Chapter 2211: Treasure Decision Completed

The ore was no bigger than an egg, its pitted surface gleaming with a cold, metallic luster. This was precisely a piece of Otherworld Demon Gold that Han Li had brought back from the Demon Realm.

With a soft pop, Han Li made a gesture with one finger towards the ore in his hand, slicing through the air. A streak of green light flashed and vanished.

The black-and-white ore silently split into two halves from the middle, and a pea-sized crystal pearl dropped out from within. Two fingers shot out like lightning, accurately clamping the spherical pearl between them.

After Han Li toyed with the crystal pearl for a moment, he flicked his large sleeve towards the empty space. Over a dozen five-colored banners flew out from it, and after a flicker, they vanished into the surroundings.

The next moment, a five-colored light barrier shimmered into existence, enveloping the entire secret chamber.

After setting up everything, Han Li placed the pearl between his hands and suddenly rubbed them together. A clap of thunder sounded, and over a dozen golden electric arcs surged forth. Amidst the flashing golden light, the pearl shattered into pieces, and after a wave of spiritual energy fluctuation, a grayish-white pillar of light shot up from his palms.

But Han Li was already prepared. He trembled the fingers of one hand and slapped the empty air. Instantly, a large golden hand materialized above the secret chamber and slapped downwards without hesitation. With a boom, an immense invisible force pressed down from above. The pillar of light was immediately compressed into a fist-sized grayish-white orb of light.

At this moment, Han Li chanted an incantation; countless golden runes swirled out from his mouth, spun around, and instantly enveloped the light orb. Han Li's expression finally relaxed. With a slight wave of one hand, the light orb descended and settled steadily into his palm.

Then, with blue light flashing in his eyes, a loud hissing sound erupted, and crystal threads actually shot out from between his eyebrows. In a flash, they all disappeared into the light orb. The light orb trembled slightly, emitting a low humming sound, but a moment later, it regained its calm as the surrounding golden runes flickered.

Han Li closed his eyes slightly and silently began to cultivate.

Half a day later, when he opened his eyes again, all the crystal threads had already retracted, and the golden rune-wrapped light orb had vanished without a trace. Han Li probed his body with his spiritual sense, discovering that his magic power had increased slightly. A faint smile appeared on his face, but when his gaze swept over the additional wisp of green thread within him, his brow furrowed slightly.

He immediately changed his incantation gesture, and a layer of black-gray spiritual light began to shimmer around his body, with faint wisps of an eerie aura emanating from him. This was precisely the method for refining Earth Fiend Yin Qi that he had obtained from Lan Ying of Guangyuan Study in the Demon Realm! As long as he promptly refined the Earth Fiend Yin Qi mixed within the crystal pearls each time he absorbed their energy, he would have no further worries.

However, half an hour later, Han Li stopped his incantation and flipped his palm to take out another piece of Otherworld Demon Gold. After a flash of green light, another grayish-white crystal pearl dropped out. After grabbing the crystal pearl, he began to absorb its energy again.

And so, in the following days, Han Li diligently repeated the same actions in the secret chamber. Day after day, he ceaselessly absorbed energy, refined the Earth Fiend Yin Qi, and could clearly sense the increase in his internal magic power.

In the blink of an eye, two years passed.

When Han Li once again refined the residual Earth Fiend Yin Qi within him in the secret chamber, he couldn't help but let out a long breath, and his gaze swept over the nearby ground. Near where he sat cross-legged, the ground was strewn with the remnants of Otherworld Demon Gold, split into two halves, forming several piles about ten feet high, still emitting a faint luster. These Otherworld Demon Gold pieces had already consumed fully ninety percent of the amount he had brought back from the Demon Realm. Just a short while ago, the energy from a crystal pearl he had just absorbed could no longer add even a trace of magic power to him. Evidently, at this point, his cultivation had reached the Grand Perfection stage of the late realm, and his magic power had increased by a full thirty percent compared to before his seclusion.

And all of this was achieved in just two short years. If other Integration stage cultivators knew about this, they would probably be dumbfounded, and even more, they simply wouldn't believe it. After all, for ordinary cultivators, reaching Han Li's previous cultivation level, relying solely on arduous cultivation, would take at least several centuries, or even nearly a millennium, to achieve this stage. To reach such a level in a mere two years, even with miraculous elixirs from the immortal realm, it would likely be impossible to achieve something so extraordinary.

However, even though Han Li's cultivation had reached a level where he could break through the current barrier, he showed no immediate intention of beginning his breakthrough to the Grand Ascension stage bottleneck. He continued to painstakingly cultivate for another year in the secret chamber, thoroughly stabilizing the refined magic power. Only after ensuring there were no remaining issues did he flick his wrist, and a ball of white light suddenly flew out from his storage bracelet. Expanding with the wind, it transformed into a crystal-clear jade box, several feet long, with a shimmering silver restrictive talisman affixed to its surface.

Han Li opened his mouth and blew. A streak of green mist swirled past, and the talisman on the jade box floated lightly downwards. He flicked a finger towards the jade box again. With a bang, the lid of the box instantly opened on its own, revealing a rice grain-shaped, blood-red fruit. Over a foot long, with one end as thick as a baby's arm and the other extremely sharp, it was precisely one of the top-grade Bloodfang Rice grains that Han Li had obtained. Han Li simply reached out into the air, and the Bloodfang Rice flickered, materializing in his hand, emitting a faint fragrance.

