Seeing the black wave about to surge towards him, the golden Dharma Form above Han Li’s head flashed with golden light from its six eyes and swung the emerald-green longsword downward.
Han Li felt a massive surge of spiritual energy flood out of his body like a tide. At the same time, the golden light on the Dharma Form’s surface swirled and transformed into streams of radiance, pouring wildly into the weapon in its hand.
The originally towering True Devil Dharma Form not only shrank by nearly half in size but also instantly became indistinct, its once-solid surface now blurred.
The surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth suddenly roiled violently, and countless five-colored runes emerged. Simultaneously, the sound of wind and thunder erupted. The black radiance surging through the passage seemed to encounter a stronger repelling force—first freezing in place before rolling back in all directions.
As the golden Dharma Form’s Heavenly Treasure Sword descended, it seemed to absorb the nearby spiritual energy in a single strike before releasing it in a slash. Instantly, a dazzling emerald sword light flashed into existence, as bright as a bolt of lightning from the heavens, illuminating everything within several miles in an instant.
The black demonic energy could not obscure this sword light in the slightest.
The once-ferocious black wave paused mid-charge under the sword light’s illumination. In the next moment, the entire space was abruptly divided into two distinct realms—upper and lower.
The upper half was shrouded in hazy cyan light, with five-colored runes churning, while the lower half surged with black waves, deep and dark, dotted with flickering points of eerie radiance.
At the boundary between the two, a piercing shriek erupted, followed by two invisible shockwaves bursting forth like hurricanes, sweeping through the entire space.
Except for Han Li and the demon ape standing opposite him, everything touched by the shockwaves was engulfed, shattered, and reduced to nothingness.
The Spring Dawn Sword Formation, caught in the clash of these two forces of law, flickered violently before collapsing entirely. First, it reverted into seventy-two cyan flying swords, which then disintegrated into specks of cyan light, vanishing into dust.
Clearly, the law force embodied by the emerald sword light far surpassed the power of the black wave below. After a brief struggle, the black wave was utterly overwhelmed by the cyan light, its law force crumbling under the superior might.
The Mountain Giant Ape Dharma Form above the demon ape’s primordial spirit, having already shrunk significantly after its earlier strike, now shattered under the influence of the emerald sword light’s law force. The demonic sword it held exploded into fragments.
The Mountain Giant Ape Dharma Form itself was struck by an invisible force and vanished in a flash.
“A Heavenly Treasure! A complete Heavenly Treasure—this can’t be…” The demon ape’s primordial spirit trembled violently, its body flickering with bloody light as it cried out in disbelief, as if witnessing the most inconceivable event in this realm.
However, seeing the cyan light about to descend upon it, the demon ape panicked. Suddenly, its body flashed with spiritual light, transforming into a bloody streak that shot back toward the hall it had come from.
But the bloody streak had barely flown a few dozen feet when the emerald sword light flashed once more. The cyan energy of heaven and earth instantly enveloped the demon ape’s primordial spirit.
A bizarre scene unfolded!
Under the cyan light, the bloody streak paused, revealing the demon ape’s crimson form once more. It then froze in place, as if solidified along with the surrounding space.
A wave of heavenly energy abruptly descended upon the area.
In the next moment, the space within a ten-zhang radius around the demon ape erupted with a continuous cracking sound.
Like a mirror, the entire space fractured with pale white fissures. Then, along with a final scream from the demon ape’s primordial spirit, it shattered into pieces like a wooden puppet.
This Saint-rank demon ape had met its end just like that.
In the void left by the shattered space, a massive black hole appeared.
The fragments of the demon ape’s primordial spirit, along with the surrounding white shards of space, swirled briefly before being silently swallowed by the black hole, vanishing without a trace.
The black hole flickered once more with dark light before disappearing eerily.
Only the purple broken blade, now restored to its original form, remained floating silently in the distance.
Seeing this, Han Li let out a long sigh of relief. With a swift hand seal, he lightly pointed at the Dharma Form in the air.
The True Devil Dharma Form above him gently shook the Heavenly Treasure Sword in its hand. The emerald blade dissolved into five-colored radiance, reverting to the form of the Heavenly Treasure Fruit before slowly descending.
Han Li flicked his sleeve, sending a wave of cyan light to retrieve the treasure.
But the Heavenly Treasure Fruit flashed with emerald light, transforming into a green streak that shot away. In a blink, it embedded itself into the side of his arm.
Han Li felt a burning sensation where it entered and quickly raised his arm, rolling up his sleeve.
