Chapter 147: with translation of title, then ===GLOSSARY=== with list of named entities appearing in these lines

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Golden Light Prefecture, Proper Thunder Peak.

Note line: Translation: "Jinguan Prefecture, Zhenglei Peak." Need to translate place names?... The suggested translation after considering rules is Golden Light Prefecture, Proper Thunder Peak. So output: Golden Light Prefecture, Proper Thunder Peak.

Above the cloud dome, dark clouds piled up, and a deep blue thunderbolt rolled.

Note line: Translation: "Above the cloud firmament, black clouds piled up, with azure-colored thunderbolts rolling." That's already English. So output exactly that: Above the cloud firmament, black clouds piled up, with azure-colored thunderbolts rolling.

The falling white snow was instantly vaporized by the thunder into mist, drifting vaguely in the high sky.

Note line: Translation: "The falling snowflakes were directly struck by the thunderbolts, evaporating into water vapor, hazy in the high sky." Output that.

In the Proper Thunder Peak lay the small courtyard where Li Qingshan resided.

Note line: Translation: "Within Proper Thunder Peak, Li Qingshan's small courtyard where he resides." Output that.

It had long become a forbidden place.

Translation: "It had long become a sealed-off place." Or "It had already become a forbidden zone." We'll translate: It had long become a sealed-off place.

No one is allowed to approach lightly, for the divine pressure here is too strong.

Translation: "No one is allowed to approach lightly; the divine aura here is too strong." We'll translate: No one is permitted to approach lightly; the divine aura here is too strong.

Even cultivators with perfected divine foundations would feel hard to breathe, as if their whole body lacked strength.

Note line: Translation: "Even cultivators whose Divine Foundations are perfected will feel hard to breathe, with a sensation of being utterly powerless." Output that.

Vaguely, countless divine essences seemed to twist into substance, as if about to fully coalesce into the likeness of a deity.

Note line: Translation: "In the vague distance, countless divine essences almost twisted into substance, as if about to fully coalesce into the likeness of a deity." Output that.

A divine temple towered.

Translation: "A divine temple towers." Or "A divine temple stands tall." We'll translate: A divine temple towers.

Within the temple, upon the statue of the Thunder‑Exorcising Deity, countless thunder‑serpents drawn down from the heavens coiled around it.

Note line: Translation: "Within the temple, upon the statue of the Thunderbolt Extermination of Evil, countless thunder serpents coiled, drawn down from the firmament." Output that.

Li Qingshan wore a green robe, sitting cross‑legged on a futon.

Note line: Translation: "Li Qingshan wore a green robe, sitting cross-legged on a mat." Output that.

The inner vision at his brow constantly emitted a faint glow.

Note line: Translation: "The inner vista of his glabella constantly emitted a faint glow." Output that.

His entire figure seemed outlined like the sculpture of that divine likeness.

Note line: Translation: "His entire figure seemed to be outlined like that divine aspect sculpture." Output that.

He had not condensed a phantom image; he intended to leap straight into the divine‑likeness realm in one breath!

Note line: Translation: "He did not condense a phantom aspect, intending in one breath to directly leap into the Realm of Divine Aspect!" Output that.

Li Qingshan had long been tempering his own Thunder‑Exorcising divine foundation.

Translation: "Li Qingshan has been forging his own 【Thunderbolt Extermination of Evil】 Divine Foundation for a long time." Keep brackets.

His current Six‑Offices divine foundation was extremely formidable, yet it ranked seventh on the Yun Province divine foundation list.

Note line: Translation: "His this round of Six Offices Divine Foundation is extremely terrifying, yet it ranks seventh on the Yúnzhōu Divine Foundation Ranking." Output that.

Originally, Li Qingshan planned to directly build upon his Six‑Offices divine foundation to forge the Six‑Offices divine likeness.

Note line: Translation: "Originally, Li Qingshan planned to directly, based on the Six Offices Divine Foundation, surge forward to condense the Six Offices Divine Aspect." Output that.

But his flesh could not bear it, so he had to settle for condensing the Seven‑Elements divine likeness instead.

Note line: Translation: "But his physical body could not bear it at all, so he had to settle for second best, condensing the Seven Elements Divine Aspect." Output that.

Later he would gradually nurture the divine likeness, pushing its rank to higher levels.

Note line: Translation: "Then later, he would slowly nurture the Divine Aspect, pushing its rank to a higher level." Output that.

He slowly opened his eyes, and arcs of lightning seemed to flicker within his pupils.

Note line: Translation: "As he slowly opened his eyes, Li Qingshan's pupils seemed to have lightning arcs flickering within." Output that.

