Chapter 1122: Obtaining the Lamp

"You don't know where they are? How can you not know where they are?!" the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity yelled in a furious voice.

Right at this moment, Qi Mozi stepped forward with a faint smile as he declared, "I know where they are."

As soon as his voice trailed off, Han Li saw a black shadow flash past his eyes, immediately following which Qi Mozi was lifted up into the air by the shoulders.

The Dark Heavens Devilish Deity had appeared right beside him in a wraith-like manner, moving so quickly that no one had a chance to react.

A burst of tremendous power descended upon Qi Mozi, instantly immobilizing him despite his Great Encompassment Stage cultivation base, and his smile immediately stiffened slightly.

Everyone reflexively dispersed to open up some distance between themselves and the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity, and while Han Li was very relieved to have finally been released, he was also a little concerned about what Qi Mozi was up to.

Qi Mozi was a very cunning and calculating man, so the fact that he had chosen to speak up at a time like this definitely wasn't good news. On top of that, the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity was not in a sound state of mind, so there was no telling what his reaction would be to what Qi Mozi was about to say.

However, there was nothing that he could do for now aside from watch as the situation unfolded.

"Where are my wife and son? Tell me!" the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity yelled as he shook Qi Mozi violently by the shoulders.

Qi Mozi felt as if his shoulders were about to be fractured by Qi Mozi's iron grip, and he fought back the pain as he forced a smile onto his own face and asked, "Your name is Shi Kongmo, and your wife is Mistress Jin Ling, is that right?"

Shi Kongmo?

Han Li's heart stirred slightly upon hearing this.

"That's right! So you really do know! Take me to them right now!" the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity exclaimed in an ecstatic voice, and his grip unconsciously tightened slightly from excitement.

A pained look appeared on Qi Mozi's face as he hurriedly said, "Before that, please put me down. I'm afraid I might come apart at the seams if you grip me any tighter."

"Oh, my apologies," the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity said as he released Qi Mozi. "Alright, take me to them now."

"I know where Mistress Jin Ling and your son are, but I can't take you to them," Qi Mozi replied with a shake of his head.

"What? Why?" the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity asked as a murderous gleam flashed through his eyes, and he reached out to grab Qi Mozi by the throat.

A tangible aura of baleful qi erupted out of his body, causing the nearby space to ripple and tremble violently.

Han Li and the others were also enshrouded in this aura of baleful qi, and they felt as if they were standing in a freezing snowscape in the nude. It was an extremely unpleasant sensation, but they had no choice but to bear it.

"Please don't misunderstand, Fellow Daoist Shi. It's not that I'm not willing to take you there," Qi Mozi hurriedly said. "The problem is that your wife and son are currently being held prisoner by Dao Ancestor Chi Rong of the Fused Heavens Immortal Region. You may be near invincible among Great Encompassment cultivators, but I presume that a Dao Ancestor is still too formidable for you to oppose right?"

The Dark Heavens Devilish Deity's fury instantly abated upon hearing this, and he seemed to have recovered some degree of rationality as he released Qi Mozi.

"They're being held captive by that old hag? She's the Dao Ancestor of essential fire laws, and even among all Dao Ancestors, her powers rank in the top ten, so I'm no match for her for now."

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Shi, I've already established an agreement with Dao Ancestor Chi Rong, and she has agreed to release Mistress Jin Ling and your son in exchange for two items," Qi Mozi said.

An ecstatic look instantly appeared on the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity's face upon hearing this, and he hurriedly asked, "What are they? Tell me! I can give her even twenty things if she wants, let alone two!"

Han Li's brows furrowed slightly as a sense of foreboding welled up in his heart.

"They are the Eon Divine Lamp and the cultivation art for the Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra. I came into the Tai Sui Immortal Manor in search of the Eon Divine Lamp, but I've just so happen to run into someone cultivating the Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra here as well. It looks like the even the heavens are smiling down upon Mistress Jin Ling and your son!" Qi Mozi said as he turned his gaze to Han Li.

Han Li's expression instantly changed slightly upon hearing this.

"This Eon Divine Lamp is really annoying to look at, and I can't destroy it anyway, so you can have it," the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity said, then flew over to the Eon Divine Lamp in a flash.

Even with the five-colored altar destroyed, the Eon Divine Lamp remained hovering in mid-air, giving a golden glow that provided the only light source in what was otherwise a vast expanse of inky darkness.

"You have a way to capture the lamp?" Qi Mozi asked with a surprised expression.

