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Bring out your devilish armor, Brother Han, Xian Xian said as she turned to Han Li with a solemn look on her face.

Han Li naturally had no objections to this. As such, he flipped a hand over to produce a jade box that was around a foot in size, upon which were plastered a pair of restriction talismans.

He swept a sleeve over the box, to remove the talismans and its lid, and a burst of black Qi immediately surged forth from within in a frenzy.

Within the black Qi, a suit of purple armor that was around half a foot slowly emerged.

Not only was it extremely sinister in appearance, there were several spikes protruding from the shoulder and knee sections of the armor. On top of that, its entire surface was filled with black patterns, and it was emanating immensely powerful devilish Qi. However, there was a large hole on the chest of the suit of armor, and the surrounding area was riddled with cracks, clearly indicating that it had been severely damaged.

Xian Xians expression changed slightly at the sight of the black Qi surging forth from the suit of armor, and she waved a hand through the air to conjure up a translucent light barrier before pointing a finger at the box from afar.

The purple suit of armor drifted slowly toward the formation at her behest, seemingly having been summoned by some kind of invisible power.

Before the suit of armor reached the center of the formation, Xian Xian raised a hand to cast a silver incantation seal, which disappeared into the copper cauldron in a flash.

A dull clang akin to the toll of a large bell instantly rang out from within the cauldron, and the black and azure flames burning around it instantly swelled to sweep up the suit of armor and draw it into the cauldron.

Immediately thereafter, a string of rumbling booms akin to thunderclaps rang out from within the cauldron, following which the intricate black patterns on it surface began to flash and glow.

At the same time, black Qi began to surge throughout the entire formation down below, and faint silver runes emerged from various locations all over the formation. As soon as these runes appeared, they surged toward the cauldron in a frenzy before vanishing into it.

After that, Xian Xian began to chant something in a low voice again while making a hand seal. The ground near the formation began to tremor violently, and piercing yellow light suddenly flashed from its four corner, following which a yellow stone platform emerged from each corner.

These platforms were around 10 feet tall each, but all of them were extremely smooth, and there was a small black flag standing on each of them.

Around the flags were containers of all shapes and sizes, and Han Lis expression changed slightly upon seeing this before quickly reverting back to normal.

As Xian Xian continued to chant her incantations, the four flags swelled to 50 to 60 feet in size, and only then did Xian Xian withdraw her hand seal as she turned to Han Li, and said, Lets begin, Fellow Daoist Han. During this repair process, all you have to do is listen to my instructions and inject your magic power into those four devilish flags in a timely manner.

No problem, Han Li immediately replied with a quick nod. A pleased smile appeared on Xian Xians face upon hearing this, and she pointed a finger up at the formation plate hovering in mid-air again. A long cry immediately rang out within the formation plate, following which countless incantation seals surged forth, all of which disappeared into the dark clouds up above. The grey Qi emanating from the walls also began to permeate through the air, and within mere moments, Han Li and Xian Xian were both inundated by this grey Qi. Time passed by slowly, and three days flew by in the blink of an eye.

The doors of Xian Xians shop were abruptly flung open, and a humanoid figure strode out from within before hailing a beast-drawn carriage and departing in an unhurried manner.

At this moment, within the spatial rift in the shop, Xian Xian was standing at the edge of the formation, staring blankly at the copper cauldron up ahead.

The surface of the cauldron was riddled with countless thin cracks, and the formation down below was also in a very sorry state with a small section of it having been completely destroyed.

The black crystals embedded into the ground around the formation had all been reduced to powder, and in the air above Xian Xian, the Kirin projection had shrunk down to only around a foot in size.

Both Xian Xian and the Kirin wore contemplative looks on their faces, seemingly in deep thought about something.

After a long while, the Kirin projection finally sighed, That suit of devilish armor most likely has some history behind it, theres no way that something like that wouldve happened when repairing a suit of armor belonging to a normal Heavenly Devilish Monarch.

Indeed. After the suit of armor was repaired, it drew the spiritual sense from a devilish being of another realm, and that being almost manifested a devilish body using the devilish Qi gathered here, Xian Xian replied as a hint of lingering fear flashed through her eyes.

Its a good thing that Han brat possesses Divine Devilbane Lightning and was able to disperse the devilish Qi that was gathering. Otherwise, wed be in a lot of trouble, the Kirin projection mused in a grim manner.

Seeing as that devilish being was able to force its spiritual sense through to this realm from an alternate realm, it most likely possesses powers comparable to a true spirit being. Could it be that theres more than meets the eyes with this suit of armor? But after repairing the suit of armor, and I didnt discover anything amiss with it, Xian Xian said with furrowed brows.There wasnt enough time for me to identify anything, either. If wed known this earlier, you shouldve never given this suit of armor away. After repairing it, you couldve fabricated an excuse to keep it, then use some other treasures to reimburse him instead, the azure Kirin projection suddenly said.

I did indeed want to do that. However, even though he seemed quite calm when dispersing that devilish Qi, I could sense that if I were to refuse to hand the suit of armor over to him, he wouldve most likely killed me on the spot without any hesitation. His powers are virtually comparable to that of holy race beings, and Ive used up almost all of my life-saving treasures in the Golden Devil Mountain Ranges, so theres a very good chance that I wouldve died had he turned on me, Xian Xian replied with a wry smile.

Its a pity that I exhausted so much of my energy in the Golden Devil Mountain Ranges as well. Otherwise, if we were to draw on the power of the spatial restriction here, its not impossible that the two of us wouldve been able to force him to leave the armor here, the Kirin projection also said in a rather gloomy manner.

Xian Xians expression changed a few times before she finally took a deep breath, and said, So be it. No matter how powerful that suit of armor is, the fact of the matter is that its a devilish treasure, so theres no way I wouldve been able to use it anyway. As such, it wouldnt be worth offending such a powerful being to try and keep it.

The Kirin projection was silent for a moment before heaving a resigned sigh. Hehe, its good that you can think that way. I guess well just have to concede here. As for whether the secrets behind that suit of armor will eventually be unveiled, thatll be up to his luck. Its just a pity that youd missed out on the opportunity to make use of that suit of armor in the future. freewebnvel.com

With you by my side, will I have a shortage of opportunities? Xian Xian chuckled, seemingly having already come to terms with the current situation.

Thats true. What youre missing now arent opportunities. Instead, you have to advance your cultivation base as quickly as possible. Otherwise, you wont be able to grasp any opportunities that you encounter anyway. By the way, did you find the thing that I asked you to search for? The Kirin projection suddenly changed the subject.

Not yet. Its said that only a few holy race old monsters know of its whereabouts, so itll be quite hard to track down, Xian Xian replied with a troubled look on her face.

Youll have to find a way. Without that thing, you wont even be able to enter those ancient ruins, the Kirin projection urged.

Xian Xian was silent for a moment before replying, Im well aware of that. Ill see if I can buy or borrow it from one of the juniors of those old monsters.

Just as Xian Xian and the Kirin projection were discussing their future plans, Han Li was on his way back to his cave abode.

He was seated with a calm expression on his face in the beast-drawn carriage, but he was actually nowhere near as calm as he looked.

Never would he have thought that repairing the suit of devilish armor would have led to such a perilous situation.

All of a sudden, he reached a hand up into his other sleeve and grabbed onto a lukewarm object.

This was a jade box that the newly repaired suit of Heavenly Devilish Armor had been placed into, and hed plastered over 10 restriction talismans all over the box.

Han Lis stored the jade box with his finger, and he couldnt help but recall back to the scenes that had unfolded in Xian Xians spatial rift.

The first half of the armors repair process had been quite smooth, but a series of issues began to arise during the second half of the process. These were issues such as the formation suddenly ceasing to function for no reason, and cracks appearing all over the cauldron, also due to no discernible reason. Thankfully, the two of them were able to resolve these issues.

However, never would they have thought that just as the final repair procedure was about to be completed, an extremely powerful burst of spiritual sense suddenly forced its way into the spatial rift, then immediately surged toward the suit of devilish armor.

Due to how abruptly everything had happened, Xian Xian was momentarily rooted to the spot.

Thankfully, this wasnt the first time that Han Li had witnessed inter-realm spiritual sense of this nature, and he immediately dispelled it using his Divine Devilbane Lightning.

Generally speaking, even if a burst of inter-realm spiritual sense were to fail to achieve its objective, it could still immediately tear through space and escape. However, perhaps the owner of the spiritual sense was intent on obtaining that suit of armor, or perhaps they didnt think two Spatial Tempering Stage beings wouldve been enough to pose a threat to it. In any case, as opposed to retreating, the burst of spiritual sense plunged into the pure devilish Qi within the formation, then tried to manifest a devilish body.

Of course, Han Li wasnt going to allow it to get its way. Thus, he released all of the Divine Devilbane Lightning within his body at once, striking the devilish being with a devastating barrage.

The devilish being was naturally unfathomably powerful, and even a wisp of its spiritual sense that hadnt manifested into a devilish body could withstand a dozen or so bolts of Divine Devilbane Lightning with ease. However, hundreds of arcs of golden lightning had been unleashed at once by Han Li, and the devilish beings spiritual sense didnt even get a chance to cry out before it was zapped into nothingness.

Through that event, both Han Li and Xian Xian were made aware of the fact that this suit of devilish armor seemed to be far more powerful than theyd originally expected.

Han Li had obviously also identified the hesitation in Xian Xians eyes at the time, and even though his expression remained quite calm, he was ready to attack at a moments notice if she tried to go back on her word.

As a result, even though Xian Xian was clearly extremely reluctant to part with the suit of devilish armor, she could only look on as Han Li stored it away into a jade box.

Thus, Han Lis impression of her improved slightly once again, but he didnt stay there for much longer. After extending a few words of gratitude to Xian Xian, he left her spatial rift before departing on a beast-drawn carriage.

And thus, the story came full circle. He was currently sitting in the carriage while stroking the jade box up his sleeve, and he was becoming more and more curious toward this suit of devilish armor.

Meanwhile, the immortal zoysia was appraising the white rabbit with a gentle look in its eyes. It suddenly stepped forward and made a grabbing motion, upon which a swath of purple light surged forth from its hand, sweeping up both the rabbit and the root that it was eating and drawing them toward it.

The white rabbit continued to nibble on its root within the purple light, as if hadnt noticed that anything was amiss.

The immortal zoysia stared at the white rabbit for a while before extending a hand into the purple light to try and stroke it.

However, before its fingers could make contact with the rabbits furry body, the latter vanished through the air amid a flash of spiritual light, leaving a trail of afterimages in its wake.

In the next instant, the white rabbit appeared on the ground again, and it had risen up on its hind legs. At the same time, its snowy-white fur also stood up on end, and it barely its little teeth at the immortal zoysia in what it presumably thought to be a menacing display.

It was quite clear that the immortal zoysias actions had rubbed the rabbit the wrong way.

However, the immortal zoysia merely smiled in response, and its aura suddenly changed as the light emanating from its body changed from purple to a vibrant green color.

A burst of rich wood-attribute spiritual Qi radiated from its body, and after coming into contact with this spiritual Qi, the white rabbit suddenly faltered in its menacing display. After taking a whiff of the air around it with its little pink nose, its expression eased significantly, and there even seemed to be a hint of affection in its eyes as it cast its gaze toward the immortal zoysia again.

Come here, little guy. The immortal zoysia clapped its hands together before opening its arms in an inviting manner.

The white rabbit seemed to be able to comprehend what the immortal zoysia was saying, and after a brief hesitation, it really did jump into the immortal zoysias arms.

The immortal zoysia was elated, and began carefully stroking the white rabbits head.

The white rabbits eyes narrowed with enjoyment in response, and it stuck out its little red tongue to lick the immortal zoysias fingers.

As the immortal zoysia stroked the rabbits head, it turned to Han Li with a serious look on its face, and said, This is splendid! Looks like its not far away from attaining intelligence. Fellow Daoist Han, seeing as this brethren of mine is able to move around so freely in your medicine garden, its quite apparent to me that youre taking great care of it. In that case, you wouldnt mind if I assisted it in attaining intelligence and taught it some things, would you?

