Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 613

The disc’s light intensified, morphing into a wheel several yards across that began to spin. The golden radiance was so intense it seemed to draw in countless stars, creating an illusion of celestial bodies being consumed.

A powerful tremor shook the air, and a golden pillar of light, as thick as a large jar, shot out from the wheel, piercing the cloud layer above. The light was so pure it seemed transparent, and the sound of the space barrier shattering echoed continuously.

Instantly, spatial rifts appeared around the light, multiplying rapidly until they formed a dense network. Then, a melodious sound rang out, and a massive passage materialized.

The golden pillar of light was absorbed into the passage, and fist-sized lights floated out, shimmering beautifully. At that moment, a disc-shaped pillar of light, about the size of a boat, emerged from the passage and hovered at the entrance.

It was identical to the one Ryeong-rong had produced.

‘That’s the real Reverse Spirit Disc!’ Han Li thought, inwardly surprised by the disc that had appeared from the passage. At that moment, the silver light surrounding Ryeong-rong faded, revealing her. Her face, as she gazed up at the passage, held an unexpected hint of loneliness. The silver-haired woman’s figure blurred and reappeared above the wheel of light.

As she and the cart beneath her drew closer, the massive passage seemed to sense her presence, resonating and roaring. In response, the Reverse Spirit Disc spun excitedly, releasing a surge of spiritual energy.

Seeing the Reverse Spirit Disc, Ryeong-rong smiled, then looked down at Han Li, who was watching from below.

She hesitated for a moment, then suddenly reached out and sent out three objects of yellow, blood-red, and white light.

“… !”

Han Li was puzzled, but knowing she meant no harm, he flicked his sleeve. A blue light shot out, enveloping the three objects and drawing them back to him.

When the light faded, he saw a white jade slip, a blood-red blade, and the last remaining Law-Breaking Talisman. Han Li was about to speak when he heard the silver-haired woman’s sigh-like voice.

“This jade slip contains information about the space where the Reverse Spirit Passage connects to the Human Realm. It’s more detailed than the previous two, so it should be helpful. The Law-Breaking Talisman and the blade are useless in the Spirit Realm anyway, so I’ll give them to you. And since it will be difficult for you to leave Mount Kunwu even with so many treasures, I will help you one last time.”

Han Li was stunned by her words. Ryeong-rong pointed at the Reverse Spirit Disc in the passage. The disc then made a clear sound and slowly turned, suddenly aiming at Han Li.

A flash of light, and a golden pillar of light shot towards him. He and the humanoid puppet were surrounded by a protective barrier and vanished from the spot.

Having completed her task, Ryeong-rong flew into the passage without delay. Light poured out of the passage, engulfing Ryeong-rong and the cart-shaped Reverse Spirit Disc. At the same time, a loud crash echoed, and the silver-haired woman disappeared in an instant.

As she vanished, the entrance to the passage shattered and collapsed, scattering light. Soon, the 9th floor of the True Devil Tower became silent, as if nothing had occurred.

At that moment, Xiang Zhili, the Myriad Year Stone Bear, and Lin Yinbing were struggling to climb out of the deep pit where the True Devil Tower was located.

The moment Han Li disappeared from the 9th floor, Xiang Zhili looked up at the sky with a strange expression.

“What is it, Fellow Daoist Xiang?”

Although the Myriad Year Stone Bear’s cultivation was inferior to Xiang Zhili’s, it was still a demon that had lived since ancient times. Moreover, with a powerful figure backing it, it had no reason to fear Xiang Zhili, even if it couldn’t match him.

“It’s nothing, but I felt something strange. It seemed like someone had touched the seal outside Mount Kunwu, but when I checked with my spiritual sense, there was nothing wrong.”

Xiang Zhili stroked his beard and frowned.

“Perhaps it was a momentary anomaly as the seal weakened. Otherwise, who could touch such a powerful seal?”

“Maybe. By the way, I heard that the Ye family caused this mess. Are all the Ye family cultivators dead? Where is the Ye family’s Grand Elder, the Nascent Soul [a high-level cultivation stage] late-stage cultivator?”

“The Ye family cultivators have already been killed by demons, and no one has seen the Grand Elder since he entered the 9th floor. He is likely dead.”

The Myriad Year Stone Bear paused, then smiled slyly.

