Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 775

The Reincarnation Board of Myriad Spirits

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A Profound Heavenly Object, a heaven-defying existence.

Recalling the Profound Heavenly Object, the fruit of the Profound Heaven Immortal Lantern he had spent hundreds of years to obtain, Han Li’s heart grew fervent.

Having lost all his magic power upon ascending to the Spirit Realm, he hadn’t had the time to study it in detail until now.

Now that he had some time before returning to Heavenly Origin City for his mission, he intended to examine the fruit of the Profound Heaven Immortal Lantern.

Thus, Han Li set up only the necessary restrictions outside the eastern area and returned to his secret chamber, where he sat in a meditative posture.

With a flip of his hand, a pure white jade box appeared. On the surface of the jade box, seven or eight talismans were plastered, each emitting its own spiritual light.

Han Li hesitated for a moment before peeling off the talismans and slowly opening the lid. Inside, there was an object about a few inches in size, emitting a white light.

Han Li took it out, examining it closely and rubbing it with his fingertips.

The object was a slender, oval shape with a dull yellow color. Its surface was smooth, and one end was blunt, while the other was flat as if cut by a knife, resembling a short wooden club.

Furthermore, it had a deep green color with unknown patterns spreading across it. The material felt like metal yet also like wood, with a slight elasticity. This strange wooden club was the fruit Han Li had obtained from the Profound Heaven Immortal Lantern.

According to the memories of the puppet who had been in charge of cultivating the spirit trees, the fruit had not looked like this from the beginning. Initially, it had been a white, round fruit, but after being cultivated for a long time in a green liquid, it had changed into this form.

After much contemplation, Han Li held the fruit and brought the tip of his finger, which was emitting a blue light, to its surface.

*Tss.*

The blue light flickered and scattered as if it had touched a restriction. Han Li raised his eyebrows.

‘There’s definitely something to it.’

Previously, it had repelled spiritual energy, making it impossible to inject any kind of spiritual power. After pondering, he this time generated a golden light in his palm and squeezed it with all his might.

Then, a bizarre thing happened. Han Li’s five fingers lightly penetrated the wooden club. It was like dough, but when he removed his fingers, it returned to its original state.

He opened his mouth, and a thin golden thread emerged, wrapping around the club. Like the illusory sword threads transformed from the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, no trace was left on the surface of the club.

His expression changed, and he flicked his fingertip, sending out a golden lightning bolt.

*Bang!*

The lightning bolt bounced off and exploded against one of the walls of the secret chamber, causing the stone chamber to vibrate for a moment.

*Kugugugukung-*

*Hwareuk.*

This time, he summoned a silver flame and unhesitatingly threw it towards the club. However, the silver flame scattered in all directions and condensed into a Spiritfire Bird a few feet away.

The bird, upon appearing, stared at the Profound Heavenly Object with a look of panic. It chirped urgently, as if terrified.

Han Li narrowed his brows and reached out to pull the club towards him. The Spirit Heavenly Fire was a flame that harmonized yin and yang energies. Yet, it was very strange that it was afraid of a fruit obtained from a tree.

The profundity of the Profound Heavenly Object might have exceeded his imagination.

Afterward, Han Li tried attacks with various attributes such as flames, extreme cold, and wind blades, but the results were always the same. This ‘wooden club’ remained completely unresponsive.

He even resorted to bringing out the Gold Devouring Beetles, but they, like the Spiritfire Bird, were terrified and fled far away.

The Gold Devouring Beetles, which would gnaw at anything, didn’t even think of biting it. He even tried attacking it with the Destruction Law Wood, but it had no effect.

After trying various divine abilities, Han Li could only scratch his head, at a loss for words.

Out of frustration, he gathered all the magic power in his body into his eyes, and a navy blue light exploded from the depths of his pupils.

Unexpectedly, he was able to see through it with his Spirit Eye, and a bean-sized dot was twinkling inside. Han Li was moved that his Spirit Eye worked. However, he could not discern anything else besides the bean-sized dot.

