Chapter 993

Han Li looked at the four statues in front of him with a contemplative look in his eyes.

Among them, the leftmost statue had been obtained from Du Qingyang, and he had completed his cultivation in the blood formation, while the other two statues had been obtained from Eko not long ago.

The final statue had been extracted from the branch space by Han Li using his remaining immortal spiritual power.

According to Eko, there should be a total of four of these statues, and this was most likely all of them.

With that in mind, Han Li couldn't help but feel rather gloomy.

At the time, his immortal spiritual power was almost completely depleted, so he could only extract one of these statues. Even if he wanted to enter the branch space, he wouldn't be able to take another look at it.

He had thought that he would be able to quickly return from the Scale Spatial Realm, but he didn't think that he would be delayed for so long. The Weeping Soul Beast was still hibernating on the second floor of the bamboo building, and he didn't know how it was doing.

However, there was nothing he could do at the moment.

The Third Prince, Shi Pokong, had ulterior motives, so his method of returning to the Demon Realm was completely useless. If he wanted to leave the Scale Spatial Realm, he would have to wait for Daoist Xie to recover.

Now that the First Prince, Shi Zhanfeng, had passed away, even if he returned to the Demon Realm now, he most likely wouldn't be able to get the High Priest to treat the Weeping Soul Beast.

On top of that, the Demon Realm was already in chaos, and the battle for the throne was only going to become more and more intense, so Han Li didn't want to get involved.

Han Li collected his thoughts and picked up the second statue. After taking a deep breath, light flashed from his glabella, and a streak of translucent light shot forth from his glabella before disappearing into the black statue.

Following that, just like the first statue, the second statue began to dance and make all sorts of strange movements. Similarly, numerous mysterious characters appeared on its back, and the content was naturally the contents of the Heavenly Fiend Hell Suppression Technique.

Han Li stared intently at the statue's movements and began to imitate it.

...

On a continent far away from this place, there was a majestic city. Sabers and halberds were as numerous as a forest, and it was heavily guarded.

In a grand hall at the center of the city, an enchanting woman sat high up in the hall. She leaned against a large white jade chair, and she had a relaxed expression as she listened to the report of a handsome man below her.

If Han Li was here, he would be able to recognize with a single glance that the woman was the Puppet City Master, Sha Xin, and the man who reported to her was Zhuo Ge.

"City Lord, the situation in Dark City has basically stabilized. Although the five great cities and some subordinate cities have resisted slightly, they were quickly suppressed.

Oh right, throughout this process, Gu Qianxun has contributed quite a bit. "Zhuo Ge said respectfully.

"I heard that over at Xuanzhi City, the elders and their clansmen who originally followed Qin Yuan were all slaughtered, even those who took the lead to surrender and express their loyalty?" Sha Xin asked casually. There was no emotion in her tone.

"This … this matter was done by Gu Qianxun, but with the approval of Madam Liuhua. He said that he would explain it to you." Zhuo Ge hesitated for a moment before replying.

"It's just some old grudges between them. It doesn't matter, let them be." Sha Xin said indifferently.

"Gu Qianxun did this matter quite straightforwardly. She didn't take advantage of her position to kill them, but fought in the city's arena for seven days and seven nights, a total of 81 battles. She killed those people one by one. Not only did it not cause an uproar among the people of Xuanzhi City, but it also won over many people's hearts." Zhuo Ge said carefully.

"Since she's willing to join master's sect, then let her be the City Lord of Xuanzhi City. Has the City Lord of the other cities been decided?" Sha Xin nodded and asked again.

"The City Lord of Xuanzhi City is temporarily under Madam Liuhua's control. Zhu Ziyuan and his sister took the initiative to come and help her to manage Xuanzhi City. Unexpectedly, it's the one with the smoothest transition. Many people have died in the other cities, but the City Lord candidates have also been decided." Zhuo Ge reported.

"As a major city comparable to the Puppet City, Xuan City has to be watched carefully. The necessary surveillance in the open and in the dark is indispensable." Sha Xin ordered.

"I will obey the City Lord's orders." Zhuo Ge replied.

"These are all small matters. You can deal with them as you see fit.

How many of the ruins that I ordered you to excavate have you found? "Sha Xin gently waved her sleeve and asked.

"So far, only twenty-one have been found. There are still eighty-seven more that are still being searched." Zhuo Ge replied.

"These ruins are all over the Jilin Empty Realm. Some are even in some dangerous places that are rarely visited. It's not slow to find twenty-one of them.

However, there's no need to be too anxious. It's fine as long as we can excavate them all in the next thousand years. "Sha Xin nodded and said.

"Yes!" Zhuo Ge replied with a fist salute.

"This matter concerns the matter of regaining control of the Jilin Empty Realm after master comes out of seclusion. Remember not to make any mistakes.

Alright, you can leave. "Sha Xin finished speaking and waved her hand, ordering him to leave.

Zhuo Ge bowed in reply and turned to leave.

…

In a deep courtyard in the west district of Dusk City, it was silent.

In a secret underground room in the courtyard, a white-haired man was soaked in an octagonal blood pool. Eight blood crystal chains were tied around his body, and they were connected to eight blood-colored stone pillars by the side of the pool.

