A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal Realm

Chapter 1064: Illusion

The Time Dao Runes on the Mantra Treasured Axis lit up one after another, then began to drift out of the axis before fusing as one with the surrounding spirit domain.

At the same time, the Mantra Treasured Axis itself also rose up into the air, hanging above Han Li like a full moon while giving off rays of golden light.

Immediately thereafter, the golden hourglass descended to the ground, and all of the golden sand particles inside rapidly spilled out, reaching Qi Mozi in the blink of an eye.

Qi Mozi was naturally rather taken aback by this turn of events, and he clearly had some reservations about setting foot onto the golden sand particles below.

However, after a brief hesitation, he stepped down onto the Illusory Dawn Sand, and in doing so, he felt his own movements become a little more sluggish, but he was still quickly approaching Han Li.

However, right at this moment, the three remaining time-attribute law treasures also began to display some changes.

The golden liquid within the Clear Time Vial came pouring out as a radiant golden river, while the Eastern Vicissitudes Divine Tree planted itself into the golden sand on the ground before manifesting an entire forest, and at the same time, the Time Severing Torch rose up into the air before scattering into countless specks of fire that resembled stars in a night sky.

An astonished look appeared in Qi Mozi's eyes upon seeing this, and he reflexively stopped in his tracks.

Even Han Li himself was feeling quite startled by all of this. It seemed that his five time-attribute law treasures had fused as one with his time spirit domain to elevate the latter into a Creation Tier spirit domain.

All of a sudden, the time law power fluctuations in his spirit domain became several times more formidable than before, and golden ripples surging throughout the spirit domain were more evenly matched against Qi Mozi's Time Severing Flowing Fire, but ultimately Qi Mozi still held the upper hand thanks to his cultivation base advantage.

"I knew it! You really did inherit Master's Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra, and you've already cultivated it to the point that it can resonate with your spirit domain! No matter what happens, I'm not letting you get away this time!" Qi Mozi said as the astonishment on his face turned to excitement.

Immediately thereafter, he drew his black hatchet back into his grasp before swinging it down upon Han Li's head.

At this moment, Han Li was still barely able to move, and all he could do was channel his Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts and true spirit bloodlines in unison, preparing to adopt his devilish deity form to withstand the oncoming attack.

However, right at this moment, numerous time law threads suddenly began flying out of the manifestations of Han Li's five time-attribute law treasures, and they quickly fused as one to form a ball of radiant five-colored light.

Qi Mozi's expression changed drastically at the sight of the ball of five-colored light, and all of a sudden, his entire body abruptly stiffened, as if he had become completely immobilized.

A bewildered look appeared in Han Li's eyes, and he could see layers upon layers of projections beginning to emerge from Qi Mozi's body under the ball of five-colored light, as countless avatars of himself were springing out of his body.

As more and more of these projections continued to emerge, the projections that had appeared first began to dissipate before disintegrating into clouds of gray smoke.

As these projections vanished one after another, some minute changes began to take place in Qi Mozi's body, and his aura was also displaying a change.

Han Li didn't know what set of circumstances had led to all of this, and he was terrified that any casual gesture from him could ruin everything.

Hence, all he could do was continue to channel his Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra without even the slightest deviation.

At the same time, his gaze remained fixed firmly upon Qi Mozi.

After some observation, he was astonished to discover that with the dissipation of each projection, Qi Mozi's cultivation base would diminish slightly. To put it more accurately, it was his age that was gradually reversing.

Every single one of those projections seemed to be a manifestation of countless years of Qi Mozi's life, and as they dissipated one after another, Qi Mozi was rapidly aging in reverse.

After no more than twenty seconds, Qi Mozi's aura had plummeted to the point that he was no longer even able to maintain an early-Great Encompassment Stage cultivation base.

Qi Mozi was struggling with all his might, but to no avail, and he yelled in an alarmed voice, "How is this possible? These are all just illusory manifestations, how are they capable of doing this to me?"

Han Li gritted his teeth tightly as he continued to channel his Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra with all his might.

He was confident that if he could persevere another twenty seconds or so, then Qi Mozi would age several more million years in reverse, and by then, he most likely wouldn't even be able to maintain a peak-High Zenith Stage cultivation base.

