167: Demon Star Time and Space Bone Land

“You…”

“Get the situation straight. Do you, right now, have the qualifications to negotiate terms with me?”

Han Li’s voice rang out, and a monstrous Aura pressed down on Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor’s shoulders like a mountain.

An incredibly heavy sensation swept over him.

Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor’s face was pale as he looked at Han Li.

“This Treasure Trove belongs to an Ancient Supreme. If one can obtain its Treasure Trove, achieving even the Supreme Paragon is not a problem.”

Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor whispered.

“Continue,” Han Li said, his expression unchanged, his gaze cold as he looked at Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor.

“You… if you sign a mental contract and promise to spare my life, I will tell you,” Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor said, looking at him.

“Where is this Ancient Supreme’s Treasure Trove located?” Han Li asked indifferently.

“It’s in the North Sea. As long as you agree to sign the mental contract, I will tell you.”

Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor spoke.

Han Li looked at Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor, his gaze calm.

“Since you know about this Ancient Supreme’s Treasure Trove, why didn’t you go yourself?” Han Li asked indifferently.

“Before, it was a matter of time. I was planning to go after I finished up here, but I didn’t expect to run into you,” Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor said.

Han Li looked at it, and Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor also looked at Han Li.

“This Treasure Trove does exist, and the Treasure Trove map is within my body. As long as you sign a mental contract and promise to spare me, I will give you the Treasure Trove map,” Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor spoke again.

“If you don’t agree, then I can directly destroy the Treasure Trove map. Your strength is great, but I can guarantee that I have the ability to destroy the Treasure Trove map before you kill me.”

Han Li remained silent.

After a while, he finally spoke: “Alright, write the mental contract.”

Hearing this, Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor revealed joy. Immediately, his demonic power surged, and his mental power emerged, displaying a resplendent golden mental contract before him.

Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor left his contract mark. Han Li looked at the content of the mental contract, his expression unchanged. With a thought, a wisp of mental will flew out and was branded within it.

In an instant, the mental contract transformed into two rays of light that surged into the bodies of the man and the demon.

However, the moment the light entered his body, the Heaven and Earth Demon Seed pulsed, and the incoming light was directly shattered.

Han Li calmly looked at Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor.

“You can take it out now.”

A calm voice rang out, and Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor smiled, opening his mouth and spitting out a ball of light.

Han Li’s gaze followed, and within the light was a parchment scroll.

On the parchment scroll was a map.

The marked location was an island.

“This is the Treasure Trove map. You can use the ruyi compass to search for this location, and you’ll find it,” Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor said.

Han Li’s expression remained unchanged. He spread his hand and, in front of Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor, searched for the island marked on the map.

Demon Star Island!

Soon, it appeared in the ruyi compass.

This island indeed existed, located deep within the North Sea. Even at his speed, it would take some time to reach his current location.

Putting away the ruyi compass, Han Li looked at the parchment map again.

This was a special type of demon beast skin, already yellowed, and it looked like it had endured a long time.

The parchment map marked the Treasure Trove location on Demon Star Island, deep within Demon Star Island.

The annotation was very clear: by going deep into the marked location on Demon Star Island, one could discover it.

“I’ve already given you the Treasure Trove map. According to the contract, you must let me go,” Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor said, looking at Han Li.

“What if this map is fake?” Han Li asked indifferently.

“The Treasure Trove map is definitely real. I’ve already signed a mental contract, don’t you believe me?” Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor said.

“In that case…”

“Alright then.” Han Li nodded, putting away the Treasure Trove map in his hand. A smile appeared on Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor’s face.

But suddenly, a platinum divine light flashed.

Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor immediately felt a fatal sense of crisis.

“Pfft—!”

A platinum divine sword sliced through his chest, and blood flowed out.

Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor’s body slammed onto the Formation, spitting out blood.

“You dare to violate the contract!” Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor glared at Han Li.

“Boom—!”

Han Li’s figure vanished from its original spot. The next second, the air exploded, and a punch landed on Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor’s chest.

Crack~

The sound of bones breaking rang out. Three hundred million jun of power erupted, sweeping through with destructive force. Even a Demon Emperor’s Physical Body couldn’t withstand the power of this punch.

“Whoosh!”

Before Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor could launch any counterattack, Han Li activated the Heavenly Thunder Sword again. With a sweep of his sword, Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor was heavily injured once more.

