Chapter 297: then title translation, then ===GLOSSARY=== then list

The Yama of the Underworld...

Thus line: "The Underworld's high-end combat power is indeed lacking; even if Huang Jianjiu, You Liqing, and others devoured this two-flower half-divine corpse, it would still be difficult to truly transform and ascend to the Sea of Qi realm."

Perhaps unable to restrain excitement, once this thought arose, it could no longer be suppressed.

By relying on the temple god's power.

Climb the tower, invite the god!

Summon the god, the god arrives!

My current tempered fleshly body, bearing the divine chess-piece power of the Five Elders Temple God, should be fine, but bearing… the divine chess-piece power of the Four Sovereigns Temple God, I fear will be quite taxing.

However, it's worth a try.

Unfortunately, only a single divine chess-piece of the Two-heart Great Sage Temple God has been condensed…

Li Che also cannot afford to waste it lightly.

Let's first temper and strengthen our physique before discussing further.

Li Che is not in a hurry; after tonight's battle, the Netherworld has made a name for itself, and in the short term, there likely won't be any need for the Netherworld to intervene.

Moreover, Lü Taibai struck with thunder tonight, slaying with a single sword a Corpse God Sect emissary of the Four Sovereigns Corpse God that had been dispatched at great cost, likely also aiming to intimidate the restless forces.

Because with the emergence of the Two-heart Great Sage's Guiyi Miao and the Follow-heart Gold-iron Divine Staff, the forces in Qianyuan Dao City are all restless; Lü Taibai's sword also adds deterrence and confidence to the rules he established.

Huu—

Inside the courtyard, the air currents raged violently.

Li Che finished tallying the Qiankun Jade of this two-flower half-divine corpse, which could be considered a bountiful harvest.

By the way… there's another major gain.

Li Che glanced back at the many captor gods feasting with delight.

Afterwards, he rose and approached the corpse of this two-flower half-divine corpse that had been beaten into a pulp.

He raised his hand, pressed it to the point between his brows, and lightly slid down.

The flesh tore open, and the Star-picking Pupil instantly burst through the flesh and appeared.

Myriad analyses boundless, probing the void and returning to truth!

In an instant, amidst the countless flowing corpse patterns, a tranquil floating seal came into view.

That seal was continually emanating energy, as if about to escape into the void.

Corpse God's Seal…

Li Che's eyes narrowed slightly.

Two-flower Corpse God Seal.

This half-divine corpse, having refined this Corpse God Seal, has now reached the two-flower stage…

The floral patterns entwining the corpse's body spread out from the Corpse God Seal.

Li Che's eyes brightened slightly; if he were to pluck this Corpse God Seal, perhaps… he could cultivate a captor god rivaling a Two-opened Martial Saint!

Thousand Analyses Hand!

Li Che's arm, concealing a three-pointed two-edged blade, suddenly turned jade-colored and fiercely struck into the half-divine corpse's body.

Shortly after.

A Corpse God Seal was plucked out by Li Che.

Buzz—

Originally still and lifeless, the Corpse God Seal, after being extracted by Li Che from the half-divine corpse's body, seemed to revive, as if illusory faces formed purely from deathly and dark qi opened their mouths and roared.

Li Che already had a familiar and complete production line for dealing with Corpse God Seals.

The Heaven-Earth Chessboard net spread out, instantly suppressing this continually struggling two-flower Corpse God Seal within it.

With the Sovereign Heaven's visage, the Divine Bright True Monkey God-Element Golden Core, Six Desires Slay Evil Sword Immortal Pure Yang Golden Core, all were mobilized; the Immaculate Heart's divine power, like a surging tide, instantly surrounded this two-flower Corpse God Seal, achieving suppression!

Feeling the strong resistance vibrations of the two-flower Corpse God Seal gradually subside, Li Che's brow Star-picking Pupil slowly closed.

Need to find an opportunity to seek Dog Grandfather; it's again time to wrap up by relying on Dog Grandfather's influence.

I don't know if Dog Grandfather's deterrence works on the two-flower Corpse God Seal… at least it's Dog Grandfather; otherwise it'd just be a dog's smash.

Li Che smiled, stretched, his bones crackling, and the whole courtyard was swept up by a gale.

The next moment.

Li Che took a deep breath.

He brought two fingers together and tore open the air.

He clenched his fist, as if five divine spears pierced the void, probing into the Qiankun space…

He took out the pearl concealing the Corpse God Realm and grasped it in his hand.