You can help it attain intelligence? Han Li was rather surprised to hear this.

Indeed. I am a spirit medicine that has attained intelligence, and there are some abilities and cultivation arts that Ive mastered that can only be inherited by my brethren. If it could learn everything that I want to teach it, itll be able to avoid making a lot of the mistakes I made in the past. If it can also manifest a human form like me, Im sure itll be of great assistance to you in the future, the immortal zoysia replied in a slow voice.

After looking at the immortal zoysia for a long while, Han Li finally nodded, but he also stated some conditions of his own. I can allow you to do that, but my puppet has to be present to supervise whatever you do to it. On top of that, this puppet will be accompanying you closely at all times.

No problem at all. Theres nothing secretive or malicious about what I want to do, the immortal zoysia immediately agreed.

Alright, then I have no further issues either. You can rest here for the next year or so, and if you have any requests, just notify my puppet, Han Li said as he waved a hand through the air, and Doll immediately stepped forward to join him.

From this day forth, stay with this fellow Daoist at all times, and dont leave him unattended for even a single moment, Han Li ordered in a serious manner.

The sentient puppet didnt possess a very high level of spiritual nature, but it was naturally able to understand such simple instructions.

As such, Doll nodded in an expressionless manner to acknowledge Han Lis commands.

The immortal zoysia chuckled upon seeing this, and it flicked a wrist to send forth a streak of purple light that carried the white rabbit gently back onto the ground.

After that, it made its way over to a spot that was several tens of feet away from the Ninecurl Spirit Ginseng, then spread its feet apart. Green light flashed all over its body again, and its four limbs reverted back into their purple root form before burrowing straight into the ground.

At this moment, the immortal zoysias entire body took a translucent green hue.

Han Li stood on the spot and appraised the immortal zoysia for a while before departing from the medicine garden with a faint smile on his face.

Even though he was very curious about the mysterious uses of the immortal zoysia, there was something else that he had to attend to for now, the date that Xian Xian had agreed to repair his suit of Heavenly Devilish Armor was about to arrive. Han Li was also very much looking forward to this.

As a safety precaution, Han Li released his Leopard Kirin Beast and second Nascent Soul, then activated all of the restrictions in his cave abode before departing.

Several hours later, the beast-drawn carriage that he had hailed arrived before Xian Xians shop. The doors of the shop were tightly-shut, and it seemed to not be accepting any customers.

Han Li raised a hand upon seeing this, and a burst of fiery light suddenly flew out of his sleeve before disappearing through the doors in a flash.

After that, he continued to wait patiently outside.

Moments later, the doors opened amid a gentle creak, and Xian Xians soft voice sounded from inside.

You sure are punctual, Brother Han, half a month has only just passed, and youve already come to visit me.

Hehe, Im quite eager to get his armor repaired, my apologies if I come across as a little impatient, Han Li chuckled as he strode into the shop.

The doors closed behind him on their own, and Xian Xian stood at the center of the shop as she turned to Han Li with a smile on her face.

As soon as Han Li made his way over to her, Xian Xian made a hand seal to activate her formation plate.

Spiritual light flashed, and both of them abruptly disappeared from the shop, having been teleported directly into Xian Xians spatial rift.

Han Li made his way out of the teleportation formation before looking around, and his gaze immediately settled on a certain corner of the space.

There, a large formation with a radius of over 100 feet had been set up. The entire formation was inky black, and there were a dozen or so black crystals embedded into the ground all around it.

At the very center of the formation was an azure copper cauldron that was around five feet tall, and there were complex runes carved all over its surface, as well as faint white mist emanating from it.

Several feet in the air above the cauldron was a fist-sized object that was enshrouded in white mist. The object was hovering in a completely stationary manner and radiating dazzling black light.

Han Lis eyes narrowed upon seeing this.

The object above the cauldron had changed slightly in appearance, but there was no mistaking the frosty devilish Qi emanating from it, it was none other than the holy-grade devilish core of that devilish ape.

At this point, the devilish core had completely crystallized, giving it the appearance of a shimmering black crystal.

Xian Xian also made her way out of the teleportation formation, and smiled as she said, What do you think, Fellow Daoist? I certainly havent been slacking off these past few days. I had to expend a lot of effort and precious materials to completely wipe away all traces of the holy-grade devilish apes soul from this devilish core, and also make the devilish Qi it contained less volatile and difficult to control.

Oh? From the sounds of it, youre preparing to completely refine this devilish core rather than embed it into the suit of armor, Han Li mused as he stroked his chin.

I didnt think youd be so knowledgeable in tool refinement as well, Brother Han. Indeed, that is my intention. Embedding the entire devilish core into the suit of armor will repair the largest few cracks on it, but I wont be able to address the smaller and finer cracks then. Im sure you wouldnt want to wear a suit of armor with glaring chinks in it, right, Brother Han? Xian Xian explained with a rather surprised look on her face.

I only know a little about tool refinement, so Ill leave everything to you, Fellow Daoist. Im very confident in the tool refinement techniques of the Crystal Race, Han Li said with a smile.

Xian Xian merely smiled upon hearing Han Lis modest response, and she continued, While Im repairing this suit of armor, Ill have to activate the restriction in this space, and I may also need you to lend me a hand. If everything goes smoothly, we should be able to complete the repairing process in about three days.

Three days is certainly not a long time, and this treasure is being repaired for me, so its only right that I lend you my assistance. Han Li had no objections whatsoever.

In that case, lets begin right away. Xian Xian didnt seem to want to keep wasting time with words, either, as she raised a hand into the air. The formation plate that she was carrying rose up into the air, then rotated on the spot above her head.

Spiritual light flashed as incantation seals of different colors swept forth from the formation plate, then disappeared into various locations in the spatial rift.

In the next instant, fierce winds suddenly swept through the air up above, and oppressive dark clouds surged forth in a frenzy. At the same time, a dull ringing sound rang out from the walls of the space before layers of grey Qi began to surface.

Thus, the entire space was immersed in complete darkness so potent that one couldnt see their fingers even if they were to hold them up to their face. It was as if this space had been plunged into a devilish realm.

Han Li swept a sleeve through the air upon seeing this, and an egg-sized ball of white light flew out his sleeve before revolving around him, thereby making the surrounding area a lot brighter.

At this moment, Xian Xian was already making her way toward the large formation. Han Li didnt say anything upon seeing this, but his body swayed as he took what appeared to be two slow and measured steps.

However, he then suddenly appeared behind Xian Xian in the next instant, as if by instantaneous teleportation.

Xian Xian seemed to be completely oblivious to what was happening behind her, and she merely raised a hand to cast an incantation seal toward the formation up ahead.

A low buzzing sound instantly rang out, following which the entire formation activated amid a swirl of black light.

Han Lis expression changed slightly at the sight of the scenes unfolding before his eyes. He had yet to decipher the purpose of this formation, but the bursts of devilish Qi emanating from the formation were very pure indeed. Thus, he was left feeling rather curious about where Xian Xian had sourced so much devilish Qi from.

Right at this moment, Xian Xian suddenly began to chant something, following which brilliant azure light erupted from her body. An azure Kirin projection that was several tens of feet in size then suddenly appeared behind her.

Initially, the Kirin projection remained completely still, but as Xian Xians chanting gradually grew more urgent, the protection finally slowly opened its mouth to expel a head-sized ball of flames.

The fireball was quite peculiar in that it was both black and azure in color, and it struck the copper cauldron at the center of the formation in a flash. freweovel.co

A layer of scorching black and azure flames immediately surfaced all over the cauldron as a result.

I do indeed have no choice, but that doesnt mean Im not going to raise any conditions! the immortal zoysia replied in a slow voice.

What conditions do you have? Id be happy to hear them, Han Li said with a nonchalant smile.

The immortal zoysia seemed to have considered this matter in advance, and it immediately replied, Its very simple, Ill tell the true purpose that my body can serve, and in return, you have to allow my soul to dissipate into heaven and earth so I can enter the cycle of reincarnation. In that case, if I do have a second life, Ill have a chance to become a being like you. However, this exchange must take place on my terms. Otherwise, Id rather have both my body and soul perish here than be used by someone else!

What terms do you propose? Han Li asked.

Ill use a secret technique to split my soul into two, the larger portion of which will contain my autonomous will, while the remaining portion will contain some of my memories. You have to release the main portion of my soul first, and if the remaining portion sees that youve done so, itll tell you my secret. After you get what you want, you have to release the remaining portion of my soul as well, so it can also enter the cycle of reincarnation. Thus, you wont have anything to worry about, and I can also tell you my secret without any qualms, the immortal zoysia said in an expressionless manner.

Han Li was quite tempted by this offer, but he still shook his head as he said, I wont have anything to worry about? Im not sure thats true! What if I were to release the main portion of your soul, only for the remaining portion to revoke your promise and refrain from telling me anything? In that case, Id be releasing your soul for nothing?

Back when you captured me, I was already carrying many injuries, so even if I hadnt fallen into your hands, someone else wouldve captured me sooner or later. Hence, I have no vendetta against you, so I certainly wouldnt risk a portion of my soul just to spite you. After all, who knows what issues could arise if a damaged soul were to enter the cycle of reincarnation? the immortal zoysia countered in a calm manner.

Han Li stroked his chin and appraised the immortal zoysia for a while before suddenly nodding with a smile as he said, Alright, well do as you say.

Youre really willing to accept these terms so easily? The immortal zoysia was rather taken back by how readily willing Han Li was to accept these conditions.

Do you have a better suggestion, then? Han Li asked with a faint smile on his face.

No, its just that I thought even if you were going to agree, youd have to think about it for quite a while, the immortal zoysia explained.

Theres nothing much for me to think about. In all honesty, being able to capture you was you was a pleasant surprise in itself, so theres no need for me to be greedy and overthink things, Han Li said in a meaningful manner.

The immortal zoysias expression changed slightly upon hearing this, but it didnt say anything in response.

Alright, you can go ahead and unleash your soul splitting secret technique now. How much time will you require? Youre not going to tell me you need several decades or even a century, are you? Han Li asked.

Of course it wont take that long, but its not going to be a short time, either. I should be able to complete this secret technique within a year. However, during this time, you have to remove some of the restrictions on my body, the immortal zoysia replied in a serious manner.

A year, eh? Alright, I can give you that much time, and Ill remove most of the restrictions on your body. However, the restrictions that remain on your body will be quite nasty, so Id advise you not to think about running away. Of course, if you can still get away under these circumstances, then Id have no one but myself to blame, Han Li said in a calm manner.

Prior to being captured by you, my past injuries were already flaring up, and Im only just barely holding myself together now, where will I get the extra energy to try and escape? the immortal zoysia lamented with a wry smile.

Han Li chuckled upon hearing this and didnt offer a reply. He then suddenly flicked a finger, and two spirit flowers, one golden and one silver, flew out of his sleeve.

The immortal zoysia immediately focused his gaze on these two spirit flowers to find that one was a golden beetle, while the other was a miniature silver Fire Raven. Each of them was around the size of a human thumb, and they resembled intricate ornaments that had been forged from actual silver and gold.

The silver Fire Raven didnt evoke much of a reaction from the immortal zoysia, but as soon as it caught sight of the golden beetle, its expression changed drastically as it exclaimed, Gold Devouring Beetle!

Oh? You recognize this spirit insect? Hehe, in that case, Im sure you wont try to escape now, Han Li chuckled as he raised a hand and pointed a finger at the golden beetle and the silver bird.

The two creatures immediately hovered over to the immortal zoysia at his behest.

The immortal zoysias expression changed several times in quick succession upon seeing this.

It was naturally aware of just how fearsome Gold Devouring Beetles, and this was one was a mature beetle as well. If it werent for the fact that its body had been completely restricted, it wouldve most likely fled for its life already.

Han Li hadnt explained what the fiery silver bird was, but for it to have been released alongside the Gold Devouring Beetles suggested that it was clearly quite a terrifying creature as well.

