Chapter 1343: Transformation into the Dao

As soon as Han Li finished speaking, he formed a sword seal with one hand and pointed behind him with his fingers together.

The seventy-two Sword Spirit Youths immediately flew over, surrounding Gold Devouring Beetle and the three of Ant Qiu in the center.

Crackle—

Immediately after, with a dazzling flash of lightning, a massive lightning formation activated in an instant, engulfing their figures in rolling thunder and lightning, and they vanished.

With no more worries behind him, Han Li suddenly bent his legs and sat cross-legged in the void.

He formed a hand seal with both hands, and the Great Five Elements Illusory World Art within him began to operate at full power.

Above his head, the golden moon slowly revolved, radiating brilliant light in all directions.

The stars formed by the Severing Time Flowing Fire also shimmered with dazzling light, like a sky full of stars.

The River of Time, transformed from the Time Vase, surged with turbulent currents, flowing and coiling around his body.

The towering mountains condensed from Illusory Time Sand rose and fell, stretching for thousands of miles, and the lush forests transformed from the East乙 Divine Wood swayed wildly along with them.

All of this formed a scene of stars, moon, mountains, rivers, and forests—an illusory world that revolved unceasingly, shaking the universe with boundless grandeur!

Within Han Li's domain space, the flow of time instantly surged like a river bursting its banks, accelerating a hundredfold.

The earth-attribute law power in the surrounding void began to surge into Xuan Jie's body at a rate a hundred times faster than before.

Rumble...

A series of muffled sounds came from the void. Han Li's mind stirred, and he looked down toward the void below.

He saw the void beneath him trembling violently. Seven or eight continents from unknown immortal domains were peeling away from the immortal domains, step by step crossing the Azure Firmament Domain, the Heavenly Wind Domain, and the Outer Domain, beginning to ascend toward this outer space.

However, as the continents rose and entered the Azure Firmament Domain, countless streaks of light could be seen fleeing from them, escaping far away from the continents. By the time they entered the Heavenly Wind Domain, few were still escaping.

When they truly entered the Outer Domain, those enormous continents began to shatter, mountains and rivers breaking apart, gradually dissipating into the heavens and earth like the floating continent before, leaving only streams of immensely powerful earth-attribute law power that converged toward Xuan Jie's body.

As more and more law power gathered on him, the aura on Xuan Jie's body became increasingly pure, moving further away from humanity and closer to the Dao.

Xuan Jie's expression remained calm throughout, only his eyes began to tremble slightly, as if he were resisting the influx of power. But every inch of the earth-origin power was intimately connected to his Dao, and he could not refuse it at will.

“Not enough, is it? Let me give you some more,” Han Li said, a hint of madness flashing in his eyes.

As he spoke, the time law power within him surged out without any restraint. Within the Five Elements Illusory World, the Dao patterns on the World Tree shone brightly, and strands of time law power dissipated into thin air, transforming into pure law power that merged into the void.

Within the domain, the already hundredfold-accelerated time increased again. In an instant, millions of years passed.

The earth-origin power that surged into Han Li's domain was absorbed cleanly by Xuan Jie in the blink of an eye.

Even the countless meteorites in the outer space shattered at this moment, contributing their earth-attribute origin power, which wildly converged into Xuan Jie's body.

Finally, that scene appeared...

A massive, nearly boundless earth vortex formed behind Xuan Jie. Within it, the power of the most fundamental earth Dao in heaven and earth overflowed like warm spring water, wrapping around Xuan Jie's body.

“No...” A glimmer of divine light flashed in Xuan Jie's eyes, and he finally regained a trace of rationality.

But it was too late; the erosion of the Heavenly Dao had already begun.

“Han Li, stop, stop...” Xuan Jie tried to break free, shouting incessantly.

At this moment, Han Li was not faring well either. The time law power within him was draining too quickly; it was already mostly consumed, and he felt a strong sense of emptiness.

Yet, to Xuan Jie's pleas, he remained expressionless, utterly unmoved, continuing to drive the Five Elements Illusory World at full force.

Han Li knew well that under the current circumstances, it was not enough to cause Xuan Jie to be assimilated by the Heavenly Dao.

Only by continuing to accelerate time, pushing until his time law power was completely exhausted, might there be a slight chance for the Heavenly Dao erosion to be fully completed.

“Han Li, you and the Time Dao Ancestor are fundamentally opposed; one of you must die. Stop, and I can help you, I can help you...” At this moment, Xuan Jie finally tasted despair.

“Gold Devouring Beetle was killed by you in his previous life. Do you think I would believe you?” Han Li said word by word, his voice devoid of any emotion.

“No! I can make a Dao oath, never to break it...” Xuan Jie was now hysterical.

Han Li hesitated for a moment upon hearing this.

After all, if he could gain the assistance of a Five Elements Origin Dao Ancestor, he would have much more confidence when going to the Heavenly Court. But he soon abandoned this thought.

The reason was simple: he had no confidence in controlling an Origin Dao Ancestor with just a written oath.

With his mind made up, he said no more and continued to madly consume his own law power, accelerating the Heavenly Dao erosion of Xuan Jie.

Time passed bit by bit. Seeing that Han Li was determined to make him perish, Xuan Jie went from initial begging to cursing and scolding, and when he found that Han Li could no longer hold on, he began to threaten him with words.

“Han Li, you can't hold on any longer. Though I am nearly half assimilated by the Heavenly Dao, I am not completely gone. Soon, I will grind your bones to dust, light your Nascent Soul as a lamp, and grind your divine soul into powder. I will make you wish you were dead, haha...”

