Chapter 546: then title translation, then ===GLOSSARY=== with list of named entities appearing in these lines

The entire snow mountain became utterly silent.

Beyond a hundred li.

Lü Taibai, Xuan Qisha, Gu Qianchi and the others were endlessly shocked, even the hands gripping their weapons trembled incessantly, their breathing grew a bit ragged.

Those were three divine spirits; merely leaking a bit of aura made them feel an impending catastrophe, an irresistible terror, as if they could be crushed at any moment by that supreme existence.

Therefore, they thought a world-shaking battle was about to erupt, never expecting the fight to turn into a one-sided rout and slaughter.

Three immensely powerful divine spirits, wielding Three Pure Ones-tier divine weapons, on the verge of breaking through the Divine Fire Realm, were nonetheless easily slain by Li Che, blood spraying ten feet, their bodies shattered!

Upon the snow mountain.

The cultivators of Witch God Mountain were even more limp on the ground, like mud, such battle left them desperate.

The Grand Witch God of Witch God Mountain and the divine spirits of the Guique pantheon joined forces, yet the battle turned into a one-sided collapse.

The Grand Witch God even employed a secret art, shielding the heavenly-earthly will within a hundred-li radius, letting the will press upon him; such a method would incur condemnation from the heavenly-earthly will, heavenly punishment upon him, agony beyond endurance!

Yet the battle situation collapsed completely!

And Li Che's words rolled like thunder, echoing across the heavens, deafening and awakening!

Indeed…… the Grand Witch God shielded the heavenly-earthly will, making room for the three divine spirits; how is that not also making room for Li Che, giving him the chance to act at will?

Li Che now is no longer an unparalleled martial immortal, but a reversed martial immortal aspect, becoming a mighty one of the Divine Path divine spirits.

Li Che walks the Divine Path, likewise suffering suppression by the heavenly-earthly will!

Xieyun Shen lightly shook his feather fan, the corners of his mouth lifted, unrestrained and fervent.

How could these people imagine the lord's might?

As Li Che's detained spirit, and moreover the one Li Che appointed, Xieyun Shen, who is about to take over the mortal dynasties, knows all too well Li Che's strength!

Even the reincarnation of the Immortal Emperor of the Nether Heavenly Court was slain by the lord…

Ordinary divine spirits that reach the Merged Dao Realm only by borrowing divine weapons—what are they worth?

Even the lord did not summon forth the gods of the netherworld.

Li Che hovered in midair, his sword finger lightly brushed, and sword light burst forth in the void, combined with the Void-Slicing Blade, utterly erasing the divine thoughts of the three Divine Fire spirits.

This is the Six Desires Void Sword Formula, one of the Eight Mystic Portal Immortal Seed martial arts mastered by Li Che, fusing the Spatial Dao Tribulation.

Imbued with spatial power, united with the immortal artifact Lotus Lamp, it erupts with even more unimaginable might.

Now Li Che's slaughtering might far surpasses before, especially with his flesh having transmuted to the pinnacle of human immortal, and the eight mystic portal immortal seeds' accumulation complete.

Having slain the three Divine Fire spirits, he spread his five fingers, and the three Three Pure Ones-tier divine weapons fell one after another into his hand.

After a glance, Li Che collected these three lower-tier Three Pure Ones divine weapons.

These Three Pure Ones divine weapons are not the natal divine weapons of the Guiyi Miao temple deity, but were forged by sacrificing in the Grand Dao Long River, containing Dao power, their might still decent.

But compared to the Ruyi Golden Cudgel and the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade, these Three Pure Ones weapons are inherently inferior by a notch, let alone that Li Che also wields the Nine Dragons Myriad Calamities Qi, a two-sage divine weapon.

Thus, he easily suppressed the three divine spirits and slew them.

The Grand Witch God softly sighed, bathed in the pillar of heavenly-earthly will, forcibly isolating a vast empty area.

