Chapter 325: 327.Chapter 322: You saved my daughter, I'll vent my anger for you; seeking that undying law, I'll silently watch you li
327. Chapter 322: You saved my daughter, I'll vent my anger for you; seeking that undying law, I'll silently watch you live long【Seek monthly ticket】
The sound was like thunder, booming within the Golden Palace!
The howling gale surged, turbulent currents raged, countless strands of golden light poured down, and innumerable Buddha lights shone like waves!
It brought a terrifying sense of oppression from the rank level!
However, Li Che wore the Heaven Equal Face, and at this moment his whole being entered a state of extreme anger.
In fact.
The Seven Treasures Relic Ruyi Heavenly King Tower atop Gold Light Peak is merely a ruined temple; its rank is only Six Offices Upper Rank, much lower than the Seven Treasures Relic Ruyi Heavenly King Tower of Five Elders Upper Rank inside the main gate of the Primordial Origin Divine Sect.
With Li Che's current martial cultivation reaching the Martial Saint level, facing a temple god of Six Offices Upper Rank is equivalent to a Martial Saint taking on a Grand Master.
Even though the temple god is proclaimed invincible among peers, there is basically no great pressure.
Moreover, Li Che harbored anger; as his fury surged, he held nothing back, employing not just a simple opening of the Human Elixir Martial Saint cultivation.
But rather, he directly detonated the five Mysterious Gate Divine Seeds atop the Spine Mysterious Gate!
The five Mysterious Gate Divine Seeds were like five qi-and-blood vortices, spinning rapidly, bursting forth with terrifying impact like a turbine!
Li Che's fleshly membrane suddenly swelled up!
Golden light flowed within his eyes!
Ascending Tower State!
Even without borrowing the temple god's divine power, Li Che's combat strength at this moment rose to the level of matching a second-rate peak!
Full firepower!
As Li Che's body shot upward, lightning flickered and intertwined all over him, countless arcs of lightning surged out and gathered on his surface into Thunder Magnetic Armor!
Together with the raging dance of qi-and-blood rosy glow behind him, he resembled a deity clad in thunder armor.
Even though the aura of the Golden Heavenly King temple god holding the pagoda pressed down fiercely, as if plunging heaven and earth into darkness.
Li Che remained calm and fearless, like an extremely sharp steel sword, forcefully tearing through the temple god's rank oppression!
Boom——!!
A colossal golden hand fiercely slapped down from the high heavens.
That was the heavenly king statue nearly reaching the top of the divine hall; the palm it slapped out was truly enormous compared to Li Che, lifelike, with the palm lines clearly visible!
Countless streams of golden light, like rushing river waters, surged endlessly, making the slapped hand appear to grow larger and larger by the moment!
Within the palm, an immensely strong light and heat burst forth!
Li Che's eyes flowed with golden smoke; after detonating the five Mysterious Gate Divine Seeds, his speed increased further, his five fingers clenched, the great tendons bulging on his back quivered incessantly, his blood surged like molten mercury, the martial human elixir trembled violently, and the vast Martial Saint Primordial Vigor poured forth!
It erupted violently, countless streams of light intertwining!
As if thousands of great bows simultaneously released their taut bowstrings, twanging and exploding!
Roar——!!
Li Che fully stimulated the Dragon Elephant Diamond Indestructible Dao Fruit!
Instantly!
Almost condensing into a substantial dragon-elephant phantom, it appeared within the Golden Divine Hall, nearly filling the entire hall!
Myriad Transformations Dragon Elephant!
Li Che thrust a punch forward; the divine dragon and giant elephant loomed forth, merging into a dragon-elephant form!
The divine dragon coiled around the giant elephant's body, then swung its trunk, lifting huge hooves as thick as heaven-and-earth pillars, and slammed them down fiercely!
Thud——!!
The mighty Martial Saint Primordial Vigor, plus the terrifying force gained from the five detonated Mysterious Gate Divine Seeds almost five times breaking the body's shackles, was heaven-shaking, earth-shattering!
