Chapter 329
331. Chapter 326 Dao Fruit Skin-Shedding Divine Ability Dao Advancement Guide, Dragon Elephant Combined Furnace to Enter Dao via Martial Arts【Seek Monthly Ticket】
Thud thud thud——!
The heart's mighty, powerful beat seemed to emit a thunderous, deafening roar!
Within the courtyard, the airflow raged nonstop, blowing Li Che's dark robes into flight, his jet-black, vigorous hair whipping wildly.
His eyes opened and closed, golden smoke sinking and condensing!
Li Che stood upright in the courtyard, his terrifying aura like a charcoal piece burned to glowing red in a thousand-degree fire, releasing heat that twisted the surrounding air!
Extremely bright, like the light after a billion-watt bulb illuminates; if unrestricted, it could even tear open the night sky of Primordial Dao City, bathing the entire city in blinding brilliance!
The sixth divine seed was formally ushered into the Wonder Gate.
Wonder Gate Six Divine Seeds!
In other words, the sixth node of the body's myriad tendons and veins was opened, letting the internal blood and qi circulate, and the transfer of primordial gang became even more vast and surging!
This signified the formal emergence of the sixth bodily shackle.
Li Che possessed the qualification to break six bodily shackles!
At this moment, the heaviness of heaven and earth surpassed Li Che's imagination; even as the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit underwent transformation, it could not affect his feeling of the terrifying pressure of heaven and earth pressing down.
It was as if the will of heaven and earth had given birth to an unprecedented evil.
They sought to erase his heaven-defying existence from the mortal realm!
They sought to suppress Li Che's kind of existence capable of opening the six bodily shackles!
However, within his chest……
【Chess Saint】 Dao Fruit, throbbing in tandem, the Heaven-Earth Chessboard sat atop the small courtyard, helping Li Che completely isolate this feeling.
It allowed the unprecedented evil born of heaven and earth's will to be thoroughly suppressed!
«The divine seeds of the Wonder Gate transferred by the Divine Spirit True Martial have brought a power increase that is truly immense. »
Li Che's heart and mind surged, feeling the blood-qi vortex swirling in the spine Wonder Gate, completely surpassing the other Wonder Gate divine seeds!
However, this is also normal; Li Che's other five Wonder Gate divine seeds are merely master-realm divine seed martial arts.
Yet to transform into Divine Spirit True Martial, one must cultivate the divine seed martial arts to the transformation realm!
Reaching a point of complete comprehension of this martial art's true essence, the difficulty is absolutely not small!
«My Myriad Transformations Dragon Elephant… perhaps there is a chance to step into the transformation realm, but my Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit is about to shed, perhaps also enhancing my martial talent to help me grasp transformation-realm martial arts! »
Li Che's heart stirred slightly, the deep and condensed golden smoke sank like agarwood.
His heart couldn't help but feel a hint of anticipation.
He abruptly lifted his head; his black, vigorous hair, countless electric currents surged in his pupils like shooting dragons and snakes, wildly dancing between heaven and earth!
【Dao Fruit: Dragon Elephant Vajra (LV6, 0%)】
LV6!
The fourth shedding of the Dao Fruit!
Done!
Li Che's breathing noticeably deepened, his entire body trembling slightly, his emotions rising and falling with it.
Moreover, the violently throbbing Dao Fruit spewed forth its power, as if refining every inch of Li Che's muscle like a forge, through countless vibrations and strikes ejecting impurities, bursting forth with extreme, scorching pure heat, making the material tougher and peerless!
Li Che's six Wonder Gate divine seeds slowly rotated behind him.
Like a rising tide, the simultaneous operation gave his flesh a feeling of being unable to bear the load; Li Che dared not unleash too much strength, fearing his flesh could not withstand the six divine seeds' combined power and would burst……
A slight stir of his heart and mind, and the six divine seeds all retracted, sinking into the spine Wonder Gate like a dragon's roar, no longer leaking any blood and qi.
Li Che stretched his body, bones cracking, his mercury-like blood conveyed and pushed, like a single river surge driven by great waves, roaring forth!
Eyelids lowered, Li Che's emotions were actually quite complex and tumultuous.
This was his first Dao Fruit to achieve four shedding!
The first shedding granted 【Ascending the Tower】, the second 【Qi Blood Rosy Clouds】, the third was the divine ability 【Dragon Elephant Heavenly Gang】……
These embryonic and fully formed divine abilities were of immense help to Li Che.
This was his capital for fighting beyond his realm.
Without the divine abilities gained from the Dao Fruit's shedding, wanting to become a Yama and fight above one's rank is absolutely not easy.
Because in this world's martial arts, ranks suppress each other, a suppression belonging to the will of martial arts.
Although this suppression is considerably weaker than that of divine nature's ranks.
But it exists; the higher the realm, the harder it is to surpass it.
Martial Saint Four Openings, Human Pill, Qi Sea, Mountain Path, Heavenly Gate!
