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

Chapter 1062: Inevitable Death

Ghost King Wu Chao made a grabbing motion with one hand, and a palm-sized black cage appeared over the palm of his hand, within which arcs of golden lightning were flashing incessantly.

Han Li's thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were currently confined in the cage, and they were struggling to free themselves with all their might, but to no avail.

"You finally decided to show up," Han Li scoffed.

"Earlier, I had sensed something that posed somewhat of a threat to me, but I was unable to ascertain exactly what it was. I had thought that it would be something in the possession of one of those two, but it seems like you're the hidden threat here," Ghost King Wu Chao chuckled.

"Are you referring to my Divine Devilbane Lightning? Haven't you already captured it?" Han Li asked as he feigned a surprised expression.

"This lightning is indeed a pain to deal with, but it's not enough to pose a threat to me. I've been faced with countless tribulations over the course of my cultivation journey, and I've even lost count of how many immortal envoys I've killed," Ghost King Wu Chao sneered, and right as his voice trailed off, a long spatial rift suddenly appeared behind Han Li without any warning.

A cloud of incredibly dense black mist surged out from within, and countless ghostly feelers and claws emerged from the cloud of mist, grabbing at Han Li while cutting off all avenues for retreat and evasion.

Han remained completely still on the spot as countless arcs of golden lightning erupted out of his body, making it appear as if he had donned a suit of golden armor.

As soon as these ghost claws and feelers came into contact with the golden lightning, they immediately recoiled as plumes of black smoke began to rise up from them.

Han Li swiveled around as he threw a punch into the cloud of mist, and clusters of profound acupoints lit up over his body as a burst of radiant starlight erupted out of his fist, illuminating the entire cloud of black mist.

All of the feelers and claws immediately shrank back into the mist as if they had been scorched by the starlight.

Ghost King Wu Chao was completely unfazed by this, and he continued to control the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords with one hand while making a grabbing motion with the other.

The spatial rift was instantly torn wide open, and black mist came gushing out from within like floodwaters. At the same time, Ghost King Wu Chao abruptly vanished from the spot.

Encompassed within the cloud of black mist, Han Li felt as if he had been plunged into the darkest of nights. Not only was he unable to see anything, he was also no longer able to hear the sounds of the battle taking place between the Heavenly Water Sect cultivators and the ten ghostly generals.

His brows furrowed slightly as he hurriedly channeled his Spirit Refinement Technique and released his spiritual sense to examine his surroundings.

Right at this moment, Ghost King Wu Chao's voice rang out, but it was rather ethereal, and it was impossible to track down where his voice was coming from.

"So not only do you possess Divine Devilbane Lightning, you've also cultivated the Spirit Refinement Technique to a very advanced level. It's a pity that's not going to work on me, but I must admit that I'm getting more and more intrigued by you by the second.

Sure enough, to Han Li's surprise and dismay, he was unable to ascertain Ghost King Wu Chao's precise location even with his Spirit Refinement Technique.

Right at this moment, numerous bursts of red light appeared in the surrounding area, and every single one of which took on a humanoid form that was identical to Ghost King Wu Chao.

Han Li swept his spiritual sense over these Ghost King Wu Chaos to discover that their auras were completely identical, and all of them were giving off Great Encompassment Stage aura fluctuations.

All of a sudden, Han Li found himself surrounded by dozens of Ghost King Wu Chaos, all of whom began to make hand seals while chanting an incantation.

Balls of crimson light began to appear in the space around Han Li, forming a series of strange symbols that resembled both images and antiquated runes.

These symbols surrounded Han Li from all directions, and each of them manifested a ghostly head, all of which opened their mouths up wide to roar silently at Han Li.

A burst of dark red light surged out of the mouth of each ghostly head, and they enveloped Han Li from all directions.

As a result, Han Li instantly felt his own body completely stiffen. It was as if his blood had abruptly congealed, and his immortal spiritual power and starpower circulation had also become stagnant.

At the same time, a burst of crimson light appeared in his consciousness, and it also took on the form of Ghost King Wu Chao, who began slowly making his way deeper into Han Li's consciousness.

Han Li was astonished to see this. Given his mastery of the Spirit Refinement Technique, it came as a huge shock to him that Ghost King Wu Chao was able to breach the defenses of his consciousness so easily.

He immediately channeled his Spirit Refinement Technique with all his might, manifesting a mighty city wall to oppose Ghost King Wu Chao.

