Chapter 139: line with translation of chapter title

Cold air floated and condensed the water vapor in the sky, accumulating into drifting snowflakes that fell.

Jin Guang Prefecture City.

Luohua Alley, a small workshop courtyard.

Li Che sat cross-legged in the courtyard, lifting his face, letting snowflakes fall on his cheeks.

Scorching qi and blood surged rapidly beneath the skin, the released heat instantly melting the snowflakes into snow water.

"My Xixi is four years old."

She's four years old...

Time really flies; in the blink of an eye, she who was still in swaddling clothes, a tiny little girl, has turned four in a flash, grown into a lively little lass.

Li Che's eyelids drooped slightly, the corners of his mouth involuntarily curling into a smile.

Watching his daughter grow up safe and sound, slowly maturing.

As an old father, he inexplicably felt a sense of pride and gratification.

Xixi was born on a day of heavy snowfall; whenever snowflakes drift down to the human world, it means her birthday is drawing nearer.

Today is Xixi's fourth birthday.

When Xixi turns four, it also means the fifth Dao Fruit should appear.

He wasn't in a hurry either, slightly closing his eyes and waiting quietly.

At the same time, he summed up his cultivation so far.

Within the Niwan inner vision, eight divine foundations hovered, each flashing with radiance; powerful divinity surged and roared like a storm, continuously welling up.

The seven emotions' divinity, all forged by him into divine foundations, seven wheels of divine foundation…

The difficulty is not small; the mutual repulsion is extremely terrible, were it not for his Pure Heart divinity also forged into a divine foundation, serving to isolate and shield them from each other.

Perhaps the collision and conflict of divinity among the seven divine foundations alone would be enough to make Li Che dazzled and unable to control.

Once the Pure Heart divinity is removed, the seven emotions' divinity mixed together would be like seven different-colored threads tangled together, impossible to separate.

In other words, his current divinity cultivation, judging by the highest level of divine foundation, places him at the middle stage of divine foundation.

He cultivates the Six Offices-level Xuan Si Wu Huang Golden Heavenly King divine foundation.

Built upon the Xuan Si Flow Sword divine foundation he originally cultivated from the Feilei Xu family, overlaid with a same-nature divine foundation.

This is also Li Che's primary divine foundation to cultivate next, striving to perfect the divine foundation and reach the level of contemplating the divine visage.

He can enter the Golden Divine Hall every half year to view that heavenly king's statue, which is the best opportunity to cultivate the Golden Heavenly King's divine visage.

"My talent in the path of divinity is actually quite ordinary; although I have many divine crystals aiding cultivation, the speed of breaking through my divinity cultivation is still a bit slow."

Li Che shook his head, sighing slightly.

"Dragon Elephant Vajra" enhanced his hard-body martial arts talent, making him a martial arts genius, unparalleled in hard-body training.

Nowadays, martial arts has indeed not disappointed this Dao Fruit, having stepped into the realm of the Furnace Grandmaster.

Moreover, he has mastered three schools of true intent secret arts; one is his self-created Dragon Elephant True Strength, which can fuse the true intent of other true intent secret arts into it.

The second is the Eight Flood Dragons Turning the River, a top-tier secret art transmitted by Li Qing Shan from the Golden Light Branch of the Qian Yuan Divine Sect.

The third is the Azure Lightning Body, a lower-grade secret art obtained from the Shangguan clan.

Upon reaching the Grandmaster level, besides likewise tempering the physique, it is also to refine the five viscera and six bowels.

Infusing true intent into the five viscera and six bowels makes them tough and unyielding; cultivating both externally and internally, without flaw or omission, one can assault the level of Grandmaster.

Since true intent can only be born from secret arts, most Grandmasters primarily cultivate one secret art.

Likewise, in the stages of entry, minor accomplishment, major accomplishment, mastery, and transformation; when one secret art is cultivated to the mastery level, true intent can be born; when cultivated to the transformation level, true intent can metamorphose into true form.

Martial arts true intent combined with the power of the divine visage is extremely terrifying!

This is also the realm where many divine visage elders of Jin Guang Prefecture City reside.

They have mostly immersed themselves in martial arts for many long years, gradually polishing one true intent secret art to the transformation level over time.

