Chapter 470: First Arrival on the Tianlan Continent

The Da Qian World, outer-realm space.

Darkness, boundless darkness; accompanying the darkness was the endless gale whistling in one's ears. The terrifying spatial storms were like the sharpest blades in the world, tearing and slicing through every substance in the dark void.

However, the spatial storms that would make ordinary people turn pale at the mere mention were not worth noting to the person who appeared here today. After curiously looking around, he shook his head in disappointment instead.

"As expected, an endless storm, devoid of any signs of life!"

The person who arrived was none other than Xiao Han. After leaving the Langya Heavenly Palace, Xiao Han directly shattered the plane barrier and stepped into the Endless Void that ordinary people were unwilling to set foot in.

Sensing the bright light point in his mind, his figure flashed, easily passing through the blockade of the storm, appearing several miles away. With a few flashes and leaps, his tracks vanished.

The danger of wandering in the Endless Void is beyond doubt; if one lacks an accurate route, there is only one final outcome...

To be completely lost and sink into this darkness.

Perhaps it was Xiao Han's luck, but the lower plane where Mingyu Zhanzun originated was not far from the Da Qian World. After traveling through the darkness for only half a month, Xiao Han knew he had reached his destination.

The reason he knew, rather than seeing it with his own eyes, was the nauseating stench that could be smelled from ten thousand miles away.

"Outer Realm Evil Clan?"

Xiao Han was stunned for a moment, followed by wild joy, a cold sneer appearing on his face.

"Finally found them."

"This strength is actually not bad; there is even one Ghost Demon Emperor?"

Relying on spiritual power far exceeding those of the same level, Xiao Han easily discovered the most eye-catching brat among this batch of the Outer Realm Evil Clan—three thousand Demon Slayer Points!

As the distance closed, a golden, glittering light sphere covered in countless black spots appeared before Xiao Han's eyes.

It was exactly the hometown in Mingyu Zhanzun's memories: the Tianlan Continent.

The golden light sphere on the periphery was a self-sealing Formation condensed thousands of years ago using the lives of countless super experts of the Tianlan Continent as sacrifices. As long as the Formation did not perish, the experts of the Outer Realm Evil Clan could not invade the Tianlan Continent, and those small fry who snuck in through the gaps in the Formation would be no match for the experts of Tianlan.

The black spots entrenched on the golden Formation were naturally the Outer Realm Evil Clan members hoping to enter Tianlan, acting like blood-sucking parasites, gnawing at the lifeline of this Tianlan.

However, Xiao Han soon frowned slightly, his face revealing confusion.

"These Outer Realm Evil Clan members are actually gathered together?"

It couldn't be that they were having a collective funeral feast, could it?

He hadn't even made a move yet, so they wouldn't even be able to eat their boss's funeral feast!

Casually tossing a few Array Disks to his side and concealing them, Xiao Han spent the next day quietly circling the encampment of the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and the enemy's gathering activity had still not ended.

Xiao Han seized the opportunity, and without alerting the Outer Realm Evil Clan on the periphery, he silently snuck into the sealed continent before him.

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"False Heaven."

At this moment, the Tianlan Continent was experiencing clear skies and a scorching sun. Looking up at the firmament above, one could only see that azure sky, unable to detect the world-ending crisis behind the peace.

Xiao Han randomly found a city and landed outside it. Without even needing a disguise, he entered the city through the gates. There were no difficult situations; everything was just that natural.

"Apologies, brother, I have to borrow your money pouch for a moment."

Xiao Han weighed a cloth bag in his hand, speaking to himself in an apologetic tone.

After brushing shoulders with a man wearing luxurious robes, he had directly swiped the other party's money pouch.

After all, he had no choice; he was a newcomer and lacked the currency of the Tianlan Continent. He couldn't just find a road and shout, "This road was opened by me, this tree was planted by me."

