Chapter 619: The tribulation reversed, becoming this realm's calamity, condensing the seven heavens and earth

Electromagnetic Orbital Dao Fruit, Eight Transformations!

This is the great transformation Li Che just obtained; another Dao Fruit has undergone a major breakthrough. For Li Che, an Eight-Transformation Dao Fruit is truly crucial, and for him who is about to attempt to open the heavens, it will be a tremendous aid.

Because every Eight-Transformation Dao Fruit involves primordial power, and primordial power is precisely the power involved by existences of the immortal level!

Li Che wishes to open the heavens via martial arts; that is, he intends to step into the immortal divine realm through martial arts, reaching the true supreme state.

Therefore, having one more Eight-Transformation Dao Fruit is of utmost importance!

Thump—thump—thump!

Within his chest, it was as if a heavenly deity stood upon the nine-layered clouds, wielding a drum mallet, striking hard, erupting with a drumming sound that shook the ears and burst forth expanding ripples of sound!

Eight-Transformation Dao Fruit is the level of the Lord of Dao Fruit; of course, it belongs to the initial stage of stepping into that level.

Li Che already had one Dao Fruit achieve Eight Transformations—the Dragon Elephant Golden Body Dao Fruit; this time, he exerted his utmost, wildly drawing the primordial thunder heaven's earthly essence, and also drove the Electromagnetic Orbital Dao Fruit to Eight Transformations, naturally also for the purpose of martial arts opening the heavens.

Among Li Che's many Dao Fruits, those that align with martial arts are, besides the Dragon Elephant Golden Body Dao Fruit, the Electromagnetic Orbital Dao Fruit.

The remaining Dao Fruits—【Immortal Artisan】, 【Immaculate Heart】, 【Chess Sage】, 【Immortal in the Painting】, etc. —though they have some relation to martial arts, are mostly auxiliary, their relevance being rather insignificant.

The sound of the Dao Fruit trembling was like thunder, akin to heavenly thunder of the Nine Heavens falling down and striking beside the ear.

Then it turned into the rustling of countless leaves, the sound of the Dao Tree swaying in the vast heavens and earth.

Dao Fruits grow upon the Dao Tree; theoretically, the origin of every Dao Fruit is the Dao Tree!

Sizzle——

Electromagnetic Orbital Dao Fruit, Eight Transformations!

Li Che couldn't help but want to let out a long whistle to the heavens.

In fact, the Electromagnetic Orbital Dao Fruit can truly be said to have been forcibly pushed by him to the level of Eight Transformations.

But also because the primordial thunder heaven's earthly essence is extremely rich, involving thunder power, and after the Slaughter God Sword tore his flesh, the rapid recovery process of the Life-Death Immortal Body would erupt with an immensely terrifying suction.

Then it turned into a maw like an abyss, devouring and wildly swallowing the primordial thunder heaven's earthly essence in its entirety, achieving a great transformation!

Rumble——

Countless pure thunder energy surged forth like a spray from the Dao Fruit; the originally violent thunder essence, the pain originally brought by the Slaughter God Sword tearing his flesh, all vanished at this moment.

The pain that pierced to the marrow and gouged the bones completely dissipated, leaving only an indescribable ease, as if every inch of flesh had been relaxed and kneaded.

A slight stir of mind and spirit, and in an instant he was pulled into the vast heavens and earth.

As far as the eye could see, there was only a boundless expanse.

The Dao Tree spanned heaven and earth, its branches spreading like a great umbrella, covering the myriad skies, its branches extending as if hanging countless stars!

Arrayed across the starry sky, countless stars dotted and danced wildly!

Like a dream, like an illusion!

Dao Fruits hung, crystalline and translucent, bursting with brilliant radiance.

In the next moment, a Dao Fruit wholly composed of lightning and electricity drifted down, landing upon Li Che's palm.

That thunder burst forth, extremely gentle, devoid of any ferocity or annihilation, extremely compliant, to the point it could be said to harmonize, thread by thread, like a spring breeze.

"Thunder Origin!"

Li Che drew a deep breath, the corners of his lips lifting into a brilliant smile.

His five fingers clenched tightly.

Instantly the Electromagnetic Orbital Dao Fruit exploded, turning into countless bolts of lightning that frenziedly surged into his limbs and bones, bathing his body, as if thunder patterns covered him entirely.

