Chapter 983: Awakening

Chapter 983: Awakening

Han Li struggled to his feet, then limped over to E Kuai before pulling out the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword lodged in his dantian, following which he decapitated E Kuai with a swing of the sword.

Right at this moment, his Mantra Treasured Axis and Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword returned to his body on their own, lacking the immortal spiritual power required to support them.

His entire body was riddled with wounds, but a smile appeared on his face as he took a glance at Violet Spirit, following which his legs gave out from under him, and he sat heavily down onto the ground.

Meanwhile, Mistress Liu Hua, Gu Qianxun, and Shi Chuankong were all looking on with astonished expressions.

"E Kuai is dead... just like that?" Gu Qianxun murmured to herself, while Mistress Liu Hua and Shi Chuankong remained in a stunned silence.

Han Li forced himself to sit up, then took a deep breath before closing his eyes.

The golden ball in his body was rapidly shrinking, and the flow of immortal spiritual power in his body was quickly stagnating again.

While the immortal spiritual power was still able to circulate, he hurriedly retrieved some recovery pills from his Flower Branch domain.

He had used up almost all of the recovery pills in his possession, and the pills in the Scalptia Spatial Domain couldn't even begin to compare with the pills from the outside.

After retrieving a sufficient supply of pills, a thought suddenly occurred to Han Li, and he reached into the front of his own robe before pulling out a black statue amid a flash of black light.

It was the statue that he had obtained from Daoist Master Bone Shine.

After doing all of this, the golden ball in Han Li's body completely faded away, and his immortal spiritual power circulation became stagnant again.

Han Li took one of the recovery pills, and his injuries quickly began to heal.

"Are you alright, Fellow Daoist Li? I must say, you never fail to astonish and impress," Shi Chuankong said as he strode over to Han Li.

"I'm fine," Han Li replied, then made his way over to Violet Spirit to carefully inspect her condition, upon which he was relieved to discover that her injuries weren't particularly severe.

He then strode over to E Kuai before sweeping his spiritual sense over his body, only to discover that he wasn't carrying anything.

How could this be?

Storage treasures couldn't be used in the Scalptia Spatial Domain, so everyone was carrying many things on their bodies, such as pills and weapons, yet none of those things appeared to be in E Kuai's possession.

Right at this moment, Han Li's gaze fell upon a bone ring that E Kuai was wearing on his left hand.

The ring was giving off a faint white glow, indicating that it was no ordinary ring.

As Han Li removed the ring from E Kuai's finger, Mistress Liu Hua suddenly said, "You've got a keen eye. That ring is a storage treasure that I crafted by incorporating starpower and spatial restrictions, and it can be used with starpower."

Han Li took a glance at Mistress Liu Hua upon hearing this, then injected his starpower and spiritual sense into his ring.

After hearing what Daoist Xie had to say, Sha Xin gave a firm nod, then turned to Han Li as she said, "I'll be leaving Master to you then, Fellow Daoist Li."

Immediately thereafter, she turned to depart with Violet Spirit.

"Please wait a moment, City Lord Sha," Han Li hurriedly called out after her. "Violet Spirit is my friend, so please undo the restrictions in her soul so that she can be restored to her normal mental state?"

A series of mixed emotions surfaced in Violet Spirit's eyes upon hearing this.

"Please forgive me, Fellow Daoist Li, I completely forgot all about this," Sha Xin exclaimed as she slapped a hand to her own forehead. "Back when Violet Spirit first arrived in Puppet City, I was worried that she could be a spy sent by Profound City, and that's why I sealed away her memories. I'll undo the seal right away."

With that, she quickly made a string of hand seals, then extended a finger, resting it on Violet Spirit's glabella.

Rays of golden light flowed out of her fingertip and into Violet Spirit's glabella, and a series of golden lines appeared on her forehead to form a rune.

At the same time, a dazed look appeared on her eyes, and she began to slump down in a feeble manner.

As she did so, the golden rune on her forehead disintegrated into countless specks of golden light, and she gave a muffled groan as she fell unconscious.

Han Li immediately sped over to her side, catching her before she could fall, following which he turned to Sha Xin and asked, "What happened to her?"

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Li, she's only temporarily lost consciousness, and she'll regain consciousness soon," Sha Xin replied with a faint smile, then extended a parting curtsey toward the middle-aged man at the center of the lake of blood before departing, accompanied by Mistress Liu Hua and Gua Qianxun.

Shi Chuankong turned his gaze to Han Li, and he opened his mouth to say something, but held his tongue in the end before also making his way outside.

Before long, Sha Xin and the others had arrived outside the underground cave.

Sha Xin closed the entrance to the passageway, then sat down with her legs crossed, and a faint layer of white light emerged over her body, while Mistress Liu Hua and the others stood nearby.

After a long hesitation, Mistress Liu Hua gritted his teeth and strode over to Sha Xin with Gu Qianxun by his side, then extended a respectful bow as he declared, "City Lord Sha, I've come with my daughter, Gu Qianxun, to pay our respects."

"There's no need for such formalities, Fellow Daoist Liu Hua. Is there something you would like to speak to me about?" Sha Xin asked as she opened her eyes.

"Now that E Kuai is dead, it's only a matter of time before you establish your rule over the entire Scalptia Spatial Domain. I was a fool to have allied myself with E Kuai, and I'm hoping that you can forgive me for my misguided ways out of the kindness of your heart. I am willing to pledge my subordination to Puppet City from now on, and I implore you to accept me," Mistress Liu Hua said in an earnest manner.

"I am also willing to join Puppet City. Please accept us, City Lord Sha," Gu Qianxun said as she also extended a deep bow.

"You want to join our Puppet City? Setting aside your daughter for now, you've helped E Kuai create countless star artifacts in the past, causing immeasurable damage to our Puppet City. Even if I'm willing to accept you, how can you expect everyone else in our Puppet City to be so gracious?" Sha Xin asked in a cold voice.

"To make amends for my past transgressions, I'm willing to give you a detailed rundown of all of the distributions of forces around Profound City, as well as the weak points in the city's protective array. Will that suffice as atonement?" Mistress Liu Hua asked with a wry smile.

Sha Xin's eyes immediately lit up upon hearing this, and she said, "It would be remiss of me to turn you down after you've displayed such sincerity. From this day forth, both of you are now citizens of our Puppet City."

"Thank you, City Lord Sha," Mistress Liu Hua said in an elated manner as he extended another deep bow with Gu Qianxun.