“Roar—!”

With an angry roar, Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor directly revealed his true form, but it was already too late. Han Li activated the Azure Emperor Wood Monarch Fist, unleashing the Azure Emperor Dharma Image, and condensed a brilliant fist print that slammed directly onto Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor’s head.

“Boom—!”

The mountains trembled, and destructive power spread and swept through.

The fist print directly annihilated Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor.

His essence, Qi, and spirit vanished, and vast Blood Qi surged into his body.

Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor, fallen!

Han Li waved his hand, and the great Formation vanished.

Looking at the deceased Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor, his expression remained completely unchanged.

With a wave of his hand, magical power surged, sealing Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor’s Physical Body.

Heaven and Earth Demon Seed (Level 9 98%)

“Still no Breakthrough… two percent short.” Looking at the panel before him, Han Li sighed.

Just two percent short, and his Heaven and Earth Demon Seed could Breakthrough to Level 9.

“I wonder what changes will occur when it Breakthroughs to Level 9…” Han Li looked at the Heaven and Earth Demon Seed in his mind.

Vaguely, he felt that when the Heaven and Earth Demon Seed Breakthroughs to Level 9, some kind of change would definitely happen.

However, he didn’t know what this change would be.

“Two percent short, no rush. Just take down a few more Demon Kings, or kill another Demon Emperor, and it can Breakthrough…”

A thought flashed through his mind. Han Li calmed himself, released the sealed Blood Qi, and charged the Divine Apertures… In less than an incense stick’s time, Han Li, with the help of Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor’s Blood Qi, charged through fifteen Divine Apertures in one go.

He had now charged a total of ninety-five Divine Apertures.

After charging fifteen more Divine Apertures, Han Li’s magical power doubled again, becoming even more profound.

The Heaven and Earth Power he could communicate with also became more expansive.

He was not far from the Divine Aperture Realm Middle Stage.

The Azure Wood Earth Emperor Skill requires charging three hundred and sixty Divine Apertures to be considered at Perfection.

Far exceeding one hundred and eight.

And the benefits were also obvious: the more Divine Apertures charged, the wider the Heaven and Earth Power communicated.

At that time, upon Breakthrough to the Divine Treasury, he would be able to obtain even stronger Heaven and Earth Power to temper his secret Treasury.

The gap was truly widening.

Stabilizing his Aura, Han Li opened his eyes.

He looked at the Demon Emperor’s Physical Body not far away.

A Demon Emperor-level Physical Body was an existence that had endured Heavenly Tribulation. Its Physical Body itself was a Treasure.

“First, refine the Dragon Elephant True Blood, and then dissect the rest.”

Han Li looked at the sealed Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor’s Physical Body and immediately began the extraction process.

A demon core, about the size of a fist, was taken out. Magical power and divine fire enveloped it, removing the demonic Qi within.

At the same time, Han Li allocated more magical power to burn it with divine fire.

Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor possessed the Ancient Dragon Elephant Bloodline, so extracting it was even easier than extracting True Blood from a ferocious beast.

A slight burning would yield Dragon Elephant True Blood… An hour later, a large cauldron, over three meters tall, stood before Han Li.

Inside, it was filled with refined Dragon Elephant True Blood, with the demonic Qi removed.

Han Li also threw Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor’s demon core into it.

He obtained an astonishing amount of True Blood.

Stripping off his clothes, Han Li directly entered the large cauldron. Activating the Dragon Elephant Overlord Body Art, Han Li fully absorbed the Dragon Elephant True Blood within.

Deep within his flesh and blood, the Dragon Elephant Divine Embryo let out a roar.

The Dragon Elephant True Blood within decreased at a visible rate.

One Dragon Elephant Primordial Embryo after another was cultivated, and the power of the Dragon Elephant greatly increased… A day later, in the bronze cauldron, Han Li leaped out, dressed in his clothes.

Standing before the bronze cauldron, Han Li felt the changes within his body.

This was not his first time absorbing Dragon Elephant True Blood to Cultivate, but unlike before, this time the Dragon Elephant True Blood came from a Demon Emperor-level existence.

Demon Emperor-level Dragon Elephant True Blood.

Although both were Dragon Elephant True Blood, the difference was enormous.

The Dragon Elephant Divine Embryo had increased by three hundred.

