After an unknown period of time, in a certain void within the desolate Galewind, a silver flash of lightning appeared, and the figure of the Thunder Roc emerged.

Compared to its initial appearance, the silver lightning arcs swirling around its body had diminished by more than half.

With a sudden flap of its wings, the silver lightning around the Thunder Roc flashed, transforming it into human form.

Just then, the void less than a thousand feet away trembled violently, followed by a large burst of black flames spewing out, and a huge ghost head emerged.

Han Li's expression turned slightly cold upon seeing this.

Continuing to flee like this was not a solution. Although he didn't want to use Crab Daoren as his trump card, he had no other choice at the moment.

As he pondered, golden electric arcs surfaced on his body, and Crab Daoren within him began to stir restlessly.

The huge ghost head seemed to realize something as well, its movements slightly faltering, and a trace of seriousness flashed in its eyes.

At that moment, the black mist behind it suddenly churned, and a dazzling yellow light shot out from within.

This yellow light was over a dozen feet in size, shaped like an ellipse, spinning rapidly, emitting a whirring sound.

There seemed to be something inside the yellow light, but the yellow light was so dense, emitting an indescribable forbidden fluctuation, unlike ordinary spiritual light, making it impossible to see the situation inside from the outside.

As soon as the light sphere appeared, a crimson light shot out from it, with countless crimson runes flashing inside.

As the crimson runes tumbled, they suddenly condensed towards one spot, transforming into a crimson crystal thread that flashed and disappeared into the huge ghost head.

The black flames swirling around the ghost head couldn't stop the crimson crystal thread at all.

The crimson crystal thread was too fast, and the huge ghost head only reacted at that moment, abruptly turning its head to look behind it.

Just then, a loud boom suddenly rang from inside the ghost head.

The huge ghost head immediately stiffened, and the black flames around it began to churn violently.

With another loud bang, a huge crimson pillar of fire suddenly erupted from inside the ghost head, exploding like a volcanic eruption, and an extremely hot aura spread from within the fire pillar.

The black flames around the huge ghost head churned, and after a few breaths, the entire ghost head collapsed with a bang, turning into a large patch of black flames.

As a sharp cry came from the depths of the black flames, a black shadow shot out from within, ignoring Han Li and the yellow light sphere, and flew swiftly towards the depths of the black mist sea, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Blue light flickered in Han Li's eyes, and he narrowed them slightly.

The black light around the black shadow had thinned a little just now, and he vaguely saw the thing inside, shaped like a human, but with a head much larger than a normal person, holding a weapon in its hand, which was the three-pronged fork from before.

Unfortunately, the black shadow flashed and disappeared, and he didn't see it clearly.

Han Li retracted his gaze and looked at the yellow light sphere, retreating a distance at the same time. With a wave of his hand, seven star rings shot out from his body, the Seven Shimmering Star Rings.

The seven star rings hovered around his body, forming a well-arranged star array.

Dazzling starlight emerged from the seven star rings, connecting with each other to form a starlight barrier.

Although this yellow light sphere helped him repel the black shadow, he naturally didn't really think that it was one of his own, and he didn't dare to underestimate it at all.

Under Han Li's gaze, the elliptical yellow sphere turned slightly, and after countless yellow runes flashed within it, the light sphere dissipated, revealing a yellow flying boat.

This boat was four or five zhang long, shaped like a flying dragon, and the entire body seemed to be made of some kind of yellow spiritual wood.

At the front of the flying boat and on both sides of the hull, each was inlaid with a bright yellow oval crystal stone, as big as an egg, with glittering yellow light flowing on it, emitting a special law fluctuation, and it was unknown what treasure it was.

Two people stood side by side on the yellow flying boat. The person on the left was an old man with gray hair and beard, a slightly red nose, and a cyan wine gourd hanging from his waist, who was none other than Hu Yan Daoren.

Behind him was a long object wrapped in yellow cloth, about a foot in size. It seemed that the yellow cloth could isolate divine sense, making it impossible to detect what was inside.

The other person on the right was a plump woman wearing a white gauze dress, who was none other than Yun Ni.

"Elder Hu Yan, Elder Yun Ni!" Han Li was stunned and exclaimed involuntarily.

"Hehe, I sensed someone fighting here from afar, so I came to take a look. I didn't expect it to be you, kid," Hu Yan Daoren said with a chuckle.

Yun Ni next to him simply nodded to Han Li as a greeting, without saying a word.

"Me too, I didn't expect to meet you two here," Han Li flew to the front of the flying boat, made a hand gesture, dispelled the starlight barrier of the Seven Shimmering Star Rings, and said with a smile.

Hu Yan Daoren was the person he was most familiar with in the Candle Dragon Dao. The two were both teacher and friend, and their friendship was not bad.

In recent years, he had also secretly paid attention to news about Hu Yan Daoren. He didn't expect to meet him here, and he had a feeling of meeting an old friend in a foreign land.

"It seems that you and I are really destined," Hu Yan Daoren stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"Thank you for your help just now, Elder Hu Yan, for repelling that black shadow," Han Li's expression turned serious, and he bowed and saluted.

"You and I have known each other for a while, and today was just a small effort, so what does it matter? Speaking of which, kid, how did you provoke that Yin Fiend? This thing is not simple. It's really extremely fortunate that you weren't devoured by it," Hu Yan Daoren first waved his hand, and then said with a solemn expression.

