Chapter 671: Already Dead

"By the way..." Han Li's gaze flickered, as if suddenly recalling something.

Earlier, in the Water Mansion Ruins, when the big-headed child had imparted the Water Mansion Four Seasons Art to him through divine soul transmission, he had also passed on some memories of cultivation insights.

In that memory, the big-headed child had mentioned the term "Law Divine Ability," but without explaining its specific meaning.

At the time, he had merely forced himself to memorize it. Now, it seemed, it might be related to this.

"Law Divine Ability... Could this golden finger shadow be a Law Divine Ability?" Han Li pondered, speculating inwardly.

But soon, he cast aside these thoughts and fixed his gaze on the golden finger shadow, carefully observing the changes in time law power and the distribution of law crystal threads upon it.

These profound changes in time law power appeared exquisitely beautiful, like an unparalleled work of art, deeply captivating his mind.

The golden finger shadow flew upward and soon disappeared into the large hole in the roof.

Seeing this, Han Li ceased using his True Vision Eye and even stopped operating the Truth Dharma Wheel. He closed his eyes, carefully recalling everything he had just witnessed. The more he thought, the more profound it seemed.

After a long while, golden light flickered on his body, and the Truth Dharma Wheel slowly emerged again. He once more activated the True Vision Eye.

With a thought, a beam of golden light shot out from the True Vision Eye and entered the circular hole.

A large expanse of golden light flickered, and the golden finger shadow coalesced once again.

Han Li stared at the finger shadow, once again studying the various changes in time law power upon it.

He studied the golden finger shadow over and over again. After an unknown amount of time, he gradually comprehended many mysteries, but at the same time, there were even more things he did not understand.

However, he had forcibly memorized all the changes in time law on the golden finger shadow, ensuring that after leaving this place, he could continue to ponder and study it slowly.

Now, not only was his mind exhausted, but his study of the golden finger shadow had also reached a certain bottleneck. Continuing further seemed pointless.

Han Li took a deep breath, then looked up at the circular hole before him. The golden light within flickered and leaped, like a small golden sun.

His gaze flickered, and he activated the divine ability of the Reverse Truth Wheel, quickly restoring his movement.

Then Han Li raised his arm, and dazzling golden light surged from his palm, interspersed with threads of time law crystal, as many as ten.

He made a grasping motion in the air with his hand, and the golden light and law crystal threads emitted from his palm immediately transformed into a large golden hand, which firmly grasped the golden light mass within the hole and pulled upward.

But the golden light mass seemed nailed in place; no matter how the large golden hand pulled, it did not budge.

Han Li's expression shifted. After taking a deep breath, he moved his five fingers in succession.

Instantly, golden light flashed repeatedly within the large golden hand, and sixteen more law crystal threads emerged.

The large golden hand suddenly doubled in size, emitting beams of golden light like flames, and the time law power it radiated greatly increased.

Yet even so, it still seemed unable to move the golden light mass in the slightest.

A hint of surprise appeared on Han Li's face. He formed a hand seal and withdrew the large golden hand. After a moment's deliberation, he raised his hand and waved again.

A flash of emerald green light passed by, and an emerald green gourd appeared in his palm. Then, with a soft "puff," a beam of green light shot out from the Profound Heaven Gourd, heading toward the golden light mass.

But as soon as the emerald green light left the coverage of the Reverse Truth Wheel, it was immediately frozen by the surrounding time power.

Seeing this, Han Li slowly crouched down and reached his hand into the circular hole on the ground.

Only then did the emerald green light touch the golden light mass inside, enveloping it.

"Withdraw!" he shouted softly, forming a hand seal to guide it.

The emerald green light pulled at the golden light mass, trying to draw it into the Profound Heaven Gourd, but no matter how the emerald green light pulled and drew, the light mass remained extremely stable, showing no sign of movement.

"It seems the Profound Heaven Gourd won't work either..." Han Li's expression finally darkened slightly, and he stopped his spell.

After a moment of silence, he flipped his hand and put away the Profound Heaven Gourd, then formed hand seals to perform another secret technique...

After a long while, Han Li stopped, his face full of helplessness.

He had already performed all the collection secret techniques he knew, but unfortunately, this golden light mass seemed nailed in place, unmoving.

Han Li looked at the golden light within the hole, his expression somewhat complex.

Could he really only sit and watch a treasure mountain, powerless to act?

To give up like this was somewhat unwilling.

This golden light mass was extremely powerful. In terms of the total amount of time law it contained, it seemed to surpass the two immortal artifacts in his possession—the small golden lock and the golden command flag—let alone the infinite mysteries contained in this mass of time law.

If he could collect it, it would surely be of great use in the future...

"Wait, immortal artifacts!"

