Chapter 384: with translation of the chapter title
386. Chapter 379: Again shedding the divine fetus, three souls unite as one to seize the Vast Sun, the three heroes of the Purple Mansion join forces to assault Half-Saint Li Che 【Seeking Monthly Votes】
Kunlun Mirror!
Three Purities' ranked divine weapon!
As of now, the highest-ranked divine weapon known to Li Che!
Located within the Guiyi Miao of the Queen Mother of the West, even the Dàjǐng imperial court has been desperately searching for this divine weapon, and now, the whereabouts of this divine weapon...
Discovered by Li Che!
Even, Li Che had just planned to try using that wisp of breath-light to refine this Three Purities divine weapon, the Kunlun Mirror!
Because this divine weapon had never been discovered or mastered, on the Dàjǐng Imperial Astral Divine Weapon Ranking evaluated by the Directorate of Astronomy, this Kunlun Mirror has no ranking.
In Li Che's pupils, excitement showed without concealment.
Three Purities Cosmos Vast Sun Kunlun Mirror!
Such a divine weapon...
If he could master and refine it, his overall cultivation would likely undergo a tremendous transformation!
Whooo—
In the Peach Blossom Forest, a gentle breeze stirred, even taking on a hint of scorching heat.
That was a stream of heat-light bursting down from the high heavens, at extreme speed, almost matching the speed of light, shooting straight through, piercing and melting the lingering scorching aura of Yue Huanglong's Binding God.
That was a pure Dao essence aura, extreme in speed, extreme in scorching heat, extreme in sharpness...
Even if it is merely an unmastered divine weapon, a single scorching beam pouring down from it can actually slay a top-tier apex expert!
Li Che closed his eyes again, and within his chest, the 【Chess Saint】 Dao fruit throbbed.
The person's heart and mind once again condensed into form on the chessboard, sensing the light-breath aura on that Binding God chess piece, slowly rising upward, as if leaving the flesh behind, following the direction guided by the aura, slowly ascending!
Scorching, radiant, brilliant!
The ultimate light, as if reflecting the blazing sun, capturing and refracting all of the sun's radiance.
Continuously, terrifying aura-light poured down from within.
This time, Li Che did not, as before, directly tear open the light to see the true face of the Kunlun Mirror.
Instead, he chose to sit cross-legged beneath the Kunlun Mirror, bathe in its light, and feel the cleansing of its power.
The blazing, scorching light was extremely hot; Li Che felt his perceptive world-soul, as if thrown into a forging pool's branding iron, instantly glowing red-hot, nearly melting away.
Sizzle—
As if flesh thrown onto a grill, constantly emitting a bubbling, crackling sound.
Li Che felt his world-soul about to completely dissolve.
Unable to bear it...
To withstand this light's scorching and the cleansing of its Dao essence power, with his current world-soul strength, it's not enough, far from enough...
The gap is too great.
To refine it is simply impossible.
The lingering aura-light on Yue Huanglong's Binding God chess piece cannot possibly support Li Che in completing this refinement.
Li Che couldn't help but develop a headache.
It's as if a treasure mountain lay before him, yet he didn't know how to reap it.
While enduring this light's scorching, Li Che could faintly feel the light constantly shooting out from the Vast Sun Kunlun Mirror, the light becoming soft and twisted, like yarn from a sweater swaying in the wind.
What Li Che wanted to do was to capture these light strands, then try to pull them into the world chessboard, and slowly refine them.
By refining these aura-light strands, then attempting to use the aura-light connected to the Kunlun Mirror to pull this Kunlun Mirror into the world chessboard.
For Li Che, trying to refine the Kunlun Mirror all at once is a fantasy.
The difficulty is too great, and it's highly unrealistic.
But if he were to pull the Kunlun Mirror into the world chessboard, into his own domain, and then slowly refine it, the possibility would increase greatly.
So, what Li Che did... was precisely this attempt!
Hum—
Within the inner vision of the Niwan.
The Heaven-Emulating, Earth-Imitating Numinous True Monkey Divine Fetus trembled, as if emitting a deafening roar, mighty divine undulations sweeping forth, forming a storm, vast and mighty.
Moreover, the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Divine Fetuses, transformed from golden cores, also trembled; each of the temple gods previously captured by Li Che through summoning and fused into his divine foundation now faintly burst forth with divinity within the divine fetuses.
