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

by Translator: Johnchen

  "Is that true? I would be truly grateful to you, Brother Xi." Han Li was ecstatic to hear this.

  "There's no need to thank me. In order to unleash this secret technique, I'll have to use up close to half of the elixir you issued to me, so think about whether you'd like me to go ahead," Daoist Xie replied in an expressionless manner.

  Han Li faltered slightly upon hearing this before immediately replying, "That's not an issue! All I want is to be able to return safely to the Spirit Realm."

  With that mysterious small vial at his disposal, he naturally wasn't concerned about this.

  "In that case, I'm ready when you are. Also, it's extremely taxing for me to use this ability, so my cultivation base will plummet significantly for a certain period of time after I use it. If we were to encounter any powerful enemies, I'd only be able to ensure self-preservation, so I won't be able to assist you much," Daoist Xie replied.

  Han Li's heart jolted slightly upon hearing this, and he carefully pondered the situation before reaffirming his own decision. "I'm capable of taking care of normal high-grade devilish beings on my own, and it's not easy to run into Grand Ascension Stage Sacred Ancestors."

  Daoist Xie merely nodded in response and remained silent.

  Thus, they began to carefully formulate a specific plan for how they were going to execute the infiltration.

  Night finally arrived, and a series of balls of white light appeared on the walls of the stronghold to illuminate the darkness.

  Han Li was seated on the ground, and after ascertaining that not much had changed in the fortress compared to daytime using his spiritual sense, he stood up and sprang into action.

  Daoist Xie swept a sleeve through the air to release a vast expanse of silver light, which swept up Han Li and Zhu Guo'er, and the trio instantly vanished into thin air.

  A short while later, Han Li's trio reappeared amid a flash of silver light in the air close to 10 kilometers away from the stronghold, and as soon as Han Li emerged, he raised a hand to summon the grey flying carriage again.

  Zhu Guo'er immediately flew onto the carriage in an obedient manner, while Daoist Xie sat down in mid-air with his legs crossed. He made a grabbing motion, and two arrows appeared in his hand, one golden and one silver. The pair of arrows then began to rapidly revolve, transforming into a pair of balls of light.

  At the same time, Daoist Xie's aura was almost completely concealed, and countless dark green spirit patterns appeared all over his entire body, creating a very peculiar sight to behold.

  Bursts of Buddhist chants rang out from within the two balls of light formed by the arrows, and wisps of golden and silver light were quickly released before converging above his head.

  A golden and silver ball of light with a diameter of around 10 feet quickly appeared, and it continued to expand rapidly.

  The devilish guards on the walls of the stronghold had naturally discovered them right away, and the alarm was immediately raised while a group of around 40 devilish guards began to fly directly over to Han Li.

  Han Li merely remained on the spot in a completely still manner, displaying no intention to stop the approaching guards.

  Moments later, the group of devilish guards arrived, and their leader yelled from afar, "Who are you? Don't you know that this is a restricted area where loitering is prohibited?"

  "Restricted area? My apologies, but not only are we going to loiter here, we're planning to take a look inside as well," Han Li replied with a nonchalant smile.

  "What? How dare you! Hold on, what is that man doing? Wait, your cultivation bases..." The leader of the guards was initially furious upon hearing this, but his fury quickly gave way to shock as he swept his spiritual sense toward Han Li and Daoist Xie.

  However, before he had a chance to do anything, Daoist Xie's body shuddered slightly, and the two arrows before him instantly vanished into thin air, while the huge ball of light above him exploded amid a resounding boom.

  Countless specks of golden and silver light were released in the wake of the explosion, and they were all pea-sized golden and silver runes.

  The runes swept through the air light a torrential downpour, illuminating the entire sky as it hurtled directly toward the stronghold.

  The devilish guards up ahead were the first to be struck by the storm of runes, and all of them were instantly destroyed amid howls of anguish.

  A series of formations appeared around the stronghold in unison in the face of this storm of runes, and lights of different colors surged through the air alongside violent energy fluctuations.

  However, the golden and silver runes were able to easily pierce through the restrictions, and within the span of just a few breaths, all of the restrictions were in tatters.

  After releasing the ball of golden and silver light, Daoist Xie's face paled significantly, and his aura plummeted straight out of the Grand Ascension Stage.

  "Let's go!" Han Li immediately yelled as he entered the flying carriage, followed closely by Daoist Xie.

  Han Li then took a deep breath, and he mustered up all of the magic power within his body before injecting it into the flying carriage underfoot.

  The carriage shuddered slightly before screeching through the air as a streak of azure light, flying so quickly that only a faint azure shadow could be seen flashing through the night sky.

  The remnants of the restriction around the stronghold were clearly unable to stop the flying carriage, and it quickly flew into the stronghold before hurtling toward the devilish cloud up above.

  The entire stronghold had been plunged into complete turmoil at this point, and countless armored devilish beings rose up into the air. However, most of them were unable to even detect the presence of Han Li and the others, and only the Deity Transformation Stage and Spatial Tempering Stage high-grade devilish beings were able to discover the flying carriage.

