Chapter 516: with translation of title, then ===GLOSSARY=== with list of named entities appearing in these lines

Boom—

Ancestral Dragon Island, inside the belly of Stone Mountain, explosive booming sounds continuously reverberated; terrifying collision shockwaves rippled, constantly striking the mountain's interior.

The shattered void swiftly mended, but turbulent currents kept intertwining and ravaging, while relentless impacts howled.

Li Che wore an adorable bovine mask, his stature towering to three meters, his fleshly body as if forged of gold, his spine roaring like a great dragon, seven golden blood vortices ceaselessly swirling and roaring.

His eyes seemed to flow with brilliant golden light, dense golden smoke continually seeping from his pupils, slowly flowing, gently rolling.

The Young Dragon Emperor's golden dragon armor clanged, his aura continually boiling, cold light blazing in his eyes.

Unbelievable emotions surged in his heart.

He grew!

He became stronger again!

The Young Dragon Emperor could clearly sense Li Che's strengthening, a state utterly different from before; at this moment Li Che's combat power surpassed that when he had shattered the Dragon Palace and Dragon Coffin.

It was utterly unbelievable; how little time had passed.

The Martial Immortal's fleshly body was actually stronger than his divine form, causing his tiger's mouth to split, blood beads like amber agate pouring forth.

The Young Dragon Emperor refused to believe it, letting out a long whistle; his azure hair flew, his two dragon horns erupted with ultimate sharpness, extending his perception to the utmost.

In the next instant, the divine spirit apparition behind him appeared, a terrifying and oppressive divine spirit aura pouring forth like a mountain flood.

Five-clawed Golden Dragon Emperor divine spirit apparition!

Boom—

The five-clawed golden dragon stretched forth, striking with its claw, blazing with golden light, shattering the void, divine spirit aura cascading down, immensely oppressive, possessing an unstoppable momentum and trend.

One claw nearly filled the entire belly of the Stone Mountain.

Li Che clenched his fist, still thrusting it forward; on his domineering fleshly body, tendons and bones sang, thick blood vessels bulged, blood beads boiling and rolling within.

The fist aura again clashed head-on with the golden dragon claw, the Martial Immortal's golden body ringing, purple immortal patterns covering his flesh, directly colliding with the divine form.

The Young Dragon Emperor sought battle, and Li Che faced it fearlessly.

The fleshly body blessed with the Primordial Immortal Patterns was undoubtedly powerful, yet Li Che also discovered for the first time that his flesh could actually suppress the divine form outright.

Boom——!!!

Powerful qi and blood surged forth, and the Young Dragon Emperor's eyes instantly showed utter shock.

His whole body was hurled sideways, his golden dragon armor clanging, the tiger's mouth on his arm rupturing more severely, blood spraying like beads.

Li Che's eyes sank like molten gold, gripping his three-pointed two-edged blade to slash forth again, while his other hand clenched a fist seal, domineeringly striding across the void within the mountain's belly.

One blade, one fist, shaking and suppressing the Young Dragon Emperor, Li Che hesitated not, extending his arms to press on.

Once gaining the advantage, he would utterly crush his opponent.

The Star-Plucking Pupil at his brow trembled; the combat style and techniques of the Young Dragon Emperor, as measured by the supreme god-binders Fang Hanshu, Xuan Zhen, and Jialou, were fully replicated in Li Che's mind at that moment.

"Kill!"

Beneath his mask, Li Che's eyes narrowed coldly, killing intent soaring to the heavens.

The Martial Immortal's fleshly body had already reached this height, long since communicating with his spirit; his thoughts flickered, like a bright mirror reflecting his own condition.

Skin, tendons and bones, viscera, blood and marrow—these finer details all lay within his Martial Immortal perception, like countless twinkling stars in the starry sky.

His very being resembled a starry‑sky network; each drop of blood, each pore, each orifice, were linked by fine threads, woven into a net like the heavens filled with stars, all manipulated by the Martial Immortal's will.

A single thought sufficed to mobilize the utmost strength of his fleshly body.

His five fingers clenched, as if gathering the myriad currents, light, and energy of the heavens, as though the entire void at that moment were being grasped into his palm and compressed to the extreme.

Purple‑gold qi and blood exploded, like a purple‑gold blazing sun bursting across the sky, radiant light soaring high and bursting forth, the fist aura pressing down like a tilted furnace.

