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This is Immortal World Arc – Episode 20 of
A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality – Immortal World Arc (Book 2).
Episode 20 continues the Immortal Realm storyline with a chapter-accurate explanation, strictly following the original novel. Each episode in this series provides a clear, step-by-step breakdown of the Immortal World Arc without adding or assuming events outside the source material.
This ensures faithful narration while helping viewers understand the progression of the story.
⚠️ This is a novel explanation series.
⚠️ The Immortal World Arc (Book 2) does NOT have an anime adaptation.
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Stay tuned for Episode 21.
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Welcome to Novel Studio.
This is Immortal World Arc – Episode 20 of
A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality – Immortal World Arc (Book 2).
Episode 20 continues the Immortal Realm storyline with a chapter-accurate explanation, strictly following the original novel. Each episode in this series provides a clear, step-by-step breakdown of the Immortal World Arc without adding or assuming events outside the source material.
This ensures faithful narration while helping viewers understand the progression of the story.
⚠️ This is a novel explanation series.
⚠️ The Immortal World Arc (Book 2) does NOT have an anime adaptation.
⚠️ Visual elements are used only to support storytelling.
Stay tuned for Episode 21.
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00:00Welcome to Novel Studio. Today, we explore a record of Immortals' journey to immortality, the mortal realm.
00:07In this chapter, we learn that survival in the immortal world depends on wisdom, patience, and timing. Let's begin.
00:16Chowu immediately recognizes Han Lee the moment their eyes meet. He points straight at him and reveals something important.
00:23This is the same person who broke open his bloodlight space back in Heavenly, Water City.
00:28At the time, Chowu believed it was pure luck. Now, after sensing Han Lee's aura again, he understands that wasn't
00:36luck.
00:36Han Lee has hidden methods. The hideous woman in black quickly divides the battlefield.
00:41She tells Chowu to handle Han Lee personally, while she and the burly middle-aged man will take care of
00:48the other two.
00:49Chowu agrees without hesitation, clearly confident.
00:52On the other side, Han Lee, Lu Kun, and Wormate are also analyzing their opponents carefully.
00:57These three enemies are all laymen, immortals at the early true, immortal stage.
01:03In raw cultivation level, they're technically weaker than Han Lee's group.
01:07However, there's a critical disadvantage.
01:10Lu Kun and Wormate are severely injured.
01:13So even if their side has the advantage on paper, the actual fight will be exhausting and dangerous.
01:19Yarmate confirms through voice transmission that these three must be
01:22Gong Shu Hong's other laymen, immortal subordinates.
01:26Han Lee doesn't just focus on the enemies.
01:27He scans the environment.
01:29The crimson patterns covering the underground walls have dimmed slightly,
01:34but the place still feels strange and unstable.
01:37He senses that lingering here could trigger more unknown dangers.
01:40That means this fight must end quickly.
01:43Worm 9 makes it clear.
01:44No holding back.
01:45The moment he finishes speaking, the three purple-robed cultivators attack.
01:50Suddenly, violent spatial fluctuations erupt in front of Han Lee's group.
01:54Hundreds of crimson blades of light materialize out of thin air and shoot toward them.
01:58This isn't a simple projectile.
02:00Attack.
02:01It's space manipulation, combined with condensed spiritual force.
02:06Han Lee responds instantly.
02:08He steps back half a pace to stabilize himself.
02:11Pulls his fist back and throws a punch.
02:13The force released is so intense it creates a sound like heavy, rain-striking banana leaves.
02:18The compressed air pressure alone halts every incoming crimson blade mid-flight.
02:24A split second later, they explode into countless specks of red light.
02:27Before the energy even dissipates, the enemies split up.
02:30The burly middle-aged man charges directly at Worm 8.
02:34Despite his injuries, Worm 8 wastes no time.
02:37He forms a hand seal and light erupts around him.
02:40A streak of dazzling azure light flies out of his body and expands, rapidly into a white-robed figure, his
02:47earthly deity avatar.
02:49This avatar looks almost identical to him, except its skin is completely green and it radiates a layer of azure
02:56light.
02:56The moment it appears, it positions itself protectively in front of Worm 8 and inhales deeply.
03:02Ferocious winds gather from all directions, forming a massive trumpet-shaped white vortex that gets swallowed into the avatar's mouth.
03:10Its belly expands from the compressed airflow.
03:13Then, it releases that energy in a visible azure shockwave, which transforms into a wind dragon over 100 feet tall.
03:20This isn't symbolic.
03:22It's fully formed wind element energy given shape.
03:25The burly man doesn't dodge.
03:27He sneers.
03:28Without preparing any elaborate technique, he punches forward.
03:31At the same time, a sinister white-boned gauntlet manifests over his fist.
03:36Spiritual light flashes across its surface, amplifying his strike.
03:41A gigantic fist projection blasts outward and collides directly with the wind dragon.
03:46The explosion is deafening.
03:48Both attacks detonate simultaneously, creating countless razor-sharp wind blades that scatter across the battlefield.
03:55These blades carve deep gashes into the stone ground, walls, and pillars as if the entire underground structure were soft
04:02tofu.
04:03But the burly man isn't done.
04:05A faint crimson light envelops his body.
04:07Clearly, a defensive body protection technique.
04:10He charges straight through the remaining wind blades.
04:13The blades strike his crimson aura repeatedly, but none penetrate.
04:18Wearmate grits his teeth and leaps into the air alongside his earthly deity avatar to confront him directly.
04:24At the same time, Lukun is engaged with the hideous woman in black.
04:28After clashing with him, she drifts backward, her body surrounded by thick black mist.
04:33Just before landing, she senses something off.
04:36Her brows furrow slightly.
04:37A black lotus formed from mist appears under her feet in a flash of black light.
04:42She lightly steps on it, then springs away again.
04:45At the exact spot where she would have landed, the blood pooled on the ground churns violently.
04:51A black figure wielding a blue longsword erupts upward.
04:55Lukun's earthly deity avatar.
04:57It was a perfectly timed ambush from below using the blood-soaked terrain as concealment.
05:02The sneak attack fails.
05:04Lukun's expression darkens.
05:06And he immediately commands his avatar to attack alongside him in coordination.
05:11Now shifting focus back to Han Lee and Cho Woo.
05:14Cho Woo observes Han Lee carefully and reveals another key detail.
05:18He can now see that Han Lee is also a profound immortal.
05:21He even states that the blood puppet he's refining lacks a proper vessel.
05:25And Han Lee's true extreme body would be perfect.
05:28Han Lee doesn't respond verbally.
05:30He simply raises his fists slightly in open provocation.
05:33That silent gesture irritates Cho Woo.
05:36Killing intent flickers in his eyes.
05:38He flips his hand, and a dark purple bowl appears in a flash of black light.
05:43Inside the bowl, red light churns and ripples like fresh blood.
05:47As he begins chanting, the red light intensifies.
05:50What was once slight movement turns into violent boiling.
05:54Within that blood-like glow, anguished, ghostly faces become visible.
05:58They claw and struggle as if trying to escape the bowl.
06:02Then the bowl erupts.
06:03A massive wave of blood gushes outward, forming a gigantic crimson tide that sweeps toward Han Lee.
06:10The stench is nauseating.
06:11Ghastly howls echo through the underground space.
06:15It truly feels like the underworld has opened.
06:17With resentful spirits venting their hatred, Han Lee senses the intense yin aura within the blood.
06:24He reacts by releasing a round yellow mirror.
06:26It floats in mid-air and emits a burst of yellow light, forming a ring-shaped barrier around him.
06:32The blood wave crashes down onto the barrier.
06:34It shudders violently but stabilizes.
06:37Then comes the problem.
06:38A loud sizzling sound fills the air.
06:40Thick smoke rises from the barrier as if it's being corroded or melted.
06:45The mirror trembles uncontrollably under the pressure.
06:48Suddenly it cracks and shatters completely, falling to the ground dull and lifeless.
06:53With no barrier left, the blood engulfs Han Lee instantly.
06:57From his perspective, it feels like being submerged in an extremely viscous sea.
07:01His movements become sluggish.
07:03His true extreme membrane glows faintly, resisting the corruption, but he clearly senses it being contaminated by corrosive power.
07:12Ghostly figures swim around him in the blood.
07:15Men, women, old, young, all with twisted expressions of fury.
