Chapter 243: with translation of chapter title

244. Chapter 241: Immortal Craft Dao Fruit Again Transforms LV5, Enlightened comprehension of a trace of intent of the Divine Roc Half-Saint

Drip—

Drip!

Fresh blood dripped drop by drop, splattering from the sharp-as-a-spear true gang that pierced Su Huiming's occipital bone.

With a pat sound, inside the carriage that had isolated all noise, it rang out exceptionally clear.

Like a thunderclap exploding in the ears!

Su Huiming trembled all over, his eyes widened in disbelief, his mouth gaping as he stared at the figure before him.

Straw hat, black robe, ox-demon mask!

Netherworld!

Although Su Huiming was a Divine Roc Master wholly devoted to Divine Roc techniques, he had also heard of the name Netherworld.

After all, he was still a member of the Su family; the Su family had recently lost an expert in the Fetal Breath Transformation realm, and that expert was also an honorary elder of the outer sect of the Qianyuan Divine Sect!

Even the former Su Huiming had wanted to become an honorary outer sect elder, but the family arranged for him to undergo the elder assessment at Divine Roc Ridge, hoping he would become an elder of Divine Roc Ridge……

In terms of elder status, it is even higher than that of an honorary outer sect elder!

Therefore, Su Huiming only paid close attention when Su Helian died.

Upon learning of Su Helian's death, it was at the hands of a powerful expert of the mysterious force currently causing a stir in Qianyuan Dao City—the Netherworld.

Su Huiming then took notice of the Netherworld.

But Su Huiming never imagined……

He would actually encounter a Netherworld expert, and moreover… the most sinister and vicious ox-demon among them!

You… you…

Su Huiming's eyes showed a look of terror.

Although he was an expert of the Golden Body Transformation realm, at this moment he had utterly no strength to resist; his divinity surged forth from his Niwan inner realm, however……

It was as if a terrifying great hand pressed him down, preventing even the slightest ascent.

Su Huiming's eyes darted in terror.

His primordial spirit golden body roared, yet the next instant his roar froze.

Vaguely, his primordial spirit golden body saw one temple deity after another……

Exactly!

It is the temple deity!

Fiery Eyes Mystic Startled Spirit Ape!

Hundred-Revolutions Worry-Dream Osmanthus Spirit Rabbit!

And also the temple deities of their Su family, that female immortal temple deity carrying a flower basket!

Su Huiming recognized all these temple deities, even the Fiery Eyes Mystic Startled Spirit Ape……

As a genius Divine Roc Master cultivated by the Su family, he had observed the Guiyi Miao for a full sixty-year cycle, having seen far too many Guiyi Miao deities!

In order to improve his Divine Roc technique, aside from that spirit ape temple deity, he had carved nearly all the others.

However……

Now, these seven temple deities exude a mighty and oppressive temple deity hierarchy pressure, staring fixedly at him.

So that his divine origin golden core could not be released……

Even his Golden Body Transformation could not be unleashed!

It was forcibly suppressed within his Niwan inner realm……

Just what is going on?

Su Huiming knew he was no match for the ox-demon, so the instant he saw it, he intended to burst forth the power of his Golden Body Transformation to alert the innate grand master dispatched by the clan outside the carriage.

However……

His divinity simply could not erupt!

Temple deity… is it a divine manifestation?!

What kind of monster is this?!

Fear, in Su Huiming's eyes, continually scattered and expanded.

He wanted to howl, but could not make a sound; the carriage interior was deathly silent, while outside the wind and snow wailed, snowflakes fell, and wheel axles turned……

All vanished, leaving utter stillness.

The quieter it became, the more uneasy he felt!

Su Huiming did not understand why the Netherworld had sought him out.

Why did the Netherworld want to kill him!

But……

It seemed no reason was needed.

Because when the Netherworld killed Su Helian, it also seemed to have no reason.

These madmen.

Under Li Che's ox-demon mask, his eyes were indifferent and cruel; his qi and blood jerked, and the true gang divine spear that had pierced Su Huiming's Niwan inner realm and skull gave a jolt.

