Mortal's Journey: Immortal World

How long it had been, no one knew. As the last wisp of golden light shot out from Han Li’s palm, the violently fluctuating golden light around him suddenly dissipated.

As his aura plummeted, his cultivation level also fell to the peak of the Grand Luo Realm at that moment.

“Senior Bottle Spirit, thank you for your assistance.” Han Li exhaled a long breath and released his hand from the Palm Heaven Bottle.

The Bottle Spirit did not respond to his words.

At that moment, the Palm Heaven Bottle suddenly trembled, the golden marks on it flashed wildly, and the emerald green light inside also pulsed frantically.

Han Li's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly retreated.

At the same time, a golden halo emerged from his body, resisting the power of time and space around him.

With a loud "bang," the Palm Heaven Bottle exploded, turning into countless emerald green light clusters that slowly dissipated.

These emerald green light clusters did not disperse but converged toward one place, quickly coalescing into a humanoid figure, transforming into an eight-year-old green-haired child with delicate features, whose gender was indistinguishable.

"Haha, after so many years, I have finally escaped that damned bottle and regained my freedom!" The green-haired child looked at his body and laughed loudly.

"Is Your Excellency Senior Bottle Spirit? Congratulations on finally breaking free from the Palm Heaven Bottle’s constraints." Han Li was very calm, as if he had expected all of this.

"Oh, you knew about this?" The Bottle Spirit was quite surprised by Han Li's reaction.

"Senior, as the spirit of the Palm Heaven Bottle, you often retreated into cultivation, so I guessed that you had something planned. Moreover, my Refinement of Spirit Art is perfect, and I am extremely sensitive to telepathy. Although you are not a living being, I can still detect some of your thoughts when I communicate with you, so I roughly guessed some things." Han Li smiled faintly.

"Tsk, tsk, that Lord of Reincarnation Palace is indeed a genius, and the Refinement of Spirit Art he created is so powerful. Since you noticed that I had a scheme, you still dared to cooperate with me?" The Bottle Spirit chuckled and glanced at Han Li.

"Although Senior has a scheme, I did not sense any malice. Cooperation benefits both parties, so what is there to fear? Besides, although my current realm has fallen back to the Grand Luo Realm, my understanding of the law of time has not diminished, and I am not someone to be easily manipulated." Han Li smiled faintly.

"Haha, good! As expected of Han Li, although you have returned to the peak of the Grand Luo Realm, you must be cautious when using the law of time… Moreover, rest assured, I have no malice toward you, only gratitude. Thank you for being willing to abandon the power of Dao Ancestor so that I could smoothly escape the Palm Heaven Bottle." The Bottle Spirit laughed again and cupped his fist at Han Li.

"We were merely helping each other; Senior need not be so polite. I wonder, what are Senior’s plans next?" Han Li raised one arm and returned the salute.

"Having been trapped in the bottle for countless years, naturally, I want to travel around the True Immortal World. If there is an opportunity, I would also like to take a look outside the True Immortal World." The Bottle Spirit revealed a look of excitement.

"Outside the True Immortal World? Does Senior mean the Underworld and the Grey World?" Han Li was slightly stunned.

"Fellow Daoist Han, your vision is too narrow. Do you really think that the True Immortal World, the Grey World, and the Underworld are the entirety of the world?" The Bottle Spirit smiled, but his expression became much more serious.

"The various immortal domains of the True Immortal World were opened up within the boundless Desolate Realm, so the area of the Desolate Realm should be larger than the known territory of the True Immortal World. As for matters outside the Desolate Realm, I do not know." Han Li pondered for a moment and said.

"Fellow Daoist Han’s perspective is still insufficient. To be precise, whether it is the True Immortal World, the Underworld, or the Grey World, they were all born in the primordial Chaos Space, and the Palm Heaven Bottle was also born there. According to the original memories left in the Palm Heaven Bottle, the Chaos Space is boundless. How many interfaces similar to the True Immortal World were born is simply unknown, but there are definitely more than just two or three. How about it, Fellow Daoist Han, are you interested in exploring the end of this world with me?" The Bottle Spirit looked at Han Li.

"Senior has lofty ambitions, and I admire you, but I have just experienced this great tribulation and am truly exhausted. Moreover, there are people waiting for me to return, so I am afraid I cannot accompany Senior on this journey." Han Li's eyes lit up slightly, but then he shook his head and said.

"Well, everyone has their own aspirations, and I will not force you." There was a hint of disappointment in the Bottle Spirit's tone.

"Senior Bottle Spirit, we are now in a space-time tunnel, and we no longer have the Palm Heaven Bottle. How do we return?" Han Li did not want to dwell on this topic and changed the subject.

"Rest assured about this. I am the spirit of the Palm Heaven Bottle, and what the Palm Heaven Bottle can do, I may not be unable to do. At least, taking you back is not a problem. However, Fellow Daoist Han, if I am not mistaken, you should still have a regret in your heart, otherwise you would not have hesitated for so long when deciding whether to abandon the Palm Heaven Bottle." The Bottle Spirit looked at Han Li and asked.

Hearing this, the alluring figure of Yuan Yao involuntarily appeared in Han Li’s mind.

The Bottle Spirit just smiled and looked at Han Li without saying anything.

"Senior is right; I do have one regret. I wonder if Senior can lend me a hand again?" Han Li sighed softly and bowed deeply to the Bottle Spirit.

