Chapter 214: with translation of chapter title
Inside the Guiyi Miao of the Hundred-Turn Worry-Dream Osmanthus Spirit Rabbit.
Inside the small shrine, lantern flames flickered, a gentle breeze blew in from outside, forming a swaying airflow within the shrine.
Li Che pressed down his bamboo hat, his eyes gleaming beneath the ox-demon mask, the Heaven-Earth Chessboard instantly unfurled, ensnaring the Guiyi Miao and cutting off all external scrutiny.
This was merely a precaution, after all, the Gui Que and Gui Mist outside the Guiyi Miao formed the best defense; ordinary cultivators' primordial spirits could not penetrate the mist to descend into the shrine.
Boom—
Within the Niwan Palace, his primordial spirit opened its eyes, clearly feeling the Spirit Rabbit shrine deity trembling in fear.
That deity's divinity burst forth like ripples spreading rapidly.
Having just arrived in the daytime, Li Che came at night following the scent.
In fact…
Li Che wondered whether deities sensed each other, and if this Spirit Rabbit shrine deity had perceived the shrine deity summoned within his Shock Divine Aspect.
The Guiyi Miao at night grew even more desolate, white candles encircling it, dispelling darkness corner by corner; upon the altar, a ring of candles also surrounded the Spirit Rabbit shrine deity.
"Don't be afraid."
Li Che laughed, looking at the trembling shrine deity's statue, and involuntarily said a line.
He immediately understood: the Spirit Rabbit was the deity of the Seven-Element Guiyi Miao, while the Fiery-Eyed Mystic Shock Spirit Ape was the deity of the Eight Extremes Guiyi Miao.
Logically, the Spirit Rabbit ought to fear nothing from the Spirit Ape.
"Is it the 【Heaven-Equal Face】?"
"Another shrine deity beaten by a monkey?"
Li Che pondered briefly, then figured out the reason for the Spirit Rabbit's fear.
Just like when the Golden Heavenly King glared angrily in his divine hall.
To verify this, Li Che merely thought, and the Heaven-Earth Chessboard contracted, sealing away the Heaven-Equal Face.
Thud—
In an instant.
The entire Guiyi Miao became utterly silent.
A deathly hush, so still that even the crisp sound of spring rain striking the black tiles on the shrine roof became distinctly clear.
Whoosh—
Water vapor and dust were lightly stirred, the cobwebs in the corners swaying left and right, emitting a faint but audible sound.
Fine droplets of water trickled down the Guiyi Miao's black eaves continuously.
Pat, pat…
Like the sound of something slowly approaching.
Li Che instantly felt gooseflesh rise on his skin; even his mighty grandmaster's qi and blood seemed to freeze into ice shards in this moment, unable to flow through his meridians!
However…
Li Che lifted his gaze and saw that the Spirit Rabbit shrine deity on the altar had vanished.
The deity wearing a rabbit's head and a woman's robes, with a lovely figure, disappeared abruptly, as if vanishing in the blink of an eye!
Li Che frowned, looking toward a spot where the whitish candlelight flickered, revealing the Spirit Rabbit shrine deity: its three-part lips split open, showing beneath the robes countless bulging, terrifying muscles like coiling dragons, still twitching.
"Roar—!!!"
Its head tilted, and it let out a frenzied roar!
"How dare you bully the rabbit?!"
Bang!
Terrifying speed erupted; the Spirit Rabbit instantly left countless afterimages, so fast that the airflow nearly exploded from the blast.
Countless shockwaves burst outward in all directions!
Beneath the ox-demon mask, Li Che's tendons and bones vibrated as he entered the Dragon-Elephant Vajra Transformation!
His blazing qi and blood, together with divine gang, lashed out like a silk sash, striking forth like a volcanic eruption!
Yet the Spirit Rabbit's slender, lovely form instantly bulked up, like a Vajra Barbie Rabbit Queen, unleashing a sharp, sword-like cutting force!
Rip!
Li Che's dark robe was sliced into numerous tears!
The sword qi spewed out coiled around the rabbit's fist, tearing the air; even the explosive sound couldn't keep up with the Spirit Rabbit shrine deity's speed!
