Chapter 665

Time-Space Golden Wheel?!

Li Che's pupils suddenly contracted as he gazed at the wheel appearing on the sundial; spanning it, it was actually remarkably similar to the Time-Space Golden Wheel Dao Fruit.

Moreover, the sundial that rose behind Dingguang Fo also possessed the power to control time and space!

It was almost carved from the same mold as the Time-Space Golden Wheel, at least sharing the same origin!

Li Che's breath involuntarily grew hurried.

A coincidence?!

Or perhaps... Dingguang Fo is actually the Lord of the Time-Space Golden Wheel Dao Fruit?!

This possibility rapidly expanded in Li Che's mind, then swelled uncontrollably, filling his consciousness.

In the darkness, it seemed as if an invisible voice chanted in his mind, revealing the true identity of the Lord of the Time-Space Golden Wheel Dao Fruit.

"No..."

Li Che closed his eyes, and terrifying Martial Immortal qi and blood surged throughout his body; the four Immortal Martial Mystic Apertures spun incessantly, emitting a deafening roar.

"Why does this voice echo in my mind?"

Li Che wondered if he had developed a strange fascination and yearning for the Lord of the Dao Fruit.

"Heart Devil?"

Li Che suddenly opened his eyes.

A throb pulsed in his heart!

Could this be the Heart Devil?

Li Che felt lingering dread; the higher his cultivation, the greater the chance of a Heart Devil arising, for the forces involved are too transcendent, and the powers one deals with are the utmost pinnacle of heaven and earth!

Like the Will of Heaven and Earth, like the Lord of the Dao Fruit, like an Imperial Level, like a Sovereign—all seem to be supreme forces; a single thread can move the whole of heaven and earth!

"I, because I was too obstinate about the identity of the Lord of the Dao Fruit, thus gave rise to a Heart Devil?"

Li Che exhaled.

He raised his hand, touching his brow; instantly his brow trembled, as if ripples of expanding circles continually struck.

Li Che's eyes gleamed; he took a step, and his whole body shot forth like a cannonball.

Terrific and radiant killing intent surged forth.

Meanwhile, in his mind, the Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart, which had swallowed a vast amount of the present Tathagata's origin, also trembled incessantly, feeding back terrifying power that allowed Li Che to suppress the Heart Devil rising in his heart.

His heart instantly became clear.

He clenched his fingers, thrust out a punch, blazing qi and blood burned, hellfire twisted the firmament.

Myriad Transformations Dragon Elephant Furnace, spanning forth!

Covering and pressing down heaven and earth, as if scorching a vast empty sky!

"Kill!"

Li Che's gaze was clear, without a hint of wavering!

Whether Dingguang Fo is the Lord of the Time-Space Golden Wheel Dao Fruit, Li Che no longer cared; now what he must do is slay the Future Tathagata!

By devouring the origin power of this Future Tathagata, Lord of the Dao Fruit, he would strengthen his Immaculate Mind Dao Fruit and charge toward the Nine Transformations!

Moreover, the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit also needs to be elevated through battle to higher levels and realms!

Therefore, in this battle, Li Che cannot retreat; he must fight to the death!

"Hehehe, Dingguang Fo? Old Schemer."

Hell Qitian Armor blazed forth with firelight; upon its body, tens of thousands of mechanism god-seals simultaneously flashed with radiant light, each seal containing minute symbols spinning and flashing.

With a step, his whole body turned into a meteor and shot out explosively!

As the Ruyi Golden Hoop Staff swept out, terrifying Hell's origin coiled around it!

The Third Prince's flame-tipped spear, coiled with Hellfire, thrust forward, aiming at the Future Tathagata's form; his purpose was to help Li Che behead this Tathagata.

Dingguang Buddha emerged from the void, a wave-like power rolling forth.

He let out a soft sigh, flicking his finger.

Instantly, two golden wheels spun out rapidly.

The speed of the Ruyi Golden Hoop Staff's sweep instantly became extremely slow, as if the speed of spacetime were being adjusted!

