Chapter 256: 257. Chapter 254: A Single Thought Judges Life and Death, Grasping the Netherworld's Life-and-Death Book; Within the Ort

257. Chapter 254: A Single Thought Judges Life and Death, Grasping the Netherworld's Life-and-Death Book; Within the Orthodox Divine Sect, the Hidden Evil Person Is Found

Bang——!!!

The mighty surging air currents erupted explosively from high above, and countless currents, struck by the tremendous force of high-speed impact, violently spread outward in white, ring-shaped shockwaves.

One after another, like the most surging tide on the Nine Dragons River!

Boom boom boom!

The invisible shockwaves of qi collided beneath the night sky, bursting forth with earth-shaking thunder.

A demonic python clashed head-on with a qi-blood azure dragon!

Like two peerless ferocious beasts engaged in a world-shaking slaughter!

After the collision, under the opposing force of extreme, mighty power, countless evacuated air currents surged back, like a vast white sea, constantly crashing inward, forming an inward‑collapsing mushroom cloud!

In midair, the Dragon Queen's consort sprayed out thick blood, struck by the inward‑collapsing mushroom cloud's qi blast.

Her whole body, like a kite with its string cut, slammed hard into the enormous pit she had blasted with her domineering half‑step Martial Saint's tempered flesh.

Smoke and dust rose and fell, reaching several dozen zhang high.

Whooooo——

All that remained was the Dragon Queen's consort's terrifyingly tempered physique, accompanied by violent, heavy breathing.

Within those breaths lay extreme, repressed madness and fury.

In the distance.

Su Clan's Divine Talisman Master Su Huayin, his face grim as water, tapped his toes and struck the talisman pouch at his waist; countless yellow‑black talisman sheets stacked up, forming a lotus‑like platform that lifted his body aloft.

He escaped?

Netherworld Mao Lian… actually slipped out of his meticulously laid Heavenly Net and Earthly Trap and fled.

To deal with this Netherworld Mao Lian, even though the opponent was merely a Divine Gang Grand Master, he spared no effort, deploying eight precious Five Elder lower‑rank Divine Talismans of Wind‑Stabilizing, and also using the Divine Talisman of Severing Water Flow, hoping to keep the foe.

But in the end, he still could not be detained!

These talismans all came to nothing—worse, the face of this Five Elder lower‑rank Divine Talisman Master was brutally trampled and crushed.

As the Su Clan, which has watched the tides rise and fall for three thousand years, a family of immeasurable depth, its prestige surpasses that of the Yun, Zhou, and Chen clans.

Even though those three clans are millennium‑old families of deep foundation, this remains true, because the Su Clan's research in the Way of Divine Talismans leads all other families.

The Su Clan's proudest industry is Divine Talismans; ventures such as Divine Eagles, Divine Weapons, and Martial Elixirs pale in comparison to the Way of Divine Talismans.

It is precisely because of the Su Clan that a Half‑Saint of Divine Talismans exists!

Although it falls far short of the true Divine Talisman clan that has a Divine Talisman Saint residing in Shendu, at least in Primordial Origin Dao City the Su Clan can claim to be the foremost Divine Talisman family!

Primordial Origin Dao City has exactly two Half‑Saints of Divine Talismans: one is the wife of the current sect master of the Primordial Origin Divine Sect, who comes from the Dàjǐng Azure Cloud Dao Mystic Talisman Divine Sect as the second‑generation Divine Talisman Xuan Qisha.

The other is the Su Clan's Half‑Saint of Divine Talismans, Su Daoling.

Thus, Su Huayin's grim expression came from his all‑out deployment of Divine Talisman methods to seal the void and cut off evasion techniques—result……

…still let the Netherworld Mao Lian get away!

"That chessboard…"

"Who is playing the game?"

Su Huayin sat cross‑legged upon the Divine Talisman lotus platform; the great wind fluttered, pressing his robes tightly against his body, outlining his gaunt, frail frame.

His hair flung back, his eyes flashing like lightning, he stared at the empty air; although the chessboard and the ink‑black ancient city had vanished, his eyes still traced the memory of what had just transpired.

Faintly, Su Huayin seemed to see someone drop a chess piece beside the board.

It knocked down all their layouts and calculations, shattering them.

Netherworld……

Netherworld!

