In a desolate and wild region, above a colossal canyon, the void suddenly fluctuated violently. Serpent-like silver lightning bolts emerged, converging into a lightning formation in mid-air.

With a thunderous roar, Han Li's figure materialized at the center of the lightning array.

He surveyed his surroundings, simultaneously summoning the Jade Flying Chariot. With a hand gesture and an incantation, the chariot transformed into a streak of green light, darting forward with incredible speed.

Having completed these actions, he summoned the Crab Daoist, instructing it to pilot the chariot, while he himself sat cross-legged beside it, continuing to cultivate the Refinement Art.

Countless miles away from Han Li, a Taiyi Gold Devouring Immortal emitted an intensely radiant golden light, akin to a blazing sun, flying forward with lightning speed, its eyes gleaming with golden light.

Compared to its previous fury, it was now much calmer.

Evidently, it had grown accustomed to the other being's behavior of intermittently concealing its aura and accelerating its speed. It had also developed its own strategy: to relentlessly pursue.

With its cultivation base, coupled with the Taiyi Realm Gold Devouring Immortal's unique physical strength, such a level of source power consumption was insignificant.

…

Over half a month later.

As the Taiyi Realm Gold Devouring Immortal closed in once again, Han Li had no choice but to once more expend his magical power to activate the Lightning Light Formation, teleporting away.

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Half a year later, amidst a boundless sea of gray mist, the Jade Flying Chariot sped forward.

The gray mist churned like raging waves in the ocean, significantly hindering the chariot's speed.

A dozen or so gray lizard-like terrifying beasts pursued the chariot, each emanating a massive aura at the Golden Immortal level. Among them, one gray lizard, significantly larger than the others, had clearly reached the Taiyi level.

These lizard beasts roared excitedly, their gaping maws spewing forth blinding gray light pillars, targeting the Jade Flying Chariot ahead.

Han Li's face was grim as he exerted himself to propel the chariot forward, while simultaneously evading the falling gray light pillars.

Jin Tong, Pixiu, and the Crab Daoist stood at the rear of the chariot, fending off some of the falling gray light pillars.

Millions of miles behind the Jade Flying Chariot, a blinding golden light chased after it like lightning.

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Two years later.

In a yellow desert, howling winds stirred, with towering, sky-reaching tornado pillars everywhere, moving and sweeping across the landscape.

Within the wind pillars, yellow light shimmered, emitting terrifying wind and thunder sounds. The void trembled wherever they passed, and concentric spatial undulations rolled wildly in all directions.

At times, when two colossal wind pillars collided, spatial cracks directly appeared in the void.

A streak of green light and a streak of golden light chased each other through the desert, both striving to avoid the wind pillars, navigating forward with difficulty.

The golden light was clearly much faster than the green light ahead, quickly closing the distance between them to within ten thousand miles.

Suddenly, golden lightning bolts emerged from the green light ahead, coalescing into a golden lightning formation.

With a thunderous boom, the lightning formation abruptly illuminated, and Han Li and the others at the center of the formation vanished without a trace.

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Thus, the chase continued, and over ten years passed in the blink of an eye.

In a desolate and wild region, above a boundless swamp, a dim green light hurtled forward.

Although the light was green, it wasn't a single hue. Instead, it was a fusion of dark green, light green, emerald green, gray-green, and various other shades of green.

The diverse colors mixed together, yet strangely made the light inconspicuous, blending it seamlessly with the surrounding void, making it difficult to detect its presence.

Within the dim light was a green flying chariot, carrying Han Li and his companions.

The chariot's color was vastly different from before. The originally verdant body now had an unsightly mottled green appearance. Like the surrounding light, it seemed to be coated with something.

Although this layer of material was unsightly, the mottled green light it emitted almost entirely concealed the spiritual power fluctuations emanating from the chariot, even concealing the intense spiritual power fluctuations emanating from the hexagonal formation on the chariot.

This mottled green material was a type of spiritual tree resin that Han Li had accidentally obtained in a tribe in the desolate wilds. During these years of flight, it had saved him a lot of trouble.

Han Li's expression was somewhat grim as he performed hand gestures, exerting himself to propel the chariot forward swiftly.

Beside him, Jin Tong's face was pale, clutching a spiritual treasure in his hand, devouring it to recover.

Pixiu lay prone on the other side, its body emitting a faint white light, evidently also adjusting its breath to recover.

"Only a few hundred thousand miles left," Jin Tong suddenly raised his head and said.

The words seemed disjointed, but Han Li clearly understood what it meant.

He glanced behind him, a blue light flashing in his eyes, then turned back, took a deep breath, and moved his fingers rapidly.

Streaks of golden lightning shot out, forming a lightning formation around the chariot, with countless golden lightning runes dancing within it.

With a deafening thunderclap, the lightning formation suddenly flared, and Han Li and the others at the center of the formation vanished in a flash, along with the chariot.

No more than a moment after Han Li and the others disappeared, a golden light shot from afar, hovering at the spot where Han Li's chariot had vanished.

The golden light subsided, and a massive golden beetle emerged, none other than the Taiyi Realm Gold Devouring Immortal.

It glanced around, sneered, and its body rolled with golden light before continuing to dart forward.

