A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality

Lightning Bead

Han Li’s five fingers were very precise. With a flash of azure light, the purple flames on his fingers wrapped around it.

However, Han Li only felt his fingertips go soft. A huge force came from the azure flame, and his five fingers were repelled.

Han Li was shocked, but with a thought, he grabbed at the air and the purple flames in his hand enveloped down.

The light surged and the azure flames were enveloped in purple light.

Han Li’s arm did not move. The purple flames on his five fingers were dazzling, and the green and purple light intertwined and flickered.

This action continued for a quarter of an hour before Han Li let out a light sigh. With a casual shake of his hand, he moved his five fingers away, and the purple flames on his hand instantly disappeared without a trace.

Then, he looked at the sparkling azure flames and bitterly smiled.

This strange flame was far more difficult to deal with than he had anticipated. Although the Purple Apex Flames could contend with it, it seemed to be too weak to refine it.

With that thought, Han Li thought for a moment and raised his hand to point at the flying sword in front of him.

A muffled thunderclap suddenly erupted as a blinding arc of golden lightning shot forth from the flying sword.

As soon as the arc of lightning appeared, it instantly exploded, transforming into countless thin golden threads that flew toward the azure flame.

As a result, azure light flashed and the golden threads were completely absorbed by the bean-sized flames as if they were clay oxen entering the sea. Soon after, the azure flames swelled to the size of an egg.

Seeing this, the blue light in the depths of Han Li’s eyes flickered continuously as he stared at the azure flames that had absorbed the golden lightning. His expression was uncertain.

After an unknown amount of time, Han Li let out a light sigh. The blue light in his eyes disappeared, but a hesitant expression appeared on his face.

A short moment later, he shook his head and made up his mind. He opened his mouth and sucked the purple flames into his mouth, leaving nothing behind.

Without the suppression of the Purple Apex Flames, the azure flames on the sword surged and enveloped the entire flying sword. Han Li’s mind was connected to the sword, and he let out a muffled groan. Greenness flashed on his face, revealing a trace of pain.

However, Han Li immediately ignored the discomfort in his body and flicked his ten fingers at the flying sword. Green light flashed and more than ten sword Qi shot out from his hand.

Similar to the golden lightning formed by the Divine Devilbane Lightning, the azure sword Qi was completely absorbed by the azure lantern flames.

However, Han Li acted as if he did not see this. The spiritual power in his body circulated continuously, and the sword Qi struck the azure flame like moths to a flame.

His magic power was rapidly depleted.

As a result, the azure flames absorbed a large amount of sword Qi and became even more powerful as if they were nourishing themselves.

Not long after, they turned into a dazzling azure fireball, burning fiercely in front of Han Li.

At this moment, Han Li’s magic power had been depleted by more than a third.

But looking at the huge fireball in front of him, Han Li smiled instead.

He stopped the sword Qi in his hand and waved at the flying sword in the fireball.

With a puff, the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword easily shot out from the azure flames. After circling around, it shot into Han Li’s hand.

Han Li lowered his head and looked at the azure flying sword in his hand. It was exceptionally translucent and the azure flames on it had completely disappeared. He could not help but smile.

“As expected! Although this flame is incomparably wondrous, the spiritual power it can devour is clearly limited. It has absorbed too much Green Essence Sword Qi and can be controlled,” Han Li muttered with a smile.

Soon after, he brought his hands together and the flying sword disappeared into his palm in a flash of light.

At this moment, Han Li looked at the green fireball in front of him and tapped it lightly with his finger, sending a wisp of his spiritual sense into it.

The azure fireball trembled and began to slowly rotate. The azure light on top of it flickered intermittently.

Han Li raised his eyebrows and activated his divine sense.

The azure fireball began to sway incessantly, but after a long while, it was sent flying three meters away in a sluggish manner.

Seeing this, Han Li stroked his chin and muttered to himself.

This azure flame was so powerful that it would naturally be a waste to give up on it. Although he was able to forcefully activate this flame because it had absorbed the Green Essence Sword Qi, it was obvious that he was unable to do so because of his cultivation technique. After all, this flame wasn’t something that he had refined, so it was very difficult for him to control it as freely as he did the Celestial Ice Flame and the Purple Apex Flames.

Han Li’s brows were tightly knitted as he stared at the green fireball and pondered. Suddenly, he stretched out a hand and pressed it against the storage pouch at his waist.

White light flashed and a small section of jade-white rib bone and a small yellow bottle appeared in his hand.

It was the jade slip that recorded the Profound Yin Scripture and the magic tool that he used to absorb the demon beast’s soul.

He opened the bottle and a ball of black Qi flew out.

Han Li’s five fingers grabbed at the black Qi in the air. Immediately, the black Qi shot into his palm. Then, with a thought, the black ball immediately bounced onto the rib in his other palm.

The rib immediately turned black and floated out of his hand, releasing a faint glacial black light.

When Han Li saw this, he immersed his spiritual sense into it and quickly browsed through the contents of the Profound Yin Scripture. He began to look for something at a glance.

When Han Li saw the three words “Yin Fire Lightning”, Han Li was elated. He slowed down and began to carefully read the contents.

