Chapter 347: line with translation of title

349. Chapter 343 Divine Embryo emulating heaven and earth, invincibly sweeping, in a single day defeating all the heroes of the six great god sects 【Seek monthly ticket】

Shendu's firmament, the leaden clouds seemed to dissipate, revealing a somewhat clear sky.

The winter sun shone gently, spreading warmth, bringing a touch of warmth and comfort, causing the thin snow on the ground to slowly melt.

Li Che grasped the peach branch anew; within the inner vista of his glabellar niwan, the descending, mighty and oppressively strong divinity was slowly dissipating, like a condensed smoke column trickling down.

He grabbed a juicy peach with one hand, took a bite, juice splashed everywhere, and the rich peach fragrance wafted out.

Lü Taibai looked somewhat blankly at Li Che, who had just entered and then returned.

Not……

Did you go or not? How did you come back so soon?

However, he saw that Li Che's grasped peach branch had gained an extra strand of divinity, increasing from three to four, indicating that Li Che had indeed entered once to attend the banquet in the Queen Mother of the West's Guiyi Miao.

And he defeated the contenders prepared by the six great god sects for the banquet.

Fast!

Too fast!

How long has it been? Even with his top-notch reflexes, it feels too fast.

Could it be that for this champion's pre-banquet, the six great god sects prepared a Grandmaster martial artist to deal with Li Che?

Li Che, only able to use his divinity cultivation, had just broken through to the Divine Embryo realm; could he possibly still easily overwhelm his opponent?

Even if the Great Master Huang Mei and his allies were careless or had probing intentions, the first champion they dispatched was merely a Grandmaster eyeing the Three Flowers; but could it really be this fast?

Lü Taibai couldn't help but reveal a hint of curiosity.

It might be that Li Che's speed was truly too fast, leaving the sect masters and champions of the other six great god sects no time to react.

They did not dispatch a champion from the sect, choosing to attend the banquet.

So, for a moment, Li Che actually could not find an opponent to match.

Lü Taibai's expression turned strange.

He also didn't ask Li Che what was happening; those who used his golden peach branch to enter the divine hall to watch the battle had not yet returned—no, it should be said that the souls of those who had attached their divinity had not even warmed up.

"Sect Master, please continue."

Li Che smiled, sat under the eaves, bathed in the winter sun that shone through the dispersing leaden clouds, and began to continue matching opponents.

Lü Taibai suddenly seemed to understand something, and smiled.

A heart, completely relaxed.

He seemed……

He had somewhat underestimated this Elder Li of the sect.

Indeed, one who could achieve the status of Half-Sacred Divine Peng in a short time, and who, after six years of cultivation, broke through from nurturing nature to the Divine Embryo realm—how could such a monster lack any foundation or means?

Who said the Underworld Divine Monkey only excels in martial arts?

Lü Taibai's heart inexplicably itched; he really wanted to see just how Li Che defeated his opponent.

He glanced at Xixi, who was accumulating qi and blood, her face flushed red, her whole body seeming to turn into a red-heart pitaya; Lü Taibai's heart stirred, he flicked a finger, sword qi coiled up, forming sword pellets that hovered around Xixi, helping to guide her martial will to coalesce.

Originally, breaking from Grandmaster to Grandmaster mainly relied on Xixi herself; Lü Taibai only provided guidance, as insurance—if Xixi suffered a breakthrough mishap, he could promptly intervene to save her.

The main issue is that Xixi is still too young; even at this tender age, despite having undergone martial meridian opening, bone tempering, blood exchange, and other foundational stages, once she assaults the Grandmaster realm, her flesh, meridians, and bones might not withstand the surging qi and blood and divine gang.

It could even lead to physical collapse, which is why we must keep a close watch.

But actually, Xixi is different from others; perhaps only the first hatchling dragon of the Seven Treasures God Sect could rival the number of divine weapons stored within her.

Yet in reality, there isn't much comparability.

Because what Xixi possesses inside is never ordinary divine weapons, but true mythic arms, and moreover… a complete set of mythic weapons forming a system!