He immersed himself therein, wishing to intervene and rescue, but it was already too late.

Blood continually oozed from his mouth and nose, obviously indicating he had reached his limit.

"Human Li Wuxian..."

"You are truly powerful; you should immediately enter that Jade Emperor Heavenly Guiyi Miao, even having refined its divine weapons—what a pity you cannot continue cultivating as a martial immortal, otherwise… you might truly be able to grow to the point of breaking the immortal seal."

The Grand Witch God's eyes were full of regret.

The next moment, he slowly rose, his aura surging, countless heavenly-earthly wills actually flowed and permeated his flesh, bit by bit seeping into his blood and flesh.

In his pupils, a terrifying vision like stars extinguishing and the moon sinking surged, as if a dreadful heaven-god looked down.

The Grand Witch God let out a long howl, the golden skull scepter in his hand striking down heavily once more.

He was like a whale swallowing, drawing in all the heavenly-earthly will he had shielded into his mouth, his whole body glowing, hair flying, he howled to the nine heavens.

The Overseer, at a battlefield a hundred li away, looked up and frowned.

"He's gone mad, swallowing the heavenly-earthly will, becoming its incarnation—he no longer wishes to live! He wants to make a final life-and-death counterstrike!"

As the Overseer, likewise a spokesman for the heavenly-earthly will, he was naturally quite familiar with this scene.

Only, he had not expected the Grand Witch God to be so resolute.

Boom—boom—boom—

Wave after wave of qi surged forth from the Grand Witch God's body, the heavenly-earthly will pressing upon him; various Dao markings appeared, intertwining into an extremely brilliant radiance, his flesh actually began to mutate, turning stern.

Strand after strand of hair grew like steel needles, tendons and bones twisted and trembled, mutation unceasing; this Grand Witch God's flesh was undergoing a heaven‑earth‑shaking transformation.

"Roar——!!!"

A heaven‑shaking, earth‑moving howl exploded from his mouth.

The Grand Witch God actually transformed into a golden‑haired ferocious wolf, his whole body etched with Dao markings, his eyes bursting with brilliant golden light, as if he had draped the heavenly-earthly will as clothing.

Upon the face of this golden giant wolf lay an aura of holiness, his pupil light sparkling like gemstones, each sharp fang like a divine weapon, yet bearing compassion!

Those two gem‑like wolf eyes fell upon Li Che, who felt his flesh tremble slightly; even though he now bears the eight Dao immortal markings on his pinnacle human‑immortal flesh, at this moment he sensed pressure.

That was heavenly might, like the vast firmament pouring down upon his body, seeking to crush him like mountains, shattering his bones and flesh!

Human strength has its limits; Li Che has not yet ignited the divine fire, nor lit the immortal platform.

Heavenly might surges!

Li Che felt as if he were a lone man contending against the entire heaven and earth, enduring an unparalleled tribulation.

Divine radiance surged across Li Che's visage, his eyes like gemstones of utmost brilliance.

His heart stirred greatly; this feeling, indeed……

At this moment, on the Grand Witch God's body, he felt the power of destiny.

The Grand Witch God was mobilizing the fortune of the entire Da Li Kingdom and Witch God Mountain, combined with the heavenly-earthly will, to suppress him!

At this moment, the will of Heaven and Earth became incomparably active, the temperature between heaven and earth suddenly surged, and around Li Che it seemed as if flames were twisting and burning.

That seemed like one kind of... karmic fire!

Because the Great Witch God at this moment represented the will of Heaven and Earth, and for Li Che to slay the Great Witch God was equivalent to saying he wanted to exterminate Heaven and Earth.

In the awareness of the will of Heaven and Earth, Li Che at this moment seemed to have become the greatest heresy!

Since it is heresy, it is naturally to be erased, burned by karmic fire into nothingness!

Boom——!!!

