Just then, Zhao Gu Zhenren's divine sense miniature vibrated its sleeves, and immediately specks of white, luminous light floated out from below his consciousness sea, enveloping him like countless firefly lights.

Beneath those firefly lights, a massive array of runes, deeply engraved within the consciousness sea, revealed itself.

Zhao Gu Zhenren never imagined that this divine soul magic array, implanted within his consciousness sea at an unimaginable cost and originally intended to deal with a mortal enemy, would actually come in handy at this moment.

Forced by the current situation, he could not afford to entertain other thoughts.

Below the rune array, the white, luminous light grew increasingly intense, coalescing into a colossal, tiger-like phantom beast, which roared and pounced upwards from the depths of the consciousness sea, directly charging towards the divine sense giant sword.

With a deafening "Boom," an explosion erupted within Zhao Gu Zhenren's consciousness sea.

The divine sense giant sword crashed down upon the white beast's head, unleashing a dazzling array of multicolored crystalline light. After a brief stalemate, the white beast's head was instantly torn apart.

The divine sense giant sword continued its descent, slashing towards the divine soul miniature below.

However, although the white beast had been torn apart, the white, luminous light emanating from its body transformed into strands of crystalline silk, connecting its two halves in a manner reminiscent of lotus roots.

These crystalline strands of white light acted like iron chains spanning a river, continuously hindering the descent of the divine sense giant sword, while simultaneously depleting its immense power.

Even so, the translucent giant sword, which contained almost all of Han Li's divine sense power, continued to cleave through unhindered, completely tearing apart the white beast before crashing down upon Zhao Gu Zhenren's divine soul miniature.

"Ah..." A shrill scream echoed.

Zhao Gu Zhenren felt as if his head had exploded. He clutched his head with both hands, his body trembling violently, before plummeting towards the sea below.

The withered bone spiritual domain he had erected shattered and disappeared.

Han Li and Shi Chuan Kong felt a release around them, and the bone abnormalities on their bodies vanished, restoring their freedom.

At the same time, Han Li felt a sudden emptiness within his consciousness sea, and darkness engulfed his vision. His body could no longer support him, and he plummeted downwards.

Seeing this, Shi Chuan Kong clutched his right ribs, enduring the pain as he teleported over, grabbing Han Li's arm and supporting him. He glanced solemnly at the deep sea below, his body emitting a burst of light before disappearing.

Crab Daoren below patted his gourd, collected all the Dao soldiers, and retrieved Han Li's eighteen Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords. His body also emitted light as he followed after the two men.

...

Time flashed by, and more than half a month passed.

A dark black shuttle sped across a pitch-black sea. Shi Chuan Kong had regained his original appearance, standing at the bow of the ship, his silver hair flying in the wind, looking heroic and spirited.

Behind him, at the stern of the shuttle, Han Li lay motionless, his eyes tightly closed, still unconscious. A palm-sized Ziyang Warm Jade floated above his head, emitting a hazy purple light.

Around him was a layer of spatial barrier, blocking the dense demonic Qi from the surrounding world.

At the stern, Crab Daoren, clad in a Daoist robe, sat upright, his eyes slightly closed, meditating.

Just then, as if sensing something, he suddenly opened his eyes and saw Han Li lying before him, his brow furrowed, his eyelashes fluttering a few times before his eyes slowly opened.

"Li Daoyou..." he called out.

A look of confusion flashed in Han Li's eyes, lingering for a moment before finally clearing.

He rubbed the temples on either side of his head, slowly sat up, and raised a hand to take down the Ziyang Warm Jade floating above his head.

"Brother Li, you're finally awake. How do you feel now?" Shi Chuan Kong turned around and asked.

"How long have I been unconscious?" Han Li asked, his voice somewhat hoarse.

"About half a month or so," Shi Chuan Kong said after a slight hesitation.

"What about Zhao Gu Zhenren?" Han Li asked.

"I don't know. He seemed to have suffered severe injuries and fell into the sea. You also fell unconscious, so I had to prioritize taking you to safety. I couldn't really take care of anything else," Shi Chuan Kong shook his head and said.

"Having been struck by my Divine Sense Sword with all its power, his divine soul must have been severely injured. He won't be bothering us for the time being. However, the closer we get to Yeyang City, the more changes there will be. It's hard to guarantee that others won't be targeting us," Han Li said, gently stroking the Ziyang Warm Jade in his hand.

"I also have this concern, which is why I didn't dare to go straight back to Yeyang City. Instead, I've been wandering around in this Mo Hai region, thinking that I would at least wait until you woke up before making any plans," Shi Chuan Kong sighed and said.

"My divine sense was severely depleted before. Although my divine soul wasn't as severely damaged as Zhao Gu's, it also suffered considerable tremors. If you hadn't used the Ziyang Warm Jade to nurture my divine soul, I'm afraid I would have been unconscious for several more days," Han Li nodded and said.

"In that case, let's wait for you to recover before we set off," Shi Chuan Kong said after a moment of thought.

"It's not easy to recover from divine soul tremors, and it also takes a long time to replenish divine sense power. Waiting for me to recover will only make things more complicated. Let's go back to Yeyang City as soon as possible," Han Li frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and shook his head.

