Han Li hadn't finished cursing when he felt a surge of turmoil within his body. The heat from the Sulphur Flame Blood Cloud erupted, transforming into countless streams of heat that instantly flowed throughout his entire being.

Where the heat flowed, it felt as if countless red-hot daggers were stirring within him. His limbs, bones, and meridians were all swollen, as if they were about to be torn apart alive.

His face instantly turned as pale as paper, while his skin became scarlet red. Protruding veins bulged out, and egg-sized bumps, like living things, wandered restlessly across his body, appearing eerily abnormal.

Han Li's face showed an expression of extreme pain, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans constantly poured from his forehead, his body trembling incessantly.

After an unknown amount of time, his blood and Qi were affected by the heat, boiling and circulating with all their might. The Xuan Acupoints he had already opened throughout his body instantly lit up.

Han Li could be considered a man of strong will, but at this moment, he seemed somewhat muddled.

Although he still retained a sliver of consciousness, trying to protect his sea of consciousness to avoid falling into a coma, at this moment, the Heavenly Fiend Suppressing Prison Art within his body began to operate on its own, guiding the streams of heat towards various parts of his body.

If Han Li were awake at this moment, he would realize that those places were precisely where the Xuan Acupoints that were yet to be opened, as recorded in the cultivation art, were located!

"Bang," "Bang," "Bang..."

As a series of popping sounds like bursting beans came from within his body, the unopened Xuan Acupoints began to stir restlessly under the constant impact of the heat.

These repeated intensive impacts caused Han Li's body to tremble incessantly. Waves of heart-wrenching pain assaulted him, causing Han Li to suddenly wake up.

While secretly feeling fortunate, he immediately realized the changes taking place within his body, and his heart was filled with both surprise and joy.

He endured the pain in his body, resumed a normal cross-legged posture, and circulated the Heavenly Fiend Suppressing Prison Art to guide the streams of heat within his body to impact those Xuan Acupoints.

"Bang!"

To his surprise, the Xuan Acupoints, which were originally quite difficult to break through, had now become very smooth. In just a moment, one Xuan Acupoint had already been penetrated.

"Bang," "Bang," "Bang..."

One after another, Xuan Acupoints burst open. In just a short time, as many as twenty-odd Xuan Acupoints had been opened.

At this moment, a total of two hundred and sixty-three Xuan Acupoints were blooming all over his body!

Just then, the burning heat within Han Li's body suddenly changed. The heat receded, turning into a cool and comfortable sensation that permeated his body, causing his soul to tremble slightly.

An indescribable feeling of satisfaction surged into his heart, and he almost groaned before stabilizing his mind after a while.

The Sulphur Flame Blood Cloud was indeed worthy of being called a mystical object for Xuan cultivation. It could actually allow someone to break through so many Xuan Acupoints in such a short time!

Although he still couldn't believe it, the fact was so, and he couldn't help but believe it.

"I wonder if there will be any hidden dangers from the Xuan Acupoints opened through this object?" Han Li couldn't help but wonder.

As he pondered, all the abnormal phenomena on his body surface disappeared, and his body seemed to return to normal in the blink of an eye.

Han Li didn't dare to be careless and continued to activate the Heavenly Fiend Suppressing Prison Art to completely calm the swollen blood and Qi in his body before standing up and rushing towards the direction of the main force.

Although he had been away for quite some time, he had been careful to remember the direction and had not lost his way.

At this time, the Sulphur Flame Mist Sea around him was much thinner than before.

After a while, Han Li found the team led by E Kuai and Madam Six Flowers. Perhaps deliberately waiting for those who were searching for the Blood Cloud, E Kuai and Madam Six Flowers were moving very slowly.

Apart from Shi Chuan Kong, Xuan Yuanxing, Fu Jian, and Duan Tong, everyone else had returned.

E Kuai did not show any expression at Han Li's return, but Madam Six Flowers glanced at Han Li before quickly turning her head away.

"Fellow Daoist Li, you've finally returned. Why were you so late? Judging by your appearance, your strength has improved quite a bit!" Chen Yang, who was at the back of the team, greeted Han Li.

"It's okay, some progress," Han Li replied without denying anything in front of Chen Yang.

"That's good, but don't be careless. It is said that the Zhu Ziyuan and Zhu Ziqing siblings from Xuan City have also obtained the Sulphur Flame Blood Cloud and greatly increased their strength. Especially Zhu Ziyuan, whose strength was already extremely strong, not much inferior to us City Lords. Now that he has obtained the power of the Sulphur Flame Blood Cloud, the situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable for us," Chen Yang nodded and said via voice transmission.

Hearing this, Han Li looked up at Zhu Ziyuan, who was closely following behind E Kuai. He saw that his eyes were always looking straight ahead, showing incomparable focus.

"Fellow Daoist Shi and Fellow Daoist Xuan Yuan have not returned. Could something have happened? Fu Jian hasn't returned either. Could Fellow Daoist Shi have been unlucky and encountered this person?" Han Li looked around again and said via voice transmission.

"It shouldn't be. They left first and may have gone to explore further away," Chen Yang said, seemingly not very worried.

Although Han Li was a little worried about Shi Chuan Kong, he didn't say anything more.