The giant wolf obtained by the Great Witch God seemed to be bathed in the firelight; that was the ultimate karmic fire of Heaven and Earth, extremely twisted, burning everything between the void and Heaven and Earth.

The wolf eyes transformed by the Great Witch God burst forth with extremely scorching light.

He wanted to exterminate Li Che, not because of the Gods' Camp forces and the Strange Demon Cave behind Witch God Mountain, but because the Great Witch God did not wish to see the fortune of the Great Li Royal Court and Witch God Mountain gathered by Li Che.

Just as he said when facing Li Che, Li Che would bring disaster to the people of the world; this is not alarmist talk, but a conclusion drawn by the Great Witch God after being closely linked to the will of Heaven and Earth—if Li Che truly unified the fortune of Heaven and Earth, this would inevitably happen.

The Great Witch God simply did not want the world's living beings to suffer.

In fact, the Great Witch God also knew that the Grand Supervisor should have guessed what Li Che intended to do, yet the Grand Supervisor did not intervene.

Because the Grand Supervisor had placed all his bets on Li Che, even if Li Che transformed from a Martial Immortal into a Divine Spirit, the Grand Supervisor would have no regrets.

The ninth divine tide was about to arrive; in the Guiyi Miao, the gods revived, and the immortality of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths stirred.

The mortal realm would become a place under siege.

Therefore, the Grand Supervisor knew there was little time left; he could only choose to stake everything on Li Che, betting on a future for the whole world.

The giant wolf opened its mouth and spewed a scorching pillar of flame-light, almost impossible to block, twisting everything, seeking to annihilate everything, to grind away all!

But the Great Witch God soon looked somewhat dazed.

Under the burning and impact of the karmic fire ignited by the will of Heaven and Earth, Li Che actually did not die; his flesh faintly glowed, his whole body seemed immortal and undying, indeed he withstood the power of that karmic fire head-on.

Li Che's mind suddenly became clear and empty; although his flesh was under the flame's burning, tempered a thousand times, his flesh had already reached the Human Immortal Extreme Metamorphosis, making further progress not obvious.

However, for Li Che, the greatest aid from these karmic fires came from the tempering of the soul level.

"I seem to have found... the flame that will ignite my path to the Profound Immortal."

Li Che's dark, lustrous hair flew up.

His entire being was enveloped by the blazing flame-light to the utmost extreme.

The giant wolf opened its huge maw, as if about to suck him in; the Great Witch God seemed to float above the wolf's brow, his gaze cold and resolute.

Li Che's heart and mind stirred slightly.

The divinity on his face began to melt away bit by bit, like wiping away mist, vanishing completely, revealing his true visage.

Hummm——

Li Che bathed in the karmic fire, spread his arms, from his flesh all over his body the Eight Great Dao Immortal Patterns emerged, dense and intertwined, appearing innate, as if undergoing rebirth through fire!

He shifted into the Martial Immortal posture, his back's great dragon roared, like god and demon; within the eight Mysterious Gate qi-blood vortices, strands of immortal qi coiled out, making Li Che appear as god and demon!

Boom——!!!

Li Che's whole body burst forth with boundless immortal light, that is the radiance reflected by the swaying immortal qi; his brow trembled, the Profound Immortal will seemed to float and sink within, his eyes opened and closed, exhaling and inhaling the breath that devours Heaven and Earth!

At this moment the light was too blazing.

Even the Grand Supervisor and others a hundred li away could only see a splendid radiance, that is the light of the karmic fire burning, completely shrouding and covering Li Che.

And the enormous giant wolf transformed by the Great Witch God was releasing heavenly might, vast and overwhelming, making their hearts tremble.

The giant wolf's eyes, transformed by the Great Witch God, stared fixedly at Li Che within the light.

Li Che's hair was lustrous, yet at this moment it changed, as if each strand of hair were entwined with Great Dao Immortal Patterns, emitting a unique radiance.

Moreover, the immortal patterns and immortal qi on his flesh, together with the terrifying and surging golden qi and blood, rolled like waves.

