Gu Qianxun watched Han Li's approaching figure, her face shifting between light and darkness, unsure of what she was thinking.

"You can let go of what's in your hand. There's no need to go down in flames with me, is there?" Han Li glanced at her and said.

Upon hearing this, Gu Qianxun relaxed her body, appearing to have regained some strength.

She put a white jade pendant into her sleeve, leaned back, and sat down, pulling her legs slowly from the ground with her hands.

"We've already turned against each other. Why did you save me?" Gu Qianxun took out a beast core and swallowed it, asking.

"I encountered Madame Six Flowers earlier, and he helped me resolve the Black Tribulation Worms issue. Saving you this time is just repaying his kindness," Han Li said slowly, seeing that her injuries were severe but not life-threatening.

"You saw him? How is he?" Gu Qianxun asked hurriedly upon hearing this.

"He's fine. He was taken away by E Kui earlier, perhaps to the location of the Sacred Corpse," Han Li said slowly.

Gu Qianxun's expression softened upon hearing this, and she felt somewhat relieved.

"Who exactly are you?" Han Li asked suddenly.

"You should already know, right? That's right, I am indeed a pawn left by the Third Prince in the Accumulation Scale Void Realm. If it weren't for his arrangements to protect me back then, I would have died with my mother at the hands of Du Qingyang long ago. And being able to grow to this point and finally avenge my mother was all thanks to him. So this time, he ordered me to eliminate the First Prince and Thirteenth Prince, and I have no choice but to obey," Gu Qianxun answered after a moment of hesitation.

"I was truly blind before, unable to see it..." Han Li sighed, recalling the various details of his past meetings with the Third Prince, Shi Pokong, unable to find too much fault.

Gu Qianxun thought Han Li was talking about her, and a bitter smile appeared on her face as she said,

"If possible, I really don't want to be your enemy."

"You can kill the First Prince if you want. I might even help you if necessary. But if you attack Shi Chuankong again, don't blame me for disregarding our past relationship and taking your life," Han Li frowned and said.

Gu Qianxun's gaze was complex upon hearing this, and she remained silent for a long time.

"After waiting for so long, Shi Zhanfeng shouldn't return. Take care of yourself," Han Li said, stepping past her, his figure leaping into the sky and falling away into the distance.

Gu Qianxun stood still, speechless, and slowly stood up after a long silence.

She walked unsteadily to the side, bent down, picked up her white bone spear, took a deep breath, and chased after the direction Han Li had left.

Han Li's figure rose and fell among the ruins of the buildings, moving very quickly.

At this moment, his brow was slightly furrowed, and his thoughts were somewhat chaotic.

This trip to the Accumulation Scale Void Realm has taken too long. He originally thought he would quickly find Zi Ling and be able to return immediately, but he never expected to be caught in this entanglement of the Xuanwei and Liang cities.

The infighting between the two cities was already enough to give people a headache, and now it's obvious that the First Prince, Shi Zhanfeng, and the Third Prince, Shi Pokong, are also involved, making the situation even more complicated.

Compared to Shi Zhanfeng's personal involvement, Han Li was more concerned about Shi Pokong's remote arrangements. From Gu Qianxun, it can be seen that Shi Pokong has been operating in this Accumulation Scale Void Realm for quite some time.

And both of them are so interested in this Accumulation Scale Void Realm, which has always been regarded as a barren land. The reason should only be related to the Sacred Corpse in the Great Ruins, right?

Thinking of this, Han Li's heart couldn't help but tighten slightly. Could it be that Shi Chuankong took the initiative to follow him here for this reason?

"Instead of guessing this, it's better to think about what's going on with the Crab Daoist..." Han Li smiled self-deprecatingly.

Since entering the Accumulation Scale Void Realm, he has found that the connection between himself and the Crab Daoist seems to be getting weaker and weaker. It's not that the connection between their souls has been severed, but from a psychological feeling, he increasingly feels that the Crab Daoist is becoming unfamiliar.

Recalling the content recorded on the jade slip given to him by the Crab Daoist, Han Li became even more curious about the Crab Daoist's purpose.

He even felt that the master mentioned by the Crab Daoist might be the Sacred Corpse, or the former master of this Great Ruins. Otherwise, why would the jade slip record the exact location and acquisition method of the hollow ball?

And the route he has been tracking is also roughly mentioned in the jade slip.

After traveling several hundred more miles, a large area of collapsed and destroyed ruins began to appear along the way. The traces were basically new and the scope was extremely wide, which seemed to be left by E Kui and Sha Xin's chase and fight earlier.

Han Li stopped briefly for investigation, then continued to chase.

……

In a flash, another half month passed.

After continuous searching, Han Li finally arrived at a white stone square occupying a very large area.

Around the square, there were four nine-story spires, standing in the four corners of the square respectively.

