Chapter 233: In This Life, No Regrets Entering the Netherworld — Dragon‑Elephant Diamond Dao Fruit Three Transformations LV5【Seek Mon

Twisted, agonized, wailing……

Various emotions and thoughts scattered out from the slowly emerging soul‑binding of Su Helian.

That painful emotion practically tears the soul apart!

Full of reluctance, constantly struggling yet unable to break free, they could only choose to submit, bowing before a cultivator clearly weaker than themselves!

This is the emotion scattered out from Su Helian's soul‑binding at this moment.

Li Qingshan's complexion beneath the cat‑mask underwent a horrifying drastic change.

What…… kind of method is this?!

He knew that the target of the netherworld's fiends tonight was none other than this elder of the Su family, Su Helian, a Divine Primordial Great True Person whose cultivation had reached the Fetal Breath Transformation realm.

The terrifying divine aura undulations that had erupted earlier spread out as ripples, stirring up howling gales.

This meant that the powerful cultivator of the Fetal Breath Transformation realm had fallen into the hands of the netherworld's fiends.

And at this moment, the Thunder Dragon actually dragged Su Helian back from death.

The twisted Su Helian, exuding a rich and pure deathly aura, seemed to have been freshly seized from the netherworld of reincarnation.

Is this the netherworld's method?

Li Qingshan realized he had previously underestimated the netherworld somewhat.

He thought the netherworld was like the Ox Demon and Horse Face, specifically targeting those of the Corpse God Sect who had done evil, slaughtering and slaying them.

Exterminate evil, suppress the wicked!

But now it seems not so.

Thunder Dragon said, the netherworld is the greatest evil in the world; now it seems…… indeed there is such a tendency.

Is this meant to scare him to death so as to inherit his Goat‑Horn Heaven‑Shattering Hammer?!

Is this meant to dissuade him?

Li Qingshan's body trembled slightly, clutching that Six Offices Divine Crystal, his back turned chilly, as if soaked through with countless sweat.

Pairs of eyes gazed at him gloomily.

The netherworld Thunder Dragon, Ox Demon, Horse Face, Divine Monkey, and Black and White Impermanence appeared, all calmly gazing at him, as if waiting for him to make a decision.

Li Qingshan also knew that today…… he might have seen the netherworld's true secret.

The secret of raising the dead and returning to life!

Although, this raising‑the‑dead seems to have a major drawback.

Seeing Su Helian's mind utterly confused, even extremely painful, filled with madness and frenzy!

But after all, it is raising the dead.

To summon deceased cultivators back from the netherworld.

What an imaginative method!

Simply inconceivable!

Li Qingshan's body trembled slightly.

But he quickly lifted his head, beneath the cat‑mask flashing with resolute conviction!

"I, the netherworld's cat‑face!"

Li Qingshan said firmly.

"These are all evildoers, surely stained with sin; even if dead, summoning them from the land of departed souls is a redemption for them!"

"I believe the netherworld…… is a force that hates evil as if it were an enemy!"

"I believe in you!"

"So I, forever am the netherworld's cat‑face!"

Li Qingshan was very resolute and was not frightened away.

Beneath the Thunder Dragon mask, Li Che's eyes sparkled, shining brightly; one must admit, he truly began to appreciate Li Qingshan a bit.

He had never dragged Li Qingshan into the netherworld, because Li Che did not want to implicate him.

After all, although Li Qingshan now possesses the strength of a Divine Strength Grand Master, the powerful opponents the netherworld faces are truly too strong……

The opponents they must face are also not something Li Qingshan can contend with.

Therefore……

Li Che is unwilling to harm him.

But Li Qingshan's obsession is truly too deep.

Moreover, Li Che also knows the netherworld cannot forever be led by just him.

"Don't you regret it?"

"Entering the netherworld will be very dangerous……

"Now the netherworld is in Heavenly Origin Dao City, and it will soon become the target of everyone's ire."