Having received nourishment and feedback from the divinity of divine weapons, Xixi's physique is far tougher than that of an ordinary six-year-old child.

Thus, assaulting the Grandmaster realm actually poses little danger.

Lü Taibai is merely being cautious, just in case.

He flicked a finger, producing sword pellets that hovered around; sensing Xixi's condition, should her qi and blood fluctuate out of balance, the sword pellets would immediately seal her breakthrough progress.

Then, Lü Taibai glanced at Li Che, who sat under the eaves gnawing on the peach brought back from the pre-banquet; his heart stirred, he established a connection with the golden peach branch, entered the divine hall, and began to observe the return banquet.

Before Lü Taibai's eyes, flowing light suddenly appeared.

After watching, Lü Taibai also found himself falling into silence.

Because……

It turned out to be so simple.

Li Che entered the divine hall arena; his opponent was likewise a Divine Embryo cultivator, just like Xixi's opponent, both from the Tian Dan God Sect, as if these major god sects had conspired.

At the moment the Tian Dan God Sect's champion faced off against Li Che on the divine hall arena, battle erupted.

In the glabellar niwan of both, terrifying divinity burst forth.

Then……

And it ended.

The divinity pouring from Li Che's glabellar niwan inner space was terrifying and mighty, vast like surging rivers; a single sweep turned it into a colossal figure as fearsome as a demon god, resembling Li Che somewhat, ten zhang tall, formed entirely of condensed divinity, appearing semi-translucent golden, enveloping Li Che.

Faced with the oppressive pressure of that divinity rank, the Tian Dan God Sect's Divine Embryo champion could barely twitch, yet saw the massive figure simply smash out a fierce punch.

As if heaven collapsed and earth split, mountains and rivers overturned!

And crushed that Tian Dan God Sect champion to pieces!

Simple……

Brutal!

Direct!

There were no fancy divine secret techniques; just a straightforward punch that blasted it apart!

"Is that... a divine secret technique?"

"There is a huge phantom somewhat resembling an ape; could it be a divine secret technique that summons the temple god's aid, summoning the temple god's aspect, borrowing divine power to fight!"

"Li Che, within the Guiyi Miao of the Two-Mind Great Sage, perfectly outlined a semi-sacred divine eagle with threefold implications; it can be said that this is the divine eagle half-sage that understands the Two-Mind Great Sage's state best in the world, so, this temple god's aspect... is it the Two-Mind Great Sage's divine aspect?"

Lu Taibai's eyes couldn't help but brighten.

He too is a Divine Infant Great God, and naturally could see at a glance the basic theory of Li Che's divine secret technique.

"It's somewhat similar to the Buddhist Vajra dharma aspect divine secret technique, but it merely transformed that Vajra aspect into the temple god's aspect!"

"Furthermore, with the divine strength of the Three Pure Ones' rank, it places a tremendous restriction on divine infant cultivators of the same realm..."

Lu Taibai couldn't help but burst into loud laughter.

As expected of the honest and dutiful Elder Li, he can settle you with a single punch, absolutely no need for a second!

The six great divine sect sect masters......

This bet, his Qianyuan Divine Sect might actually win!

Lingyin Pavilion.

A scene of tranquility.

The outstanding talent of the Tianshen Divine Sect, also the first in the sect's true transmission record, a disciple who had just broken into the Divine Infant realm, and also the personally transmitted disciple of Sect Master Gu Changqing, Liu Qing, is now completely dazed.

He sat down on the ground, his face deathly pale, his divine power almost instantly shattered.

Facing Li Che's Heaven-Earth Manifestation divine secret technique, he felt as if he were confronting an ancient god-demon, as if the true temple god had revived from the netherworld, giving him a sense of confronting the temple god and feeling powerless against an invincible peer!

Although he is also a Divine Infant at the first transformation, his divine infant even condensed a second divine organ.

However, it was useless; that was an extremely disproportionate oppression, crushing him to the point he couldn't even breathe.

One punch......

