A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal Realm

Chapter 1026: More Trouble

Before long, all of the remaining slots on the silver pillars in the palace had been filled, and after looking around to ensure that nothing was amiss, Han Li made a hand seal, upon which the entire array began to glow with bright silver light.

At the same time, an elated look appeared on Weeping Soul's face as the black light over her hands quickly faded away, revealing Dongfang Bai's soul again.

At this point, the soul was already extremely frail, and there was also a dull and dazed look in its eyes, indicating that all of its intelligence had been erased during the course of Weeping Soul's soul search.

"Master, this teleportation array is connected to four places, the Vast Golden Immortal Palace, the Middle Earth Immortal Palace, the..."

Right at this moment, a thick pillar of silver light erupted out of the array, illuminating the entire palace a bright silver color.

An alarmed look appeared on Han Li's face upon seeing this, and he immediately rushed toward one of the silver pillars before reaching out to pluck out the silver crystals on it, but right at this moment, a translucent, spherical light barrier appeared around the array, encompassing the entire array and the twelve surrounding stone pillars within it.

Han Li crashed headfirst into the array before immediately being sent flying back, as if he had run into a soft and bouncy wall.

At the same time, two figures appeared within the pillar of silver light, one of whom had fiery red skin and disproportionately large hands and feet, presenting a bizarre sight to behold.

He was accompanied by a young man who was dressed in immortal envoy attire, and Han Li's expression changed drastically at the sight of the two figures as he grabbed onto Weeping Soul before flying outside.

He was able to identify the red-skinned man as none other than Patriarch Miro's traitorous disciple, Qi Mozi, and his tremendous aura indicated that he was a Great Encompassment cultivator.

As for the golden-robed young man with him, he was only at the late-Golden Immortal Stage.

If this were a normal Great Encompassment cultivator, then Han Li would be confident in his own ability to at least put up a fight, but Qi Mozi was also cultivating the laws of time, so directly engaging him in battle would clearly not be a wise option.

A hint of surprise appeared on Qi Mozi's face at the sight of the situation in the palace, following which his brows furrowed slightly as he caught sight of the fleeing Han Li.

He then turned to the golden-robed young man beside him, and the latter immediately confirmed, "That's him!"

An elated look appeared in Qi Mozi's eyes upon hearing this, and he immediately attempted to fly out of the array, but the spherical light barrier around the array was extremely resilient, and he was unable to break through, even with his Great Encompassment Stage powers.

At this point, Han Li had already flown out of the palace with Weeping Soul, and he turned around to take a glance at the two people in the teleportation array before sweeping a sleeve through the air, releasing a flurry of golden lightning that encompassed both himself and Weeping Soul, following which the two of them vanished from the spot.

Qi Mozi harrumphed coldly as a golden torch appeared in front of him, and it was none other than the Time Severing Torch.

Compared with Han Li Time Severing Torch, Qi Mozi's was around twice the size, and aside from the golden flame on top of it, the rest of the torch also had a substantial form, unlike Han Li's, which had a more illusory and intangible appearance.

There were over two thousand Time Dao Runes flashing on Qi Mozi's Time Severing Torch, and it was giving off time law power fluctuations far more formidable than those of Han Li's Time Severing Torch.

The flame on the torch swelled up at Qi Mozi's behest, releasing waves of fiery spiritual light that instantly spread over the entire surrounding area in a radius of around a thousand feet.

The surrounding spherical light barrier was instantly enveloped within the fiery spiritual light, and the spiritual power circulation in the light barrier was instantly brought to a complete standstill. It was a similar effect to that of Han Li's Mantra Treasured Axis, but even more potent.

The golden-robed young man had also been completely immobilized by the fiery spiritual light, but Qi Mozi remained unaffected as he swept a sleeve through the air, releasing a burst of golden light that struck the spherical light barrier.

The burst of golden light wasn't giving off any formidable aura, but it was able to shatter the spherical light barrier with ease, immediately following which the Time Severing Torch and the surrounding, fiery spiritual light faded in unison, and everything returned to normal.

All of this had taken place in the blink of an eye, and the golden-robed young man had a chance to react, Qi Mozi had already flown out of the palace.

Countless golden shadows flew out of his body before racing away in all directions, following which his eyes lit up slightly as he made a hand seal, and countless flame-shaped runes surged out of his body as well, forming a radiant, golden array around him in the blink of an eye.

Bursts of golden flames erupted out of the array to envelop his entire body, and in the next instant, he abruptly vanished from the spot.

The golden-robed young man hurriedly flew out of the palace as well, but at this point, Han Li and Qi Mozi were already nowhere to be seen.

