Chapter 1070: Escaping the Trap

The disc expanded wildly amid the bursting starlight, and after a short while, it turned into a light ring several zhang in diameter, spinning with a whirr, its surface dotted with golden light, and then countless starlight gathered at its center.

With a tremendous tremor, a thick golden 'color' light pillar as wide as a water tub shot out from the center of the light ring and plunged straight into the layers of yellow clouds high above.

A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering boom rang out, and immediately the clouds and mist near the light pillar churned, causing the entire ninth-layer space to tremble together.

Where the golden 'color' light pillar plunged in, the area became transparent and bright, emitting several crisp sounds of barriers shattering, and dozens of black cracks instantly appeared at the bright center, and then the black cracks grew more and more numerous, becoming densely packed.

After a wonderfully beautiful celestial sound, a huge passage appeared, and the golden 'color' light pillar fit perfectly into it, while countless fist-sized light orbs floated and danced around it, varying in 'color', extraordinarily gorgeous.

At this moment, a disc about a chi in size flew out slowly from the passage along the golden 'color' light pillar, and paused at the entrance, its light flashing incessantly, clearly identical to the disc sprayed out by Linglong.

Could this be the true Inverse Star Disc!

Han Li stood aside, watching the appearance of the passage and disc in midair, his expression blank, yet secretly startled in his heart.

The silver light on Linglong's body gradually dissipated and gathered at this moment, revealing her figure once again.

This maiden slightly raised her noble head to gaze at the passage in the air, and on her jade countenance actually 'revealed' a few traces of desolate 'color', then suddenly her figure flickered and she stood atop the light ring overhead, slowly flying upward into the air.

Her target was precisely the huge passage in the high sky.

As the maiden and the light ring beneath her feet drew near, the huge passage seemed to sense something, and the light orbs within the passage emitted a buzzing clear tone, while the true Inverse Star Disc also trembled slightly and began to rotate, as if delighted and excited by the approach of the light ring, showing full of 'spirit'.

Seeing this performance of the Inverse Star Disc, Linglong 'revealed' a faint smile on her face, then turned her head to glance deeply at Han Li below, hesitated slightly, and suddenly raised her hand, releasing three rays of light—yellow, blood, and white—that shot out, vanished in a flash, and arrived before Han Li.

Han Li started, but saw that the maiden bore no ill will, and instinctively flicked his sleeve, sending a swath of green霞 that swept past and collected the three rays of light into his hand; upon close inspection, they were a white 'color' jade slip, a blood blade, and the last Boundary-Breaking Talisman.

Han Li's heart surged, and before he could open his mouth to ask anything, he heard the silver-haired woman let out a long, lingering sigh:

"This is information about the Inverse Star Passage and spatial nodes, a bit more than what I gave those two; perhaps you may find use for it later. The Boundary-Breaking Talisman and blood blade are useless even in the Spirit Realm, so I'll give them to you together. Besides, carrying spirit treasures out of this mountain may not be easy, so let me help you one last time!"

Han Li was stunned by these words, and before he could understand what the other meant by "lend a hand," Linglong had already extended a slender jade finger, pointing lightly at the Inverse Star Disc in the passage.

Instantly, the disc let out a clear tone, turned slightly, and its center actually aligned with Han Li.

Light flashed, and a golden 'color' light pillar shot out, but as if capable of instant translocation, in the next moment it strangely appeared before Han Li's eyes; with a flash of light, it unceremoniously enveloped him and the humanoid puppet behind him.

And almost without reaction time, Han Li and the puppet vanished directly from the spot, leaving no trace, and no one knew where the Inverse Star Disc had sent them.

After doing this, Linglong without hesitation immediately entered the passage.

Within the passage, various 'color'霞光 surged forth, and in the blink of an eye, they enveloped Linglong and the Inverse Star Disc; a tremendous rumbling sound boomed, the passage shook violently, and then this maiden vanished without a trace within the passage.

And the passage entrance immediately cracked apart inch by inch; after a dazzling flash of light, the entrance completely collapsed and dissipated.

A moment later, the ninth-layer space returned to its original state, with not a single person in sight, silent and still, as if nothing had ever happened.

At this moment, Xiang Zhili and the ten-thousand-year-old Corpse Bear, along with Lin Yinping, had just walked out of the great ravine where the Demon-Suppressing Tower stood, and at the instant Han Li vanished from the ninth-layer space, Xiang Zhili looked up in some surprise, a trace of doubt 'appearing' on his face.

"What's wrong, Fellow Daoist Xiang? Did you discover something?" the ten-thousand-year-old Corpse Bear asked, although his cultivation was far inferior to Xiang Zhili's, but after all, he was a demon beast that had survived since the ancient war, and with another great mountain behind him, though he dared not offend Xiang Zhili, he was not afraid of the latter suddenly turning hostile after coming out.

"Nothing, perhaps I just felt wrong. I feel as if the seal outside Mount Kunwu has been touched, but I scanned with my spiritual sense and found nothing else." Xiang Zhili gently pinched the few hairs under his jaw, frowned slightly, and said.

"It might be the momentary fluctuation generated as the seal weakens on its own. Otherwise, such a great seal could not be shaken by human strength." the Corpse Bear hehehed with a laugh.

"Perhaps so. By the way, you two said earlier that this incident was caused by the Ye family. Have the Ye family cultivators all perished? The Ye family's Grand Elder is also a Nascent Soul cultivator, so he should have considerable divine abilities; where is he now?" Xiang Zhili suddenly changed his expression and asked this way.