"As expected of a top-grade item, it is indeed much stronger than ordinary Bloodfang Rice," Han Li murmured, a strange expression on his face as he gently stroked the Bloodfang Rice with his fingers. "If I consume this and then cultivate the Hundred Meridians Refinement Art, I expect the speed to significantly increase."

He had already cultivated the Hundred Meridians Refinement Art to the Minor Accomplishment stage, but he was still far from truly achieving Grand Accomplishment in this immortal realm secret art. If he were to cultivate it with his previous physical body alone, it would take at least over a hundred years to truly master it. Of course, this was only possible because Han Li's original physical body was already quite powerful. For an ordinary human Integration stage cultivator with a regular physical body, even if given several centuries or even a millennium, there would be no hope of mastering this immortal realm secret art. On the contrary, they would very likely suffer a terrible fate of ruptured meridians and bodily self-destruction.

Now, Han Li's physical meridians, having undergone marrow cleansing and qi alteration through the Spirit Washing Pond and Pure Spirit Lotus, were vastly different in strength than before. Coupled with the miraculous effects of the Bloodfang Rice, his cultivation time would naturally be significantly shortened. Therefore, he was very confident about mastering the Hundred Meridians Refinement Art. He believed that after mastering this great divine ability, which refined various parts of the body into powerful treasures, it would certainly be of great help in his attempt to break through the Grand Ascension stage bottleneck.

As Han Li pondered, he slowly injected a stream of pure Yang True Essence into the Bloodfang Rice. The next moment, the Bloodfang Rice was enveloped in a soft white light and emitted a rich aroma of cooked rice, surprisingly transforming into cooked food instantly. Han Li wasted no time. He immediately grabbed the Bloodfang Rice with one hand and put it into his mouth, beginning to chew heartily.

In an instant, the entire Bloodfang Rice grain entered his stomach and transformed into countless streams of warmth that surged through his meridians. Han Li's expression became solemn. He formed an incantation seal with one hand; a golden light flashed behind him, and the three-headed, six-armed Brahma Saint Manifestation faintly appeared. He then began to cultivate according to the secret art's incantations.

Spring passed, summer arrived; autumn left, winter came... Time swiftly flowed by unnoticed. A full forty years had passed.

On this day, Silvermoon, who was cultivating cross-legged in her secret chamber, suddenly vaguely heard countless dragon-like clear cries erupting from another secret chamber not far away. Immediately followed by a surge of wind and thunder, the ground trembled continuously, with faint hints of hurricanes and lightning raging next door! A hint of horror flashed in Silvermoon's eyes. She moved her limbs, seeming as if she wanted to stand up. But after her expression rapidly changed several times, she eventually sighed lightly and closed her eyes again.

At the same time, another secret chamber was enveloped by an astonishing celestial phenomenon. Han Li, inside his secret chamber, was still sitting cross-legged. His entire body emitted a purple-golden light, while countless pale silver spiritual runes rapidly flowed over his body like living things, occasionally forming various sized spell formations, only to quickly collapse and disperse across different parts of his body. From a distance, he appeared extraordinarily strange and mystical. As for the Brahma Saint Manifestation behind Han Li, dense pale silver spiritual runes also appeared on its originally shimmering golden body, identical to those on Han Li's main body.

Even more incredible was that while countless spiritual runes flowed over Han Li's body, rumbling sounds of wind and thunder actually emanated directly from within his body, genuinely attracting gusts of howling wind in the nearby empty space, interspersed with flickering pale silver electric arcs. Han Li's eyes were wide open at this moment, with dazzling blue light in his pupils, and a joyful expression on his face as he continuously examined himself.

Suddenly, his figure stirred. Han Li vaguely rose and casually clapped one hand. With a whoosh! The pale silver spiritual runes on his arm instantly converged, transforming into an extremely profound runic array. At the same time, a green light flashed in his palm, and a swirling green hurricane surged out from his arm. With a flicker, it transformed into a green wind dragon, baring its fangs and claws, directly charging towards the secret chamber's door.

A series of continuous rumbling sounds erupted from the stone door, accompanied by dazzling five-colored light bursting forth. Han Li was startled. He hastily urged his incantation in his mind, and as the silver runic array on his arm flashed and vanished, the green wind dragon also disappeared into thin air. The restrictions on the stone door only then flickered wildly a few times before returning to calm.

A look of great joy immediately appeared on Han Li's face! He had merely slightly activated his arm, which had been refined by the Hundred Meridians Refinement Art, and it had already displayed such astonishing divine ability! It seemed the true power of the Hundred Meridians Refinement Art far exceeded his initial expectations. For him, this was undoubtedly the best news possible.

And after forty years of arduous cultivation, he had not only consumed all the Bloodfang Rice but had also finally cultivated the Hundred Meridians Refinement Art to Grand Accomplishment. Now, it could be said that any part of his body could directly transform into a powerful treasure, each possessing incredible and profound divine abilities. With every gesture, without relying on any external tools, he could directly annihilate cultivators of the same rank.