Chapter 1355: Ten Directions, Ten Thousand Immortals

The bearded burly man seemed to have anticipated the golden boy's sudden approach, having already stepped back to avoid engaging with him. As he retreated, he continued to form hand seals and seemed to be silently chanting something.

The actions of the other three were almost identical, their coordination nearly flawless.

Han Li sensed something amiss and quickly called out, "Golden Boy," as a golden light flashed around him, and he unfolded his Time Domain.

However, his domain had only just begun to expand when the sea area for a million li below him was already enveloped in a brilliant silver light. A massive formation, arranged at some unknown time, shot up a pillar of light from the seabed.

In an instant, a peculiar spatial fluctuation emanated from the seabed, enveloping the surrounding heavens and earth.

Han Li's expression changed abruptly. He grabbed the golden boy, who had just flown back, and golden lightning instantly coalesced into a formation around them. With a crack of thunder, their figures vanished from the spot.

Immediately after, a lightning formation materialized out of thin air over the sea, no more than a thousand zhang away. Han Li and the golden boy reappeared, having failed to teleport away, still above the seabed light formation.

"Space is sealed; the lightning formation technique cannot escape," Han Li said, frowning slightly.

"No matter, we'll just break through it," the golden boy said with a grin, unconcerned.

But as soon as she spoke, a dazzling silver light suddenly flared up in the four cardinal directions.

Han Li looked around and saw that the silver light mirrors in the hands of the four, including the purple-robed woman, were shining brightly, each spewing a thick silver beam that shot toward the silver beam descending from the sky.

As the four beams struck the silver pillar, it was as if thousands of mirrors were reflecting simultaneously, refracting countless silver lights and shadows into irregular light screens, like shattered mirror shards stacked and connected, covering the sky.

In the next moment, the mirror-like silver light screens merged with the seabed light formation below, corresponding above and below. A dazzling silver flash sent the surrounding million-li region turning into a dead zone.

Before Han Li and the golden boy could react, the void around them began to change.

The clear sky instantly turned to night, and the surrounding void seemed like stickers on a blackboard, peeled away layer by layer, revealing the deep black backdrop beneath.

The heavens and earth were plunged into endless darkness, with no light except for the escape glow around Han Li and the golden boy.

"Illusion?" the golden boy asked in confusion.

"It's not an illusion, but a very profound spatial secret art. We are no longer in the Dragon Abyss Immortal Domain..." Han Li said slowly, a purple light flickering in his eyes.

Only then did he understand why his divine sense had failed to detect the great formation earlier.

Because the formation had not originally been in that sea area; it had been summoned there by secret art the moment the four Dao Ancestors crossed over, and then activated by their combined efforts.

"Strange, within a million li, it seems only our auras are present? They went to all this trouble just to throw us here? Although this place is devoid of spiritual energy, it doesn't affect us much," the golden boy said, wrinkling her nose in puzzlement.

"Extend your divine sense further, and you'll see. This is a cage. If I'm not mistaken, they intend to imprison us here," Han Li said, shaking his head.

The golden boy did as he said, and her expression changed slightly.

Indeed, in the void tens of millions of li away, an extremely peculiar spatial force had formed a massive spatial barrier, isolating the two of them in the middle.

"Surrounding without attacking, imprisoning us here—could it be to prevent us from going to the Heavenly Court?" the golden boy said after a moment's thought.

"By now, the Bodhi Banquet should have begun. They still spare four Dao Ancestors to deal with us, so that must be the case. But for me, a mere Great Luo cultivator, to receive such attention from the Heavenly Court is rather surprising," Han Li said with a smile.

The golden boy snorted and said,

"You've already severed the Three Corpses, and you've defeated two Dao Ancestors of the Heavenly Court, one of whom is Xuan Yuan Jie of the Seven Lords of the Heavenly Dao. Do you find that attention surprising? I'm not surprised at all; I think they're being too careless."

Han Li touched his nose and sighed inwardly.

Indeed, given his current level of cultivation and bearing, it wouldn't be strange even if the Time Dao Ancestor himself came to kill him.

"If this place could really trap us, that would be the real surprise," the golden boy said, rubbing her hands together eagerly.

"Let's first find a way to break this spatial barrier." Han Li said slowly, gazing into the distant void.

The Golden Boy nodded, a flash of golden light flickering on his body, and he suddenly teleported far away.

After a few breaths, in the pitch-black void millions of miles away, a patch of golden flames burst open, and a gigantic golden beetle suddenly appeared, colliding with something unknown, producing a thunderous roar.

Immediately after, silver light surged in that patch of void, and a massive barrier containing powerful spatial law force emerged, with rolling silver ripples spreading outward in all directions, seemingly boundless.