Li Che pushed up the Thunder Dragon mask on his face and spoke in a low voice.

"The Su Helian slain tonight is an Honorary Elder of the Outer Sect of the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect, and also a Direct Line Elder of the Su family…… his status is not low."

"The Su family will surely go completely mad and tear apart their faces with the netherworld."

"And the netherworld is also enemies of the God‑Hunter Pavilion, the Corpse God Sect, and the Pacification King……

The Thunder Dragon's voice was low, as if lightning arcs were flickering.

Li Qingshan took a deep breath; hearing that, it really was quite shocking.

This netherworld…… truly can make enemies!

But Li Qingshan believes the netherworld does this surely for a reason.

"The God‑Hunter Pavilion takes money to act, a vicious, grudge‑bearing assassin organization—it must be destroyed!"

As for the Corpse God Sect, they shouldn't even speak; when they were in Fēiléichéng, they used the whole city as a sacrificial offering for refinement— they deserve death!

Prince Pinglu… that's because his disciple Su Huairi joined the Corpse God Sect, contaminated with corpse qi, even invited wolves in, turning Jin Guang Prefecture city into a foul miasma, infiltrated by the Corpse God Sect in every way— his crimes are enormous and unforgivable!

The Netherworld did right; these people all deserve to die!

If I, Li Qing Shan, had the ability, I'd surely smash them one by one, sending them all flying to the Western Heaven!

Beneath Li Qing Shan's cat-face mask, he revealed an approving smile; inside his sleeve, a ram-horn hammer slipped out and he grasped it in his palm, electric arcs crackling!

Li Che looked at Li Qing Shan, feeling somewhat moved.

This guy, I don't know if it's because of the divine appearance he cultivates, or the chivalrous spirit in his bones, but he hates evil as an enemy, subdues demons and exterminates evil……

Very pure.

It's just that his strength is a bit weak.

However, weakness can be cultivated, and can be compensated with external objects.

After thinking, Li Che decided to give him a chance, because Li Qing Shan's persistent perseverance moved Li Che to relax his stance, and he no longer continued to refuse him.

He flicked his finger.

A white, flawless divine-natured chess piece shot toward Li Qing Shan.

Li Qing Shan raised his hand and gripped the chess piece.

A strong and pure divinity flowed from the piece, surprising Li Qing Shan greatly.

This chess piece is named 'Fei Lei', a specialty of the Netherworld; I set an anchor point in my courtyard— if you encounter danger, simply stimulate the Fei Lei chess piece with divinity, and you can achieve spatial displacement to the anchor point.

Li Che said lightly.

Upon hearing this, Li Qing Shan's heart was shaken.

What kind of divine technique is this?!

Teleportation?!

Moreover...

Li Che flicked his finger again.

Within the heaven-and-earth chessboard, the 【Seven Yuan Corpse Curse Mother-Child Seal】 was instantly stripped out by him and merged into a black chess piece.

Accompanying the finger flick, it instantly shot into Li Qing Shan's glabella.

Like flowing water.

Li Qing Shan only felt that within his glabella's inner vision, an additional Corpse Curse Seal had appeared.

Hmm!!!!

Damn! Corpse Curse Seal?!

Li Qing Shan's face turned pale.

Fortunately, Li Che explained: 'This is a Corpse Curse Seal I refined and purified; your Thunder-Ravaging Evil-Exterminating divine appearance needs to perform righteous acts of exterminating evil to grow stronger.'

Perfect… this Corpse Curse Seal will be under your control; if you sense those Corpse God Sect evildoers hidden within Qian Yuan Dao City, you can take the initiative to eliminate them.

Li Che said.

Now, Li Che suppresses the Corpse God Seal; this Seven Yuan Corpse Curse Mother-Child Seal is, to him, like a rib of no use.

Anyway, Li Qing Shan hates evil as an enemy, so it's perfect to give it to him.