Divinity surged, as if a huge wave rose from the depths of the soul; perceptive power then trembled and spread outward, continually merging into Li Che's world-soul suspended beneath the Vast Sun Kunlun Mirror.
Rip, rip—
Light poured down, swaying gently in the air like yarn.
But each sway was like a sharp blade, cutting wounds into Li Che's perception.
Bang—
When the world-soul was struck and shattered, Li Che's Niwan inner vision stirred up a storm; many divine fetuses trembled, suppressing the storm, then re-condensed a world-soul to attempt to draw that aura-light.
Each time it was shattered, Li Che's world-soul seemed to capture a bit of the aura-light.
Slowly, in each successive shattering, little by little accumulated.
"Exhale—"
"Inhale—"
The entire five-thousand-year Peach Blossom Garden was extraordinarily quiet.
Because up to now, only Li Che alone has ascended here.
Accompanying Li Che's each exhale and inhale, it was like rolling thunder, with wind and waves howling and surging, stirring among the many peach trees.
Li Che sat cross-legged beneath the peach tree, his heart and mind hovering as they surged into the nine heavens.
I wish to pluck the bright sun!
……
……
Thousand-Year Flat Peach Orchard.
Accompanied by a clattering sound, the Flat Peach trees constantly shifted; whenever a hero darted swiftly through the Flat Peach Orchard, they would startle the trees, causing them to furtively change position.
Thus the sound of the Flat Peach trees constantly shifting echoes without cease.
Boom——!!!
Suddenly, a terrifying collision erupted; powerful aura raged and intertwined, as lightning arcs crackled, a figure bled incessantly, their eyes involuntarily flashing scarlet.
"Zhang Xuanlei, do you truly intend to wipe them all out?!"
A low growl issued from the mouth of a hero of the Seven Treasures Divine Sect, their eyes glowing crimson.
"Your son is dead—why not go cause trouble for Li Che instead? Why come looking for trouble with us?"
"Leave a line when dealing with people, so you can meet again later—don't you know that? Do you really think that, as the top sect of Dàjǐng, the Purple Mansion Divine Sect can act recklessly without consequence?!"
The second hero of the Seven Treasures Divine Sect, Ning Yun, bled incessantly, their wounds grave.
As the second hero, Ning Yun's strength is actually not weak; equipped with a full set of divine weapons, although only at the peak of the first stage of Martial Saint, having not yet opened the Qi Sea, they can unleash combat power comparable to that of a Martial Saint who has opened the Qi Sea.
However, he encountered Zhang Xuanlei……
This madman of the Purple Mansion Divine Sect!
Because of his son's death, he has become utterly ruthless, intent on opening a great slaughter.
Behind Zhang Xuanlei slowly rose the shrine of the nurtured temple deity; his shrine was utterly unlike that of his son Zhang Yuanlong's, far more perfected, its divinity richer, as if a master woodcarver had sculpted a wooden figurine, carving it to the utmost perfection.
"Death."
Zhang Xuanlei glanced indifferently at Ning Yun.
His five fingers splayed open abruptly; in his palm, thunder roared loudly, and instantly a bolt of lightning shot forth like a spear, hissing.
In an instant it shattered the divine weapon Ning Yun held before him, pierced his chest, crushed his five viscera and six bowels, and exploded his martial dao elixir!
Pfft——
Ning Yun coughed up a large mouthful of fresh blood, trying to crush the Flat Peach and destroy it, but Zhang Xuanlei's fingers twitched, lightning arcs manipulating his body, depriving him of the power to destroy the Flat Peach.
"When you seek merely to survive, it means you lack the courage to perish together."
Zhang Xuanlei said indifferently.
Ning Yun's eyes flared wide in anger, their breath utterly extinguished.
This was the fourth hero to die at Zhang Xuanlei's hands.
In this heroes' conclave, Zhang Xuanlei began a great slaughter, holding nothing back.
Against any opponent, he would choose to give his all!
"Five…"
The fifth Flat Peach rose, hovering.
Zhang Xuanlei abruptly spread his arms, slowly exhaling a mouthful of turbid qi.
Hummm——
The next moment, a misty vapor burst forth.
"The top hero of the Purple Mansion Divine Sect, Zhang Xuanlei, having gathered five thousand-year Flat Peaches, is the second to ascend to the Five-Thousand-Year Flat Peach Orchard."
