Chapter 1542: Reforging the Divine Mountain

A moment later, Han Li entered the secret chamber, sat down cross-legged, and scanned his surroundings.

His pupils contracted slightly.

He unexpectedly saw three grayish-white stone blocks in a corner of the secret chamber.

These were precisely the fragments of the strange poisonous stone pier he had obtained several years ago from the Blue Dragon's underwater cave. At the time, he had used his Gold Devouring Beetles to break them down, but being preoccupied with cultivation, he hadn't found the time to deal with these treasures.

These objects were incredibly heavy. Han Li had initially planned to refine them into a purely powerful treasure. However, the Gold Devouring Beetles that devoured these stone fragments unexpectedly began to mutate one by one.

This made Han Li somewhat hesitant.

The fact that they could cause mature Gold Devouring Beetles to mutate again showed how rare these objects were. However, insect mutations weren't always beneficial. While most mutated abilities evolved in a positive direction, many also weakened the creatures themselves.

At least for Han Li's more than a thousand mutated Gold Devouring Beetles, besides becoming tougher and increasing significantly in weight, Han Li had not yet discovered any other miraculous uses.

Moreover, generally speaking, spirit insects that had already undergone one mutation rarely experienced a second one.

Therefore, back then, he hadn't fed these objects to all his mature spirit insects, making it extremely difficult to decide their ultimate purpose.

However, having now heard about the Gold Devouring Beetle King from the elder surnamed Jiang, Han Li was greatly interested and would be even less likely to allow his mature Gold Devouring Beetles to mutate easily. Otherwise, if he were to obtain the relevant breeding methods in the future but couldn't cultivate a Beetle King due to their mutation, he would naturally be extremely frustrated.

Furthermore, during this outing, Han Li had conceived an even better idea for dealing with these extraordinarily heavy stones.

A blue light flashed in Han Li's eyes. He raised his arm, and an ink-black palm emerged from his sleeve.

His five fingers trembled slightly, and a black light flickered in his palm. A small mountain, several inches in size, materialized.

In an instant, the mountain emitted a brilliant gray light, expanding to roughly ten feet in size, and stood imposingly in the low air before him.

A golden light flashed on his body, and the three-headed, six-armed phantom appeared behind Han Li. With a low shout, the six arms of the Dharma Idol simultaneously grasped at the stone blocks in the corner from a distance.

Had it been several years ago, before Han Li had assimilated the true blood of the Kun Peng and the Five-Colored Peacock, he likely wouldn't have been able to move these grayish-white stones with such a distant grasp.

However, he had now not only advanced to the late Spatial Tempering stage but his physical strength had also significantly improved due to the two types of true blood.

Thus, with a single grasp, one of the stones shook, causing the entire secret chamber to tremble slightly as it slowly rose into the air and drifted towards Han Li.

Seeing this, Han Li slightly curled the five fingers of his ink-black palm. Instantly, the Primordial Magnetic Mountain before him radiated a brilliant gray light from its entire body, and countless strands of gray mist shot out, tightly coiling around the incoming grayish-white stone, wrapping it so thoroughly that not even wind or rain could penetrate.

Simultaneously, the six golden arms of the Brahma Holy True Devil Dharma Idol behind him also moved.

The gray stone then shot directly towards the small black mountain.

At this point, Han Li raised an eyebrow, uttered an incantation, and solemnly pointed a finger at the small mountain.

Immediately, the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain swelled in size. On the side facing the grayish-white stone, a peculiar large hole appeared, from which thousands of gray lights emanated.

This was a secret transformation technique Han Li had comprehended only after completely integrating the mountain with his palm, allowing him to control it at will, and after his cultivation had reached a certain level.

Before cultivating the Hundred Meridians Artifact Refining Art, or even before leaving the giant island, he likely wouldn't have been able to achieve this.

With a thunderous 'boom,' the grayish-white stone, enveloped by light strands and propelled by immense force, plunged into the opening that appeared in the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain.

The impact caused the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain to tremble, flying several feet away before landing heavily on the ground.

After another startling thud, the restrictive light screens on the floor and walls of the secret chamber all swayed a few times.

The base of the small mountain actually sank about a foot deep into the ground.

Even though the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain was not light, it could never have withstood the stone's extraordinary weight without this transformation.

Fortunately, Han Li had already reinforced the entire secret chamber with restrictions beforehand, so it was unlikely to collapse as a result.

At this moment, Han Li looked at the opening in the Primordial Magnetic Mountain, a strange expression on his face. He formed a hand seal with both hands, then opened his mouth.

With a flash of silver light, a silver fireball shot out.

The moment the fireball emerged, it spun and transformed into a fiery bird. After circling once, propelled by a spell, it plunged headfirst into the wide-open maw of the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain.

Without hesitation, Han Li flicked his wrist, and his storage bracelet shot out.

The bracelet merely flashed with spiritual light in the air, and various bottles, jars, wooden boxes, and wooden crates were swept out by a burst of colorful light, falling onto the ground before Han Li.

Han Li swept his spiritual sense over these items, and all the lids opened on their own, revealing a diverse array of artifact refining materials inside.

Most were rare and hard-to-find auxiliary materials!

More than half of these he had acquired with a large quantity of spirit stones and spiritual herbs when he was in Tianyuan City. The rest he had collected from the human realm and during his days with the Sky-Peng race.

Han Li's gaze swept over these materials, and he immediately found the auxiliary materials he needed.

He waved his long sleeve!

A hazy green light streamed out. Wherever the light passed, over a dozen types of prepared finished or semi-finished materials levitated from their containers and were whisked by the light into the mountain's opening.

Immediately, a melodious, clear cry came from within, followed by a flash of silver light. An intensely hot temperature billowed out, causing the surrounding air to shimmer and distort.

Han Li's expression became serious. He raised one hand, and a patch of gray light illuminated his palm.

As if in response, the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain also flashed with gray mist. The opening on its side slowly sealed shut amidst the light, and the scorching heat instantly vanished.

Han Li had intended to use the Primordial Magnetic Mountain itself as a cauldron, planning to completely refine the grayish-white stone into the mountain using the Spirit Devouring Fire Bird.

In this way, not to mention the defensive benefits the indestructible nature of these stones would bring to the Primordial Magnetic Mountain, the sudden increase in its extraordinary weight alone would be enough to transform the mountain into a powerful killing weapon.

Of course, even with the power of the Spirit Devouring Heavenly Flame, these stones wouldn't be easy to melt. Otherwise, Han Li would have placed all three stones inside at once, rather than just one-third of them.

Even so, if he truly wished to integrate the stone pier fragments into the Primordial Magnetic Mountain, it would still take thirty to forty years. Refining all three blocks would take at least a century.

Given such a long duration, Han Li wouldn't have used his own Nascent Soul flame for refining, as that would be too time-consuming. However, with the Spirit Devouring Heavenly Flame doing the melting on its own, it was naturally not an issue.

At most, for the next century or so, he simply wouldn't use the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain.

Pondering this, Han Li chanted an incantation, striking the small mountain with a spell. Simultaneously, the six golden hands of the Dharma Idol behind him grabbed and released the small mountain.

Immediately, after a tremor, the mountain's form instantly shrank to about a foot in size, then slowly flew to a corner of the secret chamber and gently settled down.

Since the stone blocks within the mountain body weren't fully refined, Han Li couldn't retract it into his body and had to set it aside for now.

Next, after a brief moment of thought, Han Li raised his hand and grabbed at the storage bracelet in the air. Immediately, a hazy white jade box flew out, settling steadily into his palm.