Chapter 370: with translation of the chapter title, then ===GLOSSARY=== with list of named entities appearing in these lines, using e
372. Chapter 365 The Cursed Prison Lotus Maiden, the Gods Harm My Daughter, I Shall Slaughter All Gods【Seek Monthly Ticket】
Gods, truly cannot be killed?
But these temple gods were originally already dead.
In Li Che's view, the so-called unkillable is merely a lack of strength and means.
Fang Shangzhen, Yue Taofu, Lü Taibai and others are indeed strong; joining forces, they can beat the Golden Heavenly King temple god of the Four Directions rank until it is covered in cracks, on the verge of shattering.
But in fact, everyone probably still held back, not fully unleashing, because Li Che knows that temple gods can be blown apart!
Li Che initially invited Gouye to act in Qianyuan Dao City; Gouye slapped with one paw, directly melting the Golden Heavenly King temple god of Qianyuan Dao City into a pool of golden liquid.
At that time, the temple god was already considered beaten to death.
The Guiyi Miao almost collapsed.
Li Che could feel that Gouye actually still held back, not completely obliterating the temple god; otherwise, perhaps he would encounter some unpleasant things, as well as the targeting of some powerful beings.
After all, Gouye only struck with one paw.
Even though Shendu's Heavenly King Tower Guiyi Miao and Dao City's Heavenly King Tower Guiyi Miao differ in rank...
But Li Che guessed that, for Gouye, it would merely be a matter of an extra paw.
His palm slowly swept over the ox-demon mask, and in his eyes, golden flames gradually ignited, the scorching heat seemingly melting the air in an instant.
An intense killing intent surged like rolling waves!
The temple god of the Seven Treasure Sarira Like-intent Golden Heavenly King Guiyi Miao had schemed against the Prison Lotus Eight-armed Wrathful Third Prince temple god...
Perhaps this opposition stems from differing factions of the gods within the Guique.
But...
What does that have to do with his daughter, Li Che?!
Why drag his daughter into this?
Xixi was only three or four when she inherited the Third Prince Guiyi Miao; such a young child, what fault could she have, why must she suffer this?
So Li Che truly erupted with extreme anger toward this Seven Treasure Sarira Like-intent Golden Heavenly King!
Of course, he also worried that this temple god might have some hidden trick that could adversely affect the Prison Lotus fire within Xixi's body.
If Xixi's Prison Lotus fire were prematurely triggered, and now without the Third Prince's divine will to suppress it, the problem would become dire.
Although this possibility is minuscule, Li Che dare not gamble.
This is also why, after arriving at Shendu, he did not stay low-key; he needed to accumulate connections, using their power to gather his overt strength.
After arriving at Shendu, he first displayed the power of the Divine Embryo realm from his divine cultivation, then at the Peach Blossom Victory Assembly's pre-feast, he held nothing back, crushing all enemies and quickly gaining qualification for the main feast.
All to make a name for himself.
Originally, it was to leverage that fame to enter the Guiyi Miao of the Seven Treasure Sarira Like-intent Golden Heavenly King Tower.
But by a twist of fate, he participated in the Imperial Observatory's top-tier guest examiner assessment, gained the approval of the Grand Director, and all problems were readily solved.
As long as he can enter the Seven Treasure Sarira Like-intent Golden Heavenly King Guiyi Miao and leave a Feilei chess piece, he will have a chance to slay this temple god!
Besides living connections, connections with the dead, Li Che is also continually accumulating.
He glanced at Xixi sitting cross-legged in the cultivation chamber, earnestly cultivating...
Xixi also knows her situation, but she does not want to become a burden to her father; she also wants to strive to become stronger.
She knows that as long as she becomes strong enough, she can suppress all calamities!
Even the Prison Lotus fire will no longer be a threat to her!
Li Che sees Xixi's efforts and stubbornness.
His eyes, originally full of killing intent, instantly softened considerably.
"Father only wishes to watch you grow up safe and sound..."
