Chapter 1383: Golden Veins and Jade Bones

"Thunder of Time!" Han Li's eyes twitched as he rapidly formed hand seals and waved his arms.

Golden light flashed around him as five golden objects materialized out of thin air: the Truthful Speech Wheel, the Illusory Sand Hourglass, the Time Vase, the Torch of Time Severance, and the Divine Wood of Eastwood—all items of time law.

After these five time law items coalesced once more, they underwent a transcendent sublimation.

The five treasures spun unceasingly, shimmering with a pure golden light like glass, as vast waves of time law fluctuations spread outward.

Rumble!

Before Han Li could act, all the golden lightning bolts struck down.

The series of changes in the calamity clouds seemed to be under an acceleration spell, happening with incredible speed.

Fortunately, Han Li now had one foot in the realm of Dao Ancestor and reacted extremely quickly, raising both arms toward the sky.

The Taiyu Law Shield instantly blazed with golden light, spinning rapidly as countless golden runes surged forth, emitting a fierce whistling sound.

A earth-shattering explosion erupted as countless golden lightning bolts struck the Taiyu Law Shield. Countless cracks immediately appeared on the shield and rapidly expanded.

With a muffled "boom," the Taiyu Law Shield disintegrated inch by inch before exploding into countless golden fragments that shot outward like meteors.

However, the Taiyu Law Shield had bought Han Li enough time. The Truthful Speech Wheel and other items spun rapidly around his body.

A colossal golden vortex materialized once again, enveloping Han Li and emitting a terrifying force that seemed capable of swallowing heaven and earth, meeting the descending golden lightning.

Countless golden lightning bolts struck the vortex, causing it to tremble violently, but they were immediately ensnared by the vortex's devouring force and pulled deep into it.

Han Li stood at the center of the vortex, his body swaying with it, but his hands remained steady as he continuously formed seals.

The golden vortex rumbled as it spun, showing no signs of weakening, forming a stalemate with the thunder of time in the sky.

Golden light leaped, lightning flashed in all directions, and countless thunderous explosions erupted, causing the nearby void to tremble violently.

The distant Reincarnation Palace Master and Demon Lord could not stand steady and were forced to retreat further away.

The tremors lasted for half an hour before the dense rain of golden lightning finally began to diminish and soon vanished completely.

The golden vortex below also shrank rapidly, disappearing after a few breaths.

Han Li's figure emerged, his clothes tattered and looking rather disheveled, but overall he seemed unharmed.

At that moment, the calamity clouds in the sky changed color again, the golden light quickly fading, reverting to their original gray-black hue.

A flash of purple light appeared within the vortex of calamity clouds, and a purple rainbow shot down, enveloping Han Li's body and spiraling around him.

One end of the purple rainbow flashed and disappeared into his body.

Han Li's tattered body immediately began to recover rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, all injuries were completely healed.

A thick golden crystalline light suddenly rose from his body, containing countless golden crystalline threads that merged with the purple rainbow in the sky.

With a sharp whistle, the golden crystalline light blazed brightly, transforming into a thick golden light like a swimming dragon, circling above Han Li's head, emitting time law force that could shake heaven and earth.

The void let out continuous rumbling sounds, twisting and distorting as if collapsing.

The Reincarnation Palace Master, Demon Lord, and others, who had already retreated to a safe area, once again found it hard to stand and had to retreat further.

The golden crystalline light did not linger around Han Li for long before quickly entering his body.

Han Li raised an eyebrow, a look of surprise on his face.

Because as this crystalline light entered his body, the time law crystalline threads within him rapidly disappeared, merging with his flesh and blood. His entire body emitted a fine golden light, appearing somewhat translucent.

Han Li's nascent soul within his dantian and the divine soul in his mind also quietly dissolved, like ice melting, merging into his body.

The surging law force on him quickly receded, and the nearby void tremors gradually dissipated.

The calamity clouds in the sky also vanished without a trace, and everything returned to calm...

Han Li hovered in the void, sensing the changes in the surrounding world. In his eyes appeared a winding golden river, from which a slender tributary branched off, connecting to him through layers of void.

He raised his hands and looked at his arms, finding his skin as thin and translucent as rice paper, with veins and bones clearly visible inside—one flowing with golden blood, the other crystal clear white like fine jade.

"So this is the legendary golden veins and jade bones. So this is what it feels like to become a Dao Ancestor..." Han Li murmured to himself, barely able to suppress his excitement.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a resonance. His eyes slightly closed, and his divine sense began to roam across the entire Zhongtu Immortal Domain. The shattered mountains and rivers, the unjustly killed beings, and the chaotic heavenly and earthly energies all appeared in his sea of consciousness.

