Chapter 1282: The Wheel-Turning King

Just as the Golden Boy and Blood Li were locked in a stalemate, golden thunder roared in the high sky. Unbeknownst to them, a massive golden thundercloud had gathered, rumbling loudly, and a majestic heavenly gate stood erect within it.

"Get back!" Han Li shouted.

The Golden Boy released his front claws, his body flashing with golden light as he transformed back into a young girl, vanishing in an instant.

Then, a giant golden sword of light split the sky from above, crashing down with rolling thunder.

Seeing this, Blood Li knew trouble was coming. His body flickered with blood light as he tried to dodge sideways, but a patch of multicolored light suddenly enveloped him from above.

The moment the light touched him, the eyes on his chest blurred, and his soul seemed to suffer a violent shock.

"Boom rumble rumble—"

Amid the deafening thunder, golden electric threads shot out from the giant golden thunder sword, sealing off the entire void within a thousand miles.

Blood Li's eyes flashed with golden light as he regained his senses, but it was already too late to escape.

He glared angrily at the Soul-Devouring Beast, who had just cast the spell, then raised his giant axe and slashed diagonally upward.

His blood light surged, his body instantly expanding a hundredfold, and the giant axe grew correspondingly. The blood-colored vortex on its surface shone brighter and brighter, tearing at half the void as it collided with the giant golden thunder sword.

With a thunderous roar!

A violent explosion erupted in the high sky, a dazzling ball of light bursting forth and splitting into two enormous arc-shaped shockwaves. They first separated upward and downward, then spread outward in all directions.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

A series of explosions rang out continuously. As the massive airwaves swept through, everything in the void seemed to be annihilated by this force. Most of the pursuing ghost army vanished into thin air, turning to ash.

Only a few ghosts with higher cultivation survived. The rear ghost army still howled forward, but at a command from their leading ghost general, they all stopped and dared not approach further.

Even the Golden Boy found it hard to breathe under the sweeping airwaves. She struggled to protect the injured Soul-Devouring Beast, retreating steadily.

After a long while, the spreading dust and smoke gradually settled.

The thunderclouds and heavenly gate in the high sky had long disappeared. Han Li hovered in the air, looking down.

The stone bridge, made of unknown material, remained intact under such force, showing no damage. Blood Li still stood on the bridge, leaning on his blood-colored giant axe.

However, from his neckless head down to the center of his chest, a shocking wound had appeared, splitting his chest cavity in two.

Han Li could even see the slowly writhing organs inside the chest through the wound. Yet Blood Li stood motionless, and even with divine sense probing, Han Li could detect no trace of life.

"Dead?" Han Li frowned, finding it strange.

He did not risk approaching to investigate but instead flashed over to the Golden Boy and the Soul-Devouring Beast.

"Uncle, did we win?" the Golden Boy asked hastily.

"Are you alright?" Han Li shook his head noncommittally and cast a questioning look at the Soul-Devouring Beast.

"The injury isn't too severe, but there seems to be a strange law power lingering at the wound, preventing the flesh from healing," the Soul-Devouring Beast said with a forced smile.

Han Li frowned, moved behind her to examine the wound, then raised a hand and placed it over the wound on the back of her neck.

As he channeled the power of the Time Law, a tender green sprout emerged from his palm.

Then, the sprout extended a root that probed into the Soul-Devouring Beast's wound.

The Soul-Devouring Beast grunted and gritted her teeth.

At that moment, light flashed within the split flesh on her back, and a palm-sized golden tree appeared—it was none other than Han Li's East乙 Divine Wood.

The tree's shadow swayed, and its roots, like sewing needles, neatly stitched the Soul-Devouring Beast's flesh together, bit by bit.

Under the influence of the Time Law, the wound quickly healed, and the stitched roots dissipated into a patch of golden light.

"That fellow seems to wield some kind of Reincarnation Law, very strange. It kept your wound in a constant state of injury, preventing self-healing. I used the Time Law to forcibly break that cycle," Han Li said thoughtfully.

"I see. Fortunately, Master had a way to deal with it," the Soul-Devouring Beast nodded.

"Everything here is strange. We've been entangled by that headless Blood Li for too long, and the ghosts could catch up anytime. Let's leave first," Han Li said with a grave expression.

The Golden Boy and the Soul-Devouring Beast had no objection, especially the Golden Boy, who clearly wanted to leave.

But just as they were speaking, a wave of law fluctuations emanated from Blood Li on the stone bridge. A blood-colored vortex appeared on his chest, rotating counterclockwise and expanding until it swallowed his entire body.

