Chapter 202: with translation of chapter title
202. Chapter 201: The Heavenly Equal Bestows the Law of Heaven and Earth, the Netherworld Again Adds the Black and White Impermanence
That… is a divine monkey?!
A netherworld divine monkey?!
At this moment, that dazzling staff shadow to the extreme practically wanted to snatch everyone's eyeballs.
Although the divine monkey gripped not a true staff but a blazing golden long spear!
But in everyone's eyes.
This long spear had already transformed into an extremely terrifying, as if it wanted to shatter heaven and earth, a terrifying glazed golden staff!
Boom—!
The cape formed by the blazing blood and qi was like rolling flames.
The brilliant golden monkey hair constantly fluttered in the gale, his eyes opening and closing, the dazzling golden light extremely brilliant.
Li Che, the moment he put on the mask, automatically triggered the activation of the nascent form of the divine ability, Ascending the Tower.
As if thoroughly drawing out the temple god's divine power contained within the 【Heavenly Equal's Face】.
As if inviting the temple god to descend upon his body!
Boom——!!!
Gripping the golden staff with one hand, the crimson-gold light flowing upon it flashed continuously, brilliant as the blazing sun.
On his arm, veins bulged, trembling and vibrating.
He stomped his foot down hard onto the ground, instantly kicking up dust and sand.
The divine monkey's cape tugged, his body lunged forward, shattering the suppressive, raging airflow before him, the explosive sound waves echoing without cease.
As if flames were rolling and burning.
The golden staff was raised high, countless illusory shadows piled up brilliantly, undergoing intense and brilliant friction with the air, bursting forth with extremely dazzling fireworks!
Li Che, at this moment, his blood all over his body was burning, as if being extremely mobilized.
His fighting spirit surged forth, unprecedentedly brilliant.
As if wanting to shatter this heaven, to trample this earth to pieces!
This is……
The Heavenly Equal's will?!
The staff shadow crashed down, myriad staff shadows converging into one!
Countless streams of deathly qi were pushed aside, splitting in two, like great waves rolling outward to both sides!
The staff shadow struck down heavily, divine gang entwined upon it, as the vibration sounded like a mountain-shouting, sea-roaring boom.
As if the vast sea were easily stirred!
Bang——!!!
The terrifying collision occurred amidst the gaze of the myriad onlookers; everyone saw the divine monkey's phantom, a staff fiercely pounding upon the head of the corpse-god will that was about to burst out of the deathly qi vortex.
The corpse-god will was instantly struck, its body erupting with thick deathly qi, overflowing without cease, like a pile of flour struck by a heavy hammer, deathly qi dust bursting forth!
This staff……
Too overbearing!
The Heavenly Equal's will merged into the staff.
The fatal strike of the Primordial Heavenly Equal Staff, likewise at this moment, manifested and reflected in Li Che's hand.
Just a single staff strike.
It unleashed a heaven-shaking, earth-shaking qi explosion and thunderclap!
Both air and deathly qi exploded and shattered, blasted into fragments, the airflow raging!
Thereafter, the staff's residual might still lingered.
As if wanting to smash everything before him to pieces, splitting it in two!
Roar——!
The corpse-god will roared, its immensely obese, twisted body constantly writhing, three ferocious, ugly blue-faced fanged heads emitting a fury-to-the-extreme howl.
But beneath that staff strike, it was struck back!
The crimson blood-qi glow, like a cape, continually lashed the void; the divine monkey, facing the corpse-god will at the mouth of the deathly qi vortex, struck again and again without cease!
Thunderous qi explosions echoed without cease, rolling deathly qi mist burst forth again, like a sky‑reaching wave, obscuring everyone's sight!
And at the point where the divine monkey gripped the golden staff and collided with the corpse-god will, almost everything was being pulverized,
Soil, blue bricks, vegetation, airflow, even the minute divine essence, all were exploding and shattering!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
One staff strike piled upon another, merely three strikes altogether!
Yuan Jingang sacrificed the entire Qin manor, sacrificed his own primordial spirit; the corpse-god will he summoned was thus utterly smashed apart by the blows!
The three ferocious heads, revealing their blue‑fanged visages, raging with the high‑rank divine nature unique to the corpse-god will, all burst apart under the three staff strikes!
So overbearing, so dominant!