As his mind wandered, his divine sense extended beyond the immortal domain, spreading along the vast outer realms. The ever-expanding chaotic vortex blotted out the sky and had already devoured large swaths of void, covering the entire Zhongtu Immortal Domain like a giant pot lid.

On the ground, the collapsing forests, mountains, rivers, and seas were rapidly disintegrating, just like the magic tool Han Li had seen when he first passed through the time crystal wall, all decomposing into specks of spiritual light flying toward the sky.

All things born from the union of the five elements were now gradually returning to their origins, absorbed by the chaotic vortex.

Amidst the chaos, Han Li saw the corpses on the ground gradually dissolving and disappearing, while the barely surviving cultivators fled in all directions, lost and bewildered.

The world changed color, nearly an apocalypse—where could they escape?

On a constantly collapsing land, Dream Mother and her disciple Yu Meng Han had long been separated from Li Yuan Jiu and others, continuously dodging the impacts of the collapsing earth.

Having had most of her power drained by that divine formation earlier, even someone like her, once nearly a Dao Ancestor, now appeared equally disheveled.

Yet even so, she did not let go of her most cherished disciple's hand.

Yu Meng Han's clothes were dirty and tattered, but her face showed little fear. She looked at the old woman still protecting her in this apocalypse, her eyes full of calm and gentleness.

The two barely dodged a rapidly expanding spatial rift. As soon as they steadied themselves, a spatial vortex materialized beneath them, pulling their bodies downward.

As they fell through the air, Dream Mother looked apologetically at Yu Meng Han, regretting bringing her here. If they had stayed in the sect, even if death was inevitable, they would not have experienced such a hellish scene.

Yu Meng Han smiled gently and shook her head at her master, then turned to look toward the sky.

She wanted to see that person's figure one more time.

But as she turned around, a look of surprise appeared in her eyes. A golden light, like a ribbon, shot through the void, wrapped around the master and disciple, and pulled them out of the spatial vortex.

"Miss Yu, please take shelter in my cave heaven treasure for now," Han Li said directly as he approached.

With that, he waved his hand, and a silver light door opened in the void.

"Han..." Yu Meng Han opened her mouth to speak but was interrupted by an explosion.

"Rumble..."

A world-shaking explosion suddenly rang out. The sun hanging over the Zhongtu Immortal Domain, after emitting its final burst of blazing light, finally exploded.

As the light that had burned for unknown eons gradually dimmed, the entire Zhongtu Immortal Domain plunged into eternal darkness.

"Enter first, then talk," Han Li said, frowning slightly as he looked up at the sky.

Yu Meng Han bit her lip and stepped in first.

Dream Mother did not speak but kept observing Han Li. She naturally knew Han Li's identity and could see his current realm, silently praising him.

Her eye for choosing disciples was good, and her disciple's eye for choosing a beloved... was even better.

Although her cultivation was insufficient, her intuition told her that this man before her might be the greatest variable to reverse the fate of billions of beings in the True Immortal Realm—no, including all realms.

Without him, Gu or Jin might have already succeeded.

Even as a Dao Ancestor, Han Li could not casually probe minds, so he was naturally unaware of the thoughts in Dream Mother and Yu Meng Han's hearts.

His eyes gleamed with golden light, emitting a bright radiance. His aura had gradually stabilized, and he turned his gaze toward the sky.

Gu or Jin stood alone, suspended at the dome of the sky. Behind him, the chaotic vortex churned violently, submerging half his body, as if he were about to be swallowed by the vortex.

Yet, there was no panic on his face; instead, he appeared unusually excited.

In his eyes, the black pupils were no longer visible, only two gray vortices spinning continuously, emitting an indescribable, peculiar attraction.

In the void to the left, the Demon Lord was forming hand seals, conjuring a massive silver pagoda before him, crashing toward Gu or Jin. On the other side, the Reincarnation Palace Master manipulated the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk, sending a towering beam of light straight at him.

Gu or Jin merely reached out his hands, and two chaotic giant hands pressed down from the vortex on both sides, firmly suppressing the two in place.

Han Li's gaze sharpened. He formed seals with his hands before him, and the Great Five Elements Illusory World Art automatically activated. The five time law manifestations materialized one after another, circling around him.

The five treasures floated up and down, their bodies flashing with dazzling golden light, emitting vast time law fluctuations that rolled outward.

Han Li brought his hands together before him. With a thought, the feeling of roaming thousands of miles and merging with heaven and earth resurfaced, and the winding river of time appeared once again.

Gu or Jin, within the chaotic vortex, suddenly sensed something and turned his gaze toward Han Li.

A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes as he muttered to himself, "He actually succeeded... No, how is his affinity with the time law even higher than mine?"