168: The true magic power of Ten Thousand Tribulations!
The hall was vast.
Stepping inside, Han Li first saw a standing skeleton.
Unlike the white bones outside, this skeleton was jet black, like obsidian.
It was so black it shimmered slightly.
This skeleton was a full twelve feet tall.
On the bones of the black skeleton, there were also a few clear marks.
They looked like traces of injuries.
A standing black skeleton looked a bit eerie.
Looking at this black skeleton, Han Li felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.
A very evil feeling.
More demonic than a demon.
His gaze shifted, and Han Li looked at the object beside the black skeleton.
A bronze coffin, already open.
Han Li stepped forward, his gaze sweeping over the bronze coffin. Inside the bronze coffin, Han Li saw a sheepskin scroll.
It looked similar to the sheepskin scroll he obtained from the Celestial Elephant Demon Emperor.
The yellow sheepskin scroll appeared to have a long history.
Han Li looked at the black skeleton in front of him, then at the bronze coffin.
“Could this be his coffin?”
A thought surfaced in Han Li’s mind. Thinking about it, Han Li felt it was possible.
His gaze once again fell upon the yellow sheepskin scroll inside the bronze coffin, which had caught Han Li’s attention.
“Buzz—!”
With a flick of his magic power, Han Li directly drew the sheepskin scroll from the bronze coffin into his hand through the air.
The sheepskin scroll felt very smooth to the touch. It should have been made from some special demonic hide.
Unrolling the sheepskin scroll, Han Li's gaze landed on its surface.
On the sheepskin scroll, there was a dense line of characters.
These characters were not modern script, but ancient script.
Han Li had read some ancient books and recognized some of the ancient characters.
“Ten… Thousand… Tribulations… True… Devil… Art!”
Han Li carefully studied the first five characters before recognizing them.
“Buzz—!”
At this very moment, the characters on the sheepskin scroll seemed to come alive, constantly squirming.
Han Li's mind shook, and the next second, he found himself in a boundless Void Realm.
It was as if he had arrived in the outer starry sky, with countless stars shining and brilliant light.
And in that instant, a majestic figure materialized from the depths of the Void Realm.
His feet trod upon the Void Realm, and the stars appeared tiny before this figure.
Han Li’s gaze fell upon this majestic figure, and his spirit felt as if it had been summoned.
When the majestic figure standing in the Void Realm looked over, Han Li’s spirit couldn’t help but tremble.
Tall, majestic!
He couldn't clearly see the figure's true appearance, but he could sense his boundless power.
All around him, an aura of extreme evil surged.
And this evil aura was just like the evil aura on the black skeleton.
It seemed to be the source of all evil.
His spirit trembled, as if a hundred thousand great mountains were pressing down on Han Li’s heart.
“True Devil is immortal, Ten Thousand Tribulations are indestructible!”
A resonant voice rang out, possessing a certain demonic power, entering Han Li’s mind and reverberating through his brain like thunder.
“Dong—!!”
At this moment, a tremor came from deep within Han Li's mind.
The next second, the Void Realm collapsed, and when Han Li’s consciousness cleared, everything had vanished.
“An illusion?!”
Han Li was stunned.
His gaze fell upon the sheepskin scroll in his hand, but at this moment, all the characters on the sheepskin scroll had disappeared.
However, a passage of text had appeared in Han Li’s Soul.
It was extensive, tens of thousands of characters long.
And the text in his Soul was precisely the text that had vanished from the sheepskin scroll.
It was like an imprint, branded deep within his Soul, impossible to forget.
“Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art!”
Closing his eyes, Han Li roughly scanned the text in his mind.
The sheepskin scroll recorded a Cultivation Technique.
Moreover, it was a Cultivation Technique specifically for Cultivating the Physical Body.
This Cultivation Technique was the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art.
It was said to be indestructible through Ten Thousand Tribulations.
Its meaning was also eternal existence.
“True Devil is immortal, Ten Thousand Tribulations are indestructible…”
Han Li opened his eyes. He had only briefly scanned it, and for a while, he couldn't fully comprehend this Cultivation Technique.
He needed to read it carefully to understand it.
Coming back to his senses, Han Li looked at the bronze coffin in front of him.
Could the black skeleton in front of him be the figure in the Void Realm?!
Thinking about it, perhaps there was a possibility.
How did he die?
Looking at the black skeleton, Han Li was curious.
With a movement of his magic power, he touched the black skeleton, but the next second, the black skeleton directly turned into nothingness, completely disappearing.
