Chapter 485: At eight, Xixi's new Dao fruit spins the spacetime golden wheel; she unleashes the killing ban, invincible martial immor

Crystal-clear snowflakes, exquisite and translucent, fell into Li Che's palm, lifted by an invisible qi mechanism, hovering without falling.

Accompanied by a gentle breeze, they continually rolled, scattering bright, translucent light.

Heavy snow fell in abundance, landing on the black tiles, wiping away the roof's blackness, piling up into white; the puffing snow emitted a muffled sound that echoed in the ears, making one's whole body and mind relax.

Who——

Li Che slowly exhaled a breath, his eyes slightly gleaming, his weary mind and spirit seemingly soothed.

My daughter Xixi is eight years old.

Eight years old!

A winter snowfall means Xixi is about to grow another year older.

Once a tiny speck, she has now grown considerably; however, as Xixi grows, she increasingly overlaps with that big Xixi.

Li Che sat in the snow, letting the drifting snow fall, his expression revealing a contemplative hue.

If this world lacked him as her father, Xixi's template, she would likely be much like that big Xixi—the fate of the Prison Lotus Maiden, carving a path through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, slaughtering countless heavenly buddhas……

Her personality would likely undergo tremendous change as well.

Seeing Xixi, Qitian couldn't help but want to protect her; perhaps in comparison, he felt that Xixi now was happier and better.

The fate of the Prison Lotus……

Li Che's formidable Martial Immortal Will surged forth abruptly; within the inner vision of his forehead's niwan palace, endless divine light seemed to shine, as if a Dao tree projected radiance, spreading its endless branches behind him, swaying between the heavens.

Fate…… does the bond between him and his daughter also become entangled in this fate?

As a father, he should protect his daughter like a towering tree; this is the duty of a father—no need to debate fate or not, this is the meaning of a father's existence.

Therefore, Li Che needs to resolve a series of troubles for Xixi, hoping she can grow slowly and peacefully under the shelter of this great tree of his.

Whether it was the earlier Spirit Infant Sect, later Corpse God Sect, or Ji Moli…… and for example, the Gods' Camp that he is about to face now……

No matter how strong the enemy becomes, Li Che will have no trace of fear.

He dotes on and protects his own daughter!

Li Che's gaze suddenly turned profound.

Who——

Huh——

Between one exhale and inhale, the qi throughout his body erupted uncontrollably; his Martial Immortal Will surged forth like a flood, boiling and rolling toward all directions, the white snow covering him instantly vaporizing into airflow.

Countless heat waves surged wildly, his eyes bursting with deep, abyss-like luster.

It has come.

Even after obtaining many Dao fruits, Li Che's heart remains restless, anticipating the new Dao fruit, like grass that has endured a night of darkness, yearning for the sun's rays.

Li Che now truly faces immense pressure; the Gods' Camp within the Strange Tower boasts countless strong ones, all having undergone long years of cultivation and accumulation.

Not mentioning the divine spirits of the Gods' Camp who have revived like Qitian, just those cultivators who have reached the Supreme Realm through the Three Calamities Divine Tribulation already bring considerable pressure to Li Che today.

Fortunately, the will of heaven and earth spans the two realms, blocking the possibility of supreme beings descending from the Strange Tower into the mortal world.

This has considerably eased Li Che's pressure.

Thus, Li Che's yearning for power persists; he wants to become stronger, for only strength gives a father the confidence to protect his daughter.

Dong——!!!

A deep, ancient, distant bell toll reverberated explosively.

As if atop a snow-capped mountain ten thousand zhang high, covered in pure white snow, an ancient bell bearing the marks of ages was fiercely struck by the heavenly god's long howl!

The sound waves surged like ripples, spreading in all directions, even emanating from Li Che's body, continuously diffusing.

Dong dong——

Dong dong dong——

The sound thundered like heaven's god beating drums!

Within his chest, each Dao fruit throbbed, cheering, as if celebrating the arrival of a new Dao fruit.