A divine rank as mighty as a mountain pressed down, slamming heavily onto Li Che's heart.
Like a new lake bursting into huge waves, countless divine essences boiled and exploded!
Li Che stepped back a pace, his eyes clear and bright, as if blazing into flames.
Flame Mystic Shock Spirit Ape Divine Aspect!
Instantly, the divine aspect manifested!
"Squeak—!!!"
The Spirit Ape divine aspect shrieked, clenched its five fingers, and condensed countless divine essences into a golden staff that smashed toward the Spirit Rabbit shrine deity!
Bang——!!!
The colliding divine forces caused the air to undulate up and down, forming ripple-like waves that violently spread and surged!
"You dead monkey—deceiving the rabbit!"
At the same time.
Li Che's fist and the Spirit Rabbit shrine deity's fist finally collided.
Boom!
That was a collision at the level of qi-blood and divine gang!
It was as if a thunderclap exploded in his heart.
When Li Che locked eyes with the Spirit Rabbit Temple Deity, those scarlet pupils contained endless, boundless resentment and hatred!
It seemed as if countless fierce ghosts were shrieking and wailing; in an instant, as if to extinguish Li Che's martial will like a candle buffeted by a raging cold wind!
Temple Deity's will!
The Seven Yuan Temple Deity, invincible on its level, can rival the Grand Masters of the Thirty‑six Dao Divine Steel, and the divine true person whose primordial spirit is condensed to the utmost!
But Li Che remained calm and unafraid, even feeling an extremely fierce fighting spirit!
That true will of the Ten Thousand Dragon Subduing Martial Saint, which was like a candle about to be blown out, at this moment roared and grew massive!
Because behind Li Che, in an instant, a brilliant golden chorus of dragons and elephants seemed to appear!
A divine monkey grasped a treasured staff and, with a booming sweep, cleared the air as waves rose in succession!
Myriad‑changing Dragon Elephant, together with the Chaotic Primordial Sky‑Piercing Staff!
The wills of the three great Martial Saints' supreme teachings merged into Li Che's martial will!
Bang—!!!
It seemed as if a great wind blew, with dragons roaring within the gust; the sweeping airflow converged and then burst with a roar.
That Spirit Rabbit Temple Deity was, in terms of physique, forcibly suppressed by Li Che!
Temple Deity... invincible on its level?
That is because it never met Li Che!
Five fingers clenched, the Mysterious Awe Eight‑Treasure Thunder Dragon Staff!
Zzzzz—
Qi and blood, like rosy clouds, coiled around the Thunder Dragon Staff, and in an instant countless bolts of thunder interwove!
Finishing blow, Sky‑Piercing!
Li Che's first strike was a lethal single staff!
Countless staff shadows danced wildly across the sky, finally converging into one; the instant it was drawn back, each shadow ripped the airflow apart in an explosion!
White waves erupted across the heavens!
It seemed...
As if heaven and earth were being hammered into collapse!
When the staff struck, the Spirit Rabbit Temple Deity's scarlet eyes hardened, and a surge of horror rose within!
A raging howl of wind, sound waves exploding!
Thunder Dragon wildly dances!
The muscular, towering Spirit Rabbit Temple Deity finally showed a hint of bewilderment.
A familiar staff!
Then, as if a thunderclap exploded before it, the ground of the Guiyi Miao trembled!
But Li Che gave the Spirit Rabbit Temple Deity no chance to react and struck with a staff.
He lunged forward fiercely!
In an instant, five after‑images were pulled in the void, appearing before the Spirit Rabbit Temple Deity!
A long howl rang out; beneath the Ox Demon's black robe, the flesh ignited like magma, emitting a crimson blaze, as if a furnace tipped over, spewing countless molten lava flames!
Ten Thousand Dragon Subduing Deity!
He placed the tip of his foot down, and the ground of the Guiyi Miao seemed about to be indented with a spider‑web of depressions.
The powerful aura rose again!
Countless dragon shadows burst around the Guiyi Miao, and countless candles burned steadfastly, causing the interior lights to flicker continuously!
Brilliant qi and blood, together with the Three‑Yuan Divine Steel, seemed to illuminate the entire cavern!
When the light faded.