……
"The top hero of WuShen Mountain, Jin Mao Ruan, having gathered five thousand-year Flat Peaches, is the third to ascend to the Five-Thousand-Year Flat Peach Orchard."
……
"The top hero of the Great Buddha State of a Thousand Chariots in the Western Buddhist Lands, Jia Luo, having gathered five thousand-year Flat Peaches, is the fourth to ascend to the Five-Thousand-Year Flat Peach Orchard."
……
"The top hero of the True Martial Divine Sect, Shi Xuan, having gathered five thousand-year Flat Peaches, is the fifth to ascend to the Five-Thousand-Year Flat Peach Orchard…"
"…"
Like the sound of evening drums and morning bells, it kept reverberating loudly.
The branches and leaves of the Flat Peach trees constantly swayed, rustling.
After Li Che's ascension, about half a day later, other heroes finally began to ascend.
These ascents happened almost simultaneously, as if crowded together.
Thus the announcement's voice kept echoing.
However, only the ascents of the first five received any notice.
Zhang Xuanlei, Jin Mao Ruan, Jia Luo, Shi Xuan……these four heroes, having gathered five Flat Peaches, ascended to the Five-Thousand-Year Flat Peach Orchard.
The ascents of other heroes no longer had any announcement.
As for the other heroes, however, the sense of urgency grew ever more dire.
Because five have ascended, it means only fifteen slots remain in the first round!
And after the top five ascended, the Purple Mansion Divine Sect's second hero Zhang Xuanhe and third hero Zhang Xuanyu, after enduring bitter battles, also successfully advanced to the second round.
In Shendu, the ancient clans Ji, Yue, and Gongsu also saw heroes successively advance, dividing the slots.
As the slots dwindled, competition grew ever fiercer.
The Flat Peach trees shifted ever faster; the aftershocks of battle continually struck, repeatedly triggering the trees' safeguards to prevent damage.
The disciple Zhou Chiguo of Prince Ji Moli, the dragon son Ao Yuan of the Dragon God lineage, and so on, together with numerous sect's top heroes, almost divided twenty slots.
When the last hero who had gathered five Flat Peaches to advance to the second round—Liu Qing of the Heavenly Elixir Divine Sect, battered all over—defeated his opponent and seized his Flat Peach.
All twenty heroes who had advanced to the second round's Five-Thousand-Year Flat Peach contest now emerged!
Liu Qing's hot tears filled his eyes, he kept stuffing medicinal pills into his mouth, never imagining he would still have a chance to gather five Peaches of Immortality again……
His climb was truly too arduous.
However, such an experience also made Liu Qing's fighting spirit soar; no matter how high the mountain, he would climb it step by step!
Let those who once instantly killed him understand Liu Qing's tenacity!
Crack crack……
Liu Qing, who ate the strongly nourishing medicinal pills like candy, felt it was too arduous, wiped his tears, and continued taking pills.
……
……
Buzz buzz buzz——
5,000-year Peach of Immortality Garden.
Outside the Peach of Immortality Garden, one figure after another emerged.
The huge hedge wall blocked these figures, preventing them from stepping into the Peach of Immortality Garden, the bamboo gate tightly shut.
Zhang Xuanlei's black Daoist robe billowed, lightning divine patterns intertwined at his brow, a fierce hue surged in his eyes, killing intent rolling.
"Senior Brother Xuanlei!"
Two figures hurried over.
Gathering with Zhang Xuanlei were the other two heroes of the Purple Mansion Divine Sect, Zhang Xuanhe and Zhang XuanYu, both disciples of the "Xuan" generation.
Upon seeing the two, Zhang Xuanlei's eyes softened considerably, and he gave a slight nod.
Both had advanced to the second round, which somewhat eased Zhang Xuanlei's mood.
But thinking that the first to advance was Li Che, Zhang Xuanlei's killing intent surged anew—the father of Li Nuanxi, who had killed his son!
"We have also temporarily figured out the rules of the Heroes' Triumph Assembly; upon entering the Peach of Immortality Garden, the Peach trees will transform into a labyrinth, separating us, but we can exchange breaths in advance as a signal, then quickly gather."
Zhang Xuanlei said.
Zhang Xuanhe and Zhang XuanYu naturally had no objections.
"After we meet in the second round, with our three forces combined, we can roam this Peach of Immortality Garden……"
"We will first go find that Li Che; I want to kill him, you assist me."
