Chapter 611: Struggling with the Underworld, the First Immortal God-Seizing, Letting the Strange Demon

Boom—rumble!

Li Che chose to carry out god-seizing again, seizing an immortal soul!

From the Underworld, forcibly seizing the tightly guarded immortal soul is no easy task.

According to Li Che's understanding of god-seizing, beings of different cultivations receive different treatment in the Underworld; the stronger the cultivation, the harder they are to seize.

Like the previous failure, it was just a bit short—the Underworld Sovereign's will descended, forcibly dragging back the God-Slaying Immortal's soul, causing Li Che's god-seizing to fail.

Thus, Li Che cannot guarantee success this time either.

But having just broken through to the Eight Transformations of the Dao Fruit, Li Che, who has united the Mystic Immortal with the Eight Dao, still has some confidence in himself.

He intends to wrest the God-Slaying Immortal's life from the Underworld Sovereign!

Boom!

Li Che halted mid-step, as if the surrounding void were collapsing.

Li Che drew forth the God-Slaying Immortal's flesh and blood from the Qiankun Space; even though dead, the energy contained in an immortal's flesh and blood is truly immense and terrifying.

Merely sensing it gives a feeling of destruction that makes the soul tremble.

"Soul… return!"

A low voice issued from Li Che's mouth, humming softly like an ancient sacrificial chant, filling the air with a numbness that stills the soul.

His black hair danced wildly as he lifted his head; beneath the white jade mask, his eyes burst with brilliant light.

An intensely dense death-qi vortex suddenly appeared, huge beyond compare, spreading above Li Che's head, swirling and reaching hundreds, then thousands of feet high.

It seemed as if countless struggling souls were trying to crawl out of that death-qi vortex, crossing the barrier between the Underworld and the living world to return to the heaven and earth they longed for.

The thick death-qi ebbed and flowed with a gurgling sound like water—this was the Underworld's Yellow Spring, which seemed to become real, reflecting illusory images, with countless bones drifting and corpses lying across.

Huh?

Li Che hadn't expected this god-seizing vision to be even more bizarre than before.

Gush—gush…

Above the Yellow Spring, a coffin seemed to drift by; faintly, in the Yellow Spring a bone dragon stripped of flesh writhed, tugging the coffin as it floated up and down.

Watching the phenomenon drift overhead, Li Che's heart gave a slight jolt.

Yellow Spring ancient coffin?

Who is buried within?

Li Che watched as the bone dragon pulled the coffin away, gradually vanishing at the end of the Yellow Spring, his thoughts inevitably turning.

Gush—gush!

Thick chains dropped one after another from the void, extending from the death-qi vortex, their other ends binding the God-Seizing Immortal's soul.

Li Che drew a deep breath, stepped forward, and his aura rose steadily.

Behind him, the Martial Dao Long River roared to life like a fury dragon piercing the Nine Heavens; veins bulged on his arms, his blood surged, boiling like a river through spacetime.

Gush—gush, he coiled the chains around his arms, Li Che bellowed angrily and began to pull with all his might.

The speed at which the chains fell increased markedly as Li Che pulled them.

Accompanied by countless wails, the sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling.

Slowly, the God-Slaying Immortal's soul closed its eyes and slowly emerged from the churning vortex at the source of death-qi.

Boom——

A terrifying and mighty will exploded from the other end of the death-qi vortex, sweeping forth with devastating force, seeking to freeze everything.

Underworld Sovereign!

This guy, he's still here!

Li Che's heart sank, but he understood: since the last god-seizing attempt, the Underworld Sovereign had surely taken notice, knowing Li Che wouldn't easily give up and would continue trying to seize.

Thus, the Sovereign had been waiting; consequently, the speed at which his will descended this time was far greater than before.

An azure hand stretched across the Underworld, terrifying pressure rolling in, leaking slightly through the death-qi vortex, making Li Che's whole body tense involuntarily.

Vaguely, he felt as if he were falling into the Underworld—a dreadful illusion that death would invade him and utterly annihilate him.