07:19They rush at him from every direction.
07:21Han Lee throws countless fist projections, destroying over a hundred nearby spirits instantly.
07:27At the same time, golden scales appear over his body and he grows.
07:31Slightly taller, activating a body enhancement, state to break free.
07:36But Cho Wu intervenes.
07:38Crimson light glows from his hand as he presses his palm against the bowl again.
07:42Runes pour out and sink into the blood.
07:44The entire sea begins to churn in a fixed rotational direction.
07:48The temperature rises rapidly.
07:50Within moments, it becomes comparable to molten lava.
07:53Now the blood isn't just corrosive as it's boiling.
07:56Han Lee's body sways under the pressure.
07:59His golden scales turn bright red from heat exposure.
08:02The vortex tears at him from all sides, trying to restrain him.
08:05His expression turns cold.
08:07He forms a hand seal.
08:09A clear cry rings out as the essence fire raven bursts from his body.
08:13It transforms into a layer of silver flames that envelop him completely.
08:17These flames don't just protect, they counteract.
08:20The scorching blood cannot penetrate the silver flames.
08:23Instead, the flame's astonishing heat begins evaporating the blood itself.
08:28A vacuum forms around Han Lee as the surrounding blood is burned away.
08:32Freed from restriction, he acts immediately.
08:34I don't have time to waste with you here.
08:37He leaps upward.
08:38The blood above him parts under the protection of the essence.
08:42Fire raven's flames!
08:43The moment he emerges from the vortex, he throws a vicious punch straight at Cho Woo.
08:48Cho Woo panics.
08:49He forms a hand seal and causes the purple bowl to expand several times its size.
08:54Runes on its surface glow brightly, and black halos radiate outward as it positions itself
09:00directly in front of Han Lee's incoming fist.
09:03The collision is explosive!
09:04Han Lee's punch shatters the black light instantly.
09:07Cracks spread across the bowl's surface, and it shrinks back to normal size.
09:12Cho Woo trembles violently.
09:14He groans, blood trickling from his lips.
09:17He pulls the cracked bowl back and stares at it in disbelief.
09:20Impossible.
09:21But he has no time to recover.
09:23A sharp screech cuts through the air.
09:26The silver essence fire raven streaks toward him like a blazing arrow, trailing silver flames.
09:31The moment the silver fire raven appears on the battlefield, fear flashes across Cho Woo's face.
09:37He understands exactly what kind of flame this is, but retreat is no longer an option.
09:42With a savage determination, he bites down and spits out three consecutive mouthfuls of
09:48blood essence onto the dark purple bowl.
09:50Each drop of essence is completely absorbed the instant.
09:53It touches the surface.
09:55Not a single trace spills over.
09:57That alone shows the bowl is not an ordinary immortal treasure.
10:01It's something that feeds on refined vitality.
10:04The bowl begins to buzz violently.
10:06Brilliant crimson light erupts from its surface, and concentric circles of runes expand outward.
10:12From within that boiling blood radiance, a blood worm bursts forth.
10:17The worm is entirely formed from condensed blood essence and law-infused power.
10:23The moment it appears, it opens its cavernous mouth and releases a torrent of thick, viscous
10:28blood.
10:29The wave surges forward like a collapsing dam, accompanied by a nauseating stench that
10:34fills the underground palace.
10:36But the silver fire raven shows no hesitation.
10:39It flaps its wings powerfully, releasing countless fist-sized silver fireballs.
10:44Each one slams into the blood wave and detonates instantly into pure silver flame.
10:49The majority of the blood is evaporated in the blink of an eye, producing towering plumes
10:54of white smoke.
10:55The wave is punched full of holes.
10:57At the center, a massive gap, two to three hundred feet wide, opens cleanly through the
11:03blood tide.
11:04The fire raven becomes a streak of silver, lighten flies.
11:08Directly through that opening, charging straight toward the blood worm and Cho Wu beyond it.
11:13Cho Wu's eyes turn ferocious.
11:15He forms hand seals at blinding speed.
11:18Crimson light intensifies around the blood worm, and countless translucent runes flicker within
11:24the glow.
11:24The wyrm charges forward to intercept the raven.
11:27At that instant, blue light flashes through Han Li's eyes.
11:30He carefully inspects the blood worm and immediately senses something abnormal.
11:35The aura contains a trace of law power that specializes in eroding spiritual nature.
11:41His expression shifts slightly.
11:43Without hesitation, he attempts to recall the fire raven.
11:46But he's half a step too late.
11:48Every rune on the blood worm's body suddenly brightens and detonates all at once.
11:53The worm self-explodes into a massive cloud of extremely dense blood mist, swallowing the
11:58silver fire raven instantly.
12:00A sharp, clear cry rings out from within the mist.
12:03Moments later, a silver fireball shoots out, transforming back into the silver fire raven as
12:09it flies rapidly toward Han Li.
12:11However, the raven's glow is noticeably dimmer than before.
12:14Patches of blood cling to its body.
12:17Visible signs that its spiritual essence was partially corroded.
12:21At Han Li's command, silver flames surge across its body, instantly evaporating the blood residue.
12:27The raven then flies back into his sleeve and disappears.
12:31Han Li understands clearly.
12:32The blood worm carried a sliver of law power.
12:35If he had delayed even slightly, the essence fire raven's spiritual core would have been severely
12:41damaged.
12:42Meanwhile, Chu Wu's face has gone pale.
12:45The earlier techniques consumed a tremendous amount of his energy.
12:49But instead of retreating, resentment floods his eyes.
12:52Suddenly, he grabs his own robes and tears them apart.
12:55A long, narrow gash splits open across his exposed abdomen.
12:59The skin and flesh retract unnaturally, revealing a gaping black hole inside his body.
13:04Radiant black light glows from the cracked bowl.
13:07It flies straight into the cavity as if summoned.
13:10At the same time, the remaining blood, mist in the residual blood wave.
13:15Reverse direction and rush back, pouring into the black hole within his abdomen.
13:20His body begins to expand.
13:22His height increases rapidly.
13:24The pupils in his eyes vanish, replaced by solid crimson ruby-like orbs.
13:29His shredded robes fall away as translucent crimson scales spread across his skin.
13:34In mere moments, he transforms into a towering crimson giant seventy to eighty feet tall,
13:40his entire body shimmering with a sinister crystalline sheen.
13:45Hanley narrows his eyes.
13:46He does not retreat.
13:48Instead, he charges directly toward the giant.
13:51Chu Wu lets out a cackling laugh and swings, his enormous palm downward toward.
13:56Hanley's head, the force alone, causes the surrounding space to tremble and distort.
14:01Hanley refuses to evade.
14:03He lunges forward and raises his right fist to meet the descending palm head-on.
14:07The collision is thunderous.
14:09Hanley feels as if an entire mountain has crashed onto him.
14:13The force drives him, straight into the ground at nearly half,
14:16his body embedded in the stone within an instant.
14:19But the crimson giant fares no better.
14:21After taking Hanley's punch, it shudders violently and staggers backward several steps before stabilizing itself.
14:29At that exact moment, Hanley explodes upward from the ground.
14:33He reaches the ceiling of the underground palace in a flash and uses it as leverage,
14:37propelling himself downward with both feet.
14:40He descends like a meteor.
14:41The crimson giant roars,
14:43crimson light erupting from its body as it throws another vicious punch upward.
14:48Seven specks of blue light ignite across.
14:50Hanley's chest and abdomen, activating his star acupoints.
14:55A layer of hazy starlight envelops his fist as he collides with the giant's punch.
15:00A series of explosive booms echo continuously like a mountain collapsing.
15:04The crimson light around the giant's fist shatters.
15:07Then the fist itself begins to crumble,
15:10breaking apart into crystalline fragments that rain down.
15:13Hanley's starlight-coated fist does not slow.
15:16It pierces through the giant's arm,
15:18then punches directly through the left side of its chest,
15:22blowing apart nearly half its massive body.
15:24The remaining torso trembles violently.
15:26The ruby light in its eyes dims.
15:28Then the entire crimson giant collapses into a heap of shattered crystals.
15:33Inside one of the crystals,
15:35located where the Dantian should,
15:38be Hanley spots a miniature golden figure,
15:40Chowu's nascent soul.
15:42It appears sealed within the crystal by the secret technique he used.
