"Chi la!" A sound rang out!

A Gold Devouring Immortal of the Taiyi Realm opened its mouth and spat out a thick golden beam, slicing through the sky like lightning.

This golden light was dazzling, and one could vaguely see strands of golden crystal within it, radiating a terrifying aura of destruction.

The next moment, with a loud bang, this golden beam split apart as if it were alive, transforming into a dozen smaller golden beams, each chasing after a cyan luan phantom.

These golden beams were extremely fast, and coupled with the greatly reduced speed of the cyan luan phantoms, they caught up to the cyan shadows in a flash.

"Bang," "Bang," "Bang."

As a series of muffled thunder-like explosions erupted, those golden beams suddenly burst open, turning into rounds of golden blazing suns, emitting rolling waves of destructive energy. Wherever they passed, the void hummed and vibrated, being torn apart into spatial rifts.

Those cyan shadows were engulfed and devoured by the golden suns, instantly destroyed as easily as crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood.

Somewhere in the golden light, the cyan luan's true form flickered into existence, its feathers in disarray, and the wound on its chest and abdomen ruptured again, with fresh blood gushing out, appearing severely injured.

Jin Tong stood on the cyan luan's back, also covered in wounds, with countless fine cracks spreading across his golden shell.

As for Pixiu and Crab Taoist, they had disappeared without a trace, but faint white and golden fragments could be seen in the nearby void.

The cyan luan spat out a mouthful of blood, but its eyes did not lose their luster. Golden light radiated from its body, and the Mantra Wheel reappeared, about to do something.

However, at that moment, a golden light flashed in the void beneath the cyan luan, and dozens of golden crystal threads suddenly emerged, piercing into the cyan luan's body with incredible speed, then piercing through its back.

The cyan luan's body suddenly stopped, and the golden light on its body also paused there.

These golden crystal threads suddenly tightened, and the cyan luan's body instantly turned into hundreds of pieces of minced meat, falling downwards.

Jin Tong, on the cyan luan's back, was not pierced by these crystal threads. Seeing this scene, his expression changed drastically, and his body immediately transformed into a golden light, fleeing forward.

But those golden crystal threads intertwined with each other like lightning, turning into a golden net, covering Jin Tong's body and binding him tightly.

Then, a golden light flashed in front, and the Taiyi Realm Gold Devouring Immortal appeared out of thin air, opening its mouth and spraying out a golden glow, enveloping Jin Tong's body.

Terror appeared on Jin Tong's face, struggling desperately. Countless golden lights shot out from his body, transforming into various attacks, striking the surrounding golden glow.

But no matter what kind of attack he launched, as soon as it touched the golden glow, it immediately seemed to disappear into the sea, leaving no trace.

The Taiyi Realm Gold Devouring Immortal smiled disdainfully and opened its mouth wide.

A surge of golden light swept out, engulfing Jin Tong and sending him flying towards its mouth.

Jin Tong's body rapidly shrank within the glow, and soon disappeared into the Taiyi Realm Gold Devouring Immortal's mouth, his cries abruptly ceasing.

The Taiyi Realm Gold Devouring Immortal hovered in mid-air, its eyes tightly closed, its body churning with golden light, and the surrounding golden spiritual domain rippled, disappearing into its body like a whale swallowing water.

After a moment, the Gold Devouring Immortal's body suddenly emitted a great golden light, forming waves of tangible golden light, sweeping towards the surroundings.

An immense aura emanated from the Gold Devouring Immortal's body, rising bit by bit.

"Finally, I've found another complete form... One day, I will return..."

The Gold Devouring Immortal muttered to itself, letting out a long roar, then slowly closed its eyes.

...

The edge of the Ten Thousand Miles Mountain Range.

Here stood a low, gray-brown mountain wall, covered with dense crags and grotesque rocks. A jade flying carriage flashed from the sky and plummeted down like a meteor, landing with a crash.

The mountain wall shook violently, and chunks of rock rolled down, creating trails of gray-yellow dust on the slope.

Inside the flying carriage, Han Li felt a surge of blood in his chest, and with a muffled groan, he swallowed the mouthful of bloody sweetness that had risen to his throat.

"Uncle..." Jin Tong said with concern.

Han Li waved his hand, indicating that he was fine.

After releasing his spiritual sense to probe for a while, his brow furrowed slightly, and he asked, "Jin Tong, can you sense where that Gold Devouring Immortal is now?"

Hearing this, the latter quickly closed his eyes and carefully sensed.

"Huh... Uncle, that's strange... That guy doesn't seem to be moving. He's stayed in the same place as before, without the slightest sign of movement." Jin Tong opened his eyes suddenly, saying with great confusion.

"It's not chasing after us?" Han Li asked, taking out a pill and swallowing it.

"No, but..." Jin Tong nodded and said.

"But what?" Han Li raised his eyebrows and asked immediately.

"Its soul and mana fluctuations are a bit abnormal. They're fluctuating greatly, looking like it's consuming energy intensely, but in reality, it hasn't moved even an inch. What's going on?" Jin Tong scratched the back of his head, saying with great incomprehension.