“Yin Fire Lightning” sounded quite ordinary, but in reality, it was an existence on par with the Heavenwide Corpsefire.

However, it was not a demonic secret technique, but a secret technique to refine lightning beads. It was a treasure of the same kind as the “Heavenly Lightning Seed” that Han Li had previously obtained.

Of course, according to the description of the Profound Yin Scripture, once the Yin Fire Lightning was successfully refined, its power would be astonishing. In terms of destructive power, it was even more powerful than the Heavenwide Corpsefire.

The principle was to suppress a large quantity of pure Yin flames from the Profound Yin Arts, then add in some lightning power and other materials, using some special methods to solidify and stabilize them.

When used against an enemy, it could simultaneously activate the Yin Fire and Lightning within it, resulting in an explosion that would injure the enemy.

Unfortunately, the lightning bead was a one-time consumable. Not only were there many restrictions, but it was also very troublesome to refine. It was extremely difficult to succeed. Only cultivators who could control lightning-attribute spiritual power could refine it.

As such, not to mention Zenith Yin, even the Bone Sage had never refined such a thing.

When Han Li first saw the refinement method of the Yin Fire Lightning, he also did not pay much attention to this secret technique. Although he could control the Divine Devilbane Lightning, he did not know any Mystic Yin Technique, so he naturally skimmed through it. He only cultivated the Yin Devil Execution and a few other easy-to-learn secret techniques from the Profound Yin Scripture.

Just as he was feeling a headache from the azure flame, he suddenly thought of the secret Yin Fire Lightning refinement technique.

Originally, refining Yin Fire Lightning required a large amount of spiritual power, and the success rate was low. In addition, there were very few cultivators who could control lightning. As a result, very few people refined this item in the cultivation world. Even if someone occasionally refined a few, they would quickly be used up because they were consumables.

Han Li still did not know the Mystic Yin Technique, but with his current knowledge and cultivation, he did not need to copy everything from the Profound Yin Scripture. As long as he slightly changed the refinement method of the lightning beads, he could use the ready-made azure flames to refine other lightning beads. It was not a waste.

After all, the power of the azure flames wasn’t inferior to the Purple Apex Flames, and the lightning beads refined from them were definitely no weaker than the original Yin Fire Lightning.

In the past, he had thought of using the Celestial Ice Flames or even the Purple Apex Flames to refine lightning beads, but because these two types of spirit flames were too few, he didn’t dare to waste them even if he were to use them against enemies. As such, he tossed this thought to the back of his mind.

Now that the azure flames were unable to be absorbed or removed, refining them into lightning beads was a brilliant idea.

In the near future, this item would become an incisive weapon against his enemies.

Having made up his mind, Han Li immediately rummaged through his storage pouch for other items.

As for the ingredients for refining the lightning beads, he was able to gather them from his pouch. These were not rare items, but commonly used items for alchemy and weapon refinement. Han Li had also prepared some.

As such, he took out the items one by one and placed them in front of him. Then, he faced the flickering fireball with a serious expression and raised his hands.

Two arcs of golden lightning shot forth from his palm and struck the azure fireball.

…

In the main hall of the Drifting Cloud Sect’s encampment, Lu Luo sat motionlessly on a chair with an expressionless face.

In front of him stood several Core Formation cultivators from the Drifting Cloud Sect. The red-robed old man and the woman surnamed Song were among them, but they appeared somewhat anxious.

“Martial Nephew Duan, how many days has your Martial Uncle Han been in seclusion?” Lu Luo suddenly asked indifferently.

“Reporting to Martial Uncle, Martial Uncle Han has been in the silent room for over two months. Junior Sister Song and I have been standing guard outside the room. Martial Uncle Han has never come out.”

Lu Luo sighed and muttered, “Yes! When your Martial Uncle Han entered seclusion, he told me that he wanted to make some preparations for the upcoming battle and that we shouldn’t easily disturb his seclusion. However, it seems that all of the Moulan cultivators have arrived and are beginning to stir. There have been several gatherings between the upper echelons, and those cultivators have all requested for your Martial Uncle Han to attend, but I’ve used this as an excuse to reject them. However, now that the three great cultivators have gathered in Tianyi City, they’ve also sent a letter requesting your Martial Uncle Han to meet tomorrow. This time, only mid-Nascent Soul cultivators are allowed to participate in this meeting. It’s clear how important your Martial Uncle Han is. It’s not easy to reject them.”

After hearing Martial Uncle Lu’s words, the others in the hall wore bitter smiles.

After a moment of hesitation, a trace of worry appeared on Cultivator Song’s face and she said, “Martial Uncle Han must be in seclusion at a crucial moment. If we rashly disturb him, won’t Martial Uncle’s efforts go to waste?”

A middle-aged cultivator with a small mustache hesitantly said, “It is precisely because of this that Martial Uncle Lu rejected them again and again. However, if Martial Uncle Han doesn’t appear at tomorrow’s gathering, I fear that others…”

“What about the others?”

Right at this moment, a light voice suddenly sounded from outside the hall. It wasn’t loud, but it clearly entered everyone’s ears.

Lu Luo was overjoyed to hear this.

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