Chapter 110: Dao Fruit Reborn, Pure Heart·Divine Binding [Seek Monthly Ticket]

The divine nature within the Eight Extremes Divine Nature Crystal was swiftly extracted, like a flood bursting a dam, madly rushing into Li Che's Mud Pellet Palace inner scene.

Li Che only felt a slight tremor throughout his body, and the inner scene of his Mud Pellet Palace transmitted a feeling of swelling, as if it could not bear the high-speed surge of divine nature.

The Mud Pellet Palace inner scene, located at the forehead, is a mysterious place of the human body.

Even when cultivating divine nature, one dare not be too reckless, for the inner scene is embedded in the sea of mind; once damaged, the affected brain would suffer too great an impact.

But Li Che at this moment……

yet he felt little fear.

He enjoyed the pleasure of this rapid absorption and enhancement; since the Pure Heart could absorb it, he let it absorb.

If it could no longer absorb, the Pure Heart Dao Fruit would automatically stop, being so thoughtful.

Staring at the continuously rising maturity, Li Che's thoughts were clear, his eyes shining brightly.

He sat cross-legged, the Chess Saint Dao Fruit unfolding the heaven-and-earth chessboard, shielding his own divine nature aura from exposure.

Gathering essence, energy, and spirit, he focused entirely on refining the Eight Extremes Divine Nature Crystal!

The Pure Heart Dao Fruit throbbed, madly absorbing; shortly, Li Che found that the maturity of the Pure Heart Dao Fruit had reached 50%!

Maturity exceeded half!

Too fast!

Too crazy!

Extremely rich white divine nature was madly extracted, merging into the Mud Pellet Palace inner scene, merging into the nurturing Pure Heart Divine Nature River within.

The river grew, constantly swaying, its grandeur rapidly increasing.

It even surpassed the three divine nature rivers of the Wrathful Weeping Ghost-Suppressor, Heart-startled Shock Strength, and Suspended Thought-flow Sword, which had already reached the level of nurturing nature like a river!

Even that Divine Foundation of the Three-eyed Fury True Lord seemed, at this moment, to tremble slightly under the impact of the surging Pure Heart River!

Thanks to the Pure Heart's divine nature, which has always isolated the various divine natures from each other, so even while being shaken and impacted, it did not cause the divine nature balance to collapse and erupt.

Li Che sensed the various divine natures within his inner scene……

His heart stirred slightly; it seemed he needed to seize the time to forge other divine nature divine foundations.

Sensing the ever more majestic and weighty Pure Heart Divine Nature, the white divine nature extracted from the Eight Extremes Divine Nature Crystal was purer than that extracted from the Ten Metropolises Divine Nature Crystal.

The Pure Heart cleansing does not even need much time to purify cleanly, allowing about eighty percent of the divine nature to be retained!

Pure Heart Divine Nature grew ever more majestic, the gathered river of divine nature nearly turning into a rushing great river, completely overwhelming the other divine nature rivers, as if occupying the dominant position in the inner scene space.

Even the Divine Foundation of the Three-eyed Fury True Lord seemed to gradually lose the capacity to contend with the Pure Heart Divine Nature River.

The power of rank, at this moment, actually failed!

Boom——!

Suddenly, Li Che only felt his mind as if about to explode, the space of his Mud Pellet Palace inner scene instantly bursting forth with brilliant and blinding white light!

Li Che's complexion changed slightly; wouldn't something go wrong?

Is the divine nature of the Eight Extremes Divine Nature Crystal too majestic, blowing up the inner scene?

If that were truly the case, Li Che would probably be left wanting to cry but unable to.

Fortunately, his mind remained agile, even…… clearer than before.

Countless white divine nature seemed to boil up, obscuring all of Li Che's perception.

But he could feel an immensely powerful compressive force erupting within the inner scene space.

A sudden feeling of cold made Li Che's whole body shiver.

This seems unbelievable; given his current tempered physique, not to mention cold, even if thrown into an ice cave, his mighty boiling qi and blood, if willing, could boil the water!

But his current state……

Something's off!

It is a coldness transmitted from the inner scene space, a kind of…… soul-level cold!

It seems as if fusion is occurring inside, drawing heat from the surroundings, causing the ambient temperature to plummet.

