仙界，Blackwater City inner city, atop a spacious terrace.

Gu Yan Sanren and Jingming Zhenren stood shoulder to shoulder, without uttering a word.

The former's face, already withered and sallow, now had his eyebrows twisted into knots, presenting a fierce and savage appearance, as if wanting to devour someone.

The latter's expression wasn't much better. After a long while, he slowly said, "I don't know who this person really is. Not only was my Spiritual Infant Talisman Sword unable to harm him, but even Brother Yan, you..."

Saying this, he sighed and didn't continue.

"I never expected that my Yellow Turban Taoist General, with strength close to the Mysterious Immortal level, would be defeated by a mere Banished Immortal!" Gu Yan Sanren's face was filled with distress at first, then he gnashed his teeth.

This time, he didn't hesitate to break through the spatial barrier and forcibly open a temporary channel to send down a mother bean, but soon after, he lost contact with it, almost spitting blood in regret.

"In that case, if Shifang Tower's information is not wrong, then this Han Li must have had some special opportunity to restore his strength. If that's the case, the two sects of you and I in the lower realm are likely to be in trouble. We must find a way as soon as possible." Jingming Zhenren's eyes flickered, and he pondered.

"Hmph, this matter will never end so easily!" Gu Yan Sanren's eyes became even more gloomy.

…

Spirit World, within the Jingyuan Temple.

He Shan Daoren looked at Han Li, who was walking towards him step by step with a blank expression, and his body couldn't help but tense up. All the fat on his body trembled slightly.

If he weren't trapped by the restriction, he might have fled long ago like those elders and disciples, or even faster than them.

Han Li stopped in front of him, staring at him blankly for a while. Suddenly, he raised his arm and pointed directly at the center of his brow.

"Senior Han, spare me! Everything this junior has done was under orders. I really had no choice!" He Shan Daoren's back was soaked with cold sweat, and he shouted quickly.

"Oh? Tell me, whose orders were you following?" Han Li raised an eyebrow, stopped his movement, and asked with a faint smile.

"This matter was all done under the orders of the ancestor from the upper realm. Otherwise, how would this junior dare to commit such a rebellious act?" He Shan Daoren quickly replied without thinking.

"Why did your Jingyuan Temple's ancestor issue such an order? Does he know me?" Han Li continued to ask.

"This… According to the ancestor, there is a secret and huge organization in the Immortal World that issued a reward for you, Senior, the bounty of which is beyond the imagination of a small cultivator like me in the lower realm. After Gu Yan Laozu of the Tian Gui Sect received the reward, he came to persuade and entice our ancestor, and that's why we had this… impolite act." He Shan Daoren's eyes rolled, and he quickly replied like this.

"Impolite act? You make it sound so easy! Gu Yan Sanren received the reward. Didn't Jingming Zhenren of your Jingyuan Temple receive it?" Han Li immediately sneered and mocked.

He Shan Daoren's face stiffened, but he still answered carefully, "Perhaps it was a plan jointly decided by the two ancestors. As their junior disciple, I really don't know the details. And the ancestor gave the order, so even if I was unwilling to oppose you, Senior, I could only obey helplessly."

Hearing this, Han Li didn't say anything more. After pondering for a moment, he vaguely guessed something.

Seeing Han Li silent for a long time, He Shan Daoren thought he was hesitating whether to take his life. He became even more afraid and gritted his teeth.

"Senior is all-powerful. From now on, I, He Shan, am willing to serve Senior as my master. All the materials and pills can be contributed to Senior. In the future, the entire Jingyuan Temple will also be honored as your master, and I will be at your disposal…"

"Serve me as master… You know how to judge the situation." Han Li was slightly stunned and couldn't help but smile wryly.

With his personality, since things had reached this point, he hadn't planned to spare the other party's life. As a result, before he could use soul-searching, the other party had honestly confessed everything and now even volunteered to serve him as master. In this way, he could save a lot of trouble.

After all, his original intention wasn't to cause too much trouble in this small Spirit World.

But then again, he had encountered many Mahayana cultivators in the Spirit World, but he had never seen someone like He Shan Daoren in front of him. This couldn't help but remind him of an old acquaintance, "Sun Ergou".

"Thank you for your great kindness, Senior!" He Shan Daoren immediately called out respectfully when he saw that Han Li didn't refuse.

"I have no interest in your Jingyuan Temple, and I'm too lazy to do that cuckoo-takes-over-the-nest thing. In the future, you only need to listen to my instructions and do some things for me. But before that, I have to apply some restrictions on you first." Han Li waved his hand and said.

With that, he raised one palm, chanted a few words silently, and all five fingertips lit up with a burst of light. Thin, crystalline threads extended from his fingertips, drifting leisurely in the air like seaweed.

As Han Li's fingers bent slightly, those crystalline threads immediately became exceptionally straight.

He Shan Daoren's body trembled slightly when he saw this scene, and his face became a little pale, but he still showed an attitude of letting Han Li dispose of him.

A hint of satisfaction flashed in Han Li's eyes. He reached out with his palm, and five crystalline threads immediately shot out, stabbing directly towards his head.

