Chapter 668: Suppressing the Heaven-Reaching, six heavenly openings, peerless martial immortal; the Dark Heavenly Court eliminated

Four sword qi tornadoes swept vertically across heaven and earth.

The whole Primordial Heaven, smashed by Li Che, trembled immensely at this moment.

Primordial Heaven's divine beings, in despair, glimpsed a hint of dawn, some delighted, gazing toward the Heaven-Reaching God Emperor.

The Heaven-Reaching God Emperor, one of the Dark Heavenly Court's three Imperials, unexpectedly stepped forward in this battle to aid the now dying Primordial Heaven.

The Earth Store King's hegemony had long shocked all powerhouses; having once participated in the Divine Craft Immortal Hand Assembly in Primordial Heaven like an ant, the Earth Store King has now risen completely.

Even Heavenly Immortals could be easily slain, using pure strength alone.

Such unmatched Martial Immortal cultivation power left many Heavenly Immortals seeing no chance to prevail.

Imperial! The Earth Store King absolutely possesses Imperial-level power!

Boom—

Li Che spread his arms, roaring and shaking; his mighty qi and blood seemed to overturn the heavens and earth.

Indeed, Li Che also hadn't expected the Heaven-Reaching God Emperor to step forward; this fellow Dao friend, Li Che had always greatly appreciated and felt grateful toward.

Because the Heaven-Reaching God Emperor had also given Li Che considerable aid—whether suppressing the Netherworld Mouth in the Endless Sea, or after Li Che beheaded his four great disciples, he bore no grudge and did not turn hostile.

All this granted Li Che ample breathing room and opportunities to improve himself.

This is the favor; thus Li Che feels grateful to the Heaven-Reaching God Emperor.

Yet, favor aside, the Heaven-Reaching God Emperor ultimately stepped forward, for he is now the Dark Heavenly Court's last Imperial Heavenly Immortal.

If he did not step forward, Primordial Heaven would also be shattered by Li Che's Heaven-Opening.

The Dark Heavenly Court's three great realms would all become Li Che's Heaven-Opening targets; Li Che would utterly seize their nest and occupy the Dark Heavenly Court's territory!

The Heaven-Reaching God Emperor could ignore it, but as one of the Dark Heavenly Court's God Emperors, he must still step forward—this is duty, not mere mutual sympathy among Dao friends.

"Heaven-Reaching Dao friend... since that's the case, let you go all out."

"Your true form still guards the Netherworld Mouth in the Endless Sea; using a mere origin avatar to fight me is ultimately insufficient."

Li Che hovered in midair, his aura clashing tip-to-tip with the Heaven-Reaching God Emperor's sword qi.

His mind stirred slightly.

Li Che contacted Hell Qi Tian; Qi Tian smirked, without hesitation, his Wish-Golden Hoop Staff turning, he stepped on the Hellfire Cloud beneath his feet and shot into the spatial passage.

Above the Endless Sea.

Qi Tian quickly appeared, the Hellfire Cloud beneath his feet trembling as he swiftly trailed a black streak across the firmament.

Finally, he hovered above the Netherworld Mouth of the Endless Sea.

The Heaven-Reaching God Emperor's sword rose, his gaze slowly lifting to behold the appearing Qi Tian.

"Old Sun here to hold the Netherworld Mouth for you… you and Li Che brat fight, fight well, don't hold back—Old Sun just wants to watch the fun, hehehe."

Qi Tian chuckled and spoke.

The Heaven-Reaching God Emperor instantly grasped Li Che's intent, he too smiled and nodded.

Sword light shot up from the Netherworld Mouth, pierced the clouds, boomed, stirring tumultuous waves, and raced toward the passage to Primordial Heaven.

With the Heaven-Reaching God Emperor's departure.

Within the Netherworld Mouth, deathly qi surged, three dreadful dragon silhouettes loomed forth.

Precisely the Netherworld Dragon Emperor, Netherworld Candle Dragon, and Netherworld Responding Dragon—three who had fallen into the Netherworld's ancestral dragon lineage.

They roared dragon cries, seeking to break free.

Yet Qi Tian chuckled, flicked a finger, and his Wish-Golden Hoop Staff instantly thickened, fiercely plugging the Netherworld Mouth.

He pressed the three ancestral dragons back.

"What's there to jump about? Just wait obediently, that Li Che brat… after he finishes with the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, he won't spare your Netherworld, and you three ancestral dragons won't escape either."