Rest assured, it won't erode you, nor turn you into a Corpse God Sect evildoer; it will only help you sense those evildoers of the Corpse God Sect— of course, only those who have received a Corpse Curse Seal of rank lower than the Seven Yuan.

Upon hearing this, beneath his cat-face mask, Li Qing Shan burst forth with brilliant light!

His whole body trembled uncontrollably, every muscle quivering.

Good… very good…

Li Qing Shan knew the Netherworld had basically accepted him.

Although…

He might not be able to participate in the major operation, mainly because his strength is too weak.

However, the pure-version Seven Yuan Corpse Curse Seal bestowed by Senior Lei Long gives him the capital to enhance his own strength!

Absorb the Corpse God Sect's blood to boost his own strength!

Good good good!

Li Qing Shan clenched his fist!

I, Cat Face, have no regrets joining the Netherworld in this lifetime!

Li Che stared, glanced at him, then his gaze fell upon the ferocious, twisted divine restraint of Su He Lian.

He lightly glanced at Su He Lian's divine restraint.

In his scarlet eyes, there seemed to be extreme resentment and fury!

Li Che raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

Ow~ you dare to bear resentment toward your lord?

You're asking to die!

Bai Wuchang Xue Du Fu appeared, shouldering a crescent blade; his burly shoulders shook, and instantly the crescent blade swung fiercely, hurling violently toward Su He Lian's divine restraint.

On the other side, the Ying Wei True Person also appeared out of thin air; behind him, three golden-masked assassins of the Hunter God Pavilion likewise emerged, following closely!

Su He Lian's divine restraint was restrained by Li Che, unable to resist, only able to roar repeatedly under the siege...

Slowly...

It was soon devoured to the last bit!

Li Qing Shan felt icy cold all over.

Looking beneath that mask at Lei Long, whose eyes flickered with electric current, he only felt a chill.

How terrifying!

But at the same time he grew excited, for the stronger the Netherworld became…… the more his confidence grew!

Li Che snapped his fingers again, and the three assassins of the Hunter God Pavilion turned into three black chess pieces, shooting toward Li Qingshan.

These three possess the strength of Divine Gang Grand Masters, at your command.

Go, do what you want to do.

Suppress evil, exterminate wickedness.

Li Che looked at Li Qingshan and laughed softly.

From now on.

Behind you……

There is the Netherworld.

……

……

Netherworld's new member Mao Lian left, satisfied.

He felt that he was now terrifyingly strong!

Li Qingshan was overjoyed; even when he was accepted as a disciple by the Golden Light Branch Sect of Golden Light Prefecture City, he had never been this excited, never felt this honored!

He felt……

He had joined an extremely mysterious organization!

Within the Divine Sect Branch of Golden Light Prefecture City, although he too hated evil as an enemy, there were still many restrictions, many evils he clearly knew……

But he had no way to do them.

After all, in Golden Light Prefecture City, although the Divine Sect Branch was strong, there were indeed forces that could restrain it……

Not to mention Su Huaili in the prefect's mansion, just the Temple Suppression Office, the Imperial Observatory, and the Five Great Clans, the Five Great Sects……

Many of the evils committed by those people, even if Li Qingshan knew of them, he could not do many things.

Besides his weakness, it was also because if he went too far, the Southern Departure Fire could not protect him.

But now it's different!

He is now Netherworld's Mao Lian!

Behind him stands the Netherworld!

The evils between heaven and earth are, in his eyes, mere dust.

With his cat eyes, he wishes to sweep away the dust of heaven and earth, to restore brightness to the world.

Li Che watched the departing Li Qingshan and smiled.

He is quite an interesting person.

It can be said that, during the time in Fēiléichéng, Li Qingshan also provided them with considerable shelter; otherwise, facing the threat brought by the Soul Infant Sect, his family might have encountered considerable trouble.

Therefore, Li Che now doesn't mind giving Li Qingshan a boost.