"One step slow, step by step slow… cultivation requires struggle and fight; being too cautious… I might lose my chance."

Translation: "\"One step slow, step by step slow... Cultivation requires striving and fighting; seeking too much stability... I might then have no chance. \"" Need to keep quotes. We'll output: "One step slow, step by step slow... Cultivation requires striving and fighting; seeking too much stability... I might then have no chance."

Li Qingshan murmured a sentence.

Translation: "Li Qingshan murmured a sentence." Or "Li Qingshan muttered." We'll translate: Li Qingshan murmured.

He exhaled and rose to his feet.

Translation: "He exhaled a breath and stood up." So: He exhaled a breath and stood up.

Countless thunderbolts tugged at his body, as if trying to make his hair stand on end.

Note line: Translation: "Countless thunderbolts pulled at his body, as if trying to make his fur explode." Output that.

Soon, Li Qingshan felt that he was about to condense the divine likeness.

Translation: "Soon, Li Qingshan could feel that he was about to condense the Divine Aspect." So: Soon, Li Qingshan could feel that he was about to condense the Divine Aspect.

He slightly shook his head: "I don't know if I can succeed in forming it…"

Translation: "He slightly shook his head: \"I don't know if I can succeed in condensing... \"" So: He slightly shook his head: "I don't know if I can succeed in condensing..."

"Most people probably don't want me to form it easily; it's dangerous."

Translation: "\"Most people probably don't want me to condense easily; it's dangerous. \"" So: "Most people probably don't want me to condense easily; it's dangerous."

"But even if I fail, it's fine; I'm already content. Before forming the divine likeness, I went to Flying Thunder City and found Mumu, leaving me with no regrets…"

Note line: Translation: "\"Even if I fail, it's fine; I am already content. Before condensing the Divine Aspect, I went to Fēiléichéng, found Mumu, and now have no regrets... \"" Output that.

Li Qingshan walked with his hands behind his back around the divine temple on the mountain summit.

Note line: Translation: "Li Qingshan walked with his hands behind his back around the divine temple on the mountain peak." Output that.

A faint wind was chilly, the deep winter biting.

Translation: "The breeze was still cold; the late winter was biting." We'll translate: The breeze was still cold; the late winter was biting.

Flying snow could not approach, because thunderbolts surged within the divine temple, forming an intangible repulsion field.

Flying snow could not approach, because within the divine temple thunderbolts surged, forming an intangible repulsion field.

Suddenly.

Translation: "Suddenly." So: Suddenly.

Li Qingshan saw a figure leaning on a python-headed cane, carrying a lunchbox, walking up step by step from the bluestone mountain path halfway up the hill.

It was the elderly Mumu Granny; she had lost the beautiful, charming appearance of her youth, yet Li Qingshan's eyes were full of tenderness.

Mumu Granny came to the divine hall, saw Li Qingshan resting, and smiled, raising her lunchbox.

The two elders sat at the stone table and chairs beside the divine temple; Mumu Granny brought out dish after dish of steaming hot food from the lunchbox.

"My cooking skills are poor; I learned a few tricks from Xiao Ya, so just make do with it. You used to mock my cooking, and I've always remembered that." Mumu Granny glared at Li Qingshan and said.

Li Qingshan rubbed his hands and gave a hehe laugh.

Translation: "Li Qingshan rubbed his hands and gave a hehe laugh." So: Li Qingshan rubbed his hands and gave a hehe laugh.

"Back then your cooking was indeed terrible—you could chargrill fish into charcoal, and when boiling fish you'd dump the whole live fish in; when I lifted the pot, the fish would still be inside, flipping its tail lively."

Translation: "\"Back then, your cooking was indeed terrible—you could grill fish into charcoal, and when boiling fish you'd just dump the whole live fish into the pot; when I lifted the lid, that fish was still doing a lively flip in the pot. \"" Need to translate: So: "Back then, your cooking was indeed terrible—you could grill fish into charcoal, and when boiling fish you'd just dump the whole live fish into the pot; when I lifted the lid, that fish was still doing a lively flip in the pot."

Li Qingshan recalled those events and couldn't help laughing.

Translation: "Li Qingshan recalled those events and couldn't help but laugh." So: Li Qingshan recalled those events and couldn't help but laugh.

Mumu Granny glared, furious.

Translation: "Mumu Granny glared, furious." So: Mumu Granny glared, furious.

"What do we martial artists need cooking skills for? I'm not running a restaurant!"

Translation: "\"What cooking skills do we, children of the jianghu, need? I'm not running a restaurant! \"" So: "What cooking skills do we, children of the jianghu, need? I'm not running a restaurant!"

Li Qingshan burst out laughing, and the two began eating and drinking.