"So that black shadow is called a Yin Fiend. This thing is indeed extremely powerful. Does Elder Hu Yan know its origin?" Han Li asked in sudden realization.

"The so-called Yin Fiend is a kind of monster in this area. Although it's impossible to determine its specific cultivation, even ordinary Gold Immortals would inevitably be devoured if they encountered it. However, generally speaking, this thing only occasionally appears in the deepest part of the desolate Galewind. How could it appear in this marginal area..." Hu Yan Daoren muttered, with a look of doubt on his face.

Han Li raised his eyebrows upon hearing this, and was about to say something when Hu Yan Daoren spoke again:

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. Although this Yin Fiend is powerful, its intelligence is actually not high. Now that it has retreated, it won't come back."

"That's good. If I hadn't been lucky enough to meet the two elders, I'm afraid I would have died here today," Han Li's heart relaxed slightly, and he nodded and thanked again.

"We have already left the Candle Dragon Dao, so you can skip the word 'Elder'," Hu Yan Daoren looked at Yun Ni, and then suddenly winked at Han Li.

"Alright," Han Li responded, his heart stirring.

He had now joined the Samsara Temple, and Hu Yan Daoren probably had too. The two could be considered from the same sect, but this was a secret matter, and Han Li had no intention of revealing it.

"By the way, Fellow Daoist Li, you are now on the Northern Cold Immortal Palace's wanted list. In fact, I'm the one who implicated you. If we hadn't been so close back then, you wouldn't have been wanted by the Northern Cold Immortal Palace," Hu Yan Daoren changed the subject and said somewhat apologetically.

"Actually, the reason why I was wanted by the Northern Cold Immortal Palace is not because you and I are familiar. I have other conflicts with the Northern Cold Immortal Palace. They don't want to mention this matter, so they put it that way on the wanted order," Han Li explained vaguely.

"I see. It's been many years since we last met, and you, kid, have become much more carefree. Eh, your cultivation has reached the True Immortal Peak. Your progress is so fast. No wonder you can withstand that Yin Fiend," Hu Yan Daoren said with a smile, his expression suddenly changing as he looked Han Li up and down and muttered in surprise.

Yun Ni had been standing quietly by the side, and when she heard Hu Yan Daoren's words, she also looked Han Li up and down, a trace of surprise flashing in her beautiful eyes.

"It was just a lucky breakthrough. My cultivation is not worth mentioning to the two of you," Han Li's eyes flashed, and he then smiled.

"Fellow Daoist Li was only at the early stage of True Immortal back then, and in just a few hundred years, he has been able to break through to the late stage of True Immortal Peak. Such cultivation speed, not to mention the Candle Dragon Dao, is something that I have never heard of in the entire Northern Cold Immortal Domain," Hu Yan Daoren's expression was still full of disbelief.

"Senior Hu Yan is flattering me so much. I really don't deserve it. It's just that I had some opportunities in recent years and accidentally obtained some elixirs, which is why my cultivation has progressed faster," Han Li said with a bitter smile, speaking vaguely.

"Oh, is that so? With suitable elixirs, cultivation speed can indeed be increased a hundred or a thousand times," Hu Yan Daoren said, nodding his head.

Seeing this, Han Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

With the palm bottle in hand, although he could increase his cultivation extremely quickly, it would also cause a series of problems that needed to be properly resolved.

"By the way, why are the two of you here?" Han Li asked, changing the subject as he didn't want to talk about this matter any further.

"We were lucky enough to escape from the Candle Dragon Dao back then. In order to avoid the pursuit of the Northern Cold Immortal Palace, we have been living in anonymity in various places over the years. This time, we needed to go to the Black Wind Sea for an important matter, but the teleportation array connecting to the sea area was closed, so we had no choice but to cross this desolate Galewind," Hu Yan Daoren explained.

"I see," Han Li nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this.

"Why is Fellow Daoist Li here? Could it be that you came from the Black Wind Sea?" Yun Ni suddenly asked.

"Senior Yun Ni has keen eyes. That's right, I came from there. The Black Wind Sea is indeed a bit turbulent now," Han Li's eyes turned, and he didn't hide anything, nodding his head.

When Hu Yan Daoren and the other heard this, they exchanged glances, and a hint of joy flashed in their eyes.

Han Li saw the expressions of the two and his heart stirred.

"The Black Wind Sea is located in a remote area. Why would Fellow Daoist Li be here?" Yun Ni continued to ask.

"Actually, before joining the Candle Dragon Dao, I also stayed in the Black Wind Sea for a period of time. After leaving the Candle Dragon Dao this time, I was pursued by the Immortal Palace and dared not stay in prosperous places, so I had to come to this desolate sea area to hide, and I lived peacefully for several hundred years. However, now there are constant disputes in the sea area, as well as some other changes, making it no longer suitable for quiet cultivation, so I plan to leave. Since the teleportation array was closed, I wanted to cross this desolate Galewind, but now it seems that I was really overestimating myself," Han Li sighed, somewhat self-deprecatingly.

"May I ask what kind of changes have occurred in the Black Wind Sea?" Hu Yan Daoren asked, his eyes flashing.