Snowflakes drifted in the courtyard.

Li Che removed the Thunder Dragon Mask, and his remaining avatars exploded into ink mist, then vanished.

He walked to under the eaves and sat cross-legged there.

Li Che slowly exhaled a breath.

Tonight can be said to be all-out firepower, schemes, trump cards, and killing moves all unleashed, finally killing Su Helian, this powerful Fetal Breath Transformation Divine Primordial Great True Person.

"Ink Kill breaks the Primordial Spirit Golden Body; otherwise it's really hard to kill…… only after I got close to the Primordial Spirit True Person did I have a chance to kill him."

Li Che reflected and reviewed this battle.

If one were to call him a Supreme Grand Master of the Top Three Flowers Realm……

Li Che might not be able to kill him.

"If it were You Liqing instead, if I went toe-to-toe with him in close combat, I would surely be the one at a disadvantage…… the physique of a Top Three Flowers-level Supreme Grand Master is beyond my current self."

Even using Ink Kill, it would still be difficult.

Ink Kill…… first requires landing four ink dots on the opponent's body.

The divine-rank aura pressure of the Fetal Breath Transformation Great True Person is useless to him, for the Thunder Magnetic Orbital Body's control of Mysterious Magnetic Force can shift and isolate this oppression.

Thus Li Che could easily close in and use Ink Kill to break the Primordial Spirit Golden Body, as tough as a wooden stake.

A thought stirred.

Flowing light flickered before his eyes.

【Dao Fruit: Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra (LV4, 95%)】

Great improvement!

Slaying Su Helian of the Fetal Breath Transformation Realm directly boosted the Dao Fruit's maturity by 10%.

Indeed, strong ones of the Fetal Breath Transformation Realm are rich in experience!

The Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra Dao Fruit draws ever closer to LV5!

Li Che is also curious what transformation an LV5 Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra could undergo.

He slightly closed his eyes, then opened them again; Li Che's temples throbbed, his qi and blood surged as if once more.

His pouch kept swelling.

The increase in maturity of the Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra Dao Fruit will bring him a martial arts feedback enhancement!

Similar to a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

Now Li Che feels as if aided by the gods!

He exhaled a breath.

Li Che's gaze fell upon the distant Black and White Impermanence.

White Impermanence Xue Dufu's aura is undergoing transformation now, but Su Helian, after all a fetal-breath transformation divine cultivator, possesses little divine gang.

Xue Dufu devoured part of the bound spirits, and the improvement he gained has now brought his divine gang to thirty-six perfect strands, penetrating the three hundred sixty apertures of his body.

But he has not broken through to the innate grandmaster realm of Heaven-Man Unity; the strength increase is not as great as that of the shadow guard.

Originally merely a primordial-spirit-transformation shadow guard, it has now become ever more rich and black, with the divine essence trembling violently.

Next, it directly ripped through the barrier, breaking through to the golden-body transformation stage.

In the blink of an eye, the shadow guard turned directly into a splendid gold!

Second transformation of the divine origin—golden-body transformation!

"Huh?"

Li Che's eyes brightened.

This is the first expert under his command who has reached the second transformation of the divine origin!

Moreover, the breakthrough of the bound spirits seems unlikely to stir heaven and earth, and the commotion won't be too great.

Li Che grew surprised and doubtful.

After all, breaking through from divine foundation to divine appearance already creates a sizable commotion.

Breaking through from divine appearance to divine origin, the commotion can only be imagined as even more terrifying.

Although the shift from primordial-spirit transformation to golden-body transformation is merely a different degree of transformation within the divine origin realm—a variation of the divine origin golden core—its momentum should not be weaker than that of breaking through from divine foundation to divine appearance.

This actually saves quite a bit of trouble…

Li Che laughed.

The bound spirits' breakthrough is silent and soundless, as if accomplished in the netherworld.

Although Li Che also doesn't need to worry about the commotion.