15:46Unable to escape freely,
15:48Hanley reaches out to seize it.
15:50But before he can,
15:51the nascent soul self-detonates with a muffled thump.
15:54It explodes into a cloud of blood mist
15:56and vanishes into the blood-soaked ground.
15:59From start to finish,
16:00the entire exchange,
16:02from transformation to annihilation,
16:04took less than twenty seconds.
16:06Not far away,
16:08the other four immortals witness everything.
16:10Wyrm-8 and Wyrm-9 are elated.
16:12The two remaining layman immortals are horrified.
16:15The woman in black makes a decisive choice.
16:17She breaks free from Lu-kun
16:19and descends onto the raised platform at the center of the palace.
16:23Almost simultaneously,
16:25the burly man escapes.
16:26Wyrm-8 and his earthly deity Avatar
16:28and lands beside her.
16:31Their bodies blur.
16:32They transform into two crimson clouds
16:34and dive into the massive hole on the platform.
16:37They flee without hesitation.
16:39Wyrm-8 and Lu-kun exchange glances,
16:41withdraw their earthly deity Avatars,
16:43and approach Hanley.
16:45Though the fight was brief,
16:47both were already heavily injured,
16:49and their condition has worsened.
16:52Lu-kun looks at Hanley with complex emotion.
16:54He admits that he failed to realize Han.
16:57Lee possessed the ability to kill a
16:59layman immortal so decisively.
17:01Wyrm-8 adds that if Hanley
17:03had not ended Cho-woo so quickly,
17:05the battle would have dragged on disastrously.
17:07He promises to report this achievement to Wyrm-3.
17:11Lu-kun agrees but emphasizes the urgent matter,
17:14escaping this place.
17:15Hanley recalls that earlier.
17:17Wyrm-16 attempted to break the restriction
17:19using an immortal treasure.
17:21Not only did it fail,
17:23but it triggered a violent retaliation
17:25from the Crimson Barrier.
17:27Brute Force clearly won't work.
17:28Wyrm-8 suspects the two enemies
17:30only retreated temporarily and that
17:32Gong-shu-hong will not leave them alone for long.
17:35Lu-kun suggests Hanley examine the space again.
17:38After all, he once broke through
17:40a similar crimson space in Heavenly Water City.
17:43Hanley agrees.
17:44Lu-kun closes his eyes.
17:46The goat mask reappears on his face
17:47as blue ripples spread across it,
17:50attempting communication.
17:51Meanwhile, Wyrm-8 gathers all storage treasures
17:54from the fallen immortals.
17:56Hanley activates blue light in his eyes
17:58and carefully inspects the environment.
18:00The ground is layered thickly with coagulated blood.
18:03Corpses remain soaked within it.
18:05Blood splashes stain the walls and pillars.
18:08Even the statue in the palace is drenched,
18:10appearing like a sinister deity
18:12that revels in slaughter.
18:14Despite thorough inspection,
18:16Hanley finds no weak points.
18:18Lu-kun opens his eyes shortly after
18:20and reports grimly.
18:21No response from Wyrm-3.
18:23Hanley analyzes the situation.
18:25The restriction here is imbued with laws of blood.
18:28It feeds on sacrificial blood
18:30and forms an independent space.
18:33Escaping will not be simple.
18:34Wyrm-8 approaches,
18:36holding multiple storage bags
18:37and two storage bracelets.
18:39He suggests dividing the spoils,
18:41as they will need every resource
18:43for what lies ahead.
18:44After distribution,
18:46they discover the six layman immortals
18:48were extremely wealthy.
18:49Pills, materials, treasures,
18:52the only immortal treasure among them.
18:55The black spike belonging to Wyrm-16
18:58naturally goes to Hanley.
19:00Wyrm-8 and Lu-kun both desire it,
19:02but neither wants the other to have it.
19:04So they concede and let Hanley take it.
19:06Hanley understands their reasoning.
19:08After accepting the treasure,
19:10he voluntarily makes concessions
19:12in distributing the remaining items.
19:14The gesture earns their genuine appreciation.
19:17After dividing the spoils,
19:19the three of them split up immediately.
19:21No one felt safe
19:22in that underground palace anymore.
19:24As long as they remained trapped
19:26inside this blood-soaked,
19:28independent space,
19:29they were sitting ducks.
19:31Hanley positioned himself
19:32over a thousand feet away from
19:34the blood-drenched statue
19:36and activated his
19:37bright-sight spirit eyes,
19:39scanning every inch of the walls,
19:41pillars,
19:42and floor for structural irregularities
19:44or law fluctuations.
19:45Wyrm-8 and Lu-kun,
19:47after briefly stabilizing their injuries,
19:50began their own investigations.
19:52Time passed.
19:53They tried multiple methods,
19:56probing with spiritual sense,
19:58striking certain areas
19:59with controlled force,
20:01examining the statue,
20:02the blood patterns,
20:03the restriction nodes.
20:05Nothing worked.
20:06Hanley remained calm.
20:08But Wyrm-8 and Lu-kun
20:09were beginning to show
20:10visible agitation.
20:12The oppressive atmosphere,
20:14the stagnant blood aura,
20:15the uncertainty,
20:16it was wearing on them.
20:18Then,
20:19the entire space
20:20suddenly trembled.
20:21A violent shudder
20:23rippled through
20:23the underground palace.
20:24Before any of them
20:25could react,
20:26the ground beneath their feet
20:28exploded with a thunderous boom.
20:30The stone floor
20:31completely shattered.
20:33A massive,
20:34viscous cloud of blood
20:35erupted upward
20:36like a geyser,
20:37expanding instantly
20:38and engulfing
20:39all three of them.
20:39Before they could escape,
20:41the blood mass
20:42collapsed back downward,
20:43dragging them along with it.
20:45Hanley's vision
20:46spun wildly.
20:47The blood wasn't just liquid,
20:49it was adhesive,
20:50restrictive,
20:51like a living substance
20:52clutching them tightly.
20:54Then suddenly,
20:55stillness.
20:56When the world stabilized,
20:58they found themselves
20:59somewhere entirely different.
21:01They were now inside a cavern
21:02countless times larger
21:04than the previous palace.
21:06Most of the space
21:07was occupied
21:07by a massive underground lake,
21:09the lake was blood-red.
21:11The liquid looked thick
21:12and viscous,
21:13with bubbles
21:14constantly rising
21:15and bursting.
21:16Every time a bubble popped,
21:18crimson mist escaped
21:19and spread into the air.
21:21The entire cavern
21:22was filled
21:23with faint crimson haze.
21:25At the center of the lake
21:26stood a massive,
21:27flat island,
21:28dozens of kilometers wide,
21:30like a colossal plaza
21:32rising from the blood waters.
21:34Hanley, Wormate,
21:35and Liu Kun
21:35were standing on that plaza,
21:37and at the center
21:38of the plaza
21:39stood a massive palace,
21:40completely enshrouded
21:42in dense crimson clouds.
21:43Only vague outlines
21:45were visible.
21:46The rest of the cavern
21:47was empty,
21:48silent,
21:49except for the soft,
21:50relentless popping
21:51of blood bubbles.
21:52The two laymen immortals
21:53who fled earlier
21:54were nowhere in sight.
21:56Hanley attempted
21:57to release
21:57his spiritual sense.
21:59It failed.
22:00The crimson mist
22:01in the air
22:01carried a peculiar,
22:03suppressive power
22:04that completely blocked
22:05spiritual,
22:06sense from extending
22:07beyond the body.
22:09Wormate and Liu Kun
22:10clearly experienced
22:11the same limitation.
22:12Wormate immediately
22:14summoned his earthly
22:15deity avatar.
22:16Liu Kun was about to speak.
22:18Look out below!
22:19Hanley shouted.
22:21The plaza split open.
22:22Massive crimson bone claws
22:24burst from the ground,
22:25reaching for their legs.
22:27All three shot
22:28into the air instantly.
22:29Below them,
22:30the plaza crumbled
22:31as enormous crimson skeletons
22:33climbed out
22:34one after another.
22:35Each one was several times
22:37taller than an adult human.
22:39Within seconds,
22:39hundreds had emerged.
22:41Every single skeleton
22:42radiated aura
22:43comparable to
22:44body integration cultivators.
22:46They roared
22:47and leapt into the air.
