Chapter 1260

After flying only ten or so miles, without the three of them needing to say much, Han Li's spiritual sense swept over the anomaly in the sky ahead. His spiritual sense stirred, and his flight speed increased by a few points. 【Web】

After flying for another moment, the group's escape light finally stopped.

Han Li narrowed his eyes slightly and stared unblinkingly at a huge, gray, misty ball of light in the sky, unable to help but gasp in his heart.

He saw that the ball of light was circular and a full mile in diameter. Although it was somewhat blurry and dim, looking closely, it seemed unfathomable, and the halo emitted by the weapon slowly rotated, giving off a strange feeling that could suck a person's mind and soul into it.

"This is that spatial node!" Although he knew there could be no mistake, Han Li still exhaled a breath before asking.

"Yes, Senior! This is the node that the Ancestor and the others entered. However, in order to maintain the stability of this entrance, the Ancestor and the others spent a great deal of effort to set up a special seal, temporarily sealing it. This not only keeps the node as stable as possible but also reduces spatial fluctuations to a minimum, without attracting the attention of other cultivators in the Five Dragon Sea," the middle-aged female cultivator among the three Core Formation cultivators replied.

But when she mentioned Xiang Xiang Zhili, her expression was somewhat dim. Clearly, these three were also very aware that the soul lamps of Xiang Xiang Zhili and the others had been extinguished.

"So that's how it is. I was wondering why the spatial fluctuations here were so weak. Fellow Daoist Xiang and the others truly went to great lengths." Hearing this, Han Li sighed softly, then stared at the ball of light in the sky, his gaze flickering as he remained silent.

However, when the three Core Formation cultivators saw this, they exchanged glances, seemingly trading some kind of look.

"There is one thing this junior would like to tell you, Senior," one of the male cultivators hesitated for a moment before suddenly speaking.

"What is it?" Han Li was somewhat surprised and turned his head to look at the man.

"It is like this: we three have been guarding this place for over two hundred years. We discovered that although there is Ancestor Xiang's seal, this spatial entrance began to show short periods of oscillation starting a hundred years ago. And as time passed, the interval between the oscillations became shorter and shorter. At first, it was only once every few years, and each time it lasted no more than a day. But now, it has become once a year, and each time it lasts for a full half-month," the male cultivator replied honestly.

"There is such a thing! Do you mean to say that the seal cannot maintain this node entrance?" Han Li was startled, his expression changing slightly as he asked.

"I fear so. Following this current trend, in at most another hundred years, even if this spatial node does not collapse, it will become extremely unstable. I fear you will not be able to enter it as easily as Ancestor Xiang and the others did," another male cultivator explained respectfully.

"A hundred years or so, that short?" Han Li's expression became somewhat ugly.

"This is only our speculation; perhaps we are overthinking it," the female cultivator hurriedly said with a forced smile.

"Whether it is speculation or not, I will know as long as I stay here for a few years. I intend to study this node properly and will not be leaving in the short term," Han Li pondered for a while and said slowly.

Xiang Xiang Zhili's three disciples naturally would not say anything in opposition and hurriedly agreed.

Afterward, Han Li waved his hand, letting the three return to the small island first, while he himself wanted to stay alone for a while longer.

Thus, in the blink of an eye, only Han Li remained beneath the huge ball of light.

He looked up at the huge ball of light in the sky, his expression shifting between light and shadow. Clearly, the words of the three just now had made him quite worried.

If it were truly as the three had said, and the entrance could only be maintained for a hundred years or so, then he must enter this node within a hundred years. In terms of time, it was somewhat too rushed, and the risk of perishing would undoubtedly double. But if he did not seize this opportunity, even though he still had over a thousand years of lifespan, he feared it would be very difficult to find other means to enter the Spirit Realm. Otherwise, how could Xiang Xiang Zhili, Feng the Old Freak, and the others have struggled until now, entering without hesitation the moment they found a node? As for the node information he still had in his hands that he hadn't given to Xiang Xiang Zhili and the others, only a few locations remained. He did not hold out hope that there would truly be another usable spatial node in the remaining places. Han Li pondered, his expression becoming extremely gloomy.

He stayed beneath this huge ball of light for the better part of a day before turning his escape light and flying backward.

As a result, once his escape light reached the sky above the small island, he landed slowly.

The three male and female cultivators had long since cleared out the largest pavilion on the island for Han Li and had cleaned it thoroughly so that this "Senior Han" could move in.

Han Li was extremely satisfied with the performance of these three, and since they had put in the effort, if not the merit, in guarding this spatial node, he immediately gave each of them three treasures and several bottles of medicinal pills.

The three Core Formation cultivators were naturally overjoyed and extremely grateful.

Afterward, Han Li used a ten-thousand-mile talisman to directly contact Nangong Wan and the others far away in the Chaotic Star Sea, asking them to send several reliable Core Formation cultivators recently recruited on the island, and specifically pointed out that Tian Qin'er should come along as well.

