Chapter 536: Eradicating the Emperor, Flattening Three Mountains of the Mortal Realm, Entering the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths

Whoosh—whoosh—

Crimson rain pours down, blood hue fills the sky; the celestial anomalies are so intense beyond anyone's imagination, shrouding the entire Shendu and even spreading outward for over a hundred li.

The mournful atmosphere of divine spirits falling sweeps like a tide.

Countless cultivators stand beyond Shendu's nine cities; some on the Grand Canal, some hovering in the air, all with hair standing on end, eyes wide, watching the battle's outcome within Shendu.

Watching Li Che, appearing in the firmament, his black shirt fluttering, shrouded in divinity, and then the figure beside Li Che, wearing a white jade mask, smiling with compassion, a powerful aura overwhelming the heavens; a single glance seems to snatch away a person's spirit.

It's over…

The blood rain of falling divine spirits flutters, meaning a divine spirit has fallen— which one?

Since it's not Li Che, it must be Dàjǐng Taizu!

Dàjǐng Taizu is a divine spirit, undeniably extremely powerful, even overwhelmingly fierce; at first he even pressed Li Wuxian in battle.

However, Li Wuxian clearly summoned a strong underworld figure to intervene.

The figure wearing the white jade mask, with compassionate emotion constantly flowing from the mask, is just like those underworld strongmen before.

Mysterious and mighty, not to be underestimated, it chills the heart; each appearance signals death.

Like Niu Mo, Ma Mian, Yan Wang and other underworld strongmen, they all essentially wear masks and bring death.

Under the blood‑red firmament, brilliance shines; Li Che, manifested as the sovereign's avatar, each strand of hair fluttering, emitting radiant divine light, the divinity weaving a Great Dao divine pattern, bathed in the burst of blood rain's brilliance.

Dàjǐng Taizu's final birth of the immortal will is indeed mighty, but Li Che chose to leave Mo City Fengdu, letting it be tormented.

Obviously, Mo City Fengdu was destroyed.

However, Li Che feels only elation, because after Mo City Fengdu is shattered, each restoration actually advances the maturation of the Dao fruit 【Painting Immortal】.

Beyond evading the immortal will's slaughter, he also borrowed the power of an immortal divine spirit to shatter Mo City Fengdu, earning a chance to rebuild Mo City; Li Che not even hiding to chuckle is already good, how could he be sad?

Heaven and earth rain blood, divine spirits fall, the Taizu perishes!

Between heaven and earth a silence falls, representing the Dàjǐng royal's martial gods, martial saints, Divine Tribulation cultivators, and Divine Embryo cultivators, all gaping speechless, none can speak.

Dàjǐng Taizu, the very being who founded the Dàjǐng court, repeatedly slashed the former dynasty's fate, securing Dàjǐng's millennia‑long reign.

Buzz—buzz—buzz—

Li Che, wearing the white jade mask, his jet‑black, sturdy hair flying, his robe bulging, a flicker of spirit, terrifying murderous aura roiling, raging intertwined.

The form of the Azure Abyss Demon Toad materializes, and Li Che stands atop its head.

The Gathering Immortal Banner flutters whoosh, expanding the field, shielding celestial will, allowing the Azure Abyss Demon Toad to persist in the mortal realm.

Now, Li Che also understands the state of the mortal realm.

The mortal realm can be divided into two parts: the mundane world and the uncanny realm.

In the mundane world, celestial will is strongest and harshest; Divine Tribulation cultivators cannot easily emerge or act, lest they be struck by three calamities and nine tribulations.

In the uncanny realm, the restriction of celestial will is far looser, yet still has a ceiling.

For example, Dàjǐng Taizu has already reached the uncanny realm's ceiling: the second divine realm, the Fusion Dao realm!

Fusion Dao merges the power of a great Dao river, clearly touching celestial will.

Thus, Fusion Dao is the mortal realm's ceiling; one can only initially tread it. To cultivate higher realms, one must enter the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, where the ceiling is higher and the environment more relaxed.

