“It’s time to end this…”

Han Li murmured, his ten fingers swiftly forming incantation gestures. Dazzling golden light suddenly burst forth from his body, and the Mantra Wheel instantly ceased its reverse rotation, turning to spin in the forward direction.

Buzz!

Rings of dense golden ripples erupted from the wheel, instantly spreading across a thousand-zhang radius, enveloping the Five-Clawed Grey Dragon within.

Everything engulfed by the golden ripples immediately seemed frozen, suspended in place.

The Five-Clawed Grey Dragon was no exception, its face maintaining an expression of shock, its mouth slightly agape, its body motionless.

Han Li’s eyes flashed as he waved his hand and struck down into the void.

With a flash of azure light, three Azure Bamboo Swarmcloud Swords appeared beside the Five-Clawed Grey Dragon. Their surfaces were enveloped in azure light as they spun around the grey dragon's body with lightning speed, forming a cage.

As the azure light intersected, the Five-Clawed Grey Dragon’s body was instantly severed into more than a dozen pieces, but they did not separate, and not even a single drop of blood splattered.

At the same time, a strand of Time Crystal Thread emerged from an unknown location and flashed into the Five-Clawed Grey Dragon's mind.

A moment later, a flash of grey light occurred. The Time Crystal Thread flew out, binding a small grey dragon. There was a silver pattern on its forehead, and this was indeed Qu Ling’s nascent soul.

A wave of golden ripples emanated from the crystal thread, enveloping the grey nascent soul and firmly imprisoning it.

Han Li secretly exhaled and waved his hand.

The golden spirit domain flashed, transforming into a vast expanse of golden light that flowed back like a whale drinking water, disappearing into his body.

The golden ripples around Han Li’s body also flickered slightly, flying back and disappearing into the rapidly rotating Mantra Wheel.

The Mantra Wheel flashed twice rapidly, then slowly dissipated.

At that moment, Han Li suddenly let out a soft exclamation. With a thought, the Mantra Wheel stopped dissipating and condensed again, flying from behind him and landing in front.

He saw that several dozen time runes on the Mantra Wheel had once again become dimmed, dull grey, exactly like when the time runes had dimmed before.

“This is…” A hint of surprise flashed in Han Li’s eyes.

With a thought, he sent a wisp of spiritual power into the Soul Nurturing Cauldron, informing the old Daoist remnant soul of the situation.

“Of course. Do you think activating such a powerful divine ability as Spirit Domain only requires the consumption of immortal spiritual power? Unleashing Spirit Domain mainly consumes your Time Law power. It’s only natural that some time runes would be extinguished.” The remnant soul said dismissively.

Han Li nodded upon hearing this.

He had now condensed a full ten Time Law threads, and it seemed it wouldn't take long to restore these dozen time runes.

With this thought, he felt relieved and then waved his hand.

The three Azure Bamboo Swarmcloud Swords flashed and flew back, stopping in front of him.

With a flash of golden light, the law threads inside shot out and merged into his body.

The golden light emanating from the Azure Bamboo Swarmcloud Swords instantly disappeared, and the boundless aura was greatly reduced, returning to their previous state.

Seeing this scene, Han Li’s heart stirred.

The Azure Bamboo Swarmcloud Swords contained extremely powerful spiritual power. He had temporarily integrated a strand of Time Crystal Thread, which allowed them to possess a trace of Time Law power, immediately increasing their power. If these swords were to contain a matching law in the future, he wondered how great their power would become.

With this thought, his heart suddenly burned with excitement.

Han Li took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and with a wave of his sleeve, the three azure giant swords quickly shrunk and flew into his sleeve.

In this great battle, although his Time Spirit Domain had initially revealed its potential, killing Qu Ling with the cooperation of the Mantra Wheel with little effort, maintaining the Spirit Domain consumed a significant amount of immortal spiritual power. Activating the Azure Bamboo Swarmcloud Swords also consumed a great deal of immortal spiritual power.

Combining the two, even though he had now advanced to the mid-stage of the Golden Immortal realm, he still felt somewhat overwhelmed, and his face was somewhat pale.

From the current observation, the advantage of the Spirit Domain was its large range, but its power was still relatively limited, while the area released by the Mantra Wheel was smaller, but its power was not weak.

He flipped his hand and took out a scarlet pill to swallow, intending to circulate his cultivation technique to refine it.

However, at that moment, the silver 'King' character pattern on the forehead of the grey little dragon nascent soul on the Time Crystal Thread suddenly released a great silver light, and its body struggled vigorously.

The Time Crystal Thread was even shaken repeatedly by its struggles, loosening slightly.

It was unknown what divine ability the grey nascent soul had used, but it seemed that even the power of the Time Law could not affect it.

“Still want to escape!” Han Li’s face darkened, and he pointed with his finger.

The Time Crystal Thread instantly lit up, emitting an even brighter light, and once again wrapped around the grey nascent soul.

The grey nascent soul suddenly let out a piercing screech, and its body swelled up, becoming four or five times larger.

Han Li frowned slightly. The Time Crystal Thread was firmly bound to the nascent soul, deeply embedded in its body. In this situation, it was even more impossible for it to break free.

However, this Qu Ling nascent soul was strange. He was about to perform incantations to completely imprison it.

In the next moment, the silver pattern on the forehead of the grey nascent soul lit up again, and then with a “bang,” the grey nascent soul suddenly exploded, turning into a cloud of grey light that dissipated and disappeared.

A blurry dragon shadow shot out from the sky full of grey light. It was Qu Ling's soul, surrounded by a layer of extremely faint silver light. Its speed was astonishing, and it disappeared into the horizon in a flash.

Han Li frowned upon seeing this.