It almost became the descent of the mythic dragon-elephant!
Roaring, bellowing, colliding, slaughtering!
Trampling and rampaging through the wild wasteland!
The all-pervasive airflow ahead was violently struck and shattered, like a boulder thrown into a lake, sending up thousands of towering waves and unceasing ripples!
Boom——!!
The terrifying collision exploded in the mid-air of the divine hall!
Splendid golden light instantly burst open, then shattered apart; Li Che, his body wrapped in lightning, his qi and blood surging like waves, in an unmatched posture, directly pierced through the palm slapped down by the Golden Heavenly King!
Li Che leapt onto the enormous palm of the Golden Heavenly King Divine Eagle, his muscles tensed, his membrane, tendons, and bones operating like a terrifying machine!
He stamped down heavily, causing the pierced palm of the heavenly king to collapse under the pressure, countless fine cracks appearing.
Accompanied by a roaring sound!
The entire heavenly king palm exploded into fragments!
「Reckless——!!! 」
The Golden Heavenly King glared angrily, hatred visible on his face adorned with a fan-shaped helmet!
The other hand holding the Seven Treasures Relic Ruyi Heavenly King Tower suddenly had its Buddha light activated, resembling a golden flood dragon, yet spewing tongues like a venomous snake!
Countless golden flood dragons, like silken ribbons, lashed toward Li Che, seeking to entwine, bind, and restrict his form!
Li Che's five fingers spread wide, then he flung them out and clenched them into a fist, instantly crushing the airflow!
Myriad Dragons Subdue Gods!
In an instant, the mighty primordial vigor parted the towering waves, the surging airflow exploded into endless ripples, and myriad dragon shadows rose from Li Che's surroundings, dragon roars howling to the heavens!
Colliding with the golden flood dragons pouring down from the heavenly king tower, these golden flood dragons were all blasted apart!
Countless golden fireworks brilliantly bloomed in mid-air!
If Xixi were to see this now, she would surely leap with joy, after all, she loves watching and setting off fireworks the most.
Li Che hovered in mid-air, lightning intertwined, soaring aloft, the great red cloak formed by his qi-and-blood rosy glow streaming behind him for thousands of miles!
The airflow within several dozen zhang around his body was instantly blown apart by him!
Li Che surged upstream; even though he now appears tiny, his aura is in no way inferior to that of the Golden Heavenly King!
Innumerable Buddhist chanting sounds resounded, and then one after another, Buddhist shadows reflected from the Seven Treasures Relic Like-Intent Heavenly King Tower turned into streams of light that swiftly shot at Li Che.
Under Li Che's heaven-rivaling countenance, his eyes were icy and fierce beyond compare.
He raised his hand, and his five fingers suddenly spread open.
In an instant——
One by one, the arrest-god chess pieces flowing with black smoke hovered around his body.
After the black pieces appeared, they began to frenziedly twist and expand.
Then they turned into streaks of arrest-god silhouettes.
Carrying a sword case, with a wine gourd covered in sword marks at his waist, the Underworld Wine Sword Immortal, Huang Jianjiu.
Clad in golden armor, obliquely holding an eight-zhang serpent spear, his cloak fluttering behind him and wearing a full-face gold helmet, You Liqing's eyes streamed with black smoke and his murderous aura rolled.
The Dragon Queen Consort fiercely transformed into a bone-armor divine dragon, her body sinuous and her dragon claws sharp!
Besides that, there was Su Lei Bao, this Sea of Qi Martial Saint who leans on a golden dragon-slaying blade, floating in the void.
Long Tai, Qing Niao, Xue Dufu, Yingwei True Person……
Even Su Dao Ling, whom Li Che had positioned as a technical specialist among arrest-god talents, also appeared, with divine talismans floating around him, all of which were the lightning talismans he had recently studied and learned.
My lord!
In the instant that numerous arrest-gods appeared, a terrifying aura instantly rampaged within the Golden Heavenly King's hall.
