Long Meng copied two copies of the spatial node information Li Feiyu needed and gave them to the two.
"Tens of thousands of years have passed, and I don't know if these nodes still exist. You need to investigate them thoroughly yourselves."
Li Feiyu nodded: "Understood. By the way, isn't there an Old Man surnamed Xiang trapped somewhere?"
Long Meng said: "Indeed, before Ancestor Yuansha and Long Meng separated, they cast the Illusory Heavenly Phenomenon, specifically to prevent him from causing trouble."
"In the end, everything was done to benefit you."
"After I leave, he should be able to break free within half a month and won't hinder you."
"Don't worry, I won't mistreat Han Li!"
Long Meng nodded, and with a flip of her hand, a star disk appeared, shimmering with dazzling starlight.
She asked Li Feiyu for a few drops of Ten Thousand Year Spiritual Milk.
Han Li had almost used up his.
After consuming it, Long Meng's ten fingers continuously flicked, and streaks of various colored Magic Arts struck the disk, all of which were absorbed.
A moment later, the starlight intensified, and the disk expanded rapidly.
A halo several feet in diameter began to spin, and then a thick golden light beam shot out from the center of the halo, disappearing into the yellow clouds in the upper reaches of space.
A thunderous roar echoed, and the entire ninth layer of space trembled violently.
Not long after, a huge passage appeared, and the golden light beam surged into it.
Immortal music resounded, and fist-sized light clusters floated and danced, each of a different color. A disk about a foot in size flew out of the passage, identical to the one Long Meng had in her hand earlier.
Clearly, this was the true Reversing Star Disk!
As the Reversing Star Disk slowly rotated, Long Meng's body slowly rose. She glanced at the passage, smiled faintly at the two below, "Spirit Realm, we shall meet again if fate allows!"
With that, she unhesitatingly rushed into the passage.
Not long after, the spatial passage disappeared.
Li Feiyu looked at the Sky-Connecting Spiritual Treasure above the palace and headed straight for them.
After some thought, he flicked his sleeve, and a sealed Nascent Soul flew towards Han Li.
"Junior Brother Han, your Puppet doesn't have a spirit yet, does it? Use this one. After erasing its consciousness, it will be perfect."
"Thank you, Senior Brother Li."
Han Li was somewhat excited. After a Nascent Soul Late Stage Puppet gained a spirit, it would be equivalent to a Nascent Soul Late Stage combat power, and a Nascent Soul Late Stage with extremely strong Physical Body defense.
After all, its body was forged from five elements jade and Chiling Divine Clay, with gangyin sand also added.
In addition, Monarch Soul Divergence Divine Lord had incorporated Magic Treasures refined from demonic marrow drills and Xuan Guang crystals, making the Puppet's attack methods even stronger than those of ordinary Great Cultivators.
The only drawback was its high consumption of Spirit Stones.
It would take a considerable amount of time to refine the spirit into the Puppet and make it his exclusive Puppet.
For now, Han Li planned to erase its consciousness first.
Li Feiyu fully exerted his power, and an incomparably formidable magical power surged forth.
The two Sky-Connecting Spiritual Treasures would only erupt against those who were sealed. For others who wished to refine them, the resistance would be much weaker.
Five-colored spiritual light swept over the Black Wind Flag and the eight spirit ruler.
The two Spirit Treasures floated up and down in the five-colored spiritual light. The Black Wind Flag emitted black light, and roars emanated from its surface as its spirit resisted the five-colored spiritual light.
The eight spirit ruler also glowed with silver light, with silver lotus flowers protecting its body, followed by eight ethereal Spirit Beast phantoms.
Without anyone to activate them, their power could only rely on their inherent storage.
And before, they had been entangled in battle for a long time, consuming a significant amount.
Now, their remaining power was limited.
Li Feiyu sent out streaks of Aura, landing on the Black Wind Flag and the eight spirit ruler.
Half an hour later, the spirits of both let out a mournful cry, and both the black light and silver light receded.
Li Feiyu smiled slightly, flicked his sleeve, and put them away.
He looked at Han Li, having waited for him for most of the day.
Han Li saw Li Feiyu, then looked up at the palace above, cupped his hands, and smiled: "Congratulations, Senior Brother Li, on subduing two Sky-Connecting Spiritual Treasures."
