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

by Translator: Johnchen

At that moment, their party already threaded deep into the ice fiend territory. They’ve nearly traveled halfway through the area.

  After the Leopard Kirin Beast devoured another mid-grade ice fiend, it crouched back down on Han Li’s shoulder and closed its eyes drowsily. It was glowing with unending white light and roamed across its body in a blinding fashion.

  At that moment, the party was flying past an icy mountain range when they came across an extremely long canyon. Black winds stormed in the skies above it, appearing as if only the canyon was safe to pass through.

  Han Li and company wasn’t surprised at all by this strange scene.

  They’ve seen this several times on their journey already, and they made their way into the canyon without any hesitation.

  The canyon wasn’t very wide. It was only about a kilometer wide, but it was three thousand kilometers deep. With the addition of the black winds whistling above them, they felt an indescribable gloominess cloud their mood.

  Fortunately, Han Li and company were unordinary people and didn’t allow this strange atmosphere to cloud their thoughts.

  But then, Han Li’s expression stirred as he heard a roar and he couldn't help but turn his head.

  The Leopard Kirin Beast crouching on his shoulder, stood up on its hind legs and widely opened its eyes. Its fur stood up on its back as if faced a great enemy.

  Han Li was stunned. The beast encountered so many ice fiends, but it never reacted like this. Could it be that...

  As the thought flashed through his mind, he came to a sudden stop.

  The others stopped one after another behind him and began to look around with suspicion.

  Without speaking a sword, Han Li looked ahead of him with blue light flickering from his eyes. Before the others could ask anything, he suddenly waved his hand in front of him.

  Golden light shot out from his palm and sliced at the canyon’s depths.

  A huge boom erupted and golden light flashed through the darkness. It cleaved through the ice at the very bottom of the canyon, creating a narrow long crack.

  A strange cry of pain sound from underground, followed by a violent burst of black Qi. In the blink of an eye, a thirty-meter-large ball of black mist had condensed.

  “It’s an Ice Fiend King! There is truly such a demon here!” Bai Bi cried out.

  Lei Lan and Qin Xiao were immediately startled.

  At that moment, the huge ball of mist spun in the air, gathering up countless shards of ice towards it from every direction.

  Black light blindingly shined as a sixty-meter-large black ice phoenix flew out from the mist. Its body was crystalline black and its eyes glared black, rigidly staring at Han Li.

  No, it was actually staring at the Leopard Kirin Beast on Han Li’s shoulder as if it were its nemesis.

  The Leopard Kirin Beast snarled, excitement clear in its green eyes.

  Han Li raised his brow and pondered.

  Then he grabbed the small beast from his shoulder, and to the shock of everyone, he mustered his strength, throwing the beast high into the air.

  Han Li promptly spread his wings and disappeared in a flash of azure-white lightning, only to leave a clap of thunder behind.

  In the next moment, thunder rang above the ice phoenix, followed by Han Li’s swift appearance. His shoulder blurred and a chain of afterimages passed by the phoenix as he made his way below it.

  The ice phoenix paused in surprise, soon letting out a cry of anger. It stretched out its claws to crush Han Li, a meager insect in its eyes.

  The black three-meter-long claws immediately grabbed a hold of Han Li.

  However, Han Li didn’t seem to care. His hands blurred as black-white fists left a torrent of afterimages above him.

  Booms deafened without end as black-white light erupted from the claws.

  The two huge claws began to break before shattering like porcelain. They crumbled inch by inch until they were no more.

  The black ice phoenix let out a worldshaking shriek. It opened its mouth and a black torrent of wind emerged. In the blink of an eye, the attack was about to submerge him from above.

  But Han Li only blinked as the black wind passed him by, and he suddenly vanished.

  The ice phoenix couldn't help but look around to see where he went.

  At that moment, a gentle wind blew from behind the black winds to reveal a silent figure.

  The figure stirred, arriving at the ice phoenix’s back with ghost-like agility. His black-white fists flashed as he struck down ice phoenix’s back with vicious power.

