After less than an hour, Han Li arrived at the center of the dark room once more, and then he placed a meditation cushion before sitting cross-legged on it.
He stretched his hand into his pocket and withdrew the storage pouch that Daoist Huyan gave him after he entered the Immortal's Abode.
After he opened it, he withdrew a snow white jade slip that was inlaid with golden markings, and then his Divine Sense slowly sunk into it and started to carefully look through it.
What was recorded within the jade slip was none other than the fourth level of the True Word Transformation Scripture.
Compared to the second and third levels, the secret realm in the gorge, the white sparrow leading the way, and the incomplete stone tablet, the fourth level of the cultivation technique was truly much easier to obtain, and it caused Han Li to feel that it was slightly unreal.
However, he figured it out later on. The incomplete stone tablet in the secret realm in the gorge was most likely a scroll of the first three levels of the cultivation technique that the Torch Dragon Daolord had obtained all those years ago, and he'd intentionally placed it there to deceive others into thinking that the Torch Dragon Daolord only possessed these three levels.
As for the jade slip in his hand, it was the same as the first level of the cultivation technique that he obtained earlier, and it was just a copy.
The content of the fourth level of the True Word Transformation Scripture was much longer than the first three levels, and it was even more obscure and difficult to understand. Han Li immersed himself in it and read it bitterly for over a month before he finally read through the entire cultivation technique.
With the foundation of cultivating the first three levels of the cultivation technique, he'd merely roughly understood the cultivation mechanism of this cultivation technique, and there were still some key points that he couldn't figure out in a short period of time.
However, he'd noticed something special that caused him to be extremely pleasantly surprised.
It turned out that from the fourth level of the True Word Transformation Scripture onward, because the cultivator's body had already accumulated a great deal of the energy of the Laws of Time, the cultivator could condense a thread of time through comprehension during the process of cultivation.
As for how many threads one could condense, it depended on the amount of energy of the Laws stored within the cultivator's body and the strength of the cultivator's comprehension towards the Laws of Time.
During the following two months, Han Li didn't hastily begin cultivating the True Word Transmutation Sutra. Instead, he carefully reviewed the first three layers of the True Word Transmutation Sutra and made a connection with the fourth layer of the True Word Transmutation Sutra.
However, this process consumed a great deal of time, yet it yielded very little results, and his comprehension towards some important points was still stagnant.
Han Li wasn't surprised by this and was fully prepared for it.
Since he was still unable to leave, he might as well calm his heart and cultivate first. While raising his cultivation level, he could comprehend the cultivation technique again. Perhaps, he would obtain some unexpected gains.
On this day, after meditating in the darkroom for half a day, he began to cultivate the True Word Transformation Scripture after taking a medicinal pill to advance his cultivation.
A burst of golden light surged in front of him, and the Wheel of Truth slowly rotated as it appeared.
Han Li looked up, and his brows instantly raised as he revealed a wisp of surprise.
On the treasure wheel, a cluster of Time Dao patterns lit up and flickered with a translucent light.
Han Li's pupils constricted slightly as a trace of doubt flashed in his heart.
Previously, he'd been busy comprehending the True Word Transformation Scripture, and he'd actually not noticed it at all.
Less than four months had passed since all the Dao patterns disappeared. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any Dao patterns recovering. Could it be because of the additional two threads of the Law of Time?
The Time Crystal Thread was too mysterious, and Han Li hadn't been able to figure out what it was used for. However, if it could speed up the recovery speed of the Time Dao patterns, it would be extremely good news.
Han Li couldn't figure it out at the moment, so he sorted out his mood and began to cultivate the True Word Transformation Scripture.
He saw his hands forming a seal, and a burst of faint chanting sounds sounded from his mouth.
The Wheel of Truth suspended in front of him rippled with bursts of golden halos, and it floated leisurely behind him, suspended above his head, and began to shine brightly.
The golden light projected from it immediately illuminated the entire darkroom.
…
Time flew, and in the blink of an eye, more than a hundred years had passed.
Inside the darkroom, Han Li sat cross-legged quietly, motionless like a stone statue, but a pale golden light appeared on his body.
After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes, the pale golden light in his eyes flickered slightly, and then hid in the bottom of his eyes.
"Looking at this situation, I might not be able to smoothly open an immortal aperture in a thousand years … Do I really have to cultivate that Black Fiend Puppet Spirit Technique?" He frowned slightly, looking a little hesitant, and muttered to himself.
After thinking for a moment, he suddenly had a thought, and shouted in a low voice, "Magic Light."
The shadow in front of him twisted and swayed, twisting forward and elongating a little.
A slight strange sound echoed in the darkroom, and a dark figure separated from the shadow in front of Han Li and slowly stood up.
The figure was dressed in a black robe, and his skin was as dark as ink, and his appearance was somewhat similar to Han Li. His black hair was draped over his back, and there was a faint black demonic aura lingering around his body. It was Magic Light.
After so many years of recuperation, he seemed to have completely recovered, and his aura was even stronger than before.