This force that abruptly appeared in Dao City is truly too mysterious—impossible to fathom…… completely unfathomable.

Ox Demon, Horse Face, Divine Monkey, Black and White Impermanence…… now they barely bother to tack on an insignificant catface.

With the Su Clan's foundation, they can't even catch a mere catface!

His expression wavering between gloom and clarity, an unknown power opposed to the Su Clan continually hunts its experts and foundations—this is the ultimate terror of walking a tightrope.

Su Huayin's expression naturally turned grim.

Su Huayin's original target was the Ox Demon, but the Ox Demon appears and disappears unpredictably, and lately has hardly acted; thus, as a fallback, he decided to seize any Netherworld personnel who made a move.

After great effort, he finally caught a catface.

The result? It still got away.

"No…… it didn't run away…… it was rescued."

"A powerful expert behind the Netherworld!" Su Huayin drew a deep breath.

One……

Someone capable of placing a piece on the vast chessboard of Primordial Origin Dao City!

Being able to break free from the confinement forged by eight Wind‑Stabilizing talismans shows that the attacker must be a Divine Fetus cultivator, certainly not a mere novice who has just entered the first transformation of the Divine Fetus.

Possibly a mighty one who has reached the Fourth Transformation of the Divine Fetus—the "Fetus Head God Transformation" stage!

"The first operation against the Netherworld has failed……

In the distance.

At the moment the Dragon Queen's consort suffered grave injuries after the clash of her dragon shadow and the demonic python……

The God‑Hunting Pavilion's Three Flowers Rakshasa assassin and the Corpse God Sect's Black Jade Curse Jade Corpse Corpse God Envoy immediately began to retreat without hesitation.

Their identities were special; they had originally been invited to join the operation.

Now that the operation has failed, they naturally cannot linger.

Especially the Black Jade Corpse God Envoy of the Corpse God Sect, the thick black mist exploded, as if turning into a huge abyssal mouth, and suddenly swallowed it down.

The fierce wind howled, blowing the loose stones on the ground to roll.

The sound of breaking air continuously echoed.

When the Divine Talisman Great Array of Calming Wind and Wave was broken, the commotion occurring at the Tiger Whale Gang's location naturally drew the attention of all forces.

The wind and waves between heaven and earth suddenly seemed to solidify.

Time seemed to freeze in this instant.

Smoke and dust filled the air, cracks spread across the land.

A human figure, almost within a single breath, came sweeping across, hovering in the night sky, causing every falling raindrop to instantly burst open, turning into a thick mist that rose.

An indescribable, mighty aura stood between heaven and earth, as if the legendary divine iron that stirs the oceans in myth, causing wind and clouds to surge!

In that instant, even the flashing winter thunder seemed unable to surpass the blood-energy radiance bursting from that figure!

Martial Saint!

Su Family Divine Talisman Master Su Huayin's pupils constricted, the speed of blood flow in his body slowed, as if gripped by a terrifying giant hand, making even breathing extremely difficult!

He is one of the two chief magistrates of the Temple Suppression Office, the top combat power of Qianyuan Dao City!

Martial Saint, Yuwen Wenlong!

A Martial Saint–level powerhouse!

Yuwen Wenlong wore the robes of the Temple Suppression Office's chief magistrate, his garments fluttering in the wind as he stepped through the air, without even a trace of blood-energy leakage.

Stepping in the air, as if walking on level ground.

This is the Martial Saint, able to communicate with the power of heaven and earth for his own use, as if merging with heaven and earth.

Yuwen Wenlong stood with his hands behind his back in midair, his eyes sharp as blades, a terrifying, waterfall-like pressure pouring down.

Su Huayin's expression shifted slightly, he clasped his fists in salute.

"Chief Magistrate Yuwen."

Yuwen Wenlong coldly swept his gaze over him, his temples throbbing violently, his overbearing eyes flashing like an electric current as he scanned.

"Do you intend to demolish Dao City?"

Su Huayin gave an embarrassed smile, saying nothing.

"There is still the aura of evil persons from the Corpse God Sect in the air? How so? Are you Su family colluding with the Corpse God Sect? Rebelling against Dàjǐng?"

Yuwen Wenlong's tall, sturdy frame, his black hair fluttering in the chaotic wind, a single glance from him caused Su Huayin's expression to change dramatically.