The total number of Dragon Elephant Primordial Embryos reached five thousand!

Five thousand Dragon Elephant Primordial Embryos, of which there were a full one thousand two hundred Dragon Elephant Divine Embryos.

He once again condensed two Dragon Elephant Divine Symbols in one go, and nine Dragon Elephant Divine Symbols shone upon his flesh and blood.

His Physical Body was further enhanced.

His strength increased by sixty million jun, reaching three hundred and sixty million jun of power.

His physique improved. With the power of the Dragon Elephant True Blood, Han Li also broke through five Divine Apertures, breaking through a hundred secret Divine Apertures in total, connecting to a thousand li of Heaven and Earth Power.

This was a greater improvement than he had anticipated.

The Dragon Elephant Power flowed within his body, a surging force capable of crushing everything.

He had once again broken the limit of power in the Divine Aperture Realm.

Han Li knew that this was far from his limit.

With enough Blood Qi, his Physical Body strength alone could contend with a Divine Treasury, which was not a problem.

His strength was comparable to that of a humanoid Ancient Vicious Beast.

Calming his mind, Han Li looked at the Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor’s corpse and quickly began dissecting it.

These were all treasures. The Demon Emperor’s flesh and blood had many uses for him.

He could fuse it with other Materials for Alchemy.

He could also use it to enhance himself.

Han Li had also neatly dissected the flesh and blood of the other three Demon Emperors, and the three Demon Emperor-level demon cores were classified and sealed.

With a thought, Han Li left the embroidered rivers and mountains map.

In the dark cave, Han Li’s figure appeared.

Stepping out of the cave, he put away the Puppet. Looking at the boundless North Sea, Han Li took out the parchment map.

“Demon Star Island…”

“From the location, it’s not too far off from my current direction, so I’ll go to Demon Star Island first to take a look.”

After carefully examining the parchment map, Han Li put it away, took out the ruyi compass, confirmed the direction and location, and with the Kun Peng Wings manifested, he flapped them and vanished from his original spot… Half a month passed in a flash.

Han Li traveled through the vast North Sea.

In half a month, he had also eliminated many Demon Kings. However, the Heaven and Earth Demon Seed still hadn’t Breakthrough, only increasing by one percent.

Compared to the rapid increase from killing a Demon Emperor, it was like heaven and earth.

In half a month, Han Li had already ventured deep into the North Sea.

The North Sea was vast, its waters expansive, practically boundless.

In the thousand-zhang high clouds, Han Li walked on the clouds.

His gaze swept across the horizon, and an island appeared in his sight.

A hundred-li-sized island. His Divine Sense probed, and this island was just a deserted island.

No one lived there, and only some wild beasts roamed the island.

“This is Demon Star Island…”

Stepping on white clouds, Han Li looked at the hundred-li island.

The mountains were high and the forests dense, like a primordial land.

And the name of the island, it looked like it was more than just a little off.

Han Li took out the sheepskin scroll, then took out the ruyi compass for comparison.

After repeated confirmation, he had to admit one fact: this desolate island in front of him was Demon Star Island.

“Whoosh—!”

Taking a step into the void, Han Li transformed into a golden light and descended upon Demon Star Island.

His Divine Sense probed, but he didn’t detect anything special.

It was no different from an ordinary desolate island in the vast sea.

Standing on a reef, Han Li took out the sheepskin scroll and examined it carefully.

The Treasure Trove location on it was deep within the island, meaning it was inside the island.

With a single stride, Han Li arrived at the center of the island.

Here, weeds grew in abundance.

From within the mountain forest, a rustle sounded, and a black and white Vicious Beast appeared in Han Li’s sight.

It was a bear.

Black and white, it was the “Panda” from Han Li’s deep memories!

Man and bear faced each other, and seemingly sensing the terrifying Aura emanating from Han Li, the bear showed a hint of fear.

Han Li glanced at the bear, raised a hand, and a divine light shot into the bear’s body.

“Roar—!”

The bear roared, its entire body glowing, as it rolled on the ground.

After a short while, the commotion stopped, and the bear looked at Han Li, a human-like expression in its eyes, nodding its head towards Han Li, then turned and disappeared into the mountain forest.

Watching the bear disappear, Han Li smiled, then with a thought, the Heavenly Thunder Sword manifested before him.