The gap between each realm is immense, especially between Heavenly Gate and Mountain Path; as strong as Fengzhi Qi may be, even after climbing to the peak, if he fails to open the Heavenly Gate, he ultimately…… still cannot be considered the absolute pinnacle, his striking power lacking before the absolute pinnacle.
And Li Che, relying on the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit's tempering of the physique, enables the fleshly body to bear multiple Divine Seed martial arts, and can detonate the Divine Seed's power with minimal side effects!
Only then can one achieve fighting beyond one's level!
Like Lu Taibai and others, although they also cultivate Nascent Soul Divine Seeds, they do not deliberately guide them into the Wonder Gate, after all, the burden on the fleshly body is too great.
Although the Divine Seed Wonder Gate method has been created, according to Li Che's understanding, so far, in this world's martial arts, no one has ever accomplished the Eight Wonder Gates.
Even Li Che, having now cultivated to the Six Wonder Gates, already feels a sense of having no way to proceed.
Unimaginable…… if the Eight Wonder Gates are accomplished, with eight Divine Seeds opening simultaneously, how powerful would that be!
Most importantly, as the Eight Wonder Gates progress, the difficulty increases in geometric multiples!
Hah—
Huh—
Between breaths, Li Che began to slowly practice his martial art, which is his self-created Myriad Transformations Dragon Elephant, which fits extremely well with the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit.
The feedback force erupting from the Dao Fruit spreads to the limbs and bones, like blocked magma in the earth's veins being dredged, expanding and flowing like branches!
All sounds of heaven and earth vanished thoroughly; beside Li Che's ear, only the sound of surging blood remained, along with the throbbing of the Middle Dao Fruit before his chest, like a heart's roar.
Each throb sent forth an invisible ripple, making the flesh's membrane and blood surge with undulating tremors.
Washing over every cell of the flesh from top to bottom!
"Here it comes."
Li Che exhaled a long breath, like a great whale exhaling.
Then, his mind and spirit shuddered violently, being pulled by a terrifying force into a whirl; the world spun, the scene shifted!
Ancient dragon-elephants roared, primordial feral beasts bellowed!
A vast, desolate aura surged upon him instantly!
Li Che lifted his gaze; what met his eyes was an enormous, ancient, mysterious tree, shooting up from the earth, piercing the clouds tens of thousands of feet high, breaking through the cloud layer, its branches lush, glazed leaves glittering.
Its canopy, covering billions of acres of sky, was truly dazzling!
Li Che's gaze was instantly drawn to a Dao Fruit flowing with qi and blood, radiant with rosy light.
Misty rosy vapors billowed, the rosy aura coiled, forming a divine dragon and a giant elephant, emitting blinding light!
"Once again this vast, desolate heaven and earth; let's just call it the Dao Tree Space for now……"
Li Che murmured softly.
This wasn't his first time coming here, but each visit made him feel his own insignificance.
Even though Li Che has now reached the Martial Saint level in martial prowess, being here still leaves him with only a feeling of insignificance.
Like the helplessness of human strength before the vastness of heaven and earth.
Boom——
Li Che was curious and eager, wondering what divine ability this Dao Fruit's transformation would bring this time.
Or perhaps…… is it still a divine ability?
The second transformation is the first heaven of divine ability, the third transformation the second heaven……
Is there perhaps a third heaven?
But this is merely Li Che's speculation; the specifics will have to wait for the Dao Fruit's feedback and hints!
His intuition told Li Che that perhaps…… there would be some changes!
Boom——!
Between heaven and earth, a sudden gust of wind arose.
The swirling tornado swept the Dao Tree, causing it to sway left and right; even the Dao Fruits hanging upon it, seven-colored glazed, shone with blinding, dazzling light.
Li Che suddenly saw the Dragon-Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit, as if blown apart, as though shedding a layer of its surface…… the fruit peel?!
Li Che's eyes narrowed slightly, then he saw the fruit peel continually expanding in midair!
Li Che hovered in midair, his pupils constricting slightly……
He saw countless strands of qi and blood intertwine between heaven and earth into an extremely sharp blood-red long blade, which viciously slashed onto the Dao Fruit's peel.
The blood-red blade's light flowed, as if heaven and earth were roaring!
This is……
Carving?!
Li Che's eyes blazed as he fixed his gaze on the technique of carving with that blood-red blade upon the peel……
Exactly, it's the technique—a vast, desolate grandeur, broad strokes of a great blade; each sweep of the blood-red blade across the peel, as the blade trembled, would bring about countless transformations!
It took only a moment.
Li Che then saw the peel carved with the patterns of a divine dragon and a giant elephant.
The divine dragon coiled, hidden among the cloud heavens, as if an azure dragon probing its head!
The giant elephant raised its trunk, standing between mountains, vast and majestic!
Li Che's heart and spirit swayed, as if true dragon-elephants had been revived, lifelike, almost imprinting upon the depths of his soul!
And Li Che's gaze fell upon the peel.
The peel wrapped together, sprouting three legs, as if……
It transformed into a furnace!
