Several days later, one evening.

The entire sky was devoid of clouds, and a full moon hung amidst a sea of stars, with fleeting shooting stars occasionally streaking across.

In the secret chamber of his cave dwelling, Han Li sat cross-legged in the center, eyes tightly shut, as wisps of starlight poured down through the opening above, bathing him in a faint silver glow.

Beneath him was inscribed a rather profound magic circle.

The array consisted of seven large star patterns, each the size of a prayer mat, gleaming brilliantly and connected to form the shape of the Big Dipper.

This array was called the Big Dipper Gathering Yuan Array. It was not recorded in the Minor Big Dipper Stellar Essence Art, but was instead derived from another stellar array by Han Li through observing the stars at night in recent days, combined with his past array accomplishments and knowledge.

The power of the stars in the sky seemed similar, but in reality, they were vastly different. Some stars had a predominantly yin and cold power, while others were extremely yang, and some even alternated between yin and yang. They could not be generalized. The Minor Big Dipper Stellar Essence Art harnessed the power of the seven stars of the Big Dipper, which divided yin and yang, established the four seasons, harmonized the five elements, and contained profound mysteries with endless variations.

This array was specifically designed by Han Li to target the characteristics of the seven-star power, in order to assist in receiving the stellar power of the Big Dipper.

He was currently sitting on the first of the seven large star patterns in the array.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes and cast a magic seal.

Buzz!

The star array below immediately began to operate. The seven large stars suddenly shone brightly, with the first one being particularly luminous. As white light flickered, specks of white light appeared out of thin air, filling the surrounding void and vaguely forming countless star patterns.

Han Li was situated in this sea of stars, his figure appearing and disappearing, looking somewhat hazy and indistinct.

He chanted incantations, his hands constantly changing seals, slowly circulating the Minor Big Dipper Stellar Essence Art.

After the time it takes to burn an incense stick, faint crystal light flickered between his brows, and a terrifying divine sense force rolled out from within. After spinning around, it formed an invisible vortex above his head.

He changed his hand seals.

The divine sense vortex above his head spread out and slowly transformed into a pattern similar to a nebula, with a Big Dipper map also floating in the nebula, faintly echoing the star array below.

Han Li raised his head, his gaze passing through the opening above the secret chamber, looking up at the seven brightest clusters of starlight in the night sky, and then landed on the first star, Dubhe, uttering an obscure incantation.

Boom!

The brilliant Dubhe seemed to brighten slightly, and countless stellar powers surged from it, descending from the sky like a silver waterfall, passing through the opening and enveloping Han Li below. The surging stellar power swirled around him.

Han Li's expression became extremely solemn.

Receiving the power of starlight depended on the strength of his divine sense. Although his divine sense was comparable to that of an immortal at this moment, laying a solid foundation for cultivating this art, he could not afford to be careless.

He formed seals with his hands, circulating the art.

The surrounding stellar power fluctuated, gathering together and transforming into countless crystalline light threads, like countless fine needles. Under the envelopment of his divine sense, they swirled slightly, then fell like raindrops, submerging into his body.

Han Li's body trembled violently, his brows furrowed, and he gasped in cold air.

These light threads were actually completely solid, directly piercing his skin and drilling into his body, like being pierced by ten thousand swords.

At this moment, his entire body was covered in dense pinholes, and blood seeped out, quickly staining his body red.

Even worse, those stellar light threads were scurrying around in his body, like countless small knives twisting, causing pain to the bone marrow.

If his physical body were not incomparably strong, he would probably have cried out directly.

But after a moment, his brows gradually relaxed, because he clearly felt that those stellar light threads were gradually disintegrating, transforming into the purest stellar power, and integrating into all parts of his body.

Han Li was immediately overjoyed!

He took a deep breath, quickly suppressed the joy in his heart and the pain on his body, and fully circulated his art.

More stellar power fell, piercing his body, and under the urging of his art, it circulated according to a certain method.

His physical body was severely injured. Previously, it had not been able to replenish its vitality and had not been able to recover. Now, upon contact with such pure stellar essence, it immediately devoured it, and the damage quickly recovered.

Those small needle holes pierced by the stellar crystal threads were instantly restored to their original state, unable to truly harm his physical body in the slightest.