The sword tip plunged into the ground, and with a movement of Han Li’s magic power, the Heavenly Thunder Sword began to spin rapidly, directly drilling deep underground.

Its speed was very fast; he was probably the first person to use a Dao Artifact to dig a pit.

Watching the Heavenly Thunder Sword continuously drill downwards, Han Li’s magic power moved, enveloping his entire body, and he followed the Heavenly Thunder Sword directly towards the core of Demon Star Island.

Ten zhang, a hundred zhang!

The Heavenly Thunder Sword spun rapidly downwards, crushing rocks, and Han Li followed behind, constantly descending.

Even hard rock could not withstand the power of a Dao Artifact.

They continued to go deeper.

He had descended a full hundred li, but it still hadn’t stopped.

According to the sheepskin scroll, this Treasure Trove was located in a space about one million zhang deep.

Very deep.

It was directly deep into the North Sea.

With the Heavenly Thunder Sword clearing the way, Han Li didn’t encounter too much difficulty.

He calculated the distance he had descended.

At this moment, he had already gone one hundred thousand zhang deep.

According to the location on the sheepskin scroll, he had only covered one-tenth of the distance.

Darkness enveloped them, and the Heavenly Thunder Sword continuously rotated, clearing the path.

Han Li followed, descending... An hour passed, and Han Li was already close to one million zhang deep.

The Heavenly Thunder Sword continued to spin downwards.

Suddenly, a wisp of light appeared in the darkness.

Han Li and the Heavenly Thunder Sword arrived in an underground space.

It was a space like an underground cave.

Its scope was approximately several hundred zhang in size.

Its height was about a dozen zhang.

Han Li’s gaze swept around; some natural special crystals on the ceiling emitted light, illuminating this underground cave.

“Is this the Treasure Trove?” Han Li frowned.

The location matched the sheepskin scroll, but it didn’t seem to have much to do with a Treasure Trove.

It looked like a naturally formed cave.

Han Li couldn't survey it completely with a single glance.

His Divine Sense moved, directly probing outwards from himself as the center.

“Hmm?”

“There’s something!”

Han Li looked in a certain direction deep within the cave, his eyes lit up, and his figure instantly vanished from the spot.

In an instant, he arrived deep within the cave.

Deep within the cave, there was a three-zhang-tall bronze door.

On the bronze door, a pattern was carved, looking somewhat ferocious.

Looking at the bronze door in front of him, Han Li attempted to probe with his Divine Sense, but couldn't get any results.

A special power on the bronze door blocked his Divine Sense probe.

Moreover, this special power was very strong.

There was a sense of powerlessness, as if facing the Heaven and Earth.

With the special power covering the bronze door, Han Li tried to push it with his hand, but due to the presence of the special power, even if he exerted his full strength, the bronze door remained unharmed.

It looked as if this bronze door was embedded in the rock wall, but in reality, Han Li was certain that behind this bronze door should be an independent space-time.

Even if he escaped into the rock wall, it would be useless.

He had to break through the special power to enter through the bronze door.

After several attempts, pushing with strength and activating his magic power, the bronze door remained unharmed.

“This special power should be a power of rules. Only a Supreme Paragon can control rules... It seems the Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor was right; this is indeed a place of an Ancient Supreme.”

Looking at the bronze door in front of him, Han Li felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

Enveloped by the power of rules, it was impossible for him to break through.

The power of rules of a Supreme Paragon was not something his strength could shake.

Taking a few steps back, Han Li carefully examined the bronze door.

“Hmm?”

Upon closer inspection, Han Li discovered a groove on the bronze door.

A very small groove.

And next to the groove, there seemed to be an exquisite pattern; Han Li looked at the groove, then at the pattern next to it.

To be precise, this pattern was more like a special symbol.

“This symbol, why does it look a bit familiar?”

Looking at the exquisite symbol, Han Li’s brows furrowed, he looked carefully, it was very familiar.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him, Han Li spread his hand, and a dull black Iron Plate appeared in his hand.

This Iron Plate was the mysterious Iron Plate that could absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

In the beginning, Han Li had relied on the Iron Plate to Cultivate, gaining no small improvement.

The symbol on the Iron Plate was very similar to the symbol next to the groove on the bronze door.

Holding the Iron Plate, looking at the symbol, Han Li then looked at the exquisite symbol on the bronze door.