Huang Jianjiu and You Liqing, having become arrest-gods earlier, and after additionally consuming the arrest-god of Huang Tuo, have now finally completed their refinement; this is also the first time Li Che has summoned them forth after they consumed Huang Tuo's arrest-god.
And they never let Li Che down.
Their qi mechanisms have both reached the level of a Second Opening Martial Saint!
Xue Dufu bore his Azure Dragon Crescent Blade, glaring; although he hasn't yet reached Martial Saint level by drinking soup, his aura is already not bad, reaching the level of a Top Three Flowers Grand Master!
He now just wants to perform well, ensuring that his lord will later give him more soup to drink!
Long Tai and Qing Niao are roughly of the same mindset.
They never imagined that a breakthrough in cultivation could be so simple.
Actually, after death, the pinnacle of life arrives!
Li Che paid no heed to the attitudes of these arrest-gods behind him, facing the many Buddhist statue phantoms shooting toward him.
Li Che clenched his five fingers, and the Willful Gold-Iron Divine Rod suddenly appeared in his hand.
Upon suddenly gripping, an invisible qi wave expanded in circles around!
"Beat them to death."
Whoosh.
The Willful Gold-Iron Divine Rod suddenly swung.
Li Che's body instantly shot up into the sky; upon his bronzed skin, full of knotted muscles, it was as if a pressure cooker burst open, sending forth countless heat currents!
A ferocious Buddha came charging; Huang Jianjiu's sword light swept, instantly suppressing that Buddha, with the long sword resting on the Buddha's head.
With a 'pa' sound, he slammed that Buddha hard onto the hall floor!
The blue stone floor instantly sank and collapsed; countless cracks like a spiderweb interwove and spread, bursting forth on the ground in an instant!
On the other side.
You Liqing, fully armored, thrust his eight-zhang serpent spear; instantly, the Eight-Zhang Devil Python Spear raged and roared forth, a gigantic golden giant python lashing fiercely onto a Buddhist phantom!
These Buddhist phantoms are nothing more than Grand Master-level combat power.
How could they withstand the opponent of You Liqing, who has now reached Sea of Qi Martial Saint level?
They were directly blasted to pieces!
On the other side, Su Lei Bao, Su Dao Ling, Long Tai, Xue Dufu, and others also took action; Qing Niao, this divine archer, drew his bow and shot arrows, piercing one Buddha after another!
Li Che obliquely grasped the Willful Gold-Iron Divine Rod, unfolding the Heaven-Striding Eight Qi Steps; his whole person ascended straight to heaven, eight steps to heaven, each step accumulating terrifying aura!
He boldly ascended, as if soaring straight into the clouds!
In his eyes, fury was vast and mighty.
Even if what he is experiencing now is perhaps just a dream, so what?
The Third Prince let him appear in this dream……
Isn't it just to let him properly strike and beat this Seven Treasures Relic Like-Intent Heavenly King Tower?
Unfortunately, this is merely the ruined temple of the Seven Treasures Relic Like-Intent Heavenly King Tower.
Within the Qianyuan Divine Sect there is also one; moreover… Shendu also has one……
And that one in Shendu has even reached the Four Sovereigns rank.
In short, the only heavenly king tower that Li Che can now strike is this one in Golden Light Prefecture.
With arrest-gods taking action, they blocked the seven Buddhist phantoms pouring down from the Seven Treasures Relic Like-Intent Heavenly King Tower, allowing Li Che to smoothly appear before the Golden Heavenly King whose hand was severed and who was supporting the tower.
The heavenly king was too huge; Li Che hovered before the king's head, as if riding an elevator slowly ascending a skyscraper hundreds of meters high.
And as the ascent continued.
Li Che's aura upon his body was also continually increasing!
Boom——
When the Heaven-Striding Eight Qi Steps reached their peak, he had already leapt up above the Golden Heavenly King.
The Golden Heavenly King glared with angry eyes, yet he could also feel Li Che's current might.
