Chapter 2224: True Immortal Descends Slaying the Heart Demon

Chapter 3

The headless ancient demon immediately dropped the four demonic artifacts from its hands. Its body swayed before it toppled over and fell.

Just then, a faint gray light flickered above, and a ghostly figure twisted into existence, revealing a slender woman in a black robe. She wore a wolf-head mask and a pair of dark, ominous gloves, showing no hint of skin.

"Liangying, I owe you a great debt this time!"

Upon seeing the masked woman, Yin Yue’s expression relaxed, and a trace of gratitude flashed in her eyes. "It's nothing. As the young lady's shadow guard, the master's safety is naturally my responsibility. But to be safe, perhaps the young lady and I should work together to eliminate these demons," Liangying replied with a faint smile.

"Very well. If Liangying also acts, none of these remaining demons will escape," Yin Yue agreed, delighted and without hesitation.

Liangying nodded immediately, then twisted her body, transforming into a phantom and darting into the nearby group of demons. After several flashes of gray light, several demons were instantly cut in half without any warning.

On the other side, Yin Yue also performed a hand seal, and silver light flickered behind her as the massive phantom of a silver wolf re-emerged. Although the silver wolf avatar formed this time was slightly blurrier than the previous one, it was more than enough to deal with the demons before them. As an obscure incantation was cast, the silver wolf avatar let out a long howl and lunged forward, slaughtering the demons. In less than a quarter of an hour, these dozens of powerful demons were all slain by Yin Yue and the other woman.

On a small hilltop not far away, Xu Qianyu and several Xu family disciples watched in stunned silence as the group of demons, whose cultivation was no weaker than their own, were instantly annihilated. They felt a chill run through their bodies. The power of the Body Integration stage was truly beyond their imagination.

In the heart demon space, within a grand hall built atop a high mountain, nearly a thousand burly men in various colored uniforms gathered around dozens of massive long tables, jovially eating and drinking. The tables were laden with various delicacies and jars of fine wine, making everyone at the tables enjoy themselves immensely, looking happily tipsy.

At one end of the hall, beside an exquisite eight-immortal table, two other individuals sat on grand armchairs. One was a spirited and handsome young man, dressed in a black brocade robe with a gold-sheathed single saber at his waist. As he looked at his subordinates in the hall, a faint smile played on his lips. Across from him was another young man of similar age, dressed in a green long gown, with slightly dark skin and an ordinary appearance. This was Han Li.

However, Han Li at this moment was quietly drinking cup after cup of the fine wine in his hand, seemingly lost in thought. On one of his shoulders stood a small yellow bird, and behind him stood a tall, burly man in a green robe, his true face hidden by a hood.

"Junior Brother Han, under our combined leadership, the Seven Mysteries Sect has dominated the entire Jingzhou region in just a few short years. This is truly cause for celebration. It seems our next step can be to expand and infiltrate our sect's influence into neighboring states. I believe it won't be long before the Seven Mysteries Sect becomes one of the few super-powers in Yue State capable of controlling multiple states simultaneously. Our sect has reached this point largely thanks to your efforts, Junior Brother. Come, let me toast you first." The handsome young man suddenly turned his head and smiled at Han Li, then picked up a wine pot from the table, poured a full cup, and flicked it over to Han Li.

Han Li moved his arm and caught the wine cup. But instead of drinking it immediately, he lowered his head and gazed at the emerald-green spirit wine in the cup for a long moment before sighing and saying: "Senior Brother Li, do you truly want me to drink this wine?"

"What do you mean by that, Junior Brother Han? Is there a problem with your senior brother toasting you?" The handsome young man's expression subtly changed, but he forced a smile as he asked.

Han Li narrowed his eyes, then suddenly flicked his wrist, and all the wine in the cup splashed onto the ground. With a "sizzle," a fierce green flame immediately erupted where the wine had been spilled. Seeing this, the handsome young man's face darkened, and with a movement of his hand, he silently pressed it onto the hilt of the gold-sheathed single saber at his waist.

But at that moment, Han Li said faintly: "Even though you did this, I don't blame you in the slightest!"

"What do you mean by that, Junior Brother?! Hmph, there's nothing left to hide now. A mountain cannot hold two tigers. The Seven Mysteries Sect has grown to this point, and there can only be one true sect master. Between us two, only one can leave this place alive." The handsome young man stared at Han Li, speaking with extreme grimness.

"As expected, you are not the real 'him.' You are merely a non-existent, illusory being using his name. How could the true Li Feiyu not know my Han Li's true aspiration? And how could he harbor such ridiculous thoughts of vying for power and profit?" Han Li smiled faintly, uttering words that astonished the handsome young man opposite him.

