Chapter 1172: Kunpeng's Feather

Volume 6: Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures

The childlike voice from within the cauldron belonged to the Heavenly Fiend Sacred Beast clone that Han Li had captured during his battle with the Heavenly Fiend in the Chaotic Star Sea.

This beast was originally a demon beast that acted purely on instinct, but after spending over a hundred years in the Void Celestial Cauldron, it had surprisingly developed sentience and even recovered most of its memories from the Spirit Realm. However, being inside the Void Celestial Cauldron, a spirit treasure, the beast naturally had no way to escape and could only remain obediently within.

When Han Li advanced to the late Nascent Soul stage in the Void Celestial Temple, he immediately re-refined his two Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures.

As a result, after completing the second layer of the Void Celestial Cauldron's "Spirit Treasure Conduction Art," he was finally able to open the Void Celestial Cauldron.

The Heavenly Fiend Sacred Beast clone, which had been trapped inside, immediately used a Spirit Realm遁术 (escape technique) to flee the cauldron right before Han Li's eyes. In the blink of an eye, it had vanished over a hundred zhang away. At such incredible speed, just a few more flashes would have made it impossible for Han Li to catch up.

However, unexpectedly, something incredible occurred.

For some unknown reason, as soon as the beast's escape light reached two or three hundred zhang from the Void Celestial Cauldron, both the small cauldron and the beast simultaneously flashed with a green light. The Heavenly Fiend Beast inexplicably disappeared from its spot and, in the next moment, strangely reappeared inside the Void Celestial Cauldron. It seemed unable to leave the treasure.

Han Li was naturally both surprised and delighted upon witnessing this.

Only then did he realize that because the beast had been inside the cauldron for too long, its aura had been assimilated by the Void Celestial Cauldron, making it similar to the existence of Silvermoon back then.

However, it wasn't an intangible form, nor was it the artifact spirit of the Void Celestial Cauldron. Aside from being unable to move far from the cauldron, it retained all its other autonomous functions, making it impossible for Han Li to control it directly.

Han Li, naturally unwilling to accept this, re-imposed restrictions on the beast and placed it back in the small cauldron. He planned to consider its fate carefully later.

But now, as he was studying the golden talisman in his hand, the Heavenly Fiend Beast in the cauldron suddenly spoke, identifying the silver material as a unique runic script from the Spirit Realm.

This naturally startled Han Li.

"Haha, Deity Transformation! Why would I advance to Deity Transformation? When I came to your Human Realm, I had no intention of breaking through this realm for tens of thousands of years." The cauldron echoed with the childish laughter.

"No intention of breaking through realms? Is there such a thing in this world? Do you take me for a three-year-old child?"

Han Li was momentarily stunned, somewhat disbelieving.

"Hmph, fellow, it seems I'll have to tell you a few things for you to believe me. So, I'll briefly reveal some information about my main body. I do have a minor reputation among the demon race in the Spirit Realm, and my cultivation has long since reached a realm you'd find hard to imagine. But this time, I expended tremendous effort to have a wisp of my divine sense break through the界 (realm boundary) and descend into the Human Realm. Do you really think I'm just bored and here to act as a guardian sacred beast for mere humans? I have tens of thousands of subordinates in the Spirit Realm's demon race; these abrupt people of the Heavenly Fiend Plains are completely insignificant to me." The Heavenly Fiend Sacred Beast spoke without concealing its disdain for the abrupt people.

Han Li frowned but said nothing.

The childish voice continued leisurely, "The reason I've descended to this realm with a wisp of my divine soul is solely to prepare for a great tribulation ten thousand years from now. If my main body in the Spirit Realm fails to overcome this tribulation and my soul is scattered, having this wisp of divine sense in this realm will at least give me a glimmer of hope. It ensures I don't truly cease to exist between heaven and earth. Before that, there's naturally no need for this body to cultivate too quickly, lest my cultivation advances to Deity Transformation and the great tribulation implicates me, even while I'm hidden in this realm."

"Such a thing exists? This is indeed a method of preserving one's life. Do all the great cultivators in your Spirit Realm use this method to protect themselves?" Han Li was surprised, somewhat skeptical.

"Hmph, do you think descending a wisp of divine sense is an easy task? Not only does one's cultivation need to reach a certain realm, and one must be proficient in the few great divine abilities that allow a wisp of divine sense to leave the main realm unharmed, but it also requires wasting a Realm-Splitting Stone, which is incredibly rare even in the Spirit Realm, to overcome the power of the realm boundary and transmit a wisp of divine sense across realms. Moreover, this act of descending a wisp of divine sense is extremely dangerous. It's uncertain if even one out of ten attempts will succeed in descending to a lower realm.

If it fails, the wisp of divine sense naturally vanishes in the realm storm. Each failure forces me into seclusion for a thousand years to restore that wisp of divine sense. Before this, I had already attempted it seven or eight times over more than ten thousand years, only succeeding by chance this time. Transmitting divine abilities and magical power directly across realm boundaries is somewhat easier." The Heavenly Fiend Sacred Beast huffed coldly.

"Even so, what's the point of telling me all this?" Han Li asked, his eyes flickering.

"Hehe, it's simple. I just want to tell you that you and I have no conflict of interest whatsoever. The reason I was captured by you into this spirit treasure earlier was because my sentience hadn't awakened then, and I was temporarily being used by those abrupt people. Furthermore, my cultivation won't break through to Deity Transformation quickly, so you don't need to worry about me seeking revenge later." The beast chuckled.

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be much cleaner and simpler for me to just destroy you?" Han Li's facial muscles twitched, and a trace of murderous intent suddenly appeared on his face.