"Chief Magistrate Yuwen, please do not say such things; my Su family is innocent. Today we have joined forces with the Dragon Queen Consort to jointly exterminate the fiends of the Netherworld. These Corpse God Sect evil auras are remnants left by the Netherworld fiends; the Netherworld and the Corpse God Sect may have joined forces."

Su Huayin hurriedly said.

The Corpse God Sect is a rebellious cult; while secret contacts can be made behind the scenes, any open association would give others a reason to act against us, putting us in a very passive position.

Yuwen Wenlong naturally did not believe Su Huayin's nonsense.

What kind of character the Su family has, how could he not know…

All sorts of evil secret arts keep emerging; if the Su family did not have deep foundations and immense power, intertwining with all major and minor forces throughout Qianyuan Dao City…

Furthermore, the Su family has a Divine Embryo cultivator and a Divine Talisman Semi-Saint holding the fort.

Yuwen Wenlong also finds it inconvenient to act.

He drifted down.

Yuwen Wenlong walked into the ruins and saw the Dragon Queen Consort whose garments were stained red with blood.

His eyes involuntarily flashed with a strange hue.

The Dragon Queen Consort, who practices unparalleled external hardening, possesses an extraordinarily strong physique; how could the Netherworld have the ability to wound her so severely?

This injury… perhaps it has damaged the bodily grand elixir, even the origin!

The Dragon Queen Consort also seemed to sense Yuwen Wenlong's gaze, slowly rising from the ruins, her expression cold and sorrowful.

She still felt somewhat dazed, recalling how that ink‑black city suddenly burst open its gates, with the golden‑armored divine general standing at the gate, her spirit could not help but tremble.

Could it be You Lique?

You Lique…… isn't he dead?

The Dragon Queen Consort shook her head slightly; she is not foolish.

She personally saw You Lique's corpse, a genuine corpse, impossible to be fake.

Therefore, You Lique must be dead.

However, the You Lique within that ink‑black ancient city…

"Resurrected after death?"

"Or perhaps that city… can revive the dead?"

"Is this the power of the Netherworld?"

The Dragon Queen Consort's azure pupils constricted slightly; the next moment, a chill enveloped her whole body—what terrifying power, what mysterious power!

But an even greater sorrow instantly spread from every inch of her flesh and blood.

You Lique…

He no longer recognizes her!

You Lique…… wants to kill her!

He is no longer the You Lique she once knew!

The Dragon Queen Consort felt a piercing, heart‑wrenching pain.

Sniffle…

Just thinking of this, she again spat out a large mouthful of blood mist.

Grief bordering on despair!

However, the Dragon Queen Consort swayed on the verge of collapse, yet in her azure eyes burst forth an unprecedented killing intent!

Underworld!

I, Ao Yu, (my) heart is severely wounded!

Come kill me!

You Liqing is precisely because he was severely injured……

Then the Underworld, in a despicable manner, found an opportunity and forcibly executed him!

Now, she is severely wounded……

Will the Underworld come looking for her?!

Yuwen Wenlong did not know what the Dragon Queen Consort was thinking at the moment; he glanced at the Tiger-Whale Gang's base, now reduced to ruins, and said: "The Tiger-Whale Gang colludes with the Corpse God Sect?"

In the distance, the sound of breaking air continuously echoed.

The number of arrivals kept increasing.

Qianyuan Divine Sect's Huang Jianjiu, disheveled and sloppy, arrived with a sword case on his back.

The Divine Guard Army arrived with two generals: Eastern Camp General Yuan Wuji and the newly appointed Western Camp General Han Qizhong.

The Bureau of Astronomy and all the great clans were among those who came.

Bang——!!!

A thunderous roar exploded, countless shards of stone scattering in all directions.

A burly figure, as towering as a mountain, smashed onto the ground, kneeling on one knee.

It was the Tiger-Whale Gang's leader, Xue Nu Jing, a supreme grandmaster who had reached the Three Flowers at the Peak realm; at this moment, the Tiger-Whale Gang's leader had an ugly and horrified expression.

"Governor Yuwen, I have failed to properly oversee my forces!"

Xue Nu Jing's expression was grim.

The Tiger-Whale Gang colluded with the Corpse God Sect; within their base, half of the members had joined the Corpse God Sect, and the Tiger-Whale Gang's leader had even cultivated a body of cursed silver corpse flesh.