  All of them immediately tried to intercept the carriage, but there was no way they'd be able to catch up to it with their speed.

  Right at this moment, several particularly powerful auras emerged from within the stronghold, and a ball of green flames, a gust of black wind, and a streak of crimson light shot forth in unison.

  It was clear that the devilish lords in the stronghold had finally become involved.

  However, Han Li paid no heed to this and continued to fly toward the black devilish cloud up above, then immediately rubbed his hands together before raising them up into the air.

  Countless balls of golden light erupted out of his palms amid a string of rumbling thunderclaps, then instantly disappeared into the cloud.

  In the next instant, an earth-shattering boom erupted within the cloud, accompanied by flashes of countless arcs of lightning.

  The devilish cloud was no match for the golden lightning, and a massive area of empty space was instantly blasted into it.

  Chapter 2146: Giant Ark in the Passageway

  The flying carriage continued on toward the center of the devilish cloud without pause like a shooting star.

  Due to the large section of the cloud that had been dispersed, a giant passageway with a diameter of around 500 meters had been revealed.

  Right at this moment, two cold voices rang out from either side of the flying carriage.

  "Prepare for trouble!"

  "And make it double!"

  As soon as the voices trailed off, a bolt of black lightning that was over 100 feet in length erupted out of one side of the black cloud amid a loud thunderclap, hurtling directly toward the flying carriage as a lightning wyrm.

  Meanwhile, a giant green sword projection emerged from the cloud on the other side before also sweeping toward the carriage.

  Han Li's expression changed slightly upon seeing this.

  Even though both of the assailants were still concealed within the mist, it was clear from their attacks that they were no ordinary devilish lords.

  Of course, these attacks weren't enough to pose a threat to him. He immediately swept a sleeve through t
he air while pointing at the green sword projection with his other hand.

  A thick bolt of golden lightning erupted out of his sleeve amid a rumbling thunderclap, while a streak of sword Qi shot forth out of his fingertip.

  He was fighting lightning with lightning, and sword with sword.

  The four clashed, and bursts of piercing light erupted forth, then quickly faded in unison.

  It seemed that the attacks were all evenly matched.

  Han Li faltered slightly upon seeing this, and the two devilish beings concealed within the cloud were also very astonished.

  The attacks unleashed by the pair of devilish beings seemed to be quite ordinary, but they were actually imbued with incredible power.

  The black lightning was one of the Elder Devil Realm's four types of divine lightning, and it possessed extremely potent corrosive power, able to instantly erode the average treasure.

  As for the azure sword projection, that was a bonded ability that the other devilish being had cultivated for close to 10,000 years, and it was capable of slicing through the average flying sword with ease.

  However, Han Li had instantly nullified both of their attacks, seemingly with ease, and that naturally came as quite a shock to the pair of devilish beings.

  Han Li had no intention of lingering here, and he stabilized the flying carriage, which was shuddering slightly from the shockwaves resulting from the explosions, before it continued to fly toward the massive passageway.

  The two high-grade devilish beings were infuriated to see this, and they instantly cast their bewilderment aside before attacking again.

  On this occasion, countless arcs of black lightning sprang forth from one side of the cloud, while a sword projection that was five times larger than the previous one emerged from the other side.

  The two attacks had been unleashed virtually in unison, and instead of being directed toward Han Li, they had been aimed at the entrance to the passageway, thereby instantly sealing it.

  If the flying carriage wanted to enter the passageway, then it would have to pierce through the attacks.

  As opposed to being alarmed by this, a cold smile appeared on Han Li's face, and he instantly transformed into a giant golden ape that was several tens of feet tall amid a flash of golden light. His arms then thickened drastically as he threw a pair of devastating punches upward with all his might.

  In his Giant Mountain Ape form, Han Li's strength had already reached an incredible level, and even a Grand Ascension Stage being wouldn't dare to take the full brunt of his strength head-on.

  The space up ahead rippled and warped violently, and a pair of giant golden fist projections that were as large as small mountains crashed down with enormous force.

  An earth-shattering boom rang out, and the arcs of lightning and sword projection were instantly shattered by the fist projections.

  Thus, the flying carriage was able to instantly fly into the spatial passageway without any further impediment.

  After that, five-colored light flashed within the passageway alongside a burst of spatial fluctuations, and the flying carriage was nowhere to be seen.

  Only then did a pair of humanoid figures hurriedly fly out of the black cloud.

  The two of them quickly flew over to the entrance of the spatial passageway and peered into its depths with panicked expressions.

  One of the devils was a handsome purple-robed young man with a horn on his head, while the other was a white-armored, dark-skinned devilish being with fiery red hair.

  "What do we do? We let them get away! They're not going to run into each other, are they?" the dark-skinned devilish being asked in a frantic voice.

  "Surely there wouldn't be that much of a coincidence; they only said that they'd be returning from the Spirit Realm today, but didn't give an exact time," the other devilish being said with a calm expression that was clearly slightly forced.