When the white haze before his eyes disappeared.

Li Che then found that the scene of his Mud Pellet Palace inner scene reappeared before his eyes.

Three divine nature rivers wound about, the Divine Foundation of the Three-eyed Fury True Lord hovering high within, freely releasing divine nature.

Yet beside this divine foundation, another emerged, fully manifest and releasing a warm, white luster.

The divine foundation was thick, resembling an enlarged many-times-over cylindrical milk candy like a stone mill.

"This is……"

"Divine foundation?!"

Li Che stared, then his expression involuntarily turned strange.

Forging a divine foundation…… is it really this simple?

When the water reaches the channel, it proceeds smoothly!

The forging of the Pure Heart Divine Foundation was completed even before he had thought of it, having absorbed the divine nature from the Eight Extremes Divine Nature Crystal without realizing it.

Li Che's second divine foundation thus hovered within the inner scene space.

It lacked the terrifying and oppressive aura of the Three-eyed Fury True Lord's divine foundation, and lacked the kind of qi that could influence emotions, making one unable to restrain anger.

The Pure Heart Divine Foundation…… pure and pure white, seeming to have no aura at all, making the spirit clear and pure.

"This……"

Li Che narrowed his eyes, what use does this Pure Heart Divine Foundation have?

Besides increasing the amount of Pure Heart Divine Nature, does it have any other function?

Suddenly, Li Che thought of something, manipulating the Pure Heart Divine Foundation to approach the Divine Foundation of the Three-eyed Fury True Lord.

At the moment of proximity, a suction force suddenly erupted.

Just like two round magnets, they clicked together with a snap!

In an instant——

Li Che then felt the divine foundation aura of the Three-Eyed Wrathful True Lord, which suddenly surged far beyond before……

It was a change like breaking through a bottleneck barrier!

It was as if……

He was literally raised by one rank!

Originally, Li Che's cultivated Three-Eyed Wrathful True Lord divine foundation was of the Eight Extremes Upper Grade rank.

Now…… it seemed to have directly risen into the Seven Elements Lower Grade rank!

Seven Elements Divine Foundation!

Even if it's fake……

Li Che couldn't help but lift the corner of his mouth, unable to suppress this smile any longer.

"The Pure Heart Divine Foundation…… actually has such an effect."

"If later I obtain the Four Sovereigns Divine Foundation Method, and the divine foundation I transform, combined with the Pure Heart Divine Foundation's…… could it directly elevate to the 'Three Pure Ones' level?!"

Li Che's eyes gleamed; thinking about it…… was exciting.

However, a higher-ranked divine foundation isn't always better; as Li Qing Shan said, the higher the divine foundation rank, the stronger the fleshly body needed to bear it……

If the fleshly body isn't strong enough, the inner scene will collapse, the body will collapse, and finally…… it will be controlled by the divine foundation, becoming a mindless monster, slowly draining the body's vitality until death.

Li Che felt he needed to plan for it slowly.

"However, after attaining the Divine Aspect, one cannot alter the divine foundation anymore; therefore, before the Divine Aspect, one must strive to solidify the divine foundation's base."

Li Che opened his eyes, and his mind withdrew from the Mud Pill Inner Vision.

Extremely strong qi and blood permeated the entire workshop.

Li Che frowned; unbeknownst to him, at the instant the combined burst of Seven Elements Divine Foundation power erupted, his fleshly body uncontrollably triggered the Diamond Transformation, withstanding the cleansing force of the Seven Elements Divine Foundation!

Feeling the qi and blood and divinity permeating the whole room……

Exhale——

Inhale——

Li Che exhaled and inhaled.

A massive suction erupted from the Mud Pill, drawing in all the scattered divinity.

Thus, within the workshop, not a trace of divinity leaked out, and the qi and blood were swallowed back into the abdomen like a whale.

At the same time, a flowing light prompt appeared before his eyes.

【Dao Fruit: Pure Heart (LV3, 0%)】

Li Che's eyes gleamed.

He glanced at the Eight Extremes Divine Nature Crystal in his hand; only about a third of its divinity remained, yet it had already pushed the Pure Heart to LV3!

