Chapter 1158: Resurrecting the Divine Lamp

Han Li loosened the golden string and unfurled the scroll with a hopeful look on his face.

The words "Eon True Mantra" were inscribed onto the cover of the scroll in antiquated characters, and the title immediately gave Han Li a good idea of what the contents of the scroll were.

Just as he guessed, the scroll contained a time-attribute cultivation art that allowed one to attain Flames of Eons, which were capable of bringing all things to decay and demise.

𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Han Li carefully read through the golden scroll, and it took him almost an entire day to finish it, upon which an elated look appeared on his face as he picked up the Eon Divine Lamp.

The Eon True Mantra was extremely profound, and while it couldn't compare with the Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra, it was still one of the True Mantra Sect's premium time-attribute cultivation arts.

However, Han Li's elation didn't come from obtaining this cultivation art. Instead, it arose from the fact that the cultivation art contained the refinement method for the Eon Divine Lamp.

With its flame snuffed out, the Eon Divine Lamp had been reduced to something that was completely useless, and Han Li was naturally eager to restore it to its former glory.

With that in mind, Han Li stowed the Five Lightning True Mantra and the Almighty Sword Array Diagram away.

He was originally planning to study those two items closely, but now that he had found the refinement method for the Eon Divine Lamp, that took priority above all else.

Han Li unfurled the Eon True Mantra once again, then directed his attention to the section where the refinement method was recorded.

Even though the refinement method was laid out, it was not going to be easy to execute, particularly because he had only just obtained the Eon True Mantra.

The refinement method wasn't all that complex, as long as one was already cultivating the Eon True Mantra. For such a cultivator, all they would have to do was slowly nurture the Eon Divine Lamp with their time law powers.

Even though the Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra that Han Li was cultivating was far more profound than the Eon True Mantra, he couldn't use it to refine the Eon Divine Lamp.

As one of the three paramount laws, the laws of time were extremely difficult to cultivate, so he absolutely could not cultivate the Eon True Mantra and the Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra simultaneously. Otherwise, something could easily go awry in his cultivation, leading to catastrophic consequences.

The reason why Patriarch Miro hadn't tried to teach Han Li any of the True Mantra Sect's many time-attribute secret techniques was precisely because he was afraid that Han Li would bite off more than he could chew and take on too much at once.

However, just because he wasn't going to cultivate the Eon True Mantra didn't mean that it would be impossible for him to refine the Eon Divine Lamp.

With that in mind, he raised a hand, and the golden flame that he had obtained from the altar in the Eon Pagoda appeared over the palm of his hand.

Immediately thereafter, he summoned the Time Severing Torch as well, and at the same time, a flurry of spiritual sense threads flew out of his glabella.

The Time Severing Torch began to release bursts of time law powers, and Han Li injected these time law powers and his spiritual sense into the golden fireball in unison.

The golden flame instantly swelled to around twice its original size, and it also began churning violently.

The time law powers from the Time Severing Torch, the golden flame's own time law powers, and Han Li's spiritual sense threads were all clashing against one another in a chaotic fashion.

All the while, Han Li was making a rapid string of hand seals, controlling the time severing law powers and his spiritual sense threads to ensure that they were interacting with the golden flame's law powers in a manner that he desired.

In doing so, he was able to alter the time severing law powers to simulate the law powers of the golden eon flame.

This was a spirit conversion technique that had been taught to him by Patriarch Miro, and it allowed him to use his spiritual sense as a medium to use one type of law powers to simulate another.

Due to the fact that almost all of the immortal treasures in Han Li's possession had been taken from others, he was simply unable to use many of them, and he had brought up this problem to Patriarch Miro.

This was not something that was out of the ordinary. Generally speaking, it was quite rare for a cultivator to obtain an immortal treasure that just so happened to correspond with the law powers that they were cultivating, unless that immortal treasure had been refined specifically for them.

As a result, cultivators were often unable to unleash the full power of the immortal treasures in their possession.

A powerful cultivators in the True Mantra Sect had invented this True Mantra Spirit Conversion Technique to remedy this exact problem, allowing the cultivator to simulate other types of law powers in order to make better use of their immortal treasures.

Of course, there couldn't be too much of a disparity between the two types of law powers. They had to be of the same attribute, and ideally, they should also possess similar properties.

The True Mantra Spirit Conversion Technique couldn't allow one to perfectly replicate a specific type of law powers, but it could certainly produce a very similar product.

Time severing laws and eon laws were fundamentally quite similar, so there was a very good chance that the True Mantra Spirit Conversion Technique would yield a successful outcome.