This Underworld Sovereign… seems even more terrifying than the Immortal Old Lord, the Immortal Demon Emperor, and other heavenly immortals!

However, Li Che's chest roared with the Dragon Elephant Diamond Dao Fruit; the Eight Transformations of the Dao Fruit trembled, as if a lord of the Dao Fruit had been reborn, a mighty aura instantly flooding his body and directly dispelling the pressure brought by the Underworld Sovereign.

Every muscle in Li Che's flesh trembled, containing terrifying power enough to shatter stars.

Keep pulling, drag the chains, drag the God-Slaying Immortal out of the Underworld!

The Underworld Sovereign's power erupted at the other end of the death-qi vortex, but ultimately it was a beat too slow; Li Che, with his Eight Transformations of the Dao Fruit, seemed to forcibly break free of the Sovereign's suppression.

Gush——

It sounded like something breaking, like a fisherman jerking his line—the waters of the Yellow Spring exploded, and amid the churning death-qi of the Underworld, a wandering fish managed to leap ashore!

The God-Slaying Sovereign's god-seizing was forcibly dragged back by Li Che from the Underworld.

The death-qi vortex hung suspended.

Faintly, Li Che seemed to see, through the churning death-qi vortex at the source of death, a azure figure standing at the far end of the death-qi long river, gazing down coldly.

Meeting Li Che's gaze, it erupted with a terrifying pressure that made souls feel on the brink of annihilation.

Li Che's expression unchanged, the Martial Dao Long River behind him surged.

Who isn't the lord of the river?

Hum——

The death-qi vortex began to slowly dissipate, and the darkness and death-qi shrouding the heavenly dome cleared away completely.

The oppression and gloom were also completely dispelled.

Li Che hovered in midair, his mighty blood energy surging throughout his body.

The God-Slaying Immortal's soul floated before him, its terrifying aura raging like a storm; the heaven-earth chessboard lay across, its intersecting lines completely suppressing the immortal's aura, not leaking a trace.

"Hah—"

"Success."

Li Che's eyes sparkled with brilliant light, a hint of excitement.

The first Immortal-rank Seal God was finally successfully captured by him!

This will become his strongest force after Qi Tian!

Combined with the God-Slaying Sword, he could even battle a Heavenly Immortal!

Li Che's gaze was piercing; this is also one of the sources of his confidence in rescuing the Third Prince.

Of course, even if sealing the god fails again, Li Che will still try; there's no choice, whether it's the bond between the Third Prince and Xixi, or the significance the Third Prince himself possesses.

Li Che is unwilling to let anything happen to the Third Prince; he must go through this.

"Myriad Dragon Formation..."

Li Che's eyes shone brightly; with the aid of the Immortal God-Slayer, he now had stronger confidence in breaking the Myriad Dragon Formation.

"Boom—"

Terrifying aura shuddered, violent gusts raged and swirled, as if they wanted to slice and shatter the void.

The dormant aura of the Immortal God-Slayer slowly revived, like an absolutely terrifying beast opening its eyes; the void being sliced is the sword intent inherent in the Immortal God-Slayer.

The Immortal God-Slayer is the chief disciple of the Sovereign God of Heaven, having received his sword dao instruction; the Sovereign God of Heaven is the sovereign of sword dao, thus the Immortal God-Slayer stands at the pinnacle of the sword dao river.

The terrifying sword intent rang eternally; each blade of qi seemed alive, continually slicing the void, making it hard to heal.

It was as if an endless storm of sword blades raged.

The Immortal God-Slayer's eyes were deep, yet with a hint of bewilderment; moments later, his mighty immortal will instantly absorbed the information, his gaze sweeping over to land on Li Che, shaking him greatly.

"So that's how it is..."

A bitter smile touched the Immortal God-Slayer's lips.

He looked at Li Che, his eyes revealing unhidden complexity; he had already figured out his current situation and circumstances.

