Chapter 1541: Return to the Residence

**Seventh Volume: Traversing the Human Realm — Ninth Volume: Myriad Races of the Spirit Realm**

The youth, seeing Han Li's strange appearance, paused slightly, but his body didn't stop. Before he reached Han Li, he crossed his twin blades in the air and slashed. Instantly, two dark, eerie blade-lights, forming a cross, shot out. The moment these blade-lights appeared, the surrounding black mist churned and surged towards them.

In an instant, the two blade-lights expanded several times in size and arrived before Han Li in a flash.

Han Li's eyes twitched. His hands blurred slightly, and suddenly two golden longswords appeared. With a flick of his wrist, he unceremoniously met the blade-lights. A thunderous roar erupted as golden electric arcs coiled around the swords. With two "thud" sounds, the black blade-lights immediately disintegrated upon colliding with the golden lightning, as if completely suppressed. "Ah!" The youth was greatly startled. Han Li, however, smirked faintly.

Evidently, the blade-lights released by the youth contained a significant amount of demonic energy. Otherwise, even with the sharpness of his Azure Bamboo Cloud-Swords, Han Li wouldn't have been able to cut them apart so easily. Thus, by making a move against Han Li, this person had unwittingly courted death.

Han Li's mind raced. Before the youth could recover from his shock, the five-colored crystal wing on Han Li's back flapped, and a five-colored halo suddenly erupted from his body.

This halo was dazzling and pierced the eyes. As it spun, the five-colored radiance shimmered brightly, as if a scorching sun had emerged from Han Li's body. "Ah!"

Even with his half-demon, half-ghost body, the youth instinctively closed his eyes when exposed to such intense light. Realizing the danger, he abruptly halted his charge. After stamping his foot, he shot backward like a crossbow bolt. His retreating speed seemed even faster than his charging speed.

At that moment, a thunderous crack came from within the five-colored halo. Following this, a blue-white electric arc flashed behind the youth, and Han Li's figure strangely appeared. His two arms moved, creating a loud whooshing sound, and the two longswords transformed into two golden lights, striking downwards.

The youth's eyes were still closed, and his divine sense reacted a bit slowly. However, he naturally wouldn't be unaware of such an overt attack. Without hesitation, he simultaneously threw his twin blades behind him, transforming them into two streaks of black light.

Then, he formed a hand seal. His muscles instantly disintegrated and vanished like floating ash, revealing an exceptionally translucent, jade-white skeleton. After the skeleton trembled, it emitted a layer of white light, completely enveloping his body. After two thunderous roars, the golden lights transformed from the two longswords were blocked by the twin blades. Han Li was not surprised by this!

It would have been strange if a Void Refinement stage demon, using weapons transformed from its own body, lacked any power. He hadn't expected the two flying swords alone to be able to kill this demon.

The True Devil Avatar of the Brahma Saint behind him, the moment the twin swords struck, swung its six arms. Instantly, countless fist shadows, like golden lotuses, bloomed around it. With another movement, they rained down upon the white light shield. Though seemingly ordinary, each fist shadow contained the superhuman divine strength of Han Li's formidable physical body. This storm-like attack relied entirely on brute force.

The moment the fist shadows struck the white light shield, its seemingly solid surface immediately trembled as white light and golden shadows intertwined.

Under the relentless assault of the fist shadows, the entire light shield shattered with a crisp sound.

All of this happened in but a single breath. The demon had only just managed to turn its body and open its eyes.

Its flesh and blood completely gone, there were no eyeballs in its sockets, only two flickering green flames.

Seeing its relied-upon protective light shield so vulnerable, the demon was instantly terrified out of its wits. Without thinking, it opened its mouth.

Several black rays, dark as ink, shot towards Han Li. Simultaneously, the top of its skull burst open with a muffled crack, and a jade-green orb sprayed out, shooting into the air.

Meanwhile, its skeletal body remaining on the ground disintegrated and flew apart, instantly forming a bone shield that followed the orb, flying away as if covering its retreat.

This demon was quick to react. Seeing Han Li's astonishing abilities and realizing it was no match, it immediately thought of escaping.

Having cultivated for many years in this Black Mist, it believed that once it widened the distance, it could shake off Han Li without a trace.

However, Han Li had already decided to kill it. He wouldn't allow the demon to escape and leave a potential future threat.

After a cold, icy snort, a gray light flashed before him. Several black rays spun within the gray light and then vanished without a trace.

The sky-full of golden fist shadows suddenly vanished. The True Devil Avatar of the Brahma Saint behind him flashed with golden light. Its six arms paused slightly, and six golden electric arcs emerged on its palms amidst a series of thunderous cracks. Simultaneously, they condensed, transforming into six golden lightning spears. The arms blurred again, and the six golden spears shot out in a straight line.

The golden spears flashed and instantly reached the bone shield. Runes flickered around them as their exceptionally sharp tips slammed into the shield. After three thunderous roars, the shield, trembling, surprisingly blocked the first three golden spears. When the fourth one struck, the shield could no longer withstand it and burst open. The remaining three spears then pierced through, flashing and simultaneously striking the green orb not far away. As electric arcs flickered, the jade-green orb pulsed wildly a few times before shattering with a "bang." A bull-headed phantom of a mythical beast shot out from within in a panic. At that moment, the golden electric arcs simultaneously contracted inwards, forming an impenetrable web of lightning that enveloped the demon's nascent soul.