But that's merely it; wanting to break through to Grandmaster, a single secret art reaching true form is far from enough.

Martial arts true form is merely a basic requirement for becoming a Grandmaster.

"The martial path is long and arduous..." Li Che exhaled a breath.

He is only at the initial stage of Grandmaster, just beginning to temper the five viscera…

As for secret art cultivation, Li Che is not worried; his talent is not bad, with gradual practice he will surely achieve true form!

And the Dragon Elephant True Strength, fusing many true forms, who knows what power it will transform into?

Li Che couldn't help but feel some anticipation and curiosity.

Regarding this secret art that sprang from the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit and which he self-created, Li Che still harbors great expectations.

A stir of heart and mind.

Flowing light appeared before his eyes.

…

【Name: Li Che】

【Bond: Li Nuanxi (daughter)】

【Dao Fruit: Immortal Craft (lv3, 88%), Dragon Elephant Vajra (lv3, 55%), Pure Heart (LV3, 15%), Chess Sage (LV3, 10%)】

【Divine Ability Prototype: Immortal Craft·Thousand Scrutinizing Hand, Dragon Elephant Vajra·Ascend the Tower, Pure Heart·Detain Divinity】

【Tip: For each year the bonded one grows up safely, the Dao Tree can bear one Dao Fruit】

…

The long-absent interface appeared before his eyes.

The peaceful and steady cultivation, the overall improvement is not small; the maturity of the Immortal Craft Dao Fruit has already reached lv3 88%, very close to lv4.

During this period, he began producing five 'Dragon Tooth Bodhi', engraving upon them flow-mark spiral patterns that can accelerate the convergence of divine power.

This made the penetrative power of the bullets and the explosive burst carrying divinity even stronger!

But that alone is not enough; it is difficult to improve the maturity of the Immortal Craft.

Moreover, making ordinary divine wood carvings is also hard to raise the standard of Immortal Craft, unless one enters the Guiyi Miao, observes the temple deity, captures the deity's divinity into the wood carving, and makes such wood carvings to accelerate the improvement of Immortal Craft.

Li Che also planned to, after finishing his upcoming tasks, begin working to raise his 【Immortal Craft】 Dao Fruit to level 4.

Actually, Li Che really likes this peaceful and stable life.

Every day, as long as he cultivates, carves, and nurtures divinity, it is simply too comfortable.

Tranquil and wonderful.

Alas, the tree wishes for calm but the wind does not cease; this world has never been a peaceful and stable one.

Even Jin Guang Prefecture City is constantly seething with undercurrents.

Gangs openly fight and slaughter each other; the five major sects secretly contend with surging tensions; aristocratic clans also vie for benefits, with friction never ceasing.

The Temple Suppression Office focuses all its thoughts on the three Guiyi Miaos outside the city, which are filled with the potential to erupt in great terror at any moment.

The City Lord's Manor, the Temple Suppression Office, and the Bureau of Astronomy are not of one mind; they all seem to eye the Divine Sect covetously.

Within the Divine Sect, there are also hidden heretics of the Corpse God Cult.

The Corpse God Cult is even corroding the experts of all major forces in Jin Guang Prefecture City, like a venomous snake opening its bloody maw, seeking to swallow the whole city whole.

The world……has never been at peace.

Only when one's own strength is sufficiently great, great enough to uphold a patch of stability……

Only then can one truly achieve carefree ease, sit and watch the winds and clouds, and enjoy life.

Li Che opened his eyes and exhaled a mouthful of turbid qi.

Having been quiet for so long, this is the calm before the storm.

As the Four Emperors Eight-Armed Wrathful Third Prince Guiyi Miao trembled, the temple gates expanded; awaiting the arrival of experts from the Primal Origin Orthodox Sect, to open the Four Emperors Eight-Armed Wrathful Third Prince Guiyi Miao and conduct the Temple Deity Resonance test……

The storm probably could no longer be held back.

When Li Qing Shan previously took the sect entrance examination, he said that the Temple Deity Resonance test would likely occur about a year after the sect entrance examination, so after Xixi's birthday, it would probably be the Temple Deity Resonance test.