This undoubtedly indicates that the Tiger-Whale Gang leader's jurisdiction has serious problems.

Yuwen Wenlong gave Xue Nu Jing a cold glance: "Xue Nu Jing, bring all your masters and grandmasters to the Temple Suppression Office for investigation……"

"As you command."

Xue Nu Jing had no objection.

Yuwen Wenlong no longer paid him any heed, and Su Huaiyin briefly recounted what had just happened.

All the forces present drew a deep breath.

Even Yuwen Wenlong's heart could not help but tremble.

"Even the eight talismans of the Five Elders, lower divine seals that quell tempests, cannot restrain the Underworld fiends?"

"This Underworld…… where exactly does it come from?"

"Could it be another mysterious force born from inheriting the deity of the Three Purities' Guiyi Miao?"

Yuwen Wenlong's burly body was bathed in the tumultuous wind raging amidst the ruins.

His eyes flickered slightly.

Underworld fiends……

Ox Demon, Horse Face, Divine Monkey, Thunder Dragon……

Among them, the Ox Demon, Divine Monkey, and Thunder Dragon—he did not know who they were, having no clue whatsoever.

But that Horse Face……

Yuwen Wenlong, however, had some speculation in his heart.

Although, it was merely speculation.

But to him, speculation……

was enough.

"The Underworld's mysterious translocation technique……"

"If I could learn it……"

……

……

The ink-colored city was utterly tranquil.

The rain took on an ink hue, pattering softly upon the ink-colored city; upon the overlapping buildings, the ink spread, becoming as clear as pure water.

It seemed to sever heaven and earth, existing alone, detached from the world.

You Liqing held the zhangba snake spear at an angle, its tip pointed at the ground; his armor clanged, his aura booming.

A golden helmet obscured his face, making his features indiscernible.

In the distance, Li Qing Shan wore a cat-face mask; his violently heaving chest finally settled into complete calm as he rose to his feet, letting the rain strike and soak his entire body.

He had survived……

Li Qing Shan exhaled a breath.

My goodness, that was truly…… exhilarating!

His cat face also got a taste of the Martial Saint's treatment!

Li Qing Shan rose, glanced at the distant golden-armored divine general, and his heart stirred slightly.

He recognized You Liqing and knew that this person must be the Western Camp General whose aura was grand and whose Three Flowers at the Peak were all ablaze.

Now, the Western Camp General has become a member of the Underworld!

You Liqing walked slowly, his feet stepping on the ink-colored blue stone ground, the pooled water spreading out in rippling rings.

He flung open his golden visor with a clatter, revealing You Liqing's coldly handsome visage, gripping the zhangba snake spear, and bowed his fist to the Cat Face.

"Sir Cat Face."

You Liqing bowed.

Ah…

Li Qing Shan only felt his whole body go numb and limp.

This is the Western Camp's Great General, You Liqing, a top-tier expert who has attained the Three Flowers at the peak and completed the fetal breath transformation!

Even an existence like this must be utterly respectful toward him, Mao Lian, uttering a single "sir!"

Refreshing!

Li Qing Shan felt as if, in the midst of midsummer heat, he had suddenly taken a bite of icy-cold ice cream.

Chilling to the core!

Extremely refreshing!

However, he also understood that this was because his Mao Lian was recognized as a member of the Netherworld.

For a cultivator like You Liqing who has been revived, the priority is lower than that of his Netherworld Mao Lian!

Li Qing Shan returned the salute with a clasped-fist bow.

Li Che wore the ox-demon mask, smiling faintly as he watched Li Qing Shan and You Liqing treat each other with mutual respect.

"Where is this?"

Li Qing Shan surveyed Ink City.

However, it was only a moment before Li Che finished his thoughts and calmly said, "Netherworld headquarters."

He raised his hand.

With a flick of his finger, the flying thunder chess pieces and the ancient city chess pieces both shot into Li Qing Shan's hands.

"If you encounter a life-or-death crisis, you can crush the ancient city chess piece to enter this place, ensuring absolute safety."

Li Qing Shan took the two chess pieces, and his sense of safety instantly increased somewhat.

"If one encounters a Martial Saint or a Divine Fetus… can one survive by hiding in the city?"

Li Qing Shan asked softly.

Li Che's eyes flickered, and he gave a slight nod: "Yes, one can survive."

