Chapter 1242: Absolutely right!

The Eternal Silence Corridor is the embodiment of his Dao's quintessence; any living being that falls into it is either assimilated or worn down by resistance, with absolutely no third possibility! How could Han Wuxian possibly maintain his self-awareness, even… influence the corridor's stability, without using any power to resist?!

His 'True Self Return to the Void'…… has actually come this far?!' Yan Buji felt his calculations waver for the first time. Han Wuxian's understanding of the Dao of will and termination seems to have broken through another critical bottleneck, finding a path he never anticipated!

He immediately tried to mobilize the power of the Eternal Silence Corridor, intensifying the erosion and repulsion toward Han Wuxian, hoping to smooth out that hint of discord.

However, at the very moment his mind connected with the corridor

Boom!

A surge that was not an energy impact, but a violent tremor emanating from the Dao level, surged back along that intangible link! It was as if the Eternal Silence Corridor itself, encountering an incomprehensible 'variable' within, produced a repulsive reaction!

Yan Buji let out a muffled groan, the dim light around him flickering chaotically! The trap he had meticulously set, instead, began to backfire on him due to the prey's abnormality.

Meanwhile, inside the Eternal Silence Corridor, feeling the sudden surge of reppressive and suppressive force, Han Wuxian did not panic; instead, his eyes blazed with an even brighter light!

"Found you! Yan Buji, your connection to this trap!"

He no longer hesitated, instantly retracting the will resonating with the Silence Extinction Law, then re-condensing all his true-self will and Returning to Void Power! This time, he did not scatter his power in resistance; instead, he forged it into an intangible, substance-less sword of will, imbued with his latest understanding of Existence and Termination, and, following the suppressive force that rebounded, he fiercely slashed at the weakest nexus of law linking the Eternal Silence Corridor to the outside world!

"Open——for me!"

A soundless roar exploded on the conceptual level!

Absolute darkness was torn open by a fine crack! Beyond the crack, there was no longer void, but… a blurred image of the real world!

The trap, has been shaken!

Han Wuxian hesitated not at all, his form turning into a gray streak of light, shooting toward the crack!

Forgotten Sand, underground.

Yan Buji violently spat out a mouthful of pitch-black 'blood' formed from pure Silence Extinction desire-power; his aura instantly waned! His face was filled with shock and fury!

"Han! Wuxian!"

He had calculated everything, yet never expected Han Wuxian to not only avoid being worn down in his ultimate trap, but to break through in the heat of battle, find a way to escape, and even severely damage his link to the trap!

He watched helplessly as the light point representing Han Wuxian on the star chart, like a beast breaking free of its cage, leapt out of the coordinates of the Eternal Silence Corridor and reappeared near the Arctic Ice Plains!

One basket short of success!

Yan Buji's face darkened to the point of dripping water. This time, he not only failed to eliminate Han Wuxian, but gave the opponent a precious insight in dire straits, further increasing his strength, and even exposed his hidden position and some of his methods.

The situation, instantly reversed!

Arctic Ice Plains, at the spatial rift.

The void resembled torn silk, and a grayish figure stumbled out—it was Han Wuxian! His originally pallid face now lacked any color, his breath ragged and disordered, the chaotic Returning to Void qi around him flickering unstable, showing he had paid a heavy price in his earlier escape. Yet his chaotic eyes were deeper and sharper than ever, like a tempered divine weapon washed clean of dust, revealing an inner cold gleam.

He steadied himself on the ice and immediately looked around. The camp of the Heavenly Craft Sect was in disarray, most disciples unconscious on the ground, only Zhao Elder and a few others barely holding on; seeing the sudden appearance of Han Wuxian, their faces filled with shock and bewilderment.

Han Wuxian ignored them, his divine sense spreading like mercury across a thousand li in an instant! He caught the faint ripple lingering in the air, pointing westward to the Forgotten Sand, carrying auras of fury and backlash—that was the trace left by Yan Buji.

"Found you!" A cold light flashed in Han Wuxian's eyes. This time, it was no longer a vague sense, but a definite and undeniable direction!

He hesitated not at all, even lacking time to adjust his breath and recover; his form turned into a gray streak that tore through the sky, carrying an unstoppable, resolute killing intent, straight westward! His speed far surpassed before, dragging behind him a lasting spatial ripple!

Forgotten Sand, deep underground.

"Pfft——!"

Yan Buji again spat out a mouthful of black 'blood', the Silence Extinction desire-power coiling around him violently churning, eroding the surrounding rocks with a sizzling sound. His handsome, demonic visage twisted for the first time—this was the fury and disbelief of a plan utterly failed, even bitten back by the prey!

"He actually… cut open the Eternal Silence Corridor?! Interfering with law nodes through will…… How could his grasp of Return to the Void advance so quickly?!' Yan Buji's low growl echoed within the stone coffin, filled with icy, bone-piercing killing intent. He sensed Han Wuxian's unhidden, fierce aura rushing straight here, knowing his hiding place had been exposed.

What shocked him even more was that, through that brief Dao backlash, he clearly sensed that Han Wuxian's 'True Self Return to the Void' had undergone a qualitative change. It was no longer merely mastering termination; it now carried an ineffable resilience of Existence, a strange quality able to maintain 'being' within absolute 'nothingness'! This completely exceeded his understanding of the Dao of Return to the Void.

"This child…… is absolutely right!" Yan Buji instantly made his decision. Han Wuxian's growth speed and his unique comprehension of the Dao have become his greatest threat, even shaking the foundation of his own Dao!

But, this might also be Yan Buji's last chance.

He fiercely slapped the Extinction Stone Coffin beneath him! The coffin's surface, originally dim ancient patterns, suddenly blazed forth, emitting a dark light that devours all light! The entire Forgotten Sand underground shook violently, the endless barren deathly qi, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, surged madly into the coffin!

Yan Buji's aura began to climb and swell at a terrifying speed! He no longer hid, no longer schemed; he would wield absolute power, in this stronghold he had long cultivated, to utterly crush Han Wuxian, this variable!