With the Heaven-Earth Chessboard in place, he can seal off all probing, preventing anyone from sensing what's happening inside the courtyard.

"Old Xue, you need to make progress."

Li Che gazed at Xue Dufu, who had not yet condensed the innate true gang, shook his head, and sighed.

Xue Dufu is burly in build, yet his eyes beneath the white mask are full of grievance.

"My lord, do you no longer want Dufu?"

"Get lost."

"All right."

"Bang—"

Xue Dufu twisted his thick waist like a water bucket, turning into a stream of black chess-piece light and vanishing.

The shadow-guard true person respectfully clasped his fists, said little, and merged directly into the shadow.

Li Che smiled; the growth of his forces' strength is naturally good news for him.

Especially the improvement of the shadow-guard true person…

Now the shadow-guard true person's divine gang has reached thirty-six strands, and his divine essence has broken into the golden-body transformation.

Very powerful!

If the Black and White Impermanence clash, White Impermanence Xue Dufu will draw fire and take blows, while the shadow guard can constantly seek chances, surge from the shadows, and land a killing blow.

"The divine rank's aura pressure… requires drawing divine essence from heaven and earth to suppress it, but I can use profound magnetic power to alter my own field, thereby avoiding it—effectively making me immune to rank pressure…"

"However, a grandmaster's martial will differs from divine essence; it is a force that influences the mental level…"

"With profound magnetic power, one cannot avoid a grandmaster's martial will; one can only endure it head-on."

"Fortunately, I have now mastered the Five Martial Holy Absolute Arts, all at master level, and even Ten Thousand Dragons Subduing God has reached the state of transformation, forming a domain of true martial intent; speaking of martial will, even against a top-three-flower grandmaster I can still hold my own a bit."

Possessing the Dragon-Elephant Golden Strong Path Fruit, Li Che is confident his martial will is certainly not inferior.

And he is eager to feedback the enlightenment from the enhancement of the Dragon-Elephant Golden Strong Path Fruit.

Li Che raised his hand, and a Qiankun Jade appeared in his palm.

That is the Qiankun Jade of Su Helian of the Su family, this fetal-breath transformation great true person, and also that of the divine-gang realm charioteer.

After Li Che killed someone, he casually took their Qiankun Jade.

Killing and looting corpses—a set of procedures Li Che is extremely familiar with.

After all, Li Che now has to support his family!

His many temple-spirit divine appearances are all gold-devouring beasts, as is the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit—likewise a gold-devouring beast.

And the mechanism beast under study, the Blood Yang Nine Gods Golden Strong Ape, is also a gold-devouring beast!

Li Che has endured all life's bitterness; he cannot afford to waste even a bit.

"A fetal-breath transformation great true person, and moreover an honorary elder of the outer gate of the Qianyuan Divine Sect—his collection shouldn't be too shabby, right?"

Li Che's eyes gleamed.

With a thought, he directly broke open its Qiankun Jade.

Even if it is only a just-broken-through fetal-breath transformation, it must certainly contain valuable treasures.

"Ideally there would be a complete divine-seed martial art; the Blood Crocodile Splitting Heaven Palm I obtained from Long Tai is after all a fragmentary chapter, and cultivating it to completion is already the limit."

Li Che muttered to himself, heart full of anticipation.

At first glance, naturally one looks first at the divine essence crystals!

Just a glance, and Li Che's eyes narrowed, his breathing quickening a bit!

"Hit the jackpot!"

"Fifth-tier divine essence crystals—ten pieces; sixth-tier divine essence crystals—fifty pieces! This fortune, no wonder as a fetal-breath transformation great true person—it even surpasses the demon child of the Corpse God Sect!"

Li Che's emotions surged, even more excited than when he slew Su Helian!

When heaven-sent wealth comes crashing down, it always stirs people's emotions, making feelings hard to restrain!