The two creatures drifted over to the immortal zoysias mouth, and it hesitated momentarily before gritting its teeth, then opening its mouth, upon which both of the creatures disappeared into its body at once. Han Li smiled upon seeing this before making a grabbing motion toward the immortal zoysia. Several tens of silver threads instantly flew out of its body before disappearing up his sleeve in a flash.

Immediately thereafter, Han Li began to chant something, and a swath of colorful light also emerged from the immortal zoysias body, then formed a series of five-colored talismans that disappeared into thin air.

Silver light flashed through the immortal zoysias eyes upon seeing this, and brilliant purple light suddenly began emanating from its body. Meanwhile, the green light radiating from its face dimmed significantly, and its four root-like limbs transformed into normal human limbs amid a flash of purple light.

Tsk tsk, as expected of a spirit being of your caliber, even after sustaining such severe injuries, you were still able to recover to such an extent on your own. Han Li clicked his tongue in wonder.

You have a medicine garden in here, right? Let me take root in your medicine garden. In doing so, Ill be able to draw upon the spiritual Qi released by the spirit medicines nearby to accelerate the completion of my soul splitting secret technique, the immortal zoysia asked.

Of course I do. Come with me, Han Li replied with a nod.

This was what he was going to propose anyway as getting the immortal zoysia to stay in the medicine garden would mean that Doll would be able to constantly keep an eye on it. In any case, this immortal zoysia didnt possess a powerful cultivation base. On top of that, it was severely injured and the cave abode had powerful restrictions set on it, so Dolls early-Spatial Tempering Stage power should be more than enough to keep it in check.

With that in mind, Han Li rose to his feet before sweeping an arm through the air. A burst of azure light flashed past, clearing away all of the containers on the ground.

At the same time, a burst of white light flashed from the surface of the stone door, and it swung open on its own.

Han Li immediately made his way out of the secret chamber, and after a brief hesitation, the immortal zoysia followed.

As soon as he emerged from the secret chamber, he was met by a completely expressionless woman standing outside with faint glacial Qi emanating from her body. This was none other than the sentient puppet, Doll, that Han Li had summoned using his spiritual sense.

Doll extended a respectful bow toward Han Li before standing up straight in a wooden manner again.

Han Li nodded and didnt say anything as he made his way toward the medicine garden.

Seeing as how rare cave abodes were in Cloud City, Han Li medicine garden naturally wasnt very large, it was only around 2,000 to 3,000 feet in size.

However, as the immortal zoysia followed him into the medicine garden, a pleased look appeared on its face as it remarked, Not bad. The place isnt very big, but the spiritual Qi here is very rich, youve picked a good place, Fellow Daoist.

Hehe, its not that Ive picked a good place, the abundance of spiritual Qi is pretty much the same all over this entire spirit mountain. You can find any place you like to take root in, Han Li replied with a nonchalant chuckle.

Is that so? Then dont mind if I do. The immortal zoysia nodded before its body swayed, and it entered the medicine garden ahead of Han Li.

A faint smile appeared on Han Lis face as he also entered the garden in an unhurried manner, followed closely by Doll.

As the immortal zoysia walked through the medicine garden, it scanned its gaze through the surrounding area, and a hint of surprise appeared on its face.

Setting aside how precious the spirit medicines in this garden were, close to half of them were over 10,000 years old, and among the remaining spirit medicines, many of them were still over 1,000 years old or even several thousand years old.

The entire medicine garden was filled with all types of rich medicinal aromas, and if a mortal were to stay in here for even a short while, it was quite possible that all of their existing ailments would be completely alleviated.

The immortal zoysia was quite stunned by this, and it was immediately tempted to examine the entire medicine garden. As such, even after crossing through the center of the garden, it still continued onward.

Han Li merely followed along behind it in an expressionless manner.

As aforementioned, the medicine garden wasnt very large, and moments later, the immortal zoysia was close to reaching its conclusion.

Right at this moment, a white shadow flashed, and a creature that was around half a foot in size suddenly jumped out of a patch of spirit medicines nearby.

It then began to skip toward another direction, and the immortal zoysia was quite intrigued to find that this was a large snowy-white rabbit.

It was none other than the Rabbit manifested by the soul of Han Lis Ninecurl Spirit Ginseng.

All of a sudden, the immortal zoysia seemed to have realized what this rabbit was, and an expression of shock and elation appeared on its face as it exclaimed, Whats this? frewebnol.com

Why do you seem so surprised, Fellow Daoist? Have you not seen other spirit medicines like you that have manifested sentient forms? Han Li was rather taken aback by its vehement reaction.

Of course not. Spirit medicines like me have so many natural predators and were almost completely defenseless against them. Even among tens of thousands of spirit medicines, its hard to say if even one will reach the stage where it attains sentience, the immortal zoysia hurriedly replied before rushing off in pursuit of the white rabbit.

After walking for just over 100 feet, the immortal zoysia arrived at a secluded place within the medicine garden, and it was also the spot where the Ninecurl Spirit Ginseng was situated.

The white rabbit that was manifested from its soul was currently sitting at the foot of the plant, nibbling on a large root that it had dug out somewhere from the medicine garden. At the sight of Han Li and the others, the rabbit merely cast an errant glance toward them with its ruby-like eyes, then continued to nibble on its food as if there were no one around.

Thinking back to how terrified of him it had once been, Han Li couldnt help but chuckle at the contrast in its past and current demeanors.

Following that experiment hed just conducted, he no longer had any doubts about the information in the jade badge, so he could only allow the Weeping Soul Beast to slowly absorb the true Kirin essence.

The Weeping Soul Beast was his spirit beast, so if it could experience a drastic enhancement in power after absorbing the true Kirin essence, then that was naturally worthy of celebration as well.

At the very least, it was much better than having the true Kirin essence appear several hundred years from now, then fall into someone elses hands.

With that in mind, Han Lis mental state gradually reverted back to tranquility after the emotional rollercoaster of elation followed by dejection that hed just gone through.

Thus, he stowed the Weeping Soul Beast away into his spirit beast bracelet, then flipped a hand over to produce an ordinary-looking azure jade vial.

The vial seemed to be quite mundane and nondescript, but it was shimmering with faint azure light, and there were several restriction talismans plastered over its opening.

Han Li tossed the vial into the air before rustling a sleeve, and a dozen or so formation flags flew up into the air from within.

He then began to chant something before pointing a finger at the formation flags, and they all vanished into thin air as a dozen or so streaks of lights of different colors.

A faint yellow light barrier appeared within the secret chamber, and there were runes of different sizes hovering all over its surface.

Han Li had set up a small formation that had also encapsulated himself within it.

After doing all that, he blew gently toward the azure jade vial, and a gentle breeze swept forth.

The restriction talismans plastered over the opening of the vial were all removed by the gentle breeze, and a burst of faint spiritual light could be seen shimmering inside the vial. Han Li raised a hand and made a grabbing motion toward the jade vial, tipping it upside-down to release a strange colorful object.

This was a humanoid object that was around several inches in size, but it was completely motionless, as if it were a miniature colorful humanoid puppet.

Even though the puppet-like object wasnt moving at all, Han Li still didnt dare to get complacent. He began to chant something before casting several incantation seals toward it in quick succession.

Spiritual lights of different colors flashed from all over the humanoid puppets body, following which it swelled drastically in size, reverting back to its original form in just a few flashes.

This was a humanoid creature that was around 20 feet tall with a vibrant green face, but limbs that consisted of four purple roots.

It was none other than the immortal zoysia that Han Li had unintentionally run into in the Golden Devil Mountain Ranges.

At this moment, there were runes of different colors all over its body, and it had been completely restricted. Its eyes were tightly shut, and it seemed to have entered a deep slumber.

Han Lis eyes narrowed slightly as he appraised this immortal zoysia with an intrigued look on his face.

It was no wonder that he was displaying such a reaction.

Han Li had witnessed spirit medicines that had taken on sentient forms in the past, and his own Ninecurl Spirit Ginseng had even manifested an extremely life-like white rabbit.

However, this immortal zoysia had manifested its entire body into an alternative form, and it was a humanoid form. This was not something that a spirit medicine of the Ninecurl Spirit Ginsengs caliber could compare with.

Even so, he didnt immediately awaken this immortal zoysia. Instead, he flicked a finger, and a thin streak of sword Qi shot forth from within his sleeve before circling around one of the immortal zoysias purple root-like limbs.

Azure light flashed, and a small gash was immediately inflicted onto the limb. A few drops of white liquid dripped out of the small gash, and a rich medicinal aroma wafted throughout the entire chamber.

Han Lis eyes lit up as he raised his other hand to hurl forth a thumb-sized vial that hed already prepared in advance.

At the same time, he opened his mouth to expel a burst of azure light, and the azure light swept up the drops of white liquid dripping down from the immortal zoysias limb, then carried the liquid into the small vial without wasting even a single drop.

At this moment, faint purple light flashed from the immortal zoysias limb, and the gash instantly healed as if it had never existed at all.

However, Han Li seemed to have anticipated that this would happen, and he wasnt surprised to see this.

After that, he raised a hand, and a burst of invisible power drew the small vial containing the white liquid into his grasp, and he held the vial under his nose before taking a whiff.

What pure spiritual power! Han Li murmured to himself, and despite what he was saying, he didnt actually seem to be overly surprised.

Meanwhile, he made a grabbing motion with his other hand, and a ball of silver light surfaced over his other palm, and the ball of light transformed into a round bowl that was around half a foot in size in a flash.

The surface of the object was shimmering with silver light, and there were extremely beautiful and intricate patterns engraved onto it, thereby indicating that it was no ordinary bowl. Han Li tipped the small vial into the bowl without any hesitation, and a drop of white spirit liquid dripped out from within.

After that, Han Li swept a sleeve toward the ground, and his storage bracelet flew out from within before expelling a swath of light.

As the light swept along the ground, a series of boxes, vials, and other containers of different shapes and sizes appeared.

Han Li swept his gaze through the line of containers before making a grabbing motion toward one of the jade boxes.

The lid of the box flew off of its own accord, following which a thin stream of blue spirit liquid flew out from within before landing in the silver bowl.

In the next instant, another vial rose into the air and also flew directly toward the silver bowl.

Almost eight hours later, the entire secret chamber was filled with a rich medicinal aroma, and Han Li had blue light flashing through his eyes as he inspected the silver bowl in his hand in a completely motionless manner, as if he were completely absorbed by its contents.

After a long while, a wry chuckled sounded inside the secret chamber, and silver light flashed from Han Lis hand as the bowl abruptly disappeared.

Looks like this immortal zoysias spirit blood can serve as quite an extraordinary pill refinement ingredient, but that alone definitely doesnt make it worthy of so much interest to a Body Integration Stage being, so it looks like it must have some kind of alternative use, Han Li murmured to himself with a contemplative look on his face.

As soon as his voice fell, he turned his attention to the immobilized immortal zoysia again.

He stroked his chin for a moment before suddenly flicking his 10 fingers in quick succession, and several tens of silver threads shot forth before disappearing into the immortal zoysias body in a flash.

After that, Han Li withdrew his hands into his sleeves again and silently appraised the immortal zoysia.

Moments later, a faint layer of purple light suddenly surfaced over the immortal zoysias body, and its eyelids fluttered before it slowly opened its eyes, upon which it immediately met Han Lis gaze.

Its eyes were of a faint green color, there was a piercing silver light shimmering with its pupils that created quite a peculiar sight to behold.

Looks like I was still captured after all. Can you tell me where this is? Much to Han Lis surprise, the immortal zoysia wasnt shocked or enraged in the slightest. Instead, it was speaking in a calm and collected manner, as if it were conversing with a normal stranger, rather than its captor.

A hint of a smile appeared on Han Lis face upon seeing this, and he truthfully replied, This is Cloud City, which is not far away from the Golden Devil Mountain Ranges. Looks like you mustve attained intelligence long ago for you to still be so calm in this situation.

The immortal zoysia was silent for a moment before replying, What can I do aside from remain calm in this situation? If I beg for my life, would you release me?

Thats true. A spirit medicine like you that is able to manifest a human form is extremely rare, even in the context of the entire Spirit Realm, so of course I wont be releasing you, Han Li replied with a smile and a nod.

