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

"Surely the Lan siblings will already suffice. No matter how powerful that Han Li is, he's still just a High Zenith cultivator, so there should be no need for me to go," She Chan scoffed.

"I've heard that Han Li has made some significant inroads in the cultivation of time law powers, so he's not to be looked down on. I don't trust the Lan siblings to get the job done on their own. Make sure to keep yourself hidden from everyone and remain in the shadows at all times. Only strike when you're absolutely certain that you can land the decisive blow," Immortal Lord Miao Fa said.

She Chan's expression remained unchanged upon hearing this, but a hint of discontentment flashed through its six eyes.

Not only was its master making it go after a mere High Zenith cultivator, she was also instructing it to lurk in the shadows and sneak attack like a coward, and it was feeling rather slighted.

"This is a matter of the utmost importance. If anything goes wrong, you'll be held accountable!" Immortal Lord Miao Fa said in a cold voice.

"I understand, I'll go relay your orders right away, Mistress," She Chan replied as it transformed into a hideous yellow-skinned woman in the blink of an eye before vanishing into the ground.

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Inside the Golden Immortal Stage, Dongfang Bai emerged from the communication palace, feeling much more relaxed than before.

Once the people from the Vast Golden Immortal Palace arrived, Han Li's capture would be all but assured, and he would be able to do as he pleased to Han Li.

He had already thought of dozens of vicious torture methods that he wanted to use on Han Li, and just the thought of that was filling him with sadistic joy.

After a brief moment of contemplation, he clapped his hands together twice, and a streak of light flew onto the scene from afar, then faded to reveal a young man with a pair of sharp and piercing eyes.

"What can I do for you, Palace Master?"

"Hei Dao and Lü Yun have perished during this outing with me, so from this day forth, you will be the leader of Dark Sword. Send out all of the Dark Sword spies and contact all of the spies of our Immortal Palace across the entire immortal region. Make sure to find out Han Li's whereabouts at all costs," Dongfang Bai instructed.

A hint of elation flashed through the young man's eyes upon hearing this, and he gave an affirmative response as he extended a respectful bow.

Right at this moment, a burst of dull rumbling rang out in the distance, and the entire surrounding area trembled violently.

"What's going on?" Dongfang Bai asked as his brows furrowed slightly.

"I'll go take a look," the young man volunteered, yet before he had a chance to leave, a streak of light shot forth from afar, then descended to reveal a golden-robed guard that was covered in blood.

"Palace Master Dongfang, someone has stormed into the Immortal Palace!" the man reported in a horrified manner.

"Who dares to challenge the authority of our Golden Origin Immortal Palace?"

A furious look flashed through Dongfang Bai's eyes, and he was just about to fly away into the distance when a thought suddenly occurred to him.

He released his spiritual sense toward the entrance of the Immortal Palace, upon which his expression instantly changed slightly.

......

The formerly opulent and majestic entrance of the Immortal Palace had already been completely razed to the ground, and there were currently over a hundred Immortal Palace cultivators hovering in mid-air, arranged in a crescent-shaped formation behind five black-robed elderly men.

The five men were almost indistinguishable from one another, indicating that they were identical quintuplets.

All of the Immortal Palace cultivators present ranged from the late-True Immortal Stage to the late-Golden Immortal Stage, while the five black-robed elderly men were all at the High Zenith Stage.

All types of immortal treasures and formidable attacks were being launched through the air, and the target was only a single person.

It was an azure-robed young man with dozens of golden flying swords circling around him, forming a wall of golden sword projections that easily destroyed all of the oncoming attacks.

At the same time, the young man swept a sleeve through the air, releasing around a dozen more golden flying swords that flew through the air with astonishing power.

Bursts of thunderous rumbling rang out from the flying sword as they sliced through the air, leaving long, white spatial rifts in their wake.

The five High Zenith Stage elderly men's expressions changed drastically as they immediately arranged themselves into a cross formation, following which each of them released a black flag with a sinister-looking black dragon emblazoned onto its surface.

The black flags quickly swelled to several times their original size before releasing a vast expanse of viscous black mist, forming an enormous black cloud that swept toward the oncoming flying sword, corroding the very space in its wake.