Inside Qitian's armor, Qitian's eyes narrowed.

"Hmph! Somewhat interesting!"

"I, Old Sun, have all along overlooked you, bald donkey; within Black Sumeru, you actually hid such a profound, mighty Imperial-level Eternal Heaven!"

Qitian really hasn't truly fought Dingguang Buddha before.

Because, in every divine tide, when the Three Worlds Tathagata acts, the curtain basically falls.

The Hell Lotus Maiden and the divine spirits of their Hell Lotus faction simply cannot withstand the power of the Three Great Divine factions; they are suppressed one after another, unable to turn the tide, and must reincarnate as temple gods.

However, in each divine tide, the presence of this Dingguang Buddha is not strong.

But now we discover, this bald donkey, is actually this powerful!

Boom——!

A sweep of the staff, as if being pushed back layer by layer by space; once the force is spent, it actually cannot even strike Dingguang Buddha's front.

Such control over time and space made Qitian's eyes narrow slightly, feeling it quite troublesome.

However, the fighting spirit of Dou Zhan Sheng was completely stirred up.

The Ruyi Golden Hoop Staff trembled, instantly transforming into thousands upon thousands, densely packed, as if filling the entire firmament, then it smashed down fiercely.

Boom!

Countless staff shadows overlapped and collided, the barriers of spacetime seeming to be shattered beneath this staff.

The howling staff shadows tore through spacetime, viciously lashing toward Dingguang Buddha.

Dingguang Buddha's face shone with Buddha-light, his smile full and bright.

This time is not like the last time on Absolute Cliff Mountain; this time…

He has descended in his true form.

"Steady."

The flow of time, as if at this moment, completely solidified.

Obviously the sweeping speed of the just-smashed Ruyi Jingu Bang seemed slowed countless times.

And Dingguang Buddha leisurely, in the Buddha-light, slowly shifted aside the sweeping motion of the Ruyi Jingu Bang.

Boom——!!!

A strike that was nine out of ten sure missed, the hellfire on Qitian's body blazed wildly, his body lunged forward, eight ancient heaven-earth symbols rolled, one after another igniting on the Ruyi Jingu Bang as if etched upon it!

The Ruyi Jingu Bang that Dingguang Buddha had dodged instantly, at this moment, seemed to come alive, actually being pulled back upside down, breaking free of time's restraint, and fiercely smashing toward Dingguang Buddha.

"As expected of the Victorious Fighting Buddha, this combat skill is truly peerless."

Dingguang Buddha praised.

But the Ruyi Jingu Bang, ignited with eight ancient heaven-earth symbols, fiercely struck his body; in Qitian's delighted expression, it actually pierced straight through Dingguang Buddha's body.

Like a moon reflected in water, impossible to grasp!

"Huh?!"

The delight on Qitian's face instantly froze, his eyes showing a hint of annoyance.

"You bald donkey, truly troublesome!"

"I, Old Monkey, still don't believe it; today I can't smash you!"

Boom——

With a stomp beneath his feet, primordial energy burst forth; Qitian suddenly sprang out, the cloud layers shooting up, his speed reaching the extreme!

He clenched the Ruyi Jingu Bang that had pierced Dingguang Buddha's body and returned, killing toward Dingguang Buddha's front, striking blow after blow of terrifying slaughter!

The staff waves like surf, vast and expansive, rolling outward!

But none could hit Dingguang Buddha, as if doing useless work!

The two great golden wheels turned, the powers of time and space pouring down like rain.

……

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Elsewhere.

Li Che did not pay attention to the battle between Qitian and Dingguang Buddha, but joined forces with the Third Prince to slay the Future Tathagata's body!

"Kill!"

The Future Tathagata's body was in poor condition, its great Buddha golden body shattered, now already at the end of the road.

His monk's robe fluttered, his five fingers clenched, as if a golden Dharma staff were being grasped and waved forth.

