Chapter 604: The Immortal's Fall: Eight Worlds Divine Tide – The Dawn of Death and the Breakout
Boom—!
The Like-You-Wish Golden Hoop Staff came down from above and smashed directly onto the Slaughter God Immortal's head!
Space burst open, like a blooming flower, unfurling countless ferocious, spreading floral patterns—this was the scene ripped apart by the aftershocks of tremendous power!
And the Slaughter God Immortal was completely dazed.
He madly flung his arms wide, and upon sensing the mortal danger, he desperately exerted all his strength to try to block and resist.
But the Slaughter God Sword was taken by the Earth Store King, who simultaneously summoned four Heaven-Earth Dao Embodiments, and those embodiments all threw punches together.
Those were four powers of primordial source levels.
Although not of immortal level, the threat to the Slaughter God Immortal wasn't as great as imagined, yet four utterly different primordial source powers, accompanying the punches, smashed straight into the Slaughter God Immortal's body.
This caused a tremendous effect on his body.
Before he could steady his form, a stagger left him struck on the head by the Equal Heaven Staff.
"Ah—!"
The Slaughter God Immortal roared in fury, but his roar was abruptly cut off.
Because his head was blown apart!
It exploded into fragments, frenziedly ravaging flesh and blood.
Only a headless silhouette remained, staggering endlessly in the void, unable to stabilize his form.
This blow literally shattered the dignity the Slaughter God Immortal had forcibly maintained!
Countless blood sprayed, Li Che showed no mercy, clenched his five fingers, and forcibly gathered the Slaughter God Immortal's exploded flesh and blood, then slowly organized them together.
Meanwhile, the flesh of the headless Slaughter God Immortal, relying on the primordial source of his immortal spirit, danced wildly, resisting any approach.
The Slaughter God Immortal was naturally not yet dead.
As an immortal, how could he be so easily killed?
Although his head was shattered and countless flesh and blood sprayed, given time he could still heal.
However, that damned Earth Store King……
Actually went and collected his scattered, shattered flesh and blood!
Is this guy some kind of collector maniac?
The Proof-of-Dao Divine Weapons must be collected, and now even his shattered flesh is not spared!
Although the Slaughter God Immortal had no head, his immortal will continued to tremble, a crimson gust raged and howled, and countless crimson primordial source wills surged.
He let out a roar; the headless Slaughter God Immortal clenched his five fingers, and a sword light flashed forth, brilliant and dazzling, as countless sword qi intertwined, forming a Law Sequence Chain that erupted with a roar.
At this moment, the Slaughter God Immortal sensed the threat of death.
He chose to blast the space passage apart.
As long as the space passage is blown apart, the whole passage will collapse, forcing the Earth Store King and Equal Heaven to divert their attention, leaving no focus to deal with him.
This is also his only way to survive!
But it's still extremely difficult!
Without the Slaughter God Sword, his greatest reliance and killing means are gone, his overall strength will plummet drastically, and with his head blown apart and his body wounded, the impact remains.
Thus, the Slaughter God Immortal could only seek another path to preserve his life!
Boom—boom—boom—!
His flesh and divinity began to boil, the vast immortal primordial source seeming to ignite, as countless sword qi burst from his body, dancing wildly in all directions.
It was an indiscriminate, frenzied slaughter!
Crimson streaks of sword qi, like crimson lightning, erupted simultaneously from immortal will and primordial source power, condensing into chains of rule and order!
Slash!
Above the Xuanxiao Heavenly City Pass, space was sliced into shards; under that terrifying force, even this void could barely endure, on the verge of total pulverization!
Boom—!
Countless sword qi poured forth, centered on the Slaughter God Immortal's form, forming a sword qi domain with a radius of ten thousand li, as primordial source raged and the sword qi scorched!
Li Che wore a white jade mask, his eyes deep and unfathomable, and a flash of awe involuntarily crossed his gaze.
No wonder he's an immortal-level being—indeed hard to handle; even in this desperate situation, he could still devise such a method to break the deadlock!
The Equal Heaven Staff trembled, his eyes blazing like two suns!
"How cunning!"
"Hmph!"
The Equal Heaven Armor vibrated, countless mechanism seals bursting forth with scorching radiance like the sun.
Gripping the Like-You-Wish Golden Hoop Staff with one hand, using his body as the center, he tapped his toe down, and space instantly exploded outward as the staff's shadow swept out.
It blasted out a semicircular white shockwave, sweeping across like an absolute crescent moon pressing down!
