“Should I call you Devouring Flame, or perhaps the True Yin Fire? Never mind, never mind. Since I’ve already fused with the Sun Essence Fire before and now absorbed the essence of Devouring Flame, a spirit being, I’ll just call you the Devouring Spirit Heavenly Fire. Thankfully, I had already converted the Violet Extreme Fire into the True Yin Fire in the human realm, greatly enhancing its power. Otherwise, I might have truly been overwhelmed.” Han Li muttered with a peculiar expression as he gazed at the silver firebird before him.
It turned out that after the spirit being named Devouring Flame invaded Han Li’s body, it failed to consume his consciousness. Instead, the moment the fire flood dragon transformed by this spirit being entered his body, the surging fire spiritual power immediately activated the True Yin Fire, which had temporarily lain dormant due to his depleted mana.
Since this fire inherently possessed the ability to devour all flames, it immediately engaged in battle with the fire flood dragon without Han Li needing to exert any control.
If it were just this firebird, Devouring Flame, with its power comparable to a Deity Transformation cultivator, would naturally be no match. However, this spirit being had not anticipated that Han Li was originally a Deity Transformation-level cultivator who had also cultivated the Great Development Art, granting him spiritual sense even stronger than that of a mid-Deity Transformation cultivator.
As a mere low-tier Spirit General, even with some innate devouring traits, entering Han Li’s body was akin to a lamb walking into a tiger’s den.
While Devouring Flame was locked in fierce combat with the True Yin Firebird, Han Li immediately activated his spiritual sense, forcibly restraining the spirit being’s consciousness. He then allowed the True Yin Firebird to completely devour it, even melting its core—a crimson Devouring Flame Pearl—into the firebird’s body.
This was true devourment in every sense: not only did it absorb the opponent’s fire essence, but it also assimilated its memories, transforming in an instant into the current Devouring Spirit Heavenly Fire.
Only after the devourment was complete could Han Li control the firebird to mimic Devouring Flame’s aura and tone, speaking to the other spirit beings.
Naturally, due to the refinement of the True Yin Firebird, Han Li also learned about the spirit beings’ purpose in coming to the Sunset Tomb, the existence of the rebellious spirit being, and the so-called Divine Blood.
He was both shocked and elated.
He couldn’t care less about the rebellious spirit being, but the so-called Divine Blood of the spirit beings was something of great significance.
This blood was a mysterious liquid produced from the essence of a Saint Spirit-level spirit being after its voluntary demise. A single drop of this blood on any spiritual object could grant it sentience, evolving it into a low-tier spirit being.
Of course, not all spirit beings were created this way—most arose from spiritual objects naturally gaining sentience. Nevertheless, this Divine Blood remained an extremely important means for the spirit beings to maintain their population and was thus a closely guarded treasure.
This time, a Tool Spirit being, for reasons unknown, had seized the opportunity while guarding the Divine Blood to steal a vial of it and immediately contacted a large number of humans, seemingly intending to trade it for something.
Had this been the only revelation, Han Li would have found it surprising but not particularly compelling. What truly excited him was that this Divine Blood, aside from its ability to awaken low-tier spirit beings, also offered immense benefits to human cultivators and body refiners.
For cultivators, using this Divine Blood as an ingredient could refine a spiritual medicine called the “Blood Sun Pill.” Consuming it could grant a cultivator above the Nascent Soul stage over a century’s worth of cultivation progress in an instant. For body refiners, applying this blood to their entire body allowed them to cultivate a peculiar secret technique known as the Blood Crystal Battle Armor.
It was said that once mastered, this technique’s power surpassed even that of the fully cultivated Diamond Sutra and other body refinement arts. For a limited time, it could withstand any attack below the Void Refinement stage without harm.
Of course, once the battle armor’s energy was exhausted, it would dissipate on its own, making it a one-time consumable technique.
Additionally, if a high-tier body refiner ingested this Divine Blood, it could stimulate their spiritual sense and vitality, significantly increasing their chances of breaking through cultivation bottlenecks and advancing successfully.
Naturally, consuming such an alien spiritual substance raw carried considerable risks. The lower a body refiner’s rank and the weaker their spiritual sense, the higher the likelihood of backlash leading to madness and death. To truly use this blood for a breakthrough, body refiners typically sought spiritual medicines like the “Heavenly Heart Pill” to temporarily boost their spiritual sense before daring to ingest it.
Even so, the risks remained substantial.
Upon learning all this from Devouring Flame’s memories, Han Li was overjoyed.
With his Deity Transformation-level spiritual sense yet currently cultivating a body refiner’s techniques, this Divine Blood was perfectly suited for him.
Han Li was confident that through sudden enlightenment alone, he could eventually master the final layer of the Diamond Sutra. However, the time required was entirely uncertain.