Translation: "Li Qingshan laughed loudly, and the two began to eat and drink." So: Li Qingshan laughed loudly, and the two began to eat and drink.

Although the dishes were merely average, Li Qingshan ate them with great relish.

Translation: "Although the dishes were merely average, Li Qingshan ate them with great relish." So: Although the dishes were merely average, Li Qingshan ate them with great relish.

"By the way, today the Beggars' Sect is gone… taken down by the Ox Demon alone; the Beggars' Sect's high-ranking members were all slaughtered, none left; I heard the Beggars' Sect also colluded with the Corpse God Sect."

"Sigh... I heard the Temple Garrison rescued over a thousand pitiful girls from the Jinfang Courtyard; it's simply..."

Mumu Granny spoke to this point, filled with righteous indignation; in her youth wandering the jianghu, she naturally possessed a heroic heart, and could not bear such a tragic affair.

Translation: "Mumu Granny, saying this, was filled with righteous indignation; in her youth wandering the jianghu, she inherently possessed a chivalrous heart, unable to bear such tragic events." So: Mumu Granny, saying this, was filled with righteous indignation; in her youth wandering the jianghu, she inherently possessed a chivalrous heart, unable to bear such tragic events.

Li Qingshan, however, slapped his chopsticks, beat his chest and stamped his feet, feeling anguished to the core.

Translation: "Li Qingshan, however, slapped his chopsticks, beat his chest and stamped his feet, feeling heartbroken." So: Li Qingshan, however, slapped his chopsticks, beat his chest and stamped his feet, feeling heartbroken.

He missed it again!

Translation: "He missed it again!" So: He missed it again!

"That Ox Devil bastard, again eating alone behind his back!"

Translation: "That Ox Demon bastard, again eating alone behind his back!" So: That Ox Demon bastard, again eating alone behind his back!

"Going off to do big deeds by himself behind his back!"

Translation: "Going off to do big deeds alone behind his back!" So: Going off to do big deeds alone behind his back!

"What happened to the promised 'Qingxiu Niu Ma' team?!"

Thus: "What happened to the promised 'Green Show Ox Horse' team?!"

"We can't do without the 'Qing'; we just need the 'Xiu Niu Ma'!"

Mumu Granny naturally had heard of Li Qingshan's cooperation with the Ox Demon; seeing Old Li's posture, she couldn't help but laugh.

Mumu Granny naturally had heard of Li Qingshan's cooperation with the Ox Demon; seeing Lao Li's posture, she couldn't help but laugh.

"You, you should first properly condense the divine likeness before talking..."

Translation: "\"You, you'd better properly gather the Divine Aspect first... \"" So: "You, you'd better properly gather the Divine Aspect first..."

"Otherwise, the Ox Demon won't even bring you along to play."

Translation: "\"Otherwise, the Ox Demon won't bring you along to play. \"" So: "Otherwise, the Ox Demon won't bring you along to play."

Li Qingshan let out a breath; indeed, now condensing the divine likeness is more important, and many things he previously lacked the ability to do.

Translation: "Li Qingshan let out a breath; indeed, gathering the Divine Aspect is more important now; many things, he previously lacked the ability to do." So: Li Qingshan let out a breath; indeed, gathering the Divine Aspect is more important now; many things, he previously lacked the ability to do.

Breaking through the divine likeness…… then he could act without restraint.

Translation: "Breaking through the Divine Aspect... then he could act without restraint." So: Breaking through the Divine Aspect... then he could act without restraint.

For example, this incident with the Beggars' Sect……

Translation: "For example, this incident with the Beggars' Sect..." So: For example, this incident with the Beggars' Sect...

He had long heard of it, but it involved too wide a scope; the Beggars' Sect was still secondary, and there were many nobles and officials among the five great clans and five great sects…

Li Qingshan then planned to wait until he had cultivated to Divine Aspect before going to hammer it.

Unexpectedly, Niu Mo got the jump on him.

"Forget it, we're all our own people—members of the Qingxiu Ox-Horse Team. What Niu Mo did is roughly equivalent to what I, Li Qingshan, hammered."

Li Qingshan started comforting himself.

"So, you must succeed; only by breaking through to Divine Aspect can you do many things you previously dared not do."

Granny Mu propped up her chin and spoke softly.

"I believe you; you will surely succeed."

"Back then, so many of us walked the jianghu together… now, only you and I remain."

Li Qingshan fell silent.

The jianghu is tumultuous; the dead are dead, the missing are missing…

"So, stay alive." Granny Mu stroked Li Qingshan's face and said softly.

Li Qingshan nodded.

"Give me your promise." Granny Mu said.