Boom!
Countless sword qi turned into a sword qi waterfall looming ahead, yet under this terrifying strike, it was like a meteorite striking the earth's surface, kicking up countless waves!
The sword qi waterfall was literally blown apart!
The terrifying strike shattered heaven and earth; the Slaughter God Immortal's immortal will let out a wail, his body flung sideways.
He continuously sprayed blood in the void, yet still exerted himself to burst forth sword qi, slashing at the void; without the Slaughter God Sword, the gap between him and Equal Heaven was too great!
A mighty being capable of contending with the Heavenly Immortal was far beyond what he could now handle!
"You… if you don't leave now, I'll sever the space passage!"
"By then, none of you will be able to escape!"
The headless Slaughter God Immortal's body kept dripping blood, while his immortal will let out a long howl.
"Although I can't match you, I can still buy a moment!"
When the time comes, Qitian Demon Monkey! Even if you really kill me, you'll have to die with me!
God-Slaying Immortal let out a long roar!
Qitian's movements really paused a bit; his blazing eyes looked toward Li Che's direction, as if asking whether to really persist in killing this immortal.
Or perhaps choose to retreat?
If the space channel really collapses, in a short time... it's probably truly impossible to repair and restore.
Without the transmission channel, they'll truly be bound in Mysterious Heaven, facing the allied army of the Three Major Gods' Camp, as eleven Earth Immortals rush over; danger will directly skyrocket!
Escaping will become extremely difficult!
Qitian's will controlled the Qitian Armor; around his body, blazing golden flames continuously burned—this was the Heaven-Earth Pulse Fire!
Lao Jun Immortal refined pills, but did not refine them into a pill for Qitian.
Instead, he helped Qitian, refining the Heaven-Earth Pulse Fire!
Such flames are extremely terrifying, emitting a horrible aura, as if they would completely twist the void.
Qitian looked toward Li Che, as if asking.
This scene, however, made the God-Slaying Immortal's heart slightly startled; it seemed he hadn't expected that, between Qitian and the Earth Store King, the leader would actually be the weaker Earth Store King.
This Earth Store King... just what is his origin?!
Li Che wore a white jade mask, his eyes icy cold, but his mind was racing at this moment; in his chest, the Dao Fruit throbbed.
Li Che's gaze rose, his dark, lustrous hair flying wildly, like black lightning.
He made his decision, and uttered a single word in a low voice!
"Kill!"
Kill!
Today, we must kill this immortal!
As the words fell, the Qitian Armor rang out; a tremendous power exploded, and the As-You-Will Golden Hooped Staff swept across in an instant.
God-Slaying Immortal couldn't believe it!
What grudge?
He really did regret it a bit now, having come alone to block Qitian and the Earth Store King.
But he hadn't expected that Qitian and the Earth Store King could be this crazy.
Even if it meant trading lives, they had to kill themselves!
The God-Slaying Immortal was also ferocious; after disbelief came reckless madness!
"Then let's die together!"
Boom!
He let out a long roar; terrifying sword qi burst forth in brilliant light, and vaguely, the phantom of an unparalleled divine blade appeared behind him.
That was the Proof-of-Dao Divine Weapon Origin cultivated by the God-Slaying Immortal.
It was the embodiment of all his origins, descending completely at this moment, more like a means of mutual annihilation after burning up his own Earth Immortal origin!
Boom——
The void was instantly sliced open, like a soft cake, easily torn apart!
Under that extremely overbearing sword intent, space couldn't bear it, like a fragile mirror shattering into pieces.
The space channel in this region instantly collapsed completely, and could no longer be maintained or continued!
Wanting to teleport away basically became a luxury!
But Qitian, clad in Qitian Armor, swept out with his As-You-Will Golden Hooped Staff, erupting with ultimate speed and power, like unparalleled electric light piercing through, shattering everything!
The God-Slaying Immortal's sword qi were all used to slash and explode the void, instantly losing the power to resist; under Qitian's staff, his flesh body exploded completely.
Furthermore, he burned his Earth Immortal origin to drive that unparalleled sword, chopping and exploding the space of the transmission channel!
He no longer had any spare strength to block Qitian's strike.
Under this strike, he completely exploded, shattered into pieces, totally annihilated!
Shattered flesh and blood sprayed wildly throughout heaven and earth.
Li Che then gathered a few chunks of flesh, and his whole body immediately began to act!
In his chest.
