Han Li pondered slightly and waved his hand.

With a whoosh, the remaining Thunder Restraint Wood and some lightning-attribute spiritual materials appeared, floating in the open space in front of him...

One month later.

In the main hall of the residence outside the cave, Han Li sat upright at the table, savoring a cup of spiritual tea in his hand, his eyes flickering slightly as if considering something.

After a moment, Meng Qianqian walked in from the door.

"Elder Li."

"Qianqian, I've called you here this time because there's an important matter I need you to handle." Han Li put down his teacup and said with a slightly solemn expression.

Meng Qianqian was taken aback, then straightened her chest and said, "Please give your instructions, Elder Li."

"It's not that serious." Han Li smiled and took out a storage magical artifact, handing it to Meng Qianqian.

The woman accepted it, and her divine sense plunged into it, then she looked up at Han Li, a hint of doubt flashing in her beautiful eyes.

Han Li's lips moved slightly, and he transmitted a few words.

Meng Qianqian was startled at first, then a look of solemnity flashed across her face.

"Is there any difficulty?" Han Li asked.

"Elder Li, rest assured, Qianqian will do it for you even if it means breaking my bones." Meng Qianqian nodded heavily.

"Very good. But be careful, and don't let anyone else know about it." Han Li instructed.

"Yes." Meng Qianqian bowed to Han Li, a hint of reluctance in her eyes, but she still turned and walked out.

After a moment, a streak of scarlet light shot towards the distance.

Han Li stood at the entrance of the cave, watching the scarlet light disappear into the distance, his figure swayed, and he also transformed into a streak of azure light, flying towards the sect.

Two months later, he returned to Crimson Cloud Peak.

During this time, in addition to selling most of the useless materials, spiritual medicines, and spiritual treasures he had obtained from the Holy Puppet Sect in batches for Immortal Essence Stones, he also purchased a large amount of refining materials for the elixirs needed for his subsequent cultivation.

After everything was ready, he re-entered the cave, activated all the restrictions, and walked towards the secret chamber.

Halfway there, his heart stirred, and he turned around and went to the medicine garden, stopping in front of a corner.

This was where he had planted the mother bean before, and the sprouts that had grown out were now several inches taller than before.

Seeing this, Han Li was slightly surprised.

It had taken this mother bean a hundred years to sprout, but since sprouting, the growth rate seemed to be much faster than before.

As the tender green sprouts spread out, the dark golden patterns on them also became much deeper.

However, it was still impossible to tell whether this mutation, as called by Hu Yan, was good or bad, but hopefully it would change for the better.

In any case, his encounter with the Taoist soldiers at the Holy Puppet Sect had given him a lot more expectations for this mother bean.

Thinking of this, Han Li took out the Palm Heaven Bottle and handed it to the ape-shaped puppet who was waiting not far away, then he did not stay in the medicine garden for long, and soon returned to the secret chamber.

By now, the trivial matters had been dealt with almost completely.

He took a deep breath and took out the silver alchemy furnace, placing it in the center of the secret chamber. Then, with a flick of his sleeve, a silver light flashed, and the silver flame little man appeared, landing near the alchemy furnace.

After devouring the black crane Nascent Soul and absorbing and merging it for this period of time, the aura on the refined flame bird's body was obviously several points stronger than before, and the facial features on its small face were less dull and more agile compared to before.

It seemed to know the purpose of Han Li's calling it out, and after quickly circling the alchemy furnace, its round cheeks suddenly puffed out, and it spewed out a thick silver flame, enveloping the bottom of the alchemy furnace.

At this time, Han Li also placed the previously prepared alchemy materials in several portions to the side, and then sat down cross-legged.

…

Several years later.

As the silver flame under the furnace went out, the silver flame little man jumped and flew to Han Li's shoulder, squatting down obediently.

Han Li waved his hand with a hint of fatigue.

Along with a soft sound, the silver furnace lid flew up, and a rich medicinal fragrance immediately emanated from the furnace, filling the entire secret chamber.

Sniffing a few times, Han Li's face showed a satisfied look, and he grabbed into the void. A string of white pills flew out from inside, there were more than a dozen, each the size of a longan, pure white, and the surface faintly showed a white misty aura, looking extremely extraordinary.

The white pills then fell into a white jade bottle that had been prepared long ago.

Han Li had already placed more than a hundred such jade bottles densely packed beside him.

"Looks like it's almost done."

Han Li muttered to himself, then waved his hand to put away the silver alchemy furnace and the silver flame little man, and then closed his eyes to adjust his breathing.

He planned to adjust his body and mind to the best state first, and then begin his closed-door cultivation.

Time flew by, and more than two hundred years had passed.

During this time, the tightly closed gate of Crimson Cloud Peak's cave had never been opened again.

And Candle Dragon Path also ushered in the largest snowfall in nearly five hundred years, which lasted for several months.

Not only were all the branch mountain ranges on the northern side of the entire Bell Mountain Range covered with endless snow, but even a large part of the southern mountain ranges were also covered in snow.

