Somewhere in the True Immortal Realm.

Within a golden space, a silver-white palace hovered in mid-air. Inside the palace, on a high platform, four or five figures sat around, talking to each other.

These figures were all shrouded in various colors of spiritual light, obscuring most of their true appearances.

"Friend Xiong, you have been in our Immortal Prison for some time now. Are you settling in well?" A person completely enveloped in white light asked one of the figures beside him.

The person being addressed was enveloped in a layer of golden light, his features somewhat blurred, but one could vaguely see that he was a young man.

"Everything is fine," the golden light figure said with a smile.

"Our two families have been friends for generations. You just broke through to the late stage of Golden Immortal not long ago. If you need time to consolidate your cultivation and it's inconvenient for you to carry out tasks, feel free to say so. I can report it to the higher-ups and adjust your schedule for you," the white light figure said, patting his chest.

"Thank you, Friend Xuan. My realm is already stable, and I don't need any further arrangements," the golden light figure said.

"Friend Xiong truly lives up to his reputation as a genius swordsman. When he first entered the Immortal Prison, he single-handedly killed a rebel from the Cycle Palace who was in the mid-stage of Golden Immortal with his strength at the early stage of Golden Immortal. Now his cultivation is advancing rapidly, and it's only a matter of time before he achieves great merit again," said another figure enveloped in red light.

"Friend Di is too kind. It was just a lucky success back then. By the way, it's rare for us to gather today, why don't we see Fellow Gongshutian?" the golden light figure said humbly, seemingly unwilling to continue talking about himself and changing the subject.

"Gongshutian's younger brother died in the Northern Cold Immortal Region a few years ago. He has always wanted to track down the murderer, but unfortunately the higher-ups have not allowed it. He is indignant in his heart. A few days ago, the Surveillance Celestial Mirror sensed that someone with a completed fourth layer of Refining Spirit Art appeared in the desolate realm between the Northern Cold Immortal Region and the Black Earth Immortal Region. Gongshutian volunteered to investigate this matter," the red light figure said slowly.

"When did this happen? Why didn't I hear anything about it? The first three layers of Refining Spirit Art are fine, but this person can actually cultivate to the fourth layer. It seems that the Cycle Palace is still not quiet," the white light figure said with a solemn voice.

"It was not long ago. You were all out on missions, and I was the only one here at the time. The Cycle Palace, heh heh, when has it ever been quiet?" the red light figure said with a chuckle.

"The situation within the desolate realm is complex. Those desolate tribes are extremely hostile to us cultivators, especially to us people of the Heavenly Court, whom they regard as great enemies. It may not be easy to enter it to investigate," the golden light figure said slowly, his eyes flashing.

"Who says it isn't? Gongshutian's trip is probably in vain," the red light figure shook his head, looking dismissive.

The golden light figure's eyes flickered, not knowing what he was considering.

……

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

Above a desolate piece of land in the wasteland, a stream of green light streaked across the sky, disappearing into the air in an instant, leaving only a faint trace of green.

Within the stream of green light was a green flying chariot.

Han Li sat cross-legged on the flying chariot, surrounded by golden light, quietly cultivating. In front of him was a ball of white cloud.

After an unknown period of time, the golden light on his body slowly dissipated, revealing his figure. He slowly opened his eyes, his gaze flickering a few times.

After more than half a year of hard work, the injuries on his body had completely healed, and the divine sense in his mind had also fully recovered.

He looked towards the white cloud in front of him. The golden ball within the cloud was glittering, and Gold Devouring Beetle still showed no signs of coming out.

Han Li frowned slightly, then relaxed.

Gold Devouring Beetle swallowed that late stage Grand Luo Golden Devouring Immortal this time, and the sleeping time will probably be much longer than before. With the map given by that Sky Fox Clan Grand Luo, this journey has been quite safe so far, so there is no need to worry.

He turned his gaze and looked towards Devilish Corpse and Pi Xiu beside him.

Pi Xiu was lying on the corner of the flying chariot, his whole body flashing with white light, seemingly dozing off.

Devilish Corpse was sitting cross-legged at this time, his whole body faintly shining with black light, holding the black spirit beast bag in his arms.

Strands of black baleful aura continuously gushed out from the bag and merged into his body.

"Eh!" Han Li looked at Devilish Corpse and suddenly gave a soft "Eh."

Although Devilish Corpse was currently cultivating with the help of baleful aura, the baleful aura fluctuations emanating from his body were very weak, even less intense than his own.

He is now possessed in the body of a high-level Grey Immortal. In a sense, he is almost indistinguishable from an ordinary Grey Immortal. In terms of the concentration of baleful aura, he is far superior to his.

"Friend Han, what's wrong?" Devilish Corpse seemed to sense Han Li's gaze, stopped cultivating, and opened his eyes.

"Why are the baleful aura fluctuations on your body so weak? Could it be that you used some secret technique to conceal your aura?" Han Li glanced at Devilish Corpse's eyes and found that his eyes were not grey like those of Grey Immortals, but close to the black color of ordinary Humans. If one did not look carefully, one would probably not notice it.

He was originally thinking about how to conceal the strong baleful aura on Devilish Corpse's body so that he could bring him into the Black Mountain Immortal Territory. Now it seems that there is no need to worry about this problem.

"Friend Han is mistaken. I am just cultivating normally and have not used any secret technique to conceal my aura..." Devilish Corpse was slightly stunned and said.