"Temple Deity Resonance test…… hearing Li Qing Shan say, this time it's been arranged on a large scale, different from before; previously, for the Temple Deity Resonance, the Primal Origin Divine Sect Orthodox would bring the outstanding spirit children gathered from the four prefectures and the city of Yúnzhōu to participate together in the test."

And this time, it seems that besides Yúnzhōu, the ten prefecture branch sects under the jurisdiction of Lingnan Dao's Dao City, and even Dao City itself, will dispatch strong ones to come, bringing spirit children for testing…

For the inheritance of the Eight-Armed Wrathful Third Prince!

Li Che's eyes flickered.

The Guiyi Miao of the Eight-Armed Wrathful Third Prince outside Jin Guang Prefecture is of extremely high rank; even among the Four Sovereigns Guiyi Miao, it belongs to the top tier.

Therefore, the Gui Que trembles, the inheritance of the Third Prince surges forth, and all factions will be moved.

And the prototype of the Third Prince's temple deity is a child, so naturally the matter of temple deity resonance will be valued by all sides.

This temple deity resonance…… attracted the attention of the entire Lingnan Dao.

The Corpse God Sect had already laid out plans in Jin Guang Prefecture early on, also because of the fame of this Eight-Armed Wrathful Third Prince Guiyi Miao of the Four Sovereigns.

Just as Li Che was thinking and summarizing, finishing organizing his own cultivation.

Hum—

Li Che only felt that heaven and earth suddenly became extremely quiet!

Bang bang bang!

Within his chest, violent undulations transmitted outward—those were the abnormal signs of Dao Fruits being produced!

Dao Fruits【Immortal Artisan】, 【Dragon Elephant Vajra】, 【Immaculate Mind】, 【Chess Sage】—four Dao Fruits, all violently throbbing!

As if welcoming a new companion!

Before his eyes, the scene flowed, a familiar picture, like a mirror slowly emerging from the water, gradually reflecting!

……

Roar—

The vast and profound earth, as if an ancient deity were roaring, between the boundless heavens and earth, a towering treasure tree shot up from the ground!

Countless leaves trembled, flashing myriad streams of light!

A seven-colored fruit, accompanied by seven-colored streams of light, hung from the treetop.

Xixi's growth over this year flashed by like a hurried glance, projecting onto the vast heavens and earth!

Li Che's hair was black as ink, his gaze gazing into the distance.

It sparkled with crystalline radiance, filled with curiosity and anticipation.

Xixi's birthday is the day Li Che opens his Dao Fruit blind box……

Naturally, he is greatly anticipating it!

A year of guardianship has finally borne fruit today.

Xixi is four years old, the fifth Dao Fruit!

At last!

……

【Your daughter is four years old, occasional setbacks, resilient and unyielding, safe and sound, obtained the Dao Fruit "Picture Immortal"】

……

The prompts coalesced into flashing golden light, bright beyond compare.

The fifth Dao Fruit!

Li Che knows that if his daughter is safe and sound, his future…… Dao Fruits will only increase.

And as for the attribute of the Dao Fruit, what exactly it will be, he cannot determine, nor can he guess.

It's just like opening a blind box, very exciting.

Just as this time, seeing the name of the fifth Dao Fruit, Li Che felt the same bewilderment as when he first saw the 'Chess Saint' Dao Fruit.

Painting Immortal?

Is this meant to make him a poet who wields a wolf-hair brush?

His brows furrowed slightly.

It seemed he had grasped some different meanings of the Dao Fruits.

"Profession?"

"These Dao Fruits, are they meant to let me become a god through the rhythm of a profession?"

Li Che smiled, intrigued.

Of course, not necessarily, because the 【Immaculate Heart】 Dao Fruit does not belong to the profession category, so it shouldn't be generalized; there is still a probability.

The panel gave him an opportunity, binding him to his daughter's fate; if his daughter lives safely for one year, he can obtain a Dao Fruit.

This Dao Fruit is just nascent, lacking maturity; he needs to gradually accumulate its maturity.

The origin of this opportunity is quite significant.

Because his cultivation has grown, his contact with the world has deepened considerably.

He saw the temple god, saw the myth of two lives overlapping, so as his soul trembled, he couldn't help but wonder……

The Dao Fruit he obtained is bound to his daughter; could it be that her identity is special?