22:48At the same time,
22:49the crimson lake
22:50churned violently.
22:52From within the blood waters
22:53emerged monstrous creatures,
22:56female upper bodies,
22:57with long crimson hair
22:59and bat-like wings,
23:00but serpentine lower bodies,
23:02winged naga monsters.
23:04Their auras were no weaker
23:05than the skeletons.
23:06In mere moments,
23:08nearly a thousand enemies
23:09surrounded the trio
23:10from all directions.
23:12Wormate snorted coldly.
23:13His earthly deity avatar
23:15shone like an azure sun
23:17above the crimson lake.
23:18It swept its hands outward.
23:20Azure light separated
23:21into four massive wind dragons,
23:23each infused with power of laws.
23:26The dragons tore through the swarm.
23:28Dozens of skeletons
23:29and naga monsters
23:30were blasted apart instantly.
23:32Bodies shattered mid-air.
23:34But then,
23:34the surrounding crimson mist
23:36surged into the damaged bodies.
23:38Before their eyes,
23:40shattered bones reassembled.
23:42Torn flesh regenerated.
23:43Within seconds,
23:44the monsters were fully healed.
23:46Wiremates' brows furrowed.
23:48Those wind dragons
23:49contained law power
23:50strong enough to annihilate
23:52grand ascension cultivators.
23:54Yet these creatures
23:55resisted and regenerated.
23:56Meanwhile,
23:58Liu Kun conserved his faith power.
24:00Instead of using his avatar,
24:01he released
24:02eight flying daggers.
24:03They expanded into
24:04eight giant blue blades,
24:06each surrounded by
24:07multiple blade projections.
24:09Dozens of blade shadows
24:11swept outward
24:12like crashing waves.
24:13Glacial blue light
24:14filled a thousand-foot radius.
24:16More than a dozen monsters
24:18were obliterated.
24:19Yet again,
24:20the crimson mist
24:20repaired them rapidly.
24:22In contrast,
24:23Han Li relied
24:23purely on his fists.
24:25Each punch shook
24:26the surrounding space.
24:27Every enemy that approached him
24:29exploded under a single strike,
24:30no exceptions.
24:32Within seconds,
24:33hundreds were destroyed.
24:34But more kept emerging.
24:35From the plaza.
24:36From the lake.
24:38Endlessly.
24:39The total number
24:39attacking them
24:40did not decrease.
24:42Han Li transmitted calmly.
24:43We're exposed.
24:45Gongshu Hong may be
24:46in that palace.
24:47We don't know
24:48where Worm 3 is.
24:49This situation favors them.
24:51Liu Kun immediately asked
24:52if Han Li had found something.
24:54Han Li replied,
24:55There are several conspicuous
24:57structural nodes
24:58in the cavern,
24:59but exploiting them
25:00will take time.
25:01These creatures
25:02are obstructing me.
25:03After brief thought,
25:04Worm 8 said,
25:05I'll hold them off.
25:07You and Worm 9
25:08find the exit.
25:08Han Li nodded.
25:10He unleashed
25:11a barrage of punches.
25:12Seven or eight
25:13massive fist projections
25:14exploded outward,
25:15tearing a hole
25:16in the encirclement.
25:17Azure light erupted
25:18from his body
25:19as he shot through
25:20the opening,
25:21toward a specific point
25:22on the cavern ceiling.
25:23The monsters roared
25:25in unison and gave chase,
25:26abandoning Worm 8
25:27and Liu Kun.
25:28Worm 8 responded instantly.
25:30His earthly deity avatar
25:32released even more
25:33dazzling azure radiance.
25:35The light expanded
25:36across most of the cavern.
25:38A strange buzzing
25:39filled the air.
25:40World origin key
25:42within the illuminated area
25:43began to tremble.
25:44Thin azure threads
25:45manifested and wrapped
25:47around skeletons
25:48and naga monsters,
25:49dramatically slowing them.
25:50Meanwhile, Han Li reached
25:53the ceiling node
25:53he had identified
25:54and threw a powerful punch.
25:56But at that exact moment,
25:58two figures emerged
25:59from the ceiling.
26:00The burly man
26:01and the woman in black.
26:02The burly man
26:03immediately threw a punch.
26:05His bone gauntlet
26:06glowed fiercely,
26:07projecting a massive
26:08ghost-like fist.
26:09Simultaneously,
26:10the woman summoned
26:11a thick black mace.
26:13With a single swing,
26:14countless mace projections
26:15formed a crushing
26:16black mountain
26:17descending upon Han Li.
26:18Boom!
26:19The fist projection
26:20and the mountain
26:21of mace shadows
26:22exploded simultaneously.
26:24The shockwave blasted
26:25both enemies backward
26:26like cannonballs.
26:27They slammed
26:28into the cavern ceiling,
26:30shaking the entire structure.
26:31They had witnessed
26:32Han Li's battle
26:33against Cho Wu,
26:34but only now
26:35did they truly understand
26:37how terrifying
26:37his strength was.
26:39Han Li himself
26:40took two steps back
26:41to stabilize.
26:42At that moment,
26:43let me assist you,
26:44Worm 15.
26:45Liu Kun arrived
26:47with his earthly deity avatar.
26:49He spat out
26:50a burst of blue light
26:51into his avatar.
26:52The avatar glowed
26:53brilliantly
26:54and opened its mouth,
26:55releasing two spheres
26:56of watery blue light.
26:58Inside each sphere
26:59shimmered countless
27:00water law runes.
27:01In a flash,
27:02each sphere sprouted
27:03a head and four limbs,
27:05transforming into
27:06humanoid watery blue figures.
27:08They shot forward
27:09at incredible speed
27:10toward the two
27:11layman immortals.
27:12The burly man
27:13reacted immediately.
27:14He hurled
27:15his bone gauntlet forward
27:16and spat out
27:17another ball
27:17of blood essence,
27:19which merged into it.
27:20The gauntlet turned
27:21crimson and transformed,
27:23midair into a gigantic ghostly,
27:25head the size of a pavilion.
27:27Its eyes blazed red.
27:29It opened its cavernous mouth
27:30and unleashed a torrent
27:32of crimson flames
27:33toward the incoming
27:34watery blue figure.
27:35The moment the woman
27:36sees it approaching,
27:37she reacts instantly.
27:39With one hand,
27:40she forms a rapid hand seal.
27:41At the same time,
27:43the black mace
27:43in her other hand
27:44begins radiating
27:45deep black light.
27:47Then something
27:47even more ominous
27:48happens.
27:49Winding crimson patterns
27:51begin appearing
27:52across the surface
27:53of the mace.
27:54Those patterns ignite
27:55and a burst
27:56of crimson flames
27:57erupts outward
27:58from the weapon.
27:59She swings the mace forward
28:00and immediately,
28:01a string of explosions
28:03echoes through the air.
28:04Just like before,
28:05a mountain of giant.
28:07Mace projections manifest,
28:09but this time,
28:11every single projection
28:12is wrapped in blazing
28:13crimson flames.
28:14The heat is so intense
28:15that the space
28:17behind the mountain
28:17of projections
28:18visibly warps
28:20and ripples,
28:20as if the air itself
28:21is boiling from the temperature.
28:23Now here's the crucial part.
28:25Both watery blue figures
28:26collide with the
28:27crimson flames
28:28and the mountain
28:29of mace projections
28:30at virtually the exact
28:31same moment.
28:32But instead of being stopped,
28:34they pass straight through.
28:36A flash of blue light
28:37bursts out
28:38as they penetrate
28:38the attack
28:39completely unaffected.
28:40However,
28:41and this is important,
28:42they are not
28:43entirely unchanged.
28:45If you look carefully,
28:47both watery blue figures
28:48have slightly diminished
28:49in size.
28:50They lost some mass
28:51during the clash.
28:52But in exchange
28:53for that loss,
28:54their speed increases
28:55drastically,
28:56in the blink of an eye.
28:58They close the remaining
28:59distance and appear
29:00right in front of the burly,
29:02man and the woman in black.
29:04Both opponents
29:04are visibly alarmed,
29:06but they don't get
29:07the chance to react.
29:08The two watery figures
29:09suddenly begin glowing
29:10with dazzling,
29:12scintillating radiance.
29:13Then,
29:14they explode,
29:15not with sound,
29:16but silently.