On the altar, the Spirit Rabbit Temple Deity stood quietly, with a cassia tree beside it.
Only Li Che's overwhelming qi and blood raged and intertwined, stirring a violent wind.
The Guiyi Miao's construction was indeed solid; despite Li Che's massive force, even the blue bricks on the ground did not shatter.
Qi and blood intertwined like dragons; Li Che, wearing the Ox Demon mask, towered like a mountain, cold‑heartedly staring at the Spirit Rabbit Temple Deity.
"Invincible on its level..."
"Just so-so."
Li Che exhaled.
The Three‑Yuan Divine Steel is truly domineering; even the Temple Deity's power can be compared with it.
Li Che had verified enough and no longer pursued the Temple Deity.
This Spirit Rabbit Temple Deity also seemed unwilling to continue the fight.
As long as it has not been shattered by this barbaric mortal, it remains invincible on its level.
A sudden crack split open on Li Che's Ox Demon mask, his brow opening!
"Seize Star Eye!"
Myriad analysis endless, soul‑drawing point of spirit!
The flesh beneath the mask seemed to tear toward both sides, an eyeball slipping away, golden smoke streaming down.
Li Che placed the tip of his foot down and appeared on the altar.
The Spirit Rabbit Temple Deity trembled immensely, constantly resisting!
Li Che released the suppression aimed at the "Sky‑Piercing Face," then slowly extended his hand and pressed it against the Spirit Rabbit Temple Deity's head...
"Good."
"Otherwise, I'll take you to see the boss and try the taste of spicy rabbit head."
Boom——!!!
Divine ability.
Summon the deity!
……
……
Outside the Hundred-turns Worry-dream Osmanthus Spirit Rabbit Strange Temple.
Two figures almost simultaneously appeared, landing on the edge of the Strange Gate.
They were precisely the Grand Commander Wu Gang of the Temple Garrison Office and Elder Yun Tai Shan of the Yun family.
Their cultivation was extremely formidable, yet at this moment their expressions showed some surprise and solemnity.
This Seven Yuan Strange Temple, although not the main god temple they suppress, their main target is the Six Offices 【Desire Fear Jade Pavilion Broad Cold Immortal】 Strange Temple at the center of the great lake beyond the Spirit Rabbit Strange Temple!
However, the sudden appearance of this situation in the Strange Temple also left them astonished.
"What's going on?
"Is it going to riot?
The Grand Commander Wu Gang of the Temple Garrison Office furrowed his brows.
Elder Yun Tai Shan also wore a face full of doubt, perfectly fine…… what madness has possessed that rabbit?
Suddenly.
The two men's expressions drastically changed.
Yet they saw the strange mist of the Strange Gate suddenly boom and expand, rapidly swelling...
Then it seemed to turn into an infinitely expanding white sphere!
"Damn it!"
The two men's eyes narrowed.
In the next instant, innate true vigor burst from Grand Commander Wu Gang's body, brilliantly splendid, as if splitting the strange mist in two; his foot stomped down hard, the ground began to collapse, spiderweb-like cracks spreading densely.
The Yun family elder, Golden Body True Person, also stepped forward; countless divinity poured down from the radiant golden-body primordial spirit behind him, tearing open the strange mist of the Strange Gate!
The two powerhouses shot into the Strange Gate like cannonballs.
The great mist surged, suddenly swallowing them whole.
But……
Not long after.
The two then went mad, shooting out from within in a frantic escape!
In a vague moment, it seemed as if a cyan finger tore open the barrier behind the Strange Gate, descending into the mortal realm!
Rumble——!!!
Above the firmament, at some point black clouds piled up thickly, the dense black clouds roiling, as if about to press down on the world, oppressive to the point of barely being able to breathe.
Bang bang——
Spring rain poured down in torrents.
Grand Commander Wu Gang of the Temple Garrison Office and Elder Yun Tai Shan of the Yun family, disregarding their sorry state, shot out wildly from within the Strange Temple's range, crashing to the ground, rolling and crawling.
Both forgot to release their aura to block the rain.
Drenched by the rain, the mud on the ground splashed onto them, leaving them in utter misery.
