Chapter 1344: Arriving Like a Shadow

Somewhere in the天庭, a golden palace floated in midair.

Countless streams of air swirled around the palace, shattering everything nearby, making the place appear vast and empty, like the chaotic scene before heaven and earth were separated.

Though the golden palace was brilliantly colored, it exuded no trace of luxury; instead, it gave an unusually archaic feel, resembling a Daoist temple.

The palace gates were tightly shut, and from within came a muffled, incessant rumbling. The entire palace trembled from time to time, intensifying the turbulence in the surrounding void.

At that moment, the sounds inside the golden palace abruptly ceased. A crack silently opened on the gate, and a figure flew out, appearing slow but actually fast—it was Gu Huo Jin.

Through the crack in the gate, one could see that inside the hall was an immensely vast golden space, stretching beyond sight. There was no ground, as if it were the outer heavens.

Above the golden space floated spheres the size of houses, shimmering with various colors, like countless twinkling stars.

The gate quickly closed on its own, sealing everything inside.

Gu Huo Jin raised his hand and waved. A dark yellow scroll flew out from his sleeve. At each end coiled a small golden dragon relief, exquisitely crafted, clearly an extraordinary treasure.

Gu Huo Jin pointed with his finger, and the golden dragons at both ends of the scroll suddenly came to life, biting the edges of the scroll and unfurling it.

On the scroll were rows of names, each displaying different colors and emitting various halos—some very bright, others dim.

One name near the top had turned completely gray: Xuan Yuan Jie.

“Someone was able to kill Xuan Yuan Jie.”

After muttering to himself, Gu Huo Jin’s pupils turned golden, emitting a foot-long golden light as he gazed at Xuan Yuan Jie’s name on the scroll.

Countless silk-like streams of dark yellow energy cascaded from the scroll, sinking into the void. The gray name instantly magnified infinitely, as if opening a spatial channel that rapidly extended outward.

In an instant, a vast region materialized, filled with countless floating meteorites and various elemental currents—it was the outer space from before.

Han Li and the Gold Devouring Immortal sat cross-legged within it.

“Insect Ancestor? Already returned? Good, saves me the trouble of searching one by one. Eh, this person is…” Gu Huo Jin first glanced at the Gold Devouring Immortal, said indifferently, then looked at Han Li beside him and gave a soft exclamation.

In the outer space, Han Li’s expression suddenly shifted. He stood up and looked around.

The next moment, he let out a low shout and swung both hands left and right like lightning.

Ten lightning-shaped golden sword shadows shot from his left hand, flying in all directions.

These lightning sword shadows were so fast that no words could describe them, like lightning that could cross the boundaries of time and space, vanishing in an instant.

At the same time, Han Li’s right arm reached out in the other direction. A golden light shot from his palm, wrapping around the Gold Devouring Immortal sitting cross-legged beside him.

But at that moment, the flow of time in the surrounding space suddenly became chaotic. With a thunderous roar, a golden giant palm a hundred miles in size appeared overhead and pressed down toward Han Li and the other.

A wave of time law power erupted from the giant palm, freezing everything nearby—time itself seemed to be halted.

However, Han Li’s lightning teleportation was so swift that it activated just before the time power from the golden giant palm could take effect.

A flash of thunder and lightning passed, and the two figures vanished without a trace.

The golden giant palm slammed down heavily. The space and time where Han Li and the Gold Devouring Immortal had just stood instantly collapsed.

Vast golden waves then surged outward in all directions, eerily silent.

Everything within millions of miles around instantly turned to dust, also without a sound.

Above a desert in the barbaric border region near the Dragon Abyss Immortal Domain, a bolt of lightning appeared, and a golden lightning sword broke through the void.

Beneath the lightning sword, the void rippled, and the figures of Han Li and the Gold Devouring Immortal materialized.

“That was the Time Giant Palm technique that killed Miro’s master back then. It seems the Time Dao Ancestor has set his sights on us…” Han Li narrowed his eyes and let out a light sigh.

Though he had long anticipated this day would come, now that it had arrived, he still couldn’t help feeling a bit tense.

Yet, for some reason, mixed with this tension was a hint of excited anticipation.

“What was that just now?” The Gold Devouring Immortal, startled from his cultivation, showed a look of alarm.

“It’s Gu Huo Jin. It seems our killing of Xuan Yuan Jie has drawn his attention,” Han Li said calmly.

Hearing this, the Gold Devouring Immortal’s expression changed.

Before the golden palace in the天庭, Gu Huo Jin wore a look of surprise.

“So fast… not inferior to Shi Kong Yu’s instant teleportation,” Gu Huo Jin praised, but did not stop. Golden light flickered rapidly in his eyes.

The scene displayed on the dark yellow scroll changed rapidly, and the figures of Han Li and the Gold Devouring Immortal reappeared.

Gu Huo Jin formed a hand seal and struck forward into the void.

Above the desert, Han Li looked around and formed hand seals. Golden lightning flashed around the two again.

When he had just performed the lightning遁, he had deliberately erased any residual aura, and the teleportation distance was extremely far—spanning nearly an entire immortal domain. Even a Time Law Dao Ancestor’s divine sense could not probe that far.

But to be safe, he decided to teleport once more.

At that moment, the void above them rippled. With a thunderous roar, the golden giant palm appeared again.

