Chapter 60: My Daughter Is Three Years Old, Dao Fruit [Chess Saint]

Fēiléichéng, Nei Cheng.

Independent workshop courtyard.

Li Che sat cross-legged.

Cold air condensed the moisture on the firmament, the drifting snowflakes fell and landed on his shoulder, silently melting and evaporating.

He slowly opened his eyes, and the air in the entire courtyard surged and churned violently.

His bones collided and rumbled from head to toe, qi and blood surged forth like a flood breaking its banks, emitting a dull thud from beneath his skin!

"Nine transformations of marrow cleansing, true great perfection of marrow cleansing……"

Li Che's eyes blazed, and the breath he exhaled was sharp as a blade.

"Moreover, my inner strength……"

Li Che raised his hand; a surge of heat welled in his palm, and along his arm blossomed four black lotuses.

"Prison Lotus Suppresses Ghosts inner strength……fourth heaven!"

The overbearing inner strength rolled like waves, merging with qi and blood, greatly enhancing the force.

Nine transformations of marrow cleansing, plus the inner strength of the fourth heaven……

Now Li Che, even without activating 【Dragon Elephant Vajra】, pure bodily tempering can unleash strength approaching the Pulse Passing realm; if he activates Dragon Elephant Vajra, unmatched in bodily tempering, his explosive power can reach the peak of the qi meridian stage within Pulse Passing.

The Pulse Passing realm is further divided into several lesser stages: qi meridian, profound meridian, and divine meridian.

Qi meridian cultivators can contend with cultivators whose nurtured nature is like a lamp.

If one reaches the profound meridian stage, bodily tempering becomes even more terrifying; even a divine cultivator whose nurtured nature is like a stream can be matched in battle.

As for divine meridian martial artists, they already stand at the absolute peak of the Pulse Passing realm; their flesh and qi-blood are strong as refined steel, each breath like a tyrannosaurus, and they further nourish spirit with qi-blood, enabling them to contend with divine cultivators whose nurtured nature is like a river.

And martial artists above the divine meridian are called grand masters, exceedingly rare!

Even though most divine cultivators use divinity to aid bodily training, speeding up progress, the majority of those whose nurtured nature is like a river only achieve the early qi meridian level of Pulse Passing in bodily tempering.

A minority can reach the profound meridian, and as for the divine meridian level, it is exceedingly few.

Even divine cultivators, if they wish to attain the divine meridian, must spend decades in relentless austerity and refinement; having enjoyed the swift boost from divinity, how could they calm their hearts to grind away?

"Besides qi-blood and inner strength……"

Li Che's eyes flickered; this half-year's greatest gain.

With a clench of his five fingers, divine energy suddenly howled forth from his palm, a mournful wailing that entwined with his every gesture.

"Resentful Wail Suppresses Ghosts!"

The Si family's 'Nine Luminaries Resentful Wail Suppresses Ghosts Nurturing Nature Record,' Li Che has fully mastered it, and has successfully entered the realm of 'nurtured nature like a lamp'!

Most importantly, Li Che also discovered a minor function of the 【Immaculate Mind】.

That is, the Immaculate Mind can, like the Dragon Elephant Vajra, restrain and conceal the divine aura he has cultivated.

Disguising him as an ordinary person who has never cultivated divinity.

"That divine foundation fragment of the Si family elder…… if I were to fully refine it, I fear it could aid me in reaching the 'nurtured nature like a river' realm."

"However, even with the aid of the Immaculate Mind, it still requires some time."

Li Che pondered, summarizing his current overall strength.

The improvement is undoubtedly tremendous!

Now him, encountering Si Mubai again, needs no sneak attack; he can directly blast him to pieces!

He exhaled a long breath, the chaotic wind howling.

After finishing sorting out his cultivation.

Li Che lifted his head; snowflakes drifted down from the high sky, landing on his cheeks, melting away, intensely cold.

"Today…… Xixi is three years old."

A soft murmur.

Bang bang bang!

Suddenly, heaven and earth fell utterly silent.

Within Li Che's chest came waves of violent throbbing; the Dao Fruits 【Immortal Artisan】, 【Immaculate Mind】, and 【Dragon Elephant Vajra】 began to throb vigorously.

Before his eyes…… a familiar scene slowly emerged!

The vast and profound earth saw a towering treasure tree shoot up into the clouds, its leaves trembling and flashing with radiant light!

A seven-colored fruit, overflowing with radiant light, projected a fleeting glimpse of Xixi's growth over the past year.