He had died, becoming the first fallen immortal of this generation's god tide, inaugurating the slaughterous beginning of the Eighth Generation God Tide.

But now he has been revived.

Having fallen into the Netherworld, dazed and confused, feeling his soul about to dissolve, that true sensation of death is absolutely incomparable to the Nine Netherworld Life-Death Path walked during the Nirvana stage.

It is a power capable of utterly ruining a person, wearing away all his abilities in this lifetime.

"Netherworld... too terrifying!"

No wonder the Heavenly Immortals exert all their effort to stop the Netherworld's maw from expanding, to prevent the Netherworld from fully descending upon the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

In his mind, myriad thoughts raced.

The Immortal God-Slayer quickly grasped his current situation; his eyes flickered as he looked at Li Che, his heart shaken.

"It's him!"

Father of the Prison Lotus Maiden, a peerless martial immortal of the mortal realm!

I never expected that this worldly charismatic figure would stir up such a grand romantic tempest in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths!

Vaguely, the Immortal God-Slayer seemed to have grasped something.

His gaze, full and tender, rested on Li Che.

"Greetings, my lord."

The Immortal God-Slayer's tall, slender frame resembled a sharp divine sword; he clasped his fists in salute, willingly submitting.

Being able to live another life is also a kind of fortune.

If he were reincarnated as a temple deity, he'd basically be ruined.

Even one as mighty as Qi Tian, capable of fighting Heavenly Immortals, would be ruined after reincarnation; unless he chose a mutually destructive method, burning his origin to vie for this generation's god tide, he could not even recover his peak strength.

Feeling his origin boiling, it had hardly weakened at all; indeed, he could freely unleash his immortal origin, and the Immortal God-Slayer suddenly felt like laughing.

It was a laugh that broke shackles, unrestrained and unbridled.

Now he is truly an undying immortal!

Even death cannot befall him; he will never die, nor fear death!

This feeling is what immortality truly is!

Li Che appraised the Immortal God-Slayer, admiration flashing in his eyes; his first captured immortal deity indeed pleased him no matter how he looked at it.

"Prepare, adapt to your newly revived power; we plan to head to the Endless Sea and break the Myriad Dragon Formation."

Li Che said.

"Myriad Dragon Formation?"

The Immortal God-Slayer immediately understood.

"My lord, do you intend to rescue the Third Prince?"

Li Che nodded.

"Breaking the Myriad Dragon Formation is no easy task… mainly because three immortal dragon clans hold it in place, and the immortal dragon emperor surely watches from the shadows, waiting for the formation to activate."

The Immortal God-Slayer pondered for a moment, then spoke.

"No matter what, we must give it a try."

"If that ancestral dragon appears, Qi Tian can block him; if I grant you the God-Slaying Sword, could you slay three immortal dragon clans?"

Li Che looked at the Immortal God-Slayer, smiling as he asked.

Upon hearing this, the Immortal God-Slayer's eyes surged violently.

"God-Slaying Sword!"

It was his proof-of-the-Dao divine weapon, a sword bestowed by the Sovereign God of Heaven; after it was seized by the Earth Treasury King—oh, that is, Lord Li Che—his downfall and death began.

Now, can the God-Slaying Sword return to his hand?

If he wields the Slay God Sword, his Slay God Immortal strength could even press upon a half‑step Heaven Immortal!

Even, with his current undying, indestructible Detained God state…

Burning his origin, wielding the Slay God Sword, it's not impossible to match a Heaven Immortal blow for blow!

"If I wield the Slay God Sword… I, your subordinate, am willing to give my all, burn myself to ashes, and slay the three dragons!"

The Slay God Immortal's eyes blazed as he spoke.

"Good."

Li Che gave a word of praise.

Although the Detained God is undying, it is this fearless mindset that matters most.

A flick of his finger sent a resplendent sword hymn exploding forth; endless sword light flashed like a vast, surging river, intertwining densely between heaven and earth, clanging continuously and scattering endlessly.