My little Xixi……

Could she be the reincarnation of some great expert?

Li Che closed his eyes, his soul violently trembling; this thought, once arisen, could not be restrained, as if a cold sensation instantly enveloped his whole body.

He dared not dwell on it, dared not think deeply.

He slowly opened his eyes.

"Even if she is the reincarnation of a great expert…… so what?"

"The Dao Fruit is with me, and I, Li Che…… am Xixi's biological father!"

"Even if there are conspiracies behind it, I only wish for my daughter's safety."

Li Che's gaze gradually calmed, the cold within him dispelled, as if a furnace blazed in his chest, radiating heat.

"I just need to become strong enough……"

"Then I will fear no monsters or demons!"

Grow strong!

Only then can he protect his daughter, his wife, and his home!

【Painting Immortal (Dao Fruit): qi and blood as ink, divinity condensing spirit, immortal in the painting, the painting brings forth all things】

His heart and mind trembled slightly.

The introduction of the new Dao Fruit, 【Painting Immortal】, appeared before his eyes.

"Immortal in the painting, the painting brings forth all things……"

Li Che narrowed his eyes; regarding this introduction, he remained somewhat bewildered.

But it is certain that using this Dao Fruit involves qi and blood, as well as divinity.

"Just give it a try and you'll know."

【Dao Fruit (Painting Immortal): lv1, 0%】

Li Che glanced at it; his chest trembled as the Dao Fruit quivered.

He closed his eyes to sense it; it felt as if an electric current surged, spreading from his mind, letting him gradually grasp the meaning of this Painting Immortal Dao Fruit.

A single character: 'Painting'!

In the courtyard, heavy snow fluttered.

Li Che closed his eyes for about ten breaths, then suddenly opened them.

"So that's how it is……"

A smile of surprise unbidden tugged at the corner of his mouth.

He raised his hand and tapped the center of his brow, the mud-palace.

Instantly, in his inner vision, the eight-wheel divine foundation trembled.

The 【Golden Heavenly King Divine Foundation of Contemplation Without Fear】 rumbled, like a millstone turning, and instantly divinity was extracted.

His meridians roared; the potent furnace-master's qi and blood overflowed from his palms, merging with divinity, actually turning into thick black ink in the air.

The Painting Immortal Dao Fruit throbbed again, and a spotless white sheet of paper floated before him.

Accompanied by the gentle breeze within the courtyard, the paper's corners fluttered with a rustling sound.

Li Che gazed at the paper, his eyes flickering; this paper was formed from his Immaculate Heart divinity.

The consumption is minuscule, almost negligible.

However, the blood-ink formed from the fusion of divinity and qi and blood does incur consumption.

But it is not large.

"I can paint……"

Li Che looked at the paper and the divine ink in his hand, and instantly hesitated.

Because, painting…… he really doesn't know how.

This is an art; it requires dedicating effort to immerse oneself and learn.

Although he possesses the 【Divine Craft】 Dao Fruit, that thing is mostly a talent for enhancing craftsmanship.

If you let him carve, do handicrafts, even hand-rolling a desert eagle, he can do it.

But letting him paint…… might not really work.

Suddenly, Li Che's furrowed brows relaxed: "Painting Immortal…… the point isn't actually painting."

"The process isn't important; what matters is…… the result."

Li Che recalled the Golden Third Prince who had fought Xixi in the Golden God Hall.

He instantly flung the thick ink from his hand.

"Splash……"

The thick ink, like a dragon sucking, was absorbed by the spotless paper; slowly, on the pristine spotless paper, there instantly appeared the image of a Third Prince wearing a Vajra Ring, stepping on a Fire Wind Wheel, arms entwined with Golden Heaven-Mixing Silk, and holding a Fire-Tip Spear.

Li Che watched the lifelike Third Prince in the scroll, blinking his eyes.

And the Third Prince in the painting also blinked his eyes at Li Che.

Next, it actually leapt out of the scroll, but its whole body was formed of black ink, thus becoming a Black Ink Third Prince.

The painting has a spirit, Painting Immortal!

Walking out of the painting, entering reality!

Boom——

The Black Ink Third Prince stepped on the ink-colored Fire Wind Wheel, flying back and forth in the courtyard.

