Arc 16Chapters 376–400

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Ch. 376Traces of Laws · A Demonic Shadow Heads West

Han Li carried the recovering Zi Ling west across the Gobi Desert and explained the origins and dangers of his true demon qi and unusual divine light. He chose Dream Cloud Marsh as a secluded place for them to recover while he consolidated his Deity Transformation cultivation.

  • Han Li used his spiritual power to heal Zi Ling's meridians and divine soul as they traveled inside his Pseudo-Space Partition.
  • Zi Ling asked Han Li about his Deity Transformation and unfamiliar aura, and Han Li described his true demon qi and the abilities of his eyes without revealing all his secrets.
  • Han Li told Zi Ling they would head to Dream Cloud Marsh to find a safe place for her recovery and his secluded cultivation.
  • Han Li examined his cultivation and sensed that the laws of heaven and earth restrained Deity Transformation cultivators from unleashing their full power.
  • Han Li continued flying southwest toward Dream Cloud Marsh with Zi Ling.

Ch. 377The Return to Star Palace · Unsettled Aftershocks

Han Li chose to return to the Heavenly South with the injured Zi Ling, using spatial transit to reach a hidden cave residence in the Mulan Grassland. After settling in to guard her recovery, he announced his return to Star Palace and revealed his Deity Transformation might to its leaders.

  • Han Li rejected Dream Cloud Marsh and the Chaotic Star Sea as places to settle, then decided to take Zi Ling to the Heavenly South.
  • Han Li used spatial transit to travel with Zi Ling for several months, recovering and consolidating his Deity Transformation abilities along the way.
  • Han Li brought Zi Ling to a secluded cave residence in the Mulan Grassland and established protective restrictions so she could heal.
  • Han Li extended his spiritual sense across the Heavenly South and contacted Star Palace through the imprint in its Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation.
  • Han Li told Star Palace's senior members, "I have returned," and they sensed his Deity Transformation realm and welcomed him back.
  • Han Li withdrew his spiritual sense and resumed guarding Zi Ling as she recovered.

Ch. 378A Divinity Returned Home, His Might Over Heavenly South

Han Li remained in seclusion in the Mulan Grassland while Star Palace prepared for his return after learning that he had reached Deity Transformation. His rise forced Heavenly South’s factions to submit, while he continued guarding the recovering Zi Ling.

  • Han Li monitored Zi Ling’s recovery and cultivated in seclusion in the unnamed valley.
  • Nangong Wan announced Han Li’s return and Deity Transformation breakthrough to the Star Palace elders, then ordered the palace sealed and its forces prepared for his arrival.
  • The Star Palace deployed troops to secure its borders, gathered resources, and announced Han Li’s advancement to the sects and clans of Heavenly South.
  • After confirming Han Li had killed Hu Qinglei, Wei Wuya ordered the Nine Nations Alliance to withdraw and submit to the Star Palace.
  • The former Heavenly Dao Alliance’s sects sent surrender declarations, while rogue cultivators sought to join the Star Palace.
  • Han Li continued comprehending Deity Transformation and guarding Zi Ling as Heavenly South reacted to his return.

Ch. 379Healing a Dao Companion: A Spirit Pill Restores the Meridians

Han Li used a rare spirit pill and carefully transformed true demon qi to heal Zi Ling’s divine soul injury and strengthen her meridians. After forty-nine days, she emerged fully recovered with her cultivation stabilized at the peak of the Nascent Soul Early Stage, while Han Li decided they would wait before returning to the Star Palace and the changed Heavenly South.

  • Han Li gave Zi Ling a Nine-Turn Soul-Transforming Pill and guided her to refine it with the Miaoyin Heart Sutra.
  • Han Li sent gentle, specially transformed true demon qi into Zi Ling to help the pill’s energy heal her meridians and divine soul.
  • After forty-nine days, Zi Ling completed her recovery, with her hidden injury gone and her cultivation stabilized at the peak of the Nascent Soul Early Stage.
  • Zi Ling thanked Han Li and asked when they would return to the Star Palace.
  • Han Li told Zi Ling to consolidate her recovery and said they would return after the Star Palace and Heavenly South had time to adapt.