Boom—!!!

At the instant the pearl was taken out, the entire courtyard's ground violently shuddered, as if myriad dust exploded upward several feet!

Corpse God Realm…

……

……

Rumble—!!!

Like a muffled thunder's roar, the sound reverberated endlessly.

That mushroom cloud energy, soaring hundreds of zhang and constantly rolling and dispersing, began to gradually dissipate, yet the vast and rampant intertwined divine radiation continued to spread as shockwaves.

The Great Avalanche Guanyin Lotus Bullet forged from divine-origin divine chess-pieces.

The power unleashed by the explosion is indeed formidable.

The mushroom smoke clouds rolled and collapsed, yet they did not dissipate for a long time.

Whoosh—!!

The howling sound echoed; in the dense forest, a gale suddenly rose, the mighty martial will and primordial spirit pressure sweeping over.

Whoo—

Several figures shot forth at high speed, crashing down with a boom; their terrifying aura made the air seem to thicken.

Dead... corpses shattered into myriad pieces, slain by a single sword! Nothing but fragments remain!

What terrifying sword qi... this quasi-corpses god was actually slain outright!

These heretics of the Corpse God Sect also suffered a mishap in a dark gutter; even hiding in the Corpse God Realm, they were found by the Netherworld and forced out.

But it's strange that they hid so many masters in the Corpse God Realm... a quasi-corpses god, no wonder the Tai Bai Sect chief had to act.

The other two half-divine two-flower corpses also didn't escape; the Tai Bai Sect chief flicked his finger, releasing sword qi that heavily wounded them; one, after suffering grave injury, was beaten to death by three punches from Zhao Fangzhou of the Qianyuan Divine Sect who rushed over.

And another half-divine two-flower corpse... surely also struck by sword; that's the sword qi of the Tai Bai Killer Star, never missing!

But he mysteriously disappeared, without a trace.

Around, the voices of the strong conversing echoed without cease.

The one who rushed over was the Governor of the Temple Office, Yuwen Wenlong, a Martial Saint of the Qi Sea realm, his aura extremely terrifying; behind him followed several Supervisors of the Temple Office who are top three-flower grand masters.

Each wore the robes of the Temple Office's divine emissaries, with solemn expressions.

Besides that, there were also strong warriors of the Divine Guard Army wearing armor.

Leading them was one who bore a great halberd, the Grand Marshal of the Divine Guard Army of Qianyan Dao City, a direct subordinate of Sect Master Yue Huanglong, a Qi Sea realm expert, Yan Jing.

Behind Yan Jing followed two Divine Guard Army generals: the East Camp General Yuan Wují and the South Camp General She Longdao.

They landed beneath the rolling mushroom cloud.

Looking at the ground littered with corpse fragments, feeling the terrifying corpse qi and death qi contained within those bodies, as well as the sword qi that suppresses the rampant death qi.

Each had a horrified expression, their hearts shocked and awed.

If he doesn't act, fine; but once he acts, indeed astonishing.

Fifth on the Divine Gods List, the Tai Bai Killer Star... truly domineering and powerful!

"How did the Netherworld discover the Corpse God Sect heretics hiding in the Corpse God Realm?"

"This wave of the Corpse God Sect... their vital energy heavily wounded! They hid around the Divine Eagle Ridge, obviously targeting the Two-Heart Great Saint's Guiyi Miao, for that Willful Gold-Iron Divine Staff."

"Now, all exposed, the effort fell short at the last moment..."

The halberd-bearing Divine Guard Marshal, clad in splendid gilded mail armor, his crimson cape billowing behind, glanced at the fallen quasi-corpses god's remains, his eyes narrowing.

Suddenly.

He raised his head, slightly tilting it.

He turned his head to look into the dense forest.

But he saw.

In the dense forest, at some unknown time, stood a hunched figure clad in dark robes, wearing a smiling cat-face mask.

One hand held a black ledger, the other grasped a wolf-hair brush.

Standing still in the night wind.

"Kekekekeke—"

A low laugh emanated from the cat-face mouth, echoing endlessly in the forest.

"The Netherworld lets you die at the third watch; who dares keep you until the fifth?"

"Leave his name in the Book of Life and Death, walk together on the Yellow Spring road."

Beside the cat-face stood many constables transformed from assassins of the Hunter God Pavilion, appearing endlessly strange in the dark forest.