The Third Prince thrust out a hellfire spear, the black Heaven-Entwining Silk also swept out, and the Universe Ring was hurled, the burning hellfire seeking to incinerate the ancient Buddha!

The Future Tathagata's eyes burst forth with resplendent Buddha-light; facing the Third Prince and Li Che's combined assault, his expression remained calm.

Dingguang Buddha was his trump card, a last resort he was forced to use, never expecting Li Che to force it out.

But this only made the Future Tathagata more certain that Li Che hid a tremendous secret, one concerning him!

After all, though the Tathagata has been cut down, the soul link between his incarnations should still be shareable.

But now the Tathagata's soul and will, as if completely vanished, are being devoured by an invisible force!

"You want to cut down this poor monk… and swallow him?"

The Future Tathagata's eyes shone brilliantly; he fixed his gaze on Li Che, who had teamed up with the Third Prince to attack, and said.

Li Che said nothing, flicked a finger, and instantly terrifying sword-light burst from his whole body, the Six Desire Void God-Slaying Sword, six martial immortal swords intertwining to emit extremely brilliant sword-light!

He clenched his fingers, five brilliant sword-lights bursting forth, a simple horizontal thrust coming at extreme speed, time and space seeming to be twisted by the six sword-lights into blade-like forms!

Each sword-light contained the force of ten thousand jun!

Where the sword-light pointed, space could not bear the load, layer after layer collapsing and shattering, the cut fragments drifting away!

At this moment Li Che pushed his martial dao to the extreme, even integrating the Thousand Mountains Lone Walk Void-Slashing Blade, a supreme immortal martial art, into the Six Desire Void God-Slaying Sword!

The Future Tathagata's body faced such sword-light, and he let out a soft sigh.

He knew that escaping today was no easy matter; Li Che's scheme had lured both his incarnations here, making escape utterly impossible.

Choosing to flee would certainly result in Li Che cutting him down outright!

If so, then he could only continue fighting, fight to the end!

Countless Buddha-light burst from every inch of his skin, his Buddha body like glazed glass, golden light brilliant, as if countless radiant stars were revolving!

The Future Tathagata raised his palm; within his Buddha palm, it seemed a great realm was forged, compressing the entire world within—Buddha-nation in the palm, Buddha-land in the palm!

The Three Thousand Worlds, hundreds of millions of beings, evolved within the Buddha palm.

A single palm turned, sweeping across his cheek; upon the Future Tathagata's cheek, his eyes were like the sun and moon!

Boom——

A terrifying collision erupted, the Six Desire Void God-Slaying Sword fused with the Thousand Mountains Lone Walk Void-Slashing Blade, this supreme immortal martial art.

Combined with the vital force of the Four Aperture Mystic Immortal, it collided with the Buddha palm!

As if at the dawn of heaven and earth, that terrifying roar seemed ready to rend the void itself!

Li Che's Six Desire Void God-Slaying Sword, its six blades combined into one sword, two supreme immortal martial arts united as one, was actually blocked by the Buddha palm!

The void was shattered by the colliding Buddha-light and sword-light, two different powers, the cracks like spiderwebs in the wind trembling at the faint edges!

The Third Prince snorted angrily, his eight-armed three-faced Dharma body fully covered in hell battle armor, wrapped in hellfire as he surged forth.

The oppressive hellfire pressed down, actually suppressing the Future Tathagata's Buddha-light!

Boom—!

Future Tathagata's gaze swept over, and he also raised another palm; Buddha light remained as before, the Buddha nation in his palm.

The fire-tip spear was thrust forth, solidly drilling into the Buddha's palm.

Li Che and the Third Prince were actually suppressed by the Future Tathagata's presence, facing two against one!

The Six Desires Void Slay-God Sword Formation, having been broken by the Eternal Light Buddha, could not suppress the Future Tathagata; in the actual battle, Li Che's combat power could indeed match an Imperial-level opponent, but it fell short of Equal to Heaven, and his suppressive force against the Future Tathagata was far insufficient. Moreover, during the fight, the Future Tathagata mainly used his power to suppress the Third Prince.