"The other members of the Ye family have all been killed by that demon; as for the Ye family's Grand Elder, I did not see him when I entered the ninth layer. He surely perished at the hands of that demon." the Corpse Bear was stunned, but then forced a laugh and said.

"It doesn't matter whether he truly died or not. Since this incident has caused such a great calamity, the Ye family has no need to continue existing. When I return, the first aristocratic family of the Great Jin should be replaced. You, the Myriad Beast Valley, have no objections, I hope." Xiang Zhili coldly snorted, his eyes flashing with icy light as he spoke.

At this moment, the smooth 'color' on his face had completely vanished, and the true nature of a Soul Transformation cultivator was undoubtedly displayed.

The ten-thousand-year-old Corpse Bear's heart jumped, but without hesitation he replied:

"This is natural. Although the Ye family has some relations with our valley, this time they have committed such a great error, and indeed should be erased, and someone new dispatched to govern the mortal world."

"Fellow Daoist Bear, it's best that you think so! By the way, Fellow Daoist Lin. After leaving the mountain, you should also immediately return to Tianlan. Fellow Daoist, you seem to have stayed in our Great Jin for quite some years, but this place is after all not the Tianlan Grassland, so in the future, your palace should still send fewer people to the Great Jin!" Xiang Zhili shifted his tone and actually spoke coldly to the silent Lin Yinping.

"This servant understands. After this outing, the junior will immediately return to the grassland." Lin Yinping, upon meeting Xiang Zhili's expressionless gaze, felt a chill in her heart and dared not utter even half a "no".

Moreover, she still bears Han Li's restriction; regardless of whether Han Li can survive in that demonic qi, it is naturally better not to meet him again, to avoid being controlled by him. Moreover, she still fantasizes about returning to the Holy Hall, gathering the Nascent Soul cultivators there, and seeing if she can dispel this restriction.

Seeing Lin Yinping respond respectfully with a willing answer, the coldness on Xiang Zhili's face eased slightly, and just as he was about to say something to this maiden, suddenly from the endless expanse of the sky, a white light flashed and vanished, shooting through space, and in the blink of an eye arrived above the three heads.

The Corpse Bear was greatly startled, spiritual light flashing on his body, and he was about to move to resist, but suddenly the air around him condensed, his body becoming as heavy as a thousand jin, and at the same time, a faint voice came from Xiang Zhili beside him.

"Fellow Daoist need not panic! This is the flying sword transmission from Fellow Daoist Hu of the Tianmo Sect."

Immediately, only Xiang Zhili raising his hand was seen, beckoning to that white light.

Instantly, the white light circled once, then fell into Xiang Zhili's hand, actually being a small sword of pale white 'color'. The immense force on the Corpse Bear's body also vanished without a trace in an instant.

This demon, though it was only a false alarm, similarly broke out in a cold sweat during this startle and fright.

Xiang Zhili joined his hands to clamp the small sword in his palm, lowered his head in silence for a moment, then raised his hand to throw it back into the high sky, where it turned into a white light that flashed and vanished without a trace.

"Let's go. Fellow Daoist Hu has also already entered this mountain; we will meet up with him, and then immediately summon the great and small sects of Nanjiang to reseal this mountain." Xiang Zhili gazed at the place where the white light disappeared, and spoke calmly.

The Corpse Bear and Lin Yinping naturally had no other opinions, and the few people seemed to have already completely forgotten Linglong and Han Li.

……

On a scenic mountain peak somewhere in Nanjiang, several Qi Refining cultivators sat in a small pavilion, engaging in lofty discussion, naturally talking about the recent great seal that had stirred the entire Nanjiang populace into panic.

Just as a white-robed middle-aged man was eloquently speculating about what this seal actually was beneath, golden light flashed on the top of the stone pavilion, and with a booming roar, a pillar of light shot out from the void, slicing off more than half of the pavilion at an angle.

Then, amid the stunned stares of the onlookers, a green-robed cultivator and a humanoid figure flashing with silver light simultaneously appeared in the golden light; the green-robed cultivator staggered, seeming somewhat unsteady on his feet, but after waving his hand, the silver 'color' figure suddenly vanished without a trace.

These several low-level cultivators completely fell into a state of dazed stupor like wooden chickens.

"Where is this place?" After the green 'color' figure stabilized his stance and glanced around, his gaze immediately fell upon the several people, and he bluntly asked. Although his voice was plain and flat, anyone could hear the tone of irresistible intent in his words.

He is precisely Han Li, who was sent forth by the Inverse Star Disc.

These several low-level cultivators then finally awoke, and after their spiritual senses swept toward Han Li before them, everyone's faces underwent a great change, completely unable to discern the slightest bit of the opponent's cultivation.

"This is Jintu Mountain; may I ask, Senior...?" The white-robed cultivator, who was the highest in cultivation among the several people, although his heart was filled with unease, could only steel himself and reply.

"Jintu Mountain? I've never heard of it. Is this place still part of Nanjiang?" Han Li had no intention of telling the other anything, his expression blank, and asked again.

"This is the Zhonglou Prefecture of Nanjiang!" Another cultivator, shorter in stature, hastily and cleverly introduced.

"So it's Zhonglou Prefecture!" Han Li's expression moved, and he nodded.

Zhonglou Prefecture is precisely the prefecture adjacent to Puyun Prefecture, where the seal is located; it seems he did not get sent too far away.

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