Her black hair flew in the wind.

Li Che's eyes gleamed brightly.

Unknowingly……

Another year has passed.

A year of guardianship and anticipation finally bore fruit today.

Xixi is three years old, the fourth Dao Fruit……

Has arrived!

……

【Your daughter is three years old, lively and clever, safe and sound, obtaining the Dao Fruit 'Chess Saint'】

……

Before his eyes, the prompt slowly emerged, intertwined with light.

The fourth Dao Fruit!

Following 【Immortal Artisan】, 【Dragon Elephant Vajra】, and 【Immaculate Mind】, the fourth Dao Fruit, Li Che naturally awaited it with great anticipation.

Even though he already had three, Dao Fruit…… he never thought too many.

Each Dao fruit can bring him great help, whether in life, martial arts, or the path of divinity.

As for what effect the fourth Dao fruit will have, he has no clue.

Thus, it gave Li Che a feeling of excitement like opening a blind box.

But when the name of the fourth Dao fruit appeared, Li Che was a little stunned.

"Chess... Chess Saint?"

Li Che's brows involuntarily furrowed, the joy on his face seeming to freeze slightly.

He, Li Che...

He doesn't really know how to play chess.

He can play Five-in-a-Row, but other chess games, aside from knowing the rules, he basically knows nothing about.

【Chess Saint (Dao Fruit): The world is like a chessboard, divinity condenses pieces, the heavenly origin begins, placing pieces follows the heart】

His mind and spirit fluctuated slightly, and an introduction to the Chess Saint Dao Fruit quietly surfaced before him.

"The world is like a chessboard, divinity condenses... chess pieces?"

"Heavenly Origin begins, placing pieces follows the heart?"

Li Che silently felt a sense of bewilderment; even after the introduction, he still didn't quite grasp the specific principle.

Sure enough, anything related to chess is just mysterious and cryptic.

But Li Che wasn't completely ignorant: "Divinity condenses chess pieces..."

Li Che's heart stirred; the Pure Heart Dao Fruit throbbed, and instantly a pure white divinity burst forth, swirling around his palm.

The divinity produced from the Pure Heart has no other divine attributes, only pure and flawless divinity.

Buzz—

The divinity swirled, slowly... actually gathering into a white chess piece before Li Che.

Emitting a pure white glow, it hovered in Li Che's palm.

A hint of curiosity appeared in Li Che's eyes; the next moment, he raised his hand and gripped the chess piece.

Instantly!

Like a drop of water falling onto a mirror‑still lake, sending out rippling waves.

Li Che only felt his spiritual perception suddenly heightened; in an instant, half of Fēiléichéng appeared in his spiritual perception, perfectly replicated like a high‑definition map.

Vertical and horizontal lines intertwined, as if sketching a chessboard that enveloped half of Fēiléichéng!

Li Che's pupils slightly contracted...

This scene was like having opened a BeiDou satellite, overlooking half the city!

Although the people inside the city were vague in their talk and actions, if he was willing to expend divinity, he could obtain gradually clearer feedback.

"You call this... a Chess Saint?"

"Is it a Gaode Chess Saint?"

Li Che really found the effect of this fourth Dao Fruit somewhat unexpected...

He looked at his pinching fingers.

Suddenly, with a flick of his finger, the chess piece condensed from Pure Heart pure divinity shot out dozens of meters from the courtyard, landing at the courtyard gate.

【Chess Saint】 Dao Fruit trembled slightly.

The next moment...

Li Che felt his vision blur; when it cleared, he discovered he had actually shifted from the courtyard center to the spot where the chess piece floated at the gate.

"Place the piece as the heart desires..."

Li Che stood silently at the courtyard gate as snow drifted down from heaven and earth, the invisible divinity tearing it to shreds around him.

He played with the divinity chess piece held between his fingers.

A smile unbidden curled at the corners of his mouth.

"Chess Saint, what is a Chess Saint? To master everything in the chess game is to be the saint of chess; within the chessboard, all is under my observation."

"The world is the chessboard, divinity condenses into chess pieces..."

If Xixi were to carry this chess piece with her...

"My heart wanders, placing pieces as it desires."

That would mean, if Xixi appeared within his chessboard‑sensing range and faced any safety threat...

As long as he wishes, he could appear beside Xixi at the fastest teleportation speed?

From now on...

If there is danger, eliminate the danger; if there is a yellow‑haired thug... beat the yellow‑haired thug!

He no longer needs to worry about Xixi's safety!

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