A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality - Chapter 983

Chapter 983



Nearly a month later at the bottom of the Yin Yang Cave, Han Li stood in a giant wind cavern and held his hands in an incantation gesture . A dozen golden swords were revolving around him, shredding the countless moths flooding him into thin lines of black Qi .

The moths were several inches long and completely black . With each flap of their wings, they released thin blades of wind towards him, but they were all easily blocked by the golden light .

But with each fallen moth, two came to take its place . Han Li grew sullen with annoyance . He tossed a spirit beast pouch from his waist and summoned a swarm of sparkling golden beetles into the air .

When the black moths met the Gold Devouring Beetles, they suddenly began to shrink back as more of their numbers fell to the ground . When he saw this, he withdrew a majority of his flying swords and stepped into the depths of the cavern .

The Yin winds here were blowing with far greater frequency and blocked his more powerful spiritual sense from seeing even ten meters ahead . At the very least, he didn’t have to worry about being harassed by the moths .

After walking to the approximate center, his eyes shined with blue light, allowing him to see the nearby surroundings with clarity . But when he looked in a certain direction, he couldn’t help but gasp .

He walked sixty meters before tossing out a moonlight stone and carrying it in the air with a mist of azure light, illuminating ten meters around him .

Underneath the white light, a skull-sized black crystal was half embedded in the wall .

But what was astonishing was that the gem was flickering with a haunting light and would release black moths without end, swarming towards Han Li and the dazzling moonlight stone in a mad rush . However, the Gold Devouring Beetles had intercepted them midway, but when each moth was killed, they simply faded away as if they never existed .

“This is the third one, but it is able to use the nearby Yin Qi to create Dark Yin Moths . How peculiar,” Han Li muttered .

When Han Li took a closer look, he saw the black crystal release a flare of black light . A pop sounded out, followed by the appearance of a meter-wide moth . It fiercely glared at Han Li with crimson eyes .

Han Li raised his brow at the sight and flicked his finger, releasing a bolt of golden lightning and dispersing the moth in an instant . Although it was certain to have a few peculiar abilities, the Divine Devilbane Lightning was its natural nemesis .

Then, he reached out for the crystal without any hesitation, and a large hand of sparkling blue light appeared in front of him . With a bang, the crystal was taken out from the wall .

In the instant the crystal was grasped, the surrounding Yin winds were decreased by over half . All the moths had turned into black Qi in a bright flash and blew away in the wind .

Han Li didn’t appear particularly surprised by this and instead mulled over the two smaller crystals he found earlier in other wind caverns . These strange crystals caused Han Li to click his tongue in amazement, but he decided to leave the matter for later .


After his first return to Old Man Fu for another application of the Dark Violet Pearl’s protective light, he split up with Bai Yaoyi . Now that she wasn’t following him, Han Li made full use of his abilities .

Over the last few days, while he slowly headed deeper into the cave, he was several times faster than the others . He also came across high-grade ghosts with greater frequency, but his flying swords and golden lightning made short work of them . He hadn’t needed to use the Weeping Soul Beast even once .

It was starting to make sense why high-grade cultivators hadn’t explored the Yin Yang Cave . Deeper inside, he had found little, apart from a few abandoned magic tools and inferior ore veins .

But several days ago when he pursued a ghost, he unintentionally entered a small wind cavern . He initially had little interest in exploring it as the Umbra Yin Horse they were looking for shouldn’t be able to survive in a place with fierce Yin Winds . In addition, the frequent Yin winds in the cave would force him to consume even greater amounts of magic, even with the protection of the Dark Violet Pearl’s light . As such, it would prove quite difficult of him to tread deeper inside, but after he discovered the first black crystal, he became interested in exploring deeper . With the Divine Devilbane Lightning protecting him and the Myriad Spirit Milk to replenish his magic power, he also had little to fear .



Han Li hadn’t seen these black crystals before in any records . Although they resembled Devil Essence Diamonds at first glance, they were completely different .

They weren’t nearly as hard as Devil Essence Diamonds and didn’t contain devilish essence either . They appeared to be strange wind-attribute gems that were condensed inside these caverns for countless years, but they also contained large quantities of Yin Qi .

When Han Li searched through tens of wind caverns, he only managed to find three of them . The first two he found were the size of a fist, but the third and most recent one he found was the size of a skull and could produce ghosts .