After all, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths can sustain beings of immortal divine magnitude; its ceiling far surpasses that of the mundane or uncanny realms.

The Azure Abyss Demon Toad is immensely huge; after Li Che intentionally shrank it, it remained about thirty zhang.

Murderous aura roils, demonic qi surges, the raging intertwined divine might makes the mundane air as thick as mud, making movement extremely difficult.

Li Che spreads his five fingers wide; the next moment, a streak of light darts like a spear, slowing before his palm, dispersing its brilliance.

It is the Gathering Immortal Earth Banner obtained after slaying Dàjǐng Taizu, the reincarnated Dark Heavenly Court Divine Emperor.

"Yellow Banner, Mysterious Banner, and Earth Banner, the Gathering Immortal Banners of the mundane world, four in total, already gathered three."

Li Che feels quite good; faintly, he senses a unique qi circulating between the Gathering Immortal Banners.

The barrier field formed by the three Gathering Immortal Banners can even break the cultivation ceiling of the mundane world.

Li Che smiles lightly, feeling quite good.

Then his gaze shifts, landing on the imperial tomb.

The imperial tomb is enveloped by holy light and clouds; a divine array is triggered, surging divine qi that chills body and mind, the whole tomb trembles, and dense uncanny mist spreads unnoticed.

It is a situation where a Sanqing‑level Guiyi Miao is fully activated.

"Western Queen Mother Guiyi Miao…"

Li Che's eyes shine, a sharp light like a steel blade ready to cut everything.

Then Li Che sees, within the tomb's uncanny mist, a jade coffin quietly placed; inside the coffin, two overlapping silhouettes— the emperor and empress.

The emperor holds aloft a mirror streaming endless divine light.

Whoosh…

The jade coffin suddenly stands upright; the emperor, lying within, abruptly opens his eyes, which burst with overwhelming murderous intent!

The next moment.

Heaven and earth fall solemnly silent, emitting an extremely violent tremor, like the sound of gold piercing stone, echoing the firmament; from the emperor's held angular treasure mirror, a beam of mirror light erupts!

It soars skyward with a force that could swallow mountains and rivers, intent on erasing everything!

Like the blade that severs heaven and earth, the unparalleled divine sword's edge that splits yin and yang!

To slash the firmament's stars, to cut down the transcendent immortal!

Rumble—

Blazing light engulfs everyone's sight; it is an ultimate dazzling mirror light, so blinding that after witnessing it, the view is filled with endless brilliance, nearly bringing tears.

Terrifying waves ripple across the view, scattering the Great Dao divine pattern that lingered after Dàjǐng Taizu and Li Che's clash!

Buzz—!!!

Mirror light, like a sword edge, shoots out at breakneck speed, piercing the void's abyss, speed at its extreme!

The target is aimed straight at Li Che, the form taken by the Dominant's avatar.

Li Che, wearing the Earth Store King mask, couldn't help but have his eyes turn slightly odd.

The emperor's killing intent is indeed strong, but unfortunately he chose the wrong target; the emperor has not seen through Li Che's true form. Moreover, the relationship between the Dominant's avatar and Li Che is extremely close, making it far from easy to distinguish them.

Even Dàjǐng the Founder seemed to have misread; the Dàjǐng Emperor could be even less able to see through.

Buzz—!!!

The Kunlun Mirror, a top‑tier Sanqing divine weapon, wields formidable power; the emitted mirror light possesses the ability to cleave the void.

Li Che's summoned Three‑Faced Gathering Immortal Banner, meant to seal and freeze the void, is as soft as cake, utterly unable to block, easily cut through, tearing a huge gash.

Rumble—

The rays blaze, dazzling and resplendent, an ultimate brilliance as if reflecting the scorching sun, capturing all the sun's radiance and refracting it into a slash!

A terrifying aura drips down from the burst mirror light, like a ribbon of light!

Above the white jade mask, a mournful expression stirs; Li Che spreads his five fingers, directly blocking the mirror light, naturally preventing the Kunlun Mirror's light from cutting his Dominant avatar!