The Eon Divine Lamp had remained completely unmoved in the face of the string of attacks unleashed by the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity just now.

"Of course, and I can do so with ease, just you watch!" the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity harrumphed as he split up into five identical figures to surround the Eon Divine Lamp.

Immediately thereafter, the five Dark Heavens Devilish Deities each reached out with one hand in unison, and five bursts of black light flew out of the palms of their hands.

The space around the Eon Divine Lamp was torn open like a curtain, forming a circular spatial rift that was hundreds of feet in size.

Turbulence of all types of different colors were surging through the spatial rift, and it was giving off a burst of tremendous suction force that acted upon everything in the nearby vicinity.

Everyone hurriedly retreated even further upon seeing this for fear of being devoured by the spatial rift, but even though the five Dark Heavens Devilish Deities were standing right beside the spatial rift, they remained completely unaffected.

The Eon Divine Lamp also remained completely still, somehow unmoved by the violent spatial turbulence around it.

Deep within the spatial rift, a series of runes in the shape of golden chains intertwined with one another rto form an enormous, golden net, which spread out in all directions as far as the eyes could see, and the Eon Divine Lamp was right at the center of the net.

A bewildered look appeared on Han Li's face at the sight of the golden net, and everyone else was also surprised to see that something like this was lurking behind the Eon Divine Lamp.

The five Dark Heavens Devilish Deities each held one hand aloft to stabilize the spatial rift, while swinging their other hand through the air like blades, and five massive, black palm projections were instantly released.

The palm projections were enshrouded in devilish qi, and they were giving off no spiritual qi fluctuations, law powers, or any energy fluctuations of any description, for that matter.

All there was was nothingness, a type of nothingness that could erode everything.

Han Li's eyes immediately lit up at the sight of the five black palm projections.

His Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts and Infernal Devilish Eyes were both devilish abilities, but he couldn't even hold a candle to the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity when it came to utilization of devilish qi.

If he could utilize devilish qi to the same degree of proficiency as the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity, then he would be able to erode the immortal treasures of Qi Mozi and other Heavenly Court cultivators in battle, thereby giving him a large advantage.

The five palm projections swept toward the golden net, eradicating all of the spatial turbulence in their wake.

As soon as the palm projections struck the golden net, the latter immediately began to tremble violently while giving off radiant, golden light.

However, the golden light was no match for the formidable devilish qi released by the palm projections, and it was being quickly whittled away.

The Eon Divine Lamp shuddered as a sea of golden flames erupted out of it before sweeping toward the five palm projections, but it was already too late, and the palm projections were able to overwhelm the golden net before the golden flames had a chance to reach them.

A loud tearing sound rang out as five huge gashes were torn into the golden net, and its connection with the Eon Divine Lamp was completely severed.

The entire net shuddered violently while flashing erratically, then exploded into countless specks of golden spiritual light.

At the same time, a layer of golden radiance appeared in the sky outside the Eon Palace, basking the clouds in a golden sheen, and formidable time law power fluctuations were sweeping through the air, while the world's origin qi was also churning violently.

Countless specks of five-colored light emerged, stretching as far as the eyes could see, and they seemed to fill the entirety of heaven and earth, while the enormous mountain down below also began to tremble violently.

However, it didn't take long before the golden light faded away, and the time law powers that were originally pervasively present throughout the entire seventh level of the Eon Pagoda also vanished in the same instant.

The same applied to the other six levels as well, and from the outside of the Eon Pagoda, one could see the golden flame at the top of the pagoda flash a few times before being abruptly snuffed out.

Inside the ruins of the Eon Palace, the Eon Divine Lamp shuddered violently in the wake of the golden net's destruction, and it began to fly toward the surrounding spatial turbulence.

Right at this moment, one of the Dark Heavens Devilish Deities swept a sleeve through the air, releasing a streak of black light that dragged the Eon Divine Lamp to his side.

Meanwhile, the other four Dark Heavens Devilish Deities drifted back in retreat, and the massive spatial rift was instantly closed, restoring the palace to a state of peace and quiet.

All of this had taken place in the span of just a few seconds, and that was all it took for the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity to obtain the Eon Divine Lamp, putting his peak-Great Encompassment Stage powers on full display.

Han Li and the others were awestruck by his unfathomable powers, while Lei Yuce and the Almighty Sword Sect cultivators were horrified to see that he had captured the Eon Divine Lamp.

The five Dark Heavens Devilish Deities fused back into one, then tossed the Eon Divine Lamp at Qi Mozi, who caught it as a hint of excitement flashed through his eyes, only to be quickly concealed.