The rolling, steaming black deathly qi mist all seemed to evaporate completely beneath the blazing, furnace‑like blood‑qi!
The icy deathly qi all seemed to be scorched by the burning heat, losing the chill that death brings!
The oppressive, constricting pressure that enveloped heaven and earth.
Smoke dissipated, clouds dispersed!
As if hearing the corpse-god will's fury‑to‑the‑extreme howl.
But this roar, however, appeared utterly powerless!
Everyone felt only an excruciating stabbing pain from the eardrums vibrating, eyes wide open, straining to look, yet discovered that the swirling black death‑qi vortex had already vanished without a trace.
Whoosh—
Between heaven and earth, the wild wind howled, the air currents surged!
Only the wind's furious howl and the clash of weapons remained; nothing else existed.
Above the firmament.
Numerous experts all focused their gaze.
Behind Jiao Shaoxiu, his resplendent primordial spirit flowed with golden light; though he had fallen from the Golden Body Transformation realm, his foundation remained terrifyingly strong.
"It's over."
Jiao Shaoxiu felt the world grow calm; the terrifying pressure of the Corpse God's will, which had suppressed the six desires' divine rank, had already vanished.
However, the thick black death‑qi mist continued to roil amidst the ruins.
No one could see through what lay inside.
Grand Master Nie Yang, gripping an ancient‑looking bronze longsword, stared intently.
For a long while.
Upon his body, dense divine gang interwove and lashed, shattering the void.
The sword in his hand suddenly swung.
Instantly, a vast sword qi raged heaven‑high, the sword qi surged forward, slicing the void and bursting forth to cleave the thick black death‑qi mist.
Yet he discovered that the Qin manor remained only a stretch of ruins.
Where was there any trace of the Corpse God's will?
And that Divine Monkey who had unleashed a tyrannical staff strike, as well as the Ox Demon Grand Master who had previously displayed his terrifyingly fierce external cultivation of divine gang……
had left no trace!
They had vanished!
Boom—
Coachman Grand Master Nie Yang, his coarse robe fluttering, took a step and fell into the ruins.
The mighty rampaging aftershock power had no effect on Nie Yang; he gripped his bronze great sword, his eyes flashing like lightning.
In one breath, he inhaled and then exhaled.
Instantly, he blew away all the black death‑qi mist before him, revealing the Qin manor ruins!
Within the ruins, there now appeared an additional deep imprint of a staff strike!
Jiao Shaoxiu, Lu Yao, and the other Divine Origin True Persons also exhaled and drifted down.
Gazing at the ruins still lingering with terrifying divine aftershocks, their eyes remained heavy, the solemnity not fading.
"The netherworld's overall strength… seems to have increased again!"
Lu Yao said in a low voice.
Whether it be the Ox Demon……
or the Divine Monkey!
their overall strength has been raised.
The Divine Monkey… seems to be the upper limit of the netherworld's combat power.
Originally this time was meant to be handled by the Ox Demon and Horse Face to deal with Yuan Jingang, a sinister plot, plus Horse Face's timely snipe……
Yuan Jingang was indeed dealt with by the Ox Demon and Horse Face.
But Yuan Jingang sacrificed his primordial spirit, summoning the Corpse God's will……
That Corpse God's will's qi and divine might undoubtedly reached the level of Golden Body Transformation, and even the corpse's strength approached infinitely close to that of a Cursed Gold Corpse!
Such a Corpse God's will is no longer something the Ox Demon can resolve.
Therefore, the Divine Monkey appeared to make up the shortfall.
Previously, the Divine Monkey had manifested and slain Grand Master Xue Dufu; at that time, no one realized how strong the Divine Monkey was.
Only now did we understand the Divine Monkey's strength.
Jiao Shaoxiu stroked his beard, nodded, and said: "Now we can confirm……"
"This netherworld Divine Monkey… must be related to that Equal Heaven Temple; at the very least, it is a descendant of its lineage."
"That staff strike is the killing technique of the Martial Saint's supreme art transmitted from Equal Heaven Temple—the Primordial Equal Heaven Staff's move, Equal Heaven!"
"Equal Heaven Temple fell five hundred years ago… that Martial Saint's supreme art, the Primordial Equal Heaven Staff, has never been successfully cultivated to produce its killing move… yet now the netherworld has revived the Primordial Equal Heaven Staff's absolute kill, Equal Heaven."