Zhang Xuanlei said in a low voice.
"No problem."
Zhang Xuanhe and Zhang XuanYu did not refuse; Zhang Yuanlong, whom they had watched grow up, had died at the hands of Li Nuanxi, and they too felt great anguish.
Zhang Xuanlei sought revenge, and they naturally supported him.
With their trio of sworn brothers, no one could stop them.
Zhang Xuanlei's gaze swept over, then suddenly narrowed slightly.
"The three heroes of the True Martial Divine Sect…… have also advanced?"
"Shi Xuan, Shi Miao, and Shi Gangang, the three great heroes of the True Martial Divine Sect!"
Zhang Xuanlei furrowed his brow.
The True Martial Divine Sect and Li Che were on good terms; if they forcibly protected Li Che, it would also be a significant problem.
"Ji Chen of the Ji clan, the Yue Wang Tower of the Yue clan, and the Gongshu Longbow of the Gongshu clan……"
"Although these three come from myriad-ancient clans, they are nothing to fear."
Zhang Xuanlei's gaze swept over coldly.
"Only worthy of note are Master Jialuo of the Western Regions Buddhist Land's Thousand-Chariot Buddha Kingdom, the Golden-haired Xiezhi of Mount Wu Shen, and the Jade Guanyin of the South Sea Purple Bamboo Grove; I fear their joining forces……"
"Everyone else is nothing to fear, mere trash."
"In the second round, to advance to the third round and enter the 7,000-year Peach of Immortality Garden, one likewise needs to gather five Peaches of Immortality……"
"Those who advance to the second round are no weaklings; their strength is great…… therefore, upon entering the Peach of Immortality Garden, we must immediately gather."
"Then join forces against the enemy, shatter them one by one at extreme speed, and seize the Peaches!"
Zhang Xuanlei's eyes flickered with arcs of lightning.
"When we three advance together to the third round, from the 7,000-year Peach of Immortality Garden to the 9,000-year Peach of Immortality Garden, we will need three Peaches of Immortality; at critical moments, you two give me your Peaches, and I can directly secure promotion."
"Thus, as long as we three stick together and advance to the third round, occupying three of the four spots, we who hold three Peaches of Immortality will effectively secure the championship of the Heroes' Triumph Assembly."
Zhang Xuanlei analyzed.
Zhang Xuanhe and Zhang XuanYu, the two Daoists, also had their eyes flicker.
Everyone else fights solo; only the three heroes of the True Martial Divine Sect all advanced to the second round without loss, and their calculations should be the same.
"Right, what about Li Che? He was the first to advance into the 5,000-year Peach of Immortality grove; where is he? We haven't seen him outside the hedge; where did he go?"
Zhang XuanYu furrowed his brow and couldn't help asking.
"Perhaps he gained the benefit of being the first to advance, entering the Peach of Immortality grove first to familiarize himself with the terrain……"
"However, it won't matter much; once we enter the 5,000-year Peach of Immortality grove, we will surely find him…… and kill him!"
Zhang Xuanlei's killing intent surged.
Boom——!!!
The words fell.
Wispy immortal auras surged forth in waves, then the bamboo hedge gate burst open.
After it opened, countless immortal energies flowed and poured into it.
"Heroes' Triumph Assembly second round, open!"
The Empress's clear voice rang out abruptly.
Then, everyone felt their divinity surge; their divinity was pulled by an attractive force, entering the Peach of Immortality grove.
…… -> output "【181】 ……"
…… -> "【182】 ……"
Dong dong dong—
The violent beating of the heart sounded like thunder, exploding beside Li Che's ears.
Li Che felt a dizzy, swollen head; within his mud pellet inner vision, countless divinity boiled like surging torrents!
The heaven-and-earth soul was shattered again and again, and Li Che didn't even know how many times it had been smashed.
However, the throbbing of the Dao Guide Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart continued, causing those scattered heaven-and-earth souls to quickly recondense!
Besides that, Li Che also discovered a benefit.
That is, in the process of the heaven-and-earth soul being shattered again and again, the speed at which Lü Xuan Sword Immortal's Golden Core refined and devoured the divinity of the Golden Heavenly King Tower Temple actually kept increasing!
Boom—!!!
The mighty undulations of divinity rumbled and shook, and then, within Li Che's mud pellet inner vision, it was as if a sword's chant exploded!
