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

by Translator: Johnchen

  "Of course. Under normal circumstances, we certainly wouldn't go around provoking giants in the primordial world. However, it may not necessarily be correct to say that we'll gain nothing from killing giants. I recall that Divine Wolf Celestial Kui of the seven Demon Monarchs once slew a Seven-Headed Giant and found a small clump of Myriad Dawn Soil, thereby allowing it to refine the Myriad Dawn Demon Tower on the Chaotic Roll. Only then was it able to become one of the Demon Monarchs," Spirit Lord Huang Liang disagreed with a shake of his head.

  "That's true. Primordial giants like to devour just about anything, so it's indeed possible to find some valuable treasures within their bodies. However, the chances of that happening are far too low; who would fight a giant in the primordial world just to enter a lottery? In particular, primordial giants are normally pack-dwelling creatures. Have you forgotten that after we slew that Two-Eyed Giant, we were almost forced to jump into the ocean to escape the Three-Headed Giant that came after us?" A wry smile appeared on Huan Tianqi as he recalled those memories.

  Spirit Lord Huang Liang also chuckled upon the recollection of these past events, and he didn't say anything further.

  After slicing through a certain section of the giant's body, a pile of stuff suddenly fell out.

  Everything else was already completely dull and lusterless with the exceptions of a blue jade bowl and a translucent red vial, both of which were still radiating rays of spiritual light.

  The blue jade bowl was emanating a layer of faint blue light that just so happened to be shielding the small vial within.

  "This should be it." Huan Tianqi immediately identified the blue jade bowl as the true body of an Artifact Spirit Tribe being.

  However, the spiritual nature of the bowl had completely faded, clearly indicating that the Artifact Spirit Tribe being had fallen.

  The Spirit Tribe traitor had clearly given his life to protect that small vial, so it was most likely the object that they were looking for.

  An elated look appeared on Huan Tianqi's face, yet just as he was about to reach out toward the small vial, Spirit Lord Huang Liang's expression suddenly changed drastically as he yelled, "Look out!"

  Huan Tianqi was an immensely powerful being in his own right, and he sensed an extremely well-concealed sneak attack aimed toward him from the shadows almost at the exact moment that Spirit Lord Huang Liang had cried out.

  In a fit of shock and rage, he didn't have time to do anything other than stomp a foot violently into the ground, catapulting himself straight into the air while a streak of crimson light glanced past the soles of his feet.

  A humanoid figure that was around a foot in size suddenly appeared nearby before abruptly reaching toward the small vial.

  "Don't you dare!" Spirit Lord Huang Liang let loose an enraged roar as he flicked his 10 fingers rapidly toward the humanoid figure.

  A dozen or so yellow streaks of sword Qi immediately swept forth, but he was clearly too late.

  The humanoid figure gave a triumphant laugh before sucking the small vial into his grasp. His body then swayed, and he flew away as a crimson cloud.

  "Xu Tian! You're not getting away!" Have just barely evaded that attack that would've sliced him in half, Huan Tianqi circled around in mid-air and was furious after identifying his assailant.

  Spatial fluctuations suddenly proliferated from above the crimson cloud as a massive moth around 10 feet in size appeared at his behest. The moth's green eyes flashed as it immediately flapped its wings downward without any hesitation.

  A burst of seven-colored mist immediately descended toward the crimson cloud.

  The cloud seemed to be extremely wary of the colorful mist, as indicated by the fact that it was unwilling to come into contact with the mist, skirting around it instead as it fled toward another direction.

  However, during this split-second delay, the dozen or so streaks of yellow sword Qi unleashed by Spirit Lord Huang Liang were already upon him. Spirit Lord Huang Liang himself was also charging toward him as a streak of yellow light.

  Xu Tian's heart jolted upon seeing this.

  Right at this moment, a familiar voice suddenly sounded in his ear. "Master Xu Tian, give the divine blood to me! I'm using a concealment technique, and I'll be able to get the divine blood out of this place!"