This is Kunlun Death Light; Li Che knows it well, feeling the familiarity of meeting an old friend.

His spirit stirs slightly; facing this Kunlun Death Light, Li Che directly summons the refined Kunlun radiance from the Heaven‑and‑Earth Chessboard, at this moment reflecting and refracting from his palm, brilliant and vast.

The two beams collide, intertwining as if dueling to determine superiority.

Li Che's divine spirit thought boils to the extreme, as if reviving from deep slumber.

At this moment, Li Che activates a Martial Immortal posture, revealing his identity as the Earth Store King of the Underworld, a mortal Martial Immortal bearing a corporeal profound meaning.

Thus, the divine spirit thought lies dormant within the Heaven‑and‑Earth Chessboard.

But now, the divine spirit thought is drawn back to awaken by the Kunlun Mirror's light.

The brilliance emitted by the Kunlun Mirror, intensely hot, merges with the Kunlun rays guided by Li Che; faintly, Li Che seems to sense, in the coffin, the emperor holding aloft the Kunlun Mirror.

Between them, a unique connection has been formed.

Li Che's heart stirs; perhaps he can truly use the Kunlun Mirror light he controls to wrest the Mirror's control back from the emperor!

Li Che instantly discerns the emperor's current state: he must have borrowed a formation's power, sacrificed the empress, and summoned the West Mother Temple God's power to enable him to wield the Kunlun Mirror.

However, the emperor did not anticipate that Li Che has also studied the Kunlun Mirror!

The Heaven‑and‑Earth Chessboard's net expands, spanning between him and the emperor; the Kunlun Mirror light flows, turning into countless soft, silky strands, and amid its wild dance slowly constructs a bridge to the emperor's mirror.

The Haori Sun brilliance that Li Che controls continuously spreads and intertwines, and within Li Che's perception it gradually clings onto the emperor's mirror.

Within the emperor's opened eyes swirls an ultimate cold indifference, a lofty will.

Hm?!

Under Li Che's white jade mask, his eyes flash with an odd hue!

Boom—!!!

In an instant, the light that had wrapped around the Kunlun Mirror snaps open and swiftly retracts back into the Heaven‑and‑Earth Chessboard.

"The West Mother Temple God's will…"

Li Che's eyebrows lift slightly.

In the next moment, his body trembles, a powerful and domineering flesh roars, three Great Dao Immortal Patterns coil around his flesh, continuously radiating brilliance.

Stepping forward from atop the head of the Azure Abyss Demon Toad, his powerful flesh Immortal Patterns clang, celestial aura swirling, possessing unparalleled grandeur; the void trembles, countless currents are instantly expelled.

Li Che steps onto the imperial tomb; with a thud, the entire tomb trembles and cracks, fissures spreading everywhere!

Within the jade coffin, the emperor's body trembles, seemingly not expecting that this Underworld powerhouse wearing a white jade mask could be so domineering, even able to block the lethal light emitted by a top‑tier Sanqing divine weapon like the Kunlun Mirror!

What kind of monster is this, after all?

However, the emperor recalls Dàjǐng the Founder, whose second‑stage divine spirits that completed the merging Dao were all slain, causing the heavens and earth to bleed.

The emperor's heart feels trembling and horror!

The tomb keeps shaking, Li Che's ink robe flutters, and his white jade mask bears a look of compassion.

Step by step he walks forward, the eerie mist is torn apart, and the Great Dao patterns are shattered open.

The Dàjǐng imperial tomb lies within the Strange Palace zone, where strength is more relaxed than in the mortal world; therefore, after Li Che steps in, his powerful aura is unmasked.

After only a moment, Li Che's whole body is etched with three Immortal Patterns, entwining three streams of Immortal Qi, appearing before the jade coffin.

It seems as if he is gazing at the emperor standing behind the jade coffin.

The emperor's eyes ripple violently, his face appears to be slightly contorting.

In his mind, the West Mother Temple God's will, which he barely managed to summon, trembles slightly; the emperor lets out a low roar, channeling all his will into the Kunlun Mirror.