This clearly showed that Li Che at this moment was not, as rumored, a Martial Immortal fallen into a Divine Spirit; rather, he remained a Martial Immortal recognized by the will of Heaven and Earth, wildly seizing the martial fortune of the mortal realm!

"Martial Immortal?!"

"You……"

The Great Witch God's pupils contracted, somewhat incredulous!

How could one person be both a Martial Immortal and a Divine Spirit?

This is unreasonable!

Boom——!!!

Li Che, however, paid little heed; bathed in light, his body burst forth with golden radiance, immensely dignified, as he took a step, it came like a mountain's pressure, making one breathless.

He clenched his five fingers, violently swung in the void, and instantly a huge fist condensed entirely from immortal qi emerged, covering sky and earth, as if to blanket the entire azure firmament and press the grassland beneath!

Human Immortal Extreme Metamorphosis, half-step Profound Immortal!

His flesh gave birth to boundless profundity, as if a great star were falling, as if undergoing myriad transformations—turning into fire, water, wind, and thunderclap!

In this punch, Li Che exerted the power of the Thunder Dao Tribulation, displaying one of the Eight Mysterious Gates Immortal Seed Martial Arts—the Ancestral Dragon Slaughter Technique!

Like a condensed golden dragon, lifelike, roaring the nine heavens, as if to overturn the firmament and invert the cosmos!

Like an azure dragon soaring across the sky, this punch solidly struck the forehead of the giant wolf transformed by the Great Witch God.

The giant wolf's whole body trembled, each wolf hair seeming to turn into a stiff divine spear, standing rigidly upright!

Pfft——

Flesh and blood shattered from the punch's shock; the giant wolf transformed by the Great Witch God was as tall as a mountain, its whole body golden wolf fur crystalline and flashing golden light, as if forged from divine metal, boundlessly terrifying, harboring awful heavenly might!

Facing Li Che's punch, it seemed to burst forth with the power of karmic fire, fiercely striking out!

"I, at this moment, represent the will of Heaven and Earth!"

"Whether you are human or dragon, coil yourself for me!"

The giant wolf's body, transformed by the Great Witch God, could hardly bear the power of the will of Heaven and Earth, continually rupturing at the wounds, blood spraying.

And Li Che, facing heavenly might and karmic fire, remained calm and fearless, unleashing heavy blows one after another, various immortal seed martial arts being unleashed.

Myriad Transformations Dragon-Elephant Furnace, Qilin Void-Suppressing Seal, Thousand Mountains Lone Walk Void-Slashing Blade, Six Desires Void Sword Art...

Li Che unleashed every move and style, as if he wanted to strike the heavens so hard they'd collapse and sink!

In this process, Li Che continued to bathe in the karmic fire, like a waterfall of karmic fire pouring down vast and endless!

Finally, all martial arts were condensed into a single punch.

Eighty-Nine Mystic Art!

The punch landed on the giant wolf's forehead.

"Come on!"

The Great Witch God bled nonstop, the heavenly might on his body erupting like a flood and ferocious beast, instantly sweeping across the whole plain, covering a hundred-li radius, making all beings between heaven and earth tremble, unable to bear the pressure, they knelt on the ground.

Boom——!!!

Heaven and earth seemed to have grown silent.

Only expanding ripples of energy remained, continually dispersing and spreading!

At the point of impact, space was ground to powder, as if waves of intertwined divine patterns of the Great Dao kept expanding.

Boom——

After the ultimate silence, the mountain-like giant wolf was blasted away, its huge body flying sideways, leaving blossoms of blood in the void!

The giant wolf vanished.

The Great Witch God's body collapsed onto the plain's ground.

The wild wind howled, causing the grasses across the hills and fields, under its gusts, to seem to constantly change color and sway their bodies.

The Great Witch God fell upon the green grass, his life hanging by a thread, his breath continually being stripped away.

