Just as the thirty-six Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords merged with the Heaven Reaching Sword Diagram, the surface of the sword diagram emitted a "boom" sound, suddenly erupting with a powerful devouring force.

The thirty-six Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords disappeared into thin air, and all the nearby lightning sword energy vanished instantly, all absorbed into the Heaven Reaching Sword Diagram.

Seeing this scene, Han Li immediately revealed a look of astonishment.

At this moment, his expression suddenly changed, because the immortal spiritual power within his body poured out like a flood, being sucked away by the Heaven Reaching Sword Diagram, and in the blink of an eye, almost thirty percent was absorbed.

And the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy also swarmed in, merging into the Heaven Reaching Sword Diagram.

Not only that, the void near the Heaven Reaching Sword Diagram flickered, and streaks of thick lightning appeared out of thin air, also integrating into the sword diagram.

Seeing this situation, Han Li showed a look of surprise, but did not prevent the sword diagram from devouring his immortal spiritual power, still fully urging the sword diagram to operate.

At this moment, in the sky above the Eight Wilderness Mountains, the heaven and earth spiritual energy rolled violently, and large patches of thick dark clouds gathered and appeared, quickly completely covering the entire sky.

Then a strong wind rose, and streaks of thick lightning snakes appeared in the clouds, with lightning and thunder.

This thick lightning was completely different from ordinary lightning power, and it actually emitted bursts of lightning law fluctuations, and a huge pressure radiated from the clouds, shrouded down.

With such a big commotion, the various races on the Eight Wilderness Mountains naturally would not fail to notice.

Spiritual light flashed in various places on the mountain, and figures flew out one after another, pointing and commenting on the dark clouds and lightning in the sky, discussing incessantly.

"What happened? Why are there suddenly dark clouds everywhere!"

"Could it be that fellow cultivator's cultivation has improved and they are about to undergo a lightning tribulation?"

"I don't think so, although this thundercloud aura is terrifying, it doesn't seem like a lightning tribulation. It seems to be a world-shaking event triggered by some great divine power!"

The various races speculated about the origin of the thunderclouds in the sky, but there was no conclusion. Fortunately, the dark clouds and lightning only rolled in the sky and did not fall, which relieved the various races.

Soon, the Grand Luo existences of the various races were also alarmed, and they all cast spells to investigate the source and cause of the thunderclouds in the sky.

However, their investigation was blocked by a powerful force of time law.

This force of time law was vast and boundless, and no matter how they cast spells to investigate, they could not break through.

At the top of the Eight Wilderness Mountains, Bai Ze walked out of the main hall, glanced at the thunderclouds in the sky, and frowned slightly.

He then closed his eyes slightly, and soon opened them, glancing towards the courtyard where Han Li lived, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes.

"The little guy has quite a few tricks." Bai Ze praised, then turned and walked back to the main hall.

……

Inside the Flower Branch space, Han Li did not know what kind of celestial phenomenon he had caused by urging the Heaven Reaching Sword Diagram.

He was still urging the Heaven Reaching Sword Diagram, but his face had become somewhat pale.

Because at this moment, half of the immortal spiritual power in his body had been absorbed.

……

Time flew by, and more than a few years passed.

Because the speed at which the various savage tribes gathered was far beyond Bai Ze's expectations, he announced that the Blood Sacrifice Assembly would be held earlier.

After the date was set, there were still six months before the assembly was held, and the entire Zhenhuang City was already under martial law. The manpower at the city gates had increased several times, and everyone was only allowed to leave and not enter.

On this day, early in the morning, when the Wentian Drum made of Kui beast skin sounded three times in the city, the entire Zhenhuang City began to shake violently. Arrays of symbolic light began to light up on the surrounding city walls, and ancient and savage symbolic patterns began to spread on the city walls, and a dark red light began to spread over the entire city.

Han Li and Xiao Bai came out of the courtyard and happened to see the red light rising from all directions of the city, like towering pillars piercing into the sky, and then bursting open like fireworks, turning into a layer of dark red barrier light curtain supporting the dome of the sky.

Including the Eight Wilderness Mountains and the entire Zhenhuang City, an area of tens of thousands of miles was covered by this barrier.

The Blood Sacrifice Assembly was finally about to be held!

Han Li looked at the dark red barrier, frowned slightly, and with a flash of crystal light in his eyes, a divine thought separated and headed towards the outside of Zhenhuang City.

As a result, the moment the divine thought touched the barrier, Han Li's brow felt a sharp pain, and his strand of divine thought dissipated into nothingness in an instant.

After a brief test, Han Li did not take any further action, but a haze could not help but cast over his heart.

This barrier outside the city was definitely extraordinary. Once something unexpected happened at the Blood Sacrifice Assembly, many of his original escape methods were likely to be ineffective because of it. However, with the fleshly body shuttle method, he still had some confidence.

However, the cost of implementing this method was ultimately too great, and it was best not to use it if possible.

"What's wrong? Is something wrong?" Seeing that Han Li's expression was different, Xiao Bai also said with some worry.

"It's nothing, don't worry, I'm here." Han Li said with a smile, rubbing Xiao Bai's head.