Fortunately, not long after, with the sound of air being torn, two figures, one in front and one behind, rushed out from the depths of the blood mist. It was Shi Chuan Kong and Xuan Yuanxing.

They both looked dejected, obviously without any gains.

After a while, Fu Jian returned with Duan Tong. Judging from their expressions, they were also unlucky. When they looked at Han Li, who was standing alongside Chen Yang, there was a hint of anger in their eyes.

Han Li ignored this.

At this point, everyone had returned to the team, so E Kuai sped up his pace.

After another hour or so, the blood mist around them became thinner and thinner, and finally disappeared completely.

The scenery ahead suddenly opened up, and a continuous mountain range appeared in front of them.

The terrain of this mountain range was vast, with peaks rising and falling one after another, all the way to the distant horizon.

These mountain peaks were barren, and the sky no longer scattered rain, seemingly another world compared to the previous rainforest.

Moreover, the most peculiar thing was that the ground and the rocks here were all blood-red.

Among the lofty mountains and ridges, several blood-red rivers flowed, and the air also rippled with a blood Qi, but this blood Qi had no stench at all, instead giving people a sweet taste.

E Kuai did not stop at all and led everyone into the blood-colored mountains. After crossing several mountain peaks, they arrived at a huge mountain basin.

Several blood-red rivers converged here, and at the junction of these blood-red rivers, there stood a huge blood-colored palace. In terms of height, it was not inferior to the nearby mountain peaks, and the area it occupied was also not small, spanning a hundred miles, like a blood-colored beast crawling on the basin.

Outside the palace, jade pillars stood tall, and the silver-lettered jade steps shone with brilliance, faintly emitting billions of blood-red rays of light. It looked extremely magnificent, leaving even the well-informed like Han Li somewhat stunned.

"What a magnificent palace," Shi Chuan Kong couldn't help but exclaim.

Han Li looked at the blood-colored palace, and a trace of strangeness flashed across his expression, but he quickly returned to normal.

The entrance of the palace was two blood-colored stone doors, which were tightly closed at the moment, seeming to have been sealed for an unknown number of years.

The stone doors were engraved with countless blood-red runes and various patterns, which looked extremely complex and faintly formed a formation.

Han Li carefully looked at the formation on the door and soon discovered some clues.

The formation on this door was quite similar to the Star Array, but it was not entirely the same. It seemed to be a product of the combination of the Star Array and another type of formation.

There were five black holes at the five nodes of the stone door formation, shaped like plum blossoms, seemingly reserved.

Each small hole was marked with two words: Ye Sha, You Ming, Bi Lin, Jing Shen, Ying Hua, five names.

Han Li's eyes flickered, and he touched the two keys on his body.

E Kuai looked at the blood-colored palace, his eyes filled with an unusually fiery light, and his breathing was faintly heavy.

"City Lord, is this palace the forbidden area you mentioned? Is that Saintly Corpse inside?" Sun Tu stepped forward a few steps and asked.

"That's right," E Kuai exhaled lightly, his face returning to calm, and said.

Hearing this, the others stirred and buzzed with discussion.

Sun Tu looked at the palace, a pensive look on his face, and then suddenly stepped forward a few steps, walked to the palace door, and placed his hand on the door, chanting something.

Streams of white starlight emanated from his palm, mixed with traces of blood light, rising and falling like water waves, seemingly sensing something.

E Kuai smiled indifferently at Sun Tu's actions.

"Indeed, there is a very strong aura of bones inside," Sun Tu said faintly after a moment, retracting his palm.

"City Lord Sun, what do you mean by this? Are you doubting that the City Lord is deceiving us?" Fu Jian said angrily.

Sun Tu glanced at Fu Jian without expression and said nothing.

"City Lord Sun has never been here before, so it is only natural to be cautious. Now that you have investigated through secret arts and proved that I, E, have not lied, others can also cast spells to investigate if they are not at ease," E Kuai raised his hand to stop Fu Jian and said lightly.

Hearing this, the others looked at each other.

"The reason why our Xuan City can stand to this day is thanks to the City Lord's protection. We, Tong Yu City and Xuan Zhi City, absolutely believe in your words, unlike some people who are suspicious and ridiculous," Fu Jian looked at Sun Tu and Chen Yang and sneered.

Qin Yuan on the side also hurriedly agreed.

Chen Yang narrowed his eyes slightly, looking noncommittal and said nothing.

"Since no one wants to investigate, then let's not waste time and start opening the door to this forbidden area," E Kuai swept his eyes over everyone, waved his hand, and said sonorously.

Fu Jian and the others nodded one after another.

"Wait!"

Just then, Sun Tu spoke again.

"Sun Tu, don't be presumptuous! You are a City Lord subordinate to Xuan City, don't forget your identity!" Fu Jian said angrily.

"City Lord Fu, why be so angry? I, Sun, just have some things I don't understand and would like to ask the City Lord," Sun Tu said with a faint smile.

"City Lord Sun, please speak," E Kuai was in a good mood and not angry at all, said with a smile.

"City Lord E said earlier that to open the door to this forbidden area, five keys are needed. We only have the one in the hands of Fellow Daoist Li now. How are we going to open this door? Could it be that the other four keys are all on the City Lord?" Sun Tu said with flickering eyes.