Causing the Kunlun Mirror's brilliance to flare, after the coffin, it seems a dignified divine maiden's figure emerges, countless Great Dao Chains interweave with a clang!

Li Che glances briefly, clenching his five fingers into a fist.

His gaze deep, he thrusts a punch forward, a supreme domineering aura surging from his body!

It is the Divine Emperor Fist he just pilfered from Dàjǐng the Founder!

Rumble—!!!

The West Mother Temple God's will surging from the coffin instantly dissipates, and the coffin's surface begins to crack, spider‑web‑like fissures spreading densely over the jade coffin.

Li Che thrusts another punch down, accompanied by a violent explosive roar!

The lid of the jade coffin shatters completely!

Within the tomb, the emperor's divine array collapses entirely; each divine talisman ignites, losing its divinity and power, turning into ash scattered on the ground.

The oppressive pressure that shrouded the tomb vanishes completely…

Under the shattered lid, the emperor's face is full of panic and horror.

Yet, Li Che spreads his five fingers, reaching out toward the Kunlun Mirror.

"No!"

"This is my Kunlun Mirror!"

The Emperor's eyes seemed about to split!

However, Li Che paid him no heed at all, placing his palm on the Kunlun Mirror; the Haori light woven into the Heaven-and-Earth Chessboard instantly re‑entwined around it.

With a sudden force of his five fingers, he ripped the sharply edged, ancient, power‑and‑mystery‑radiant Kunlun Mirror straight from the Emperor's hand and seized it.

The Emperor's aura instantly fell, the divine will of the Queen Mother of the West's temple rippled, and then within the coffin a formless phantom burst forth, gradually fading, gradually returning to silence.

"Ah… come again! Return the Kunlun Mirror! Give it back to me!"

The Emperor collapsed weakly from the coffin, and the Empress's corpse also fell to the ground.

His face turned crimson, blood vessels clouding his eyes, staring at the white‑jade‑masked strongman who had taken the Kunlun Mirror; his whole body trembled incessantly, as if in madness.

The Emperor was truly about to lose his mind.

All the methods he could muster had been exhausted, yet the situation remained unchanged.

Failing to kill Li Che was one thing, but even after exhausting his deepest reserves and sacrificing his own Empress to summon the Kunlun Mirror, it was still forcibly taken.

The Kunlun Mirror is a top‑grade divine weapon under the jurisdiction of the Queen Mother of the West, a temple deity of the Three Purities; how could it possibly be taken?

Li Che's black shirt fluttered as his mortal body transformed into a Warrior Immortal form, slightly bulging and enlarged; the celestial patterns on his flesh glowed, his gaze projected, as if one could see wind, fire, and water streams intertwining, filled with profound mystery.

This is the half‑step mortal metamorphosis into the Mysterious Immortal tier, immensely powerful.

Regarding the Emperor's frenzy, Li Che paid him no heed, because at this moment his Mysterious Immortal Will erupted thunderously, fully suppressing the Kunlun Mirror he had taken.

Perhaps it sensed that Li Che was not the Queen Mother of the West, even though Li Che deceived the Kunlun Mirror with Haori Mirror light and snatched it from the Emperor's hand.

But after perceiving the Haori Mirror light, the Kunlun Mirror began to struggle.

The force of that struggle was truly terrifying; Li Che felt his spirit nearly fainted from the shock.

One must know that Li Che's spiritual aspect is now extremely strong.

Whether divine thought or Mysterious Immortal Will, both are extraordinary.

Yet he still almost fainted from the Kunlun Mirror's struggling shock; it was unimaginable.

"This Kunlun Mirror... has even reached the level of an immortal artifact!"

Li Che was surprised.

Then a fiery thought arose, and he began to wildly suppress the Kunlun Mirror; having scarcely obtained it, Li Che would not easily abandon it.

Whichever hand it falls into, that is naturally whose destiny!

The Heaven-and-Earth Chessboard expanded, lines interweaving in all directions; the mighty Mysterious Immortal Will settled within, and the divine thought was awakened by Li Che.

