Han Xuanji did not reply immediately, but pondered for a moment.
After all, although Han Xuanji was low-key, his Disciple Lu Fan was already a Human Emperor Candidate. Where did Xuanyuan Po get the confidence to think he would help him and not his own Disciple?
"Could it be a scheme to harm me?"
Han Xuanji considered the possibility of this situation, but felt it was unlikely.
Before the Ancient Trial Path opened, all factions were doing their best to gain support.
His actions, in a sense, also represented Lingxu Heavenly Palace.
Was it his ambiguous attitude, because he had never explicitly supported Lu Fan, that caused Xuanyuan Po to misunderstand?
Han Xuanji finally decided to go out for a trip; it wouldn't delay much time anyway.
The current Immortal Realm was not yet like the simulation; many ancient powerful Cultivators had not yet descended, so there was no danger for him.
Moreover, as one of the oldest Human Emperor Bloodlines, the Xuanyuan family's ancestral land must also be a rare sign-in location.
"As for the Ancient Trial Path, it is indeed a place I must visit."
Han Xuanji remembered that in the simulation, Lu Fan obtained a great Opportunity in the Ancient Trial Path and rose completely.
Such a place, where the Luck of the Human Race and ancient Legacies converged, the sign-in rewards would surely not disappoint.
And in the simulation, he might not have actually gone, because there was no sign-in function. Even if he went, he wouldn't be able to obtain treasures very useful to a Grand Unity Cultivator, and without the System's concealment function, it would be even more impossible for him to expose himself to the public.
"Oh right… in the simulation, Lu Fan would encounter an attack from Chu Wuya."
Han Xuanji pondered, feeling as if the timeline was aligning.
He didn't know if his simulated self had agreed to Xuanyuan Po, but he definitely still had to go out now.
Even if not for the sign-in reward, he still had to help Lu Fan.
He was his Disciple after all; he couldn't just stand by and do nothing… On the other side.
A slightly hurried streak of light was desperately traversing the Star Domain, rushing towards Lingxu Immortal Domain.
The figure within the streak of light was Lu Fan.
His face was resolute, but his brows carried a hint of lingering weariness and urgency.
"I must meet Master before the Ancient Trial Path fully opens…"
Lu Fan murmured in his heart.
In the Void Realm behind him, a taciturn black-robed Elder followed. This was the Dao Protector assigned to him by the Human Emperor Palace, a powerful Cultivator whose Realm had reached the Taiyi Realm.
The Elder's expression was solemn at this moment, vigilantly sensing his surroundings.
Three human emperor candidates had already been killed during this period, and Lu Fan's current outing was a huge risk.
Suddenly!
The originally calm Void Realm ahead shattered like a mirror.
"How dare you! How dare you attempt to murder the future Human Emperor!"
The black-robed Elder's face drastically changed, and he appeared in front of Lu Fan, his body erupting with brilliant divine light.
"Hmph, future Human Emperor? Just a dead Human Emperor Candidate."
The strength of the attacker far exceeded imagination.
With just a cold snort, the Elder was scared to the point of Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.
"Not good!"
The black-robed Elder's face drastically changed, realizing that the attacker's strength far exceeded imagination.
Before he could say more, a giant palm, seemingly condensed from the Law of darkness, silently emerged from the shattered Void Realm. Its five fingers spread wide, and wherever it passed, light was swallowed.
The huge hand went directly towards Lu Fan. The black-robed Elder quickly used a treasure bestowed by a Grand Elder of the Human Emperor Palace to protect Lu Fan's figure.
"Run!"
The black-robed Elder only managed to shout this one sentence before he himself was swallowed by this power.
"Pfft!"
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a dull sound of bones cracking.
The black-robed Elder's body violently shook, and the divine light in his eyes instantly dimmed. He used his last bit of strength to push a gentle force towards Lu Fan behind him, but he himself flew backward like a kite with a broken string, spitting blood, his aura weak.
"Elder Qi!"
Immense grief instantly seized Lu Fan's heart, and his eyes were about to split.
A blurry figure, shrouded in distorted shadows, seemed to merge with the entire dark Void Realm.
The opponent did not reveal his true face, but the aura he exuded was like an abyss, like a prison, like a god.
He was clearly a Grand Unity Cultivator!
Just that oppressive aura made Lu Fan's immortal Qi stagnate, and even breathing became incredibly difficult.
The gap was too wide!
So wide that it was despair-inducing.
"Run? Where can you run to?"
Chu Wuya's eyes flashed with killing intent, and he naturally wouldn't let Lu Fan go.
Since he acted personally, he would naturally not be merciful, nor would he waste words with his enemy.
He ignored the black-robed Elder's entanglement and threw another palm strike.
At the critical moment—
"Om!"
In the depths of the Void Realm, a Chaos Divine Light tore through the air without warning.
The light was not dazzling, yet it caused the time and space of the entire Star Domain to pause.
Where the divine light passed, everything was annihilated.
The black shadow hidden in the depths of the Void Realm grunted, attempting to resist with Grand Unity power, but rapidly disintegrated under the illumination of the Chaos Divine Light.
"No!"
Only managing to let out a short roar, Chu Wuya directly turned into specks of light and dissipated into the Star Domain.
From his attack to his demise, it was but a flick of a finger.
Lu Fan stared blankly at the empty Star Domain before him, as if the world-destroying pressure from just now had never existed.
He subconsciously touched his glabella, feeling a bit dazed.
A miracle?
No, someone had acted.
"Is it… Master?"
Lu Fan murmured in his heart, uncertain.
This attack had completely concealed the heavenly secret; even the Grand Unity Cultivator standing behind him seemed to have been completely caught off guard.
To be able to do this indicated an even more powerful being.
And how could he be acquainted with such a being?
Not far away, the heavily injured Elder Qi struggled to prop himself up, his aged face filled with shock.
He knew more clearly than Lu Fan the terror of the person who had acted.
"An attack from afar, annihilating a Grand Unity Cultivator…"
Elder Qi's voice trembled, and his gaze towards Lu Fan completely changed.
"Your Highness Lu Fan, who exactly is the powerful being standing behind you?"
Elder Qi's heart trembled. It seemed that Lu Fan becoming a Human Emperor Candidate was not as simple as he had imagined.
Everyone thought Lu Fan was just a lucky person who got an easy deal, but they didn't expect such a terrifying powerful being to be standing behind him.
The person who acted, even if not in the Hunyuan Realm, was at least a top-tier expert among Grand Unity Cultivators.
After all, Grand Unity Cultivators had many methods; among Cultivators of the same Realm, it was difficult to distinguish victory and defeat, and even harder to kill.
Only when the gap was large enough could such a scene occur.
Lu Fan opened his mouth, but ultimately just shook his head.
He recalled Master's leisurely appearance in the Myriad Phenomena Garden on normal days, finding it hard to connect the thunderous methods just now with him.
But a voice deep inside told him: besides Master, there was no second person in the Immortal Realm who would act for him.
Lu Fan naturally couldn't tell his Dao Protector about such matters, even though their relationship was very good.
In the depths of the Star Domain.
Han Xuanji slowly withdrew his finger, a wisp of Chaos Qi quietly dissipating from his fingertip.
"I finally made it."
In the simulation, perhaps his sensing was a bit slow, and he acted late.
This time, he made it in time.
However, Lu Fan still had to walk the rest of the path himself.
He wouldn't interfere too much either.
Everyone has their own destiny.
This time, he merely helped him along the way.