Ch. 380A Divine Return to the Star Palace, Might Descends upon the Chaotic Star Sea

Han Li returned to Star-Magnetic Peak with Fairy Zi Ling and consolidated the Star Palace's rule over Heavenly South. He announced that the Chaotic Star Sea Star Palace would also come under his command and ordered its members to relocate to Heavenly South within three months.

  • Han Li and Fairy Zi Ling appeared before the Star Palace's assembled elders and disciples, who welcomed their return.
  • Han Li declared that Heavenly South would be ruled solely by the Star Palace and appointed Lu Yun to oversee the region's affairs.
  • Han Li ordered Zhou Tong and Shi Mang to manage resources and strengthen the Star Palace, then named Fairy Zi Ling the Purple Spirit Hall Master and tasked Nangong Wan with assisting her.
  • Han Li sent his spiritual will across the Boundless Sea to Tianxing City and revealed to the Chaotic Star Sea that he had attained Deity Transformation.
  • Han Li placed Ling Yuling in temporary charge, ordered him to bring the Star Palace's core legacies and members to Star-Magnetic Peak within three months, and declared it the sole headquarters.
  • The Chaotic Star Sea learned of Han Li's return and Deity Transformation, while Han Li ordered preparations to welcome its Star Palace members and unite both realms.

Ch. 381A Century of Planning · Nascent Soul Great Perfection

A century after consolidating the Star Palace, Han Li had reached the peak of Deity Transformation early stage while Zi Ling had advanced to Nascent Soul great perfection but stalled before the Deity Transformation bottleneck. Han Li told her to travel in search of an opportunity and prepare to extend the Star Palace’s reach, while he began planning to investigate Great Jin and Kunwu Mountain.

  • Over a century, Han Li unified and strengthened the Star Palace, expanding its forces and securing Heavenly South and the Chaotic Star Sea.
  • Han Li stabilized his cultivation at the peak of Deity Transformation early stage but remained unable to break through to the middle stage.
  • With Han Li’s resources and the Purple Mansion Heavenly Sound Art, Zi Ling advanced to Nascent Soul great perfection but could not overcome the Deity Transformation bottleneck.
  • Han Li advised Zi Ling to leave seclusion and travel across the wider world to seek an opportunity and make contact on the Star Palace’s behalf.
  • Zi Ling agreed to set out in three years after stabilizing her cultivation and receiving protective techniques and items from Han Li.
  • Han Li examined the Bone Slip containing the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light method and decided to investigate Great Jin and the secrets surrounding Kunwu Mountain.

Ch. 382An Opportunity on the Road: Returning to Great Jin

Zi Ling departed Star-Magnetic Peak to seek a breakthrough opportunity, while Han Li uncovered a hidden clue in Venerable Cang Kun’s bone slip pointing toward Kunwu Mountain. After preparing the Star Palace for his absence, Han Li set out to return to Great Jin as a Deity Transformation Palace Master.

  • Han Li gave Zi Ling protective treasures, cultivation guidance, and a communication token before she used Smoke Gauze Escape to leave on her travels.
  • Han Li awakened a spiritual-sense imprint in Venerable Cang Kun’s bone slip and glimpsed a fragmented map linked to Kunwu Mountain and Primordial Magnetic Divine Light.
  • Han Li decided to return to Great Jin to investigate the clue and pursue an opportunity to advance his cultivation.
  • Han Li appointed Nangong Wan and Ling Yuling to jointly lead the Star Palace during his absence and gave them and Lu Yun Ten-Thousand-Mile One-Heart Incense.
  • Han Li prepared for the journey, reinforced the Star Palace’s defenses, and left Star-Magnetic Peak for Great Jin one month later.

Ch. 383A Hidden Dragon in the Depths · Undercurrents in Great Jin

Han Li returned to Great Jin and secretly surveyed its powers before using the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light to secure a meeting with Tianjizi. He identified himself and proposed a transaction about Kunwu Mountain’s true core and the path ahead for Deity Transformation cultivators.