“It doesn’t matter whether he’s really dead or not. Since they’ve caused such a big problem, the Ye family must take responsibility and disappear. When we return, the number one family in Great Jin will be another. The Myriad Demon Valley won’t object, will they?”

Xiang Zhili’s eyes turned cold, and the usual cunning old man’s appearance vanished, replaced by the imposing presence of a Spirit Transformation [a very high-level cultivation stage] cultivator.

The Myriad Year Stone Bear was startled and hurriedly replied,

“Of course not. It’s true that this valley has had some connections with the Ye family, but we can’t cover up such a big mistake. We should eliminate them cleanly and let a new family rule the mortal world.”

“It’s good that you think so. Hmm, Fellow Daoist Lin, you should return to the Heavenly Orchid Grassland immediately after leaving the mountain. I know that you’ve stayed in Great Jin for quite a long time. This is not the Heavenly Orchid Grassland, so how can cultivators from the Holy Temple freely come and go?”

Xiang Zhili turned his head and coldly instructed Lin Yinbing as well.

“I understand. I will return to the grassland as soon as I leave Mount Kunwu this time.”

Even without his instructions, she was planning to return to the Heavenly Orchid Holy Temple and see if she could get help from other Nascent Soul cultivators to remove the restriction Han Li had placed on her.

Lin Yinbing answered respectfully, and Xiang Zhili’s expression softened. He was about to say something to her when he saw a white streak of light appear in the sky and turned his head. The white streak of light arrived in an instant and approached the three cultivators.

The Myriad Year Stone Bear was startled and immediately tried to counterattack, but suddenly the surrounding energy solidified, and he couldn’t move. Soon, Xiang Zhili’s calm voice was heard beside him.

“Don’t panic! It’s a flying sword transmission from Fellow Daoist Hu of the Heavenly Devil Sect to this old man.”

Xiang Zhili reached out a hand and summoned the white light. The light circled in the air and fell into his hand. Unexpectedly, it was a small sword emitting a faint light.

Xiang Zhili placed the small sword between his two hands, then threw it back into the air. The white streak of light flashed and disappeared in an instant.

“Let’s go! Fellow Daoist Hu is waiting at the entrance of the mountain, so we should join him. After that, we can immediately summon the large and powerful sects of Southern Border to completely seal this place.”

Xiang Zhili said calmly, looking in the direction where the white light had disappeared. The Myriad Year Stone Bear and Lin Yinbing did not raise any objections to his words.

It was as if they had completely forgotten about Ryeong-rong and Han Li.

* * *

A scenic mountain peak somewhere in the Southern Border.

Several Qi Refining [the initial stage of cultivation] cultivators were sitting in a small pavilion, talking. They were discussing the massive seal that had caused a stir throughout the Southern Border.

A middle-aged man in a white robe was speculating about what might be inside the seal when suddenly a golden light flashed above the stone pavilion.

Bang!

A pillar of light pierced through the air and narrowly missed the pavilion.

The cultivators who were sitting there were startled and at a loss for what to do when a cultivator in a blue robe and a silver figure in human form appeared from within the golden light.

The cultivator in the blue robe seemed to be unsteady for a moment, but when he waved his hand, the silver figure beside him suddenly disappeared.

The lower-realm cultivators were speechless and silent at the sight.

“Where is this place?”

The figure in the blue light steadied himself and looked around before asking them. His voice was calm, but there was an aura that could not be easily ignored.

It was Han Li, who had been teleported by the Reverse Spirit Disc.

The lower-realm cultivators finally came to their senses and scanned Han Li with their spiritual sense, but they could not sense his cultivation at all.

“This is Mount Jintu. May I ask who you are, Senior…?”

The cultivator in the white robe, who seemed to have the highest cultivation among them, opened his mouth nervously.

“I’ve never heard of the name Mount Jintu. Is this even the Southern Border?”

Han Li, who had no intention of revealing his identity to them, asked again expressionlessly.

“This is Zhonglou Prefecture in the Southern Border.”

A handsome cultivator quickly stepped forward and answered.

“So this is Zhonglou Prefecture.”

Han Li nodded.

Zhonglou Prefecture was a region near Boyun Prefecture, where the sealing barrier had been located.

The lower-realm cultivators in front of him were either from small families or were casual cultivators, so they could not sense the depth of his cultivation and were too afraid to make a sound in front of Han Li.

