"The Grey World wants to first secure its footing, establish a foundation, and lay the groundwork for future expansion. As for the Heavenly Court... on the one hand, it's naturally to ensure the smooth convening of the Bodhi Banquet and maintain superficial stability, prioritizing the overall situation of the Bodhi Banquet. On the other hand, the Samsara Temple is also a factor, after all, the Samsara Temple poses the greatest threat to the Heavenly Court at present," Han Li said slowly.

"It's just that these sentient beings in the occupied Immortal Realms are suffering..." Zi Ling sighed.

"Let's go, we don't have much time," Han Li said.

With that, the two flew up, transforming into a streak of light, leaving the Ancient Cloud Continent, and heading towards the Desolate Ripple Continent.

As the two entered the sea, the further they went, the deeper the color of the sea became, gradually changing from an initial azure blue to a dark blackish purple.

Above the sea, clusters of dark clouds gathered, forming a vast expanse.

Looking out, the huge cloud mass stretched out to the horizon, layered upon layered, pressing down so low that the distance between it and the sea surface was only sixty or seventy feet.

At this moment, a violent wind howled across the sea, and the waves churned, the huge waves crashing and booming, constantly sweeping towards the overhead dark clouds, forming a unique spectacle of sea and sky merging.

"Rumble"

Accompanied by booming sounds, bright flashes of light occasionally streaked through the heavy clouds, and thick pillars of lightning tore through the dense dark clouds, slamming down on the sea, illuminating the gloomy waters with patches of brilliant white light.

Even before entering the Lightning Sea, Han Li could already feel the raging power of the lightning.

Even the mist released by the Grey World dared not approach this sea area.

"You return to the Flower Branch Grotto; wait for me there. The commotion here will be quite large in a moment," Han Li said to Zi Ling, gazing at the Lightning Sea in the distance.

"Alright," Zi Ling nodded, saying.

After Zi Ling entered the grotto, Han Li did not continue to ride the wind, but with a wave of his palm, summoned the seventy-two Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords.

He leaped into the void, his feet landing on one of the flying swords, riding the sword as he had not done in a long time.

The remaining seventy-one Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords all surrounded him, constantly flying back and forth, as if forming a solid defensive sword array, protecting him in the center.

Han Li's eyes narrowed, and he looked towards the depths of the Lightning Sea. With a lunge, he led all the flying swords straight towards the center of the Lightning Sea.

"Rumble"

As soon as he entered the range of the thunderclouds, a huge bolt of purple lightning descended from the sky, striking directly towards Han Li.

Han Li did not even bother to glance at it. One of the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords took the initiative to meet it, without using any sword techniques, simply blocking the lightning strike for Han Li.

The lightning struck the flying sword, instantly emitting a metallic trembling sound, as if the flying sword itself was crying out in pain. Purple electric arcs splashed across its surface, spreading like a spiderweb.

After this strike, Han Li's forward speed not only did not increase, but slowed down even further. Almost every hundred feet he advanced, a bolt of purple lightning would strike down.

And his Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords would take turns flying up, one by one, to block those bolts of lightning.

At first, there was nothing unusual about the flying swords, but as the lightning continued to strike, fine lightning patterns began to appear on all seventy-two Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords.

"As expected..." Han Li murmured to himself with a smile, glancing around.

As he gradually went deeper, the lightning in the depths of the cloud sea became more and more dense, and the power of the lightning gradually became stronger and stronger. Purple, azure, gold, and silver lightning mixed together, constantly striking down towards Han Li.

All the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords no longer needed to take turns receiving the lightning strikes, but cooperated with each other to surround Han Li in the center, constantly welcoming the lightning's bombardment.

Flying inward like this for more than half a month, Han Li constantly traversed through lightning vortexes and mist tide lightning storms, several times being caught in incredibly powerful tornado lightning storms, but in the end, he safely made it through each time.

The seventy-two Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords also became more and more powerful under the continuous tempering of the Lightning Sea.

With a "boom," an explosion sounded!

Hundreds of golden lightning bolts struck down from the high sky at the same time, like a golden waterfall of lightning with immense momentum pouring straight down. All the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords flew out, connecting end to end, like forming an arched bridge, horizontally across Han Li's head.

The golden lightning waterfall crashed down, striking the flying swords one after another, emitting bursts of electric current surging sounds, a heaven-shaking "sizzle," countless golden electric arcs shooting out, as dazzling and beautiful as fiery trees and silver flowers.

On the surface of all the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords, lightning patterns appeared, as if cracks had formed, and the power of the laws of lightning contained within became more and more refined and profound, naturally formed. They no longer looked like treasures refined after birth, but rather like Xuan Tian Slashing Spirit Sword, innate objects of the law of lightning.

Han Li stood under the "sword bridge," gazing forward calmly through the splashing electric sparks.