On his bare forearm, a yellow mark had appeared—the exact shape of the Heavenly Treasure Fruit.
The mark faded rapidly before his eyes, leaving only a faint trace.
Han Li’s lips twitched, and a wry smile appeared on his face.
This Heavenly Treasure seemed to have chosen his arm, attaching itself once more and sealing itself away.
However, as the Heavenly Treasure Fruit vanished, the celestial phenomena in the passage dissipated like foam, and the law force filling the space disappeared instantly.
The passage returned to its original state, roiling with demonic energy.
Han Li glanced into the distance, his pupils flashing with blue light. Without a word, he raised a hand and made a grasping motion in the air.
In the demonic energy ahead, specks of cyan light appeared strangely before coalescing into dozens of fist-sized clusters. With a swirl, they reformed into seventy-two inch-long cyan flying swords.
These were the Emerald Swarm Swords that had been shattered by the shockwaves of the law force.
Thanks to the swords’ innate ability to transform and disperse, they seemed largely unharmed upon reforming.
A series of whooshing sounds rang out as the swords shot back toward Han Li, stopping before him and materializing once more.
Han Li swept his divine sense over the swords repeatedly, confirming they had only lost some vitality but were otherwise intact. He exhaled in relief.
With a hand seal, he stored all the swords back into his sleeve.
Then, looking into the distance again, his face lit with fervor. He pointed several times into the void.
Two dark objects—one large, one small—emerged from the demonic energy, darting toward him in a few flashes.
One was the demon ape’s corpse, tightly wrapped in armor, while the other was the half-foot-long broken blade.
Han Li first examined the demon ape’s corpse. Its face revealed a withered, mummified body, and the purple armor encasing it had lost much of its power, now dull and lifeless.
Frowning, Han Li suddenly pressed his palm against the armor’s chest.
Gray light flickered at his fingertips, and the tightly sealed armor emitted a mournful cry. Under the gray light, it disassembled into several pieces, separating from the corpse before scattering in all directions as streaks of purple light—as if still possessing sentience.
But Han Li, having witnessed the armor’s formidable power earlier, was prepared.
With a cold snort, as the purple light shot out, he flicked his sleeve. With a soft “puff,” a burst of green threads flew out, ensnaring all the purple streaks in an instant.
Then, with a clear chime, a foot-tall object flew from his sleeve—the Void Heaven Cauldron.
The lid lifted, and the green threads retracted, forcibly drawing all the purple light into the cauldron.
The lid resealed, and the small cauldron hovered motionless before Han Li.
With a casual wave of his sleeve, the cauldron vanished mysteriously.
Han Li then turned his gaze to the now-exposed corpse.
The withered body retained its fur, but the skin had turned purplish-black, as if it had existed for countless years.
A cold glint flashed in Han Li’s eyes. Suddenly, he opened his mouth and spat out a streak of cyan sword energy, slashing at the corpse as if to cleave it in two.
To his surprise, a metallic “clang” rang out as the sword light rebounded off the desiccated flesh, failing to leave even a scratch.
Han Li blinked in astonishment before slowly extending a hand from his sleeve.
Spiritual light flashed in his palm as a small cyan sword emerged, growing to a foot in length—radiant and icy.
With a flick of his wrist, the sword shot forward, stabbing directly at the corpse’s dantian.
A dull “thud” echoed, as if striking dry wood. The sword tip penetrated only an inch before being repelled.
Han Li’s expression changed drastically.
This Saint-rank demon ape’s body was astonishingly tough—seemingly no weaker than his own. Had he not trapped it with the sword formation earlier, the demon could have easily escaped with its armor and formidable physique, making it nearly impossible to stop.
Truly a terrifying mid-Convergence Stage existence, incomparable to the early-Convergence Stage horned tribesman he had fought before.
Without the Heavenly Treasure, if the demon ape had been at full strength, Han Li would have had no choice but to flee for his life.
Taking a deep breath, Han Li showed no intention of stopping.
His arm glowed golden as he channeled all his spiritual energy into the cyan sword.
The sword emitted a dragon-like hum, its radiance intensifying as the blade’s edge gleamed coldly, slowly sinking deeper into the corpse.
When several inches of the blade had penetrated the dantian, Han Li twisted his wrist. The sword tip buzzed as it carved out a bowl-sized circle.
The cyan sword vanished into thin air, and Han Li reached out with his other hand, making a grasping motion toward the corpse’s dantian.
With a “whoosh,” an object flew out from the withered body.
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