In Li Che's chest, the Pure Heart Dao Fruit throbbed vigorously.

As the Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart throbbed, Li Che's eyes seemed to be overlaid with a layer of golden light amid the vague haze.

It was as if, at this moment, in sync with the Future Tathagata, he could see through all of his techniques.

The next moment, the Six Desires Void Slay-God Sword slashed out again.

At the instant the opening slash was launched.

The Heaven-Earth Chessboard unfurled, and a Martial Immortal Sword instantly transformed into Li Che's true form; Li Che's gaze burned like flames, his qi and blood surged and blazed, exploding behind him into the form of a Dragon-Elephant!

Dragon-Elephant Diamond Dao Fruit, sudden enlightenment feedback!

Burning!

At this moment, Li Che, bolstered by the Dragon-Elephant Diamond Dao Fruit's sudden enlightenment feedback, seemed to have entered an unparalleled combat stance!

The Future Tathagata's pupils contracted; at this moment, he felt Li Che's state was completely different!

This state made even his Buddha heart tremble.

The Buddha nation in his palm was unleashed again, yet this time it did not block Li Che; instead, it was blown apart by a single punch, a control that utilized every drop of qi and blood to the extreme!

"Martial Ancestor!"

The Future Tathagata's body focused its gaze.

At this moment, Li Che gave him the feeling of being an ancient top-tier powerhouse of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

Emperor Hong, Supreme One, Primordial Dragon, and Martial Ancestor!

The founder of martial dao who opened up the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths!

Bang——!

The Buddha nation shattered, the beings within its palm wailed, and myriad beings perished!

His entire palm cracked inch by inch; Li Che's indifferent eyes manifested martial dao to the extreme, as if a Dragon-Elephant roared in every inch of his flesh!

A burst of golden Buddha blood exploded in the void.

Thereafter, the Future Tathagata's body, like a cannonball, slammed into the void.

The Six Desires Void Slay-God Sword shot forth, and Li Che, in his sudden enlightenment feedback state, met it with a fist and a sword.

The Martial Immortal Sword struck by the fist instantly transformed into an ultimate slaughter surpassing light!

With a puff, Buddha blood spattered, piercing the Future Tathagata's body and sealing him in the void.

Six sword lights cleaved down in succession!

Fixing the Future Tathagata in the void!

No chance of escape remained!

Li Che stepped forward, every strand of qi and blood utilized to the extreme, mobilized to the extreme!

"What a martial dao progenitor!"

"Such martial dao, shocking the world and defying convention, is the strongest martial dao of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths! It can wage martial dao against heaven's will!"

The Future Tathagata laughed.

But Li Che did not respond to him; he clenched his fingers, blade light burst forth, and the Thousand Mountains Lone Walker Void-Slash Blade, at this moment, spanned time and space, slashing across the Future Tathagata's body!

The bloody void, each drop of Buddha blood staining it golden!

Heaven-earth phenomena appeared once more; another Imperial-level Imperishable Heaven fell, and the will of heaven and earth began to tremble uncontrollably!

The momentum shook the heavens!

And the sudden enlightenment feedback in Li Che's eyes also began to fade rapidly.

Instantly, the Life-Death Immortal Body sensed a feeling of weakness; Li Che's face darkened, the Dragon-Elephant Diamond Dao Fruit's sudden enlightenment feedback let him enter the sensation of an immortal sustaining a mortal body, a feeling of martial talent pushed to its limit.

Li Che's fingers flickered with myriad changes, yet, having withdrawn from the sudden enlightenment feedback, he could not possibly utilize every inch of qi and blood to the extreme.

"Martial Ancestor..."

Li Che's gaze was cold.

Borrowing the power of the Martial Ancestor, slay the Buddha Ancestor! Borrowing the power of one Dao Fruit Master, slay another Dao Fruit Master—what's impossible?

Boom!

The Heaven-Earth Eight Symbols Blade suddenly slashed down.

