Chapter 132: Heavy Water

After Han Li waved his hand to retrieve the small bottle, he carefully examined the crystal grain in his palm.

Although he also felt a sense of familiarity with it, he simply could not recall its specific use.

His mind stirred slightly, and he closed his eyes. A strand of crystalline thread suddenly extended from between his brows and wound around the crystal grain.

After a moment, his eyes snapped open, and a strange expression appeared on his face.

"How can this be?" Han Li murmured to himself.

Upon investigation, he discovered that the crystal grain in his hand was actually a heavenly material imbued with the power of law, and the law power it contained was identical to that of the one-eyed giant's eyeball he had obtained earlier.

However, the intensity of the law power in the crystal grain was less than a tenth of that in the eyeball.

Thinking of the various divine abilities of the small bottle and the strange phenomena that had occurred earlier, Han Li was basically certain that this law power was most likely not of the earth attribute.

But as to what it specifically was, he naturally could not jump to conclusions. He thought that after returning to Wumeng Island, he could use the formation plate to check the Unchanging Alliance and perhaps find some information.

While pondering, Han Li took out several elixirs and swallowed them. The elixirs dissolved into streams of pure vital energy that merged into various parts of his body, and only then did his complexion gradually improve.

He glanced around, then a遁光 rose from his body and he flew toward Wumeng Island.

After quietly returning to the island without alerting anyone, he went straight back to the secret chamber in the small courtyard.

Before long, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a thousand li began to fluctuate, converging toward the small courtyard and forming a huge spiritual energy vortex.

On Wumeng Island now, whether cultivators or mortals, everyone had long grown accustomed to the various phenomena surrounding Han Li, the island's guardian deity, so naturally no one said anything.

The phenomenon of spiritual energy convergence lasted until evening before slowly dissipating.

But not long after, beams of Big Dipper star power descended from the night sky, forming seven enormous pillars of starlight that fell into the small courtyard.

Thus, with spiritual energy converging by day and starlight descending by night, it continued for a full month.

In the secret chamber, a bright green light enveloped a figure, slowly rotating.

The green light flickered and then dissipated, revealing Han Li's figure. He now appeared fully recovered, his body seemingly restored to its original state.

He probed his body with his divine sense and relaxed his expression.

Fortunately, he had cultivated the Little Dipper Star Origin Art, which had solidified his physical foundation. Even though his vital energy had been so severely depleted earlier, he had still managed to recover.

And as he had expected, after absorbing the power of the stars and moon for a period, the Heaven-Devouring Small Bottle had indeed returned to its original state.

After letting out a long breath, Han Li once again took out the crystal grain formed from the green liquid, held it between two fingers, and brought it before his eyes, a contemplative look on his face.

After a moment, he flipped his hand and took out another item—the one-eyed giant's single eye. He closed his eyes and probed it with his divine sense.

As he had thought, the law power contained in the crystal grain was exactly the same as that in the eye.

However, Han Li still had not figured out what kind of law power was contained in the eye.

He opened his eyes, having made a decision.

For the sake of this crystal grain, he had almost been drained dry. No matter what, he had to find out.

With this thought, he took out the green mask of the Unchanging Alliance and put it on. Pointing at his brow, he began to chant silently.

Instantly, green light like water rose from the mask, condensing into a huge phantom of a formation plate before him.

He went directly to the mission area and posted an appraisal mission, roughly describing the appearance of the one-eyed giant, seeking someone who could identify this beast, and offering a generous reward.

After doing this, Han Li put away the crystal grain, mask, and everything else, then walked out of the small courtyard and turned into a green shadow flying into the distance.

In a certain sea area near Wumeng Island, the roar of waves was incessant. There was a huge whirlpool a hundred li in size, with churning waves and seawater that sucked everything it captured into the seabed.

Han Li's figure flickered and appeared, and without hesitation, he flew directly into the center of the whirlpool, soon reaching the seabed.

A blue figure was sitting cross-legged on a large rock at the seabed. His features were identical to Han Li's—it was his earth immortal incarnation.

The incarnation held his hands in front of his chest as if embracing something, surrounded by black watery light, cultivating the Black Sea Heavy Water Sutra.

Streams of faith power were transmitted from afar, merging into the earth immortal incarnation's body. A thread of law appeared above the incarnation's head, emitting a fluctuation of water law.

Han Li looked at that thread of law and nodded slightly.

This path of earth immortals, which condensed law power by absorbing faith power, was indeed quite miraculous. With just the faith power provided by the people of Wumeng Island, his earth immortal incarnation had already condensed a thread of law so quickly.

The mana within the incarnation was also considerable, but perhaps due to contamination by faith power, it appeared somewhat chaotic.