The Timespace Golden Wheel Dao Fruit began to vibrate wildly; two golden light wheels rotated behind him, crossing!
Li Che spread his arms, aiming far at the shattered void.
He stimulated the Timespace Golden Wheel Dao Fruit to the extreme!
Timespace Golden Wheel, Book of Ages!
A book appeared in Li Che's hand; he lightly turned the pages, as if time began to flow backward!
That space, split by the God-Slaying Immortal's sword, began to slowly heal at this moment!
"What?!"
The God-Slaying Immortal, whose flesh body had been blown apart by Qitian's staff, had a face full of shock and disbelief!
Still able... like this?
This Earth Store King... just what is his origin?
Could it be... another Heaven Immortal reincarnation?
Rumble——
Upon seeing this scene, Qitian's spirit was greatly shaken, and his movements became even stronger.
The tremendous and vast Heaven-Earth Pulse Fire coiled around the As-You-Will Golden Hooped Staff, and with a fierce strike downward...
Instantly, the God-Slaying Immortal's remaining origin will let out a painful long roar, finally...
Boom—collapsed!
Hummm—
The heavens and earth under the Dark Heavenly Court's jurisdiction.
In an instant, an incredibly violent tremor occurred; the sky instantly turned the color of a blood sea, as if a vast expanse of blood-colored ocean were surging.
Blood rain poured down.
Within the governed heavens and earth, cultivators in all the major ancient villages and towns raised their heads in disbelief.
"Blood drifts in heaven and earth, the rules collapse, the great Dao river ceases—this signifies the fall of an immortal!"
A Nirvana-level powerhouse rose into the sky, eyes blazing, utterly shocked.
The Eighth Generation God Tide—finally, the heavenly-earthly omen of an immortal's fall has appeared!
In the void.
The seated Heaven-Penetrating God Emperor, robes flying, the seven-colored divine light halo behind him constantly rotating.
He slowly opened his eyes, as if sword qi stretched thirty thousand li, slicing and shattering the void.
After a long while, it turned into a long sigh.
"Qitian!"
"You killed my disciple… this hatred cannot coexist under heaven!"
The icy voice echoed; countless sword qi like wind chimes rang out with a clinking sound.
…
…
The primordial will of the God-Slaying Immortal was completely worn away.
Li Che did not rush to seize a God-Slaying Immortal; setting aside whether it could succeed, the current situation alone made it unsuitable to seize a god.
However, before Li Che departed, the spacetime golden wheel rang open!
It locked onto a certain spot in the void.
There, a fissure emerged, faintly flashing with immortal light, treasure light ebbing and flowing, as if a world lay there.
Li Che's gaze narrowed—it was the primordial heaven-earth of the fallen God-Slaying Immortal!
It was also a hiding place for many treasures and resources.
With the God-Slaying Immortal's fall now, the primordial essence of that heaven-earth has dried up, yet the heaven-earth still exists.
Li Che, using the spacetime golden wheel's Dao fruit, locked onto the location of this primordial heaven-earth and memorized that anchor point.
Then, taking a step, his whole person vanished instantly, reappearing—he was now inside the Qitian Armor.
Clenching his five fingers, divine eagles soared into the sky; the teleportation platform's formation was instantly reignited, roaring as it shattered the void and vanished in an instant!
Li Che could no longer waste time.
Because he borrowed the power of the "Book of Ages" from the spacetime golden wheel's Dao fruit, restoring the space of a few moments prior and shifting spacetime.
But it was not a true alteration of spacetime; merely employing a clever trick to accomplish the shift and change of spacetime!
After Li Che, bearing the Qitian Armor, shifted and vanished.
The entire transmission spatial passage of the Mysterious Heaven collapsed once more, returning to the state when it was severed by the God-Slaying Immortal!
The shattered space was immensely ferocious, with enormous vacuum cracks like angry dragons winding and roaring.
Hum—
Space trembled, a teleportation wave descended.
Dense legions descended at once, armor clanking, demonic qi soaring, Buddha-light shining everywhere!
The allied forces of the three major divine camps rushed to arrive.
The three earth-immortals—Slaughter God, Extinction God, and Entrapment God—had their bodies violently shaken, eyes opened, terrifying sword intent rending the void!
"Impossible!"
"The God-Slaying Immortal… has fallen!"
The three earth-immortals' hearts shuddered violently, incredulous!
Among their four sword-immortals, the God-Slaying Immortal was the strongest, wielding the God-Slaying Sword; even against a heaven-immortal he could do battle!