"Netherworld cat-face?!"

Yuwen Wenlong and Yan Jing instantly recognized him.

Light flashed in both of their eyes.

The Divine Guard Marshal, clad all over in golden mail armor, gave a faint smile: "I'd like to see what miraculous place this Netherworld... has."

"Cat-face, stay and have a chat with this Marshal!"

Boom—!

The halberd shook violently, then swept; terrifying halberd light pierced the earth, instantly the forest exploded, countless dust and smoke ravaged, violent gusts surged without cease.

Heaven-Man resonance!

It seemed as if a vast ocean of essence and qi rolled, the primal force shaking!

Yan Jing tapped the ground with his toe, causing the dust to instantly burst into a rolling wave of dust pulled apart; he almost didn't even take half a breath before reaching beside the cat-face.

Bang bang bang—

The constables standing around the cat-face rushed forward recklessly, using their bodies to block Yan Jing.

Swept away by Yan Jing's mighty force, they all exploded into black mist.

But when the black mist dispersed, the Netherworld cat-face had already vanished without a trace.

Only that 'kekeke' laugh still echoed between heaven and earth.

"Indeed, it's a miraculous translocation technique."

The Marshal Yan Jing, who held the overbearing long halberd askew, tilted his head and spoke in a low voice.

In the distance.

Yuwen Wenlong crossed his arms, narrowed his eyes.

The cat-face's identity is actually no secret; after the Temple Office's investigation, they had long suspected.

The cat-face should be Li Qingshan of the Qianyuan Divine Sect.

"Merely a Grandmaster of the Divine Gang, yet he could escape from the Marshal's hands... truly extraordinary."

Yuwen Wenlong said lightly.

Yan Jing waved his halberd a bit, indifferent: "Just a test; after all, the Netherworld is only this much..."

"So far, the strongest power displayed is no more than that of a Human Pill Martial Saint..."

Even that ox demon is only a grandmaster realm cultivator; this cat‑face… is even less worth mentioning, wearing a cat‑face mask and doing the deeds of rats.

He tilted his head, looked at Yuwen Wenlong, and laughed.

I'm quite curious……

How is the Netherworld's top‑tier combat strength?

Or perhaps speaking of the Netherworld……

There simply is no top‑tier combat strength.

……

……

Sword light streaked across the night sky, as swift as a thunderclap, racing back into the mountain gate of the Qianyuan Divine Sect.

It landed in the elder's courtyard of Han Shu Peak where the Grand Elder resides.

Lü Taibai stood with his hands behind his back, his silver hair fluttering lightly; the violent sword qi and sword intent in his eyes began to slowly dissipate, and his terrifying aura and presence vanished completely.

Just as he reached the courtyard gate, he heard the tender, loveless sound of reading aloud from within the courtyard.

Lü Taibai froze, his expression instantly turning strange.

He pushed open the door and entered; the courtyard was brightly lit, as bright as daytime.

A small writing table stood flat, bearing a neat stack of books and the Four Treasures of the Study.

Xixi the Great Emperor's face was twisted, clutching a book, reading there without a hint of happiness.

After reading it aloud once, he must also copy it onto paper; if he makes a mistake anywhere, he must copy the name ten times as punishment.

Just after Lü Taibai left for a moment, Xixi had already made eleven mistakes.

That means he must copy the name one hundred and ten times as punishment.

Waa waa waa——

A demonic den, absolutely a demonic den! Waa waa waa, Xixi the Great Emperor wants to change his name, Xixi the Great Emperor wants to be called Li Yiyi! As the Master once said……

Xixi wiped her tears while reading aloud.

Grand Elder Fang Hanshu sat in a chair, sipping tea while quietly turning the pages of the Book of Sages.

When Lü Taibai returned, Fang Hanshu finally closed the Book of Sages.

And Xixi, unbeknownst when, had already clung to Lü Taibai's leg.

Sect Master, Master! You've finally returned! If you don't come back now, you'll never see Xixi again!

Lü Taibai's expression instantly softened: 'Exaggerated, exaggerated……'

The Grand Elder is refined and easygoing; he is a Third Place Laureate of the Da Jing dynasty, not some devil—rest assured.

Moreover, can't Xixi write her own name? Your master's wife previously tested you, and you didn't do poorly, did you?

Xixi smeared snot and tears all over Lü Taibai's clothes: 'One hundred and ten times…… one hundred and ten times……'

Xixi can no longer recognize her own name.