  Xu Tian faltered slightly upon hearing this, but he was quickly overjoyed.

  The one who had been spectating the battle with him up above was indeed Shi Yan!

  Xu Tian had an ability that allowed him to fainty detect the presence of one of his brethren nearby, but he couldn't be sure if there was actually someone there, and nor was he able to determine who it was.

  However, the familiar voice answered all of the questions in his heart.

  He raised on hand to defend himself against the oncoming streak of sword Qi, while the small vial appeared out of nowhere in his other hand amid a flash of spiritual light.

  He flicked his wrist through the air, and the small crimson vial shot forth toward the direction where the voice had come from.

  Chapter 1311: Initial Battle with Spatial Tempering

  The cloud of blood roiled and instantly condensed into a blood lotus that twirled around its body. Over ten streaks of swordlight were absorbed into it.

  The small vial flew over thirty meters away and disappeared into emptiness in the blink of an eye.

  When Huan Tianqi arrived and saw this, he let out a furious roar, spitting out a grey demon wind with it. Hail and sand and stone swept over the area Han Li was hidden.

  Although the demon wasn’t able to see Han Li’s figure, he was rich with battle experience. He was able to make out that a human using concealment techniques had seized the bottle.

  When Han Li saw the demon wind come to attack him, his expression faintly changed.

  After he concealed himself, it was impossible for him to immediately fly out of range of the demon wind. Once the wind brushed past him, it would immediately dispel his invisibility talisman.

  In that split second, Xu Tian’s face turned sullen and he pointed at the engulfing winds with an incantation gesture.

  A red swordlight tore through the air from over the horizon and flew into his hand. It then flashed, cleaving through the demon winds and directly cutting at Hua Tianqi.

  Frightened, Hua Tianqi hastily reached out above him.

  A grey demon claw immediately appeared and cleaved at the incoming crimson light. The grey and red light intertwined finding themselves in a deadlock for the time being.

  When Han Li saw this, he was elated and began to fly away, still concealed.

  But then, a cold snort sounded from behind him, “Where do you think you’re going?”

  He suddenly sensed something flash from the yellow mist and a white jade seal strangely warped above his head. In a blur, it turned over thirty-meters-large and pounded down towards Han Li.

  The attack was lightning swift. Xu Tian shouted, knowing it was too late for him to help.

  Han Li had already witnessed its might and when the giant pounded it, it was entirely unscathed.

  He absolutely couldn't receive the strike.

  His expression wavered several times before he let out a sigh.

  As the jade seal pressed down, silver light flashed and revealed Han Li.

  Han Li slapped the roof of his head and summoned a small cauldron wrapped in azure light. He opened it to release a string of clear cries, followed by a barrage of countless azure threads. They quickly waved together a net of light to catch the seal above him.

  The seal continued to press down, dropping right on top of the net.

  A chain of explosions ruptured. The seal appeared unharmed as usual, and the azure net began to slowly crumble. However, the Heavenvoid Cauldron was a Divine Spirit Treasure. With another wave of azure threads, it completely halted the jade seal’s momentum.

  Han Li grasped his hands in an incantation gesture to use this opportunity. Thunder cried, followed by the appearance of azure-whi
te wings on his back.

  His body seemed to twist as he turned into a white line, disappearing along with the small cauldron.

  When the seal broke free of the net of light, it naturally fell on top of nothing.

  At that moment, azure lightning flashed over a hundred meters away where Han Li silently reappeared.

  “How are you able to control that treasure? You aren’t Shi Yan!”

  Xu Tian’s inconceivable voice sounded from within the blood cloud. Then it roiled to reveal a silhouette that was several inches tall. The profound spirit Xu Tian looked at Han Li with furious alarm.

  “You aren’t from the spirit clan! You’re a human cultivator!” Light flashed from the yellow mist to reveal Spirit Lord Huang Liang, looking at Han Li with an astonished fash.