A piercing, despairing shriek emanated from the lightning. The phantom of the mythical beast flickered a few times within the electric arcs before disintegrating and vanishing. This demon, which had only recently advanced, was thus easily annihilated by Han Li.

Part of the reason was that the demon, seeing Han Li's Spirit Transformation cultivation, initially underestimated him. The other part was that Han Li's divine abilities were significantly different from when he first left the giant island.

Although he hadn't spent much time cultivating anything specific, he had first obtained the "Twelve Revelations of the Awakening of Insects" from the Heavenly Roc Clan, and later the "Lightning Sacrifice Art" from the Abyssal Lands. This greatly increased the power of his Evil-Dispelling Divine Lightning. Additionally, he had consumed the True Spirit Blood of the Kunpeng and the Five-Colored Peacock, which stimulated a substantial surge in his magical power.

Even before advancing to the late Spirit Transformation stage, Han Li could kill Void Refinement stage beings. Now, he naturally wouldn't consider this half-demon, half-ghost a formidable opponent.

Furthermore, this demon seemed to possess no treasures, making it even less of a match for Han Li.

Seeing that he had slain the demon before him, Han Li coldly surveyed the scattered skeletal remains. With a flick of his finger, a crimson fireball shot out. With a "puff," all the demon's remnants were fiercely consumed by the flames and vanished in moments.

Han Li, not lingering, strode away from the spot. In a short while, his figure disappeared into the black mist.

Although he had easily defeated his opponent this time, he was still quite displeased about fighting for no apparent reason.

However, he naturally didn't know that his casual strike had annihilated the being that several mid-level demonic beasts in the Black Virtue Mountain Range considered their backing and reliance.

This act completely extinguished the plans of those demonic beasts, who had intended to use the power of this half-ghost, half-demon to break free from the Heavenly Roc Clan's enslavement and gain their freedom.

However, these matters naturally had little to do with Han Li. He continued to walk towards the edge of the mist, all the while pondering the new sword art.

Over half a month later, near a desolate mountain at the edge of the misty sea, the black mist suddenly churned. A gray light flashed, and a figure shot out from within.

Then, the figure soared upwards, reaching the summit of the desolate mountain after a few flashes, and revealed its true form as its light receded. It was Han Li, who had just emerged from the Black Mist Sea! He had finally exited the Black Mist Sea, and immediately, overcome with excitement, he stood on a large white boulder, raising his head and letting out a whistle that pierced the sky. The nearby air hummed, and the high clouds churned.

At this point, Han Li scanned his surroundings and quickly ascertained the location of his giant island. He immediately transformed into a great azure rainbow and shot away.

After a few flashes, the escaping light became a black dot on the horizon, and then, after a few more flashes, it completely vanished.

In the depths of the Black Solid Mountain Range, before a large mountain shrouded in white mist, the azure light receded, and Han Li's figure appeared at the foot of the mountain. He looked up at the mountain, which seemed unchanged, just as it was when he departed. Breathing a long sigh of relief, Han Li formed a hand seal. Immediately, the white mist before him churned, revealing a passage. With a movement of his body, Han Li unhurriedly controlled his escaping light and flew into it. Upon entering his cave dwelling, Han Li first checked the medicinal garden. Seeing that everything was safe and sound, and that all the spiritual wood and herbs he had planted were still present, he was completely relieved.

Subsequently, Han Li plunged into his bedroom, lay down without a word, and immediately fell into a deep sleep. This sleep lasted for two days and two nights! Although he had rested briefly at Elder Jiang's place before, it couldn't compare to his own bed.

When Han Li opened his eyes again, all his physical fatigue and mental weariness had vanished. Han Li's body swayed as he got out of bed. After a quick wash, he felt completely refreshed and full of energy.

With his rest complete, he naturally intended to enter his secret chamber to comprehend what he had gained from his recent journey. He would also continue to consume the True Toad Spirit Liquid and diligently cultivate in seclusion, aiming to reach the Grand Completion stage of the Spirit Transformation realm and begin his assault on the Void Refinement stage.

The spiritual power within the Heaven-Concealing Relic had to be refined as soon as possible to obtain the refining incantations for the True Dragon and Heavenly Phoenix blood. This would allow him to integrate these two types of True Spirit blood into his body earlier.

As for comprehending the sword formation of the new sword art and refining his flying swords, these also seemed to be pressing matters that needed to be resolved quickly.

Pondering silently, Han Li walked towards the secret chamber, while one hand suddenly reached to the back of his head.

Immediately, a ball of black light shot out from the top of his head. After a flash, it transformed in the blink of an eye into a small black figure, several inches tall, hovering in the low air.

It was his second nascent soul.

Then, with a flick of his sleeves, Crying Soul and the Leopard Qilin Beast were also released.

Han Li smiled and waved at the three. After tossing the mysterious small bottle to his second nascent soul, he departed on his own.

The second nascent soul took the small bottle, also smiling silently in the air. Only after Han Li's figure disappeared around a bend did it issue a few quiet commands to the two beasts, then with a flash, it slowly flew off in another direction.