Chapter 572: Xixi's Tenth Birthday New Dao Fruit

Hoo hoo hoo—

A flurry of snow, coming from beyond the palace, cutting through layers of blockade, whistling as it fell, like scattered blossoms, was pinched between Li Che's fingertips.

The chill spread from the snow, seeping along his fingertip skin and permeating his whole body.

Li Che's eyes opened and closed; within them, a great Dao river of interwoven colors surged endlessly.

Having just merged Dao, Li Che's essence, spirit, and mind seemed to reach a pinnacle, his consciousness boiling to the extreme, like a mountain fire brewing a terrifying aura that could sweep the hills.

The heavy snow swirled wildly.

Ru Xuan Mountain is lofty, and snowfall there is not uncommon, but in many places of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, snow is rare.

Today is Xixi's tenth birthday, a very special day for Li Che.

Li Che does not mark his daughter's birthday by the day it snows; instead, his heart naturally records the passage of each day, remembering through the flow of time.

For Li Che, who has attained the Temporal-Spatial Golden Wheel Dao Fruit, Sixth Molt, this is no difficulty at all.

Standing at a palace window, gazing at the swirling snow and falling blossoms, Li Che's lips curved into a faint smile.

"Xixi, you're ten now."

Li Che felt quite pleased.

Compared to her ninth birthday, now that Xixi is ten, the whole family can gather together.

For Li Che, Xixi's tenth birthday is significant; ten marks a true coming‑of‑age for the little girl.

Thus, Li Che intends to go personally to Xixi's side to accompany her on her birthday.

He cannot go unprepared.

The snowflakes spun in the sky; as Li Che's spirit stirred, a black chess piece shot out, expanding rapidly, then transforming into the form of his Cang Che Immortal Hand at that moment.

This is Li Che drawing out the Dominion Avatar from Mo Cheng Fu Du.

The Dominion Avatar can wield eighty percent of Li Che's combat power; with the Dao Fruit in the painting having evolved to the Sixth Molt, Li Che can even bestow the Dao Fruit's abilities onto the avatar, enhancing its strength.

Li Che leaves the Dominion Avatar within the palace and plans to return to Yun Xiao Village.

The main reason is that Ji Shaohao, to give the ten Divine Eagle Immortal Hands he selected at the Divine Craft Immortal Hand Assembly stronger competitiveness, strives to secure one of the eighty‑one slots.

Therefore, Zhao Yuan Daxian conducts a special Divine Eagle‑level training for all the Immortal Hands.

Just as the Heaven‑and‑Earth Origin prepared earlier for the Nirvana Heavenly King serves as a testing resource, the same principle applies.

Li Che himself has reached the Great Immortal level in Divine Eagle technique, needing no special training; leaving a Dominion Avatar to study is sufficient.

When the Dominion Avatar appears, Li Che clenches his five fingers, the celestial chessboard retracts to his brow, and the Temporal‑Spatial Golden Wheel behind him clangs and spins, expanding the range of the Flying Thunder transposition.

He instantly transposes from Ru Xuan Mountain to Cang Lan Village, then another shift, hands behind his back, stepping as if walking through void; in no time he returns to outside Yun Xiao Village.

【8】 Boom—

Rumble—

Outside Yun Xiao Village, Li Che floats upright, the celestial chessboard spiraling above his head.

His gaze shoots out, spotting the four seated Nirvana champions.

The quasi‑Heavenly King hidden in the void, once its trace was found, ceases to hide and stretches across the void, sealing Yun Xiao Village completely.

Together with the other three Nirvana sitters who have entered the initial stage of the Nine Nether Life‑Death Path, Yun Xiao Village is entirely cut off from the outside world.

At the village entrance.

Old Tuoba Lian, leaning on a cane atop a blue stone, alone bears the spirit of the whole Yun Xiao Village.

When Li Che returned, he saw this scene.

Standing with his hands behind his back, his ink‑clad shirt embroidered with golden lotus fluttering, Li Che's eyes dimly surveyed the situation and exhaled slowly.

"Worried about what gift to give Xixi for her tenth birthday..."

"Since that's the case."

"Then give her a Nirvana."

Li Che smiled lightly.

But he did not act immediately.

He sat cross‑legged in a corner outside Yun Xiao Village, the heavens clear, the universe bright, a gentle breeze unruffled.

"It's coming."

Li Che sits cross‑legged on the blue stone, his eyes opening and closing.

