Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 986

Han Li tossed the blade fragment into the air and formed a hand seal, summoning golden scale armor onto his body. Behind him, the three-headed, six-armed golden Dharma Form appeared, shimmering, though it was much smaller and fainter than before.

The Brahma Saintly Demon Dharma Form swung its arms, pulling the golden blade fragment from the air. Han Li took a deep breath, activating a magic seal within himself. A dazzling light emanated from the Dharma Form’s body, bathing the entire secret chamber in gold.

With a low shout from Han Li, the golden blade fragment held by the Dharma Form trembled slightly.

A sharp, ear-piercing sound echoed, and golden light flowed from the Dharma Form’s body into the blade fragment, transforming into large and small golden spell characters that floated up. The spell characters were then drawn into the blade fragment, disappearing without a trace.

At this moment, the Dharma Form’s size decreased slightly again.

The golden light covering the blade fragment vanished, revealing its appearance. The broken upper blade had been restored, and three new golden spell characters were clearly visible on its surface.

The pressure of spiritual energy emanating from the golden blade made Han Li smile involuntarily.

‘It does consume the Dharma Form’s power and spiritual energy, but it’s still within my control,’ he thought.

He narrowed his eyes, examining the spell characters on the golden blade’s surface. They seemed similar to those on the treasure sword transformed from the Profound Heavenly Fruit.

“Golden Spell Characters! It’s another Profound Heavenly Treasure, indeed,” he mused.

Sensing something, he turned his gaze to the three-headed, six-armed Dharma Form. A small amount of golden light was flowing from the Dharma Form’s body into the golden blade. Even after taking its form, the Profound Heavenly Treasure was continuously absorbing the Dharma Form’s original power.

Frowning at this unexpected development, Han Li reached out and pointed at the Dharma Form. The Dharma Form released the blade, and its two distinct faces opened their mouths. Golden wind blew from their mouths, enveloping the blade.

Bang!

A loud explosion echoed, and the golden energy of the blade, wrapped in the wind, returned to the Dharma Form. The three-headed, six-armed Dharma Form absorbed all the golden energy and grew larger again, while the golden blade returned to its original form.

Han Li gestured, retrieving the blade fragment. He was very satisfied after confirming how to activate the Profound Heavenly Treasure. He carefully stored the newly acquired Profound Heavenly Treasure and took out two other items, floating them in the air.

They were a navy blue bead and a jade box surrounded by white energy. Han Li first pulled the navy blue bead towards him. Inside the glass-like bead, pure water-attribute spiritual energy was abundant.

He picked up the bead and examined it using his spiritual sense and Spirit Eye ability, and was startled.

“Could it be what I’ve only heard about?” he wondered.

Han Li, with a doubtful expression, released spiritual energy from his fingertips and injected it into the bead.

Bang!

A light of spiritual energy flowed on the bead’s surface, and navy blue water flowed out, surrounding Han Li with a very thin water barrier. Han Li then shot out a blue light from his mouth.

Clang!

The blue light, upon hitting the water barrier, bounced back with a metallic clang, transforming into a small flying sword. It had failed to penetrate the water barrier. Knowing the sharpness of the Azure Bamboo Cloud Sword better than anyone, he was shocked.

“Heavenly Lishui Essence! It really is the Lishui Pearl!” he exclaimed.

Han Li, as if in disbelief, swallowed the blue flying sword and shot out a fireball from his fingertips.

But this time, there wasn’t even a sound. The fireball vanished the moment it touched the water barrier, and the water barrier didn’t budge.

Han Li raised an eyebrow and sent out a silver-white firebird from his sleeve. It was the Spirit Devouring Firebird. The firebird circled around once, then spread its wings and charged at the water barrier.

Tsutsut.

The silver flames and navy blue water clashed, then trembled and fell away. It seemed that even the Spirit Devouring Heavenly Fire couldn’t do anything to the water barrier for the time being.