Before him, golden light suddenly flashed!

【Dao Fruit LV3, further metamorphosis yields the embryonic divine ability 'Pure Heart·God-Binding'】

Li Che's breath suddenly grew a bit ragged.

Success!

The third Dao Fruit gave rise to a third embryonic divine ability!

Following the Immortal Craft·Thousand Analysis Hand and the Dragon-Elephant Diamond·Ascending the Tower, the Pure Heart·God-Binding embryonic divine ability was finally forged!

Li Che's inner self burned hot, his emotions surged!

Within his chest, the Pure Heart Dao Fruit throbbed violently; each beat seemed to burst forth countless divinity, twisting into tendril-like divine whiskers!

Between heaven and earth, it danced wildly!

【Embryonic Divine Ability (Pure Heart·God-Binding): True clarity and purity, able to examine all things, bind spirits and command generals, all gods revere me】

A description, flowing like molten gold, slowly emerged before his eyes!

Li Che's emotions gradually calmed; he stared at the description and began to ponder carefully.

It was somewhat like Ascending the Tower; at first…… he still couldn't fully grasp this description.

After slowly sensing it, his heart nonetheless trembled slightly.

Feeling the divine tendrils growing from the Pure Heart divine foundation……

Just like an Evil God controlling its people's tentacles……

Like a puppeteer manipulating the strings of a puppet……

Overall, it felt…… not like something good!

"You call this 'Pure Heart'? Pure and spotless, white to the extreme becomes black?"

"How does it feel like a black-hearted beast?"

Li Che couldn't help but mutter a sentence.

He closed his eyes to begin understanding; slowly, the function of the Pure Heart·God-Binding embryonic divine ability became clear.

He opened his eyes and exhaled a breath.

He raised his hand; in his palm, a gray-black divine nature chess piece appeared.

It was a divine nature chess piece formed by drawing divinity from the corpse of the Ten Metropolises Corpse God Envoy of the Corpse God Sect after slaying him.

The Thousand Analysis Hand gathers it, the Heaven-Earth Chessboard stores it; now……

Shall Pure Heart be used for it?

Embryonic divine ability, Pure Heart·God-Binding!

After a sudden burst!

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Grand Master Fakong was astonished without end.

This divine statue, though I have never seen it before, possesses an extremely fervent ghost‑suppressing ability!

The power to dispel evil is extremely strong.

Although it does not match the Buddha statues of the Heart‑Ape Monastery, that magnificent ghost‑suppressing power is in no way lacking.

Although he is a monk of a Buddhist temple, divine statues have never been so particular; they do not necessarily have to be Buddha.

Like many temples, the deity worshipped in the Guiyi Miao is not necessarily a Buddhist Buddha, yet this does not hinder the temple from gaining power through worship of the statue.

Obtaining power by worshipping a deity, and what one does with that power, is what matters most.

This is also why Master Fakang did not restrict the type of carving; otherwise he would have added a requirement for a Buddha statue.

Good, Master Li's craftsmanship is excellent!

Master Fakang clapped his hands in praise.

"Is Master Fakang satisfied? Is this statue of Zhong Kui enough?" Li Che asked with a smile.

Master Fakang nodded: "Without mentioning the superb carving skill, just the magnificent and righteous divine nature inherent in the statue makes a hundred ghosts tremble and ten thousand ghosts prostrate!"

"Glowering to suppress ghosts—truly a perfect match."

"This is the Kui God, Li brother… Have you seen a Kui God? It seems that in Qingzhou there is a similar Kui God Guiyi Miao, whose deity has leopard eyes, a luxuriant beard, and a fierce gaze upon the world."

Shangguan Qinghong exclaimed in surprise, a strange color flashing in her eyes.

Li Che blinked slightly, Kui God?

This world actually has a Kui God?

But thinking of the Three‑Eyed Furious True Lord and the Eight‑Armed Jail‑Lotus Furious Third Prince, the existence of a Kui God is quite normal.

"From what I have read in ancient texts, I felt inspired; hearing that the Kui God excels at suppressing ghosts, I carved it in that form. Unfortunately I have never seen one with my own eyes, so I could only rely on imagination."

Li Che said with a smile.