The entire outer space echoed with Xuan Jie's nearly insane voice.

To Han Li's ears, the sound had become a blurry hum.

At this moment, he had truly reached his limit. Everything before his eyes was blurry and double, all the power within him was nearly drained, and the Five Elements Illusory World was teetering on the verge of collapse.

"Do you want me to lend you some strength?" At this moment, an ethereal voice suddenly rang out from Han Li's nearly depleted sea of consciousness.

"Vial Spirit before... no, who are you?" Han Li was startled and asked hastily.

"I... am you... you... are me..." the voice replied.

"Self-ghost, you are my self-ghost?" Han Li suddenly realized.

Ever since he advanced to the peak of Da Luo, the self-ghost he had been searching for in vain had awakened under such extreme conditions.

"Setting aside good and evil and all emotions and desires, in the end, you and I are the closest. You are my original self, and I am your self." The self-ghost's answer resounded in Han Li's sea of consciousness.

"Are you going to split from me at this time? If you do, we'll both die here immediately." Han Li sighed inwardly and asked.

"I said, we are too alike, so your thoughts are my thoughts," said the self-ghost.

The next moment, Han Li suddenly felt warmth all over his body. The law power that had been exhausted surged forth again. The self-ghost had indeed lent him strength.

But that brief pause gave Xuan Yuanjie a chance to catch his breath. Although Han Li had recovered half of his time law power, he could no longer continue.

The source runes in Xuan Yuanjie's eyes suddenly dimmed as he forcibly severed his connection with the Heavenly Dao.

At this moment, half of his body had merged into the void, and the edges of his remaining half showed signs of petrification. This exchange had not been without significant loss.

"Han Li..." Xuan Yuanjie's resentment surged, and he let out a furious roar.

Before Han Li could respond, a golden light suddenly flashed from a strange angle behind Xuan Yuanjie.

In the golden light, Jintong's massive Devouring Gold Beetle true form suddenly appeared, opening a bloody maw with a huge golden vortex inside, emitting waves of powerful law fluctuations.

Xuan Yuanjie was startled, and the earthy yellow halo around him instantly swelled as he prepared to teleport away.

However, Han Li had anticipated this and had already arrived beside him, raising a palm to strike down on his head.

Streams of time law light burst from Han Li's palm, immediately interrupting Xuan Yuanjie's movement.

Xuan Yuanjie was not afraid of Han Li's palm, but with this brief delay, Jintong's massive maw had already closed, swallowing him into her belly.

"No! I won't accept this..." A loud cry, as if fading into the endless void, grew distant and then abruptly ceased as Jintong closed her mouth.

"Rumble..."

A sound of rolling thunder came from Jintong's belly, as if Xuan Yuanjie was still struggling.

Light swirled over Jintong's body, and her massive form rapidly shrank, eventually returning to her female form.

Han Li looked and saw that Jintong's appearance had changed greatly. She no longer had the aura of a young girl; both her figure and temperament had become much more mature.

Her expression was exceptionally calm, and in her eyes, like two whirlpools, they seemed to spin slowly. An otherworldly aura began to emanate from her entire body.

"This aura on you..." Han Li said in confusion.

"It's not stable yet. After some time of meditation, the realm will stabilize," Jintong said, glancing at him.

"I thought advancing to Dao Ancestor would bring some world-shaking phenomena, but it's so calm," Han Li said, looking around in surprise.

"Originally, I should be devouring this outer void now, but having swallowed Xuan Yuanjie, a source Dao Ancestor, that power will be enough for me to digest for a while," Jintong said.

Hearing this, Han Li finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"This time, it's thanks to you," Jintong said.

"Advancing to Dao Ancestor is such a big event, and you didn't tell me. That's too reckless," Han Li said, frowning as he couldn't help but rebuke her.

Yi Qiu and the others, who had arrived late from afar, happened to hear Han Li's words and were startled. In their memory, no one had ever dared to speak to the Insect Ancestor like that.

But from Han Li's earlier desperate protection of Jintong, the three guessed that their relationship was deep, so they did not approach to disturb, instead sitting cross-legged in the void to meditate and recover.

Jintong frowned slightly, opened her mouth, but ultimately said nothing.

Just then, her expression changed. She raised a hand and pressed it against her abdomen, her palm glowing with golden light.

"What's wrong?" Han Li quickly asked.

"After all, he is a Dao Ancestor, and he is resisting my devouring law within me," Jintong said.

"Is it serious? Do you need my help?" Han Li asked with a frown.

"If we were outside, the outcome would be uncertain, but now that he is in my belly's universe, his death is only a matter of time. However, the earth origin power on him is somewhat troublesome," Jintong said without concealment.

Han Li looked around and said,

"This place has caused such a commotion; it's not suitable to stay long. First suppress him, then come with me to another place to go into seclusion. I will guard you for a while longer."

Hearing this, Jintong hesitated briefly, then nodded and began to suppress Xuan Yuanjie's resistance.

"You all leave here first. Later, I will take Jintong to another safe place for seclusion," Han Li said, walking over to Yi Qiu and the other two.

Qing Feng and the others did not immediately rise upon hearing this. Instead, they looked toward Jintong and inquired with their minds.

After receiving an affirmative reply, the three, with complex gazes, clasped their hands to Han Li in salute and finally left this void.

After retrieving the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords and other items, Han Li also sat cross-legged, took out several pills, and closed his eyes to meditate as well.