The Seven Treasures Relic Like-Intent Heavenly King Tower in his hand shone brightly, myriad Buddha lights brilliantly illuminating, then burst forth and flung out, pressing down horizontally upon Li Che.
The tower spun in midair, and beneath it appeared a hollowed posture, a splendid Buddha light shining down from beneath the tower.
Like the heavenly river's water, it enveloped Li Che's body, a mighty suction force erupting instantly!
As if to suck Li Che into the treasure pagoda!
Then, enveloped by Buddha's light, it was refined!
Li Che gripped the Random Gold Iron Divine Rod with five fingers; a flick sent countless staff blossoms exploding midair, countless currents surging, moving mountains and seas!
Facing the pagoda's suction, Li Che did not resist, allowing himself to be drawn away.
And during the process of being drawn away.
The Dragon-Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit trembled, Divine Ability Second Heaven, Dragon-Elephant Heavenly Gang!
Power……doubled, then doubled again!
Five divine seed vortices, like accelerating turbines, roared explosively!
Boom——!
Like a host of thunder coiling around the body, a rumbling sound, tearing the universe apart!
Enough to melt jade and flow like gold, the fierce qi blood surged forth, like a vast ocean flood wolf, as if the earth split, scorching heat gushing from deep within the earth's veins!
Dragon-Elephant Heavenly Gang!
Divine power erupted!
Li Che's jet-black, vigorous hair danced wildly as he sharply lifted his head.
A single staff sweep rose!
Transform Spirit True Martial!
Shatter Southern Heaven!
Boom!
Just a single staff strike, as if shattering the slow airflow, shattering time-space and heaven-earth, cutting across time and space, fiercely lashing the treasure pagoda!
As if the sound of an ancient temple's ancient bell, struck with all its might, echoed between heaven and earth!
Two divine weapons collided violently!
Crack—crack——
The Buddha's light atop the pagoda was worn away, the divine light began to dim, and even countless fine cracks slowly appeared on the pagoda!
Finally.
A heavenly king statue hundreds of meters tall, and the golden heavenly king pagoda.
It exploded and shattered!
Countless shattered fragments crashed down.
Like a waterfall bursting forth!
Smoke and dust billowed!
Rising thousands, tens of thousands of feet!
A figure clad head to toe in thunderbolt armor, a great red cape flowing thousands of miles behind, hovered in the high sky.
Li Che obliquely grasped the divine rod, his eyes crackling with golden lightning arcs.
He seemed to gaze into the distance.
"You saved my daughter; I'll vent my anger for you."
Li Che floated down onto the temple floor.
Behind him, the captured gods who had crushed the illusory Buddha statues stood in various postures.
With King Yan as the supreme.
Li Che gazed at the scattered god statue remnants littering the ground.
He slowly raised his hand……
"Immaculate Mind Divine Ability……"
"Summon Deity."
……
……
Nan Lihuo felt an intense suffocation.
Strange Gate riot?!
No……how could this be possible?
This Golden Heavenly King God Temple has long been a Guiyi Miao that has suffered raids for who knows how many years.
The Strange Gate had all turned into a Divine Gate……becoming a blessed land cultivated by the Golden Light Branch Sect for the sect's true heirs—how could a Strange Gate riot, such an utterly foreign term, appear?
Nan Lihuo's whole body was pressed tightly against the doorway by a powerful force, his clothes flapping, hair flung back.
He saw the Divine Gate's entrance expand and expand, finally enveloping him completely.
Feeling only the turning of heaven and earth, it was as if he had shuttled between two realms, from the temple into the Divine Gate's interior.
As for the Divine Gate, Nan Lihuo was no stranger; he had once obtained great benefits within it.
However……
Now, inside the Divine Gate, it had completely changed its appearance.
The entire Golden God Palace burst forth with countless splendid lights, exploding apart and shattering into pieces.
Nan Lihuo felt as if an invisible force had clenched his heart, almost to be crushed to bursting!