"So, whoever wants to obstruct your safe growth... that is Father's enemy, and Father... will kill him!"
This has been Li Che's will all along!
Starting from Feilei City...
Until now.
Hum—
His five fingers clenched tightly; in the instant his fist formed, a white Feilei chess piece appeared in his palm.
And Li Che's entire person vanished in an instant!
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Boom—
The Guique roiled, Gui mist surged up, shrouding the surface of the sullen night's Grand Canal.
Countless boats sped across the water, almost completely blockading the surroundings of the Guique, leaving no leaks in the blockade.
Powerful auras intertwined, mighty qi and blood roared.
The originally calm river water continually rose and fell, giving rise to surging waves.
Hua Manlou stood on a boat, his robes rustling, gripping a paper fan in his hand, his expression eased and relaxed considerably.
Beside him wore the uniform of the Temple Suppression Office Director, Wang Kui with a golden ring on his nose.
Wang Kui had his hands behind his back, his full head of red hair extremely conspicuous in the night.
"Good fellow, inviting two great gods, two top-tier pinnacles, directly gave a sound thrashing to the temple god of the Four Directions Guiyi Miao......"
"This has never happened before."
Wang Kui basked in the night wind, unable to keep from grinning.
Lü Taibai needs no saying; he himself is the sect master of the Qianyuan Divine Sect, and Li Che, as a half-saint Divine Roc who passed the Imperial Observatory's top-tier guest examiner assessment, faces no problem in offering support.
But why would Shi Jian of the True Martial God Sect choose to strike?
This is something Wang Kui does not understand.
Temple Gods, although they are already deceased beings, yet in the Strange Rift they do not die; once a cultivator achieves the Divine Tribulation and enters the Strange Rift, they will eventually have to deal with these Temple Gods.
Even if in the mortal world one flattens the Guiyi Miao, smashes the Temple Gods to extinction, the Temple Gods cannot truly die; they merely retreat back into the Strange Rift.
After the spring and autumn wind blows a hundred and eighty times, they will again sprout like spring shoots after rain, emerging from the earth and taking root in the world once more.
And even if a cultivator razes temples and destroys them, even if they truly annihilate the Temple Gods…… the divinity of the Temple Gods will still infect their bodies.
Like a curse akin to a bone-deep ulcer.
Once a cultivator breaks through the Divine Tribulation and the Martial God Realm, in order to evade the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations, they enter the Strange Rift……
They may perhaps face the reckoning of the pantheon.
So, beating up the Temple Gods feels satisfying…… but it is entirely a thankless, arduous task.
「Besides, there's Fang Shangzhen and Yue Taofu from the Directorate of Celestial Observations…… Fang Shangzhen, this lady, comes from the Fang family, the sole eternal aristocratic clan of Jiangnan Circuit, a family of scholarly heritage, descendants of the Confucian sage……」
「The elder sister of Fang Hanshu……」
When Wang Kui mentioned Fang Hanshu, his eyes narrowed involuntarily.
「However, this time the Temple God of the Guiyi Miao of the Seven Treasures Relic Like‑Intent Golden Heavenly King Tower got a beating, which actually saved us a lot of trouble……」
「With the Temple God weakened, the Strange Rift will naturally be weak as well; there should be no signs of unrest for a long stretch of time……」
「You and I will station ourselves here, monitor for a few days, confirm that the Strange Rift shows no signs of unrest…… then we can reduce the personnel guarding this Guiyi Miao, just in time for the Peach Blossom Victory Assembly to officially open in a few days, and we can deploy some personnel there。」
Wang Kui said.
Hua Manlou heard this, and his face instantly showed a hint of embarrassment.
「Have to monitor for several days? 」
「Can we monitor from the flower boat? 」
Hua Manlou said sincerely.
「Get lost! 」
Wang Kui glared hatefully at Hua Manlou, wanting everything on the flower boat, what's so fragrant about the courtesans!