Even Qitian was not yet a heaven-immortal; a clash between the God-Slaying Immortal and Qitian still held a chance of battle.
How could the God-Slaying Immortal have fallen so quickly?
The spilled primordial essence of heaven and earth, the unwilling immortal will permeating the void, and the blood-colored light phenomena surged without cease.
All of this undeniably indicates that the God-Slaying Immortal has fallen!
An immortal has died!
The two young emperors, Fu Shao Xi and Shi Shao Jia, followed the army; they exchanged a glance, their hearts trembling.
"The slaughter of the Hell Lotus… the Hell Lotus's butcher's blade… has begun to swing; is this the heaven-earth's reckoning?"
With palms pressed together, Shi Shao Jia's cicada patterns blazed like fire, utterly solemn.
Is it a reckoning?
No one knows.
All we know is that once this reckoning begins, it is the start of slaughter!
Perhaps, the bloody era is about to arrive!
…
…
The void was shattered by force.
The teleportation platform constructed by Li Che suddenly began to transmit.
After crossing the gate of Mysterious Heaven, the transmission passage returned to calm; the slaughter among the immortals could ultimately not affect the entire passage.
The divine condor on the transmission platform constantly shifted its divine light, carrying the Equal-to-Heaven Armor and Li Che inside its cabin, speeding across.
Hum—
The spatial passage was stable, and the transmission speed became much faster.
Soon, a towering city gate loomed into view in the distance.
An immortal's will awakened from within that city gate and swept over at great speed.
However, the Equal-to-Heaven Will surged, and a Ruyi golden hooped staff instantly swept across, the terrifying fire of heaven and earth's veins blazing, a chilling killing intent crisscrossing the void for myriad zhang, aiming to strike down the stars!
That earth immortal immediately retracted his will, unwilling to clash with the Equal-to-Heaven.
No one intercepted, and no one dared to intercept.
Even if the city gate had an immortal stationed there.
But…
The news of the God-Slaying Immortal's fall spread instantly due to heavenly omens, and almost everyone in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths learned of it.
An immortal has fallen, marking the beginning of the Eighth Generation God Tide's immortal casualties!
The matter is too huge, too serious!
Therefore, when Li Che and the Equal-to-Heaven Armor made their escape via transmission, the other immortals dared not intercept.
After all, who would dare to intercept?
The fall of the God-Slaying Immortal serves as their lesson.
The transmission platform continuously trembled, pulling out strands of seven-colored light, like fleeting glimpses of flowers from a galloping horse, a white colt passing through a gap.
Inside the transmission formation.
Li Che stood within the cabin of the Equal-to-Heaven Armor, conversing with the condensed Equal-to-Heaven Will.
"Now... where should we go?"
The Equal-to-Heaven Will couldn't help but ask.
"Should we go directly to the Hell Lotus Realm? The difficulty is likely not small, for there must be a heavenly immortal stationed in the Hell Lotus Realm... To deceive a heavenly immortal and return to the Hell Lotus Realm is no easy task."
Equal-to-Heaven Dao.
"But the Hell Lotus Realm is a place we must go."
Li Che said in a deep voice, his will very strong.
"Killing our way back to the Hell Lotus Realm requires careful planning; at the very least, on the Hell Lotus faction's side, relying solely on the Equal-to-Heaven Senior alone cannot hold up."
So, we need to continue seeking allies; I plan to look for the Third Prince, and if he recovers to his peak, he should also be able to clash with a heavenly immortal for a while.
Li Che also realized that these stubborn troublemakers of the Hell Lotus faction each possessed considerable strength, even extremely formidable.
Although none of them are heavenly immortals, they all possess the ability to clash with heavenly immortals.
Hum—
The space trembled, and the transmission platform burst forth with light.
The void seemed to collapse in a large chunk, and Li Che's figure suddenly withdrew from the void.
"This is... the Strange Demon Cave, Primordial Thunder Heaven!"
Li Che, carrying the Equal-to-Heaven, stepped out of the spatial transmission passage.
On his shoulder, the little fox Su Da suddenly transmitted a voice.
"Primordial Thunder Heaven..."
Li Che's eyes flashed with excitement flowing: "I've heard that within this Primordial Thunder Heaven domain lies a kind of 'Primordial Thunder of Destruction'; if obtained, perhaps it could help my electromagnetic rail gain improvement."
Crack—crack—
Above the firmament, lightning suddenly streaked across, fierce and horrible, like the branches of a tree.
