Chapter 1251: Chaos in the Hall

Miaofa Zunzhe's body suddenly trembled, and she spat out a mouthful of blood, staggering as she fell toward the lotus throne below.

The blue sword rain in the high sky abruptly ceased, and all the mist dissipated without a trace.

Before Miaofa Zunzhe could steady herself, a mass of silver flames suddenly rose from the lotus throne beneath her, closing in like a giant fire lotus, attempting to envelop her.

Fortunately, she reacted swiftly, her figure flashing as she shifted sideways over a hundred feet, barely evading the silver fire lotus.

Seeing its attack miss, the silver fire lotus transformed into a silver flame firebird and lunged fiercely at her.

Miaofa Zunzhe quickly raised her hand and beckoned, trying to recall the blue immortal sword.

However, what descended from the high sky was not only her immortal sword but also a young girl in the bloom of youth—naturally, it was Jintong.

And in her hand, she was tightly gripping the blue-glowing immortal sword.

"How is that possible?"

As Miaofa Zunzhe was greatly shocked, Han Li's figure emerged behind her like a ghost, his sword piercing through her chest.

"Crackle, crackle."

Accompanied by a sound of electric currents flowing, countless lightning crystal threads burst from the wounds on Miaofa Zunzhe's chest and back, causing her to let out a miserable shriek, her face turning deathly pale in an instant.

"You thought Jintong was hiding underground, so you lowered the lotus throne, but you never expected her to be in the high sky all along," Han Li said slowly.

"She cannot... cannot control my Xuanshuang Immortal Sword," Miaofa Zunzhe said, a trace of blood seeping from her mouth.

"How petty! Who wants to control your broken sword? Cold and hard as a rock—even if you gave it to me, I wouldn't care!" Jintong said irritably.

With that, she casually tossed the immortal sword at Miaofa Zunzhe's feet.

The latter looked down and immediately changed expression, filled with regret.

On the once pristine immortal sword, near the guard, the blade was missing a chunk, and from the fracture marks, it was clearly bitten off by someone.

"It's freezing!" Jintong rubbed her slightly blue hands from the cold, looking at Miaofa Zunzhe with disdain.

"I was careless today. Next time, I'll make you pay back a hundredfold," Miaofa Zunzhe said through gritted teeth, her face full of anger.

Jintong's eyes widened, and just as she was about to curse, she saw Miaofa Zunzhe's body instantly freeze into ice, trapping both Han Li and the Green Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword within.

Then, a dazzling blue light lit up from the center of the ice sculpture, suddenly bursting forth.

Within a radius of a hundred miles, a violent explosion swept through, scattering countless blue crystalline powder like a blizzard, surging in all directions and covering a thousand miles.

Long after, the blue ice crystals finally settled, but the land for a thousand miles had turned into a snowy realm.

Han Li and Jintong's figures reappeared. Scanning around, Miaofa Zunzhe was nowhere to be seen, and even the lotus throne and Xuanshuang Immortal Sword had vanished.

"She got away," Jintong said indignantly.

"It's fine. We never intended to fight her to the death. This time, forcing her back so quickly was mostly your achievement," Han Li said with a smile, instinctively reaching out to ruffle Jintong's hair.

But as his hand rose, he remembered that Jintong was no longer the little girl she used to be, so he withdrew his hand awkwardly.

Seeing his embarrassment, Jintong grinned.

"Alright, go back to the Huazhi Grotto-Heaven and rest. I need to go all out to catch up with Jiao San and the others," Han Li said.

"With that delay from Miaofa Zunzhe, they might have run off who knows where by now," Jintong said.

"Earlier, they were chasing and fighting all the way, so they must have left traces along the path. I just need to follow the signs of their battle to find them," Han Li said, his gaze sharpening.

After resting a moment, he sent Jintong back to the Huazhi Grotto-Heaven, then flew up alone, chasing in the direction Jiao San and the others had gone.

Donning the black mask's invisibility technique, Han Li advanced swiftly along the traces left by Jiao San and the others. Since they hadn't concealed their tracks, he followed easily.

After a while, he arrived near a large hall.

Rumbling explosions like crashing waves came from within the hall, indicating a fierce battle was underway.

The Jiuyuan Palace was filled with restrictions everywhere, making it impossible to probe with divine sense. Han Li was about to approach the main entrance to see the situation inside.

The next moment, his expression changed slightly. He flashed and concealed himself behind a large rock, then looked toward the two stone pillars in front of the main gate. A layer of purple-black light appeared in his eyes as he activated the Netherworld Demon Eye.

On the two stone pillars, two transparent figures clung to them, one glowing crimson and the other black. They were none other than Chi Meng and Huo Yuan.

The two were intently gazing into the hall, unaware of Han Li's arrival.

It was also because the concealment effect of Han Li's black mask was so excellent that they failed to notice him.

Han Li glanced at them, then ignored them, silently sinking into the ground and moving slowly toward the main entrance of the hall. Soon he reached the front of the hall.

