A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality (Chapter 2001-Chapter 2248)

"As long as there are no issues with the spatial node, this shouldn't be an issue," Han Li replied.

"Senior Han, if you're willing to wait for a while longer, I'm sure the other major races will send more people into the Elder Devil Realm to investigate. After all, they also have Grand Ascension Stage beings that have disappeared in the Elder Devil Realm," Li Rong interjected.

"Hehe, even if that does happen, those people will only be concerned about the Grand Ascension Stage beings of their own races; no one will care about beings from small races like ours. Besides, those super races may have already sent more people into the Elder Devil Realm to investigate; I'm certainly not going to hold my breath and wait for them to go out of their way to report back to our two races," Han Li chuckled coldly in response.

Both Li Rong and Elder Luo fell silent upon hearing this.

A thought then seemed to occur to Han Li, and he said, "There's no need for you to be concerned; Brother Xie and Silvermoon will be accompanying me into the Elder Devil Realm, so I'll be able to ensure self-preservation. However, it would be unsafe to take Guo'er with me, so I'll have to get you to look after her."

"Rest assured, Senior Han; we'll take Fellow Daoist Zhu back with us to cultivate on the holy island following your departure," Elder Luo hurriedly replied with a respectful bow.

Zhu Guo'er pouted slightly with displeasure upon hearing this, but she didn't dare to raise any objections.

A faint smile appeared on Han Li's face, and his lips tremored slightly as he transmitted his voice toward Zhu Guo'er.

"It will take some more time for the entrance to the Small Spirit Sky to open up, so stay on the holy island and cultivate for now. After you make some progress, you'll be able to look after yourself once we find the Small Spirit Sky."

Zhu Guo'er's heart stirred slightly upon hearing this, and she immediately nodded in response.

As for Silvermoon, she was very concerned for Patriarch Ao Xiao's safety, so she was naturally more than willing to accompany Han Li into the Elder Devil Realm.

Thus, the jade ark continued onward, and after flying for around half a month, it arrived at a lush grassland.

After flying deeper into the grassland for two days and two nights, the ark stopped above the remains of a stronghold.

"This should be the place. There were once devilish troops situated here, but it's been abandoned for a long time," Elder Luo said after consulting a formation plate in his hand.

Han Li cast his gaze upward upon hearing this, and he discovered that there seemed to be nothing out of the ordinary with this place aside from a blanket of grey clouds in the sky.

All of a sudden, Han Li's expression changed slightly as he pointed a finger at his own glabella.

A third vertical eye quickly emerged there amid a burst of black Qi, and as soon as the eye was opened, it released a beam of black light that vanished high up in the air in a flash.

In the next instant, a burst of rumbling rang out within the grey clouds, followed by a burst of faint spatial fluctuations that was detected by everyone on the ark.

Elder Luo and the others were ecstatic to sense this, and Han Li nodded as he withdrew his third eye before sweeping a sleeve through the air.

Countless formation treasures immediately shot forth in all directions before vanishing into thin air amid flashes of light.

Moments later, Han Li rubbed his hands together before thrusting them downward, releasing a thick bolt of golden lightning that disappeared in a flash.

In the next instant, a rumbling thunderclap rang out, and a giant lightning formation that was around an acre in area emerged.

Han Li then swept his sleeve downward again, and a ball of white light emerged, containing a disk that was around a foot in size.

This was none other than the vastly renowned realm-breaking treasure, the Star Defying Plate.

As soon as the plate was released, it revolved in the air above the giant formation, then transformed into a silver moon that was suspended in mid-air.

"Let's go," Han Li said before taking a step forward and vanishing on the spot.

A dull thump rang out as Han Li appeared at the center of the formation down below with lightning revolving all around him, and Daoist Xie and Silvermoon also followed along.

Han Li aimed a parting glance at Elder Luo and Li Rong, then made a hand seal before pointing a finger upward.

The silver moon above the formation immediately emitted a clear ringing sound, following which a pillar of five-colored light was released straight into the grey clouds.

At the same time, a loud thunderclap rang out from the formation beneath Han Li, and six pillars of black and white light erupted forth, disappearing into the same spot where the pillar of five-colored light had just struck the grey clouds.

An earth-shattering boom rang out, and the silver moon up above immediately vanished, only to be replaced by a giant black hole.

Han Li took a deep breath, and golden light radiated from his entire body, sweeping up the two people beside him before he flew up as a streak of golden light.

A burst of violent spatial fluctuations erupted forth, and the streak of golden light instantly vanished into the black hole.





Chapter 2215: Stemborers


In the air above a swamp that was filled with rotting mud, a massive black hole appeared, and a streak of golden light containing several humanoid figures emerged from within the black hole.

This was none other than Han Li's trio.

Han Li briefly inspected his surroundings, following which his brows furrowed slightly.

There was not a single living being around them.

After a brief moment of contemplation, Han Li released his spiritual sense through the surrounding area, upon which he immediately discovered that there was a large cluster of stone buildings near the edge of the swamp.

There were hundreds of these buildings, and there were several protective formations set up around them.

However, these formations had been destroyed, and after sweeping his spiritual sense into the buildings, Han Li discovered that their interiors were completely wrecked, and that there wasn't even a single devilish being within them.

Han Li was rather surprised by all of this, but he quickly arrived at a decision. "Let's go to the nearest city and find out where we are first."

In contrast with when Han Li had last entered the Elder Devil Realm, he was now at the Grand Ascension Stage and had Daoist Xie by his side, so he had nothing to fear even if he were to encounter one of the three devilish patriarchs.

Thus, the three of them set off, and after flying west for no more than half a day, Han Li's expression suddenly changed slightly as he stopped in mid-air.

Daoist Xie also stopped on the spot as he peered into the distance, while Silvermoon was left feeling rather perplexed as she couldn't see anything in the distance.

"What's going on, Brother Han? Have you and Brother Xie discovered something?"

Han Li nodded calmly in response. "There's something coming from up ahead."

Silvermoon faltered slightly upon hearing this before hurriedly casting her gaze into the distance as well.

A short while later, a strange buzzing sound rang out in the distance, and it became louder and louder, seemingly drawing closer to them.

Moments later, spiritual light flashed up ahead, and several hundred streaks of light emerged before hurtling directly toward Han Li.

These were hundreds of devilish beings of different cultivation bases, and they were fleeing for their lives as if they were being pursued by something extremely fearsome.

Just as Silvermoon was wondering what it could be that was chasing these devilish beings, a massive dark cloud appeared up ahead amid a loud buzzing sound, surging along in hot pursuit of the devilish beings.

Silvermoon hurriedly injected her spiritual power into her eyes as she peered carefully into the grey cloud, upon which her face immediately paled in horror.