The Slay God Sword shot out, racing toward the Slay God Immortal.

The Slay God Immortal's eyes lit up as he seized the sword; his whole body trembled instantly and his immortal origin boiled.

"This… this sword… this Slay God Sword!!!"

"This is the Slay God Sword?!"

The Slay God Immortal drew a deep breath, and his heart surged with shock.

"What did my lord do to my Slay God Sword?"

"Why does it feel different in my hand?!"

The Slay God Immortal felt that the present Slay God Sword was truly the revived divine sword, possessing a unique, overbearing might.

Before, whenever he brandished the Slay God Sword, he always felt hindered, as if suffering strong limitations.

But now, gripping this sword again, the feeling is completely different.

It's as if the former Slay God Sword had not yet been sharpened, while the present Slay God Sword's edge is fully exposed, revealing its true sharpness.

"Has the Slay God Sword completely opened his heart?"

"No, it should be said that the Slay God Sword opened its heart to Li Che and to his lord!"

"I have also refined the Slay God Sword; the Heaven‑Reaching God Emperor's sword‑qi will within it has already been sacrificed and refined by me. Now the Slay God Sword bears no restrictions. You are my Detained God; the Slay God Sword is bestowed upon you, so you should also be able to unleash its true power."

Li Che said with a light smile.

The Slay God Immortal kept nodding, brandishing a few sword flourishes in the void; terrifying sword light, as if it would cut down everything.

Li Che watched the sword‑wielding Slay God Immortal, his eyes glinting slightly.

On the contrary, he felt a spark of interest.

"Come, let us cross blades and test our strength."

The next moment, Ink City Fengdu expanded; the gates of Fengdu opened behind the Slay God Immortal, enveloping him.

Within Ink City Fengdu, ink‑rain fell continuously, pattering down.

Ink City Fengdu has undergone repeated destruction and reconstruction; its area keeps growing, boundless and vast, with buildings stacked one after another, rising in rows.

Li Che and the Slay God Immortal appeared within Ink City Fengdu.

Within Fengdu, Xixi, who was painstakingly training, suddenly widened her eyes.

The villagers of the three ancient villages also looked over curiously, lifting their heads.

Let alone, training within Ink City Fengdu is truly very comfortable for the villagers of the three ancient villages.

There is no pressure at all, and the training resources are more than sufficient.

After Li Che slaughtered the demon horde, he obtained a vast amount of resources; adding to that the resources previously gained from the Slay God Immortal, they are countless.

Enough for the three ancient villages to train to their fill.

Of course, most of the resources were given to Xixi, allowing her to cultivate freely and enhance herself.

Xixi is also striving to improve herself, preparing for her later entry into the Hell Lotus Ground.

The Hell Lotus Ground is the legacy left by the Hell Lotus Maidens; Xixi dares not be careless, for she wishes to suppress the Hell Lotus curse and must rely on the Hell Lotus Ground to help.

"Daddy!"

Xixi saw Li Che, forgot her training, and jumped up excitedly.

Li Che was outside attempting a breakthrough; Xixi also hadn't seen him for quite some days.

Li Che rubbed Xixi's head, said a few words, then soared straight up into the void of Ink City Fengdu, where he began to spar with the Slay God Immortal.

Hum—

The Heaven's Equal Armor, charging in a dormant state, opened its eyes under the control of the Heaven's Equal Will.

"Hehe… good kid, you actually revived the defeated underlings that Old Sun killed?"

"This ability is kinda interesting."

On the shoulder of the Heaven's Equal Armor, Xixi sat properly, swinging her little feet.

Many strong ones from the ancient villages were stunned, watching this clash.

They never had a chance to witness an immortal‑level battle before, but now they have the chance to see it firsthand.

Li Che indeed wanted to test his immortal‑level combat power, to see if he could stand against an Earth Immortal.

Boom—

The terrifying clash tore the heavens, ripping the sky with a huge crack, as if the firmament would collapse; surging sword light roared forth like a vast sword river.