A hint of surprise flashed through the immortal zoysias eyes at the sight of Han Lis calm demeanor, but it then glanced at the limb that Han Li had inflicted a gash on earlier, and it harrumphed coldly before closing its eyes, seemingly not wanting to communicate with Han Li any further.

However, Han Li remained unfazed as he continued, Im quite curious, aside from using you as an ingredient to refine pills, what other purposes can you serve? There must be something else. Otherwise, there wouldnt be so many high-grade beings that are so desperate to capture you.

A hint of a derisive sneer appeared on the immortal zoysias face upon hearing this, but its mouth remained firmly shut.

Seeing as youve attained sentience and intelligence, you must have a soul already, you wouldnt want me to use a soul search technique, would you? Han Li sighed.

A soul search technique? If you think you can get the information you want by using such a technique, then be my guest, the immortal zoysia chuckled coldly.

Han Lis brows furrowed slightly upon hearing this.

In the Spirit Realm, there werent many soul locking secret techniques like the one enclosed within the Provenance True Devil Arts, but there certainly wasnt a shortage of such secret techniques, either. This immortal zoysia clearly lived for countless years, so it wasnt all that surprising that it had mastered such a technique.

Even as these thoughts ran through his mind, his expression remained completely unchanged, so it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Its alright if you dont tell me. After all, I can refine some top-grade pills using your body as an ingredient anyway. However, from what Ive heard, the souls of spirit beings like you are very useful to some cultivators who are using certain special cultivation arts and secret techniques. I dont know how many years it took you to develop such a high level of intelligence, but if I were to hand you over to one of those aforementioned cultivators, all of your efforts would go to waste, Han Li suddenly mused.

Youre threatening me! The immortal zoysia shuddered slightly before opening its eyes with a cold expression on its face.

I wouldnt call that a threat. Its just that I took a great risk venturing into the Golden Devil Mountain Ranges, and I certainly dont want the risk Ive taken to be all for nothing, Han Li chuckled in a completely emotionless manner.

A cold silver light flashed through the immortal zoysias eyes, and it asked, If I tell you, will you release my soul? How are you going to make me believe you?

Releasing your soul is naturally out of the question. It would be troublesome for me if you were to possess someone and seek revenge on me or be captured by someone else and reveal to them information about me. However, I can give you a final release so you can be reincarnated again someday. As for whether you believe me or not, do you have any other choice? Han Li said with a smile.

According to the information hed gleaned from the jade badge, this so-called true Kirin essence did indeed exist, and it was formed by the wisp of chaotic Qi that appeared during the birth of true spirit beings.

If a normal being were to devour it, theyd experience incredible benefits.

The essence wouldnt be able to allow one to evolve into a true spirit being, but it could completely transform their bodies and drastically enhance their cultivation bases. It was quite possible that Spatial Tempering Stage beings that devoured it could progress straight to the Body Integration Stage.

Taking into account how rare true spirit beings were in the Spirit Realm, this type of true spirit essence was naturally also exceedingly scarce.

Furthermore, some of this true spirit essence had been tracked down and used up by powerful beings from various races already, so this substance was even rarer than true spirit beings themselves in the Spirit Realm.

According to the information in the jade badge, true spirit essence originally existed in a gaseous form, but due to the fact that the substance contained a vast quantity of essential power, it was impossible for living beings to refine it in a short time following consumption. As such, after a certain period of time, the true spirit essence would form crystalline particles within the body of the living being that had consumed it.

These particles contained true spirit level essential power, and depending on the constitutions of their consumers, it would take several decades to several centuries before it could be truly refined.

Han Li was quite ecstatic after reading through this part, but the rest of the information in the jade badge was like a bucket of cold water to the head.

It was said that after transforming into crystalline particles, the true spirit essence wouldve been completely assimilated by the consumer already, so there was no way for anyone else to absorb and refine it.

If someone other than the original consumer were to try and forcibly absorb the essential power within these particles, the particles would simply disintegrate and return to heaven and earth.

There was even an additional note which stated that this type of assimilation was extremely complete, meaning that there was no way to reverse it, and a warning had been enclosed to those who had obtained this essential power to keep that in mind.

Han Li was naturally completely distraught upon seeing this.

He stared blankly at the particle that had drifted out of the small vial, and a complex look appeared in his eyes.

After a long while, Han Li finally came to a decision. The information in this jade badge may not necessarily be accurate, I have to give this a try for myself no matter what.

Thus, he made a hand seal with one hand while pointing a finger at the translucent particle, and an azure thread shot forth before encompassing the particle in a flash.

Han Li then cast several incantation seals into the azure thread, and the particle within it began to change into different colors.

In the beginning, it was completely transparent, but it then took on a faint red hue before darkening to an inky-black color. In the end, it turned into a shimmering golden color after a flash of spiritual light.

Han Lis eyes narrowed upon seeing this, and he immediately switched to another hand seal.

Many runes then emerged in the air surrounding the golden particle, and they instantly formed a miniature formation with the particle at its very center.

After that, Han Li opened his mouth to blast forth a stream of azure nascent flames, which disappeared into the miniature formation in a flash.

A dull thump rang out as all of the runes in the formation began to glow with dazzling light, and the azure nascent flames easily combined as one with the formation.

In the next instant, wisps of azure flames appeared all over the formation, enveloping the golden particle and commencing the refinement process.

Initially, the particle remained completely motionless, but as time gradually passed, the golden light on its surface began to waver, and it became brighter and brighter as a low buzzing sound rang out.

Han Lis heart sank upon seeing this, and before he had a chance to switch to another hand seal, a dull thump erupted from within the formation.

The golden particle abruptly disappeared, and an egg-sized cloud of golden mist appeared in its place.

The mist swirled around as an astonishing boom akin to a thunderclap rang out from within, following which it swelled drastically to around 10 feet in size, and it was only continuing to expand.

The azure flames around it were instantly torn apart, and the golden mist was flashing erratically, clearly having completely lost control and was about to explode at any moment.

Han Lis expression changed drastically as he thought of the fearsome power imbued within the particle, and one of his hands suddenly turned inky-black as he made a grabbing motion toward the particle.

Grey light erupted from his fingertips, forming a grey light barrier that enshrouded the golden mist within it in a flash.

Immediately thereafter, a dull rumbling sound rang out as golden and grey light intertwined with one another.

The Divine Essencefused Light then began to flash erratically as if it were about to be blown apart any moment, and it was completely unable to repress the power of the golden mist.

A fearful expression flashed through Han Lis eyes as his body hurtled backward in retreat toward a corner of the secret chamber. At the same time, he swept a sleeve through the air, and a small crystalline shield appeared up ahead.

The shield swelled to several tens of feet in size in a flash, and almost as soon as Han Li had adopted all of these measures, the Divine Essencefused Light finally exploded as countless beams of golden light erupted forth from within.

Han Lis heart immediately sank upon seeing this, and he instantly poured forth as much magic power as he could into the giant shield before him.

At the same time, golden light flashed from his body, and golden scales appeared all over his skin.

He had no choice but to withstand the force of this explosion, and as for whether his secret chamber or even his entire cave abode could remain intact in the aftermath, that was something that was known only to the heavens.

However, an unexpected scene then ensued.

After breaking through the grey light barrier, the golden mist didnt continue to swell or explode. Instead, it abruptly surged upward as a pillar of golden light, piercing through the restriction and the ceiling like a hot knife through butter.

A passageway with a radius of around half a foot was punctured into the ceiling in the blink of an eye, and the golden pillar of light disappeared in a flash.

Han Li looked up with an astonished expression on his face to find that there was sunlight shining into the secret chamber from the hole in the ceiling. Immediately thereafter, an earth-shattering explosion rang out in the air above, and all of the worlds origin Qi around the entire mountain began to surge and churn violently.

Han Lis lips twitched as he raised a hand to cast a white incantation seal into the hole on the ceiling, and the hole began to seal over at a rapid rate amid flashes of white light, completely recovering in the blink of an eye.

After that, Han Li flew out of the secret chamber as a streak of azure light, and he appeared in the air above his cave abode after just a few flashes. He raised his head to look up into the sky, and his brows furrowed slightly at the sight that he was greeted by.

In the air above, bursts of fierce golden winds were howling through the sky.

Below these gusts of golden winds, countless specks of five-colored light had appeared, and they were converging from all directions, creating quite an extraordinary spectacle to behold.

Han Lis facial muscles convulsed spasmodically upon seeing this.

Thank heavens he hadnt swallowed the particle to refine it in his stomach. Otherwise, he wouldve most likely been blown up into smithereens already.

Of course, such a massive commotion naturally alerted the other cultivators residing on the spirit mountain as well.

Thus, spiritual light flashed all over the mountain, and many beings emerged one after another. Some banded together with their acquaintances, and all of them were pointing up at the phenomenon taking place up above while conversing spiritedly with one another.

Han Lis brows furrowed as he also appraised the gusts of fierce golden winds from down below, scrambling to think of a good excuse to explain the situation if someone were to arrive and investigate the situation.

Right at this moment, a burst of hearty laughter suddenly rang out from a certain part of the spirit mountain.

Haha, whos experimenting with a new secret technique here? To think theyd gathered so much of the worlds origin Qi, and of such a high purity as well. Im refining a treasure that requires a vast amount of the worlds origin Qi as a catalyst, so this will save me a lot of trouble.

As soon as the voice trailed off, a streak of crimson light shot forth from down below before plunging headfirst into the golden winds up above.

All of a sudden, scorching flames erupted for around ten feet out of the streak of crimson light, forming a crimson fire wyrm that was over 100 feet in length.

The fiery wyrm expelled a vast expanse of shimmering red light out of its mouth with a loud rumbling boom, and the astonishing golden winds in the sky were all completely swept away by this red light in just the span of a few breaths.

At this point, the crimson wyrm had already swelled to over 200 feet in length, and a burst of raucous laughter rant out as it transformed into a humanoid figure that was around 10 feet tall amid a flash of red light.

The humanoid figure appeared to be an elderly man in his sixties with a set of rough facial features and a head of white hair. The man wore a set of purple robes, and was appraising an item in his hand with a delighted look on his face.

This was a crimson gourd that was around half a foot tall, and there were two shimmering red images engraved on its surface, one of which was a ball of flames, while other was a ferocious looking wyrm. The image of the wyrm was completely identical to the fiery wyrm that had just appeared.

What? Its Eccentric Xu!

When did that old monster come back?

He seems to be even more powerful than he was before.

A stir ran through many of the foreign beings down below at the sight of the purple-robed man, and many of them seemed to recognize him.

Han Li faltered slightly upon seeing this before sweeping his spiritual sense toward the elderly man to find that this was a late-Spatial Tempering Stage being.

On a spirit mountain where no Body Integration Stage beings resided, a being of his cultivation base was indeed quite formidable. However, a cultivation base of this caliber wasnt enough to draw such wary reactions from all of the Spatial Tempering Stage beings present, so Han Li was feeling a little perplexed.

However, seeing as the phenomenon created by this essential particle had been cleared away without attracting too much attention, Han Li naturally heaved a sigh of relief.

Thus, he returned to his cave abode as a streak of azure light.

Upon his return, he repaired the damaged restriction in his secret chamber, then sat down in a cross-legged manner again.

He raised a hand, and a swath of black light surged forth from within his sleeve as the Weeping Soul Beast appeared before him again.

Han Li stared blankly at the beast for a long while before finally heaving a faint sigh.

Even if he couldnt gather all five mountains, refining just two or three of those mountains could still help him resist the power of his future lightning tribulations.

At present, he was already a Spatial Tempering Stage cultivator, so he had to transcend a major heavenly tribulation once every 3,000 years.

The time period in between tribulations appeared to have been extended, but major heavenly tribulations were far more devastating than the minor heavenly tribulations that Deity Transformation and Nascent Soul cultivators had to deal with. For most Spatial Tempering cultivators, they could generally safely transcend their first major heavenly tribulation, but the death began to spike with each successive major heavenly tribulation.

