Chapter 128: Breaking the Chains (1)


    Han Li opened his eyes, then withdrew his spiritual sense from the storage treasure.


    The Soulbirth Flower he had prepared had already reached 100,000 years of age, so the final soul manifestation process waspleted in no more than 15 minutes. Furthermore, the oue was close to perfect, and he was able to control the Earthly Deity Avatar as he pleased.


    The reason why he had waited for over two hours was both to fool his opponents, as well as to lure them into expending more of their trump cards. Furthermore, he had expended a great deal of energy refining this Earthly Deity Avatar, and this gave him some time to recover.


    Thankfully, he hadn''t decided to reveal himself early. Otherwise, that bolt of Astral Yin Blood Lightning would''ve been nasty to run into.


    Now that he had sessfully attained an Earthly Deity Avatar, he had more important things to do, and those four Ancestral Gods were nothing more than small fry, so it didn''t matter that he had allowed them to escape.


    With that in mind, Han Li stowed away the array tools on the ground with a wave of his hand, then emerged from the sea before flying toward Dark Veil Ind.


    One morning, several dayster.


    Basked in the light of the rising sun, it was as if Dark Veil Ind had been ted in ayer of gold, and the entire ind was giving off a soft and warm glow.


    Many residents of the ind had already gathered in front of the Ancestral God statues on the ind, and all of them wore solemn and reverent expressions as they sped their hands together in front of their chests in prayer while chanting prayers incessantly.


    At this moment, Luo Feng was in his usual azure schrly robe, standing on the za at the center of the ind as he looked up at the renovated Ancestral God statue.


    Unlike the ind residents behind him, he didn''t participate in the prayers. Instead, his hands were hanging down by his sides, and he seemed to have fallen into deep thought.


    Right at this moment, a streak of light suddenly shed past above everyone, arriving at an incredible speed from afar beforending beside Luo Feng.


    "Senior Liu!" Luo Feng greeted in a loud voice as he extended a deep bow toward the new arrival.


    That person was naturally none other than Han Li, who had just returned to Dark Veil Ind after sessfully refining his Earthly Deity Avatar.


    All of the residents of Dark Veil Ind hurriedly ceased their prayers and turned to Han Li before extending respectful bows.


    "Come with me," Han Li instructed in an indifferent voice, then flew up into the air again, traveling toward the courtyard that he was staying in.


    Luo Feng faltered slightly upon hearing this, then also immediately followed along as a streak of light.


    The two of themnded one after another in the open-air area of the courtyard, and Han Li sat down beside the stone table before waving a hand at Luo Feng, indicating for him to take a seat as well.


    "Chief Luo, there''s something that I''ve been keeping from you this entire time, but there''s no need for me to keep the secret any longer. Truth be told, Ancestral God Luo Meng of your Dark Veil Ind has already been dead for over 1,000 years."


    Luo Feng''splexion paled slightly upon hearing this, and a wry smile appeared on his face as he replied, "Senior Liu, I had already roughly guessed that this was the case, and the other elders on the ind are aware of this as well, but we''ve all made an unspoken agreement not to speak about this as we didn''t want to spark a panic among the ind''s residents.


    “We''ll be counting on you for the continued protection of our ind, Senior Liu. Words cannot begin to express my gratitude to you."


    "You don''t have to worry about that. I made a promise to you, and I intend to see it through. At this point, I''ve already sessfully refined an Earthly Deity Avatar and found a high-grade Earthly Immortal cultivation method. Now, I need you to erect deity statues of myself on the ind so I can begin to gather the power of faith," Han Li said with an indifferent expression.


    Luo Feng was slightly taken aback to hear this, but he then quickly cupped his hand in a salute as he replied, "Rest assured, Senior Liu, I''ll get that arranged as soon as possible."


    "Here are some treasures and scriptures for you to use on nurturing the brightest talents on the ind. Their growth will be the key to Dark Veil Ind''s future prosperity."


    Han Li swept a sleeve through the air as he spoke, and a storage bracelet flew through the air before arriving in front of Luo Feng.


    Luo Feng caught the bracelet, and after only a brief inspection of its contents, a stunned look appeared on his face. The quantity and the value of the items in the storage bracelet far exceeded his imagination.


    In fact, it was no exaggeration to say that just the scriptures, treasures, pills, and materials contained within this storage bracelet alone already far exceeded everything that had been umted on the ind over the past tens of thousands of years.


    Unbeknownst to him, this was only a small portion of the spoils that Han Li had obtained from his prior trip to Red Moon Ind. The life savings of any True Immortal, even if they were merely a vagrant immortal, was nothing to be scoffed at.


    Luo Feng held the storage bracelet with both hands, and his body was trembling uncontrobly as he knelt down and kowtowed onto the ground. "Senior Liu, our Dark Veil Ind will eternally remember what you''ve done for us."


    "There''s no need for such formalities. From this point onward, I''m going to go into seclusion for a while, so don''te to find me unless something urgentes up," Han Li said with a wave of his hand.


    "Yes, Senior Liu," Luo Feng replied in a solemn voice, then departed from the courtyard.


    Half a monthter, all of the original deity statues on Dark Veil Ind were removed and reced by new statues, which were erected all over the ind in a higher concentration.


    The newly constructed deity statues still bore a slight resemnce to the former deity statues, but they represented a different person.