In the void there, a huge black hole suddenly appeared.

Within the hole, there was a blurry shadow, disturbed by the surging aftershocks of lightning, making it impossible to see clearly.

But in Han Li's heart, he knew very well what it was.

He raised his hand and waved it, his sleeves rolled over, and the space in front of him froze for a moment. All the golden lightning arcs and surging lightning fluctuations were swept aside by him as easily as dust.

From within that black hole, a huge eye finally appeared.

Han Li's heart tightened, and the scene of his first encounter with this "Eye of Lightning" surfaced in his mind.

In his memory, that eye was only a few hundred feet in size, its entire body presented in an orange-yellow color, with a slender vertical line in the pupil position, and cold light flashing in its gaze.

Back then, he had only glanced at it, and a terrifying aura had struck him from afar, causing considerable damage to his spirit.

With his spiritual power at the time, he could not see the full picture behind this eye, and had even speculated that its true form should be a colossal beast entrenched here.

Now, he appeared again before this terrifying eye, his strength was no longer as weak as it had been, but the moment he saw the eye, his mind could not help but stir.

It turned out that his previous guess that there should still be a body behind the giant eye did not exist. Within this black hole, there was only this lonely eyeball.

As he stared at this eyeball, the orange-yellow eyeball slowly rotated and "looked" towards Han Li's side.

A thunderous roar echoed in Han Li's sea of consciousness.

In his sea of consciousness, a huge gap was suddenly torn open in the sky, causing his head to split with pain, making it almost impossible for him to control himself. This impact was more than ten thousand times stronger than it had been back then.

However, in the next moment, a faint light spread across Han Li's sea of consciousness, instantly mending the crack, and even the turbulent waves in his sea of consciousness were smoothed over, immediately calming down.

Now, he had completed the cultivation of all seven volumes of the Refinement God Technique, and the strength of his spiritual power was beyond compare.

Han Li's eyes narrowed, and the Great Five Elements Illusionary World Mantra within his body began to operate. A round moon rose high into the air, shining with scorching golden light, revealing the true form of the True Word Treasure Wheel.

In the hollow center of the Treasure Wheel, a large golden vertical eye floated, its eyelids tightly closed.

"Today, Han will see what kind of sacred being you are!" Han Li said, staring at the orange-yellow eyeball.

With that, he moved his mind and immediately activated that Eye of Truth.

As the dense World Dao patterns on the True Word Treasure Wheel lit up, the Eye of Truth trembled slightly, and the golden eyelids separated to the left and right, revealing a golden eyeball from within.

As the eyelids suddenly opened, the circle of strange runes in the Eye of Truth immediately spun rapidly, and a faint golden light was projected from the pupil.

Han Li's mind moved, and he no longer used his original eyes to see things, but looked at the orange-yellow giant eye through the golden vertical eye.

He saw that the giant eye was emitting strands of golden threads, intertwined with each other, gradually reconstructing its original huge form, bit by bit, before Han Li's eyes.

Han Li's brows could not help but raise at the sight, and his heart was quite shocked.

He saw that the re-condensed figure had a body like an ox, but with dragon horns on its head. Its body was huge, not to mention that its round belly had ancient runes on it, and there was only one thick leg under its body, which looked a bit like a black giant hammer at first glance. Behind it, there was also a long tail like a whip.

"Isn't this the 'Lei Kui'?" Han Li could not help but mutter to himself.

Han Li was no stranger to Lei Kui. In the past, he had used this beast's true patterns to inscribe runes on his Dao soldiers. He never expected that the giant eye in this Lightning Sea was actually a Lei Kui relic.

However, upon closer inspection, Han Li found something wrong. The runes on this Lei Kui's body were all different from what he had seen in the past. They were patterns with the true meaning of lightning, which ordinary Lei Kui could never possess.

Han Li's mind moved, and the power of the law of time within his body surged out, merging into the Eye of Truth.

The eyeball, which seemed to be cast in golden juice, immediately whirled around, and the golden light that poured out from it became more and more intense.

In an instant, the flow of time in the entire Lightning Sea was interrupted, the entire void seemed to freeze, but only the figure of the Lei Kui moved inexplicably.

Between the flow of light and shadow, pillars of lightning emerged from the nine heavens, and the heavenly gate above seemed to open, flowing out thousands of strands of various colors of lightning, all of which struck the Lei Kui's body.

Its seemingly indestructible body was annihilated inch by inch, turning into brilliant streamers and flying into the heavenly gate in the high sky.

However, the Lei Kui seemed unwilling to do so, making silent roars, and the violent electric arcs condensed all over its body directly cut its body in half. Half of it was swallowed by the heavenly gate, but the other half surged towards its left eye.

Until the entire body turned to ashes and dissipated between heaven and earth, only this orange-yellow giant eye was left, suspended alone between the sea and the sky.