Those who could reach their fourth or fifth major heavenly tribulations were all old monsters who had lived for over 10,000 years, but even among them, there were only 20% to 30% of beings who would be able to transcend those tribulations.

As for the major heavenly tribulations after the fifth one, the death rate exceeded 70% to 80%.

It was said that ever since the human race had appeared in the Spirit Realm, there had been no Spatial Tempering cultivators that had managed to transcend nine major heavenly tribulations.

All beings who had transcended nine or more major heavenly tribulations were all cultivators at the Body Integration Stage or above. Even Spatial Tempering Stage beings who were far more powerful than other beings of the same cultivation base would undoubtedly perish if they couldnt reach the Body Integration Stage prior to their ninth major heavenly tribulation.

Of course, this was only applicable to human cultivators. As for metamorphosis stage demonic cultivators, their situation was quite similar to that of the human race when it came to heavenly tribulations. However, due to the differences in lifespans, cultivation arts used, and inherent aptitude among beings of different races, the intervals between heavenly tribulations and how devastating these tribulations were differed drastically.

It was said that for foreign beings that were inherently far more powerful than humans, their tribulations would only arrive once every 10,000 years, but the ferocity of these tribulations also far exceeded that of heavenly tribulations experienced by human cultivators. There were also some beings with far shorter lifespans than even humans, and their heavenly tribulations arrived once every few decades. Needless to say, these heavenly tribulations were far less devastating than those experienced by human cultivators.

After reaching the Body Integration Stage, each major heavenly tribulation became far more perilous than compared to Spatial Tempering Stage tribulations. Each major heavenly tribulation at that point was essentially a trial of life and death, and those who didnt pass would perish, while those who did would survive and experience slight boosts in their cultivation bases.

There were even some special cases where beings had broken through their bottlenecks during lightning tribulations.

As such, beings at the Body Integration Stage or above very rarely showed themselves unless there were extremely important matters they had to attend to. Almost all of their time was dedicated to cultivation and making preparations for their next trial of life and death.

Of course, major heavenly tribulations didnt consist entirely of lightning tribulations, but one thing was for certain, lightning tribulations were included in and were the main constituents of all major heavenly tribulations.

As such, the Integrated Five Extremes Mountains ability to buffer the power of lightning tribulations was naturally extremely useful. If he could refine such a treasure, hed essentially be significantly increasing his chances of successfully transcending future tribulations.

However, aside from the Divine Essencefused Mountain that he possessed already, Han Li had no idea where he could find the other four mountains.

Furthermore, aside from those four immensely powerful mountains, all of the secondary materials that had to be infused into these mountains were also extremely rare. Some of them were materials that Han Li had only ever heard of, yet never seen before, and that was quite disheartening to him.

After contemplating this matter in his secret chamber for a long while, Han Lis expression gradually eased. He glanced at the jade page in his hand before flipping his other hand over to produce a jade box. He placed the jade page into the box, then plastered a few restriction talismans onto the box before stowing it away.

Even though he already had the refinement method, there was no guarantee whatsoever that hed come across any of other required mountains in the future.

As such, there was no point in becoming overly obsessed with this treasure as luck would most likely play a huge role in whether he could gather all of the required materials.

Having come to terms with this, Han Li sat in silence for a while longer before finally recovering to a completely placid mental state. After that, he rustled a sleeve, and a bracelet flew out from within.

Spiritual light radiated from the bracelet, and a ball of black light flew out from within before landing gently onto the ground.

Within the black light, there was a small black monkey that was huddled up into a motionless ball.

It was none other than the Weeping Soul Beast.

After suddenly putting on an extraordinary display of power to kill that cave spirit, which had been possessed by the soul fragment of the Heavenly Devilish Sovereign, the monkey had fallen unconscious, and was still yet to awaken.

Han Lis expression darkened slightly upon seeing this, and he made grabbing motion toward the small beast.

A burst of azure light surged forth from between his fingers, sweeping up the little monkey before drawing it to him.

Han Lis eyes narrowed as he inspected the monkey, and a series of translucent threads shot forth from his glabella before silently embedding themselves into the beasts body.

In order to ascertain the Weeping Soul Beasts current condition, Han Li had manifested threads with his spiritual sense in order to conduct a more thorough examination.

Thus, the crystalline threads disappeared into the small monkeys body, yet the Weeping Soul Beast displayed no reaction to this.

Meanwhile, Han Lis eyes were already half-closed as he began to inspect the beasts condition using those spiritual sense threads. After a long while, an incredulous look appeared on Han Lis face as he exclaimed, Impossible! How could something like this have happened?

Not only had the Weeping Soul Beast recovered all of the magic power it had lost, its body was a lot more powerful than before, and the magic power within its meridians had also become far more abundant. Furthermore, during the period in which he was conducting his inspection, the Weeping Soul Beasts body was still changing at a slow and steady rate.

Is it about to evolve again? Han Li appraised the little monkey with a perplexed look on his face. The Weeping Soul Beast hadnt devoured anything that would result in these changes, so where were these enhancements coming from? Could it be that all of this had something to do with the events that had unfolded in the Golden Devil Mountain Ranges?

Han Li was quite intrigued as he continued to inject more of his spiritual sense into the Weeping Soul Beasts body, trying to make sense of its current condition.

All of a sudden, Han Lis expression changed slightly as he exclaimed, Wait, whats this? Im sure it didnt have this thing in its body before!

Deep within the Weeping Soul Beasts dantian, hed discovered countless transparent particles that were barely visible.

These particles were extremely discreet, and each of them was only around a tenth of the size of a grain of rice. They gave off no aura whatsoever, but theyd been completely enveloped by the Weeping Soul Beasts soul-devouring light, and it seemed that they were constantly being refined.

Upon witnessing this peculiar phenomenon, Han Li almost immediately thought back to when the Weeping Soul Beast had slain the cave spirit, then devoured its soul.

Could it be that these particles were formed by the soul of the cave spirit or stemmed from the Heavenly Devilish Sovereigns soul fragment?

If that were the case, why hadnt the Weeping Soul Beast ever had such a reaction to devouring other ghostly beings in the past? Could it be… All of a sudden, a thought occurred to Han Li, and his expression changed drastically.

He hurriedly manipulated one of the spiritual sense threads within the Weeping Soul Beasts body to wrap around one of the particles in its dantian, then immediately pulled the particle out of its body.

The particle that had been drawn out of the Weeping Soul Beasts body was barely visible, and the spiritual sense thread disappeared in a flash as Han Li pointed a finger at the particle in a solemn manner.

An azure thread shot forth from his fingertip, binding tightly onto the particle before drawing it right under Han Lis eyes.

Brilliant blue light erupted from within his pupils as he activated his Brightsight Spirit Eyes to their maximal extent, then appraised the particle with an intense unblinking gaze.

After a long while, Han Li exhaled as he flipped his hand over to produce a thumb-sized jade vial.

The azure thread swayed before carrying the translucent particle into the small vial, following which the vial disappeared in a flash.

After that, Han Li quickly swept a sleeve through the air, and the spirit beast bracelet that was hovering in mid-air expelled a burst of spiritual light, which drew the Weeping Soul Beast back into the bracelet.

Han Li then stowed the treasure away before rising to his feet and hurriedly departing from his secret chamber.

Almost as soon as he emerged from behind the stone door, Han Li transmitted an instruction to Doll, asking it to look after the cave abode. Immediately thereafter, he flew through the air as a streak of azure light, appearing outside his cave abode in mere moments.

He then quickly descended to the foot of the mountain before hailing a beast-drawn carriage and giving the driver an instruction to take him to the center of the city.

During the next dozen or so days, Han Li visited all of the shops in Cloud City in which tomes were being sold, and selectively purchased a large number of tomes that hed never paid any attention to in the past. These tomes covered a vast variety of topics, some of which detailed cultivation arts and secret techniques, while others were merely general books that introduced all types of strange objects and peculiar events.

After taking all of these tomes back to his cave abode, Han Li immediately began to read through them at an astonishing speed, as if he were trying to find something within them. After an entire night had passed, he emerged from the secret chamber with a disappointed look on his face. He then left his cave abode again and purchased another large batch of tomes from all over Cloud City.

Thus, five or six days passed by, and Han Li repeated this process day after day. The number of tomes that hed purchased and the number of spirit stones that hed spent on them had both reached astonishing sums.

However, after returning from another tome shopping spree, Han Li picked up an antiquated jade badge as he sat in his secret chamber, and as he swept his spiritual sense into the jade badge, an elated look suddenly appeared on his face.

I found it! True Kirin essence is indeed something that isnt very well known, but I knew there would be some records of it on some ancient tomes, Han Li murmured to himself before focusing his attention on the jade badge again.

Thus, Han Li sat in a stationary manner, seemingly completely absorbed by the jade badge in his hand.

After a long while, he heaved a long sigh before tossing the jade badge onto the ground with an extremely dejected look on his face.

How could this be? I cant believe I missed out on such a brilliant opportunity just like that! Han Li sighed in a forlorn manner.

He then flipped his hand over to produce the small vial that was carrying the translucent particle.

After removing the lid of the vial, the translucent particle slowly flew out from within before hovering above the vials opening. Han Li appraised the seemingly ordinary particle, and a wry smile appeared on his face.

One of them was shimmering with golden light, while the other was radiating a faint white glow.

These were none other than a blue bead and a white jade box. The two items hovered in mid-air in a stationary manner before him. Han Li raised a hand to draw the blue bead into his grasp to find that the object was translucent and extremely smooth, as if it were made from polished glass. The pure water-attribute spiritual Qi emanating from it seemed to indicate that it was a pure water-attribute treasure.

He held the bead in between two of his fingers and inspected it over and over again with his spiritual sense, as well as his spirit eyes.

After a long while, a thought suddenly occurred to him, and a peculiar look appeared on his face.

Could it be that legendary object? Han Li murmured to himself before azure light flashed from his two fingers, sending a burst of pure spiritual power into the bead.

Spiritual light swirled around the beads surface, and a burst of blue watery light erupted from it. Immediately thereafter, the blue light transformed into an extremely thin crystalline film of water that completely enshrouded Han Lis body within.

Han Lis expression changed slightly upon seeing this, and he immediately opened his mouth to blast forth a streak of azure light, which struck the water barrier in a flash.

Following a metallic clang, the azure light was repelled, and revealed to a small azure sword that was several inches in length.

It was as if the sword had struck an impenetrable fortress and was unable to leave so much as a single scratch on the water barrier. Considering how sharp and destructive his Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were, Han Li was naturally extremely surprised by this development. An incredulous look appeared on his face as he exclaimed, This is a Glazed Water Bead!

However, in the next instant, he recomposed himself before opening his mouth to swallow his azure sword again, then pointed a finger at the water barrier around him.

Red light flashed, and an egg-sized ball of crimson flames emerged from his fingertip before striking the water barrier in a soundless manner.

As soon as it came into contact with the barrier, the fireball was immediately extinguished without being able to unleash any of its power whatsoever.

Han Li raised an eyebrow as he swept a sleeve toward the water barrier, and a clear cry rang out as a silver and white Fire Raven emerged from within his sleeve.

The Spirit Engulfing Fire Raven flew in a circle around Han Li before spreading its wings and hurtling directly toward the water barrier.

Silver flames and blue light intertwined amid a dull thump, following which both sides tremored, and the Fire Raven was repelled.

It appeared that even his Spirit Engulfing Heavenly Flames wouldnt be able to do anything to this water barrier in a short time.

Theres no mistaking it, this really is a Glazed Water Bead! Han Li murmured to himself before sweeping his sleeve through the air again to stow the silver Fire Raven away. He then looked down at the bead in his hand with a scorching gaze in his eyes.

However, moments later, the fanaticism in his eyes gradually faded.

Its a pity that Im not using a water-attribute cultivation art, so Ill only be able to use this as a normal treasure. Otherwise, if I could refine this bead and slowly absorb it, Id be able to attain the legendary Glazed Water Body, Han Li sighed with an extremely disappointed look on his face.