"It's nothing. Who knows how many years it will take to refine and fully control them!"
"Probably until Deity Transformation Stage!"
Han Li nodded; he himself possessed the xuantian cauldron and deeply understood this.
"By the way, how do we get out of this ninth layer of space now?"
Li Feiyu chuckled, "Since we could come in, we can naturally go out."
He patted his Storage Pouch, and a jade green Seal flew out, identical to the one he had shown before.
Li Feiyu muttered a spell under his breath, forming hand Seals with one hand. The Jade Dragon Seal emitted a green glow, and from within the green glow, a True Dragon flew out, instantly growing to a size of over ten feet, circling in the air.
It roared at the hazy yellow mist, and a golden light shot into it.
Immediately, a spatial rift appeared.
Li Feiyu put away the Jade Dragon Seal and said, "Let's go."
The two transformed into two rainbow streaks and plunged into the rift. Not long after, the rift closed and disappeared.
When Li Feiyu and Han Li reappeared, they were already on the eighth floor of the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.
Not long after, they exited the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.
Li Feiyu sorted through everyone's Storage Pouches, then displayed all the treasures he could give to Han Li in front of him.
There were damaged imitation Sky-Connecting Spiritual Treasures, Boundary Breaking Talismans, Spirit Turtle Flying Chariots, Gold and Silver Shuttles, Tai'a Divine Sword, Mystic Transformation Pearls, the three treasures of Kunwu, over a thousand high-grade Spirit Stones, and so on.
"The Sky-Connecting Spiritual Treasures, and that five-colored spiritual pearl refined from the Spirit Rhinoceros Peacock, I have great use for them, so I'll keep them myself."
"For these here, take a look for yourself and pick some if you need anything."
Han Li was dumbfounded, so many treasures that he was dazzled.
After much thought, he took a Boundary Breaking Talisman. For a flying Magic Treasure, he chose the Sun Moon Shuttle. The Sun Moon Shuttle was a bit damaged, but repairing it would be no problem.
The rest were five or six hundred high-grade Spirit Stones and a Soul Nurturing Pill.
The Soul Nurturing Pill had fallen into the hands of the Ten Thousand Year Corpse Bear, but he didn't have time to refine it, so both pills were stored in the Storage Pouch, which ended up benefiting Li Feiyu.
"Is that all? Won't you choose more?"
Han Li smiled and said, "I already feel that these are too many, after all, I didn't exert much effort."
"Moreover, I am alone, unlike Senior Brother, who has a large family and enterprise."
"Alright then, I really don't have much use for these either. Most of them will either go into the Sect's treasure vault or be given out as rewards."
The two arrived at the crack in the Seal array of Kunwu Mountain, changed their appearances, and then drove the Sun Moon Shuttle out.
The people outside were startled to see a golden light shoot out.
Some wanted to give chase, but the Sun Moon Shuttle's escape art was too fast, and they couldn't catch up, so they had to give up.
Half a month later, the Old Monster Xiang Zhili emerged from the Illusory Heavenly Phenomenon and rushed into the Demon Suppressing Pagoda. Seeing that everything was safe and sound, he immediately let out a sigh of relief.
However, both Ancestor Yuansha and the demon concubine were gone.
He was filled with doubts, but he also had a guess: both had broken through the Seal, but ultimately the demon concubine won, killing Ancestor Yuansha, which prevented the ninth layer's Seal from being completely broken.
The Sky-Connecting Spiritual Treasures were nowhere to be seen, and he merely sighed faintly at this.
"I wonder if they sent anyone here, perhaps they know something?"
Afterward, he unleashed his Soul Transformation Divine Might, notifying the Cultivators who had entered Kunwu Mountain to leave within half a day, or else they would all be killed.
Under the might of Soul Transformation, the others could only retreat reluctantly.
Later, Xiang Zhili secretly inquired and learned that people from Tianmo Sect, Taiyi Gate, and others had entered but had not come out. The only ones who left had piloted a golden rainbow far away in an instant.
No one knew who they were.
Kunwu Mountain was re-sealed. As for the Ye family, who had caused the trouble, they were wiped out by the combined forces of the Sect of Righteousness and Devilry, without any mercy.
Li Feiyu and Han Li left Kunwu Mountain and traveled thousands of miles away, building an Immortal Cave in a secluded mountain range to go into seclusion and recuperate.
