A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality c1-2248

by Translator: Johnchen

  In an instant, the three had joined hands against the grey ghost head.

  But by that time, the ghost head had soared from the grey mist and shrieks began to erupt from around it. These strange shrieks were sharp and soon the huge sealed devil corpse began to shine with black light. It suddenly opened its eyes and two streaks of crimson light shot out from its eyes, enveloping the ghost head in a layer of light as a dense, bloody scent filled the air.

  At that same moment, the cultivator’s various attacks landed and unceasing rumbles shook the air as black Qi and green light enveloped the crimson barrier. But soon, the three cultivators ceased their attacks in alarm, as the crimson barrier was visible once more.

  Regardless of the black devilish Qi or the giant hand formed from poison mist, when their attacks made contact with the barrier, they were immediately absorbed and caused the barrier to grow thicker. As for the black snake and the golden skull, their attacks had little to no effect.

  The three looked at each other in dismay. During this delay, an astonishing change appeared on the sealed devil corpse. The black light disappeared from it before it instead pulsed with crimson light. Threads of crimson light began to extend from its body, thoroughly enveloping the huge devil corpse in a blinding red radiance.

  The horned ghost head’s barrier also began to surge with crimson radiance and it closed its eyes. Then it began to grow countless slim tentacles of dark-red light from underneath it which eventually condensed together to form a body.

  With the light continuing to shine, the body began to grow flesh and bones with layers upon layers of light threads. This monstrous sight caused the cultivators to feel their backs turn numb.

  Not only the horned ghost, but the Elder Devil Corpse also began to glow with light as flesh grew on him.

  When Wang Tiangu saw the body take form within the crimson barrier, he also noticed that the light from the sealed devil corpse quickly dimmed as it passed through the light that emitted from its eyes. In that moment, he suddenly recalled the name of a secret technique from legend. He couldn’t help but shout, “Decay Transformation! This is the supreme devilish technique, Decay Transformation!”

  He then raised his arms and shot out streaks of black light from his hands, striking the beams of light that connected the ghost head and the devil corpse with two palm-sized copper disks. These disks had black talisman characters roaming across their surfaces.

  When the other two heard Wang Tiangu name the technique, they felt their hearts jump in fright and unconsciously focused their sights on his attack.

  When the two copper disks pierced into the crimson beams of light, they brightly shined with black light and severed the connection.

  At that moment, the ghost head already had a mostly complete devil body in its possession. It opened its eyes, one purple and one black, and wore a savage grin.

  Chapter 840: A Startling Change

  While the three cultivators were dealing with the Elder Devil Corpse, bright light began to wind around Han Li’s body and his surroundings turned dim and hazy. Countless specks of white light danced around in the air around him.

  Han Li clasped his hands in an incantation gesture and spiritual light flowed without end around his body. A whirlwind of light rose from the ground and enveloped him in a gorgeous display.

  Soon after, gales began to blow with ever greater force and frequency as time went by. As for the white light specks in the distance, they were swept up like moths to the flame. Not long after, the winds formed a huge pillar that reached into the sky, picking up stones and sand wherever it went as if possessed by a devil.

  At that moment, Han Li’s incantation echoed through the fierce winds, causing the pillar of wind to tremble before dispersing thin, glowing clouds through the air.

  The incantation was quickly spoken and the glowing clouds turned blue. Soon, the sound of rushing water filled the air and countless surging waves rose as far as the eye could see. Waves up to three hundred meters tall began to rise around him. As for Han Li, he was standing within a huge pillar of water and blue light shined from his incantation gesture, appearing as if he were a water god.

  Suddenly, Han Li’s incantation gesture changed and the light became muddled.The huge waves of water disappeared in the blink of an eye as if they were an illusion and were replaced with waves of scarlet flame. Over ten, hundred-meter-long fire dragons emerged from them, each of them spitting fire from their mouths.

  Then, the flames disappeared only to be replaced with a verdant sea of trees, then an endless desert, a world of ice, and many other worlds as Han Li willed them into existence. For the moment, he appeared to be a godlike existence.