"What's this?" The Soul-Devouring Beast and the Golden Boy were startled.

"Forget about him. Let's go quickly," Han Li said, glancing from afar with a strange look in his eyes.

The three immediately flew away without looking back, heading toward the other end of the stone bridge.

After their figures disappeared, the blood-colored vortex suddenly began to rotate clockwise. A tall figure stepped out, naked from the waist up, without a head.

It was Blood Li.

Compared to before, his injuries had completely healed, and his aura had returned to its previous state.

"Hmph, they ran away. Otherwise, I would have shown them my power... If not for my old injuries, performing a minor cycle of reincarnation wouldn't have taken so long," Blood Li said, his abdomen heaving as he snorted.

After speaking, he suddenly clutched his heart and staggered a few steps.

At that moment, a commotion arose from the end of the bridge. The horde of Yin ghosts, which had halted earlier, now surged forward in a dark mass.

But before they set foot on the bridge, the leading ghost general suddenly stopped, raised a fist, and ordered everyone to halt.

The ghost general stared at the headless, blood-red man on the bridge, hesitant to approach, as if in disbelief. He tentatively called out:

"Lord Blood Li..."

The headless man turned his head sharply at the sound. After recognizing the figure, his abdomen heaved again as he said:

"Yin Luo, is that you?"

The ghost general immediately ran forward and knelt before Blood Li, touching his head to the ground, and shouted respectfully:

"Subordinate Yin Luo pays respects to Lord Blood Li."

The large group of ghosts at the bridgehead also knelt down, trembling, not daring to rise.

Blood Li stared at Yin Luo for a long time, as if lost in distant memories.

"Rise..." After a long while, Blood Li let out a long sigh, his abdomen heaving as he spoke.

"Congratulations, Lord Blood Li, on finally breaking free," Yin Luo said, not immediately rising but straightening his upper body with a joyful expression.

"It was those immortals from the celestial realm who helped me escape. But it seems you were pursuing them?" Blood Li said.

"Indeed. These people somehow invaded this place. I tried to stop them but failed, so I chased them here," Yin Luo replied.

"After breaking free, I intended to kill them, but they were quite skilled. And I, having been sealed for so long with internal injuries, let them escape," Blood Li said.

"Your injuries..." Yin Luo started, but Blood Li waved a hand to stop him.

"First, tell me what happened after I was sealed by that bastard," Blood Li asked.

"After you disappeared, our forces were leaderless and fell into infighting. Later, news came that you were imprisoned in the Ghost Witch's Mirror of Sin City. Yin Qiu, Fan Li, and I led our troops to attack Mirror of Sin City, but we were utterly defeated. After Fan Li died in battle, most of his ghost subordinates defected to the Nether King, and a few surrendered directly to the Ghost Witch," Yin Luo replied.

"And Yin Qiu?" Blood Li asked.

"Yin Qiu and I never got along. After that, we went our separate ways. I still garrisoned some of our original cities, while he gradually faded away. It is said... he was absorbed by that Wheel-Turning King," Yin Luo said.

"Wheel-Turning King?" Blood Li asked in confusion.

"He is the mysterious figure who allied with the Nether King and the Ghost Witch to seal you," Yin Luo said.

"You know him?" Blood Li asked in surprise.

"After sealing you, that mysterious figure occupied most of our territory and proclaimed himself the Wheel-Turning King. When the Nether King saw that he had not kept the alliance they had agreed upon, he led his forces to attack but was defeated and killed. His trusted followers fled to us with the remnants and revealed the truth of your sealing. But we could never break his seal, which is why you slept for so many years," Yin Luo explained.

"The Nether King is dead?" Blood Li seemed somewhat regretful, muttering softly.

"Not only the Nether King, but the Ghost Witch is also dead, killed by the same Wheel-Turning King. Now, the three domains of Black River, Earth Nether, and Yama are almost entirely under his control," Yin Luo continued.

"What..." Blood Li's eyes narrowed, clearly shocked.

Back then, the three of them guarded the three domains respectively. Blood Li had the highest combat power, the Nether King was best at governing, and the Ghost Witch was the most cunning, with countless ruthless methods and top-notch survival skills. He never expected that even the Ghost Witch had died at the hands of the Wheel-Turning King.

"Now that I think about it, we were all toyed with by that Wheel-Turning King. Blame our greed for the secret techniques of the Reincarnation Law, which led us to fight among ourselves, giving him the chance to sow discord. Serves us right, truly serves us right, haha..." Blood Li suddenly laughed heartily, his abdomen heaving uncontrollably.