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

Chapter 1126: Battling Qi Mozi

At the same time, the area outside the Eon Pagoda had already descended into complete chaos.

A series of massive cracks had begun to appear over the entire pagoda, within which silver light was flashing incessantly, giving off bursts of formidable spatial fluctuations.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Before long, a steady stream of living beings of all types of different descriptions began rushing out of the silver light, and their cultivation bases varied drastically as well.

The cultivators stationed outside the pagoda were naturally quite startled by this, and they tried to flee the scene, but many of the living beings that flew out of the Eon Pagoda immediately attacked them on sight, leaving them with no choice but to stand and fight.

Initially, they were able to hold a comfortable upper hand thanks to their numbers advantage, but as more and more of these living beings continued to stream out of the pagoda, the tables gradually began to turn, and a horrific battle ensued in which both sides suffered severe casualties.

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Meanwhile, Han Li and Qu Lin were flying toward Qi Mozi, and even from afar, they could see Wyrm 3's reincarnation spirit domain, which encompassed an area that was hundreds of kilometers in size.

Inside her dark red spirit domain was another golden spirit domain, and that was none other than Qi Mozi's time spirit domain.

Upon flying into the two spirit domains, Lekima was instantly slowed down significantly.

An alarmed look appeared on its face, and gusts of fierce, white wind began sweeping out of its hooves, stirring up the surrounding space and restoring much of its original speed.

In the instant that Han Li and Qu Lin flew onto the scene, the former immediately released his own time spirit domain to encompass the two of them, and they discovered that Qi Mozi was already locked in a battle against Wyrm 3 and the others.

"Hand over what you obtained from the altar, and we'll let you go," Wyrm 3 yelled.

"What threat do you pose to me now that I have the Eon Divine Lamp?" Qi Mozi harrumphed coldly.

"What if we throw ourselves into the mix as well?" Han Li asked, and Qi Mozi's expression instantly changed slightly at the sight of him, Lekima, and Qu Lin.

Wyrm 3 and the others were already quite troublesome to deal with, so he would certainly struggle immensely to take on Han Li's trio in addition to them.

On top of that, Qu Lin, Liu Zizai, and Lekima were all Great Encompassment cultivators, so even with the Eon Divine Lamp in his possession, this was still clearly a losing battle.

However, instead of displaying any fear or timidity, a sly grin appeared on his face as he flipped a hand over to produce a palm-sized, crimson tablet.

"This is your bonded soul tablet, right? If you don't want me to destroy it, then kill him!" Qi Mozi commanded as his gaze fell upon Liu Zizai.

Liu Zizai could see that Qi Mozi was pointing directly at Han Li, and a hesitant look appeared on his face.

"Hurry up or I'll crush this tablet right now!" Qi Mozi threatened in a menacing fashion.

"My apologies..."

A hint of indignation flashed through Liu Zizai's eyes, following which he began to fly toward Han Li, only to be intercepted by Qu Lin.

"I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Old Man Liu."

Lekima hesitated momentarily, then conjured up a massive tornado that swept up Qu Lin and Liu Zizai before sending them flying far away into the distance.

"How about now? With those three gone, do you still dare to challenge me?" Qi Mozi sneered.

Han Li, Fox 3, and Wyrm 3 exchanged a glance and a nod, and the three of them split up to surround Qi Mozi in a triangular formation.

"I admire your courage, but I'm assuming your courage only stands on the basis that you don't know the true power of the Eon Divine Lamp," Qi Mozi sneered, and a hint of foreboding welled up in the hearts of Han Li's trio upon hearing this.

"Let me show you what you're dealing with!" Qi Mozi declared as he swept a sleeve through the air, releasing the Eon Divine Lamp, while began to revolve incessantly before him.

His aura instantly began to swell drastically as his robes flapped audibly despite the absence of wind, and a golden torch emerged in front of him.

A fervent look appeared in his eyes as his gaze fell upon the torch and the Eon Divine Lamp, and countless rays of golden light instantly erupted out of the flame at the center of the lamp, making it resemble a dazzling, golden sun that was hanging in the sky, releasing layers upon layers of golden ripples that caused the nearby clouds to churn violently.

The sense of foreboding in Han Li's heart instantly became more pronounced upon seeing this, and he hurriedly yelled, "Stop him!"