Lü Xuan Sword Immortal's Golden Core……
Through fetal respiration, it shed its shell; the Golden Core shed to become a divine fetus!
However, because Li Che was now inside the Ghostly Pass, it shielded the will of heaven and earth, and no heavenly tribulation was drawn down.
Inside the Ghostly Pass, even the three calamities and nine tribulations of a Divine Tribulation realm cultivator could be isolated, let alone Li Che's current divine fetus tribulation count.
Embodying Heaven and Earth, Seven Emotions and Six Desires, Lü Xuan Sword Immortal!
The three great divine fetuses all underwent transformation!
Rumble rumble rumble—
It was as if a tremendous rumbling sound exploded and rumbled within the inner vision.
Li Che only felt the heaven-and-earth soul violently shaking; the heaven-and-earth soul formed from the fusion of the three divine fetuses actually gave him a terrifying illusion of the world spinning and the constellations shifting!
It seemed that at this moment, his heaven-and-earth soul was so powerful it could move mountains and shift seas!
"My spirit…… is becoming stronger and stronger, the spirits of the three divine fetuses merging into one; my spirit surpasses any single divine fetus's one god-transformation!"
"Now I can be called a threefold god-transformation of the divine fetus!"
"However, I am an alternative threefold god-transformation; others transform a single divine fetus three times, whereas I am not—I have shed three divine fetuses."
Bang bang bang—
The Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart hung within the inner vision, exuding pure-heart divinity, causing the three divine fetuses to be in an extremely harmonious state.
He slowly opened his eyes; the heaven-and-earth soul that had been shattered who knows how many times by the aura-light of the Bright Sun Kunlun Mirror drifted up and down, making him dizzy to an extreme degree.
At this moment, with the breakthrough, the heaven-and-earth souls of the three divine fetuses merged into one, the dizzy feeling vanished without trace, and Li Che's spirit became clear and strong!
His heart-spirit twitched slightly.
【Dao Fruit: Pure Heart (lv6, 30%), Chess Sage (lv5, 95%)】
Li Che's eyes flickered slightly bright.
The Pure Heart Dao Fruit, as Lü Xuan Sword Immortal's Golden Core transformed into a Lü Xuan Sword Immortal Divine Fetus, with the heaven-and-earth souls of the three divine fetuses merging into one, the maturity of the Pure Heart directly increased by 10%, putting Li Che in a great mood.
Moreover, the Chess Sage Dao Fruit also rose because, hovering and suppressing, it refined and purified the aura-light that Li Che had captured after repeatedly shattering the heaven-and-earth soul.
The speed of maturity increase was still quite fast!
"It seems…… perhaps there is a chance to let the 【Chess Sage】 Dao Fruit achieve four transformations; I don't know whether the Chess Sage Dao Fruit after four transformations could help me draw in and suppress this Kunlun Mirror."
Li Che couldn't help but feel a wild ambition arise in his heart.
But it was merely a wild ambition, just a fleeting thought.
The Kunlun Mirror of the Three Purities rank……
Li Che felt that trying to drag it into the heaven-and-earth chessboard was truly not an easy task.
He lifted his head, his black hair flying.
Li Che's eyes gleamed.
At the same time.
Li Che's gaze also turned toward the distance; amidst the Flat Peach Forest, tendrils of white mist rose and swirled.
This meant that the second round of the Grand Assembly of Heroes had begun!
"Continue capturing!"
However.
Li Che, however, did not pay attention to the opened Grand Assembly of Heroes.
The light at the brow's mud pellet shone brilliantly.
The united heaven-and-earth soul shot straight up instantly, like a raging surge of waves, rolling and surging!
It appeared beneath the Kunlun Mirror of the Bright Sun, whose myriad rays of light overflowed and burst forth.
Begin continuing to try to capture the aura-light!
Not much time was left for him.
He needed to hurry and capture more……
…… -> "【234】 ……"
…… -> "【235】 ……"
Second City of Shendu.
The night had gradually faded, the spring rain ceased, the lead-colored clouds dispersed, revealing a sky tinged with fish-belly white.
Before they knew it, an entire night had passed.
The Grand Assembly of Heroes of the Flat Peach Assembly had already been held for a night.
And that night, everyone was on edge, their spirits taut, constantly staring at the image within the Milky Way water curtain.
Inside the big tent, some were furious, some were grieving, and some seethed with anger.