Xixi's eyes were full of despair.

Indeed, fighting and setting off fireworks is fun; reading and writing…… is practically a nightmare!

Master, quickly rescue Xixi from the demonic den!

Xixi pleaded eagerly.

Fang Hanshu, in the distance, couldn't help but laugh and shook his head.

This little girl…… has good talent, her cultivation grows quickly, though her temperament is a bit fierce; reading the Book of Sages a bit to cultivate her disposition is also fine, according to the Founding Master's classic records, the Young Sect Master originally had a requirement to cultivate temperament.

Upon hearing this, Xixi shook her head like a rattle drum: 'No, Xixi doesn't want it!'

She sprang up from the ground, grabbed Lü Taibai, and was about to head out of the courtyard.

Sect Master, Master, the master's wife misses you—let's hurry back!

Xixi swore she would never come back to this demonic den!

Lü Taibai rubbed Xixi's head, smiling indulgently: 'All right, let's go, head back.'

Fang Hanshu gave a wry smile and shook his head: 'This girl……'

Remember to copy the name 'Li Nuanxi' one hundred and ten times correctly; the elder will check it tomorrow.

Fang Hanshu shouted.

Just as they stepped out of the courtyard, hearing this, Xixi's hairs stood on end; she stamped her foot, sparks flew, metal clanged, and instantly two Hell Lotus Wind Fire Golden Light Wheels spun rapidly beneath her feet, lifting her body and shooting her up into the sky.

This demonic den—cannot stay even a moment!

Watching the departing master and disciple.

Fang Hanshu's smile on his face gradually faded, his brows slightly furrowed: 'This girl……'

The Purple Flame Serpent Spear Fire‑Tip Lance and the God‑Smiting Gold Brick…… two divine weapons fused within his body, whether good or bad unknown; the Eight‑Armed Wrathful Third Prince is certainly no pushover.

Does the Sect Master know?

Most likely he does……

The Sect Master finally managed to take on a disciple who appears normal……

But whatever you do, don't let anything happen again.

……

……

Qianyuan Dao City.

Listening Thunder Alley.

Within the courtyard of the Independent Workshop.

As a fist‑sized Corpse God Realm Pearl was taken out, the magnetic field of the whole courtyard seemed to shift, as if it had sunk a little.

And that unparalleled heavy force directly made the surrounding air seem as if it were instantly pressed onto the ground.

The courtyard floor almost seemed as if it would be crushed and collapse instantly.

Fortunately, Li Che mobilized the electromagnetic track, altered his own field, and while floating up, he used great force to lift that pearl.

Heavy…… unparalleled heavy……

While lifting that pearl, Li Che's bones and muscles all over his body felt as if they were being ground, his bones emitted a creaking grating sound, his flesh roared, and his qi and blood surged!

"Using it to temper the body is not bad; I must constantly maintain high-intensity circulation of qi and blood! This way, even the maturation degree of the 【Dragon Elephant Golden Strong】 Dao Fruit can be slowly increased!"

Li Che held up the pearl and slowly exhaled a breath.

As for the Corpse God Realm hidden within the pearl……

The rolling, surging deathly and corpse qi…… seemed like a netherworld realm.

With a thought, Li Che unfurled the Heaven Earth Chessboard, and a jet-black city crashed down.

His entire person then appeared within Mo City.

Boom—!

The pearl instantly smashed onto the ground, causing Mo City's floor to blast open, sinking in rings upon rings, with spiderweb-like cracks continuously spreading and expanding!

The pattering black rain poured down incessantly.

"Huh?"

Li Che's eyes suddenly brightened slightly.

In his chest cavity.

The 【Painting Immortal】 Dao Fruit throbbed, each beat as if an invisible ripple spread out in waves……

Lowering his gaze to the pearl embedded in the ground, he saw that within the pearl, strands of deathly and corpse qi were spreading out, being sucked in by Mo City!

The Corpse God Realm within the pearl seemed to be merging with Mo City!

No, it should be said that Mo City…… is devouring this Corpse God Realm!

Li Che was astonished beyond measure.

"Mo City, devouring the Corpse God Realm? Actually…… Mo City can be considered my minor cave heaven, only manifested by means of divine abilities; the Corpse God Realm is also a minor cave heaven…… Can one cave heaven devour another?"

Li Che's breathing grew rapid.