"I promise." Li Qingshan grinned, raised his hand, and lightly touched Granny Mu's forehead; Granny Mu fainted.

Li Qingshan quietly finished all the food, not a single grain of rice left.

Lü Chi came running, huffing and puffing.

"Teacher."

"Take Granny Mu to Xixi's house; you follow as well. From now on until I, as your teacher, achieve breakthrough to Divine Aspect, you must not go anywhere else—just stay at Xixi's house."

Li Qingshan said.

Lü Chi was startled.

Is it that serious?

With the teacher's talent, is condensing a Divine Aspect really that difficult?

Li Qingshan stood up, his bones crackling all over; just a single movement seemed to make the thunder between heaven and earth tremble angrily.

"If I fall, I will have you adopted by the Sect Leader, letting the Sect Leader take you as a nominal disciple; you initially had excellent temple-spirit resonance, you should have entered the Sect Leader's door, but you insisted on becoming my disciple."

"Over these years, I haven't taught you much… your origins, I don't wish to investigate; you, Lü Chi, for even a single day are my Li Qingshan's disciple, and thus for life are my disciple."

Li Qingshan's eyes rarely softened as he glanced at Lü Chi.

He patted Lü Chi's big head.

"Go on, Lu Dato."

Lü Chi, hearing Li Qingshan's words that sounded like a last testament, instantly had his eyes fill with tears.

"Master… you must stay alive."

"Wait for your disciple to repay your kindness."

Lü Chi knelt on the ground, the expression on his big head very serious.

Li Qingshan grinned: "Nonsense, I of course want to stay alive; who would want to die if they can live?"

"Right, if I die, you will be adopted into the Sect Leader's door, and then you'll be Xixi's junior martial brother."

Lü Chi's face stiffened, then his eyes flickered.

"That's practically 'being close to the water'..."

Li Qingshan instantly laughed in anger.

"You little brat, you're still feeling stirred?"

"Scram!"

"You've made me die of filial piety!"

Watching Lü Chi lead Granny Mu away.

Li Qingshan stood with his hands behind his back on the mountain peak.

He knew.

This Jin Guang Prefecture city has too many people unwilling for him to break through to Divine Aspect.

Especially, after the incident with Niu Mo.

Niu Mo's wantonness and arrogance are already enough to make the officials and dignitaries of Jin Guang Prefecture city furious.

"If there were another who stepped into Divine Aspect and could be wanton and arrogant like Li Qingshan…"

Those people would definitely not accept it.

Li Qingshan stood with his hands behind his back, bathed in the winter cold wind.

Suddenly, his face twitched.

"How come Li Che hasn't contacted me yet? What exactly did Ma Mian say? Could it be… he stood me up?"

……

Cold flowers bring snow filling the mountain waist; the willow branches are laden with icy pearls.

In the winter day when heavy snow flies sideways, the long street is utterly bleak.

The willow branches lining the streets, greenish-blue, are condensed with crystal-clear, sparkling ice pearls.

Inside the small courtyard of Falling Flower Lane.

It is actually quite lively, with many silhouettes.

In the courtyard.

Li Che sat cross-legged in the center, holding an Eight Extremes Divine Nature Crystal in his hand, sitting in lotus position, closing his eyes to nurture his spirit.

In the inner scene of the glabella's niwan, a faint light arose.

Within the chest, the 【Flawless Heart】 Dao fruit throbbed, erupting with a powerful suction that frenziedly drew out the divinity from the Eight Extremes Divine Crystal.

Then it was drawn into the Dao fruit, infused onto the floating Flawless Heart Divine Base within the inner scene.

When one Eight Extremes Divine Crystal was drained by him,

The divinity crystal turned into a transparent crystal stone; Li Che opened his eyes, and a faint white smoke seemed to seep from his pupils.

He glanced at the crystal stone, clenched his fingers tightly, his mighty bones roared, and a scorching heat wave spread from his body, rolling up thousands of piles of snow.

The divinity crystal instantly turned to powder.

"Divine crystal powder can suppress the power of divinity... Earlier, when we eradicated the high-ranking members of the Beggar Sect's Golden Fragrance Courtyard, we used divine crystal powder bombs; the exploded powder restrained the activation of divinity...."

"Those few Void Phase cultivators among them couldn't even resist before being overwhelmed by firepower."

"Therefore, divine crystal powder still has much room for development; if combined with the Divine Ability Prototype 【Great Snow Avalanche】 and fused into the Guanyin Lotus Bomb, at the moment of explosion, while firepower suppresses, it also restrains cultivators' divinity...."

"It's utterly vicious and sharp."

