Rumble!

The void ahead shattered open, and countless crystalline lights surged out, condensing into a crystalline wall. Numerous scenes flashed rapidly on it.

"Chila!" With a tearing sound, the light on the crystalline wall suddenly blazed, revealing a huge vortex, spinning endlessly and emitting a massive suction force that enveloped Han Li's body.

Han Li's expression remained calm, not evading. He allowed the suction to pull his body upward.

However, at that moment, the golden light sphere within his dantian suddenly flickered and extinguished, and the Immortal Spiritual Power within his body abruptly stagnated.

The suction force emitted by the vortex also greatly diminished. Han Li's body, which had been pulled up, paused there, and then with a "plop" sound, he fell back to the ground.

However, his mind ached, and his spiritual soul was sucked into the vortex without any resistance. His vision went black, and he lost consciousness.

When Han Li regained consciousness, he was already beside the barren river.

Countless water-droplet-like light spheres still floated in the river, flowing forward with a rumbling sound, looking no different from before.

Han Li was currently in his spiritual soul form, suspended beside the river.

"I've come here again. I wonder what this place is?" Han Li looked around, muttering to himself.

Thoughts raced through his mind. He did not approach the river or enter one of the light spheres, but instead, he went upstream along the river, wanting to explore this place.

He was in a spiritual soul state, like a white cloud floating in the air, drifting with the wind, and his speed was not fast.

The desert scenery remained unchanged. Everywhere felt the same. There was no alternation of day and night, and the passage of time was very vague.

Han Li continued forward. According to his mental calculations, he had walked for about seven or eight days, and the river beside him had not changed at all.

He gradually became impatient, but he continued forward for another two days, and the river beside him still had not changed in the slightest.

"Forget it. I don't know how far this place is, or whether there are any illusionary restrictions here. Continuing to walk will probably be a waste of time." Han Li stopped, pondered briefly, looked at the river, and was about to go over.

At that moment, a yellow light flashed above his head, and a yellow cloud the size of several feet appeared. In the cloud were two black bean-sized eyeballs, looking at Han Li.

"You are the bottle spirit!" When Han Li saw the yellow cloud, he was startled, but immediately recognized the true form of the yellow cloud.

The black eyeballs in the yellow cloud blinked twice, as if observing him.

"I wonder why you have appeared at this moment, and what is the matter?" Han Li frowned slightly and asked again.

As soon as he finished speaking, the yellow cloud suddenly brightened, and a yellow crystalline light shot out from it, entering his spiritual soul with extreme speed.

Han Li's spiritual soul could not dodge in time. The yellow crystalline light had already entered his body, turning into a warm current that merged into his spiritual soul.

He was shocked and was about to question, but the bottle spirit yellow cloud in mid-air flashed again and disappeared.

Han Li stood there in stunned silence for a moment, then carefully examined the situation inside his spiritual soul. He could not find anything unusual, and he felt no discomfort.

He was silent for a moment, set the matter aside for the time being, and came to the river, looking at the countless light spheres shuttling through it.

After so many crossings, he had a rough guess about the origin of the light spheres in the river.

Each of these light spheres represents a time node in the past. Entering a light sphere allows one to return to that moment in the past.

Han Li's face showed a pensive expression, and his eyes flickered.

The Palm Heaven Bottle's ability to travel through time was unheard of. If it could be completely mastered, the benefits would be immeasurable.

Not to mention anything else, with this ability, it would be much easier to investigate things in the past.

However, the number of light spheres in the river was too large, and there seemed to be no rules to speak of. It seemed a bit chaotic. If one wanted to travel to a specific time, they could only rely on luck.

Han Li sighed and thought to himself that it would be good if he could control the time node for the crossing. At this moment, he very much wanted to investigate the truth of what Xie Daoren had said.

Xie Daoren's fusion with that Sacred Corpse had caused his cultivation to soar to the Dao Ancestor realm, but some estrangement had arisen between the two, and they were no longer as close as before.

What Xie Daoren had just said was logically sound and without any flaws.

However, Han Li always felt that there was something hidden within.

At that moment, a sudden change occurred.

The light spheres in the river suddenly fluctuated violently, as if a wave had suddenly risen.

Then, the sound of rapid whistling!

A dozen light spheres of various sizes flew out from various parts of the river and stopped in the river near Han Li, no longer flowing forward.

Han Li's face showed a look of surprise, and he carefully examined those light spheres.

The light spheres also showed various scenes, just like before, but this time the scenes in the light spheres were largely the same, all depicting a magnificent palace.

"This palace looks a bit familiar." Han Li muttered to himself. After looking at it twice, he immediately realized.

The palace on the light spheres was precisely the building near the Thousand Machines Hall. Judging from the scenes on these light spheres, a fierce battle was taking place in various parts of the palace.

Han Li was very surprised. After pondering for a moment, he focused his gaze on the largest light sphere and took two steps closer.