If he were to attain the Glazed Water Body, hed be able to make significantly faster progress when using any water-attribute cultivation art. Furthermore, it was said that attaining the constitution could even allow him to master a certain water domain, which was imbued with the power of the laws of heaven and earth. This was a treasure that would be extremely sought after even to Body Integration Stage beings.

Han Li waved his hand, and the blue light emanating from the bead immediately faded. The water barrier nearby reverted back into a stream of watery light that was absorbed by the bead in his hand, and he sat on the spot with a contemplative look in his eyes.

All of a sudden, a thought seemed to have occurred to him, and his eyes immediately lit up. He made a hand seal with one hand, and a blurry white shadow flew forth from his waist before transforming into a white snake that was around a foot in length.

This was none other than the sentient puppet that Han Li had named Doll.

Due to the fact that this puppet only possessed Spatial Tempering Stage power, it wouldnt have been very useful during his battles in the Golden Devil Mountain Range, so Han Li hadnt summoned it this entire time.

After all, he valued this puppet more for its spiritual nature and its potential for further evolution, so he didnt want to damage it if at all avoidable.

With that in mind, Han Li began to chant something before pointing a finger at the puppet.

White light flashed from the snakes body, and it transformed into a beautiful woman.

The woman drifted down gently from up above while focusing ts gaze on Han Li. However, it was completely expressionless, and there was a burst of white glacial Qi emanating from its body, making it appear as if itd been entirely constructed from profound ice.

Han Li sensed the astonishing glacial Qi emanating from the womans body, then glanced at the blue bead in his hand with a hesitant look on his face.

Ice-attribute power stems from water-attribute power, I wonder if getting this ice-attribute sentient puppet to carry this Glazed Water Bead for extended periods of time would be beneficial in any way, Han Li murmured to himself.

After a brief hesitation, he finally made his decision, and he tossed the blue bead toward the puppet.

The Glazed Water Bead transformed into a ball of blue light that hurtled directly toward the woman, and before even reaching the puppet, a burst of extremely pure water-attribute spiritual Qi swept toward it.

Strangely enough, after coming into contact with this rich spiritual Qi, Dolls wooden expression suddenly stirred slightly, and it turned its attention away from Han Li, focusing its gaze intently on the oncoming bead instead.

All of a sudden, it opened its mouth to expel a burst of white light, which swept up the bead in a flash before drawing the bead into its mouth.

A layer of blue light suddenly surfaced over Dolls pale face, and its brows even furrowed slightly in a rather humanized display of discomfort.

However, its expression then quickly eased, and the blue light on its face disappeared as it reverted back to its wooden expressionless self.

Han Li was naturally appraising Doll this entire time, and he stroked his chin upon seeing this, but he wasnt overly disappointed.

Even if there were benefits to be reaped by Doll from the Glazed Water Bead, there was no way that these benefits would show themselves in a short time. Even so, he didnt immediately stow the sentient puppet away. Instead, he pointed at the stone door of his secret chamber, and ordered, I have to keep cultivating in seclusion, youre free to go anywhere in the cave abode, and you can look after my medicine garden in my stead.

The puppet didnt possess a high level of spiritual nature, but it was naturally able to comprehend such simple orders.

Furthermore, only by regularly keeping a sentient puppet around rather than storing it away somewhere could there be a possibility that its spiritual nature would develop over time, this was rather similar to nurturing spirit beasts.

Doll nodded silently before vanishing through the stone door in a wraith-like manner.

It appeared that the restriction Han Li had set up posed no impediment to it at all.

Han Li was just about to withdraw the restriction in order to allow Doll to leave, and his expression faltered upon seeing this. At the same time, he was beginning to look forward to seeing what this sentient puppet would become after tapping into its evolutionary potential.

After that, he cast his gaze toward the jade box that was hovering in mid-air.

There were several restriction talismans plastered all over the jade box, all of which were shimmering with spiritual light.

Han Lis brows furrowed slightly as he cast an incantation seal, which vanished into the jade box in a flash.

Spiritual light began to swirl around the surface of the box, following which the restriction talismans were peeled off in a soundless manner.

The lid of the box flew off of its own accord, and a ball of silver light shot forth from within before immediately flying away.

However, Han Li was already prepared for this scenario, and azure light flashed from his other hand as he made a grabbing motion.

The streak of silver light was instantly immobilized by a burst of immense invisible power, then forcibly drawn to Han Li and revealed itself to be a white jade badge.

There were many silver runes flashing all over the surface of the jade badge, and it was none other than the outer page of the Golden Jade Tome that Han Li had obtained from within the devilish apes crimson bed.

A tool refinement method known as the Profound Heavenly Tool Refinement Technique was recorded on this page. The methods enclosed all seemed to be far too extraordinary for Han Li to attempt at his current cultivation base, but he hadnt actually had a chance to take a good look at it.

Now that he was back in his cave abode, he naturally had to study it carefully to see if he could glean some useful insights from it.

Han Li grabbed onto the jade badge before pressing it against his forehead, then seeping his spiritual sense into it. After that, he closed his eyes, and his body fell completely still.

Time passed by slowly, and Han Li remained in this state for a remarkably long time.

After over half a day had passed, his body finally stirred slightly, and he opened his eyes to reveal a hint of residual shock deep within his pupils.

Integrated Five Extremes Mountain… I cant believe theres a refinement method that can fuse five top-grade Divine Spirit Treasures into one. Thats absolutely incredible! If this method is truly feasible, as long as I have enough time and money, I really could perhaps refine an artificial Profound Heavenly Treasure! But then again, its not very plausible to gather five top-grade Divine Spirit Treasures, even for an entire ordinary race. Refining five treasures of such a high caliber isnt very feasible, but if I can refine even two and fuse them together, the resulting treasure would still be unimaginably powerful, Han Li murmured to himself with a contemplative look on his face.

It turned out that in the final section of this Profound Heavenly Tool Refinement Technique, there were specific methods enclosed through which once could refine artificial Profound Heavenly Treasures. The other few methods all required materials that were either impossible to find in the Spirit Realm, like refined stars, or materials that Han Li had never even heard of.

Only the materials and refinement method required to refine this Integrated Five Extremes Mountain seemed to be viable in the Spirit Realm.

In order to use the refinement method, one had to at least be at the Body Integration Stage, and the materials required to refine this treasure were actual mountains.

Of course, they couldnt just be any mountain, they had to be mountains that possessed several rare attributes and special abilities.

The Divine Essencefused Mountain just so happened to be one of them.

Of course, the Divine Essencefused Mountain that he possessed still couldnt compare with the one that was stipulated on the jade page. He had to add many precious materials into it, then refine it using a special method for an extended period of time, which would significantly enhance the power of the mountain.

In any case, he possessed one of the main materials required to use this refinement method, which was why he was so tempted to explore it.

As for the other four mountains, one of them had to contain a vast amount of Greatnorth Essence Light, and the Greatnorth Essence Mountain fit that criterion.

Han Li held the jade badge in his hand and fell into deep thought again.

Han Li already had a Profound Heavenly Treasure and a damaged Profound Heavenly Treasure, so he shouldnt have been very interested in creating an artificial Profound Heavenly Treasure. However, one of the abilities of the Integrated Five Extremes Mountain was that it could nullify the power of lightning tribulations by close to half.

As soon as the azure flames came into contact with the devilish ape, the colorful light around its body was suddenly ignited, thereby plunging the dried corpse into a ball of scorching flames.

At this moment, Han Lis Nascent Soul also sat down in mid-air in a cross-legged manner, and it closed its eyes as it made a strange hand seal.

As for Han Lis physical body, it remained completely still as if it had entered a deep meditative state.

The azure flames burned for three days and three nights at the Nascent Souls behest. Even with Han Lis current cultivation base, he was still beginning to struggle on the final day, and the stream of azure flames became a little thinner.

Thankfully, the secret technique was finally completed at the conclusion of the third day.

An explosion rang out from within the azure flames, following which a plume of black smoke dispersed through the air. The devilish apes corpse, which had remained completely unchanged for three days prior to this, suddenly exploded into nothingness. In its place was a shimmering fist-sized ball that was hovering inside the azure flames.

The Nascent Soul opened its eyes and cast its gaze toward the shimmering object as a smile appeared on its face. At the same time, the stream of nascent flames erupting from its mouth ceased, following which the Nascent Soul vanished amid a flash of golden and azure light.

In the next instant, Han Lis physical body also opened its eyes before sweeping a sleeve through the air.

A swath of azure light swept forth, snuffing out all of the remaining nascent flames and revealing the object inside.

This was a crystalline object that was shimmering with crimson light. Han Li narrowed his eyes as he flicked a finger, and a concentrated blast of wind erupted forth before striking the crimson crystal.

The crystal shattered with a crisp crack, and a stream of extremely viscous dark red liquid flowed out from within.

As soon as the liquid was exposed to the air, it materialized into a miniature dark red monkey that was around half a foot tall.

The monkey let loose a loud cry, and a primordial aura that was quite startling even to Han Li erupted from its body. Immediately thereafter, dark red light flashed, and the miniature monkey disappeared into the distance.

However, a dull thump then immediately rang out from one of the walls of the secret chamber as the ball of red light crashed directly into it, only to be repelled by the power of the restriction.

The red light reverted back into its monkey form before immediately flying toward another direction like a headless fly.

However, Han Li was prepared this time, and he flipped a hand over to produce a thin jade vial amid a flash of white light.

He tossed the vial up into the air, and the opening of the vial aimed itself toward a certain direction with white light shimmering faintly within it.

A plume of white threads then shot forth out of the opening, ensnaring the miniature monkey in the air before drawing it back into the jade vial with ease.

Han Li then raised an arm and made a grabbing motion, drawing the jade vial into his grasp from afar.

He injected his spiritual sense into the vial, and an excited look flashed through his eyes moments later.

Brilliant! As expected, this really is the true spirit blood of the Giant Mountain Ape. To think that its of such a high degree of purity as well! If I were to refine it, the resulting transformation will be even more powerful than my Kun Peng transformation, Han Li murmured to himself in an elated manner. He then made a grabbing motion again, and two talismans, one golden and one silver, appeared in his grasp before being plastered onto the jade vial.

After that, he carefully stowed the jade vial away. Even though hed extracted the true spirit blood, he naturally couldnt refine it right away.

After blasting nascent flames at the devilish apes corpse for the past three days, hed expended a lot of magic power, so he had to rest and recover first.

After consuming some pills, he pulled out a pair of spirit stones from his storage bracelet before entering a meditative state.

A day later, he concluded his meditation, and his magic power had already fully recovered.

After basking in the renewed abundance of magic power in his body, he smiled as he flipped his hand over to summon a shimmering golden blade segment that was around half a foot in length.

This was naturally none other than the damaged Profound Heavenly Treasure hed obtained from the devilish ape. freewebnvel.co

Back when hed first obtained the treasure, he didnt get a chance to conduct an in-depth inspection, and he certainly wasnt going to bring out this treasure on the way back to Cloud City with Xian Xian by his side.

Thus, Han Li began to stroke the slightly bumpy patterns and runes on the surface of the blade segment, and a contemplative look appeared on his face.

He tried to inject his spiritual sense into it on several occasions, only to have his spiritual sense completely repelled by a mysterious force, just as what had happened when hed tried the same thing on the Profound Heavenly Fruit. At present, the treasure had no spiritual Qi within it whatsoever, and it looked like a piece of scrap metal.

However, it was none other than this nondescript blade segment that had unleashed devastating power. If it werent for the fact that the Profound Heavenly Fruit had been stimulated to become the Profound Heavenly Sword again, he most likely wouldve perished to this blade segment.

Thinking back to the astonishingly powerful attack it had unleashed, Han Li began to carefully inspect it using his Brightsight Spirit Eyes.

As expected, he was able to see directly into the blade segment using his spirit eye ability, but he wasnt able to find anything aside from countless tiny golden runes.

Han Li raised an eyebrow upon seeing this. He didnt know whether its interior had always been like this or if it had only become like this after hed injected the power of his projection into it.

However, he merely gave a nonchalant smile a moment later.

It didnt really matter to him what the blade segment had looked like in the past as long as he could use it as one of his trump cards.

