A Record of A Mortal's Journey to Immortality

Chapter 409: True Appearance

“Mastery of the cultivation technique? Heh heh, that’s just the deluded fantasy of two old freaks. They don’t even consider how long the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light technique has circulated in the Chaotic Star Sea. Has anyone ever truly mastered it? Of course, you could say these two were lucky to accidentally discover a small Primordial Magnetic mountain underwater and bring it back to Tianxing City. But honestly, how could the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light be cultivated simply by borrowing an external object? I even suspect that this technique was a joke deliberately created by the expert who founded it. Where in this world is there a cultivation method that can overcome the five elements of the world? Besides, even without cultivating this technique, given their cultivation bases, these two are already rare existences in this realm. It’s really unnecessary!” The supreme patriarch of dark yin spoke disdainfully.

“Hopefully, it’s as you say, elder!” Although still somewhat worried, Old Fiery Demon could only reply with such words.

“But besides immortal maiden Zi Ling and the other female cultivators, two more escaped from the hands of the eighteen heavenly corpses. That’s somewhat surprising!” The supreme patriarch of dark yin suddenly stroked his sparse whiskers on his chin, a flicker of something unusual flashing in his eyes.

“Yes, that immortal maiden Zi Ling carried Miaoyin Sect’s treasured ‘Wooden Dragon Stele’, which allowed the three of them to use it to protect themselves and escape the attacks of the heavenly corpses. But the other two were a bit odd. I caught a distant glimpse of them and saw that they released numerous puppet-like creatures similar to mechanical men. Although their attack power was weak and their defense very poor, they could control over a hundred at once. That’s quite uncanny.” Old Fiery Demon nodded with some puzzlement.

“Forget it, those two are just small fish. No need to worry! If I hadn’t been limited by the magical power I could manipulate after possessing a body, along with some other restrictions, I wouldn’t have let these juniors slip away. The main target, this rebellious disciple, didn’t escape, and that’s what matters. The stolen Fragmented Celestial Map must be retrieved from him,” the supreme patriarch said calmly, seemingly unconcerned about Han Li and quhun’s escape.

Seeing this, Old Fiery Demon didn’t press the matter further. Shortly after, he took his leave, turning into a dark cloud and flying away.

The supreme patriarch watched the black dot of Old Fiery Demon disappear over the horizon, a cold sneer rising at the corner of his mouth.

Then he slowly extended one hand, fingers relaxed and spread.

In his palm appeared a short, white spider silk about several inches long.

He looked at the silk with a peculiar, thoughtful expression.

“Blood Jade Spider! I never thought I’d see this day again. It seems the heavens do not close all paths; I still have a chance!” The supreme patriarch murmured to himself, then suddenly threw his head back and laughed wildly. The roar shook Elder Zhao and the others nearby, their faces pale as they staggered in the air.

“Let’s go! Back to the island.” The patriarch’s laughter abruptly ceased, and he shouted.

With a grasping gesture, the floating middle-aged cultivator automatically flew into his hand. Raising him with one hand, he led everyone away from the place.

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Naturally, Han Li had no idea about what happened a hundred miles away. He nervously buried himself underground for a full month before suspiciously crawling out.

After carefully confirming with his spiritual awareness that there were no ambushes nearby, he immediately headed toward Tianxing City with quhun without hesitation.

This outing had been a huge ordeal for him, nearly costing him his life.

The most frustrating part was that despite risking so much, he hadn’t even caught a glimpse of the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.