Li Feiyu was refining the Sky-Connecting Spiritual Treasure and Cultivating the Tongbao Technique, while Han Li was refining the Puppet.
Midway, Li Feiyu sent Crimson Crow to help Han Li refine the returning yang water, achieving great success.
To remove Nangong Wan's Soul Sealing Curse, a type of Spirit Medicine called Profound Ice Flower was needed. This item only grew on ten-thousand-year-old Profound Ice, and if picked and removed from the Profound Ice, it would turn into a puddle of clear water within an incense stick's time, losing all its medicinal properties.
Therefore, once found, it had to be refined immediately.
Because of this characteristic, Profound Ice Flower could not possibly appear at auctions.
According to Old Devil Gan's memories, there were still Medicinal Pills remaining in the Yin Luo Sect, but Han Li wouldn't be foolish enough to directly force his way into their Sect.
That Sect's grand array would be enough to give him a headache.
The most likely place to find this Spirit Medicine was the Xiaoji Palace.
"Let's refine the Soul Nurturing Pill first."
According to Elder Fu of the Nine Serenities Sect, refining this pill would take half a year.
Han Li began refining the Soul Nurturing Pill.
While Li Feiyu was refining the Black Wind Flag and the eight spirit ruler, he discovered that the eight spirit ruler was a Buddhist Spirit Treasure, requiring Buddhist Cultivation Technique to activate.
After some thought, he decided to temporarily give up refining the eight spirit ruler and instead focused all his efforts on refining the Black Wind Flag. He successfully refined it completely in less than a month and then Cultivated the Tongbao Technique revealed by the Black Wind Flag.
Among the two Spirit Treasures, Li Feiyu actually preferred the Black Wind Flag.
Time flew by, and half a year later, Han Li successfully refined the Soul Nurturing Pill. His Nascent Soul grew a size larger, and even his magical power increased significantly.
Seeing that Li Feiyu was still in seclusion, he began refining the Five-Child Concentric Demon he had taken from Old Devil Gan, and then proceeded to fuse the Grand Yin True Fire with the Purple Luo Extreme Fire.
This was not something that could be done in a short time.
As for Li Feiyu, he spent a year Cultivating the first layer of the Tongbao Technique of the Black Wind Flag.
Now, he could already activate the Black Wind Flag, unleashing some of its power, such as black winds and spatial barriers.
With it, unless a Soul Transformation Physical Body personally intervened, Li Feiyu in the Mortal Realm was already invincible in single combat.
Afterward, Li Feiyu spent three years also mastering the second layer of the Black Wind Flag's Tongbao Technique.
This was already Li Feiyu's limit; as for the third layer, the prerequisite was a Deity Transformation Stage cultivation.
Li Feiyu looked at the Black Wind Flag, which had transformed into a black Dragon constantly circling before him. After some thought, he pointed a finger, and the black Dragon rushed into his body.
After entering his Dantian, the Nascent Soul mini-figure grabbed the Black Wind Flag in its hand. The black Dragon transformed into a small, inch-long flag, allowing itself to be manipulated.
The Nascent Soul mini-figure waved it for a while, lost interest, then sat cross-legged and closed its eyes.
Li Feiyu patted his Storage Pouch, took out a porcelain bottle, and poured out a green Medicinal Pill.
It was precisely the Soul Nurturing Pill.
He swallowed it in one gulp and began refining it.
A Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivator would need half a year to refine this Medicinal Pill, but Li Feiyu's Nascent Soul was close to the Peak of the Nascent Soul Late Stage, so it only took him two months to refine it.
"As expected of an ancient miraculous medicine!"
Even with Li Feiyu's current cultivation, after refining it, his Nascent Soul grew a few centimeters taller, and his magical power slightly increased.
Afterward, Li Feiyu refined the other treasures he found appealing, including that five-colored spiritual pearl.
Then, he continued to Cultivate the sixth layer of the Great Development Art.
It wasn't until the tenth year that Han Li emerged from seclusion and came to visit.
"Senior Brother Li, how is the refinement of the Sky-Connecting Spiritual Treasure coming along?"
"The eight spirit ruler requires Buddhist Cultivation Technique to activate, so I've temporarily given up on it. The Black Wind Flag has already been refined, and I've successfully mastered the second layer of the Tongbao Technique."