This is the characteristic of Primordial Thunder Heaven.
However, Li Che paid no heed to it.
"The Third Prince was forced by the Immortal Dragon Emperor of the Ancestral Dragon Village onto the Boundless Sea..."
"Primordial Thunder Heaven is the path to set foot in the Boundless Sea, and the Boundless Sea is already very close to the Hell Lotus Realm."
Li Che pondered, currently plotting the route.
The reason he emerged from the transmission passage was also because, according to the sensing of the Flying Thunder Marker, his distance to the Third Prince was growing ever closer.
Although Li Che very much wanted to use Flying Thunder Translocation to go directly.
However, the Boundless Sea is no longer part of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths; it belongs to another realm.
Flying Thunder Translocation cannot directly reach there.
So, he could only settle for second best, stepping out of the transmission passage and setting foot in Primordial Thunder Heaven.
Additionally, another reason Li Che's Flying Thunder Translocation cannot reach...
It seems because the Third Prince was completely sealed off by the dragon clan experts of the Ancestral Dragon lineage using the Myriad Dragon Formation.
After ascending to Primordial Thunder Heaven, through the image projected by the Flying Thunder Marker, Li Che caught a glimpse; the Myriad Dragon Formation's horizontal blockade is precisely one of the reasons why his Seven Transformations Flying Thunder cannot translocate forward.
Li Che actually felt somewhat strange in his heart.
With the strength of the Ancestral Dragon lineage, plus the overwhelming presence of an Immortal Dragon Emperor.
How could the Third Prince's power, transformed into a temple deity, possibly withstand that?
Li Che felt that this situation was somewhat different from Immortal Laozi's attempt to refine the Equal-to-Heaven.
Immortal Laozi truly intended to refine the Equal-to-Heaven to death.
On the Third Prince's side, things are a bit odd.
Hum—
After breaking out of the Xuantian Heaven, Li Che naturally felt his whole body relax considerably.
Of course, it was only a brief relaxation.
Li Che's whole body tensed up again, because the biggest problem now was to send Xixi to the Prison Lotus Land.
Let Xixi receive the inheritance of the past Prison Lotus maidens.
This difficulty is certainly not small.
After all, the routes to the Prison Lotus Land from the three major divine factions and the ancient village have been completely blocked.
Thus the Prison Lotus Land has become a true deadland.
Li Che searched for a place in the Yuanlei Heaven.
It was a deep pool, its surface dotted with countless arcs of silver lightning jumping about.
Each jump sent a tingling numbness through one's body.
"This thunder pool is practically a natural shielding barrier."
Li Che said.
He didn't even need the protection of Qitian; he directly stored the Qitian Armor into the Mo City Fengdu.
The Mo City Fengdu, restored by expending the energy of the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit, unfortunately could not regain the Dao Fruit feedback of Mo City.
Zizi—
Countless lightning arcs, as if endowed with life, frenziedly swirled, encircling Li Che.
This is the stimulation of the Thunder Magnetic Orb Fruit; these thunderbolts continually pour into the body, are absorbed by the Dao Fruit, and feedback into the Dao Fruit's maturity.
Making Li Che's whole person seem to completely merge with the thunder.
Thus Li Che's disguise became flawless, making it impossible to perceive or detect him.
Even if a powerful figure were to speed across above the thunder pool, they would likely be unable to sense Li Che floating in the pool.
Li Che's body completely submerged into the thunder pool.
Sitting cross-legged and hovering, his ink-black hair swayed like waterweeds in a frenzied dance.
His eyes suddenly opened wide.
In an instant…
Before him, the Heaven-Earth Chessboard spread out flat across the water pool, completely occupying the entire thunder pool.
Li Che slowly lowered his legs, his feet landing on the chessboard's surface, his whole person standing firm on the Heavenly Origin position.
His gaze stared straight ahead.
Ahead, on a stellar position, countless chains of regulation clanged, piercing the void, forcefully suppressing a divine sword.
It was precisely the Gods‑Slaying Sword suppressed by the Heaven‑Earth Chessboard!
One of the four peerless Heaven‑Immortal‑grade divine swords bestowed upon disciples by the Dark Heavenly Court's Sovereign Who Penetrates the Heavens!
Li Che needed to release the Heaven‑Earth Chessboard.
The prerequisite was to completely refine this suppressed Gods‑Slaying Sword.
He had to try…
Let the Gods‑Slaying Sword bear the surname Li!
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