Mortal's Journey: Immortal World

Han Li watched as the Thunder Kui's Eye and the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords entered the Mysterious Heaven Gourd one after another. With a wave of his hand, he sealed the gourd's mouth, then picked up the gourd with his other hand and gently shook it.

"Rumble..."

A dull, mixed sound of thunder immediately rang out from within the gourd.

The runes on the gourd's surface suddenly flashed with light, and wisps of golden electric threads flowed out from the gourd's surface. A wisp of green smoke emerged from the palm of Han Li's hand holding the gourd, but it returned to normal in an instant.

Almost in an instant, a crisp "crack" sound came from the gourd, and a fine crack appeared.

Immediately afterward, the "crack, crack" sounds on the gourd's surface grew louder, and the cracks spread like a spider web, instantly covering the entire gourd.

Seeing this, Han Li threw the gourd into the air without saying a word.

Immediately afterward, he pinched his hands to form a magic seal, reaching out towards the gourd as if gathering firewood, encircling the gourd from left to right. Wisps of the power of time law condensed into extremely thin golden threads, which wrapped around the gourd layer by layer.

Large swaths of golden electric threads intertwined with the threads of time law released by Han Li, but were instantly covered by the power of time law, turning into a dazzling golden light on the gourd's surface, as if dressing the gourd in a golden coat.

With the imprisonment and protection of the power of time law, the Mysterious Heaven Gourd, whose surface was already cracked like shattered porcelain, did not immediately collapse. The runes engraved on it became brighter and brighter.

Han Li's eyes narrowed, and a ghostly purple light lit up in his eyes as he probed into the gourd.

He saw that the seventy-two golden swords formed by the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords were all tightly attached to the walls of the gourd, still maintaining the appearance of a sword formation. The Thunder Kui's Eye was suspended in the center of the gourd, wrapped in a ball of dark green light.

The dark green light was a local tyrant to begin with, so meeting the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords was like meeting an acquaintance, but meeting the Thunder Kui's Eye was like encountering a dragon crossing the river. The two clashed fiercely, neither giving way.

In terms of power, the Thunder Kui's Eye was naturally superior. The electric threads constantly splashing out from it had already shattered the walls of the gourd. If Han Li had not assisted with the power of time law, it would have been impossible to support it.

However, the dark green light had the help of the sword formation, so the difference in strength between the two was narrowed, making them somewhat evenly matched.

Inside the gourd, the dark green light would flourish for a while, and the golden electric threads would surge wildly for a while. This cycle repeated, as if they were in a stalemate.

"Boom..."

After lasting for several hours, the Mysterious Heaven Gourd finally couldn't withstand it and exploded in a violent roar.

A dark green light burst out from the gourd, transforming into a dark green sword light that split upwards and downwards. The thunderous sea area, both the sky and the ocean, tens of thousands of feet of void above and below, were instantly split in two, splitting apart to the left and right.

A deep crack running through the void emerged, and a shocking spatial fluctuation emanated from within.

Han Li's gaze narrowed as he looked at both sides of the spatial rift. He saw that the Thunder Kui's Eye had already turned into a dazzling golden light in the explosion. Within it, the light and shadows flickered, as if thunderous Kui beasts were running endlessly.

The Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords suspended around him suddenly shone brightly, and they all rushed towards the dazzling golden light.

The flying swords entered the golden light, causing the light inside to suddenly soar several times. Even Han Li's eyesight could not see clearly what was happening inside. However, vaguely, his mind suddenly moved, and he felt a different kind of fluctuation from within the light.

After a while, a sharp sword cry suddenly came from the golden light, and then sword lights burst out from it, shooting towards the surrounding void one after another.

Han Li's eyes narrowed, and he saw that one of the sword lights flew straight towards the slowly closing spatial rift and disappeared into it.

His brows furrowed, and without bothering to look at the other sword lights, golden light enveloped his palm, and he plunged it into the dark spatial rift, pulling it outwards with a sudden jerk.

With a soft "chi la" sound,

The sleeves of Han Li's right arm instantly turned into ashes, but his arm was unscathed as he retracted it.

However, when he saw that what he was pulling in his hand was not an Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword, but a miniature, exquisite emerald hand, his eyebrows rose and his eyes were filled with surprise.

"This is..."

Before he could finish his surprise, rays of light flew back from all around, turning into emerald little people about a foot tall, landing on his body.

Some were sitting on his shoulders, some were climbing onto his hair bun, and more were swinging on his arms like swings. One was standing on the tip of his nose, staring at him with a pair of round eyes.

These little people were crystal clear and emerald green all over, only the tuft of hair on their heads and their eyes were golden. They each wore a pair of golden hoops on their wrists and ankles, on which faint, dense golden thunder patterns could be seen.

Han Li counted them one by one. There were no more, no less, exactly seventy-two.

"Could this be... the Sword Spirit Children that were born after the Mysterious Heaven Gourd refined the Thunder Kui's Eye and the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords?" Han Li speculated with suspicion.

The emerald little people seemed to sense something. The moment this thought arose in his mind, they all flew into the air, and under the flow of green light around them, they instantly transformed into seventy-two Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords.

