274: Chapter 274 The Stunning Enlightenment Venerable

Most people were still standing there blankly.

They looked at Jiang Hao, the place where the Yimo had vanished, and the spot where City Lord had disappeared, their eyes hollow and bodies motionless.

The Middle-aged Man followed Jiang Hao's gaze and sighed.

"Benefactor, please don't blame them. They have been in despair for too long. Some were sold back and forth since childhood, some watched their relatives being eaten with their own eyes, and some have seen nothing at all, only knowing to live one day at a time."

Jiang Hao nodded; this situation would have to be improved gradually.

He raised his hand and drew several runes in the Void Realm.

Those runes sank into the surrounding buildings, the streets, and the bodies of those people.

A transparent light shield slowly expanded, enveloping the entire area.

"This is an illusion Formation," Jiang Hao said, looking at everyone.

"From the outside, everything here will look normal. Even if the Yimo Clan comes, they will see the same as before. You will be temporarily safe staying here."

The Middle-aged Man was stunned.

"Benefactor, you... you're leaving?"

Jiang Hao nodded.

He had other things to do. These eroded human hearts could not be brought back to life just by Jiang Hao staying to guard them.

However, this illusion Formation was enough to protect the Human Race here, as it was more than just a simple illusion Formation.

The Middle-aged Man's eyes reddened. He didn't know what to say, so he just knelt again and kowtowed several times.

The few people behind him also knelt.

Jiang Hao helped him up.

"Live well. Things will get better in the future."

The Middle-aged Man nodded vigorously, tears falling.

The little boy stood beside his mother and waved his small hand at Jiang Hao.

"Goodbye, Big Brother!"

Jiang Hao smiled, turned, and walked toward the city gates.

Behind him, the Middle-aged Man shouted loudly, "Benefactor, please be careful. There are many powerful experts in the Yimo Clan, you..."

Jiang Hao didn't look back; he just raised his hand and gave a gentle wave.

His figure vanished at the end of the street.

The Middle-aged Man stood there, watching that direction, and only lowered his head after a long time.

He looked at the little boy beside him, then at the remaining flower stem after Jiang Hao had taken the flower, and suddenly smiled.

As he smiled, tears fell again.

"Will our Human Race really get better..." he murmured softly.

...

After leaving Aiyin City, Jiang Hao headed south.

On the way, he did many things similar to what he had done in Aiyin City.

Every time he passed a city, he would conveniently clear out a batch of Yimo, set up some Formations, and save some people.

But he knew in his heart that this was only treating the symptoms.

The Human Race in the Dao Xuan Realm lived too miserably; saving city after city could not save this world.

One had to treat the root cause, and fortunately, killing Yimo and saving the Human Race was also related to dealing with the Mysterious Immortal next.

Along the way, Jiang Hao also heard many things about the Human Race's Holy Land.

Those Fire-bringers who escaped from various places would become qualified Fire-bringers after passing tests and then be guided to a certain place.

Some said the Holy Land was in a void, others said it moved on its own; no one could say for sure where it was.

And Jiang Hao's destination was this Human Race Holy Land.

First, to see the situation of the Human Race Holy Land and how the last sparks of the Human Race in this world were doing.

Second, he needed the Human Race Holy Land to do some things.

To deal with that Mysterious Immortal and achieve the Fusion of the two realms, relying on Jiang Hao alone would be too slow.

The Human Race of this realm needed someone to reassure them.

These tasks were perfectly suited for the Human Race Holy Land.

The Human Race Holy Land was hidden very deep.

It wasn't on any mountain Peak, nor in any part of the Void Realm.

It was hidden within a Sumeru Mustard Seed World; the entrance would constantly change, making it impossible to find without a special method.

For millions of years, the Yimo Clan had been searching for this place but had never found it.

Jiang Hao stood in a valley, looking at the Void Realm before him.

The Void Realm before him appeared empty, but he knew there was a treasure here.

A treasure similar to a Small World had been hidden here for millions of years.

The so-called Human Race Holy Land was hidden right here.

And this treasure carried the aura of a Dao Prover.