Xixi's cultivation in the Divine Sect also requires resources……

As a father, Li Che naturally also had to prepare it for her.

Xixi is not like the offspring of those great clans; behind her there is no strong capital, only an old father who does not shy from hardship and strives to earn resources.

"One fifth‑rank martial pill, and ten sixth‑rank martial pills…… After all, Su Helian's strength lies mainly in his divinity; his martial prowess is ordinary."

In terms of medicinal pills, Li Che is indeed somewhat disappointed.

"Huh?"

"This is…… a divine talisman?"

Suddenly, Li Che saw a sandalwood box; when the box was opened, inside lay a divine talisman drawn on xuanhuang paper with vermilion ink!

It condensed an extremely rich divine power!

The Star‑Plucking Pupil swept over it.

……

【Divine Talisman (Six Ministries Top Grade): Profound Flame Burning Divine Splitting Heart Talisman】

【Introduction: A work of a Divine Talisman Master, of great value, made by mixing dragon blood with vermilion ink of concentrated divinity, cutting the talisman paper made from sixth‑rank xuanhuang wood and drawing it; once activated, it can erupt with the Profound Flame Burning Divine technique.】

【Requires: Divine Origin Golden Body Transformation and above】

……

Li Che's eyes faintly brightened.

Divine talisman!

This is still the first time he has obtained a divine talisman……

Within the Bureau of Astronomy, there are actually Divine Talisman Masters, and the price of divine talismans has always remained high, extraordinarily so.

In fact, a divine talisman is merely a medium for storing divine techniques; it simply lets divine cultivators trigger and store their divine techniques in a different way.

Li Che previously thought it was of little use, because the price was too high……

Because cultivating a Divine Talisman Master consumes too many resources, the sale of divine talismans is therefore extremely expensive.

Divine Talisman Masters are even rarer than Woodcarving Masters.

Li Che happily put away this Six Ministries Top Grade divine talisman, then continued his inventory.

Suddenly, he turned up a book titled 《Dàjǐng Azure Cloud Dao Profound Talisman Divine Sect Divine Talisman Record》.

"Huh?!"

Li Che flipped through a few pages, and his eyes suddenly brightened!

Profound Talisman Divine Sect!

The Divine Sect of Dàjǐng Azure Cloud Dao!

Li Che began to flip through it, and in his chest……

The 【Immortal in the Painting】 Dao Fruit actually began to throb wildly!

Thump thump thump thump——

Just like the excitement he felt when obtaining the 【Immortal Artisan】 Dao Fruit upon getting the 《Tangji Jianji Yaowu》!

An anticipation and joy almost beyond words!

"I have the 【Immortal in the Painting】 Dao Fruit; for me, the threshold and difficulty of this divine talisman art are, so to speak, directly lowered by quite a few levels!"

Li Che exhaled a breath, and his heart also felt somewhat stirred.

He could even directly let the 【Immortal in the Painting】's clone Li Che study this 《Profound Talisman Divine Sect Divine Talisman Record》, and then simply share the experience.

Moreover, with the 【Immortal Artisan】 Dao Fruit, Li Che's hands‑on ability is extremely strong; preparing the talisman ink and making the talisman paper are no problem!

"If I can become an excellent Divine Talisman Master, resources will come pouring in even more!"

This is the new money‑making posture Li Che has researched.

Of course, being a Woodcarving Master is also quite profitable, but Li Che doesn't mind adding another money‑making skill.

After all, as a father, making money is not a hardship!

"What a pity, there is no divine‑seed martial art…… I wish to open the Eight Marvelous Gates, and for that I need eight divine‑seed martial arts to attain the strongest innate true gang……"

"The task is heavy and the road long……"

Li Che shook his head, then after checking the remaining miscellaneous items, he put away the Cosmos Jade.

As for the coachman's Cosmos Jade, it is pitifully meager.

Martial men…… ultimately are rather impoverished.

