Published: August 25, 2025
Chapter 209: Return
Inside the stone hall on the surface, a continuous rumbling sound echoed. The disciples of the Moon Veil Sect were still struggling to use magical artifacts to strike a massive stone pit several dozen feet deep. But no matter what kind of magical artifact they used to hit the pit, they could only chip off small fragments about an inch in size. This only made everyone more and more disheartened.
Several hours later, all the male and female disciples sat dazedly on the ground, staring silently at the pit. They were all lifeless and dispirited. At this point, they no longer held any hope of rescuing their Grandmaster. Everyone began to contemplate the terrible consequences of losing their revered ancestor and started looking for a way out for themselves.
Just then, a loud explosion sounded outside the stone hall, followed by a tremor in the ground, as if an earthquake had struck. The disciples were momentarily stunned.
“What’s going on?” The disciples exchanged glances, and two male disciples immediately hurried out of the hall to investigate.
“Grandmaster!”
Soon, the voices of the two disciples outside erupted with joy and excitement, loud enough that even those remaining inside the hall heard clearly. Astonished, they exchanged looks and then rushed out en masse.
About ten yards in front of the hall’s entrance appeared a large hole about several feet in diameter. Near the hole stood a stunning woman in flowing white robes — the Grandmaster of the Moon Veil Sect, now looking older but still graceful. She stood there coldly, gazing into the distance with an indifferent expression. She paid no attention whatsoever to the two male disciples standing behind her.
This immediately dampened the disciples’ excitement like a bucket of cold water.
“Could it be that the Grandmaster intends to hold us accountable for triggering the forbidden formation?”
At this thought, all the disciples glanced at the female disciple among the Twin Beauties of Moon Veil. The girl’s face turned pale, and she trembled with fear.
The woman in white stared for a full quarter of an hour before slowly turning her head to look at the gathered disciples behind her. She issued a cold command:
“Depart!”
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Han Li was swiftly leaping from one large tree to another, his body nimble like a monkey's, moving at a speed no slower than flying on a magical artifact, heading down the mountain.
Right now, his entire body was surging with spiritual power, and he felt a magical power equivalent to the thirteenth layer coursing through him. This profound increase in power was intoxicating, and Han Li found himself somewhat addicted to the feeling. However, he knew this extra spiritual power wouldn’t last long—probably only a few more hours before it vanished.
To escape the underground swamp, the woman who had a fused destiny with him had used some secret technique to temporarily transfer part of her restricted magical power to Han Li. This allowed him to leap from the eleventh layer of power all the way to the peak of the qi refining stage.
Then, with one using the Vermilion Bird Ring and the other using the Golden Light Brick Talisman Treasure, they forcibly broke through the underground and carved out a tunnel straight to the surface.
During this process, whenever Han Li’s magical power was depleted, the woman silently transmitted more power to him. By the time they emerged from underground, Han Li’s Golden Light Brick Talisman Treasure had been completely drained and turned to useless scrap, while the young woman had used up twenty or thirty years’ worth of cultivation, suffering huge losses.
Speaking of which, this woman’s pure maiden reincarnation skill was truly peculiar.
Within the reincarnation period, she could transfer the restricted magical power to a man, but could neither解除 the restriction herself nor transfer it for use by a woman. Moreover, the transmitted power was limited by the man’s cultivation level. Since Han Li was only at the qi refining stage, the maximum power he could receive was limited to the thirteenth layer of basic cultivation techniques—it was impossible to reach the foundation establishment stage.