Chapter 1302: Joining Forces

Han Li's heart sank. He let out a long roar, and golden light blazed around him as his domain instantly became several times denser.

The True Word Wheel, the Time-Disrupting Torch, the Vase of Time, the Hourglass of Illusory Dust, and the Divine Tree of Eastern Yi—all five manifestations emerged, spinning rapidly around him, each radiating dazzling golden light.

The True Word Wheel spun without cease, emitting ten thousand feet of golden light, like a bright moon in the sky, illuminating the surroundings...

The Time-Disrupting Torch rolled with golden flames, countless sparks flying in all directions, like a dense shower of meteors falling through the void...

A winding river of time shot out from the Vase of Time, surging forward with a mighty torrent, winding and coiling...

With a 'puff,' the Hourglass of Illusory Dust transformed into a vast expanse of golden sand, supporting Han Li's body...

The Divine Tree of Eastern Yi, flourishing as if in spring, split from one into two, rapidly evolving into a dense forest that spread across the surroundings...

The domain condensed into substance, and the void near the gray stone hall changed instantly, becoming a real world.

In an instant, five powerful forces of time law, evolved from the cycle of the five elements, interwove, swiftly expelling the strange laws emitted by the giant white bone claw.

Han Li's expression relaxed. He fully activated the Grand Five Elements Illusory World Technique, and the domain's power surged, but its range did not expand.

The larger the domain's range, the more dispersed its power. Facing a Dao Ancestor, he naturally would not make such a mistake.

Bone Sovereign's soul flames flickered wildly in his eyes. He formed a hand seal and pointed, sending a bone-white ray of light that merged into the giant white bone claw.

The giant white bone claw immediately blazed with light, and the two shattered bone fingers instantly restored themselves. Like five giant cleavers, it hacked fiercely at Han Li's surrounding domain.

With a 'rip,' Han Li's domain was slashed with five enormous cracks, nearly split into six parts.

But the five time laws within the domain flowed rapidly, refusing to shatter, stubbornly holding their ground.

Just then, Jiao San finally completed her spell. She formed a hand seal and pointed, and a dark red light shot from her fingertip, vanishing into the dark red light barrier near Han Li.

The light barrier rippled slightly, opening a passage just wide enough for one person to pass.

Seeing this, Han Li's mind stirred. The True Word Wheel spun in reverse, and his body turned into a series of afterimages, instantly flying into the dark red light barrier with incredible speed.

His time domain abruptly shrank to several dozen zhang in size, dense time law forces swirling, firmly sealing the passage in the light barrier to prevent anyone else from entering.

Jiao San immediately formed hand seals to close the passage in the light barrier.

But a bone-white light shot over like lightning. With a tearing sound, it easily cut through the time force within Han Li's domain, appearing instantly before the passage and thrusting inside—it was a bone spear several zhang long.

Countless twisted runes flowed on the bone spear, emitting an extremely dense aura of death. It spun rapidly, its penetrating power terrifying.

In the distance, Bone Sovereign raised his arm, making a throwing motion.

He then moved, his entire body turning into a blur as he shot toward this spot.

Han Li was greatly alarmed. If Bone Sovereign entered the light barrier, everything would be lost!

He let out a shout, and all the time law crystal threads within his body shot out, merging into the domain.

The cracks in the golden domain instantly healed. The True Word Wheel and other objects blazed with light, ten times brighter. The five time laws rumbled as they operated, and everything within the domain instantly became hazy.

The bone spear halted there, its light visibly fading rapidly, its aura also weakening swiftly.

What kind of divine ability is this?

At the same time, Han Li activated the Heavenly Fiend Celestial Prison Art, and all 1,799 acupoints on his body blazed with dazzling light.

At this critical moment of life and death, he activated the twelve true spirit bloodlines within him simultaneously, driving them recklessly, then punched toward the bone spear.

With a 'hum,' the twelve true spirit phantoms appeared around Han Li, flickered briefly, and then instantly merged back into his body.

Suddenly, a large patch of pitch-black light emerged on Han Li's body, spinning rapidly to form a huge black vortex, from which a terrifying suction force erupted.

The void near him shook violently, and one spatial passage after another appeared, as if connecting to countless realms.

Streams of pure primordial energy surged from these spatial passages, containing various types of energy, mostly demonic qi, but also an exceptionally thick stream emanating from within the gray-white palace.

All the primordial energy converged like rivers returning to the sea, flowing into Han Li's body.

A sound like something breaking came from within Han Li's body. A bright crystalline light appeared at his brow, with a bright acupoint light at its center.

In the Eight Desolate Mountain secret realm, he had already opened 1,799 of the 1,800 acupoints of the Heavenly Fiend Celestial Prison Art, leaving only the last one, whose barrier was unexpectedly tough and unbreakable.

Now, with his life hanging in the balance, Han Li recklessly activated the Heavenly Fiend Celestial Prison Art and the twelve true spirit bloodlines, and the final acupoint finally broke through.