The Young Dragon Emperor's armor clanged, a cold angry shout rang out, and the divine spirit apparition behind him was driven to the extreme, its aura vibrating and shattering the void.

As if possessed of a pride unique to divinity, the Young Dragon Emperor refused to retreat, instead charging straight at Li Che's domineering outward thrust.

The fist seal was as huge as a mountain range, like a heaven‑earth furnace burning with qi‑blood flames, colliding with the golden divine dragon.

Boom——!!!

Like thunder exploding within the mountain's belly!

Vast spatial cracks intertwined and ravaged, suddenly spreading; the displaced airflow and surging shockwaves made the mountain's interior seem to have detonated a colossal qi‑blood mushroom cloud.

Boom boom boom boom—

The divine dragon and the furnace collided in midair, as if neither would yield to the other.

Fist and palm collided, claws and blades clashed; the two fought in the void within the mountain's belly, continuously striking, divine weapons against slaughter, arms grappling, fast met with fast, speed ever increasing.

At their point of contact, all airflow exploded, heavy air waves and cracks continually spreading in all directions.

This was an extreme fleshly confrontation attainable by humanity!

"I, the god, have slumbered through ages, sealed by the Third Prince's Universe Ring; my flesh weakened, giving you this mortal an opportunity!"

"At my peak, killing you would be as easy as slaughtering a chicken!"

The Young Dragon Emperor said coldly.

His voice was icy and unwilling.

But, facing his words, Li Che paid no heed, his hand's motion still viciously striking out.

Clumps of substantive purple flames filled the air, bearing a calamitous power that made even the Young Dragon Emperor feel a hint of dread, stretching across like thunderbolts.

Boom——!!!

The Young Dragon Emperor's body was flung sideways uncontrollably, smashing the air behind him, cracks spreading like a spiderweb.

"Enough!"

The Young Dragon Emperor roared in anger, exchanging a blow with Li Che, then flew sideways; his body seemed to be plunged into the void, his eyes like two ever‑burning lamps of an ancient tomb, radiant, his aura vast and lingering, his hair dancing wildly, his fury unstoppable.

He was suppressed!

He could not help but admit that in direct fleshly combat he had fallen behind; as a divine being's pride, even exerting his utmost could not regain the upper hand.

Angry!

The Young Dragon Emperor abandoned the notion of fleshly combat, instantly becoming incomparably divine and martial, his hair flying wildly, his arm trembling as his divine spirit aura deepened, like a golden divine spirit dragon coiling around his flesh, causing his arm to surge with a force of a hundred million jun!

His right hand's golden great dragon spear spewed golden light, as if forged from peerless divine metal; the divine spirit aura within the divine weapon was fully aroused, matching the Young Dragon Emperor's divine spirit aura and vibrating in sync.

Clang—!!!

A clang rang out, and the Young Dragon Emperor finally launched a fierce counterattack; he could not accept being suppressed!

He acknowledged Li Che as a martial immortal who had created an unprecedented miracle, actually suppressing the divine spirit on the level of the fleshly body!

Suppressing a divine spirit with a mortal body!

But as a divine spirit, even if just recently revived, it was impossible for it to be defeated by Li Che!

Just as Qi Tian's revival, even if only restoring divine tribulation power, slaying a Three Tribulation Supreme was effortless!

Although the Young Dragon Emperor was far inferior to Qi Tian, he absolutely could not accept the humiliation of being evenly matched with a mortal!

The golden great dragon spear in his hand received the divine spirit aura's blessing, as if flowing with golden dragon blood, nurturing and bursting forth with life.

A spear thrust fell and stabbed out, appearing and disappearing mysteriously, piercing and rupturing the entire mountain's interior void!

As if a spear thrust out, all things shatter; in the mundane world, nothing can block it!

The Young Dragon Emperor was utterly cold, killing intent surging; he believed that Li Che, wielding the three-pronged double-edged blade, could absolutely not be as superb as he, a divine spirit wielding a divine weapon!

Boom rumble—

Inside the mountain, it had completely fallen into chaos; turbulent currents surged, shaken and tangled by the divine spirit's vital blood and miracle!

The three-pronged double-edged blade was entwined with purple flame, the perfect primordial dragon-elephant flame intertwining upon its edge; Li Che shouted angrily, let out a long cry, did not retreat, but vigorously met the attack, giving his all.

The double-edged blade clashed against the great dragon spear!

Boom—!!!

