Chapter 1190: Five-Colored Lightning Pool

The Ink Dragon Flying Boat soon left the Eight Desolation Mountain and flew off in a certain direction.

Not long after leaving the Eight Desolation Mountain, Han Li summoned some spirit puppets to control the flying boat and activated several concealment and defensive restrictions on it. After arranging everything, he took Little White to a secret chamber and entered the Flower Branch Space.

As soon as Han Li entered the space, he formed hand seals to activate the Time Axis Grand Formation and the Jun Tian Sundial, causing the flow of time within the space to change.

"Eh, it feels a bit different here. Did you do something, Master?" Little White immediately sensed a slight change in the void and couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation.

"It's just a time-difference space. The flow of time here is about fifty times that of the outside. Find a place to cultivate properly," Han Li said indifferently.

"Master, you can even create such a miraculous space! I never thought your Time Law had reached such a level!" Little White praised repeatedly, then found a spot and sat down cross-legged to cultivate.

Han Li also found a place to sit. He first flipped his hand to take out the Reincarnation Palace Mask and checked the tasks he had previously posted for finding Time Law items.

Unfortunately, even though he had offered a high reward, no one had responded, and there was no news from Jiao San either.

Han Li frowned deeply, a trace of anxiety flashing in his eyes. He clenched his fist slightly, causing the void beside his hand to tremble with a dull thud.

His physical strength had greatly increased, he possessed the immortal artifact Time Lamp, and he had the peerless sword formation, the Heaven-Piercing Sword Formation. His strength could not be considered weak.

But a huge limitation still stood before him: his cultivation was still at the peak of the Taiyi Realm.

As long as he could not advance to the Daluo Realm, his strength would ultimately be limited and unable to undergo a complete transformation.

Han Li's gaze suddenly focused on a message that appeared on the trading interface. A smile curled at the corner of his mouth as he murmured to himself:

"After searching for so long, there's finally a clue. I might as well give it a try."

After a moment, he put away the mask, then sat cross-legged and continued to comprehend the Heaven-Piercing Sword Formation, as well as the two divine abilities, "Dharma Word Heaven and Earth" and "Reverse True Wheel."

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In the wild borderlands near the northwestern frontier of the Great Golden Source Immortal Domain, due to pressure from the Heavenly Court and frequent incursions by humans for various purposes, many true spirit clans in this area gradually migrated and retreated, leaving only various ferocious beasts with little intelligence to dwell here.

The demon cores, essence blood, beast bones, and other materials from these ferocious beasts were also valuable resources, attracting more and more cultivators to come here one after another in search of treasures.

Although the true spirit clans of the wilds were gone, the dangers here remained numerous. Not to mention the various ferocious beasts, the chaotic spiritual energy sometimes created various natural hazards and deadly regions, where even Taiyi or Daluo cultivators could fall.

In a certain area of this wild borderland, the rocks and ground were pitch black, and the sky was covered with thick black clouds. Thick lightning bolts shuttled through the clouds and struck down from time to time. The deeper one went, the denser the lightning falling from the sky became.

At the deepest point, one could see overwhelming lightning power cascading down like a waterfall, as if the sky itself were collapsing.

The lightning here came in various colors, a mix of all hues. The void was filled with dense lightning crystals that made one's skin tingle and go numb just by looking at them.

This lightning region was vast, boundless, covering who knew how many tens of thousands of miles.

This area was called the Five-Colored Lightning Domain, a famous natural peril near the Great Golden Source Immortal Domain.

Occasionally, one could see cultivators near the Five-Colored Lightning Domain, wearing various protective immortal artifacts as they flew into the domain to pick up some items.

Although the Five-Colored Lightning Domain was a dangerous place, the dense lightning power also gave birth to various lightning-attribute materials.

The truly deadly region was the depths of the Five-Colored Lightning Domain. The periphery was not too dangerous; the lightning strikes there were not very powerful. As long as one was careful and not too unlucky, there was generally no risk to life.

Of course, if one was unlucky, that was another matter.

At a certain spot on the periphery of the Five-Colored Lightning Domain, two men and one woman stood back to back.

Around the three, more than ten hundred-zhang-long purple giant snakes were dancing, all composed of purple lightning. They spat out thick bolts of lightning, forming a giant lightning net that forced the three together.

The three were not weak in cultivation. One gray-robed old man had reached the late Golden Immortal stage, while a black-armored ugly man and a red-clad young woman were both at the mid-Golden Immortal stage. The immortal artifacts they used were also quite exquisite.

However, the attacks of these purple lightning snakes were too powerful. If the three had not practiced a joint attack technique, linking their immortal spiritual power together, they would have already had their defenses breached and perished.

"Damn it! Why are there so many lightning beasts in the periphery!" the black-armored ugly man shouted, desperately urging a thick purple vajra staff, conjuring layers of staff shadows to barely withstand the incoming lightning bolts.

In this Five-Colored Lightning Domain, besides the rampant lightning, there was another danger—the lightning beasts born from this domain.