Master Fakang, however, could not put it down; he immediately produced two Ten‑Metropolis divine‑nature crystals and handed them to Li Che.

"Thank you, Master Li, for your craftsmanship. I will take this statue; its quality has already reached the ultimate of the Ten Metropolises, but limited by your cultivation, Master Li, it cannot be elevated to the Nine Luminaries… which is a bit of a pity."

"If it were of the Nine Luminaries, it would not be this price," Shangguan Qinghong quickly added.

"I understand," said Master Fakang. After a moment's thought, he took a string of hand‑beads from his Cosmos Jade and gave them to Li Che.

"Master Li, exchanging two divine‑nature crystals for this Kui God statue full of divine charm, I truly feel indebted; therefore I give you this Buddhist hand‑bead as a token of friendship."

"Master Li, if you have time another day, please come sit at the Heart‑Ape Monastery."

Master Fakang pressed his palms together in a salute and spoke courteously.

Li Che did not refuse, took the Buddhist hand‑beads, glanced at them: nine beads, fine strings twining, each bead simply carved with a monkey face.

The Thousand‑Analysis Hand activated, analyzing.

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【Not a Divine Weapon: Heart‑Ape Hand Buddhist Beads】

【Origin: Ordinary bodhi wood polished into beads, containing a hint of the Heart‑Ape's fire element combined with wrathful divine nature, capable of dispelling inner demons】

【Wielder: None】

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Huh?

Li Che stared blankly for a moment.

The Heart‑Ape Hand Buddhist Beads are not a divine weapon; Li Che did not mind, but focused on the description.

Fire‑element Heart‑Ape combined with wrathful divine nature?

Fire…… wrath……

Li Che's eyes narrowed: fire…… belongs to the five elements' fire, combined with the seven emotions' wrath?

A combination of the five elements and seven emotions' divine nature?

This was Li Che's first encounter with such a combination; his heart trembled slightly.

However, now is obviously not the time to study; he suppressed the thought and stored the hand‑beads away.

Master Fakang did not put the Zhong Kui statue into his Cosmos Jade; instead he directly embraced it and, openly, carried the statue out of the Qintian Observatory.

Shangguan Qinghong and Li Che saw him off.

Watching the monk's figure, holding the Kui God statue, disappear into the spring breeze, both of their expressions turned somewhat strange.

"The Heart‑Ape Monastery has deep foundations; it possesses its own wood‑carving hall, yet Master Fakang often comes to our Qintian Observatory on missions, allowing our masters to earn the divine‑nature crystals he painstakingly obtained… making him somewhat of an oddity in the Heart‑Ape Monastery."

Shangguan Qinghong somehow produced a handful of melon seeds and began cracking them.

"The Heart‑Ape Monastery has deep foundations?"

Li Che was curious.

"As one of the five major sects of Jinguang Prefecture City, though it does not match a branch of the Divine Sect, the Heart‑Ape Monastery's origin is not simple."

"I have heard that its lineage is extraordinary; the Heart‑Ape Monastery is a surviving lineage of the ancient Divine Sect, dating back three thousand years. Its orthodox Divine Sect once flourished, occupying the six paths and twelve provinces of the world, suppressing the contemporary dynasties and intimidating all under heaven—only now has its lineage declined."

"Five hundred years ago, the Guiyi Miao that it had suppressed erupted in a shocking calamity; that extremely terrifying "Three‑Pure‑Level" deity revived, no one could suppress it, and with other forces seeking to intervene, the ancient Divine Sect's lineage was utterly shattered, split into fragments."

"Later, surviving monks of that Divine Sect lineage fled to Jinguang Prefecture City and, carrying part of the lineage, established the Heart‑Ape Monastery."

Upon hearing this, Li Che's heart trembled slightly.

The ancient Divine Sect's lineage—indeed, that is truly extraordinary; after all, to reach the level of the orthodox Divine Sect is absolutely not ordinary.

"Then what is the name of the orthodox Divine Sect of the Heart‑Ape Monastery?"

Shangguan Qinghong cracked a melon seed, chewing with her small mouth while tilting her head to think for a moment, then said: "The name of that overturned Divine Sect is extraordinarily arrogant… it seems to be called…"

"Qiti Temple."

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