"The emotions of you humans are truly wondrous. What is there to hold onto in love? Death is just reincarnation, and enlightenment is just a matter of time. Well, in consideration of how much you have helped me, I can help you fulfill your wish, but I will not participate in your affairs." The Bottle Spirit sized up Han Li with a strange look and said.

Before his voice faded, the Bottle Spirit clasped his hands in front of his chest, and a layer of emerald green light enveloped his hands, quickly brightening and merging together.

The emerald green light came quickly and went quickly, and it soon dissipated.

The Bottle Spirit separated his hands, and a transparent small bottle the size of a thumb appeared in his palm. It was very similar to the Palm Heaven Bottle, and the aura it emitted was also very similar.

"This is the last bit of the Palm Heaven Bottle's power. You can treat it as a temporary Palm Heaven Bottle. Use this to return to the past and handle things yourself." The Bottle Spirit raised his hand and tossed the transparent small bottle to Han Li.

"Thank you, Senior." A trace of joy flashed in Han Li's eyes.

"With your current mastery of the law of time, you should be able to accurately find the time point in the past. However, this object does not contain much power, so it cannot allow you to stay in the past for too long, so you must act quickly." The Bottle Spirit thought for a moment and solemnly instructed.

"I understand. Thank you, Senior." Han Li nodded and bowed again to express his gratitude.

"Alright, Fellow Daoist Han, I have repaid your kindness. Let us part ways here, and we will never meet again." The Bottle Spirit waved his hand at Han Li and flew away into the distance.

Han Li was about to wave goodbye, but at this moment, the Bottle Spirit seemed unable to stay for even half a moment and disappeared from view in the blink of an eye.

He stretched out his hand and froze in mid-air, somewhat self-deprecatingly touching his nose.

Then, he turned his gaze to the transparent small bottle in his hand and pondered for a moment before casting a spell and pointing.

A golden light shot out from his fingertip and entered the bottle.

A layer of green light immediately appeared on the surface of the transparent small bottle, and faint runes flickered on it. The power of time nearby immediately fluctuated, seemingly controlled by the power emerging from the small bottle.

Han Li closed his eyes, silently sensing the transparent small bottle and the fluctuations of the surrounding power of time. It was a familiar yet unfamiliar feeling.

After a moment, he suddenly opened his eyes and cast a spell again with one hand.

The green light on the small bottle suddenly intensified, enveloping Han Li's body and flying toward the depths of the space-time tunnel.

Enveloped by the light of the small bottle, Han Li felt no effect from the surrounding space-time tunnel and flew forward extremely quickly.

However, the originally translucent bottle wall of the small bottle was slowly becoming more transparent.

Han Li's heart tightened, and he hurriedly calmed his mind and controlled the bottle more carefully.

After flying forward for about a quarter of an hour, his gaze froze.

"Almost… this should be it." Han Li muttered to himself and waved his hand.

A dark green light shot out from his fingertip and struck the space-time tunnel.

With a "chi la" sound, a white mark was immediately cut out of the space-time tunnel, and an incomparably blinding white light burst out from it.

He felt his whole body lighten as he was thrown out of the space-time tunnel. His eyes lit up, and he appeared in the sky above a boundless desert.

Rumble!

The nearby void trembled violently, unable to withstand the pressure on Han Li's body, and large areas began to collapse.

He hurriedly used the Myriad Apertures Vacuity Art to try his best to restrain his aura and the surging power of laws within his body.

Han Li's eyebrows twitched. Although his cultivation level had regressed to the peak of the Grand Luo Realm, his control over the law of time within his body was even more fluid, and his aura was restrained even more naturally.

The collapse of the nearby void immediately stopped, but it was still fluctuating violently like the surface of water.

Han Li could not care about these things at the moment and spread out his divine sense.

Immediately afterward, his brow furrowed, and he exclaimed inwardly, "Crap, the manipulation of space power is not quite right. This is not the Spirit World!"

Without the assistance of the Bottle Spirit, he could not perfectly control this transparent small bottle and had been teleported to such a place, but it should not have deviated too far.

This place was an unfamiliar interface, filled with yellow sand. He did not know where it was.

Although the small bottle in Han Li's hand was not being urged at the moment, he could clearly feel that the power it contained was still slowly dissipating.

He could not help but feel a little anxious. He immediately cast a spell, golden lightning flashed on his body, and he disappeared into thin air. The next moment, he appeared inside a huge sand castle-shaped building, where many alien race cultivators with horns on their heads and scales on their bodies lived.

The void around Han Li was still fluctuating, causing the sand castle to shake constantly.

The alien race cultivators were shocked. Several powerful alien race cultivators who had reached the Integration Stage immediately roared and pounced toward Han Li, but they could not get close at all.

Han Li was now pressed for time and could not care about shocking the world. He waved his hand and grabbed an alien race cultivator with the highest cultivation level and used the Soul Searching Art.

"So that's how it is. This is the Yellow Sand World. It's not very far from the Spirit World. Fortunately, it hasn't deviated too much." Han Li breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and threw away the alien race cultivator. Lightning flashed on his body, and he disappeared again.

The alien race people in the sand castle could not help but look at each other in dismay. Everything that had happened in the blink of an eye was like a dream.

The alien race cultivator who had been grabbed and thrown away by Han Li felt as if he had walked on the edge of death. Although there was nothing unusual about his body, he was trembling all over with lingering fear.