Han Li’s immortal spiritual power immediately surged from his body, drawn into these immortal apertures. At the same time, the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy swarmed in, entering the immortal apertures.

A series of strange "gurgling" sounds emerged from these immortal apertures, and accompanying these sounds, streams of incomparably dark baleful aura gushed out, once again assaulting his body.

This jet-black baleful aura was so dark that it seemed to absorb all light, even more intense than the baleful aura Han Li had previously possessed.

Moreover, the black silk baleful aura within his immortal apertures also spread out, shockingly encroaching upon other immortal apertures that were devoid of baleful aura.

"What's going on?"

Han Li's expression changed as he hurriedly activated the power of the Time Law to resist.

However, this time the eruption of baleful aura was even more violent than before, and the power of the Time Law showed faint signs of being unable to withstand it. A hint of gray light occasionally flashed in his reddened eyes.

His expression changed once more, and with a single hand seal, he fully activated the Mantra Alchemy Wheel Sutra, attempting to resist the onslaught of baleful aura. At the same time, a flash of white light appeared in his other hand, revealing a white jade box. Inside, a Taibai Pill lay quietly.

Unlike the previous two Taibai Pills, this pill had silver patterns that formed a three-legged golden crow pattern. The medicinal aura it emitted was significantly stronger than the previous two.

Han Li carefully picked up the Taibai Pill with two fair fingers. He paused just before bringing it to his mouth.

He looked at the pill in his hand, his gaze flickering.

The onslaught of the baleful decay was far more rapid than he had anticipated.

Although the quality of this last Taibai Pill was superior to the previous two, he had no confidence in whether it could dispel the black silk baleful aura within the immortal apertures.

Based on the previous situation, failure was likely.

He even speculated that ordinary Golden Immortal late-stage cultivators, although inevitably accumulating baleful aura through slaughter during cultivation, would not accumulate it as exaggeratedly as he did, who directly attacked the immortal apertures with baleful aura cultivation. A single ordinary Taibai Pill might be enough to resolve it, but his current situation was nearly that of a half-Gray Immortal.

Swallowing a Taibai Pill would likely be ineffective, unless he could find a way to resolve the issue of baleful aura in his immortal apertures and restore himself to a normal state.

Han Li's gaze suddenly sharpened. He put down the Taibai Pill, flipped his hand to put it away, and looked into the distance, transmitting a thought.

In a hidden valley not far from Han Li's cave, Mo Guang and the others sat cross-legged in various locations. The emerald flying carriage from before was parked in a corner of the valley, its golden light flickering. Jin Tong inside remained without signs of awakening.

Suddenly, Mo Guang's expression changed, and he stood up.

"What are you doing?" The Pixiu Xiao Bai suddenly jumped up, blocking the flying carriage, and said warily.

"Your master wants me to go over," Mo Guang said indifferently, without even looking at the Pixiu. With a flicker, he transformed into a streak of black light and shot out.

Before long, he appeared in front of Han Li's cave.

The cave's restrictions automatically opened, revealing a passage. Mo Guang stepped inside, and a dense baleful aura rushed over him, causing a biting chill.

Mo Guang's movements didn't falter as he slowly walked forward. Soon, a blurred figure intertwined with black aura and golden light appeared before him, with only a pair of red-glowing eyes shining brightly.

"Fellow Daoist Han," Mo Guang said slowly, his expression unchanged.

"Fellow Daoist Mo Guang, the reason I asked you to come is to ask for your help," Han Li said to Mo Guang while fully activating the Time Law. His speech was slow, as if even speaking was difficult.

"I understand. This carries no risk for me and may even be beneficial," Mo Guang nodded, seeming to understand what Han Li meant. He sat down cross-legged beside Han Li.

Han Li didn't say anything more and immediately took action.

With a flick of his sleeve, hundreds of black array flags shot out, landing in various locations within the surrounding cave.

His hands moved quickly, forming hand seals. Black light flashed wildly on these black array flags, and black array patterns quickly emerged, soon forming a black array several meters in size.

Han Li chanted incantations, then suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of essence blood, which entered the array.

The black array immediately lit up, and then with a "poof," several arm-thick black lights emerged from the array around him, piercing into his body.

The violently surging black baleful aura on Han Li's body immediately paused, then followed these black lights and poured into the black array.

Every array pattern on the array glowed with a faint black light, and the dense baleful aura flowed quickly along these patterns.

Within a few breaths, the entire black array was filled with dense baleful aura.

At this moment, the array patterns around Mo Guang also suddenly lit up, and several black lights emerged from them, piercing into his body.

The dense baleful aura in the array seemed to have found an outlet and swarmed toward Mo Guang's body.

Mo Guang's body trembled slightly, but he quickly regained his composure. Surprise turned into joy on his face as he closed his eyes and emitted waves of black light, quickly devouring the swarming baleful aura.

In an instant, about thirty percent of the baleful aura within Han Li's body was transferred to Mo Guang through the array.