The furnace hovered high above, qi and blood like flames, burning faintly!
It seemed as if countless ancient scriptures appeared upon the furnace, cast into it, and burned by the flames.
Li Che's heart burned with curiosity, yet before he could investigate……
In an instant——
The vision vanished!
Li Che felt only that his consciousness seemed to be merged and devoured, directly exiting the immensely vast Dao Tree Space!
Scorching, blazing—a feeling as if his five viscera and six bowels were to be burned and refined, agonizing, instantly spreading throughout his body!
Even his Martial Saint body felt extreme pain!
Membrane, blood, meridians, bones, marrow……
All burst forth with a piercing, heart-wrenching agony!
It was a searing, burn-like pain, every inch of his skin scorched!
Hiss——
Even the sensation of flesh melting and fat dripping away could be felt!
Li Che stood upright in the courtyard, five fingers clenched, air currents tearing and raging, his black hair dancing wildly, his spine twisting like a dragon's, emitting a crackling crack!
However, Li Che endured the scorching pain of transformation!
He focused his gaze, staring at the golden light appearing before him.
【Dao Fruit LV6, four metamorphoses, divine ability (Rosy Ascension) promotion, Dao Guide (Dragon-Elephant Crucible)】
Boom——!!!
The prompt welled up from the depths of his eyes!
Li Che's flesh and blood were undergoing metamorphosis, as if he were placed in a furnace, being roasted, washing away the leaden dust!
Another round of shedding the womb and exchanging bones!
As if a divine medicine were being decocted and refined in an alchemical furnace, extracting its essence!
Li Che's whole body exuded fine, round beads of blood, accompanied by an invisible vibration; the blood beads detached from his flesh, yet instead of falling to the ground, they seemed to be manipulated by an invisible force, floating upward!
But, what shocked Li Che the most…… was still the prompt that had surfaced!
Even though pain assailed him, it could not affect the shock in his heart at this moment!
This is……
Dao Guide?!
It is not a divine ability!
Originally, the divine ability that emerged from the metamorphosis of the Dragon-Elephant Golden Core Dao Fruit was Rosy Ascension—ascending the stairs with Rosy Ascension, flesh and blood flying upward, earthly fiends and heavenly gangs, a finger snap exploding stars!
It even gave rise to two heavenly layers of the divine ability!
Originally, Li Che estimated that this metamorphosis of the Dao Fruit would likely be a continuation of the divine ability's metamorphosis……
Such as the appearance of the three heavenly layers of Rosy Ascension.
Of course, there was also a small probability of other metamorphoses occurring.
And now, indeed, that small probability has been triggered!
Dao Guide……
Dao Guide!
What is a Dao Guide?!
How does it differ from a divine ability?!
Li Che's heart trembled slightly as a hot surge struck his flesh, constantly cleansing and scouring; the floating qi and blood turned into a lingering blood mist.
In his dantian, the fleshly great elixir trembled violently, with cracking sounds echoing across it.
The vast martial essence boiled ceaselessly within the bodily great elixir!
On the bodily great elixir, a third crack began to appear!
And Li Che could feel that the metamorphosis of his flesh continued, as if stimulated by the Dao Fruit, continually giving rise to new qi and blood, surging power, and vast essence!
All this energy surged into the bodily great elixir, continually transforming into martial sage elemental vigor!
In a frenzy, it helped Li Che open up his bodily great elixir!
Continuing to carve cracks upon the bodily great elixir!
This is an opportunity!
A metamorphosis!
If following the normal speed of refinement, Li Che would need a long accumulation of time to open a new crack!
But now, it is by leveraging the feedback from the Dao Fruit's metamorphosis, impacting the realm of the bodily great elixir!
Boom boom boom——
The great waves battered without cease; the pain in his flesh was genuine, but the metamorphosis was also genuine.
When the third crack surfaced, the fourth crack……
also began to appear on the bodily great elixir!
Li Che only felt that his martial sage elemental vigor became increasingly rich and vast, and the strength intensity was wildly increasing and strengthening!
He sensed the continuous metamorphosis of his flesh.
Li Che calmed his mind, and the prompt continued to appear before his eyes.
【Dao Guide (Dragon-Elephant Crucible): Dao Fruit shedding its skin, to guide into the Dao, Pure Martial Dragon-Elephant, Myriad Laws Crucible】
The true-word prompt of the Dao Guide floated up before his eyes.
Li Che's heart involuntarily twitched slightly, feeling a bit surprised, a flash of strange color flickering in the depths of his eyes.
Pure Martial Dragon-Elephant, Myriad Laws Crucible?
In his mind, an introduction to this Dao Guide surged forth like flowing water.
Soon after, Li Che's visage showed a hint of strangeness.
"Pure Martial……"
Dragon-Elephant Crucible…… is indeed a pure martial art!
A pure martial art untainted by any divinity is what is called pure martial.
But Li Che couldn't help but arise a doubt: pure martial…… could it truly be stronger than martial arts mixed with divinity?