Rumble——

His Martial Immortal Will seemed to rise ceaselessly at this moment, as if charging three thousand zhang into the clouds, overlooking the sea of clouds and seeing the cloud tides!

His brow began to twist, as if time and space were warping; an unfathomably profound vortex appeared, emitting terrifying suction that completely drew his mind and spirit, plunging him into boundless space.

Familiar……

Vast Wild Heaven and Earth!

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Rumble——

The ancient, vast wild heaven and earth, devoid of omnipresent divinity, pristine to the extreme, yet brimming with danger.

For the winds blowing between heaven and earth are all calamity-extinguishing divine winds capable of annihilating the human mind and spirit!

His black robe fluttered, his jet-black, vigorous hair whipping wildly; Li Che hovered in midair, observing the Vast Wild Heaven and Earth, the familiar Dao tree shooting up from the ground, soaring into the upper azure, its end unseen.

Last time, the Dao tree underwent a tremendous change; this time, however, the Dao tree seems quite ordinary.

Nevertheless, it's not hard to understand: last year, Xixi's growth from six to seven was a staged transformation; she safely ended childhood and entered school age.

For Li Che, this was also a tremendous transformation in his daughter's growth.

Now, from seven to eight, there is naturally no change.

The Dao tree is profoundly mysterious; each leaf seems to have countless wondrous, ancient patterns intertwining and spreading, weaving together Dao and principle.

Upon the Dao tree, Dao fruits gleamed like jewels, hatched and hanging there, brimming with spirituality, swaying and tinkling.

In the next moment, the ninth Dao fruit emerged.

Xixi is eight, the ninth Dao fruit!

The Dao fruit drifted down, countless rays of light burst forth from it, reflecting the scenes Xixi experienced at age seven, fleeting and dreamlike.

That year, Xixi and her little companions left the Qianyuan Divine Sect, left the greenhouse that protected them, began to temper themselves through trials, and experienced all kinds of slaughter.

That year, Xixi experienced the pain and sorrow of parting, personally witnessed the death of her little companion, and her heart surged with great turmoil.

That year…

The scenes flowed, Li Che watched intently, looking back on his daughter's year; although Li Che knew, because he had left a Flying Thunder Chess Piece on Xixi, he constantly monitored her condition, knowing the dangers she faced.

Buzz buzz buzz—

The Dao fruit burst forth with seven-colored light, drifting into Li Che's hand.

Li Che knew that as his daughter grew, he would grasp more and more Dao fruits, but for Li Che, this was a fulfilling thing.

One year of guarding, one year of protecting, the Dao fruit was finally obtained.

My daughter Xixi is eight years old!

……

【Your daughter is eight, her mind gradually awakens, she comprehends truth, feels parting, safe and sound, obtains the Dao fruit "Time-Space Golden Wheel"】

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Seven-colored mist intertwined, slowly gathering before the eyes, then condensing into dreamlike text.

The ninth Dao fruit! Time-Space Golden Wheel!

This name…

How stimulating!

Involving time and space!

Li Che's eyes snapped open, sharp light bursting forth; the power of time and space, that is a higher-level power, undoubtedly strong.

Like a God Tribulation powerhouse, already involved in spatial power, able to shatter space.

But the power of time, even a God Tribulation cannot grasp.

Time-space, being the integration of time and space; therefore, just hearing the name, one knows this Dao fruit has something!

However, Li Che is also accustomed; the Dao tree bears Dao fruit, never having any regularity.

Last time it opened a 【Myriad Demon Emperor】, this time it opened a 【Time-Space Golden Wheel】, two things that have nothing to do with each other; how could Li Che predict what direction the next Dao fruit will take?

But this time, Li Che truly looks forward to it.

Time-Space Golden Wheel…

Just hearing it sounds extraordinary.

Boom—

Just as Li Che was immersed in anticipation, a mighty repulsive force surged forth, directly pushing him out of the vast Dao Tree space.

He returned to the three-open courtyard in the outer city of Qiti Temple.