He stared fixedly as the temple's roof was overturned, countless glazed gold tiles sliding down and shattering.
He saw the Heavenly King statue and pagoda, risen in wrath from within the temple, slaughtering forth!
Buddha's light shone everywhere, killing intent ran rampant!
However…
Nan Lihuo grew even more dazed, for it was that familiar figure—his whole body wrapped in thunderbolt armor, obliquely gripping a divine staff, like a god and like a demon…
"Underworld… Divine Monkey?!"
Nan Lihuo's hairs stood on end!
That's right, this is definitely the Underworld Divine Monkey!
Back then, in the Underworld of Jin'guang Prefecture City, the three most famous beings were the Ox Demon, the Horse Face, and the Underworld Divine Monkey!
After all, the Underworld Divine Monkey personally killed the grandmaster Xue Dufu, who served under the little prince Ji Haihui, shaking countless experts on the street!!
But…
Now the Divine Monkey!
Such aura…
Nan Lihuo simply could not imagine how strong this aura was!
Simply, its power was beyond comprehension, utterly terrifying!
A vast and mighty aura filled the entire Divine Hall.
Next, Nan Lihuo saw a scene that would be unforgettable for the rest of his life.
That golden heavenly king statue and the heavenly king pagoda it held up…
It was actually smashed to pieces by the Divine Monkey's staff…
Blown up?!
Blown up?!
Boom—boom—boom—boom——!!
Nan Lihuo was instantly flung out of the Divine Hall, while the entrance to the Divine Hall was completely sealed shut; the divine eagle of the Seven Treasures Relic Ruyi Heavenly King Pagoda, which sat upon the altar of the Golden Hall, emitted a series of crack-crack sounds.
The whole temple's divine eagle…
It actually shattered explosively!
Blasted into pieces, only endless fragments flew scattered.
The wind howled, the turbulent currents surged; finally, the airflow inside the hall returned to calm.
Only Nan Lihuo, obviously having suffered a massive impact, remained.
He stared blankly.
After a long while…
Only then did Nan Lihuo feel his mouth corners incomparably sore.
"Something big… is about to happen!"
……
……
Hell Lotus Minor Cave Heaven.
Li Che slowly opened his eyes.
In his eyes, the intertwined heaven-and-earth chessboard vanished.
His eyes became clear.
He slowly exhaled, his body stirred, and he gazed at Xixi, whose brow bore a blooming Hell Lotus divine sigil flashing with flowing light.
One could feel Xixi's aura rapidly rising; moreover, the surging divine-physique power was frenetically feeding back into her flesh, baptizing, transforming, and strengthening her physique.
Within the divine-physique power lay a strand of Hell Lotus power.
Li Che's gaze was extremely complex.
He raised his hand and gently smoothed the sweat‑stuck strands of hair on Xixi's sleeping scalp.
Seeing Li Che fully awake, Lü Taibai also couldn't help but exhale.
"You finally woke up."
"Xixi almost didn't have a father."
Lü Taibai said. Li Che, however, did not elaborate further; regarding the Third Prince's trial, Li Che actually never sensed any malice from the start, the most obvious point being that if there truly were malice and killing intent, it would be impossible to hide from the 【Innocent Heart】 Dao Fruit.
Thus, Li Che did not resort to a desperate, all‑or‑nothing strike.
If he truly sensed strong killing intent and malice, Li Che would ignore any trial, directly detonate five Qimen divine seeds, unleash full firepower, and fight with all his might!
However, precisely because he sensed no malice, coupled with his yearning for the 【Dream Heavenly Master】 Dao Fruit, Li Che decisively accepted the Third Prince's trial.
As expected.
The Third Prince merely had Li Che, in his dream, give the Seven Treasures Relic Ruyi Heavenly King Pagoda and the golden heavenly king that supports it a good beating, just to vent a breath.
As for why the Third Prince didn't act himself, it was largely because of that Seven Treasures Relic Ruyi Heavenly King Pagoda.
