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

Chapter 1137: Glimpse of the Heavenly Court

Meanwhile, a dark green flying boat was racing through the air elsewhere in the Golden Origin Immortal Region.

The flying boat resembled a dark green dragon that was soaring through the heavens, and it was incredibly fast, covering tens of thousands of kilometers in the blink of an eye.

Han Li and Lan Yan were seated in the flying boat, but both of them had adopted disguises.

This Ink Dragon Flying Boat was something that Han Li had found from She Chan's storage treasure. She Chan had detonated her own Toad Moon Jewel back in the Eon Pagoda, but Han Li was able to claim her storage treasure just in the nick of time.

The flying boat was a sixth tier wood and wind dual-attribute immortal treasure, and not only was it incredibly fast, it was also far better at concealing itself than all of Han Li's previous flying boats.

Lan Yan was piloting the flying boat, and Han Li had restrictions planted in her body that allowed him to detect her every move, so he wasn't concerned about any foul play on her part.

At this moment, he was seated with his legs crossed at the rear end of the boat, and time law powers were surging over his body alongside a layer of rippling, golden light.

After three years of recuperation, he had recovered close to half of his time law powers, and that instilled him with a great deal of reassurance.

At this moment, he was holding several jade slips, the contents of which he was inspecting with his spiritual sense, and some time later, he withdrew his spiritual sense from them as a grim look appeared on his face.

These jade slips contained information pertaining to the greater Golden Origin Immortal Region and the Nine Origins Temple, and he had obtained them through the Reincarnation Palace.

He had managed to gather a lot of information about the Golden Origin Immortal Region, but the Nine Origins Temple was extremely secretive, so despite his best efforts, he was only able to find some trivial information about the organization.

"Can I ask you some questions, Fellow Daoist Lan Yan?" Han Li called out.

Lan Yan immediately strode over to him in an obedient manner as she asked, "What would you like to know, Fellow Daoist Han?"

Along this entire journey, Lan Yan had been extremely obedient, following Han Li's instructions to a tee.

"I want to ask you some questions about the Nine Origins Temple," Han Li declared in a direct and straightforward manner.

Lan Yan's expression changed slightly upon hearing this, following which she said, "Go ahead, Fellow Daoist Han, I'll tell you everything that I know."

Han Li raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

"According to my knowledge, members of the Nine Origins Temple who reveal its secrets to outsiders are severely punished if caught. Is that not something you're afraid of?"

"You're far more powerful than I am, so even if I refuse to tell you anything, I'm sure you can find out what you want from me by force anyway. Hence, I may as well cooperate. All that I ask is that you don't tell anyone where you received this information from," Lan Yan replied.

"You and your senior martial brother really do think alike. Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Lan, I won't expose you as long as you answer my questions to the best of your abilities," Han Li promised.

A hint of sorrow flashed through Lan Yan's eyes at the mention of Lan Yuanzi, but she then immediately concealed it as she gave Han Li a grateful nod.

"How many Dao Ancestors are there in your Nine Origins Temple?" Han Li asked.

"Dao Ancestors are extremely rare. Our Nine Origins Temple may be a very powerful sect, but it only has a single Dao Ancestor, and that's our founder," Lan Yan replied.

"What about Great Encompassment cultivators?" Han Li asked.

"To tell you the truth, despite my cultivation base, I'm only a fringe cultivator responsible solely for carrying out secret missions for the temple, so I'm pretty low down in the pecking order, and I don't know much about the temple's inner workings.

“According to my knowledge, there are fifteen Great Encompassment cultivators in the Nine Origins Temple, consisting of the abbot, the two assistant abbots, the four holy envoys, and the eight saints. However, there are many secrets in the Nine Origins Temple, so there are most likely other Great Encompassment cultivators that I don't know of," Lan Yan replied.

Han Li couldn't help but be alarmed upon hearing this.

With so many Great Encompassment cultivators in the Nine Origins Temple, it was no wonder that Wyrm 3 had encouraged him to make some advancements in his cultivation base. Given his current powers, venturing into the Nine Origins Temple to try and rescue Jin Tong would be a complete suicide mission.

"You were sent after me by Immortal Lord Miao Fa, right? What is her cultivation base and status in the temple?" Han Li asked.

"Immortal Lord Miao Fa is one of our temple's four holy envoys, and she's a mid-Great Encompassment cultivator," Lan Yan replied.

Han Li's pupils contracted slightly upon hearing this.

After reaching the Great Encompassment Stage, each successive cultivation rank attained amounted to an unfathomable advancement in power. With all of the trump cards up his sleeve, Han Li was confident in his ability to oppose an early-Great Encompassment cultivator, but he was most definitely no match for a mid-Great Encompassment cultivator.

After that, he asked Lan Yan some more questions, all of which she answered in great detail, giving him a rough understanding of the Nine Origins Temple, and the more he learned, the more deflated he felt.

