A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal Realm

Over ninety thousand years flew by in a flash.

Everything in the Flower Branch domain remained completely unchanged, a perfectly still snapshot in time.

Han Li remained seated in his spirit domain, looking rather haggard and unkempt.

The situation that he was in was far more troublesome than he had anticipated. As early as twenty thousand years ago, all of his time-attribute law treasures had already reached the Creation Tier, elevating the entire spirit domain to the Creation Tier.

Among them, the Mantra Treasured Axis and the Eastern Vicissitudes Divine Tree had even gone a step further, reaching the Oneness Tier.

This state of imbalance proved to be very difficult to resolve, and Han Li remained trapped in his spirit domain.

This is it!

Han Li raised his head slightly while sweeping a sleeve through the air, and the Eon Divine Lamp flew out of his grasp before passing through the Mantra Treasured Axis to reach the very top of the spirit domain.

Countless stars formed by the Time Severing Torch were hanging in the sky, and as soon as the Eon Divine Lamp rose up into the air, all of the stars began to rapidly converge, condensing into a single golden fireball that descended into the Eon Divine Lamp.

The Eon Divine Lamp began to glow radiantly as all of the runes on its surface lit up before flying out one after another, vanishing into the spirit domain.

Immediately thereafter, the lamp began to take on an insubstantial form, then disintegrated into countless specks of fire that also vanished into the spirit domain.

Han Li looked up and was greeted by the sight of a lone moon nestled in a bed of radiant stars, presenting a breathtaking sight to behold.

He began channeling his Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra with all his might while carefully keeping track of everything that was happening in his spirit domain.

The entire spirit domain was teeming with life, thanks to the exuberant, green glow emanating from the Eastern Vicissitudes Divine Tree Forest, but the river of time remained insubstantial in form, giving it the appearance of an illusion hovering on top of the mountains below.

Han Li knew that once he collected a suitable water and earth-attribute time law treasure and refined them into the spirit domain, then a perfect equilibrium would be achieved, elevating his spirit domain to the Oneness Tier.

Let me see just how much longer you can trap me here!

A look of steely resolve appeared on Han Li's face as he raised both hands to the heavens.

The full moon above his head instantly began to radiate dazzling, golden light, while the ground incessantly as countless branches and vines came extending out of the Eastern Vicissitudes Divine Tree forest.

However, the golden light was unable to spread beyond the confines of the spirit domain, while the roots of the Twin Birth Tree were also unable to spread out of the spirit domain.

As soon as they emerged from the spirit domain to extend into the earth of the outside world, they would immediately wither away into nothingness.

Han Li was already accustomed to this as he had already attempted the same thing many times before.

His hope was that if he could extend his power out of the spirit domain to damage the Celestial Time Array, then perhaps he would be able to break out of this predicament.

Only attacks that were imbued with immense time law powers had any hope of bursting through the spirit domain, and all of his time-attribute law treasures had already fused with the spirit domain, so he could only use the power of the spirit domain to try and achieve this objective.

The problem was that the Mantra Treasured Axis and the Eastern Vicissitudes Divine Tree didn't excel in offensive prowess, which was why he had invested the time to elevate the Time Severing Torch to the Creation Torch, following which he infused the Eon Divine Lamp into it.

The countless specks of fiery starlight in the sky came plummeting down from above at his behest, and as they descended, they transformed into a barrage of giant fireballs that crashed down with awe-inspiring power.

A burst of violent rumbling rang out as the entire spirit domain was plunged into complete chaos, and the mountain range formed by the Illusory Dawn Sand was instantly razed to the ground, reduced to a sea of golden sand.

The ground beneath the spirit domain was also severely ravaged, sending powerful shockwaves that spread all the way to the bamboo pavilion.

An array core that had been set up there was instantly damaged, causing the entire Celestial Time Array to cease operating.

Immediately thereafter, a symbol that belonged to the Heavenly Wheel Sundial on the Mantra Treasured Axis up above dimmed as a result, and the time law powers emanating from it also rapidly abated.

The spirit domain instantly reverted back to its original size to encompass the entire Flower Branch domain, and Han Li was finally free.

A mixture of elation and remorse welled up in his heart at his newfound freedom.

