Published: August 27, 2025
Chapter 415: The Map Within the Pearl
Two months later, Han Li finally emerged from the secret chamber.
Though his face looked somewhat haggard, his heart was filled with excitement.
The thought of the seventy-two "Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords" absorbed into his body made the corners of Han Li’s mouth twitch upward, revealing uncontrollable joy.
He had spent more than twenty years of painstaking effort refining this set of his life-bound magical treasures, and at last, they were successfully crafted without any mishaps.
Although he had not yet tested their power, he was confident that after some time of cultivation, even a single flying sword’s strength would far surpass that of ordinary magical treasures like the Green Radiance Sword.
Just as he basked in his satisfaction, his spiritual awareness received news from his quhun about the "golddevourer worms" laying eggs.
This news only added to his joy!
After resting in his chamber for a day, Han Li went to the Insect Chamber.
Inside, a vast expanse of snow-white golddevourer worm eggs covered the place.
Without hesitation, Han Li immediately opened another insect chamber nearby, identical to the original, and carved a huge Spirit Control Magic Formation on its floor, dripping in a large amount of refined blood essence.
Then, he transferred most of the eggs into the magical formation in the new insect chamber and performed a soul-binding Spirit Control ritual to claim them as his own.
About a thousand of the most vigorous eggs were left in the original insect chamber.
Only after completing all this did Han Li truly relax.
He then visited several cultivators he had befriended nearby to resume his normal cultivation routine.
During Han Li’s years of seclusion, a series of major events had shaken the entire Chaotic Star Sea immortal cultivation world, making it increasingly unstable.
Among the biggest impacts was a sudden wave of rebellions overnight within seven or eight sects, including the Six-Linked Hall.
Many leaders and sect masters were overthrown and replaced by previously unknown figures.
Some minor sects were entirely wiped out, their treasures seized.
For a time, cultivators across the Chaotic Star Sea were gripped by suspicion and fear, simultaneously tightening their ranks and growing distrustful of one another.
Worse still, rumors began circulating that the Twin Saints of Tianxing had long ago suffered qi deviation and lost all their cultivation base.
It was said their power had been usurped by several subordinates, rendering them incapable of controlling the Star Palace.
The rumor caused an uproar.
Almost everyone concerned watched closely for the Star Palace’s response.
But to everyone’s astonishment, the Star Palace remained completely silent, neither refuting nor confirming the rumors.
This only deepened the anxiety and uncertainty throughout the Chaotic Star Sea.
Meanwhile, some ambitious and lurking forces started stirring.
Some plotted in secret, others forged covert alliances of both offense and defense.
Yet shortly after the rumors spread, all the chaos vanished as if it had never existed, and everything seemed to return to normal.
But those with insight knew this was merely the calm before the storm.
Whenever Han Li discussed these events with his acquaintances, they all showed worried expressions.
Han Li, however, cared little.
For him, whether the Star Palace continued to dominate or other forces rose to replace it was irrelevant.
He was a lone cultivator; as long as he remained cautious and avoided unnecessary entanglements, he would be fine.
According to his own plan, Han Li intended to spend the coming years refining his flying swords and crafting several powerful formation devices.
Afterward, he would set out to sea to hunt sixth-level demonic beasts.
For core formation stage cultivators, pills refined from the Core Soul of such beasts were the only ones with a significant effect on improving cultivation.
In the days that followed, Han Li worked on forging magical devices and studying formation techniques during the day, and meditated at night, slowly polishing the seventy-two Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords within his dantian fire.