Published: August 28, 2025
Chapter 465: The Loft’s Precious Treasures
These people were all cultivators who had first emerged from the path of ice and fire. Naturally, the Black Desert and Blood Ice Forest posed no threat to nascent soul stage cultivators like Ji Yin and the others, but for core formation stage cultivators in their late foundation formation, they still suffered greatly before managing to escape. As for cultivators with even weaker cultivation bases, their chances were slim at best.
That’s why, even now, only these few remained!
Ji Yin and scholar Qingyi were naturally worried about Han Li’s life.
If Han Li perished on the Lava Path, the blood jade spider would inevitably meet the same fate. Their hopes would have been completely in vain.
Especially Ji Yin, the supreme patriarch of dark yin, whose mood was even worse than scholar Qingyi’s, as his interests were most heavily involved.
Wan Tianming, although somewhat more composed, also wore a face full of coldness, lowering his head to stare at a pair of broad, long hands silently.
These three nascent soul stage cultivators fully understood that the anomaly in the path of ice and fire must be closely related to the still-unseen star palace elders. This made them not only furious but also deeply cautious.
What could the star palace be aiming for with this move?
Could it be that they were truly prepared to openly break ties with both the righteous and demonic factions inside this Void Heaven Hall?
In this eerie atmosphere, time passed slowly.
Barbarian Huzi, Heavenly Enlightened One, the old farmer, as well as Wu Chou and Mysterious Bone, all successively teleported into the stone hall.
Some wore faces full of gloom, others bit their teeth in anger. Clearly, they were all cursing the star palace people in their hearts over this anomaly.
By now, there was only half a day left before the path of ice and fire would close.
Seeing that Han Li still hadn’t appeared, Ji Yin’s expression, which had eased slightly when Wu Chou passed through, turned sour again.
Wu Chou was able to pass the path of ice and fire only because he had been given an ancient treasure for protection beforehand, allowing him to pass unharmed. Ji Yin did not hope Han Li had a defensive treasure of the same caliber.
Scholar Qingyi and Barbarian Huzi likely also regretted this deeply.
After all, both of them possessed several powerful ancient treasures. Had they lent them to Han Li, he would have had no trouble protecting himself.
Thinking this, Ji Yin couldn’t help but glower at the old man in Confucian robes and Barbarian Huzi.
The old man in Confucian robes was staring at the teleportation formation, his face flickering with an unsettled expression, as if contemplating something.
Barbarian Huzi looked up at the hall’s ceiling, his chin moving as he muttered to himself. Clearly, he had his own thoughts.
Seeing this, Ji Yin became even more frustrated.
But after calming down a bit, he could only face reality and start thinking. Without the blood jade spider, what would their next step be?
At this moment, Mysterious Bone sat cross-legged at a stone table, eyes half-closed, seemingly entering a state of Qi refinement.
Not seeing Han Li’s figure was both a surprise and somewhat expected for him.
In his mind, Han Li’s true strength was at most comparable to a late foundation formation cultivator.
Whether he could pass through the path of ice and fire, which had undergone an anomaly, was basically a fifty-fifty matter.
But without Han Li’s assistance, if he alone faced Ji Yin, he feared his strength would be insufficient.
He hesitated about whether to act now inside the Void Heaven Hall.
Maybe it would be better to wait for a more suitable opportunity and prepare more fully, increasing the chances of success.
Somewhat helpless, Mysterious Bone cursed the two star palace elders in his heart once again.
As for Wan Tianming and the other righteous path cultivators, they too were full of bitterness.
Some of their original plans that relied on core formation stage cultivators had to be changed.