Chapter 1128: Obtaining the Divine Lamp

Right at this moment, a white whirlwind swept onto the scene from afar, and it was none other than Lekima.

Han Li sprang down from Lekima's back, and bursts of radiant, golden light surged out of his body as manifestations of all five of his time-attribute law treasures appeared in rapid succession to form an encirclement around Qi Mozi.

The five time-attribute law treasure manifestations lit up in unison, and a flurry of time law threads flew out of them before fusing together, following which they began to glow with dazzling, five-colored light, as if they had been set alight by a five-colored flame.

A look of shock and horror appeared on Qi Mozi's face before instantly stiffening as the five-colored light washed over him.

Immediately thereafter, layers upon layers of projections of himself appeared over his body before fading away one after another.

Meanwhile, everyone else was looking on with stunned expressions from thousands of feet away, and no one dared to approach Han Li as they could all sense that Qi Mozi's cultivation base was gradually receding, all the way until he reverted back into a High Zenith cultivator.

However, at the same time, the five-colored light was also rapidly dimming, looking as if it could fade away at any moment.

Right as the five-colored light completely vanished, Han Li let loose a thunderous roar as he channeled his true spirit bloodlines and Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts in unison, instantly transforming into a devilish deity with three heads and six arms before reaching out with two of his hands at once, one aimed at Qi Mozi's dantian, and the other at his heart.

Two dull thumps rang out as Han Li's hand was able to tear through Qi Mozi's chest before crushing his heart, but his other hand was not able to pierce into Qi Mozi's dantian.

Han Li's brows furrowed slightly upon seeing this, and he pulled back his hand in preparation to deal a finishing blow, but right at this moment, hundreds of Fire Age Fireflies erupted out of Qi Mozi's dantian alongside a burst of scorching heat before swarming toward Han Li.

Han Li's arm instantly turned charred black and withered as the Fire Age Fireflies crawled over his body.

An alarmed look appeared on Han Li's face upon seeing this, but the fiery, silver figure then sprang out of his shoulder before transforming into a wave of silver flames that inundated his arm along with the swarm of Fire Age Fireflies.

Right at this moment, a clump of golden law threads flew out of Qi Mozi's dantian. Enveloped within it was Qi Mozi's nascent soul with a look of burning resentment on its face, and it vanished from the spot in a flash before reappearing hundreds of kilometers just an instant later.

Fox 3 immediately took a step forward to set off in pursuit, only to be stopped by Liu Zizai.

"Don't bother. He's wrapped his own nascent soul in all of his time law threads, even Lekima won't be able to chase him down," Liu Zizai said in an indifferent manner.

Even before the Fire Age Fireflies clinging to his arm had been fully eradicated, Han Li had already reached out with his other hand to claim Qi Mozi's storage ring and storage bracelet, while the Eon Divine Lamp fell into Wyrm 3's grasp.

Everyone gathered together, and Wyrm 3 said, "Brother Han, we had an agreement..."

"Don't worry, I haven't forgotten. I told you I only want the Eon Divine Lamp, and that still stands," Han Li replied with a nod before tossing the pair of storage tools at Wyrm 3, who smiled as she tossed the Eon Divine Lamp at him in return.

After the items were examined to ensure that nothing was amiss about them, they were promptly stowed away.

"Fellow Daoist Han, I've already fulfilled my end of our agreement, so it's time for you to return my bonded soul tablet to me, right?" Lekima asked as he approached Han Li, who was just about to respond when the entire space abruptly shuddered violently.

Everyone immediately turned in the direction where the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity was still locked in battle against Tai Sui's soul fragment, where they saw a streak of black light and a streak of golden light clashing over and over again with tremendous force.

Most of the enormous mountain below had already collapsed, while countless enormous rifts had been torn into the surrounding space, and the entire seventh level was trembling violently.

Thankfully, these spatial rifts were constantly being sucked away by the shockwaves from their clashes. Otherwise, the entire seventh level would've already collapsed.