Li Che stood with his hands behind his back, looking around, his pupils shifting with strange colors.

After sensing it for a while, he smacked his lips.

"Not bad."

"Although my Qi and Blood haven't reached the Forge level, they are still at Grandmaster standard, and my Divinity is at the middle stage of Divine Foundation…… I painted him with my Divinity and Qi and Blood, so his cultivation is hardly different from mine?"

Li Che snapped his fingers, and instantly the ink-colored Third Prince exploded in midair, turning into countless black ink droplets that then evaporated into black mist, vanishing without a trace.

Li Che continued trying; this time he extracted all the Divinity from the Seven Divine Foundations, merged it with his Qi and Blood, forming Qi and Blood Divine Ink.

"Let's do a self-portrait."

Li Che's eyes flickered, and he couldn't help feeling a bit of anticipation.

The painting paper hung in the air, and seven-colored divine ink was splashed.

The colored ink diffused, resembling flashing seven-colored streams of light; the paper trembled, and then on the scroll appeared Li Che, rendered with a slight touch of meticulous gongbi outline style.

The Li Che in the painting smiled, took a step, and instantly broke free from the paper, becoming lifelike.

Li Che inexplicably felt a connection with the "Painting Immortal" Li Che before him.

It consumed over half of Li Che's Qi and Blood as a Forge Grandmaster, plus over half of the Divinity from the Seven Divine Foundations……

The painted Painting Immortal Li Che thus possessed about seventy percent of Li Che's strength.

With a thought, Li Che had the Painting Immortal Li Che strike him.

The two began to fight in the courtyard.

Li Che severed his control over the Painting Immortal Li Che, and the Painting Immortal Li Che was actually able to fight autonomously, following Li Che's combat habits.

Even hidden weapons like Thousand Spider Silk and Bodhi Blood Tears, etc., were present and could be deployed.

Because Li Che had also drawn them while painting.

"Bang——"

Li Che snapped his fingers.

The Painting Immortal Li Che instantly turned into seven-colored thick ink mist and exploded.

Li Che's pupils flickered slightly, a strange color flashing across.

Because memories surged into his mind—memories of himself fighting himself.

And……

The Qi and Blood and Divinity consumed for the painting all returned to his own body.

"This……"

"If I use the Painting Immortal clone to cultivate, wouldn't the Divinity and Qi and Blood gained also return to me?"

"Equivalent to having another me cultivating?"

Li Che's emotions surged; originally he had worried that his Divinity talent was too poor, that with the Seven Wheels Divine Foundation he wouldn't know how many years of nurturing it would take before he could possibly condense all Seven Wheels Divine Foundation into a Divine Aspect.

And now……

Talent lacking, make up for it with quantity!

Paint seven copies of myself, each according to a type of Divinity, and slowly nurture them!

"However, according to the feedback of the Painting Immortal Dao Fruit, if not actively interrupted or actively used in battle consuming Divinity and Qi and Blood, a Painting Immortal clone can last at most three days."

"Battle consumes Qi and Blood and Divinity, so it cannot last long; but if cultivating, it makes up for and adds Divinity and Qi and Blood, so its existence time should be extended by a day……"

"But that's only four days……"

Li Che exhaled a breath.

"It's understandable; after all, it's just a newly born Dao Fruit. As the Painting Immortal Dao Fruit matures, the clone's lifespan will increase, allowing it to cultivate more for me."

Li Che's mood greatly improved.

"Besides the Painting Immortal clone…… Painting brings forth all things……"

"Let me try again."

Li Che condensed Divinity and Qi and Blood, and painted a Martial Pill.

He stuffed it into his mouth, and with a click it broke apart.

"Hmm……"

"A bit sweet."

"Totally useless."

"Fake."

It's merely an appearance, lacking any medicinal properties, and cannot be self-sufficient.

It's merely an appearance, lacking any medicinal properties, and cannot be self-sufficient.

Li Che's heart twitched slightly, and he drew a Dragon Tooth Bodhi bullet.

Li Che's heart twitched slightly, and he drew a Dragon Tooth Bodhi bullet.

Instantly, a brand-new Dragon Tooth Bodhi bullet appeared in his hand, identical to the one he himself had crafted… almost exactly the same!

