<h4>Chapter 1027: Stubborn Pursuit</h4>


    Weeping Soul''s eyes had been shut while she clung to Han Li, and upon opening her eyes, she immediately asked in a concerned voice, "Are you alright, Master?"


    "I''m fine. He''sing again," Han Li said in a grim manner as he cast his gaze toward a certain direction.


    "It looks like you do have some tricks up your sleeve. No wonder you were able to kill Dongfang Bai," Qi Mozi remarked with a smile as he flew out of a ball of golden fire in the distance.


    At this moment, he was holding a glowing, ck hatchet, and it seemed that the ribbon of ck light had been unleashed by this hatchet.


    For some reason, Han Li felt as if his entire body were beingid bare under Qi Mozi''s scrutiny, and only after channeling his timew powers was he able to just barely ward off this sensation.


    "Who are you? I don''t recall ever meeting you before this."


    Even though Han Li was well aware of who Qi Mozi was, he still decided to try and employ some stalling tactics.


    "Did neither of my two disciples show you an image of me? I am Qi Mozi. I''m sure you''ve already heard of that name. I don''t want to waste any more time here, hand over the Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra, and I''ll spare you your life," Qi Mozi said as he began to approach Han Li.


    Han Li''s heart jolted slightly upon hearing this, but his expression remainedpletely unchanged as he asked, "The Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra? What''s that? A cultivation art?"


    "You really are just as sly and uncooperative as Chi Rong told me you were! It doesn''t matter whether you admit it or not, I''ll just have to use a soul search technique on you," Qi Mozi sneered as heunched himself at Han Li, who hurriedly flew back in retreat.


    "Leave me behind, Master. Focus on dealing with him, I can look after myself," Weeping Soul said, but Han Li paid no heed to her.


    "What a chivalrous gentleman you are! Rest assured, I never kill women. All I want is your soul!" Qi Mozi chortled as he swung his hatchet through the air, releasing a ribbon of ck light that was several times brighter and wider than before, and it was also almost twice as fast as the previous one, reaching Han Li in the blink of an eye.


    The space around the ribbon of ck light was shattered like a mirror, forming countless spatial rifts that converged toward the center from all sides.


    A grim look appeared on Han Li''s face as he hurriedly released his Mantra Treasured Axis, sending countless golden ripples surging through the air to epass the ribbon of ck light.


    The ck ribbon was instantly stopped in its tracks, but the golden ripples also shuddered violently, seemingly struggling to hold themselves together.


    "Oh? How remarkable that you''ve managed to cultivate the Mantra Axis Scripture to this extent," Qi Mozi mused with a surprised expression, but he remained unfazed as he raised his hatchet once again.


    Right at this moment, a golden spirit domain erupted out of Han Li''s body, epassing the entire surrounding area within a radius of several kilometers.


    Enshrouded within the spirit domain, Qi Mozi''s movements were instantly slowed down to a crawl.


    Simultaneously using both his Mantra Treasured Axis and his time spirit domain was extremely taxing on Han Li''s immortal spiritual power, but he paid no heed to this as he swept both sleeves through the air, releasing around a dozen lengths of Lightning Restraining Wood, which immediately formed a circle around him.


    Radiant golden lightning erupted out of the lengths of Lightning Restraining Wood before converging around Han Li.


    Qi Mozi could see what Han Li was attempting to do, and he immediately released his own fiery spirit domain, epassing an area that was several dozen kilometers in radius.


    Han Li''s movements were immediately slowed down significantly under the effects of Qi Mozi''s spirit domain, but he was still doing his best to activate the Lightning Restraining Wood Array.


    Right as the array was about to bepleted, Qi Mozi let loose a loud roar as he conjured up his Time Severing Torch.


    Waves of fiery spiritual light erupted out of the torch, bringing everything around it to aplete standstill, and the spiritual light was spreading extremely quickly, almost instantly reaching Han Li and Weeping Soul.


    Han Li and the surrounding lightning array were instantly immobilized, as was the Mantra Treasured Axis, having beenpletely dominated by Qi Mozi''s Time Severing Torch.


    Qi Mozi''s expression eased slightly as he swung his hatchet through the air, unleashing another ribbon of ck light that struck the golden ripples around Han Li, instantly shattering them with ease.


    The ck ribbon then continued sweeping toward Han Li, but right at this moment, a golden jade vial suddenly appeared on Han Li''s left, while a golden hourss appeared on his right.


    A golden torch then emerged in front of him, while a small, golden tree sprouted behind him.