But before the young man could ask anything further in his shock and doubt, Han Li suddenly grabbed at the empty air with one hand, and a three-foot-long green sword miraculously appeared in his grasp. He then swung it out with a backhand strike. A flash of green light, and the giant man in the green robe standing behind him was instantly cut apart.

A dull thud! The two falling halves of the body instantly transformed into two plumes of black mist that shot up into the sky. And with the appearance of this bizarre scene, both the handsome young man opposite him and the many burly men who had been drinking and chatting all blurred and vanished into thin air. In the next moment, the entire grand hall also vanished with a roar, turning into foam.

But when the surrounding scenery solidified and became clear again, Han Li found himself on an extraordinarily wide long street. Human cultivators, mostly at the Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment stages, passed by him constantly. This was actually a low-level cultivator market in the human realm. As Han Li's gaze swept over it, just as he felt a sense of familiarity, his spiritual consciousness immediately wavered, and he lost his previous memories again, starting yet another cycle...

In this way, he continuously cycled through one dream-like world after another. Each dream could last for several centuries, or as short as a few decades, but every single one felt incredibly real, making it impossible for him, immersed in them with sealed memories, to have any doubts.

However, Han Li's divine sense was truly too powerful, coupled with the amplification of several secret divine sense techniques. He could always awaken himself by unsealing his memories, sooner or later, in these cycles, and patiently find the person transformed by the heart demon to deliver a killing blow, thus immediately breaking free from the current cycle. From the outside world, Han Li had only been undergoing his heart demon tribulation for an hour or two, but in reality, he had already gone through over a dozen cycles in the heart demon space.

However, as the number of cycles increased, the time it took for Han Li to unseal his memories in the heart demon world unconsciously shortened. In this manner, as time passed, the cycles Han Li experienced in the heart demon space became faster and more numerous with each attempt. After half a day passed in the outside world, Han Li had actually gone through nearly a hundred cycles in the heart demon space, but each time he broke free from the heart demon world, his expression became increasingly calm and composed.

In these hundreds of cycles, the heart demon had not only transformed into his parents, younger sister, Li Feiyu, and other relatives and friends, but later even into his confidantes like Nangong Wan and Zi Ling. However, Han Li unceremoniously saw through them and slew them all. Some of his closest relatives and friends had even appeared transformed multiple times in different cycles. This enraged the heart demon, causing it to begin transforming into some of Han Li's past enemies and powerful foes, such as Doctor Mo and Grandmaster Jiyin, in relevant cycle scenarios. However, this still had little effect...

Inside the heart demon space, Han Li slowly withdrew a golden hand from the chest of a white-haired old man whose face was filled with terror. With a "whoosh," a surge of silver flame erupted from the old man's chest, transforming him into a silver fiery figure.

With a "bang!" The fiery figure turned into a plume of black mist amidst the silver flames and shot upwards. After a swirl, it escaped the burning silver flames and transformed into a massive ghostly face illusion high in the sky, shouting angrily: "Hmph, you saw through this cycle again! You're truly ruthless, kid. Facing a master who nurtured you for so many years and imparted knowledge to you, you struck without a shred of hesitation. You just unsealed your memories; aren't you afraid of killing the wrong person?"

"You don't need to disturb my mental state. Perhaps in the first few cycles, I might have hesitated, but now I've been tempered by nearly a hundred cycles. My mind has long been refined to a higher level, so how could I still make such a mistake? On the contrary, I think you seem to be running out of tricks. Unable to find any weaknesses in my past memories, you've started fabricating non-existent figures to shake my resolve. Such a method is utterly ridiculous," Han Li replied expressionlessly.

"Is that so? Then in the next cycle, I will directly transform into an immortal from the True Immortal Realm. Let's see how you can slay me then?" The heart demon seemed to be thoroughly enraged, threatening with a low growl.

"Don't boast! Even I haven't seen a true immortal, so how could you possibly transform into one? Besides, I don't think you'll have another chance to transform into anything else," Han Li said, a strange look appearing on his face. A verdant sword mark flashed on his arm, and with a sudden grab into the empty air with one hand. Immediately, a ripple appeared, and a pale green longsword strangely manifested in his palm. Han Li moved his arm and, without another word, swung the sword towards the ghostly face.

"Xuantian Sword! Impossible! How could you still have the magical power to activate this treasure..." The ghostly face cried out in terror upon seeing this, but its movements showed no hesitation. It twisted its body, about to transform into black mist again to evade.

But it was too late! Even before the longsword truly struck down, a wave containing the power of the laws of heaven and earth swept over and enveloped the entire space.