"Could it be for Equal Heaven Temple?"
"I have heard that Dàjǐng unites the various divine sects, seeking to restore Equal Heaven Temple and explore it… Could it be that the netherworld, by now revealing its Equal Heaven Temple inheritance, intends to claim a share in this grand affair?"
As the vice‑director of the Dao City Bureau of Astronomy, Lu Yao naturally knows many things.
Jiao Shaoxiu glanced at Lu Yao.
"It's still uncertain; Equal Heaven Temple is occupied by the demon god… Even if Dàjǐng unites the strong of all divine sects, trying to retake Equal Heaven Temple from the demon tribe is no easy task."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yao hastily agreed.
Jiao Shaoxiu then took another deep look at the Qin manor, now reduced to ruins.
The netherworld……
this force completely shrouded in mystery.
The Ox Demon, Horse Face, and Divine Monkey—now it seems… none of them are simple.
Skilled in the Tang clan's mechanical arts, and also connected to the Equal Heaven Temple lineage……
Not simple at all.
Jiao Shaoxiu's eyes flickered slightly.
"However, the Netherworld's strength... is indeed not weak."
"This time returning to Dao City, the road will surely be fraught with difficulties; if we could have more experts protecting us along the way, that would also be a good thing."
"The Netherworld seems similar to the Hunter God Pavilion; both accept missions."
"I don't know, will we accept the protection mission?"
Jiao Shaoxiu was quite moved.
This time the Corpse God's will appeared, making Jiao Shaoxiu involuntarily become vigilant, indicating that the Corpse God Sect has long had its eyes on Xixi.
Golden Light Prefecture City, I'm afraid we can't stay any longer.
Once the seventy percent of the temple god's divinity that Xixi has absorbed stabilizes, we will immediately set off and leave.
But since the Corpse God Sect has already set its sights on us, if they dispatch experts from Dao City, it shouldn't happen that quickly.
However, the Corpse God Sect's experts are certainly not limited to the Dao City side.
Yúnzhōu prefectural city, as well as the various major prefectural cities near Yúnzhōu, will have Corpse God Sect experts laying out plans.
If these Corpse God Sect members, like the lower-ranking Corpse God Envoys of the Six Offices such as Yuan Gang, gather together.
That would also be quite a trouble!
On the Dao City side of the Qianyuan Orthodox Tradition, Jiao Shaoxiu has already sent back the message.
The Orthodox Tradition will dispatch experts to come and meet the reinforcements.
However, after the news reaches the Orthodox Tradition, and then the Orthodox Tradition dispatches experts to rush over, this period also requires considerable time.
Jiao Shaoxiu's withered brows furrowed tightly, as if he were expending his last vitality in thought.
But...
How to contact the Netherworld?
Jiao Shaoxiu exhaled a breath.
In the distance.
Li Qingshan wore a cat-face mask, drifting down...
Stepping on the rubble's gravel, he stood with hands behind his back, his green robe fluttering.
Beneath the cat mask, his eyes were indifferent and turbid.
"The Netherworld says you'll die at the third watch; who dares keep you until the fifth watch?"
Netherworld cat-face, coming to clean up the remnants.
Jiao Shaoxiu looked toward Li Qingshan.
As if lost in thought.
……
……
Outside the city.
The carriage's axle had long since stopped turning.
The ground reeked of blood, intensely and incessantly.
Xue Dufu shouldered the crescent blade, meeting with the Yingwei True Person who had severed Qin Fenghuo's head.
When they engaged, a great battle also erupted simultaneously within the city, namely when the Bull Demon acted against Yuan Gang.
From the start of the fight to its conclusion, in fact not much time had passed.
Xue Dufu wore the Ox One mask, blocking around the carriage; that ferocious Ox One mask kept the surrounding divine guards from daring to approach.
The Yingwei True Person exuded a pitch-black aura, erupting with divinity, extracting the three temple god prison lotus seeds that Qin Fenghuo had recently reined in.
"Done yet?"
Xue Dufu said in a muffled voice.
The Yingwei True Person seriously extracted the seeds, glanced at Xue Dufu, and did not reply.
A crude martial artist, even after death, remains crude.