In fact, modern martial cultivation is inseparable from divinity; divinity tempers the martial artist's flesh, allowing his flesh to improve at a speed far surpassing when the Guiyi Miao never appeared.
It also made the birth of a martial sage easier!
Li Che had also read many texts concerning martial cultivation stored within the Qianyuan Divine Sect.
In those texts, records of past grand masters, martial sages, etc., were kept; actually, today's grand masters and martial sages are already quite different from pure martial.
And now, the metamorphosis of the Dragon-Elephant Golden Core Dao Fruit has actually given rise to a pure martial art……
This left Li Che somewhat caught off guard.
After all, Li Che truly had never thought before that in this life he could still have a connection with pure martial; his flesh's tempering and divinity are completely inseparable.
"Pure Martial Dragon-Elephant…… could pure martial be stronger?"
Li Che couldn't help but give rise to this doubt in his heart.
Falling behind leads to elimination; Divine Martial can replace Pure Martial—isn't that just because Pure Martial falls behind?
Translation: Falling behind leads to elimination; Divine Martial can replace Pure Martial—isn't that because Pure Martial falls behind?
Falling behind leads to elimination; Divine Martial can replace Pure Martial—isn't that because Pure Martial falls behind?
In the Pure Martial era, there might only be one or two Martial Saints in the world; but now in the Divine Martial era, even peaks like Martial Saint Four Openings have appeared—although still rare and scarce, compared to the Pure Martial era it can truly be called much more.
Translation: In the Pure Martial era, there might only be one or two Martial Saints in the world; but now in the Divine Martial era, even peaks like Martial Saint Four Openings have appeared—although still rare and scarce, compared to the Pure Martial era it can truly be called much more.
In the Pure Martial era, there might only be one or two Martial Saints in the world; but now in the Divine Martial era, even peaks like Martial Saint Four Openings have appeared—although still rare and scarce, compared to the Pure Martial era it can truly be called much more.
Even someone like Lü Taibai has appeared, standing as a top-notch peak beneath Heaven Gate Pass!
Translation: Even someone like Lü Taibai has appeared, standing as a top-notch peak beneath Heaven Gate Pass!
Even someone like Lü Taibai has appeared, standing as a top-notch peak beneath Heaven Gate Pass!
"Pure Martial... well, you could go ask the Grand Elder to learn more about Pure Martial."
Translation: "Pure Martial... you could go ask the Grand Elder to learn about Pure Martial."
We need to keep quotes. We'll produce: ""Pure Martial… you could go ask the Grand Elder to learn about Pure Martial.""
Li Che endured the transformation of his physical body receiving enhancement feedback from the Dao Fruit, while also beginning to think about subsequent matters.
Translation: Li Che endured the transformation of his fleshly body gaining enhancement feedback from the Dao Fruit, while also beginning to think about subsequent matters.
Li Che endured the transformation of his physical body obtaining enhancement feedback from the Dao Fruit, while also beginning to think about subsequent matters.
Whether Pure Martial is strong or not, Li Che actually doesn't care.
Translation: Whether Pure Martial is strong or not, Li Che actually doesn't care.
We'll produce: "Whether Pure Martial is strong or not, Li Che actually doesn't care."
But what he cares about is whether the 'Dao Guide' obtained from this Dao Fruit transformation is strong!
Translation: But what he cares about is whether the Dao Guide obtained from this Dao Fruit transformation is strong!
We'll produce: "But what he cares about is whether the Dao Guide obtained from this Dao Fruit transformation is strong!"
As a Dao Guide above divine abilities, Li Che feels it shouldn't be too weak.
Translation: As a Dao Guide above Divine Abilities, Li Che feels it shouldn't be too weak.
We'll produce: "As a Dao Guide above Divine Abilities, Li Che feels it shouldn't be too weak."
Crack——!!!
Translation: Crack—!!!
We'll produce: "Crack—!!!"
Like a thunderclap echoing from the clouds.
Translation: Like the Cloud Empress, a thunderclap resounded.
We'll produce: "Like the Cloud Empress, a thunderclap resounded."
Li Che's thoughts suddenly focused.
Translation: Li Che's thoughts suddenly focused.
We'll produce: "Li Che's thoughts suddenly focused."
Upon inner inspection, sure enough, a fifth crack appeared again on the surface of his bodily elixir.
Translation: Upon an inward scan, sure enough, another crack appeared on his physical body's great elixir—the fifth!
We'll produce: "Upon an inward scan, sure enough, another crack appeared on his physical body's great elixir—the fifth!"
This Dao Fruit transformation, combined with the opening of the sixth divine seed's extraordinary gate, seems to have further elevated Li Che's martial cultivation!
Translation: This Dao Fruit transformation, plus the opening of the sixth Divine Seed Qimen, seems to have further increased Li Che's martial cultivation!
We'll produce: "This Dao Fruit transformation, plus the opening of the sixth Divine Seed Qimen, seems to have further increased Li Che's martial cultivation!"