Condensing divine power into a divine phantom, unlike the illusory divine aspect, this is a true condensation of divinity that affects reality—not illusory but real, an existence of tangible substance!

"I have been defeated......"

Liu Qing murmured.

It was merely a breath, and he was defeated.

How... could the gap be so great?

Although Li Che is an elder of the Qianyuan Divine Sect, he is only twenty-five years old......

The age limit set by the Heroes' Victory Assembly is between fifteen and fifty.

Liu Qing, at forty-eight years old this year, has broken through to Divine Infant at forty-eight... truly counts as very young.

But Li Che is even younger!

In six years from nurturing nature to Divine Infant, Liu Qing felt immense apprehension; upon learning he was the first to step forward to block Li Che's attendance at the feast, he actually harbored no contempt or relaxation.

He was all too aware of how terrifying geniuses can be!

Thus, he had almost exhausted all his strength......

Yet Liu Qing would rather believe he had not exerted his full strength, for then he would not be smashed by Li Che's single punch, defeated in a breath, and could not even excuse himself by claiming he had taken the enemy lightly.

Within the courtyard, utter silence.

Tianshen Divine Sect Sect Master Gu Changqing withdrew from the divine hall's viewing platform, his expression extremely unsightly; mighty as he is, a top-tier pinnacle, at this moment his emotions could not help but fluctuate.

The Tianshen Divine Sect's first prodigy dragon and first true transmission have both been taken out!

Gu Jiang's and Xixi's battle was still reasonable; it was Gu Jiang being defeated by Xixi's treacherous and cunning fighting style.

Gu Changqing could still accept this, but... Liu Qing, in whom he had placed great hopes, whom he personally nurtured, having expended many divine elixirs and even heavenly elixirs on...

Defeated by Li Che in a single breath!

Gu Changqing couldn't help but doubt himself: could all those years of investing in divine and heavenly elixirs have been feeding dogs!

However, Gu Changqing, after all a sect master, quickly adjusted; he also had the insight to realize it wasn't that his disciple was too worthless, but that this Qianyuan Divine Sect Elder Li...

Indeed, too monstrous!

"The divine power is mighty, the rank extremely high; adding this divine secret technique similar to the Buddhist Vajra aspect... it is indeed terrifyingly strong, even though just entered the Divine Infant realm, its combat power is absolutely not to be underestimated."

Gu Changqing comforted his disciple.

In the end, it all boiled down to one sentence: "Our Tianshen Divine Sect disciples excel at alchemy, not at combat."

The Yellow Brow Great Dharma Master, seated magnificently under the eaves in a luxurious Buddhist palanquin, couldn't help but have his two long eyebrows flutter upward.

Having glanced at the torn leaden clouds, the sunshine was exceptionally brilliant.

He narrowed his eyes and said: "This child... is indeed somewhat strong."

"After defeating the Tianshen Divine Sect's outstanding talent, he immediately entered a matching state... it seems he basically has no consumption."

"Second feast, benefactors, I wonder which sect wishes to step forward to test the mettle of this youngest elder of the Qianyuan Divine Sect?"

The Yellow Brow Great Dharma Master's voice was low.

Sure enough, Lu Taibai dared to accept his wager, still retaining some confidence and assurance.

Now the situation, for their six great divine sects, has instead become somewhat dangerous.

After defeating Gu Jiang, Li Nuanxi consumed the Chi Dragon Blood Peach, seemingly beginning to break through to Grand Master; once this girl completes the Grand Master breakthrough, condensing martial will and refining divine gang, her shortcomings will be completely made up for.

With mechanical techniques plus the cultivation of a Grand Master, the sect prodigies... who could possibly restrain her?

The Yellow Brow slightly closed his eyes, his heart growing heavy.

"Second feast, then let the disciples come."

A clear and lovely voice came from a corner of the courtyard.

The Yellow Brow opened his eyes to look; not only him, but Gu Changqing, Ning Caishen, Gu Cheng, and the other divine sect masters all looked over as well.