The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths are indeed far vaster than the mortal realm, yet most places are too desolate, sparsely populated, and thus rather primitive.

Green mountains rose one after another, blue stones lay scattered; Li Che sat in a deep mountain about a hundred li from Yun Xiao Village.

His gaze deepened, his jet‑black hair whipping like dark lightning, as if slicing the void itself.

"Hoo—"

"Sss—"

Between a breath in and out, Li Che's entire aura instantly transformed into a Warrior Immortal form.

Mysterious Immortal Dao merged!

Although the Dao has just merged, the Warrior Immortal will gains a massive boost.

One plus one in the Great Dao far exceeds two!

Boom—

Every inch of flesh revives as if reborn, free of suppression and restraint; the Mysterious Immortal will erupts like a mountain flood, flashing with radiant streams, two hues shifting, the extraordinarily strange Dao river surging wildly!

Dong—!

An ancient bell tolls long in his ears, as if a weathered massive bell, struck fiercely by an enraged celestial deity.

The sound waves surge like tides, seeming to burst from Li Che's body, sweeping in all directions.

Dong dong dong—

The bell's resonance roars like thunder, profoundly mysterious!

In his chest, ten Dao fruits cheered joyfully, as if resonating.

Waiting for the bell sounds to gradually fade.

Li Che's mind and spirit were pulled into the familiar vast primordial world.

……

……

Dao tree space!

Within the ancient and vast world, the Dao tree rose skyward, piercing the clouds; its sprawling branches spread like a spiderweb covering the heavens, as if the ubiquitous source of the universe.

Li Che stood with his hands behind his back, floating in the void, his eyes flashing with radiant light.

As the Dao fruits successively attained the sixth and seventh transformations, Li Che was no longer the insignificantly small being before the Dao tree.

Faintly, he seemed able to sense a hazy will.

"The Dao tree's will?"

Li Che suddenly lifted his head, his jet‑black hair beneath him unfurling like a black lotus.

"So vast, such a grand will—feels… stronger than the will of the mortal world and the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths."

Li Che took a deep breath.

However, the feeling was vague; it seemed that he still lacked something and could not truly reach the level of contacting that will.

"Perhaps, upon attaining the level of a Dao fruit master, one can touch the Dao tree's will."

Li Che seemed lost in thought.

His contemplation was quickly broken as his gaze was drawn to a newly formed Dao fruit hanging above the Dao tree like a star.

That was Xixi at ten years old, the eleventh Dao fruit!

With a splash.

The Dao fruit fell, as if crushing the void, and countless radiances burst forth before Li Che's eyes.

It reflected the entire tableau of Xixi's experiences at nine years old…

A cursory glance, yet feeling as if accompanying personally.

In fact, that year was happy for Xixi; although separated from her parents, she found many companions in Earth Village and received affection.

Most of the scenes were of Xixi living in Earth Village, and Li Che couldn't help but feel delighted while watching.

But the later scenes turned sorrowful.

It seemed to be Xixi's genuine emotional shift; she knew that because of her, the entire Earth Village would face a great calamity, and indeed it did.

When she saw Earth Village destroyed in an instant, Xixi nearly went mad, almost falling into a curse.

However, Li Che's arrival was like a flash of light; after reviving the villagers of Earth Village, Xixi's mood finally returned to calm.

Buzz—buzz—buzz—buzz—

Li Che truly sensed his daughter's admiration for him as he revived the villagers of Earth Village!

The older his daughter grew, the more she had her own thoughts, yet her admiration for her father never changed!

After a year of guarding, the Dao fruit finally transformed!

My Xixi is ten years old.

……

【Your daughter is ten, feels sorrow, joy, anger, understands the treachery of human hearts, remains safe, and obtains the Dao fruit "Hell"】

……

The multicolored radiance abruptly turned pitch black, as if countless hazy black mists piled before his eyes, weaving cold letters.

The eleventh Dao fruit!

Li Che stared at the prompt, unable to help but be stunned.

Hell?!

Somewhat familiar.

Li Che furrowed his brows, and the next moment, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes: Hell… Li Che was naturally familiar with it; whether from past‑life myths or the underworld he founded in this life, it was inseparable from Hell.

In Li Che's original speculation, the Prison Lotus was also related to Hell.

Now, a Dao fruit directly appeared, named "Hell"!

"This Dao fruit..."

"After transformation, will it yield the only missing… Earth calamity of my current Hongmeng Nine Tribulations?"