Still, he did not give up and studied the Profound Heavenly Object for over ten days.

In the last few days, he even tried refining it by setting up several profound small formations in the secret chamber.

On the last night, the anxiousness on Han Li’s face disappeared, replaced by a calm expression as he held the Profound Heavenly Fruit in his hand.

“Such a heaven-defying treasure cannot be used unless one obtains a fortuitous encounter.”

He had not felt helpless or anxious for a long time, and this incident felt like a way to temper his mind. He now had to return to Heavenly Origin City tomorrow.

Having organized his thoughts, Han Li looked at the Profound Heavenly Fruit with a clearer mind, and his gaze unintentionally turned to the deep green patterns.

Suddenly, his eyes flashed. He had a look of utter disbelief, as if he had just thought of something absurd.

The color and shape of the patterns reminded him of something. They were not exactly the same as those on the Profound Heavenly Fruit, but they were about 70 to 80 percent similar.

“Why did I only think of this now?”

Han Li opened his storage pouch, and a plain-looking leather pouch appeared. When he poured out the leather pouch, a small green bottle rolled into his palm.

It was a mysterious bottle.

Holding the mysterious bottle in one hand and the Profound Heavenly Fruit in the other, he narrowed his eyes. The size and shape were completely different, but the deep green patterns were quite similar.

Could it be that the two objects were related? Could the mysterious bottle have been refined from another Profound Heavenly Fruit?

Han Li’s heart began to beat rapidly. The more he thought about it, the more it seemed like a possibility.

The material of the small bottle and the material of the Profound Heavenly Fruit were different, but both were materials whose identities had not been revealed until now, so it was possible that they were another Profound Heavenly Object.

Han Li took a light breath, placed the Profound Heavenly Fruit on the ground, and opened the lid of the mysterious bottle. A drop of green liquid silently fell onto the wooden club.

At that moment, something that pleased him happened. The green liquid flickered with a blue light and seeped into the Profound Heavenly Fruit without a trace.

Han Li used his Spirit Eye to observe what was happening inside the fruit once more. As soon as the green liquid flowed inside, it headed towards the white dot in the center.

After a while, the white dot of light became a little thicker.

It was a very interesting development. After observing for a while longer, Han Li withdrew his Spirit Eye when he saw that the white dot was no longer changing.

He lowered his head and fell into thought.

The Profound Heavenly Fruit only reacted to the mysterious green liquid. He did not know what the white dot inside the fruit was, but it seemed that he had to continue to cultivate it with the green liquid.

Han Li carefully packed away the small bottle and the Profound Heavenly Fruit.

While Han Li was struggling with the Profound Heavenly Fruit, something he had not expected was happening far away from Heavenly Origin City.

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The moment the green liquid touched the white dot of the Profound Heavenly Fruit, in the Spirit Realm’s Heavenly Spirit Territory of the human race, hundreds of millions of miles away from Heavenly Origin City.

On a small island floating in the sky, a wall covered in incantations suddenly emitted a golden light and rang out with a clear sound. The sound of the jade wall echoed high into the sky, so that it could be heard throughout the entire island.

Two green-robed cultivators who were listening to the sound below the jade wall were startled and opened their eyes.

“It’s golden. Could another Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure have appeared in the world?”

One of the cultivators said with a face that was a mixture of surprise and joy. The other cultivator also looked at the jade wall in silence, appearing delighted.

Soon, more than a dozen streaks of light gathered towards the jade wall from all over the island, and in an instant, the area below the jade wall was crowded with more than a dozen cultivators wearing blue robes. They all had flushed faces, unable to hide their excitement.

As time passed and the golden light of the jade wall gradually faded, the cultivators became tense. They widened their eyes, not even blinking, for fear of missing anything.

As the golden characters on the jade wall became blurred, unfamiliar characters appeared. The excited cultivators widened their eyes when they saw the golden characters appear.