His mood instantly brightened; the rapid rise in his cultivation realm is a person's greatest confidence, and Li Che clearly understands this.
Translation: His mood instantly improved; the rapid rise in cultivation realm is a person's greatest confidence, which Li Che clearly understands.
We'll produce: "His mood instantly improved; the rapid rise in cultivation realm is a person's greatest confidence, which Li Che clearly understands."
In a grand dream, a dream butterfly flapped its wings, carrying Li Che as if through time and space, where he saw the great Xixi and witnessed her suffering injustice.
Translation: In a grand dream, a dream butterfly flapped its wings, bringing Li Che as if crossing time and space to see Great Xixi, witnessing how Great Xixi suffered grievances.
We'll produce: "In a grand dream, a dream butterfly flapped its wings, bringing Li Che as if crossing time and space to see Great Xixi, witnessing how Great Xixi suffered grievances."
All that remained in Li Che's heart was the determination to become stronger!
Translation: Li Che's heart held only the thought of making himself stronger!
We'll produce: "Li Che's heart held only the thought of making himself stronger!"
Within the heavenly chessboard, the suppressed Golden Heavenly King Tower deity draws divine power, slowly siphoning its strength; as it merges into the myriad golden elixirs within the Niwan inner vision, it likewise merges into Li Che's flesh, and through the deity's divine refinement, it enhances his bodily strength.
Translation: Within the Heaven and Earth Chessboard, the suppressed Golden Heavenly King Pagoda Temple Deity, summoning divine power, was gradually drawing out its strength; as it merged into the numerous Golden Cores within the Inner Vision of the Niwan, it likewise merged into Li Che's physical body, and through the temple deity's divine refinement, it enhanced his physical strength.
We'll produce: "Within the Heaven and Earth Chessboard, the suppressed Golden Heavenly King Pagoda Temple Deity, summoning divine power, was gradually drawing out its strength; as it merged into the numerous Golden Cores within the Inner Vision of the Niwan, it likewise merged into Li Che's physical body, and through the temple deity's divine refinement, it enhanced his physical strength."
This is also why the Divine Martial of this era can advance faster than Pure Martial.
Translation: This is why the Divine Martial of this era can advance faster than Pure Martial.
We'll produce: "This is why the Divine Martial of this era can advance faster than Pure Martial."
The emergence of the strange temple, with the spread and contamination of divinity, resembles a kind of... evolution of life's level; it not only boosts cultivators' lifespans but also makes their bodies stronger.
Translation: The emergence of Guiyi Miao, the spread and infection of divine nature, is more like a… evolution of life's level, not only increasing cultivators' lifespans but also making their physical bodies stronger.
We'll produce: "The emergence of Guiyi Miao, the spread and infection of divine nature, is more like a… evolution of life's level, not only increasing cultivators' lifespans but also making their physical bodies stronger."
Buzz——!!!
Translation: Buzz—!!!
We'll produce: "Buzz—!!!"
Wave after wave of intangible undulations spread like ripples from Li Che's body, continually expanding and erupting with a boom!
Translation: Wave after wave of intangible undulations spread like ripples, continuously emanating from around Li Che's body and exploding with a boom!
We'll produce: "Wave after wave of intangible undulations spread like ripples, continuously emanating from around Li Che's body and exploding with a boom!"
The air looked like a piled-up, wrinkled carpet!
Translation: The air seemed like a stacked wrinkled carpet!
We'll produce: "The air seemed like a stacked wrinkled carpet!"
Li Che clenched his five fingers, pushed horizontally in the courtyard, and began his first attempt to unleash the Dao Guide 【Dragon Elephant Crucible】!
Translation: Li Che clenched his five fingers, pushed sideways in the courtyard, and began to attempt the first use of the Dao Guide 【Dragon-Elephant Crucible】!
We'll produce: "Li Che clenched his five fingers, pushed sideways in the courtyard, and began to attempt the first use of the Dao Guide 【Dragon-Elephant Crucible】!"
With a single stance, Li Che's eyes narrowed; he felt his entire body's muscles twist together like a knot, and the qi and blood in his arms, as if wrung to the extreme like a towel, burst forth explosively!
Translation: With a single posture, Li Che's eyes suddenly focused; he felt his muscles all over twist into a knot, and the qi and blood in his arms, like a towel twisted to the limit, exploded outward!
We'll produce: "With a single posture, Li Che's eyes suddenly focused; he felt his muscles all over twist into a knot, and the qi and blood in his arms, like a towel twisted to the limit, exploded outward!"
Before him, a faint glow seemed to slowly appear.
Translation: Before his eyes, a flowing light seemed to slowly appear.
We'll produce: "Before his eyes, a flowing light seemed to slowly appear."
【Dragon Elephant Crucible: Pure Martial Purity (70%)】
Translation: 【Dragon-Elephant Crucible: Pure Martial Purity (70%)】
We'll produce: "【Dragon-Elephant Crucible: Pure Martial Purity (70%)】"
A loud bang exploded!