Crimson Cloud Peak was also covered in silver, with snow everywhere.

On this day, the snowfall finally stopped, the sky cleared up, and the servants of Han Li's cave, led by the round-faced fatty Meng Xiong, began to clear the snow around the cave.

There were originally few people on Crimson Cloud Peak, and Meng Yungui and others had all gone out and had not returned, especially since Meng Qianqian was not there, the mountain seemed a little deserted, and even the chirping of birds seemed particularly clear and melodious.

After the crowd cleared the snow outside the mansion gate, they rushed to the spiritual medicine field, where, although there were restrictions and magic formations to protect it, the snow also needed to be cleared to prevent a large amount of snow water from remaining after the snow melted, affecting the growth of the spiritual medicine.

At this moment, the entire Crimson Cloud Peak shook violently, and a huge golden beam of light shot straight into the sky from the location of the cave, causing the surrounding tens of thousands of miles of heaven and earth spiritual energy to fluctuate violently, forming a huge spiritual cloud revolving around Crimson Cloud Peak, making a huge sharp whistling sound.

Colorful spiritual light shone down, covering the entire Crimson Cloud Peak.

The huge phenomenon lasted for a long time before it slowly dissipated.

"Alright, alright, let's all get to work. Let's finish our work early and go back to cultivate! Elder Li has given us such a good cultivation environment, don't waste it!" Meng Xiong saw that the others were a little dazed, and hurriedly called out.

The others heard this, but they did not look much, and continued to rush towards the surrounding spiritual fields and other places.

In fact, they had long been accustomed to these changes on the mountain, knowing that it was caused by "Elder Li's" closed-door cultivation, but every time a change occurred, they couldn't help but want to take a few more glances.

After all, this was a phenomenon caused by the cultivation of a True Immortal.

Inside the secret chamber of the cave.

Han Li was shrouded in a faint golden light, and the light flowed in his eyes. The twenty-four golden light spots on his chest and abdomen shone brightly, as bright as stars in the night sky, twinkling uncertainly.

A vast pressure emanated from his body, and his every move was completely different from before, as if he had become a different person.

At this time, he had already become a late-stage True Immortal Realm cultivator.

During these two hundred years, he had continuously taken Earth-grade elixirs that could enhance his cultivation, and after tirelessly cultivating day and night, he had finally opened up the remaining four Immortal Apertures.

This speed of cultivation was naturally much faster than that of ordinary cultivators, but the effect was obviously much slower than in the past.

After all, it only took a hundred years to open up the first three Immortal Apertures, but the time it took to open up the last one was much longer than the time it took to open up the others combined.

As the golden light gradually faded and merged into his body, all the abnormalities in the secret chamber also disappeared completely.

Han Li let out a long breath, then turned around and looked at the faint golden round wheel suspended leisurely above behind him.

The eyelid of the True Eye on it was closed, and the clusters of time patterns on the wheel were all glowing, and had all returned to their original state.

"As expected." Han Li shook his head and muttered.

There were still one hundred and eight clusters of time patterns on the Mantra Treasure Wheel. When he opened up the last four Immortal Apertures, the time patterns on the treasure wheel still did not increase.

This was obviously not due to his bad luck. According to the classics, even at the normal probability, opening up these four Immortal Apertures should have condensed two more time patterns.

According to his speculation, it was probably because he had absorbed too many time patterns from the bottle crystal grains through the True Eye before, exceeding the Mantra Treasure Wheel's range of tolerance.

After thinking for a moment, he no longer struggled with this, after all, he had already been mentally prepared for this before.

Feeling the immortal spiritual power in his body that was much deeper than before, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

Han Li did not get up immediately, but continued to sit cross-legged on the ground.

Although the great improvement in his cultivation was gratifying, he had more important things to do now.

With a flip of his palm, a hazy gray stone bead appeared in his palm, which was the eye of the one-eyed giant.

At the same time, a muffled sound of footsteps came from outside, and the figure of the giant ape puppet walked in, placing the Palm Heaven Bottle beside him, and a drop of green liquid had already condensed inside the bottle.

Han Li took a deep breath, picked up the Palm Heaven Bottle, and drank the green liquid inside without hesitation.

He was going to try to comprehend the Law of Time again!

The immortal spiritual power in Han Li's body began to operate silently, and the golden light on the Mantra Treasure Wheel behind him shone brightly, and began to rotate slowly. The one hundred and eight clusters of time patterns engraved on it also flickered uncertainly.

Around him, a golden ripple rippled and enveloped the entire secret chamber, and an indescribable fluctuation of heaven and earth vitality spread out.

Han Li only felt that the flow of air around him seemed to have slowed down, and he heard the sound of wind, the sound of dust falling, the flickering of fire, and the light dance of hair...

All of this seemed to have fallen into a mysterious and special rhythm, which was wonderful and unspeakable.

Time passed little by little, and the golden light around Han Li rippled and flashed rapidly, making the entire secret chamber bright and dark, changing constantly.

Although his body, shrouded in golden light, was already covered in blood, he did not care about it at all, as if all of this was not happening to him.