Three years later.

In a mountain valley within the territory of Crimson Cloud Peak, a blurry golden light shuttled back and forth in the void. Its speed was unbelievably fast, forming discontinuous afterimages in the air, making it impossible to see clearly.

What was even more bizarre was that the trajectory of these afterimages in the air had no discernible pattern. It appeared to be charging straight ahead, but the next moment, the afterimage would appear in the opposite direction.

Suddenly, the golden light in the air stopped, revealing a tall young man, none other than Han Li.

His face was slightly flushed, and a hint of barely suppressed joy shone deep within his eyes. A layer of faint golden light, closely following the contours of his body, enveloped him, from which waves of peculiar fluctuations emanated.

"When fully activating twenty-five Time Runes, the speed does indeed increase. It seems that as more runes accumulate on the True Wheel, the power of this divine ability will have a lot of room for improvement. However, the consumption of immortal spiritual power is truly considerable..." Han Li muttered to himself.

As he spoke, the golden light surrounding him gradually faded, not vanishing into thin air, but rather merging into his body.

In fact, this layer of golden light originated from the Mantra Treasure Wheel, which he had stored within his body.

During the initial year or so of cultivating this divine ability, he couldn't even properly control the method of circulating his immortal spiritual power. Later, incorporating the reversed Treasure Wheel into his body proved even more prone to errors.

He couldn't help but smile wryly when he recalled how a mountain peak, initially appearing as a tiny speck in the distance, would suddenly appear before him in the blink of an eye after activating his technique, causing him to crash headfirst into it uncontrollably.

That wasn't all. During this period, he had destroyed or damaged no less than several hundred mountain peaks, turning a picturesque mountain area spanning thousands of miles into a desolate wasteland. He himself had suffered some minor injuries as a result.

Fortunately, this area was within his territory, so it wouldn't attract any trouble.

Fortunately, the essence of cultivating this divine ability was not entirely opposed to the original technique, and they shared certain similarities. Therefore, after failing over a hundred times, Han Li finally gradually mastered the knack of reversing and incorporating the True Wheel into his body.

Now, he had even achieved complete mastery, and he could complete the reversal directly within his body without even having to summon the Mantra Treasure Wheel, thereby greatly increasing the speed and concealment of his technique.

Furthermore, what excited him even more was that the twenty-fifth Time Rune remained as before, with no signs of fading.

Han Li pondered to himself that with this divine ability, coupled with the Thunder Formation Escape Technique, he should be able to protect himself even if faced with pursuit from ordinary Golden Immortal Realm experts.

"Having delayed for so long for this technique, it's time to try again."

Han Li muttered to himself, and his figure immediately flew towards the cave below.

Before long, he reappeared in the secret chamber of the cave, sitting cross-legged with the golden wheel emerging behind him and his True Eye wide open.

In the palm of his hand, there was a small, translucent crystal grain, enveloped in the golden light from the True Eye.

To concentrate on comprehending the Reversed True Wheel and to see if the twenty-fifth Time Rune would disappear, he had instructed his puppet to water the spiritual herbs during this period. Only recently had he found time to condense another crystal grain.

With a soft "click," the crystal grain shattered, and a strand of golden silk flew out from it, shooting into the golden eyeball.

Han Li's body trembled violently, as if struck by a heavy blow.

This time, he did not close his True Eye, but rather allowed the strand of golden silk to slowly merge into the eyeball.

After a moment, white light gathered on the Mantra Treasure Wheel, and another translucent Time Rune appeared.

The twenty-sixth Time Rune!

"Good!"

A relieved smile appeared on Han Li's face. He was finally convinced that absorbing crystal grains through the True Eye could increase the number of Time Runes on the Mantra Treasure Wheel, and that the effect was permanent.

In other words, as long as he condensed one crystal grain each month, he could add one Time Rune!

While others painstakingly cultivated the True Word Transformation Sutra, taking hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years to open two immortal apertures and possibly condense a single Time Rune, he only needed a month to do so using this method of absorbing crystal grains through the True Eye.

Moreover, as it stood, there seemed to be no limit!

Twenty-four Time Runes were enough to slow down or speed up time by more than ten times. Based on the idea that every six Time Runes could bring about a significant change, what about thirty runes, thirty-six runes, or even... sixty runes, one hundred and eight runes?

In the future, as long as he cultivated the second level of the technique while maintaining the monthly condensation of crystal grains, he believed he could achieve that goal soon.

Han Li suppressed the excitement in his heart, changed the hand seals, and slowly closed the golden True Eye on the Treasure Wheel.

Then, he closed his eyes and began chanting incantations, starting to comprehend the second level of the True Word Transformation Sutra.

...

Time flew by like a white horse passing through a crack, and ten years passed in a flash.

During these ten years, Han Li cultivated the second level of the technique while condensing crystal grains for the True Eye to absorb and fuse. Now, he had increased the number of Time Runes on the Mantra Treasure Wheel to one hundred and eight.

After that, for some unknown reason, even when he shot light from the True Eye towards the crystal grains again, he could no longer increase any runes. He didn't know if he had reached some kind of limit.