Qi Tian's Qi Tian Armor blazed forth, eight Heaven-Earth Ancient Glyphs rotating and pouring down.

Transforming into a colossal titan, he planted his rear to seal the Netherworld Mouth.

He firmly held back the three ancestral dragons and the Death Sovereign's form seeking to break out.

Qi Tian crossed his arms, curiously gazing toward Primordial Heaven.

……

……

Li Che took no advantage of the Heaven-Reaching God Emperor, knowing the latter must guard the Netherworld Mouth and could not unleash his full cultivation.

Therefore, Li Che chose to let Qi Tian take over guarding the Netherworld Mouth so the Heaven-Reaching God Emperor would have no regrets, and began to exert his full strength.

Only thus would the Heaven-Reaching God Emperor have no regrets.

Now Li Che, facing the Heaven-Reaching God Emperor, is no longer without confidence.

Not only because of his Dragon-Elephant Golden Strong Dao Fruit Nine Transformations, but also because his Sword Dao is no longer weak; after fusing the Six Desires Void-Slaying God Sword with the origin of Grand Void Heaven, it is not inferior to the Heaven-Reaching God Emperor's Sword Dao.

"Battle!"

Li Che held nothing back, spared no effort!

As Dao friends, let us fully evolve our respective Daos, so each may see the other's insights and achievements in Sword Dao!

The Heaven-Reaching God Emperor, when Li Che was weak, could openly accept him, regarding Li Che's Sword Dao insights as a Dao friend, as a fellow Dao friend climbing the Sword Dao pinnacle together.

Dao friends can be allies or foes!

This is the meaning of Dao friends!

Clang—

As if a peerless divine sword had been born, in an instant its light severed all; the divine spirits watching in Primordial Heaven felt their hairs stand on end, as if breath and perception were cut off.

"Let us fight within the void."

The Heaven-Reaching God Emperor's sword qi rang and entwined, he said in a deep voice.

The next instant, his whole person transformed into sword light, cleaving the void of Primordial Heaven and entering the boundless starry vacuum.

Every heavenly domain is actually floating in an endless starry sky, as if myriad stars were flowing.

Li Che did not retreat; he closely followed, stepped out, and caught up.

The Void Starry Sky, also called the Void, is a desolate expanse; as far as the eye can see, besides darkness, it remains darkness.

Yet within this darkness, specks of starlight are dotted, making it look like a starry sky.

The Heaven-Reaching God Emperor, surrounded by sword qi, sat calmly upon a sword platform woven from four divine swords, waiting for Li Che.

This is the Heaven-Reaching God Emperor of the Endless Sea, who has merged with his sword qi avatar.

His aura surged even higher, reaching an extremely terrifying level!

「Battle! 」

Without further words, Li Che let Qi Tian suppress the Endless Sea, giving the Heaven-Reaching God Emperor a chance to go all out.

The Heaven-Reaching God Emperor naturally would not waste more words.

Boom!

The Heaven-Reaching God Emperor's eyes were calm, devoid of sharp light, even appearing deep and turbid, as if the entire starry sky were reflected in his pupils, lacking clarity.

Four sword lights slashed forth, as if heaven and earth were collapsing!

Like a great hand spanning the Void Starry Sky, countless sword lights condensed, with palm lines formed from condensed sword qi.

As the Void was shattered and slowly shifted, everything seemed to turn into nothingness.

Yet Li Che faced this palm directly; his sword qi could be used to such a degree, indeed quite remarkable.

Qi and blood surged, five qi and blood vortices swirling up behind him!

A terrifying propulsive force exploded; Li Che took a step forward, qi and blood surged, a heaven‑shaking rush rose, he thrust a fist outward, colliding with that sword‑qi palm, producing countless clanging sounds that shook.

Beneath the fist's radiance, six sword lights howled forth; the Six Desires Void Slay God Sword manifested, slashing from six directions toward the Heaven-Reaching God Emperor!

「Good that you came! 」

The Heaven-Reaching God Emperor's turbid eyes suddenly brightened.

In his loud laughter, sword qi raged; a sweep of his palm gathered all the sword qi's brilliance into his palm, which he then struck out toward Li Che.

Their sword qi collided in the Void, each's sword‑dao comprehension clashing in a duel!

Li Che's eyes blazed, his fighting spirit rose; yet in fact he was also probing, testing whether this Heaven-Reaching God Emperor was also a Lord of the Dao Fruit.

