A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal Realm

Chapter 770: Evolution

As soon as Han Li entered the golden lightning pond, all of the lightning inside instantly began to churn violently amid bursts of thunderous rumbling, and countless balls of golden lightning took shape before converging toward him from all directions in a frenzy.

Han Li naturally wasn't just going to resign himself to his fate. In the instant that he entered the lightning pond, his body instantly swelled drastically in size, while a layer of golden scales appeared over his skin.

Immediately thereafter, his entire body was inundated by golden lightning, filling the entire hall with blinding golden radiance.

Liu Qi's eyes narrowed slightly upon seeing this, and he chanted a rapid incantation, then grabbed onto the golden chain with one of his tails before giving it a strong tug.

The light emanating from the golden chain instantly brightened significantly as arcs of lightning emerged over its surface, drawing the majority of lightning from the pond to alleviate the pressure on Han Li.

At the same time, he opened his mouth to release a ball of white light, which then instantly exploded into dozens of streaks of white light that shot forth in all directions before vanishing into all parts of the hall.

The patterns in the giant array on the ground quickly turned white, and the stone gate at the entrance slammed shut with a resounding boom.

In the blink of an eye, all of the array patterns in every corner of the entire hall had lit up, and all of a sudden, it was as if the hall had become completely isolated from the outside world, forming a separate space of its own.

"This is a Xumi Domain!" Shi Chuankong exclaimed.

Liu Qi had just unleashed a type of spatial secret technique capable of completely severing a place from the outside world, and if an outsider wished to enter the space, their only option would be to completely destroy it.

Shi Chuankong took a long glance at Liu Qi, then suddenly flew over to the silver lightning pond.

"What are you doing, Brother Shi?" Fox 3 hurriedly asked.

"The baleful qi in my body is still yet to be fully eradicated, so I'm going to continue my baleful cleansing," Shi Chuankong replied with a smile.

"You've witnessed the power of the silver lightning array, even Fellow Daoist Li only just barely managed to survive it. As opposed to taking such a huge risk now, you should wait until Patriarch Liu Qi is completely freed," Fox 3 advised with slightly furrowed brows.

"Right now, the situation outside is constantly changing, and enemies could arrive at any moment, so I can't afford to delay any longer. Thank you for your concern, Brother Fox, but I must enter this lightning pond, even if I am to die in there!" Shi Chuankong replied with a determined expression, then leaped into the silver lightning pond before Fox 3 had a chance to say anything else.

Fox 3 could only shake his head before turning his gaze to the golden lightning pond.

As time passed, the golden lightning within the pond had begun to conjure up different objects such as lightning beads and lightning rings, all of which were bombarding Han Li relentlessly.

Even though Han Li's physical body had already reached the High Zenith Stage, he was struggling to withstand the assault, and his skin had turned bright red, while his entire body was riddled with countless tiny bleeding gashes that were healing just as quickly as they appeared.

Han Li's eyes were tightly shut as he remained completely still in the golden lightning pond, but veins were bulging on his forehead, and all of his muscles were squirming incessantly. It was clear that he was enduring indescribable agony, but at the same time, he was also channeling his Great Universe Origin Arts to protect his own internal organs.

Having endured the three previous lightning ponds, he had already gleaned many secrets about them, and that allowed him to absorb the aura of the lightning pond faster than before.

At the moment, time was of the essence, and he had to absorb the aura of the golden lightning pond as quickly as possible, then sever the golden chain.

Before long, the arcs of golden lightning had managed to break through the defenses of his skin, and they immediately burrowed their way into his body, severing all of the flesh and meridians in their wake.

The lightning law powers imbued within the arcs of lightning also rapidly spread through his body, striking him with a numb sensation that completely immobilized him while also rendering him unable to control his own immortal spiritual power circulation.

Han Li was naturally greatly alarmed by this development. With both his body and his immortal spiritual power in an immobile state, he had lost the ability to leave the lightning pond.

A hint of anger quickly welled up in his heart, and he was furious that Liu Qi hadn't warned him about this beforehand.

Having already been trapped here for so long, Han Li was certain that Liu Qi would've been aware that this would happen.

However, this wasn't the time to be pointing fingers, and Han Li was forced to focus all of his efforts on resisting the influx of lightning law powers.

However, these lightning law powers were extremely formidable, and they were surging into his body in waves, exacerbating the numb sensation.