Not even a trace was left, as if it had never existed.
???
Not even a speck of dust left?!
Han Li stood rooted to the spot, looking at the completely vanished black skeleton, his heart stunned.
He touched it, and it just disappeared, everything gone, directly turning into nothingness.
“This might be problematic…”
Han Li frowned, his gaze sweeping around.
Aside from the bronze coffin and the black skeleton that had turned into nothingness, there was nothing else in the hall.
Han Li lowered his head, looking at the blank sheepskin scroll in his hand, then put it into his cosmos ring.
This sheepskin scroll should also be extraordinary.
Immediately, Han Li carefully searched the entire hall, but found nothing.
Stepping out of the hall, Han Li looked back.
The only gain was this Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art.
“Let’s see if there are any other gains elsewhere…”
Han Li’s figure moved, directly disappearing from the entrance of the hall… Several hours passed. Han Li traversed hundreds of thousands of miles, but he didn’t see any other structures.
There were only countless white bones on the ground.
This place was like a Hell of white bones.
Han Li didn't give up and continued to investigate. Several more hours passed.
He had already explored this entire area, but besides the white bones, there was only the hall he had encountered earlier.
There were no other structures, and Han Li had no choice but to give up.
There were truly no treasures here… Arriving at the entrance of the light passage, Han Li looked back once more, then stepped into the light passage, disappearing from this world.
In the undergroundcave, Han Li’s figure stepped out from the bronze door.
The moment he stepped out, a roaring sound came from the light passage.
“Rumble—!”
A tremor came from the passage, and then, under Han Li’s gaze, it directly collapsed.
Cracks appeared on the bronze door.
Han Li was about to cast a spell to retrieve the Iron Plate, but the next second, the bronze door directly shattered, and the Iron Plate also developed cracks and collapsed under Han Li’s gaze.
“…”
“Rumble—!!”
At this moment, the roaring sound shook, and the entire undergroundcave began to tremble.
Stones fell from above, Han Li's face changed, and he directly turned into a golden light and disappeared from his spot… “Whoosh—!”
A golden light shot up from the desolate island, and Han Li’s figure appeared in the Void Realm.
The moment he stepped off the desolate island, the entire island trembled, and then, under Han Li’s gaze, it sank into the ocean.
The island was destroyed, and boundless waves surged.
“This thing is a one-time use…” Looking at the island sinking into the ocean, Han Li’s heart twitched.
He had been thinking of coming back next time, but as soon as he came out, it directly collapsed, and the Iron Plate was gone.
“With the bronze door destroyed, the space-time inside should have completely collapsed…”
Han Li’s thoughts flashed. Looking at the towering waves, he let out a breath, his figure flickered, and he disappeared above the ocean… Traveling through the Void Realm, after a moment, Han Li arrived at another desolate island.
He opened a cave facing the sea, entered it, set up a Formation, summoned the Silver Armor Puppet, and then sat cross-legged in the cave, carefully studying the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art deep within his mind.
A day later, in the cave, Han Li opened his eyes.
It took him a full day to fully comprehend this Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art.
This Cultivation Technique was even more powerful than he had imagined.
Cultivating to the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Indestructible Body would grant immortality.
This Cultivation Technique was not only a supreme method for Cultivating the Physical Body, but also a method for Cultivating the spirit.
Not only was the Physical Body indestructible, but the spirit was also indestructible.
Once the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Indestructible Body was achieved, even if one disintegrated into dust, they could manifest and revive from the Void Realm.
Even if the spirit was crushed into nothingness, it could recover from nothingness.
Rebirth from a drop of blood wasn't even considered Major Achievement.
It was about condensing the supreme True Devil Body and achieving true immortality.
It was far more terrifying than he had imagined.
And its Cultivation was also extremely domineering, drawing in life essence and blood to forge the supreme True Devil Body, a true Demonic Path method.
“Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art… this is a bit too powerful, it’s practically monstrous…”
Han Li clicked his tongue, the impact on his mind surging like ocean tides.
Exhaling a mouthful of turbid Qi, Han Li’s thoughts moved, and he opened his panel.
He wanted to check what grade this Cultivation Technique belonged to, as there was no introduction in the Cultivation Technique itself.
name: Han Li.
Realm: Divine Aperture Realm Early Stage!
