Chapter 2037: Refining the Cauldron

The green giant ship plunged into the sea, continuing to fly forward without the slightest intention of stopping.

At the same time, the group of Spirit Race and human cultivators on the giant ship were silently meditating and adjusting their breathing in their respective rooms, preparing to conserve their energy for sneaking into the Demon Realm.

Everyone knew very well that despite their long preparations, the dangers of this trip were absolutely rare in their lives.

It would not be strange at all if they were all wiped out and fell in the Demon Realm due to a single mistake.

Therefore, everyone was unusually quiet at this moment, each making their final preparations before entering the Demon Realm.

In a room on the lowest level of the giant ship, the surrounding walls flashed with colorful restriction spiritual light, and three "Han Lis" with identical faces sat cross-legged side by side.

One had a body flashing with golden light, one had a body flashing with green light, and another had a body with faint black energy flowing around it.

They were Han Li's main body, his Spirit Body incarnation, and the Brahma Saint Golden Body controlled by his second Demon Infant.

Originally, the Spirit Body and the second Demon Infant were temporarily released from Han Li's side as bait when he was being hunted by the three incarnations of Blood Light.

As a result, one relied on the Spirit Body's innate powers to escape the hunt, while the other used a secret technique to self-detonate the Demon Infant, allowing a wisp of demon soul to luckily escape.

When Han Li returned to Sky Abyss City, he naturally used secret techniques to try to recall both of them.

But unfortunately, because of the demon army surrounding the city, the Spirit Body and the Demon Infant dared not return to Sky Abyss City rashly and could only hide temporarily on the outskirts of the demon army.

It wasn't until Sky Abyss City repelled the demon army that the two quietly sneaked into the secret room and reunited with the main body while Han Li was in seclusion recovering from his injuries.

Because the Demon Infant itself was familiar with the restrictions of Sky Abyss City and the residential stone tower, it didn't alert anyone else.

The Spirit Body and Qu'er were fine; during this time away from Han Li's side, not only were they unharmed, but their cultivation had also increased slightly.

The second Demon Infant had self-detonated once. Although that wisp of remnant soul had re-condensed into a new Demon Infant body, its vitality was naturally damaged by more than half.

This situation would be a headache for an ordinary Body Integration cultivator, and it would be difficult for the second Demon Infant to recover to its original state without spending decades or even a hundred years of bitter cultivation.

But for Han Li, who possessed countless spirit pills and medicines, this was nothing at all.

After he used a large batch of spirit pills to nourish the body and condense the soul, the second Demon Infant recovered seven or eight out of ten of its lost vitality in just half a year.

Now, although this second Demon Infant could not compare to its peak state, it was no longer a major problem and could once again control the Golden Body to fight others.

However, Han Li's main body didn't pay any attention to the two incarnation-like existences beside him and focused all his attention on a small purple cauldron floating in front of him.

This small cauldron was only a few inches tall, with an ancient and peculiar style, inscribed with dense and profound runes, but at this moment, it was wrapped in strands of green flames spat out by Han Li.

Han Li stared at the small cauldron without even blinking, his ten fingers flicking repeatedly, occasionally releasing streaks of magic power that submerged into the green flames, his expression exceptionally solemn!

Amidst the flashing green flames, a low humming sound could be vaguely heard from the cauldron, and a blurry gray-white light band was vaguely visible, with the lower half submerged in the cauldron lid and the upper half flashing outside the cauldron.

This light band was only as thick as a finger, but it was shaking crazily with extreme spirituality within the green flames, appearing extremely fearful of the green flames.

Han Li's expression remained unchanged, but the spells he flicked out became more and more urgent. At the same time, the color of the green true flames spat out from his mouth changed, and there were vaguely traces of golden light within them.

With a "puchi" sound, the gray-white light band seemed unable to endure the refining of the green flames any longer, shot out from the cauldron, and condensed into a white light ball, breaking through the green flame wrapping and wanting to escape through the air.

But Han Li seemed to have been prepared for this and flicked a finger without any hurry.

After a thunderclap, a golden electric arc shot out.

The white light ball groaned and immediately vanished into nothingness amidst the flashing golden electric light.

"Mission accomplished! It wasn't in vain that I spent so much time forcing that old demon's remnant soul out. Now, I just need to refine it with my essence blood, and I can drive this treasure as I please," Han Li said with joy, his expression relaxing.

Then, he pinched spells with both hands, opened his mouth, and spat out a mass of fresh red essence blood. With a "peng" sound, it turned into a blood mist in the wind and merged into the small cauldron.

The spells in his hands changed, and the green flames rose by more than double, rolling and spinning around the entire small cauldron.

The small cauldron was exactly the "Purple Word Cauldron" that Han Li had snatched from the hands of the Blood Light Sacred Ancestor's incarnation.

This treasure was mysterious and unpredictable in the hands of the Blood Light incarnation, making even Han Li feel a headache. It was also a Profound Heaven remnant treasure.

It was just that at that time, this treasure had another old demon's remnant soul hidden within it. After obtaining it, he didn't dare to take it out to refine and use it immediately and could only place it by his side and slowly refine it with true flames.