Such commotion immediately alerted the stationed divine officials of the Temple Garrison Office here, as well as the Yun family's garrisoned powerhouses.
The sound of tearing through space continually echoed.
Figures tore through the rain curtain, smashing the spring rain as they came.
They saw the extremely miserable Wu Gang and Yun Tai Shan.
They hadn't yet had time to be surprised.
Slowly raising their heads, they saw the 【Hundred-turns Worry-dream Osmanthus Spirit Rabbit】 Strange Temple, which…… suddenly collapsed and fell apart, black tiles, vermilion walls, and flying eaves all crumbling.
Finally……
Swallowed by the strange mist, it vanished without trace.
Accompanied by a huge vortex wildly swirling.
Finally……
This Seven Yuan Strange Temple vanished into thin air from the world!
As if the Strange Temple that had painfully sprouted like a spring shoot from within the Strange Gate, it fell back again.
Everyone was stunned like a wooden chicken.
Wu Gang, not minding the mud staining his coarse clothes, stood in the empty expanse where the Strange Gate, strange mist, and Strange Temple had all vanished without trace.
His whole body felt icy cold.
"Something happened……
"Something big happened!!
……
……
Boom——!!!
Listening Thunder Alley, Independent Workshop Courtyard.
Spring rain poured down.
In an instant it was torn open; Li Che maintained the motion of five fingers grasping the Flying Thunder chess piece, clutching the piece in his palm, his whole body likewise returning from the Spirit Rabbit Strange Temple.
He took off the mask and stowed the bamboo hat.
Li Che sat under the eaves and exhaled a long breath of hot air.
Above the firmament, thunderclouds roiled, as if the heavens were angry, not knowing who had provoked Him.
Li Che's gaze was extremely solemn, his five fingers clenched, and a cold sweat welled up in his palm.
"Again… a green finger."
"Tearing open the Strange Rift and descending, it seems the world cannot tolerate it…"
"It's terrifying; once struck, with my fleshly body, I fear I would instantly explode into a blood mist."
Li Che didn't even need to sense the past; just the tremors of the five Dao fruit pellets bringing fear and unease were enough for Li Che to grasp the terror hidden in that finger!
It was a power that did not belong to this world!
"I summoned the temple deity away, and the Guiyi Miao collapsed? No… it seems to have lost its support, falling back into the Strange Rift, and vaguely I saw the temple shattered by terrifying power."
Li Che closed his eyes.
【Dragon Elephant Vajra】, 【Chess Sage】 Dao fruits were constantly throbbing.
"Strange Rift… what exactly is it?"
"Between Strange Rifts, are they connected to each other?"
Li Che opened his eyes.
These doubts were even more hazy than the strange mist, enveloping his mind, making it impossible for him to judge clearly.
"Whoosh—"
"Inhale—"
In the courtyard, with each exhalation and inhalation, a gale arose, scattering the spring rain.
Li Che calmed his mind and steadied his breath, opening his eyes no longer pondering the strangeness and terror within the Strange Rift.
"The Guiyi Miao has vanished… this is no small matter; if I continue to act each time with the identity of a Second-Rank Guest Minister of the Bureau of Astronomy, and the Guiyi Miao keeps disappearing, sooner or later they will come after me."
In this world, Guiyi Miao has become a scourge.
If it is discovered that Li Che possesses the means to make the Guiyi Miao disappear…
Li Che could not imagine what he would ultimately have to face.
"If this continues… it's not good."
"We need to change identities, or sneak in secretly…"
Li Che's eyes flickered as he began to think and plan for what comes next.
The calculations ended.
Li Che's heart and mind stirred slightly.
Within the Heaven-Earth chessboard.
Li Che's primordial spirit reflected within it; upon opening his eyes, he saw the spirit of the rabbit-headed woman, the Spirit Rabbit Temple Deity, standing upon it, releasing immense temple deity divinity, suppressing the lines around the chessboard.
"I summoned you, as if other temple deities were spying on me…"
Li Che gazed at the Spirit Rabbit Temple Deity and spoke softly.
But the temple deity did not respond, seeming like a lifeless object.
Li Che didn't mind either.
"Is it the temple deity of the Six Offices from the Guiyi Miao of 【Desire-Fear Jade Tower, Guanghan Immortal】?"
