Chapter 988: Fusion

Even with such ideal factors at his disposal, Han Li was still struggling to make progress in the third statue.

This was because the cultivation method laid out in the third statue had changed, and it was no exaggeration to say that it was completely different from before.

It required the cultivator to use starpower to open profound acupoints while simultaneously using their bloodline power to facilitate a physical transformation, essentially turning one into a devilish being with three heads and six arms.

Tremendous bloodline power was required to accomplish this. Otherwise, it would be impossible to manifest all three heads and six arms at once.

Han Li's bloodline power was already quite immense, but it was still not quite up to scratch.

Han Li was sitting on the ground with a contemplative look in his eyes when a faint smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he pulled the jade pendant given to him by Violet Spirit out of the front of his robe before carefully examining it.

The pendant was slowly revolving over the palm of his hand, depicting a faintly glowing figure inside. The more Han Li examined the jade pendant, the more perplexed he became.

Why did she give this to me? It doesn't appear to be special in any way. The only thing noteworthy about it is that the figure inside looks a little like me. Is this what she's been using to remember me by?

He lifted the jade pendant up by its string, then gave it a twirl with his fingers, and the pendant immediately began to revolve rapidly in mid-air, doing so with such incredible speed that the afterimages it left behind resembled a green ball.

At the same time, a three-dimensional image of the figure inside the pendant appeared within the green ball.

Han Li's expression suddenly changed slightly upon seeing this, and an intrigued look appeared in his eyes as he murmured to himself, "Perhaps that's feasible..."

Immediately thereafter, he pulled out the four statues again before setting them down in front of himself for a close examination.

The third statue laid out a method of using one's bloodline power to alter their physical body. Han Li couldn't accomplish this with his bloodline power alone, but what if he were to use his true spirit bloodlines instead?

Han Li had taken inspiration from the jade pendant. The pendant and the figure inside it didn't necessarily have to be separate entities. Instead, perhaps they were better viewed as a single combined entity.

However, this raised a new concern.

The previous few instances of true spirit bloodline backlash had all stemmed from his usage of the Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts. If he were to channel both at once, was there a chance that could trigger even more violent true spirit bloodline backlash.

After some extensive contemplation, he ultimately decided to give it a try. At this point, his true spirit bloodline backlash had become such a dire problem that he had to take some drastic measures to address it right away.

With his mind made up, Han Li didn't hesitate any longer, and a burst of translucent light shot out of his glabella and into the third statue.

Han Li had already memorized all of the statue's poses, so on this occasion, most of his attention was focused on the contents of the passages of profound text that appeared on its back, particularly the method required for one to alter their physical form with their bloodline power.

Only after thoroughly reading through all of the relevant material did he begin imitating the movements of the statue, and as he did so, all of his profound acupoints lit up one after another.

At the same time, he also began channeling his true spirit bloodlines, and it didn't take long before a burst of heat flashed through his body.

Han Li was very familiar with this sensation. It was the precursor to true spirit bloodline backlash, and it wasn't going to take long before his blood began boiling in his veins.

He did his best to compose himself, and instead of using his starpower to soothe the unrest in his true spirit bloodlines, he began guiding his true spirit bloodlines toward his shoulders and back in accordance with the routes laid out in the third statue.

However, as soon as he did this, his true spirit bloodlines immediately began to surge toward his head like floodwaters through a broken dam.

Han Instantly felt a tearing pain in his shoulders, and the muscles there began to bulge as new flesh began to grow.

At the same time, a burst of sharp, unbearable pain speared through Han Li's consciousness, making it feel as if his spiritual sense were in the process of being torn apart.

Even with Han Li's incredible pain tolerance, the combination of physical and spiritual agony was still almost too much for him to bear, and he couldn't help but let loose a guttural roar.

However, what was rather surprising to him was he was feeling very lucid and conscious, and that was why he was able to feel the agony so clearly and intensely, but at the same time, this also did seem to prove that this was a feasible approach.

With that in mind, Han Li gritted his teeth tightly and began to focus wholeheartedly on cultivating the Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts.

......

Over five hundred more years flew by in a flash.