Cultivation Techniques: Azure Wood Earth Emperor Skill Heaven-Grade High Grade (Transcendent 66%), Dragon Elephant Overlord Body Art Heaven-Grade Low Grade (Transcendent 85%), Heavenly Evolution Divine Art (Mastery 66%), Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art Emperor-Grade (0%)
martial arts: Dragon Elephant Divine Fist Heaven-Grade High Grade (Perfection), Taiqing Shadowless Swordplay Heaven-Grade High Grade (Perfection), Kun Peng Transformation Art Heaven-Grade High Grade (Perfection), Heaven Evolution Divine Strike Heaven-Grade High Grade (Perfection), Azure Emperor Wood Monarch Fist Heaven-Grade High Grade (Perfection)
skills: Archery (Perfection), Alchemy (Great Master-level 32%), Artifact Refining (Grandmaster-level 35%), Formation Technique (Great Master-level 98%)
Heaven and Earth Demon Seed: (Level 9 99%)
Divine Abilities: Sky Dragon Suppressing Prison (Fifth Realm 40%), Taiqing Sword Intent (Perfection) [Evolvable], Devouring Heaven and Earth (Fifth Realm 42%), Azure Emperor Dharma Image (Fifth Realm 45%), Divine Summit Transparency (Fourth Realm 65%)
Demonic Origin: 0
“Hmm?”
Looking at the panel displayed before his eyes, Han Li was surprised.
A Cultivation Technique column had been added to the panel.
Could it be a change caused by the Heaven and Earth Demon Seed reaching Level 9?
It separated martial arts and Cultivation Techniques.
Han Li hadn't checked the panel before, so he hadn't noticed this point.
“Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art… Emperor-Grade??”
Looking at the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art in the Cultivation Technique column, Han Li was stunned.
Emperor-Grade??
Carefully looking at the panel, Han Li confirmed that he hadn't misread it. After Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art, it was indeed Emperor-Grade, without High, Mid, or Low distinctions.
It was simply Emperor-Grade.
martial arts Cultivation Techniques were categorized as Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow!
There was also a Divine-Grade existence.
Han Li had heard the Sect Master mention Divine-Grade martial arts Cultivation Techniques. Such martial arts only existed in Holy Land-level forces.
Moreover, they were all Legacy-level existences and would not be passed on externally.
A Divine-Grade martial arts Cultivation Technique was a Sect-guarding treasure of a Holy Land.
But… Han Li didn't even know there was an Emperor-Grade martial arts Cultivation Technique.
He had never heard of it before. He had read a fair number of ancient texts, but he truly had no knowledge of Emperor-level martial arts Cultivation Technique.
Divine-Grade martial arts were already considered legendary.
Emperor-level martial arts were unheard of by him.
Was his knowledge too limited?
Was this Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art a martial arts that surpassed Divine-Grade?
Han Li's pupils constricted.
Emperor-level Cultivation Technique.
Han Li stared at the panel, unable to recover for a long time.
"Emperor-level martial arts..."
After a while, Han Li finally came back to his senses and closed the panel.
The Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art surpassed Divine-Grade martial arts.
Han Li had not anticipated this; he had thought the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art was a Divine-Grade Cultivation Technique, but he never expected it to surpass Divine-Grade.
"Divine-Grade Cultivation Technique can Cultivate to Supreme Paragon, so an Emperor-level Cultivation Technique surpasses Supreme Paragon??"
A thought flashed through Han Li's mind.
Surpassing Supreme Paragon, what kind of Realm was that?
According to ancient texts, Supreme Paragon was the pinnacle of martial Dao, but it seemed that was not the case.
Supreme Paragon was not the end.
With a tumultuous wave in his heart, Han Li looked at the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art in his mind.
This time, he had stumbled upon great luck.
He had initially thought it would be good enough to gain some treasures, but he never expected such a huge gain: a Cultivation Technique that surpassed Divine-Grade.
"If this got out, even Supreme Paragon would have to make a move against me..." A thought flashed through Han Li's mind as he calmed his emotions.
This Cultivation Technique must not be leaked, otherwise, no matter how vast the world, there would be no place for him.
Calming his mind and focusing his thoughts, Han Li closed his eyes and once again began to examine the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art.
This Cultivation Technique absorbed lifeblood essence for Cultivation, forging a True Devil Body.
However, the first and most crucial step still needed to be Cultivated.
The True Devil Mark!
Without Cultivating the True Devil Mark, one could not Cultivate the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art.
Only by Cultivating the True Devil Mark could one truly begin to Cultivate the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art.
With a clear understanding, Han Li began to Cultivate according to the methods described in the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art.
He would temper his Physical Body with the power of Heaven and Earth, condensing the True Devil Mark.