The lightning beasts here were condensed from the essence of lightning in the Five-Colored Lightning Domain, and they were exceptionally powerful. However, they generally lived deep within the domain and rarely came to the outer areas.

“Fellow Daoist Zhao, what use is complaining in this situation? Fairy Miao, you should still have some Midnight Fire Pearls left, right? Use them quickly to break the lightning net. Let us make one last desperate attempt. If we delay any longer, we will all truly fall here.” The gray-robed old man, drenched in sweat, urged a golden cauldron immortal artifact, from which streaks of golden light shot forth to protect his surroundings, while shouting to the young woman in red.

“There is only one Midnight Fire Pearl left. And we have tried before—although this pearl can break the lightning net and let us temporarily escape, it cannot severely wound these lightning serpents. Their flight speed is far greater than ours, and in the end, we cannot escape!” The young woman in red hesitated as she spoke, with three crimson fire banners floating above her head, spewing dragon-shaped flames to block the incoming lightning strikes.

"Don't worry, I have a Void-Sealing Immortal Talisman on me that can restrain these lightning serpents for a short time. I didn't use it earlier because we were deep in the Five-Lightning Domain. Now that we've reached its edge, as long as we buy a moment, we can fly out and be safe," the gray-robed old man said urgently.

"Fellow Daoist Sun, if you had such a means, you should have said so earlier. Fine, I'll cast the spell immediately." The young woman in red was overjoyed. With a flip of her hand, a fist-sized crimson orb appeared in her palm.

The orb shimmered with red light, densely covered with flame-shaped patterns, exuding a strong fluctuation of the law of fire.

But the black-armored ugly man frowned, about to say something.

"Go!" The young woman in red gave a soft shout, and the crimson orb shot forth as a streak of red light, striking the purple lightning net.

A thunderous roar shook heaven and earth.

A crimson sun ten thousand zhang in diameter soared into the sky, and patches of red-colored clouds spread out like enormous waves of fire, rolling in all directions.

The purple lightning net, struck by the crimson sun, instantly tore apart with a crackling sound, and two nearby lightning serpents were also caught and swallowed by the overflowing red fire waves.

But the other lightning serpents, far from being frightened off, furiously lunged at the three of them.

The old man in gray flipped his hand and produced a white talisman inscribed with silver spiritual patterns, looking extremely mysterious.

He opened his mouth and spat out a mass of essence blood, which flashed and vanished into the white talisman, then he crushed it in his hand.

The talisman instantly transformed into a ball of silver light, which flashed and disappeared into the void.

Immediately, the void within dozens of li let out a humming sound, and countless silver light threads shot out from it, firmly binding the lightning serpents.

Lei Snake instantly felt like an insect caught in a spiderweb, unable to move.

But the ugly man in black armor and the woman in red were also entangled by golden light threads, immobilized on the spot.

Only the old man in gray was shrouded in a layer of silver light. When those silver light threads touched him, they passed straight through, as if the old man had become a phantom.

"Sun Chongshan! What do you mean by this?" The ugly man in black armor and the woman in red were furious at the sight.

"Daoist friends, this Void Imprisonment Immortal Talisman, aside from the one who activated it, will imprison everyone nearby. I am powerless to help and can only offer my apologies to you two!" A trace of apology flickered across the old man in gray's face as he slightly cupped his hands toward them.

Then his form transformed into a silver rainbow, shooting off into the distance without looking back, vanishing beyond the horizon in an instant.

The ugly man in black armor and the woman in red nearly spat fire from their eyes, but could only watch helplessly as the old man in gray fled far away, powerless to do anything.

At that moment, the thunder snakes let out furious roars and struggled with all their might.

The silver light threads immediately trembled repeatedly, showing signs of breaking.

Seeing this, the ugly man in black armor and the woman in red forgot their anger and desperately struggled as well, hoping to break free before the thunder snakes, perhaps finding a sliver of hope.

But the surrounding silver light threads were extremely tough, and the two had little immortal spiritual power left. No matter how hard they struggled, there was no hope of breaking free.

Instead, the thunder snakes' bodies flashed with fierce lightning, and the nearby lightning power surged toward them, growing stronger with each battle. One by one, the nearby silver light threads snapped, and it seemed they would soon break free.

The ugly man in black armor and the woman in red turned pale with despair, their eyes filled with hopelessness.

But just then, a deafening roar suddenly came from the depths of the thunder domain, soaring into the sky, reaching the nine heavens, and even the rumbling thunder of the dark thunder domain could not drown it out.

The roar then transformed into a heaven-shaking sword cry. Vaguely, seventy-two golden sword lights could be seen rising from the depths of the thunder domain, like seventy-two swimming dragons galloping and darting through the lightning.

Each sword light emitted waves of overwhelming sword intent and lightning law fluctuations. Wherever they flew, the lightning there was immediately devoured by the sword light.

Although the seventy-two sword lights were still far from the ugly man in black armor and the woman—a full ten thousand li away, with countless bolts of lightning in between—the powerful sword intent and law fluctuations still came through clearly like rolling angry waves.