That kind of irrecoverable state, his life had reached its end, because he sacrificed himself, forcibly drawing upon the power of heaven and earth's will.

He intended to use the power of heaven and earth's will to brand Li Che a heretic, and through the power of karmic fire, judge and exterminate Li Che.

But in the end…… it failed.

The Great Witch God lay on the grass, dark clouds rolling between heaven and earth, yet there was no longer the leisurely ease of wind bending grass and seeing cattle and sheep.

Above the firmament, Li Che bathed head to toe in karmic fire; slowly, his flesh writhed, as if turning into a cage, devouring all that karmic fire, storing it beneath his body, within his bones and tendons.

What a terrifying fleshly body!

The Great Witch God sighed in his heart……

Martial Immortal.

Li Che remained a Martial Immortal; he had not become a deity, and the Great Witch God couldn't help but want to laugh……

However, the Great Witch God immediately guessed the reason Li Che had concealed the fact that he was still a Martial Immortal.

After all, the path of the Martial Immortal is the cultivation way by which mortals can rise, the sole route to break the cage of immortality.

The Great Witch God sensed Li Che's ambition, feeling myriad emotions.

"What a formidable Gongshu Guigu…… your eyes are truly poisonous……"

"Old man, I am not as good as you."

The Great Witch God let out a light sigh.

Although Director Da's method of betting the entire human realm's fortune on Li Che was crazy and impulsive, the Great Witch God had to admit he lacked Da's resolve.

If he had that resolve, back when in the Third Prince's Guiyi Miao, he ought to have intervened to help Li Che.

Because, at that time, Director Da had once come to invite him.

As the two representatives of heaven and earth's will in the human realm, if they could join forces, perhaps they could prevent some bad things from happening.

Unfortunately…… there are no 'ifs'.

Everything has already happened; it is now past.

People must ultimately pay for their mistakes.

The Great Witch God rose from the grass and sat there, bare, looking up at Li Che whose body was once again shrouded in divinity.

He couldn't help but feel some anticipation, anticipating that Li Che's Martial Immortal way would succeed, to contend against immortality, in this age where heaven and earth are sealed by immortality, to forge a brand-new path, to open a expanse of clarity for humanity.

As one of the representatives of heaven and earth's will, the Great Witch God naturally harbored such hopes.

It's just a pity that he took the wrong path, sided with the wrong side.

Upon learning that Li Che, in the Third Prince's Guiyi Miao, had been forced by the gods to abandon the Martial Immortal path and fall into the divine way, the Great Witch God gave up, choosing to side with the gods' camp. "That too…… could be considered good news……"

The Great Witch God watched as a step was taken, landing Li Che beside him.

He did not announce to heaven and earth the secret that Li Che remained a Martial Immortal.

Instead, he buried it in his heart, to weather away with his death.

He smiled as he looked at Li Che, his eyes holding a hint of anticipation.

"Hope…… that in years to come, you will not become those who monopolize a way, block the path ahead, and shroud the heavens in immortality."

The Great Witch God said softly.

Having spoken, he did not wait for Li Che to give any response.

His entire body began to continually dissipate, collapse, cracks intertwining; slowly, like a weathered sculpture, it turned into broken sand and gravel, bit by bit eroding away upon the plain.

Whoooo——

!

Wind and waves swept over, instantly stirring the grass to sway.

Li Che's eyes deep, he watched as the weathered Great Witch God transformed, turning into intertwined particles imbued with the aura of heaven and earth's will, scattering the sand and gravel.

He raised his palm, five fingers embedded, like five divine spears aimed.

The next moment, a tremendous suction erupted from his palm, drawing in all of the Great Witch God's weathered flesh and blood.

Having done all that, Li Che's dark robe fluttered wildly as he fiercely flicked his sleeve.

While his body shattered space, he spoke toward the distant Xie Yunshen.

"Old Xie, get to work."