Li Che's body spanned the vast sky, his incredibly thick aura blade slicing the void to pieces; the grand Dao divine patterns on the mountain's interior seemed unable to bear the strain, about to be severed!

Li Che steadied his body, his eyes blazing bright, his arms gripping the double-edged blade, and he gave a sudden shake.

He took a heavy step forward in the void, calmly and fearlessly, continuing to press the attack!

The Young Dragon Emperor, infused with divine spirit aura, had his hair flying aloft as he let out a long cry!

The Young Dragon Emperor's aura rose steadily, and the light emanating from his body became ever more brilliant!

Thud—

It seemed the situation had reversed; this time, the one flung sideways was Li Che.

The Young Dragon Emperor's aura rose; whether strength, explosiveness, or cultivation, it seemed at this moment he directly tore through the barrier!

Li Che felt a surge of wariness!

Regarding a divine spirit, Li Che had never looked down upon it; when facing a divine spirit, he always chose to raise everything to the utmost before coming to meet the attack.

Who would have thought, the Young Dragon Emperor could still erupt!

Such battle power...

Rivaling a Three Tribulation Supreme!

With the strength of the Second Disaster, Third Tribulation realm, he directly erupted with the battle power of a Third Disaster, Third Tribulation Supreme, spanning an entire major realm!

Simply shocking the world and defying convention!

Boom—!!!

The Young Dragon Emperor spread his five fingers, fingertips like hooks, and pressed down violently, as if a whole heaven were crashing down!

This was the genuine divine might rolling down in waves!

After all, the Young Dragon Emperor had once been a true divine spirit; although he had become a fallen shrine deity, he could still erupt with divine spirit might!

At this moment, it seemed as if he were about to step back into the divine spirit realm!

The Young Dragon Emperor unleashed this might to the fullest, displaying the vast divine might with all his strength, using momentum to overwhelm others!

Countless massive divinity swept like a storm, as if madly surging forth from the cracks of the shattered void!

The genuine divine spirit's might crashed down!

Faintly, it seemed as if a phantom image floated forth!

As if a divine platform floated up, upon it divine eagles were arranged, and the embers of the extinguished divine fire diffused smoke!

The divine platform stood with the divine spirit's divine eagle, and the divine fire's embers wafted!

As if, deity worships deity!

……

……

Boom rumble!

By the Nine Dragon River!

The river water exploded upward, a white fox flicked its tail, observing the scene.

In the carriage were Su Da, the Third Prince Lü Lítong, and other royal visitors, staring at the scene before them, their hearts and minds greatly shaken.

It seemed through this image, a terrifying divine might surged forth in mighty waves, crushing the void and pressing upon heart and mind!

「What... what is this? ！」

The Third Prince Lü Lítong's face was extremely terrified.

It was merely a wisp of aura leaking from the reflected image, yet it almost made him feel as if he could not even lift his body, a sense of oppression.

How could it be so powerful?

「Divine fire embers! 」

Su Da's eyes burst with white light as she said in a low voice.

Lü Lítong was utterly bewildered, knowing nothing at all about these secrets.

"The temple gods are fallen deities; their divine fire has long been extinguished, but the traces of that divine fire having once burned upon the divine fetus never vanished—those are the embers of divine fire!"

"Using the body of a deity, worshipping one's former self is deity worshipping deity; invoke the deity to call back one's former self!"

"Although not as magnificent as the rekindling of divine fire, it is already the strongest state achievable under the restored condition of the temple god!"

Su Da's voice is pleasant, carrying a seductive sound wave; even when discussing these topics, it still stirs people's hearts.

Embers of divine fire? Deity worshipping deity?!

Lü Lítong fell silent; this knowledge is far beyond what ordinary people could know.

This Su Da...

This girl... just who is she?!

No wonder she could overwhelm his mother in the palace; this Su Da... is too mysterious.

Even a terrifying thought surfaced in his heart.

This Su Da...

Perhaps... she is a deity?!

Su Da furrowed her brow slightly, glanced at the stiff, vacant‑minded Third Prince, her eyes undisguisedly showing contempt and speechlessness.

No wonder the Dàjǐng dynasty has reached this point where it must tread a strange path; the Dàjǐng emperor exhausted every means to prolong the nation's fate, seeking a way to emerge into a second era amidst the rise and fall of the divine tide!

With such a prince, such a descendant, the Dàjǐng Lü clan may truly be cut off in this generation.

Su Da's blank white eyes turned back, the white fox continued to stare at the crack on the stone mountain, observing.