29:18And instead of
29:19destructive force,
29:20what erupts outward
29:21is a vast expanse
29:22of glacial energy
29:23that surges toward
29:24the two enemies
29:25from all directions.
29:26Crackling sounds
29:27fill the air.
29:28Crystalline blue ice
29:30forms instantly
29:30over their bodies.
29:32The ice spreads
29:32at terrifying speed,
29:34within what feels
29:35like a single blink.
29:36Both enemies
29:37are completely encased
29:38inside two massive blocks
29:40of crystalline blue ice,
29:42each several dozen feet tall,
29:43and this is clearly
29:44no ordinary ice.
29:46They are completely immobilized.
29:48Their shocked
29:49and horrified expressions
29:50are frozen on their faces.
29:52But then,
29:53crimson light flashes
29:54from within their bodies.
29:55Cracks begin spreading
29:56across the ice.
29:58At the same time,
29:59Lu Kun's complexion
30:00turns slightly pale.
30:01The blue radiance
30:02around his earthly deity avatar
30:04dims noticeably.
30:05This attack clearly
30:06consumed a heavy amount
30:08of his power.
30:09The enemies are about
30:10to break free.
30:11Hanley's perfect timing.
30:12Right at that critical moment,
30:14Hanley appears behind them
30:16like a wraith.
30:17Golden scales instantly emerge
30:18over both of his fists.
30:20He thrusts them forward.
30:21His fists move like a pair
30:23of mighty worms
30:23crashing forward.
30:25The impact is devastating.
30:26Both ice blocks
30:27explode violently.
30:28And so do the bodies
30:30of the burly man
30:31and the woman in black
30:32inside them.
30:33Their physical bodies
30:34are completely destroyed,
30:35but their nascent souls escape.
30:37Each nascent soul
30:38is wrapped in a faint layer
30:40of crimson light.
30:41Then,
30:42in the blink of an eye,
30:43both of them teleport,
30:44directly to the palace gates
30:46below on the island,
30:47as if moved by
30:48instantaneous spatial transfer.
30:50And importantly,
30:52their movement
30:52is completely unaffected
30:54by the azure threads
30:55that Y-Arm 8
30:56had previously deployed.
30:58Hanley immediately
30:58tries to intercept them.
31:00But he's too late.
31:01The crimson palace responds.
31:04Just as the two nascent souls
31:05are about to enter the palace,
31:07the crimson cloud
31:08surrounding the palace
31:09begins to churn violently.
31:11From within that cloud,
31:13two massive hands
31:14formed entirely
31:15from crimson mist
31:16extend outward.
31:18They spread their fingers.
31:19Crimson light
31:20flashes across their palms.
31:21The two nascent souls
31:23are instantly immobilized,
31:25then dragged into
31:26those giant mist hands.
31:27Terrified, they scream,
31:29Please spare us,
31:30merciful holy lord.
31:31Then,
31:32a cold harumph
31:33echoes from within the palace.
31:35The sound is harsh
31:36and grating,
31:37like metal
31:38scraping against metal.
31:39Hanley,
31:40Lu Kun,
31:40and Worm 8
31:41all react instantly.
31:42Their expressions change.
31:44Y-Arm 8,
31:45who is still maintaining
31:46his hand seals,
31:47immediately withdraws them.
31:49He rises into the sky
31:50alongside his earthly
31:51deity avatar
31:52to regroup
31:53with the others.
31:54As a result,
31:55all the azure threads
31:57in the cavern fade away.
31:58But instead of attacking again,
32:00every single crimson skeleton
32:02and naga,
32:03monster melts
32:04into streaks of viscous.
32:05Crimson light.
32:06Those streaks fly back
32:08into the palace cloud
32:09from every direction.
32:10The battlefield
32:11falls silent.
32:12Gong Shu Hong
32:13reveals himself.
32:14Then a tall,
32:15imposing figure
32:16slowly emerges
32:17from within the palace.
32:19His entire body
32:20is shrouded
32:20in crimson light.
32:22Only faint outlines
32:23of his facial features
32:24are visible.
32:24Behind him float
32:26two massive balls
32:27of crimson flames,
32:28crackling constantly.
32:30But they're strange.
32:31Both have crimson outer layers.
32:33Yet one contains
32:34a purple core.
32:35The other contains
32:36a white core.
32:37Inside those cores,
32:39faces are visible.
32:40Toe.
32:41And the man
32:41in the purple robe,
32:42they have been reduced
32:44to sacrificial flame cores.
32:45Meanwhile,
32:46the newly captured
32:47nascent souls
32:48continue begging for mercy,
32:50promising to find
32:51new bodies
32:52and continue serving him.
32:53Gong Shu Hong
32:54remains completely unmoved.
32:56He raises one hand.
32:57The two giant
32:58mist hands close.
32:59Two blood-curdling
33:00screams ring out.
33:02Then two new
33:02crimson fireballs
33:03fly out.
33:04Each has a crimson exterior,
33:06but one contains
33:07an azure core.
33:09The other a black core.
33:10Inside them
33:11are the twisted faces
33:12of the burly man
33:13and the woman in black.
33:14Now four flames
33:16hover before
33:16Gong Shu Hong.
33:17Purple.
33:18White.
33:19Azure.
33:20Black.
33:21All rotating slowly
33:22in mid-air.
33:23Han Li's trio exchange
33:25astonished glances.
33:26Then Gong Shu Hong
33:27calmly declares,
33:28He is very pleased
33:30with the previous
33:30four sacrifices.
33:32And now,
33:32with these additional
33:34nascent souls,
33:35his origin restoration
33:36blood flames
33:37will advance even further.
33:38Once that happens,
33:39he will no longer
33:40be bound to this island.
33:42He forms a hand seal.
33:43The four flames
33:44vanish into the crimson light
33:46surrounding his body.
33:47His aura
33:48begins rising continuously.
33:50Han Li immediately
33:50assesses the situation.
33:52Gong Shu Hong
33:53is very close
33:53to reaching
33:54the late true
33:55immortal stage.
33:56This will be
33:56an extremely difficult fight.
33:58Preparations for desperation.
34:00Liu Kun says
34:01there's no choice
34:02but to fight.
34:03He produces
34:03a purple jade vial.
34:04He removes
34:05a thumb-sized
34:06purple pill.
34:07Swallows it
34:08without hesitation.
34:09His earthly
34:10deity avatar
34:10raises a hand,
34:12releasing vast
34:13watery light
34:14that forms
34:14multiple protective
34:15barriers around him.
34:17Y-Arm 8
34:17also releases
34:18several glowing
34:19protective treasures.
34:20Gong Shu Hong
34:21raises his arms.
34:22Two piercing balls
34:23of crimson light
34:24form above his palms.
34:26He prepares to attack
34:27Worm 3's ambush.
34:29Suddenly,
34:30space fluctuates
34:31behind him.
34:32A flaming hand
34:32appears out of nowhere.
34:34It pierces straight
34:35through
34:35Gong Shu Hong's chest
34:36from behind,
34:37emerging out the front.
34:39Han Li's trio
34:39are instantly elated.
34:41They recognize the aura.
34:42It's Worm 3.
34:43The crimson light
34:44covering Gong Shu Hong's
34:45body shudders,
34:47then explodes
34:47outward into
34:48seven or eight
34:49streaks of
34:49crimson light.
34:50Those streaks
34:51converge over
34:52one thousand feet
34:53away,
34:53reforming his body.
34:54But the crimson light
34:56around him
34:56is now slightly dimmer.
34:58Worm 3 appears
34:59fully cloaked
34:59in orange flames.
35:01He immediately
35:01charges forward
35:02as a streak
35:03of blazing fire.
35:04Mid-flight,
35:05his flames
35:06expand violently,
35:07transforming into
35:08a massive fiery worm.
35:10Its mouth opens
35:11wide,
35:11ready to devour
35:12Gong Shu Hong.
35:13Violent law fluctuations
35:14erupt from the Worm,
35:16evaporating all
35:17nearby crimson mist.
35:19Gong Shu Hong responds
35:20by clasping his palms
35:21together.
35:22A crimson fiery python
35:23bursts forth
35:24and collides
35:25with the fiery worm.
35:26They clash,
35:27explode into
35:28dazzling fire.
35:29Profound,
35:30heavenly treasure
35:31unleashed.