While the Sect Master of the Seven Treasures Divine Sect, Ning Caishen, frowned involuntarily.

"Ning Cai?"

Ning Caishen hadn't expected that the one speaking would be his own genius granddaughter, Ning Cai.

Sect Master, for the second banquet, let me go up… this person is truly strong, very strong… I want to give it a try; I have just cultivated the Divine Weapon Yin.

Ning Cai's appearance was quite lovely, her black hair flying, radiating a lustrous sheen in the sunlight, like glazed porcelain.

She lifted her head, her eyes shining brightly, and in the space between her brows the divine fetus trembled slightly.

Just right, let this person test my Divine Weapon Yin.

Ning Cai laughed, two dimples appearing.

Ning Caishen sighed; he actually didn't want to be the one to stick his neck out, but since his granddaughter had spoken up like this, he might as well give it a try—challenging a strong opponent is also good.

"I might not necessarily lose."

Ning Cai gave a playful smile.

Ning Caishen shook his head: "This Li Che's divine nature rank is of the Three Pure Ones level; the oppression brought by his divine nature alone is extremely strong……Secondly, the divine nature secret techniques he possesses are somewhat similar to the Buddhist Diamond Dharma Aspect, usable for both attack and defense; if you want to wound him, you must first break his divine nature Dharma Aspect."

I have cultivated the Divine Weapon Yin…

Ning Cai smiled lightly, raising her five fingers; a peach branch instantly appeared in her fair palm, she gripped it tightly, divine nature intertwined, and it had already been transmitted into the divine hall.

Ning Caishen sighed: "Everyone, go and watch this banquet… perhaps the girl who has cultivated the Divine Weapon Yin… still has a few chances of victory."

As the words fell, a golden peach branch emerged from his palm, a light sweep, and divine nature splashed.

Everyone's minds attached to the list of immortals.

……

……

In the divine hall.

Li Che, wearing a black robe embroidered with golden lotuses, fluttered loudly as he was transmitted again into this divine hall.

It is somewhat different from the divine attachment carried by the golden peach branch of Lü Taibai.

After attending the banquet, his physical body actually appeared in this divine hall; this divine hall should actually be located within the Queen Mother of the West's Guiyi Miao.

Li Che could feel an extremely strong oppression; even his Three Pure Ones level divine fetus was throbbing, as if it had been lowered considerably.

Before him, divine nature fluctuated, and then a graceful figure appeared.

Li Che knew that was his next opponent.

Could it be a woman?

"I am Ning Cai of the Seven Treasures Divine Sect; Senior Li, pleased to meet you!"

On Ning Cai's lovely face lay a hint of solemnity as she cupped her fists.

The opponent politely opened, and Li Che naturally replied politely: "Qianyuan Divine Sect, Li Che."

Ning Cai's long eyelashes trembled slightly, her clear eyes fixed on Li Che, gazing at this person who, after going to Qianyuan Dao City and returning, had spoken to her about that honest and down-to-earth divine condor half-saint.

On the surrounding viewing platforms, one divine condor immortal after another lit up, indicating they were all here to watch.

Moreover, the number of spectators this time was far greater than at the first banquet, as if the previously unresponsive audience had now surged forward, all wanting to see exactly how Li Che managed to do it so quickly!

"Senior Li, pardon my offense."

Ning Cai stared at Li Che, raising her hand to touch her brow; in the next instant, strands of divine nature like silk were drawn out by her.

Her whole body planted her feet on the ground, shot upward, and hovered in the high air.

Her pure white hands continuously formed seals before her, chanting, divine nature fluctuated, and then her hands fiercely swept forward and pushed!

Countless divine light burst forth.

Li Che's jet-black, vigorous hair flew, and in his deep, dark pupils, countless divine lights were also reflected.

When the light faded.

Li Che looked somewhat astonished.

In the midair above, countless divine weapons hovered!

The number of those divine weapons……was truly too many!

Dense and covering the sky, at least several hundred pieces!

Moreover, the rank of the divine weapons was uniformly Upper Six Offices!