Behind her, demonic qi seemed to rise, gathering into one fluffy tail after another, constantly swaying.

Su Da hesitated in her heart...

Whether to extend aid to the Young Dragon Emperor.

Because the Young Dragon Emperor actually felt driven to desperation by the mortal martial immortal Li Che of this world.

Of course, if Su Da were to aid the Young Dragon Emperor, it would mainly be because she valued the Dragon Emperor standing behind him—one of the three ancestral dragon emperors of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths!

If she could earn a favor from the Dragon Emperor, its significance would naturally be extraordinary.

However...

Su Da's purpose in leaving the Dàjǐng imperial palace this time and coming here was for the Third Prince's temple god...

So, she is hesitating.

"Nevertheless, the Young Dragon Emperor is ultimately a deity; even if he has just revived as a deity, he cannot be slain by mortals, can he?"

"Even if a martial immortal was born during the age when martial arts flourished in heaven and earth, no one has ever achieved the feat of slaying a deity..."

"In this era when martial immortals are rare, how could a miracle appear?"

Second City of Shendu.

Lead‑black clouds rolled over, covering the firmament for myriad zhang.

Eight‑cornered Multi‑eave Dripping Water Observatory Treasure Tower.

Ninth layer.

As if space were layered upon itself.

Deputy Supervisor Yue Taofu and Director Fang Shangzhen sat respectfully cross‑legged on their mats, making hand seals, deducing heavenly secrets, calculating the will of heaven and earth.

Under the guidance of the Chief Supervisor, they began deducing the current situation of Gold Light Prefecture.

Suddenly.

Fang Shangzhen's body trembled slightly, she let out a muffled groan, her exquisite form shivered, then she opened her eyes, fresh blood simultaneously spilling from her mouth and nose.

She coughed mouthfuls of blood, her complexion visibly deteriorating.

Beside her, Yue Taofu opened his eyes, his expression full of complex feelings.

His condition is fine; this is not good news.

It means his deduction did not touch the situation in Gold Light Prefecture, not even a hint of heavenly secret.

Indeed, when it comes to talent, he truly falls short of Fang Shangzhen.

Yue Taofu's eyes flashed with envy.

Fang Shangzhen's face turned awful beyond measure; her breath was extremely weak; in that moment of heavenly deduction, she saw an extremely bloody and cruel scene...

Blood flowed endlessly, the whole city was slaughtered, the number of dead was too many, too many...

The entire city became a dead city!

Gold Light Prefecture...

Everyone must die!

Fang Shangzhen's body kept trembling, tears streamed down, even staining with a hint of red.

Her emotions seemed on the verge of collapse; having glimpsed heavenly secrets, she saw what she should not have, her mind and spirit suffered an unprecedented shock, as if about to shatter.

Suddenly, a hand as white as jade appeared, emitting a faint white light, landing on Fang Shangzhen's head.

A warm, moist power surged forth.

Fang Shangzhen's pallid complexion recovered, her trembling body stilled.

"Chief Supervisor..."

Fang Shangzhen looked at the owner of the palm, her eyes showing despair and sorrow...

"What you saw may not be true, for the heavenly secret has already been altered, rising and falling; we deduce heavenly secrets, merely deducing a fixed fate..."

The Chief Supervisor's face was shrouded in twisting mystical power, his features indistinct.

"Therefore, do not grieve; perhaps the situation is actually much better than imagined?"

The Grand Overseer smiled and said.

Fang Shangzhen heard the words, and a hint of bewilderment appeared in her eyes.

"Can the heavenly mechanism still be altered? If what I saw was wrong… then is the student's Tianji technique considered mastered?"

Fang Shangzhen asked. Beside her, Yue Taofu could not help but tremble, paying attention to the news.

The Grand Overseer gave a gentle smile: "Fate has many possibilities; probing the heavenly mechanism can only glimpse one…"

"Of course, it counts as mastered."

Fang Shangzhen heard this, her delicate body shivered, and a hint of joy appeared on her face.

This meant she was qualified to succeed the Grand Overseer's position.

Once the Grand Overseer fully enters the Strange Gate, she can take over the mortal Grand Overseer's position.

Yue Taofu and Fang Shangzhen were already vying for this chance; whether the Tianji technique is mastered determines who can become the Qintian Hall Grand Overseer.

