Chapter 2316: Volume 11: The True Immortal Descends to the World, Chapter 2297: The Second Sacred Object

In an instant, the silver firebird shook its wings, and its form suddenly swelled wildly, transforming into a giant of several hundred zhang. Its feathers were all rolling with flames, almost illuminating the entire upper sky of the valley with a bright silver light.

Han Li witnessed this scene, a flash of sharp light in his eyes. He pinched a seal with his hand and spat out the word "Absorb."

The Spirit-Devouring Firebird immediately lowered its head, opened its mouth, and sprayed toward the area below.

A sheet of silver flames rolled downward, submerging all the mysterious ice near the cold pool.

All the mysterious ice dissolved at an astonishing speed, and specks of silver light flew out from the ice, rapidly merging into the silver flames.

Within the span of a single breath, all the ice layers disappeared without a trace, and the cold pool was exposed once again. The silver flames rolled downward, enveloping the surface of the cold pool as well.

Amidst the wild flashing of flames, the strange cold energy surging from the cold pool all transformed into wisps of silver mist, easily swallowed and fused by the silver flames, causing the momentum of the fire to grow even stronger.

The Spirit-Devouring True Fire was originally a mutated true flame that combined yin and yang. After Han Li had used other external objects to absorb and refine it several times, it had become a strange existence between heaven and earth, capable of refining and merging with certain extremely cold or extremely yang objects, allowing its power to advance even further.

Earlier, when the group from the Asura Spider clan had just opened the seal of the cold pool, the Spirit-Devouring True Fire within Han Li's body had become incomparably restless, appearing extremely eager to devour the cold energy of this place.

This had left Han Li both surprised and delighted at the time.

So many years had passed, and he had never seen the Spirit-Devouring True Fire react so intensely.

Back when he traveled through the Spirit Realm and entered several places of extreme cold, facing those few types of cold energy that could be devoured, this true flame had never shown such a reaction.

Moreover, Han Li believed that the extreme cold of this place, which had left the Asura Spider group helpless, could be easily resolved by the strange abilities of the Spirit-Devouring True Fire alone.

It was just that he naturally could not actively speak of the Spirit-Devouring True Fire's ability to devour other cold energies, and he was even less willing to reveal it in front of others.

Therefore, he had allowed the woman and the other Asura Spiders to continue using the power of the magic array to salvage the treasure.

Now, Han Li hovered above the valley, quietly watching everything below. A hint of anticipation appeared faintly on his face.

But as time passed bit by bit, the cold energy surging from the pool began to weaken gradually, as if the cold energy above had been almost entirely devoured by the Spirit-Devouring True Fire.

Han Li frowned. He pointed his finger at the Spirit-Devouring Firebird in the air.

The bird spun in the air, its volume rapidly shrinking. In an instant, it transformed back to the size of a zhang. After a clear cry, it turned into a fireball and shot downward.

"Puchi!"

The moment the firebird plunged into the silver flames below, all the silver flames suddenly condensed as if swept by a hurricane, and they all submerged into the firebird's body.

Only a flash of silver light was seen. The firebird plunged beneath the water surface and disappeared.

One could only vaguely hear bursts of rumbling sounds coming from the depths of the cold pool, and wisps of silver light flashing incessantly.

Han Li's eyes were slightly closed, his hands still pinching a magic seal, and he chanted some unknown incantation in an extremely low voice.

At this moment, the cold energy emerging from the cold pool began to disappear at an even faster speed.

An hour later, when the silver firebird let out another long cry and shot out from the depths of the cold pool, all the cold energy inside had vanished completely. No more coldness was emitted.

This pool had already become no different from an ordinary water pool.

Han Li opened his eyes, and his gaze fixed on the Spirit-Devouring Firebird was filled with a hint of joy.

He saw that the firebird before him, although covered in rolling silver flames, had a body that appeared crystalline beneath the raging fire, vaguely resembling a solid form.

Clearly, after absorbing the astonishing cold energy of the cold pool, the firebird had finally undergone some mutations again.

Of course, this kind of change was just beginning.

The cold energy of this pool was enough to make ordinary Mahayana existences afraid to easily venture deep into it, which showed the degree of its extreme cold.

Although the Spirit-Devouring Firebird was mysterious in itself, it was impossible for it to refine and use such a degree of cold energy in such a short time; it had only forcibly absorbed it into its body first, to be slowly refined bit by bit later.

Han Li took a light breath, his hand seal changed slightly, and he was about to put away the Spirit-Devouring Firebird.

But at this moment, the firebird before him opened its mouth and spat out a ball of white light, which shot straight toward Han Li.

Han Li was startled. Subconsciously, his arm blurred, and he grabbed the ball of light in his hand.

Looking down, it was a crystalline round ball the size of an egg, appearing transparent and clear, but incomparably cold.

If it weren't for his own protective spiritual light being thick enough, and his physical body being incomparably strong, he would likely have been injured by this bead the moment his palm touched it.

"Interesting! Was this found down below?" Han Li asked with some surprise, glancing at the Spirit-Devouring Firebird.