Two powerful thoughts guided the Kunlun Mirror to settle within; endless stars seemed to flicker, and amid the trembling galaxy the mirror was suppressed there.

The Kunlun Mirror radiated its ultimate mirror light, dazzling beyond compare, like an eternal star emitting extreme heat and temperature!

Even Li Che was sweating profusely; the suppression was extremely arduous.

Within his chest, the Chess Saint Dao Fruit began to tremble wildly; each pulse seemed to generate invisible ripples that struck Li Che's flesh, rendering his body somewhat blurred.

When Li Che finished suppressing the Kunlun Mirror, a top‑tier Three Purities divine weapon,

he sensed something sharp piercing his chest.

Li Che's mind returned; atop the white jade mask, compassion swirled, yet his eyes were endlessly indifferent. Looking down, he saw the Emperor clutching an incredibly sharp dagger emitting a cold, icy sheen, its blade covered with dense interwoven divine patterns.

The Emperor's face turned ferocious, teeth clenched.

When he realized the dagger in his hand could not pierce Li Che's flesh, endless shock and horror flashed in his eyes!

It... can't pierce?!

What kind of flesh is this?!

Impossible!

This divine weapon, forged with melting patterns that carve the Great Dao's divine script, can cut the Great Dao's script, melt divinity, and even a divine being's flesh would be easily pierced!

Yet at this moment... it failed!

"You..." Li Che sighed softly.

He spread his five fingers like a ladle and gently brushed the Emperor.

The instant his five fingers brushed the void, space cracked inch by inch, and an immensely powerful qi, as if bearing a scorching, all‑consuming terror, surged.

A slight brush over the Emperor's form...

The Emperor let out a low roar in pain.

"You..."

"You are not a divine being!"

"You are a Warrior Immortal!"

The Emperor seemed finally to understand why his God‑slaying dagger had failed!

Because this underworld strongman wearing a white jade mask is not a divine being, but a Warrior Immortal!

Puff—

The terrifying force brushed him, and the Emperor's flesh instantly turned into endless fragments, like crushed dust blown by a gentle wind, then dissipated, scattering throughout the crack‑filled Imperial Tomb.

!

Boom—

A resonant rumble erupted; an ultra‑transparent, qi‑charged golden dragon shot skyward, then burst into golden fireworks.

Li Che's jet‑black, vigorous hair fluttered as he slowly lifted his head, his deep eyes gazing at the exploding fireworks, exhaling slowly.

"If Xixi were here, she would surely love this fireworks display,"

Li Che murmured.

At this moment, he couldn't help thinking of his daughter.

Unwittingly, another mountain that had once weighed on his head had already been successfully shifted away by Li Che.

The first mountain was the Corpse God Sect, the second was the Ji Demon Ritual, the third... was Emperor Dàjǐng.

But now, all three great mountains have been effortlessly pushed aside by Li Che.

However, Li Che does not feel any relief.

Because beyond each mountain lies another; countless great mountains stretch across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, like endless green peaks, pressing pressure upon Li Che's family.

"To watch my daughter grow up peacefully, I must help her eliminate every threat; only then can she grow up safe, carefree, and without worries."

Li Che exhaled.

The entire imperial tomb fell silent, save for a heavy, labored breathing that rose and fell.

It was Lu Chi, kneeling on the ground.

Crown Prince Lu You Sheng was refined and swallowed by the Emperor using a pure water bowl; among the many princes, only Lu Chi survived to the end.

Lu Chi stared in shock at Li Che, who wore a white jade Kṣitigarbha mask, yet he did not recognize Li Che.

He only knows that the one who easily erased his oppressive father-emperor must be the highest‑tier being in the underworld.

Li Che calmly looked at Lu Chi.

Behind him, eight blood‑Qi vortices, like black holes, swirled continuously.

With a booming sound, Li Che twisted and vanished.

Lu Chi instantly felt the pressure dissolve, his body collapsing limp on the ground.

Suddenly, a swarm of black shadows descended.