35:32Worm 3 rises
35:33above Gong Shu Hong.
35:34A massive crimson
35:35sword appears
35:36in his hand.
35:37A dragon is engraved
35:38on its surface.
35:39It radiates
35:40immense spiritual pressure.
35:41It is a profound
35:43heavenly treasure.
35:44He swings.
35:45Around a dozen streaks
35:46of fiery sword lights
35:47surge outward.
35:48They converge
35:49into a single
35:50massive sword projection
35:51over.
35:52One thousand feet long.
35:53It descends.
35:55Gong Shu Hong conjures
35:56crimson claws.
35:57Ten crescent-shaped
35:58claw projections
35:59are released.
36:00They collide
36:00with the giant sword.
36:02Both attacks
36:02explode simultaneously.
36:04The true battle begins.
36:05Lights of different colors
36:07clash violently.
36:08Explosions roar
36:09continuously.
36:10The cavern trembles.
36:12Space quakes.
36:12The trio joins the fray.
36:14Liu Kun bitterly remarks
36:15that Worm 3 likely
36:17used them as bait
36:18from the beginning.
36:19Worm 8 acknowledges
36:20this as the harsh
36:21reality of the
36:22transient guild.
36:23Hanley cuts the
36:24discussion short.
36:25They must help
36:26or they will die.
36:27The trio and their
36:28earthly deity
36:29avatars charge
36:30into battle.
36:31Gong Shu Hong
36:32doesn't even look
36:32at them.
36:33He casually
36:34waves a hand.
36:35A blood-scented
36:36gust of wind
36:37sweeps toward them.
36:38The crimson cloud
36:39above releases
36:39a massive wave
36:40of blood mist.
36:41It engulfs them
36:42instantly.
36:43The stench
36:44makes Han Lee dizzy.
36:45But a cool
36:46refreshing energy
36:47flashes through
36:47his brain
36:48clearing the effect.
36:49Blue light
36:50flashes in his eyes.
36:51He prepares
36:52to retreat.
36:53Then hears
36:54an agonized howl.
36:55He turns.
36:57Liu Kun's
36:57earthly deity avatar
36:58is falling toward
36:59the ground.
37:00Chasing it.
37:01A completely nude
37:03crimson humanoid creature.
37:04Its body is human.
37:06But its face
37:06is entirely blurred.
37:08No features.
37:09Only two glowing
37:10red eyes.
37:11And it is rapidly
37:12pursuing the falling avatar.
37:14Han Lee instantly
37:15senses something wrong
37:16and shoots out of the blood.
37:17Mist without hesitation.
37:19He dives straight
37:20toward the ground.
37:21But right before
37:22his foot touches down,
37:23a cold light
37:24flashes through his eyes.
37:26Instead of landing
37:27normally,
37:28he suddenly twists
37:29his body and throws
37:30a punch upward
37:31into a very specific
37:32point inside the blood mist.
37:34And that instinct
37:35saves him.
37:36A crimson humanoid figure
37:38bursts out of the mist
37:39at the exact same moment.
37:40Its fingers curled
37:42into vicious claws
37:43aimed directly
37:44at the top
37:44of Han Lee's head.
37:46Five sharp claw projections
37:48tear through the air
37:49and collide head on.
37:50With Han Lee's fist projection,
37:52a thunderous explosion erupts.
37:54Both projections
37:55shatter on impact.
37:56But that's not
37:57the end of it.
37:58The creature's arm
37:59explodes violently
38:00from the force
38:01behind Han Lee's punch.
38:02The crimson humanoid
38:03is blasted backward
38:04and swallowed back
38:05into the blood mist.
38:07Han Lee steadies himself
38:08mid-air,
38:09his body swaying slightly.
38:10Then piercing howls
38:12echo through the cavern.
38:13From another section
38:14of the blood mist,
38:15countless azure windblades
38:17explode outward,
38:18shredding a massive portion
38:20of the mist
38:20and clearing the battlefield.
38:22That's when we see
38:23Worm Eight locked
38:24in brutal combat
38:25with another crimson creature.
38:26His earthly deity avatar
38:28is already riddled
38:29with wounds.
38:30And he's clearly
38:31struggling to keep up.
38:32Below,
38:32Lukun's earthly deity avatar,
38:35which had fallen earlier,
38:37has rejoined him.
38:38The two are fighting
38:38yet another crimson humanoid.
38:40And then,
38:41the mist churns again.
38:43The same crimson creature
38:45Han Lee just destroyed
38:46flies out once more.
38:47Its arm has
38:48completely regenerated.
38:49Without hesitation,
38:51it transforms
38:51into a crimson shadow
38:53and charges Han Lee again.
38:55This time,
38:56Han Lee doesn't retreat.
38:57He surges forward
38:58and unleashes
38:59a barrage of punches.
39:00Each strike tears
39:02the creature apart,
39:03shredding its body
39:04and blasting it backward
39:05once again.
39:06But then something
39:07horrifying happens.
39:08From the wounds
39:09on its body,
39:10crimson threads
39:11shoot out.
39:12They weave together,
39:13stitching flesh
39:14back into place.
39:15The surrounding
39:16blood mist
39:16feeds into it.
39:18Within seconds,
39:18it is fully restored.
39:20It charges again.
39:21Han Lee's brows furrow.
39:22This creature
39:23functions almost
39:24identically
39:25to the water giant.
39:26Lukun once summoned.
39:27Except here.
39:28Inside this blood-saturated
39:30environment,
39:31it's nearly impossible
39:32to kill.
39:33As long as the blood mist
39:34exists,
39:35brute force alone
39:36won't end it.
39:37And while Han Lee
39:38can hold his own
39:39for now,
39:40Lukun and Worm 8
39:41are already severely injured.
39:42They won't last long
39:43at this rate.
39:44Above them,
39:45the battle escalates.
39:46Six massive blood mist
39:48tigers circle
39:49Gong Shu Hong,
39:50roaring violently
39:51as they clash.
39:52Against Worm 3.
39:53But Gong,
39:54Shu Hong's crimson aura
39:56has visibly dimmed.
39:57Controlling three
39:58humanoid creatures
39:58at once
39:59is clearly draining him.
40:01Worm 3 sneers coldly.
40:02You're no match for me
40:03without your avatar.
40:05Die!
40:05His aura explodes outward,
40:08becoming violent
40:09and unstable.
40:10Crimson light surges
40:11as his body swells.
40:13Scales spread
40:14across his skin.
40:15Thick dragon horns
40:16erupt from his forehead.
40:18His teeth sharpen
40:19into fangs.
40:20In a blink,
40:20he transforms
40:21into a half-human,
40:23half-worm monstrosity.
40:24His arms grow thick
40:26and monstrous.
40:27At the same time,
40:29crimson runes
40:29pour out of his
40:30massive sword.
40:31They spin wildly,
40:33destabilizing the world's
40:34origin key
40:35throughout the entire cavern.
40:37Light specks form
40:38from nothing
40:39and flood into the blade
40:40like a tidal wave.
40:42Then he swings,
40:43a crescent-shaped
40:44sword projection nearly.
40:46One thousand feet long
40:47tears through the cavern.
40:48It radiates
40:49blinding red light,
40:50infused with
40:52violent fire law power.
40:53As it travels,
40:55it compresses
40:56into a thin,
40:56fiery red line
40:58that warps space itself.
41:00Gong Shu Hong
41:00retreats immediately.
41:02He thrusts
41:03both hands upward,
41:04releasing two massive
41:05crimson claws
41:06hundreds of feet long.
41:07They cross
41:08before him defensively.
41:09At the same time,
41:11the six blood tigers
41:12leap forward
41:13and fire viscous crimson,
41:14light pillars
41:15from their mouths.
41:16The fiery red thread
41:18slices through
41:19the claws effortlessly.
41:20It then smashes
41:21into the six pillars,
41:22One by one,
41:23dull explosions erupt.
41:25The pillars collapse
41:26into blood mist.
41:27The tigers
41:28are completely eradicated.
41:29Then the red thread blurs.
41:31It reappears
41:32directly in front
41:33of Gong Shu Hong
41:34as if teleporting.
41:36A translucent crimson armor
41:38forms around his body.
41:40But it doesn't matter.
41:41The fiery thread
41:42tears through the armor
41:44and slices into him.