Moreover, he didn't take it for nothing; at the very least, he left the other party a Cultivation Method from Mingyu Zhanzun's memories that was considered upper-middle grade in the Tianlan Continent.

"Eh? That actually doesn't seem impossible, huh."

Xiao Han was internally self-hypnotizing to dispel his guilt when he suddenly paused and muttered.

Although robbing the road was against his principles, he could go and rob the robbers!

Wasn't this robbing the rich to help the poor and acting on behalf of heaven?

However, since he had already entered the city, Xiao Han had no intention of leaving again. He walked into a restaurant lobby beside the street, sat down, and followed the crowd to order a table of signature food and wine, dining like an ordinary patron.

His purpose for coming to the restaurant was also very clear: to collect information.

Mingyu Zhanzun's memories were, after all, from several thousand years ago. Time passes and things change; after several thousand years, the Tianlan Continent naturally would not remain stagnant. Even if he wanted to go to the territories of other factions to fish for information, he had to find the right place.

He spread his spiritual power, encompassing the entire restaurant. A large amount of conversation instantly flooded into his mind, the noisy sounds causing Xiao Han to frown involuntarily.

This was also the reason why Xiao Han did not release his spiritual power directly on the street; with people coming and going and the noisy clamor, he didn't think he could endure such torture.

Just like that, Xiao Han stubbornly persisted in such a terrible environment for half an hour.

"Check, please!"

As the voice fell, Xiao Han walked out of the restaurant with a complex expression.

This information gathering was indeed necessary; at the very least, he had figured out the current power structure of the Tianlan Continent.

The strongest power in the current Tianlan Continent was undoubtedly the Tianlan Hall. Being able to use "Tianlan" as its name showed the power and ambition of this faction. The Tianlan Hall was an existence that stood aloof from the world in the Tianlan Continent. Besides the Tianlan Hall, there were four major super powers and over a dozen first-rate powers beneath it.

Among them, the Ming Shen Palace, founded by Mingyu Zhanzun, was one of these first-rate powers. It surprised Xiao Han somewhat that this super power, which had suffered heavy losses due to the invasion of the Outer Realm Evil Clan thousands of years ago, had only declined slightly after thousands of years of change.

"Tianlan Hall, Zhengyuan Sect."

These were the two factions that made Xiao Han harbor doubts in his heart.

The Tianlan Hall went without saying; established two thousand years ago, it became the strongest power in the Tianlan Continent in one fell swoop. Having gone through over a thousand years and weathered countless storms, with countless challengers, the Tianlan Hall remained like a reef in a storm, unmoved, and even grew stronger.

There seemed to be many rumors about the Tianlan Hall on the Tianlan Continent, and most of these rumors were negative. For example, the Tianlan Hall suppressed other factions, secretly abducted or turned the geniuses of other factions, and even more, it was rumored that the unexplained disappearances of many talented and powerful individuals among various factions and rogue cultivators were related to the Tianlan Hall, and other factions dared to be angry but dared not speak out.

With the Tianlan Hall not coming out to refute the rumors, or even having no reaction at all, such rumors became even more prevalent.

Upon learning this, the Tianlan Hall actually gave Xiao Han a sense of déjà vu of the Soul Clan, the only difference being that the Soul Clan's actions were undisguised and almost confirmed, belonging to a recognized "secret."

But the Tianlan Hall was not; most of these were just rumors, without proof or evidence.

Furthermore, unlike the Soul Clan which did not do a single good deed, the disciples and Elders of the Tianlan Hall often appeared in various places across the Tianlan Continent to clear out "demonic creatures." According to Xiao Han's speculation, these demonic creatures should be the Outer Realm Evil Clan members who had snuck in.

It was just that, without seeing it with his own eyes, Xiao Han did not dare to draw a conclusion.

If the Tianlan Hall could be called strange, then the Zhengyuan Sect, the head of the four major super powers, was downright evil in Xiao Han's eyes.