Boom—rumble—rumble!

Under Ning Cai's shout, the countless divine weapons all smashed down toward Li Che!

Li Che seemed, in an instant, to become a huge magnet, drawing all those divine weapons to himself!

Boom—boom—boom—boom——!

The explosion sounds kept echoing, the white jade-paved floor seemed to undergo high-frequency vibration, dust and smoke rose, rolling and surging!

The next moment, that immense divine nature Dharma Aspect appeared!

Ten zhang tall, arms thrust outward, all the divine weapons were thus bounced away.

Ning Cai's eyes lit up; her body floated in midair, a gust of wind stirred her figure and she instantly vanished.

At the moment her apricot-yellow long skirt fluttered, the air seemed to be torn apart like a spider's web.

After pushing off with her feet, she shot forth like a powerful siege crossbow, her momentum instantly sounding like a surging tidal wave!

This sweet-looking big-eyed girl actually hid a body of refined essence and flesh beneath her skirt—a martial saint!

The geniuses sent by the various divine sects to participate in the Heroes' Banquet are actually all cultivated by exhausting the sects' foundations; at the very least they are of the Martial Saint, Divine Fetus level.

However, most are only at the initial stage of Martial Saint, a single transformation of the Divine Fetus.

After all, the age limit is placed there!

"Chi——!"

Ning Cai's pupil light instantly turned blazing, her qi and blood seemed to burn, and she formed a connection with the divine weapons flying across the sky. Then, these divine weapons actually clanged and stacked together.

Before the Dharma Form of Heaven and Earth summoned by Li Che, it transformed into a huge divine weapon blade!

Compared to that divine weapon blade, Ning Cai's body actually appeared somewhat tiny.

She placed her palm on the hilt base of the blade and fiercely stabbed toward Li Che hidden within the Dharma Form of Heaven and Earth!

Boom——!!!

The giant divine sword fiercely pierced the body of the Dharma Form of Heaven and Earth, and rings of invisible ripples spread outward!

Ning Cai's complexion instantly changed slightly!

It… actually wasn't pierced?!

This is a killing technique that combines three consecutive moves into one!

Divinity, martial dao, plus divine weapons!

A single sword that fuses three into one killing strike actually couldn't burst this Dharma Form?!

"So hard…"

Ning Cai took a deep breath, a hint of solemnity flickering in the depths of her eyes.

However, her mood relaxed considerably: "At least I've forced a bit out of Elder Li Che… this Dharma Form isn't fragile!"

Li Che's black hair fluttered, his dark robe rustling, he stood silently within the Dharma Form of Heaven and Earth, receiving protection.

His gaze fell upon the method of stacking countless divine weapons like mechanisms into a great sword.

"You've also studied mechanism techniques… integrating them into this move?"

Li Che praised.

"This is the secret art of my Seven Treasures Divine Sect, Divine Weapon Guidance… I can currently only draw the upper-rank divine weapons of the Six Ministries; otherwise… I should be able to break Elder Li's defense."

Ning Cai replied.

Ning Cai's eyes brightened; she knew that this Elder Li possessed extremely strong divinity, but his martial dao was merely at the level of a grandmaster.

Li Che's Dharma Form is exceedingly troublesome, for it is of the Three Pure Ones rank, possessing tremendous pressure, and combined into a form similar to the Buddhist Vajra Dharma Form, making it indeed hard in defense and fierce in attack……

It's exceedingly troublesome!

Therefore, Ning Cai could only choose one method!

Blast open the Dharma Form, blast out an opening, drill inside and engage Li Che in close combat!

"Blast!"

In Ning Cai's big eyes, a flash of excited light burst forth!

This light was somewhat like the glow Xixi sees when fireworks bloom.

Then, her five fingers clenched tightly!

Her divinity surged violently, like a fuse ignited and burning!

With a hissing sound!

The surface of the great sword formed from countless Six Ministries divine weapons suddenly sprouted dense, spiderweb-like cracks, from which countless brilliant lights burst forth!

Boom——!!!