Unfortunately, things were not going according to plan. As time passed, the ball of five-colored light hovering above Qi Mozi was rapidly becoming dimmer and dimmer, and before long, it was on the verge of collapse.

A little more... Just a little more...

Han Li was persevering with all his might, but in the next instant, a dull thump rang out, and the ball of five-colored light finally faded away.

All of the time law threads within it had been exhausted of their time law powers, reducing them to translucent, attributeless threads.

Immediately thereafter, the moon in the spirit domain descended out of the sky, the stars faded, the mountains were smoothed out, the rivers ran dry, and the forest disappeared as all of the illusory manifestations vanished one after another.

The five time-attribute law treasures reverted back to their original forms, and they were all completely devoid of luster as they flew back into Han Li's body.

Before Qi Mozi had a chance to do anything, Han Li let loose a thunderous roar as he channeled his Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts and true spirit bloodlines in unison, transforming into a devilish deity with three heads and six arms.

Immediately thereafter, he threw a giant fist at Qi Mozi while also reaching toward him with a dragon claw that was covered in golden scales.

As soon as Qi Mozi was freed from the ball of five-colored light, he immediately made a hand seal before thrusting a palm forward, and the golden flame on his Time Severing Torch instantly reared up before pouncing at Han Li as a fiery dragon.

The fiery dragon was imbued with tremendous time law powers, and it passed through Han Li's fist and draconic claw at an inconceivable speed before hurtling directly toward his body.

The flow of time in the wake of the fiery dragon instantly fell stagnant, and the time-slowing effect was no less potent than when Qi Mozi possessed Great Encompassment Stage powers, so if Han Li were to be struck by this fiery dragon, then he would undoubtedly be completely immobilized.

However, Han Li was already prepared for such a scenario, and as soon as the fiery dragon appeared, his Profound Heavenly Gourd instantly appeared over his chest amid a flash of green light.

There was a rapidly revolving green vortex at the mouth of the vial, and its revolution also began to slow down as the fiery dragon drew closer, it didn't come to a complete stop.

Upon reaching the green vortex, the fiery dragon was sucked straight into the gourd, following which the mouth of the gourd was closed on its own, but the gourd itself continued to tremble incessantly.

Han Li had no time to examine the Profound Heavenly Gourd's condition as he pounced on this opportunity to lash out with his claw and fist with all his might.

Qi Mozi's cultivation base was currently very unstable due to the effects of the ball of five-colored light, and the abrupt disappearance of his fiery dragon into Han Li's Profound Heavenly Gourd had caught him completely off guard, so he wasn't able to react or retaliate at all before a wall of tremendous force crashed into his body.

A vast expanse of starlight erupted in all directions as Qi Mozi was sent flying back through the air.

The bones in his body were cracking and popping audibly as he threw up a mouthful of blood while glowering at Han Li with intense resentment in his eyes, and he flew all the way out of Ghost King Wu Chao's spirit domain before plummeting to the ground.

Han Li immediately prepared to set off in pursuit, only for Qi Mozi to rush away into the distance and vanish out of sight in the blink of an eye.

The ten ghostly generals and the Heavenly Water Sect cultivators locked in battle outside weren't even able to catch a clear glimpse of Qi Mozi before he vanished into the distant sky.

Han Li briefly considered going after Qi Mozi, but then quickly decided against that idea as he summoned his thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords and his Essence Fire Raven back to himself.

After that, he turned his attention to the battle taking place between Weeping Soul and Ghost King Wu Chao. At this point, the former's body was already riddled with wounds, and it was clear that she was very much on the back foot.

At this point, Ghost King Wu Chao had also already adopted his true form, which was a giant ghostly behemoth that was several thousand feet tall and clad in a suit of crimson armor, draped over which was a crimson robe.

There were sharp horns growing on his head and jagged fangs in his mouth, and whenever he exhaled, two plumes of putrid blood mist would surge out of his nostrils.

At this moment, he was holding a giant bone trident that was riddled with crimson runes, and there was black mist swirling around its three tips as he plunged it down at Weeping Soul's glabella.

A pillar of crimson light was blasting out of the vertical eye on Weeping Soul's glabella to clash against the trident and keep it at bay.

"Go!" Han Li yelled as he swept a sleeve through the air, and his thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords shot forth before releasing countless streaks of swordlight that came raining down upon Ghost King Wu Chao like a torrential storm of golden swords.