In the courtyard, as always tranquil, white snow drifted silently; above the firmament, the heaven-earth chessboard lay sprawled, intertwined everywhere, blocking heavenly investigation.

In his chest, the ninth Dao fruit 【Time-Space Golden Wheel】 throbbed faintly.

Compared to a series of mature Dao fruits, this newborn Dao fruit is pink and cute; its throbbing gives the feeling of a mayfly seeing the blue sky.

【Time-Space Golden Wheel (Dao fruit): Time like a white horse passing, space idly spent, the golden wheel turns, time and space are mine】

Hum—

Misty light continuously intertwined before the eyes, space seemed to vibrate, everything around seemed to become slow.

The snowflakes drifting down from the sky, as if coated with starch, drifted down extremely slow, as if time had been slowed.

Before the eyes, the Dao fruit's true words surfaced.

In a haze, Li Che seemed to hear the 'crack crack crack' of space shattering, and the 'click click click' of time's gears turning; the two overlapped, forming a strange sound that seemed to vibrate the soul.

Behind Li Che, as if two golden rings appeared, penetrating and overlapping, continuously turning, dreamlike.

In a haze, it actually gave Li Che a sense of controlling time and space.

That is a kind of…

Like the manipulative feeling of a deity.

But soon this sense of controlling time and space vanished abruptly.

【Dao fruit (Time-Space Golden Wheel): lv1, 0%】

Li Che silently gazed at the Dao fruit prompt before him.

The newborn Dao fruit is pink and cute, but looking at its pitiful maturity, for a moment he felt somewhat at a loss.

How is the maturity of this Time-Space Golden Wheel Dao fruit… to be obtained?

This thing is not as simple and direct as the Myriad Demon Emperor Dao fruit, which can be increased by absorbing demonic qi.

Time-Space Golden Wheel…

Could it be that he is meant to shatter space?

Li Che's gaze narrowed, his five fingers clenched; instantly countless air currents wailed, his mighty golden sinews burst with a splendid explosion, he slammed down a punch, and space instantly could not bear the burden, bursting a fist-sized deep pit.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

Turbulent currents intertwined.

For Li Che now, tearing space is hardly difficult; a Martial Dao Immortal, shattering the void, is even easier.

But the problem mainly lies in…

The Time-Space Golden Wheel Dao fruit is soft and gentle, like a well-behaved girl, with no movement at all.

Not at all like the Myriad Demon Emperor Dao fruit, that mad child, which tears open a huge abyss mouth and frantically absorbs demonic qi… it eats whatever you give it, howling nonstop.

Too well-behaved, this Time-Space Golden Wheel Dao fruit, so obedient that Li Che doesn't even know how to feed it.

Surely we can't have him reverse time, right?

After the space shattered and then repaired itself, the Time-Space Golden Wheel Dao Fruit showed no sign of improvement at all, and Li Che couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

His heart stirred slightly, and he no longer pondered how to increase the Dao Fruit's maturity.

Instead, he began to study the Dao Fruit's basic abilities.

Every Dao Fruit possesses a basic ability; for example, the Dragon Elephant Vajra's Vajra Transformation and Sleeping Dragon Elephant are actually just bodily strengthening, qi and blood swelling, and breath concealment.

After a simple study, Li Che actually found a little surprise.

The basic ability of the Time-Space Golden Wheel is divided into two: one involves time, the other involves space.

As for the time ability, as long as a field is formed, time can be frozen for one second within that field.

Of course, for those with strong cultivation and strong will, they can break free from the time-freeze restriction, causing that second to rapidly diminish to one-tenth, one-hundredth, and even one-ten-thousandth of a second, effectively becoming nothing.

But for those whose will is not as strong as Li Che's, they will be restrained.

"Hey, another godly skill for bullying novices." Li Che laughed, his mood actually not bad, because compared to the plain and unadorned basic abilities of some Dao Fruits, if this Dao Fruit's basic ability were to improve, its upper limit would be extremely high!

Now it can freeze time for one second; in the future, could it freeze time for a minute, a day, a year?