「Hehe, Elder Brother Wang, you don't know the good of courtesans—they are light and supple, professional in serving people, but Elder Brother Wang has a sister‑in‑law, so you truly don't understand the beauty of courtesans。」
Hua Manlou couldn't help but unfold his paper fan, gently swaying it.
Wang Kui's wife is the daughter of a feudal prince, holding the rank of commandery princess, and her nickname Iron Rakshasa is renowned throughout Shendu.
Many in the Temple Garrison know that this Governor Wang Kui is notorious for being afraid of his wife.
Wang Kui, however, couldn't be bothered with him, narrowed his eyes, and looked toward the Strange Rift shrouded by the rolling, boiling strange mist.
I don't know why……
Wang Kui always had a faint sense of unease in his heart.
No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure out where this unease came from.
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Crack—crack—
Above the firmament, lightning blazed forth, as if a swimming snake had suddenly appeared, weaving a net between heaven and earth.
Upon the Grand Canal, waves rose in layers, the wind unsettled, the waters restless.
Inside the Strange Rift, completely sealed off by the water‑tight encirclement of the Temple Garrison's divine constables.
It seemed as if the air twisted, and slowly a burly, stalwart figure appeared before the dilapidated golden hall.
The cracks in the ground resembled a spiderweb, and moreover, uncontrolled hot vapors surged up from within.
Crack
A shattered stone was crushed under a foot, instantly turned to powder.
Li Che's ink‑black, lustrous hair flew wildly, he wore a cute ox‑mask, and in his eyes terrifying divine light intertwined, killing intent boiling.
His gaze fell upon the tightly shut doors of the hall, as if through the crack he saw inside the Guiyi Miao's hall, the Temple God of the Golden Heavenly King Tower slowly repairing its cracks.
Like a dog shut behind a door, licking its own wound alone.
Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—
The howling gale surged, turbulent currents raged; perhaps the Temple God inside the Guiyi Miao sensed something, and the entire Guiyi Miao began to tremble slightly.
It seemed as if myriad golden radiance squeezed out from the door crack, pouring down in a cascade!
The terrifying, supreme pressure unique to the Temple God level erupted, wreaking havoc and bringing an oppressive sense of dread.
Li Che's eyes beneath the mask gazed indifferently at the golden hall.
He clenched his five fingers, and instantly a brilliant golden flow of light flashed forth—it was the Following‑Heart Gold‑Iron Divine Rod; moreover, in his left hand faintly rang the sound of a blade.
The three‑pointed, two‑edged blade hidden within his left hand, fused with the left hand bone, burst forth with a brilliant, humming sword chant.
Both mythic weapons seemed to sense Li Che's heaven‑shaking killing intent.
When he reached the doorway, he kicked out, stomping heavily upon the tightly shut doors of the golden hall.
The invisible shockwave exploded at the instant his foot struck, radiating outward in all directions!
Boom—
The golden doors instantly shattered under Li Che's kick!
And as Li Che's mind stirred, the Dragon‑Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit stimulated, his fleshly membrane swelling like a balloon suddenly inflated, continually expanding and growing!
Golden qi and blood surged forth like a great mist, exploding around his body to form a hazy domain, like a terrifying deity emerging from mythic golden smoke.
Zizz—
Arcs of lightning leapt, bolt after bolt crashing down wildly, dark‑gold lightning coiling around Li Che like a flood dragon.
Divine Firmament Thunder Armor.
Hell Thunder Heavenly Net!
Boom——!!!
Inside the Golden Divine Palace, the Golden Heavenly King covered head to toe in cracks, eyes wide with rage, within those rough cracks, it seemed as if the immense divinity of the temple god was surging forth, turning into a terrifying storm!
Faintly, it seemed as if a deity stood there roaring, intimidating the petty evils!
The terrifying rank pressure unique to the Four Sovereigns Temple God, like a mountain collapsing, fiercely pressed down upon Li Che.
"You… finally came…"
Suddenly.
A low, deep voice echoed throughout the entire Golden Divine Palace.