  • Han Li hid in a valley and used his spiritual sense to assess Great Jin’s major powers and the tensions left by the Heavenly Demon Sect’s destruction.
  • Han Li sent a message to Xiang Zhili and arranged a meeting with a Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion contact, but Xiang Zhili did not reply.
  • Li Mu arrived at the meeting, and Han Li revealed a strand of Primordial Magnetic Divine Light to compel him to contact the pavilion master.
  • Tianjizi appeared in the valley and recognized Han Li as the cultivator who had obtained the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light and killed Hu Qinglei.
  • Han Li introduced himself to Tianjizi and proposed a transaction concerning Kunwu Mountain and the future path of Deity Transformation cultivators.

Ch. 384Bargaining with a Tiger for Its Skin · The Secret Kunwu Pact

Han Li bargained with Tianjizi over the Bone Slip and secured the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion’s covert protection for Zi Ling. They agreed to prepare for Kunwu Mountain’s opening in sixty years, leaving Han Li to strengthen himself and settle old scores.

  • Han Li revealed carefully limited Bone Slip information to prove its connection to Kunwu Mountain and the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light.
  • Han Li traded insights from the Bone Slip for the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion’s secret monitoring and assistance of Zi Ling, and Tianjizi accepted.
  • Tianjizi explained that Kunwu Mountain’s Celestial Cycle Star Demon-Sealing Restriction would loosen in about sixty years and outlined the likely enemies and potential allies.
  • Tianjizi gave Han Li a Mother-and-Child Directional Disk for secure communication, and they agreed to prepare separately for the expedition.
  • After Tianjizi departed, Han Li resolved to strengthen his foundations, refine powerful weapons, and visit old acquaintances to settle old accounts.

Ch. 385Hidden tracks and vanishing shadows: old grudges of Blood Soul

Han Li infiltrated the Blood Soul Sect to steal myriad defilement blood crystal for refining Defilement Spirit Pills, then overwhelmed Patriarch Blood Soul and escaped. Over the following months he robbed several demonic sects for rare materials and vanished while the factions prepared for the coming upheaval at Kunwu Mountain.

  • Han Li sneaked through the Blood Soul Sect’s restrictions to reach its Blood Refining Pool and found five or six drops of myriad defilement blood crystal.
  • The Pool Spirit attacked Han Li, but he shattered its bloody strike and used Primordial Magnetic True Demon: Devouring to weaken it.
  • Han Li took the blood crystals and a blood-soaked crystalline stone as Patriarch Blood Soul and three elders arrived.
  • Han Li’s Deity Transformation pressure injured Patriarch Blood Soul and the elders, and he escaped with the stolen materials.
  • Over the following months, Han Li raided the Baleful Sun Sect and other demonic sects for rare treasures, then disappeared as the factions awaited Kunwu Mountain sixty years later.

Ch. 386The Defilement Spirit Pills Take Shape · Demon Essence Mutation

Han Li refined three high-quality Defilement Spirit Pills and used one with purified deity transformation demon essence to break through to mid-stage Deity Transformation. His breakthrough awakened a dangerous new demon source within him, and he began preparing for his journey to Kunwu Mountain in sixty years.

  • Han Li completed three three-revolution Defilement Spirit Pills in the Nine-Dragon Magnetic Essence Furnace and recovered before attempting his breakthrough.
  • Han Li spent forty-nine days refining Hu Qinglei's deity transformation demon essence until he reached the peak of early-stage Deity Transformation.
  • Han Li swallowed a Defilement Spirit Pill and fused its power with the purified demon essence to attack the barrier to mid-stage Deity Transformation.
  • Han Li broke through the barrier as heavenly phenomena spread across Star-Magnetic Peak, startling Nangong Wan, Ling Yuling, Lu Yun, and the Star Palace.
  • Han Li awakened a tiny, powerful black demon source within his Dantian, concealed it after recognizing its danger, and resolved to prepare for the journey to Kunwu Mountain in sixty years.