Although it cannot be called complete control of time, since it cannot control time reversal or acceleration, it is at least a decent ability.

As for the spatial basic ability, it is relatively simple and straightforward: spatial adaptation.

Li Che gave it a try, and his whole body dove into space like a swimming fish—not shattering space, but as if merging with space, allowing him to instantly traverse and cross.

Even in the void after shattered space, he can walk freely.

It seemed as if his physique had been altered into one adapted to space.

The effect is still okay, although it doesn't greatly affect real combat, and it actually overlaps somewhat with the translocation of the Flying Lightning chess pieces.

But Li Che doesn't mind.

He even looks forward to it.

Time-Space Golden Wheel……

Adapting to space, controlling space……

In the future, can one span space?

Li Che couldn't help but think of his previous life's world, wondering if he could return by traversing time and space……

If the Time-Space Golden Wheel Dao Fruit's maturity increases with time, could one truly break through the barrier of time and space and return to that dream-haunted world?

Li Che always felt that the myth of his two lives overlapping must entail some intangible bond—that bond is the fetter, the entanglement of time and space!

Deep inside, Li Che harbored an urge to investigate further.

Upon this thought, Li Che immediately began to value the obedient-girl-like Time-Space Golden Wheel Dao Fruit even more.

After studying the newly obtained Dao Fruit a bit more, Li Che's mood became extremely open and cheerful.

His heart and mind stirred slightly.

……

【Name: Li Che】

【Bond: Li Nuanxi (daughter)】

【Progress: School-age (eight years old)】

【Dao Fruit: Immortal Artisan (lv7, 20%), Dragon Elephant Vajra (lv7, 60%), Immaculate Mind (lv7, 20%), Chess Sage (lv6, 95%), Immortal in the Painting (lv7, 10%), Lightning Magnetic Orbit (lv6, 90%), Dream Heavenly Master (lv4, 15%), Myriad Demons Emperor (lv6, 90%), Time-Space Golden Wheel (lv1, 0%)】

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After the incident of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven slaughtering his way into the Earthly Mysterious Gate concluded.

Li Che then stayed in Qitian Cheng.

He was waiting for Fang Han Shu to finish the inheritance of Ancestor Master Fang Xin Yuan, and during this time Li Che naturally did not neglect his cultivation, even becoming completely immersed in training.

The Dao Fruits' maturity had improved somewhat, though not by much; without external stimuli, Dao Fruit improvement is always slow. This is still because Li Che, with equal attention to all aspects, diligently trained in martial arts, refined his spirit, cultivated the divine eagle, and so on.

Li Che also understood that as the number of Dao Fruits increased, his energy was ultimately limited; at least, before achieving his longevity ambition, he could only focus on developing those Dao Fruits that would help his strength.

Of course, aside from the Dao Fruits' maturity having increased.

After a year of Li Che's effort, the improvement of his Dao Tribulations was also quite gratifying.

【Dao Tribulation: Primordial Dragon Elephant Flame (40%), Primordial Space-Slaying Fury (10%), Primordial Heart-Cleansing Flow (10%), Primordial Wither-Flourish Branch (5%)】

All four primordial Dao Tribulations have seen varying degrees of improvement!

After being integrated into the Qimen Immortal Seed martial arts, the power of the Immortal Seed martial arts was able to blossom fully.

Primordial Immortal Seed is the name Li Che gave to his improved martial art.

It sounds quite extraordinary.

He chuckled, Li Che's heart and mind stirred, his whole body vanished from the courtyard and reappeared, already inside Fengdu of Mo City.

With a clench of his five fingers, a three-pointed double-edged blade instantly fell into his hand, clanged loudly, countless blade lights crisscrossing and ravaging.

Not a single mistake, not a single first, not a single launch, not a single internal, not a single containment, not a single existence, not a single look!

Li Che then began to practice and perform the Fighting Victory Secret Art!

The Fighting Character Secret!

Li Che has now only cultivated the Fighting Character Secret to the introductory level.