And the heroes eliminated in the first round were also sent back one by one by divine transmission, feeling dizzy and dazed, each with a dejected look.
Like Yang Ziyun and others who had fallen into the mysterious gate, those heroes could not return.
Zhang Xuanlei went on a rampage in the Peach Blossom Forest, killing four heroes in succession, already provoking the fury of the divine sect patriarchs.
However, wary of the Purple Mansion Divine Sect's power, all the great divine sects could only, like the Mystic Symbol Divine Sect, jointly restrict its resources.
"The second round has begun!"
"Zhang Xuanlei, Zhang Xuanhe, and Zhang Xuanru, three heroes of the Purple Mansion Divine Sect, having left some means, entered the 5000‑year Peach Blossom Forest and immediately began seeking each other..."
"They met, each plucking a 5000‑year peach… It's over—this second round is likely to turn into a playground for those three Purple Mansion Divine Sect heroes!"
"With the three joining forces, who could stand against them? Perhaps only the three heroes of the True Martial Divine Sect joining forces could contend…"
"The Venerable Jia Luo of the Qiancheng Buddha State, the Golden‑haired Xiong, and the Jade Guanyin of the South Sea Purple Bamboo Grove have joined forces… Look! They seem about to clash with the three heroes of the True Martial Divine Sect!"
……
As the second round of the heroes' conclave began.
Twenty powerful heroes each took action in the 5000‑year Peach Blossom Forest.
Because they had gathered in advance outside the Peach Blossom Forest, after meeting they all reached a sort of cooperation agreement.
These heroes aren't stupid; they all know the second round's rules—going solo is the least wise, since the thousand‑year Peach Blossom Forest has tested the power of the peach maze, so they prepared in advance for the second round, allowing them to meet beforehand…
Afterwards, their joining forces became crucial.
Three against one, they seize a peach; once they collect fifteen peaches, the three can all advance to the third round together—though in the third round teammates become opponents, that's already a third‑round concern.
The clamor echoed incessantly.
Through the Heavenly River water curtain, the mighty ones of the various divine sects in Shendu's second city, as well as the wandering martial artists of Shendu's third city, clearly saw the many heroes' alliances.
"The heroes of Shendu's three great clans each joined forces—Ji Chen, Yue Wang Lou, and Gong Shu Chang Gong…"
"The Eight‑Sword Gu of the Bashu Sword Pavilion, the Eleven Lu of the Haoran Academy, and Ning Cai of the Seven Treasures Divine Sect—these three chose to join forces!"
"Ao Yuan, Zhou Chiguo, and Zhao Jun, the top hero of the Dragon Tiger Divine Sect, formed a camp."
"The Golden‑haired Xiong of Wushen Mountain, the Jia Luo of the Western Lands Buddha Soil, and the Jade Guanyin of the South Sea Purple Bamboo Grove… This lineup is too strong; perhaps only the three top heroes of the Purple Mansion Divine Sect could match them."
"It seems they have formed six temporary allied teams."
Suddenly someone thought of something and asked a question.
"Right, who are the two lone wolves who fight solo?"
"Li Che of the Qianyuan Divine Sect, and Liu Qing of the Tiandan Divine Sect…"
"Li Half‑Saint… he ascended too early; being the first to ascend, he instead lost the chance to join forces."
"As for Liu Qing of the Tiandan Divine Sect… he's simply too weak."
Various discussion sounds echoed incessantly.
Suddenly.
The many discussion voices abruptly fell silent.
Each breath became extraordinarily heavy.
Yet within the Heavenly River water curtain, the bursting water reflected an image.
In the image…
It reflected Li Che sitting cross‑legged beneath a peach tree, his whole body intertwined with divine essence, as he cultivated.
Many let out a faint sigh, feeling deep regret.
Some even couldn't help but let out a low, shrill cry.
"Li Half‑Saint… run away!"
"It's over, Li Half‑Saint is actually still cultivating… He really doesn't know anything, does he?"
"As expected, being the first to ascend in the first round isn't exactly a good thing; it feels… like being isolated."
Sighs echoed incessantly.
Because, through the Heavenly River water curtain, everyone saw beyond a thousand zhang of the Peach Blossom Forest.
Zhang Xuanlei, Zhang Xuanhe, and Zhang Xuanru, three heroes of the Purple Mansion Divine Sect.