Ch. 387Waiting out the sixty-year cycle · The eve of the storm

After sixty years of cultivation, Han Li met Tianjizi in Heavenly Mechanism City to discuss Kunwu Mountain’s approaching opening and the threats gathering around it. They formed an alliance and agreed to meet at Falling Star Valley in two years, while Han Li prepared to return to Heavenly South and scout the mountain’s outskirts.

  • Han Li completed sixty years of preparation, refining two Life-Bound Magic Treasures and gaining control over the Demon Source within him.
  • Han Li received Tianjizi’s message and used spatial traversal to reach Heavenly Mechanism City, where Tianjizi said Kunwu Mountain’s core restrictions would weaken within three to five years.
  • Tianjizi warned Han Li that major Great Jin factions and demonic sects linked to the Outer Heaven Demon Realm were preparing to enter Kunwu Mountain.
  • Tianjizi showed Han Li his calculated map of Kunwu Hall’s core and proposed that they cooperate; Han Li agreed to their terms and shared goals.
  • Han Li and Tianjizi used the Star Pact Stone to establish a divine soul covenant and agreed to meet at Falling Star Valley in two years.
  • Han Li left to make final arrangements in Heavenly South and planned to scout Kunwu Mountain’s outskirts, while Tianjizi resumed his calculations.

Ch. 388Returning to the Sect to Set the Pieces · Meeting Old Friends Again

Han Li returned to the Star Palace, arranged for its leaders to govern in his absence, and departed for Great Jin to prepare for his journey to Kunwu Mountain. At Ice Soul Valley, he encountered a powerful sealed being that coveted his demon source, escaped its formation, and continued toward Falling Star Valley to meet Tianjizi.

  • Han Li left Zi Ling a message, summoned Nangong Wan, Ling Yuling, Lu Yun, Zhou Tong, Shi Mang, and Wen Siyue, and ordered them to protect and govern the Star Palace while he was away.
  • Han Li named Nangong Wan and Ling Yuling as possible joint successors if he failed to return, distributed cultivation resources and treasures, and reinforced the palace’s secret defenses before departing.
  • Han Li traveled to Ice Soul Valley in Great Jin’s Northern Territory, where an ancient being attacked him through the Dark Nether Sealing Spirit Formation and demanded the origin power within him.
  • Han Li used his demon source, magical treasures, and a precise sword strike to break the formation’s weak point, then escaped the gorge as the ancient being vowed to hunt him down.
  • Han Li assessed the danger of the sealed being and continued toward Falling Star Valley to meet Tianjizi and possibly Xiang Zhili before the events at Kunwu Mountain.

Ch. 389A Gathering at Falling Star Valley · The Gate to the Spirit Realm

Han Li, Tianjizi, and Xiang Zhili prepared to enter Kunwu Mountain after learning its restrictions would weaken in a year and a half and that its depths might contain a gate to the Spirit Realm. They swore a heart demon blood oath to cooperate, then began searching for the gate’s location while cultivating and preparing for the expedition.

  • Han Li met Tianjizi in Falling Star Valley, where Tianjizi used a replica of the Mystic Heaven Mirror to predict three passages into Kunwu Mountain opening in about a year and a half.
  • Tianjizi advised Han Li against entering early, and the two waited and cultivated in Falling Star Valley until Xiang Zhili arrived.
  • Xiang Zhili revealed that Kunwu Mountain might hold an unstable gate to the Spirit Realm, along with dangers connected to an ancient seal.
  • Han Li and Tianjizi agreed to pursue the gate despite the risks, and the three set terms for sharing any clues or single items related to it.
  • Han Li, Tianjizi, and Xiang Zhili swore a heart demon blood oath to cooperate, then began investigating the gate while preparing for Kunwu Mountain’s opening.

Ch. 390Storm over the Mountain's Opening: Three Paths in Contention

Han Li, Tianjizi, and Xiang Zhili entered Kunwu Mountain through an unstable spatial fissure and reached its inner Reception Plaza. They followed the Bone Slip into the Demon Burial passage, where Han Li killed Blood Soul Patriarch and Crimson Sun Old Demon before the three continued deeper.