Qu Ling's nascent soul was bound by his Time Crystal Thread. Logically speaking, it shouldn't even be able to move, yet it still managed to find a way to break free and escape.

It seemed that these Golden Immortals, even if only their nascent souls remained, still possessed great divine abilities. He had learned a lesson today.

He shook his head and waved his hand, and the Time Crystal Thread flew into his body.

Even if the other party was a true spirit, they were now just a mere soul. It didn't matter if they escaped. After all, this was not the outside world. Even if there were any hidden dangers in the future, he didn't have time to worry about them now.

At this point, the three-colored spirit domain that Qu Ling had released before trembled a few times and quickly dissipated.

The corpse of the Five-Clawed Grey Dragon inside instantly disintegrated and fell from mid-air.

Han Li waved his hand, and an azure alms bowl-like vessel flew out, flashing and becoming the size of a mu, catching all the corpses of the Five-Clawed Grey Dragon without missing a single piece.

He beckoned, and the azure alms bowl flew back, transforming into its original size in mid-air and landing in his hand.

Han Li glanced at the inside of the alms bowl, his expression revealing a hint of satisfaction. He flipped his hand and put the azure alms bowl away.

Then, he waved his hand and emitted a wave of azure light, wrapping the grey throne that was out of control but still suspended in mid-air, and taking it back.

After examining it briefly, he flipped his hand and put it away.

At that moment, with a flash of golden light, Jin Tong’s figure appeared beside Han Li. The bronze gong from before had disappeared.

“Han Li, you couldn’t even keep a nascent soul, and you let her self-destruct. What a waste!” Jin Tong frowned and muttered with great dissatisfaction.

“What, you wanted the Golden Immortal nascent soul?” Han Li looked at Jin Tong and asked somewhat strangely.

“Is there even a need to ask? Golden Immortal nascent souls are full of vital energy and contain abundant soul power. For this immortal maiden, they are naturally a good tonic!” Jin Tong curled her lips and said.

Han Li didn’t say much. He slightly flipped his hand, and a white jade box appeared in his palm. He opened the lid, and inside were two nascent souls, one black and one white. They were the White Giant Python and the Black Strange Fish that he had killed earlier.

Jin Tong was about to say something else, but her eyes lit up when she saw this, and she immediately stared at the two nascent souls.

“I originally had other uses for these two nascent souls. This time, you helped me kill this Qu Ling, so it’s only right that I give you something to restore your vitality.” As Han Li spoke, he handed over the jade box.

“You do have a conscience! Since you’re being so sincere, then this immortal maiden will reluctantly accept it.” Jin Tong was not polite with Han Li at all, grabbing the jade box with a happy smile.

She took a deep breath, then opened her mouth and emitted a wave of golden light, instantly wrapping the two nascent souls, sucking them into her mouth, and chewing on them.

Jin Tong's round little face revealed a look of satisfaction and happiness.

The two Golden Immortal realm demon beast nascent souls, which were resistant to water and fire and impervious to blades and swords, were like a delicious meal in this girl's mouth. This left Han Li somewhat speechless, but a trace of indulgence flashed in the depths of his eyes.

At this time, streams of constantly flowing golden light emerged from Jin Tong's body, flashing like water waves, and finally converging towards her arms.

Her two originally translucent arms quickly became solid.

A few breaths later, Jin Tong suddenly raised her head, swallowed the things in her mouth, wiped her mouth with her newly formed arm, and even let out a burp.

The golden light on her body quickly stopped pulsating, and her arms had almost returned to their original state.

“It seems that Golden Immortal-level nascent souls are indeed a good tonic for you. Speaking of which, it’s been so many years since we last met. I didn’t expect you to have become like this.” Han Li nodded and said.

“What, is this immortal maiden not good this way? By the way, if there was another one, this immortal maiden's injuries could be completely healed. It's all your fault! Otherwise, there would have been three nascent souls.” Jin Tong raised her small eyebrows, glared at Han Li, and said with some dissatisfaction.

“What’s the rush? Now there are Golden Immortals gathering in the Immortal Abode. Even if I don’t go looking for them, I’m afraid someone will come knocking on our door.” Han Li turned his gaze to a certain direction and said indifferently.

“There are more? That’s great! With this immortal maiden here, plus your Spirit Domain, I guarantee they will have no return.” Jin Tong smiled, stretched, revealing a row of white teeth, and said in an imposing manner.

“We’ll leave that aside for now. Jin Tong, there’s something I want to ask you first.” Han Li looked at Jin Tong, his expression suddenly becoming serious, and asked.

“Oh, what is it?” Jin Tong was slightly startled by Han Li’s sudden question, and replied with a somewhat nervous expression.

“When I ascended to the Immortal World, I encountered a powerful enemy and was knocked down to the lower realm. Because of the enemy's law, I lost a lot of memories. Do you remember how we spent our time in the Immortal World before encountering the powerful enemy?” Han Li asked in a deep voice.

Although he had learned some information from Tao Yu and Fang Pan, he still hadn't been able to completely clarify the events he encountered after ascending to the Immortal World. Now that the inkstone had exploded, the last clue might have been lost.

For some reason, Han Li cared a lot about this memory.

“I can’t remember either. My memories of the Immortal World seem to start from when we encountered that person named Fang Pan. After that, I used a little trick to kill one of Fang Pan’s spiritual pets. When I came back, I couldn’t find you anymore. Later on, I actually encountered that Qu Ling and was captured by her. Speaking of which, this woman is good at raising all kinds of spiritual pets. I always had food, drink, and upgrades, so this immortal maiden temporarily pretended to cooperate and stayed.” Jin Tong thought for a while, then frowned and said.