Xiao Bai heard the words, did not speak, just lowered his head slightly.

Since learning that he possessed the Mo-Eyed Pixiu bloodline, he had become a little silent, not as lively as before, and was both looking forward to and apprehensive about the Blood Sacrifice Assembly.

"Let's go, it's almost time, we should also climb the mountain." Han Li called out and led Xiao Bai to a square at the foot of the mountain.

Before arriving, Han Li saw from afar that there were already dense crowds of savage tribes gathered there, mainly the Sky Fox Clan and the Mountain Moving Ape Clan, and the rest were mostly affiliated tribes of these two clans, totaling nearly ten thousand people.

Han Li led Xiao Bai through the crowd and came to the front of the square, where he saw the Sky Fox Clan leader, Liu Qing, standing solemnly with hundreds of clan members. The Mountain Moving Ape Clan next to them had a similar number, also numbering in the hundreds.

Like the Sky Fox Clan, the Mountain Moving Ape Clan was also one of the sixteen great savage clans, possessing the bloodline of the Mountain Giant Ape, one of the eight ancient True Spirit Kings. However, after generations of inheritance, their supernatural powers were far inferior to their ancestors.

Although they still possessed creation divine powers such as moving mountains and filling seas, their status among the sixteen great savage clans was becoming more and more backward due to the gradual thinning of their bloodline, and they had become the bottom of the list.

As for the appearance of the Mountain Moving Ape Clan, they looked somewhat similar to Qing Yuan, but their size was much smaller, their fur was blue-black, and they all had an outward-protruding thorn bone on their shoulders. They did not look as fierce as Qing Yuan, and their eyes had a light golden luster, making them look quite strange.

The leader among them was an ape clan elder whose figure was already somewhat hunched, wearing a white robe, his face covered with wrinkles, and two extremely long white eyebrows hanging from his eyes, looking old and dying.

The Sky Fox Clan and them were divided on both sides of the square, clearly separated, and it seemed that they were not close to each other.

Before Han Li and Xiao Bai approached, Liu Le'er noticed them, her face filled with a smile, and she wanted to walk over here.

"Today's assembly is of great importance, don't mess around." As a result, before she could move, Liu Qing scolded in a low voice.

Liu Le'er had no choice but to stick out her tongue and stand in place.

Han Li nodded to her with a smile, and under the doubtful gazes of the surrounding people, led the Pixiu Xiao Bai and walked to the front of the square with a calm expression.

Among the Mountain Moving Ape Clan on the side, there was a guy whose physique was obviously inferior to many clansmen, only half the height of an adult, and whose fur color was also different from the others, being snow-white. He seemed to be attracted by Han Li and the others, and looked at them with curiosity.

Xiao Bai was very unhappy to be watched by him, so he bared his teeth and made a threatening gesture.

As a result, the guy was quite timid. After being frightened by Xiao Bai, he hid behind a tall clansman next to him.

Seeing this, Xiao Bai found it a little funny, and the expression on his face relaxed.

At this time, the little white ape poked his head out from behind the clansman again, looking around and grinning.

"Fellow Daoist Han, although the king has specially allowed you to go to the Eight Wilderness Mountains to watch the ceremony, today is, after all, a rare event for our savage tribes since ancient times. There are some things that need to be mentioned to inform you." Liu Qing suddenly took the initiative to speak.

"Senior, please speak, I am willing to hear the details." Han Li said.

"Later, the Skytouching Bell will ring on the top of the mountain, and the various savage tribes will climb the mountain together from the eight ancient mountain climbing paths around the Eight Wilderness Mountains. It is not easy to reach the top of the mountain. There are restrictions set by the eight ancient kings on the mountain path, which have a suppressive effect on all living beings. Even savage beasts with strong flesh may not be able to resist it, so I advise you to do what you can and don't be brave." Liu Qing said after a slight hesitation.

"Thank you for the reminder, senior, I will keep it in mind." Han Li nodded and said.

After saying that, his gaze looked at Liu Le'er and Xiao Bai respectively. Neither of them were known for their physique. Wouldn't they suffer a great loss when climbing the mountain later?

"Don't worry about them. All descendants who contain the bloodline of the eight ancient kings, the more concentrated the power of the bloodline, the less they need to worry about suppression. Compared to others, they will only climb more easily." Liu Qing said.

Hearing this, Han Li breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

He looked up at the towering mountain in front of him, and saw that the entire mountain was shrouded in a layer of dark red light. A stone-step ancient road carved on the mountain, a thousand feet wide, was like a huge ladder, standing almost vertically in front of him, and his heart could not help but stir.

"Dong, dong, dong"

At this moment, three loud bell sounds rang from the top of the mountain.

Layers of visible ripples of the void rippled from the top of the mountain and swept away in all directions.

Seeing this, Han Li's heart moved slightly.

This ripple seemed to contain a very unique fluctuation. When it rippled from the top of his head, it made him feel as if the True Spirit bloodline in his body had been awakened. Without him urging it, it would wander around his body on its own.

After calming his mind, he took another look at the people around him. Everyone's aura had greatly increased, and they seemed to be guided by a mysterious force, and a faint pink mist overflowed from their bodies.