From this angle, he could see the situation inside the hall.

Inside the hall, celestial artifacts were flying everywhere, spiritual light exploding, and beams of light shooting in all directions, creating a scene of utter chaos.

There were ten figures in the hall. On the Reincarnation Palace side were the Rabbit Mask, Wu Yang, Lu Chuanfeng, Jiao San, and the woman in black.

On the Nine Yuan Temple side were only Pure Jun True Immortal and the two deputy temple masters he had seen once before, Yang Junzi and Lei Jun True Immortal.

Pure Jun True Immortal was fighting the Rabbit Mask in midair.

Yang Junzi and Lei Jun True Immortal were seated inside a massive formation, within which stood a golden altar surrounded by golden figures several zhang tall.

These golden figures, clad in armor and wielding giant swords and blades, seemed as alive as real people. Coordinating with the formation, they slashed out rainbow-like beams of golden light.

These beams of golden light appeared ordinary but contained extremely powerful metal-attribute law power. They fought against Wu Yang, Lu Chuanfeng, Jiao San, and the woman in black without falling into a disadvantage.

Atop the golden altar floated a dazzling golden cloud, within which seemed to be some treasure. Unfortunately, the cloud was too dazzling to see inside.

The golden cloud writhed and churned like a living thing, emitting astonishing spiritual power fluctuations. From time to time, a beam of golden light shot out, containing a sharp metal law that easily tore through the surrounding void.

Not only that, the golden cloud flickered a few times, its color suddenly changing to earthy yellow, and the law fluctuations it emitted turned into a heavy earth law. The nearby void trembled violently, as if unable to bear the weight of the yellow cloud.

The next moment, the cloud changed from earthy yellow to emerald green, bursting with rich wood law fluctuations. The void inside the hall instantly filled with vibrant vitality.

Then the cloud continued to change, turning into red, blue, and other colors, cycling through five different colors before starting over again.

The five people from Reincarnation Palace stared intently at the cloud atop the altar, launching various attacks while charging toward the altar from all directions.

The three from Nine Yuan Temple tried their best to block them, preventing the Reincarnation Palace people from getting close.

The battle had reached a fever pitch. Unknown powerful restrictions within the hall managed to withstand the shockwaves of the battle.

"What treasure is in that cloud, containing five types of law power?" Han Li looked from afar at the ever-changing cloud atop the altar, greatly astonished.

The higher the grade of a celestial artifact, the more it emphasized the purity of its law.

The fluctuations emanating from the cloud were extremely powerful, stronger than all the celestial artifacts on him, even surpassing the Time Lamp, yet it contained five types of law.

With a thought, he cast a spell to project the scene into the Flower Branch Space, letting Gold Boy, Ti Hun, and others see it, and also sent a telepathic inquiry.

"Gold Boy, Ti Hun, Xiao Bai, have you ever seen such a treasure?"

Gold Boy and Ti Hun looked at the scene with surprise and shook their heads.

Xiao Bai, however, seemed hesitant to speak.

"Xiao Bai, do you know something?" Han Li noticed Xiao Bai's expression and immediately asked.

"When I inherited my father's bloodline power, I also inherited some of his memories. In those memories, I saw King Bai Ze and my father once trying to refine a celestial artifact that also contained different laws, but they ultimately failed. However, my father's memories did not contain detailed descriptions of that artifact," Xiao Bai said.

Han Li nodded slowly upon hearing this.

He glanced at the cloud a few more times before shifting his gaze to the battle inside the hall, focusing mainly on the woman in black and the Rabbit Mask.

The woman in black now fully revealed her cultivation, reaching the early Daluo stage. She was enveloped in a dark red glow that alternated between light and dark in six layers, like a rainbow.

She was wielding a dark red ancient mirror celestial artifact, fighting against four or five golden figures.

That dark red ancient mirror was an unknown treasure, but its power was astonishingly great, continuously shooting dark red crystalline beams from its surface.

Whenever the golden light attacks from the golden figures touched the dark red crystalline beams, they dissipated like snow meeting fire. Although there were four or five golden figures, they were still at a disadvantage, forced to retreat.

"Reincarnation law!" Han Li looked at the dark red mist around the woman in black, his eyes flickering.

However, the reincarnation law emitted by the woman in black was completely different from Jiao San's reincarnation law.

Jiao San's reincarnation law was extremely sharp and forceful, but this woman's reincarnation law, while less sharp than Jiao San's, was more unpredictable.

Wu Yang, Lu Chuanfeng, and Jiao San were also using their own abilities to fight the golden figures, and they all seemed to have the upper hand.

However, the golden formation around the altar was extremely sophisticated and connected to the Nine Yuan Palace. A steady stream of metal-attribute law power was continuously supplied, and Yang Junzi and Lei Jun True Immortal's techniques for controlling the golden figures were very skilled. Thus, although the woman in black and the others held the advantage, they could not defeat the golden figures.