The Golden Boy's first strike failed to break it, so golden light on his body surged again, condensing a spiral sharp light pillar in front of him. He flashed once more and charged toward the barrier rippling with silver waves in the void.

"Boom..."

Another thunderous roar. The Golden Boy's massive body was sent flying back again, while the silver light barrier merely rippled slightly, showing no damage.

Just as the Golden Boy was about to try again, Han Li stopped her.

"This space is somewhat strange. Beyond this spatial barrier, there seems to be an even more vast force connected. Such brute force may be difficult to break through. Let's calm down first and see if there are any weaknesses." Han Li advised.

Hearing this, the Golden Boy retracted the golden light on his body and reverted to human form.

After discussing for a while, the two separated and carefully inspected different directions along the spatial barrier.

...

Outside this spatial barrier, there was a dark void similar to outer space.

The four Dao Ancestors who had fought with Han Li and the other were now floating outside the barrier, all with solemn expressions, staring intently at the situation inside.

Strangely enough, from the inside looking out, the barrier was pitch black, but from the outside looking in, everything was as clear as day.

"Zishan, do you think they might be able to break this 'Ten Directions Ten Thousand Immortals Formation'?" the bearded man asked.

"You said it yourself, this is the Ten Directions Ten Thousand Immortals Formation. Even if the four of us were trapped inside together, we might not be able to break it. At least... don't expect it to happen in less than ten thousand years." the tall woman in purple replied.

"Dongli Hu, what... do you think they have the ability to break the formation?" the ugly old woman asked, frowning.

"Daoist Zhu Yan, one of them is a Devouring Law Dao Ancestor, and the other is a Time Law Great Luo at the peak. They are figures that even the Seven Heavenly Lords are wary of. No matter how highly we estimate them, it wouldn't be too much, would it?" the bearded man named Dongli Hu countered, his expression unchanged.

"What kind of formation is this Ten Directions Ten Thousand Immortals Formation? It is a barrier formation that condenses the power of ten immortal domains, using ten immortal domains as formation bases. Each domain is guarded by dozens of Great Luo cultivators, hundreds of Taiyi Jade Immortals, and thousands of Golden Immortals, all jointly powering it. If they can still break it, how can we have the face to return to the Heavenly Court to report?" the old woman named Zhu Yan snorted and said.

After speaking, she looked into the distance, gazing at the even more remote void around them, where the dark sky seemed to have ten huge skylights open.

Through each 'skylight,' one could see that they connected to ten different immortal domains. Each domain had a different scene—some were on mountain peaks, some on islands in the sea, some in primeval forests... all varied.

On these mountains and islands, vast arrays covering large areas were built. In the center of each array stood a huge stone pillar nearly ten thousand feet tall, covered with various runes.

The Great Luo, Taiyi, and Golden Immortal cultivators that Zhu Yan mentioned were sitting around those stone pillars, each forming hand seals and chanting incantations, fully maintaining the operation of the arrays.

Beneath them, circles of silver light patterns continuously rose from the ground, layer by layer ascending into the sky, constantly condensing and shrinking, eventually fully merging into the central ten-thousand-foot stone pillar.

In these ten immortal domains, in places not visible through the 'skylights,' the flow of spiritual energy was like rivers rushing, consuming at a very fast rate, causing many areas already lacking spiritual energy to experience scenes of forest withering and rivers drying up.

With so many array holders and such a huge consumption of spiritual energy, such an array could be said to be unparalleled in the world.

Han Li and the other would never have imagined, even if they racked their brains, that what they were now facing was an ancient immortal array gathering the power of ten immortal domains and over ten thousand immortals, not to mention the four Dao Ancestor-level experts sitting nearby.

At this moment, the white-haired man who looked like a child, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke, his voice sharp and thin:

"Daoist Zhu Yan mentioned returning to the Heavenly Court to report... If I remember correctly, the order we received was to use the power of this array to trap him here, and then join forces to kill him, right?"

"Daoist Mengyuan speaks lightly... Haven't you received news about the killing of Xuan Yuanjie earlier? He was a Five Elements Origin Dao Ancestor, his power surely above ours?" Zhu Yan asked, her face wrinkling.

"I have inquired about that matter from those who escaped. That Han Li won in a suspicious way, with the help of that Devouring Gold Immortal, and Xuan Yuanjie... was also somewhat overconfident." Mengyuan hesitated briefly but still said.

"Do you know that earlier, Feng Qingshui almost died at his hands, and at that time, there was no Devouring Gold Immortal to help him." Zhu Yan said, a hint of mockery flashing in her eyes.