Mo Guang was surrounded by baleful aura, his eyes tightly closed, as if he were using his powers to refine this dense baleful aura.

Han Li's expression relaxed, and he began chanting the incantation again, clenching his right hand in a hand seal.

With a "whoosh," golden light flashed in his palm, and a golden jade bottle condensed amidst the golden light. Six Time Dao patterns were engraved on the jade bottle, gently flickering and emitting an extremely mysterious aura. It was the "Time Purification Bottle."

A semi-transparent golden spiritual liquid lay quietly within the bottle, shimmering with a faint spiritual light.

Except for the color, this spiritual liquid was very similar to the green liquid condensed by the Palm Heaven Bottle.

It wouldn't be accurate to say that Han Li hadn't made any preparations for the baleful decay over the years. During his years of fleeing in the wilderness, he would use the Time Purification Bottle's powers in his spare time, absorbing the essence of heaven, earth, sun, and moon to condense Time droplets.

After so many years of persistence, he had finally condensed one drop.

Han Li formed a hand seal and pointed his finger in the air towards the Time Purification Bottle. A golden light shot out from his palm and entered the Time Purification Bottle.

The Time Dao patterns on the bottle immediately brightened, and golden runes emerged within the bottle. The Time droplet slowly floated up from the bottom of the bottle.

The nearby golden runes converged toward the Time droplet, quickly merging into it.

The golden spiritual light on the Time droplet's surface immediately intensified and began to spin.

The surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy suddenly surged, and countless five-colored spiritual lights appeared within thousands of miles, then quickly converged and merged into the Time droplet.

Han Li's hands continued to form hand seals, and golden lights entered the Time Purification Bottle.

The golden light emitted by the Time droplet grew brighter and brighter, gradually solidifying and slowly extending towards both ends.

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.

At this time, the Time droplet had disappeared from the bottle, transformed into a finger-length golden crystal thread.

A strong Time Law power emanated from the golden crystal thread. Although it was also Time Law, it was clearly different from the Time Law of Han Li's Mantra Treasure Wheel.

At this moment, most of Han Li's body had turned black, and his eyes flickered with blood light, but a trace of clarity still remained. However, he had already reached the most critical moment.

A look of joy flashed in his eyes, and he immediately formed a hand seal and pointed.

The golden crystal thread flashed with light, flew out of the bottle, and then disappeared into Han Li's chest.

Boom!

A large golden spiritual light suddenly erupted from Han Li's body, and golden halos emerged, constantly spreading out around him.

Waves of Time Law power rippled within the golden light. The nearby space suddenly became blurred, as if there were a layer of mist. Han Li's figure also became indistinct.

The black array also suddenly stopped operating at this moment. Mo Guang opened his eyes, stood up, and looked at Han Li, who was shrouded in golden light. A hint of gray light flashed in his eyes.

At this time, his aura was faintly stronger than before.

The golden light flashed wildly for a full quarter of an hour, then quickly thinned out and finally disappeared completely, revealing Han Li's figure.

The black spots on his body had disappeared without a trace, and the red light in his eyes was also gone. His body had returned to normal.

His appearance of being invaded by baleful aura and on the verge of collapse just now seemed like a dream.

"Fellow Daoist Han, congratulations," Mo Guang said slowly as he looked at Han Li.

"It's just a temporary measure. Thank you for your help, Fellow Daoist Mo Guang," Han Li glanced at Mo Guang and said with a faint smile.

"It's just a small matter, Fellow Daoist Han is too polite," Mo Guang shook his head and said.

Han Li withdrew his gaze from Mo Guang, took a deep breath, and sensed the situation within his body at the moment. His expression didn't change, but he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

That golden crystal thread was the Time Silk condensed by the Time Purification Bottle, which had the effect of delaying the five signs of decay. It had temporarily suppressed and delayed the baleful decay.

This was his first time using the Time Silk. He couldn't control how long this item could delay the baleful decay, but based on his feeling, it should be fine for several hundred years.

Han Li adjusted his mood, then waved his sleeve. The black array flags within the cave and the restriction artifacts arranged around it all flew back and entered his sleeve.

After doing all this, his figure turned into a green light and soon arrived at the valley where Crab and Pixiu were. Mo Guang followed closely behind.

"Master, you...you're okay?" The Pixiu, who was guarding the flying carriage, greeted him with a smile when he saw Han Li. Seeing Han Li's unusual expression, he swallowed back the words that were about to come out.

Not far away, Crab also stood up, but only cupped his fist at Han Li and didn't speak.

"I'm fine," Han Li nodded at Crab, patted Xiao Bai's head, and said with a smile.

He then turned his gaze to the white cloud and asked, "Has Jin Tong shown any signs of waking up?"

"There hasn't been any movement in the past two years, Master. Is something wrong with Elder Sister?" The Pixiu shook his head and said.

"Don't worry, she'll be fine," Han Li said.

"That's good. Master, where are we going now?" The Pixiu breathed a sigh of relief and asked again.