Even though hed used the power of his true devil projection to fuel the Profound Heavenly Fruit during his battle against that devilish ape, thereby allowing him to unleash an attack without losing a vast amount of blood essence, the fact that close to half of his projections power had been absorbed by the sword was still quite a dire consequence that would take a long time to recover from.

Besides, the Profound Heavenly Fruit had sealed itself into his arm again, and he was still unable to summon it at will, so who knew if it would appear again the next time he found himself in a dire situation?

He didnt want to depend on such an unreliable trump card to save his life.

This trump card was indeed unfathomably powerful and had even saved his life on two occasions, but it was simply too much of a gamble to continue counting on it.

In comparison, this blade segment was significantly less powerful than the Profound Heavenly Sword, but it was exactly because of this that using it would expend much less energy, and it would most likely be something that he could use at will.

With that in mind, blue light swirled within Han Lis eyes, and he was planning to give this a try.

He tossed the golden blade segment into the air, then made a hand seal, and brilliant golden light radiated from his body as golden scales surfaced over his skin.

Immediately thereafter, a shimmering golden projection with three heads and six arms appeared behind him.

At first glance, it appeared that the projection seemed to have returned to its original size, but upon closer inspection, one would discover that its body was a lot more indistinct compared to in the past, and the golden light that it was emanating was also rather faint.

As soon as the Provenance True Devil Projection appeared, one of the arms reached out to grab onto the golden blade segment.

Han Li took a deep breath, and the projection up above began to glow with scintillating golden light at his behest. At the same time, countless specks of golden light appeared in mid-air nearby, instantly filling the entire secret chamber.

Han Li let loose a low cry upon seeing this, and the projection overhead instantly swung the golden blade segment gently through the air.

A piercing screeching rang out as all of the golden light around the projections body surged toward the blade segment in a frenzy. At the same time, the specks of golden light in the air tremored before forming a series of golden runes of different sizes.

These runes then also surged toward the blade segment as if theyd been summoned, then disappeared into it without a trace.

Thus, the entire blade segment was inundated by dazzling golden light, and the piercing screech also drew to an abrupt halt.

At this point, the projection had shrunk slightly in size.

In the next instant, the golden light around the blade segment, vanished, and the missing upper half of the blade returned, thereby temporarily repairing the weapon. Furthermore, three faint golden runes had also appeared over its surface.

Han Li looked up at the golden blade in the air, and he could sense the astonishing spiritual pressure emanating from it, as well as his magic power rapidly pouring out of his body, but a hint of elation appeared on his face.

As expected, he really could use his projection to control this treasure. Even though some of his spiritual power and the power of his projection had still been absorbed, the amount absorbed was within an acceptable range to Han Li.

All of a sudden, his eyes narrowed as he cast his gaze toward the three golden runes on the blade.

It was quite clear that these three runes were of the same type as the runes on the Profound Heavenly Sword.

This is golden seal text. As expected, this really is a Profound Heavenly Treasure, Han Li murmured to himself, but he wasnt overly surprised by this discovery.

However, he then suddenly seemed to have sensed something, and he abruptly turned his attention to his golden protection.

There, he discovered that even though the golden light emanating from the projection wasnt surging toward the blade as rapidly as it had in the past, there were still traces of it slowly injecting itself into the golden blade.

It appeared that once this damaged Profound Heavenly Treasure adopted its original form, it would constantly absorb the essential power of his projection.

Han Li was rather taken aback upon seeing this, and his brows furrowed as he immediately pointed a finger up at the projection.

The projection immediately released the golden blade from its grasp at his behest, following which its two sets of clear faces opened their mouths in unison, blasting forth gusts of golden winds that swept up the golden blade in a flash.

A resounding boom rang out as the upper half of the blade was swept away by the winds, disintegrating into specks of golden light, which flew back toward the projection.

After absorbing those specks of golden light, the projection swelled slightly and returned to its original size.

Meanwhile, the golden blade had reverted back to its incomplete form, and it fell straight down from above.

Han Li waved a hand toward it, and golden light flashed as the blade segment vanished into thin air.

This damaged Profound Heavenly Treasure was definitely powerful enough to be considered as a new trump card, so he naturally had to stow it away carefully.

Thus, Han Li had obtained two extremely precious treasures in a row, and he was naturally very pleased.

However, that wasnt the extent of the fruits that hed reaped from the Golden Devil Mountain Ranges.

After a brief pause, Han Li rustled a sleeve, and two more objects flew out from within before settling right in front of him.

Thus, Han Li returned to Cloud City and strode through the city gates. freewenovel.cm

Meanwhile, countless kilometers away, within a damp swap in the Golden Devil Mountain Ranges, there was a black-robed man with a dark and hideous face seated on a green rock with his legs crossed.

The man had his eyes closed, and as he slowly inhaled and exhaled, the black devilish Qi in the surrounding area swirled around him as if it possessed a mind of its own.

The man was clearly practicing some kind of mystical cultivation art, and he seemed to be completely absorbed in his cultivation.

After a long while, he took a deep breath and opened his mouth to devour all of the devilish Qi in the surrounding area, then opened his eyes with a content look on his face.

However, his expression immediately stiffened as he cast his gaze around him.

Around 10 feet away from him, there stood a woman in a long white dress. Her feet were bare and her black hair was swaying gently in the breeze as she appraised him with a smile on her face.

The woman wasnt exactly an ideal beauty. Her mouth was slightly too large to satisfy the image of a classical beauty, 1 but her eyes were as bright as stars, her nose appeared as if it had been chiseled out of the finest white jade, and her skin was as fair as snow. These captivating features made her far more alluring than the vast majority of beauties under the heavens.

After catching a clear glimpse of the woman, the man hurriedly rolled off his rocks and kowtowed as he greeted, Sacred Ancestor! Heie pays his respects to the Sacred Ancestor!

This man was none other than the Black Abyss Crocodile that had just progressed to the holy-grade not long ago.

Prior to this, hed caught up to the old man with the Yan surname and killed him, but failed to find the immortal zoysia. As such, he returned to the location that hed agreed to meet Ju Chu at, only to be later informed that the giant toad had been slain by Han Li.

It was completely flabbergasted by this news, but it had no choice but to leave in a dejected manner.

After that, he came to this place to cultivate and fortify his cultivation base, which had still been rather unstable following his breakthrough.

However, never would he have thought that the woman whom hed thought was still in slumber would suddenly decide to seek him out.

With her unfathomable powers, shed be able to kill him without even raising a single finger.

With that in mind, the devilish crocodile was completely petrified, and he didnt know whether this visit was going to spell disaster or fortune for him.

You may rise. Hmm, you really have progressed to the holy-grade. Not bad at all! Looks like Sister Ming Luo didnt feed you all those spirit medicines for nothing. With how much she was feeding you, it was only a matter of time before you reached this level unless you possessed extremely mediocre aptitude. Looks like youve also managed to activate the evil dragon bloodline within your body, the woman chuckled.

The mans expression changed drastically upon hearing this, and a wry smile appeared on his face as he said, You know about this as well, Sacred Ancestor?

Of course I do. Otherwise, Ming Luo wouldnt have fed you so much spirit medicine even if you were her favorite steed. Among all true spirit bloodlines, the evil dragon bloodline possesses the most potent devilish power. A mature and fully awakened evil dragon could even devour Heavenly Devilish Monarchs and are comparable to Heavenly Devilish Sovereigns. Youve only inherited the evil dragon bloodline, but I presume that your powers arent inferior to mid-holy-grade beings. Even if my three subordinates were to battle you one one one, they most likely wouldnt be able to defeat you, the woman said in a meaningful voice.

Youre far too kind, Sacred Ancestor, I cant compare with the likes of Fellow Daoist Xue Bi and Fellow Daoist Tie Mo, the man replied in an extremely modest manner, which was in stark contrast to his usual uncouth and arrogant mannerisms.

Sister Ming Luo disappeared during the war in the holy realm, and we were as close as sisters before her disappearance. Seeing as youve successfully made a breakthrough, you can follow me for now. Im preparing to go on a trip, you should make some preparations too. The woman changed the subject and cut straight to the chase.

Youre going to leave the Golden Devil Mountain Ranges? The man was quite stunned to hear this.

Indeed. Judging from your reaction, are you unwilling to accompany me?

The mans forehead was immediately drenched in cold sweat upon hearing this, and he hurriedly explained, Of course not! Being able to serve you by your side is a stroke of immense fortune for me, Sacred Ancestor!

The woman seemed to find the mans panicked expression quite amusing, and she smiled as she said, In that case, theres no need to prepare anything, just come with me.

Haha, Ive always been living alone, so I dont have anything to prepare anyway, the man laughed in a rather forced manner.

The woman chuckled upon hearing this, and she swept a sleeve through the air, sending a burst of pink light surging forth in all directions.

A peculiar fragrance instantly permeated through the air, and pink light enveloped the bodies of both the man and the woman.

After the pink spiritual light faded, both of them had already vanished.

The woman had unleashed her strange ability again to move herself and the man directly away from this place.

Back at the Dreamcloud Mountains of Cloud City, Han Li returned to his cave abode before immediately checking through all of the restrictions. After ascertaining that no one had infiltrated his cave abode during his absence, he slumped onto his bed and fell into a deep sleep.

Even though his journey to the Golden Devil Mountain Ranges hadnt been very long, it had been quite perilous. Not only had he expended a lot of magic power, he was also very exhausted, so he sorely required some rest and recuperation.

Thus, he slept for two days and two nights.

When he woke up again, he was completely energized and refreshed, and immediately got up before making his way toward his secret chamber.

He had reaped a lot of rewards from his recently concluded trip, and he had to sort through all of the treasures hed obtained.

Moments later, Han Li arrived in a secret chamber that was several hundred feet in size, and he swept a sleeve through the air toward the stone door. Not only did the door close at his behest, a layer of azure light emerged from the stone walls around him, encapsulating the entire secret chamber in an azure barrier.

After doing all that, Han Li sat down on the futon at the center of the chamber in a cross-legged manner, then stroked his chin as he fell into deep thought.

Moments later, he flicked his wrist, and a streak black light shot forth from within his sleeve before hovering in mid-air right in front of him.

It was none other than his storage bracelet.

Han Li pointed a finger at the bracelet, and a certain object emerged from within it amid a flash of black light.

The object fell onto the ground with an extremely heavy thump, and it was revealed to the mummified corpse of the holy-grade devilish ape.

There was a large hole in its dantian, but there was no blood flowing from the large puncture wound, thereby creating a rather peculiar sight to behold.

Han Li looked at the dried corpse, which was several tens of feet long, and a pleased look appeared on his face.

Hes already extracted the devilish core from the body of this devilish ape, and it seemed to have lost most of its blood essence, but its body was still extremely powerful. All of its bones, tendons, and ligaments were all extremely precious materials that could be used for tool refinement.

However, Han Li hadnt decided to take this corpse with him with tool refinement in mind. Instead, he wanted to extract the Giant Mountain Ape true blood contained within the devilish apes body.

Seeing as the corpse had already dried to this extent, he wasnt sure whether hed actually be able to extract any true spirit blood from it, but he could only try his best to do so.

For normal cultivators, extracting true spirit blood was quite a troublesome prospect. However, this was not an issue at all to Han Li, who had cultivated the 12 Awakening Transformations.

As long as the true spirit blood that he was trying to extract belonged to one of the 12 transformations, he would be able to use a secret technique that was enclosed within this cultivation art to forcibly extract true spirit blood out of a spirit beasts body.

Of course, the amount and the level of purity of the true spirit blood extracted hinged on how much of the true spirit beings bloodline the spirit beast in question had inherited, as well as how powerful the spirit beast was. After all, even if a spirit beast had only inherited an extremely small amount of a true spirit beings bloodline, they could increase the purity of the true spirit blood within their body through progressing in cultivation.

Among the true spirit bloods hed already obtained, the purest was naturally the Kun Peng true blood from the Tian Peng Race, while the true blood of the Five-colored Peacock was the one that hed obtained the largest quantity of.