Unlike before, the giant palm’s fingers flexed, forming a hand seal as it struck down.

Golden light flashed like lightning, and the giant palm descended noticeably faster than before.

“How is this possible!” Han Li’s eyes showed surprise, but he quickly directed his techniques.

Lightning flickered around the two, and together with the lightning sword above, they teleported away again, narrowly avoiding the giant palm’s strike.

In the Tianhe Immortal Domain, adjacent to the Dragon Abyss Immortal Domain, a lightning sword hovered above a mountain range, spinning and emitting a series of sword cries.

Beneath the lightning sword, the void rippled, and the figures of Han Li and the Gold Devouring Immortal appeared.

Han Li’s expression was grave. Without pausing, he once again activated the lightning sword teleportation.

As he teleported away, he flicked his sleeve.

Over twenty Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords shot out from his sleeve and vanished into the nearby void.

At the edge of the Tianhe Immortal Domain, lightning flickered in the void, and the figures of Han Li and the other appeared.

Han Li still did not pause, once again activating the lightning sword teleportation, and their figures vanished again.

After teleporting over a dozen times in succession, they had crossed several immortal domains and arrived at an immortal domain filled with decayed soil and miasma. Only then did Han Li stop.

“Teleported this far, should be safe now,” Han Li thought to himself.

But as if to mock him, golden light flashed in the sky, and the golden giant palm descended again, much faster than before, accompanied by a loud whistling sound.

Han Li’s expression darkened, and he immediately prepared to use the lightning sword teleportation again.

With a hum, countless golden lights seeped out from the surrounding void. The nearby void turned entirely golden, becoming extremely solid.

His connection with the other lightning swords was instantly cut off.

Han Li’s face finally showed some change, but he did not panic. He quickly formed hand seals, his hands blurring into countless finger shadows.

A tide of golden light surged from his body, mixed with countless golden runes, instantly forming a golden spirit domain dozens of miles in size.

The five law objects—the True Word Wheel, the Time Vase, the Illusory Time Hourglass, the Eastern乙 Divine Wood, and the Time Severing Torch—also appeared in the golden light, spinning rapidly around his body.

Everything within the spirit domain instantly became solid, forming a landscape of mountains and rivers.

He fully activated his time law, barely completing this just before the golden giant palm descended.

The golden giant palm came down, emitting countless golden ripples that froze everything around.

Only Han Li’s spirit domain remained unaffected. The five time law objects spun rapidly, and the golden spirit domain grew deeper, like another world.

With a deafening crash!

The golden giant palm heavily struck the golden spirit domain. The domain trembled violently, like a meteor being knocked from the sky, crashing into the ground.

The continent below cracked open with huge fissures amid the thunderous noise. Large amounts of magma erupted from underground, and the entire continent collapsed.

Within the spirit domain’s landscape of mountains and rivers, huge cracks appeared, but it stubbornly refused to collapse.

Han Li was also knocked down with the spirit domain, staggering, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

“Receiving my Imperial Heavenly Great Hand Seal, yet the spirit domain did not collapse.” In the天庭, Gu Huo Jin showed another flicker of surprise.

He then formed a hand seal and traced a line in the air.

At the center of the golden giant palm, an ancient bell-shaped pattern appeared. It flashed brightly, and the giant palm suddenly doubled in size, firmly grasping Han Li’s spirit domain and squeezing it, as if trying to crush it directly.

The golden spirit domain creaked, golden light flickered wildly, and the cracks inside began to expand rapidly.

Though Han Li had spat blood, he seemed largely unharmed. Seeing this, he urgently activated the spirit domain with all his might.

With a thunderous roar, a huge golden celestial gate appeared out of nowhere within the spirit domain.

In the previous two battles with Feng Qingshui and Chen Ruyan, despite being extremely careful, he had still caused considerable slaughter.

This time, Han Li could not bear to cause unnecessary casualties, so he did not open the celestial gate connecting to various realms to borrow their time power.

As this benevolent thought arose, an invisible force transmitted from the void. The mantra of the *Great Five Elements Illusory World Technique* flowed through his mind with unprecedented clarity.

A flash of insight passed through Han Li’s mind. He pointed with his hand seal.

Ripples appeared on the celestial gate, and five golden lights emerged, representing the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—the five types of time law power of the *Great Five Elements Illusory World Technique*.

With a dull sound, the celestial gate burst open.

Countless golden lights containing the power of the great Dao poured out from the celestial gate like floodwaters breaking through a dam, merging into the spirit domain.

This time, the power of the great Dao pouring from the celestial gate was even greater than before.

The cracks in the spirit domain immediately stopped expanding.

Han Li was secretly pleased. He waved his hands, and five golden lights shot out from the spirit domain. Spinning, they formed a vast golden auspicious cloud—the Imperishable Golden Cloud—which pushed against the golden giant palm outside.

A sharp cry came from beside him. The Gold Devouring Immortal had transformed into his true form as a Devouring Gold Immortal, opening his mouth and spitting out.

Thousands of golden crystalline rays shot out, converging into a massive beam of light that struck the golden giant palm.

With Han Li and the Gold Devouring Immortal joining forces, they managed to hold off the golden giant palm outside.

The golden light within the spirit domain ceased to fluctuate and returned to calm. As the golden light from the celestial gate continuously poured in, the cracks in the spirit domain rapidly healed.