At the same time, in the void a million miles away, the void fluctuated above a dense mountain forest. A golden lightning light emerged, then rapidly spread around, forming a golden lightning array.

Han Li and the others, along with the green chariot, appeared in a blur.

Han Li waved his hand, casting a magic spell, and the light emitted by the green chariot surged instantly, then continued to fly forward.

Although he had once again distanced himself from the Taiyi Realm Gold Devouring Insect, there was no hint of relief on his face. Instead, his brow furrowed even more tightly.

Over these past ten years, he had exerted himself to the utmost in his frantic escape. Besides the Taiyi Gold Devouring Immortal, which clung to him like a maggot on a bone, various other dangers had also constantly emerged.

Not only was he pursued by various desolate beasts that lurked in the wilds, but he also occasionally encountered some true desolate spirits with terrifying strength. Furthermore, he had inadvertently strayed into various perilous places.

If it weren't for his powerful divine sense, his cultivation of the Time Law, his numerous treasures, and the assistance of Jin Tong and Pixiu, he would have likely died in the desolate wilds long before being caught up by that Taiyi Realm Gold Devouring Immortal.

Of course, among all these dangers, the Taiyi Gold Devouring Immortal posed the greatest threat to him.

To this day, he had exhausted all the means at his disposal, even utilizing the ultra-long-distance Lightning Restraining Wood Teleportation Formation, or attempting to trap the Taiyi Gold Devouring Immortal with some dangerous places.

However, that Taiyi Realm Gold Devouring Immortal was also not weak. The beasts along the way posed no threat to it, and the other methods Han Li used were all resolved by it, and it had almost caught up with him more than once.

Each time he was forced to the brink, Han Li used the Lightning Light Formation to escape by the skin of his teeth, buying time.

He possessed the Thunder Roc bloodline, the Evil-Exorcising Divine Lightning within the Azure Bamboo Cloud Bee Swords, and the assistance of the Crab Daoist. With no shortage of immortal essence stones, the lightning power within his body could barely sustain him.

But even so, there would come a time when it ran out.

Although Han Li tried his best to recover after each use of the Lightning Light Formation, converting immortal spiritual power into lightning power took quite some time. Even with his all-out effort, he was still running at a deficit.

Especially recently, the Taiyi Realm Gold Devouring Immortal seemed to have guessed the situation within Han Li's body, and was pursuing him even more closely. With the repeated activation of the formation, the lightning power within his body was already running low.

If things continued like this, it wouldn't be long before the lightning power ran out completely.

Han Li sighed, and a dazzling golden light emanated from his body.

Within the golden light, the Mantra Treasure Wheel emerged.

Clusters of brilliant Time Dao patterns flickered upon it, most of which had been restored to brightness.

Seeing this, a trace of relief finally flashed in Han Li's eyes. With these Time Dao patterns, he would finally have some confidence even if that Taiyi Gold Devouring Immortal caught up.

"Uncle, I'm ready," Jin Tong suddenly stood up from the side at that moment.

Hearing this, Han Li stopped controlling the chariot, and the Crab Daoist, who was standing nearby, immediately took over.

Jin Tong walked to Han Li's side and sat down cross-legged.

Han Li placed a palm on Jin Tong's forehead, chanting incantations.

A layer of crystalline light emerged from his forehead. As he chanted the spell, it gradually became brighter, flowing along his body and from his palm into Jin Tong's head.

Crystalline spirit patterns emerged on Jin Tong's forehead, glowing faintly and emitting faint soul aura fluctuations.

After this continued for a moment, Han Li lowered his palm.

A cloud-like pattern appeared on Jin Tong's forehead, very similar to when he used the Soul Armor Talisman.

Because the Soul Armor Talisman required some high-grade rare spiritual materials and was expensive, even Han Li, who possessed great wealth, found it a little unaffordable to buy it year after year. Therefore, he later devoted himself to studying this talisman and discovered that the principle of the Soul Armor Talisman was to condense divine sense power into substance through secret techniques, and then convert it into a shield form, which was sealed into the talisman for others to use.

After he studied some clues of this talisman, he immediately tried to imitate it.

In addition, he had been fully cultivating the fourth layer of the Refinement Art whenever he had free time over the years.

Whether it was because he was truly suitable for cultivating this Refinement Art, or because he was constantly in danger these years, stimulating his potential, the progress of the fourth layer of the Refinement Art was rapid, and it was now close to completion, and his divine sense had been greatly strengthened.

Han Li's divine sense power was now extremely powerful, and his mind was also extremely keen. With deliberate imitation, although he had failed to make his own Soul Armor Talisman, he could now apply divine soul protection to Jin Tong.

Jin Tong opened his eyes, and his body flashed, turning into a golden light and flying into Pixiu's body.

Han Li took the chariot from the Crab Daoist, immediately changed direction, and sped away.

In the void millions of miles behind, the Taiyi Realm Gold Devouring Insect once again lost its sense of Jin Tong and snorted softly, without the slightest worry.

It could sense that those guys ahead were already on the verge of exhaustion, and it only needed to add a little more effort to catch up with them.

With this thought, the golden light on its body became even more intense, flying forward even faster.