In the cave.

Han Li sat cross-legged on the ground, his hands forming hand seals, fully operating the "True Words Treasure Wheel Sutra." Dazzling golden light erupted from his body, and the True Words Treasure Wheel also emerged.

Strands of pure time law power permeated the golden light, which surged like waves, enveloping his body.

Han Li knew better than anyone that this previous sign was the fifth decay of the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, the imminent arrival of the Fiend Decay.

Due to his previous opportunities, his cultivation at the Golden Immortal realm had advanced by leaps and bounds. The fourth decay that other Golden Immortals might encounter after years of cultivation would probably not befall him. However, he was now only one step away from the Taiyi realm, and this fifth decay was unavoidable.

The reason for this was likely due to his cultivation of the "Profound Fiend Spirit Convergence Art" provided by Mo Yu in order to resolve a crisis. Furthermore, reaching the fourth level of the Spirit Refining Art seemed to have some connection to this as well.

Although he had been mentally prepared, the sudden arrival of this decay still caught him somewhat off guard.

But since it had come, he could only face it.

Unlike the previously experienced Aperture Decay, the Fiend Decay erupted violently. He only felt the fiendish energy that had been dormant within his body gradually becoming restless, constantly impacting his sea of consciousness. At the same time, some of the fiendish energy triggered the dozens of immortal apertures on his body that contained fiendish energy, causing the fiendish energy within them to begin to dissipate.

At this moment, Han Li only felt the tyrannical aura in his heart constantly rising. If his self-control had not been extremely strong, he would probably have fallen into madness long ago.

At the same time, the sky above Han Li's cave had become dark, and black clouds appeared in the sky, with faint red shadows rolling within them.

A wailing sound suddenly echoed in the void, like the cries of wronged souls.

Within a few hundred miles, the flowers, plants, and trees withered rapidly, and the ground and rocks slowly turned grayish-black.

The originally beautiful landscape instantly turned into a ghostly hell. Mo Guang and the others in the distance changed their expressions upon seeing this scene.

Before long, several black spots appeared on Han Li's skin, as if stained with black ink, slowly expanding. At the same time, wisps of black light emerged from the pure divine sense power in his mind.

The red light in his eyes intensified, and a wave of bloodthirsty killing intent arose in his heart.

Han Li let out a low roar, his hands forming hand seals, and a series of low rumbling sounds rang out. Golden arcs of electricity, the Evil-warding Divine Lightning, appeared on his body.

At the same time, various colors of immortal artifact light emerged from his body, interlacing and flashing.

The golden arcs of electricity crackled and flashed, but these Evil-warding Divine Lightning, which originally suppressed all yin and fiendish powers, had no effect on the fiendish energy on Han Li's body.

On the contrary, under the constant erosion of the dense fiendish energy, the originally thick and dazzling Evil-warding Divine Lightning quickly became thin and dim, and soon disappeared completely.

And those immortal artifact lights were quickly dimmed by the impact of the fiendish energy. Only some of the law powers contained within them slightly resisted the fiendish energy.

Unfortunately, the impact of the fiendish energy was too violent. The thin law powers of those immortal artifacts quickly became riddled with holes, leaving only Han Li's time law power to support him.

Han Li was not surprised by this situation, and his hands continued to cross and form hand seals.

The True Words Treasure Wheel behind him spun rapidly, and the time runes on it trembled and flashed, constantly gushing out time power to resist the impact of the fiendish energy.

No matter how violently the fiendish energy impacted, the time law remained resilient and stood firm in front.

Han Li was secretly relieved to see this.

Although he had not made much preparation for the outbreak of this Fiend Decay, he had researched it. The power of this decay was extremely terrifying, especially when it erupted, like a broken heavenly river, a collapsing flood, extremely rapid, unlike the other four decays, which were like a gentle breeze and drizzle.

Most people could not resist the fierce eruption of the fiendish energy and fell into madness shortly after the Fiend Decay arrived, eventually causing their nascent soul and body to explode and die.

Fortunately, he had the time law, one of the three supreme laws, as a protective means, otherwise he might not have survived this first hurdle.

However, although the power of the time law was strong, these fiendish energies were not foreign objects, but originated from his body and immortal apertures. No matter how hard the time law tried to resist, some of the fiendish energy still slowly invaded his body and mind.

The black spots on Han Li's body spread rapidly, and had now spread to half of his body. The red light in his eyes was bright, and the bloodthirsty intention in his heart was constantly getting stronger.

While running the Spirit Refining Art to suppress the distracting thoughts in his heart, he raised his hand and waved.

A white light flashed in his palm, and a white carved jade box appeared, with a silver talisman attached to it, emitting silver light and mixed with waves of law power fluctuations.

Han Li quickly chanted a spell and quickly formed several hand seals.

The light emitted by the silver talisman suddenly brightened, and then with a puff, it burned into ashes.

The jade box made a soft sound and opened automatically. Inside lay quietly a silver pill the size of a dragon's eye, emitting an extremely rich medicinal fragrance. It was the Taiyi Pill.

Han Li secretly rejoiced that he had risked his life to obtain three Taiyi Pills back then, otherwise he really didn't know what to do today.

He picked up the pill, raised his head and swallowed it, and immediately wrapped the pill with immortal spiritual power and refined it fiercely.