In an instant, Su Huiming's entire head went Bang— and shattered into pieces.

Completely devoid of any vital aura.

Although Su Huiming's strength was not weak, his combat experience was terribly lacking, his speed slow, and his reactions sluggish.

It was far easier than when he had killed Old Xue the Lone Wolf back then.

The rich scent of blood spread throughout the carriage.

Suddenly.

Outside the carriage, a fierce gust of wind howled, instantly tearing open the curtain—it was a black-colored profound iron long spear!

The spear was even covered with barbs, true qi coiled around it, terrifyingly rampant, like a flood dragon's roar!

Boom——!!!

The strong physique, external training, and power exploded instantly, the coiling gang qi as if given a soul, heavy as a mountain!

From outside the carriage, wrapped with the black spearhead, it pierced through.

No target, yet incredibly frenzied and brutal!

Obviously, the coachman, upon sensing the change in the carriage's weight, immediately lashed out in anger.

The change in the carriage's weight, Su Huai Ming's angry curses inside the carriage vanished, not a sound remained.

These changes caused the experienced innate grandmaster to react!

He released his divine sense, but could not perceive the situation inside the carriage, so he had no choice but to draw the black iron long spear and thrust it directly into the carriage.

Then, with an extremely overbearing posture, he charged into the carriage.

Bang bang bang——!!!

The luxurious carriage was instantly shattered by the shock, flying wood shards, torn fabric, and swirling white snow continuously scattering!

The intense qi and blood blazed like scorching flames!

Ah!!!

This grandmaster guard, upon killing his way into the carriage, instantly felt a suffocating oppression.

A glance revealed Su Huai Ming's skull blown apart.

The clan sent him to protect Su Huai Ming, but now, Su Huai Ming... is already dead!

Too slow, he was too slow!

Villain!

A hoarse low roar exploded inside the carriage.

The innate grandmaster's eyes instantly turned red; the black iron long spear in his hand swept violently toward the locked target!

Under the violent shock, the air was blasted open with white qi waves!

Pa——!!!

His black iron long spear was actually seized by someone!

Then, an unparalleled terrifying force came from the other end of the black iron long spear, just a twist.

Rip!

This innate grandmaster then felt an incomparable force, which flicked open his hand gripping the spear.

A domineering true qi, like a flood serpent, came snaking swiftly!

As if splendid crimson-gold light exploded, the black iron long spear that had accompanied him for years turned into an absolutely vicious weapon.

It smashed into his chest!

His chest caved in and collapsed; the ribs, tempered to extreme toughness, emitted a cracking sound, actually being torn open by the terrifying force!

In a daze——

This innate grandmaster, as if seeing a terrifyingly extreme golden elephant!

The elephant raised its trunk, wanting to tear the heavens apart, its body entwined with a winding golden divine dragon!

Dragon-Elephant Conjoined Form!

Such true qi...

Such terrifying true qi!

Pfft——!!!

A large mouthful of blood mist sprayed from his mouth.

The carriage's four walls suddenly exploded, splitting apart, flying outward!

Then, this person's body flew backward, crashing into the snow, plowing a huge trench in the snow—the innate grandmaster finally saw clearly the culprit who killed Su Huai Ming, the Divine Condor Grandmaster!

That was a terrifying figure, burly as a tower mountain.

Enormously huge, his qi and blood seemed to have solidified, cascading like a waterfall around his body.

A cute calf mask, yet like a herald of hell's soul-reapers!

Terrifying...

Great terror!

Bang!

His body was smashed sideways in the snow, he flipped up, toes touching the ground, kicking up thousands of snow piles!

This innate grandmaster turned into a straight black line, swiftly dashing across the snowy plain!

He intended to flee for his life, back to Qian Yuan Dao City, but in this wilderness he was too powerless.

However.

He only felt a mass of qi and blood rising like rosy clouds.

The burly, tower-mountain-like ox demon stepped on blood-colored clouds, floating to block his continual dash.