Li Che clicked his tongue in admiration of his own idea, so he stored away these divine crystal powders.

These are all research resources; they must not be wasted.

With a stir of the mind, flowing light flickered before his eyes.

【Dao Fruit: Flawless Heart (lv3, 12%)】

After exhaling a mouthful of turbid qi, having drawn divinity from one Eight Extremes Divine Crystal, now only a 5% increase in maturity is possible.

The effect is greatly diminished; one can only say the appetite of the 【Flawless Heart】 Dao fruit is becoming ever more picky.

"If we obtain a Seven Elements Divine Crystal, the first extraction's effect will surely be excellent."

Li Che couldn't help but feel a bit anticipatory.

Now, the only way he can obtain a Seven Elements Divine Crystal is by cooperating with Nan Lihuo to assassinate Prefect Su Huaili.

Within the cottage, Li Che again practiced martial arts for a while, studied the new true intent secret art "Lü Xuan Sword Canon," and should be able to enter its threshold in a few days, at which point he could integrate it into the "Ten Thousand Transformations Dragon Elephant."

The surging qi and blood on his body gradually subsided, and his burly frame returned to calm.

"Swordsmanship... seems not to suit me well."

The Ox Demon transformed, becoming the Furious-Eyed Vajra, his body rising to 2.2 meters; the great halberd fits just right, but using a sword... feels like Zhang Fei embroidering.

Still, wielding the halberd feels completely satisfying.

After practicing a while more, Li Che left the cottage in Falling Flower Lane.

In the cottage, Li Che left behind eight 【Painting Immortal】 avatars, seven of which were single-divine-base avatars, used to cultivate essence and nature.

Li Che was not stingy either; each avatar received a Nine Luminaries Divine Crystal.

As for the Eight Extremes Divine Crystal, Li Che intends to keep it for his own use, to raise the maturity of the Flawless Heart; although the effect is greatly reduced, it has the advantage of slow and steady progress.

Moreover, one Painting Immortal avatar was assigned to develop the 【Guanyin Lotus Seat Main Battle Tank】, researching according to the concept of mechanism design.

"Spirit wood is insufficient... If we want to make the 【Guanyin Lotus Seat Main Battle Tank】, we need a large amount of spirit wood materials."

"Of course, once it's made, we can directly replicate it using the 【Painting Immortal】 Dao fruit, but the initial investment in development is still necessary."

"We need to screen the types of spirit wood, requiring high toughness and strength."

Li Che was summarizing his flash of inspiration for the research direction.

"Spirit wood... To obtain high-quality spirit wood, I must make a trip to the 'God Eagle Ridge'; Senior Qing Shan has always said he'd take me there, and once he condenses his divine form, he should be able to bring me."

Although the Guest Minister of the Directorate of Celestial Observations has channels to obtain spirit wood, to acquire high-grade spirit wood one still must go to God Eagle Ridge.

In fact, the source of spirit wood for the Directorate of Celestial Observations, according to what Shangguan Qinghong said, also comes from God Eagle Ridge.

Having arranged the work, he let his Painting Immortal avatars diligently cultivate, while he leisurely went to the Fly Little Restaurant in the alley, packed up meals, and returned.

He returned inside the Divine Sect Mountain Gate.

Li Che first went to Golden Light Peak to pick up Xixi from school.

At the Golden Light Peak plaza, heavy snow fell abundantly.

Xixi, small and slight, practiced martial arts on the plaza; her qi and blood roared, faintly as if a tiny blood-colored flood dragon coiled wildly.

Around her neck, the Qian Yuan Vajra Circle whistled and spun, being played by Xixi to extreme agility.

Moreover, Xixi gripped in her hand a Xuanjin-colored short sword divine weapon, which is a Nine Luminaries Divine Weapon.

Combined with the secret art "Xuan Lei Golden Light Killing Sword Technique," when unleashed, wind and snow flew upward, gold light split the void, and the momentum was actually quite tremendous.

Li Che watched silently from afar, observing Xixi practice martial arts; the corner of his mouth unconsciously rose with a smile.

Even her little cotton jacket grew stronger without her noticing.

Moreover, her martial arts talent... really seems a bit exaggerated.

This secret art... has actually already been entered into!

Four years old, the true intent secret art has been entered into!

This is the bearing of a Grandmaster!

Li Che felt.

When Xixi finished her sword practice, she saw Li Che waiting in the distance.

"Dad——!"

The little tyke happily showed a smile, then with a 'deng deng deng' she sprang her short legs and sprinted swiftly.

The final leap was like a ball kicked hard toward a goal; with a 'whoosh,' it shot toward Li Che.

Li Che laughed heartily, grabbed with his five fingers, and caught the little girl.