The light sphere suddenly released a huge swallowing force. With a "swoosh" sound, it sucked Han Li's spiritual soul in.

He felt his vision go black again and lost consciousness.

...

He did not know how much time had passed, but Han Li slowly woke up and found that he was now possessing a young man in Xuan armor. He was lying in a palace that had collapsed by nearly half. A sharp blade had pierced a large hole in the position of his lower abdomen dantian, and fresh blood was gurgling out.

A semi-transparent golden halo was suspended above his head, flashing with more than a thousand strands of Time Dao patterns.

Continuous loud noises came from nearby, indicating that a fierce battle was taking place.

Han Li's heart stirred. He did not immediately control the golden-robed man to stand up, but communicated with his remaining memories with his divine sense.

Instantly, a huge amount of memory poured into Han Li's mind. He hurriedly digested these memories and took a while to completely absorb them.

The golden-robed man was named Wu Xuan. He was a prisoner who had been imprisoned in the Scale Accumulation Void Realm, and was later rescued by Shi Kongjie, also known as Xie Daoren, and recruited into his command. Because of his considerable strength, he served as Xie Daoren's personal guard.

Xie Daoren had begun closed-door cultivation more than a hundred years ago, trying to sever the last corpse in order to take the last crucial step. The Scale Accumulation Void Realm was under strict martial law everywhere.

Unexpectedly, today a large number of enemies suddenly invaded, directly approaching the Thousand Machines Hall where Xie Daoren was in seclusion.

Han Li saw Wu Xuan's memory, and his eyes flashed with a strange light.

He had previously had the idea of investigating Xie Daoren's upheaval that year by the river, and now he had come here. Could it be that he could already control the time nodes for crossing?

The more Han Li thought about it, the more he felt that it was not a coincidence. Although he did not know why, he did indeed have the ability to control time nodes.

Perhaps it was the doing of the bottle spirit before, or some other reason.

But in any case, this was the best thing for him.

Han Li quickly stood up, pulled at the armor on his body, covered the wound on his abdomen, and operated the Myriad Apertures Void Technique. His figure shot out and flew towards the Thousand Machines Hall.

He used the nearby palaces to conceal his figure, and quickly approached the Thousand Machines Hall.

At first, he was not noticed because of the Myriad Apertures Void Technique, but the closer he got to the Thousand Machines Hall, the fiercer the fighting around him became, and the more people there were. He was finally discovered.

An Enma Dragon Guard wielding a battle knife pounced like lightning. The sound of tendons and bones exploding like a string of firecrackers rang out in his body, and the purple-black battle knife in his hand turned into a dragon-shaped blade light, slashing towards Han Li's head.

Wu Xuan had only opened more than a hundred Mysterious Apertures, and his strength was about the same as that of the Enma Dragon Guard. However, at this moment, it was Han Li who was using this body. His eyesight, knowledge, and judgment were naturally very different.

His body swayed left and right, transforming into nine shadows, instantly dodging this slash.

The nine shadows then condensed into one behind this Enma Dragon Guard. Wu Xuan's body appeared and continued to fly forward.

The Enma Dragon Guard was about to chase after him, but was stopped by other people from the Scale Accumulation Void Realm and had to give up the pursuit.

Han Li saw that his tracks had been exposed, so he simply let go and freely moved through the fighting crowds, trying his best to squeeze every bit of strength out of this body, displaying his movement technique to the extreme, never stopping to fight with people, and soon approached the Thousand Machines Hall.

The battle here was even fiercer, and the two sides were fighting together in front of the entrance of the hall.

What was more strange was that the Enma Dragon Guards here were standing in front of the entrance of the hall, blocking the door.

The fighting here was less of a battle and more of a desperate attempt by the people of the Scale Accumulation Void Realm to enter the hall, but they were blocked by the Enma Dragon Guards.

"That is..." Han Li hid behind a nearby ruined wall and looked towards the entrance of the hall.

The leader of the Scale Accumulation Void Realm was none other than Sha Xin. She was controlling five puppets and fighting with a man in cyan armor.

That person was none other than E Kui.

The Mysterious Aperture light flashed all over his body, about six or seven hundred of them. He was holding the Barbarian Dragon Sword in his hand.

The two of them did not look much different, but their temperament was slightly younger, full of vigor, without the later smoothness.

"E Kui, you actually colluded with Shi Kongjie to harm your master! You deserve to die!" Sha Xin shouted angrily.

"A wise man submits to circumstances. Shi Kongjie is doomed to die today. Sha Xin, for the sake of our friendship, I advise you to submit to the Holy Emperor. With your strength, the Holy Emperor will definitely reuse you. Isn't that a hundred times better than staying in this desolate land?" E Kui laughed.

"Wishful thinking!" Sha Xin snorted coldly, and controlled the five puppets to launch a barrage of attacks.