The terrifying explosion instantly transmitted downward from the divine weapon sword!

Countless smoke and dust raged; the terrifying explosion's shockwave and tearing force made Li Che's Dharma Form of Heaven and Earth begin to tremble violently.

"Success!"

Ning Cai's eyes brightened; her airborne form, having just landed, she fiercely stamped down.

The white jade-paved ground instantly filled with black, spiderweb-like cracks; although the cracks were quickly healing, their ferocious appearance in the short term was laid before her eyes.

Ning Cai's qi and blood surged; the Martial Saint's primal vigor burst forth, propelling her form like a spear toward the position of the exploded divine weapon sword!

Judging by the trembling of the Dharma Form of Heaven and Earth!

She believed that a breach should have been blasted there by her!

She could leap through that breach, appear before Li Che, engage him in flesh-to-flesh combat with her Martial Saint's physique, and then… defeat him!

Ning Cai's body grew ever faster, nearly turning into an arrow; she leapt up, tore through the smoke and dust of the exploding divine weapons, and shattered the scorching-hot divine weapon fragments falling like rain!

Then……

She locked eyes with the silently standing Li Che within the Dharma Form of Heaven and Earth.

Calm, waveless, even with a hint of admiration……

Admire what?

Admire the romance and artistry of the explosion she just unleashed?

Suddenly.

Ning Cai's pupils contracted; her body slammed into the spot where the Dharma Form of Heaven and Earth had been bombarded by the exploding divine weapon sword.

Her whole person seemed to have struck an incredibly tough wall; a freezing, terrifying divine-rank pressure instantly spread, freezing her divinity and causing her qi and blood and primal vigor to stagnate.

"No… not broken?!"

Impossible!

If it wasn't broken, why is Li Che's Dharma Form trembling?

Boom!

Ning Cai, flung back, was in midair, having just broken free from Li Che's Three Pure Ones divinity's freeze and suppression on her body.

Then she felt a shadow enveloping her.

She then saw Li Che within the Dharma Form, his arms slowly crossing over his chest.

And that Dharma Form seemed to emit a long roar; the Dharma Form originally ten zhang tall…… rose higher and higher

It rose to twenty zhang, directly doubling!

The terrifying fist smashed down in an instant!

Accompanied by a horrifying divine surge!

Ning Cai was instantly submerged by the Dharma Form's fist.

……

……

Defeated.

Defeated again.

On the viewing platform, everyone fell silent.

Ning Cai Shen sighed, shook his head, originally still holding a sliver of hope; after all, Ning Cai had cultivated the Divine Weapon Guide, able to mobilize eight hundred Six Ministries Divine Weapons simultaneously.

Her battle strategy was flawless, even perfect, and its execution had no faults.

But the only variable is……

The opponent is too strong!

"What kind of Divine Fetus Secret Technique is this… I've never seen anything like it!"

Ning Cai Shen furrowed his brows.

Defense invincible, offense violent!

Li Che, under the protection of the Dharma Form, stood as stable as Mount Tai, needing hardly to move; a mere thought could easily suppress the opponent.

As long as his divinity is not exhausted, able to maintain the Dharma Form, he stands invincible!

Simply… a monster!

Buzz…

The crowd left the viewing platform, unwilling to watch Li Che enjoy the victor's small feast.

The masters of the six great divine sects were even more unwilling to see this, for each victory Li Che gained meant they were one step closer to losing their wager!

Inside the Xiao Lingyin Courtyard.

A silence fell.

Ning Cai Shen looked at Ning Cai, who clutched a peach branch, dazed and blank, and softly sighed: "Everyone, our sect's heroes have already given their all……"

"Now it's up to you."

"Li Che… the Divine Fetus Secret Technique he cultivates is indeed quite formidable."

The Yellow Brow Great Dharma Master chanted a Buddhist name, eyes bright: "Amitabha, this child's Divine Fetus Secret Technique somewhat resembles our Buddhist Diamond Dharma Form… this child… truly has affinity with our Buddhist gate."