  • Han Li, Tianjizi, and Xiang Zhili found an unstable spatial fissure and decided to use it to avoid the crowded entrance paths.
  • Tianjizi stabilized the fissure with talismans, and the three crossed its dangerous spatial passage to reach Kunwu Mountain's Reception Plaza.
  • Han Li's Bone Slip pointed toward the Demon Burial passage, so the three entered it and encountered demon cultivators fighting Yin Fiend Stone Puppets.
  • Blood Soul Patriarch and Crimson Sun Old Demon ordered their followers to kill Han Li, but Han Li destroyed their attacks and devoured both demons with True Demon Devouring.
  • The surviving demon cultivators fled, and Han Li, Tianjizi, and Xiang Zhili continued deeper into the Demon Burial passage.

Ch. 391Demonic Shadow in the Abyss · Spirit Realm Gate

Han Li, Tianjizi, and Xiang Zhili reached the Demon Suppression Hall and discovered a damaged passage to the Spirit Realm above Buried Demon Abyss. After Han Li repelled an attack from the blood-robed demon cultivator, the gathered factions agreed to a temporary truce before investigating the gate.

  • Han Li, Tianjizi, and Xiang Zhili followed the Bone Slip to Buried Demon Abyss, where they found the Demon Suppression Hall and a damaged Spirit Realm Gate.
  • Han Li and his companions arrived at the hall and faced Old Ghost Bai, the Ye Family representatives, the blood-robed demon cultivator, and Old Monk Bitter Bamboo.
  • Old Ghost Bai demanded that Han Li leave, while the blood-robed demon cultivator demanded the Bone Slip.
  • The blood-robed demon cultivator attacked Han Li, but Han Li pierced his ghost claw with dark golden demon-source power and forced him to retreat.
  • Old Monk Bitter Bamboo proposed that the factions investigate the Spirit Realm Gate together, and Old Ghost Bai established a temporary rule against attacking one another.

Ch. 392Storms beyond the Gate · A Chance to Ascend

Han Li sent a divided spirit through the Spirit Realm Gate and discovered a perilous broken rift that might lead to the Spirit Realm, along with a terrifying ancient demonic presence. After returning, the group decided the answers to stabilizing the passage might lie inside the Demon Suppression Hall, and entered it together.

  • Tianjizi, Kuzhu, and the others devised a way to probe the Spirit Realm Gate using Kuzhu’s Heart Lamp art, Tianjizi’s compass, and the blood-robed Demonic Cultivator’s Void Demon Bone.
  • Han Li volunteered his divided spirit to investigate, and the group sent it through the gate protected by Kuzhu’s flame and guided by Tianjizi’s compass.
  • Han Li discovered a chaotic spatial rift that might reach the Spirit Realm, but an ancient demonic intent sensed the Bone Slip and attacked, forcing him to retreat with the damaged Void Demon Bone.
  • Han Li told the group that the rift was extremely dangerous and suggested the Bone Slip’s resonance might connect the passage’s key to the demonic presence.
  • The Ye Family’s little emperor proposed searching the Demon Suppression Hall for a way to stabilize the passage, and Han Li and the others agreed and entered the hall.

Ch. 393Inside the Demon Suppression Hall · The Ancient Demon's Obsession

Han Li and the others entered the Demon Suppression Hall and awakened the ancient guardians fused with its sealing formation. A Cang Kun lineage guardian offered Han Li an inheritance only if he passed its trial, and Han Li met its sword strike with his Primordial Magnetic True Demon Slash.

  • The Cang Kun Bone Slip led Han Li to a Kunwu elder’s remains bearing an octagonal token, while the other cultivators approached relics and inheritances that interested them.
  • The ancient remains awakened and attacked the intruders as the Demon Suppression Hall’s formation turned against them.
  • The guardian linked to Han Li’s Bone Slip recognized his lineage and demanded that he prove his ability to defend the Dao before receiving the inheritance.
  • The guardian unleashed a powerful silver starlight sword beam at Han Li while the formation’s chains and starlight assaulted everyone in the hall.
  • Han Li used the full power of his demon source, true demon qi, and Primordial Magnetic Divine Light to counter with the Great Evolutionary Sword Art’s Primordial Magnetic True Demon Slash.