But the silver firebird just hovered quietly before him, showing no reaction at all.

"I am the one who is confused; with your level of spirituality, how could you possibly answer anything." Han Li was startled at first, then immediately laughed dumbly.

He looked at the crystal ball in his palm again, his divine sense concentrated, and he swept it into it.

But the next moment, Han Li's expression changed, and he let out a soft "Yi."

The moment his divine sense touched the surface of the crystal ball, it naturally slid past it, as if there were nothing there in his hand.

Han Li's face was full of surprise. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly pointed a finger at his brow. Immediately, with a "Chi" sound, a crystal thread shot out, flashed, and disappeared into the crystal ball.

It was his crystallized divine sense!

"So that's how it is."

This time, Han Li's face changed to one of realization. After a moment of hesitation, he suddenly threw the crystal ball into the low air and pointed a finger solemnly again.

A thunderclap.

A golden arc shot out from his fingertip, flashed, and hit the object in the air solidly.

The crystal bead immediately spun wildly in the air, its surface covered with countless electric threads, and finally, with a crisp sound, it cracked inch by inch.

After a wave of astonishing cold energy dissipated, a pale blue object emitting bursts of fluctuations was revealed before Han Li.

Inside that extremely cold crystal ball, there was actually another round bead the size of a thumb wrapped within.

The fluctuations coming from this bead actually contained an extremely intense spatial power.

After Han Li's thoughts turned rapidly, he vaguely understood what was going on.

The sacred object of the Space Fish clan hidden in the cold pool was not a single piece, but two, one large and one small.

The larger one was naturally the pale blue stone taken away by the woman, and the smaller one was this crystal bead.

On the surface, the spatial law fluctuations emitted by these two items seemed similar. But since the latter was deliberately covered up with other treasures, and could even deceive the divine sense of Mahayana existences, it should be much more important than the former, at least in the eyes of the Space Fish clan.

As for the specific reason, I am afraid only the people of the Space Fish clan know the true reality.

After Han Li pondered for a while, he flipped his hand, took out a jade box, flicked it toward the crystal bead before him, sucked it into it out of thin air, closed the lid, and quickly pasted several restriction talismans on it.

Immediately, the fluctuations coming from the jade box were completely isolated.

Han Li put away the jade box and urged the Spirit-Devouring Firebird with a hand seal.

The silver firebird raised its head and let out a clear cry, its volume rapidly shrinking, and it transformed into a ball of silver flames that shot over. After a flash, it plunged into Han Li's sleeve and disappeared.

Han Li stomped his foot, his protective light rose, and he transformed into a green rainbow that soared into the sky. After circling, he shot away in a certain direction.

Looking at this direction, it was exactly the place of dry fire where the Space Fish clan was located.

At the same time, the Asura Spider clan mother, who was rushing back toward the stone city, was standing on the back of a giant eagle, and said to the young girl with some worry:

"Is there any problem with leaving the Space Fish clan outside now? After all, their existence has already been known by outsiders. Plus the sacred object of the Space Fish clan we took out earlier, I am afraid they will associate it with something."

"Hasn't Mother already sent people to monitor the movements of this clan? As for the Space Fish clan, let them fend for themselves. Although their clan's crystal cores can refine spatial power, this branch has already degenerated to the point where even the adults are barely at the Void Refinement stage, unable to refine true spatial laws.

Earlier, we needed their crystal cores only because we hoped that by devouring the power within, we could also have the possibility of controlling spatial power. But after so many years of attempts by Daughter, I found that this method basically has no great effect. The fact that Daughter was able to comprehend spatial laws was actually not by using this method, but by taking another path; otherwise, I would probably still be unable to comprehend space-time laws now." The girl in the blood dress said lightly.

"Another path?" The Asura Spider clan mother was a bit surprised to hear this.

"That's right. Now that we have the sacred object of the Space Fish clan, we don't need too many of their crystal cores; our previous storage is enough. There is no need to have any more conflicts with those outsiders over this. After returning, Daughter will first go into seclusion to refine that person's Nascent Soul, and then conduct a deeper comprehension of space-time laws. After I come out of seclusion, I can split a seed of space-time laws and give it to Mother. In this way, both you and I, mother and daughter, will have the possibility of controlling this top-tier law power. In the future, the various realms will be ours to roam without obstruction." The girl in the blood dress said with a sweet smile.

"That is correct. With your current cultivation base, Daughter, and the assistance of the power of time and space, you can contend with ordinary Body Integration stage existences. If you were to advance to the Body Integration realm yourself, I fear you would immediately rank among the top-tier existences of the True Spirit class. Aside from existences like the True Dragon or Heavenly Wind, it would indeed be difficult to find any other rivals." Upon hearing this, the Matriarch of the Asura Spider clan also revealed an expression of extreme joy.

The girl giggled and did not interrupt, but judging from her expression, she clearly defaulted to the woman's statement.

With a "Pu" sound, the yellow light above the underground lava lake converged, and Han Li appeared there out of thin air. After sweeping his gaze around, he couldn't help but frown slightly. RS ===== CHAPTER 2317 =====