"Master, what is the current situation of the Golden Light Mansion? The Third Prince's temple deity has revived; this time… I'm afraid it will be even more tense and chaotic than when the Qitian Cheng's Qitian Temple deity revived, right?"

"The strong factions of the gods within the Strange Gate will likely mobilize strong forces!"

"Under such circumstances, can the disciple's vision still be erroneous?"

Fang Shangzhen murmured a question.

No error, one verse, one burst, one interior, one container, one… look!

The Grand Overseer's face was hazy, mysterious and profound, like a starry sky, yet as unfathomable as the heavens and earth.

He raised his hand and swiftly flicked his sleeve.

The next moment.

It seemed as if a starry sky emerged, countless starlights refracting into a dense brilliance.

It revealed an empty Golden Light Mansion.

The scene shifted, showing the Third Prince Guiyi Miao's Four Imperial Transformations into the Three Purities, and also the battle where the Ancestor Dragon Island Queen and the Underworld Celestial Corps surrounded the revived divine Young Dragon Emperor.

"Is that… Li Keqing?"

Fang Shangzhen instantly recalled the report sent back to Shendu.

Li Che, it turned out, is a mortal Martial Immortal and the Underworld Ghost Emperor!

Seeing such an overwhelmingly powerful Martial Immortal battling the divine Young Dragon Emperor, one naturally thought of Li Che.

"One fate, one divergent destiny…"

"One is a daughter, the other a father…"

The Grand Overseer smiled lightly.

"Perhaps… each divine tide, rising and falling, is waiting for this father‑daughter pair?"

The Grand Overseer's voice was ethereal.

Fang Shangzhen and Yue Taofu heard this, their spirits trembling simultaneously, as if they had grasped something yet felt a lingering sense of loss.

When the two still wished to ask further,

they found that the Grand Overseer had vanished, time unknown.

Between heaven and earth, only an increasingly ethereal, otherworldly sound remained, echoing as if merged with the cosmos.

"The will of heaven and earth is hard to fathom; each deduction is nothing but a grand gamble."

"It's time to place the bet again."

"This time's wager…"

"is the entire mortal world."

The two fell silent.

The Grand Overseer…

At last couldn't hold back, is it time to act formally?!

…

…

Boom—!!!

The stone cliffs of Ancestor Dragon Island seemed overloaded; fissures spread everywhere, as if the great Dao sigils had melted away.

Remnants of divine fire?!

True divine might, as if a deity above the supreme, truly revived from slumber.

The deity's oppressive aura surged to its extreme!

Li Che felt an immense pressure, as if even his blood solidified into ice, frozen!

But…

What of the deity then?!

Li Che's eyes burst with dazzling golden light.

His mortal body trembled, a great dragon roared along his spine, six extraordinary celestial seeds blossomed to the extreme, and the remaining two divine seeds circulated divine light!

Six violet‑golden suns rose, the great Dao's celestial patterns interwoven into increasingly bizarre designs!

Li Che let out a long howl!

With Martial Immortal aura, he forcibly tore open the deity's domain like a barrier!

Ripping apart the oppression that felt like sinking into a mire!

"Boom!"

Boom—Boom—Boom—Boom—

Two divine seeds exploded first, then the six celestial seeds burst one by by, violet‑golden qi and blood swirling like a vortex at high speed, expanding explosively!

Li Che's martial immortal golden body rang with a metallic clang; at that moment, it seemed his mortal flesh had transcended its limit.

His skin seemed to evaporate and crack open, violet‑golden qi and blood flared and ignited, fire leapt skyward!

Every inch of flesh and blood on his body collapsed, trading for incomparable terrifying power!

Destroy heaven and earth, annihilate everything!

You stir the Divine Fire Embers, worship the divine with the divine, and gain boundless combat power!

Then Li Che detonates the Qimen Immortal Seed; you worship the divine, I worship myself!

Training unrivaled, human strength surpasses heaven!

Battle!

Boom—!!!

The Young Dragon Emperor's divine might surged, golden dragon armor clanged, becoming ethereal, as if a deity sat high in the azure heavens.

A dragon's roar sounded, sonic waves booming, the void itself seemed to quake and collapse!

Li Che's entire body seemed to fall into a black hole, terrifying spatial turbulence constantly slicing and ravaging his form!

The Young Dragon Emperor appeared as a revived deity, the Divine Fire Embers shining like the final brilliance of divine radiance!

The deity's Great Dao sigils intertwined into divine law; countless Great Dao sigils covered his body, numbering up to a hundred!