His entire body was covered in dazzling purple-black light, and patches of purple-black scales grew on him. His body instantly expanded over a hundredfold, turning into a hundred-zhang-tall purple-black giant demon.

Around the giant demon's head, purple-black light flashed repeatedly, and eleven more heads grew out. Each head had a different expression—anger, joy, indifference, sorrow—as if embodying all the emotions in the world.

With dull 'puff' sounds, arms sprouted one after another from the giant demon's back, producing twenty-four arms in total.

These hands also formed various gestures—some with fingers spread wide, some reaching out to grab—all extremely captivating and soul-stirring.

With a 'boom,' a burst of purple-black light erupted from the giant demon, spreading violently outward, causing even the surrounding dark red light barrier to tremble.

All this, though complex to describe, happened in an instant.

Han Li was surprised by the changes in his body and overjoyed, but his fist moved faster than his thoughts, striking the bone spear.

A tremendous force descended. With a thunderous roar, the bone spear shattered on impact, exploding into countless bone-white fragments that scattered in all directions.

However, the shattered light was also carried by this immense force, blasting out through the passage in the dark red light barrier.

The passage in the light barrier flashed with dark red light and closed instantly.

Outside the light barrier, a figure flickered, and Bone Sovereign appeared, a step too late, letting out a furious roar.

Seeing this, Jiao San breathed a sigh of relief, but her face suddenly turned pale. She coughed up another mouthful of blood, and her body swayed again.

The recent spellcasting had aggravated her injuries.

Seeing this, Han Li waved his hand, sending a stream of golden light that enveloped Jiao San's body, stabilizing her. At the same time, a vast and pure primordial energy emanated from the golden light, pouring into Jiao San's body.

This energy seemed exceptionally effective for physical injuries, and Jiao San's internal injuries healed by more than half.

Delighted, she quickly formed hand seals with both hands.

The dark red light barrier brightened suddenly, thickening considerably. At the same time, a dark red formation appeared on the barrier.

Countless tiny dark red runes sprayed out from the formation, and then with a clattering sound, thick chains shot out from the formation, wrapping around Bone Sovereign.

Bone Sovereign raised his hand and waved it in the air.

A crescent-shaped bone-white light appeared, with countless bone-white runes dancing within it. Its aura was far greater than that of the previous bone spear, causing the surrounding primordial energy to boil. It then slashed at the dark red chains.

With a crisp 'crack,' the dark red chains were easily severed like tofu.

The crescent light then flickered and vanished, reappearing before the dark red light barrier, slashing down.

Rumble!

The dark red light barrier trembled violently, its light flickering wildly and rapidly dissipating.

Jiao San's face turned pale. She desperately formed hand seals to activate the nearby restrictions and stabilize the light barrier.

But the crescent light's power was too great, and Jiao San was injured, unable to fully activate the surrounding reincarnation grand formation as before. The dark red light barrier trembled more and more violently, rapidly thinning again.

Han Li frowned slightly. He formed a hand seal and pointed.

A stream of golden light shot from his fingertip, emitting waves of powerful time law force, merging into Jiao San's body.

The reincarnation law within Jiao San's body immediately resonated with Han Li's time law force, and the dark red light around her brightened suddenly.

The surrounding reincarnation grand formation, closely linked to Jiao San, also brightened. The trembling light barrier stabilized considerably, completely withstanding the crescent light, locked in a stalemate.

At that moment, the severed chains suddenly lashed out like lightning, nimbly wrapping around Bone Sovereign, binding him into a large dumpling in the blink of an eye.

Explode!

Inside the dark red light barrier, Jiao San formed hand seals, a fierce glint flashing in her eyes as she cried out.

With a thunderous roar, the chain dumpling exploded, turning into a dark red sun.

Violent energy waves surged wildly in all directions, forming a fierce hurricane that swept across the area.

Lord Bone Sovereign! exclaimed the black-faced man in the distance, startled.

Beside him, the black ghost that had possessed Pei Gui's body rippled slightly but remained silent.

Meanwhile, Jiao San formed hand seals and pointed again. Numerous patterns appeared on the light barrier struck by the crescent light, instantly forming a huge dark red vortex.

A powerful devouring force emanated from it. The crescent light, already slashing at the barrier with full force, was instantly sucked into the vortex and disappeared.

After doing this, Jiao San's expression finally relaxed. She turned to look at Han Li, hesitated briefly, and asked:

Thank you for your help, Fellow Daoist Han... But how did you end up here? And you were with those scoundrels earlier—could it be that you have some designs on this place?

I am not with them, said Han Li.

As he spoke, he formed hand seals. Purple-black light flashed over his body, and his form rapidly shrank back to human shape, retracting his time domain as well.

Activating the Heavenly Fiend Celestial Prison Art and the domain consumed too much energy. Now that he was inside the light barrier with its protection, there was no need to continue expending immortal spiritual power.

That's good, Jiao San said, relieved.

But then she noticed Han Li staring intently at the dark red sun not far away, his brows deeply furrowed.

Could it be...? Jiao San's heart tightened.

Just then, a sudden change occurred!