A distance of a hundred *li* was nothing to the Nascent Soul late-stage Swine-Tuna Beast now. In no time, it had arrived near the island.

It tried its best to restrain its aura, swimming along the edge of the island towards where the human cultivator's cave was located.

After a while, the Swine-Tuna Beast arrived near the cave and looked towards it.

All that met its eyes was a dense forest. The sea breeze blew, and the trees rustled, their branches swaying and leaves moving, revealing nothing unusual.

The beast stared at the forest for a long time, then opened its mouth.

A faint blue light shot out, heading towards the dense forest.

As soon as the blue light touched the forest, it disappeared like a clay ox entering the sea, without the slightest movement.

The Swine-Tuna Beast was overjoyed. The restriction here was still in place, so it seemed the human cultivator had not left.

Relieved, it was about to turn around and leave.

Just then, a soft laugh came from the side without warning.

The Swine-Tuna Beast shuddered, turned its head to look, and was almost scared out of its wits.

It saw a green-robed man standing there with a smile on his face, not far away on the shore. It was the human cultivator it had seen from afar many years ago.

The Swine-Tuna Beast cried out, twisting its body, and was about to dart into the sea.

The green-robed man smiled faintly and grabbed with one hand in the air.

*Splash!*

The seawater within a mile radius of the sea surface was completely overturned, flying into the air. The Swine-Tuna Beast's body was wrapped inside the seawater, unable to move at all.

"A Nascent Soul late-stage Swine-Tuna Beast? Rare indeed." The green-robed man looked at the demonic beast in the seawater and said calmly.

This person was Han Li, but at this moment his brow was furrowed, as if he had some worries.

In recent years, he had continued to cultivate in seclusion in the cave, trying to open the thirty-sixth Immortal Aperture.

However, the situation was beyond his expectations. Although he had been continuously taking the Myriad Wheel Pill for decades, and even sought solutions from the Unstable Alliance, this last Immortal Aperture showed no signs of opening.

On this day, feeling troubled, he decided to leave the cave to relax, but unexpectedly encountered this demonic beast.

The Swine-Tuna Beast was horrified, roaring repeatedly, its six short legs struggling desperately, but to no avail.

Its voice was shrill, and its current struggle and roar resembled the miserable howl of a fat pig before death, looking quite comical.

Han Li was amused by it, chuckled twice, and the feeling of annoyance in his heart dissipated a lot.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you." He smiled faintly and flicked his finger.

A fiery red pill shot out, disappearing into the Swine-Tuna Beast's open mouth in a flash.

It was startled again, its cry stopped abruptly, and then the surface of its round body burst into a bright red light, flashing wildly, and the aura it emitted fluctuated violently, increasing rapidly.

The Swine-Tuna Beast wanted to shout again, but upon seeing this situation, a look of confusion appeared on its face, and its struggle gradually stopped.

The change on its body continued. The red light became more and more intense, and soon it broke through a bottleneck, the rolling aura stabilized, and it broke through to the Deity Transformation stage.

At the same time, after a burst of light, the original red skin completely faded, and the whole body turned snow-white.

The muscles under its abdomen wriggled, and two short protrusions emerged, as if two more pig legs were about to grow.

"So quickly two more legs have grown out. It seems your aptitude is not bad." Han Li raised his eyebrows slightly at the sight and muttered to himself, then lowered his palm.

With a *splash!*

The seawater surrounding the Swine-Tuna Beast lost its power and all fell back into the sea.

The Swine-Tuna Beast regained its freedom, but did not fly away, instead standing in the air, looking at Han Li somewhat blankly.

"Little thing, I have already helped you break through the Deity Transformation stage bottleneck, are you still not satisfied?" Han Li chuckled.

The Swine-Tuna Beast blinked and looked at Han Li for a while, then suddenly turned around and flew quickly into the sea, disappearing into the vast waves.

Han Li smiled faintly and looked towards the distant sea.

Although he was annoyed, he did not feel any anxiety.

It was normal for the Golden Immortal realm to be difficult to break through. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so few Golden Immortal realm cultivators. It was just that he didn't have a good way to break through this bottleneck for the time being.

The sky quickly darkened, the sun set, night fell, and stars appeared.

Han Li looked at the starry sky above his head, and suddenly he was stunned, and then his eyes lit up.

He took out an object, a gray stone slab, covered with dense ancient seal characters on both sides. It was the *Great Cycle Stellar Origin Art* he had obtained from Leng Yan Old Ancestor.

Soon after Han Li obtained this cultivation art, all kinds of complicated things happened, causing him to forget all about the *Great Cycle Stellar Origin Art*, and this stone slab had been kept in the depths of his storage bag.

He looked at the stone slab in his hand, his eyes flickering.

When he accidentally obtained the *Lesser Big Dipper Stellar Origin Art* in the Spirit寰界, he cultivated seven Profound Apertures. Afterwards, when he cultivated and opened the initial seven Immortal Apertures, it took almost no effort.

If he was not mistaken, there should be some kind of connection between the Profound Apertures and the Immortal Apertures. Perhaps if he opened the thirty-sixth Profound Aperture first, and then the thirty-sixth Immortal Aperture, it might be much easier.

With this thought, Han Li did not return to the cave, but sat cross-legged on the spot with the stone slab in his hands.

When he got this cultivation art, he only glanced at it roughly, and did not look at it in detail.