Han Li, as an earth immortal, was different from other earth immortals in cultivation. After his earth immortal incarnation absorbed faith power from believers, his main body was not contaminated at all.

Thus, although he could not enjoy the benefit of condensing law power through faith power, his own immortal spiritual power would not be affected by contamination from faith power.

After all, his original purpose in cultivating this earth immortal incarnation was only to break the Nascent Soul seal.

His gaze then shifted to the hands of the earth immortal incarnation, and he frowned slightly.

Suspended in the incarnation's hands was a ball of black water the size of a baby's fist, shimmering with a faint black light and emitting wisps of water vapor, looking quite peculiar.

This Black Sea Heavy Water Sutra truly lived up to its reputation of being "slow" to cultivate.

Not long after he returned, he had placed this incarnation here to cultivate, beginning to condense the first layer of heavy water.

Yet now, over a month had passed, and only this much had been condensed.

No wonder the person who originally created the Black Sea Heavy Water Sutra had spent a full five hundred thousand years just to refine a stream's worth of third-layer heavy water.

Han Li waved his hand, and the ball of heavy water flew over and landed in his palm.

Although the heavy water did not look large, it was quite heavy in the hand, comparable to a small mountain.

After examining it for a moment, he nodded, took out a jade bottle to store it, and then did not stay long. He soared up, quickly flew out of the sea, and was about to return to the small courtyard on the island.

At that moment, the sky over Wumeng Island suddenly changed color.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth within ten thousand li converged, forming an enormous spiritual energy vortex.

Threads of spiritual energy like light strands descended from the vortex, forming a huge waterfall that merged into a palace on Wumeng Island.

That palace was Luo Feng's usual residence.

The palace was surrounded by a five-colored light, forming a vast sea of light. Various lights flowed and flickered incessantly, emitting a rumbling roar.

Han Li glanced in the direction of the palace from afar, then his figure flickered and disappeared from the spot.

Such a huge commotion was clearly audible across the entire island, but it did not cause any disturbance. However, the members of the Luo family, especially those at the Void Refining and Body Integration stages, showed excited expressions.

This phenomenon was exactly that of a Body Integration cultivator advancing to the Great Vehicle stage!

Inside the palace, Luo Feng sat cross-legged. Light flashed wildly around him, his aura fluctuated greatly, and his expression alternated between joy and anger, as if he were undergoing some trial.

A green shadow flickered, and Han Li appeared beside him, standing quietly.

The fluctuations in Luo Feng's aura grew more intense. Beads of sweat appeared on his cheeks and forehead, and his expression changed, as if he were deeply trapped in something.

The five-colored sea of light around the palace also began to tremble unsteadily, occasionally shooting out beams of light that flew chaotically in all directions.

Rumble!

The ground around the palace was blasted into huge craters. Some people who had gathered there hurriedly fled far away.

Seeing this, Han Li raised his hand and flicked his finger.

A soft crystalline light shot out and entered Luo Feng's brow.

Luo Feng's expression immediately relaxed. The wildly flashing light on his body subsided, and the five-colored sea of light outside the palace stabilized.

As more and more threads of spiritual energy descended from the sky, the five-colored sea of light around the palace gradually transformed into a huge light cocoon.

Time passed little by little. No one knew how long it had been.

The light cocoon suddenly trembled, and a strange fragrance emanated from within, invigorating anyone who smelled it.

With a "crack," a fissure appeared in the light cocoon.

Beams of golden light shone through the crack, then turned into golden flowers, while celestial music and Sanskrit sounds emerged around.

Seeing this, the Luo family members near the palace—several Body Integration cultivators showed excited expressions, while others erupted into earth-shaking cheers that resounded for a hundred li.

Inside the palace, Luo Feng was surrounded by clear light, his skin crystalline like jade. He appeared somewhat younger than before.

He slowly opened his eyes, an expression of excitement on his face.

This breakthrough to Great Vehicle, he had actually not been confident. During the process, due to insufficient preparation, he had nearly failed to overcome the heart demon tribulation. But later, with the help of an external force, he managed to stabilize his mind and break through safely.

Luo Feng was about to stand up when he noticed Han Li standing nearby.

"Senior Liu... thank you for your help just now!" Luo Feng was stunned for a moment, then understood. He bowed deeply to Han Li.

"It was just a small effort. I didn't expect you to break through to the Great Vehicle stage so quickly. Congratulations!" Han Li looked at him and nodded slightly.

"Thanks to the cultivation resources you bestowed upon me some days ago, I was able to take this step." Luo Feng was filled with gratitude and replied respectfully.

"As long as you serve me diligently in the future, a few resources are nothing to mention." Han Li waved his hand.

Luo Feng's previous Body Integration cultivation was too low. Now that he had broken through to the Great Vehicle stage, he could truly begin to help Han Li with some tasks.