Extracting the prison lotus seeds is obviously a technical task.
"Come on, come on, come on, is the dead ghost in a hurry to be reborn?!"
"Crude!"
The Yingwei True Person burst out cursing.
After Xue Dufu devoured Huang Xilong's soul-binding, his body became burly and stalwart, even more so than the Bull Demon who had opened the Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra.
He scratched his head wearing the Ox One mask.
Black qi roiled.
Dealing with divinity is just annoying, motherfucker.
The surrounding divine guards gathered more and more, yet no one dared to approach.
After all, Xue Dufu and the Yingwei True Person are a combination of a grand master and a divine origin true person...
Who the hell can deal with them?
Haven't you seen that even the Qin family's ancestor, who had transformed into a half-step silver corpse, was hacked to death by two or three blows?
Terrifying...
For a moment, the atmosphere froze.
Meanwhile, inside the city, terrifying explosions and shockwaves kept rolling out continuously.
The divine guard soldiers were all numb.
The city's order couldn't be controlled at all.
Battles of grandmaster level erupted both inside and outside the city.
Just give up.
So, these divine guards merely chose to stand by and watch.
Xue Dufu didn't go on a massive killing spree; he merely blocked the divine guards.
The Shadow Guard True Person was frantic, while Xue Dufu scratched his head nearby.
Suddenly.
The Shadow Guard True Person lowered his hands and stood still.
But then, a towering figure like a mountain suddenly appeared beside him, his violent and rampant qi and blood intertwining, striking the air with explosive roars.
"My lord!"
The Shadow Guard True Person and Xue Dufu saw him.
They immediately bowed low.
Respect, awe, fervor!
Li Che wore the cute ox mask; at this moment he felt somewhat dazed, his mind almost about to explode.
But, what needed to be done still had to be finished.
Qin Feng Huo's corpse was split apart, his head severed by the Shadow Guard True Person.
Li Che glanced, clenched his fingers, and directly exerted the Binding God power.
He intended to bind Qin Feng Huo's soul.
But soon, Li Che discovered that his usually infallible Binding God had failed.
"Qin Feng Huo isn't dead... or rather, the person possessing Qin Feng Huo's body isn't dead."
Li Che instantly understood the reason.
Qin Feng Huo's soul had scattered, unable to be seized, so the Binding God rarely failed.
However, the Binding God did extract the Temple God Prison Lotus Seed that Qin Feng Huo had refined.
Only one.
The Shadow Guard True Person, as if offering a treasure, presented one seed.
"One is missing."
Li Che frowned.
There should be three Prison Lotus Seeds in total, but now only two...
Xue Dufu looked completely bewildered, "What's going on? I have no idea."
He only takes care of chopping, chopping, chopping...
The Shadow Guard True Person then described the situation.
"Was it consumed? Or perhaps sent away?"
Upon hearing this, Li Che nodded.
It's not the fault of the Shadow Guard True Person or Xue Dufu.
Originally, Qin Feng Huo intended to, like Yuan Gangang, employ the method of summoning the corpse god's will; that lotus seed was likely offered as a sacrifice.
But at the final moment, it was the Shadow Guard True Person who sneakily attacked and severed his head.
Consequently, that lotus seed was sacrificed, yet the corpse god's will was never summoned.
"A pity, but it's not a big problem."
Li Che put away the two lotus seeds.
Xue Dufu, likewise offering a treasure, handed over the Qiankun Jade of the Qin family's ancestor.
Li Che was speechless.
"Well done."
As the one acting as lord, his temperament has been truly understood.
He glanced afar at the many divine guards poised as if facing a great enemy.
Li Che snapped his fingers.
It was as if he placed a piece on a chessboard.
Flying Thunder!
Xue Dufu, the Shadow Guard True Person, and the Ox Demon!
Instantly shifted and vanished.
Watching the underworld powerhouse disappear into thin air right before their eyes.
All the divine guards lowered their weapons, each panting heavily.
The mysterious underworld.
The terrifying underworld!
……
……
Luohua Alley.
Inside the independent workshop courtyard.
Li Che brought Xue Dufu and the Shadow Guard True Person back, but they had already turned into black mist and returned to the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit.
With a thought.
The heaven-and-earth chessboard shot up into the sky, swiftly spreading its net to envelop the entire small courtyard, isolating it from scrutiny.