Now Li Che is only one calamity away from completing the Hongmeng Nine Tribulations.

When Xixi was nine, the Dao fruit she awakened, "Great Sun Golden Crow Carriage," later transformed into a fire calamity; Li Che classified it as a fire calamity Dao fruit, same as Dragon Elephant Vajra.

Each year Xixi ages, he can obtain a Dao fruit; if Xixi remains immortal, she will keep growing.

Then, the Dao fruits he awakens will increase.

Li Che guessed that most Dao fruits were confined under the original Nine Calamities, categorized according to Dao calamities.

Their functions may differ, but they all ultimately converge onto the same Great Dao.

While Li Che was pondering, a repulsive force erupted; he did not resist it and directly exited the Dao tree space.

He sat cross‑legged on a green stone in the deep mountains, his eyes dim.

Within his chest, the eleventh Dao fruit 【Hell】 was faintly pulsating.

This newborn Dao fruit was too young; compared with the other robust Dao fruits, its beat was indeed weak.

【Hell (Dao fruit): Prison‑born nether, Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, all things fall to their end, all return to Hell】

Buzz—

Black dense fog churned endlessly, as if someone spat ink, spraying before his face.

The true words of the Hell Dao Fruit emerged.

Li Che's gaze was deep and profound; faintly, his mind trembled, his eyes opening and closing, as if entering the state of 'Penetrating the Netherworld,' and he saw the Netherworld.

And the entire Netherworld seemed to be violently vibrating, producing a strong resonance with the 'Hell' Dao Fruit.

However, perhaps because the Hell Dao Fruit was too weak, this feeling of resonance soon disappeared.

【Dao Fruit (Hell): lv1, 10%】

Huh?

Li Che's eyebrows twitched slightly, feeling a bit surprised, because the Hell Dao Fruit actually directly showed its maturity.

This had never happened before.

"Where does this Dao Fruit's maturity come from?"

Li Che felt somewhat bewildered.

But he soon understood.

"Penetrating the Netherworld… seeing the Netherworld, the resonance produced with the Netherworld? That is the source of this Hell Dao Fruit's maturity."

Li Che couldn't help but take a deep breath, his heart pounding!

In his chest, the Chess Saint Dao Fruit trembled.

The Chess Saint Dao Fruit's second heaven of divine ability is Penetrating the Netherworld.

Although the Chess Saint Dao Fruit has now achieved six transformations, the ability of Penetrating the Netherworld still exists.

Buzz——

Li Che activated the divine ability Penetrating the Netherworld, his pupils instantly becoming deep!

Everything around began to turn into a dilapidated, pitch-black hue; the ancient deep mountains, the ancient trees that had grown for over ten thousand years, actually withered and decayed, the trees turning bald, as if countless Netherworld spirits like black crows screamed ga-ga, flapping their wings, bursting forth thick black qi.

Rumble——

Maintaining the Penetrating the Netherworld state, the Hell Dao Fruit seemed to be violently vibrating.

Faintly, Li Che felt himself turning into a black vortex, as the Hell Dao Fruit, leaping about, frantically devoured the power of the Netherworld.

Suddenly, Li Che raised his gaze and saw, in the distance, a blood-red sky, as if purgatorial lava burst forth; within the explosive force, a terrifying eye descended!

Li Che's heart jolted.

That was an extremely terrifying existence!

Without any hesitation, Li Che withdrew from Penetrating the Netherworld.

Then the 'Hell' Dao Fruit returned to calm.

And Li Che exhaled a turbid breath; that existence rushing from the Netherworld gave him an ultimate terrifying pressure.

"Perhaps… that is an existence of the immortal level!"

"An immortal in the Netherworld?!"

Li Che shook his head slightly.

The human realm, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and the Netherworld…

This world is filled with too much strangeness.

The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and the human realm are incompatible with the Netherworld; the Netherworld is the world that the deceased enter after death.

But for the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and the human realm, it is full of mystery and taboo.

【Dao Fruit (Hell): lv1, 60%】

Looking at that surging maturity, Li Che's brows slightly furrowed.

The ease and convenience of increasing this Dao Fruit's maturity surprised Li Che a little, but amidst the surprise, he also felt uneasy.

Things obtained too easily always give a feeling of instability.

This 'Earth Tribulation' Dao Fruit gave Li Che no sense of being down-to-earth at all.

He rubbed his nose, and Li Che withdrew from the Penetrating the Netherworld state.