Translation: Bang!
We'll produce: "Bang!"
Like a towering wave, his muscles all seemed to twist; Li Che felt his physique grow taller and sturdier, every inch of his skin tempered to the extreme, like refined dark iron steel!
Translation: Like a huge wave surging to the heavens, his muscles all over seemed to twist, and Li Che felt his physical body tower and strengthen; every inch of his skin seemed tempered to the limit, like profound iron fine steel!
We'll produce: "Like a huge wave surging to the heavens, his muscles all over seemed to twist, and Li Che felt his physical body tower and strengthen; every inch of his skin seemed tempered to the limit, like profound iron fine steel!"
"So strong!"
Translation: "So strong!"
We'll produce: ""So strong!""
"My flesh... my flesh..."
Translation: "My physical body… my physical body…"
We'll produce: ""My physical body… my physical body…""
Li Che only felt that, in the instant of unleashing the Dragon Elephant Crucible, the toughness of his flesh had reached an unprecedented height.
Translation: Li Che only felt that, in the instant of unleashing the Dragon-Elephant Crucible, the toughness of his physical body seemed to reach an unprecedented height.
We'll produce: "Li Che only felt that, in the instant of unleashing the Dragon-Elephant Crucible, the toughness of his physical body seemed to reach an unprecedented height."
Like the ultimate dark iron forged through a thousand hammerings!
Translation: Like profound iron hammered a thousand times and refined a hundred times!
We'll produce: "Like profound iron hammered a thousand times and refined a hundred times!"
Compared to before, it must be even stronger!
Translation: Compared to before, it should be even stronger!
We'll produce: "Compared to before, it should be even stronger!"
Boom!
Translation: Boom!
We'll produce: "Boom!"
The Martial Saint's primal vigor surged out wildly, colliding and merging with the qi and blood!
Translation: The Martial Saint's primal vigor surged out wildly, colliding and merging with qi and blood!
We'll produce: "The Martial Saint's primal vigor surged out wildly, colliding and merging with qi and blood!"
Boom——!!!
Translation: Boom——!!!
We'll produce: "Boom——!!!"
Countless bursts of qi and blood mixed with the Martial Saint's primal vigor, scorching hot, like deep-earth magma, possessing the terrifying heat capable of burning mountains and boiling seas.
Translation: Innumerable bursts of qi and blood and the Martial Saint's primal vigor, scorching hot, were like deep-earth magma, possessing the terrifying heat of burning mountains and boiling seas!
We'll produce: "Innumerable bursts of qi and blood and the Martial Saint's primal vigor, scorching hot, were like deep-earth magma, possessing the terrifying heat of burning mountains and boiling seas!"
These qi and blood vigor, accompanied by the roaring of the dragon and elephant, actually transformed into a massive, boundless crimson furnace!
Translation: These qi and blood primal vigor, accompanied by the dragon-elephant roar, actually transformed into a tremendous scarlet great furnace!
We'll produce: "These qi and blood primal vigor, accompanied by the dragon-elephant roar, actually transformed into a tremendous scarlet great furnace!"
The furnace's surface resembled, after the Dao Fruit's shedding, the qi and blood like a blade carving draconic and elephantine divine falcon patterns upon it!
Translation: The surface of that furnace seemed, after the Dao Fruit's shedding, to have the qi and blood like a blade, carving out dragon and elephant shaped divine condor engravings upon it!
We'll produce: "The surface of that furnace seemed, after the Dao Fruit's shedding, to have the qi and blood like a blade, carving out dragon and elephant shaped divine condor engravings upon it!"
A three-legged crimson furnace, blazing hot, enveloped Li Che within.
Translation: The three-legged scarlet great furnace, blazing hot, enveloped Li Che within!
We'll produce: "The three-legged scarlet great furnace, blazing hot, enveloped Li Che within!"
As the furnace constantly refined Li Che's flesh, strands of divinity were burned out from it, twisted and diffused, expelled from his body.
Translation: And the great furnace, constantly refining Li Che's physical body, suddenly had wisps of divine nature burned out from it, twisted and diffused, expelled from his flesh!
We'll produce: "And the great furnace, constantly refining Li Che's physical body, suddenly had wisps of divine nature burned out from it, twisted and diffused, expelled from his flesh!"
Meanwhile, in Li Che's Niwan inner vision, his flesh tore open, revealing a radiant golden divine pupil.
Translation: And in Li Che's Inner Vision of the Niwan, his flesh and blood tore open, revealing a radiant golden divine pupil!
We'll produce: "And in Li Che's Inner Vision of the Niwan, his flesh and blood tore open, revealing a radiant golden divine pupil!"
Like a storm vortex, it swallowed all the divinity squeezed out from his flesh.
Translation: Like a storm vortex, it swallowed all the divine nature squeezed out from his physical body!
We'll produce: "Like a storm vortex, it swallowed all the divine nature squeezed out from his physical body!"