  Han Li appeared satisfied with what he had done and used his magic power to condense a three-kilometer-tall giant. He had it beat its chest before roaring at the sky. Afterwards, silver light began to streak from every corner of the horizon and surged towards the giant in a silver wave.

  Blinding silver streaks filled the sky and the giant melted underneath the silver lights as if it were ice before a flame. But when this light covered Han Li, he immediately covered his eyes with his hands and miserably scream.

  Following his scream, the silver lights in the sky scattered.

  Han Li felt completely dazed, but he soon opened his eyes in alarm as both the silver light and the world around him had completely disappeared. He was sitting inside a secluded room, his body completely drenched in sweat.

  Han Li took a deep breath and calmed himself, finally recalling that he was within a sealed room inside Devilfall Valley. Not long before, he had taken the Nature Origin Pill that he had refined and was enveloped in an illusory world made by the medicinal power erupting from the pill.

  He blankly remained seated and didn’t immediately stand up. As he reflected upon his own experiences in the illusory world, his expression wavered from revelation one moment and confusion the next. He then touched his back and found his robes to be drenched.

  Han Li bitterly smiled. The Nature Origin Pill was beyond miraculous for it to be capable of sinking his mind into a world of illusions in spite of his vast spiritual sense.

  As for his time inside the illusion, he had become an entirely different person and experienced inconceivable events. He had grasped tremendous power with ease, capable of shifting mountains and seas or calling wind and rain.

  But when Han Li recalled what he had done in the illusion, the incantations became incredibly vague and he couldn’t recall a single word that he spoken, but the sensation from wielding worldly spiritual power of that level was remembered with complete detail. He felt as if he had experienced it with his body and believed it would prove beneficial for him when breaking through to the next cultivation realm.

  Han Li then closed his eyes once more and in place for half a day before opening his eyes with restored calm. Any trace of confusion had disappeared from his face. He stood up and raised his hand, striking the stone door in front of him with a spell seal. The door flickered with spirit light and slowly opened, allowing Han Li to calmly walk out.

  As soon as he walked out, a white streak of light flew out from the stone wall and into his sleeve. It was Silvermoon in her fox form.

  Han Li slowly walked towards the cave’s entrance and asked, “How long was I in seclusion? Did anything happen while I was in there?”

  Silvermoon replied with a respectful tone, “Master was in seclusion for two days. During this time Violet Spirit had emerged, but she saw that the restrictions protecting your cave had yet to be removed and returned to her residence.”

  Han Li indifferently said, “Given her lower cultivation, the Nature Origin PIll should’ve had a lesser effect on her. It is no wonder that she left seclusion earlier. Rather, I am more surprised that you don’t want to take one.”

  Silvermoon’s helpless voice came his sleeve, “Master should know that I am quite a bit different from a human cultivator. I am a Silvermoon Wolf that is possessing the body of a demon fox.
In addition to medicine pills used to advance cultivation, I don’t dare to negligently take any other types of cultivator medicine pills. Who knows what harm they could cause me? I would rather just spend more time cultivating than take that risk.”

  After a moment of thought, Han Li frowned and nodded without speak further.

  Of course, Han Li hadn’t wasted the remaining Spirit Kindle Fruits. He had chosen to consume them before taking the Nature Origin Pill. When their medicinal power dissolved into his body, he experienced a small but noticeable increase in cultivation. It truly deserved to be a spirit medicine rarely seen in this world.

  When Han Li arrived near the exit of his cave residence, he found his puppets obediently guarding the gate. He took several steps forward and swept them into his storage pouch in a flash of white light.

  At that moment, Han Li opened the stone gate of his cave residence with a magic technique and calmly walked out.

  In the instant Han Li walked out, a streak of light shot out from one of the neighboring mountains.

  When Han Li saw the light approaching, he calmly waved his hands around him, causing all the nearby formation flags and plates that were placed in the ground to fly into his hands one after another in streaks of azure light.