  "I certainly hope they don't run into one another. In any case, we're definitely going to get punished for this. Who the hell was that? Aren't they afraid of drawing the ire of the Sacred Ancestor by forcing their way into the spatial passageway?" the dark-skinned devilish being said with a resentful expression.

  "That man possessed unfathomable powers and was able to easily nullify our attacks, so he's definitely not a normal devilish lord, but he doesn't seem to be a Sacred Ancestor, either," the purple-robed devilish being remarked.

  "He's definitely not a Sacred Ancestor. He is indeed very powerful, but he's still far from reaching that level. Besides, if he really were a Sacred Ancestor, he would've simply revealed his identity to be granted passage," the dark-skinned devilish being replied as he shook his head vigorously.

  "But if he's not a Sacred Ancestor, then how is it possible that we haven't heard of such a powerful devilish lord before? Perhaps we should ask the others to see if they were able to identify him," the purple-robed devilish being said with furrowed brows.

  "Even we were unable to determine his identity; those useless fools most likely weren't even able to see what he looked like, so there's no way they'll be of any help to us," the dark-skinned devilish being said in a disdainful manner as he looked down at the several streaks of light that were approaching them.

  "In any case, it can't hurt to ask; perhaps we'll be able to gather some leads," the purple-robed devilish being countered.

  Shortly thereafter, the streaks of light arrived on the scene, revealing a group of devilish lords, all of whom immediately extended respectful salutes toward the pair of devils.

  The dark-skinned devilish being wasted no time as he instantly swept a hand through the air, conjuring up projections that bore the appearances of Han Li's trio.

  "Do any of you know who these people are?" he asked in a cold voice.

  The group of devilish lords looked carefully at the projections being presented, then exchanged a few helpless glances before a thin and gaunt man finally stepped forward with a careful expression. "According to our knowledge, it's very likely that those were powerful beings from the Spirit Realm's human race!"

  "The human race?" The dark-skinned devilish being faltered slightly upon hearing this, as did the purple-robed devilish man.

  "Indeed. The two of you have constantly been in seclusion ever since you were assigned to this place, so it's no surprise that you're unaware of the recent events that have unfolded. Almost our entire holy realm has been made aware of this human cultivator, and there are even rumors of Sacred Ancestors being defeated by him," a devilish woman hurriedly explained.

  Expressions of incredulity immediately appeared on the faces of the two devils upon hearing this. "Is that so? Give us more details on this."

  "Several years ago..." Thus, the thin and gaunt devilish lord immediately began to recount Han Li's recent exploits, and the two devils listened with rapt focus.

  ......

  Within the spatial passageway, the flying carriage had been enveloped within a series of light barriers, and was quickly racing through the darkness.

  Han Li stood at the front of the flying carriage, having already returned to his human form, and his expression had eased significantly.

  In several hours, they'd arrive back in the Spirit Realm.

  Even though they were going to arrive in the Wood Tribe territory, he was still very excited at the prospect of returning home.

  Time slowly passed by, and the flying carriage continued onward without encountering any impediment.

  Just as Han Li was estimating that most of the journey had been completed, spatial fluctuations suddenly erupted up ahead, and a massive war ark that was over 1,000 feet in length emerged before hurtling directly toward them.

  Han Li was naturally very alarmed by this, and a cautious look immediately appeared on his face.

  Generally speaking, one would refrain from initiating a battle in a spatial passageway in fear of triggering violent spatial storms, but if the people on the ark were to completely disregard that and attack him nonetheless, then he
would naturally have to retaliate.

  Judging from the aura and size of the giant ark, its owner was most likely not just some ordinary devilish lord, so he had to be very careful.

  The flying carriage and giant ark were both traveling extremely quickly, and within the span of a single breath, they had reached one another.

  Chapter 2147: Returning to the Wood Tribe

  On the giant black ark stood countless silver-armored devilish guards, all of whom were at least at the Deity Transformation Stage, and there were even several Body Integration Stage devilish lords among them.

  All of the devilish guards were appraising Han Li with bewildered expressions, clearly wondering why Han Li's group had appeared here.

  According to the original plan, they were supposed to be the only ones who had access to the spatial passageway for the entire day.

  Right as the two flying treasures were about to pass by one another, an elderly voice suddenly rang out from the cabin of the giant ark.

  "Hmph, I didn't think that I would encounter a few Spirit Realm rats here! Why don't you return with me to our holy realm?"

  As soon as the voice trailed off, a burst of astonishing killing intent surged out of the cabin, immediately following which a white spatial rift appeared right above the flying carriage.

  A giant white bone claw that was several tens of feet in size emerged from within the rift before grabbing downward with devastating force.

  Bursts of grey baleful Qi swept forth from the tips of the five claws, and the outermost light barrier around the flying carriage was instantly shattered by the grey Qi.

  Han Li's expression changed drastically upon seeing this, and he immediately let loose a low roar before transforming into a giant golden ape once again amid a flash of golden light.

  He then swung his massive furry fists upward, and a pair of golden fist projections emerged in a flash.

  A loud rumbling boom rang out as the grey baleful Qi clashed with the fist projections, and the former was instantly eradicated, while the fist projections also shrank down significantly.