Chapter 134: Extraordinary Spirit Artifact

A resounding boom rang out as the crystal abruptly exploded, and the nearby space was instantly filled with countless fine ripples. Faint shadows, both bright and dark, then quickly proliferated throughout the surrounding area.

The explosion had taken place without any warning, and Han Li was too close to crystal, so he didn't have sufficient time to take evasive measures. All he could do was manifest a layer of True Extreme Membrane over his body before he was struck by a burst of tremendous force.

He was immediately sent flying back like a cannon, and the energy in his body surged violently as he threw up a mouthful of blood.

After steadying himself several thousand feet away, he turned to find that the reef island beneath his Earthly Deity Avatar was already nowhere to be seen, and the surrounding seawater had also been dispersed by a burst of tremendous force. As a result, a completely empty region with a radius of several thousand feet was formed, and it took a long time for that area of the sea to return to normal.

Even though his avatar was able to form a protective light barrier using its laws of water, its right arm and close to half of its body was still destroyed in the explosion, giving it a rather pitiful appearance, but thankfully, its foundation remained unharmed.-

All of a sudden, something caught Han Li's attention, and he turned his gaze to the law thread hovering above his avatar's head.

It was originally a light blue water-attribute law thread, but not only had it become a little thicker than before, there was some faint golden light flashing inside, giving off a similar aura to the laws of time.

Han Li suppressed his bewilderment as he summoned his avatar to him, and at the same time, he opened his mouth to release a burst of nascent flames, which quickly enveloped the avatar. At the same time, he brought out an array of spirit materials with a sweep of his sleeve, and they gradually began to melt and change shape in the nascent flames.

A day and a night later.

On the seabed, Han Li was inspecting his Earthly Deity Avatar, which had already returned to normal, and the avatar immediately sat down with its legs crossed at his behest.

It then encircled its arms in front of its own chest, and the law thread above its head began to quiver slightly white radiating blue light that was far brighter than before.

The entire surface of the sea began to surge and churn, and enormous waves were raised, while a vortex that was even more massive than the previous one began to take shape. The giant waves that were swept up surged all the way to Dark Veil Island thousands of kilometers away, and the entire island began to tremble as if an earthquake were taking place.

All of the islands inhabitants were quite alarmed by this, and many cultivators at or above the Spatial Tempering Stage hurriedly flew into the sky to see what was causing this phenomenon.

However, moments later, all of the cultivators returned the same way they had come in silence, as if they had all simultaneously received some type of instruction. At the same time, the island became encompassed under a series of light barriers, and the disturbance gradually subsided soon thereafter.

Meanwhile, Han Li was standing on the seabed with an astonished look on his face.

In front of him, his Earthly Deity Avatar's eyes were tightly shut, and at the center of its encircled arms, a tiny ball of heavy water was rapidly revolving on the spot while expanding at a rate that was discernible even to the naked eye.

Soon, it had become the size of a bean, then swelled to the size of a finger...

After no more than two hours, an egg-sized ball of heavy water had appeared before Han Li, and it was still steadily expanding along with the surging water currents in the surrounding sea.

Han Li took a deep breath, and the astonishment on his face turned to elation.

However, as he shifted his gaze slightly upward, a peculiar look appeared in his eyes.

Just like the golden thread in the crystal, the hint of golden light within the law thread hovering above his avatar's head was slowly fading.

Could it be...

A thought sprang into his mind upon seeing this.

Time quickly flew by, and half a month went by in a flash.

On the seabed, Han Li was seated with his legs crossed, and at this point, the golden light within the law thread above his Earthly Deity Avatar's head had already become extremely dim.

Even so, the rate at which his Earthly Deity Avatar was deriving heavy water didn't slow down in the slightest.

All of a sudden, the law thread shuddered, and the golden light within completely faded.

In the same instant, the churning seawater in the surrounding area also became far more tranquil, while the huge vortex on the surface of the sea rapidly shrank down to only several hundred kilometers in size.

Simultaneously, the speed at which the avatar was deriving heavy water was also reverted back to the initial rate.

Han Li was inspecting the large ball of heavy water in front of his avatar with a contemplative look on his face.

Somehow, the power of time laws imbued within the crystal had managed to fuse with his avatar's law thread, and it rapidly enhanced the rate at which his avatar was able to derive heavy water. However, the fusion wasn't very stable, and the power of time laws continued to constantly seep away during this process. Once it completely disappeared, the rate of heavy water derivation naturally returned to normal.

In any case, Han Li had finally managed to find a use for these crystals. Given the original rate a at which his avatar was deriving heavy water, Han Li estimated that it would've taken around 1,500 years to derive this much.

Hence, the crystal was an extraordinary artifact, and it was no wonder that it had almost sucked him dry.

With that in mind, Han Li flipped a hand over to produce his True Water Pouch, which he stored the heavy water into.

After stowing the True Water Pouch away, he didn't linger on the seabed any longer. Instead, he flew out of the water as a streak of azure light, then made his way back to Dark Veil Island, while his Earthly Deity Avatar was left behind to continue deriving heavy water.

Half a month later.