Han Li carefully checked the cultivation art on the stone slab, and the joy on his face slowly disappeared.

After a long time, he raised his head, revealing a wry smile.

As he expected, the *Great Cycle Stellar Origin Art* and the *Lesser Big Dipper Stellar Origin Art* were indeed cultivation arts of the same lineage, and even more mysterious. It also recorded the methods for opening Profound Apertures.

However, Leng Yan Old Ancestor also said that the cultivation art recorded on this stone slab was only half of the cultivation art. The number of Profound Apertures that could be opened was only eighteen. In other words, to open thirty-six Profound Apertures, it seemed that the second half of the cultivation art was needed.

This half of the *Great Cycle Stellar Origin Art* was obtained by Leng Yan Old Ancestor from a ruin. To get the second half of the cultivation art, he would probably still have to start from this person.

He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. If he had known this earlier, he should have asked for the true identity of Leng Yan Old Ancestor back then.

Now it would not be easy to find Leng Yan Old Ancestor again.

Judging from the situation of the battle in Sacred Puppet Gate, Leng Yan Old Ancestor should have secretly joined the Ten Directions Tower, but the Ten Directions Tower was such a large organization, finding a person in it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. Moreover, he didn't know much about the Ten Directions Tower. The identities of the members of the organization were probably not transparent, just like the Unstable Alliance.

He stood quietly on the spot for a while, shook his head, and put away the gray stone slab.

This matter was also something that could only be encountered by chance. He would talk about it later.

Han Li turned around and walked towards the cave, but after taking two steps, he stopped and turned to look towards the sea.

Accompanied by a slightly anxious cry, the sea split open with a *splash*, and the Swine-Tuna Beast came out and flew to Han Li's side.

It opened its mouth, and a black thing fell out, landed at Han Li's feet, rolled and stopped.

The Swine-Tuna Beast's mouth made a *hissing* sound. There were several black marks on it, oozing some black and red blood, as if corroded by something.

Han Li raised his eyebrows slightly and waved his hand to release a green light, which entered the Swine-Tuna Beast's body.

The wound on the beast's mouth immediately healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Swine-Tuna Beast was stunned, then a look of joy appeared in its eyes, and it made a *ho ho* sound, which seemed to be a bit flattering, and its tail also swayed from side to side.

Han Li ignored the beast and bent down to pick up the black thing on the ground.

This was a black stone, the size of a fist, black and shiny, with a dark luster on its surface.

Although it was night, the black light emitted by this object was still very conspicuous, as if it could devour all the light.

Han Li's brow suddenly furrowed, and his fingers holding the stone felt a sting. Immediately, a faint silver light flashed on the surface of his fingers, revealing a layer of translucent film.

The black light emitted by this stone seemed to carry a strange corrosive power. Even with his current physical body, direct contact was somewhat unbearable.

After a slight hesitation, Han Li released his spiritual sense into the black stone, carefully probing.

After a while, he withdrew his spiritual sense, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

The black stone contained a very special power. It was not the power of law, but it was also very mysterious. With his knowledge, he could not recognize what it was.

"You want to give me this thing?" Han Li looked at the Swine-Tuna Beast and asked.

The beast nodded immediately.

"This thing is very strange, and I don't recognize what it is. Where did you get it?" Han Li asked again.

The Swine-Tuna Beast turned to look into the distance, opening and closing its mouth, wanting to say something, but only making *ho ho* sounds, and a look of anxiety appeared in its eyes.

Han Li smiled faintly and pointed out a finger. A green light shot out from his fingertip and entered the Swine-Tuna Beast's throat.

If a demonic beast wanted to speak, it had to refine a throat bone in its throat.

Although the Swine-Tuna Beast's cultivation was not bad, it had not yet been able to refine this bone.

The green light flashed in the beast's throat, and then dissipated.

"Se... senior... uh..." The Swine-Tuna Beast was overjoyed, and made a stiff sound in its mouth.

"Okay, now you can tell me the origin of this thing." Han Li said.

"Yes... this thing... is many years ago, I... uh... followed my parents from elsewhere... when migrating here... uh... from an island... nearby." The Swine-Tuna Beast said haltingly.

"Oh, do you remember which island it was?" Han Li's eyes lit up and he asked immediately.

"This... it's been too long... I was just beginning to open my spiritual wisdom at that time... I don't remember very clearly." The Swine-Tuna Beast said, its words gradually becoming fluent.

Hearing this, Han Li waved his hand, and a stream of seawater flew up from the sea, condensing into a water curtain, on which a detailed map appeared. It was the map of Blackwind Sea.

"Look at this map, can you roughly remember where it is?" he said.

The Swine-Tuna Beast looked at the water curtain for a long time, its eyes falling on a place, somewhat unsure, "It should be here."

Han Li followed the Swine-Tuna Beast's line of sight, and his face suddenly changed slightly.

The place the Swine-Tuna Beast was looking at was a place he had been to before, the Red Moon Island he had visited when he first performed a mission for the Unstable Alliance.

"It was found here..." Han Li muttered to himself, could it be a coincidence.

"I'm not sure... it should be near here." The Swine-Tuna Beast saw Han Li's solemn expression, and said somewhat uneasily.

"It doesn't matter, I'm just asking casually. By the way, do you have any other black stones like this in your possession?" Han Li waved his hand and asked again.