It existed within the Soul and would also manifest within the Physical Body.
Communicating with the power of Heaven and Earth to temper his Physical Body, in other words, the minimum threshold for the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art was Divine Aperture Realm cultivation to be able to Cultivate it.
Below the Divine Aperture Realm, the secret apertures were different, making it impossible to communicate with the power of Heaven and Earth.
Thus, one could not Cultivate this Cultivation Technique.
The threshold was the highest he had encountered so far.
However, fortunately, he had already opened the secret apertures in his body and could use the power of Heaven and Earth to temper himself and condense the True Devil Mark.
One hundred secret apertures communicated with the power of Heaven and Earth, and the power of Heaven and Earth within a thousand-mile radius surged into his body. A layer of light emanated from Han Li's body.
He fell into Cultivation... Time passed.
A year passed unknowingly.
And during this year, great turmoil occurred in the North Sea.
The Yao Race of the boundless sea launched a great slaughter against the Human Race.
The source was the fall of the four Great Demon Emperors, which enraged the North Sea Yao Race. They gathered the entire strength of the North Sea Yao Race and launched a great slaughter against the entire Human Race.
Countless demons participated in the war.
No one knew how many North Sea Yao Race members there were.
And in the face of the North Sea Yao Race's attack, led by the Myriad Immortals Palace, the North Sea Holy Land, all major Human Race Sects in the North Sea were summoned to attack the demons.
A heaven-shaking war erupted, and the flames of war almost swept across the entire North Sea.
Every day, countless Human Race and demons perished.
Whether they were foreign Human Race or local North Sea Sect Human Race Martial Artist, they were all drawn into it.
The entire North Sea was shrouded in a monstrous war.
"Whoosh—!!"
In the depths of the North Sea, a rainbow light streaked across the Void Realm, and within the rainbow light was a middle-aged man.
His face was pale, his aura fluctuated, and blood oozed from the corners of his mouth, clearly indicating he was injured.
A dignified Peak of the Acquired Realm Martial Artist expert, yet at this moment, he was in a desperate escape.
Behind him, Demonic Qi rolled.
Over a hundred demons were chasing this middle-aged man.
And at this moment, the seawater in front exploded, and a soaring Demonic Qi permeated out. A Demon King blocked his path.
"Boom—!"
Vast demonic power erupted, and a single strike directly blasted towards the middle-aged man.
In haste, the middle-aged man hurriedly activated his Magic Treasure to resist, but it could not block this terrifying blow. The Magic Treasure was sent flying, and he spat out fresh blood.
Before he could even catch his breath, several destructive attacks descended from behind him.
"Boom—!!"
The figure of this Peak of the Acquired Realm Martial Artist was engulfed, and his body fell into the sea.
However, the next second, the Demon King blocking the path struck again, completely killing him with one blow.
"Solved, haha, Human Race all deserve to die!"
Among the demons, a wild laugh rang out, and over a hundred demons cheered.
"Go, to the next one, kill all Human Race!"
A Demon King spoke, and the demons behind him shouted in unison.
"Kill all Human Race!"
"Kill all Human Race!"
Demonic Qi rolled, and the group of demons headed directly into the distance, disappearing into the Void Realm above the sea.
The sea surface returned to calm.
And at this moment, on a desolate island ten miles away.
Inside a cave, a figure sat cross-legged on the ground, surrounded by surging light. Suddenly, he opened his eyes.
In his pupils, a faint light flickered, and a special evil Qi emanated from his body.
Soon, his aura calmed down and returned to normal.
"Hoo..."
Standing up, Han Li exhaled a turbid breath.
It took him a whole year, a full year, to Cultivate the True Devil Mark.
"Finally succeeded."
Han Li sighed.
It was the first time he felt a Cultivation Technique was so difficult to Cultivate.
The difficulty of Cultivating the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art was even greater than he had imagined.
A Cultivation Technique that surpassed Divine-Grade was terrifying, but... it was also difficult to Cultivate!
Initially, he thought he could succeed in a few days or half a month, but Han Li did not expect that the extent of its transcendence was not just a little bit.
A full year.
However, with the most difficult step completed, Han Li also breathed a sigh of relief.
In his heavenly court, a purple Imprint appeared within his Soul.
It looked like a Heaven and Earth Demon Seed.
Looking inward at his body, this purple Imprint also appeared in his flesh and blood.
And this purple Imprint was the True Devil Mark he had painstakingly Cultivated for a year.
This was also the first time Han Li had Cultivated for such a long period.