Ning Cai Shen rolled his eyes: "Everyone supposedly has affinity with your Buddhist gate, right?"

Originally Ning Cai Shen only planned to send a true disciple to splash water, never expecting Ning Cai to go head-to-head; but it's fine, tasting the flavor of failure helps body and mind.

Ning Cai quickly regained his composure, his face pale yet excited; after the excitement came a hint of desolation: "Grandfather, Li Half-Sage is so strong……"

"I've heard… Li Half-Sage has already married and even had a daughter?"

Ning Cai Shen silently gazed at his granddaughter.

"Alas, I was born before my lord, yet my lord was born and I am already old……"

Ning Cai sighed.

Ning Cai Shen's mouth twitched.

Ning Cai seemed to think of something, the big-eyed cute girl's eyes lit up again: "I might still have a chance; Li Half-Sage's wife seems to have mediocre cultivation talent, she won't live long!"

"I can outlast her!"

Ning Cai Shen no longer wanted to deal with his witless granddaughter.

The White Buyi of the Haoran Academy furrowed his brows, interrupting the words of the dazed Ning Cai.

"I once saw in the handwritten notes of the Confucian Sage's books… this child's Divine Fetus Secret Technique seems to be the rumored 【Heaven-Earth Correspondence】, a Divine Fetus Secret Technique of the Three Purities level!"

"This divine technique… likely comes from the Miao Dao Xian Sheng Erlang True Lord's Guiyi Miao, for the Confucian Sage's books record that Erlang Xian Sheng True Lord masters this technique."

"Coincidentally… the Qian Yuan Divine Sect happens to have a Miao Dao Xian Sheng Erlang True Lord's Guiyi Miao."

Bai Buyi, well-versed in literature, with keen insight, revealed the origin of Li Che's technique.

"A Divine Fetus Secret Technique of the Three Purities level… this child's divine talent is terrifyingly formidable!"

The Xiao Lingyin Temple's Yellow Brow Great Dharma Master praised: "Amitabha, truly we have great affinity with our Buddhist gate……"

Suddenly.

The Yellow Brow Great Dharma Master's brows furrowed again.

"This child, he's gone to another feast……"

As soon as these words were spoken, the disciples of the six great divine sects gathered in the Xiao Lingyin Courtyard immediately erupted in an uproar.

Many heroic disciples also wore faces of utmost gravity.

"Does he not need rest at all? In his battle with Miss Ning Cai, he didn't even need to recuperate!"

"Is he planning to… defeat all of us six great divine sect heroes in a single day?! Achieve seven straight victories?!"

"How arrogant!"

……

Many divine sect heroes felt indignant, sensing that Li Che's actions seemed to disregard them somewhat.

But one must admit, Li Che, who masters the Three Purities Divine Fetus Secret Technique, truly has the capital for such arrogance!

"Amitabha, Great Master, let the little monk go up……"

In the courtyard, a voice chanting a Buddhist name sounded.

Everyone's gaze swept over, and they saw a frail little novice monk standing there quietly, almost lacking any presence, were it not for his voluntary request to fight……

Everyone had not even sensed his existence.

The great dharma master Yellow Eyebrows' gaze fell upon the novice monk, his eyes neither joyful nor sorrowful: "Wukong, do you have confidence?"

The novice monk slowly lifted his head; the nine precept scars atop his head seemed to flare with light.

"This humble monk… will exert my utmost, willing to sacrifice my body and take refuge in the Buddha for Li Half-Sage."

Great Dharma Master Yellow Eyebrows pressed his palms together, nodded with satisfaction: "Good."

However, just as Great Dharma Master Yellow Eyebrows was about to agree to let this monk named Wukong attend the banquet to face Li Che,

Yellow Eyebrows, Gu Changqing, Ning Caishen and other sect leaders of the Divine Sect all turned their heads toward the gate of the Xiao Lingyin Courtyard.

The clanging of armor echoed incessantly; a mighty and overbearing aura surged like a bursting sea, sweeping in with a roar, plunging the whole courtyard into oppression.