Under the mask, Li Che's eyes were extremely cold; after activating the Ascending Tower State, he completely discarded his emotions, becoming emotionless, like a terrifying god‑slaying machine.
"Just guessed right…"
The Golden Heavenly King, covered in cracks, held up a pagoda, looking down upon Li Che, who was clad in thunderbolt armor.
Li Che's eyes narrowed slightly.
Faintly, he felt something was off.
This Golden Heavenly King… actually seemed to know he would come?
Was He scheming?!
No, Li Che's heart turned, and he seemed to understand something.
The Golden Light Prefecture and Grand Origin Dao City's Seven Treasures Relic Ruyi Heavenly King Pagoda Guiyi Miao all collapsed……
The temple god of this Four Sovereigns Heavenly King Pagoda Guiyi Miao should also have sensed it.
Moreover, being beaten for no reason……
Thus he guessed the hidden mastermind behind it.
This mastermind… wants to kill Him!
However, Li Che paid no heed to the Golden Heavenly King's words; his body swayed, and behind him, one after another Mysterious Gate Divine Seed exploded!
Six in a row, like six blazing suns!
Radiant and blazing, the light was extremely dazzling!
Li Che's eyes streamed with incredibly rich golden smoke; after detonating the divine seeds, his qi and blood rose steadily, each limit of the human body's shackles being shattered explosively!
Along his spine, thick tendons bulged; as they trembled, it was like an angry dragon roaring!
The surging blood, like molten mercury, rushed and rang through the vessels!
Bang——!!!
With a stomp, the originally cracked palace floor exploded again, sinking deeply; countless stone fragments shot into the air, then were melted by the terrifying, scorching qi and blood!
And as Li Che moved, he flicked his finger.
Black chess pieces appeared out of nowhere.
It seemed to rise with the storm, like black lightning, twisting and turning into one god‑binding figure after another.
"Hell Lotus Maiden… has already been born; that is the power of the curse, that is the rule of fate; the gods will not allow the Hell Lotus Maiden to be reborn again; you cannot stop it, you cannot block it…"
The low voice was like a deity's whisper.
It reverberated throughout the Golden Heavenly King Guiyi Miao.
It was as if the Golden Heavenly King was speaking in a low voice.
Boom——!!!
The Golden Heavenly King's temple god also moved, fiercely slamming down a palm; Buddha light shone splendidly, golden light flowed, the palm expanded circle after circle, and the immensely blazing light and heat burst forth within!
Boom——!!!
Li Che, whose burly, sturdy body was like a towering mountain, thrust out a punch; the dragon‑elephant roared, myriad transformations dragon‑elephant!
A huge golden dragon‑elephant trampled down, fiercely striking the Golden Heavenly King's palm!
The terrifying explosion erupted, releasing countless intertwining streams of light, densely crisscrossing in violent chaos!
A divine dragon coiled around the giant elephant, golden flowing light shimmering; combined with the strength of the dragon‑elephant heavenly guard, the terrifying force was near‑capable of destroying heaven and earth!
The Golden Heavenly King's temple god, already battered by many top‑level experts and great gods, instantly had its palm smashed to pieces by Li Che's punch!
Splendid golden light instantly burst forth; Li Che transformed into an ox demon, his hair dyed golden, hanging at his waist, wildly dancing, his muscles tensed, tendons, skin, and bones seeming to vibrate violently.
Around him, the god‑binding chess pieces twisted and expanded, forming powerful figures that stood side by side.
As soon as Yue Huanglong appeared, he burned his fatty flesh, opened the Gate of the Netherworld, and gained supreme combat power.
Meanwhile, the Yellow Eyebrows Buddha Light shone everywhere; palms pressed together, the Diamond Dharma Manifestation erupted, huge and vast, rushing toward the Golden Heavenly King.
When Han Sixi's god‑binding appeared, the Old Weasel Temple, without a word, erupted in full force; his purple robe fluttered, killing intent surging.