“It’s a Profound Heavenly Spiritual Object. A Profound Heavenly Spiritual Object has appeared in the world! The Profound Heaven Spirit Slaying Sword has taken third place… Heavens, it seems that another tribulation of the True Spirits is about to descend upon the Spirit Realm.”

A green-robed old man with white hair muttered to himself without realizing it. The other cultivators seemed to have been jolted awake, their faces turning pale, and they trembled with a sense of impending dread.

After a while, the golden light of the jade wall disappeared, and everything returned to calm. Not long after, the streaks of light left the island and scattered across the three realms and seven territories.

Above the jade wall, there was a silver plaque about a dozen feet in size, with the large golden ancient characters ‘Reincarnation Board of Myriad Spirits’ written on it.

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At the same time, in several large forbidden areas of different races in the Spirit Realm’s Myriad Desolate World, jade walls glowed with golden light, and the same news was conveyed in the languages of various races.

Soon, the high-ranking members of the human and demon races became agitated. Orders related to this were issued one after another, and many people began to move secretly through special channels.

On the surface, the Spirit Realm was the same as usual, but a sense of tension, like the calm before a storm, began to build up in secret.

However, Han Li, the culprit of all this, was completely unaware of these circumstances and was sitting in a meditative posture in the eastern area.

He was planning to leave the eastern area and go to Heavenly Origin City when the day broke.

As time passed and the sky outside the cave began to brighten, Han Li sensed a strange aura and opened his eyes with delight. He immediately got up and left the secret chamber, heading towards the place where his spirit beasts and spirit insects were.

‘Where did it go?’

Han Li was dumbfounded when he looked inside through the small window in the stone chamber. The black cocoon had already split open, and there was a large hole, leaving it completely empty.

And on the ceiling of the stone chamber, a cloud as black as ink had gathered, emitting a deep black light. Han Li was momentarily flustered, but he acted calmly.

He threw a hand seal towards the door of the stone chamber, and a blue light flashed, and the invisible restriction disappeared. Han Li entered as the stone door slowly rose.

The ink-black cloud, about a foot in size, did not react even when he entered. He looked up at it quietly, formed a hand seal, and opened his mouth to take out a dark gray bead.

It was the Soul Calling Bead that he had refined earlier. Han Li chanted an incantation and pointed at the Soul Calling Bead with his fingertip.

Then, a green light flashed, and the surface of the bead flickered erratically.

*Kururung- Kwagwang!*

The black cloud above the stone chamber finally reacted, making a thunderous sound and creating a strong wind. The bead resonated and emitted a dazzling green light, and Han Li’s expression became strange.

He could faintly sense that the black cloud was refusing the summoning of the Soul Calling Bead.

The evolved Soul Devourer was trying to break free from his control, just like the Six-Winged Frost Centipede. However, Han Li, who had recovered his magic power, would not allow it.

He condensed all the magic power in his body and threw various hand seals into the Soul Calling Bead. The bead wailed mournfully, and the green light gradually dimmed.

At that moment, a huge bolt of lightning struck from the black cloud in the void, and the black lightning transformed into a dark, blurry figure.

The black figure fell in front of Han Li and stared intently at the Soul Calling Bead with its bloodshot eyes.

In an instant, Han Li’s heart sank.

The moment he saw the black figure’s face, his heart was filled with surprise and doubt. The opponent was another Han Li wearing a black robe.

Except for the different color of their clothes, their physique and attire were exactly the same as Han Li’s.

It was even mimicking Han Li’s expression. It was a strange feeling, as if he were looking in a mirror.

Han Li narrowed his brows and opened his mouth.

“Are you the Soul Devourer?”

The black-robed Han Li’s expression changed upon hearing those words. Then, with an innocent face, he replied.

“Mas…ter! Me, me… Soul Devourer!”

His voice was muffled and stuttered like a young child learning to speak for the first time.

Although he was certain of the opponent’s identity because of the Soul Calling Bead, it was still a surprising development.

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