Completed the inventory of the great wealth bestowed upon a Fetal Breath Transformation Divine Origin Great True Person.

Li Che took out a fifth‑rank martial pill, swallowed it with a gulp, like a huge stone thrown into a lake!

The stomach walls writhed, crushing the pill coating, and a vast, fierce medicinal power surged forth!

Li Che tapped the ground with his toes and shot up from beneath the eaves.

The heaven‑earth chessboard spread out, covering everything.

Powerful qi and blood within his body burst forth!

The feedback from the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit surged forth with a boom!

Li Che clenched his five fingers, and instantly the Profound Gold Eight Treasure Thunder Dragon Staff fell into his hand……

The divine staff struck down, the void exploded, and the air currents raged.

Li Che began to deduce the other Martial Saint supreme arts, seeking to impact all of those Martial Saint supreme arts into the Transformation Realm!

……

……

Elder Su of the Su family, Honorary Outer Sect Elder of the Qianyuan Divine Sect Su Helian, a Fetal Breath Transformation Divine Origin Great True Person, was violently slain on the main street of Dao City!

What a shocking piece of news!

Who dares to commit such a heinous, conscience‑less act?

"Karma! Hahaha… karma!"

In Dao City.

Someone rushed out onto the long street where wind and snow raged, laughed loudly to the heavens, tears and snot streaming down, and knelt on the ground.

That was the head of a minor aristocratic family whose talented daughter had been forcibly taken by the Su Clan.

After the daughter entered the Su Clan, she never again had a chance to leave the Su estate; she bitterly begged for a chance to meet, and when she finally did, she saw only her daughter, old and faded, leaning on the railing, having lost all faith.

To the parents, this was a bolt from the blue!

But the Su Clan is powerful; as the premier clan of Qianyuan Dao City, it has endured three thousand years of waxing and waning, rooted in Dao City, unshakable.

Moreover, the clan has a Divine Fetus Great God presiding over it—who would dare provoke it?

And who would dare resist?

All they could do was resent in silence.

And now, the Su Clan has met its karma!

The name of the Netherworld has also spread like wildfire because of this!

Su Clan Manor.

It covers a vast area, almost like a city within a city.

A clan that has lasted three thousand years, its prosperity beyond imagination, its influence intertwined throughout Qianyuan Dao City—it is truly a colossus.

Rumor has it that the Su Clan also wields many forces within the city lord's mansion, and the Divine Fetus Great God City Lord sent by the Dàjǐng court from Shendu has even taken a Su Clan daughter as his wife!

In the main hall.

A heavy silence.

Su Helian's headless corpse lay in a coffin made of spirit wood.

White mourning cloth hung throughout the main hall, and the several Su Clan juniors who had originally handed out wedding invitations now wore mourning garb.

Su Chuyang was also recalled from the Divine Sect, and at this moment he is completely dazed.

After all, Su Helian had just lectured him, and then he died.

Su Chuyang even feels a lingering fear, wondering what if he had ridden home last night in Su Helian's carriage…

Whether he would end up like an ant crushed underfoot?

Su Clan Great Elder Su Helin's face was grim to the extreme.

The Su Clan Chief sat in the chief seat, his face equally grim, his heart aching immensely.

After all, even with the Su Clan's resources, even with the talent of the genius women they absorb and the divine art of the Guardian Palace Sand, cultivating a Great True Person of Embryonic Breath Transformation is extraordinarily difficult!

"Netherworld…"

"How dare they kill our Su Clan elder, hunt down one of our clan's Great True Persons of Embryonic Breath Transformation…"

"To be an enemy of our Su Clan… what a Netherworld… having entered Dao City, they are enemies of the Corpse God Sect, enemies of You Liqing, and yet dare to be enemies of our Su Clan…"

"Do they intend to make the whole city their enemy before they'll stop?!"

Su Clan Chief Su Wenxi said coldly.

