Chapter 770: Evolution

As soon as Han Li entered the golden lightning pond, all of the lightning inside instantly began to churn violently amid bursts of thunderous rumbling, and countless balls of golden lightning took shape before converging toward him from all directions in a frenzy.

Han Li naturally wasn't just going to resign himself to his fate. In the instant that he entered the lightning pond, his body instantly swelled drastically in size, while a layer of golden scales appeared over his skin.

Immediately thereafter, his entire body was inundated by golden lightning, filling the entire hall with blinding golden radiance.

Liu Qi's eyes narrowed slightly upon seeing this, and he chanted a rapid incantation, then grabbed onto the golden chain with one of his tails before giving it a strong tug.

The light emanating from the golden chain instantly brightened significantly as arcs of lightning emerged over its surface, drawing the majority of lightning from the pond to alleviate the pressure on Han Li.

At the same time, he opened his mouth to release a ball of white light, which then instantly exploded into dozens of streaks of white light that shot forth in all directions before vanishing into all parts of the hall.

The patterns in the giant array on the ground quickly turned white, and the stone gate at the entrance slammed shut with a resounding boom.

In the blink of an eye, all of the array patterns in every corner of the entire hall had lit up, and all of a sudden, it was as if the hall had become completely isolated from the outside world, forming a separate space of its own.

"This is a Xumi Domain!" Shi Chuankong exclaimed.

Liu Qi had just unleashed a type of spatial secret technique capable of completely severing a place from the outside world, and if an outsider wished to enter the space, their only option would be to completely destroy it.

Shi Chuankong took a long glance at Liu Qi, then suddenly flew over to the silver lightning pond.

"What are you doing, Brother Shi?" Fox 3 hurriedly asked.

"The baleful qi in my body is still yet to be fully eradicated, so I'm going to continue my baleful cleansing," Shi Chuankong replied with a smile.

"You've witnessed the power of the silver lightning array, even Fellow Daoist Li only just barely managed to survive it. As opposed to taking such a huge risk now, you should wait until Patriarch Liu Qi is completely freed," Fox 3 advised with slightly furrowed brows.

"Right now, the situation outside is constantly changing, and enemies could arrive at any moment, so I can't afford to delay any longer. Thank you for your concern, Brother Fox, but I must enter this lightning pond, even if I am to die in there!" Shi Chuankong replied with a determined expression, then leaped into the silver lightning pond before Fox 3 had a chance to say anything else.

Fox 3 could only shake his head before turning his gaze to the golden lightning pond.

As time passed, the golden lightning within the pond had begun to conjure up different objects such as lightning beads and lightning rings, all of which were bombarding Han Li relentlessly.

Even though Han Li's physical body had already reached the High Zenith Stage, he was struggling to withstand the assault, and his skin had turned bright red, while his entire body was riddled with countless tiny bleeding gashes that were healing just as quickly as they appeared.

Han Li's eyes were tightly shut as he remained completely still in the golden lightning pond, but veins were bulging on his forehead, and all of his muscles were squirming incessantly. It was clear that he was enduring indescribable agony, but at the same time, he was also channeling his Great Universe Origin Arts to protect his own internal organs.

He didn't know why this was happening, but the lightning law powers in his dantian had faded, allowing him to regain control over the immortal spiritual power there.

He was just about to channel his immortal spiritual power to try and keep out the surrounding lightning when the seventy-two Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords suddenly flew out of his dantian altogether, then began to circle through the air around him.

As they did so, they began to rapidly devour the lightning law powers within the lightning pond, doing so with a great deal of eagerness and urgency.

Countless tiny golden lightning runes began to appear around the swords, and they were giving off lightning law power fluctuations that caused the nearby space to buzz and tremble incessantly.

Meanwhile, the lightning law powers in Han Li's body were quickly fading away, as was the numb sensation that had immobilized him this entire time.

The elation on his face became even more pronounced upon seeing this, and it was intermingled with a hint of excitement.

The Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were his bonded treasure, so he had an extremely close spiritual connection with them, and at this moment, he could sense that the swords were undergoing a process of evolution from devouring the lightning law powers in this lightning pond.

Having devoured so much sword essence in the Infernal Frost Immortal Manor, the set of swords had been imbued with tremendous spiritual power, and each of them was comparable in power to most immortal treasures.

However, they contained no law powers, so they were made to look rather inferior in the face of some graded immortal treasures, but it seemed that they were finally about to make the leap to become graded immortal treasures themselves.

Han Li suppressed the excitement in his heart as he channeled his Great Universe Origin Arts once again to protect his own body, warding off the surrounding golden lightning while carefully observing his Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.

These were his bonded treasures, and he had to make absolute certain that no harm befell them.

A hint of surprise appeared on Fox 3's face as he saw what was happening in the golden lightning pond, and Liu Qi also turned his gaze to Han Li with an intrigued expression.

The seventy-two Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were circling rapidly around Han Li, and the lightning law runes around them were rapidly expanding in size, while the lightning law powers that they were giving off were also becoming steadily more formidable.

The flying swords themselves were also rapidly swelling in size, having already become several dozen feet in size, and they resembled seventy-two sharks that were swimming joyfully through the lightning pond while devouring the lightning law powers within like seventy-two bottomless pits.

Han Li wasn't surprised at all to see this.

He knew that the law powers imbued within an immortal treasure was related to the materials used to refine it, the spiritual power that it contained, and the degree to which it had been nurtured. If an immortal treasure had been refined from inferior materials or was of an unsuitable attribute, then there was a very good chance that it could break during an injection of law powers.

Exceptional materials had been used to refine these Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, and they also contained immense spiritual power. On top of that, they had either been nurtured in Han Li's body or within the Profound Heavenly Gourd this entire time, and with such a strong foundation, it naturally stood to reason that they could contain an immense amount of law powers.

He had refrained from elevating this set of flying swords into true immortal treasures this entire time as he hadn't been able to find a source of law powers of sufficient volume to support this process, but the opportunity had suddenly presented itself to him.