And that wisp of demon soul already had a trace of spirituality, not only hiding in the cauldron and refusing to come out but also using part of the treasure's power to resist stubbornly.

This was why it took Han Li several years to finally force it out of the cauldron today and destroy it with one blow.

In this way, as long as this Purple Word Cauldron was refined with blood, it could become a great killing weapon in his hands.

Just in terms of the treasure's unpredictability, the power of the Purple Word Cauldron was clearly above that of the Profound Heaven remnant blade that had been taken away. This could be considered a case of losing one thing but gaining another.

Han Li's refining of the small cauldron lasted for seven days and seven nights until the eighth day, when he revealed a joyful expression and flicked his sleeve in front of him.

A mass of green mist-like rosy light rolled out, and the green flames disappeared without a trace.

Han Li opened his mouth wide and sucked fiercely at the small cauldron.

The small cauldron spun and turned into the size of a thumb, and with a "sou" sound, it stuck tightly to his forehead, motionless.

Han Li closed his eyes and began to bitterly comprehend the various wonderful uses of this cauldron.

The Purple Word Cauldron flickered on his forehead, emitting a faint purple light.

After another three days and three nights, Han Li opened his eyes and let out a laugh.

At this moment, he had mastered most of the wonderful uses of the small cauldron.

He patted his forehead with one hand, and the small cauldron flashed and was put away.

Han Li let out a light sigh, revealed a look of contemplation, and thought for a moment in place. Suddenly, a strange look flashed in his eyes, and he raised one of his arms and spat out.

A green light flew out and just circled around his sleeve.

Immediately, the long sleeve shattered, and an ancient bronze-colored arm was revealed.

On the arm, a pale yellow sword mark was inscribed, which was exactly the mark left by the sealed Profound Heaven Sword.

Han Li stared at the sword mark on his arm with flashing eyes, his expression actually becoming somewhat hesitant.

After a good while, he gritted his teeth, pressed his other palm onto his bare arm, and mobilized the magic power in his body.

He saw his body flashing with golden light, and the palm pressed on his arm actually surged with layers of golden waves, pouring into his arm like a tide.

The originally unremarkable pale yellow sword mark became somewhat clear under the stimulation of pure spiritual power, gradually turning from yellow to green, the color deepening, and finally emitting a layer of strange ink-green light.

Looking from afar, it was as if a crystalline, transparent ink-green small sword was embedded in his arm.

Seeing this strange phenomenon, Han Li's expression became even more solemn, but the golden spiritual power he was pouring into it did not stop at all.

After a full cup of tea's time, the ink-green small sword suddenly shook and actually began to move, wandering around his arm as if it had come alive.

Han Li felt a chill in his heart, loosened the palm that was gripping his arm, and the golden spiritual power flashed and dissipated.

The moment the small sword wandered, his entire arm became as scorching hot as if it were being roasted by fire, and at the same time, the meridians in his arm felt extremely painful, as if they were about to snap inch by inch in the next moment.

This made him startled and hurriedly stop his previous actions.

Without the infusion of spiritual power, the wandering ink-green small sword immediately returned to its original position and, with a convergence of spiritual light, returned to its original plain and unremarkable appearance.

Han Li looked quietly at the pale yellow sword mark, his brows couldn't help but furrow. After a good while, he slowly moved his arm.

After a layer of green light flashed on his arm, the broken sleeve was restored to its original state in an instant, and no trace of the original breakage could be seen.

But at this moment, Han Li let out a bitter laugh, shook his head, and muttered to himself:

"It seems that the magic power of the late stage of Body Integration is still not enough to drive this Profound Heaven Treasure, but it is much stronger than before. If I stimulate it forcefully, I can indeed have some faint intuition. It seems that to truly control this treasure, I must have the cultivation of the Mahayana stage."

After Han Li finished speaking, he stared blankly in place for a while before closing his eyes and entering meditation again.

Two months later, the green giant ship paused and suddenly stopped in the void.

Han Li naturally sensed it, opened his eyes, and revealed a thoughtful expression.

Almost at the same time, the Long family's Ancestor's voice suddenly sounded in the secret room:

"Brother Han, we are approaching our scheduled node channel. This flying giant ship is too large a target and is not suitable for us to continue riding. We will fly forward on our own from here."

"So that's how it is. I, Han, understand." Han Li replied with a faint voice transmission, stood up, and flicked his long sleeves toward the four walls nearby.

Immediately, dozens of colorful array flags appeared in the nearby void and turned into streaks of spiritual light that merged into his sleeves.

Following that, his figure moved, and he turned into a green rainbow and escaped from the room.

When the green rainbow appeared in the high sky outside the green giant ship with a flash, the Long family's Ancestor, Saintess Qianqiu, and the others from both races were already standing nearby.

Han Li was not the last one to leave the giant ship; following closely behind, the disheveled-haired man from the Lin family and the old Confucian scholar of the Spirit Race also flew out one after another.

Among them, after the old Confucian scholar flew out, he immediately pointed at the green giant ship in the void while muttering incantations.

Immediately, the entire giant ship blurred and began to deform and shrink rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, it turned into a green wood the size of a foot and was collected into his arms by the old Confucian scholar with a flash.

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