A flash of lightning crossed Han Li's mind, and then he crossed his hands and began forming hand seals again.

The Truth Dharma Wheel continued to rotate, emitting bursts of dazzling golden light.

At the same time, golden light flickered before him, converging into a golden jade bottle—the Time Vase.

Han Li changed his hand seals, and the golden light on his body shot outward, then condensed into grains of golden sand, which interwove to form a patch of golden sand.

The three streams of time law intertwined, forming a golden vortex that spun rapidly.

He chanted an incantation, changed his hand seals again, and the golden vortex, following his movements, suddenly contracted inward.

A powerful fluctuation of time law passed, and the golden vortex transformed into a golden ring, rotating gently.

After the previous two attempts, Han Li had become more skilled at operating the three techniques to condense this golden ring.

"Go!" Han Li raised his hand and pushed it forward in the air.

The golden ring slowly flew out and touched the golden light mass.

The ring suddenly began to spin rapidly, emitting dazzling crystalline light so brilliant that it easily overwhelmed the ubiquitous golden light in the hall.

At the same time, a powerful devouring force emanated from within the golden ring, instantly enveloping the golden light mass.

Enveloped by this devouring force, the surface of the light mass finally fluctuated slightly, like a ten-thousand-year-old iceberg finally being shaken.

Seeing this, the corners of Han Li's mouth lifted slightly.

The power of the three techniques combined had indeed not disappointed him.

Several golden light threads reluctantly detached from the golden light mass and entered the ring, disappearing without a trace.

Light flowed on the surface of the golden light mass, as if trying to resist, but to no avail.

Meanwhile, the crystalline light on the surface of the golden ring grew brighter and brighter, and a low sound like a divine demon's whisper emanated from it.

"Woo woo woo..."

More and more golden light was drawn out, like a whale drinking water, entering the golden ring.

After a moment, the ring trembled slightly and emitted a golden crystal thread, which flashed into Han Li's body and then appeared on the Truth Dharma Wheel.

Seeing this, he rejoiced inwardly and continued to increase the power driving the golden ring.

Once this change began, it did not stop. The golden ring emitted an increasingly powerful devouring force, and more golden light separated from the light sphere, merging into the ring and transforming into threads of time law crystal.

The golden light mass visibly shrank rapidly, and before long, it completely disappeared.

The moment the light mass was fully devoured, the golden light in the hall flickered slightly and then vanished entirely.

With the golden light gone, the time freeze in the hall also disappeared, and the flow of time, frozen for who knows how many tens of thousands of years, immediately returned to normal.

But then, an unexpected scene occurred!

A series of "puff puff" sounds came from all around.

The battling Celestial Court members and Truth Dharma Sect disciples all fell from midair, landing on the ground, motionless.

"Eh!"

Seeing this, Han Li showed a surprised expression. He formed a hand seal to put away the golden ring and quickly walked over to take a look, slightly stunned.

These people had no breath at all; they were all dead.

"What is going on? Just now, in the time freeze, these people were all emitting various colors of light..." Han Li wondered in shock. He crouched down to examine a corpse and felt a stir in his heart.

This corpse had no wounds at all, and the nascent soul was still inside, but the divine soul in the mind had completely vanished, leaving no trace.

He carefully probed various parts of the corpse with his divine sense and soon let out a soft exclamation, his divine sense lingering in the corpse's mind.

A very faint trace of time law aura remained in the mind. If Han Li had not cultivated time law and possessed extremely powerful divine sense, he might have missed it.

This time law carried a sharp and fierce artistic conception, faintly reminiscent of the golden finger shadow. Clearly, this fierce finger intent had extinguished the person's divine soul.

Han Li examined the minds of others, and the situation was the same.

"It seems that golden finger shadow not only possesses powerful piercing force but also has a divine soul attack ability..." he mused inwardly, becoming even more interested in the golden finger shadow's divine ability.

Having determined the cause of death, Han Li waved his hand to collect the divine souls of the two Golden Immortal beings, then ignored the corpses and turned his gaze toward the Truth Dharma Wheel behind him.

The Truth Dharma Wheel was entwined with threads of time crystal, now numbering as many as thirty-nine.

Refining this mass of time law had added thirteen more law crystal threads.

However, after transforming into time crystal threads, the various profound changes of that time law had also been refined away, turning into pure time power.

Han Li felt a slight regret, but soon cast it aside.

Gaining thirteen time law crystal threads was already an unexpectedly great harvest; he should not be greedy.

He slowly exhaled, searched the hall once more, and finding no further gains, turned to leave.

Han Li exited the hall and continued deeper into the valley.

The valley seemed to have reached its end here, with no other buildings ahead.

He did not change direction and continued flying forward to search.