On the other end of the spectrum, the true dragon and heavenly phoenix true spirits bloods were the ones that hed obtained the smallest quantity of.

Those two true spirit bloods were ones that hed only managed to obtain by chance, and theyd been extracted from the bodies of mere Deity Transformation cultivators from the two true spirit families, so the level of purity wasnt very high, either.

Among the true spirit beings, true dragons and heavenly phoenixes ranked well above the Kun Peng and the Five-colored Peacock, yet his transformations into the latter two beings were far more powerful than the former. Furthermore, among all of the information that Han Li had gleaned from the spiritual sense of the past grand elder of the Kun Peng Race, the information surrounding the Kun Peng transformation, as well as other bird-type transformations, had been far more extensive compared to other types of transformations.

As such, Han Li rarely ever used his true dragon and heavenly phoenix transformation, predominantly employing his Kun Peng and Five-colored Peacock transformations in battle instead.

The devil ape that Han Li had slain was a mid-Body Integration Stage being, so even if it barely had any blood essence left, the true spirit blood within its body was surely going to be of an extremely high purity.

As such, Han Li was naturally very much looking forward to this.

At this moment, Han Li already had his eyes closed, and he was chanting something while flicking his 10 fingers incessantly toward the massive corpse before him.

Incantation seals of different colors flew from his fingertips before disappearing into the corpse, and lights of different colors began to surface over its body.

At the same time, runes of different sizes began to emerge from the dried corpse, and as Han Lis chanting grew faster and faster, the entire corpse was enshrouded under a layer of light as if a vibrant colorful veil had been draped over it.

All of a sudden, Han Li opened his eyes, and yelled, Rise!

Spiritual light flashed all over the body, and it slowly rose up into the air.

A peculiar scene then ensued.

The veil of colorful light around the corpse abruptly tightened, and the light seemed to be imbued with incredibly immense power as it began crushing and compressing the body amid a string of cracks and pops.

From 40 to 30 feet down to 20 feet, then down to only around 10 feet in size…

Around 10 minutes later, the devilish apes corpse had been compressed down to around four feet in size.

A faint smile appeared on Han Lis face upon seeing this, and he laid a hand on top of his own head.

Golden and azure light abruptly flashed, following which a chubby Nascent Soul that was around three inches tall emerged.

As soon as it appeared, it focused its gaze on the devilish apes body, and a smile appeared on its face before it opened its mouth. A stream of azure flames that was around as thick as a human finger shot forth from within, traveling directly toward the devilish corpse.

1 In traditional Chinese beauty standards, a woman would ideally have a small mouth. The exact term used is which literally translates to small cherry mouth, so basically a small mouth with a pair of vibrant cherry-red lips

As such, Han Li found himself completely exposed before over 100 mid-grade and high-grade devilish beasts, and his expression instantly changed drastically.

He didnt know what kind of secret technique this colorful light was, but it had to quite extraordinary to have been able to nullify the effect of his invisibility talisman. Furthermore, how did that devilish beast even know that he was nearby?

However, before Han Li could ponder this issue any further, an even more unexpected event took place.

In the instant that his cover was blown, azure light flashed from several hundred feet away, following which another familiar slender figure also emerged out of thin air.

He focused his gaze in that direction to find that it was Xian Xian.

She had also been using some kind of profound concealment technique that had even managed to fool his Brightsight Spirit Eyes.

However, as she was exposed to all of these devilish beasts, her expression also changed drastically.

Han Li was extremely shocked by this development, and he immediately made a hand seal as a loud thunderclap erupted behind him, following which a pair of translucent wings appeared on his back.

Xian Xian also managed to quickly recompose herself before opening her mouth to expel a shimmering silver talisman.

Immediately thereafter, thunderous roars erupted from all directions as black devilish Qi erupted into the heavens before converging toward the center.

Over 100 mid-grade and high-grade devilish beasts had sprung into action at once, and their collective attack was naturally extremely powerful, so much so that even Body Integration Stage beings definitely wouldnt want to be struck by such a fierce assault.

Han Li drew in a sharp breath before flapping his wings, and his body shot forth as an azure and white thread before vanishing into thin air.

Meanwhile, Xian Xian plastered the silver talisman shed just summoned onto her body, and she also abruptly disappeared amid a flash of silver light.

The devilish Qi came crashing down from all sides, and in the next instant, an azure and white thread reappeared.

Immediately thereafter, Han Li emerged in front of the exit that was over 1,000 feet away, and he cast a final glance at the small five-colored beast before disappearing into the exit.

After that, Xian Xian also reappeared in front of the exit amid another flash of silver light. She turned to the devilish beasts behind her with a dainty smile before vanishing into the exit as well.

The black Qi in the air above dispersed, and over 100 devilish beasts appeared, all of which were staring at one another.

A streak of five-colored light flashed, and the five-colored beast appeared before all of its companions with a dark expression on its face. We let them get away.

Its all our fault for being so useless! the boar-like devilish beast grumbled in a frustrated manner.

Expressions of frustration and shame also appeared on the faces of all of the other high-grade devilish beasts nearby.

Dont be so hard on yourselves. Those two possessed extremely potent concealment techniques, and even I only managed to detect one of them, I had no idea that a second being was also in the area.

Are we going to keep ambushing others here, then? a certain high-grade devilish beast asked.

Of course. Even if we dont catch the right beings, we cant just go back empty-handed, the five-colored beast replied with a wry smile.

All of the other devilish beasts clearly agreed with this sentiment, and they dispersed before concealing themselves in the nearby area again.

…

Han Li was enshrouded within a ball of silver light as he flew through the air. Countless arcs of azure lighting were crashing down upon the ball of light that he was situated in, and there was another ball of silver light not far behind him that was also slowly advancing through the sea of lightning.

Several hours later, two balls of silver light emerged on the other side of the realm of lightning, following which the silver light faded to reveal a pair of giant silver umbrellas. Standing beneath the umbrellas were naturally none other than Han Li and Xian Xian.

Thank heavens we made it out of there. I really shot myself in the foot this time, not only did I fail to obtain the true Kirin essence, Ive also expended a lot of my magic power and treasures. On top of that, I also owe you an enormous debt, Fellow Daoist Han, Xian Xian sighed as she cast her gaze toward Han Li.

Theres no need to dwell on the negatives, Fairy Xian. So many mishaps occurred and we encountered far more high-grade devilish beasts than we expected, so were very fortunate to have even come out alive, Han Li consoled as a relieved smile appeared on his face.

Thats true. With so many high-grade devilish beasts hiding near the exit, there are most likely going to be very few beings that will emerge alive. In any case, thats none of our concern. Lets get out of here, Xian Xian heaved a long sigh as she cast her gaze back toward the restriction theyd just emerged from.

Han Li naturally nodded in agreement, and the two of them quickly sped into the mist up ahead.

Around two hours after theyd departed, white light suddenly flashed from another direction within the mist. Immediately thereafter, a streak of piercing white light shot forth before fading to reveal a humanoid figure.

This was a portly old man in a set of brocade robes, and he wore a concerned look on his face.

He hurriedly inspected his surroundings before murmuring to himself, Ive only been away for less than half a day, so surely I wouldnt be unlucky enough to have missed some people already. Im going to teach that madman a lesson once Ive taken care of the matters here. Hes well aware that I have some urgent matters to attend to, but he insisted on sparring with me so he could show off some new ability of his! Nothing good ever comes from meeting him! the elderly man grumbled to himself in a frustrated manner.

This was a Body Integration Stage being, and it was none other than the one who had offered the extravagant reward for the immortal zoysia.

He had been waiting here for several days already, and never would he have thought that he really had missed his target during the brief period of time that hed been away.

Perhaps it was simply Han Lis lucky day or perhaps the old man had been desperately unlucky.

After that, the old man made a hand seal, and his body gradually faded before vanishing into the mist.

Han Li was naturally unaware of the fact that hed unwittingly just saved himself from having to deal with a heap of trouble. Instead of returning to Lightning Cloud Town, they passed by it and continued to travel through the sea of mist.

Over half a day later, the two of them finally emerged from the sea of mist, and after flying for around a month further, the grand outline of Cloud City finally appeared on the horizon.

Only then did the two of them temporarily stop in mid-air.

Fairy Xian, in order to avoid being noticed, I think we should split up and enter the city separately, Han Li suggested in a calm manner.

Xian Xian contemplated his words momentarily before smiling as she proposed, Indeed, Brother Han, wed most likely attract some attention if we were to enter the city together. How about this? You enter the city first, and Ill follow along 15 minutes later.

No problem, Han Li agreed with a quick nod.

By the way, you can give the holy-grade devilish core to me before we part. In order to repair the suit of Heavenly Devilish Armor, I have to use a secret technique to refine the devilish core first. If you give it to me now, Ill be able to repair it as early as possible, Xian Xian continued with a smile.

Han Li smiled in response before immediately raising a hand, sending a jade box flying directly toward Xina Xian.

A hint of surprise flashed through Xian Xians eyes as she raised a hand to draw the jade box into her grasp. However, she didnt immediately take off the lid. Instead, she stared at Han Li momentarily before suddenly bursting into laughter.

You sure do trust me to be handing over such a precious treasure without even a second thought, Brother Han.

Hehe, its not a matter of trust, its just that Im sure youre smart enough not to do anything unwise just for a mere holy-grade devilish core, Han Li replied with an indifferent shake of his head.

In any case, Ill be sure not to betray your trust, Brother Han. You can come to my shop in half a month, and Ill have the repaired Heavenly Devilish Armor waiting for you, Xian Xian said with a smile.

Then Ill be thanking you in advance, Fairy Xian. Han Li also smiled upon hearing this.

After chatting for a while longer, Han Li cupped his fist in a salute and went on ahead.

He rose up in the air as a streak of azure light, and disappeared into the cloud mist up above in the blink of an eye.

Meanwhile, Xian Xian remained standing on the spot, casting her gaze toward the direction that Han Li had departed in, seemingly in deep thought about something.

Are you trying to befriend this person? A voice suddenly rang out from within her body.

Youre awake! Xian Xian was quite elated to hear this voice, and she immediately swept a sleeve through the air.

A ball of azure light instantly shot forth from within before transforming into a fist-sized Kirin projection. frewbovel.cm

The projection shook its head with a wry smile as it said, I already forced myself to awaken a few days ago, but Im in a severely depleted state after helping you unleash so many types of secret techniques, so I rested in silence for the past few days.

Our trip proved to be completely fruitless this time. Not only was the cave spirit possessed by a Heavenly Devilish Sovereign, even a being of the same nature as you arrived to foil our plans. If it werent for our good luck in some critical moments, we really couldve perished in there, Xian Xian sighed in a resigned manner.

Indeed. Its quite fortunate that that Han brat is far more powerful than we anticipated. Otherwise, we really wouldnt have been able to emerge from the Golden Devil Mountain Ranges alive. Are you planning to befriend him in order to prepare for our next trip to the true spirit cave? the Kirin projection asked.

The next time the true spirit cave appears will be many years later, and theres no point in thinking about something so far away. Even if I didnt take that into account, the fact of the matter is that this man seems to be no less powerful than a holy race being, so theres certainly no harm in trying to befriend him, Xian Xian said with a smile.

After a moment of contemplation, the Kirin projection nodded in response. Thats true. Such an astonishingly powerful seventh-tier upper race being could prove to be a powerful ally in the future.

I really at very disappointed that we expended so many treasures and took so many risks all for nothing, Xian Xian sighed in a gloomy manner.

The Kirin projection was silent for a long while before chuckling in a nonchalant manner, Hehe, theres no need for you to be so dejected. You wont be able to obtain the true Kirin essence for now, but that doesnt mean I dont have other ways to enhance your constitution and help you reach the holy race.

Xian Xian faltered slightly upon hearing this before an ecstatic look appeared on her face, and she asked, What? Do you know the location of a second true spirit cave?

Hehe, thats naturally impossible, but instead, I know the location of a set of ancient runes. That was a place where a vastly renowned pill refinement master had lived during ancient times… the Kirin projection began in a mysterious voice, and Xian Xian listened intently to its story.