Upon entering Ink City, then activating the flying thunder chess piece, one can naturally shift and escape, naturally surviving.

Li Qing Shan immediately understood, letting out a long sigh.

However, today's events gave Li Qing Shan a great warning.

In the present Qianyuan Dao City, too many experts target the Netherworld; if he were to stick his head out again, it would undoubtedly be extremely dangerous.

Although wandering on the edge of life and death in such a reckless manner, it inexplicably feels exhilarating.

But this also reflects that Li Qing Shan… can't keep up with the Netherworld's pace.

In direct combat, Li Qing Shan simply can't keep up.

Beneath Li Qing Shan's cat mask, his expression inevitably grew somewhat listless.

Li Che seemed to see through Li Qing Shan's thoughts.

Mao Lian, as the sole living member besides Li Che…

Li Che felt he ought to strengthen Li Qing Shan, letting him barely keep up with the version; even if he just shouted "sli-sli-sli" from behind, he couldn't be too weak.

In his chest, the Painting Immortal Dao Fruit throbbed.

Li Che clenched his five fingers in the void, and instantly countless ink-black rainwater gathered, forming before him a ledger.

He threw the ledger to Mao Lian.

This ledger fused the power of the embryonic divine ability, Ink Kill.

Stained with four ink dots, one can obliterate it!

Then, with another flick of his finger, he let Niu Shisan follow Mao Lian, adding the three original Hunter God Pavilion Divine Gang Grandmaster-level assassins, so Mao Lian commanded four experts.

Among them, Niu Shisan is even an Innate Grandmaster-level expert.

Li Che gave Mao Lian a brief introduction to the effects of the Ink Kill ledger, and Li Qing Shan's eyes instantly lit up, his body trembling slightly.

Although each use of the ledger's obliterating power requires vast vital blood and divinity, for Li Qing Shan it is ultimately a trump card!

Is this the benefit one can gain by joining the Netherworld?!

The miraculous translocation art, plus the Ink City life-preserving art that can be entered at any time, now also adds a mysterious obliteration technique!

Mao Lian loved the ledger so much he couldn't put it down, playing with it constantly.

With a stir of heart and mind.

The ledger actually transformed into a flow of ink-colored light, drilling into his upper dantian's inner vision.

Allowing Li Qing Shan to strengthen himself by nurturing his divinity.

"Ox Demon, this ledger… has it been given a name?"

Li Che blinked, then shook his head.

"Then may I give it a name?"

Li Qing Shan's eyes gleamed.

"Now, the ledger belongs to you; what name you choose is up to you."

Li Che said with a smile.

Li Qing Shan burst into loud laughter, his spirit grand and lofty.

"If the body is stained with four inks, a single thought decides life and death."

"This ledger shall be called, Netherworld…"

"Ledger of Life and Death!"

…

……

One member of the Underworld, Catface, caused chaos in Qianyuan Dao City Wai Cheng, slaughtering the Tiger-Whale Gang.

The Pacification King's consort joined forces with the Su family's divine talisman master Su Huaiyin, setting up the Eight Directions Stabilizing Wind and Wave Divine Talisman Grand Formation, yet it failed to restrain Catface, allowing him to escape.

This news, like a storm, swept through the entire Qianyuan Dao City, inside and out!

And the name of the Underworld thus became renowned because of this battle!

After all, the Eight Directions Stabilizing Wind and Wave Divine Talisman Grand Formation is a divine talisman formation capable of restraining even a Martial Saint, yet it could not hold the Underworld member Catface!

How could this news not stir the martial world of Qianyuan Dao City? In an instant, it became the talk of the streets and alleys.

Now, among the Underworld's fierce individuals, Catface's name has also been added.

Ox Demon, Horse Face, Divine Monkey, Thunder Dragon, Black and White Impermanence, and Catface……

Moreover, the Pacification King's Dragon Queen consort suffered heavy injuries in the battle to capture Catface, and that news also spread like wildfire.

Even if the Dao Master's mansion intended to suppress it, they could still not contain this news.

……

The twenty-fifth of the first month, Awakening of Insects.

On the peak of the orthodox sect's mountain gate of the Qianyuan Divine Sect.

The ancient bronze great bell, sealed in dust for ten years, was rung; its rippling bell waves formed ripples, shattering the rainwater scattering across the sky.