"Alright," Shi Chuan Kong said.

With that, he steered the shuttle and sped away.

...

Another half month passed in a hurry.

Han Li and Shi Chuan Kong were steering the shuttle, speeding across the pitch-black sea.

At the end of their vision, they could vaguely see a huge black structure floating in the high sky.

"Brother Li, we're about to reach Yeyang City," Shi Chuan Kong said, unable to hide the joy on his lips.

Han Li's eyes flashed with purple light, landing on the black building. He only felt that it looked really strange.

It was an irregular polyhedron, looking somewhat like a section of black ancient wood with many branches, but the surface was gleaming with the luster of black crystal stones. Each protruding branch was of varying length, and the cross-sections of the branches each faced different directions.

It was only a few hundred zhang tall, with few traces of artificial carvings on the surface, looking as if it were naturally formed. Waves of time law fluctuations emanated from it.

For some reason, Han Li felt a little dazed looking at this strange building, as if the thing was clearly standing in the void in front of him, but he felt it was very far away, so far away that it didn't seem to belong to this space.

A purple light shone in his eyes, and he was about to take a closer look when Shi Chuan Kong reached out and stopped him.

"This is the supreme divine object in my Holy Region, Brother Li, you must not be abrupt," Shi Chuan Kong said with a hint of apology on his face.

"A divine object? Why does it seem like it has been abandoned and placed on this sea?" Han Li raised an eyebrow and said.

"Haha, even a Dao Lord wouldn't be able to shake this thing by half," Shi Chuan Kong laughed loudly upon hearing this.

"What exactly is this thing..."

Han Li was halfway through his sentence when his expression suddenly changed, and his eyes suddenly turned to look into the distance.

Shi Chuan Kong was a little slower to notice the abnormality, and his face also changed involuntarily.

After a moment, a beam of light sped over from the distant horizon, stopping hundreds of zhang away from them.

A dark green figure appeared in the beam of light, it was Zhao Gu Zhenren!

However, Zhao Gu Zhenren's face was unusually pale at the moment, his eyes sunken, his gaze somewhat sluggish, and his white hair was extremely disheveled, with strands scattered from his temples. He looked far from Dao-like and immortal, and was really a bit of a mess.

Compared to Han Li's solemn expression, Zhao Gu Zhenren's face seemed even more panicked.

His eyes widened, and he raised a hand, trembling slightly, pointing at Han Li and speaking incoherently: "How... how is it you again? Impossible, this is impossible... How could you recover so quickly?"

"What is he saying?" Shi Chuan Kong asked, turning to look at Han Li in confusion.

He saw that Han Li was also frowning, with a bewildered look on his face.

"Could it be that his divine soul was severely injured by the Divine Sense Sword last time, and he's a little out of his mind?" Shi Chuan Kong guessed with a slightly constricted expression.

"That's unlikely. I know the power of the Divine Sense Sword very well. Zhao Gu also has a powerful magic array protecting his sea of consciousness, so the damage I could have caused him at that time would definitely not have reached this level. Something must have happened to him after we left, but his words are really puzzling," Han Li shook his head, denying Shi Chuan Kong's guess.

"It must be an illusion, this must be an illusion, it must be... No, I'm going to kill you, I must kill you!" Zhao Gu Zhenren stared intently at Han Li alone, his expression suddenly becoming ferocious.

He flashed forward, reaching out with his palm, and his entire arm instantly extended by ten zhang, turning into a white bone sickle, rapidly flying towards Han Li.

Although Han Li noticed that his divine sense was abnormal, he did not dare to relax in the slightest, and the Time Spiritual Domain instantly expanded.

Seeing this, Shi Chuan Kong also hurriedly erected his Space Spiritual Domain.

Zhao Gu Zhenren flew into the two Spiritual Domains, and his figure was immediately hindered, his speed rapidly decreasing.

He roared, and the bone sickle arm waved violently in the void, instantly shattering the heaven and earth spiritual Qi within the two Spiritual Domains with a burst of violent power, making it chaotic, and a decaying aura began to permeate it.

In this chaotic space, Zhao Gu Zhenren's speed increased again, returning to its original state, heading straight for Han Li.

Seeing this, Han Li did not dodge or avoid, summoning the eighteen Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords merged into one with a single hand gesture. The True Words Treasure Wheel in his body rapidly reversed, and he took the initiative to meet him.

As he approached, Han Li suddenly stopped, and a dazzling golden light suddenly lit up. The True Words Treasure Wheel spun out, releasing countless golden rays of light, engulfing the oncoming Zhao Gu Zhenren.

Seeing this, Zhao Gu Zhenren opened his other palm, spread his five fingers and blocked forward, turning into a huge, bizarre bone shield.

It was inscribed with dense runes, releasing bursts of decaying, skeletal law power, blocking all the golden rays of light that were covering it, eroding them little by little.

At the same time, his figure bypassed the back of the bone shield, raised the white bone giant sickle, and swept towards Han Li's waist with a soaring baleful aura, aiming to cleave Han Li in two.