This grandmaster's mouth corner dripped scalding hot blood, he lifted his head, his black eyes full of despair.

Yet, seeing the ox demon's five fingers clenched, instantly the entire snowy plain's raging airflow seemed to be completely gripped by his fist!

Fist imprint clenched, qi and blood like fire, Dragon-Elephant Conjoined Form!

The ox demon kicked down with a foot!

Instantly, a terrifying punch, like mountains roaring and seas surging, countless lively dragon shadows scattered and exploded, continuously surging forth!

Myriad Dragons Subduing the Spirit?!

This Innate Grand Master's eyesight is extraordinary; any martial artist who can reach such a realm is a top-tier expert in Dao City.

Although invited by the Su family to protect Su Huai Ming, the reward earned is also extremely generous!

Moreover... it is the Myriad Dragons Subduing the Spirit at the Transformation Realm!

You are You Li Qing!

A long whistle!

This Innate Grand Master who has condensed ten strands of Innate True Vital Energy is furious beyond restraint!

There is no way to avoid it!

Facing a Transformation Realm punch, he throws a punch, the Myriad Dragons sweep forth, forming a domain of true intent on its own, sealing the four directions!

There is no way to retreat!

Can only withstand head-on!

Inside the carriage, one strand of Innate True Vital Energy was scattered; he now has only nine strands left, which almost simultaneously burst forth!

Clenching his fist, he reluctantly collides with the terrifying punch thrown by the Ox Demon!

At the instant the fists clash!

Between them, ripples in the form of expanding circles burst forth, shockwaves flung about, raging wildly!

The flying snow over the wild mountains and ridges continually explodes!

The accumulated snow on the ground instantly melts away, forming a huge hole, sloped, spreading outward in all directions.

Boom——!!!

Then, the delayed sound wave finally explodes!

Like a heavy hammer smashing the ground, meteors crash down!

The terrifying fist force pours down, clearing the ground snow, sweeping up a large amount of counterattacks, soil and stones spray, rocks shoot forth.

The ground cracks open, and seals spread like a spiderweb!

Li Che lowers his fist and stands, his burly frame wrapped in a black robe, untouched by snow, unstained by blood.

In the deep pit in the distance.

That Innate Grand Master's martial artist kneels within, arms hanging limp, like drifting fluff.

Strong!

Too strong!

He has only a single strand of Innate True Vital Energy, yet it is tyrannically unmatched, condensed to the extreme, tough to an unimaginable degree!

He even has the illusion that the opponent could crush him to pieces using only Divine Vital Energy!

Myriad Dragons Subduing the Spirit is indeed a martial sage's supreme secret!

He has actually cultivated it to the Transformation Realm!

What he cultivates is merely a master's supreme secret……

That grand master stares at Li Che with difficulty, coughing up scalding fresh blood mixed with shattered viscera.

"What a strong punch……"

"What a satisfying punch."

"A punch I could never achieve in my lifetime—I'm convinced."

Then he lowered his head, completely extinguishing his vitality.

Li Che looked on indifferently, his heart as calm as an ancient well.

With a practiced hook of his finger, a strand of Divine Vital Energy drew the martial artist's Cosmos Jade from his waist into his hand, and also Su Huai Ming's Cosmos Jade, which he had already taken in the instant he killed Su Huai Ming.

"He's a real man; I'll give you a chance."

Li Che snapped his fingers.

Capture Spirit!

In an instant……

Within Su Huai Ming's corpse, and also within the corpse of this deceased Innate Grand Master……

Two black shadows twisted and rose upward!

"My lord!"

The Innate Grand Master who had just died was first dazed, then delighted, clasping his fists in salute.

The captured spirit of Su Huai Ming, motionless, Li Che glanced at it, even noticing the struggle and reluctance in Su Huai Ming's eyes……

Simple-minded and foolish……

"Alright, from now on you will be Niu Shi San."

"This idiot, I reward you."

Li Che said lightly.