Compared to the line‑up of Lu Taibai, Fang Shangzhen, and others, this formation was indeed somewhat lacking.
But the Golden Heavenly King had long since lost its peak!
Li Che gripped the Willful Gold Iron Divine Staff in his hand, walking along the Golden Heavenly King's enormous arm that had been struck down.
The airflow before him was shattered by its impact!
Each step he took caused the Golden Heavenly King's temple god's golden arm to sink and collapse, countless cracks intertwining violently, like re‑carving fissures on a cracked porcelain surface!
With each step he landed, Li Che's aura kept rising, becoming ever more terrifying.
The seventh Mysterious Gate Divine Seed kept churning, a massive golden qi‑blood vortex swirling behind him, accumulating like a storm!
The energy of heaven and earth seemed to be drawn forth!
"Can't block it?"
"Even if it's the Hell Lotus Maiden, she's still my daughter!"
My daughter is in peril…… you say I can't stop it?!
Li Che stepped down, his voice low and deep, killing intent like thunder!
Whoever wants to harm my daughter, come!
Let's see if this father…… can block it or not?!
If the gods come, then I will exterminate all gods!
Arrogant, treasonous words burst from Li Che's mouth!
Bang!
He heavily stomped down the final step!
The fury in Li Che's chest had completely reached its extreme, like flames in a furnace with a huge bucket of flaming oil poured on them!
Blazing anger surged like a great wave within Li Che's chest.
About to burst open!
About to blast apart!
Boom boom boom boom——!
A terrifying explosion instantly occurred, the entire arm of the Golden Heavenly King Temple deity blasted apart, and within the Golden Heavenly King Pagoda, twisted Buddhist light burst forth, transforming into one figure after another.
Yet it was violently suppressed and blown apart by Great Master Huang Mei, Han Four Joy, and Yue Huanglong!
The bursting golden fireworks exploded in midair!
Li Che valued the Four Emperors Temple deities greatly, daring not to relax or let his guard down, effectively mobilizing eight top-tier apex experts to take turns besieging……
Still not believing they couldn't blast apart a temple deity!
Li Che's aura continuously rose, rose again!
Had completely reached the present extreme.
In his chest, each Dao fruit swayed left and right like gourds hanging from a vine, bursting with a bong sound!
Li Che clenched his fist, and countless dark-gold Divine Thunder Tribulation Lightning instantly gathered above his head……
Divine Thunder Prison Lightning Sword!
Power transformed from Divine Thunder Lightning!
Even a mere trace of Divine Thunder Lightning power already barely qualifies as Three Disaster-level power.
Countless lightning bolts intertwined into an immensely huge sword-light, which thunderously slashed down!
The Golden Heavenly King Pagoda Temple deity, its enormous form, instantly like soft mud, was cleaved down by a single strike of the dark-gold lightning sword blade!
In an instant, it seemed as if all light between heaven and earth vanished at that moment, the light on the pagoda and the Golden Heavenly King statue turned utterly dim, dark to the point of not seeing one's own fingers!
Yet the wound slit by the Divine Thunder Prison Lightning Sword began to continuously surge with lightning arcs!
Li Che's eyes burst forth with brilliant golden light; he clenched his fist, and the Willful Gold-Iron Divine Staff in his hand trembled, then countless staff-shadows densely intertwined and appeared.
Vast qi and blood surged outward, Li Che's muscles swelled to the extreme, all his power erupted at this moment, the six swirling blood-colored qi vortices behind him converged together, forming a terrifying staff!
One staff……
Smash the Southern Heaven!
The wound slit by the Divine Thunder Prison Lightning Sword was instantly pierced by the staff, continuously churned and pried open!
The Golden Heavenly King statue and pagoda, towering hundreds of zhang high, seemed to finally reach their limit, twisted, then exploded with a boom, turning into countless bursting golden sand and gravel that sprayed outward, splashing down all over the ground.
The entire Guiyi Miao trembled nonstop with a boom!