The current Tian Qin'er, because she had his medicinal pills to assist her in her cultivation, spent most of her time researching various formations and restrictions. And her talent for formations was originally astonishing; now, with so much time, her achievements were naturally extraordinary. In terms of the path of formations alone, she even far surpassed Han Li.

On this trip, he would need to enter the spatial node, and he feared he would truly need to rely on this woman's attainments in formations.

In the time that followed, Han Li would almost go beneath the huge ball of light every day for a period of time to observe the changes in the node entrance, then return to the island to ponder something bitterly.

A year later, Tian Qin'er arrived at the island with four Core Formation cultivators from the island.

Han Li immediately allowed the original three Core Formation cultivators on the island to leave, letting his own people take over everything here.

Although Tian Qin'er was still lingering at the late Core Formation stage, after taking a bottle of Returning Yang Water that Han Li had specially left behind, she was still far from her lifespan limit. As for whether she could condense a Nascent Soul in the future, that would depend on her own fortune.

As soon as Tian Qin'er arrived, Han Li immediately took her to see the spatial node to see if there was any way to extend or strengthen the power of the seal, so as to win himself more time.

Unfortunately, although Tian Qin'er's attainments in formations had reached an unimaginable realm, facing an existence like a spatial node that involved spatial power, after pondering bitterly for several months, she could only think of a method to gradually strengthen the seal.

But whether this method could truly prevent the collapse of this entrance, she only had a two or three-tenths chance of success.

Although the probability was not very high, with no other methods available, Han Li could only let the woman go ahead and do it.

As for the rare materials needed to set up the formation, with Han Li's divine abilities, he naturally only needed to leave the Fog Sea once to collect them all in the Five Dragon Sea.

Just like that, Han Li stayed in this place for five or six years.

During this period, he discovered with a sinking heart that this spatial node was indeed as Xiang Xiang Zhili's disciples had said; it would oscillate every year or so, but the intervals were becoming shorter year by year, and the duration of the oscillations was also gradually shortening, while becoming increasingly violent.

Because of this, the joy Han Li originally felt from having just advanced to the Spirit Transformation stage naturally vanished without a trace.

Watching Tian Qin'er finish setting up an extremely complex formation and adding a layer of seal to the spatial node, he began to ponder whether he should take this opportunity to search various places in the mortal world for some special protective treasures and secret techniques to prepare for entering the spatial node.

But just a few days before he intended to set off, spiritual light suddenly flickered in a certain direction outside the Fog Sea, and a ball of silver light appeared, then shot toward the Fog Sea, arriving at the edge of the Fog Sea in the blink of an eye.

The light converged, revealing a silver-clad woman of peerless grace, in her twenties, with eyebrows like painted mountains and a nose like a jade bead, her eyes shining brilliantly with silver light flowing incessantly.

The woman sized up the Fog Sea before her, flipped her palm, and suddenly a jade slip appeared. After a sweep of her spiritual sense, a smile appeared on her beautiful face.

"The spatial node mentioned by those juniors of the Heaven-Slaying Sect is right here."

The woman muttered a few words, actually knowing of the existence of the spatial node, and then, without hesitation, her figure moved, transforming into silver light once again and flying up.

After the sea fog rolled for a while, the woman completely disappeared into the sea fog without a trace.

The current Fog Sea small island was no longer the defenseless place it had been when Han Li first arrived. While Tian Qin'er was setting up the seal for the spatial node, she had also meticulously arranged several extremely profound formations around the island, which were powerful enough to trap a Nascent Soul cultivator for a time.

As a result, the silver-clad woman was caught off guard, and the moment she reached the sky above the island, she naturally plunged headlong into these restrictions.

With the restrictions triggered, countless thunderbolts and flames suddenly appeared in the surrounding space, smashing toward the woman, followed by dense wind blades and ice cones one after another.

The silver-clad woman was startled at first, but then she let out a cold snort, her escape light converged, and she raised one hand.

Suddenly, a white, misty cold wind surged from her body into the sky, and its volume expanded wildly, sweeping toward the surroundings in the blink of an eye, forming an incredibly thick storm circle with an astonishing momentum.

Rumbling sounds erupted in the air, and wherever the hurricane passed, all attacks were swept into it and then ground to pieces; they were fundamentally unable to harm this silver-clad woman in the slightest.

With such a large commotion, it was impossible for the four Core Formation cultivators guarding the island not to have noticed. Startled, they immediately transformed into streaks of escape light and shot into the sky.

The silver-clad woman in the hurricane saw someone flying out from the island, and a trace of murderous intent could not help but surface between her brows.

She raised her jade hand, pointing her fingers at these four cultivators, seemingly wanting to flick something out.

But just at this moment, Han Li's faint voice suddenly rang in the woman's ears:

"Fairy Feng, please show mercy! These people are my subordinates and are only acting under orders. I hope you will not take offense, Fellow Daoist."

"It's you?" The silver-clad woman's expression changed drastically upon hearing these words, but the hand she had raised slowly lowered.

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