Approximately half a quarter of an hour later, Crab Daoren retracted his spiritual sense and said, "There's still a little time left. If you have any questions, you can ask them."

"What exactly is going on?" Han Li directly asked a question that encompassed all his doubts.

"In Qingyang City, I gradually remembered many things, some of which are very... important. In short, I will temporarily stay with Chenyang to prepare for a major event. Afterwards, I will go to Xuan City, and you will go with me then," Crab Daoren said after a moment of thought.

"I originally planned to leave Qingyang City as well, to inquire about Zi Ling's whereabouts and head to Xuan City. Shi Chuankong is still there, and I can't abandon him. Since you've said so, I'll go with you. But before that, you have to tell me what exactly is this major event you're planning?" Han Li asked with a frown.

"Now is not the time to tell you. You just need to cultivate *Tian Sha Zhen Yu Gong* as soon as possible and increase your strength as much as possible so you can cope with what's about to happen," Crab Daoren said, shaking his head.

"When will you go to Xuan City?" Han Li asked again.

"You will know when the time comes. However, I shouldn't be leaving within the next three or four years. You should make the most of this time," Crab Daoren said slowly.

Han Li frowned deeply. Just as he was about to ask something else, Crab Daoren waved his hand at him.

"Time's up."

With these words, Crab Daoren turned and left the stone room.

Han Li's gaze darkened. After pondering for a long time, he could only shake his head in confusion.

He returned to the room and sat down cross-legged. Through the profound script that Crab Daoren had taught him earlier, he began to ponder the *Tian Sha Zhen Yu Gong* recorded in the mysterious statue.

At first glance, this cultivation method was extremely profound, far surpassing the *Da Zhou Tian Xing Yuan Gong*, *Yu Hua Fei Sheng Gong*, and *Da Li Jingang Jue*. The method of using True Spirit bloodline power to impact the Mysterious Apertures was even more mysterious.

Although he now knew the cultivation method, there were still many things he didn't understand. He focused his mind and contemplated.

After three days and three nights, Han Li finally opened his eyes, barely comprehending the first layer of the *Tian Sha Zhen Yu Gong*. He immediately began to cultivate.

He took out a beast core and swallowed it, slowly circulating the *Tian Sha Zhen Yu Gong*. The thirty-six Mysterious Apertures that had already been opened between his chest and abdomen slowly lit up, as if stars were twinkling.

The first layer of the *Tian Sha Zhen Yu Gong* contained the opening methods for one hundred and fifty Mysterious Apertures, all of which were concentrated in the chest and abdomen.

The first layer focused on foundation building. Therefore, the involved Mysterious Apertures were concentrated in the chest and abdomen, aiming to strengthen the physique and enhance the overall foundation of the physical body. It did not have the significant effects of increasing speed like the *Yu Hua Fei Sheng Gong* or strengthening arm strength like the *Da Li Jingang Jue*.

Similar to the supernatural powers of *Yu Hua Fei Sheng Gong* and *Da Li Jingang Jue*, they could only be cultivated in the second layer.

However, Han Li was not surprised by this.

Now, after so many years of understanding Xuan cultivation, he deeply knew that the most important part of a body refining method was the foundation building stage. The more Mysterious Apertures that were opened during foundation building, the more solid the foundation, and the greater the future achievements would be.

He had only opened thirty-six Mysterious Apertures before, and he was still able to compete with people who had opened more Mysterious Apertures. The main reason was that all thirty-six Mysterious Apertures cultivated by the *Da Zhou Tian Xing Yuan Gong* were foundation building Mysterious Apertures, so his physical foundation was far more solid than others.

Fortunately, the statue he obtained from Du Qingyang corresponded to the first three layers, but he didn't know which layers the statue he obtained from Zhao Gu Zhenren corresponded to.

As Han Li was circulating his energy to refine the beast core in his body, the Palm Heaven Bottle in his lower abdomen suddenly shook violently, and a surge of star power gushed out from it.

This star power was exceptionally vast and pure, far above the star power he obtained from refining the beast core.

He was stunned at first, then surprised and delighted.

Previously, in the Garo Blood Formation, when he was about to be unable to withstand it, the Palm Heaven Bottle suddenly operated on its own, absorbing the star power from Du Qingyang and others.

He originally thought that the star power had been swallowed by the Palm Heaven Bottle itself. He didn't expect it to be regurgitated now to help him cultivate.

At the thought of this, he hurriedly circulated the *Tian Sha Zhen Yu Gong* to refine this inexhaustible pure star power.

At the same time, he silently operated the True Spirit bloodline power in his body to assist in impacting the Mysterious Apertures.

With a "buzz," various dazzling lights appeared on his body. True Spirit phantoms such as True Dragon, Heavenly Phoenix, and Mountain Giant Ape circled and danced around him.

His eyebrows twitched slightly, and he let out a soft "hmm."

Previously, in the Xuan Fighting Arena, he had tried to activate the True Spirit bloodline many times, but had always failed. The True Spirit bloodline in his body seemed to be suppressed by some kind of power, but now he could use it effortlessly.

Was it due to the influence of the previous Garo Blood Formation? Or some other reason?

Han Li shook his head and stopped thinking about it. No matter what the reason, being able to summon the True Spirit meant that he could refine the True Spirit bloodline power as Crab Daoren had said.

One True Spirit phantom after another circled around him, but instead of the previous nine, there were ten, with an extra white True Spirit phantom.

This white True Spirit was a giant white snake, its body winding like a dragon, pure white like jade, but its eyes were blood red, like two bright red beads in white jade. Not only did it not have the slightest bloodthirsty and ferocious feeling, but it also added to its divine handsomeness.

Han Li looked at the white snake True Spirit, his eyes flickering.