Now Li Che possesses the physique of a Furnace Grand Master; catching Xixi, who seemed like a charging ball‑carrier, is nothing at all.

"Say goodbye to your senior sister Yinyin."

Li Che flicked Xixi's little nose and said.

In the distance, Sang Guanyin wore an entirely pale yellow long dress, standing still in the white snow, tranquil and elegant, waving farewell to Xixi.

Bringing Xixi back to Zhenglei Peak.

Xixi chattered nonstop all the way, as if she had endless words to say and inexhaustible energy.

Upon returning to the courtyard, Li Che sensed that Mu Po had fallen asleep.

Li Che raised an eyebrow, and Lü Chi gave a brief explanation.

Li Che nodded: "Then let's stay here for these few days; we'll talk again after Senior Qing Shan successfully condenses his divine form."

In fact, it's only a matter of one or two days.

Li Qing Shan had knocked Mu Po unconscious, because he didn't want her to worry and become distracted later.

But isn't Li Qing Shan afraid that Mu Po will settle accounts with him after she wakes up?

Zhang Ya also practiced martial arts in the courtyard; even after her bones were tempered, she still couldn't withstand her husband's slight exertion, so she began to strive fiercely, her fighting spirit high.

Practicing martial arts requires a goal; once a person has a goal, their drive becomes full.

Li Che took out the packed meals and called everyone to eat together.

……

Two days passed amidst the incessantly falling, piling snowflakes.

The next day, night deepened.

The night sky was deep and dark, with black clouds roiling; above Zhenglei Peak, countless lightning snakes wove and flickered, faintly illuminating a brilliant radiance.

From time to time, it lit up the sky as bright as day.

After dinner, Li Che entered the study.

Then, using the Painting Immortal Dao fruit, he crafted two avatars, one left in the study to carve wooden sculptures.

The other transformed into an ox demon and rushed toward the summit of Zhenglei Peak.

He himself grasped the Flying Thunder chess piece and appeared in the courtyard of Luohua Lane.

His black ink robe fluttered in the snowy night's gale.

Inside the courtyard, eight avatars of the Painting Immortal were fully focused on cultivation and development, bustling with activity.

Li Che lifted his head, gazing at the drifting snowflakes falling from the sky.

Accompanied by the roar of thunder, countless intertwined lightning bolts spanned the heavens, emitting blazing light and heat.

The falling snowflakes melted away.

They turned into warm raindrops, pattering down upon the world.

A drop of rain landed on Li Che's cheek, carrying a tingling sensation from tiny electric arcs.

"This is……"

Li Che's pupils shifted slightly, and he involuntarily focused.

"Six Ministries Divine Form?"

"Not the Seven Origins 【Suspending Thought Thunder Shock Subdue Evil Vajra】 Divine Form?!"

"Senior Qing Shan…… doesn't want to condense the Seven Origins Divine Form, but wants to surge into the Six Ministries Divine Form?!"

Li Che exhaled a breath.

"Really…… not at all steady."

"But."

"This is truly Senior Qing Shan."

"In this life."

"Who wishes to be mediocre?"

……

Jinguang Peak.

The melted snow turned into warm raindrops, within which seemed to hide vibrating lightning arcs.

They fell from the firmament and descended into the mortal realm.

Nan Lihuo's white hair flew as he stretched out his hand, catching a raindrop that actually hovered in his palm.

The lightning arc within the raindrop surged, like an angry, roaring thunder dragon.

"Li Qing Shan indeed does not wish to condense the Seven Origins Divine Form, but to gather the Six Ministries Divine Form……"

"Having observed the divine for so long, passing beyond the false form and entering the true divine form…… still one must condense the Six Ministries Divine Form."

"What grandeur."

Nan Lihuo gave a warm smile.

Beside the divine hall, a Daoist led a little fat child whose mouth kept going "ba ba," also watching the raindrops falling from the firmament.

"Junior brother, the Jinguang Prefecture has indeed produced a talent; I've also heard of the name Li Qing Shan in Dao City."

"Ranked seventh on the Yúnzhōu Divine Foundation Register, he would be considered a notable figure even in Dao City."

The Daoist said with a smile.

"Ba ba, ba ba……"

Just as the Daoist finished speaking, the little fat child beside him began chewing jerky, making a faint sound.

""Stop eating, mind your image!" the Daoist glared."

The little fat child immediately paused, nodded solemnly, pressed his lips together, and his mouth began to move.

The chewing sound became much softer.

Nan Lihuo burst out laughing: "Senior Brother, this junior disciple…… is really quite interesting."