Li Che murmured.
The Spirit Rabbit Temple Deity trembled violently, but soon returned to calm; this undoubtedly confirmed Li Che's speculation.
Such an upright little rabbit, surely it wouldn't feign trembling to deceive him?
"Six Offices Guiyi Miao…"
Li Che's eyes narrowed; the temple deity of the Six Offices Guiyi Miao likely possessed the strength of an innate grandmaster and a golden-body true person, perhaps even higher.
We need to look at the rank of the Guiyi Miao.
So, for Li Che as he is now, the Seven Elements Guiyi Miao is dangerous but still controllable, whereas the Six Offices Guiyi Miao greatly increases the danger.
Li Che sat cross-legged under the eaves, raindrops joining into threads.
Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, the shaking unceasing.
Li Che's thought stirred.
Within the inner scene of the mud pellet, one divine foundation after another unfurled from behind, like a peacock spreading its tail!
"Hundred-turns Worry Dream Cassia Spirit Rabbit… can enter the Worry Divine Foundation."
Li Che closed his eyes.
The next moment.
The power to summon deities erupted, and instantly it seemed as if invisible divine threads formed a connection, bursting forth from the divine foundations and entwining the Spirit Rabbit Temple Deity.
Slowly, bit by bit, it pulled toward the divine foundations.
The Spirit Rabbit Temple Deity could no longer sit still; it could not, like the tamed Fiery-Eyed Mysterious Shocking Spirit Monkey, easily submit to Li Che!
Nor did it wish to return to the Worry Divine Foundation!
It struggled, wanting to break free from the power of summoning deities!
Li Che's face was expressionless, utterly cold.
On his home turf, still wanting to overturn heaven?
【Face of the Equal Heaven】 swiftly shifted over, being gently covered by the primordial spirit upon his face.
Instantly, terrifying divine authority poured down from the Face of the Equal Heaven!
Countless golden monkey hairs sprouted forth; the next moment, the primordial spirit seemed to transform into a true monkey, drifting down, facing the Spirit Rabbit Temple Deity, five fingers clasped, golden flowing light surging over it.
Then, without hesitation, he threw a punch!
The Spirit Rabbit Temple God let out a sharp scream!
Whoosh—!
As the punch fell, the wind howled!
The entire heavenly-earth chessboard seemed to light up with brilliant fist-light; just a single punch, as if it wanted to tear the whole heavenly-earth chessboard apart!
However……
The punch wind had just begun to stir, hovering before the limp Spirit Rabbit Temple God.
As the punch wind surged, it naturally vanished without a trace.
It dissipated and scattered, not even a ripple stirred.
Seeing this effortless display of making the heavy seem light, Li Che's eyes blazed bright.
But see, the fist covered in monkey hair hovered above the Spirit Rabbit Temple God's head, its five fingers slowly spreading, wind and rain unmoving, steady as a mountain, wiping away all strength, the monkey hair faintly drifting.
It gently landed on the Spirit Rabbit's head.
Gentle, utterly devoid of ferocity.
The Spirit Rabbit Temple God's eyes grew moist, no longer struggling, yielding to the Sorrow God Foundation's summoning power, which pulled and merged Him into it!
However, to fully complete the fusion of the Spirit Rabbit Temple God and also finish carving the divine visage,
It still requires a period of time.
Suddenly.
Li Che, sitting silently beneath the courtyard eaves and quietly listening to the thunderous spring rain, suddenly opened his eyes.
On his face, it was as if a divine monkey mask had been draped over it, golden monkey hairs sprouting one by one, and in a moment they covered and stained his visage.
Boom—!
Li Che's back shuddered, and a flawless, immaculate God Foundation instantly rose from behind him, like the moon rising over the sea, silently ascending.
Then, as the God Foundation turned, it underwent yet another change.
Upon it, as if engraved, was a ferocious true ape pounding its chest!
Heaven-Embodying, Earth-Encompassing Spirit-Minded True Ape God Foundation!
Transformed from the Immaculate Heart God Foundation!
Li Che's eyes blazed open, and divine aura surged wildly throughout his body.
"Done!"