  Huan Tianqi used this opportunity to scatter the crimson sword light and flashed forward to Huang Liang’s side, examining Han Li with bewilderment as well.

  Facing the Spatial Tempering-stage existences, Han Li simply opened his mouth with an incantation gesture formed and spat out a mist of blood.

  Soon after, a dense mist of blood enveloped him.

  “He wants to run!” When Xu Tian saw this, he saw that it was a profound movement technique and he furiously shouted.

  Soon after, the blood cloud stirred beneath Han Li as if it were ready to pounce.

  Huan Tianqi snorted and said, “Fellow Daoist Xu Tian, there is no need to be so anxious. I merely want to experience your Bloodfiend Spirit Lotus. Brother Han Li, since he’s a human cultivator, you deal with him.” His form then turned half-demon in an instant and his body blurred as he pounced towards Xu Tian.

  Huang Liang stared at Han Li and indifferently said, “Don’t worry, he is a trifling Deity Transformation-stage cultivator. Even with a spirit treasure, he will not escape me.

  He then glanced at the Heavenvoid Cauldron at Han Li’s side.

  As soon as those words were said, he opened his mouth and spat a small green sword. It blurred and arrived above the blood mist with wyrm-like agility.

  A clang lightly sounded as a golden light shot out from the mist. Although it was repelled from the impact, it managed to block the green sword.

  The golden light revealed itself to be a foot-long flying sword.

  Huang Liang sneered and pointed at his sword.

  The green streak flew immediately intertwining with the flying golden sword. Under the bright clash, the golden light found itself further pressured and restrained as the green streak began to revolve and turn into a meter-long wheel, revolving at a force that would crush anything in its path.

  A series of sharp metal clangs sounded, but strangely enough, the golden sword appeared almost entirely unscathed from the fierce blows apart from growing dimmer.

  Instead, the flying sword continued to forcibly tangle with the azure sword and distract it.

  Huang Liang let out a yelp and his face stirred.

  Although he hadn’t refined the green sword from extraordinary materials, when he completed the first cycle of cultivation, he honed it with several thousand years of effort. Its might already was equivalent to a spirit treasure, but now it was being repelled by the flying sword of a Deity Transformation-stage cultivator.

  He was thoroughly shocked, but he retained a calm appearance and quickly formed an incantation gesture, causing his sword to let out a ring. It blurred as it turned into thirty-six identical copies. They all cleaved at the blood mist in a dense barrage of attack, intending on skewering Han Li’s corpse.

  But what Huang Liang couldn't have expected was for Han Li’s back to blur, summoning tens of small golden swords as well. They all flew out in sword streaks and blocked the azure lights, letting not one of them through.

  At that moment, the blood mist was growing violently unstable as Han Li continued to chant. His ten fingers began to cycle through incantation gestures as if he was about to finish his spell.

  When Spirit Lord Huang Liang saw this, his astonishment was clear to see, but a cold glint soon shined from his eye. Soon after, yellow mist brightly lit up and he vanished.

  Han Li let out a deep sigh and suddenly crimson marks flashed on his brow, followed by the appearance of a black eye-ball. It immediately released a thin beam of jet-black light before disappearing.

  Thirty meters away, a loud boom shook the air. Yellow mist and black light flickered together to reveal Spirit Lord Huang Liang. He cried out in alarm, “You have such a treasure? An annihilating treasure!”

  The Spatial Tempering-stage cultivator wore a grim expression, but after some surprise, there was neither rage nor joy.

  He raised his hand and slowly reached his hand out in front of him.

  The sounds of tearing space erupted above Han Li’s head and the winds drew up a storm nearby. Countless threads of mist appeared in the nearby air, condensing into a ball of light in th blink of an eye. A three-meter-long crystalline jade axe appeared in the air.

  Huang Liang made a first with his hand and waved down, uttering, “Cleave.”

  The rainbow jade axe trembled and slowly moved down, but before the axe drew close, lightning rang.

  Balls of azure lightning flickered off of the axe, warping the nearby space it touched. The might’s axe was beyond what it displayed.