Countless cracks began to spread and intertwine, as if extending into the Strange Gate, then forming a terrifying shockwave that surged outward beyond the Strange Gate.
Li Che, wearing the Ox Demon Mask, was entirely entwined with dark-gold lightning; his golden qi and blood surged mightily, the Dragon-Elephant Crucible behind him loomed like a vast sun!
Staring at the collapsed temple deity's statue remnants, the golden flames jumping in Li Che's eyes suddenly flared up.
What is this?
A golden-colored pearl emerged from the shattered temple deity's statue, trembling wildly, as if possessing sentience, seeking to flee outward from the Guiyi Miao.
But Li Che, the sort of person who would even rub a passing dog's Universe Jade, how could he give up such an obvious golden pearl?
He clenched his fist, thus grasping the golden pearl in his hand, but he hadn't yet had the chance to use his Star-Plucking Pupil to examine what the pearl was.
Li Che then abruptly lifted his head, and through the crack-filled sky above the Guiyi Miao, he could faintly see above the Strange Gate a hazy azure hue that seemed to cover the sky and earth……
There was no hesitation at all.
Li Che raised his hand, hooked his fingers, aiming at the statue debris strewn across the ground.
God……
It's time to set off.
Summon the Gods!
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Rumble rumble rumble!
The originally surging undercurrent of the river almost instantly encircled the Seven Treasures Relic Golden Heavenly King Guiyi Miao, erupting into a ring of towering heavenly waves ten zhang high!
The falling water streamed down like bullets, pattering down nonstop!
The shockwave spread into the water, becoming tangible, constantly ravaging, constantly striking……
Bang bang bang——
Many ships were directly blasted apart by the waves!
The strong ones aboard the ships suddenly awakened, each releasing qi and blood, divinity falling onto the surface of the Grand Canal.
However, the shockwave rampaging out from the Strange Gate was truly too terrifying, a feeling of heaven-and-earth-destroying oppression made many temple wardens' divine officials feel so ill they directly coughed up blood.
All were like drenched chickens, falling into the Grand Canal.
Hua Manlou was thinking about how to persuade Wang Kui to wait on the flower boat.
However……
The words had not yet been spoken.
Hua Manlou's face turned pale with shock, while Wang Kui beside him reacted even faster.
The two shot up into the sky as the boat beneath them exploded with a boom.
They hovered in the air, yet felt the divine nature of the temple god erupting from the Strange Rift like a wave, affecting their qi and divinity.
Wang Kui was fine, but Hua Manlou's expression was extremely grim, feeling utterly stifled.
But at this moment, only shock remained in Hua Manlou's eyes.
"What... what on earth just happened?!"
Hua Manlou's hairs stood on end.
We were supposed to have calm waters, we were told this Guiyi Miao would be easy for a while.
How did it suddenly erupt?
"Strange Rift uprising?"
"No, it's not the Strange Rift uprising!"
Wang Kui took a deep breath.
At the same time.
Shendu Temple Stabilization Office Headquarters.
A figure stepped through the void in the night, each step landing as if solidifying the empty air.
Ye Pengju stepped through the void, and merely the aura that fell from him made all the mighty feel intense oppression.
Just a few steps, and he already appeared above the Grand Canal.
The originally rampaging shockwave seemed to halt abruptly at this moment, the waters calming.
However, only within a hundred-zhang radius around Ye Pengju was it like that; elsewhere, the shockwave still churned huge waves.
Wang Kui and Hua Manlou clasped their fists.
"Grand Governor."
Ye Pengju nodded, his gaze intense, his black hair fluttering.
Upon his towering stature, intertwined golden qi and blood covered him.
"I'll go in and have a look."
Ye Pengju said.
His whole body became like a sharp blade, tearing open the rioting Strange Rift's strange mist and charging toward the Guiyi Miao.