The young man heaved a forlorn sigh upon seeing this, then flew away in another direction as a ball of golden light.

Meanwhile, Han Li and Weeping Soul reappeared amid a flash of golden lightning above a mountain that was close to a hundred thousand kilometers away from the Golden Origin Immortal Palace.

"Who was that man just now?" Weeping Soul asked.

"He's from the Heavenly Court's Immortal Prison, perhaps even the chief warden of the Immortal Prison," Han Li replied.

"The chief warden of the Immortal Prison!" Weeping Soul exclaimed.

"Now's not the time to talk. We're still not safe yet, so we have to leave this place right away," Han Li said as he made a hand seal, and countless arcs of golden lightning sprang out of his body, quickly forming a golden lightning array that was several dozen feet in size.

Right at this moment, a ball of dazzling golden light appeared in the distance, giving off bursts of spatial fluctuations.

Han Li's pupils contracted slightly upon seeing this, and he immediately made a hand seal, upon which he and Weeping Soul vanished from within the golden lightning array.

Meanwhile, the ball of golden light unfurled to form a fiery golden array with Qi Mozi within it, and a cold sneer appeared on his face at the sight of the lightning array, which was still yet to fully dissipate.

After taking a moment to detect which direction Han Li had gone in, he conjured up another fiery golden array around himself before vanishing from the spot.

Han Li and Weeping Soul reappeared somewhere within the Golden Origin Mountain Range amid a flash of golden lightning, and a concerned look appeared on Weeping Soul's face as she asked, "What do we do, Master? That Qi Mozi is also adept in spatial teleportation!"

A grim look had appeared on Han Li's face as well, and as soon as he steadied himself, he immediately conjured up another lightning array.

However, before he had a chance to activate the array, another ball of golden flames appeared in the distance, and this one was traveling even faster than before.

Han Li immediately activated his lightning teleportation array to teleport himself and Weeping Soul away, only for Qi Mozi to instantly appear before conjuring up another spatial teleportation array as well.

With that, a game of cat and mouse ensued, and before long, the three of them were already countless kilometers away from the Golden Origin Immortal Palace.

Even though Han Li was the one leading Qi Mozi on a chase, the latter was gradually becoming more and more familiar with Han Li's lightning array, and the gap between them was constantly dwindling.

Han Li and Weeping Soul reappeared once again amid a flash of golden lightning, this time above a cliff in the Golden Origin Mountain Range.

It wasn't that Han Li didn't want to send Weeping Soul into the Flower Branch domain. Instead, the problem was that Weeping Soul was a living being, so in order to enter the Flower Branch domain, a spatial door had to be opened first, and there was simply no time for Han Li to do this with Qi Mozi so hot on his heels.

As soon as the two of them reappeared, Han Li immediately made a hand seal to conjure up another lightning array.

"He's getting closer and closer, Master. At this rate, he'll catch up to us soon. Do you have any way to lose him?" Weeping Soul asked.

"The teleportation technique that he's using combines the powers of fire and space, and it's fundamentally very similar to my lightning teleportation array. If I can teleport a massive distance away in one go, that should be enough to shake him off," Han Li replied.

Before the lightning array had a chance to fully take shape, Qi Mozi suddenly appeared nearby amid a flash of golden fire, and he sneered, "You'll have to almost teleport yourself entirely out of the Golden Origin Mountain Range in one go if you want to get away from me!"

As soon as his voice trailed off, a long, black ribbon of light that was over a thousand feet in length erupted out of the golden fire, and it was traveling at an astonishing speed, striking the lightning array in the blink of an eye.

The lightning array didn't have much defensive properties to begin with, and it was instantly destroyed upon contact.

Han Li hurriedly darted back in retreat with Weeping Soul, only just barely managing to evade the black ribbon, which continued to pursue them.

While flying back in retreat, Han Li channeled his Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts and lashed out with his fist, releasing a golden fist projection to clash against the black ribbon.

The golden fist projection was instantly sliced into two, while the black ribbon drew to a momentary halt before continuing to fly through the air.

Han Li's expressions changed slightly upon seeing this, and he yelled for Weeping Soul to hold tightly onto him before unleashing a rapid flurry of punches, sending a torrential barrage of golden fist projections crashing into the black ribbon.

A string of earth-shattering booms rang out as the black ribbon gradually faded over time, and after slicing through countless fist projections, it finally vanished entirely.

At this point, Han Li was already slightly out of breath.

His physical body had already been severely taxed during his battle against Dongfang Bai, and he had just thrown thousands of punches in the blink of an eye, which was certainly not helping his condition.