This secret art is not limited to staff techniques; rather, it is a slaughterous combat secret art that greatly enhances the will of a martial immortal.

Li Che felt this secret art was perfectly suited for him, or rather, it was extremely compatible with the pure martial martial immortal!

After practicing martial arts for a while, Li Che then began to cultivate Immortal Seed martial arts.

With a flick of his finger, the Nine Infants of the Overturned Sea and the Mighty Various Embrace instantly appeared, two peerless ferocious beasts madly roaring in Fengdu of Mo City.

They had already grown accustomed to the days of being slaughtered by their lord over the past year.

These two ferocious beasts possess tremendous combat power; Li Che using them for sparring naturally poses no burden.

After a bout of fighting that shook heaven and earth, the tormented Mo City cracked in many places.

Li Che was the one who finished today's cultivation.

Leaving the Bull Demon's courtyard, he returned to another large estate; the courtyard was huge and very spacious, and his wife Zhang Ya was diligently cultivating in the courtyard.

Li Qingshan, Mu Po Po, and the others were also all brought over from Qianyuan Dao City.

After eating the flat peach, Mu Po Po's condition improved greatly, her oldness faded considerably, and she began cultivating, though the effect was not significant.

Li Che returned to the courtyard, met up with Zhang Ya, and together with Li Qingshan, Mu Po Po, Yun E, Zhou Peng, Jin Tai Sui, and the Golden-haired Qiong, they headed toward the restaurant where the boss was.

Not many people accompanied Xixi for her birthday this year, because many were still in Qianyuan Dao City and did not come over.

However, it was still lively.

Fang Hanshu was in closed-door cultivation; Li Che did not regard him as a Captive God. Although if he wanted to sense, he could perceive many things, he had almost completely severed his connection with Fang Hanshu, meaning that aside from possessing the Captive God's indestructible trait, Fang Hanshu was no different from an ordinary living person.

Upon arriving at the restaurant, the boss was busy in the kitchen, preparing an eighth birthday feast for Xixi.

Xixi sat cross-legged in the open space before the restaurant's door, her two braids shooting straight up into the clouds.

She sat cross-legged on the ground, and her divine aura kept surging.

Li Che glanced over and knew that Xixi was at the critical moment of breaking through her realm.

Li Qingshan and the others naturally also sensed the difference, fell silent, and quietly watched.

Old Man Dog was standing guard for Xixi's dharma, but breaking through within the restaurant's premises would not encounter any destructive danger.

Boom—

After a long while, inside the restaurant, the divine aura fluctuated, as if signs of a great eruption appeared.

Xixi's divine aura gradually returned to calm.

The prison-lotus divine seal on her brow seemed about to come alive.

Boom—

A pitch-black prison-lotus flame intertwined, transforming into a black-flame lotus flower that hovered above Xixi's head.

That was the power of the prison-lotus curse.

As Xixi's cultivation broke through again, this prison-lotus curse power actually became even more terrifying!

When Xixi breaks through to the Divine Embryo stage, it will surely erupt, devouring her will.

This is the calamity upon Xixi, an inescapable fate.

Li Che had inquired of the Qitian Temple deity; Qi said that only by relying on Xixi's own strengthening could she avoid being consumed by the prison-lotus curse, otherwise she would transform into the true Prison Lotus Maiden.

As for whether that transformation would be good or bad, Qi could not say.

He only said that once the Prison Lotus Maiden revived, she would inevitably become the target of all gods' full-force suppression, and at that time, to break through any obstacle, the Prison Lotus Maiden would have to carve a path through mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Regarding this curse power, Li Che also had no better solution; it was a curse power entwining the soul.

So, each increase in Xixi's cultivation felt like a countdown to a curse outbreak……

"Black Sumeru... really ought to die."

Li Che daily curses Black Sumeru, killing intent rolling.

Sooner or later, a day will come when we slaughter Black Sumeru to the last, Buddha heads rolling!

If not for the scheming of the Black Sumeru temple deity, how could Xixi have suffered this curse entanglement?!