    The five time-attributew treasures seemed to be able to resonate with one another, and all of the Time Dao Runes on their surfaces lit up, releasing a burst of incredibly formidable timew power fluctuations.


    Fifty timew threads shot out of the five time-attributew treasures, then connected together to form a golden ring that released a burst of powerful suction force.


    Qi Mozi''s spirit domain began to shudder violently, and bursts of fiery spiritual light were sucked into the golden ring, much to his astonishment.


    At the same time, the time-slowing effect on Han Li and the lightning array around him was undone, and he immediately made a hand seal, instantlypleting the array.


    Immediately thereafter, a burst of radiant golden lightning erupted out of the array to epass both Han Li and Weeping Soul, and extremely formidable spatial fluctuations were surging out of the golden lightning in all directions.


    A furious look appeared on Qi Mozi''s face upon seeing this, and the ck hatchet in his hand instantly swelled to around ten times its original size, transforming into an enormous ck ax.


    A burst of incredibly violentw power fluctuations erupted out of the ax, and the nearby space was already beginning to copse.


    Qi Mozi grabbed onto the ax with both hands before swinging it viciously down upon the lightning array, unleashing a giant ribbon of ck light that was around half a kilometer wide and several kilometers in length.


    All of the space in its wake waspletely shattered, creating countless spatial vortexes in the surrounding area.


    The sky instantly turned pitch-ck as dark clouds converged up above, but it was already toote.


    A rumbling thunderp rang out as Han Li and Weeping Soul vanished from the spot, immediately following which the ck ribbon descended, tearing the lightning array apart while also destroying the lengths of Lightning Restraining Wood.


    A dark look appeared on Qi Mozi''s face as he stowed his ck hatchet away, following which he closed his eyes to try and track Han Li.


    Around fifteen minutester, he reopened his eyes, and his expression had darkened even further.


    However, a fervent look then appeared in his eyes as he chuckled to himself, "So you really are in possession of the Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra. This cultivation art allows the user to absorb all other timew powers. As expected of the most powerful time-attribute cultivation art of them all!"


    As soon as his voice trailed off, he flew back in the direction of the Golden Origin Immortal Pce as a streak of golden light.


    ......


    Deep within the Golden Origin Mountain Range, countless kilometers away from the Golden Origin Immortal Pce.


    There was a stone chamber that was several dozen feet in size dug out inside an enormous golden mountain.


    The walls of the stone chamber were riddled with spirit patterns that were giving off lights of different colors, and there was a golden lightning array arranged on the ground.


    Around a dozen lengths of Lightning Restraining Wood were standing around the array, and all of them were shing with golden lightning.


    All of a sudden, the golden lightning array lit up as an enormous pir of golden light erupted into the heavens.


    All of the spirit patterns in the stone chamber instantly lit up, conjuring up severalyers of light barriers that contained all of thew power fluctuations and pirs of golden light released by the array.


    The pir of golden light only lingered for a few seconds before fading away to reveal Han Li and Weeping Soul, thetter of which was looking around with an intrigued expression.


    "As a safety precaution, I set up this Lightning Restraining Wood Array here prior to going to the Golden Origin Immortal Pce, and I''m d I made that decision. This ce is extremely far away from the Golden Origin Immortal Pce, so Qi Mozi won''t be able to track us here," Han Li said as he withdrew the five time-attributew treasures around him.


    As soon as his voice trailed off, he swayed unsteadily before falling to one knee, and blood began to trickle down from the corner of his lips.


    "Master, are you injured?" Weeping Soul eximed as she hurriedly grabbed onto Han Li to support him.


    "While I was activating the lightning array, I sustained some internal injuries from thew power fluctuations released by Qi Mozi''s ax projection," Han Li exined as he summoned a green pill before devouring it.


    "Thank heavens you prepared this lightning array in advance. Otherwise, we would''ve been in major trouble. Should we stay here for a while so that you can rest and recover?" Weeping Soul asked.


    "The Lightning Restraining Wood Array caused a massivemotion just now, and even with the restrictions I set up, there''s no guarantee that it wouldn''t have attracted any attention, so let''s leave this ce first," Han Li said as he swept a sleeve through the air, releasing a burst of azure light that disassembled the lightning array on the ground, while a series of array gs also flew out of the surrounding stone chamber before falling into his grasp.


    After stowing these items away, Han Li conjured up another golden lightning array, and the two of them vanished amid a sh of golden lightning.