All of the other Immortal Palace cultivators immediately rushed away to avoid the black cloud, but Han Li remained completely unfazed as thick arcs of golden lightning erupted out of his golden flying swords at his behest.

As soon as the flying swords plunged into the black cloud, the latter immediately began churning violently before rapidly dissipating into countless plumes of black mist.

The golden flying swords were barely impeded at all as they tore through the black cloud before hurtling toward the five black-robed High Zenith cultivators, all of whom were very alarmed to see this.

All of a sudden, all five of them shrank down significantly to only around three feet in height before darting away to the side at an incredible speed, allowing them to just barely evade the golden flying swords.

Instead of pursuing them, the flying swords flew right past them before tearing into the Immortal Palace cultivators behind them.

A string of bloodcurdling howls rang out as the flying swords raked through the crowd, slaying all of the True Immortals in the blink of an eye while also cutting down as many as a third of the Golden Immortals present. All of the remaining Golden Immortals immediately fled for their lives, and their crescent-shaped formation instantly disintegrated.

Meanwhile, the five High Zenith Stage elderly men reverted back to their original heights, and furious looks appeared on their faces upon seeing this.

These Golden Immortals were the foundation of the Golden Origin Immortal Palace, and a third of them had just been slain in the blink of an eye!

"Who are you? The Heavenly Court is not going to let you get away with this!" one of the five elderly men yelled in a furious voice.

Han Li paid no heed to the elderly as he swept his sleeve through the air once again, and the dozen or so golden flying swords immediately set off after the remaining Golden Immortals, slaying several more of them in a flash.

The five High Zenith Stage elderly men were even more infuriated, and they collectively turned to the center of the Immortal Palace, seemingly waiting for something, but nothing happened.

In the blink of an eye, two more Golden Immortals were cut down, and the five elderly men were just about to storm at Han Li again when around a dozen streaks of radiant green light descended from the heavens before transforming into a series of huge, green snakes.

These snakes were extraordinarily fast and agile, and each of them wrapped itself around one of the golden flying swords.

Tendrils of green mist surged out of their bodies to ensnare the golden swords, only to be instantly destroyed, but more and more of those tendrils of green mist continued to emerged from the bodies of the green snakes, and it didn't take long before the golden flying swords were exhausted of much of their power.

Countless tendrils of green mist wrapped themselves tightly around the swords, forming a giant cocoon around each of them.

Han Li made a hand seal upon seeing this, and the dozen or so golden flying swords pierced their way out of the green cocoons around them before returning to his side.

Immediately thereafter, Dongfang Bai descended out of the sky, and all of the green snakes flew back to him before quickly shrinking down into a series of green rings that hovered around him.

All of the Immortal Palace cultivators were ecstatic to see Dongfang Bai.

"The palace master is here!"

"You're dead now, you scoundrel!"

"Palace Master, don't let him leave this place alive!"

All of the Immortal Palace cultivators gathered behind Dongfang Bai as they glowered at Han Li with resentful expressions.

Dongfang Bai paid no heed to them as he cast his gaze toward Han Li.

"I'll admit that you're a very powerful man, Han Li, but you've bitten off more than you can chew here!"

"You've saved me the trouble of having to pluck you out, Dongfang Bai. You killed all 57,300 members of the Azure Fox Tribe for no just cause, and today is the day that you get your comeuppance!" Han Li declared in a cold voice.

Many of the Immortal Palace cultivators turned to Dongfang Bai with stunned expressions upon seeing this.

It was strictly forbidden for cultivators of the Heavenly Court to kill for no just cause, particularly on such a large-scale basis, and the punishments for such a transgression were very severe.

"They deserved to die for harboring a wanted fugitive on the Immortal Slaying List and attacking the cultivators of our Immortal Palace!" Dongfang Bai countered.

Han Li had no intention of bickering with him on this matter, and he harrumphed coldly, "Regardless of what you say, today is the day that you die!"

Immediately thereafter, all of the dozens of Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords that were revolving around him shot forth toward Dongfang Bai in unison.

In response, Dongfang Bai made a hand seal, and the green rings around him reverted back into around a dozen giant, green pythons, releasing countless tendrils of green mist toward the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.