The ground trembled slightly.

Next, a burly figure clad in mysterious black armor strode into the courtyard.

Behind that burly figure, another burly silhouette, as large as a small mountain, with a pipa strapped at the waist, followed.

After entering the small courtyard, that mountain‑like burly figure shed his armor, his stature shrank, becoming a sturdy youth whose eyes flowed with glazed crimson.

"Yellow Eyebrows, this match, let my disciple take the field."

Ji Moli stepped into the courtyard, his burly frame standing tall like a peak, his black cloak fluttering, his fierce and overbearing gaze sweeping across the whole arena.

Finally, it landed on Great Dharma Master Yellow Eyebrows.

Undeniable.

……

……

Lotus Pavilion.

The state preceptor Xie Yunshen, clad in plain cloth, stepped onto the bamboo ladder, step by step arriving at the bronze cauldron nurturing three lotus flowers, gazing at the water surface that reflected the image.

He watched with relish.

Seeing Li Che use the Heaven‑Earth Dharma Form to rise twenty zhang and smash Ning Cai with a single punch, a flicker of doubt flashed in his eyes.

"The divine secret art of the Miao Dao Manifest Sage Erlang True Lord Temple God… Heaven‑Earth Dharma Form?"

"Could the divine monkey… really not be this person?"

Xie Yunshen narrowed his eyes, lifted his hand to pluck a lotus in the bronze cauldron, and the water surface rippled.

Suddenly, the image recongealed.

Xie Yunshen raised an eyebrow, leisurely standing on the bamboo ladder, leaning on the cauldron's rim, and continued to watch.

"Ji Moli's third disciple… Zhou Chiguo?"

"Heh… this Zhou Chiguo seems to be from Jinguang Prefecture, originally the senior disciple of the Nan Lihuo branch of the Jinguang Prefecture's Qianyuan sect; to resonate with the temple god, Ji Moli renamed him, this is……"

"What was he originally called?"

"I'm old; I just can't recall it all of a sudden."

……

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Qianyuan Courtyard.

A gentle breeze blew.

Li Che won another bout, now with two consecutive victories; within the small courtyard, everyone's gaze toward Li Che burned with fervor.

So strong!

Elder Li is so strong!

He crushed his opponents with two consecutive victories!

Zhang Ya's eyes lit up; her daughter and husband were so formidable, it practically let her… share in the glory!

Our family is terrifyingly strong!

Lü Taibai also hadn't expected this battle to end so quickly.

His mind returned; Xixi's breakthrough had only just begun.

Li Che grasped the peach branch; divine power surged forth again, and though he had just won, he intended to continue attending the banquet.

Lü Taibai raised his silver eyebrows and said, "No need to rest? Recover your divinity?"

Li Che smiled: "During the time they fought me… the divinity I expended using my divine secret art has mostly recovered."

Lü Taibai: "……"

Striving to finish within a day, I could still early meet Supervisor Hong and go to the Qintian Supervisorate to complete the supreme guest official examination; hearing that completing the supreme guest official examination, the Qintian Supervisorate would bestow a piece of fourth‑rank spirit wood……

Li Che smiled gently.

Thereafter, clutching the peach branch with five fingers, his whole person vanished once more.

Inside the divine hall.

The white jade stage, previously cracked from the earlier bout, had already been restored to smoothness.

After the match was set, Li Che's body intertwined with divinity and appeared upon the stage.

Huh?!

Li Che had already sensed an aura and pressure utterly unlike those of the two previous mighty opponents.

Yet upon the white jade stage.

A youth with glazed crimson eyes slowly rose to his feet; the palm‑sized white jade pipa in his hand suddenly swelled in the wind.

The youth gripped the pipa's top and lightly tapped it against the white jade floor.

Gazing at Li Che.

He slowly split his mouth, revealing a ferocious grin.

"Originally Zhou Daoyuan of Jinguang Prefecture, now Zhou Chiguo of the Pacification King's Manor."

Elder Li, the teacher told me...

I'll beat you to death.