After his wild laughter, the Demon Ancestor hid himself, quietly watching Han Xuanji.
Clearly, releasing such an existence was by no means without cost for him.
But at this moment, to throw the situation into Chaos, he spared no expense!
Han Xuanji's strength had already severely exceeded his expectations.
For this reason, he paid any price to release the Lord of Ten Thousand Voids, an existence he himself could hardly control.
"You forced my hand..."
Thinking it over, the Demon Ancestor couldn't help but find an excuse for himself; it wasn't that he didn't dare to face Han Xuanji personally, but rather that he wasn't currently at his peak, so there was no need.
"Once I have fully recovered, I will personally show you what's what."
...On the other side, the Heavenly Emperor and others stood ready, their expressions solemn.
"When the time comes, Yin and Yang in the Immortal Realm will be thrown into Chaos, life and death will be disordered, the dead will find no rest, the Lifespans of the living will be disrupted, and even the circulation of souls across the myriad worlds that depend on the Immortal Realm's Reincarnation system will completely collapse!
This tribulation concerns our very foundation!"
The Heavenly Emperor spoke rapidly; clearly, the urgency of the situation allowed for not a moment's delay.
While transmitting his voice, he once again fully activated the Heavenly Dao Imperial Seal and the Grand Array of Circum-Heavenly Stars, attempting to use the vast power of the Heavenly Dao to forcibly stabilize the Reincarnation Law within the Immortal Realm and delay the spread of that grayish-white void aura, though his face already showed signs of strain.
"Not good! The Reincarnation Authority is being influenced by some kind of power!"
The Nether Lord's face changed drastically; he had the deepest connection to Reincarnation and felt a strange Void Power.
"All members of the Netherworld, all ghosts heed my command: form the Nine Nether Soul-Suppressing Array to stabilize the Reincarnation passages, guide the remnant souls, and resist the void erosion!"
The Nether Lord suppressed his discomfort and gave a sharp command.
The various Nether Gods, including Su Ming, responded immediately. The majestic Laws of life, death, and Reincarnation transformed into pitch-black barriers, attempting to temporarily isolate the spreading Void Power from the core area of Reincarnation.
But the turmoil originating from the Reincarnation Origin was not something easily calmed by ordinary external forces.
The Nether Sea seemed about to turn into a pale void; the remnant souls and vengeful spirits wandering within it vanished as if they had never existed before they could even let out a scream.
The seabed cracked, and the Wall of Sighs located in the Guixu Land trembled violently, with shocking fissures flowing with void aura appearing across it!
When the anomalies first appeared, Han Xuanji realized that the Immortal Realm's Reincarnation had fallen into Chaos.
He inexplicably remembered when he had simulated Su Ming; back then, the Immortal Realm's Reincarnation had also been in Chaos and the world was in upheaval, though that was something that happened many years later.
Unexpectedly, fate did not seem to have completely changed.
Even if he intervened, in the dark of fate, some tribulations would still descend, and might even become more terrifying.
If the Lord of Ten Thousand Voids were truly allowed to emerge, the Reincarnation of the entire Immortal Realm would likely collapse.
This was far from a problem that could be solved by sacrificing a minor character like Su Ming.
He didn't need the Heavenly Emperor to say more; his gaze pierced through layers of obstructions to reach the deepest part of the Purgatory.
That Ancient Great Stele standing at the bottom level of Reincarnation Purgatory was still there, except that on its body, several spiderweb-like cracks were clearly spreading at this moment.
From the cracks, a grayish-white Void Power as thick as a physical substance was constantly seeping out, frantically eroding the Ancient Dao-Runes on the stele and using them as a fulcrum to inject waves of heart-palpitating will back into the Immortal Realm.
If the stele remained, the order of Reincarnation could be preserved; if the stele cracked, the suppression would lose balance, bringing disaster to the heavens!
Almost simultaneously, every existence present whose cultivation had reached a certain level clearly sensed that aura spreading from the bottom of Reincarnation Purgatory—an aura that made even the Heavenly Dao tremble.
This aura was even more ancient and powerful than that of the Ancestral Witches.
"The Reincarnation passage is unstable! The souls of the dead are wailing, unable to enter Reincarnation!"
A Netherworld expert's face turned pale.
"It's not just the Immortal Realm! Reincarnation in the Lower Realm is also in Chaos."
An Immortal Realm Cultivator was somewhat worried; if the situation wasn't stopped, it wouldn't be long before the Immortal Realm fell into great turmoil.
At this moment, even the joy and pride on the faces of Li Taiqing, Lu Fan, and the others instantly froze, turning into gravity.
They could feel the great terror contained within that grayish-white aura.
As a Primeval Demon God close to that level, Xiao Hong was even more sensitive to the aura of the 'Lord of Ten Thousand Voids,' and a deep wariness appeared in his eyes:
"If this thing comes out... there's going to be big trouble."
The Primordial Beings who had just been subdued felt even more helpless; encountering such a world-ending crisis in the blink of an eye made them feel like they were having a streak of bad luck.
The faces of Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches also changed drastically.
They had just come out of the Purgatory and had fresh memories of the horrors within, especially the thing suppressed at the bottom level.
Sensing that familiar aura erupting once again, and on a scale far exceeding the past, their hearts were also filled with dread.
Di Jiang and Hou Tu exchanged a glance, both seeing the heaviness in each other's eyes; if the Immortal Realm fell into Chaos, they would likely be unable to remain unaffected even if they moved to the Chaos.
Han Xuanji took in everyone's reactions, but his face showed little emotion.
He raised his eyes toward the Land of Reincarnation where the grayish-white aura permeated, as if he could pierce through endless obstructions to look directly at that ancient existence.
[Lord of Ten Thousand Voids (Weakened): Seventh Level of Limitless Primordial, an Original Demon God born from the Void Domain, in control of Void Power. Once spread Void Power through the Chaos and was suppressed in Reincarnation Purgatory after losing a great battle to the Immortal Ancestor. Currently attempting to escape with the help of the Demon Ancestor. If he emerges, he will turn the Immortal Realm into a Void Domain.]
He was heavily injured by the Immortal Ancestor and then suppressed for eons, with his power constantly being drained, yet he still possessed such formidable strength.
Han Xuanji couldn't help but admire his opponent; a starved camel was still bigger than a horse.
If the opponent were at his peak, he would have to consider whether he could face him.
But now, he was nothing more than bones in a tomb.
"It seems someone doesn't want this seat to have any peace."
Han Xuanji spoke indifferently. His voice wasn't loud, but it strangely overrode the Chaos and panic of the scene, clearly reaching the ears of every observer.
"Whether it's the Demon Ancestor or the Lord of Ten Thousand Voids..."
He paused, and the profound dao-rhythm that had once suppressed the Ancestral Witches and returned all Laws to silence slowly rose around him again. It wasn't violent, but carried a supreme aura that could stabilize the world.
"This seat shall go to the deepest level of Reincarnation to meet this source of trouble and, while I'm at it... teach it a lesson."
After saying this, he looked at no one else and gave no further explanation.
His green robes fluttered slightly as he took a step forward. An instant before his figure vanished into the Land of Reincarnation, only a calm instruction was left behind, echoing in the air:
"Stay steady and simply wait for good news."
While the voice still echoed in everyone's minds, his green-robed figure had already disappeared.
What remained was a brief, dead silence.
Everyone watched the direction in which he had vanished, which only further highlighted how solitary and noble Han Xuanji's figure was as he headed into danger alone!
Emotions surged like red-hot lava in the chests of countless living beings.