  Two huge explosions followed. Black-white halos of light ripped out from the impact, completely enveloping the phoenix’s body.

  It didn’t react in the slight. The huge phoenix began to crack like its claw and shatter in a rain of ice shards.

  The large black mist reappeared in the air, taking a formless shape and flickering with a strange black light.

  With a rustle of wind, a small silhouette appeared, pouncing at the black mist. It hugged it with its limbs and it began to feast. Its nose snorted with clear excitement. This was the Leopard Kirin Beast that Han Li had tossed high into the air.

  After the beast fell, it saw that the ice phoenix formed from the black mist was shattered. Of course, it wasn’t about to turn away from such a great prize! It happily leaped forward and began to devour the mist.

  Since the black mist was a so-called ice fiend demon king, it was unwilling to be eaten by this small beast by all accounts. Not only did it lash out with black tentacles, but it also began to gather up black ice from the ground in an attempt to condense another body.

  However, the black tentacles were easily resolved with a swipe of the Leopard Kirin’s claws.

  As for the black ice, Han Li waved his hand, sending countless embers to melt them away.

  It only took Han Li the span of a few breaths to shatter the black ice phoenix.

  Although it wasn’t the first time the party saw Han Li in action, they couldn't help to feel completely touched as this display of might. Their exceptions vastly changed.

  As the Leopard Kirin Beast stood on top of the black Qi cloud, it appeared completely helpless and unable to move.

  In the blink of an eye, nearly half of the black cloud was devoured.

  Afterwards, the small beast let out a roar and its body wildly flashed with light. Then, it leaped off the black Qi and crouched on the ground.

  With a faint change of expression, Han Li flipped his hand and summoned a white jade bottle. He pointed it to the remnants of the black Qi and muttered an incantation.

  The jade bottle twirled and its lit flipped, spouting out an azure mist.

  The mist roiled and gathered up the remaining strands of black Qi before absorbing them back into the bottle.

  Bai Bi and the others couldn't help but show a trace of envy.

  Although the ice fiend was called a demon king, in truth an ordinary Deity Transformation-grade existence could easily deal with it. However, they were also rarely seen. The pure Qi of an ice fiend demon king could be used to refine pills, tools, or even cultivate secret techniques. It was far more valuable than the Qi of a common ice fiend.

  However, since the demon was defeated by Han Li, they didn’t dare to complain.

  A short moment later, the remaining ice fiend Qi was completely absorbed into the jade bottle.

  Han Li waved his hand, retrieving the bottle in a streak of white, and had it disappear into his sleeve.

  At that moment, he glanced at the Leopard Kirin Beast with a trace of worry.

  It was curled up with white light repeatedly pulsing from its body as its eyes drooped.

  As Han Li was connected to its mind, he could sense the beast’s excitement, fear, and anxiousness all mixed into one.

  He sighed and slowly descended from the sky. He landed at the side of the beast and knelt down.

  He rubbed the beast’s head and stroked its soft fur. Afterwards, he attempted to calm it with his spiritual sens
e.

  The Leopard Kirin Beast licked Han Li’s hand with its pink tongue and began to gradually calm down.

  Chapter 1453: Advancement

  At that moment, the line of white light lit up from the pitch-black sky. Soon, they scattered and white motes of light began to slowly drift down.

  Meanwhile, the white light on the surface of the Leopard Kirin Beast began to turn pink.

  A wondrous fragrance began to emit from this body, arousing a sense of deep hunger to those that smelled it. It was as if the Leopard Kirin Beast had turned into a rare delicacy.

  Baffled by the actions of Han Li and the small beast, Bai Bi and the others were startled when they caught the scent.

  “The scent of blackened meat! Brother Han, your spirit beast is about to advance,” Bai Bi said with a changed expression.

  Han Li stroked the small beast’s fur a few more times before standing up, “That’s right, I’ll need to stay here for the day.”