Li Che plopped onto the ground, took off the Ox Demon mask, and sat cross-legged.
He opened his mouth and spat out a large mouthful of air, causing the air waves inside the courtyard to surge wildly!
Tonight's assassination was not perfect.
Some of this was beyond Li Che's expectations.
Whether it was Qin Fenghuo's escape or Yuan Jingang desperately summoning the Corpse God Will, it was beyond expectation.
"Corpse God Will..."
Li Che's expression was solemn.
"The mid-level rank among the Six Offices..."
"Equivalent to the Divine Origin Second Transformation, the Golden Body Transformation where the Primordial Spirit shapes a golden body..."
"Comparable to completing the circulation of the three hundred and sixty apertures throughout the body, the heavenly circuit flowing smoothly, connecting heaven and earth, the Heaven-Man Unity Innate Grand Master."
Very strong!
At least, Li Che, who had just stepped into the Grand Master realm and only condensed two strands of divine gang, felt a powerful and oppressive pressure.
Most importantly, the Corpse God Will's divine rank is extremely high...
Even Li Che would have moments where, under that rank, his qi and blood and divinity could not operate, causing stagnation.
"Rank..."
"The Corpse God Will absolutely cultivates a top-tier divine law, so the rank-based oppression is extremely strong... Even if my seven-wheel divine foundation manifests together, I cannot withstand this rank oppression."
"But this is normal, having crossed three major realms."
Li Che exhaled a breath, his qi surging and churning continuously.
He was fortunate that his fleshly body was strong enough, bearing the power of the Heaven-Matching Face, still able to unleash three strikes, his fleshly body not yet collapsed.
However, his muscles, meridians, and bones suffered varying degrees of wear.
Gloop—
After swallowing a Dragon Blood Martial Pill, Li Che began to temper his physique, recovering his injuries.
On the other side, his eyes shone brightly.
He raised his hand, and a Heaven-Earth Jade appeared in his palm.
That was Yuan Jingang's Heaven-Earth Jade, which Li Che had specifically sought after dealing with the Corpse God Will.
Besides that.
Li Che stood up.
He slammed his five fingers forward into the dark air.
"Seize Spirit!"
Countless black qi twisted and slowly coalesced into Yuan Jingang's form.
The Cursed Silver Corpse Yuan Jingang, dripping with twenty-five strands of silver gang, seemed to walk out of the Ghost Gate Pass, standing before Li Che.
Boom—!!!
As soon as Yuan Jingang appeared, a violent and rancorous qi surged wildly!
Li Che glanced over, his brows furrowing.
He suddenly pressed down his palm.
Yuan Jingang's crimson eyes struggled for a moment, then unwillingly lowered his head.
"The influence of the Corpse God Will?"
"What a pity..."
Li Che shook his head.
Then he flicked his fingers, summoning Xue Dufu and the Shadow Guard True Person.
"I reward you."
Xue Dufu's eyes suddenly flashed bright, he clenched his five fingers, the firewood knife transformed into a crescent blade, and he slashed downward at Yuan Jingang.
On the other side, the Shadow Guard True Person also became excited, lurking into the shadows to strike.
Under Li Che's deliberate suppression.
Yuan Jingang roared repeatedly...
But in the end, unable to resist, he was torn apart and devoured by Xue Dufu and the Shadow Guard.
Boom—!
Xue Dufu's body became even more burly and robust, his form shrouded in hazy black qi intertwined with divine gang and silver gang, appearing extremely bizarre.
The Shadow Guard True Person became even darker, as if in the Primordial Spirit Transformation realm, having advanced even further.
Li Che looked at the silver-glinting Xue Dufu, his eyebrows twitching.
He glanced at the Shadow Guard True Person, and his heart stirred slightly.
He took out a Pure Heart Divine Chess Piece and struck it into Xue Dufu's body, instantly...
Xue Dufu's entire body turned silvery-white.
The Shadow Guard True Person became pitch-black like ink.
One black, one white...
Li Che removed Xue Dufu's Ox One Mask.
He remade a pure white mask condensed from a Pure Heart Chess Piece, likewise carving a 'one' mark, and gave it to Xue Dufu.
As for the Shadow Guard True Person, he even dispensed with a mask.