Silence fell within the cauldron, but after a moment, the childish voice calmly emerged:

"My current cultivation is far inferior to yours, so you can certainly do that. However, I am a wisp of divine sense from a demon cultivator of the Spirit Realm. The secret arts I'm proficient in are far more bizarre and profound than you can imagine. Not to mention whether I would unleash some desperate divine ability to gravely injure you before dying, even if you miraculously survive, I have a way to implant a mark onto your Nascent Soul before I die. If you don't plan to ascend to the Spirit Realm and merely perish in the Human Realm, then so be it. Otherwise, the moment you reach the Spirit Realm, even if you seize another body and are reborn, my main body will find a way to slowly locate you. And then…"

The Heavenly Fiend Sacred Beast didn't finish its sentence, but the implicit threat was unmistakable.

Han Li was somewhat speechless!

With his current cultivation and knowledge, he naturally knew that while what the beast had just said contained both truth and falsehood, most of it was likely true.

This made the beast rather troublesome to deal with. He certainly didn't want to create such a major enemy in the Spirit Realm in case he actually ascended. And from the beast's tone, it seemed its main body's cultivation could likely crush him with no more effort than crushing an ant.

As for the beast's threat of unleashing desperate divine abilities to take him down with it, he wasn't particularly concerned.

Since the beast couldn't leave the Void Celestial Cauldron, as long as he was fully prepared, he wasn't truly afraid of the beast's backlash harming him.

Han Li's escape light moved slowly forward, but his brows were tightly furrowed, and he remained silent for quite a while.

The Heavenly Fiend Beast in the Void Celestial Cauldron also fell silent, seemingly giving Han Li time to consider properly.

"What's this about the Kunpeng Spirit Feather? What special use does it have?" Han Li suddenly changed the topic and spoke again.

"Kunpeng and Luo Mian beasts both belong to the Heavenly Demon Spirits. It's said they were ancient beings born from chaos at the very beginning of the universe's creation. In a sense, it wouldn't be wrong to call them deities. The value of anything dropped from such beings is immense; you can well imagine it. However, even my main body in the Spirit Realm, upon encountering this demon spirit, would avoid it as far as possible, daring not to provoke it in the slightest. However, this beast and the Luo Mian beast are natural mortal enemies. This time, it might have been wandering between realms and coincidentally discovered the Luo Mian beast hidden in your Human Realm, which is why it used a divine ability from outside the realm boundary, intending to tear apart the beast's body. However, logically, the divine abilities of the two demon spirits are similar, but the Luo Mian beast's main body was in the Human Realm, unaffected by the power of the realm boundary. That's why the Kunpeng suffered a minor setback in their initial exchange, allowing you to gain such a huge advantage. The Heavenly Wandering Kunpeng is a natural wind-attribute demon spirit; upon birth, it can comprehend the laws of heaven and earth related to wind. Although this dropped spirit feather is somewhat damaged, it is the best material for refining wind-attribute spirit treasures. And once successfully refined, its effectiveness will definitely far exceed ordinary spirit treasures. I remember someone in the Spirit Realm once used a scale from a Li Fire Qilin to refine a Fire Dragon Shield spirit treasure, whose power was so great that it could rank among the top hundred of all spirit treasures." The Heavenly Fiend Sacred Beast said calmly.

"Ranked among the top hundred?" Han Li was surprised upon hearing this.

"Don't underestimate that top hundred. I know you possess a spirit treasure called the Eight Spirit Ruler, as well as several imitations of other spirit treasures. But what I want to tell you is that while both the Eight Spirit Ruler and the Seven Flames Fan are still rare treasures in the Spirit Realm, they are considered lower-tier among numerous spirit treasures. Only spirit treasures that hold a place on the Myriad Chaos Spirit Ranking are truly Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures in the true sense. The rest can only be called ordinary spirit treasures! But to be on the Myriad Spirit Ranking, a spirit treasure must at least rank among the top hundred in terms of power." The Heavenly Fiend Beast briefly explained to Han Li.

"Myriad Chaos Spirit Ranking! Never mind, I'm not interested in knowing about this now, so let's not discuss it. But from your tone, it seems that Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures, which are extremely rare in the Human Realm, are quite numerous in your Spirit Realm. I recall that in ancient times, ancient cultivators in the Human Realm didn't refine many. You said you wanted to make a deal with me, does it concern this Kunpeng feather?" Han Li stroked his chin, his expression solemn.

"No, your Wind-Thunder Wings can use the Thunder Escape technique, but haven't they been fully refined yet? Do they seem to still contain some wind-attribute spiritual energy within them?" The Heavenly Fiend Beast didn't directly answer Han Li but suddenly asked about the Wind-Thunder Wings. Han Li was naturally somewhat astonished.

"What do you mean by that? But as the name suggests, these Wind-Thunder Wings were originally refined with the intention of simultaneously wielding both wind and thunder power. It's just that I only have辟邪神雷 (Evil-Dispelling Divine Thunder) available within me, so I can only use the Thunder Escape technique. As for whether they are fully refined, I'm honestly not very clear." Han Li's heart stirred as he truthfully replied.

"I can tell you a method for refining the Wind-Thunder Wings into a spirit treasure using the Kunpeng feather. Because the spirit feather itself contains some laws of heaven and earth related to wind, you can directly control it without needing to possess wind-attribute spiritual energy. Although due to limitations in cultivation and auxiliary materials, it's impossible to refine a true Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, refining a lower-tier ordinary spirit treasure by leveraging the power of this spirit feather is certainly possible." The Heavenly Fiend Beast chuckled lightly, then said proudly.