If they could not sense his cultivation, it meant that he was most likely a Core Formation [a mid-level cultivation stage] cultivator or higher. It was rare to even see such high-level cultivators from afar, let alone have the opportunity to talk to them.

Han Li’s expression relaxed after hearing where he was, but he suddenly waved his hand, and a blue light shot out, disappearing into the cultivators’ bodies. Then, the Qi Refining cultivators collapsed.

He raised his hand, and one of them was sucked in. Han Li grabbed the person’s head with his five fingers and flashed a blue light.

After a while, the light on his palm disappeared, and the person slid down, unconscious. Then, he sucked in the next cultivator and did the same thing. When the last lower-realm cultivator fell, Han Li looked at them and muttered.

“If you had met someone a little more ruthless, you would have disappeared from this world. Be thankful that it ended with just losing your memories.”

After speaking, Han Li raised his head, looked around, and his figure blurred. He turned into a streak of blue light and left the place.

An hour later, the cultivators who had collapsed woke up almost simultaneously, but they could not remember what had happened. However, feeling uneasy, they did not continue their gathering and went down the mountain separately.

At that moment, Han Li was already tens of thousands of miles away, imbuing his spiritual sense into the white jade slip that Ryeong-rong had given him.

Not long after, Han Li sighed and retrieved the jade slip. The information in the jade slip could be divided into two parts. One was an introduction to the Reverse Spirit Passage and a method to deploy a mystical, massive formation.

That formation was used by Spirit Realm cultivators to open spirit energy passages. Aside from being difficult, the number of top-grade spirit stones required was staggering.

It was not a formation suitable for use in the Human Realm anyway, but if he studied it diligently, he might be able to create a simpler formation.

The other part was, of course, information about the spatial junction where the Human Realm and the Reverse Spirit Passage met. It included the characteristics of the space, the expected areas and environments where it would appear, as well as a list of over a dozen previously existing junctions in the Human Realm.

She did not only know a few of them, as she had told Xiang Zhili and the others.

Han Li pondered for a long time before finally organizing his thoughts. After all, no matter how precious the contents of the jade slip were, they were only necessary for cultivators at the Nascent Soul late-stage or higher.

According to the jade slip, one had to have at least a Spirit Transformation early-stage cultivation to pass through a spatial junction. Only then could a cultivator’s Nascent Soul be sufficiently solidified to withstand the terrifying pressure of the spatial junction and survive.

In fact, he needed to find a way to undo the Soul Binding Pill and the Soul Sealing Curse and return to Tiannan immediately. However, the auxiliary pill needed to undo the Soul Sealing Curse was the Profound Ice Pill, which had an extremely cold nature.

It could be refined using a material called Profound Ice Flower, which was not a particularly difficult spirit herb to find. The problem was that the Profound Ice Flower only grew in the Myriad Year Profound Ice, and once it was plucked or separated from that place, it would soon melt like water, losing its medicinal properties.

Therefore, among the spirit herbs with extremely cold properties, it was the most effective, but it was a material that could hardly be obtained except by a few sects in the icy regions.

This was why the Profound Ice Flower could not be seen even at the Great Jin auction. The Profound Ice Pill was only effective for undoing the Soul Sealing Curse, so even Old Man Gan did not possess it.

Of course, the Yin Fiend Sect might have a few bottles, but no matter how confident he was in his abilities, he had no intention of recklessly attacking the Great Jin Demonic Path.

It was said that other spirit herbs with extremely cold properties could be combined with the Profound Ice Pill’s prescription, but that would greatly reduce its efficacy. Therefore, to ensure perfection, Han Li decided to visit an extreme cold region.

This was why he had hinted to Bai Yaoyi at Mount Kunwu that he would visit the Northern Night Polar Palace. The Northern Night Polar Palace was also located in the Northern Underworld, which was famous for its icy climate, so their cultivators would easily be able to obtain the Profound Ice Flower.

In addition, he was also hoping that he might find information about the Solar True Flame at the Northern Night Polar Palace, remembering the Cold Marrow. If a place had preserved the Cold Marrow for a long time, even if they did not possess the Solar True Flame, there might be clues related to it.

Of course, Han Li did not intend to rush to the Northern Underworld immediately. He decided to wait until the commotion at Mount Kunwu had subsided.

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