Clearly, it was crafted by a Dao Prover of this world.

Among them, Qiming Heavenly Venerable was the most likely candidate.

This was also why the Human Race Holy Land had not been discovered.

Of course, it also had to do with the fact that the Mysterious Immortal had not taken action.

Otherwise, under the investigation of an Immortal, this thing wouldn't have escaped.

However, finding this thing was nothing for Jiang Hao.

Jiang Hao looked at the Void Realm before him and thought to himself:

For this treasure to exist for so long and protect so many people, the Dao Prover of this world must have used the last of their strength on it before they died.

A concealment method set up with full strength by a Dao Prover before death could indeed hide from many things; even an Immortal would find it hard to discover unless they deliberately searched this area.

"Pity, no matter how good the concealment, it can only hide."

If one cannot kill that Immortal, hiding for any amount of time is useless.

Jiang Hao raised his hand and lightly tapped the Void Realm.

Silently, he stepped inside.

The view before him suddenly opened up.

This was a Small World, not particularly large, about hundreds of thousands of miles in radius, with mountains, rivers, fields, and houses.

Many from the Human Race lived here; some were farming in the fields, some were Cultivating in the mountains, and some were meditating by the river.

They dressed simply and had calm expressions, completely different from the numb people outside; they still had vitality.

Jiang Hao continued walking forward.

In the center of the world, there was a high platform, enveloped in a faint light of the Dao, clearly left behind by the expert who refined this treasure.

Jiang Hao stepped onto the high platform, stood within the light of the Dao, and closed his eyes.

Then, he saw a figure.

A figure standing amidst endless light.

It was a man with a resolute face and eyes like torches. He was surrounded by blazing light, like a great sun illuminating the entire world.

Jiang Hao looked at that figure and recalled a saying: "The long-lasting morning sunlight illuminates ten thousand worlds."

This figure was very strong.

Much stronger than an ordinary Great Emperor; that strength wasn't just simple accumulation of power, but the depth of understanding of the Great Dao, the foundation settled after living through multiple lifetimes.

The moment Jiang Hao saw him, he knew who this figure was.

It was indeed Qiming Heavenly Venerable!

The former strongest expert of the Dao Xuan Realm!

Someone who had lived through multiple lifetimes on his own, transforming all the way to the Peak of the Heavenly Venerable Realm.

To reach this step in the resource-scarce Dao Xuan Realm was extremely difficult.

Such a person would be a stunning existence in any world.

This was a brilliant figure through the ages who could rival Spirit Treasure and Yuanshi, someone qualified to walk the Mortal World Immortal Path.

Unfortunately, he still died.

Jiang Hao looked at the slowly dissipating image and felt some emotion in his heart.

With Qiming Heavenly Venerable's talent and perseverance, if he had survived, there was a great possibility he would have gone much further.

But he had bad luck, being born in the Dao Xuan Realm and encountering that Mysterious Immortal.

After the Mysterious Immortal invaded, Qiming Heavenly Venerable was able to refine this treasure in a short time to hide the Human Race's experts; this talent and decisiveness were absolutely top-tier.

"Truly stunning!"

Jiang Hao sighed; Qiming Heavenly Venerable's Dao was different from all the Daos he had seen.

That was a pure Dao of Light, not just a simple Dao of the Sun, but something more fundamental.

This simple exchange of the Great Dao deepened Jiang Hao's understanding of the Dao by another level.

This was Qiming Heavenly Venerable—a stunning person, a stunning Dao.

Jiang Hao looked at the high platform before him and was silent for a moment.

The Dao Xuan Realm and the Origin Realm, both fragments of the Ancient Immortal Period, were yet so different.

The resources in the Origin Realm were exaggeratedly abundant, with immortal gold and divine materials everywhere, undying medicine appearing one after another, and various legacies emerging incessantly.

There were also many experts like the Forbidden Zone Supreme Beings, each with their own orthodoxy and Legacy.

There were also things left behind by at least Immortal King-level existences, such as the ruins of the Chaotic Ancient Heavenly Court and the mysterious ruins on Blue Star.

And what about the Dao Xuan Realm?