However, to increase the Dao Fruit's maturity, Li Che might later need to maintain frequent entry into the Penetrating the Netherworld state.

However, one cannot stay too long in the Penetrating the Netherworld state; lingering too long will invite terrifying beings to descend, which is too dangerous.

The Netherworld seems to be a reflection of heaven and earth; dying in the Netherworld means also dying in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, so the danger is hardly less than reality.

He stood up and stretched.

Li Che's mind spread out, beginning to sense the four Nirvanas situated in the void.

That Nirvana of the Quasi Heavenly King level, Li Che naturally did not wish to provoke.

Li Che has just stepped into the Profound Immortal Union Dao realm, which is comparable to the Cutting Dao Realm; he does not know whether he can defeat a Nirvana if they clash.

Whether he wins or not doesn't matter; Li Che happens to borrow an Initial Nirvana to test the power of his own transformation.

Actually, Li Che should seek out a divine spirit of the Three Cutting Realm to test, but……

In this siege of Yunxiao Village by Cutting Dao divine spirits, there was no Cutting Dao Realm.

So Li Che planned to directly test his hand against a Nirvana.

This also counts as a gift for Xixi's tenth birthday.

The Heaven-Earth Chessboard expanded, and Li Che's figure instantly rose, like water flowing into the void, leaving no trace.

……

……

Outside Yunxiao Village.

In the void, the wind and currents surged.

The Quasi Heavenly King of the Dark Heavenly Court sat cross-legged, his aura immensely powerful and profound.

Besides that, there were three Initial Nirvanas seated cross-legged in the void, spaced roughly a thousand zhang apart, sealing off all areas outside Yunxiao Village.

Their bearing was still relaxed, because the goal was to seal Yunxiao Village, there was basically no pressure.

At present, Yunxiao Village has not yet become acquainted with the Prison Lotus girl; in other words, they have not been fattened, and without being fattened, destroying Yunxiao Village brings no benefit.

So, when no action is required, these Nirvana beings are naturally relaxed.

Although Yunxiao Village has merged with Earth Village, it is not strong in itself; were it not for that mysterious figure who makes even the Young Emperor wary—the Earth Store King, suspected to be lurking in Yunxiao Village—these Nirvana beings would even dare to bring a chair and sit directly at the village gate.

Just to be able to be this arrogant…

Just Tuoba Lian, although also a Nirvana, but he is far too old.

Furthermore, they have a Quasi Heavenly King stationed here, enough to completely suppress Tuoba Lian.

So, the three Nirvana initial-stage beings are actually quite relaxed, stationed in the void.

Li Che, from a distance of hundreds of li, although his Chess Saint Dao Fruit has undergone six transformations, its shielding power against Nirvana experts is still not strong enough.

Flying Star Shift is an instant distance-opening technique; it was already sensed by the Quasi Heavenly King back then, but the impact was not great.

And now, to deal with a Nirvana, one must get close…

Getting close naturally brings problematic influences.

Li Che stood with hands behind his back, his black robe fluttering, sensing the three Nirvana beings in the void.

Finally, he locked onto the Nirvana initial-stage being with the weakest aura.

A Nirvana expert…

Even Li Che could not help feeling pressure.

But now, Li Che, who has successfully achieved the Unity of Dao, is more driven by a desire to verify his own cultivation and battle power.

Of course, besides that, it is also for the transformation of the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit.

Now that the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit has achieved seven transformations, to further transform and improve, one must contend with even stronger beings…

After confirming this Nirvana expert…

Li Che's mind stirred slightly; he raised his five fingers toward that Nirvana expert's direction from afar.

His five fingers clenched tightly.

Boom——!!!

The Heaven and Earth Chessboard suddenly expanded, as if a player had dropped a piece from beyond the heavens.

Like a flying star striking the chessboard, splashing starlight ten thousand zhang high!

The next moment, Li Che used Flying Star Shift to appear within a hundred zhang of that Nirvana expert; at the outset, a black vortex appeared out of thin air.

Ink City Fengdu!

Swallow!

Boom——!!!

"Presumptuous!"

In the void.

The stationed Quasi Heavenly King suddenly opened his eyes; his sharp gaze, like a divine spear, cleaved the void.

At the instant Li Che acted, this Quasi Heavenly King immediately sensed something, noticing that something was off.

A mighty life-and-death aura surged forth; the life-and-death thought made the void seem to ripple with folds.

"What madness is this?!"

At the entrance of Yunxiao Village.