It is a Buddhist object; its Buddha light bears no warmth, seeming to belong to the same lineage as the Small Spirit Sound Temple where the Huangtu monk who had been subdued and slain resided.
Perhaps the Seven Treasures Relic Ruyi Heavenly King Pagoda is suppressing the Third Prince, just as the Golden Heavenly King Pagoda standing in Jin'guang Prefecture cannot be moved even by Lü Taibai—because that Guiyi Miao exists precisely to restrain the eight‑armed, wrathful Hell Lotus Third Prince.
Li Che exhaled, and a faint sense of gravity welled up in his heart.
These evil Buddhas……
While scheming against the Third Prince, they almost got his daughter killed.
Moreover, the Yellow‑Browed Great Dharma Master who eyed Xixi and himself, claiming affinity with the Small Spirit Sound Temple, caused murderous intent to surge intensely in Li Che's eyes.
"Xixi should be fine…… The Third Prince burned his own awakened clear will, used Hell Lotus power, controlled the Hell Lotus Dao essence; now this Hell Lotus Dao essence has merged into Xixi's divine physique, leading to her inner vision, so Xixi can be considered to have successfully broken through to the divine physique."
Lü Taibai gave a brief explanation.
However, seeing that Li Che's expression hadn't changed much, one could tell he must have overheard his earlier conversation with the Third Prince.
"The Golden Heavenly King, holding that Seven Treasures Relic Ruyi Heavenly King Pagoda…… indeed is connected to the Buddhist lineage."
This scheme has probably been in place for a long time; no matter who obtains the Purple Flame Serpent Spear's Fire Tip inside the Heavenly King Tower's Divine Aperture, it will become a means to restrain the Third Prince—but… the Third Prince's clear divine sense should also have countermeasures, right?
Lü Taibai did not believe that the Buddhist sect was scheming against the Third Prince's clear divine will, while the Third Prince himself had no means.
"Temple god resonance……could very well be the Third Prince's countermeasure."
Li Che thought for a moment, his pupils flickering slightly, and spoke in a low voice.
"Xixi said that during the temple god resonance, the temple god Third Prince wanted her to strip bones and cut flesh; if she had done so then and then accepted the inheritance, there would……be none of today's affairs."
Li Che took a deep breath.
The Third Prince had long known, yet he still made such a choice.
In other words, the Third Prince had long planned to burn his own clear divine will today in exchange for Xixi's future.
Li Che remained silent; in fact, without his intervention, during the temple god resonance Xixi could not withstand it and would ultimately still take the path of stripping bones and cutting flesh, following the Third Prince's arrangement.
But because of his intervention, Xixi accepted the inheritance without stripping bones and cutting flesh……
Therefore, the clear divine will of the Third Prince that was killed actually has some relation to him, Li Che.
"The Third Prince said, the temple god has two kinds of will: one born from death, and one is the clear will from life; the temple god itself cannot discern which truly belongs to it."
Li Che's eyes flickered.
"Now, the Third Prince's clear divine will has been killed; what remains……is the will born from death."
I don't know what he thought of.
Li Che pressed his lips together.
"Perhaps, from today onward……"
"Hell Lotus Third Prince……will become an emotionless enforcer."
Lü Taibai heard Li Che's words, his body trembling slightly.
"An emotionless……enforcer?"
Lü Taibai only felt a chill enveloping his body.
Because after learning of the Third Prince's awakening, the Dàjǐng court, numerous divine sects, the Hunter God Pavilion, the Corpse God Sect, the Western Regions Buddhist lands, and other top powers might possibly organize forces to raid this Four Emperors Guiyi Miao.
I don't know why, upon hearing Li Che's words.
Perhaps the future……
When raiding the Guiyi Miao of Jin Guang Prefecture……
Perhaps a sea of corpses and blood will appear!
……
"Dad……dad……"
Xixi's voice carried a hint of fright.
She gradually awoke from her slumber, her floating body slowly descending, just as she was about to land on the ground.
She was held in Li Che's arms.