Annihilate everything, sweep away everything!

Bang—

Scorching qi and blood like a sea of fire, countless terrifying destructive elemental lightning intertwined and ravaged; Li Che burst out from the sword river, his body covered in wounds.

However, these wounds quickly healed.

The recovery speed of the life‑death immortal body is unimaginably fast; if he cannot be killed in one strike, Li Che's flesh can recover to perfection at extreme speed.

The qi of life and death endlessly cycles, yin and yang harmonize, allowing life to turn into death, and death to reverse life.

「Test ended, my current combat power…… against any Nirvana Heavenly King poses no problem, but against the Immortal that has slaughtered and condensed a complete origin and sits atop the peak of a great Dao river, I still fall short. 」

Li Che shook his head and let out a light sigh.

Although the Dao Fruit had achieved the eight transformations, allowing his martial dao cultivation to break through to the Mystic Immortal Eight Union Dao, the great dao that Li Che now grasps has basically merged into one.

Li Che hesitated whether to assault the Opening Heaven Realm.

As long as he steps into the Opening Heaven Mystic Immortal Realm, Li Che will be confident in clashing with an Earth Immortal in terms of sheer strength.

「I still have the enlightenment feedback from the eight transformations of the Elephant Strength Diamond Dao Fruit that I haven't used……」

「I plan to use these enlightenment feedbacks for Opening Heaven. 」

Li Che's eyes flickered as he summed up his current combat power limit.

In fact, the current combat power limit, even if it must clash with the weakest Earth Immortal, is not impossible.

Detonate the Eight Mystic Gates Martial Immortal Apertures, causing qi and blood to surge violently, and one can fight a battle!

Whoosh—

Countless sword qi returned entirely, converging into the body of the Slay God Immortal.

The Slay God Immortal came with hands behind his back, bearing the Slay God Sword.

On his face, smiles brimmed; looking at Li Che, he was filled with shock.

「My lord truly possesses extraordinary grace, peerless in the world, able to battle immortals with non-immortal cultivation—the first throughout history! 」

The Slay God Immortal praised.

His words were, of course, utterly sincere.

Know that beneath immortals, non-immortal strongs cannot possibly contend or clash.

Even a Nirvana Heavenly King, when facing an Earth Immortal, can only end up being crushed.

Even the most talented cultivator cannot contend with an immortal.

Immortal is a great watershed; although also called divine spirit, it is already another level.

And the Nirvana Heavenly King, no matter how strong, still belongs to the divine spirit level.

God Fire, Merge Dao, Cut Dao, Nirvana…… the four divine spirit realms belong to a greater realm, while immortal has already transcended this realm.

Even the strongest Nirvana cannot battle an immortal.

But Li Che has broken this inherent situation.

Even if a Martial Immortal, Li Che is absolutely an outstanding among Martial Immortals, having reached the extreme of the martial dao path!

「Alright, stop flattering. 」

Li Che waved his hand.

「Let's discuss together how to rescue the situation of the Third Prince over there. 」

Li Che said.

Hum—

Xixi sat on Qi Tian Jia's shoulder, running over together, eyes wide and bright, giggling.

「Over at the Third Prince's side, we need to wait for an opportunity. 」

「The Myriad Dragon Grand Formation is now in the energy‑accumulating stage; only when the accumulation is complete, the myriad dragons spit out dragon pearls and exhale simultaneously is the best chance to break the formation. 」

The Slay God Immortal said.

「So we can choose to lurk temporarily and wait for the opportunity. 」

Upon hearing this, Li Che felt somewhat surprised.

He actually didn't know the weakness of the Myriad Dragon Grand Formation.

The Slay God Immortal then smiled: "After all, it's the trump card grand formation of Ancestral Dragon Village, one of the Two Saints Ancient Villages; the three major divine god factions have all studied this formation deeply in order to break it."

Upon hearing this, Li Che nodded.