They seemed to sense and lock onto Li Che's position.
They were madly and swiftly rushing over, closing in!
Qianyuan Divine Sect, the main arena.
Xixi's face was full of anxiety as she stood at the edge of the White Jade Plaza's ruins, craning her neck to look at the Heavenly River water curtain.
"Ah! They're so slippery, actually joining forces!"
"They're bullying Dad because he's alone! How infuriating, Xixi is so angry!"
Xixi's chest felt as if it were inflating like a balloon from anger.
She kept stomping her feet, grinding her teeth, her face turning completely red.
She wished she could rush into the Peach Blossom Forest herself to help Dad fight side by side.
In the end, Xixi could do nothing but felt like crying from anger.
"Dad, run quickly—!"
The main banquet area.
Lü Taibai furrowed his brows, his drinking motion paused, and a solemn look appeared in his eyes.
It's getting a bit dangerous.
The three heroes of the Purple Mansion Divine Sect joined forces…
Unless Li Che reveals his martial cultivation, relying solely on divine essence…
It's probably impossible.
"Li Che, what will you do?"
…… (ellipsis)
…… (ellipsis)
Rumble rumble rumble—!!!
As if heavenly light poured down, blazing and radiant; even the unique fusion of the Heaven and Earth Soul of the three great divine embryos could not withstand the scorching brilliance of this Kunlun Mirror.
Compared to the Heaven and Earth Soul that had persisted a bit longer before, at this moment, in one breath, it drew the three strands of aura-light streaming out from the Kunlun Mirror.
Pulling and sending it into the Heaven and Earth Chessboard.
The Heaven and Earth Soul was a sight too horrible to behold, as if chopped into pieces by countless scorching sword-lights, riddled with wounds, like a whole slab of butter being cut by a scorching hot knife, gouging out grooves.
Tottering on the brink of collapse.
Hummm—
Suddenly.
Li Che sat cross-legged beneath the Flat Peach Tree, his jet-black, vigorous hair fluttering loudly, his black robe constantly billowing.
His eyes snapped open, brilliant radiance bursting forth, as if a blazing sun were poured into his pupils.
"As expected, they still came…"
"Did they come one, or did they come three?"
The Heaven and Earth Chessboard trembled slightly, spanning the firmament, its interwoven vertical and horizontal lines; Li Che clearly sensed and detected three strands of intense killing intent bursting forth.
Although they were a thousand zhang away, although many Flat Peach Trees blocked the way.
But the three shared a very consistent goal.
They rushed at breakneck speed toward the spot where Li Che sat cross-legged.
"They really can't wait."
Li Che exhaled a breath.
The invisible qi mechanism instantly surged like a great wave, rolling and sweeping outward; beneath the Flat Peach Tree, a fierce wind rose, countless frost grasses swaying left and right!
It was only a few breaths' time.
Three figures strode forward; each step they took released vast divinity, their qi and blood surging, they moved as if shrinking the earth to an inch.
Wind lightning, thunder exploding!
The terrifying pressure was like a black cloud sweeping in.
It caused the Flat Peach Trees to sway incessantly, and even many of the seals on the trees were automatically triggered!
Zhang Xuanlei stepped down, lightning crackling and darting from his eyes.
In an instant, countless frost grasses were heated by the electric shock, wilting in large patches.
His black hair whipped about, his black Dao robe fluttering in the cold wind.
Zhang Xuanlei's sleeves flared wildly, pressed behind him, he stood tall, his eyes brimming with current, staring fixedly, icy cold, at Li Che.
Zhang Xuanhe and Zhang Xuanrui, two heroes of the Purple Mansion Divine Sect, furrowed their brows, standing one left, one right beside Zhang Xuanlei.
Zhang Xuanlei's gaze was icy cold; slowly, a ferocious color burst forth.
Behind him…
Countless divinity rumbled and vibrated.
Then, it condensed into a divine shrine.
The divine shrine rose with the clatter of chains, three chains twining and piercing into Zhang Xuanlei's spine behind him, like a marvelous divine seed technique of martial arts.
"Li Che…"
"I finally found you!"
Beneath the Flat Peach Tree.
Li Che rose to his feet, brushing off the frost-grass dust from his body.
After observing the divine shrine behind Zhang Xuanlei for a long time, he then spoke gently:
"Too bad… you came too late."
"I accidentally got a little stronger."
End of Chapter