However, when Ye Pengju tore open the Strange Rift and its strange mist,
there stretched across the land of the Strange Rift.
far off, a colossal azure hand appeared, its surface covered in intricate patterns, slowly rising from where the Golden Divine Hall once stood.
and the Golden Heavenly King Guiyi Miao beneath that azure hand... turned to ashes.
Ye Pengju, who had stepped into the Strange Rift, glanced expressionlessly, his pupils slightly constricting.
Faintly, he saw the enormous azure hand extending into an enormous azure arm, behind which loomed a vague... azure great Buddha between heaven and earth!
"Azure great Buddha..."
"Black Sumeru?"
"The gods... can they finally not endure any longer?"
Ye Pengju took a deep look at that azure great Buddha, gradually blurring between the Strange Rift's heaven and earth, terrifying to the extreme.
Faintly, he seemed to see the azure great Buddha's eyes turn, tearing open the endless strange mist of the Strange Rift and projecting it forth.
Without hesitation, Ye Pengju turned and fled.
He burst out of the Strange Rift at extreme speed.
Boom——!!!
Countless strands of strange mist were torn apart!
After Ye Pengju burst out of the Strange Rift, a brilliant golden blood mist enveloped his whole body; he turned his head to look.
He saw that as the Guiyi Miao vanished, the Strange Rift seemed to sever its link with the mortal world, fading bit by bit from heaven and earth.
Across the entire surface of the Grand Canal, the waters grew calm.
As if the golden Guiyi Miao that had stood there had never existed.
Hua Manlou and Wang Kui leapt into the air, their faces filled with bewilderment.
Guiyi Miao……
Has it vanished from the mortal realm?!
They looked toward Ye Pengju.
Ye Pengju frowned, expressionless: "It wasn't me."
"It should be an entity from the gods' camp deep within the Strange Rift that acted."
"As for why it acted... perhaps this temple god did something that provoked heaven's wrath and resentment."
"Block the news……"
"Forget it, we can't keep it sealed; a huge Four Sovereigns Guiyi Miao on the Grand Canal has disappeared."
"Can't be hidden."
"Let's just announce it as good news."
Ye Pengju said lightly.
Feeling the divine nature on the surface of the Grand Canal, which had suddenly become extremely sparse…
Ye Pengju's eyes gleamed.
Hua Manlou and Wang Kui locked eyes, naturally sensing that half of the divine nature on the Grand Canal had suddenly vanished, worry flickering in their eyes.
"Grand Commander…… Is this good news?"
Ye Pengju glanced at the two, his eyes narrowing involuntarily, growing ever sharper.
"Is this not good news?"
Our Temple-Suppression Office was founded to suppress Guiyi Miao across the world, prevent its divine nature from contaminating, to stop monsters and Xiejwu from escaping and wreaking havoc; how many spirit officials and brothers of our Temple-Suppression Office have died battling monsters and Xiejwu?
I damn well wish all Guiyi Miao in the world would retreat into Guique, severing their ties with the mortal realm!
Ye Pengju spoke in a deep voice.
"And now, the disappearance of Guiyi Miao—how could it not be good news?"
Wang Kui and Hua Manlou opened their mouths to object, but ended up speechless.
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Octagonal multi-eaved dripping-water Revere Heaven Treasure Pavilion
Cultivation chamber
Li Che clenched the Flying Thunder chess piece with his five fingers, and his whole body instantly returned.
The terrifying aura instantly subsided, hidden within his body, concealed in his apertures.
Afraid to disturb Xixi, who knitted her brows, constantly striving to cultivate, drawing in the divine nature of the cultivation chamber.
His black robe fluttered, his dark hair stiff as thunder and lightning lashing the air; after removing the ox-demon mask from his face, Li Che sat cross-legged slowly, his bones and muscles still intertwined with thunder.
Watching his daughter cultivate earnestly, a gentle hue appeared in Li Che's eyes.
He didn't care at all whether his daughter was whatever Hell Lotus Maiden!
No matter what curse, what fate…
Since Xixi is Li Che's daughter, as a father, even if the gods attack, he Li Che must block them, must shield his daughter from all threats!