The silver light emitted by the Taiyi Pill immediately flourished, and it emitted a burst of scorching heat, burning Han Li's lower abdomen with bursts of pain, as if it had turned into a silver fireball.

Han Li took a deep breath, endured the heat of the Taiyi Pill, and continued to urge the immortal spiritual power to refine it.

The silver light emitted by the Taiyi Pill brightened again, and between the flashes of silver light, it emitted a burst of vast warm current, which flowed rapidly in his body.

As soon as the fiendish energy in Han Li's body touched this warm current, it immediately melted and disappeared quickly, as if ice and snow met fire.

However, relatively speaking, the warm current was also constantly consumed.

The slowly brightening red light in his eyes immediately stopped, then gradually dimmed, and the black spots on his body also stopped spreading, and then began to recede.

Han Li was overjoyed. The Taiyi Pill really did not disappoint him.

Without saying a word, he continued to form hand seals, refining the Taiyi Pill to dispel the fiendish energy in his body, and closed off all perception of the outside world.

In the cave, silver-white light appeared on Han Li's body, shining with golden light.

A strange medicinal fragrance permeated the silver-white light, which Mo Guang and others could clearly smell even from a distance.

"Eh, the master has actually begun to refine the fiendish energy, and this medicinal fragrance... Could it be that the master has already prepared for the Fiend Decay!" In mid-air, Pixiu was surprised and delighted.

A hint of surprise appeared on Mo Guang's face, but he said nothing.

The golden light in Crab Daoren's eyes flickered slightly, and he silently urged the flying chariot to slowly descend towards a certain place nearby.

Seeing that the other two did not speak, Pixiu also lay down its head, and the flying chariot fell into silence again.

Time passed bit by bit, and in the blink of an eye, more than half a year had passed.

Most of the fiendish energy in Han Li's body had been dispelled, and the black spots on his body had basically disappeared, leaving only a few small patches. The fiendish energy in his mind was the same, almost completely disappearing.

However, the Taiyi Pill in his body had now been completely refined and disappeared without a trace.

The vast warm current slowly receded, and the residual fiendish energy in Han Li's body had been forced into a corner. As soon as the medicinal power of the warm current disappeared, these fiendish energies immediately rolled slightly, and there were signs of revival.

Alarmed, he immediately flipped his hand and took out another white jade box, which contained another Taiyi Pill.

Han Li picked up the Taiyi Pill and swallowed it again without hesitation.

As soon as the pill entered his body, the interrupted warm current was replenished, and rushed towards the remaining fiendish energy.

With the second Taiyi Pill, it did not take long for the remaining fiendish energy to be completely wiped out.

The black spots on Han Li's body disappeared completely, and his skin became as white and jade-like, and even faintly through the skin and flesh, he could see the bones in his body.

But Han Li did not show a relaxed look, although the fiendish energy in his body had been swept away, he knew in his heart that the Fiend Decay had not completely passed.

Of the one hundred and seven immortal apertures he had opened in his body, seventy-one were opened by using fiendish energy to impact them.

Although the fiendish energy in his body had been dispelled by the medicinal power of the Taiyi Pill, each of these seventy-one immortal apertures was occupied by strands of black fiendish energy, which had not been dispelled by the medicinal power of the Taiyi Pill.

Han Li frowned at this scene.

As he expected, the fiendish energy in the immortal apertures had blocked his path to advancing to the Taiyi realm.

However, the frown on his brow relaxed in the next moment.

Although the fiendish energy in the immortal apertures had not yet been cleared, he still had most of the medicinal power of the second Taiyi Pill remaining in his body, and he also had a third, even more special Taiyi Pill, which should be more than enough to remove the fiendish energy in these immortal apertures.

Han Li took a deep breath, and urged the remaining medicinal power of the Taiyi Pill to rush towards the fiendish energy in the immortal apertures.

A burst of tyrannical warm current poured into the immortal apertures, and the black fiendish energy strands immediately shook and rolled slightly.

But unlike the fiendish energy just now, no matter how the warm current impacted, these black fiendish energy strands only kept moving, as if they had been deeply rooted in the immortal apertures, but had not been dispelled.

Han Li's heart sank at this scene, and then he continued to urge the medicinal power of the Taiyi Pill, wrapping the black strands and grinding them fiercely.

Time passed, and another half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

The relaxed look on Han Li's face had long disappeared, and he looked very gloomy.

After half a year of hard work, the black fiendish energy strands in those immortal apertures looked a bit dimmer than before, but that was all. The fiendish energy in these immortal apertures still firmly occupied them.

Of the seventy-one immortal apertures, not a single black fiendish energy strand had been dispelled in any of the immortal apertures.

A cold light flashed in Han Li's eyes, and he clenched his fist hard.

Just at this moment, a soft sound came from his body.

The second Taiyi Pill was finally completely refined, turning into a little bit of silver-white light, and disappearing without a trace.

With the disappearance of the Taiyi Pill, the warm current in the body suddenly retreated quickly from the immortal apertures.

At this moment, an unexpected change occurred!

As soon as the medicinal power of the Taiyi Pill subsided, the black fiendish energy strands in the immortal apertures immediately brightened, as if the fierce demons that had been suppressed for a long time had finally lost their restraints, and suddenly erupted.

The black fiendish energy strands emitted a bright black light, and quickly began to rotate on their own.