The Innate Grand Master, now named Niu Shi San as a captured spirit, instantly rejoiced, feeling no loyalty to his master, and fiercely lunged at Su Huai Ming's captured spirit.

He glanced at the shattered carriage, the headless corpse of Su Huai Ming, and the grand master kneeling in the deep pit, his body covered by drifting snow.

He flicked his finger.

In an instant……

A jet-black chess piece tumbled and fell to the ground.

The moment it landed, the chess piece exploded!

The thick deathly and corpse qi drawn from the Corpse God's Seal, like poisonous snakes, madly coiled around the bodies of Su Huai Ming and the grand master.

After doing all that, Li Che put away the captured spirit of Niu Shi San, who was sated after just a few bites, tapped his toe to the ground, and shot forward.

Clenched his five fingers.

Returned to the carriage compartment.

Overlapped with the avatar of the Immortal in the Painting.

Outside the carriage, Lu Qingti, who was driving, was still chatting with Li Che; Li Che likewise went along with the topic, chatting with him on and off.

……

……

The carriage slowly came to a stop.

Xilü~

Lu Qingti jerked hard on the reins, his eyes narrowing slightly; in the distance, the carriages of the many Divine Eagle Masters who had left Divine Eagle Ridge had actually all come to a stop.

"Master Li, it seems something has happened."

Lu Qingti's heart skipped a beat.

Li Che, hearing this, also lifted the curtain, looking puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Lu Qingti said briefly, and Li Che hurriedly stepped out of the carriage.

Together with Lu Qingti, they trudged through the snow.

"Elder Li has arrived?"

"Oh dear…… Too tragic……"

"The Corpse God Sect is so hateful, so vicious! Simply……"

"Reckless and daring, they deserve death, deserve death!"

……

One Divine Eagle Master after another felt anguish and indignation.

Zhou Tianshui and Yun Haiyang, two masters, seeing Li Che, hurriedly greeted him and then explained the situation.

Su Huaili and that deceased grandmaster looked miserable, corroded by corpse and deathly qi into an unrecognizable state.

"Elder Li, let us ride together in the same carriage, so we can look out for each other; if we encounter villains of the Corpse God Sect, we can join forces to fight."

Zhou Tianshui said in a low voice.

Su HuaiMing's death truly stimulated this group of masters who only focused on Divine Eagle techniques.

The world's wickedness struck them for the first time, making their hearts tremble; they wished they could immediately carve a Divine Eagle to quell their fright.

Li Che also showed a look of shock, his heart still pounding; he chatted with a few Divine Eagle Masters, then together they boarded the carriage and headed toward Dao City.

When everyone returned to Dao City, the sky had already turned completely dark.

Lu Qingti then sent people to the Su clan to explain Su HuaiMing's situation.

The Su clan was instantly shaken!

A terrifying aura surged and raged, unrestrained!

"Ah——!!!"

The Su clan consecutively dispatched two Grand True Persons of the Fetal Breath Transformation, incensed beyond restraint, their divinity surging.

In the dark night, they were like two great suns, speeding out of Dao City!

Wild mountains and ridges.

Over at Divine Eagle Ridge, Gongshu Jingjun personally rushed over, now standing with hands behind his back, brows furrowed.

Looking at the deceased Su HuaiMing and the innate grandmaster, the solemnity in their eyes was extremely thick.

"The Corpse God Sect……"

Gongshu Jingjun's expression was cold and stern, killing intent rolling.

"Today they killed Su HuaiMing; someday……"

"Are they about to take action against the Divine Eagle Masters of Divine Eagle Ridge?!"

Boom boom boom——

The Su clan's strong cultivators rushed over; upon seeing Su HuaiMing's corpse, that Grand True Person's body trembled, his face turned pale.

Su HuaiMing was a Divine Eagle Master whom the Su clan painstakingly cultivated, a middle-ranked elder among the Five Elders!

They expended too many resources!

They also provided many precious Divine Eagle cultivation resources for the Su clan's juniors!