Ch. 394Legacy Trial · Clash of Demonic Wills

Han Li inherited the Primordial Magnetic Demon-Sealing Seal and reinforced the flawed Xun foundation while enduring the ancient demon’s assault and a sudden ambush. The seal stabilized the Demon-Sealing Grand Array, but the blood-robed demonic cultivator survived, and a greater storm still loomed.

  • Han Li broke Cangkun’s Eight Gates Locking Heart Formation and accepted the duty of reinforcing the Demon Sealing Platform’s Xun foundation.
  • Cangkun passed the complete seal legacy and Demon-Quelling Token to Han Li, who began forming the seal at the cracked foundation.
  • As the ancient demon’s will battered Han Li, Old Ghost Bai and Kuzhu helped protect him, while the blood-robed demonic cultivator broke away and attacked from behind.
  • Han Li used the unfinished seal and his demon source to disrupt the ambush, endured a wound, and completed the Primordial Magnetic Demon-Sealing Seal.
  • The seal repaired the foundation and stabilized the Demon-Sealing Grand Array, while its backlash weakened the blood-robed demonic cultivator and ended the battles across the hall.

Ch. 395A seal forged in karma · The Spirit Gate first appears

Han Li reinforced the Demon-Sealing Grand Array, which caused the Spirit Realm Gate to briefly open into a traversable passage. Han Li and several cultivators entered before a final burst of demonic qi destabilized the gate, leaving the blood-robed demonic cultivator and his followers behind.

  • Han Li used the Primordial Magnetic Demon-Sealing Seal to repair the array, suppressing the ancient demon and injuring the blood-robed demonic cultivator through backlash.
  • The Spirit Realm Gate expanded and formed a temporary passage marked by a stable point of silvery-white light.
  • Old Ghost Bai and the Ye Family's "Little Emperor" tried to enter first but were repelled, while Tianjizi concluded that Han Li's Cangkun legacy and sealing power might let him pass.
  • Han Li entered the gate and temporarily stabilized the passage, allowing Tianjizi, Xiang Zhili, Kuzhu, Old Ghost Bai, and the Ye Family's "Little Emperor" to follow.
  • The ancient demon sent demonic qi into the gate, collapsing the stable passage and blasting away the blood-robed demonic cultivator and his followers.

Ch. 396First Arrival in the Spirit Realm: Voidstorm

Han Li emerged into a desolate, hostile region of the Spirit Realm after a Voidstorm scattered his companions and left him badly injured. He followed a faint resonance toward a valley whose damaged restrictions seemed connected to Tianjizi's array methods.

  • Han Li survived the unstable passage and escaped a Voidstorm by shielding himself and shooting toward a calmer region.
  • Han Li landed in a barren wasteland, treated his wounds, and found that he could not sense Tianjizi, Xiang Zhili, or the others.
  • Han Li followed the faint response of the Primordial Magnetic Demon-Sealing Seal and discovered destroyed magical treasure fragments near a dangerous fissure.
  • Han Li encountered a giant skeleton and strange spiritual plants, then fought off tentacles that erupted from the gravel desert.
  • Han Li endured several more monster attacks and spatial hazards over three days while making his way through the wasteland.
  • Han Li sensed incomplete restrictions near a valley that resembled Tianjizi's array methods and stealthily headed toward them.

Ch. 397Exile Land: First Encounter with the Remnant Clans

Han Li entered the Exile Land and met a desperate remnant clan, learning about its dangers and the possibility of ancient teleportation ruins. After saving the wounded Shi Wa with a pill, he persuaded the clan elder to lead him to a forbidden site that might explain the seal’s resonance and offer a way out.