However, he didn't have time to think about it in detail at the moment. After all, according to what the True Word Transformation Technique said, the third level could only condense eighteen Time Runes on the Treasure Wheel, and so far, it seemed that no one in the entire Candle Dragon Path had succeeded.

Compared to before, the range of the Mantra Treasure Wheel's influence hadn't changed much, but the deceleration effect on attacks within its range had reached an astonishing thousand times.

In experiments, when he ordered the puppet to attack him, once it entered the Treasure Wheel's area of influence, its speed slowed down to almost stillness.

And when he used the Reversed True Wheel divine ability, the acceleration effect also reached an astonishing level. His figure was almost like a star, flickering unpredictably in the air, making it impossible to grasp.

However, regardless of which of these two divine abilities, the immortal spiritual power required to fully activate them was extremely astonishing.

With his current mid-stage cultivation, the immortal spiritual power he could accumulate in his body couldn't sustain it for long, so it was generally not advisable to use them unless he encountered a critical moment against a powerful enemy.

At this moment, the secret chamber was filled with golden light.

Han Li formed hand seals, and the Mantra Treasure Wheel hung behind him, with one hundred and eight Time Runes flickering on it, emitting waves of golden light, making his entire body seem to be covered in a layer of golden light, like the dignified image of a Buddha.

As the Time Runes lit up one after another, the Mantra Treasure Wheel began to rotate slowly.

In a few breaths, all one hundred and eight Time Runes were fully lit up.

Han Li's face was slightly pale, and he felt the immortal spiritual power in his body rapidly draining away. However, he was prepared and quickly took out two immortal essence stones, one in each hand, and began to absorb them rapidly.

As obscure and incomprehensible incantations came from his mouth, the Treasure Wheel's rim became blurred, and strands of golden silk wandered out from the Time Runes on the rim, gathering towards the empty space in the center of the rim.

These golden threads intertwined and entangled, condensing into a fist-sized golden ball of thread, with flowing golden light shimmering on it.

"Open!"

Han Li suddenly uttered a low shout.

The golden ball of thread suddenly shone brightly, emitting an incomparably dazzling light. Then, after a flash, it transformed into a huge golden vertical eye, which was the True Eye.

A faint golden light was projected from the golden pupil.

He closed his eyes and looked around through the True Eye.

The array formations and restrictions he had placed on the surrounding walls emerged, all turning transparent, with countless spiritual power runes flowing on them. All the mysterious changes of the restrictions were clearly revealed, as if he were examining the lines on his palm.

Wherever the golden pupil looked, the void became hazy. The figures of Yun Menggui, Yun Qianqian, and others vaguely emerged in the gray void, and the scenery outside Crimson Cloud Peak was also vaguely visible.

It seemed that the void had been directly pierced!

Han Li couldn't help but feel a slight stir in his heart.

The True Eye's ability to penetrate illusionary power was similar to that of the Brightsight Spirit Eyes in the past, but now that the number of Time Runes on the Mantra Treasure Wheel had increased to one hundred and eight, the True Eye's divine ability had greatly increased, and its ability to perceive was far superior to that of the Brightsight Spirit Eyes.

He had a divine ability that combined the Annihilation Eyes and the Brightsight Spirit Eyes, but it was far inferior to the True Eye at the moment.

Han Li exhaled lightly, and his expression became solemn.

With a flip of his hand, the green vial appeared in his hand.

He chanted incantations, about to activate the True Eye again to observe the vial.

Just at that moment, an unexpected change occurred.

The green vial actually flew out of his hand on its own, suspended in mid-air, its surface shining brightly, as dazzling as a green sun.

Then, a huge force emerged in the green light. Han Li's body was caught off guard and was pushed directly backward, retreating a long distance before stopping against the cave wall, his face showing surprise.

The Mantra Treasure Wheel flew out from behind Han Li, suspended not far from the green vial, its surface also shining brightly, several times brighter than usual.

In particular, the True Eye was extremely dazzling with golden light, and the circle of runes around the pupil seemed to come alive, wriggling rapidly.

The two seemed to echo each other.

Seeing this scene, Han Li didn't bother to absorb immortal spiritual power. He abruptly activated the hand seals, but then his expression changed.

At this moment, both the vial and the Mantra Treasure Wheel had escaped his control.

Before he could react, the True Eye suddenly shot out a golden light, which entered the green vial.

The vial made a "buzzing" sound and quickly grew larger, instantly transforming into the size of a human head. Countless green runes appeared on the surface of the bottle wall, as if countless tadpoles were swimming on it.

With a "poof" sound!

A thick green beam of light shot out from the vial, directly tearing the void apart and disappearing into it.

Rumble!

The torn void did not close, but instead twisted violently, like a black mouth wriggling.

The next moment, endless crystal light suddenly spewed out from the spatial crack.

This crystal light was as bright as autumn water, but although it was bright, it was not dazzling, as if gurgling water was flowing out of the spatial crack.

Han Li had already stood up, looking at the scene in front of him, his face uncertain.

The sudden change in the Mantra Treasure Wheel and the green vial was unknown whether it was a blessing or a curse.

Although the Treasure Wheel had escaped his control, he could still make it disappear as long as he cut off the supply of immortal spiritual power.

However, he was not sure whether to do so...

Just as Han Li hesitated, another unexpected change occurred.