Now, they actually met such a miserable death in the wild mountains and ridges!

"Indeed, it was the Corpse God Sect that acted, and moreover, it was an expert from within the Corpse God Sect!"

"This deathly qi and corpse qi are extremely rich…… even the Corpse God's will took action! With incomparable force, they forcibly strangled the two."

"Su HuaiMing could hardly resist; this innate grandmaster struggled a bit, but facing the Corpse God's will, he could not block……"

Gongshu Jingjun spoke in a low voice, giving the two an analysis and explanation.

"Corpse God Sect!"

"Our Su clan! We will have no ceasefire with the Corpse God Sect!"

The two Su clan experts would not doubt Gongshu Jingjun; naturally they trusted his judgment.

Thus, their eyes blood-red, their roar shattered the wild snowy mountains and ridges!

It caused the cold crows to flap their wings in waves.

……

……

Li Che was all the way sent back by Lu Qingti to Liuxiang Lane.

Returned to the courtyard.

Zhang Ya, his wife, was earnestly and diligently practicing martial arts in the courtyard, striving to increase her strength; Li Che gave her martial pills, and she did not hold back, and he gave her divinity crystals, and she did not hoard them.

She used them all, quickly boosting her strength.

Sweat poured down, yet her qi and blood kept surging.

Obviously, Zhang Ya's physique, under Li Che's constant refinement, had grown much stronger.

"Husband!"

When she saw Li Che return in a dark robe, drifting back, Zhang Ya's eyes lit up instantly.

Just like Xixi, carved from the same mold, she pattered over, her long lashes trembling as she looked at Li Che with anticipation.

"Husband, husband, how is it? Did you succeed?"

"Even if we fail, it's fine—three years east, three years west; we'll surely succeed in three years!"

Zhang Ya clenched her small fists, fine beads of sweat still lingering on her forehead from training.

Li Che deliberately teased her, letting his face droop.

Zhang Ya's expression shifted slightly; though she felt disappointed, she hurriedly forced herself to comfort Li Che.

"Don't be down, husband—I even saw Xixi today! Our Xixi has become mighty, having taken on a truly domineering teacher!"

"Today, making a move on Hope Spring Tower, it was simply heaven‑shaking, earth‑shattering, ghost‑weeping, god‑wailing!"

Zhang Ya said exaggeratedly.

She wanted to dispel Li Che's gloomy mood.

The incident that erupted at Hope Spring Tower today was so huge that basically everyone in Nei Cheng saw it clearly.

Upon hearing that, Li Che showed a look of surprise and doubt, listening to Zhang Ya's description and nodding repeatedly.

In the end, Zhang Ya still could not hide her low spirits.

Li Che, however, laughed and pinched Zhang Ya's nose.

"Just teasing you—how could I possibly fail when I make a move, husband?"

"Your husband I have successfully been promoted, becoming the Fifth Elder of Divine Eagle Ridge! Pack up your things; in two days we'll move!"

Li Che laughed.

Zhang Ya stared blankly, then screamed!

She leapt into Li Che's arms, clinging to him like an octopus.

"Husband, you're the best!"

Under the eaves.

Elder Mu sat on a rocking chair, a blanket draped over her legs, a gentle smile on her face, watching the young couple rejoice there.

……

……

Primordial Origin Dao City.

Listening Thunder Alley.

Independent Workshop Courtyard.

Wind and snow swirled, the scorching qi and blood instantly evaporated, leaving heaven and earth clear and the night sky lucid.

Li Che sat cross‑legged in the center of the courtyard.

His qi and blood coiled like a flood dragon, tempering his flesh, making his power increasingly terrifying.

As his eyes opened and closed, Li Che squeezed out the last trace of potency from the martial pill.

He slowly exhaled a mouthful of scorching qi, hot and steaming, instantly turning the cold‑filled courtyard into rolling white waves.

Hoo—

Ah—

Between each exhalation and inhalation, a raging wind howled and swept, clearing the filled white waves.