If Mo City truly devoured the entire Corpse God Realm, then this city's sealing and defensive capabilities would surely increase greatly, perhaps even enough to seal and trap a Heaven Gate Martial Saint, right?

Good fellow……

What an unexpected joy!

Those deathly and corpse qi that seeped out from the pearl seemed to turn black, being assimilated into black mist, drifting within Mo City.

The conversion speed is not too fast; at this rate, Li Che also doesn't know how long it will take to complete the conversion.

However……

Take it slow, Li Che isn't in a hurry either.

His figure withdrew from Mo City and returned to the small courtyard.

However, what surprised Li Che was that his entire body remained incredibly heavy, as if the pearl concealing the Corpse God Realm were pressing down on him.

Boom—

Boom—

Li Che lifted his foot and took two steps in the courtyard; the ground seemed about to sink and shatter under his steps.

He hurriedly mobilized the stagnant qi and blood within his body, his bones and tendons trembling, his spine roaring, erupting with force to support against the pearl's pressing weight.

Li Che's expression instantly turned strange.

"This body-tempering method……"

Already let Li Che imagine when facing enemies and opponents later.

Taking out the pearl and throwing it to the ground, blasting out a huge pit—what a spectacular scene.

Are those cracks in the ground just fissures? No, they are the crisscross of his domineering aura!

Bearing the heavy pressure of the cave-heaven pearl, Li Che began to adapt in the courtyard.

After adapting, he also proceeded to begin cultivating the Divine Seed Martial Arts.

……

……

The last rain of late spring, like water droplets continually falling from an ancient copper leaky bell, shattering as if kneading the ages.

Since that day when Lü Taibai displayed his divine might, opening the Heaven Gate with his sword and slaying a quasi-Corpse God expert of the Corpse God Sect.

And after thoroughly purging the Corpse God Sect's layout and forces in Qianyuan Dao City.

The entire Qianyuan Dao City fell silent, all major forces keeping a low profile.

Even martial saint divine fetus cultivators who rushed from Longyuan Dao, Qingyun Dao, Guangling Dao and other dao cities, all heard of that night's Taibai killer star afterward.

They all kept a low profile, daring not to show any arrogance or make any moves.

The mystery of the Underworld also regained fame because of that night.

Amidst the blending of spring breezes and summer rains into fragmentation, time slipped away like sand trickling through an hourglass.

During this period, Li Che also completely calmed down.

Originally he was still wary and waiting for the threat brought by Ji Lishou and the Dragon God lineage's dragon son Ao Lie entering Qianyuan Dao City.

But as time passed, those two showed no movement, so Li Che simply ignored them.

He merely let You Liqing and the Dragon Girl, who had grown much stronger after devouring the two-flower half-divine corpse, keep watch on those two.

Their auras were too obvious; You Liqing and the Dragon Girl could sense them in the dark, but since You Liqing and the Dragon Girl had long been dead, Ji Lishou and Ao Lie could not perceive their auras.

As for that two-flower Corpse God seal, Li Che originally planned to directly go pluck the fur of the dog-smashing dog, rely on human power to suppress and refine it, then bestow it upon the Dragon Girl's Binding Spirit, so that the Dragon Girl's Binding Spirit could directly reach the second-stage Martial Saint level.

When the time came and he had transformed into the Bone Armor Divine Dragon, Li Che mounted it, and his might grew even greater.

But after thinking it over, Li Che still planned to use his own strength to complete the wearing down and refining.

And in the process of refining the Two-Flower Corpse God seal, it was actually also a process of enhancing his primordial spirit power.

Now Li Che had reached the Primordial Spirit Transformation realm in his cultivation; the next step was the Fetal Breath Transformation.

Fetal Breath Transformation requires letting the divine image nurtured in the divine-origin golden core connect with the power of heaven and earth, so that each inhale and exhale synchronizes with heaven and earth—only then is it the Fetal Breath Transformation!

This process requires extremely strong primordial spirit assistance.

And refining the Two-Flower Corpse God seal can enhance primordial spirit power, which Li Che naturally welcomed.

During this period, Li Che's days were extremely fulfilling.

Each day he practiced martial arts, drew divinity from divinity crystals, drew divine talismans, researched mechanisms, completed the duties of the Half-Saint Divine Eagle, and struck the Two-Flower Corpse God seal…

His schedule was packed; sometimes he would take Zhang Ya to Taibai Peak to visit Xixi, to see if she was cultivating diligently.