After examining the gem for a long while and finding that it hadn’t made the slightest reaction, he stuck several restriction talismans on it before placing it in a large jade box and into his storage pouch .

After a cursory search through the large wind cavern to make sure he hadn’t missed anything, he withdrew to the passage where he came .

He traveled another kilometer and was searching through another small cavern, eventually finding that the tunnel became increasingly narrow . In the end, he was met with a wall of ice .

Han Li sighed but still continued forward . He raised his hand and released a streak of azure light, sinking deep into the icy wall . He didn’t stop there, and pressed his hand against it and swept his spiritual sense through .

After finding no mechanisms or restrictions, he turned around and moved back without another thought . He was several times faster on the way back than when he was exploring forward .

Although he didn’t know the exact shape of the Yin Yang Cave, they should be close to the heart of the cave given the variety of ghosts they’ve encountered . However, none of them had yet to discover any trace of the Umbra Yin Horse, much to Han Li’s impatience .



Since he had hurried to refine the Triflame Fan in preparation for this trip, he didn’t want to return empty-handed .

It was an extremely difficult affair for a Nascent Soul cultivator to breakthrough to a later stage . All cultivators who ascended to mid-Nascent Soul stage in the Heavenly South were blessed geniuses, and of these talents, only three were able to break through to late-Nascent Soul stage . And although there were more late-Nascent Soul cultivators in the Great Jin, they were still rarely seen .

As a result, Han Li had considered using the Copulation Essence Arts with Mu Peiling to break through the bottleneck to late-Nascent Soul stage, but it wasn’t a guarantee . Now that the Nascent Cultivating Pill appeared before him, he couldn’t allow the opportunity to pass him by .

If they truly couldn’t find the Umbra Yin Horse, he would have to see if he could acquire the medical formula of the Nascent Cultivating Pill from Old Man Fu . Although his chances were slim, if he could acquire the formula, he could try looking the Umbra Yin Horse elsewhere . After all, there were many places in the world where Yin Qi naturally gathered .

Han Li’s mind mulled over this matter as he flew through the tunnel .

But suddenly, his expression stirred and his attention turned to his front . A flicker of green light flashed in front of him and was flying in his direction . He instantly waved his sleeve in response, releasing a mist of azure in front of him . The green light was captured by the mist and dragged in front of him, revealing a gleaming sword that had a red jade slip attached to it .

Han Li pursed his lips and raised his hand, taking the slip into his hand before tossing the sword back into the air . The green sword let out a ring, circling in the air before flying through Yin winds without a trace .

Han Li ignored it and instead sank his spiritual sense into the jade slip .

“They’ve found traces of the Umbra Yin Horse!” A short moment later, Han Li withdrew from the jade slip with a smile . Then with a flip of his hand, he summoned a white formation plate .

He tapped it and in a flash of azure light, it became as glossy as a mirror . Four differently colored lights appeared on different places of the plate .

He looked at the positions of the light and immediately put it away before flying forward at greater speed .

Half a day later, Han Li arrived at a four-way intersection, finding Cultivator Yuan and Old Man Fu meditating there . The Dark Violet Pearl was floating motionlessly above the old man’s head .

After Han Li arrived, he asked, “Fellow Daoist Yuan, you’ve found it?”

“That’s right,” Cultivator Yuan chuckled and his face wore a trace of excitement, “The Umbra Yin Horse is in this passageway, but it is extremely cunning . I wasn’t able to capture it, and could only block the way out and wait for you all to arrive . ”

“Good,” Han Li nodded with a smile, “So long as we know of its whereabouts, it will only be a matter of time . ”

Old Man Fu happily said, “Junior Martial Sister Chang and Fellow Daoist Bai are still quite far away . Let’s wait . When we’re all present, the capture will be easier . ”

When Han Li heard this, he felt relieved and also took a seat .

Several hours later, the black-robed woman and Bai Yaoyi rushed over . After they heard the news, they were also overjoyed . With several simple spell formations placed down at the passage entrance, they promptly set off inside .

Not long after, a dark light suddenly flashed from the ground underneath, followed by the emergence of three pitch-black dried corpses .

The chests of the corpses were all hollow and their bodies lacked any flesh, but their eyes shined with a chilling green light as they stared in the direction of Han Li’s party without the slightest emotion .