When the aura subsided to stillness, Xixi slowly opened her eyes, and a vast primordial spirit aura surged mightily!

A chill intent stirred in her pupils; the next moment she saw Li Che and Zhang Ya, and the chill vanished instantly.

"Father, Mother!"

Xixi proudly sprang up from the ground.

Deng deng deng, she excitedly rushed to Li Che's front.

This year, while loafing around at the boss's place, eating and drinking, Xixi's cultivation had not fallen behind at all.

"Xixi has broken through to the Divine Origin!"

Xixi stood with hands on hips, immensely proud.

An eight-year-old Divine Origin true person—she's become incredibly badass!

Don't think Dad is impressive; she'll soon catch up to him.

Xixi, the Great Emperor, will ultimately overwhelm the ages, her back to all beings!

"Xixi, want a sea snail bun?" Li Che picked up a piece of the boss's freshly fried sea snail bun and asked.

"Sure!" Xixi hurriedly waddled over.

Although this birthday feast had few attendees, Xixi was very happy.

In the alley.

Orange light pierced the night, illuminating the swirling snowflakes, crystal clear and beautiful.

Amid the abundant lights, silhouettes loomed.

Xixi wore the little longevity-star crown Li Che had carved for her, her palms pressed together as she made a wish toward the boss's table of steaming hot delicious dishes.

The years are peaceful.

……

……

Frozen clouds fill the ridges at night, plain snow condenses into brilliance at dawn.

The night sky is dark and deep, as if the mountains on the horizon are shrouded in misty smoke, making their exact shapes indistinct.

Snowflakes flutter down, as if freezing the whole world.

Heaven-Equal Nei Cheng

A terrifying aura rumbled and shook.

In the three directions of the Heaven-Equal Guiyi Miao, three palaces towered; within the palaces, three figures seemed to be seated, emitting an aura extremely terrifying, capable of easily shattering space into dust.

These three are precisely the Supremes stationed in command of the three major divine factions of the Deceitful Void.

The Profound Truth of the Asura Dark Heavenly Court of Black Sumeru, the Heavenly Wolf of the Fiend Demon Cave, and the three Three-Disaster Supremes, spanning and occupying Qitian Cheng's inner city, their powerful aura almost filling every corner of the inner city.

The Netherworld Ox Demon does nothing but cultivate each day; moreover, the Netherworld Horse-Face, who is Elder Li Che of the Qianyuan Divine Sect, along with his wife and many others, also stay in the courtyard cultivating; the divine power of Qitian Cheng is indeed more conducive to cultivation.

The Netherworld remains utterly still, while the outer city has been in chaos for nearly a year; I had thought the Netherworld Ghost Emperor would emerge, but I never expected he seems indifferent to Qitian Cheng's allegiance...

What a pity; I still wanted to test just how strong a Martial Immortal's combat power really is.

The voices of the three Supremes continually rose and fell, echoing.

This Netherworld Ghost Emperor, although on good terms with Qitian, seems only limitedly so… Qitian Cheng has been occupied by us, yet he actually has no intention of helping Qitian retake it...

I had thought the Netherworld Ghost Emperor would charge into the inner city to clash with us...

But he is merely a Martial Immortal; though rare, having just entered the Martial Immortal realm, he can at most contend with a Two-Disaster Divine Tribulation—how could he possibly fight a Supreme?

The voices of the three Supremes, like a vast divine resonance, entwined with terrifying divinity, as if stirring up a vortex colliding with a roaring boom.

Qitian Cheng's revival was an accident, but the other Divine Spirits of the Hell Lotus faction will undoubtedly draw the Gods' keen attention; anything involving the Hell Lotus will make the Gods intensely concerned...

I have heard that the Eight-Armed Hell Lotus Wrathful Third Prince may be the next Divine Spirit to revive; after we finish dealing with Qitian Cheng, we should also rush over to take part in the grand spectacle of besieging a Divine Spirit.