Under Lü Taibai's guidance, Xixi's cultivation progressed too quickly!

Moreover, Lü Taibai would secretly stimulate the power of those divine weapons within Xixi's body, helping her complete body refinement.

Days passed slowly in such leisurely yet fulfilling years.

Time does not stay; seasons flow like water.

When spring flowers fall, summer cries; when summer cicadas finish their lives, maple leaves dye red with their blood.

The reddened maple leaves, in a burst of chilly wind, fluttered down in abundance.

One autumn rain brings a chill; ten autumn rains call for cotton.

When the northern cold front brought the first snow, the snowflakes formed from frozen autumn rain never ceased.

Primordial Origin Dao City

Listening Thunder Lane

Independent Workshop Courtyard

Snowflakes fell from the sky, pure white; before they could land inside the courtyard, they were torn to shreds by a terrifying qi and blood.

Li Che stood in the courtyard, his black hair flying wildly like bolts of black lightning striking, exploding with rumbling thunder.

His body suddenly swelled; nine ferocious, trembling angry-dragon tendons, like a subterranean dragon turning over, spread across his back, like red-hot branding irons, inside flowing with glazing-like blood, rolling and rumbling!

He abruptly lifted his head; splendid light burst forth in his eyes, and merely glaring angrily, one could feel the terrifying pressure sweeping over.

Divine Seed Martial Art, Fury-Eyed Heavenly King Pupil!

As if a heavenly king's phantom appeared behind him, glaring with fury, seizing heart and soul!

The terrifying martial will that filled the courtyard gradually dissipated.

On Li Che's muscular, inverted-triangle back, a vortex slowly emerged, gradually piling and pushing into the spine like a roaring angry dragon.

And on the spine, at many meridian nodes, four divine seeds were already jumping within the extraordinary gates.

"The Fifth Divine Seed!"

"Guide the Divine Seed into the Extraordinary Gate!"

"Boom——!!!"

Within the small courtyard, it seemed to become an ocean of qi and blood; Li Che consecutively swallowed two fifth-rank martial pills, relying on great power to stand and drive the Divine Seed martial art.

I don't know how long passed.

The fifth divine seed was finally guided into the human body's fifth extraordinary gate.

"Exhale——"

"Inhale——"

Between one exhale and one inhale, Li Che could feel that the whole heaven and earth had become extremely quiet.

On his body, a layer of exceedingly fine blood scabs had actually formed…

It was as if impurities were spraying out from every pore.

Li Che never imagined that his current fleshly body could still expel so much impurity.

Since opening the fourth extraordinary gate's divine seed, Li Che had felt the difficulty of guiding the fifth divine seed.

In fact, Li Che had already mastered the Fury-Eyed Heavenly King Pupil to the grandmaster level two months earlier.

But he had long been unable to complete the guidance; after storing up momentum, he finally today guided it into the extraordinary gate, opening the fifth extraordinary gate.

As the martial pills were crushed by the stomach walls, one after another innate true vigor sprang forth from the divine seed!

Another one hundred and eight paths of innate true vigor!

With a thought, the innate true vigor spread like a vast ocean, covering the entire small courtyard, raging in all directions!

Five hundred and forty paths of innate true vigor!

Li Che slowly exhaled a breath; the qi wave like a blade split the ocean of true vigor.

The next moment, Li Che spread his arms, his ten fingers clutching tightly!

The whole person seemed to become a vortex, wildly returning into his body, like a terrifying beast that had lain dormant.

His vigorous hair flew wildly, then slowly settled into calm.

Li Che stood upright.

The entire courtyard was utterly silent; the wind stopped, snow fell.

The crisp white snowflakes, having lost the repelling force, fluttered down serenely, striking the black tiles of the roof and emitting a muffled sound.

Li Che slowly opened his eyes; tenderness welled up in his gaze.

He pinched a piece of snow.

It was as if he saw the day in Fēiléichéng, amidst ice and snow, when he welcomed his daughter's arrival into this world.

All past events lay vividly before his eyes.

Xixi was born on a day when heavy snow swirled, the winter bitterly cold; Li Che only hoped that the newborn baby could spend it warmly, so he named the child Nuanxi.

He raised his head, snowflakes fell on his brow, a cool freshness seeping into his heart.

"Warm like the fire of morning sun, dispelling disaster, illness, and pain, may you grow up safe and happy."

"My Xixi."

"Six years old."

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