Sweeping and spreading throughout Qianyuan Dao City.

At the same time.

A piece of news also spread from the mountain gate of Qianyuan Dao City like a hurricane, flying swiftly.

Qianyuan Divine Sect inner sect grand elder Fang Hanshu, a great cultivator of the Divine Fetus Realm, personally stepped forward and announced the news.

"The orthodox sect master of the Qianyuan Divine Sect, Lü Taibai, has officially left seclusion and set the assessment day for the final personal disciple as the twenty-sixth of the second month, Qingming!"

On the day of Qingming, it is the day for the Qianyuan Divine Sect master Lü Taibai to select the final personal disciple!

When the news came out, it spread like a tide rising on a great river, flowing out in all directions, shaking the four quarters.

Not only Qianyuan Dao City, but also the major prefecture cities under its jurisdiction, the Dao cities and prefecture cities of the other Daos, all received the news and were shaken.

The master of the Qianyuan Divine Sect, Lü Taibai, is a mighty god who has undergone the four transformations of the Divine Fetus, reaching the Fetus Head Transformed to God realm!

Such gods of the Divine Fetus four transformations, when looking across the whole Dàjǐng world, are few enough to be counted on one's fingers.

They are truly the existences standing at the absolute pinnacle of the Dàjǐng cultivation path.

In fact, that is indeed the case.

The Shendu Imperial Observatory headquarters, the Grand Director once issued the two rankings of the world's absolute pinnacle experts, which are renewed with each Jiazi cycle, One Update.

They are the Divine Fetus God Ranking and the Martial Saint Heavenly Gate Pass ranking.

Each records fifteen individuals.

In the Divine Fetus God Ranking, the master of the Qianyuan Divine Sect, Lü Taibai, is ranked fifth!

The news that such a mighty expert will take on a final personal disciple, though it had been brewing earlier, only truly shook all sides when the sect announced it.

Great and small clans, great and small sects, and the martial world alike all stirred up waves!

This is the influence of a world-renowned Divine Fetus god!

……

……

Crack-crack!

Thunder rumbles loudly!

Heavy leaden clouds pile up, and the dragon-snake electric currents forged from startling thunder wander within!

Crackle!

Bean-sized raindrops pour down from the high sky, striking various places of the ancient city, bursting into patches of haze!

Listening Thunder Alley.

Independent workshop courtyard.

On the black eaves, the hazy rainwater bursts open, as if dressing the whole courtyard in a white gauze.

But moments later, the countless falling raindrops seem to be swept by a terrifying force, like a reverse-flow waterfall hanging upward, rushing into the clouds and colliding with the falling raindrops, exploding into countless misty water particles.

Forming in midair like fine white wave crests.

Sizzle——

Li Che stood in place, gripping the Xuanjin Eight Treasure Thunder Dragon Staff; lightning currents surged nonstop on its shadow, crackling incessantly.

A twist of the staff seemed to unleash a domineering and ferocious giant python, opening its terrifying blood‑filled maw capable of swallowing ten times its own volume, and it lunged forward in shock.

The terrifying roar shook the air, the shockwaves clamoring without cease, lingering long.

This move is precisely the divine‑grade martial art, the Zhang Magic Python Spear.

"The Zhang Magic Python Spear has reached great accomplishment."

"It's not far from the master level."

After withdrawing the staff and standing, Li Che lightly flicked a staff flourish, then opened his mouth to exhale and inhale.

With each breath, the lingering qi surged like a wild wind, then drew inward.

Rattle‑rattle.

The mercury‑like blood inside his body surged loudly, moving faster and faster; as it drove, each droplet of blood resembled glass beads.

"Although the Myriad Transformations Dragon Elephant has been promoted to a divine‑grade martial art, it is only at great accomplishment."

"As for the Furious Heavenly King Eye divine‑grade martial art, I have progressed quickly thanks to the Star‑Plucking Eye, and it too has reached great accomplishment."

"And now, adding the just‑accomplished Zhang Magic Python Spear……"

I have three divine-seed martial arts that have reached Great Accomplishment, but divine-seed martial arts can only open the extraordinary gates and draw the divine seeds into them after being cultivated to Master level.

Li Che's eyes opened and closed, as if electric currents were hissing and darting within his pupils.