Translation: "Instantly, a brand-new Dragon Tooth Bodhi bullet appeared in his hand, identical to the Dragon Tooth Bodhi he had personally crafted…… almost exactly the same!" Need to keep ellipsis. So: "Instantly, a brand-new Dragon Tooth Bodhi bullet appeared in his hand, identical to the Dragon Tooth Bodhi he had personally crafted…… virtually identical!"

The only drawback is……

Translation: "The only drawback is……"

It's too perfect.

Translation: "Too perfect."

Although it consumes qi and blood and divinity, but…… is that a drawback?

Translation: "Although it consumes qi and blood and divinity, but…… is that a drawback?"

Does the small amount of consumed qi and blood and divinity count as a drawback?

Translation: "Does the consumed bit of qi and blood and divinity count as a drawback?"

A true Dragon Tooth Bodhi, however, requires spiritual wood 【Dragon Tooth Poplar】 and Li Che's painstaking effort.

A true Dragon Tooth Bodhi, however, needs spiritual wood 【Dragon Tooth Poplar】 and Li Che's painstaking effort.

Even a Dragon Tooth Bodhi, even with the Immortal Craft Dao Fruit's empowered craftsmanship, would take ten days to half a month to carve, and if the process is slightly careless, the whole bullet is scrapped.

Even a Dragon Tooth Bodhi, even with the Immortal Craft Dao Fruit's empowered craftsmanship, would take ten days to half a month to carve, and if the process is slightly careless, the whole bullet is scrapped.

Although artisans are highly skilled, they also like to slack off, able to create something from nothing…… why bother with meticulous carving?

Translation: "Although artisans are highly skilled, they also like to slack off; being able to create something from nothing…… why bother with meticulous carving?"

Immortal in the Painting…… this is an armory!

Translation: "The Immortal in the Painting…… this is an armory!"

Li Che grinned so wide he couldn't close his mouth.

Translation: "Li Che grinned so wide he couldn't close his mouth."

This Dao Fruit is awesome, awesome.

Translation: "This Dao Fruit, awesome, awesome." Could be "This Dao Fruit is amazing, amazing." We'll keep colloquial: "This Dao Fruit is awesome, awesome."

Li Che's heart twitched again……

Translation: "Li Che's heart stirred again……"

He recalled the Four Sovereign Divine Weapon 【Purple Flame Serpent Spear, Fire-Tip Lance】 hidden in Xixi's arm……

He recalled the Four Sovereign Divine Weapon 【Purple Flame Serpent Spear, Fire-Tip Lance】 hidden in Xixi's arm……

Qi and blood surged, divinity erupted!

Translation: "Qi and blood surged, divinity erupted!"

Grind the ink!

Translation: "Grind the ink!"

Bring the paper!

Translation: "Paper, come!"

Li Che on the spot drew a……

Translation: "Li Che on the spot drew a……"

And then, there was no afterwards.

Translation: "Then, there was no afterwards."

"oco"

This seems like random letters; we must translate faithfully. It's not Chinese; it's just "oco". Should we keep as is? Probably output same: "oco". Since it's not Chinese, we keep it.

The drawn Purple Flame Serpent Spear, Fire-Tip Lance had only an outward appearance, lacking any rank-based aura.

Translation: "The drawn Purple Flame Serpent Spear, Fire-Tip Lance, is merely for show, lacking any rank-based aura."

Just like a medicinal pill.

Translation: "Just like a medicinal pill."

If you want outward form, you have outward form; if you want essence, you still have outward form.

This is confusing: maybe "Want exterior, have exterior; want essence, have exterior." Could be a phrase meaning "If you want appearance, you get appearance; if you want substance, you still get appearance." We'll translate literally: "If you want the exterior, you have the exterior; if you want the essence, you still have the exterior."

Li Che was like a child who got a new toy, playing to his heart's content.

Translation: "Li Che was like a child who got a new toy, playing to his heart's content."

Drawing this, drawing that……

Translation: "Drawing this, drawing that……"

Even his wife Zhang Ya was drawn, leaping out of the paper; when she did, Li Che's eyes lit up slightly, and he thought of a new bone-tempering, meridian-opening posture.