Li Che sat cross‑legged, gathering his thoughts.

He took out Su Huaiming and Niu Shisan's Heaven‑Earth Jade and began to count.

Just a round of counting made Li Che involuntarily suck in a breath.

He seemed to have somewhat underestimated the wealth amassed by a Divine Eagle Grandmaster among the Five Elders!

"Five‑tier divinity crystals, a full fifty! Six‑office divinity crystals, three hundred!"

"This… is too rich, isn't it?!"

"Unfortunately, divinity crystals are not easy to absorb; otherwise, Su Huaiming could even pile them up to reach the fetal‑breath transformation just by relying on divinity crystals."

Li Che was genuinely shocked.

But soon he was overjoyed; his cultivation methods are all gold‑devouring beasts.

Whether it's that Spirit‑Aware True Ape, the myriad temple god avatars, or even the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit, all require the Five Elders' divinity crystals to pile up.

Moreover, for the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit, only the first fifth‑tier divinity crystal has the best effect…

Afterward the effect becomes ordinary, the absorption speed slows, but it can still be accumulated in quantity.

"The medicinal stockpile is not bad either—though the person is weak, the equipment is complete!"

Li Che's eyes went dizzy.

There are actually five fifth‑tier martial pills!

Given Su Huaiming's physical strength, these fifth‑tier martial pills cannot be taken; taking them would cause his body to burst, yet he had prepared them in advance…

He belongs to the type who is weak but needs his gear to keep up.

In the end, it all came cheap to Li Che.

"This is…"

Suddenly.

Li Che's gaze tightened, almost as if it had solidified!

"This is…… a fifth-grade upper-rank spirit wood?!"

"Phoenix-Blood Phoenix-Nest Nirvana Wood!!"

Li Che took a deep breath; even he felt his emotions surge violently.

Great wealth, heavenly immense wealth!

The sole piece of fifth-grade upper-rank spirit wood, its divinity is truly too rich.

Even separated by the cosmos space, Li Che felt a fierce heat and scorching vigor, along with vibrant vitality!

Fifth-grade upper-rank spirit wood!

Even Su Huai Ming would find it hard to carve.

This spirit wood is purely Su Huai Ming's collection!

Besides this piece of fifth-grade upper-rank spirit wood...

there are actually two more pieces, fifth-grade lower-rank spirit wood!

One of them is precisely the Blood-Fire Divine Pattern Bodhi Wood that Li Che obtained in the Ghostly Void!

The other is fifth-grade lower-rank 【Wind-Thunder Dragon-Chi Wood】!

Without a doubt, this is Su Huai Ming's preparation, intending to accumulate foundations and readiness for breaking through to fifth-grade upper-rank Divine Condor Grandmaster!

Now...

They all bear the surname Li now!

Fifth-grade spirit wood…… is not something easily obtained.

Even though Li Che has become an elder of the Divine Condor Ridge in the Primordial Origin Divine Sect, wanting to obtain fifth-grade spirit wood...

it also relies on waiting; perhaps only when a quota is available will one obtain a piece!

Only such an important Divine Condor Ridge elder examination will secretly prepare a piece of fifth-grade spirit wood.

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

Su Huai Ming's status in the Su family is noble; these are obviously procured for him by the Su family.

The Su family, with three thousand years of foundation, is naturally not ordinary; obtaining spirit wood is naturally not too difficult.

"I can't even imagine…… the Su family, such a great clan that has risen and fallen over three thousand years, their treasury must be how beautiful."

Li Che couldn't help but begin to yearn.

The only pity is that Su Huai Ming seems uninterested in martial arts; his collection actually lacks any Divine Seed Martial Arts.

After tallying Su Huai Ming's treasures, then looking at Ox Thirteen's Cosmos Jade...

Even though he is an innate grandmaster, it actually gives Li Che a feeling worse than a beggar.

Clearly Ox Thirteen also hoards a precious fifth-grade martial pill...

One can only say, without comparison there is no harm.

