Han Li only felt a blur before his eyes, and amidst a shift of light and shadow, his figure appeared in a completely new environment.

He calmed himself slightly and swept his gaze around, only to see flat terrain all around. As far as the eye could see, it was a desolate expanse of red earth, barren of vegetation and devoid of any sign of life.

Lu Yuqing was not far from him, and she was gradually regaining her senses as well.

Not far in front of them, a small whirlwind swept past, stirring up a cloud of red sand and dust on the ground. The air was filled with an atmosphere of desolation.

Han Li slowly swept his gaze around, his brows furrowing involuntarily.

Just now, he had tried to release his spiritual sense to explore this place, but he discovered that his body was confined by a mysterious force. While his movements were unimpeded, his spiritual sense was unable to emanate from his body at all.

"Just how big is this Nethercold Immortal Mansion, and why are there so many strange things?" Han Li sighed and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"When I was young, I once found an ancient book in my father's study. According to the earliest ancient name of the Northern Cold Immortal Domain, it was called 'Nethercold Immortal Domain', but later I don't know what happened, and the name was changed. If this Nethercold Immortal Mansion is related to the ancient name of the Immortal Domain, it would not be surprising that the area is vast and full of strangeness," Lu Yuqing said with a smile, seemingly unfazed.

Han Li was about to speak when he suddenly stiffened, his mouth slightly open, and he stopped there.

"Brother Han, what's wrong?" Lu Yuqing was startled by the sight and quickly asked.

"It's nothing, I suddenly remembered something..." Han Li paused, waved his hand, and said vaguely.

Lu Yuqing responded with an "Oh," and was skeptical of what he said, but she didn't ask any further questions.

Han Li shifted his gaze and drifted it towards a direction deep within this red earth wasteland, his brows furrowing involuntarily.

In fact, what had interrupted him was not a sudden thought, but the Mantra Treasure Wheel within his body.

For some reason, ever since just now, as long as he looked in that specific direction, the Time Dao patterns on the Mantra Treasure Wheel would begin to flicker with light, as if sensing the power of the law of time.

"Brother Han, spiritual sense cannot be used to explore. Where should we go next?" Lu Yuqing glanced around and asked.

"Let's go take a look there first," Han Li hesitated for a moment, pointing in the direction sensed by the Mantra Treasure Wheel, and said.

"Alright," Lu Yuqing glanced at him and nodded.

Han Li waved his hand, summoned the azure spirit boat, and after beckoning Lu Yuqing to board, it transformed into a stream of light and sped towards the depths of the red earth wasteland.

Flying high in the sky, the whistling wind in his ears suddenly intensified. Han Li's gaze roamed, scanning the wasteland below.

Looking down from high altitude, it could be seen that the wasteland's terrain was not truly flat. There were still protrusions and ridges on the ground, but they were far inferior to ordinary mountains, at most only counting as hills.

The further they went, the more complex the scenery on the ground became. In addition to those ridges and hills, there were also shallow and deep plain gullies on the ground, which seemed to be caused by water erosion. However, they had long since dried up, and there was no sign of water at all.

After flying for about half an hour, Han Li suddenly raised his eyebrows and saw, at the end of his line of sight, a red earth ruin resembling a city. He quickly accelerated and rushed over.

Near the edge of the city, the azure flying boat landed gracefully in front of a moat several tens of feet wide.

The river was naturally dry as well, and only cracked, armor-like riverbed ground could be seen, without any trace of water stains.

Han Li and the other stood by the railing, looked ahead and saw a high city wall on the other bank of the moat. It looked fairly intact, but the surface of the bricks was covered with dense cracks. Some were scratched by sharp objects, while others were cracked open by brute force, which was shocking to see.

The two were silent all the way, walking towards the city along a stone bridge not far away.

While in the middle of the stone bridge, Han Li suddenly caught a glimpse of half a section of white dead bones exposed on the riverbed. It looked like a horn of a strange beast, as thick as an adult's arm, with a certain degree of bending arc.

Han Li stopped and waved his sleeve. A cyan light spread out, seemingly inconspicuous, but in an instant, it lifted up a large area of ​​accumulated soil on the riverbed, revealing a complete white skeleton.

Seeing the full appearance of this skeleton, Lu Yuqing let out a soft "Eh" sound, and a hint of surprise flashed across her face.

Han Li couldn't help but show a surprised expression as well.

The shape of the skeleton was peculiar, and it was impossible to tell what it originally looked like. The only thing that could be determined was that it must have been a behemoth whose size was not inferior to that of a mountain giant ape.

The section of white bone that Han Li had previously guessed to be its horn was actually just one of its teeth.

"Brother Han, do you recognize what this beast is?" Lu Yuqing asked in confusion.

"There is no trace of aura left on this beast. I can't tell what it is with just a skeleton," Han Li shook his head and said.

While he said so, he couldn't help but think of the murals he had seen in the hall near the spirit medicine garden. The strange beasts depicted on them seemed to be somewhat similar to this beast?