Qi Mozi had most likely used the same technique to gain control over the Eon Divine Lamp.

Initially, Han Li was very unfamiliar with the True Mantra Spirit Conversion Technique, and the time severing laws were constantly clashing violently with the eon laws.

However, as he became more and more well-versed with the secret technique, the conflict between the two types of law powers began to slowly subside.

A hint of elation flashed through Han Li's eyes upon seeing this.

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Several years flew by in a flash.

The journey had been quite smooth up to this point. The convoy was attacked by some primordial beasts on several occasions, but Sang Tu and Yun Bao were able to deal with them with relative ease.

However, Sang Tu and Yun Bao didn't dare to let any complacency creep in, and they patrolled the surrounding area in shifts, constantly on the lookout for potential danger.

At this moment, Sang Tu and another Silver Horn Rhinoceros being were patrolling the convoy, and the latter took a glance at Han Li's room, then asked through voice transmission, "Chief, do you think Senior Shi really wants to help us? I can't shake the feeling that it wasn't the right decision to give him that adolescent Pixiu."

"Shush! Senior Shi is far more powerful than us, so even your voice transmissions could be overheard by him!" Sang Tu scolded in a stern manner, and the Silver Horn Rhinoceros being immediately fell into a fearful silence.

The two of them stared at Han Li's room in a tense silence for a long while, but nothing happened, and only then did they heave a collective sigh of relief.

"You think I don't know all of that? The problem is that Senior Shi is far too powerful for us to oppose. On top of that, the little Pixiu is so precious that if we were to deliver it to Eight Plains Mountain with the Cloud Spot Tiger Tribe on our own, then that would only spell disaster for us.

“Not only will we not be rewarded, we'll be torn to shreds by other envious tribes! Hence, regardless of what Senior Shi's objectives are, we have no choice but to rely on him, so make sure you don't say anything like that ever again, and also forbid everyone else from discussing Senior Shi!" Sang Tu ordered through voice transmission in an even quieter voice.

"Your foresight is truly unmatched, Chief," the Silver Horn Rhinoceros being praised with a look of admiration in his eyes.

Sang Tu was just about to say something else when a dull thump suddenly rang out from Han Li's room.

Sang Tu and the Silver Horn Rhinoceros being were both given a massive fright, thinking that Han Li had overheard their conversation, but there was no followup to the loud thump, and the two men were left staring at each other with perplexed expressions.

At this moment, Han Li was sitting in the bamboo pavilion in the Flower Branch domain, looking extremely disheveled. His clothes and hair had been severely singed, while many parts of his body had been charred black, and the eon flame was nowhere to be seen.

Despite this, his eyes were glowing with elation.

After six years of tireless effort, he had finally managed to successfully emulate eon laws using the True Mantra Spirit Conversion Technique.

In a moment of elation, he failed to control the law powers in his hands, thereby causing the eon flame to explode, and that had almost resulted in severe injuries.

After taking a pill, he quickly recovered from his injuries, then sat down with his legs crossed and picked up the Eon Divine Lamp.

After that, he summoned his Time Severing Torch, and bursts of time severing law powers surged out of the torch, then quickly came together to form a golden flame that was giving off very similar law power fluctuations to the eon flame.

The counterfeit eon flame flew forward to envelop the Eon Divine Lamp at his behest, and it slowly fused into the lamp.

Han Li's eyes immediately lit up upon seeing this, and he hurriedly began refining the Eon Divine Lamp in accordance with the method outlined in the Eon True Mantra.

A layer of faint, golden light instantly appeared over the lamp's surface, and Han Li heaved a long sigh of relief upon seeing this.

It seemed that his efforts had not been in vain.

After that, he conjured up several more balls of counterfeit eon flames and continued to slowly refine the Eon Divine Lamp.

As the process wore on, the golden light emanating from the Eon Divine Lamp grew brighter and brighter, and the time law power fluctuations that it was giving off also became more and more pronounced.

Finally, after three months of tireless refinement, a golden flame finally appeared in the lamp.

In the instant that the Eon Divine Lamp was lit, it immediately released a burst of incredibly potent time law power fluctuations that spread through the entire Flower Branch domain, causing all of the world's origin qi in the domain to churn violently.

With that, the Eon Divine Lamp had been restored to its former glory.

Han Li was ecstatic to see this, and he quickly made a hand seal, upon which a fiery, golden dragon shot out of the flame in the Eon Divine Lamp at his behest.