  With an unsightly expression, Bai Bi said, “The advancement of a spirit beast is a happy occasion, but it is inconvenient to happen here. Once the scent spreads, all the demons in the ice fiend territory will gather. If we’re not careful, a powerful high-grade demon could appear and put us in danger.”

  An icy glint flashed from Han Li’s eyes as he indifferently said, “I know that, of course. Brother Bai, would you have me leave my spirit beast here?”

  “I didn’t mean that, only...” When Bai Bi heard Han Li’s unfriendly tone, he tried to explain himself.

  Han Li waved his hand and said with a resolute tone, “Regardless, if you feel it is dangerous, you may leave but I will stay.”

  When they heard him, Bai Bi and the others looked at each other in dismay and they couldn't help but wryly smile.

  They didn’t find Han Li’s attitude out of the ordinary. They couldn't persuade him to choose them over his evolving spirit beast over them with words alone.

  At that moment, Han Li didn’t pay attention to the other three and busied himself with other matters.

  The small beast’s advancement will take at least an entire day. During this period, the scent it emitted would attract the nearby demons. Of course, since this was the ice fiend territory, the most demons would be ice fiends.

  Azure light flashed from his body as he soared into the air. He swept his hand past his storage pouch and summoned piles of formation flags and plates.

  He lifted them all with a single hand. Tens of streaks of light scattered in every direction, vanishing into the air without a trace.

  A chain of explosions sounded from the ground as ten pillars of red light rose from the ice. Soon after, a hundred-meter-wide spell formation was erected over the icy ground.

  The spell formation contained strange designs and scarlet talisman characters.

  A scorching aura spread out, filling the air with a burnt scent.

  This was a fire-attributed formation set that Han Li spent many spirit stones to acquire back in Deep Heaven City. It was called the “Encompassing Flame Death Formation”.

  Once it was laid down, when a Deity Transformation cultivator entered the formation, the formation was powerful enough that they wouldn’t be able to immediately break out. It would be even more devastating towards ice-attributed demons.

  However, Han Li didn’t stop there. He formed an incantation gesture and had seventy-two small golden swords fly out his body and above his head. They hummed as they turned into hundreds of identical golden lights.

  After a chant, Han Li pointed to the dense mass of swordlights.

  Suddenly, the hundreds of golden lights scattered and flickered out of sight.

  This was the Grand Aureate Sword Formation.

  With his cultivation at the peak of Deity Transformation, even a late Spatial Tempering cultivator wouldn’t be able to escape unharmed. As for whether he’d be able to restrict a Body Integration cultivator, it’d be hard to say. He’d have to test it out first.

  With that done, Han Li floated above the spell formation and narrowed his eyes in through before shaking his sleeve.

  A ball of silver flame flew out, turning into a silver bird with a cry. It circled once into the air before diving into the ice.

  Han Li then raised his hand and summoned the triangular spirit carriage he used previously.

  The spirit carriage floated motionlessly above the spell formation and Han Li sat cross-legged inside it, resting his eyes.

  At that moment, the specks of white light gathered, thoroughly gathering around the small beast and the scent it released became even more alluring. Even Han Li’s grand formations wasn’t able to stop the scent from escaping it.

  The captivating fragrance and quickly spread to the distant darkness.

  Lei Lan and the other three were quietly talking with each other, deciding whether to fly away and say in the spirit carriage.

  The three didn’t want to deal with a frantic demon assault, but from the previous dangers they encountered, they would find it difficult to enter the third level, let alone find an Infernal Flame Fruit.

  As such, the three could only force themselves to face the demons.

  Fortunately, Han Li had made ample preparations and they viewed Han Li as someone of profound mystery. So long as they didn’t face any excessively powerful demons, it was acceptable to remain there for the day.

  As time slowly passed, the white motes that drifted down from the sky became larger and fell in greater number, concealing the small beast entirely.

  The Leopard Kirin Beast had finally broken its silence and let out soft groans of pain inside the white light.

