Han Li was overjoyed. With a wave of his hand, the seven golden pills spun around and flew out of the pill furnace in a string, then were captured by Han Li into a palm-sized white jade bottle.

After putting away the jade bottle, he exhaled a long breath and turned to leave the hall.

Outside the hall, Han Li scanned his surroundings. With a wave of his hand, a silver light flashed, and a silver light door slowly opened, from which Ti Hun walked out.

"Master, where is this..." Ti Hun looked around and said.

"We are currently in an unknown Immortal Mansion Secret Realm, which is relatively safe for the time being. I plan to retreat here for a period of time. If I can make further progress in my cultivation, I will have more means to protect myself against the Immortal Palace's pursuit," Han Li said.

"We stirred up a great disturbance in the Jinyuan Immortal Palace and even killed the Palace Master. I'm afraid it has already spread throughout the Immortal Realm. Regardless of its considerations, the Heavenly Court will not let it go. Among those sent out later, there will definitely be Great Luo existences like Qi Mozi. Staying here is indeed the most secure option. Master, you can rest assured and retreat; Ti Hun will naturally protect you," Ti Hun nodded and said.

"The entrance to this Immortal Mansion Secret Realm is over there, surrounded by the original restrictions of the Immortal Mansion. You only need to focus on that side, so you don't need to guard it all the time," Han Li said, pointing to a faint crack in the distance high in the sky, hidden among the clouds.

"Okay, I'll guard the square over there, cultivating while protecting you," Ti Hun replied.

"Speaking of which, the aura on your body seems to have increased quite a bit," Han Li suddenly noticed the change in Ti Hun's body, his expression slightly changing as he said.

"Master has keen eyes. Since waking up before, I have felt a faint wisp of Law power in my body, constantly recovering and growing. However, accompanying it is a persistent sense of hunger that is difficult to satisfy," Ti Hun smiled and said.

"Hunger?" Han Li asked in confusion.

"I can't explain it clearly; I just always feel a little empty in my stomach. However, after devouring many ghosts before, it has improved slightly. If we encounter ghost cultivators again in the future, we can try it again," Ti Hun said after pondering for a moment.

"Alright. I will retreat in the main hall ahead; I'll leave the rest to you," Han Li said with a smile.

With that, the two passed through the flower garden and arrived at the main hall.

Ti Hun went straight to the sundial in the center of the square and sat down cross-legged, while Han Li turned and walked into the hall.

The hall was furnished as before. Apart from the screen blocking the entrance to the Five-Colored Fire Pool cave, only the three white jade futons remained.

Han Li went to the futon in the center and sat down cross-legged.

After quietly adjusting his breathing for a moment, he opened his eyes. With a turn of his wrist, he took out the white jade bottle, poured out a golden pill from it, and threw it into his mouth.

As soon as the pill entered his stomach, a rich Law power immediately bloomed in Han Li's abdomen, first filling his dantian, and then flowing towards his limbs and bones.

Han Li closed his eyes slightly, concentrated his mind, and quickly activated the Great Five Elements Illusion World Art, guiding this time Law power to gather in specific acupoints in his body.

After a moment, his brow furrowed slightly, and he opened his eyes, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

On the white jade futon beneath him, circles of ring-shaped patterns, like ripples in water, lit up with layers of golden halo, slowly rippling from beneath him. Immediately afterward, the other two empty futons also rippled with golden light.

The entire hall seemed to be coated with a layer of golden liquid, rippling with waves of golden light.

Han Li, situated within it, felt surrounded by a special time Law fluctuation, his whole being immersed in an indescribable, peculiar realm.

He was overjoyed. He quickly focused his mind, pinched his fingers to form a magic seal, and restarted the Great Five Elements Illusion World Art.

As his cultivation art circulated, five clusters of golden light emerged around him, rotating around him, which were the manifestations of the time Laws: True Words Treasure Wheel, Time Purification Bottle, East Yi Divine Wood, and so on.

On these five Law manifestations, more than 1,600 Dao patterns flickered, transmitting waves of extremely powerful time Law power that were heart-palpitating.

After the True Words Treasure Wheel and other manifestations appeared, all the golden light enveloping the entire golden hall began to converge like petals, one piece after another, surrounding Han Li and eventually transforming into a huge golden flower bud.

Han Li felt the strands of time Law power flowing into his body, and he immediately felt extremely delighted.

He knew that there must be hidden secrets in this secret realm, but now cultivation was the most important thing, and everything else would have to wait until he left seclusion.

……

Time flies, and more than two hundred years pass.

On the white jade square in the Immortal Mansion Secret Realm, a black-clothed girl sat cross-legged next to the sundial, her eyes fixed on the void rift in the distance, her gaze slightly沉, wondering what she was thinking.

On her shoulder sat a silver little man, about five inches tall, shrouded in silver flames, with seven different colored flames standing upright above his head, making it look like he had a head of seven-colored fire hair.