“It’s definitely the Heavenly Lishui Essence!” Han Li’s eyes burned with passion as he retrieved the silver firebird. However, that heat gradually cooled.

“It’s a pity I didn’t cultivate a water-attribute technique. If I had, I could have slowly absorbed the bead and transformed my constitution into the legendary ‘Lishui Body’,” he lamented.

It was said that with the Lishui Body, the speed of learning water-attribute techniques would double, and one could comprehend the laws of heaven and earth related to water. It was a treasure that even a Combined Body cultivator would covet.

When he withdrew his spiritual energy from the bead, the water barrier dissipated. He held the bead and fell into quiet thought.

‘That’s it!’ he thought, struck by an idea.

Han Li formed a hand seal and summoned a white shadow from his waist. It was the puppet he had named Wawa, the Spirit Puppet.

Han Li had never summoned the puppet, which possessed early Void Refinement stage divine abilities. Considering its future potential, he couldn’t easily let it be damaged.

Han Li chanted a spell and pointed at the puppet with one hand. The white snake shimmered with a crystal light and transformed into a beautiful woman.

The woman, with her white clothes fluttering, floated in the air, staring at Han Li with an expressionless face. Her body, emitting a cold white aura, was like a block of ice.

“Ice attribute is originally derived from water attribute. If I let Wawa carry the Lishui Pearl, it might be helpful,” he reasoned.

After pondering for a while, he made a decision and gave the navy blue bead to Wawa. The Lishui Pearl turned navy blue and flew away. Dense water-attribute spiritual energy enveloped the puppet’s icy body.

Wawa, who had been staring blankly at Han Li, suddenly stared intently at the navy blue bead.

Whoosh!

She suddenly blew out a white aura from her mouth and swallowed the bead. A navy blue aura appeared on Wawa’s face, then her eyelashes fluttered before it disappeared. Han Li, watching Wawa, was not disappointed.

Whatever the effect, it wouldn’t be possible to see the results in a short time. He didn’t retrieve the Spirit Puppet and instead pointed at the stone door, giving an order.

“I will continue my closed-door cultivation, so you can freely stay inside the residence. Take care of the herb garden for me.”

Wawa’s spiritual intelligence was not yet high, but she understood simple commands. Moreover, the Spirit Puppet also needed to engage in various activities to develop its spiritual intelligence.

Wawa nodded and turned into a white light, disappearing beyond the stone door. The surrounding restrictions did not stop her at all. Han Li, who was about to open the restrictions, was startled, and his expectations for the Spirit Puppet grew even higher.

Now, his gaze turned to the jade box floating in the air. He examined the jade box and then released a magic seal, causing several golden restriction talismans to fall off silently.

The jade box opened, and a silver light shot out, trying to escape. Han Li, who had been prepared, released a blue light from his hand.

Swish!

The silver light was pulled back by an invisible force, transforming into a milky white jade tablet. The jade tablet, with silver spell characters shimmering on it, was a fragment of the Golden Jade Book he had obtained from the blood-colored bed in the Demon Abyss.

The Profound Heavenly Refining Technique recorded on it was beyond his level of understanding and mastery, but he examined it again in detail, looking for anything that might be helpful.

Han Li placed the jade tablet on his forehead, infused it with his spiritual sense, and slowly closed his eyes. A long time passed.

Almost half a day later, he opened his eyes in shock.

“Yuanhe Five Peaks Mountain! There’s a refining method to combine five top-grade Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasures into one! This is incredible! If I have enough resources and time, I can create a unique Profound Heavenly Treasure. However, it’s something that even an entire clan would struggle to achieve, even with all their efforts. Then, how about refining the Lihe Extreme Mountain? If combining five is impossible, even if I could fuse just two, its power would be unimaginable,” he muttered, organizing his thoughts.

At the end of the Profound Heavenly Refining Technique, there were several specific methods for refining Profound Heavenly Treasures postnatally. Most of them required treasures that were impossible to find in the Spirit World, or materials he had never heard of before.