The sigh of the Future Tathagata was utterly extinguished.

Slashed by Li Che in the Profound Sky Heaven!

Heaven and earth portents churned, countless blood rains splashed, as if all beings wailed, and a furious storm and torrential rain arrived together.

Li Che's body burst through the wind and rain, appearing beside the golden body severed from the Future Tathagata.

His five fingers splayed, seizing its body.

In an instant, within his chest, the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit began to frenetically jump and vibrate; a powerful suction erupted, wildly drawing in the essence upon the Future Tathagata's body.

The maturity of the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit began to surge.

Li Che sat cross-legged in the void, as if his entire being had entered a state of sacrificial refinement.

The Third Prince stared dumbstruck, seemingly unable to comprehend Li Che's sudden eruption.

Martial Ancestor?

Could Li Che be a reincarnation of the Martial Ancestor?

Third Prince stroked his chin, muttering, "Not quite... After all, the Martial Ancestor... shouldn't be this skilled in the Way of the Divine Roc."

The Way of the Divine Roc created by Nüwa, Li Che has almost reached its culmination; he can even use the Way of the Divine Roc to resurrect the Great Sage and himself.

However, the Third Prince didn't think much, directly stepping onto the Hellfire Wind-Fire Golden Light Wheel and emerging, standing guard for Li Che, who is currently performing the ritual refinement of the Future Tathagata.

After all, the grand scheme Li Che set up aims at the Three Worlds Tathagata.

As for Li Che's purpose, the Great Sage and the Third Prince truly don't know.

But they're not stupid either; given the current situation, they also know that there is even some kind of karmic link between Li Che and the Three Worlds Tathagata.

In the distance.

After clashing again with the Great Sage, the Buddha of Eternal Light fled far away, a hint of helplessness appearing on his face.

"What a pity..."

The Three Worlds Tathagata has already been severed in two.

Only a past Tathagata remains, now as faded as yesterday's flower, unable to withstand the current level of the Prison Lotus faction.

The Buddha of Eternal Light did not linger in further entanglement with the Great Sage.

Behind him, the spacetime sundial turned, the golden wheel chimed, and it merged into spacetime, vanishing from sight.

The Buddha of Eternal Light comes and goes freely.

Even as strong as the Great Sage, he cannot possibly block him.

The Great Sage, angrily wielding the As-You-Will Golden Cudgel nonstop, muttered curses under his breath.

On the other side.

Li Che didn't mind the Buddha of Eternal Light leaving.

In his heart, he was fairly certain that the Buddha of Eternal Light was likely the master of the Spacetime Golden Wheel Dao Fruit, so he also devoted some thought to him.

But the premise is that he can elevate the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit to the Nine Transformations.

Boom—

After Li Che had finished absorbing the essence of the Future Tathagata's body.

Li Che only felt that his martial immortal will became increasingly lucid and transparent, his understanding of the martial way improved, and his fleshly body received another baptism.

The Third Prince stared at Li Che, somewhat surprised.

He could feel that Li Che's aura was becoming increasingly terrifying.

This rate of improvement is truly astonishing!

Just as the Third Prince was curiously sizing him up.

Li Che suddenly opened his eyes.

It was as if a dazzling golden light flashed across heaven and earth.

The Third Prince was startled.

In Li Che's eyes, golden light swam about like fish.

A hint of regret surfaced in Li Che's eyes.

"What a pity..."

Having absorbed and refined the Future Tathagata's body, indeed, the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit still failed to achieve the Nine Transformations.

However, this regret quickly dissipated.

Li Che closed his eyes, then opened them; his qi and blood erupted uncontrollably, forming a pillar of qi and blood that pierced straight through the Mystic Heavens!

Even the will of heaven and earth seemed unable to stop it!

Beside the qi-blood pillar, dragons and elephants coiled, shaking heaven and moving earth!

In the blink of an eye.

Golden light like the vast sun!

The Vajra of Dragons and Elephants is undergoing something unprecedented...

Nine Transformations!