One couldn’t say similar, only that they were identical.

At this, Han Li was stunned.

“This groove, could the method to open the bronze door be this Iron Plate, is it the key to activate the bronze door?”

A bold thought appeared in Han Li’s mind.

Judging from the size of the groove, it was identical to the Iron Plate.

This Iron Plate was the key to opening this bronze door?

But... wasn’t this a bit too absurd?

This Iron Plate was something he had obtained in his hometown on the Southern Continent, and it was more than ten thousand li away from the North Sea.

One was deep in the North Sea, the other on the Southern Continent.

This difference was a bit outrageous!

How could the key to the bronze door appear on the Southern Continent?!

Han Li was astonished.

After a long while, he finally recovered.

He still didn't know the origin of the Iron Plate; it looked like a Treasure, but it wasn't a Magic Treasure, yet the Iron Plate could absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to improve itself.

This was very strange.

Han Li had studied it many times, and finally gave up, always using it for Cultivation.

“Whether it is or not, let’s try it first!”

Calming the distracting thoughts in his mind, Han Li looked at the bronze door in front of him, his magic power enveloping the Iron Plate, and moved it towards the groove on the bronze door.

When the Iron Plate was pressed into the groove, it fit perfectly, without the slightest gap.

And at this moment, the bronze door suddenly vibrated, and the pattern on the door glowed with a faint, dark light.

The pattern on the bronze door seemed about to come to life.

Watching this scene, Han Li was utterly stunned.

It really was the key... This was simply too outrageous!

“Rumble~”

The bronze door vibrated, then opened inwards.

Light appeared, and a luminous passage emerged in Han Li’s eyes.

Looking at the luminous passage that appeared, Han Li’s heart trembled.

Taking a deep breath, he stepped out and directly entered this luminous passage.

White light enveloped his figure, completely submerging him.

When the light dissipated, Han Li appeared in a vast Heaven and Earth.

Behind him was the luminous passage.

“It really is a space-time...”

“It seems it should be a space-time opened up by an Ancient Supreme...”

Looking at the vast Heaven and Earth, Han Li’s heart pounded.

Recovering, he carefully looked around; it was very desolate here, with no Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi present.

The sky was dark red, like blood.

It looked as if he had stepped into the underworld.

“Why are there so many skeletons...”

Han Li’s gaze swept around, and at a glance, no less than a thousand skeletons appeared in his eyes.

The skeletons were not intact; most were broken.

They had completely turned white.

The remains of a God Realm expert could be preserved like jade for a thousand years, but beyond that time, even the remains of a God Realm Supreme would turn into ordinary white bones.

The thousand skeletons in front of him could not be the skeletons of ordinary people.

Perhaps due to the passage of too much time and the erosion of time, they had turned into ordinary skeletons.

Glancing at the passage behind him, Han Li then looked at the scattered skeletons in the distance, pondered for a moment, then his figure moved, and he went directly deeper.

Since he had come, he had to take a look no matter what.

Mere skeletons couldn’t scare him away.

As he went deeper, Han Li encountered more and more skeletons.

No less than ten thousand.

Stepping on them, these skeletons directly turned into powder.

The deeper he went, the more skeletons he would encounter.

But besides the skeletons, he found nothing else.

Han Li was unwilling to give up, so he manifested his Kun Peng Wings, sped up, and advanced deeper.

He traveled through the Void Realm, overlooking the earth, where skeletons were everywhere, truly covering the ground.

Some skeletons were human-like, while some were enormous in size, looking more like the skeletons of giant beasts.

However, they were all white, having turned into ordinary skeletons under the erosion of time... “Hmm?”

After traveling for half an hour, Han Li saw a grand hall standing on the skeleton-covered earth.

A hall about a dozen zhang tall, stood isolated on the white bone earth.

It was very conspicuous.

This was the first structure Han Li had seen since entering this space.

It immediately caught his eye.

“Swish—!”

With a movement of his figure, Han Li arrived in front of this grand hall.

In front of the hall, there were also towering divine statues.

The statues were carved in the likeness of a three-headed, six-armed monster, and Han Li couldn’t recognize what this thing was.

Two divine statues stood on either side in front of the hall, and Han Li looked towards the hall.

He stepped forward and entered the hall.