Chapter 452 - 414: Han Wu Shocks the World, a Suspected Immortal Realm Appears

The Time Insect before Han Wu, the Sub-Venerable, trembled violently. Aided by the Divine Light Mirror, it forcefully withstood the pressure from the numerous Dao Artifacts and reached the side of the two Young Venerables.

BOOM!

The world trembled, leaving countless cultivators utterly stunned.

Even the Heaven-Sundering Demon Butterfly, the Qilin, and the Emperor of Great Xuan were numb with shock.

Han Wu, the Sub-Venerable, was certainly no Venerable, but his performance was barely distinguishable from the methods of one, wasn't it?

It was simply too outrageous.

Once again, countless cultivators were filled with a newfound reverence for the rank of Sub-Venerable.

The sound of beating wings rose again. The Time Insect shattered, segment by segment, erupting in a blaze of divine light. It summoned a tributary from the River of Time, allowing Sen Yue and the Great Sun Dragon Lady to escape their fate.

Under the crushing external force, the two Young Venerables were already collapsing and on the brink of death, yet Han Wu, the Sub-Venerable, managed to keep them hanging on by a single thread.

During this process of collapse, the Sacred Artifacts and treasures they carried shattered one after another.

Only two or three streaks of spiritual light fled into the void, vanishing without a trace.

One of these streaks of light, in which their auras were intertwined, was swept into a storm of dreams and vanished.

But its final direction was pointing straight at Heaven-Suppressing Peak!

...

The great upheaval continued.

A Dao Artifact trembled as if roaring in fury, causing the very galaxies to quake and great stars to shatter.

At this moment, light shot to the heavens from the headquarters of every major lineage. The residual Venerable's Laws left behind began to spread, erupting with power.

The earth-shattering event was still unfolding.

The Time Insect was, after all, just an ancient beast of great evil, merely at the Tier Eight level.

There was a limit to what it could do.

'Is this my end?'

Sen Yue's Immortal Acupoints collapsed and his body disintegrated.

His entire cultivation was gone, and his million-fold Soul Foundation was also gradually being worn away.

At this moment, only a sliver of his True Spirit remained.

He found this outcome difficult to accept.

He had just made his debut on the stage of the Eight Domains, only to be forced to exit so soon.

But this only fueled his defiance. He remained entangled with the Great Sun Dragon Lady.

The same was true for the Great Sun Dragon Lady.

In truth, they were both mentally prepared for failure.

But the current situation still exceeded their wildest imaginations.

Aside from the Eight Domains Purple Gold Cauldron, a whole host of Dao Artifacts had emerged to vie for supremacy.

'A spectacle of this magnitude... even the emergence of a Venerable would be no grander than this, right?'

...

"Now! At the right time, in the right place! Carve a path forward! Forge a new world!"

Suddenly, Han Wu, the Sub-Venerable, roared.

Before the Divine Light Mirror, a majestic, Frost White rhyme of the Dream Dao surged forth.

This Frost White Dream Dao rhyme billowed out, enveloping the Nine-Color Dream Dao rhyme and causing the Time Insect to undergo another bizarre transformation.

No one could have imagined that Han Wu, the Sub-Venerable, relying solely on his own research, had attained the level of a Dream Dao Master and had even grasped a layer of the Dream Dao's profound mysteries.

"Fleeting Light, a Dream Across the Mortal Dust!"

As everyone watched, the Time Insect exploded and shattered.

Laws of the Dream Dao danced upon the insect's remains as heaven and earth trembled. It even replicated a fraction of the Dao rhymes from the Longevity Diagram, the Celestial Demon Banner, and other Dao Artifacts.

With a resounding BANG, the Souls of the two Young Venerables, Sen Yue and the Great Sun Dragon Lady, shattered. Only a flicker of their True Spirits' flame remained. The fragments of the Time Insect carried them away, hurtling straight toward the unfamiliar world ahead.

Incredibly, even as the Time Insect rapidly shattered and disintegrated, it still managed to forcefully withstand the assault of the Nine-Color Dream Dao's rhyme.

"They succeeded?!"

"No, this can't be called a success. The price was far too steep. It was merely an act of desperation."

The Great Saints rapidly exchanged messages.

And so, both Sen Yue and the Great Sun Dragon Lady vanished. Their status—whether they were alive or dead—was unknown. It was a tragic sight.

One thing was certain: they would never be seen again in the coming Age of the Dream Dao.

Forget them—even among the Venerables, there were no known cases of anyone returning after entering the Immortal Realm.

The only exception was a secret rumor that the Thunder Saint Venerable, after entering the Immortal Realm, had managed to pass the Kunpeng Treasure Skill back to the Golden Clan.