Thinking of the tragic degree of the war depicted on the murals, Han Li suddenly had a guess in his heart. Could it be that the war depicted on the murals was happening here?

As soon as this idea arose, it was rejected by himself. The scale of the war depicted on the murals was too large. If it really happened here, this city would definitely not have any buildings left, and it would definitely be completely razed to the ground.

The two walked across the stone bridge and came to the city wall gate. Looking up, they saw that the top of the city was broken and the rocks were rugged.

Directly below the top of the city, three silver-white characters were engraved: "Moon River City."

After passing through the city gate and just walking out of the shadow of the gate, Han Li's heart suddenly twitched, and he couldn't help but stop again.

The dozen or so groups of Dao patterns on the Mantra Treasure Wheel in his body were flickering uncertainly. The perception of the power of the law of time suddenly became even stronger.

Han Li frowned slightly and looked towards the city. He saw that it was full of ruins, with collapsed and tilted walls everywhere. Under many dilapidated walls, he could still faintly see some white bones.

Among them, there were both monster bones and human skeletons, but they were already decaying.

The two followed the main road in the city all the way towards the inner city. The scenery along the way was all like this tragic scene. Only when they reached the core area in the north of the city did they see a golden palace more than a hundred feet high in the distance.

Compared to all the buildings they had seen along the way, this golden dome palace was too well-preserved, with only slight signs of collapse above the roof and many cracks on the walls.

In addition, the golden light outside the palace was very bright, as if there was a layer of golden light film plated on it, reflecting the sunlight and shining brightly.

Han Li was about to step forward, when the storage bracelet on his hand suddenly became hot, and there was a slight movement inside.

He frowned slightly, stopped, and with a flip of his palm, took out a shimmering jade box.

With a light "click" sound.

Han Li opened the green jade box, revealing a round gray eyeball. It looked like it was carved out of stone, but there were constantly gray and white halos rippling on the surface.

"What is this?" Lu Yuqing, seeing this, walked a few steps closer with some surprise and asked.

"A single eye of the strange beast Tai Fei," Han Li said indifferently.

Seeing that Han Li didn't seem to want to say too much, Lu Yuqing's eyes narrowed slightly, and she didn't ask any further questions.

Han Li stared at Tai Fei's single eye for a while, and found that there were only faint halos emerging on it, and there were not many fluctuations or changes. For a while, he could not see any secrets, so he had to hold it in his palm and continue to head towards the golden palace.

He and Lu Yuqing walked all the way forward. When they were less than a hundred feet away from the golden palace, Han Li suddenly narrowed his eyes, grabbed Lu Yuqing, and flashed behind a low wall ruin, hiding themselves.

On the side of the golden palace, below the dozens of feet high golden palace gate, stood a silver-robed woman, who was pinching a magic formula with one hand and holding a broken golden ring blade with the other, casting a spell towards the palace gate.

"Why is it her?" Lu Yuqing glanced over there through the low wall and said in a somewhat surprised tone.

Hearing this, Han Li quickly raised a finger and made a gesture of silence.

Although spiritual sense was forbidden here, the other party was a Golden Immortal cultivator after all. If they spoke rashly, it would be difficult to guarantee that they would not be discovered.

Han Li also recognized the woman. It was none other than Qu Ling.

Engraved on the ring blade in her hand was a string of ancient runes, on which wisps of golden light were shooting out, connecting with a peculiar circular pattern on the golden palace gate, as if she was breaking the restriction on the gate.

Whether it was the ring blade in Qu Ling's hand or the golden palace gate, Han Li felt obvious time law fluctuations from them.

He frowned and carefully poked out half of his head, looking over there. Only then did he notice that not far from Qu Ling, there was also a strange figure squatting.

Just squatting there, the figure was seven or eight feet tall, and at first glance it looked like a yellow high wall. Looking closely, he could notice that there were strange spiritual pattern patterns all over his bare body.

Because his back was facing him, Han Li could see what his face looked like, but another giant figure involuntarily appeared in his mind, the one-eyed giant "Tai Fei" that he had killed back then.

Although the size of the two was very different, whether it was the shape, skin color, or the strange spiritual patterns on their bodies, they were almost identical.

The more Han Li watched, the more doubts he had in his heart, and he subconsciously glanced at the single eye in his hand.

At this moment, the faint white halo that was originally flickering uncertainly on the single eye suddenly radiated dazzling light, just like a bright light, suddenly lit up in the dark night.

The strange figure that was originally squatting on the ground suddenly stood up, turned around, and revealed an ugly face with a collapsed nose and a wide mouth. There were no eyes above the nose, only a huge vertical single eye in the center.

It turned out to be a Tai Fei strange beast whose size was reduced by a number.

The beast let out a roar, and a flash of light appeared in the single eye on its head, and a thick white ray shot out from it, heading straight for the place where Han Li and the others were hiding.

"Not good..."

Han Li exclaimed and grabbed Lu Yuqing's wrist, pulling her away abruptly, while soaring high into the air, avoiding the ray and falling onto the main road leading to the golden palace.

The figures of the two were now completely exposed.