The Qitian Temple God slaughtered his way into the Netherworld Deceitful Void, wishing to battle an immortal Divine Spirit; entry is easy, but return is hard—this city is already ruined, so do not waste too much time in Qitian Cheng.

Boom—

The three Supremes converse in the void, their voices booming and colliding.

Suddenly.

The Heavenly Wolf Supreme of the Fiend Demon Cave slowly opened his wolf-pupil, vertical eyes.

The chaos in Qitian Cheng's outer city should also come to an end.

Qitian Cheng will be completely under our control; all those not under the Gods' factions will be utterly slaughtered.

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……

The night grew heavy and oppressive, countless flakes of drifting snow fluttered down, casting the entire Qitian Cheng under a pall of oppression.

They had finished Xixi's birthday feast.

Everyone then returned to their respective small courtyards.

Zhang Ya accompanied Xixi as they whispered, the big black dog hovering nearby, ears pricked to eavesdrop.

After Li Che and the boss smoked a rolled cigarette.

Boom boom boom—

Wave after wave of immensely powerful aura stretched across the sky, almost tearing the night apart.

Within Qitian Cheng's inner city, the phantasmal silhouettes of Supremes loomed and appeared; as they opened and closed their mouths, booming sounds rang throughout the city, and the Supremes' pressure swept out from the inner city.

Li Che held a rolled cigarette between his lips, glanced toward Qitian Cheng's inner city, and his eyes slightly sank and focused.

"Supreme..."

Li Che's eyes narrowed slightly, killing intent flickering in their depths.

Qitian Cheng's inner city—that is the crux of Qitian Cheng; sooner or later he will reclaim it.

However, his chances against a Supreme are already slim, let alone facing three Supremes.

Actually, this is still the case because the Gods' factions are not paying much attention; after all, the Qitian Temple God has slaughtered his way into the Netherworld Deceitful Void, leaving Qitian Cheng with nothing worth the Gods' notice.

Even though Qitian Cheng lies at the junction of the Netherworld Deceitful Void and the Inner Deceitful Void, it actually holds little allure for the Gods.

Li Che speculated that the Gods' factions perhaps all mastered the routes to the Netherworld Deceitful Void.

"Those three Supremes likely want to lure you out, wanting to test the combat power of the Netherworld Ghost Emperor as a Martial Immortal in the mortal realm."

The boss shook off the ash and said.

Li Che lightly laughed, and like the boss, simultaneously shook off the ash.

"After waiting a year, maintaining the chaos for a year, they still haven't seen the Netherworld Ghost Emperor appear; they can't wait any longer."

Boom—

The ancient gate of Qitian Cheng's outer city slammed shut.

This caused countless cultivators within the city, who were deep in meditation in the night, to startle awake, a dreadful sense of impending doom enveloping their bodies.

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Meanwhile.

Qitian Cheng's outer city.

A three‑courtyard compound.

Fang Hanshu sat upright in the courtyard, bathed in moonlight, perusing the Sage's Book, when his body suddenly trembled slightly.

At his brow, a jade talisman floated forth.

Under the clear cold moonlight, with a crack… it shattered, breaking into countless specks of starlight that scattered across heaven and earth.

After a year, he finally completed the inheritance given by his ancestral master, Fang Xinyuan.

He fully inherited this Qitian Temple legacy, and Fang Hanshu likewise bore the responsibility entailed by this inheritance.

Fang Hanshu slowly closed the book.

His eyes glittered like a galaxy in the night.

"I say, it is accomplished."

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In the restaurant.

Under orange lamplight.

He stubbed out the cigarette, the wispy smoke fully dissipated, and the shaken-off ash floated up.

Li Che rose to his feet, gazing at the killing intent fully revealed in Qitian Cheng beneath the night, his dark robe billowing, he stretched lazily.

Still there was a Vastwave Black Python behind him, coiled, jaws gaping, howling at the azure heavens!

The killing ban is about to start!

"Since you can't wait any longer, I'll send you all on your way……"

"Let you experience what it means to be in the mortal world……"

"The Martial Immortal is invincible."

(End of chapter)