That day, when the Garo Blood Formation reversed, the essence blood power from Du Qingyang and others poured into his body. This white snake True Spirit was a type of True Spirit bloodline in Du Qingyang's body, and it also flowed into his body along with the reversal of the Garo Blood Formation.

Han Li recognized this white snake True Spirit, its name being Teng Snake.

Whether by coincidence or for some other reason, this Teng Snake True Spirit was also one of the twelve transformations of the Awakening of Insects.

Han Li closed his eyes and focused his mind. The ten True Spirit phantoms around him flickered and disappeared one after another, leaving only the Teng Snake True Spirit phantom, which wrapped around his body.

Strands of Teng Snake True Spirit power seeped out of his body and slowly flowed towards a closed Mysterious Aperture between his chest and abdomen.

The closed Mysterious Aperture was originally extremely strong, and could only be slowly grinded with external forces such as star power. It would take a long time to open, but the True Spirit power was like invisible water, gradually penetrating it drop by drop.

As the True Spirit power merged into the closed Mysterious Aperture, the tightly closed gate immediately loosened a lot, and bursts of star power immediately poured in, impacting the Mysterious Aperture.

Han Li's eyebrows rose, and a hint of joy appeared on his face.

With the assistance of True Spirit power, the speed of opening the Mysterious Aperture was indeed much faster.

However, he soon couldn't laugh anymore. The star power pouring out of the Palm Heaven Bottle became faster and faster, and there was more and more of it, giving him a sense of being overwhelmed.

This star power was attracted by the Palm Heaven Bottle and did not overflow out of his body. Instead, it accumulated in the Eight Extraordinary Meridians in his body.

Han Li's whole body was gradually filled with powerful star power, and a layer of star light appeared on his skin. His whole person faintly had a tendency to turn into a human-shaped star crystal stone.

He only felt as if he was being burned and fried in oil, and boundless pain came from every inch of his body, more painful than when he had suffered the backflow of countless essence blood in the Garo Blood Formation that day.

Amidst the pain, a trace of panic arose in Han Li's heart.

At this moment, he was in the Scale Accumulation Void Realm, and Immortal Spiritual Power could not be used. If his entire body crystallized, he might really perish here.

He originally thought that the star power pouring out of the Palm Heaven Bottle was a great thing, but he never thought that fortune and misfortune leaned on each other. A slight carelessness might lead to eternal damnation.

At this moment, Han Li gritted his teeth, disregarding the gradual cultivation recorded in the *Tian Sha Zhen Yu Gong*, and fully urged this method to impact five Mysterious Apertures at the same time.

Impacting Mysterious Apertures required extremely strong concentration. A slight carelessness would cause irreversible damage to the Mysterious Apertures, but at this critical moment of life and death, he couldn't care about so much.

Impacting several Mysterious Apertures at the same time greatly increased the consumption of star power, barely keeping pace with the star power gushing out of the Palm Heaven Bottle. The crystallization trend of his body slowly stopped, but it did not recede.

Han Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fully operating the *Tian Sha Zhen Yu Gong*, cultivating while saving his life.

More than a month passed quickly.

Perhaps due to Chenyang, no one came to ask him to participate in any Xuan Fights during this period. In fact, Han Li couldn't care about these things now.

His body still maintained a semi-crystallized appearance, and five points of starlight trembled on his chest.

With a soft "puff," a Mysterious Aperture shone brightly and suddenly became connected.

Starlight also flickered on the other four Mysterious Apertures, not far from being opened.

But Han Li couldn't care about being happy at the moment, because the star power gushing out of the Palm Heaven Bottle not only didn't weaken, but became more and more.

"Damn it! How much star power did the Palm Heaven Bottle absorb?" He cursed in his heart, then immediately focused his mind and continued to urge the star power in the Palm Heaven Bottle to flow towards new Mysterious Apertures.

And he increased the number of Mysterious Apertures he was impacting at the same time from five to six.

Impacting five Mysterious Apertures at the same time was already very difficult for Han Li. He didn't know if increasing it to six would cause problems.

But now the arrow was on the string, and he had no choice but to fire.

If the star power in the Palm Heaven Bottle continued to gush out so vigorously, he might have to continue to increase the number of Mysterious Apertures he was impacting at the same time.

He took a deep breath, and bright starlight appeared on the Mysterious Apertures all over his body. The semi-crystallized body also emitted bursts of starlight halos, submerging his body in them.

Time passed, and five years passed in the blink of an eye.

Han Li was completely enveloped in bright starlight, forming a starlight sphere, and no specific situation could be seen.

At this moment, the dazzling starlight around him suddenly flickered violently, and then burst and scattered.

Countless dragon-like clear cries erupted, the air in the room churned, as if hurricanes and lightning were raging, and the entire room trembled slightly.

In the sky full of starlight, Han Li slowly stood up, his body completely restored to its original state.

However, at this moment, spots of starlight flickered on his body, which were the opened Mysterious Apertures, reaching as many as two hundred and thirty-seven.

He spent five full years, finally exhausting the star power in the Palm Heaven Bottle, opening one hundred and sixty-five Mysterious Apertures, and completing the first layer of the *Tian Sha Zhen Yu Gong*.

Han Li looked at the dense Mysterious Aperture lights on his body with a happy face. Although this time was dangerous, he had finally gained a lot, and it was worth his hard work over the years.

He let out a long breath, dispersed the starlight on his body, and endless fatigue surged into his heart.

Over the past few years, he had cultivated the *Tian Sha Zhen Yu Gong* tirelessly and with all his attention, accumulating too much fatigue. His physical body had long reached its limit.

Thinking of this, he fell headfirst onto the bed and immediately fell asleep soundly.