Gradually, the pain of being pierced by ten thousand swords was gradually left behind, and his whole person was completely immersed in cultivation.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, seven days had passed.

In the center of the cave dwelling, Han Li was still sitting cross-legged on the first large star pattern, his body blooming with a faint light. Every muscle began to glow with starlight, and starlight also appeared on his bones.

Most peculiar was the blue light blooming on his lower abdomen, which was extremely conspicuous.

The blue light spot contracted and expanded, as if breathing.

Most of the stellar power gathered around was swallowed by this light spot.

There was no trace of pain on Han Li's face, only peace and tranquility.

Suddenly, the stellar power around him fluctuated.

The blue light spot on his lower abdomen suddenly bloomed with dazzling brilliance, tumbling endlessly.

The blue light flickered, and a profound stellar rune appeared inside.

After the rune rolled around for a moment, it flashed and disappeared into his body.

Han Li opened his eyes, a happy smile on his face.

With his powerful physical body and divine sense, it only took a few days to cultivate the first layer of the Minor Big Dipper Stellar Essence Art to perfection and successfully condense the first Mysterious Aperture.

However, he still had no intention of leaving seclusion at the moment. He closed his eyes and sat down honestly, intending to consolidate this art.

Several days later, on a moonlit and sparsely starlit night.

In the center of the secret chamber, Han Li opened his eyes with a raise of his brow. With a wave of his hand, he stopped the operation of the Big Dipper Gathering Yuan Array, and the surrounding stellar power and specks of white light retreated like a tide.

He quickly stood up, walked not far ahead, and bent down to pick up a dark green slender-necked small bottle, bringing it to his eyes.

The small bottle was now completely wrapped in a layer of green light, and several golden ancient symbols appeared on the surface, full of ancient charm.

But in the next moment, this green light was submerged in the dark green patterns on the bottle, but those golden strange symbols remained, slightly protruding from the surface of the bottle.

He shook the small bottle in front of his eyes, seemingly seeing a drop of liquid the size of a broad bean shaking with it.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but smile slightly.

These days, he would place this small bottle on the open space in front of him every time he cultivated.

Whenever a specific moment arrived, a layer of faint white light would appear on the surface of the small bottle.

If he looked closely, he would find that the layer of white light was composed of countless tiny white light spots, like living things, vying to squeeze into the small bottle until it was completely absorbed.

However, this phenomenon would not last too long, and would immediately disappear after the specific time of each night.

Every two days, after the white light on the surface of the small bottle converged, a layer of green light would appear, followed by an additional drop of green liquid in the bottle.

Han Li withdrew his gaze, his fingers gently stroking the leaf-shaped pattern on the small bottle, his movements delicate and gentle, as if stroking the cheek of his beloved.

Feeling the slightly raised touch from the bottle, his mind couldn't help but sway.

In a trance, he seemed to have returned to the Seven Mysteries Sect, to the small medicine garden in God's Hand Valley, and transformed into the young man who first experimented with the green liquid in the small bottle, feeling a little uneasy and a little expectant.

He knew that if it weren't for that unintentional act of planting willows, discovering the ability of the green liquid in the bottle to ripen spiritual herbs, he might not have been able to truly enter the path of cultivation, and he would not have been able to rise all the way up by relying on his mortal body, becoming the first human cultivator admired by thousands of people, and becoming the Heaven Honored Han, the head of the Spirit World worshiped by everyone.

If there was anything that had been accompanying him since he stepped into the gate of cultivation, never leaving or abandoning him, then without a doubt, it was the small bottle in front of him called "Palm Heaven."

Even during the three hundred years of unconsciousness after entering the Immortal World, he lost the Crab Daoren, lost the Gold Devouring Beetles, lost many of his former dependencies, but he had always been subconsciously protecting this thing carefully, never letting this small bottle leave him for half a step.

He had an indescribable complex emotion towards this small bottle.

Suddenly, Han Li raised his brow, his movements of stroking the small bottle stopped, and a strange expression appeared on his face.

His gaze condensed slightly as he opened the bottle cap and looked into the bottle, his expression becoming even stranger, seemingly a little surprised and a little joyful.

In the next moment, after he capped the small bottle, he turned around and rushed out of the secret chamber.