At the same time, he channeled his Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts with all his might while sweeping a sleeve through the air to release thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, which combined to form a single sword that hurtled directly toward Qi Mozi.

Wyrm 3 immediately followed his lead, releasing an octagonal badge, which, in turn, released a huge cloud of dark red mist that formed an imposing wall before advancing toward Qi Mozi.

At the same time, Fox 3 lashed out with his Heavenly Fox Bloodform Saber, unleashing a massive, crimson blade projection that was several thousand feet in length, slicing through the very heavens en route to Qi Mozi.

Their attacks were all extremely formidable, and even the average Great Encompassment cultivator definitely wouldn't have dared to disregard them.

However, Qi Mozi seemed to have been completely oblivious to the danger that he was in as he focused the entirety of his attention on bringing his Time Severing Torch and the Eon Divine Lamp together.

Right as the attacks from Han Li's trio were about to fall upon him, the Time Severing Torch and the Eon Divine Lamp finally fused together, and in the same instant, a burst of blinding, golden light was released.

The golden light was countless times brighter than even the light of the sun, forcing Han Li's trio to shield their own eyes.

Han Li heard a resounding boom coming from Qi Mozi's direction, immediately following which he was sent flying back through the air in an involuntary fashion by a burst of tremendous force.

After steadying himself, Han Li immediately made a beckoning motion to drawn his Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword back into his grasp, following which he cast his gaze toward Qi Mozi, and he was greeted by the sight of an enormous shadow that resembled a giant pillar.

However, it was only after the smoke cleared that he discovered that the so-called giant pillar was actually none other than the Eon Divine Lamp, which had swelled to over a thousand feet tall!

"Is that... the Eon Divine Lamp?" Wyrm 3 exclaimed.

Han Li turned to her to discover that her hair was a little messy and disheveled, but she was unharmed.

"It looks like he must've used some type of secret technique to completely take control of the Eon Divine Lamp. However, there's no way that he can keep this up for long, so we just have to weather the storm," Han Li said with slightly furrowed brows.

"I don't think it's that simple," Fox 3 said as he flew over to join them, and he was also looking a little disheveled. "Even though he's somehow made the lamp expand to such an enormous size, its aura has remained completely restrained and self-contained, and that's not normal at all."

"You're right," Han Li said as a grim look appeared on his face. "Qi Mozi has somehow managed to fuse the Eon Divine Lamp with his spirit domain, making it resemble a domain spirit of sorts. This could spell trouble for us."

Right at this moment, Qi Mozi appeared on the Eon Divine Lamp, standing on one of its lotus flower petals as he looked down at Han Li's trio with a triumphant smile on his face.

"What do you think of your chances now, Fellow Daoist Han?" he yelled in a goading voice.

Before Han Li had a chance to reply, he cast an incantation seal into the lamp beneath him, and it shuddered violently, as did the flame within it, which then exploded into countless golden fireballs that erupted in all directions.

Han Li's trio hurriedly scattered to take evasive measures upon seeing this.

After the golden fireballs landed on the ground, they refused to dissipate. Instead, they transformed into countless golden lamps, each of which was around ten feet tall, resembling miniature clones of the massive Eon Divine Lamp.

These golden lamps were littered throughout the entire spirit domain, with one present roughly every one hundred or so feet.

Han Li quickly discovered that with the emergence of these miniature lamps, the time law power fluctuations in Qi Mozi's spirit domain had swelled in potency by tenfold, so even though Han Li's trio were sheltered within his time spirit domain, their movements were still severely inhibited.

Right at this moment, Qi Mozi swept both sleeves through the air, and countless specks of red light flew out from within, instantly taking up a large section of the sky above.

"Those are Fire Age Fireflies!" Han Li yelled in an alarmed manner, and as soon as his voice trailed off, the swarm of Fire Age Fireflies split up into three before flying toward Han Li's trio.

Wyrm 3 and Fox 3 hurriedly adopted defensive measures to protect themselves upon hearing this.

A layer of silver light that was riddled with runes emerged over Wyrm 3's robes, giving off a burst of spatial law powers that enveloped her entire body.

Meanwhile, a suit of silver armor emerged over Fox 3's body, covering him from head to toe.