Li Che's hair flew and fluttered, becoming thunder‑strand hair, with tiny currents swiftly darting in his pupils.

He stretched his body, tendons and bones ringing out, like a thunderstorm of the cloud queen!

【Dao Fruit lv10, Eight Transformations, Primordial Electromagnetic, True Thunder Reveals Primordial Chaos】

Boom——

In Li Che's vision, countless images began to flicker, as if at the place where heaven and earth were first split, when heaven and earth were divided above and below, within the Primordial Chaos terrifying thunder surged continuously, one thick bolt after another like ancient giant dragons!

Not only that, Li Che also saw many images.

In those images, all were the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths; in each heaven and earth, martial artists and divine cultivators who had reached the extreme, when facing thunder, displayed their tribulation‑crossing measures.

Some failed their tribulation; under the thunder, flesh and blood shattered, turning to flying ash that vanished.

Some succeeded in their tribulation; bathed in thunder, they feathered and ascended, their cultivation soaring.

Some, after failing, forged another path to scrape by, seeking a single life, falling into the realm of neither human nor ghost, becoming demon‑god entities……

This is the power of thunder; this is the origin of thunder!

Time trickled away bit by bit.

Li Che slowly opened his eyes; all around him, countless lightning arcs darted, centering on his body, settling like a thunder‑pool star sea.

Primordial gives rise to electromagnetism; true thunder reveals the Primordial Chaos!

Li Che rose to a stand, as if a true thunder god, wielding the authority of thunder.

Dao Fruit level‑10 rank, exalted to the utmost, thunder origin, fully infused into my body!

……

……

Rumble——

Li Che's whole body seemed entwined by endless thunder, as if forged into exceedingly brilliant armor, its patterns vivid and striking.

In the valley of Primordial Thunder Heaven.

It had long become an ocean of thunder, vast quantities of thunder essence still surging ceaselessly downward.

In fact, Li Che's achievement of the Dao Fruit's Eight Transformations, with mind and spirit sunk into the Dao Tree's space, had taken only a brief moment.

The Eight‑Transformation Electromagnetic Orbital Dao Fruit, together with the Eight‑Transformation Dragon Elephant Golden Body Dao Fruit.

Both Dao Fruits hovered at either side of his body, the mighty qi and blood seemingly intertwining thread by thread with the thunder.

Eight‑Reversion Dao Fruit…… The level of the Dao Fruit's master, when transformed to the extreme, could perhaps reach the Heavenly Immortal realm; that is to say, the master of a Dao Fruit can all become Heavenly Immortals.

Li Che's eyes were deep and profound, as if they had turned into intertwined lightning.

And the nine‑reversion of the Dao Fruit is perhaps what the Heavenly Immortals speak of, the longed‑for… transcendence.

If one could prove the Dao and attain the realm of transcendence, they should be able to fear nothing, creating a sheltered environment for wife and daughter.

The two Eight‑Reversion Dao Fruits were slowly taken back into Li Che's body.

It seemed as if his body had completed a supremely mysterious fusion!

【Eight Nine Mysterious Art: Life and Death Immortal Body (50%)】

Li Che's eyes opened and closed; he could see that the newly transformed Life and Death Immortal Body had made huge progress!

The two Dao Fruits that greatly enhanced martial arts brought unparalleled help.

Zizzle—

Li Che slowly raised his head, looking toward the Nine Heavens above, where countless thunderbolts gathered into a terrifying thunder sea.

Within the thunder sea there was a fearsome halberd that made any deity's soul tremble at the sight.

"Opening Heaven Tribulation!"

"Or rather, it is the tribulation for an immortal to prove the Dao!"

Li Che took a deep breath.

When the boss made a move, it provoked this dreadful calamity; the Heaven‑Earth Halberd locked onto it, and the nine ancient heaven‑earth runes on it all flared bright.

Former Li Che did not know what this signified.

But only now does he understand…

Only an existence of the immortal level can trigger this Heaven‑Earth Halberd!

"No… it is an existence of the Heavenly Immortal level that can trigger it."

Li Che gazed at the Heaven‑Earth Halberd hovering above his head.

It had entered the charging phase; on the halberd, the heaven‑earth ancient symbols etched in ancient script were flashing one by one, undergoing terrifying charging.