Within the Heaven-Embracing, Earth-Encompassing Spirit Monkey Golden Elixir, it seemed the true monkey roared, opened its mouth, and inhaled, devouring the divinity completely!
Translation: Within the Heaven-Earth Encompassing Spiritually Bright True Monkey Golden Core, it seemed a true monkey roared, opened its mouth and sucked, completely devouring the divine nature!
We'll produce: "Within the Heaven-Earth Encompassing Spiritually Bright True Monkey Golden Core, it seemed a true monkey roared, opened its mouth and sucked, completely devouring the divine nature!"
However, the Dragon Elephant Crucible continued to refine Li Che's physique.
Translation: However, the Dragon-Elephant Crucible continued to temper Li Che's physique!
We'll produce: "However, the Dragon-Elephant Crucible continued to temper Li Che's physique!"
It seemed to take him from when he first stepped onto the martial path, using a divine-infused flesh, and thoroughly forge it into a Pure Martial body.
Translation: It seemed to take him from the start of his martial path, using a divine-natured physical body, and fully forge it into a Pure Martial physical body!
We'll produce: "It seemed to take him from the start of his martial path, using a divine-natured physical body, and fully forge it into a Pure Martial physical body!"
This truly is an extraordinarily heaven-defying method!
Translation: This truly is an extraordinarily heaven-defying method!
We'll produce: "This truly is an extraordinarily heaven-defying method!"
Li Che's heart trembled with shock; this Dao Guide... is somewhat miraculous.
Translation: Li Che's heart was shocked beyond measure; this Dao Guide… is somewhat miraculous.
We'll produce: "Li Che's heart was shocked beyond measure; this Dao Guide… is somewhat miraculous."
Know that martial cultivation is a gradual accumulation; the divinity inherent in heaven and earth continually seeps into Li Che's body, some of it even reaching deep into his marrow.
Translation: Know that martial cultivation is a process of daily accumulation; the divine nature contained in heaven and earth continually merges into Li Che's body, some of it even penetrating deep into his marrow.
We'll produce: "Know that martial cultivation is a process of daily accumulation; the divine nature contained in heaven and earth continually merges into Li Che's body, some of it even penetrating deep into his marrow."
Even merging with the blood, wanting to restore pure martial…
Unless one dissipates one's cultivation and self-destructs.
Otherwise, in this life one will have no affinity with pure martial.
Pure martial cannot be tainted with even a trace of divinity; thus, one must begin deliberate cultivation from childhood, even selecting those with extremely poor divine aptitude, to the point of having none, yet possessing top-tier martial arts foundation bones—only such children can.
And Li Che has now cultivated to become a Martial Saint, meaning that on the path of divine martial arts, he is almost at the summit.
Wanting to switch to pure martial cultivation is basically impossible; even if one dissipates one's cultivation, it's actually still very difficult.
It's like curing a piece of meat; the meat has been cured to flavor, can it still be restored to fresh meat?
But, the Dragon Elephant Crucible has done it!
However, Li Che actually also harbors a doubt.
Because, at the outset of the 【Dragon Elephant Golden Body】 Dao Fruit, the nascent form of the divine ability that transformed was 【Ascending the Tower】; but Ascending the Tower actually relies on the power of the temple god's divinity chess pieces, granting the fleshly body an enhancement.
But now the Dao guide is completely contrary to the effect of Ascending the Tower.
He stepped onto the pure martial path, letting Li Che walk toward the direction of pure martial…
【Boiling divine nature, flesh and blood ascending, perfect horizontal cultivation, the gods see me】
A true-word description of the ascending-floor state surfaced in Li Che's mind.
"Perhaps… the fleshly body in the pure martial state, combined with the ascending-floor state, can perfectly bear divine power, which is truly perfect horizontal cultivation?"
Li Che pondered.
Boom——!!!
Before Li Che's eyes, flowing light appeared again.
【Dragon-Elephant Fusion Furnace: Pure Martial Purity (80%)】
In a short time, Li Che was boiled to produce 10% divine nature; this divine nature produced by the boiling was not insubstantial, and all of it was devoured by the divine essence golden core.
"So, the limit is 100%, a hundred percent pure martial… the difficulty should be great, right?"
Li Che sat cross-legged within the immensely huge, scorching hot as the rising sun Dragon-Elephant Fusion Furnace.
Qi and blood burned fiercely, as if turned into fuel, maintaining the operation of the Dragon-Elephant Fusion Furnace, hammering and forging Li Che's fleshly body, seeking to achieve a transformation akin to a pure martial fleshly body.
His whole body sat cross-legged within the great fire furnace of qi and blood.
Like a golden core hammered a thousand times in an elixir furnace, it radiated a brilliant luster!
And Li Che took out one precious martial pill after another, stuffing them into his mouth.
With a gulping sound.
The great pill dropped into the stomach, crushed by the powerful stomach walls; after breaking apart, its massive medicinal efficacy transformed into essence, wildly surging into Li Che's limbs and bones, greedily absorbed by his fleshly body!