...

The dissipation of the Time Insect once again ignited the flames of war.

This was because the new world, suspected to be the Immortal Realm, could no longer sustain the passage after losing the sacrifice of the two Young Venerables.

Just as the passage was about to collapse, a deafening BOOM resounded. Laws flew wildly as heaven and earth trembled.

One after another, ancient Great Saints revealed their true forms, intending to charge the path and enter the Immortal Realm themselves.

It wasn't just the ancient Great Saints; even the Heaven-Sundering Demon Butterfly, the Qilin, and others began to stir.

Yet, at this crucial juncture, a peculiar ripple emanated from a corner of the Immortal Realm, causing all the Dao Artifacts to fall silent and still.

This development left the Divine Light Mirror uncontested, rendering Han Wu, the Sub-Venerable, utterly peerless.

Under Fang Yang's watch, Han Wu, the Sub-Venerable, fully unleashed his might and dominated the battlefield.

Han Wu, the Sub-Venerable, attacked in a rage, sweeping everything before him with extraordinary dominance. His every move contained immeasurable power.

He was demonstrating to the world why the realm of "Sub-Tao Venerable" existed.

Without the restriction of the Dao Artifacts, he went completely berserk.

His gaze shifted, and he instantly killed the Heaven-Sundering Demon Butterfly.

With a flip of his hand, the Qilin's bloodline was nearly depleted. Heavily wounded, it was forced to flee for its life...

In the end, only the successor of the Demon Emperor managed to evade his wrath.

The Demon Emperor's successor seemed to have insight into Han Wu's Divine Techniques. Deftly avoiding the Sub-Venerable's assault, they charged into the world ahead using the purest form of a Soul and Spirit Dharma Aspect.

And that Soul and Spirit Dharma Aspect was, shockingly, the World Tree!

Aside from them, no one else made it through.

'The World Tree...'

The pupils of Han Wu, the Sub-Venerable, constricted.

Facing the path to the Immortal Realm, which was about to close completely, his heart was in turmoil, but his face remained as calm as still water.

He had already sensed an opportunity—not just to enter the Immortal Realm, but to achieve the rank of Venerable!

After this battle, he was confident that within a century, he could reach for the Venerable realm. Then, he could find his son, Sen Yue!

However, the vision of that World Tree Dharma Aspect continued to trouble him.

Because his deceased wife, Sen Yue's mother Sen Hui, possessed the World Tree Sacred Body!

Yet that person's strength had clearly reached the Great Saint Realm, which would mean they had a World Tree *Immortal* Body.

...

「On the other side.」

Inside Heaven-Suppressing Peak, it was completely quiet.

Fang Yang stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his robes pristine white.

His Dream Emperor Dharma Aspect had also detected the same peculiar ripple and opportunity that Han Wu, the Sub-Venerable, had sensed.

In that instant, within his Second Void Acupoint True Essence Sea, the Dream Emperor Dharma Aspect rose to its full height and slowly opened its eyes, which glinted with divine light.

Its eyes were high and lofty, like the judgment of Heaven's Will itself.

'As long as I reach the Venerable realm—no, even just the Great Sage Realm—I'll be able to peer into the legendary Immortal Realm.'

'In that case, I'm in a much better position than Sen Yue and the Great Sun Dragon Lady, whose fates are uncertain.'

'But... is that world truly the Immortal Realm?'

'And who exactly is that successor of the Demon Emperor?'

'Of course, what shocked me most was the sheer power of this Quasi-Mount Tai of mine!'

'But why did all those Dao Artifacts fall silent at that moment? It's too strange.'

Fang Yang's thoughts raced like lightning.

This sudden battle had left him with far too many questions.

He was once again reminded that the currents of this world ran incredibly deep.

If nothing else, the way Han Wu, the Sub-Venerable, repeatedly revealed new trump cards was a true eye-opener.

For a Tier Eight Great Saint to be able to forcefully intervene in a conflict between Dao Artifacts... Han Wu, the Sub-Venerable, was like a god. His feat was simply unprecedented!

...

A moment later, the Golden Crow Dharma Aspect within Fang Yang's first Void Acupoint stirred.

A powerful thrumming emanated from the Golden Crow Dharma Aspect, guiding him toward the southeastern corner of Heaven-Suppressing Peak.

The southeastern corner was calm and seemingly unchanged.

But in the current environment, "unchanged" was the most significant change of all.

At this, Fang Yang smiled knowingly. With a light tap of his foot, his figure vanished.

'A Tier Eight opportunity... here I come!'