A hundred sigils interwove, linking with the void, as if driving a hundred islands to press down!

So strong!

Even Li Che, detonating six Qimen Immortal Seeds and two Divine Seeds, still felt immense pressure; even his seven‑orifice exquisite heart could barely resist the oppression, still feeling heavy!

A hundred Great Dao sigils interwove into divine order, as if grasping the rules of heaven and earth!

Under the Divine Fire Embers, the Young Dragon Emperor seemed to revert to his true divine state before ever falling to become a temple deity!

Boom—!!!

The stone mountain exploded with a boom, its cliffs no longer able to bear the force.

They collapsed one after another, Ancestor Dragon Island quaked violently, the stone mountain burst open, as if the heavens and earth birthed a brilliant mushroom cloud!

The will of heaven and earth roared and trembled, leaden clouds shrouding ten million miles!

The Young Dragon Emperor's golden radiance blossomed, divine pressure radiating outward from Ancestor Dragon Island!

At this moment, Su Da didn't even need to sustain the White Fox Divine Power's probing to already witness such a spectacular scene!

Along the Jiulong River, cultivators trembled all over, horrified to the extreme, staring in stunned silence as they watched!

They saw one after another silhouettes of All Heroes from the underworld, battling the Young Dragon Emperor as his divine might spread!

Compared with the last time, this time was clearly more intense!

Boom—!!!

Heaven and earth trembled, blazing golden light interwove, as if an invisible flame burned; it was the Divine Fire Embers, surrounded by a hundred Great Dao sigils interlacing, forming a brand‑new order that defied heaven and earth, creating an entirely new micro‑world!

In that micro‑world, the four seasons seemed to cycle, wind and rain clashing!

A five‑clawed golden divine dragon roared within, spreading its claws, whipping its tail, causing heaven and earth to collapse!

It seemed intent on crushing and annihilating Li Che, who was enveloped within the micro‑world!

This was still the power the Young Dragon Emperor displayed after dancing upon the steel thread of the will of heaven and earth, while maintaining the Two Calamities and Three Tribulations force!

This is a deity!

A deity invincible to mortals!

"Beneath the deity, all beings are ants; confronting divine power, you are merely a humble insect in its eyes."

A cold voice emanated from the Young Dragon Emperor's mouth.

What if your mortal body stands shoulder to shoulder with a deity's form?

If you strike its divine flesh to split, its divine blood to drip, what then?

When a deity truly displays divine might, it is still merely an insect!

"Die!"

A hundred Great Dao sigils interwove through heaven and earth, driven by the aura of a venerable who mastered Two Calamities and Three Tribulations; divine pressure rolled like the erasure of cosmic order, the order's chains piercing every inch of space around Li Che, who had detonated the Eight Qimen Immortal Seeds!

To utterly slay him!

Irresistible!

Domineering and powerful!

Buzz—

Meanwhile.

When the Third Prince's Guiyi Miao's mysterious gate's expanding mist struck the walls of the Golden Light Mansion,

Within the mysterious gate, powerful auras revived, casting gazes that stared directly at the tremors and changes of Ancestor Dragon Island!

They were the top‑grade Supreme of the Three Calamities and Three Tribulations dispatched from the pantheon of gods, and even a hidden gaze, as if interlaced with Great Dao sigils, spreading divine pressure waves, descending.

"Divine Fire Embers, worship the divine with the divine, summon the god you once were, Young Dragon Emperor... back then you were the dazzling pride of the dragon race, a proven deity, with few peers to match, yet you were driven by a mortal to this dire state!"

A deep voice rolled like surging waves.

Boom—!!!

On Ancestor Dragon Island, stone mountains shattered, countless fragments fell like meteors tearing the night sky, crashing down onto the terrifying wreckage on the ground, carving endless craters across the island.

Li Che's jet‑black, sturdy hair turned violet‑gold, his eyes blazing, his whole being seemed to transform into a towering demon!

Violet‑gold qi and blood surged like raging demonic energy!

The Bull Demon Mask could no longer endure, shattering into dust; Li Che's visage became blurred and twisted!

He let out a long howl!

Under the terrifying force of order's chains piercing through, he clenched his five fingers and thrust a horizontal punch!

Just a single move, and it was like mountains collapsing and seas roaring!

Li Che felt every pore of his as if inhaling and exhaling the essence of heaven and earth, communicating with the will of heaven and earth, his martial dao ascending to immortality!