"Friend Han, you finally remembered me." The corner of Magic Light's mouth hooked up, revealing an evil smile, and slowly said.
After saying that, he suddenly felt the aura coming from Han Li, and his expression suddenly changed.
Han Li took note of this, but didn't show any reaction to it. Instead, he calmly said,
He just said indifferently, "I have experienced a lot of things over the years, but it was not suitable for you to appear.
Today, I happen to have something to ask, and I hope Fellow Magic Light can enlighten me. "
"I didn't expect Friend Han to be a Golden Immortal after our last meeting. It seems that Magic Light's taste in choosing a master is much better than before.
If Friend Han has anything to ask, just say it. "Magic Light said with a smile.
"How much do you know about the Dust World?" Han Li asked again.
"The Dust World?
It has always been a taboo in the Immortal Region. Even Ma Liang did not participate much in the past, so I don't know much about it. I only know that it is a boundless realm comparable to the Immortal Region. "Magic Light thought for a moment and said.
"Then what about the evil aura?
Do you know anything about it? "Han Li was a bit disappointed and continued to ask.
"Speaking of evil aura, you cultivators should know more about it than me.
As long as there is an act of killing, it will form evil aura in the body, just like how we, the Demon Race, can absorb evil aura when we kill.
It is just that you will not show it normally, unless some people kill too much, and the evil aura becomes real. Only then will it show itself, "Magic Light explained.
"Then have you ever heard of any cultivation method in the Immortal World that uses evil aura to increase cultivation?" Han Li nodded thoughtfully and asked.
"As far as I know, this kind of cultivation method does exist, but generally, cultivators will not take the initiative to practice it. It is said that it will affect the promotion of a certain stage in the later stage of cultivation. It is equivalent to adding a bottleneck to oneself, and it is an act of asking for trouble." Magic Light pondered for a moment and said slowly.
Hearing this, Han Li did not speak for a long time. Magic Light also stood quietly on the side and silently looked at him.
"Thank you for your trouble this time. When this matter is over, I will talk to you again."
Han Li raised his head to look at Demonshine. With a sudden wave of his sleeve, Demonshine's figure turned incorporeal once more, fusing into his shadow.
"I really can't wait for tens of thousands of years …"
After Han Li sighed, he made a strange gesture with both hands. A dark light flashed on his body, and the evil aura suddenly surged out, covering the entire dark room.
As the chanting sound in his mouth gradually sounded, the evil aura that seemed chaotic and disorderly like dark clouds suddenly stopped spreading like a wild horse that was reined in. Instead, it began to gradually shrink and gather.
Its color became darker and darker, and the smoke became more and more condensed, attaching to the surface of Han Li's body.
After the baleful Qi condensed and touched his skin, Han Li immediately felt a peculiar sensation. His heart tightened, but he didn't stop. Instead, he continued to guide the baleful Qi towards his body's acupoints.
The murderous aura was like Dharma power. It gathered at one point and rushed toward an acupoint below his ribs. The acupoint, which had been motionless all this while, was suddenly attacked by the murderous aura and showed signs of collapse.
Seeing this, Han Li's heart moved. He immediately closed his eyes and concentrated on cultivating.
After some time, accompanied by a slight sound coming from Han Li's body, a small vortex appeared under his ribs, attracting the surrounding heaven and earth's essence to surge and gurgling into his acupuncture point.
After a few dozen breaths, when all the golden light disappeared completely, a golden light spot appeared under Han Li's ribs.
The 37th immortal aperture was finally connected!
Han Li inspected the immortal aperture, only to find that aside from a vast amount of immortal spiritual power, there was also a wisp of black baleful Qi floating within. It appeared to be very faint and didn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary.
He felt a little relieved, waved his palm slightly, and summoned the Mantra Treasure Wheel in front of him.
On the treasure wheel, in addition to many time Dao patterns that had recovered, there were two more clusters near the inner ring, making a total of 362 clusters.
Speaking of which, ever since he became a Golden Immortal, he couldn't care about the Sky Bottle, so he didn't try to increase the number of Dao patterns by condensing crystal particles. He could only plan to leave this place in the future.
With this thought in mind, Han Li changed his hand gesture and silently activated the Mantra Treasure Wheel. The golden light on it rippled, releasing layers of golden ripples, and everything was the same as before.
In the next two days, Han Li didn't continue to cultivate, but carefully observed his own condition. After confirming that there were no obvious abnormal changes, he gradually relaxed.
After taking the pill, he embarked on the journey of cultivation again.
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In the blink of an eye, more than a thousand years had passed.
On this day, ever since Han Li broke through to the Golden Immortal realm, there was a sudden gust of wind in the sky above the ruins of the city. Dark clouds rolled, and the heaven and earth's spirit energy was like a river, surging toward a garden in the city.
In the dark sky, a spirit vortex that was almost the size of the entire city formed out of thin air. It was like a huge funnel that connected heaven and earth, crazily pouring the heaven and earth's spirit energy into a dark hole in the garden.