The Daoist composed himself, stroked his beard, and said leisurely: "Not bad, a divine child—let's see if we can provoke the god resonance of the Third Prince Temple."

Nan Lihuo nodded.

"Senior Brother, are you willing to make a move tonight?" Nan Lihuo glanced at the sky, then suddenly said.

The Daoist stared dumbfounded: "Junior Brother, aren't you making things difficult for me?"

Pangzi somehow had gotten hold of a big pancake, took a bite, and stammered out a single word.

"Coward."

The Daoist was furious.

Nan Lihuo waved a hand with a smile: "All right, I won't make things difficult for you, Senior Brother, but we brothers haven't seen each other in years—could you help me go to Third Prince Guiyi Miao and assist Governor-General Xie Jing in guarding Guiyi Miao…… Would that work?"

Upon hearing that, the Daoist stroked his beard and nodded: "Guarding Guiyi Miao…… that's no problem, but letting me, the Senior Brother, get into killing and fighting…… you know that as well, Junior Brother……"

"Senior Brother, I don't like these."

Nan Lihuo pursed his lips, nodded, and said nothing more.

This Daoist is Senior Brother Wang Kuoyu, who came from the mountain gate of the Qianyuan Orthodox Sect in Lingnan Dao City.

He brought the divine children and spirit children of Dao City to participate in the temple god resonance event.

Nan Lihuo indeed would not make things difficult for the Daoist.

"Tonight, I fear it won't be peaceful."

If Li Qingshan chooses to break through via the Seven Elements Divine Form, there will be obstruction and destruction, but it probably won't be too intense.

If it cannot be done, those people might just withdraw.

But Li Qingshan intends to forge the Six Offices Divine Form……

Once the Six Offices Divine Form is completed, Li Qingshan might possibly step directly into the post-Divine Form realm.

Then the various factions……

would really go mad.

……

City Lord's Mansion.

Su Huaili narrowed his eyes, feeling the rain vapor evaporating off the ground, and raised an eyebrow.

"What a daring Li Qingshan, the Ram's Horn Breaks Heaven, indeed has guts."

The divine archer Wen Longshan pinched a raindrop, feeling the thunder hidden within it.

"Six Offices Divine Form…… He really dares, doesn't he? Can his flesh withstand the impact of the divine power of the Six Offices Divine Form?"

"Perhaps he doesn't even need to attack or destroy—he might be directly crushed to death by that divine power."

Wen Longshan smirked.

Six Offices Divine Form……

Even he is merely breaking through via the Seven Elements Divine Form.

"Li Qingshan's cultivated Golden Light Branch's Eight Flood Dragons Churning the River has already managed to condense three blood-vitality mystic dragons, which is about mastery level; he can barely give it a try……"

Su Huaili said.

"Regardless of whether it succeeds, I don't want Li Qingshan to succeed."

Upon hearing that, Wen Longshan clasped his fists, clenched his five fingers, and the resplendent divine bow instantly fell into his hand.

"As you command."

The next moment, Wen Longshan's figure blurred and vanished.

……

That night, the silence was terrifying; the entire Jin Guang Prefecture City seemed to have fallen into a deathlike stillness, a dreadful oppression sweeping over the whole city.

Even the kept dogs dared not bark wildly.

Shangguan Family Manor.

The Shangguan family's patriarch, Shangguan Jie, dressed in black, stood in the courtyard, his hair completely turned white.

In a short time, he was exhausted mentally and physically.

Shangguan Zhengheng died, Shangguan Qinglei also died, and two days ago, the second-generation scions who had been carousing in the Jin Fang Institute, the presumed heirs, were also killed by Niu Mo……

Misfortune…… why does it always pursue the Shangguan family?

"Li Qingshan……"

Shangguan Jie exhaled, slowly took out a hideous evil ghost mask, and placed it over his face.

"Want to break into the Divine Form? Dream on!"

"Kill my kin, and you'll pay with your life!"

At the same time.

Among the other clans, the five major sects, and the Black Flood Gang, there are Divine Form experts who go out wearing night clothes and masks.

This trend of masked wrongdoing, finally accompanying the rising fame of Niu Mo, swept from Fēiléichéng to Jin Guang Prefecture City.

……

Outside Jin Guang Prefecture City.

The Nine Dragons River churned uneasily, restless, as if some monster lurking beneath the depths were about to burst forth!

In the lower reaches of the Nine Dragons River, the rushing waters raged without cease.

Suddenly, a thick black Qi emerged, slowly gathering into a black smoke vortex.

A figure stepped out of the black smoke vortex.

White ceremonial robes billowed, and on the face was a large 'seven' character mask written in blood red.

It was actually a Seven Yuan Corpse God Envoy.