"Judging from your description... it seems to be trapped in some kind of powerful illusion..." Han Li said slowly after pondering for a moment.

"Illusion? Why would it suddenly fall into an illusion?" Jin Tong asked in surprise.

"I don't know... No matter why, it's a good thing for us. Alright, let's not delay any longer and continue on our way." Han Li shook his head and said.

Jin Tong nodded immediately.

On the jade flying carriage, the light lit up again, and just as it was about to rush into the sky, Han Li suddenly felt a dizzy spell, and a bell-like sound rang in his sea of consciousness:

"Human brat, I've temporarily held that Gold Devouring Immortal for you, but you only have twenty years. With your current strength, continuing forward is no different from courting death. I advise you to turn back from your misguided path and return from whence you came."

Han Li's heart trembled. He secretly activated the Refinement Art to stabilize his sea of consciousness, and asked in his heart, "May I ask who you are? Why did you help me?"

As soon as he asked the question, the intense churning sensation in his sea of consciousness disappeared, and naturally there was no response.

Han Li frowned and abruptly released his spiritual sense to the maximum, probing towards the surrounding heaven and earth, but the result was nothing.

"What's wrong, Uncle?" Jin Tong asked, seeing Han Li acting strangely.

Han Li remained as if he hadn't heard, standing there blankly for a long time, frowning and keeping silent, as if considering and weighing something.

After a moment, he sighed softly, shook his head, and steered the jade flying carriage straight into the sky, disappearing as a streak of light.

...

An unknown number of miles away, there was a vast peach forest blooming with pink flowers.

Underneath a giant ancient peach tree in the forest was placed an extremely large bed, on which lay a giant fox, pure white all over, with a tuft of golden hair growing between its eyebrows, looking like a celestial eye.

The snow-white fox's eyes were slightly narrowed, appearing to be half-asleep, covered in a layer of bright luster, looking like a divine creature, inspiring awe and reverence.

Not far in front of the snow-white fox, a girl wearing a snow-white short skirt, with a lithe and graceful figure, and a flawless but somewhat seductive face, was full of worry. After hesitating for a long time, she finally spoke:

"Old Ancestor, since you can trap that Gold Devouring Insect, why not help him again and simply solve this worry for him?"

"Le'er, I have no good feelings towards the human race. If it weren't for the fact that he had some kindness in protecting you in the Spirit World back then, I would have slapped him to death long ago for trespassing on my Spirit Fox clan's territory." The snow-white fox did not open its eyes, still in a state of false slumber, and said slowly.

The pretty girl who was called "Le'er" was none other than Liu Le'er, who had depended on Han Li for survival in the Spirit World back then.

"Old Ancestor..."

Liu Le'er wanted to beg, but the snow-white fox, who she called "Old Ancestor," suddenly opened its eyes and shouted:

"This time I helped, it could be counted that I helped you to repay the kindness of the past. But at the same time, it is also to sever the cause and effect between you and him. This matter is related to your future cultivation path, although I dote on you, I would not let you mess around. If really cannot, I will go and slap him to death and directly cut off cause and effect from its very root."

"Old Ancestor, don't, Le'er knows she's wrong..." Liu Le'er said in alarm.

The White Fox Old Ancestor, seeing her like this, said with some pity:

"The Gold Devouring Immortal has a lot of backer, even me, I am not willing to provoke easily and cannot kill at will. The boy also does not know why he got into trouble. However, don't worry too much. As long as the boy is smart enough to retreat, and he has the ability to return to the dog shit immortal domain within twenty years, it is not impossible."

"Stone brother..." Hearing this, Liu Le'er did not feel relieved at all, and the worry in her eyes became even more intense.

...

In the blink of an eye, more than half a year had passed.

Han Li had been taking Jin Tong deeper into the Barren Wilderness, with almost no stops in between.

But as they went deeper, the wild beasts they encountered along the way became more and more powerful, including some that were of the same strength as the Gold Devouring Immortal, so they had to slow down and avoid them carefully.

Even so, they still accidentally provoked the fierce beasts several times, and were chased to flee in all directions.

Fortunately, these guys were not the Gold Devouring Insect. At most, they would chase for a few days and nights, and if they couldn't get their hands on them, they would take the initiative to give up, and would not really chase them endlessly.

Just half a month ago, in order to avoid being chased by a Taiyi-level wild beast, Han Li plunged into a mountain valley.

This mountain valley was not small, with ancient trees and a very quiet atmosphere.

As a result, after entering it, Han Li discovered that it was covered with the corpses of fierce beasts, and the stench was overwhelming.

Knowing that something was wrong, he had no time to retreat before countless vines and branches surrounded him, turning into a huge vine cage and imprisoning him inside.

It turned out that the trees in this valley looked dense and forested, but in fact, they were an extremely powerful tree demon.

In the end, Han Li had to use the Evil-Exorcising Divine Thunder from the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords and launch a thunder formation technique to teleport out of it.