Beyond a hundred li.

Xie Yunshen, lightly shaking his feather fan, instantly had his eyes shine brilliant, his face filled with fervor, immediately began bustling about as a small cauldron appeared, starting to collect the golden lotuses of fortune from Witch God Mountain and the Great Li Royal Court.

Lü Taibai, Xuan Qisha, Gu Qianchi and others were dumbstruck, filled with shock.

This……

It's over?!

That is a Great Witch God just as mysterious as the Grand Overseer!

The Grand Overseer rode on the back of a black tortoise, his eyes misty under immortal aura, extremely solemn.

"Li Che is gathering the fortune of the world…… what exactly does he intend to do?"

"When all the world's fortune converges into one, it is both blessing and calamity."

What Li Che wants to do.

Even the present Grand Overseer really can't fathom it.

In terms of strength, Li Che can even slay the deity masters of the three major deity camps at the peak of Divine Fire who dwell in the human world's strange realm.

Then what exactly does Li Che still intend to do by gathering fortune?

However, the Grand Overseer has a hunch and a premonition.

What Li Che intends to do is absolutely a monumental undertaking!

……

……

Ink City, the City of the Dead.

Li Che appeared in an instant, bean-sized ink-black raindrops howling as they fell from the high sky.

With a flick of his sleeve, three enormous clumps of divine spirit flesh and blood appeared, a rich bloody scent permeating, accompanied by immense divinity and intertwined divine patterns of the Great Dao.

Besides that, there was the blood and flesh dust of the Great Witch God after weathering, condensed together into a sand ball.

Li Che's brow trembled, and he instantly performed the Arrest God.

Summoning them back from death.

Woooo—

The wailing wind swept about, the Nine Depths trembled, the netherworld surged, as if a great river of the Yellow Springs came rushing forth, the aura of death permeating and intertwining above.

Li Che flicked his finger, the Dao vessel sped forth, breaking through the Yellow Springs, guiding the Arrest Gods to return.

The three deity masters of Black Sumeru, the Strange Demon Lair, and the Dark Heavenly Court, the strongest forces in the human world's strange realm, all opened their eyes, their expressions exceedingly complex.

However, amidst the complexity, their hearts were filled more with shock and dread.

He could actually pull them back from death; even immortals might not necessarily be able to do that, right?

Could it be that this Li Che is one of the immortals who presides over the netherworld and controls death?!

The Great Witch God also revived.

When he opened his eyes, the astonishment and shock in his depths were like an ocean storm, striking his mind and spirit.

He suddenly looked toward Li Che.

And Li Che did not give them much explanation; he flicked his finger, directly transmitting the Arrest God's guide into their minds, letting them understand the present situation.

"You now possess immortal bodies; as long as I do not die, you will not perish, becoming anomalies between heaven and earth."

Li Che said lightly.

And Li Che's purpose in reviving these spirits is actually quite simple.

He simply wants to take a look at their cosmic spaces.

The three deity masters and the Great Witch God did not hesitate, opening their cosmic spaces to Li Che without reservation, displaying their collections.

After becoming Arrest Gods, they felt only reverence for Li Che.

Li Che glanced over, his eyes showing delight; these three deity masters and the Great Witch God are indeed top-tier existences in the mundane world and the human world's strange realm.

Their collections are extremely rich, each even possessing a four-leaf Dao essence divine crystal!

"Good!"

Li Che's eyes lit up; these resources will all become his capital for future entry into the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, to reunite with his daughter and support her.

After the inventory was finished, Li Che found the Great Witch God.

The Great Witch God never expected that, just moments ago they were still facing off in battle, but now he has become Li Che's most loyal subordinate.

"My lord..."

"Can you still draw upon the power of karmic fire? I need the power of karmic fire to burn myself."

Li Che said very directly.