We need to use Zhang Ya per glossary. So: "Even his wife Zhang Ya was drawn, leaping off the paper; when she stepped out, Li Che's eyes brightened slightly, and he thought of a new bone-tempering, meridian-opening stance."

He glanced at the sky; dark clouds rolled, and snow fell abundantly.

Translation: "He glanced at the sky; dark clouds rolled, snow fell in flurries."

Winter arrived, and the sky grew dark quickly.

Translation: "Winter arrived, the sky darkened quickly."

Li Che did not continue researching the Immortal in the Painting Dao Fruit, mainly because his divinity was nearly drained.

Li Che did not continue researching the Immortal in the Painting Dao Fruit, mainly because his divinity was nearly drained.

Drawing consumes divinity; qi and blood are fine, after all, as a Smelting Forge Grandmaster physique, his self-generated blood recovery is extremely fast, but divinity is not.

Drawing consumes divinity; qi and blood are fine, after all, as a Smelting Forge Grandmaster physique, his self-generated blood recovery is extremely fast, but divinity is not.

However, before leaving the workshop cottage.

Translation: "However, before leaving the workshop cottage."

Li Che drew seven Immortal in the Painting clones, each using ink mixed with a different type of divinity, presenting seven colors; each Li Che's face bore a different emotion.

Li Che drew seven Immortal in the Painting clones, each using ink mixed with a different type of divinity, presenting seven colors; each Li Che's face bore a different emotion.

Resentful weeping, extreme terror, lingering thought, fury, chaotic joy, startled rigidity, sorrowful spirit……

These are emotions: likely "Resentful weeping, extreme terror, lingering thought, furious anger, chaotic joy, startled vigor, worried spirit". We'll translate each: "Resentful weeping, extreme terror, lingering thought, furious anger, chaotic joy, startled vigor, worried spirit……"

Seven types of divinity, seven divine foundations.

Translation: "Seven types of divinity, seven types of divine foundations."

He had them sit cross-legged in the room, earnestly cultivating their nature, and Li Che thoughtfully gave each clone a Nine Luminaries Divinity Crystal.

He had them sit cross-legged in the room, earnestly cultivating their nature, and Li Che thoughtfully gave each clone a Nine Luminaries Divinity Crystal.

By this point, the Nine Luminaries Divinity Crystals he had obtained from Shangguan Zhengheng were completely exhausted.

By this point, the Nine Luminaries Divinity Crystals he had obtained from Shangguan Zhengheng were completely exhausted.

The Ten Metropolises Divinity Crystals still remained plentiful, but having experienced the speed of the Nine Luminaries, the efficiency of the Ten Metropolises Divinity Crystals made him somewhat disdainful.

The Ten Metropolises Divinity Crystals still remained plentiful, but having experienced the speed of the Nine Luminaries, the efficiency of the Ten Metropolises Divinity Crystals made him somewhat disdainful.

He clapped his hands.

Translation: "He clapped his hands."

Looking inside the room, the seven Immortal in the Painting clones sat neatly, diligently cultivating.

Translation: "Looking inside the house, the seven Immortal in the Painting clones sat neatly in rows, diligently cultivating."

Li Che was very satisfied.

Translation: "Li Che was very satisfied."

His divinity talent is indeed weak, but…… he has many people!

Translation: "His divinity talent is indeed weak, but…… he has many people!"

Moreover, in battle, when divinity is nearly exhausted, a single thought to detonate a clone can quickly replenish divinity……

Translation: "Moreover, during battle, when divinity is somewhat depleted, a single thought to detonate a clone can quickly replenish divinity……"

Although battles that could drain Li Che's divinity are basically nonexistent, it's still a trump card.

Translation: "Although there are basically no battles that could drain Li Che's divinity, it's still a trump card."

Satisfied, he locked the door.

Translation: "Satisfied, he locked the door."

Leaving the workshop cottage, Li Che walked down the deep part of Falling Flower Alley and arrived at Chang Guanggu's Fly Restaurant.

Leaving the workshop cottage, Li Che walked down the deep part of Falling Flower Alley and arrived at Chang Guanggu's Fly Restaurant.

The big black dog at the entrance lazily glanced at Li Che, yawned, and continued sleeping by the stove.