Moreover, the complete version of the Blood Crocodile Splitting Heaven Palm, the Thousand Mountains Lone Walker Divine Blade fused with the divine seed of the three-pronged two-edged blade, and the Weeping Blood Divine Phoenix Life-and-Death Arrow obtained from the Azure Bird… all fall short of Great Accomplishment.

Li Che exhaled a breath, and his bones and joints crackled throughout his body.

Although I possess the Dragon-Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit, which enhances my martial arts talent and grants me unparalleled external training, the divine-seed martial arts I cultivate are numerous, making it hard to achieve extremely rapid progress.

I truly look forward to it—if I fuse the divine seeds into the Eight Extraordinary Gates and combine them with the Dragon-Elephant Heavenly Gang, could I contend with a Martial Saint?

Li Che's heart trembled, and he was greatly anticipating.

Among the Martial Saint's secret arts, the Soaring Void Eight Steps movement art secret has not yet been cultivated to the state of transformation; I must find time to cultivate it.

With many martial arts, Li Che also finds it difficult to manage them all; in the end, there are both slow and fast progress.

This is only possible because the Dragon-Elephant Dao Fruit frequently grants feedback and sudden enlightenment, allowing me to cultivate so many martial arts simultaneously.

No wonder it's almost impossible for anyone to simultaneously open the Eight Extraordinary Gates with divine seeds.

Li Che shook his head; even he could not help but feel the difficulty.

He returned beneath the eaves.

Those raindrops, which the vaulted heaven above had never let fall, poured down with a splashing sound without cease, as if to vent all the anger that had been shut out.

Raindrops bounced on the black tiles.

Li Che poured a cup of hot tea from the brazier, drank it in one gulp, then sat cross-legged beneath the eaves, enjoying this early spring rain.

His gaze shifted as the raindrops fell and bounced.

The Dragon Queen Consort was heavily wounded by a spear from You Liqing… the injury reached her bodily great elixir.

That injury is truly not minor.

It truly makes one… restless and eager to act.

Li Che took a sip of tea, set down the celadon cup, and the corners of his mouth slightly curled upward.

However…

I cannot rule out the possibility that this woman is scheming against me.

Li Che took out a Five Elders divine-nature crystal, grasped it, absorbed the divine nature within, and began cultivating his divine nature.

This possibility is extremely great… Initially, You Liqing, masked, thrust a spear; given the Dragon God clan's physique of the queen consort, she could not have been severely wounded—she reduced her own aura, bit by bit, and forced herself to take You Liqing's spear, only then suffering severe injury.

I cannot rule out that there is an element of acting involved.

Li Che pondered.

With a steady hand, he resisted the temptation of the queen consort's severe injury.

Coincidentally, this period is when the sect's supreme deity emerges from seclusion; lacking full confidence, Li Che also does not rush to act.

There is still one month until February 26, Qingming…

This is the day of the sect master's supreme deity's personal transmission assessment; Xixi does not know how her preparations are going—although she entered through the back door of the sect master's lady, the personal transmission assessment for Xixi remains extremely difficult.

Li Che couldn't help but feel a headache; Xixi's talent is quite good, but ultimately, compared to those competitors, she is still too young.

Recently, too many prodigies have come to Gan Yuan Dao City.

Some came from Shendu, others from other Dao cities…

All are the most outstanding prodigies of the Dao realm, all possessing divine abilities of the thousand-foot purple aura!

Simply…

It's hell-level difficulty!

Li Che exhaled a breath.

What Li Che can do is to give Xixi special training, stimulating the mythic weapons within her body to release divine power, merging weapons and forging the body.

Speaking of it, the tempering-body divine nature Li Che obtained from the three-pronged two-edged blade has almost been fully absorbed.

We can now prepare a second stimulation of the three-pronged two-edged blade.

Hum—!

Abruptly.

A white Flying Thunder chess piece appeared out of thin air before Li Che; someone grasped the piece, then condensed a figure.

It was none other than the gold-armored, stalwart Detained God You Liqing.

My lord.

The heretics of the Corpse God Sect hidden within the Gan Yuan Divine Sect…

They have been found.

Beneath the eaves.

Li Che, who was grasping the Five Elders divine-nature crystal, slowly released it; his eyes opened and closed, his gaze fell upon the Detained God form of You Liqing.

Who is it?

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