The Great Witch God stared, then solemnly nodded: "Although I have become an Arrest God, my connection with the will of heaven and earth has also been reestablished……"

"If I continue to disregard life and death, bearing the will of heaven and earth upon myself, I could guide that will to deem my lord a heretic and invoke karmic fire upon him! However, I might perish in the process……"

"That's fine; dying a few more times should be enough."

Li Che spoke cold words from his gentle mouth.

Anyway…… Arrest Gods won't truly die.

Li Che doesn't care about the death of the Arrest Gods.

With his fingers spread, the three deity masters and the Great Witch God all turned into black Arrest God pieces.

The three deity masters, combined with the lower divine weapons of the Three Pure Ones that Li Che has collected, can reach the level of merging Dao; for Li Che, they are quite a good aid.

Entering the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, they can also become quite helpful.

Hum—

Li Che leaned forward, shattering the black rain, and then his whole body vanished.

Reappearing, he had already returned to the snow mountain's peak.

Xie Yunshen sat cross-legged on the mountain peak; above the bronze cauldron before him, three golden fortune golden lotuses hovered.

When he saw Li Che return.

Xie Yunshen immediately stood: "My lord, I have not failed your trust, condensing three fortune golden lotuses of the Great Li Royal Court and Witch God Mountain."

"Conquering the Western Regions' Buddhist lands also gained three fortune golden lotuses; adding the three just obtained makes an extra six..."

"Furthermore, there are the twelve from the Central Lands' Dàjǐng..."

"In total, that makes eighteen fortune golden lotuses, the pinnacle convergence of mortal fortune, the eighteenth-grade heaven-and-earth fortune golden lotus!"

Xie Yunshen said fervently.

Because he is closer to witnessing and accomplishing this world's undertaking—unprecedented in past and future—he has taken another step forward!

"Eighteen?" Li Che raised an eyebrow.

"Behind the Western Regions' Buddhist lands stands Black Sumeru; behind Witch God Mountain stands the Strange Demon Lair… And what about the Dark Heavenly Court? Which faction does it represent?" Li Che couldn't help but ask.

Afterward, Li Che understood.

Because the god-master of the Dark Heavenly Court's spirit-binding deity spoke, transmitting sound to Li Che to dispel his doubts.

"So it is; behind the Dàjǐng court actually stands the Dark Heavenly Court… The founding emperor of Dàjǐng, who was the reincarnation of that god emperor, is indeed the god emperor's reincarnation."

It's complete; this time it's truly complete.

Li Che's heart stirred; with a flick of his finger, the Dark Heavenly Court's god-master instantly donned a black robe, wore the Underworld's All Heroes mask, and stepped forth.

The vast and mighty divinity, suppressed within his body, with divine fire flickering behind him, warped space.

"My lord!"

The Dark Heavenly Court's god-master clasped his fists and spoke in a deep voice.

Li Che gave a slight nod, looking at Xie Yunshen: "Go, go complete the collection of the remaining fortune golden lotuses."

"The fortune golden lotuses of the Purple Mansion Divine Sect, the Southern Sea Purple Bamboo Grove, the Ba-Shu Sword Pavilion, and other divine sects should all be reclaimed."

"Collecting the divine sects' fortune golden lotuses should not require my intervention."

Xie Yunshen lightly shook his feather fan; as a fellow spirit-binder, he naturally knew exactly who this spirit-binder Li Che had dispatched was!

He is a god-master at the pinnacle of divine spirits!

Li Che offered a Gathering Immortal Banner, helping the god-master shield against the will of heaven and earth.

Afterward, Li Che paid no further heed and said nothing more.

His whole body trembled, and he sat cross-legged directly on the snow-capped summit of Witch God Mountain.

This snow mountain is extremely high, as if one could pluck stars with a hand, linking heaven and earth.

It is an excellent place for cultivation; the Great Witch God communicates with the will of heaven and earth here, so Li Che's choice to break through to the Mystic Immortal realm here is also a good place.

Afterward, Li Che began to clear the field.