"Congratulations, Senior Brother Li."
"What's there to congratulate? Didn't you also master the first layer of the xuantian cauldron Tongbao Technique a long time ago?"
"How long have I had it, and how long have you had yours?!"
Han Li said in an exasperated tone, "Let's not talk about that. I've already figured out the method to remove the Soul Sealing Curse, but it requires a rare Spirit Medicine, the Profound Ice Flower."
"So, next, I need to make a trip to the Xiaoji Palace."
"Is that so? Then you go. I'll go pick up Old Monster, then return to Tiannan."
"Next, I need to go into a serious seclusion for a period of time to Cultivate the Great Development Art, comprehend the Five Elements Divine Power, and so on."
"Then we'll see each other in Tiannan."
Li Feiyu smiled mysteriously and nodded.
See you in Tiannan?
Don't worry, if I have time, I'll pick you up at the Void Heaven Palace.
Hehehe~
....
The two left, going their separate ways.
Li Feiyu arrived at Jin Capital. The Great Jin imperial family had already been replaced by the Li family.
The first was destroyed, and the second naturally succeeded.
Arriving at the inn where Monarch Soul Divergence Divine Lord was staying, Monarch Soul Divergence Divine Lord was still Cultivating.
The small Restriction couldn't stop Li Feiyu, whose Divine Sense easily breached it. However, as soon as he entered, he was discovered by Monarch Soul Divergence Divine Lord.
"You surnamed Li, you fellow finally came back!"
Monarch Soul Divergence Divine Lord stopped Cultivating and cursed carelessly. With a flick of his sleeve, a streak of Aura shot to the door, and the door's Restriction was removed.
Li Feiyu walked in with a smile.
"Why did you take so long? How was the harvest?"
"Naturally, it was good."
He glanced around and said with a faint smile, "Not bad, you've cultivated to the twelfth layer of Qi Condensation in just ten years."
"Hmph, it's all because of the body you chose. This Aptitude is truly nothing to write home about. If it were a Heavenly Spiritual Root, I would have at least recovered to the Peak of the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment by now."
"You need to have a broader perspective; you can't just look at what's in front of you!"
"Who knows if what you're saying is true? What if it's false? I'd suffer a huge loss then!"
"Don't worry, even in the Mortal Realm, there are some Spirit Medicines or Medicinal Pills that can improve Cultivation Aptitude. If I encounter any, I will definitely find them for you!"
"We'll see if you can find them!"
"By the way, where's little Han?"
"He unexpectedly obtained the method to remove the Soul Sealing Curse, which requires a rare Spirit Medicine, the Profound Ice Flower. He has already gone to search for it."
"Is that so? What do you plan to do next?"
"Return to Tiannan, what else can I do!"
"Then go back. I'm tired of staying at the inn anyway. After I go back, I want to open an Immortal Cave of my own!"
"As you wish!"
...
After traveling thousands of miles away from Jin Capital, Li Feiyu took out his newly acquired Spirit Turtle Flying Chariot.
While simultaneously controlling it, he silently Cultivated the Great Development Art, then continuously circulated the Tongbao Technique, nurturing the Black Wind Flag's spirituality.
With the Spiritual Pressure of a Great Cultivator radiating, no one dared to block his path along the way.
Upon reaching the Tianlan Great Grassland, the Tianlan Holy Beast boy jumped out.
Because Li Feiyu had killed the Saintess, he had to choose another one.
At that time, in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, he had intended to plead for mercy, but before he could speak, Li Feiyu had ambushed and killed everyone.
However, if they were killed, they were killed.
Just a representative of the Mortal Realm; if one was gone, another could be chosen.
Whether it was the Saintess of Mulan or the Saintess of Tutu, they were passed down through generations, and there must have been times when a Saintess died unexpectedly.
At the Tianlan Sacred Palace, Li Feiyu stayed as a guest for more than half a month until a new Saintess was chosen, and then they departed.
It was several months later when they returned to the Five Elements Sect.
Upon his return, Li Feiyu found that Purple Spirit had already returned from her travels and was in seclusion in a quiet room.
He took a look. Inside the quiet room, wisps of pure Devilish Qi permeated the air.
"Has she switched to Cultivating Demonic Technique?!"
Li Feiyu did not disturb her and went to visit the others.