Not long after, various colored lights lit up on Crimson Glow Peak, and one after another, restrictive arrays opened, enveloping the entire mountain peak.

Having done all this, Han Li walked into the secret room of his cave and sat down cross-legged.

At this moment, within his body, the seventy-two lost and recovered Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords were being enveloped by pure immortal spiritual power and slowly refined by Infant Fire.

Having been separated for many years, and having absorbed so much flying sword essence in the Sword Burial Mound, their power had greatly increased, but their spirituality seemed very mixed. If he were to directly activate them, there would probably be a considerable impact, so he needed to carefully refine them once.

After pondering slightly, he turned his hand and held the Palm Heaven Bottle in his hand, bringing it close to his eyes for a careful examination.

Now, he was basically certain that the Palm Heaven Bottle contained the Time Law.

Back in the Spirit World, after obtaining the imitation from Ma Liang, he had been able to slightly activate the Palm Heaven Bottle for attacks by combining the two. But now, after three hundred years of drastic changes, he didn't know what had happened to the bottle. After many attempts, he could no longer activate it at all.

Han Li pondered slightly, then urged his thoughts, and golden light burst forth from his body, the Mantra Treasure Wheel appearing behind him.

With a wave of his hand, the Mantra Treasure Wheel flew to his side, buzzing and spinning rapidly.

Golden ripples spread out in circles, enveloping the Palm Heaven Bottle, with faint traces of undetectable Time Power entering it.

During this time, Han Li stared intently at the Palm Heaven Bottle, his eyes unblinking.

Time passed bit by bit, but the bottle remained unresponsive from beginning to end.

Han Li pondered slightly and changed the hand seals.

The Mantra Treasure Wheel shone brightly, but its size rapidly decreased, transforming into a small golden ball in the blink of an eye. Under his control, it whooshed into the small bottle.

The Palm Heaven Bottle's body flashed with crystal light, and a few faint runes appeared, but they immediately disappeared, and there was no further movement.

Han Li frowned slightly and sighed softly.

He had originally thought that the Mantra Wheel Transformation Scripture was a cultivation method for the Time Law, and since he had condensed the Mantra Treasure Wheel, he might be able to use it to control the small bottle to some extent, or perhaps cause some changes in it.

But now it seemed that it was of little use.

Or perhaps it was because his cultivation of this technique was too shallow.

Han Li shook his head and summoned the giant ape puppet, ordering it to continue condensing green liquid while he was in seclusion to water the spiritual herbs.

As for the crystal grains needed for the Earth Fiend Clone cultivation, he would condense them himself during breaks in his seclusion to ensure that the clone could continue refining the heavy water.

After pondering slightly, he suddenly thought of something else and went to another stone room. He set up a small spirit gathering array and placed the giant egg he had obtained from Fang Pan in the center of the array, allowing spiritual energy to slowly nourish it, hoping to hatch it.

Having arranged all this properly, Han Li returned to the secret room and sat down with his eyes closed.

This time, he sat quietly for three days and three nights.

When his state of mind had completely returned to calm, and everything was in its best condition, a faint golden light radiated from his body, instantly filling the entire cave secret room.

Time flowed, and more than three years passed in the blink of an eye.

The sky above Crimson Glow Peak changed color, countless black clouds appeared, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged frantically, converging towards the cave.

Within the cave, Han Li's body shone with golden light, and three extremely bright golden spots appeared on his lower abdomen, inhaling and exhaling the surrounding rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

He had opened another immortal aperture!

In the brilliant golden light, the Mantra Treasure Wheel appeared behind him, with six clusters of Time Dao patterns clearly visible on it.

Buzz!

Powerful Time Law fluctuations emanated from the Mantra Treasure Wheel, far stronger than before when there were only four clusters of Time Dao patterns.

Han Li opened his eyes, his eyes filled with joy.

Opening another immortal aperture was certainly gratifying, but what he was truly happy about was that he had finally condensed six clusters of Time Dao patterns.

This was a level that ordinary people could only reach after opening twelve immortal apertures while cultivating the Mantra Wheel Transformation Scripture!

According to the cultivation method, the power of the Mantra Treasure Wheel with six clusters of Time Dao patterns would undergo a leap, and it would be incomparable to what it was before.

He stood up, eager to experience the power of this divine ability.

With a thought, Han Li made the Mantra Treasure Wheel spin rapidly, and countless golden ripples spread out, expanding towards the surroundings, still only reaching a distance of ten zhang.

"Hmm, it seems that as long as it is still the first level, no matter how many Time Dao patterns are cultivated, the range of the Mantra Treasure Wheel will only be ten zhang. Only after breaking through to the second level will the range expand." He thought to himself, then closed his eyes and sensed.

Within the range covered by the golden ripples, everything slowed down.

The flow of air, the fluctuation of heaven and earth spiritual energy, became unprecedentedly slow.

A layer of blue light appeared in Han Li's eyes, and the heaven and earth spiritual energy in his vision immediately became ten times clearer.

Looking at it now, this slowdown was even more obvious.

The colorful spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged, colliding with each other like the collision of water currents, and then scattering.

Everything was clearly visible.

This feeling was truly quite wonderful.

Although everything around him had slowed down, his own movements were not affected in any way. In contrast, it was as if his speed had suddenly increased by a factor of two.

His figure flickered, and the next moment he appeared several zhang away.

The air vibrations caused by his body's movement, as well as the changes in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, were also clearly presented in his eyes.