With a flick of his finger.

Black chess pieces shot out one after another.

Then they twisted and expanded, transforming into masked figures.

The Underworld's Ox Demon, Horse-Face, Divine Monkey, Thunder Dragon, King Yan, and so on……

Arms crossed over his chest, utterly ruthless, he began to clear the field, driving out the cultivators of Witch God Mountain one after another.

All were arranged to be placed beyond a hundred li.

Not even Lü Taibai or Xuan Qisha and the like could approach.

The Overseer, who had originally intended to leave, seeing Li Che's grand move, couldn't help but tremble beneath the immortal aura surrounding his face.

Li Che's grand move is about to begin!

Perhaps he will soon know what Li Che intends to do by gathering the unprecedented eighteenth-grade heaven-and-earth fortune golden lotuses.

The eighteenth-grade heaven-and-earth fortune golden lotus is the perfect state of mortal fortune; however, each time this perfect state appears, once the fortune golden lotuses scatter again, it will bring a calamitous catastrophe upon the mortal realm.

The more perfect the fortune golden lotus, the more terrifying the accompanying calamity.

As the Overseer, spokesperson of heaven and earth's will, he felt cold sweat trickling down his back, never expecting Li Che to go to such extremes.

He thought that Li Che's condensation of twelfth-grade fortune golden lotuses was already the utmost, but he never imagined Li Che would actually condense eighteenth-grade golden lotuses!

If this causes the fortune to scatter, a worldwide calamity will inevitably erupt!

Heaven and earth's will, enraged, descends the supreme tribulation to cleanse the mortal realm; those who can survive are likely few and far between!

The Great Witch God said he felt ashamed compared to the Overseer, but in fact the Overseer also never imagined Li Che would go to such extremes, his spirit too overwhelming to envision what path Li Che would take!

But now there is no chance for regret; the Overseer can only stare fixedly, for if the eighteenth-grade fortune golden lotuses collapse, he will be doomed as an unforgivable sinner of heaven and earth, his fate already bound to Li Che's.

Xie Yunshen, led by the god-master, directly tore through the heavens, shattering space as he departed.

Returning within Dàjǐng's borders, they gathered the divine sects' fortune in just two forms.

With the aid of a god-master at the pinnacle of divine fire, even the Purple Mansion Divine Sect could not resist or obstruct.

All Li Che needs to do is wait, gather strength, adjust his condition to its peak, and charge into the Mystic Immortal realm!

At the snow mountain's summit.

Li Che sat in meditation, black clouds roiling, as if the will of heaven and earth sensed something and stirred restlessly.

Like a black cloud pressing down on a city, it brought an endless, oppressive feeling upon the mortal realm.

A single session of meditation lasted seven days.

The entire snow mountain seemed to be pressed down and sunk a hundred feet by the weight of heaven and earth's will!

Upon the arrival of the seventh day.

Li Che's eyes snapped open, his black, vigorous hair whipping wildly across heaven and earth.

He had already sensed...

Within Dàjǐng.

Haoran Academy.

Xie Yunshen stood by the Haoran Pond of Haoran Academy, holding three sticks of incense, facing the bronze cauldron, completing the final bow to heaven and earth.

On the cauldron, the final fortune-gold lotus condensed!

In an instant, golden light burst forth, shooting into the heavens.

A golden pillar of light directly pierced heaven and earth.

There were eighteen golden lotuses in total, as if illuminating the mountains and rivers for myriad miles!

At the peak of Witch God Mountain.

Li Che stood, his bones and tendons resonating, his golden qi and blood flourishing, the heavy snow on the summit melting away.

It has begun!

Nine years of martial cultivation, the ultimate transformation to mortal immortal!

Today...

Using the holy body as the pedestal, the Dao bones as fuel, the karmic fire as the flame!

The immortal platform ignites the immortal fire!

Illuminating the smooth path to the Mystic Immortal!

(End of chapter)