Hummm—

One after another, each time a symbol condensed, an extreme heaven‑earth pressure swept down, and the firmament thunder sea also pressed down a bit.

A world‑ending calamity, making hair stand on end, shocking beyond belief!

But for Li Che, the appearance of the Heaven‑Earth Halberd was actually an opportunity and a chance, the very thing he… could not obtain!

It was also a grand gamble for him in his attempt to break through to the Opening Heaven Mystic Immortal.

Heaven‑Earth Nine Runes Blade—Li Che now has condensed only six of its heaven‑earth ancient symbols; the remaining three, whose memory he originally observed from the boss's Heaven‑Earth Nine Runes Blade, have been completely erased for no reason.

He lost that part of his memory, so trying to condense the remaining three symbols has become extremely difficult for each one!

It has become an immensely difficult undertaking.

And Li Che wants to open heaven; the Heaven‑Earth Nine Runes Blade is therefore a crucial power!

He raised his head high, staring fixedly at the Heaven‑Earth Halberd condensing at this moment.

The halberd's light flickered on, one by one, those were the illuminated ancient symbols, their number growing ever more.

When it reached seven heaven‑earth ancient symbols, Li Che's whole body shook violently; a dangerous aura that could annihilate the soul instantly spread across the heavens and earth!

It's here!

Heaven's Will Cleaver, about to be struck down!

Against him, this entity that seeks to assail the Martial Immortal's opening of heaven, a slaughter unfolds, wiping out his will!

Li Che's gaze scorching, the Martial Immortal's will trembled with a boom, surrounding thunderbolts gathered into a sea, each bolt boiling violently.

It seemed not Li Che undergoing the tribulation, but a mirror-image inversion—the cleaver upon the heavens was undergoing the tribulation.

Li Che became the master of the Thunder Pool, seeking to control and destroy the terrifying tribulation of the Heaven's Will Cleaver.

Boom——!!!

A roar that shook the ages, making the entire Primordial Thunder Heaven tremble.

Qi Tian and the Third Prince turned into two streams of light, continually shooting backward, their eyes filled with astonishment and bewilderment.

"What a terrifying tribulation! This is drawing the thunderbolt essence of the entire Primordial Thunder Heaven domain, seeking to borrow the power of a realm to oppose the Heaven's Will Cleaver?"

The Third Prince couldn't help but say.

Qi Tian also scratched his head and cheek.

Both, being reborn as temple gods, naturally dared not intervene in such a heaven- and earth-destroying tribulation.

"Who exactly is the tribulation?"

Qi Tian muttered.

Li Che stood amidst the vast thunderbolt essence, like the thunder god of ancient myth who commands thunder.

Around the Heaven's Will Cleaver there were few thunderbolts, yet Li Che, wrapped in thunderbolts, surged upstream!

So it appears, as if Li Che had become the tribulation of this heaven and earth!

"Hmm? An Immortal has come…… Should we intervene?"

The Third Prince sensed it, his eyes narrowing.

"This matter cannot ultimately be concealed; mobilizing the power of the entire heaven to prove the Dao will surely alarm the Immortal originally seated in Primordial Thunder Heaven..."

"However, we need not intervene in this matter; who would dare meddle with the tribulation lightning of proving the Dao? The tribulation lightning born of heaven and earth's will certainly shows no favor to anyone!"

"If one dares to intervene, they will surely be drawn in, becoming an affected party; even an Immortal, before the will of heaven and earth, will surely be distressed and disheveled, even to the point of having their immortal origin slain!"

Qi Tian shouldered the Golden Hooped Staff and chuckled.

The two glanced at each other, immediately deciding to just watch the spectacle, not choosing to intervene.

The Third Prince's mind stirred, the Heaven-Earth Chessboard concealed their traces, and then they vanished.

Li Che, being in closed-door cultivation, thus handed over the primary control of the Heaven and Earth Chessboard to the Third Prince.

Boom——!!!

The terrifying Heaven and Earth Nine Symbol Blade, with ancient runes flashing, seven in succession, nearly forming the terrifying power of heaven collapsing and earth splitting.

This is a dreadful tribulation lightning capable of severing the entire Yuanlei Heaven!

Rolling demonic qi roared from the ends of heaven and earth, sweeping forth, erupting upward, charging into the clouds.