  At that moment, the streak arrived in front of Han Li, revealing Violet Spirit’s figure. She sweetly smiled at Han Li as she floated in the air. Her gorgeous beauty soon unfolded as the light faded away around her face.

  “Brother Han, you’ve finally emerged. I had believed it would’ve taken you another half day before you came out.”

  Han Li smiled and said, “It seems Violet Spirit has experienced rather fine results after taking the Nature Origin Pill. You are only a few years away from ascending to mid Core Formation stage. Allow me to offer my congratulations ahead of time.”

  Violet Spirit’s gaze flickered and she happily said, “Brother Han must be joking. The Nature Origin Pill only saved me several tens of years of bitter cultivation. However, Brother Han now has a good chance of reaching mid Nascent Soul stage after taking the pill. This is worthy of even greater congratulations.”

  “Fellow Daoist Violet Spirit can’t have believed that the Nature Origin Pill has the same effect on a Core Formation cultivator as a Nascent Soul cultivator,” Han Li calmly said, “Although it was said that the pill is effective to everyone under the Deity Transformation stage, the lower the cultivation one possesses, the greater the effect. When Core Formation cultivators take the pill, there is no doubt that they will be able to ascend to the next level, but this isn’t guaranteed for a Nascent Soul cultivator.”

  “Regardless of how it is said, the Nature Origin Pill is greatly useful towards ascending to the next level of cultivation. There is no need for Brother Han to be so modest. And give the aptitude Brother Han displayed after reaching the Nascent Soul stage in only two hundred years, he should only be a step away from entering mid Nascent Soul stage.”

  ‘Aptitude?’ When Han Li heard Violet Spirit say this, he couldn’t help but bitterly laugh. Although he didn’t correct her, he did shake his head in silence.

  Violet Spirit pursed her lips in a smile and thought to say something more when a huge rumble sounded out in the distance. It appeared as if a fierce tremble shook the entire world. Han Li handled it well enough, but Violet Spirit was shaken by this and started to fall from the air.

  She hastily stopped her fall with a burst of light and shouted in alarm, “What happened? What’s going on?”

  Also shocked, Han Li turned his head in the direction of the source of this sound.

  ‘Yi! That is the area that the map indicated.’ Han Li’s heart stirred and he felt somewhat bewildered.

  At that moment, a white line howled as it streaked over from the horizon, carrying booms in its wake. In the blink of an eye, the white light grew thicker and countless waves of white Qi suddenly appeared nearby.

  As far as the eye could see, a boundless and unimaginably tall wave of white Qi engulfed the surrounding mountains as it made its way towards Han Li and Violet Spirit. In the blink of an eye, it was only about a kilometer away from them.

  “Not good!” When Han Li saw this, his expression changed and he summoned the small blue shield with a shake of his sleeve. It revolved around him once before expanding into a huge shield in front of him.

  He pointed at the huge shield and a layer of blue light was emitted from it, enveloping Han Li. Still feeling uneasy, he spat out a ball of blue icy flame and had it rupture thirty meters in front of him.

  The blue flame radiantly glowed and crackled. The large icy ball of Qi rapidly expanded and in the blink of an eye, a twenty-meter-tall ice mountain appeared in front of Han Li.

  As for Violet Spirit, she had also reacted with alarm and released an embroidered scarf that released a mist of light to protect her. When she saw that Han Li had condensed an ice mountain, she hastily flew to his side with delight. At that moment, the rushing wave of Qi arrived before them.

  The entire sky grew dim while the violent sounds of the earth shattering burst around them. A huge tremble went through the ice mountain before them as tens of boulders smashed into it, each impact releasing a sharp clank. The sound was discomforting and made one’s heart stir.

  Chapter 841: First Devil Sighting

  When Violet Spirit saw the huge mountain of ice on the verge of breaking, she paled and unconsciously turned to look at Han Li.

  At the moment, Han Li appeared unperturbed and without a trace of panic. When Violet Spirit saw this, her heart steadied, knowing that he most likely had further methods to protect himself.