The moment the crystalline threads entered his body, He Shan Daoren felt a sting like needles in his sea of consciousness, and he couldn't help but let out a low, hoarse wail, and his face instantly turned pale.

But from beginning to end, he didn't show any resistance or struggle.

"These crystalline threads are transformed from my divine sense and are deeply rooted in your soul. If you dare to have any different intentions in the future, I can make your soul fly away with just one thought. Do you understand?" Han Li waved his hand and removed the silver flames that had been applied to him, and said slowly.

"This junior understands. I will definitely serve you with all my strength in the future and dare not have any second thoughts!" He Shan Daoren stood up from the ground, lowered his head and replied.

"There's no need to say any more words of loyalty. Just tell me, where is the formation in the temple that communicates with the Immortal World?" Han Li asked directly.

"There is one each on the back mountain of Jing Tian Peak and the top of Kui Mountain Peak. I will take you there now, Senior." He Shan Daoren answered without hesitation.

In the high sky, two rainbows soared up, one after the other, and flew towards the distance.

Not long after, two rumbling sounds suddenly rang out in the Jingyuan Temple's jurisdiction, which had already returned to silence, with less than an incense stick apart.

This scene caused many elders and disciples who had just returned to the sect and were still frightened to panic again, but they were relieved after discovering that there were no other anomalies besides these two sounds.

After all, too many things had happened in this one night. Nearly one-third of the entire Jingyuan Temple was unrecognizable, and the whereabouts of the Supreme Elder were unknown. What strange things couldn't happen?

About half an hour later, deep within the Jingyuan Temple, on a mountain peak, two figures, one fat and one thin, flew from afar and entered a hall directly.

In the very center of the hall was a white jade platform with circles of complex inscriptions engraved on it. It was clearly a magic formation.

"This is the teleportation formation to the Tian Gui Sect?" Han Li didn't look back and asked, looking at the formation in front of him.

"Yes. This place is connected to the Black Dusk Peak of the Tian Gui Sect. Although it can't directly enter their core area, it is already within the mountain gate." He Shan Daoren immediately replied.

"Good, you can accompany me for a trip." Han Li smiled upon hearing this.

"Yes!"

With that, the two stepped into the formation, and a dazzling white light rose from the ground, instantly engulfing the two.

…

Tian Gui Sect, Sacrificial Ghost Peak.

In a secluded hall, sitting in the main seat was a middle-aged man wearing a red brocade robe, with a pair of peach blossom eyes, soft facial lines, and sickly white skin, looking quite feminine.

However, the expression on his face at the moment was extremely ugly. He tightly gripped the handle of the chair under him and said in a low, hoarse voice: "Half a day ago, the soul tablets of the two Supreme Elders enshrined in the Soul Control Hall shattered one after another. There was no response to the secret technique. What do you think of this matter?"

Although there were more than a dozen people sitting on the left and right sides of the hall, all of them were at the Fusion Realm cultivation level, but at the moment, they were all looking solemn and silent.

The hall was silent, sinking into a dead silence.

After a long silence, a burly man with a thick beard finally couldn't help but stand up and said, "Sect Master, there must be something wrong with the soul tablet. Elder Tong is the number one cultivator in the Spirit World. Who in this realm can make him fall?"

"Yes, there must be something wrong…" Someone in the hall immediately agreed.

"Elder Fu, the soul tablet is refined with a wisp of the cultivator's soul and a portion of essence blood, supplemented by secret techniques. Has there ever been an error in these tens of thousands of years?" A beautiful woman wearing a red gauze skirt stood up, frowned and asked rhetorically.

The burly man was stunned, opened his mouth to refute, but didn't know what to say.

"The soul tablet can't be wrong, but Elder Tong and the other two can't easily fall either. Could it be that they were trapped by some special formation, cutting off contact with the soul tablet?" An hunchbacked old man also spoke among the elders.

"Sect Master, no matter what the situation is, the two Supreme Elders went to the Jingyuan Temple, and now there is no news. To be on the safe side, we should open all the defensive restrictions in the sect and contact the upper realm ancestors as soon as possible." A middle-aged man with a square face and a circle of purple short beard under his jaw stood up and said to the red-robed man in the main seat.

The man released the hand kneading his brow and said, "That's what I intended. Elder Lu, you will be responsible for opening the restrictions. I will…"

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a loud "boom", and the entire hall shook violently.

"What's going on?"

Everyone was shocked. More than a dozen rainbows flew out at the same time and went straight to the square outside the hall.

At this time, a black light curtain covering hundreds of miles around was floating in the sky outside the hall. It was one of the Tian Gui Sect's mountain protection formations.

The dozens of mountain peaks shrouded under the light curtain are the core area of the entire Tian Gui Sect. Almost all the important places of the sect are on these mountain peaks.

At this time, on the black light curtain, dim light was floating everywhere, and the runes were chaotic and trembling, appearing extremely unstable.

Outside the light curtain, there was also a golden-haired giant ape dozens of feet tall, raising its arms high, about to smash down on the already crumbling black light curtain.