The girl was none other than Ti Hun, and the little guy sitting on her shoulder was the Jing Yan Firebird, who had already emerged from seclusion.

After completely refining those Seven-Colored Fire Sand Pills, the Firebird's height when transformed into human form had clearly increased a lot, and even those seven highly recognizable seven-colored flames had grown on its head.

Unlike the girl, who was facing the distant void rift, the silver flame little man was facing the opposite direction, towards the golden hall behind them. His slender legs were dangling, swaying back and forth, appearing somewhat sullen.

"Little Jing Jing, you're also hoping that Master will come out of seclusion soon, right?" Ti Hun noticed the Jing Yan Firebird's emotions and asked with a smile.

The latter nodded heavily, and the seven-colored flames on its head suddenly jumped a few times.

Ti Hun knew that this guy was eager to let Han Li see the power it had gained after devouring and absorbing the Seven-Colored Fire Sand Pills, so she shook her head helplessly.

When it first emerged from seclusion a few days ago, its body was wrapped in silver flames mixed with strands of seven-colored flames, which were erupting outwards, almost uncontrollably burning down the trees in the entire secret realm.

Fortunately, Ti Hun intervened in time to control it, preventing the flames from spreading to the buildings. However, the original trees in front of it had already been completely burned down, and even half of the white jade square had turned black.

Just then, the entire square suddenly shook violently, and even the entire secret realm began to tremble.

Ti Hun's eyes narrowed, and her figure suddenly leaped up, flying into the high sky.

The Jing Yan Firebird on her shoulder seemed to have been startled as well, and it staggered, almost falling from Ti Hun's shoulder.

After flying into the high sky, Ti Hun looked down, and saw the gray fog enveloping the edge of the secret realm rolling violently, and it even faintly showed a sign of retreating.

As the gray fog retreated, the area of the entire Immortal Mansion Secret Realm was gradually expanding.

"Since the beginning of the month, this is the third time..." Ti Hun muttered to herself.

She had seen scenes like this before, but each time the fog rolled more violently, and the area of land revealed around them was getting larger and larger.

After about ten breaths, the ground tremors completely disappeared, and the surrounding gray fog gradually stopped rolling.

Ti Hun looked towards the golden hall where Han Li was in seclusion, a hint of worry in her eyes.

As early as eighty years ago, Han Li had already broken through to the late stage of the Grand Essence Realm, which had caused a not small celestial phenomenon in the secret realm. However, for some reason, he had not chosen to leave seclusion at that time, but had continued to retreat until now.

……

Night.

Inside the golden hall, light flowed, and a translucent golden flower bud stood in the center of the hall.

Inside the flower bud, Han Li could be seen sitting cross-legged, his skin as bright as beautiful jade, appearing almost transparent. Through the skin, one could even see the pale golden bones inside, and the clear meridians and blood vessels.

On the surface of his body, golden light flickered on each Immortal Aperture, and the number of them was as many as three hundred and fifty-nine.

Han Li's current cultivation had reached the peak of the Grand Essence Realm!

Beneath him, the ring-shaped patterns on the three white jade futons had become quite dim, and golden ripples no longer rippled from them, indicating that the time Law power contained within them had been almost completely exhausted.

Just then, Han Li's tightly closed eyes suddenly trembled slightly, and slowly opened. It was as if substantive golden light gushed out from his eyes, spitting out light three inches long.

"Huff..."

His mouth suddenly opened, and a wisp of white mist slowly exhaled from his mouth.

After a moment, Han Li's expression settled slightly, and he slowly blinked his eyes. All the phenomena outside his body began to slowly dissipate like mist, and even the golden light in his eyes disappeared.

At this time, his essence, energy, and spirit were complete, and his whole person was subdued and contained, with no sharpness revealed.

At first glance, one might not find anything unusual about him, but if one stared for a moment, one would feel that his body seemed to be enveloped in a faint divine light, which was the sign that a Grand Essence Jade Immortal's body should have when it had reached complete transparency.

"It seems I can only go this far. It's impossible to break through to the Great Luo Realm in one breath..." Han Li said to himself.

After saying this, he smiled self-deprecatingly, feeling that he was really a bit greedy.

In just over two hundred years, he had gone directly from the mid-stage of the Grand Essence Realm to the peak of the Grand Essence Realm, and was only one step away from achieving Great Luo.

Although there was the blessing of this strange environment, the assistance of the seven Dao pills with time Law power, and the foundation of the more than nine hundred mysterious apertures opened throughout his body, such a breakthrough speed was still shocking.

If this were said out loud, most cultivators would probably not believe it at all.

Han Li was overjoyed when he thought of this.

After sitting quietly for a moment, he slowly stood up and stretched his back, and a burst of "crackling" bean-bursting sounds rang out throughout his body.

Just as he was about to walk out of the main hall, he suddenly heard a soft "click" in his ear.