What was very different from the previous Bee Cloud Swords was that all of these flying swords were engraved with golden thunder patterns, and the aura emanating from each sword was at the Third Grade Immortal Artifact level, a whole grade higher than Han Li had previously estimated!

Although Third Grade Immortal Artifacts and Fourth Grade Immortal Artifacts were only one grade apart, the difference in power was like a chasm, and could not be measured, and there were seventy-two of them!

Han Li frowned slightly and his mind stirred.

The seventy-two Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords did not need him to control them at all. They directly flew away on their own, suspended in the high sky, and arranged a series of magnificent sword formations.

"Rumble..."

Accompanied by a sound of rolling thunder, a magnificent ten-thousand-foot Heavenly Gate emerged above the nine heavens.

At this moment, the surrounding golden clouds surged and the atmosphere was ever-changing. Within the tightly closed gate, waves of thunderous aura could not be suppressed and leaked out, causing Han Li to be secretly startled. The power of these children controlling the swords to form formations was even more powerful than he had been before.

As a thought arose in his mind, the ten-thousand-foot golden gate immediately rumbled. Within a golden ocean, countless thunder dragons of various colors could be vaguely seen tumbling up and down, just waiting for an order to rush out of the Heavenly Gate.

The void that was being crushed by the pressure of the Heavenly Gate was shaking endlessly, and spatial rifts began to emerge around it.

A smile appeared on the corner of Han Li's mouth, and with a slight movement of his mind, the golden Heavenly Gate in the high sky slowly closed, gradually disappearing with the surrounding golden clouds.

The seventy-two flying swords flashed with light and transformed back into the appearance of emerald children, flying back towards him.

Han Li opened his left sleeve and scooped them up, and all the children flew into it and disappeared.

Afterward, Han Li pondered slightly, waved his palm, and opened the Flower Branch Cave Heaven.

Within the silver light gate, Zi Ling was standing in front of the bamboo building window, turned around and asked, "How did it go?"

"It's already done, I..." Han Li hesitated.

"Go do what you need to do. If possible, I'd rather go with you." Zi Ling smiled gently and said.

"The journey to the Heavenly Court is too dangerous. I can't take you." Han Li shook his head and said.

"I know. I'll wait for you to return safely." Zi Ling seemed to have expected it and said softly.

"No matter what, I'll take you back to the Underworld first. After that, you can either stay there or go to the Devil World. In short, I'll definitely come back to find you." Han Li nodded and said.

"Okay." Zi Ling said.

After the two left the painting space, Han Li held Zi Ling's soft hand in one hand, and formed a magic seal with the other to perform the Thunder Formation Technique.

With a "sizzling" sound,

Within the thundercloud that had shrunk to less than a hundred miles, ten thousand golden thunders fell from the sky and disappeared in a flash.

……

A month passed in a hurry.

In the Underworld, on the heart island of the Yellow Springs Great Swamp, on the stone steps of the main hall, a woman in black was pacing back and forth, her face full of anxiety.

Standing outside the hall door, the two ghost generals guarding the main hall glanced at each other and silently shook their heads.

This "Jiao San" has been pacing back and forth here for more than ten days. It seems that he has been waiting for someone, but that person has never arrived.

They had tried to persuade him twice, but to no avail, so they had to give up.

Just then, in the void outside the island, in the raging positive and negative whirlwind, a golden escape light flew over, unaffected by the whirlwind, and landed on the island in an instant.

Jiao San sensed the aura, and was surprised at first, then showed joy. Just as he was about to fly over to greet them, he felt a blur in front of him, and two more people had already appeared in front of him. They were naturally Han Li and Zi Ling.

"Where is the Palace Lord?" Han Li let go of Zi Ling's hand and stepped forward to ask.

"Let's talk inside." Jiao San said with a troubled expression.

Han Li frowned slightly, and then took Zi Ling's hand again, and walked into the hall together.

After the hall door slowly closed, Jiao San did not waste any time and said directly: "Father has already rushed to the Central Earth Immortal Region."

"What? He left first?" Han Li raised his eyebrows and said.

"Because of mother's matter, father is very remorseful. Also, because of some other matters, the Samsara Palace launched an offensive ahead of schedule. Now the entire True Immortal World will only become more and more chaotic." Jiao San said.

"Father said that although the Heavenly Court released a message saying that as long as he goes to the Central Earth Immortal Region, they will release my mother, but things will definitely not be that simple. Previously, he tried many methods to find out where my mother was being held, but he got nothing, but he unexpectedly learned who captured my mother." Jiao San said.

"Who is it?" Han Li immediately asked.

"Feng Qingshui, you should be familiar with this name." Jiao San said.

"It's him..." Han Li said after hearing this, pondering.

Back in the Gray World, Han Li had an intersection with this person and knew that he was a Dao Ancestor under the law of water attribute.

"I want to get as much information about him as possible, his sect background, where his immortal mansion is, his current whereabouts, and his past records of battles with others." Han Li said in a deep voice.

"You want to go to him?" Jiao San raised his eyebrows and asked.

"He told me about Feng Qingshui, isn't it just to let me go and find him?" Han Li said faintly.