In a vague moment, it seemed as if the leaden clouds over the firmament were parted, revealing an endless starry sky, with starlight sprinkling down, transforming into pure heaven-and-earth essence that poured into Li Che's body!

As if the Milky Way were falling from the nine heavens!

Heaven-and-earth essence comes in many kinds, and the radiance of sun and moon, the light of stars, all belong to pure and high-grade heaven-and-earth essence!

This is what a Martial Immortal requires!

At this moment, Li Che felt his qi and blood surge and roar like a raging river; in a daze, his flesh shone brightly, millions of pores and thirty-six thousand apertures across his body bursting forth with brilliant starlight, as if a vast starry sky, majestic and radiant!

At this moment, his martial dao aura rose step by step, as if reaching the utmost limit of a Human Immortal!

It seemed as if he were about to give birth to a profound immortal spectacle, stepping into the realm of a Mystic Immortal!

Countless starlights intertwined, his qi and blood surged wildly!

Together they forged a Myriad Transformations Dragon Elephant Furnace!

Immortal Seed Martial Arts!

Li Che's sole grandmaster-level Immortal Seed Martial Arts!

His eyes blazed bright, his purple-gold hair flying wildly!

His flesh seemed to draw in stellar essence, evolving a profound stellar immortal spectacle; his martial dao turning, encompassing the galaxy, as if containing the will of the cosmos!

Li Che thrust out a punch, the Myriad Transformations Dragon Elephant Furnace thrusting forward, his entire body's qi and blood, Martial Immortal will, and comprehension of martial dao all merging into it!

A single furnace, forging the myriad martial dao scriptures!

A strand of purple immortal aura, intertwined with Grand Dao immortal patterns, rang out with a metallic clang!

Filled with profound mystery!

Li Che let out a long roar, a strand of immortal aura seeming to have been nourished to the extreme by a Human Immortal's qi and blood, leaping forth from the Myriad Transformations Dragon Elephant Furnace!

A single punch, overwhelming!

It smashed into the small world forged by Shao Long Di from a hundred Grand Dao divine patterns, colliding with a thunderous boom!

In an instant!

The hundred divine patterns, amidst their clanging, seemed to be constantly breaking apart!

Shao Long Di's pupils constricted, a feeling of palpitation throbbing in his heart, as if at this moment, upon Li Che's fist, he sensed a noble and mighty power!

It was even more exalted than the aura of a divine spirit!

It was……

What?!

Li Che…… how could this mere mortal possibly wield such power?!

Boom!

The hundred Grand Dao divine patterns of the small world shattered, a strand of immortal aura pressing down, mountains collapsed, the vast sea split, the entire small world pierced by a punch that was clearly slow yet terrifyingly powerful!

「Impossible!!! 」

Shao Long Di's flickering divine flame jumped incessantly, that strand of immortal aura pressing down as if to utterly blow away the embers of his divine fire!

A punch stretched across, entwined with a strand of majestic immortal aura!

Pfft——

Shao Long Di's golden dragon armor burst apart before the immortal aura's power, his divine spirit body directly rotting, as if purified and evaporated, his divinity crumbling one after another!

The divine spirit's flesh was pierced, the newly revived vitality seeming to be worn away!

This left the proud Shao Long Di unable to accept.

He coughed up crystal-clear blood!

Yet seen, Li Che's punch pierced his body, even wanting to tear his flesh apart, Shao Long Di continually spitting blood, his eyes bloodshot!

「Impossible! 」

Li Che was utterly cold, his pores bursting with starlight, like a galaxy armor, his powerful vitality and qi and blood shaking violently.

Li Che's other hand also rose, pushing aside Shao Long Di's blocking arm.

Invading his body, it was like pressing down on a delicate girl, pressing upon Shao Long Di's shoulder.

To tear him apart limb from limb!

「Impossible——!!!! 」

Shao Long Di raised his head and let out a long howl!

Both eyes turned an intense crimson!

Proud, noble, the lofty superiority flowing in his bloodline.

Making him unable to accept such an ending!

He is the offspring of the Dragon Emperor, a direct child of the Ancestral Dragon!

He is an ancient divine spirit!

How could……

Be torn apart by hand by a mere mortal?!

「A divine spirit, nothing more. 」

Li Che spoke coldly, step by step pressing closer, provoking Shao Long Di.

Seeking to drive a divine spirit mad!

Let it……

Completely collapse!

(End of chapter)