  But to Violet Spirit’s surprise, Han Li didn’t make further use of any magic treasures or techniques. Although the blue ice mountain trembled underneath the boulders and Qi wave, it held fast and showed no further signs of breaking.

  In her delight, Violet Spirit discovered that the mountain of ice wasn’t condensed from ordinary glacial Qi and was far more hardy than one would expect.

  After the time it took to finish a cup of tea, the astonishing white wave of Qi eventually finished rushing past them. It continued rumbling into the distance before finally disappearing from sight.

  Violet Spirit sighed, summoning her embroidered scarf back into her hand from its mist form. She looked at Han Li and puzzlingly asked, “What is that? How could Devilfall Valley possess such a thing?”

  Han Li’s eyes flickered and he muttered, “I’m not sure. However, there’s something strange about the spiritual Qi that appeared in the distance. It was extremely chaotic. Could such an astonishing wave of Qi have come from a spatial tear instead of a person? However, the wave of Qi was so fearsome that the valley’s restrictions weren’t able to stop it. Nascent Soul cultivators should be able to deal with it well enough, but if that wave reached the outer valley, those Core formation cultivators would almost certainly perish.”

  When Violet Spirit heard Han Li, she frowned and also used her spiritual sense to look in the direction that the Qi wave had arrived from. She was only able to sense that the spiritual Qi was somewhat abnormal since her spiritual sense wasn’t able to reach that far.

  “There is something amiss. Brother Han, could it be you plan on investigating the source of this?”

  Han Li hesitated for a moment and spoke with a tone of certainty, “Why would I plan on investigating it? Regardless of whether the wave was artificially made or a coincidental explosion, I don’t want to look for trouble despite how curious I may be. Let’s return to the outer valley since we’ve already fulfilled our objective. With this strange occurrence, the Ghost Spirit Sect will most likely be too occupied to find us. It’s a good opportunity to leave without being noticed.”

  Afterwards, he pointed to the shield in front of him and it quickly shrank before returning into his sleeve.

  As for the ice mountain, Han Li pressed his hand against its walls and blue light suddenly shined. The mountain thawed in the blink of an eye and soon, a ball of b
lue flame was all that remained before it returned to his palm.

  When Violet Spirit saw this, she wore an expression of alarm.

  Han Li raised his palm and looked at the ball of blue flame with a trace of satisfaction. This new technique of using the ice flames was something he had developed from his experience in the world of illusion. Although this was the first time he had used it, it was done with skill and precision as if he had done this several times before, much to Han Li’s surprise.

  This illustrated that the experiences within the world of illusion weren’t born from simple imagination; they were truly the understandings of heaven and earth from a higher realm. After this experience, Han Li had higher hopes for entering mid-Nascent Soul stage.

  With a faint smile on his face, he turned to Violet Spirit and thought to say something when light suddenly shined from the horizon behind them to reveal two streaks of light.

  A streak of yellow and a streak of white light trembled as they shot across the sky as if they were fleeing in Han Li’s direction.

  “Yi!” When Han Li saw them with his spiritual sense, he yelped with surprise.

  Violet Spirit stretched out her spiritual sense only to discover that the two streaks of light belonged to two Nascent Soul cultivators. As she wasn’t able to see anything further, she asked, “Brother Han, you know those two?”

  “Of course I recognize them. I’ve had some dealings with them in the past!” Han Li frowned and stared at them with an odd expression.

  One of the streaks of light contained a yellow-robed old man with a sallow face — Yellow Maple Valley’s Ancestor Linghu. As for the other streak of light, it contained a white-clothed woman with an icy expression, the grand elder of the Masked Moon Sect and Nangong Wan’s Senior Martial Sister.

  Han Li was surprised that the two had also entered Devilfall Valley. It seems they had stolen into the valley at the very last moment.

  The two wore expressions of fright and were fleeing as quickly as they could, but there was visible nothing behind them. Regardless, they continued to flee as if there was something in close pursuit, and they didn’t dare to slow down. Han Li found this truly strange as they weren’t weak individuals by any means.