He had a handsome face and dark purple eyes. It was Shi Chuankong.

"Clang clang clang …"

The sound of the chains shaking rang out incessantly, and even the eight blood-colored stone pillars in the surroundings trembled violently. The entire blood pool seemed to be boiling as waves of blood rose, and a scorching aura was emitted from it.

Shi Chuankong was in it, but he seemed to be unaware of it. His body didn't even tremble. Only his furrowed brows and the sound of his clenched teeth showed that he was enduring unimaginable pain.

However, he was willing to do all of this, and he even made a deal with Sha Xin in exchange for all of this.

"Fellow Daoist Li, it really doesn't feel good to be left so far behind by you …" After he said these words through gritted teeth, a speck of light suddenly lit up in front of his chest, unexpectedly opening a profound aperture.

…

As the saying goes, cultivation knows no time. In the blink of an eye, another eight hundred years had passed.

In the crystal palace under the blood lake of the Great Ruins, the Great Star Formation was still in operation. Rumbling sounds came from the side hall beside it.

In the side hall, a humanoid monster with golden hair, a pair of lightning wings on his back, bulging eyeballs, and a green tortoise shell on his arm was wantonly hammering the wall of the hall.

Fortunately, the runes on the crystal wall were shining brightly, releasing a huge amount of power of the stars, which forcefully blocked the monster's heavy blows, and prevented the entire crystal palace from turning into ruins.

After hammering for a full six hours, the monster's momentum gradually weakened, and he slowly stopped.

As his movements became slower and slower, the silver wings on his body were the first to disappear, followed by the green tortoise shell. Finally, even the golden hair on his body disappeared.

When all the abnormalities disappeared, he finally returned to his human appearance. It was Han Li.

At this moment, his eye sockets were sunken, and he looked a lot thinner. His hands were on the ground, and his chest was heaving up and down as he panted violently. As soon as the sweat on his body flowed out, it was evaporated into mist by the high temperature emitted from his body.

His whole body seemed to be shrouded in a layer of mist, appearing hazy and indistinct.

After a long time, he leaned against the wall and slumped down. The violent True Spirit Bloodline in his body finally stabilized.

"The True Spirit Bloodline is not the power of the stars after all. With this Star Essence Blood Refining Technique alone, it's getting harder and harder to suppress the bloodline rebellion. If I toss around like this a few more times, I'm afraid that my essence blood will burn up sooner or later." Han Li frowned and sighed.

He had already flipped through all the books in the other side hall no less than ten times. None of the cultivation methods related to Xuan cultivation and body tempering had any way to deal with this situation. Instead, there was a method mentioned in the book about puppetry.

It was just that Han Li had a deep grudge against this method, and he was not willing to try it at all.

Because the content of this method was to refine a powerful puppet, channel the True Spirit Bloodline into it, and then channel the blood of other people into his own body to preserve his life.

However, if he were to follow this method, his own strength would be severely diminished. Even though the puppet would possess extremely powerful combat power for a short period of time, it would eventually run out of blood essence and become a useless piece of trash.

Han Li was very resistant to this method, but he knew that his life was naturally more important than anything else.

During this period of time, Daoist Xie had woken up several times, and Han Li had taken the opportunity to borrow some Essential Immortal Spiritual Power from him to open his Flower Branch Paradise to check on the Weeping Soul Beast.

As a result, he discovered that even though the Purple Sun Warm Jade had been completely exhausted, the Weeping Soul Beast's condition hadn't deteriorated for some reason. As such, he temporarily sealed the Weeping Soul Beast using the puppet secret technique that Daoist Xie had taught him.

Aside from that, Han Li also asked Daoist Xie about the True Spirit Bloodline backlash.

After all, it was Daoist Xie who had advised him to cultivate the Heavenly Ferocious Hell Suppression Art, and after he refined the True Spirit Bloodline using the high-grade refinement method recorded in this cultivation art, he began to experience this backlash.

After some consideration, Daoist Xie could only provide an explanation, which was that after completely refining the True Spirit Bloodline, the power of the bloodline had been magnified, thereby resulting in this backlash.

Unfortunately, he was unable to provide a solution, and he merely told Han Li to wait until he came out of seclusion before falling into a deep slumber again.

Han Li was feeling quite frustrated, but there was nothing he could do.

However, from the looks of it, as long as he continued to cultivate the Heaven Fiend Hell Suppression Art and strengthen his physique, he would be able to suppress the eruption of his True Spirit Bloodline with the power of the stars without using this art.

As such, he began to cultivate the Heavenly Ferocious Hell Suppression Art even more urgently.

At present, Han Li had already cultivated the second statue, and he had opened over 900 orifices in his body, making him as powerful as Mr. Ewe.

The reason why he was able to cultivate at such a godly speed was partly due to the intricacies of the Innate Hell Suppression Technique, and partly due to the vast amount of Blood Qi stored in the Sky Holding Bottle. Of course, the Crystal Palace also played a huge role.

(Fellow Daoists, Wang Yu has something to attend to at night, so I'll only be able to update once today!)