As soon as he finished speaking, he also noticed the weak baleful aura on his body, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"How could this be?" Devilish Corpse murmured, seeming puzzled himself.

"You haven't done anything, so how could you look like an ordinary person?" Han Li asked.

"Eh, it seems that now that I am in this Immortal Realm, I am not uncomfortable at all. I didn't feel very well when I first left that abyss of baleful aura. All of this seems to stem from a strange vortex in my dantian, which was born from the elixir you gave me earlier," Devilish Corpse closed his eyes and said with some amazement after a long while.

"Are you talking about the Spirit Consolidating Pill? Does it have the effect of restraining baleful aura?" Han Li's eyes flashed and he asked.

"That's right, this vortex can restrain the aura of baleful aura. Speaking of which, I have taken this pill for some time now, but I didn't notice that it had this effect before," Devilish Corpse said.

"Spirit Consolidating Pill..." Han Li's eyes flickered, and thoughts churned in his mind.

"This pill is indeed special. However, I can feel that the vortex formed by the power of this pill is not permanent and is gradually dissipating. It will probably only last for about a few years... at most a dozen years," Devilish Corpse sensed the situation in his body again and said.

Han Li's expression changed when he heard this, and he nodded slowly.

He used to think that the effect of the Spirit Consolidating Pill was to awaken the souls of Grey Immortals, but now sensing the situation on Devilish Corpse's body, the true effect of this pill is probably to allow Grey Immortals to adapt to the spiritual energy of the True Immortal Realm and suppress the baleful aura in their bodies, thereby achieving the purpose of revival.

If he wants to enter other Immortal Territories with Devilish Corpse, it seems that this pill is indispensable.

Fortunately, he obtained a lot of Black Marrow Crystals, the main material for refining the Spirit Consolidating Pill, from the storage magic weapon of that Grey Immortal corpse. Although he did not have the other materials, those things are not too precious, and he should be able to purchase them in the Cycle Palace.

Han Li flipped his hand and took out the Cycle Palace mask, opened the transaction interface inside, and offered a reward to purchase the other materials.

After doing these things, he took out a piece of Black Marrow Crystal and examined it carefully.

Strands of black gas swirled within the Black Marrow Crystal, which was extremely pure baleful aura.

The quality of these Black Marrow Crystals is much better than the ones that Jiao San gave him before. Refining pills requires controlling the balance. If he uses this thing to refine the Spirit Consolidating Pill, he will probably need to adjust some of the refining steps.

Han Li was thinking about these things in his mind. At this moment, the baleful aura in the immortal acupoints of his body suddenly jumped and rolled violently out of control.

His body trembled, and streaks of black gas as thick as ink shot out from his body, spreading rapidly around him, filling an area of ​​dozens of feet around him in the blink of an eye, submerging everyone on the flying chariot inside.

These black gases exuded a soaring baleful aura. Han Li's eyes flashed with streaks of blood-red light, and he seemed to instantly turn into a terrifying Fiendgod.

"Friend Han, you..." Devilish Corpse's expression changed when he saw this scene, and he exclaimed in shock.

Pi Xiu and Crab also noticed Han Li's situation and were both startled.

The green flying chariot flashed and stopped abruptly in mid-air.

"You guys wait here and don't follow," Han Li stood up suddenly, said to a few people, and shot out, falling towards below.

Below is a continuous mountain range, full of lush greenery and rich spiritual energy.

There is a huge canyon between the two mountain peaks, and a river flows slowly from the bottom of the valley.

There are many demon beasts living in the mountains, but sensing the terrifying aura exuded by Han Li at this moment, they immediately scattered and fled, running away cleanly in the blink of an eye.

Han Li flew straight into the canyon, waved his hand without saying a word and threw a punch.

There was a loud rumbling on the mountain wall in front, and a cave was blasted out.

He flew into it and hurriedly arranged a layer of restrictions beside him, then sat down cross-legged.

His whole body shone with golden light, covering his figure, but those black baleful auras still gushed out of his body continuously, and became even more intense.

Above the flying chariot.

"What's wrong with Master?" Pi Xiu said in astonishment.

"Looking at this situation, it is the last of the five declines of Heaven and Man for you cultivators, the arrival of Baleful Decline," Devilish Corpse said slowly.

Crab glanced at Devilish Corpse and waved his hand to cast a magic spell.

The flying chariot fell towards the mountains below and stopped in the canyon at a place far away from Han Li.

"Master has just reached the peak of Golden Immortal, how could Baleful Decline arrive so quickly!" Pi Xiu said with an ugly expression.

"Friend Han used baleful aura to impact immortal acupoints to achieve breakthrough, the baleful aura in his body is already extremely strong, so it is reasonable for Baleful Decline to be triggered so quickly," Devilish Corpse said, his eyes flashing with faint grey light.

"Baleful Decline is extremely powerful, it is the most difficult step before achieving Grand Luo Jade Immortal. I followed Gongshu long ago and saw countless people who had prepared for many years but could not pass it, and were finally devoured by baleful aura and died in madness. Master has just reached the peak of Golden Immortal, I am afraid he has not made any preparations at all, so this tribulation is probably..." Pi Xiu sighed and said.

Devilish Corpse's eyes flashed when he heard this, not knowing what he was thinking.

Crab silently looked at the mountain cave in the distance, his expression as indifferent as ever.