Tuoba Lian, extremely aged and half-asleep, cursed and slammed his cane down.

Black and white qi, life-and-death aura, burst forth from his aged body, shielding the entire Yunxiao Village.

Rumble——

In the void, light burst forth; the black and white qi roiled like dragons.

The Quasi Heavenly King strode forward, as if a path of the Nine Underworlds life and death lay beneath his feet.

He stared at the void where that vanished Nirvana initial-stage being had been stationed; it was empty, without a trace.

And that strange probing aura also vanished!

"A Nirvana initial-stage being, right under my very eyes, was seized and taken away?"

"Who exactly is it?"

"Could it be a strong one from Yunxiao Village? Impossible, Yunxiao Village only has Tuoba Lian; could it be the Earth Store King the Young Emperor spoke of?"

The Quasi Heavenly King's face sank, solemn.

"This kind of method… is not right; the Young Emperor once said that this Quasi Heavenly King acts with overbearing dominance, unmatched strength, and is a true Nirvana Heavenly King; to deal with a Nirvana initial-stage being, one would never need to resort to such petty tricks."

The Quasi Heavenly King's face turned gloomy.

Tuoba Lian also became pleased, his eyes flashing, his eyeballs rolling in a circle.

"Heh… with one less Nirvana, could it be that your rivals are trying to seize this chance to weaken your Dark Heavenly Court's strength?"

Tuoba Lian laughed.

In a vague way, Tuoba Lian seemed to have guessed something, but as someone with vast experience, he naturally would not show it at this moment.

The Quasi Heavenly King gave a cold snort; the other two Nirvana beings broke out in cold sweat, and the many Slaying Dao and Merging Dao spirits were drenched in sweat.

Even Nirvana beings can be taken away; to take them, it would probably be easy!

What kind of demons and monsters are lurking in the dark, watching?

……

……

That vanished Nirvana initial-stage being felt a moment of daze.

It seemed he had not expected that, while leisurely stationed in the void, a black vortex would suddenly appear; when he reacted, he was forcibly pulled away by an irresistible mysterious power.

"A little cave heaven?"

Ink‑colored rain swept over the firmament with a whooshing roar, striking the buildings and ground of the entire city, splashing up a layer of grayish mist.

Inside Ink City Fengdu, the area had already been cleared.

Cang Che of Canglang Village was placed by Li Che inside the Dominion Tower, the safest spot.

"Sir… who are you?"

This Nirvana Initial Stage being, of course, had never seen Ink City Fengdu.

The underworld's Fengdu is famous among mortals, but it has never shown its might in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

The Nirvana Initial Stage let out a deep, booming shout, the sound waves rolling outward, shattering the ink rain; a powerful life‑and‑death aura surged, causing every raindrop to freeze in midair.

Each frozen raindrop in the air took the shape of a plump, perfectly round black bead.

Yet this Nirvana, bathed in the radiance reflected off the black gems, saw a figure steadily stepping closer.

His gaze swept past, yet saw nothing in the void.

Suddenly.

Just ten zhang behind him, an incredibly violent roar erupted!

Like a scorching sun rising from the vast sea, it vaporized countless ocean currents!

The extreme sun blazed, the sunrise rose in the east!

It was an ultra‑hot furnace, formed from the purest condensation of Qi and blood; such pure Qi‑blood is exceedingly rare in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, virtually nonexistent!

"Mortal Law?! Pure Martial Path?!"

This Nirvana Initial Stage, with extraordinary eyesight, actually recognized it at this moment.

"Impossible!"

"How could Mortal Law, Pure Martial Path, possibly reach this level?!"

Li Che donned a mask—the long‑absent Underworld Bull Demon Mask—causing his ink‑colored shirt to instantly swell, his body filling it to the brim.

Pure Qi‑blood, burning to the extreme, scorching intent, ravaged and swept across heaven and earth!

Whoosh—whoosh—

Martial Dao Profound Immortal, the profound mystery is born!

Two colored great rivers surged forth, racing at high speed, bursting with a whooshing sound!

Li Che spread his arms wide, his tendons and bones resonating, his spine roaring like an angry dragon, directly assuming the Eight Extraordinary Gate Celestial Seed stance!

Bang bang bang bang—

Eight Extraordinary Gate Celestial Seeds detonated one after another!

Facing a Nirvana, Li Che dared not show any slack.

He immediately engaged the enemy in his current strongest Unified Dao state!