"Dad……wah……dad, don't die!"
Xixi suddenly burst into loud sobs.
"Xixi doesn't want dad to turn into a dirty lump of charcoal!"
Li Che's eyes instantly softened.
"Dad is here." Li Che said gently.
Perhaps upon hearing Li Che's words, Xixi slowly opened her eyes and saw Li Che with the divine monkey mask removed.
Xixi used her chubby palms to rub her eyes, her long lashes trembling; seeing Li Che unharmed, with wet tears still at the corners of her eyes, she finally broke into a happy smile.
"Dad……hug."
Xixi wrapped her arms around Li Che's neck.
Like a koala clinging to him, Li Che gently patted her back.
"Xixi had a dream, in which dad burned to ashes to save her, completely leaving her……"
"Xixi is so sad, Xixi doesn't want dad to leave!"
As Xixi spoke, her voice again mixed with sobs.
She truly could not bear to part with dad.
"Rest assured, I am here, dad will always be here, dad will never die."
Li Che's voice was soft, yet very firm.
He wants to keep living, to go on living.
Watching his daughter grow bit by bit, even if time turns and years stretch long, Li Che does not wish to die.
Although longevity in this world is rare.
Even a martial sage who has opened the Heaven Gate lives only a few hundred years, unless a great breakthrough is made upon divinity; otherwise, lifespan is extremely short.
Longevity is not easy, extremely rare……
Li Che will surely find the way to immortality, letting his daughter live forever, while he himself can quietly watch her live forever.
Let their whole family, in this world, quietly watch the sun and moon turn, the years flow gently.
Xixi seemed to hear the firmness in her father's words.
Instantly she became much happier, her face breaking into a smile, two adorable dimples deeply indented, extremely eye-catching.
Boom——
Suddenly.
The entire Hell Lotus Minor Cave Heaven began to shake.
The incessantly surging black Hell Lotus fire began to gradually fade and recede, like seawater ebbing away.
Like a funnel, it swiftly gathered into Xixi's Hell Lotus Divine Mark at the center of her brow.
Ah!
Xixi let out a startled cry, released Li Che's neck, and instinctively reached up with both hands to touch the Hell Lotus Divine Mark on her brow.
It's burning hot!
Xixi was somewhat astonished.
What is happening?
But she could feel that the Purple Flame Serpent Spear Fire Tip Gun in her arms, the God-Smiting Gold Brick, and the Hell Lotus Wind-Fire Golden Light Ring on her feet had all become much easier to wield.
Xixi seemed to be able to sense the emotions of these divine weapons.
Hell Lotus Dao Essence?
Lu Taibai's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help feeling a bit envious.
Despite her young age, Xixi had obtained the power of Dao Essence; although this power was hidden within her body and unusable, it would be extremely important for her future when she reaches the Great God Realm.
Many Divine Embryo Great Gods spend their entire lives pursuing and sensing Dao Essence.
For cultivators, Dao Essence is not merely a form of energy; it is also a testament to the divine path they cultivate.
When it aligns with the divine path one cultivates, one can use the power of Dao Essence to open a minor cave heaven and embark on the true path to longevity.
This Hell Lotus Dao Essence hidden within Xixi's body… is actually not safe; when Xixi breaks through the Divine Embryo Realm, perhaps this Hell Lotus Dao Essence will surge forth again…
Li Che, however, furrowed his brows, gazing at the Hell Lotus Dao Essence within the Eight-Armed Three-Faced Hell Lotus Indestructible Divine Form that had been completely concealed within Xixi's Niwan inner realm, and spoke in a low voice.
Lu Taibai also nodded.
The Third Prince's burning of his clear divine will merely helped temporarily suppress Xixi's Hell Lotus Dao Essence power; upon reaching the Divine Embryo Realm, if Xixi's physical body isn't strong enough… there remains considerable danger.
Therefore, we must obtain that true Hell Lotus.
Only by having Xixi refine that Hell Lotus, a supreme heaven-and-earth divine object, can we guarantee her future safety.