The spatial rifts seemed to have no effect on the pair of combatants, and after yet another earth-shattering clash, the two streaks of light separated to reveal the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity and the golden soul fragment.

"It's been a long time since I've been able to fight to my heart's content like this!" the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity chortled as a burst of black light erupted out of his body before rapidly expanding to take up most of the entire sky.

Radiant, golden light was also emanating from the soul fragment's body to contend against the black light, but at the moment, the soul fragment was looking far frailer than before, and the golden light around it was completely enveloped within the all-encompassing black light, which was only continuing to spread.

Even though Han Li and the others were situated quite far away, it didn't take long for the black light to reach them, and the immortal spiritual power in their bodies was instantly thrown into a state of complete disarray, while their hearts began to thump violently as if they could explode at any moment.

On top of that, the scenery around them was rapidly changing, as if they had fallen into a boundless nightmare.

These were all precursors of imminent inner demon backlash!

Han Li's expression changed drastically as he hurriedly channeled all of the remaining time law powers in his body to protect himself while flying away into the distance.

However, due to the chaotic state of his immortal spiritual power, his speed was significantly hampered, and his time law powers were also failing to protect him as his inner demons continued to rear their ugly heads.

Liu Zizai, Wyrm 3 and the others were also frantically flying away while channeling their own law powers for protection, but it seemed like they were in a similar situation.

Thankfully, the black light didn't spread any further beyond this point, and even though everyone was flying very slowly, they were still eventually able to emerge from the black light, upon which all of the debilitating effects that they were experiencing quickly subsided.

Even so, they continued to fly away for some time before turning around to look at the vast expanse of black light behind them with stunned looks on their faces, and in particular, Liu Zizai, Qu Lin, and Lekima were clearly feeling a little depressed.

They were already aware that a massive disparity in power existed between them and the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity, but they were still Great Encompassment cultivators, nonetheless, so they had thought that they would be able to fare much better in the face of his power, but that was clearly not the case.

If a true battle of life and death were to take place between them, even if the three of them were to join forces, they would still undoubtedly be easily crushed.

Meanwhile, Han Li was peering into the black light in the distance with a contemplative look in his eyes, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

Within the suffocating black light, the golden light around the soul fragment had been compressed significantly, shrinking down to a radiant ball of golden light that was several thousand feet in size, and it was only continuing to be compressed further and further.

"It's a real pity that all that remains of you is this soul fragment. There's no point in continuing this battle any longer," the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity sighed as he swept a sleeve through the air, and nine giant, black hands, each of which was around an acre in size, abruptly appeared around the ball of golden light surrounding the soul fragment.

Every single one of the giant hands was giving off unmatched destructive power, staining the nearby space black while also causing it to crumble away.

𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The nine giant hands pressed forward in unison to strike the ball of golden light, which was instantly shattered into pieces, while the soul fragment was sent stumbling back through the air.

The nine giant hands were only stopped in their tracks for a split-second before continuing to crash down upon the soul fragment, but right at this moment, ten streaks of fiery, golden light erupted out of the soul fragment's body, all of which were imbued with immense time law powers.

After unleashing those ten streaks of light, the golden soul fragment's already dim body became even dimmer, and it had turned almost fully transparent.

Nine of the streaks of light struck the black hands to stop them cold in their tracks, while the final one tore through the surrounding black light before hurtling directly toward Han Li and the others, all of whom hurriedly scattered in an alarmed manner.

Han Li was also flying back in retreat, but the Eon Divine Lamp suddenly began to glow radiantly, and it became completely rooted to the spot in mid-air, refusing to budge even as Han Li tugged on it forcefully.

Countless golden flames emerged within the Eon Divine Lamp, and each one transformed into a fiery lotus flower, which then converged to form a bright sea of golden flames.

Han Li hurriedly released the lamp in an alarmed manner upon seeing this, then vanished from spot before reappearing several thousand feet away with his brows tightly furrowed.

He had finally managed to obtain the Eon Divine Lamp after so much painstaking effort, was he about to lose it again?