If he hadn't been so greedy and triggered the process to elevate his spirit domain to the Creation Tier, then he wouldn't have been trapped here for so long. At this point, Xiaobai had surely already been summoned back to the primordial land, and the Reincarnation Palace mission against the Nine Origins Temple had to have been an event of the distant past.

In any case, the damage was already done, so there was no point in crying over spilled milk. Han Li swept a sleeve through the air to withdraw his spirit domain, then packed up the Celestial Time Array.

He made his way over to the bamboo pavilion, then leaned down to pick up an Immortal Origin Stone from the array core.

How could this be?

Han Li was bewildered to discover that the Immortal Origin Stone was still glowing, albeit only very faintly, indicating that there was still some residual immortal spiritual power left within it.

Right at this moment, Xiaobai suddenly came bursting into the bamboo pavilion, and as soon as he caught sight of Han Li, he immediately began complaining, "What have you been doing in here, Master? I was worried, so I came to check on you, but the door was sealed shut!"

A puzzled look then appeared on his face at the sight of Han Li's haggard appearance.

"You didn't go back to the primordial land?" Han Li asked in a perplexed manner.

"Why would I go back to the primordial land? What happened to you, Master?" Xiaobai asked in a wary manner, thinking that Han Li had perhaps suffered qi deviation during his seclusion, thereby affecting his mental faculties.

Han Li's brows furrowed slightly as he gave Xiaobai a brief recount of what he had experienced during his time in seclusion.

"So you were in here for two thousand years, then another two thousand years, then over ninety thousand years... That's over a hundred thousand years! It doesn't make any sense!" Xiaobai exclaimed.

"How many years have passed in the outside world?" Han Li asked.

"Only fifty years," Xiaobai replied.

Han Li was rooted to the spot in disbelief upon hearing this, and his dumbstruck display only served as further evidence in Xiaobai's eyes that he wasn't in a sound state of mind.

Right at this moment, he suddenly noticed Han Li's aura, and his eyes instantly lit up as he exclaimed in an ecstatic manner, "Master! You've reached the Great Encompassment Stage!"

Han Li was snapped back to his senses by Xiaobai's yell of elation, and he murmured to himself, "No wonder there's still some immortal spiritual power left in these Immortal Origin Stones. It all makes sense now..."

"What are you talking about, Master? I'm getting really confused," Xiaobai whined.

"Originally, the Celestial Time Array was only able to accelerate the flow of time by a hundredfold, so the first four thousand years that I spent in my spirit domain equated to forty years in the outside world.

“However, for some reason, once the Heavenly Wheel Sundial began fusing with my Mantra Treasured Axis, the rate of time acceleration was significantly increased to around ten thousand fold, which means that only ten years passed in the outside world during the final one hundred thousand years of my seclusion," Han Li explained.

Xiaobai was struggling to make sense of all of this, but one thing that he did manage to understand was that Han Li had cultivated for a hundred thousand years during the final decade that he had spent in here.

"That's incredible!" Xiaobai exclaimed.

"It certainly turned out well, but I was almost trapped in there indefinitely," Han Li said with a hint of lingering fear in his eyes.

"In any case, the outcome is good, and that's all that matters," Xiaobai said with a smile, and Han Li nodded in response.

If he could somehow replicate this set of special circumstances, then that would be unfathomably beneficial to his future cultivation.

"Where's the Essence Fire Child?" Han Li asked.

"It's still outside on lookout duty. I decided to come in once I noticed that the restriction in the Flower Branch domain had been lifted," Xiaobai replied.

"Sorry to make the two of you worry," Han Li sighed.

"How does it feel to have reached the Great Encompassment Stage?" Xiaobai asked with a smile.

"There were some mishaps in my earlier cultivation, so my spirit domain is yet to be fully consolidated. Seeing as we still have some time, I'll stay in here for a while longer to consolidate my cultivation base," Han Li said.

"No problem! I'll go tell the Essence Fire Child. It's really worried about you as well," Xiaobai replied, and Han Li nodded in response with a faint smile.

Following Xiaobai's departure, Han Li released his spirit domain once again to encompass the entire Flower Branch domain, then snapped his fingers to conjure up all of his time-attribute law treasure manifestations.

As he walked through the spirit domain, he was able to bend and shift the environment to his will with just his thoughts, and after taking some more time to familiarize himself with his spirit domain, he felt a little more confident about his chances of staging a successful rescue of Jin Tong.

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