A supremely powerful strange demon lair immortal guarding Yuanlei Heaven came rolling in—it was an immortal formed from an electric eel turned demon, its whole body releasing crackling electric arcs and demonic qi!

"Which Nirvana Heavenly King is this? Dare to prove the Dao and become immortal in my Yuanlei Heaven?! Courting death!"

The Yuanlei Heaven's guarding earth immortal, the Black Eel Immortal, had thunder burst from its cheeks, its roar shaking the immortal.

But he dared not act, watching the terrifying surging sea of lightning pools, his expression grim.

"What manner of Nirvana Heavenly King is this? Surely he is among the top echelon of Heavenly Kings! The might of proving the Dao is actually this terrifying!"

To say this Black Eel Immortal isn't nervous is absolutely impossible.

After all, the number of immortal slots in Yuanlei Heaven is limited; he has already proven the Dao and taken one, so if another immortal came, how could Yuanlei Heaven's heaven-and-earth essence be divided enough?

Boom——!!!

Moreover, the occurrence of a Nirvana Heavenly King assaulting immortality in Yuanlei Heaven had long become a flood, rolling outward in all directions.

Lightning like an inverted waterfall incessantly surged from the ground, flowing upward to collide with the Heaven's Will Blade condensing in the firmament!

The Heaven's Will Blade formed by the flashing of seven Heaven and Earth ancient symbols!

Utterly terrifying!

Li Che, engulfed within the lightning pool, rose straight to the heavens, his life-and-death immortal body erupting with black-and-white light tens of thousands of zhang high!

The entire Yuanlei Heaven seemed illuminated by blazing light, like a lit furnace, utterly radiant!

With a single move of Li Che, the heaven-and-earth essence of Yuanlei Heaven surged along, as if becoming the focal point of heaven and earth, an existence intolerable to heaven and earth!

Breaking through within a major heavenly domain of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

Seeking to prove the Dao and attain immortality.

This matter surely directly shook all the top experts of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

In the distant void, silhouettes appeared one after another.

Each silhouette was an existence at the level of earth immortals.

"Heaven's Will Blade, who is undergoing tribulation? Unacceptable to heaven and earth! Truly stunning!"

"This tribulation of proving the Dao has just begun, yet the Heaven's Will Blade already appears? Wait, does the Heaven's Will Blade count as a calamity?"

"This cannot be blocked, the sharpness of the Heaven's Will Blade is something even immortals generally dread; moreover… the Heaven's Will Blade has lit up seven Heaven and Earth ancient symbols—this is defying the great heaven!"

Rumble rumble rumble——

Around each and every domain, powerful wills projected forth; sweeping through, the Nine Heavens trembled and the Ten Earths surged wildly!

Boom!

When the lightning pool and the Heaven and Earth Blade collided completely, at that instant of opposition, the splendid light was enough to stimulate a person's eyeballs, causing a temporary loss of sensitivity to light.

Boom——

Upon that Heaven's Will Blade, a terrifyingly extreme blade intent erupted.

As an ancient symbol leapt forth, that blade intent instantly transformed into a landscape, as if two boundless mountains collided head‑on, seeking to crush Li Che to death.

Within Li Che's body, the Thunder Magnetic Orb and the Dragon‑Elephant Diamond Dao Fruit trembled violently.

He blocked those terrifying blade intents.

As time passed, the rolling heavenly thunder that fell underwent another change; the vast sea shattered by Li Che's fist turned into a devouring swamp.

Pfft——!

Blood spurted wildly from Li Che's body; his recently healed flesh showed signs of giving way again.

Li Che let out a long roar, his whole body trembling; lightning pools coiled around him as he clenched his fist, unleashing thunderous slaughter that howled across the Nine Heavens!

The second ancient symbol shifted, conjuring an illusion that crashed down like a bomb, giving no chance, as if seeking to sever all of Li Che's vitality.

The third, fourth, fifth……

Each ancient symbol, all conjuring illusions, seemed like a heaven‑and‑earth pressing down.

Accompanying the illusions came a terrifying blade light that sought to slash everything to nothing!

That blade light was dreamlike, causing hearts and minds to waver, giving rise to confusion!

Yet Li Che had been waiting for this moment; the Dragon‑Elephant Diamond Dao Fruit and the Thunder Magnetic Orb Dao Fruit, two Eight‑Transformation Dao Fruits, were activated to the utmost.