The temple deity within the 【Heavenly Equal Face】 was completely merged into the Immaculate Heart God Foundation!
Immaculate Heart God Foundation……
About to enter the divine visage!
Li Che's face covered in flying monkey hairs, he suddenly broke into a splendid smile.
The heavenly-earth chessboard unfolded overhead.
He stepped down, his figure drifting into the courtyard's center, as countless torrents of rain crashed down madly.
Boom——!!!
Li Che clenched his five fingers, and his primordial spirit instantly burst forth with radiance, his divine sense transforming into an incredibly sharp blade.
Li Che's entire being, his martial will surged like a torrent—Dragon-Elephant Diamond, Myriad Dragons Subduing the Divine, Primordial Chaos Heavenly Equal!
His qi and blood blazed hot, his flesh bulged, his muscles knotted like coiled dragons!
The divine aura forged from the three martial saints' true intents twisted into a triune divine aura, surging heavenward like a flood dragon, shattering countless raindrops!
The divine aura and divine sense together transformed into a sharp blade, fiercely slashing onto the God Foundation!
The clang rang forth, and invisible flames flickered!
This God Foundation was unprecedentedly tough!
Monkey hair covered his face, yet Li Che's eyes still turned a brilliant gold.
He had not given up; his qi and blood incredibly strong, he fiercely slashed at the enormous God Foundation hovering in the sky, almost obscuring the entire courtyard above!
Bang——!
Finally, the terrifying explosive roar rang out!
The white God Foundation began to peel away; the peeled-off God Foundation seemed to plunge into the vast sea, kicking up terrifyingly huge waves!
And the Spirit-Minded True Ape's one arm emerged, monkey hair gradually appearing, five fingers clenched into a fist.
The mighty divine aura erupted wildly, lightning flashed and thunder roared in the sky, as if a bolt of lightning had been drawn forth to strike the courtyard where Li Che stood!
Fortunately, the heavenly-earth chessboard provided cover, as if deceiving the heavens above!
Boom——!!!
The terrifying explosive blast shattered and reverberated!
Countless white Immaculate Heart God Foundations burst apart!
Finally……
The final ape head of the True Ape divine visage emerged!
Floating ape hair, arms raised high, fists clenched, upon the chest lay blocks of knotted muscle, like refined profound iron!
Truly, hatred of heaven without restraint, hatred of earth without bounds!
Rumble——!!!
Finally, at the moment the ape god's head was carved from the God Foundation,
It was as if the most terrifying taboo between heaven and earth had been revived!
Within the towering leaden clouds, a thunderbolt tore through the spring rain and crashed down sideways!
It fiercely pierced the Heaven-Earth chessboard, like heavenly punishment, smashing onto the True Ape Divine Aspect!
However, the True Ape Divine Aspect suffered no harm, only leaving azure lightning arcs flickering, and even being grasped by its five hook-like fingers, as if holding a heavenly lightning divine staff!
Raised high to the heavens!
Boom——!!!
Li Che continuously released Divine Vigor, whipping the Divine Foundation, slashing toward the Divine Foundation!
Performing the final fine carving, performing the final finishing, completing the slashing of Divine Foundation fragments on the detail level!
Carving, he is a professional.
However, carving on the Divine Foundation is indeed not an easy task.
Boom——!!!
When the last fragment of the Divine Foundation exploded into dust!
Li Che's heart trembled, staring at the struggling, shaking off Pure Heart Divine Foundation remnant, grasping thunder, revealing the True Ape Divine Aspect, the Divine Aspect hovering above his head!
At this moment, fierce winds swept, the huge True Ape Divine Aspect seemed to come alive, its eyes flashing with a sense of vicissitude and liveliness.
He lowered his head to look at Li Che, who seemed to bear the Heaven-Equal Face.
Li Che clenched his five fingers.
He raised his fist, gently pushing forward.
And the True Ape Divine Aspect also dropped a huge fist.
One large, one small.
Fist met fist.
Like an ancient true ape and a mountain monkey, meeting across the ages.
This statue bearing the Temple God's Divine Aspect!
Endowed with Heaven-Equal Will!
Perhaps...
It is the strongest Divine Aspect of the present age!
End of Chapter