Moreover, with the Minor Heavenly Tribulation looming unpredictably, the sooner he restored his mana, the better.
Another factor that led him to decide to seize this opportunity without much deliberation was his temporary ability to wield mana again.
Though only at 60-70% of his original capacity, given the density of his previous mana, this still placed him on par with an ordinary Deity Transformation cultivator.
After the True Yin Firebird devoured Devouring Flame, its pure fire-attribute spiritual power was temporarily absorbed and retained by the bird.
Han Li could now disperse this spiritual power within his body and utilize it. However, since this power was not cultivated by him, any expenditure was permanent and irreplaceable. Additionally, due to its purely fire-attribute nature, he couldn’t wield it with perfect fluidity. Nevertheless, with his array of bizarre abilities and formidable treasures, he could still dominate peers of the same rank.
Furthermore, this fire spiritual power would gradually dissipate over time even if unused. Within a month, he would revert to being an ordinary mortal.
Unwilling to waste this rare opportunity, Han Li resolved to take the risk and seize the Divine Blood.
Using Devouring Flame’s aura, he deceived even high-tier beings like Xuantian. Upon arriving at the Chaos Valley, he followed instructions to blend in among the humans.
Now, having taken advantage of the chaos to enter the valley, he would act alone from this point onward, seeking his chance.
At this moment, Han Li lightly tapped the Devouring Spirit Firebird before him.
With a flap of its silver wings, the firebird shot toward a nearby stone wall, vanishing into it with a faint sound.
Meanwhile, Han Li flipped his hand, producing a pale yellow talisman. Slapping it onto his body, he was enveloped in a yellow glow.
With a hand seal, he prepared to sink into the ground using Earth Escape Technique. However, something unexpected occurred.
His legs submerged only about a foot before stopping abruptly, as if an eerie repelling force from below prevented further descent.
Han Li’s heart skipped a beat.
It seemed the Chaos Valley held peculiarities he needed to be wary of.
After a brief hesitation, he retrieved a purple talisman from his storage bracelet. Faintly shimmering with several silver runes, it bore the rare Silver Tadpole Script, a script scarcely mastered even in the Spirit Realm.
This was the sole semi-immortal talisman Han Li had successfully crafted after countless failures in the human realm, inspired by insights from the Golden Jade Book fragment given by the Heavenly Fox Doppelganger and his own comprehension.
Though this talisman—the “Taiyi Transformation Clear Talisman”—was the simplest of the few recorded in the fragment, the materials required for its creation were nearly impossible to gather fully in the human realm.
After numerous attempts, Han Li had barely managed to substitute some materials, resulting in this semi-finished product.
Due to its rarity and one-time use, he had never dared to test it recklessly.
Now, with his cultivation greatly diminished and other concealment techniques likely insufficient to evade peers, this talisman came to mind.
Without further delay, Han Li flicked the talisman before him, releasing it.
The purple talisman shattered, releasing several radiant silver tadpole runes that danced around him before dissolving into silver mist, enveloping him entirely.
Moments later, the mist dispersed, leaving no trace of Han Li behind.
Just then, the sound of rushing air came from the valley entrance. In the distance, several streaks of light shot into the valley, heading this way.
They swept past where Han Li had just vanished, darting toward the valley’s depths without noticing him.
Han Li inwardly rejoiced!
He hadn’t moved an inch, yet these humans and demon cultivators—including a Deity Transformation-level monk—had failed to detect him.
His current state was peculiar indeed: his body seemed to have transformed into a transparent, mist-like existence, intangible and easily scattered by a breeze.
Testing with a few hand seals, Han Li found that any technique or treasure requiring significant spiritual power was unusable, which slightly disappointed him.
But it mattered little.
As long as he could evade detection by peers, he was satisfied.
After all, due to material limitations, this “Taiyi Transformation Clear Talisman” was incomplete. That it worked so effectively was already beyond his expectations.
Once he fully deciphered the jade page and crafted a true version of this talisman, such flaws could be avoided.
Thinking of the other wondrous immortal talismans recorded on the jade page, Han Li felt a surge of excitement.
But all this would have to wait until he restored his mana and survived his first Minor Heavenly Tribulation in the Spirit Realm.
Thus, he quickly refocused and drifted toward the valley’s interior.
The Chaos Valley wasn’t large, spanning only about a hundred li.
The Blazing Light Pool lay at its center, surrounded by thick gray mist.
Though Han Li knew the pool’s approximate location, he dared not scan with his spiritual sense for fear of exposure.
By the time he emerged near the pool—roughly a li in size—over a dozen high-tier beings from both human and demon factions were already gathered on opposite sides, locked in a standoff.
On the human side stood the gloomy-faced Blue City Lord and the monk, while the demon faction was represented by the black phoenix-clad noblewoman and three identical, gaunt young men who resembled triplets.
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