The only materials and refining method that seemed feasible in the Spirit World were those for the ‘Yuanhe Five Peaks Mountain’. First, one had to be at least a Combined Body cultivator to even attempt the refining, and the main material was mountain peaks.

Of course, not just any mountain peak would do; it had to be a mountain with several rare attributes and special powers. The Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain was one of them.

The Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain he possessed was very different from what was recorded in the fragment of the Golden Jade Book. It would definitely require the injection of more rare materials and a long period of special refining and nurturing to meet the requirements.

The other four mountain peaks included the Arctic Yuan Mountain, which contained a large amount of Arctic Yuan Ore.

Han Li was silent, holding the jade tablet. Normally, he, who already possessed a Profound Heavenly Treasure and a Profound Heavenly Remnant Treasure, would have no reason to be obsessed with another Profound Heavenly Treasure.

However, a sentence recorded at the end of the Yuanhe Five Peaks Mountain refining method tempted him. This Profound Heavenly Treasure had the divine ability to reduce the power of a lightning tribulation by nearly half. This made the Profound Heavenly Treasure invaluable.

Even if he couldn’t gather all five mountain peaks, if he could find and successfully refine two or three, he could achieve a similar effect.

Han Li was already a Void Refinement cultivator. The Great Heavenly Tribulation that occurred once every three thousand years was incomparable to the Small Heavenly Tribulation experienced by Nascent Soul or Spirit Transformation cultivators.

Usually, most cultivators would pass the first Great Heavenly Tribulation safely, but casualties would start to occur from the second or third Great Heavenly Tribulation.

Moreover, even those who experienced the fourth or fifth Great Heavenly Tribulation, who were mostly late-stage Void Refinement cultivators with lifespans close to immortality, would die during the Great Heavenly Tribulation, with two or three out of ten perishing. After that, the majority would die.

It was said that after the human race established itself in the Spirit World, no Void Refinement cultivator had ever survived the ninth Great Heavenly Tribulation. Those who survived the ninth and subsequent Great Heavenly Tribulations were at least Combined Body cultivators.

This was the case for human and demon cultivators, but once demons transformed into human form, they became similar to humans. However, other alien races in the Spirit World had completely different lifespans, cultivation methods, and constitutions.

They all had to face heavenly tribulations after a certain period, but the intensity and process varied greatly.

Some races had heavenly tribulations once every ten thousand years, but their power was extremely strong. Races with shorter lifespans than humans had heavenly tribulations every few decades, but their power was only about one-tenth of that of humans.

And when cultivation reached the Combined Body stage, the power of the Great Heavenly Tribulation became incomparably stronger than that of the Void Refinement stage, putting them on the brink of life and death with each tribulation.

If they failed to overcome the tribulation, they would enter the cycle of reincarnation again, and if they successfully overcame it, their cultivation would increase to some extent. There were also cases where they overcame the hurdles of cultivation by overcoming the trials of the tribulation.

This showed how precious the Yuanhe Five Peaks Mountain, which could reduce the power of lightning tribulations by half, was. If he could refine it, his chances of surviving future tribulations would greatly increase.

The problem was that he had no idea where the other four mountain peaks besides the Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain were. Apart from the main material, the mountain peaks, all the auxiliary materials were also rare, and some of them Han Li had never seen in his life.

Han Li, with a wavering gaze, pondered deeply and gradually regained his composure. He put the jade tablet back into the jade box, attached the restriction talismans, and stored it away. He didn’t know if he would be able to find the other materials, but everything depended on fate.

After all, what could not be obtained by force was precisely a fortuitous encounter!

He sat quietly for a while to calm his mind, then released a round ring from his sleeve.

Whoosh!

A black light fell from the round ring, and a small monkey crouched down, motionless. The spirit beast, which had suddenly unleashed a powerful divine ability in the Demon Forbidden Mountain Range and devoured the Extraterrestrial Demon Lord residing in the blood spirit, had fallen into a deep sleep and had not regained consciousness until now.