A burst of lightning law powers also surged into his mind and wrapped itself around his soul, causing his spiritual sense to become stagnant as well.

Following Yin Gua's demise, the Infernal Soul Bug in his soul had remained completely still, as if it had perished, but in the face of this influx of lightning law powers, it suddenly began to struggle violently while screeching in an agonized fashion.

At the same time, it was desperately trying to burrow deeper into Han Li's soul in order to escape from the lightning law powers, but it was already too late, and golden lightning runes had already begun surging in its body.

The Infernal Soul Bug abruptly began to swell rapidly in size, following which it exploded into a cloud of black qi amid a dull thump.

Han Li's soul shuddered violently, causing his vision to black out for a moment, but the disturbance wasn't that severe, and with his tremendous spiritual sense, he was able to quickly recover.

The Infernal Soul Bug in his soul had always been a concern of his. Perhaps it wouldn't be able to do anything now that Yin Gua was dead, but ultimately, it was certainly not a good thing to have such a potential threat lurking in his soul, and his eradication came as quite a relief.

However, his relief quickly turned to concern once again as the power of his Great Universe Origin Arts was quickly stripped away by the influx of lightning law powers, following which the lightning law powers began to infiltrate his internal organs.

Han Li gave a muffled groan as blood began to trickle down from the corner of his lips, and right as he was considering taking some drastic measures, the seventy-two Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords in his dantian suddenly stirred slightly, then began devouring all of the incoming lightning law powers.

Han Li faltered slightly upon seeing this, following which a hint of elation appeared in his eyes.

He didn't know why this was happening, but the lightning law powers in his dantian had faded, allowing him to regain control over the immortal spiritual power there.

He was just about to channel his immortal spiritual power to try and keep out the surrounding lightning when the seventy-two Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords suddenly flew out of his dantian altogether, then began to circle through the air around him.

As they did so, they began to rapidly devour the lightning law powers within the lightning pond, doing so with a great deal of eagerness and urgency.

Countless tiny golden lightning runes began to appear around the swords, and they were giving off lightning law power fluctuations that caused the nearby space to buzz and tremble incessantly.

Meanwhile, the lightning law powers in Han Li's body were quickly fading away, as was the numb sensation that had immobilized him this entire time.

The elation on his face became even more pronounced upon seeing this, and it was intermingled with a hint of excitement.

The Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were his bonded treasure, so he had an extremely close spiritual connection with them, and at this moment, he could sense that the swords were undergoing a process of evolution from devouring the lightning law powers in this lightning pond.

Having devoured so much sword essence in the Infernal Frost Immortal Manor, the set of swords had been imbued with tremendous spiritual power, and each of them was comparable in power to most immortal treasures.

However, they contained no law powers, so they were made to look rather inferior in the face of some graded immortal treasures, but it seemed that they were finally about to make the leap to become graded immortal treasures themselves.

Han Li suppressed the excitement in his heart as he channeled his Great Universe Origin Arts once again to protect his own body, warding off the surrounding golden lightning while carefully observing his Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.

These were his bonded treasures, and he had to make absolute certain that no harm befell them.

A hint of surprise appeared on Fox 3's face as he saw what was happening in the golden lightning pond, and Liu Qi also turned his gaze to Han Li with an intrigued expression.

The seventy-two Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were circling rapidly around Han Li, and the lightning law runes around them were rapidly expanding in size, while the lightning law powers that they were giving off were also becoming steadily more formidable.

The flying swords themselves were also rapidly swelling in size, having already become several dozen feet in size, and they resembled seventy-two sharks that were swimming joyfully through the lightning pond while devouring the lightning law powers within like seventy-two bottomless pits.

Han Li wasn't surprised at all to see this.

He knew that the law powers imbued within an immortal treasure was related to the materials used to refine it, the spiritual power that it contained, and the degree to which it had been nurtured. If an immortal treasure had been refined from inferior materials or was of an unsuitable attribute, then there was a very good chance that it could break during an injection of law powers.

Exceptional materials had been used to refine these Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, and they also contained immense spiritual power. On top of that, they had either been nurtured in Han Li's body or within the Profound Heavenly Gourd this entire time, and with such a strong foundation, it naturally stood to reason that they could contain an immense amount of law powers.

He had refrained from elevating this set of flying swords into true immortal treasures this entire time as he hadn't been able to find a source of law powers of sufficient volume to support this process, but the opportunity had suddenly presented itself to him.