  As he still casted from within the blood mist, Han Li’s expression changed.

  Without another thought, he opened his mouth and spat out a small black mountain. It trembled to release halos of grey light from its surface. Where ever the strange halo of light passed through any of the azure swordlight’s, they let out a wail and trembled uncontrollably as if they were stunned.

  The huge jade axe clearly wasn’t comparable to the azure swordlight, however. It easily brushed past the halos and scattered them with ease.

  Han Li’s heart grew tense and the small mountain burst, suddenly condensing a dozen rings of light together into an incredibly dense halo. It disappeared with a trembled, suddenly reappearing nearby the jade axe and quickly wrapping around it.

  The rainbow light on the axe’s surface pulsed in resistance, but then, the axe suddenly lost control.

  Huang Liang was completely aghast by the sight of this. Without another thought, he shouted and released a chain of spell seals.

  Suddenly, the jade axe let out a roll of thunder and a series of azure lightning bolts exploded, fiercely cleaving down and tearing through the grey halo.

  But that moment of delay bought Han Li just enough time. He suddenly blurred in a crimson streak and he left the blood mist. At an inconceivable speed, he arrived hundreds of kilometers away, a mere black speck in the horizon.

  As for his flying swords and the small black mountain, they disappeared as well.

  With his Deity Transformation-stage cultivation and his fiercely powerful body, this life-saving evasion technique possessed inconceivable speeds. In several flickers, he already disappeared from sight.

  At that moment, Spirit Lord Huang Liang and the others ceased their fighting and looked into the distance with shock.

  The three yelled with alarm at nearly the same time and cast incantation gestures at nearly the same instant, streaking forward in furious pursuit.

  Several seconds later, the nearby skies were completely empty, the three flying at a speed nearly comparable to the Bloodshadow Evasion.

  Chapter 1312: The Power of Spirit Devouring

  With the speed of the Bloodshadow Evasion, Han Li had arrived at the valley’s entrance in the span of a few breaths.

  With his current cultivation, he was finally able to do what he couldn't at Core Formation and Nascent Soul stage. He was able to control his direction with the overbearing speed of the technique.

  In the blink of an eye, Han Li arrived over fifty kilometers away and he swept his spiritual sense past his surroundings.

  He discovered that Huang Liang and the others weren’t far away and were in close pursuit. His heart couldn't help but tremble.

  Since they w
ere all Spatial Tempering-stage cultivators, Han Li didn’t believe it would be so simple to escape them.

  Still within the crimson light, he flipped his hand and two pearls sparkling with crimson-black talisman characters appeared in his hand. He quickly tossed them behind him and began to chant with his hands held in a gesture.

  At that moment, he continued to blur through the air in a crimson flash and swept past the entrance to the Chaotic Valley.

  Behind him, the three were still in quick pursuit

  The two pearls spun and let out a drone before detonating in a world-shaking explosion.

  Black and red light turned into two thirty-meter-wide blazing suns.

  To the naked eye, one could see waves of violent Qi scattering around them like a storm. It completely engulfed the area of several kilometers.

  Of the three cultivators pursuing Han Li, Xu Tian possessed the deepest cultivation and even used a secret technique to increase his speed. As a result, he was engulfed by the storm.

  As for the other two, they had more time to react and quickly changed direction, thinking of flying around the dangerous storm.

  Nevertheless, both the human and the demon didn’t let go of this opportunity to give a free hit to Xu Tian.

  Huan Tianqi’s sleeve trembled and a grey demon wind roiled. Huang Liang waved his hand at the storm and released a yellow beam of light.

  The two attacks entered the storm and let out a large explosion. Xu Tian’s furious roar immediately followed.

  Seeing that Xu Tian was somewhat harmed, he would be occupied for some time.

  The pair grinned at each other and then made their way to the valley entrance.

  Because of the delay caused by the Immortal Vanquishing Pearls, Han Li already turned into a blur on the horizon.