Lu Chi felt as if he were hauled from a pool; he struggled to lift his head and gazed at the figure hovering before him.

His black robe fluttered, his face shrouded by a veil of divinity.

"Li... Uncle Li..."

Lu Chi opened his mouth with profound bitterness.

Li Che looked at Lu Chi with indifference.

"The Dàjǐng royal family is finished; what are you planning?"

Li Che's voice was calm.

He waited for Lu Chi's answer.

Lu Chi's body trembled, a boundless wave of ease surging within; he pursed his lips.

"Uncle Li... I intend to travel the mortal world."

Travel the mortal world?

Li Che's eyebrows lifted slightly.

He did not expect Lu Chi to give such an answer.

Of course, although Lu Chi carries the Dàjǐng royal blood, Li Che could never support him to become emperor, for there is no need.

Lu Chi understood this as well, and even felt a certain aversion to the notion of becoming emperor.

He only wishes to keep walking, traveling the mortal world.

Li Che nodded, "Very well."

Then, taking a step, he surged straight upward, leaving the imperial tomb.

Only Lu Chi remained, collapsed and kneeling within the imperial tomb.

…

…

Li Che was enveloped in divinity; three gathering‑immortal banners streamed behind him, as if planted on his back, fluttering wildly.

He walked on air, ripples spreading across the void.

The entire Shendu had long been dead silent; the Dàjǐng Emperor... had been erased.

Dàjǐng...

Completely collapsed!

The world is about to change dramatically!

Buzz—

Li Che walked hands behind his back, drifting down to the ninth floor of the Qintian Observatory Treasure Tower.

Grand Overseer Zheng descended the Black Tortoise, a white robe billowing, his face veiled in ethereal mist, his features indistinct.

His eyes were filled with complex emotions.

"Li Wu Xian, please."

Grand Overseer Zheng said.

Li Che nodded, stepped onto the ninth floor of the Qintian Observatory, and sat opposite Grand Overseer Zheng in the vast pavilion, beginning their dialogue.

Li Che's visit to Shendu this time had one purpose: to settle accounts with the Dàjǐng royal family; another purpose was to converse with Grand Overseer Zheng.

Grand Overseer Zheng Gongxu Guigu, the embodiment of Heaven and Earth's will and humanity's spokesperson, possessed unfathomable power beyond comprehension.

Most importantly, Grand Overseer Zheng was intimately aware of many of Heaven and Earth's secret truths.

"Li Wu Xian, you may ask me three questions; three questions... I will answer without omission or restraint."

Grand Overseer Zheng brewed a pot of richly Qi‑infused tea for Li Che.

The divinity that had cloaked Li Che's face dissipated; with the gathering‑immortal banners stabilizing the void behind him, he no longer needed to hide his visage with divinity, better preserving his Wu Xian identity.

"By the way, before you ask your questions, I have a question myself; I wonder whether I should ask..."

Grand Overseer Zheng's white robe fluttered as if caught in a great wind, constantly billowing.

"Grand Overseer Zheng, please ask."

Li Che replied.

"Who was that wandering Wu Xian just now?"

Grand Inspector's eyes were so sharp that he naturally saw that the one who just killed the emperor was a supreme martial immortal!

"Underworld, King of Kṣitigarbha."

Li Che spoke.

Underworld... King of Kṣitigarbha...

Grand Inspector's gaze hardened, his heart trembled slightly, and after a long moment he let out a soft sigh.

"Li Wu Xian, now Emperor Dàjǐng is dead, the realm cannot be without a ruler for a day; do you intend to support Lu Chi as emperor?"

Grand Inspector asked again.

"Lu Chi does not wish to be emperor; he wants to travel the world, let him go."

"Moreover, his blood runs with the Dàjǐng imperial line; I have not yet eradicated him, which I consider a favor from past ties."

Li Che said lightly, unconcerned: "As for the usurper, it must be someone who can gather Qi fortune…"

"In this world, eventually someone who can consolidate Qi numbers will be born; Li (I) am not interested in dynastic changes."