"Helian died to the Ten Thousand Dragons Subduing God; this Netherworld… could it be that Ji Moli is pulling the strings behind the scenes?"

Su Helin gritted his teeth.

Su Clan Chief Su Wenxi shook his head: "No, the Ten Thousand Dragons Subduing God is Ji Moli's famed martial holy absolute art, yet it is not his strongest martial way… Moreover, Ji Moli's ambitions are vast; how could he disguise himself as a rat‑like Netherworld?"

"Chief, I wish to ask the forefather to act! Personally seize the Netherworld's villains! Offer sacrifices to my brother… his unwilling soul!"

Su Helin clasped his fists; though he is hundreds of years old, his eyes brim with hot tears.

His sworn brother of two hundred years died suddenly; what a blow—how could he not feel grief and anger?

"The forefather is in seclusion at a critical moment… preparing for the later attack on Qitian Cheng, planning to obtain some breakthroughs before the assault; we should not disturb him over this trivial disappearance."

However, Su Clan Chief Su Wenxi shook his head and refused.

"The Netherworld's Ox Demon, Horse Face, and the newly appeared Thunder Dragon—who excel at spatial translocation—so we will ask the clan's Five Elders Divine Talisman Master to draw the Five Elders Divine Talisman 【Stabilizing the Wind and Waves】, then contact the Hunter God Pavilion to summon a Three Flowers Rakshasa and five Innate Jade‑Faced Assassins."

"Such a lineup is enough."

"As long as the Netherworld's villains dare to appear…"

"We will surely let them have no escape, even if they grow wings!"

"Kill the ox, slaughter the horse, cut the monkey… slay the dragon!"

……

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Listening Thunder Alley

Inside the independent workshop's small courtyard.

Drifting snow fell silently.

All sounds between heaven and earth fell utterly silent!

In an instant!

Hiss—hiss—hiss!

A scorching hot current surged like a swimming snake, tumbling and twisting; the snowflakes drifting from the sky instantly melted into streams of water!

Li Che's dark robe billowed, his black hair danced wildly, he closed his eyes and stood at the center of the courtyard, right in the midst of the heaven‑earth snow swirling aloft.

His whole body radiated heat, every inch of skin seeming as if heated by a red‑hot branding iron!

The snow turned to rain‑water falling down, which then stirred, the five‑element divine gang intertwining around his body; with each quiver, explosive booms rang out!

With Li Che as the center, all the airflow and rainwater in the courtyard were swept up, as if a one-armed person were stirring a large water vat!

The vortex raged, howling and crashing!

After taking a fifth-rank martial elixir, Li Che trained without rest, continuously cultivating the martial sage's supreme art for five days!

At last, he digested the enlightenment feedback from the Dragon-Elephant Golden Body Dao Fruit!

Clenching his five fingers, blood surged within—blood, tendons and bones, skin membranes, bone marrow…

His five viscera and six bowels seemed to roar nonstop!

Like a blazing furnace, every pore seemed to hide a great sun, myriad rays bursting forth dazzlingly!

In an instant, countless swirling air currents and rainwater around his body exploded, vaguely forming a huge translucent dragon-elephant spanning above the courtyard, the divine dragon swaying its tail, the giant elephant trumpeting!

The whole courtyard seemed as if the earth were moving and mountains shaking!

Myriad transformations of the dragon-elephant…

Attained the realm of transformation!

His tightly closed eyes suddenly snapped open!

In an instant, the myriad streams of water in the sky burst open, wind and rain howling, the downpour like pillars!

Li Che stood still within, his black robe flying, his eyes shooting forth lightning, wildly dancing!

In his chest, the Dragon-Elephant Golden Body Dao Fruit resonated like the golden bell of an ancient pagoda being struck…

Interwoven bell waves, accompanied by a divine light like a heartbeat, slowly emerged from the depths of his eyes.

【Dao Fruit: Dragon Elephant Vajra (LV5, 0%)】