However, thinking about the terrifying aspects of the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art, Han Li felt it was worth it.
It was only one year, and his lifespan exceeded ten thousand years. This amount of time, given his lifespan, could be ignored.
With a thought, Han Li opened the panel to check the progress of the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art.
Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art [10%]
"Ten percent... This is ninety percent short of even getting started." Han Li's heart twitched as he looked at the panel.
One year, and he had only Cultivated ten percent.
It was probably the slowest he had ever been since he started Cultivating martial arts Cultivation Technique.
"Now, I can use the True Devil Mark to absorb lifeblood essence for Cultivation."
Calming his mind, Han Li thought, summoned the embroidered rivers and mountains map, took a step, and entered the embroidered rivers and mountains map.
Only by Cultivating the True Devil Mark could he absorb lifeblood essence to Cultivate the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art.
To Cultivate True Devil Power and condense the True Devil Body.
The True Devil Body was divided into several stages.
The basic stage alone was divided into nine levels.
Only by Cultivating to the ninth level could one attempt to break through to the Hundred Tribulation True Devil Body.
And the Hundred Tribulation True Devil Body was just a new stage.
To reach this stage of the True Devil Body, one needed to endure the baptism of Heaven and Earth to succeed in Cultivation.
It was equivalent to a Heavenly Tribulation.
And in the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art, this was Heaven's Punishment.
Only with the help of Heaven's Punishment could one succeed in Cultivation.
However, this step was still far from him; he hadn't even successfully Cultivated the basic True Devil Body.
"Fortunately, I kept the blood of the three Great Demon Emperors back then. By extracting essence blood from their blood, I can quickly Cultivate the first level of the True Devil Body..."
Han Li waved his hand and took out the sealed blood of the three Great Demon Emperors from back then.
His five fingers spread open, and a purple light appeared in his palm.
From the blood of one of the Demon Emperors, he extracted a full ten thousand drops of lifeblood essence.
Each one was round and full.
Ordinary blood was useless; only lifeblood essence could Cultivate the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art. The stronger the lifeblood essence, the greater the improvement.
Han Li directly opened his mouth and swallowed these ten thousand drops of Demon Emperor essence blood.
The True Devil Mark vibrated, devouring the Demon Emperor essence blood, and the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art circulated.
Within his body, a special power was generated, and Han Li's body also emitted a purple light.
Demonic light enveloped his body, absorbing the power of ten thousand drops of life spiritual blood. Han Li naturally Cultivated True Devil Power, and in an instant, his flesh and blood vibrated.
"Crack, crack—!!"
His body emitted strange sounds. Every inch of Han Li's flesh and blood, bones, and internal organs was undergoing changes.
True Devil Power transformed his Physical Body, advancing towards the True Devil Body.
In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Han Li completely absorbed ten thousand drops of lifeblood essence.
The purple light disappeared, and Han Li opened his eyes, feeling the True Devil Power within his flesh and blood.
His Physical Body had improved somewhat, but it wasn't too obvious.
"Ten thousand drops of a Demon Emperor's essence blood couldn't even Cultivate to the first level??"
Han Li was stunned.
He had initially thought he would directly Cultivate to the first level and achieve the True Devil Body, but... the difficulty of this True Devil Body still greatly exceeded his expectations.
It was roughly only one-third of the way there.
"Does it have to be this outrageous..."
Han Li's heart twitched. A Divine Aperture Realm Demon Emperor's entire lifeblood essence only Cultivated one-third of the first level of the True Devil Body.
Calming his mind, Han Li took a deep breath, spread his five fingers, and purple light shone as he began to extract the lifeblood essence of the second Demon Emperor.
It was not much different, also around ten thousand drops.
The True Devil Mark vibrated, swallowing the lifeblood essence in one gulp, and once again circulated the Ten Thousand Tribulations True Devil Art for Cultivation.
Purple light enveloped his body, and a wisp of evil Qi permeated from within Han Li's body.
Devilish Qi surged.
With the absorption of the second Demon Emperor's lifeblood essence, he completed two-thirds.
"Three Demon Emperor's essence blood to Cultivate the first level... Then later... I'm afraid I'll have to slaughter billions of demons to succeed..."
Han Li's heart twitched as he looked at the last Demon Emperor's blood, following the same method and extracting again.
Let it be difficult. There were many demons in this world, so there was no fear of not having any.
After all, it was a Cultivation Technique that surpassed Divine-Grade, so it was quite reasonable for it to be difficult... It's the end of the month, thirty-one consecutive explosions, please support.