Lu Taibai said.
Li Che remained silent.
Jinguang Prefecture…
Is this the Guiyi Miao of the Eight-Armed Hell Lotus Wrathful Third Prince?
Even if it means mountains of blades and seas of fire.
As a father, Li Che will surely obtain that true Hell Lotus for his daughter!
Whoever blocks, kill them!
Boom—
Everything around began to collapse.
Li Che set Xixi down and handed her over to Lu Taibai.
Xixi was very obedient, not asking why, for she knew her father was her hidden superhero!
When the Hell Lotus Minor Cave Heaven completely collapsed, the firelight utterly dissipated.
Li Che had already clenched his fist and vanished.
……
……
Lead-colored clouds piled up, lightning intertwining and flashing within them.
The snowflakes drifting down from the clouds all melted into snow water, turning into torrential raindrops.
Patters pattered onto the earth.
On the great flatland of Jinguang Peak.
The atmosphere had been heavy for a long time; everyone's gaze was fixed on that cluster of Hell Lotus Fire clenched into a fireball, hearts tense, thoughts myriad.
No one knew what had actually happened inside that Hell Lotus Fire.
Suddenly.
With hands behind his back, Fang Hanshu, who distorted countless heavenly and earthly rainwaters, stood on the flatland and abruptly lifted his head.
He saw the black Hell Lotus Fire begin to slowly dissipate, as if doused by a violent rain.
It vanished completely.
After the Hell Lotus Fire disappeared, everyone saw two figures, one large and one small.
Lu Taibai's white robes were scorched in several places, his silver hair flying, his expression normal, as he led the exquisitely carved Xixi, who bore a Hell Lotus Divine Mark on her brow, back.
Whoosh—
At the instant they saw the two figures' forms.
Everyone couldn't help but let out a long breath.
Even Fang Hanshu, whose spine had been straight, slightly relaxed and bent a little.
It's alright.
As expected of the sect master, even the Third Prince's temple god's scheming could be successfully overcome.
On the flatland, the others also couldn't help but show delight.
Lu Taibai led Xixi; her whole body boiled with scorching hot qi and blood, while the divine form power just drawn into her Niwan inner realm was transforming her flesh.
Lu Taibai's gaze swept over.
His sharp eyes fell upon the distant figure of Yue Huanglong turning and fleeing within the cloud currents.
However, he did not pay attention to Yue Huanglong.
Instead, he held Xixi's hand.
He exhaled in one breath, like a sword light cleaving the cloud currents.
"Qianyuan Divine Sect Junior Sect Master Li Nuanxi!"
"At six years old, he entered the Divine Aspect, condensing the Three Pure Divine Aspect!"
"Unprecedented in ages, the fortune of Qianyuan!"
"Let us celebrate!"
The voice rang out like an ancient bell being struck, echoing throughout all the mountains and peaks of the Qianyuan Divine Sect.
It echoed throughout the inside and outside of Qianyuan Dao City!
Qianyuan Dao City.
Listening Thunder Lane.
Independent Workshop Courtyard.
Li Che clenched his five fingers and returned, instantly appearing in the center of the courtyard.
His black robe fluttered, his black hair vigorous, an invisible qi wave constantly surging up and down his body.
He sat cross-legged on the ground.
When the Prison Lotus Fire faded, the immense heat between heaven and earth vanished, a chill struck, and snow began to fall again from the clouds.
There was even a trend of growing intensity.
In no time, a thick layer of snow covered Li Che's body.
And Li Che sat cross-legged on the ground.
"Exhale——"
"Inhale——"
One exhale, one inhale, like a dragon's chant and an elephant's roar!
Sat quietly in meditation amidst the wind and snow.
His eyes opened and closed.
The next instant.
The wind and snow that had fallen on his body suddenly melted away.
In his eyes, a glimmer flickered slowly.
【Dao Fruit: Dream Heavenly Master (lv3, 0%)】
End of Chapter