And upon the fleshly great pill, Li Che exerted his utmost effort.
Continue opening the human pill!
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……
Heavy snow fell abundantly.
The intense heat inside the courtyard had long vanished without a trace, and that huge qi and blood fire furnace also dissipated.
Without the scorching heat, snowflakes no longer melted, beginning to fall abundantly.
Unnoticed, ten days passed.
During these ten days, Li Che stayed within the small courtyard, studying the newly obtained dao-guidance power.
The Dragon-Elephant Fusion Furnace consumes Li Che's qi and blood and Martial Saint vital energy, constantly boiling out the divine nature within his body, transforming his fleshly body into a pure martial body; however, after the purity reaches 85%, further improvement becomes exceedingly slow.
Feeling the qi and blood and Martial Saint vital energy within his body replenished and full once again.
Li Che slowly opened his eyes.
Hum——!!!
An extremely clear perception instantly spread outward, centered on his body.
The fleshly great pill extended outward, upon which actually lay eight lines of cracks!
You must know, Li Che had only just broken through to Martial Saint not long ago, yet he managed to open eight cracks in his own fleshly great pill.
Opening cracks in the human pill speeds the effusion of essence from the great pill, meaning the Martial Saint vital energy will become more overbearing and stronger……
But for the human pill to open cracks, it requires accumulation of the human pill's essence; when accumulation overflows and the great pill cannot bear it, cracks appear.
Eight cracks in the human pill—Li Che, in the martial path's first opening of the human pill realm, has already reached the extreme.
Opening one more crack in the human pill, to open nine cracks, would allow him to assault the Martial Saint second opening, reaching the Qi Sea realm!
Or rather……
Now Li Che, to reach the second opening of Martial Saint…… is only one crack away.
Within the courtyard, Li Che slowly opened his eyes.
He who had sat motionless for ten days felt his whole body's tendons and bones as if solidified.
With the action of opening his eyes, the light throughout the courtyard seemed to instantly become splendid!
As if a cluster of utmost scorching flame was burning.
Li Che lifted his head; within his pupils, it seemed as if two clusters of flame burned, like two furnaces.
And beneath his gaze, Heaven-Man Resonance automatically activated.
Instantly, between heaven and earth, it seemed there were one after another, like silken ribbons upon ruins, faint and wavering smoke bands.
These smoke bands were dense and numerous, crisscrossing like swimming fish, gathering toward the heavens above……
Li Che spread his five fingers wide, as if trying to grasp those smoke bands……
But the smoke bands passed directly through his flesh and blood, impossible to grasp.
"This……"
Within his chest, the recently transformed level-six Dragon-Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit throbbed violently!
A roaring sound, as if about to burst apart!
Li Che exhaled a breath; golden light flickered in his pupils, growing ever richer!
He also finally understood what these smoke bands were.
"This is……"
"Dao Accumulation?!"
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Primordial Divine Sect.
Upon a mountain peak of ice, snow, and glazed glass.
The bamboo lodge, covered in a layer of ice crystals sealed by ice, sat amidst the boundless snow.
This bamboo lodge is where the Qianyuan Divine Sect keeps its scriptures.
Most of the Qianyuan Divine Sect's classics are stored there, and the Grand Elder, Fang Hanshu, was once the Third Place Laureate of the Dàjǐng court.
He is tasked with guarding this simple scripture lodge.
Gurgle gurgle.
The charcoal stove heated the water, boiling and rolling, with emerald tea leaves unfurling like a graceful dance within.
The eaves of the bamboo lodge were piled thick with snow.
Under the eaves.
Fang Hanshu sat on a bamboo chair, holding a volume of the Sage's Book, carefully studying it.
Xixi, who had secluded herself in the Tai Bai Hall for ten days, having fully completed the divine feedback of the Eight-Armed Three-Faced Invincible Divine Aspect of the Prison Lotus, sat on a small bamboo chair, holding the Sage's Book, her features all scrunched together as she earnestly recited the classics.
The Golden Tai Sui also knelt silently behind her, holding a book and reading it.
Fang Hanshu held the Sage's Book in one hand and poured himself a cup of hot tea with the other, blowing away the steam, shaking his head and swaying his body like an old cadre as he took a sip of strong tea, still chewing tea leaves in his mouth.
Suddenly.
Fang Hanshu's motion paused; he gripped the teacup, his magnificent beard fluttering in the wind as he lifted his gaze to look beyond the bamboo-fenced courtyard.
He then saw, amidst the wind and snow, a figure clad in a gold lotus black robe.
The figure walked slowly out of the wind and snow.
Fang Hanshu felt a slight dazedness…
In a vague moment…
He seemed to see behind the comer's back, actually bearing an extremely fervent vital blood fire furnace!
That pure, ultimate vital blood seemed to cause the will of heaven and earth to continually merge into that fire furnace.
A ripple spread across the tea in the cup.
Just like the ripples rising in Fang Hanshu's heart at this moment.
"Entering the Dao through martial arts?"
End of Chapter