Inside one of the side palaces of the crystal palace, layers of crimson light were flashing incessantly, and within the crimson light was a man that was around a hundred feet tall, with three heads and six arms.

The man was currently seated with his legs crossed on a lotus flower platform, repeatedly cycling through a series of strange movements with his six arms.

Of his three heads, the middle one was that of a golden ape, the one on the left resembled that of a true dragon, while the one on the right belonged to a giant eagle-like bird.

All of a sudden, the man joined all three sets of his palms in front of himself, and the crimson light around him slowly faded away.

Simultaneously, his body gradually shrank down, and by the time all of the light had faded away, Han Li was revealed, fully in the nude.

He exhaled as he opened his eyes, then twisted his neck from side to side as a faint smile appeared on his face.

Ever since he discovered that his true spirit bloodlines could be used to cultivate the Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts, he had been cultivating diligently without rest, and even though he hadn't opened any additional profound acupoints, his body had undergone a massive transformation.

What was most pleasing to him was that the true spirit bloodline backlash problem had already been half-resolved, and the reward for his efforts was that devilish form that he had just displayed.

By using the cultivation art laid out in the third statue, he was able to draw upon his Giant Mountain Ape, True Dragon, and Kun Peng bloodlines at once. Hence, when he adopted that devilish form with three heads and six arms, he possessed the power of all three types of true spirits, thereby granting him incredible power.

At this point, the threat of backlash from these three true spirit bloodlines had already been resolved, and the same method could be used to resolve the threat posed by his other true spirit bloodlines as well.

Han Li's guess was that after he mastered all twelve levels of the Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts, he would attain four different forms with three heads and six arms, just like the four statues, and each form would have a set of three different true spirit heads.

However, there was an element of randomness to this process, and he wasn't entirely sure what the final outcome was going to be.

After taking a brief rest, Han Li was just about to stand up to take a walk when the entire crystal palace suddenly began to tremble violently, and all of the patterns on the walls and the ground began to light up on their own.

Han Li's expression changed slightly upon seeing this, and he hurriedly rushed out of the side palace.

Upon reaching the entrance of the main palace, Han Li was greeted by the sight of Daoist Xie, enshrouded in a layer of radiant white light.

𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Dense clusters of profound acupoints were flashing all over his body, and after a quick count, Han Li determined the number of profound acupoints to be one thousand eight hundred!

After hovering in mid-air for a while, a tremendous aura abruptly erupted out of Daoist Xie's body, and even with Han Li's powers, he was kept out by this incredibly formidable aura, unable to take even a single step into the palace.

Could it be that Brother Xie has already reached the Dao Ancestor level?

All of a sudden, Han Li noticed another figure laying beside Daoist Xie. This figure's entire body was golden in color, and their eyes were tightly shut, seemingly in a state of slumber.

Han Li was quickly able to determine that the golden figure was a puppet, but at the same time, there was something strange about its aura, as if there were something sealed inside it.

Daoist Xie slowly opened his eyes, and two beams of dazzling golden light shot out from within.

The golden light rapidly spread to encompass Daoist Xie's entire body, then quickly filled the entire palace, and even Han Li was encompassed within it.

Han Li was ecstatic to discover that while basked in the golden light, his immortal spiritual power was able to resume normal circulation, and he immediately took advantage of this opportunity to open the Flower Branch domain so that he could inspect Weeping Soul's condition with his spiritual sense.

In doing so, he discovered that Weeping Soul's condition hadn't changed, and that was quite a relief for him.

Enshrouded within the golden light, Daoist Xie's body took on a rather indistinct appearance, and all of a sudden, he looked up at the sky before abruptly vanishing from the spot.

In the next instant, he appeared in the sky above the Myriad Opportunity Palace, and the golden light radiating from his body became even brighter, making him resemble a resplendent golden sun.

Hei Da and Hei Er were stationed outside the palace, and both of them were stunned to see this.

As the golden light shone down upon them, the surrounding spatial pressure faded away, and the devilish qi in their bodies began to circulate again.

However, the two of them had been in the Scalptia Spatial Domain for too long, so most of their devilish qi had already dissipated, and as a result, this change was barely detectable to them.