245: Humanity in crisis, Han Fan's strength

After Yan Li invited Su Yu and the others into her grotto-heaven, she had important matters to discuss with Su Yu.

With a wave of her hand, a barrier isolated the two of them from the outside world.

"Fellow Daoist Xuan Xiao, I have a question I would like to ask you."

"I wonder if Fellow Daoist Xuan Xiao could answer it?"

Yan Li's beautiful face suddenly turned serious as she spoke.

"As long as it's not too private, I will tell you everything I know."

Su Yu thought for a moment and nodded.

"It's not a very private question. I only wish to know if Fellow Daoist Xuan Xiao will leave again after returning to the Human Race this time?"

Yan Li inquired.

"The Spirit Realm is my home, after all. Since I've returned this time, I won't be leaving again."

Su Yu shook his head.

The Spirit Realm held the people he cared about most; how could he leave again?

At most, he would simply bring Jin Yan and the others over.

"I see."

"Then, I would like to invite Fellow Daoist Xuan Xiao to become a Venerable of our Sacred Palace. What do you think?"

Seeing that Su Yu did not intend to leave, Yan Li felt a sense of relief in her heart.

However, this subtle reaction was still noticed by Su Yu.

Su Yu asked, "There's no harm in joining the Sacred Palace, but I'd like to know the reason. This is our first meeting; aren't you afraid that I might be headstrong or power-hungry?"

Su Yu was puzzled by this.

Logically, since he was so powerful, she should be worried about him seizing power, yet she was inviting him to join the Sacred Palace.

There had to be some hidden reason.

Hearing Su Yu's words, Yan Li sighed and said:

"Actually, the Han Family's Immortal Ancestor has lost contact in the Upper Realm. Because of this, Fairy Nangong and the others used a certain secret technique to undergo the Immortal Tribulation and ascend together to search for his whereabouts in the Immortal Realm."

"And this matter was discovered by the True Immortal Old Ancestors of other powerful races in the Spirit Realm, who then informed their respective clans."

"Now, those super-races are growing restless. If there is still no sign of Brother Han, I fear the super-races he previously offended will use this as an excuse to strike at our Human Race!"

Over a thousand years ago, Fairy Nangong and the others discovered that the Void Sound Spirit Lamp had suddenly lost contact with Heavenly Venerable Han, and the Soul Lamp he left in the Lower Realm had nearly flickered out.

They then used a secret technique to jointly undergo the Immortal Tribulation and ascend to the Immortal Realm to search for Heavenly Venerable Han's whereabouts.

The heavy burden of the Human Race was then placed upon her shoulders.

But as the years passed, not only was there no news of Heavenly Venerable Han, but even Fairy Nangong and the others had lost contact one after another.

The various super-races that had been suppressed and exploited by Heavenly Venerable Han back then began to have ulterior motives.

After all, before Heavenly Venerable Han ascended, he had gone to various powerful races to 'borrow' treasures for his tribulation.

Those super-races were furious but didn't dare to speak up.

After Heavenly Venerable Han ascended to the Immortal Realm, a True Immortal Old Ancestor from a super-race in the Spirit Realm used a special method to find him.

He wanted to seek justice for his clan in the Lower Realm, but that person was instead slain by Heavenly Venerable Han, who fought above his own Realm!

The news that a newcomer to the True Immortal Stage had slain an established Early True Immortal powerhouse left the Spirit Realm in utter shock.

The True Immortal Old Ancestors of those super-races were mostly at the Early True Immortal stage.

Naturally, they didn't dare to provoke Heavenly Venerable Han.

Furthermore, after ten thousand years of development, Heavenly Venerable Han reached the Peak True Immortal Stage, possessing unparalleled prestige for a time.

The various races of the Spirit Realm all looked to the Human Race as their leader.

But after Heavenly Venerable Han disappeared, everything changed.

In particular, after Heavenly Venerable Han's Dao Companions ascended and lost contact together, these True Immortals began thinking about reclaiming their dignity.

After all, their clansmen in the Lower Realm had been robbed of so many tribulation treasures, yet they hadn't dared to say a word. Others would think they were pushovers.

It was only because the Human Race's current power was still quite formidable, combined with the contingency plans left by Heavenly Venerable Han, that these super-races didn't dare to act rashly.

However, it is said that in order to wipe out the Human Race in the Spirit Realm, the True Immortal Old Ancestors of these super-races intend to send soul fragments to the Lower Realm to pull up the roots and eliminate the problem.

This was also why Ancestor Chiyang, despite being so at odds with the Han Family's Ancestor Han Feiyu, had risked his life to save him.

Every Mahayana was extremely important, especially a Peak Mahayana Stage Cultivator!

And this matter was only known to top powerhouses at the level of Upper-grade Mahayana Stage Expert or higher.

"To think such a thing happened!"

Su Yu was somewhat surprised to hear this.

If it were truly like this, the Human Race was indeed in danger.

Since the Human Race rose because of Heavenly Venerable Han, its territory had expanded to dozens of times its previous size.

Two-thirds of the entire continent was now Human Race territory.

The living space of many small and large races had been squeezed aside.

Some races without any Mahayana experts had even been wiped out because of this.

The Human Race had made countless enemies, both openly and secretly. In the past, with Heavenly Venerable Han around, no one dared to resist.

After all, just one of his soul fragments descending to the Lower Realm was enough to resolve any crisis.

But now the situation was different. The Han Family Ancestor had disappeared, and those Dao Companions who had also become True Immortals had disappeared as well.

Anyone would know that this was a golden opportunity.

If they missed it, there wouldn't be a second chance!

After all, no race was willing to live at the mercy of others.

"Fellow Daoist Xuan Xiao, you now understand the whole story. If you are unwilling to join the Sacred Palace, I can understand."

After Yan Li revealed everything, she quietly observed Su Yu's reaction.

To her surprise, Su Yu didn't show the slightest hint of fear.

Su Yu chuckled and said, "How could I refuse to do my part for the Human Race?"

"However, I would like to know how strong the Han Family's forefather was back then."

"I have cultivated until now and have always wanted to find someone to measure my own strength against. I wonder if you could enlighten me?"

With Su Yu's current strength, there was still room for further improvement.

Once he reached Mahayana Perfection, his strength would be at least several times greater than it was now!

At that time, even if a True Immortal descended to the Lower Realm, as long as they couldn't perfectly exert their full power, Su Yu would have no fear at all.

The urgent matter now was that he wanted to understand his own limits.

"Brother Han's strength was much greater than mine; at least four or five of me would not have been his match."

When Yan Li was at the Body Integration stage, Heavenly Venerable Han had already ascended to the Immortal Realm.

She estimated that Han Fan's strength back then was much greater than hers is now; even four or five of her might not have been able to rival him.

Su Yu was deeply shocked by her words.

Was this Han Family forefather truly that powerful?

He had originally intended to have a spar with Yan Li, but now it seemed there was no need for comparison at all.

Su Yu's current strength was already above Yan Li's, and he could handle one or two Yan Lis with ease.

But against four or five Yan Lis, he would be no match.

Even after he reached Mahayana Perfection, he might not necessarily possess the strength the Han Family forefather had back then.

"I see. I originally thought that my current strength was already comparable to a True Dragon and Heavenly Phoenix and could reach the level of the Han Family forefather back then."

"It seems I was being arrogant, like a frog at the bottom of a well."

Su Yu said with a sigh of emotion.

He didn't know how deep the Han Family forefather's foundation was, but unless he entered a state of Undergoing Tribulation and perfectly converted the magic power in his body into immortal essence, he would still be far inferior to the Han Family forefather of that time.