"Li Qingshan..."

The eyes beneath the Corpse God Envoy's mask flickered.

"This person must die; once he steps into the Divine Aspect Realm with the Six Offices Divine Aspect, he will surely become a hindrance to our sect's operations in Golden Light Prefecture City."

The next moment, this Seven Yuan Corpse God Envoy crouched on the river surface.

He took out a blood-red jade bottle from the Heaven-Earth Jade.

Within the bottle, extremely scorching energy surged, and wild, wanton, vicious divine fluctuations continuously spread out.

Invisible ripples, centered beneath the Corpse God Envoy's feet, kept spreading outward.

Then……

The Corpse God Envoy placed the blood-red jade bottle on the river surface.

With a dull thud……

The blood-red jade bottle was suddenly seized by a tremendous force and violently dragged into the river water.

The Seven Yuan Corpse God Envoy tapped the river surface with his toes, sending up ripples.

And his whole body leapt up to a height of several tens of zhang above the river surface.

But he saw……

Beneath the surging, rushing river waters……

There was a huge, elongated silhouette, twisting and winding.

Accompanied by the sound of the jade bottle shattering, a rich blood-red surged up from the riverbed!

Boom——

The river water exploded!

A huge, ferocious flood dragon head burst out!

"Roar——!"

A deafening flood dragon roar.

It rolled along the Nine Dragon River, spreading outward.

Then.

This flood dragon plunged back into the river at great speed, kicking up waves and surging toward the Guiyi Miao of the Four Sovereigns Eight-Armed Wrathful Third Prince in the middle of the upstream river.

The Dragon Clan and the Third Prince……

It was as if a blood feud buried in blood and bone had been aroused!

……

Fallen Flower Alley.

Inside the workshop courtyard.

Li Che wiped the Immortal Craft Barrett clean with a white cloth.

He counted out one Bodhi Dragon Fang Bullet after another.

After the count was finished.

Li Che rose to his feet, took out a black robe to wrap around himself, clenched his fingers, and placed a Horse Face mask over his face.

He put on a straw hat, lowering its brim.

The black robe shook off raindrops in the drizzling rain.

The next moment, he vanished without a trace.

Reappearing, Li Che, wearing the Horse Face mask, appeared atop a towering tree outside Golden Light Prefecture City.

He gripped the Immortal Craft Barrett with one hand.

Li Che's mind became exceptionally clear and calm; he turned his gaze toward the Nine Dragon River, which seemed to be raging in the distance.

Surely, as Li Qingshan had said, on the day he broke through the Divine Aspect, the Corpse God Sect would surely stir up a disturbance at the Guiyi Miao.

It drew out figures such as Nan Lihuo and Xie Jing, Superintendent of the Temple Suppression Office, these Primordial Aspect experts.

Li Che paid no heed to those.

That battlefield……

It was not a battlefield he could intervene in at present.

He works for hire; all he needs is to help Li Qingshan break through the Divine Aspect. As for the Guiyi Miao affair, it currently has nothing to do with him—pressing matters take priority.

His five fingers splayed wide, then he slammed down hard.

It was as if he slapped an invisible chessboard.

In his heart, the Chess Saint Dao Fruit suddenly trembled.

The next moment……

Taking Li Che's current half-crouching position on the tree branch as the lower-right star point of the chessboard, intersecting vertical and horizontal lines spread out, enveloping the entire Golden Light Prefecture City!

It was as if a heaven-and-earth chessboard hovered above the city!

Beneath the Horse Face mask, Li Che slowly closed his eyes.

On the chessboard, one breath after another flared up like burning flames.

Li Che suddenly opened his eyes and locked onto a direction.

There, he saw the divine archer Wen Longshan standing atop the city lord's leisure pavilion, like a straight spear.

He also saw that before Wen Longshan's eyes, a twisted airflow seemed to form, creating a sharp gaze like an eagle's eye, and...

That curved bow, drawn to a full moon amidst thunder.

A red-interwoven arrow, aimed far at the summit of Zhenglei Peak.

Under Li Che's horse-face mask, his eyes were icy and still.

He slowly raised the Immortal Craft Barrett.

Gao De Chessboard.

Heaven-and-Earth Guidance!

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

You aim at the green mountain, I will snipe you!

The half-crouched horse-face, his black hair suddenly flew up.

Aimed at Wen Longshan's forehead vital point.

A half-breath adjustment.

He suddenly pulled the trigger.

A 7,000-word big chapter, asking for monthly tickets, recommendation tickets, and continued reading support; the recommendation PK continues on launch; the next recommendation should be the daily guide, demanding high, everyone firepower support! Lao Li thanks!

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