Chapter 1979: Chapter 874: The Transformation of the Tomb Beast, Jade Venerable Heavenly Sovereign

Han Yi stood within the chaos. Though his figure was not massive, he remained immovable like an eternal rock.

At his side, whether it was the deteriorating chaotic power or the pervasive sense of death from the Burial Disaster Dao Domain, none could affect him in the slightest.

His gaze fell upon the chaos, enigmatic and unfathomable, but the sentiment of disappointment could not be concealed.

“Nothing, absolutely nothing.”

“This, should not be.”

Over the span of a century, Han Yi’s search range expanded from the initial Yellow Wind Valley to the Shattered Domain and then continued to grow until it encompassed the entire Burial Disaster Dao Domain.

Apart from three places that even he found too perilous to enter, he had searched everywhere else.

But apart from the presence in Yellow Wind Valley and the blood-stained Ancient Artifact Fragment in the Shattered Domain, no other related discoveries were made.

That was the reason for his profound disappointment.

However, through this process, he had confirmed his speculation.

That was, the fall of Dongfang He was definitely not due to the unique dangers of the Burial Disaster Dao Domain, but rather a result of man-made influences.

If it was due to the Burial Disaster Dao Domain itself, or incidents with Tao Tombs or Tomb Beasts, traces would definitely remain, and would be rather noticeable, not as clean as they now appeared.

The individual who acted must at least be a Peak Heavenly Sovereign or even, Han Yi speculated, possibly a Realm Venerable at Half-Step Transcendence.

Furthermore.

In this past century, Han Yi in the Burial Disaster Dao Domain had only encountered ten mature Tomb Beasts, and these ten were just entering maturity.

Yet due to the enhancement from the environment of the Burial Disaster Dao Domain, the destructive and damaging power of these ten Tomb Beasts was comparable to the Peak Grave Beasts of the Fuheng Taoist Area.

This situation was highly abnormal.

Han Yi, having spent the longest time in Fuheng and the Ancestral God Domain and even ventured out to slay Tomb Beasts for many years, knew the situation of Tomb Beasts in these two Dao Domains the best.

In these two Dao Domains, Tomb Beasts that had evolved to the peak significantly outnumbered ten–they would need at least a tenfold increase–and there were even more of the ordinary mature Tomb Beasts.

Han Yi did not take action to slay these Tomb Beasts, as he was searching for clues, and fighting might destroy any existing clues.

During this time, he also suspected that Tomb Beasts might have caused Dongfang He’s fall, but after pondering, he dismissed this possibility, for Tomb Beast destruction always left traces, yet reality was not so.

In the deep and dark chaos.

Han Yi fell silent for a moment, then turned to leave the Burial Disaster Dao Domain, preparing to return to the Fuheng Taoist Area.

Whether it was a Peak Heavenly Sovereign or someone at Half-Step Transcendence, they were not problems he could currently solve.

And more importantly, he had no evidence and could not find the other party.

Without finding the other party, lacking a target, any effort was futile.

For now, the best course of action would be to wait until he had ascended to a High-stage Divine Sovereign before considering other methods.

Limited by his Realm, he currently felt utterly helpless, but perhaps upon reaching the High-stage Divine Sovereign and possessing the combat power of a Peak Divine Sovereign, the issue would resolve itself easily.

As he was traveling through the chaos, nearing the boundary, he suddenly sensed something, stopped, and looked towards a certain direction of the Burial Disaster Dao Domain.

In that direction, the supremely decayed chaos powers began to surge tumultuously, and from the center where the chaotic power was sparse, a colossal Tomb Beast was roaring.

What made Han Yi halt was the observation that this Tomb Beast’s aura of destruction was undergoing an explosive increase.

This Tomb Beast was not unfamiliar to Han Yi; during his exploration of the Burial Disaster Dao Domain, he had encountered it twice and escaped from it with his speed.

It was a Tomb Beast that had just entered maturity and, at this moment, its aura was rapidly advancing towards the peak stage following the explosive increase, far from reaching its limit, it continued to rise.

Moved by curiosity, Han Yi was deeply interested in the abnormal state of the domain’s Tomb Beasts and would not miss this opportunity.

Previously, over a hundred years, Han Yi also wanted to find a mature Tomb Beast to observe its evolution, but he could not determine when the evolution of the Tomb Beast would take place, so he had to let it go.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to leave, this opportunity presented itself.

With a flicker of his figure, he neared the evolving Tomb Beast, and moments later, stopped at a distance from it.

The size of the Tomb Beast had reached ninety-seven trillion zhang, crazily stretching towards a hundred trillion zhang.

Generally speaking, the size of a Tomb Beast was proportional to its strength. Newborn stage Tomb Beasts were less than three trillion zhang, Juvenile stage Tomb Beasts ranged from three to ten trillion zhang, whereas mature Tomb Beasts were over ten trillion zhang, with the limit being a hundred trillion zhang.

This had been verified multiple times by Han Yi in the Fuheng Taoist Area, the Ancestral God Domain, and the Primordial Demon Dao Domain.

Moreover.

The size of a Tomb Beast, and the Divine Body of the Chaos Divine Race, in fact, corresponded: Newborn stage Tomb Beasts to Initial-stage Divine Sovereigns, Juvenile stage to Middle-stage, and Mature stage to High-stage.

Peak level, which is the mature stage Tomb Beast evolved to its extreme, corresponded to Peak Divine Sovereigns, reaching close to a million zhang in size.

In a sense, the Chaos Divine Race is the ‘positive’ aspect of the Chaos Realm, while Tomb Beasts are the ‘negative’ aspect of the Chaos Realm.

Of course, the deeper reasons, Han Yi had not yet encountered.

Han Yi was not worried about this power-transforming Tomb Beast, his stopped position was far enough, and for the moment he concealed his aura, using the chaotic power as a cover. Even if the Tomb Beast was undergoing transformation and its destructive power was increasing, it would not be able to detect him.

The enhancement of this transforming Tomb Beast lasted an entire three years. After three years, its size finally broke through to a hundred trillion zhang and, with the augmenting influence of the Burial Disaster Dao Domain’s lethal environment, it was on the verge of a breakthrough from a peak level Tomb Beast to an even higher order existence.