legend left no traces behind, and even the cultivators who sought to discover its secrets had nothing to guide them.
On the other side.
Han Yi, who had entered the Illusion World, had gradually slowed down alongside Yuan Shun.
Under his feet, and as far as the eye could see, was a wasteland of streets; his Divine Sense spread out and could only see endless ruins. On one side of the ruins, he could see a collapsed, huge city wall.
This was a giant, abandoned city.
Within the range of his Divine Sense, there were several strange areas amidst the city ruins, enveloped by dense Black Fog. From afar, they looked like black covers wrapping around various-sized areas, making it impossible to see their true nature.
Han Yi wasn’t seeing this kind of black foggy area for the first time.
His pupils shrank, and memories from his time in the Shu Du Mirage Immortal Illusion surfaced in his Inner Heart.
The Nine-layered Void Domain.
No, not yet the Void Domain.
If his guess was correct, this should be the border area between the Void Domain and the real world. There were Void Beasts roaming the black fog, which moved between the Void Domain and the border area. If attacked, cultivators would receive a Void Domain Mark and be pulled into the Void Domain, never to return.
Back then, Han Yi was still in the Foundation Establishment Realm, being hunted down by Lu Jie of the Fragrance Sect. Forced to flee into the Mirage Immortal Mountain and fall into the Illusion World, he came across the black bead in his Sea of Consciousness.
Now, Yuan Shun was able to tear open the real world and enter this area between the real world and the Void Domain with a gesture. This fact made Han Yi even more puzzled.
Was it Yuan Shun himself who was connected to the Void Domain, or was it the black pearl that had turned white and gave him the ability?
At this moment.
After entering the Illusion World similar to the Mirage Immortal Illusion, Yuan Shun descended, and Han Yi, full of doubt, followed him down.
“Wait for me for a moment.”
Yuan Shun said to Han Yi, then sat down cross-legged, placing the square stone he had been holding in his right hand in front of him. He then stretched out his left hand and gently pressed it against his right wrist. The two-colored flames at his wrist flared up as if enraged, but were quickly suppressed by a mysterious force, and the soaring flames gradually dissipated.
This process took a full minute, and the two-colored flames near his wrist finally dissipated. Then, Yuan Shun’s left hand moved up from his wrist…
It was clear that Yuan Shun was suppressing the odd black and white flames on his right hand, and though it seemed simple, he alone knew the dangers.
Han Yi took the opportunity to examine the square stone in front of Yuan Shun. Upon closer inspection, it appeared to be a seal, and on it, Han Yi saw an ancient character.
“Prison.”
“Prison?” Han Yi whispered softly.
A moment later, after extinguishing the black and white flames at his right shoulder with his left hand, Yuan Shun’s right hand was finally free of the strange two-colored flames. He took a deep breath, and it was evident that this process of suppressing the flames was not easy for him.
Then, he beckoned Han Yi to sit down.
Han Yi nodded, sat down opposite Yuan Shun, hesitated for a moment, and then Yuan Shun, seeing his expression, sighed deeply and asked.
“In the blink of an eye, thirty years have passed.”
“Time always changes things.”
“How is the Sect now, and how did you end up in the Tianquan World?”
Han Yi looked at Yuan Shun’s face, still as calm and composed as it had been thirty years ago. However, the pupils of his eyes were gone, replaced by white irises. It was a horrifying sight for anyone who saw him for the first time.