A series of rather complex and profound spirit patterns had been engraved onto a plot of empty land on a lone island that was quite far away from Dark Veil Island. Around the plot of land stood nine silver stone pillars, which were also riddled with spirit patterns, as well as many star-like specks of silver light.

It was a profound array, and Adam was seated at its center with his legs crossed and his eyes closed.

Beside him were around a dozen jade vials, wooden boxes, and other containers for pills. Even though the containers were all tightly sealed, there were still faint medicinal aromas escaping from within.

Moments later, he gently exhaled as he opened his eyes, then flipped a hand over to summon his Heaven Controlling Vial.

Azure light began to glow from his body, and his immortal spiritual power surged into the vial along his arm.

The dark green floral patterns on the surface of the vial lit up one after another, quickly becoming so bright that it appeared that Han Li was holding a ball of dazzling green light in his hand.

Shortly thereafter, the small vial flew out of his grasp before hovering in mid-air.

As Han Li flicked his fingers through the air, streaks of azure light were released before vanishing into the vial in a flash, and the surrounding world's origin qi began to ripple, while a drop of green liquid began to slowly flow out of the vial.

Shortly thereafter, the silver eyes and silver mouth surfaced once again one the vial, releasing silver flames that enveloped and scorched the drop of green liquid. The world's origin qi that was converging from the surrounding area also formed a massive pillar of light around the vial.

All of a sudden, Han Li shuddered as the immortal spiritual power in his body began to surge out in an uncontrollable fashion before being absorbed by the drop of spirit liquid.

However, instead of being alarmed, he was ecstatic, and he heaved an internal sigh of relief before pointing a finger forward.

A streak of azure light shot out before landing on the array around him.

The array immediately began to operate, and the spirit patterns on the ground lit up one after another, radiating dazzling white light and forming a white ball that was over 100 feet in size. The white ball encompassed his entire body before beginning to revolve on the spot.

The world's origin qi that was converging from all directions also flowed into the white ball, and they immediately began to surge through the white ball in a haphazard fashion as streaks of spiritual light.

The concentration of spiritual qi inside the ball was rapidly rising, quickly reaching several times the concentration outside the ball, and this spiritual qi was constantly replenishing the immortal spiritual power that was rapidly surging out of Han Li's body.

At the same time, he picked up an azure jade vial from behind him, then tipped out a green pill that was around the size of a longan.

The pill was called the Azure Flower Pill, and it was currently the best energy recovery pill that he could procure.

Even though there was still plenty of immortal spiritual power left in his body, he still devoured the pill without any hesitation before focusing on refining it.

At the same time, he cast several incantations seals in succession, all of which fell upon the surrounding nine stone pillars. Vast expanses of silver light instantly began to radiate from the stone pillars, and countless star runes emerged, drawing starpower down from the night sky, forming seven pillars of starlight that injected their power into Han Li's body...

Five days later, Han Li's expression had turned rather grim.

Even though he had prepared the best pills and a spirit gathering array, his efforts were proving to be rather ineffective.

His immortal spiritual power had run out once again, and he could only use that same secret technique from before to convert his blood essence into immortal spiritual power for the vial to absorb.

Several more days passed, and he was once again reduced to a sack of skin and bones, and overall, he only appeared to be in slightly better condition than last time.

Thankfully, the drop of spirit liquid had solidified into another semi-transparent crystal.

A wry smile appeared on Han Li's face as he inspected the crystal, but there was a hint of elation in his eyes.

Several days later.

Han Li was seated with his legs crossed on a giant rock in the sea near Dark Veil Island. His body was protected by several spirit treasures, and the crystal was hovering in a still manner in front of him.

His Earthly Deity Avatar was also seated with its legs cross across from him, and it was protected by several spirit treasures as well.

After taking a moment to brace himself, Han Li made a beckoning motion with his hand, and the law thread hovering above his avatar's head drifted over to him before slowly entering the crystal.

This time, he wanted to experience the laws of time for himself.

This was one of the three paramount laws, and seeing as his avatar was able to use it to speed up its derivation of heavy water, perhaps it would also trigger some type of unexpected change in him.

However, to his surprise, after the law thread entered the crystal, no explosion took place.

Why isn't it working?

Han Li was rather taken aback to see this.

This crystal was no different from the last one, and it also contained the power of time laws. However, for some reason, he was unable to control the water law thread to fuse with the laws of time inside the crystal.

Han Li was unwilling to give up, and he tried the same thing four or five more times, all with the same outcome.

Han Li's brows furrowed slightly upon seeing this, and after some contemplation, he sent the water law thread back to the top of his avatar's head with a wave of his hand. He then tossed the crystal at the avatar as well.

The Earthly Deity Avatar caught the crystal, then injected its water law thread into it, and sure enough, the crystal exploded, sending powerful shockwaves sweeping in all directions.

However, this time, Han Li had ensured that both he and his avatar were sufficiently protected, so both of them remained unharmed, and the water law thread was once again tinged with a hint of gold.

"Looks like this thing can only be used by my avatar, but is beyond my reach," Han Li murmured to himself as a wry smile appeared on his face.