  Qin Xiao looked at the white light and muttered, “The beast’s advancement is much different from others. Each time, its body will be greatly strengthened unlike us from the Flying Spirit Tribe.”

  “That’s true, but the pain of cleansing one's essence and meridians isn’t something we can handle,” Lei Lan added with a smile.

  Bai Bi then raised his brow, looking at the distant dark canyon with a solemn expression.

  At the moment, it was rather too peaceful. Apart from some faint whistling winds, they heard no other sounds. And the beast’s fragrance had already spread far, at least fifty kilometers away.

  Bai Bi felt ill at east and couldn't help to glance at Han Li. He had his eyes shut and appeared serene.

  Bai Bi blinked and he thought to say something when Han Li opened his eyes, revealing a bright crystalline glint from his eyes.

  Meanwhile, rustles began to sound from the darkness as if countless things were flocking in their direction.

  In that next moment, all of the other three ceased their whispering and watched what was happening.

  Countless red eyes were glowing through the darkness. A swarm of foot-tall black silhouettes began to pounce forward.

  Their bodies glowed back and they moved with great speed as their limbs rustled.

  This swarm of malevolent creatures were ice spiders. At a glance, the spiders seemed endless, filling the entire canyon in an instant.

  However, these were the lowest level of ice fiend demons. Since Han Li didn’t need to deal with them, Qin Xiao let out a shout and waved her sleeve, releasing a dozen green lights onto the spiders.

  Several booms later, a dozen three-meter-tall puppets appeared amongst the spiders.

  These puppets appeared to be huge lizards. With only faint movements, the lizards began to release beams of green lights from their mouths.

  The spiders seemed to melt away like evaporating dew as the green light passed them by.

  The puppets were standing in a line and simply moved their heads as they launched their attacks, preventing the ice spiders from moving forward even a single step. In the blink of an eye, countless piles of dead spiders littered the ground.

  However, the spiders were truly too great in number. Even with the incisive beams of green light, they eventually began to advance slowly in complete disregard of their lives.

  Under
this unceasing assault, the spirit stones in the puppets began to dwindle in power. Soon, the puppets' beams began to dim in light and could no longer hold the spiders back.

  As such, the spiders soon broke through the line and approached the puppets.

  Pu. Pu. Countless black threads shot out from the spiders and enveloped the puppets thoroughly. The threads then dragged the puppets to the ground, rendering them entirely still.

  Within the carriage, Qin Xiao was somewhat alarmed, but she merely whispered, “You don’t need to take action. Hand over these small things to me. Soon after, the woman flew up in a green ball of light and arrived before the ice spiders in front of the grand formation.

  The spiders immediately sensed her and they hissed, releasing countless black threads into the air.

  Qin Xiao’s expression sank. Suddenly, a dark green flame emerged from her body. When the black threads touched her, they combusted into smoke.

  The woman shouted and straightened her arm. A green fire sword appeared in her hand and she swung down.

  A huge wave of flames suddenly spread out from the strike. With a huge explosion, a three-meter-wide trench appeared in front of the spiders. Green flames still burned inside it, turning the spiders that touched it into ash in just a moment.

  Qin Xiao faintly smiled at the sight and just as she thought to expand the trench, furious cries sounded from the distance, followed by the appearance of several three-meter-tall bodies.

  Under closer examination, the woman’s expression changed.

  The huge figures were giant four-headed spiders. Each one was covered in black fur with sharp fangs from each of their mouths, each of them roaring.

  Qin Xiao raised her brow and bluntly waved her fire sword at them.

  In that instant, a series of black light roamed across their bodies, creating a pair of black cicada wings.

  With a tremble, their wings took them into the air.

  Qin Xiao’s relaxed expression instantly changed when she saw this.

  Chapter 1454: Green Wood Demon

  When Lei Lan saw this, she frowned and turned to Bai Bi, saying, “These will be troublesome. I’ll lend Older Sister Qin a hand.”