The Nine Origins Temple was far more powerful than he had imagined. It was a true monolith that completely dwarfed all of the Immortal Palaces that he had come into contact with in the past, and rescuing Jin Tong on his own was going to be an impossible task.

However, he was determined to save her no matter what.

After asking all of the questions that he could think of, Han Li dismissed Lan Yan, then continued to cultivate.

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Middle Earth Immortal Region, Heavenly Court.

There were countless, enormous, immortal mountains dotting the landscape, stretching as far as the eyes could see, and almost every single one of them was home to one or several heavenly palaces.

The mountains were connected by rainbow-like immortal bridges, and ethereal clouds of different colors were hovering in the air between the palaces.

Radiant light of all types of different colors were emanating from these mountains and palaces, completely outshining the natural light in the sky, and it was as if this was the only place under the heavens that was completely devoid of darkness.

Somewhere in the Heavenly Court, there was a blanket of dense, white clouds in the sky that were constantly morphing into different forms. At times, it would take on the form of a flight of majestic dragons, and at other times, it would shapeshift into a mighty stampede of horses, or a vast and turbulent white sea.

Perched on top of the clouds was an enormous palace the size of a city.

The palace was a pristine, white color, and it was etched with countless large runes, while more runes were drifting through the air around the palace.

There were many guards clad in suits of white armor stationed in the surrounding area, and the bodies of all of these guards were also formed by white clouds.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Every single one of them was giving off formidable auras comparable to High Zenith cultivators, and the weapons that they were wielding were all graded immortal treasures.

The gates of the palace were thousands of feet tall, and hanging above it was a golden plaque that carried the words "White Cloud Dao Palace" in spritely and ethereal characters that looked as if they could fly out from the plaque at any moment.

The main seat on an elevated platform in the palace was occupied by a white figure with a rather indistinct body that made them appear as if they were situated deep within a boundless expanse of ethereal space.

A burst of almighty pressure close to that of the Heavenly Dao was emanating from the white figure's body, and it felt as if everything in the palace, including even time and space, were completely under their control.

Standing in the palace before the white figure was another figure formed by golden flames, and it was none other than Qi Mozi.

"... In the end, I heard that the Almighty Sword Sect detonated the entire Tai Sui Immortal Manor, so there shouldn't have been any survivors. However, Han Li, Liu Zizai, and the others are quite powerful in their own right, and they also had a peak-Great Encompassment cultivator like Shi Kongmo on their side, so perhaps they were somehow able to escape alive.

“Hence, I implore you to send people to the Golden Origin Immortal Region right away to verify whether Han Li and the others are dead or alive," Qi Mozi said in a respectful manner.

"I've already received a report from the Almighty Sword Sect, but you've provided some useful details that weren't very clearly elaborated on in their report. You were saying that you were swept into the Tai Sui Immortal Manor by chance, is that right?" the white figure asked.

"That's right. I was pursuing Han Li in order to retrieve the Heaven Controlling Vial, and in the process, I just so happened to stumble upon the Tai Sui Immortal Manor. As for why the Tai Sui Immortal Manor appeared in the lesser Golden Origin Immortal Region and why there were so many prisoners inside, I'm afraid I do not know. Regarding Tai Sui..."

"Don't go asking questions about Tai Sui!" the white figure suddenly interjected to cut Qi Mozi off.

"My sincerest apologies!" Qi Mozi hurriedly apologized in a fearful manner.

"You just said that Han Li is only at the late-High Zenith Stage right now, so why is it that you were unable to recover the Heaven Controlling Vial from him?" the white figure asked.

"Han Li may only be at the late-High Zenith Stage at the moment, but he's cultivating the Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra, which completely dominates the Time Severing Flowing Fire Tome.

“On top of that, he's also mastered the Five-Elemental Illusory World ability, and he had the assistance of several other powerful cultivators who were also in the Eon Pagoda at the time. Not only was I not able to recover the Heaven Controlling Vial, my physical body was destroyed in the process," Qi Mozi explained with a pained expression.

"Were they really too powerful, or did you miss the best opportunity to strike because your own selfish desires got in the way? According to my knowledge, you've been searching for the Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra for a very long time, and you even sent out your own disciple some time ago for this purpose," the white figure said, and the air temperature in the palace abruptly plummeted as they spoke.

Qi Mozi's expression changed drastically upon hearing this, and he fell to his knees with a horrified expression as he implored, "Please forgive me! I'll admit that I did indeed want to obtain the Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra from Han Li, but I wouldn't dare to let that get in the way of carrying out your orders! I really did only fail in my mission because the enemy was too powerful!"

The white figure remained silent, allowing the pressure in the palace to steadily build, and Qi Mozi was becoming more and more fearful by the second as his fiery body began to tremble.