As a father, he only wishes to see his daughter grow up safe and sound, lively and happy.
Not wanting to disturb his daughter's cultivation further, Li Che raised his hand and tapped his brow.
The Heaven-Earth Chessboard instantly unfurled, winding.
It enveloped the entire cultivation chamber, while also shielding the distance between him and his daughter, so that changes in his aura would not affect her cultivation.
Li Che sat cross-legged, his mind and spirit settling.
In the midst of his brow, flesh and blood split open within the inner vision of the niwan.
A pagoda formed from countless intertwined divine essences stood within, immense and towering, upon which Buddhist light flowed and golden light poured down like a waterfall.
This is the deity summoned by Li Che, dragged and sealed within the niwan.
Within the niwan, the main body of the Heaven-Earth Chessboard seemed to exist here, its lines crisscrossing, the profound and rich pure-heart divine nature turning into chains that bound the pagoda.
Now the pure-heart Dao Fruit has risen to lv6, and the suppressive power of pure-heart divine nature is far greater than before.
The divine essence upon it, influenced by pure-heart divine nature, gradually flaked and crumbled into divine mist, which was frenziedly devoured by the divine fetus and golden core within the niwan.
The divine fetus of the Heaven-Embodying, Spirit-Clarity True Monkey roared, its appetite huge; most of the divine essence refined from the Four Emperors' Temple Deities was utterly devoured by it.
Besides that, the remaining temple deities' divine essence would be devoured by Lü Xuan Sword Immortal's golden core.
As for the Seven Emotions and Six Desires golden core, it has long reached saturation; it can only absorb a little divine essence.
Thus, most of the divine essence summoned from the Four Emperors' Temple Deities, after being refined, becomes entirely the energy needed for Lü Xuan Sword Immortal's golden core!
Thus, within Lü Xuan Sword Immortal's golden core, golden-like light continually bursts forth, as if inhaling and exhaling.
He slowly opened his eyes; as his eyelids lifted and lowered, it seemed as if chessboard lines were interwoven.
【Dao Fruit: Chess Sage (lv5, 90%)】
Seeing the Dao Fruit's maturity manifest, Li Che couldn't help but smile.
Summoning a deity from the Four Emperors' Temple, then using the Heaven-Earth Chessboard to suppress and seal it…
For the Heaven-Earth Chessboard, this is immense pressure.
The pagoda deity of the Four Emperors' rank, placed within the Heaven-Earth Chessboard, has its lines nearly twisted, pressed down and sagging, as if it cannot bear it and will be pierced through.
It's barely holding on, but at least the chessboard endured.
After the chessboard withstands the deity, it gradually increases in maturity, feeling like a weighted improvement.
Having slain this Seven Treasure Relic Like-Intent Golden Heavenly King Temple Deity, Li Che felt little relief.
Because from the golden temple deity's mouth, Li Che learned of the 'Hell Lotus Maiden'—that the gods would come for her, and he might not be able to stop them.
The Hell Lotus Maiden undoubtedly refers to Xixi.
The gods… and the Hell Lotus Maiden.
Li Che shook his head; these matters likely involve the factions within Guique, about which he currently knows little.
He seemed to have thought of something.
Li Che pressed two fingers together, then tore open the void and plunged his five fingers inside.
He grabbed fiercely.
Instantly, a golden-hued pearl fell into his hand.
As soon as the pearl appeared,
it vibrated at an extremely high frequency, as if trying to break free from Li Che's palm and fly away.
This is what exploded forth after blasting the Seven Treasure Relic Like-Intent Golden Heavenly King Temple Deity.
The Seven Origins and Eight Extremes Temple Deities Li Che previously summoned, plus the other two Golden Heavenly King Temple Deities, seemingly had nothing like this.
Li Che felt a flicker of curiosity.
What could the thing that burst out from the temple god be?
The flesh between his brows split open, golden pupils emerged, swiveling on his forehead, and finally his gaze landed on the pearl.
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