41:45Crimson flames
41:46explode outward.
41:48Violent law fluctuations
41:49engulf him.
41:50The space within
41:51several thousand feet
41:52begins to warp violently,
41:54as if being incinerated.
41:56After this attack,
41:58Worm 3's aura
41:59drops by over half.
42:00Then suddenly,
42:01a blurry crimson shadow
42:03shoots out of the flames
42:04and appears
42:04thousands of feet away.
42:06The light fades,
42:08revealing Gong Shu Hong's
42:09true form.
42:10A thin,
42:11emaciated,
42:12middle-aged man
42:13with lifeless,
42:14straw-like hair
42:14and sunken features.
42:16His eyes glow crimson.
42:17His left arm
42:19is severed at the shoulder
42:20and yet no blood flows.
42:22Worm 3 chuckles,
42:23a substitution technique.
42:25He raises his sword again.
42:27Law fluctuations surge once more.
42:29Another enormous projection
42:30forms and condenses
42:31into a thin,
42:33fiery red thread
42:34racing toward Gong Shu Hong.
42:36But this time,
42:37Gong Shu Hong
42:38doesn't dodge.
42:39He grins.
42:40A deafening boom erupts
42:41from the crimson lake below.
42:43An enormous pillar of blood
42:45shoots upward,
42:46positioning itself
42:47between Gong Shu Hong
42:48and the incoming
42:49fiery thread.
42:50The two collide violently.
42:53The pillar trembles,
42:54almost collapsing.
42:55But then more crimson light
42:57erupts from the lake
42:58and pours into the pillar.
43:00Reinforcing it,
43:01the fiery thread dims,
43:03then disappears entirely.
43:05Worm 3's pupils contract.
43:06Gong Shu Hong chuckles.
43:08It's about time.
43:09He chants an incantation.
43:11Another blood pillar rises
43:12in a spiraling corkscrew,
43:14transforming into a churning
43:16cloud of blood
43:16that injects directly
43:17into his body.
43:19His aura rapidly recovers.
43:20Red threads emerge
43:21from his severed shoulder
43:23and weave together.
43:24A brand new arm
43:25forms instantly.
43:26Then everything changes.
43:28The entire crimson lake
43:29begins to churn violently.
43:31Pillar after pillar erupts,
43:33nearly 100 in total.
43:34They connect with beams
43:35of crimson light,
43:37forming an enormous array
43:38that blankets the cavern
43:39in blood-red radiance.
43:41The stench of blood
43:42intensifies tenfold.
43:43Peculiar blood law
43:45fluctuations sweep
43:46across the battlefield.
43:47Hanley suddenly feels
43:48his heart pound violently.
43:50The blood in his body
43:51churns uncontrollably
43:53and floods toward his heart,
43:54slowing his movements.
43:56He steadies himself,
43:57but alarm flashes in his eyes.
44:00Lukun and Worm 8
44:00are caught off guard as well,
44:02with their earthly deity
44:03avatars assisting them.
44:05They avoid immediate disaster,
44:07but the light around them
44:08has dimmed significantly.
44:10Their accumulated faith power
44:12is nearly exhausted,
44:13and they're far from their islands,
44:15unable to replenish it.
44:16Even Worm 3 is affected.
44:18An unnatural flush
44:19appears on his face.
44:21The blood law fluctuations
44:22have impacted him too.
44:23He quickly forms a hand seal
44:25and regulates his breathing,
44:27stabilizing himself,
44:28but his expression
44:30shows clear alarm.
44:31And then,
44:32the consequences spread
44:34beyond the cavern.
44:35In Kun Province's Red Moon City,
44:37the ground begins
44:37to rumble violently.
44:39The rivers throughout the city
44:40turn bright red
44:41and as if blood flows within them.
44:43Panic spreads
44:44among civilians
44:45and pilgrims alike.
44:46Before anyone can react,
44:48thunderous rumbles erupt.
44:50Nearly 100 pillars
44:51of crimson light
44:52rise around the city,
44:54forming a massive blood barrier
44:55that envelops everything.
44:57Eye-shaped diagrams
44:58appear across the barrier's surface.
45:00They blink.
45:01Then countless crimson beams
45:03rain down.
45:03Every person touched by the beams
45:05instantly turns red.
45:07Their bodies swell grotesquely
45:09and explode
45:10before they can scream.
45:12Within moments,
45:12the entire city is wiped out.
45:14Blood floods the streets,
45:16then sinks into the ground
45:17as if absorbed.
45:18And this isn't isolated.
45:20Every Red Moon City
45:21across the island
45:22experiences the same fate.
45:24Each one is enclosed
45:25in a crimson barrier.
45:26Every living being inside
45:28is drained of life,
45:29converted into fresh blood
45:30that seeps into the earth.
45:32From high above,
45:33all the island's rivers
45:34have turned blood red.
45:36They form a vast network,
45:38all flowing toward
45:39one central point.
45:40Khun Province's Red Moon City.
45:42From the sky,
45:43Red Moon Island now
45:44looks like a massive blood moon
45:46suspended above the dark sea.
45:47The underground cavern
45:48has now fully transitioned
45:50into an active blood law domain.
45:52Around a dozen dark caves
45:54have opened across
45:54the surrounding mountain walls.
45:56From each cave,
45:57blood is pouring down
45:58continuously like waterfalls.
46:01All of that blood converges
46:02into the crimson lake below,
46:04causing the entire lake
46:05to churn and froth violently.
46:07This is not just scenery.
46:09It is energy circulation.
46:10The lake is being constantly
46:12replenished and reinforced.
46:14Above the lake,
46:15the giant array formed
46:16by pillars of crimson light
46:18is buzzing intensely.
46:20Across that array,
46:21countless balls of crimson fire
46:23are forming.
46:23These fireballs are not
46:25ordinary flames.
46:26They contain traces of law power.
46:29Because of this,
46:30the surrounding world origin chi
46:32begins boiling and surging.
46:34The entire space experiences
46:35a dramatic increase
46:36in law suppression.
46:38At this moment,
46:39the power of laws
46:40filling the cavern
46:41becomes several times
46:42stronger than before.
46:44This is a domain
46:44amplification effect.
46:46The first to suffer
46:47from this surge
46:48are Wyrm-8 and Lu Kun.
46:50Both immediately develop,
46:51unnatural flushes
46:52on their faces.
46:53They vomit blood
46:54simultaneously,
46:56their bodies tremble,
46:57and their auras
46:58rapidly weaken.
46:59The blood law
47:00is interfering directly
47:01with their internal
47:02circulation and magic.
47:03Power stability.
47:05At the same time,
47:06two crimson humanoid creatures
47:07immediately pursue them.
47:09Wyrm-8 reacts
47:10by releasing fierce azure wind
47:12from his mouth.
47:13The wind forms
47:14into a crescent-shaped blade
47:15that slices through space
47:17and leaves
47:18behind a thick white scar
47:20containing spatial fluctuations.
47:22This confirms
47:23the attack carries
47:24spatial properties,
47:25not just elemental wind force.
47:27The crimson creature
47:28cannot evade the strike
47:29and is split in half.
47:31However,
47:31the split does not damage it.
47:33The two halves
47:33immediately transform
47:35into streaks
47:35of crimson light.
47:36They pass directly
47:38through Wyrm-8's body
47:39and reform behind him.
47:41When they reform,
47:42the creature is holding
47:43Wyrm-8's nascent soul
47:44in its hand.
47:45This shows the creature's
47:47true function.
47:48It can bypass
47:49physical defenses
47:49and directly extract
47:51spiritual essence.
47:52The creature devours
47:53the nascent soul completely.
47:55Wyrm-8 is eliminated.
47:57Meanwhile,
47:58Lu Kun is still falling.
47:59His magic power
48:00has become stagnant
48:01and difficult to control.
48:03Due to blood law interference,
48:04he cannot evade
48:06the approaching crimson creature.
48:07At this point,
48:08Lu Kun makes a decisive move.
48:10The head of his
48:11earthly deity avatar
48:12separates from its body.
48:14Immediately afterward,
48:15the avatar's body
48:16explodes in dazzling blue light.
48:19The explosion releases
48:20watery blue mist
48:21that forms vortex-like currents.
48:23These vortexes generate
48:25tremendous suction force,
48:27significantly slowing
48:28the crimson creature.