Immersing his thoughts, he steadied his restless emotions from the impact of the heavenly wealth crashing down.

Li Che's mind stirred, and he took out two wooden carvings.

One is blood-red, covered with blood-fire divine patterns; it is precisely the Heaven-Earth Encompassing Spirit-Minded True Ape statue he carved for this Divine Condor Ridge examination!

According to rank, it should be at the Five Elders lower tier.

This also indicates that Li Che's current Divine Condor Grandmaster level has reached the Five Elders lower tier.

Although this Divine Condor carving was not easy, the improvement it brought to Li Che was tremendous!

Li Che exhaled a mouthful of turbid air.

He then took out another statue.

That was Elder Sun's, before his passing, storing a trace of his enlightened Divine Condor semi-sage insight within the wooden carving, wishing to pass it on to Li Che!

The wooden carving still lacks a few strokes.

But for Li Che, how to make the cut, whether to dare to cut, has become an extremely challenging impact.

In his chest, the Immortal Craft Dao Fruit throbbed vigorously!

In his pupils.

Flowing light flickered.

【Dao Fruit: Immortal Craft (LV4, 96%)】

Carving a fifth-grade lower-rank Divine Condor, he brought the Heaven-Earth Encompassing Spirit-Minded True Ape into the material world.

Indeed, it gave Li Che's Immortal Craft Dao Fruit maturity a tremendous boost!

And now, only 4% maturity remains.

Li Che's gaze lowered, his eyes falling on the statue gifted by Elder Sun.

He took out Su Huai Ming's Divine Condor Grandmaster tool set.

The extremely high-quality carving blade reached the Six Offices upper rank!

And after Li Che imbued it with Qi and Blood Rosy Radiance, this blade directly rose to the Five Elders lower rank!

However, Li Che did not focus on the blade; his gaze fixed on the serene Six-Eared Hell Lotus Divine Monkey Dual-Core Great Sage statue placed in the center of the courtyard.

He kept looking, examining, pondering.

In his mind, he simulated various cutting methods, the force, angle, depth of the wood split, and so on...

In his brain, it was as if he were undergoing a storm.

Over and over he simulated!

But each simulated cut would greatly diminish the Divine Condor's divine intent.

Cannot achieve perfection, cannot continue Elder Sun's divine intent.

This feeling made Li Che extremely uncomfortable.

It felt as if his chest was blocked, his complexion involuntarily turning pale.

On his forehead…

Unbeknownst to him, a bead of sweat, extremely fine, rolled down.

Suddenly.

The whole courtyard became utterly silent.

White snow drifted down hazily, covering the courtyard ground with a thick layer.

Even on Li Che's body, a layer of white robes piled up.

I don't know how long passed.

Perhaps a hundred breaths, or perhaps a thousand breaths.

Li Che slowly opened his eyes, within them no emotional fluctuation.

No longer anxious, no longer blocked, no longer torn…

Clear and bright like water.

As if washing away the leaden dust, his heart became calm and strong.

On Li Che's body, powerful qi and blood surged silently, shaking off the white snow.

The accumulated snow in the small courtyard instantly evaporated, turning into countless rising currents that rushed into the air above the courtyard.

Li Che gripped the divine weapon carving knife, slowly swung it at the divine eagle left by Elder Sun.

He suddenly understood a trace of the divine eagle's half-saint intent!

The falling blade was solid, his heart unwavering.

Shasha, shashasha.

His fingertips entwined.

Wood chips flew sideways.

The sound of the carving knife silently splitting the wood's texture echoed in the quiet courtyard.

The Grand Dao is soundless.

The blade falls soundlessly.

"Hoo."

As he exhaled a breath, he blew away all the wood chips on the carving.

It seemed as if a golden light flowed and sparkled upon the divine eagle carved from the most ordinary wood.

Upon the wood carving of the Two-Heart Great Sage.

It seemed as if a tear had fallen.

Li Che remained silent.

Before his eyes, flowing light like water.

【Dao Fruit: Immortal Artisan (LV5, 0%)】

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