Published: September 9, 2025
Chapter 860: Candid Admission
Everything in the secluded mansion remained unchanged. Even the portion of the tricolor golddevourer worms left behind to guard the place still condensed into a tricolor sphere, hanging motionless in the center of the main hall.
The Xuantian immortal vine and Nine-Twisted Spiritual Ginseng transplanted in the medicinal garden were also intact, as if Han Li had only just left yesterday.
The leftover root of the Xuantian immortal vine was one thing—Han Li didn’t hold much hope of reviving it. But the Nine-Twisted Spiritual Ginseng was no ordinary spirit medicine; it was a rare species long extinct in the outside world. Moreover, this ginseng had been spiritually connected for a long time and had even developed a shape-transformed body, making it extraordinarily precious.
If it weren’t for the inconvenience of carrying the ginseng around, Han Li truly wished he could transplant it so he could take it with him.
Unfortunately, none of the ancient prescriptions he had obtained so far called for this ginseng in pills. So, he could only sigh and leave it aside for the time being.
Aside from the spirit medicines in the garden, Han Li had taken the six-winged frost centipede’s eggs and most of the golddevourer worms with him in a spiritual beast pouch when he left last time. There was no need to worry about them.
In fact, shortly after he left for the far western land, the twenty-four eggs of the six-winged frost centipede hatched halfway there.
However, during the more than twenty years trapped in the spatial rift, the small vial could no longer produce green liquid, leaving these spirit insects stuck in their larval stage without progressing further. Han Li placed them in a specially made spiritual beast pouch so they remained in a dormant state.
This was somewhat regrettable.
Now, Han Li first returned the batch of golddevourer worms ready to evolve back into an insect chamber, then took out the specially made, ice-cold spiritual beast pouch and went to the adjacent chamber where the six-winged frost centipedes were originally kept.
He lifted the pouch and gently emptied it toward the insect chamber door.
After a sweep of white light, more than twenty centipede larvae, each several inches long, appeared in the chamber.
These six-winged frost centipede larvae were snow white and crystal clear; at this stage, they showed no signs of wings, resembling enlarged white snow silkworms without any terrifying features.
When Han Li first obtained the six-winged frost centipede, he didn’t know if this type of spirit insect truly evolved by devouring others through Nishang Herb—it was just a hunch.
But unexpectedly, the species did possess this evolutionary trait, which filled him with great joy.
Originally, he had only intended to use the insect’s cold aura to cultivate the Purple Luo Heavenly Flame. But after the battle in Fallen Demon Valley, other ideas came to mind.
Though the golddevourer worms were fierce, their escape speed was clearly too slow. Once fully trained, they might still face limitations against enemies with incredibly fast escape speeds or in certain situations.
The six-winged frost centipede ranked so highly on the list of exotic insects not only because of its terrifying cold breath but also due to its exceptional speed.
At the two-wing stage, its escape speed was comparable to other ordinary spirit insects. But when it grew a second pair of cicada wings, reaching four wings in total, its speed greatly increased, surpassing even ordinary magical treasures’ flying speed.
Most terrifyingly, when it evolved a third pair of cicada wings, its speed would rank among the top three of all spirit insects. It was said to be truly shadowless and trace-free, capable of traveling thousands of miles in an instant.
Of course, these descriptions were only rumors recorded in ancient texts. Even in ancient times, very few spirit insects evolved to the six-wing stage.
Han Li was only half-believing of these accounts.
Still, the six-winged frost centipede was undoubtedly a top-speed ancient spirit insect—this was beyond doubt.