"Cease your futile struggles. This soul locking technique of mine is something that even Great Encompassment cultivators can't hope to withstand, so you're only prolonging your own suffering. Your fate is already sealed, so why not accept a swift and painless death?" Ghost King Wu Chao persuaded.

"Ghost King Wu Chao, there's one question that I would like you to answer for me so that I can at least die with closure," Han Li said.

"If anyone else were in your shoes, I would refuse without any hesitation, but given that you've intrigued me so, I'm going to make an exception and humor you," Ghost King Wu Chao said.

"I've heard that you're supposed to be held captive in the Heavenly Court's Immortal Prison, so why are you suddenly here?" Han Li asked.

"I thought you were going to ask me why your Spirit Refinement Technique isn't able to withstand my soul locking technique. So be it, I can answer that question for you. Back when I was held captive in the Immortal Prison, Immortal Lord Tai Sui was the chief warden. After that, he betrayed the Heavenly Court, and he promised me freedom in exchange for helping him escape, but he tricked me and imprisoned me here," Ghost King Wu Chao replied.

"I see. No wonder this Eon Pagoda is so fraught with peril. We came here to search for treasures, but it seems like we've been rushing toward an inevitable demise this entire time," Han Li said with a wry smile, but at the same time, he was making a string of hand seals with his hands concealed up his sleeves.

"Indeed, you've ventured into a place of no return. Even if I don't kill you here, you're never going to be able to escape from this pagoda, so you may as well let me put you out of your misery. At the very least, you'll have a chance to enter the cycle of reincarnation," Ghost King Wu Chao said.

All of a sudden, a faint smile appeared on Han Li's face, and he said, "I have another question: would you soul be able to withstand Divine Devilbane Lightning?"

As soon as Han Li's voice trailed off, countless arcs of golden lightning instantly surged into his consciousness.

A string of loud explosions rang out within Han Li's consciousness as Ghost King Wu Chao was completely inundated by golden lightning, and he instantly vanished from the spot.

Even though Han Li had managed to force Ghost King Wu Chao out of his own consciousness, his own soul was also severely ravaged by the Divine Devilbane Lightning, sending bursts of sharp, tearing pain spearing through his consciousness.

All of a the ghostly souls around him were instantly eradicated, and Han Li gritted his teeth through the excruciating pain in his head as he swept his gaze over the surrounding area, upon which he discovered that one of the dozens of Ghost King Wu Chaos had a burst of golden light glowing over the palms of his hands.

He immediately swept a sleeve through the air in that direction to conjure up a door of silver light, and Weeping Soul sprang out from within before immediately adopting her true Xing Beast form without any hesitation.

Her eyes became pupilless and bright red, and her body swelled rapidly as she transformed into a giant black ape that was over a thousand feet tall.

Tufts of needle-like fur appeared over her entire body, while a fearsome horn appeared on her head. At the same time, the skin and flesh on her glabella split open to reveal a third crimson, demonic eye, while three black bone spikes had emerged on her back.

Ghost King Wu Chao was furious after having his spiritual sense struck by Han Li's Divine Devilbane Lightning. He failed to anticipate that Han Li was harboring such formidable Divine Devilbane Lightning in his body, and he certainly didn't think that Han Li would release the Divine Devilbane Lightning in his own consciousness in such a reckless fashion.

He had only just steadied himself when he found himself face to face with a Xing Beast, and he couldn't help but feel a little panicked in the wake of such a hectic sequence of events.

Han Li immediately pounced on this opportunity, making a hand seal to summon his thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords back to himself, and the flying swords instantly tore their way out of the Ghost King Wu Chao's black cage before racing back to Han Li's side.

Han Li could see that the golden light emanating from the flying swords had become noticeably dimmer than before, and he hurriedly sent them back into the Profound Heavenly Gourd to be nurtured.

After that, he turned his gaze to Weeping Soul, who was already locked in battle against Ghost King Wu Chao, and his vision suddenly blurred as he stumbled unsteadily on his feet.

Looks like the damage is even more severe than I imagined it would be...

Han Li heaved an internal sigh as he sat down with his legs crossed, then promptly devoured a pill that could aid in the recovery of spiritual damage.

Even though Weeping Soul had a natural advantage over all ghostly entities, there was a huge disparity in power between her and the Great Encompassment Stage Ghost King Wu Chao, so the outcome of their battle was very difficult to predict.

The space that they were currently situated in appeared to be Ghost King Wu Chao's spirit domain, so he had to stabilize his own soul as quickly as possible and assist Weeping Soul in her battle against Ghost King Wu Chao.

With that in mind, Han Li began to focus on recovery and pill digestion.