「In that case, let's wait for the peak of the Myriad Dragon Grand Formation's energy accumulation, when the myriad dragons exhale……」

Regarding the current Slay God Immortal, Li Che naturally chose to believe.

Because the God Captor could never deceive him.

Information might be wrong, but betrayal and deception are absolutely impossible—this is Li Che's confidence as the Master of the God Captor.

「Hey kid, what do you need Old Sun to do? 」

Qi Tian narrowed his eyes.

「Senior Qi Tian…… at that time just block the Ancestral Dragon Immortal Dragon Emperor. 」

The plan ended.

Li Che then took out a large amount of Divine Nature Crystals and Dao Essence Divine Crystals for Xixi.

They are of extremely high grade, taken from the Slay God Immortal's collection.

The Slay God Immortal saw this, but didn't mind; that his collection could help the Young Lord is a great honor.

Moreover, the Slay God Immortal also understands his current situation.

He is now considered to have joined the Prison Lotus Camp, standing opposed to the Dark Heavenly Court.

Therefore, how the Prison Lotus Maiden develops concerns his future, and he naturally will not resist in the slightest!

The arranged Xixi and many cultivators of the Three Great Ancient Villages.

Li Che then brought the Slay God Immortal away from Mo City Fengdu.

「After rescuing the Third Prince, we will then march to the Prison Lotus Land and break its blockade. 」

「The Prison Lotus Land…… is indeed the headquarters of the Prison Lotus Camp. 」

Li Che drew a deep breath, his eyes profound and unfathomable.

On the mountain peak, the Heaven-Earth Chessboard turned, isolating the aura.

God-Slaying Immortal donned a black robe, storing the God-Slaying Sword within his body, and with Li Che's aid, his aura was completely restrained.

He followed obediently and respectfully behind Li Che, like a servant.

Li Che's eyes flickered; in the next instant, his pupils seethed with extremely rich demonic aura.

He curled the corner of his mouth into a smile: "The schemes of the Mysterious Demon Lair are quite interesting..."

"Ambushing and restraining demonic aura, hiding in the Endless Sea, awaiting my arrival, or waiting for us to fight the Myriad Dragon Grand Formation until both sides suffer losses, then emerging to reap the fisherman's gain."

The cold intent in Li Che's eyes slowly welled up.

The Immortal Bird Emperor's thoughts were still quite interesting.

But…

Yet he never expected that the Young Emperor Fu Shaoxi had already become his man.

All of his plans lay under Li Che's eyelids.

"When the two armies clash, first slay the onlookers!"

Li Che spread his five fingers, and a white chess piece slowly floated up.

That was precisely the Flying Thunder Chess Piece he had left sealed within Fu Shaoxi's God-Seizing body.

He clenched his five fingers tightly.

Li Che then abruptly achieved Flying Thunder Translocation.

The Heaven-Earth Chessboard enveloped the God-Slaying Immortal, and together they vanished via translocation.

Reappearing, they were already amidst the rushing seas, appearing beside Fu Shaoxi, who sat cross‑legged on the seabed, having restrained his demonic aura.

When Li Che appeared, the Heaven-Earth Chessboard isolated the aura; not even the Immortal Bird Emperor could sense it.

Fu Shaoxi opened his eyes, his gaze blazing and respectful.

He clasped his fists in salute, but Li Che waved his hand, indicating no need for Fu Shaoxi to speak.

Li Che's gaze swept over, as if he saw in the sea the countless hidden spirits of the Mysterious Demon Lair lurking in the Endless Sea.

Aside from one Myriad Demon Grand Army completely God‑Seized by Li Che, there were two more.

Li Che intended to eliminate the other two Myriad Demon Grand Armies silently and unseen, transforming them into a God‑Seizing Grand Army.

Playing at hiding?

He, Li Che, is the true professional!

When the Immortal Bird Emperor prepares to act, he raises his arms and summons a response from the demons.

What a hilarious sight that would be.

Perhaps, unknowingly…

This Mysterious Demon Lair…

He bears the Li surname!

(End of chapter)