"From today onward, you are... new members of the Netherworld, Black and White Impermanence."
Black and White... Impermanence.
Xue Dufu and the Shadow Guard True Person exchanged a glance.
The Shadow Guard True Person was somewhat disdainful.
Crude martial warrior!
He actually wants to team up with a crude martial warrior?
However, faced with the master's command.
The Shadow Guard will not resist, only silently choosing to endure.
Having divided and consumed Yuan Gang's Captured Spirit, both also need to properly digest and transform the power.
Li Che finished these things.
But he wasn't in a hurry to count the gains from the two Qiankun Jade.
He clenched his five fingers, and the Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound Cracking Gold Spear appeared in his hand.
In his chest, the 【Dragon Elephant Golden Core】 Dao fruit throbbed!
Li Che suddenly opened his eyes; the mercury-like blood in his body rumbled as it circulated, sounding like surging river waves!
With a sudden thrust of the staff, the exploding staff-shadow instantly made the air burst.
The Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound Staff moved along, whistling with rolling scorching heat!
Overbearing and fierce, unmatched!
Equal to Heaven!
Li Che's eyes brightened, as if two clusters of golden flames ignited.
A single staff seemed level with heaven and earth, carrying unyieldingness and the wanton arrogance of overturning everything!
He boldly struck down!
Bang——!!!
The air suddenly exploded, turbulent currents surged!
"Failure."
Li Che exhaled a breath.
The second killing move of the Hunyuan Equal Heaven Staff martial sage absolute art: the deadly strike, Equal Heaven Staff!
Li Che executed it with the mindset he had when previously wearing the 【Equal Heaven Face】.
Still failed.
Just because he performed the Equal Heaven deadly strike once doesn't mean he can perfectly master it.
But he also gained some feeling!
"I have a feeling..."
"The Hunyuan Equal Heaven Staff, in my view, should be the most difficult among all the martial sage absolute arts I have collected..."
"Even the Myriad Transformations Dragon Elephant, or even the Myriad Dragons Subduing Gods, cannot compare to this Hunyuan Equal Heaven Staff."
Li Che exhaled a scorching airflow, hissing as it distorted the air.
Had it not been for this time's gain of the Equal Heaven Face's boost, he would not have struck out an Equal Heaven staff.
Li Che also didn't know how long it would take him to cultivate this killing strike.
Once this killing strike is cultivated,
It would mean that the third martial sage absolute art cultivates the martial sage true intent, allowing the tempering of internal organs!
In his dantian, the stomach wall tore open the sixth-rank pill's coating; the powerful medicinal power, during the process of cultivating the Hunyuan Equal Heaven Staff, was simultaneously transported, surging into his limbs and bones, restoring his injuries.
In just a short while, Li Che stubbornly bore the divine weapon power of the Equal Heaven Face, and the bodily dark injuries it brought basically recovered.
Even, his physique, due to this injury and recovery, gained ample enhancement, and with the help of the Dragon Elephant Golden Core Dao fruit, became even more resilient!
His heart and mind stirred slightly.
The heaven-and-earth chessboard unfolded before his eyes.
Li Che's gaze fell upon that, which had returned to tranquility, hovering in the heaven-and-earth chessboard as the mythic weapon 【Equal Heaven Face】.
But now looking again, the Equal Heaven Face seemed to have become much more lively; even faintly, Li Che caught the mask's eyes flashing with brilliant golden light occasionally shifting.
Because of the stimulation of the corpse god's will…
The Equal Heaven Face actively chose Li Che.
Now it has returned to tranquility once more.
Li Che wanted to communicate and control, but it became not so feasible.
But in the dark, it seems a certain unique connection has already been established.
Hum——
Suddenly.
Li Che felt that the Equal Heaven Face burst forth with flowing light.
Then, it seemed a monkey hair flew out from the mask, drilling into Li Che's primordial spirit's brow.
In the small courtyard.
Li Che, sitting cross-legged on the ground, suddenly opened his eyes; his black hair billowed like a thick cloak behind him!
The monkey hair slowly unfurled in his mind.
Then, it transformed into individual golden ancient characters.
They intertwined into a divine method!
"The Method of Emulating Heaven and Earth, Numinous Bright True Ape Divine Origin Method"!
Three Pure Levels!
End of Chapter