Translation: "The big black dog at the entrance lazily glanced at Li Che, yawned, and continued sleeping by the fire."

Li Che had ordered Xixi's birthday meal here and came to pick it up.

Translation: "Li Che had custom-ordered Xixi's birthday meal here and came to pick it up."

The boss's culinary skills are excellent; Xixi loves eating here, especially the sweet and sour spare ribs, which she adores.

We need to use Xixi. So: "The boss's craftsmanship is excellent; Xixi loves eating it, especially the sweet and sour spare ribs, which she adores."

Li Che stored the boss's cooked birthday meal entirely into his Qiankun Space, then bowed and took his leave.

Li Che stored the boss's cooked birthday meal entirely into his Qiankun Space, then bowed and took his leave.

The big black dog snorted and saw Li Che off.

Translation: "The big black dog grunted, seeing Li Che off."

Cold flowers bring snow, filling the mountain waist; willow branches hang icy beads, filling the green twigs.

Cold flowers bring snow, filling the mountain waist; willow branches hang icy beads, filling the green twigs.

Li Che walked out of the lane, his dark robe billowing in the wind and snow.

Translation: "Li Che walked out of the alley, his dark robe billowing in the wind and snow."

Wind and snow drifted onto his shoulders, being twisted and evaporated by the invisible qi and blood.

Translation: "Wind and snow drifted onto his shoulders, twisted and evaporated by the invisible qi and blood."

The snow was pure white, and the long street lay deserted.

Translation: "White snow stretched far and wide; the long street was desolate."

Li Che did not directly return to the Divine Sect's Main Thunder Peak, but instead came to a lane-side courtyard.

Li Che did not directly return to the Divine Sect's Main Thunder Peak, but instead came to a lane-side courtyard.

In the courtyard.

Translation: "In the courtyard."

Under the faintly smoked evening snow, a lone lamp burned quietly.

Translation: "Under the faintly smoky evening snow, a lone lamp burned quietly."

Today is Xixi's fourth birthday, naturally Old Chen cannot be absent.

We need Xixi and Chen Lao. So: "Today is Xixi's fourth birthday; naturally, Chen Lao cannot be absent."

And this courtyard is where Chen Lao lived after moving out ofter moving out of the Listening Flower Alley courtyard.

Originally Xixi was supposed to see Chen Lao once every six months, but Chen Lao seemed to have already noticed that something was wrong with himself.

Therefore, when the six months arrived, Chen Lao refused Li Che's request to bring him to see Xixi.

At that time, Li Che then planned to help Chen Lao dispel the corpse qi of the corpse curse mark inside his body.

However, after Chen Lao discovered he had been infected with corpse qi, he seemed to have his own plans, so Li Che stopped his actions.

And now, Li Che also figured out Chen Lao's purpose.

In the lamplight.

Chen Lao sat alone under the eaves, heating a pot of hot wine.

He blankly held the wine cup, facing the direction of Divine Sect Golden Light Peak.

A smile occasionally appeared on his face, as if he were recalling the times he bickered with little stinky Xixi.

He let out a long sigh, and Chen Lao shook his head.

"Little stinky Xixi, you're four years old today."

"Grandfather Chen finally wishes you a happy birthday once."

Chen Lao raised his wine cup.

"You, Grandfather Chen, have done it; you may do as you please."

Chen Lao smiled and drank the warm wine in one gulp.

"Drinking alone, you didn't call me?"

Li Che appeared smiling in the courtyard.

Chen Lao was startled.

Then his expression slightly changed: "Ah Che? Don't come over!"

"My body has been tainted with the corpse qi of the Corpse God Sect......"

However, Li Che almost in the blink of an eye appeared before him, his palm striking down and lightly touching Chen Lao's shoulder.

The qi and blood of the Smelting Furnace Grandmaster burst forth, evaporating all the corpse qi within Chen Lao's body.

"Look, isn't the corpse qi gone now?"

Li Che smiled gently: "Let's go; how could Xixi's birthday be without you, Grandfather Chen?"

Chen Lao felt the corpse qi inside him being completely evaporated by the overbearing power, and he stood frozen like a wooden chicken.

Afterwards he was shocked to the point of his scalp going numb.

"You... you've become a Grandmaster?!"

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