Li Che held out his fist sideways, continually bombarding the illusory blade qi of the Heaven and Earth Nine Symbol Blade.

Pfft pfft pfft——

His flesh was sliced open, wounds surfacing; the robust flesh of his life‑and‑death immortal body could not withstand the illusions of the Heaven's Will Blade!

Li Che suddenly soared to the heavens, holding his fist sideways; the Dragon‑Elephant stretched around him, the lightning pool like a waterfall hanging upside down, as if transformed into a thunder domain spread between heaven and earth!

Li Che's eyes blazed, his fighting spirit soared, his qi and blood boiled, his battle intent surged!

He seemed to be battling the Heaven and Earth Nine Symbol Blade, contending with the will of heaven and earth!

In the fierce clash, the illusions formed by the blade burst apart one after another, while Li Che's body exploded in blood mist, staining the void red!

Li Che's life‑and‑death immortal body continually ruptured, yet drew in and swallowed the heaven‑and‑earth thunder essence to heal itself.

Li Che had never suffered such severe injury!

Under the slash of the Heaven's Will Blade's intent, his flesh was to be utterly annihilated—bones, flesh, and martial immortal will all to be cut down!

Boom——!!!

When the seventh heaven‑and‑earth illusion, wholly transformed from blade qi, descended as a blade‑formed heaven‑and‑earth.

Li Che's body, like a cannonball, was smashed onto the ground valley of Yuanlei Heaven; the entire valley instantly exploded, countless lightning‑pool thunderbolts like oceanic waves surged upward against the current!

Li Che stood in the valley that had split open.

The ground of Yuanlei Heaven thoroughly exploded, shattered into pieces, countless broken stones with surging lightning arcs were aroused by some mysterious power, floating in midair.

Li Che stood within it, his jet-black hair seeming to be constructed from black lightning.

He raised his head, his eyes bright, shooting forth light.

He spread his arms.

Behind him, the Martial Dao Long River surged skyward!

Within it, the remaining seven Great Dao Long Rivers fused into the Martial Dao Long River trembled.

Eight Dao unite, the utmost of the United Dao Mystic Immortal!

Li Che's eyes shone brilliant, his palm turned into a blade, he fiercely waved and split.

Instantly, the united Eight Dao Long River was instantly split in two.

Four rose upward, forming heaven.

Four sank downward, forming earth!

As if an ancient god in the primordial chaos, opening heaven and earth!

This is the Martial Immortal Heaven and Earth opened up by Li Che!

Like a prototype of the world!

But…

This is still not enough.

Li Che's eyes shone brilliant, he raised his head, looking at the Heaven's Intent Cleaver that had slashed him, his body covered in blood.

In his eyes flashed the seventh Heaven-Earth Ancient Glyph.

And this Heaven-Earth Ancient Glyph is what he sought, what he needed!

In Li Che's chest, the Immortal Craft Dao Fruit was frantically and violently jumping.

Then, that seventh Heaven-Earth Ancient Glyph was condensed and inscribed by Li Che.

"Now that you have slashed, it's my turn to open heaven!"

Li Che clenched his five fingers; instantly, the Three-Pronged Double-Edged Blade fell into his hand.

Gripping the Three-Pronged Double-Edged Blade, Li Che took a step forward.

He performed a reverse-flow backward slash, emitting a blade of light!

Within it, seven ancient glyphs hovered, condensed within!

This is precisely the Immortal Martial Absolute Learning that Li Che comprehended!

Now, with this Immortal Martial Absolute Learning, the Martial Immortal opens heaven!

One by one, ancient glyphs flashed forth!

The dao-fruit energy within the Dragon-Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit and the Magnetic Orbital Dao Fruit was entirely drawn out by Li Che!

The flesh body restored to perfection, the Martial Immortal's flesh body extremely strong and fierce.

Executing the Immortal Martial Absolute Learning, the Heaven-Earth Seven Glyph Blade!

He fiercely slashed across the sky of Yuanlei Heaven!

Instantly…

The sky of Yuanlei Heaven was truly split in two.

The vast and mighty primordial energy, fused with the will of heaven and earth, poured down from the cleaved firmament like a heavenly waterfall, crashing down.

Being frantically absorbed by the Martial Immortal Heaven and Earth opened up by Li Che!

(End of chapter)