Han Li's lips curled slightly, and with a flip of his hand, a ball of black liquid appeared, a small ball of heavy water.

With a flick of his finger!

With a "bang", the heavy water burst open, turning into countless large and small black water droplets, flying in all directions.

The splashing of the water droplets was also slowed down by a factor of two, and every tiny particle was clearly visible.

Han Li flicked his arms, creating countless illusions, easily blocking all the water droplets and gathering them back into a ball of heavy water.

Seeing this situation, his heart stirred, and with a flip of his hand, he put the ball of heavy water away again.

Although the Mantra Wheel Transformation Scripture described the effects of the Mantra Treasure Wheel in great detail, there were still many things he needed to try to fully master this divine ability.

The next moment, Han Li's fingers clenched in the void.

Crackling!

Countless silver electric arcs appeared, jumping in his hands.

These electric arcs were not affected by the Mantra Treasure Wheel at all.

He spread his five fingers, and several silver electric arcs shot out of his hand, hitting a wall of the secret room with extreme speed.

A layer of white crystal light appeared on the wall of the secret room, flashing slowly a few times. Several silver electric arcs spread across the wall, quickly jumped a few times, and disappeared without a trace.

The slow crystal light and the rapid silver electric arcs formed a sharp contrast.

Han Li nodded. Although they had left his hand, the silver electric arcs were still unaffected, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, if his attacks were also slowed down, then the Mantra Treasure Wheel would be meaningless.

He also tried using divine sense and physical magic weapon attacks, and after seeing that they were all unaffected, he was completely relieved.

With a thought, Han Li summoned the giant ape puppet outside.

With heavy thudding footsteps, the giant ape puppet came over.

Affected by the Mantra Treasure Wheel, the sound of the puppet's feet hitting the ground was also elongated by a factor of two, sounding quite strange.

Before long, the giant ape puppet stood still outside the range of the golden ripples.

"Attack me," Han Li ordered the giant ape puppet.

As soon as he finished speaking, the giant ape puppet immediately opened its mouth wide, and a thick blue lightning pillar shot out from it. At the same time, it raised its five fingers, and five blue electric arcs shot out, attacking Han Li.

Although the power of the few electric arc attacks was weak, the speed of the lightning was still extremely fast.

However, as soon as these lightning bolts entered the golden ripples, their speed immediately slowed down. Not only was their flying speed reduced, but also the sparks emitted from the electric arcs on the lightning pillar, everything slowed down by a factor of two.

Although it was only slowed down by a factor of two, it seemed insignificant, but in reality, it was a world of difference.

Han Li took a step to the side, without deliberately using any movement techniques.

The few electric arcs brushed past his body, not even touching his clothes.

Han Li was excited, and he had the puppet try other attacks. Under the influence of the Mantra Treasure Wheel, everything was slowed down by a factor of two.

He clenched his hands tightly, his eyes shining brightly.

A series of trials had allowed him to grasp the Mantra Treasure Wheel to a great extent, and he had also come up with several ways to use it. The more he thought about it, the more excited he became.

With this divine ability, as long as it was used properly, he might be able to defeat even late True Immortal experts.

But then, Han Li's eyebrows twitched slightly.

He had not been urging the Mantra Treasure Wheel for very long, but the immortal spiritual power in his body had already been consumed by a large amount. It seemed that although this divine ability had remarkable power, its consumption of immortal spiritual power was truly terrifying.

But with such a terrifying effect, it was understandable that it consumed more immortal spiritual power.

The golden light on his body flashed and dissipated, and the Mantra Treasure Wheel also disappeared into his body. He sat down cross-legged, intending to continue cultivating.

But before cultivating, he had the giant ape puppet bring over the Palm Heaven Bottle, and he tried to urge it again with the Mantra Treasure Wheel, but the situation was still the same as before.

Han Li smiled bitterly, but he quickly calmed down and entered closed-door cultivation again.

…

Spring passed and winter came, time flew by, and more than twenty years passed in the blink of an eye.

Crimson Glow Peak was still as quiet as ever, without the lively scenes of other cave peaks.

The red fire miasma near the mountain peak had completely disappeared, the climate had returned to normal, and apart from the areas covered by restrictions, other places were covered by a thick layer of snow.

The boundless expanse of white made people feel broad-minded.

It was a pity that no one on Crimson Glow Peak was in the mood to appreciate such a beautiful scene. The few people on duty were each responsible for a region, patrolling and guarding, while the others were seizing the time to cultivate diligently in their residences.

On an open space on the back of Crimson Glow Peak, a red array of more than ten zhang in size was engraved on the ground, inlaid with pieces of red crystal, flashing with flame-like light.

Sitting in the center of the array was a white-skirted girl, Meng Qianqian.

Streams of red light rose from each crystal, gathering around the white-skirted girl, making her look as if she was sitting cross-legged in a cluster of red flames.

Sweat appeared on Meng Qianqian's forehead and temples, and her face was also reddened by the flames. It seemed that she was cultivating some kind of secret technique.

More than twenty years had passed, and her appearance had not changed much, but her cultivation had actually reached the late Core Formation stage. Her progress was so fast that even among the outer disciples of the entire Candle Dragon Dao, it could make many people marvel.

All this was naturally inseparable from the pills given by Han Li and the spirit stones left by her brother Meng Yungui before he went out, but it was also related to her current firm desire for the Dao.

If it were not so, she would not be able to endure the lonely and tedious cultivation life.

(Fellow Daoists, Han Li's natal flying sword has been found. I wonder if there are any monthly tickets? ^^)