48:29At the same time,
48:30the separated head
48:32flies into Lu Kun's body
48:33as a streak of blue light.
48:35This collision
48:36accelerates his descent,
48:38sending him crashing
48:38into the crimson lake below,
48:40where he disappears
48:41without a trace.
48:42While this suppression
48:43is happening,
48:44another battle continues nearby
48:46between Han Lee
48:47and the third crimson creature.
48:49Han Lee's face
48:50is slightly flushed,
48:51meaning he is affected
48:52by the blood law.
48:53But his movements
48:54are not impaired.
48:55This difference
48:56catches Gong Shu Hong's attention.
48:58A sharp screech sounds
48:59as a streak of fiery
49:00red sword light appears.
49:02The sword light
49:03resembles a thin,
49:04translucent red thread,
49:06but emits terrifying
49:07law fluctuations,
49:08causing space itself
49:10to tremble.
49:10Gong Shu Hong responds calmly.
49:13He waves his sleeve,
49:14triggering bursts of crimson light
49:17from the surrounding pillars.
49:19Simultaneously,
49:19crimson flames rise
49:21from the lake below.
49:22The light and flames
49:23merge to form.
49:24Roughly a dozen thick
49:25defensive barriers
49:27around him.
49:28The sword light
49:28tears through
49:29the first barrier easily.
49:31It continues cutting
49:32through barrier
49:32after barrier.
49:34However,
49:34each barrier
49:35reduces its strength.
49:36After breaking
49:37through nine layers,
49:38the sword light
49:39weakens and dissipates
49:40entirely.
49:41In the distance,
49:42Worm 3 raises
49:43his giant sword again.
49:44A powerful fire law
49:46aura erupts
49:47from his body,
49:48pushing back
49:48the surrounding crimson light.
49:50However,
49:51before he can swing,
49:52all the crimson pillars
49:53flash simultaneously
49:55and form a massive,
49:56crimson cage around him.
49:58He is trapped instantly.
50:00Worm 3 remains calm.
50:01His sword transforms
50:02into a fiery lotus.
50:04Numerous sword projections,
50:05each about a foot long,
50:07shoot outward
50:08in all directions
50:09and strike the cage.
50:10Crimson pillars
50:11are severed,
50:12repeatedly,
50:13but each one
50:14is instantly repaired
50:15by viscous blood
50:16flowing through the structure.
50:17The formation
50:18is self-sustaining.
50:19Gongshu Hong
50:20begins chanting
50:21and forming hand seals.
50:22The lake below
50:23surges violently.
50:24More crimson pillars
50:26rise from the depths,
50:27wrapped in scorching flames.
50:29These flames coil
50:30around the cage
50:31like tentacles.
50:32The lake's water level
50:33drops rapidly
50:34as it feeds the formation.
50:36Eventually,
50:36it nearly runs dry.
50:37The cage becomes
50:38completely enveloped
50:39in crimson.
50:40Flames and begins,
50:42rotating like
50:42a refining cauldron.
50:44Inside,
50:45Worm 3 sits cross-legged.
50:46His face flushes again.
50:48His blood boils
50:49within his veins.
50:50The crimson flames
50:52emit a strange heat
50:53that penetrates
50:54flesh and blood,
50:55attempting to refine him
50:56like a medicinal pill.
50:58Worm 3 counters
50:59by forming hand seals.
51:01Fireballs emerge
51:02from his body
51:02and revolve around him,
51:04forming a protective
51:05fiery space
51:06several dozen feet wide.
51:07His complexion
51:08improves slightly,
51:09but the blood loss
51:10suppression remains active.
51:12Outside,
51:13Gongshu Hong
51:14declares
51:14he has unlimited time
51:15and continues
51:16reinforcing the cauldron.
51:18However,
51:19his attention shifts
51:19back to Han Lee.
51:21Han Lee continues
51:22resisting the blood law
51:23while fighting
51:24the remaining crimson creature.
51:26Gongshu Hong
51:26frowns and commands
51:28the other two creatures
51:29to assist.
51:30Instead of attacking directly,
51:31the two creatures
51:32collide with the third one.
51:33All three dissolve
51:34into blood and merge.
51:36They reform into
51:37a crimson male figure
51:38identical to Gong.
51:39Shu Hong in appearance
51:41and except for skin color.
51:42This is Gongshu Hong's
51:43earthly deity avatar.
51:45The avatar emits
51:46dazzling crimson light
51:47and releases
51:48a massive aura.
51:49It releases
51:50a large quantity of blood,
51:52forming a foul-smelling
51:53blood sphere
51:54the size of a water vat.
51:56The sphere shoots
51:56toward Han Lee
51:57at lightning speed.
51:59Han Lee raises his arm.
52:00Golden scales
52:01appear over his fist.
52:02He punches the blood sphere.
52:04The collision
52:05causes space
52:05to ripple violently.
52:07The sphere explodes
52:08into blood mist,
52:09releasing tremendous law power.
52:11Before Han Lee
52:12can retreat,
52:13the blood mist
52:14transforms into
52:15around a dozen
52:16crimson chains.
52:17They bind his limbs
52:18and torso tightly.
52:20The more he struggles,
52:21the tighter they become.
52:22The chains grind audibly
52:23against his golden scales.
52:25The avatar then redirects
52:27half the blood
52:28flowing from the caves
52:29toward Han Lee.
52:30It forms a massive vortex
52:32nearly 1,000 feet wide,
52:34engulfing him completely.
52:36Inside the vortex,
52:37a roar erupts.
52:38Two massive golden arms
52:40burst out
52:41and grab both sides
52:42of the vortex.
52:43The vortex is torn
52:44apart completely.
52:46Han Lee emerges
52:46in giant mountain ape form,
52:48hundreds of feet tall.
52:49Parts of his body
52:50remain stained with blood.
52:52Immediately,
52:52he forms a silver flame
52:54in his palm.
52:55The flame elongates
52:56into a silver spear
52:57over 100 feet long.
52:58The avatar responds
53:00by gathering crimson.
53:01Flames into a massive,
53:03fiery wheel,
53:03more than 100 feet wide.
53:05Han Lee throws
53:06the silver spear.
53:07The fiery wheel
53:08flies forward simultaneously.
53:10The two attacks collide.
53:12The crimson wheel explodes,
53:14releasing violent flames
53:15mixed with silver fire.
53:17The entire cavern trembles.
53:19The remaining blood
53:20churns violently.
53:21The silver spear
53:22is not stopped.
53:23The explosion shockwave
53:24actually accelerates it further.
53:26The spear pierces
53:27straight through
53:28the earthly deity avatar's chest.
53:30Because Gong Shu Hong
53:31had shifted his focus
53:32back to refining Worm 3,
53:34he is caught off guard.
53:36His body shudders.
53:38He vomits blood.
53:39He looks down
53:40just as the silver spear
53:41transforms
53:42into dazzling silver flames,
53:44engulfing his earthly
53:45deity avatar completely.
53:47This chapter demonstrates
53:48how overwhelming
53:49environmental laws
53:51can directly affect
53:52even the strongest cultivators.
53:55Showing that mastery
53:56over one's surroundings
53:58is just as critical
53:59as personal strength.
54:01It also highlights
54:02the importance
54:03of strategic adaptability Han.
54:05Lee survives
54:06because he can
54:06manipulate forms
54:07and abilities
54:08to counter extreme
54:10law pressure.
54:11Finally,
54:12it reinforces
54:13a key cultivation principle.
54:15Raw power alone
54:16isn't enough.
54:17Understanding
54:18and exploiting
54:19the interplay of laws
54:21can turn a seemingly
54:22hopeless situation
54:23into a decisive advantage.
54:25That wraps up
54:27our chapter explanation
54:28of a mortal challenge
54:30to immortality.
54:31Immortal realm.
54:32Henry's part
54:33reminds us
54:34that God
54:35comes
54:36gradually
54:37and wisdom
54:38in decision making
54:39is just
54:40as vital
54:41as strength.
54:42Every challenge
54:43he faces
54:44shows the value
54:46of strategy,
54:47passion
54:47and learning
54:48from experience.
54:49If you found
54:50this chapter
54:51insightful
54:51make sure
54:52to like,
54:53share
54:53and stay tuned
54:54for the next episode
54:56in his journey
54:57to immortality.
54:58to you.
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