Grand Inspector gave Li Che a strange look.

"Old man believes you not a ghost."

He certainly does not believe that Li Che has no thought at all about worldly state affairs.

For deities and martial immortals, becoming a nation's ruler is not a good thing, so Grand Inspector thinks Li Che could never desire to become emperor.

Moreover, Li Che is destined to slay his way to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths…

As for who will become the new dynasty's ruler…

Li Che must already have a candidate.

"Grand Inspector, have you finished questioning? Then let Li (I) ask," Li Che drank the tea in his cup and smiled lightly.

Fang Shangzhen, who was brewing tea nearby, immediately refilled Li Che's cup.

"Grand Inspector... Li (I) want to know whether there is a silent, unnoticed path and method to step into the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths?"

Li Che fixed his gaze on Grand Inspector, took a deep breath, and asked.

Li Che actually also knows a path to step into the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

It is… Qitian Nei Cheng!

Through Qitian Nei Cheng one can step into the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

Just like the Great Sage Qitian, charging straight in!

But that route is too exposed, already under the watch of strong ones from the divine camps.

Like Qitian, once Li Che enters the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, he will inevitably be discovered and become the target of all arrows!

Just as today, the reincarnated Divine Emperor of the Dark Heavenly Court, the great ancestor of Dàjǐng, seeks to crush him as a source of variables; the immortals of other divine camps likely share the same intent!

Therefore, Li Che does not think he can safely step into the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

"Nine Heavens and Ten Earths…"

"It is the place where the will of Heaven and Earth is weak, also the only… place for Nirvana enlightenment, to become one with Heaven and Earth, to achieve immortal enlightenment."

Grand Inspector's voice was hoarse and profound.

"There are three paths to enter the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths…"

Grand Inspector said: "The first is Qitian Cheng; Li Wu Xian should know this route, yet he still asks me, which means he is unwilling to take it."

"The second is the Immortal Will's opening of the guiding path… it requires an immortal deity who wields the will of Heaven and Earth to descend their will, opening a passage between the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and the mortal realm's hidden gaps; Li Wu Xian… likely does not favor it either."

Li Che's eyes hardened.

The first two, Li Che will certainly not take.

The first needs no explanation; the second even requires colluding with the Immortals—so much that the Immortals could not even kill Li Che in time; they would rather ensure Li Che can never meet the Prison Lotus Daughter for eternity, causing the variable to erupt, and how then would they willingly open a path for Li Che?

"So… if Li Wu Xian wishes to enter the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, only the third path remains."

Grand Inspector's gaze deepened, and he smiled lightly before speaking.

He turned and pointed toward the direction of the Dàjǐng imperial tomb.

Li Che was slightly startled.

"Please, Grand Inspector, enlighten me," Li Che asked respectfully.

"Li Wu Xian…"

Grand Inspector's white robe fluttered as he walked to the railing of the Qintianjian Treasure Tower, speaking softly: "The Queen Mother of the West's Guiyi Miao is the Three Pure Ones' rank Guiyi Miao…"

"Beyond the Queen Mother of the West's Guiyi Miao lies another Guiyi Miao, the Jade Emperor Haotian Guiyi Miao."

"Within the Jade Emperor Haotian Guiyi Miao… there are four divine weapons."

"They are the Haotian Tower, Dan Book Amber, Seal of Sealing Heaven, and Nine Dragon Ten Calamity Qi; possessing any two of the four divine weapons grants entry to the temple."

Grand Inspector slowly turned and looked at Li Che.

Li Che felt a slight tremor in his heart; he naturally knew this secret, for it was a secret passed from Su Da to Emperor Dàjǐng.

"That Jade Emperor Haotian Guiyi Miao… unlike the Qitian Miao, is situated within the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths; a temple that spans the three realms—mortal world, the hidden gaps of the human realm, and the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths…"

"If Li Wu Xian can enter the Jade Emperor Haotian Guiyi Miao…"

"He could, without alerting any immortal…"

"silently step into the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths."

"and reunite with your daughter."

(End of chapter)