In the very center of the square stood a glazed-tile-roofed palace with a magnificent aura and a scale far exceeding all the palaces and buildings seen in the Great Ruins before.

Unlike the ruins and ruins seen along the way, this circular, hipped-roof glazed palace was extremely well-preserved. Whether it was the glazed tiles on the roof or the towering pillars around the palace, they were all as bright as new, without any traces of the passage of time.

From a distance, Han Li saw that inside the palace gate facing him, two huge carved and hollowed palace doors were open. Above the tall lintel, a gold-painted plaque hung with three ancient seal characters written on it.

"Thousand Machine Palace..." Han Li murmured, suddenly remembering that Shi Zhanfeng seemed to have mentioned this name before.

Thinking of this, he frowned, suppressed the fluctuations in his aura, and quickly arrived near the palace.

When approaching the palace, Han Li noticed that a large number of star runes began to appear on the stone bricks on the ground, spreading out within a range of several thousand feet outside the palace, which was obviously a very complex rune array.

When he reached the steps of the palace corridor, the rune pattern changed again and integrated into another rune array.

Near the palace gate, Han Li discovered that the open palace gate was covered with scorched marks, and the original restrictions had been completely destroyed.

He didn't rush into the palace, but leaned over from the side and looked inside.

He saw that the inside of the palace was in a chaotic state, with stone shelves and stone tables and chairs scattered everywhere. Some had been completely shattered into dust, obviously after a battle of considerable magnitude.

Han Li held his breath and listened attentively for a moment, discovering that the palace was silent, without any sound.

His figure flashed and entered the palace.

The palace was empty. There were no traces of E Kui or the others, nor the figures of Sha Xin and his group. There were only fragments of tables and chairs all over the ground and tall bone armor puppets.

Han Li frowned slightly and carefully searched the palace.

After a while, he found that these bone armor puppets seemed to be of the same origin as those he had seen in other ruins of the Great Ruins, rather than the puppets controlled by Puppet City. They should have been the puppets originally guarding the palace.

Just then, he suddenly noticed that beside a pile of collapsed and shattered tables and chairs at the back of the palace, an inconspicuous black stone chair was still standing intact.

He walked over, circled the stone chair, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Han Li grabbed the back of the black stone chair with both hands, and suddenly exerted force to twist it to one side.

A "hissing" friction sound rang out, and a dark channel was revealed next to the stone chair, extending underground.

Han Li hesitated slightly, but still jumped into the hole and walked down along a stone staircase inside.

After traveling hundreds of feet in the dark, a doorway about one person high appeared at the end of the stone staircase, with strands of wind and faint voices coming from inside.

Han Li first slowed down his pace, trying to reduce the noise he made. When approaching the doorway, he activated the Ascension Art, his figure flashed suddenly, and he entered the doorway.

As soon as he entered the doorway, Han Li relaxed his mind slightly. There were no ambushes in the cave.

He hid behind a half-person-high strange rock and carefully looked forward.

He saw that in front of the strange rock was a huge blood lake occupying an area of ​​thousands of feet. It was full of scarlet blood, which undulated slightly like lake water.

The surface of the lake was covered with a layer of blood-colored glow, flickering in a hazy blood mist.

Han Li wandered over the lake for a long time, and suddenly his eyes flashed, and he saw a crystal coffin floating in the center of the lake.

The crystal coffin was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, with a volume of tens of feet. It was transparent and flawless, with a very complex rune pattern engraved on it.

After careful inspection, Han Li found that although the rune was complex, its core was a pentagram, but at least five other rune arrays were embedded in it, interlocking with each other, which was very delicate.

In the crystal coffin, Han Li saw a corpse ten feet tall with bones as white as jade.

Just looking at the appearance of the corpse, it could be clearly found that it had pointed bones on its head, outward-turned fangs in its mouth, and layers of scale-like patterns covering its bones. It was a demon corpse.

At this moment, Han Li's heart suddenly moved. Between the faint fluctuations, his soul fluctuated slightly, and he seemed to sense the aura of the Crab Daoist, but he could not accurately locate the Crab Daoist's position.

After thinking for a moment, he immediately closed his eyes and began to use his divine sense to sense carefully.

As a result, after only a few breaths, Han Li reopened his eyes, but a look of surprise and uncertainty appeared on his face.

He was surprised to find that the soul connection between the Crab Daoist and himself seemed to be gradually weakening.

"You traitorous scum, do you really want to continue to be obsessed with your wrongdoings?" At this moment, an angry shout suddenly came from the other side of the blood lake.

Han Li restrained his mind and hurriedly stared in that direction, only to see the people of Puppet City confronting E Kui under the leadership of Sha Xin.

Madame Six Flowers stood behind E Kui, while Shi Chuankong was paralyzed at his feet, not knowing whether he was still in a coma or imprisoned by E Kui with some kind of restriction.