"What terrifying Qi‑blood, to achieve this with Qi‑blood alone? Martial Immortal… Mortal Martial Immortal!"

"Wait! Mortal Martial Immortal?!"

"You are…"

The Nirvana seemed to sense something, its eyes instantly flashing with disbelief!

Mortal Martial Immortal, isn't that the father of the Prison Lotus daughter?

The father of the Prison Lotus daughter… appearing in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths?!

The news, like a booming bell, detonated the Nirvana's consciousness wave, life‑and‑death aura surging around it; the next moment, its eyes erupted with boundless excitement.

"The father of the Prison Lotus daughter?!"

"If I can capture you and bring you back to the Dark Heavenly Court, I shall surely earn immortal praise—this is a monumental merit!"

The Nirvana was excited and frantic!

A powerful divinity erupted; behind it, the black‑and‑white crisscrossing Nine Netherlife Death Path stretched out.

The aura of life and death kept shifting!

Li Che watched the heated Nirvana, a slight curve lifting his lips.

Facing a Nirvana at full firepower, his eyes showed no fear!

He lunged forward fiercely, seemingly light as a feather yet full of mystery, as if a strange arc traced across the sky of Ink City Fengdu and appeared before the Nirvana.

Confronting the aura of life and death, amid the flashing cycle of rebirth, he thrust out a punch!

A punch of the Unified Dao Profound Immortal!

It may be the only punch ever thrown by a Profound Immortal in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths!

…

…

Whoosh—whoosh—

The entire Ink City Fengdu shattered, everything turning into fragments.

Boom!

Even the tallest Dominion Tower, covered in webs, then crashed with a thunderous collapse, pulverizing into dust that floated, after which a figure staggered out, stepping on the scattered rubble, its whole body trembling.

Cang Che was shaken to the core; inside the Dominion Tower, he had almost witnessed a full‑fledged battle.

A life‑and‑death clash between Nirvanas!

The whole Ink City Fengdu was left with hardly any intact place, a testament to the recent battle's ferocity.

In the central plaza of Ink City Fengdu, only a broken, slab‑like ground remained, where a figure knelt, its head blown apart, its body still exuding intertwining black‑and‑white life‑and‑death aura.

Cang Che trembled all over, shuddering violently, terrified to the extreme.

Beside the Nirvana, a figure wearing a smiling, cute bull mask, its clothes in tatters, body scarred, flesh and blood hissing with rising heat.

Looking at that figure, Cang Che's spirit trembled, and in his eyes, fervor spread like ink.

"Old… teacher!"

Li Che stood still, savoring the gains from his battle with the Nirvana strongman, and paid no heed to Cang Che's appearance.

He successfully slew this Nirvana.

However, it was not by relying on the Mysterious Immortal cultivation of the Unified Path, but by…

Boom—

Behind, smoke and dust tore apart.

A black silhouette towering a hundred zhang stood with oppressive presence.

The already shattered ground, as if unable to bear the load, turned to powder, and countless plumes of smoke rose skyward.

Buzz—

Like the sound of a mechanism being activated.

Two golden rays burst forth.

Cang Che lifted his head proudly, like a mayfly gazing at the blue sky.

He then saw the arm‑spanning Qitian Nirvana Armor, engraved with four Heaven‑and‑Earth runes, fully activated, standing behind Li Che, as if raising its head to roar at the sky!

Cang Che watched with a crazed stare, looking dazed.

To craft a device capable of killing a Nirvana, even a Divine Eagle Immortal… would be no different, right?!

Unparalleled in the world!

Li Che radiated intense heat all over his body, the scorching temperature from the vigorous circulation of blood beneath his skin emitting a thermal flow.

He slowly approached the Nirvana whose skull had been blasted open, its life completely snuffed out.

Li Che felt a slight stir in his heart.

The Hell Dao Fruit thumped within his chest; he stimulated the Hell Dao Fruit, intending to test his hypothesis!

Li Che spread his five fingers wide, aiming at the Nirvana corpse.

"Detain Spirit!"

Dong—dong—dong—!

Heaven and earth fell silent.

As if an ancient deity governing death were humming!

Then, the Nine‑Nether Life‑and‑Death Path that pierces the netherworld, belonging to the Nirvana strongman, stretched across and emerged…

Li Che's jet‑black hair whirled wildly, and the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

"The Nine‑Nether Life‑and‑Death Path you once walked…"

"Hell, conscripted."

(End of chapter)