    Every morning and night,rge numbers of ind residents would gather beneath Han Li''s statues and pray, just as they had always done in the past.


    On this night, a resounding boom suddenly rang out in the sky above Dark Veil Ind, and a vast expanse of dazzling silver radiance cascaded straight down from the night sky before surging into the courtyard that Han Li was staying in like a falling gxy.


    There were seven or eight huge silver gs standing around the courtyard, and all of them began to glow brightly before quickly being enveloped in ayer of dense silver mist.


    At this moment, the azure-robed Han Li was seated with his legs crossed in an empty area in his courtyard, and his Earthly Deity Avatar was also seated across from him with a solemn look on its face.


    "Let''s begin," Han Li dered.


    As soon as his voice trailed off, he immediately closed his eyes, and his spiritual sense descended into his dantian.


    Inside his dantian, the golden nascent soul''s eyes were still tightly shut, but there was no pain etched on its face.


    Furthermore, it was enveloped in ayer of shimmering translucent light, and that was the spiritual sense that Han Li had left behind to conceal the ck chains.


    The translucent light around the nascent soul instantly brightened significantly at his behest, then surged back into his consciousness like flowing water.


    Immediately thereafter, ck light shed over the body of his nascent soul, and the nine inky-ck chains emerged, while a vast expanse of ck mist rose up around them.


    Meanwhile, the entire courtyard was basked in radiant starlight, and seven balls of dazzling blue light also appeared on Han Li''s chest and abdomen. The Earthly Deity Avatar seated across from him immediately made a hand seal upon seeing this, then pointed a finger at his dantian.


    As it did so, Han Li felt a burst of heat rise up within his dantian, and a surge of vast and warm magic power immediately flowed forth like a mighty river to wash through his entire body.


    At the same time, the starpower within his body began to rapidly circte, transforming into countless thin silver threads that surged through his limbs and his meridians.


    As Han Li made a series of hand seals, the two bursts of power finally gathered in his dantian without any obstacle, then transformed into thin threads of bright silver light that plunged straight toward his nascent soul.


    In contrast withst time, both the number of silver threads and the power of the aura imbued within them exceeded the previous batch by over a hundredfold.


    In fact, Han Li could sense traces of power ofws that hadn''t been present previously in this aura.


    A resounding boom rang out like a rumbling thunderp in Han Li''s dantian, and the converging threads of silver light instantly surged into the vast expanse of dense ck mist with unstoppable force, much like a mighty army of cavaliers.


    Immediately thereafter, a loud string of cracks and pops rang out within Han Li''s dantian, and the ck mist waspletely torn apart, quickly dissipating to reveal the ck chains concealed within.


    The threads of silver light showed no signs of stopping there, and they continued to converge toward the ck chains.


    This time, Han Li didn''t try to hurry the process by distributing the threads of light onto all of the chains at once. Instead, he selected one of them and directed all of the threads of light to wrap around that single chain.


    A burst of loud sizzling akin to the sound of red-hot metal being cooled in water rang out, and plumes of ck smoke immediately began to rise up from the ck chain. The chain began to tremble violently, and the ck light glowing from its surface rapidly faded.


    At the same time, countless tiny ck runes also emerged from the ck chain, trying to replenish the ck light that was being rapidly whittled down.


    All of the threads of silver light were enveloped in ayer of watery blue light that was giving offw fluctuations, and this blue light was fusing with the ck runes to significantly hamper the restoration effect that the runes had on the chain. As a result, the rate at which the chain was recovering was nowhere near as fast asst time.


    Han Li immediately activated his Spirit Refinement Technique upon seeing this, and the vast spiritual sense in his consciousness instantly transformed into translucent threads of spiritual sense that surged into his dantian in the blink of an eye.


    The translucent threads of spiritual sense intertwined with one another at his behest to form a giant ax, which sprang up before crashing down upon the ck chain.


    If the threads of silver light from before could bepared with an army of cavaliers, then this ax of spiritual sense would be akin to a unit of heavy infantry, charging through the opening created by the cavaliers to deal the enemy a lethal blow.


    A sharp ng rang out, and the ck chain shuddered violently, while the ax of spiritual sense was sent flying back.


    The ng ringing out from the sh was extremely prative, and even though it had originated in Han Li''s dantian, it was able to resonate all the way to his consciousness, striking him with a burst of sharp pain.


    However, the entirety of his attention was focused on the chain in his dantian, and he couldn''t afford to get distracted.


    A clear chip had appeared on the chain at the spot where it had just been struck by the ax, and Han Li was instilled with an immense sense of confidence upon seeing this.


    He paid no heed to the sharp pain spearing through his consciousness as he continued to hack away at the chain with the ax.


    One strike, two strikes, three strikes...


    As the seventh strike was dealt, a dull thump rang out, and the ck chain snapped in half before disintegrating into ck light.


    However, instead of dissipating into nothingness, the ck light surged into the remaining eight chains, vanishing into them in a sh.


    Immediately thereafter, the eight chains lit up in unison, and the number of ck runes on their surfaces instantly increased, while the ck light glowing from them also became denser and more substantial.


    Han Li faltered slightly upon seeing this, following which a wry smile appeared on his face.


    If every single one of these chains was going to fuse with the other chains after being snapped, then that meant that each subsequent chain would be more difficult to sever than the previous one.