  • Han Li found six human cultivators in a gorge and introduced himself to their wary elder, who mistook him for a Heaven-Abandoned or a Black Fiend Tribe spy.
  • Han Li gave the injured Shi Wa a Meridian-Cleansing Heart-Guarding Pill, which slowed the poison and steadied his breathing.
  • The elder explained that the settlement belonged to a remnant clan in the Exile Land and described the Black Fiend Tribe and the dangerous Bone-Eroding Wasteland, where strange energy had surged a month earlier.
  • Han Li learned that an ancient teleportation array lay in a forbidden area deep in the gorge and asked the elder to take him there.
  • The elder agreed and led Han Li deeper into the gorge, while A Yue stayed behind to guard the entrance and care for Shi Wa.

Ch. 398Ancient Teleportation Array: Fiend Spirit Assault

Han Li investigated the damaged Ancient Teleportation Array and began refining the fiend spirit that had infested it, hoping to use the array to escape the land of exile. When the Black Fiend Tribe attacked, he halted the refining and drove them away, leaving the fiend spirit weakened but still alive.

  • Han Li examined the Ancient Teleportation Array, deciphered clues that the Mystic Heaven Northern Nether Formation might be activated with stellar power, and asked Li Yan to guard the cavern and gather records of the stars.
  • Han Li set up a Primordial Magnetic Demon-Refining Formation and spent three days weakening the fiend spirit while studying the array and stellar records.
  • The Black Fiend Tribe attacked the remnant tribe, and Han Li paused the refining process to confront the attackers before they could break into the cavern.
  • Han Li used the Great Evolutionary Sword Art to neutralize the attackers’ assault and severely injure dozens of Black Fiend cultivators, including their leaders.
  • The single-horned brute mistook Han Li for an emissary from the Spirit Realm and ordered his people to retreat after Han Li threatened them.

Ch. 399Starlight Guides the Ancient Formation, the Spirit Gate Reappears

Han Li activated the ruined formation with starlight and led Li Yan and the survivors out of the Exile Land through a perilous passage. They emerged in the Greenwood Forest Sea, where Wood Spirit warriors confronted them and attacked when Han Li refused to go with them.

  • Han Li completed the Fiend Spirit's refinement, examined the damaged Teleportation Array, and prepared it to draw on the Seven Northern Dipper Mansions' starlight.
  • Seven days later, Han Li activated the ancient formation and opened a tiny, unstable passage; Li Yan and the other survivors followed him through before it collapsed.
  • Han Li and the survivors landed in a lush wilderness, where Li Yan realized they had escaped the Exile Land and Han Li suspected they had reached a remote realm or subsidiary plane.
  • Five Wood Spirit warriors arrived and identified their territory as the Greenwood Forest Sea in the Green Rain Realm, demanding that Han Li's group accompany them to their Elder Council.
  • When Han Li refused, the Wood Spirit leader and his four companions attacked Han Li, Li Yan, and the other survivors.

Ch. 400Besieged by the Wood Spirits, Imprisoned Again

Han Li and his companions entered the Wood Spirit Race’s settlement after Elder Mu Li stopped Qingwu’s attack and offered them shelter. While discussing the Greenmist Realm and how to leave it, Mu Li recognized Han Li’s token as a legendary artifact from Kunwu Mountain, leaving Han Li shocked.

  • Qingwu and four Wood Spirit Race warriors attacked Han Li’s group, but Han Li repelled their assault and protected Li Yan and the others with his shield.
  • Qingwu formed the Greenwood Heaven-Locking battle formation, but Elder Mu Li appeared and ordered the Wood Spirit warriors to stand down.
  • Mu Li invited Han Li and his companions to the Wood Spirit Race settlement, where they rested and recovered for two days.
  • Mu Li explained that the Greenmist Realm had once been part of the Spirit Realm’s main continent but had been torn away and sealed behind the Spirit-Severing Barrier.
  • Han Li showed Mu Li the Demon-Quelling Token, and Mu Li identified it as the Mystic Heaven Demon-Quelling Token from Kunwu Mountain.
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