However, after successive clashes, Li Che sensed no aura of a Lord of the Dao Fruit on the Heaven-Reaching God Emperor.

His sword qi did not match any Dao Fruit.

This allowed Li Che's tense heart to gradually relax, finally immersing himself completely in this battle.

Golden blood boiled, golden hair flew wildly, and a great mist swirled around him.

Like an unparalleled war god of the cosmic starry sky, he spanned the battlefield and erupted with all his might!

Boom——!!!

Myriad Transformation Dragon Elephant Furnace!

Qilin Suppress Void Seal!

Weeping Blood Immortal Phoenix Wither-Flourish Arrow!

Slaughter Ancestral Dragon!

Six Desires Void Slay God Sword!

Five items merged with the heavenly domain's origin, transformed from immortal martial absolute learning into Dao‑proving martial immortal artifacts, the martial immortal divine weapons stretched forth.

The entire Void burst open in brilliant splendor!

……

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The battle in the Void shocked everyone.

In the Primordial Heaven, the divine spirits' bodies trembled incessantly, each one extremely tense.

If even the Heaven-Reaching God Emperor were defeated……

Then who could still stop the Earth Store King?

No!

One should say, in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, the Hell Lotus Faction would surely take the lead, and the Three Major Divine Factions would have no one able to contend with him.

After all, the Three World Tathagatas had two of their incarnations cut down, leaving only a Past Tathagata incarnation, which, in the spatial passage of the Primordial Heaven, struggled to resist the slaughter of the Hell Lotus Faction's powerhouses.

The aftermath of the battle in the Void kept surging like terrifying waves on a great river, continually rolling forward.

Boom——!!!

Suddenly.

The Void split open; countless sword qi, as if carving a hole in the sky, poured down like rain!

A figure shot backward like a cannonball.

It crashed down onto the ground of the Primordial Heaven with a boom.

Sizzle——

All the divine spirits' gazes were projected toward it, and then their eyes shone with wild joy!

「It's the Earth Store King! 」

「The Earth Store King has been defeated! 」

「Hahaha! The Heaven-Reaching God Emperor is mighty! Finally suppressing this fiend! 」

……

In the Primordial Heaven, the divine spirits were each wildly ecstatic!

The one who was smashed onto the ground was indeed Li Che.

Slowly rising from that immeasurably huge pit, countless scorching, searing high temperatures melted the sand and stones at the pit's rim into crystal, each crystal grain containing terrifying qi and blood, destined to become the supreme treasure of cultivation.

Li Che slowly straightened his body, his spine ramrod straight; countless ferocious and terrifying wounds carved out by sword scars marred his body.

They slowly healed, leaving not a single scar.

Golden hair flew and whipped wildly. Li Che calmly gazed at the Heaven-Traveling Divine Emperor slowly drifting and descending in the void.

The Heaven-Traveling Divine Emperor sighed, then looked toward Li Che.

As the sigh faded, his body continually manifested cracks like porcelain, as if about to shatter.

I have been defeated.

Thank you, fellow Daoist, for letting me experience an exhilarating battle.

What a pity...

The Heaven-Traveling Divine Emperor sighed softly.

Unfortunately, Li Che did not defeat him through swordsmanship.

Li Che's Martial Immortal's Dao is overwhelmingly powerful; such a fleshly body is nearly indestructible, and even his Slaughter-God Sword Qi cannot sever Li Che's vitality.

Such martial prowess is simply shocking to the world!

Using swordsmanship, Li Che could indeed not defeat the Heaven-Traveling Divine Emperor; facing a Royal-Level Immortal, Li Che naturally gave his all.

Grand Luo Immortal Body, Immortal Martial Supreme Art, Dragon-Elephant Golden Immortal Nine Transformations Dao Fruit...

Li Che deployed them all.

The Nine Transformations Dragon-Elephant Golden Immortal Dao Fruit possesses an extremely terrifying ability: it allows Li Che to constantly remain in a state of epiphany feedback.

In the state of epiphany feedback, martial understanding is elevated, and combat proficiency and emotional intelligence can reach an extremely terrifying level.

Therefore, the Heaven-Traveling Divine Emperor was defeated.

However, Li Che did not let the Heaven-Traveling Divine Emperor die completely.

Clenching his five fingers together, they formed an incredibly sharp long blade, which he fiercely slashed toward the high heavens.

The void was instantly torn open; the Primordial Heaven's Source Sea lost the Heaven-Traveling Divine Emperor's obstruction and was directly cleaved by Li Che.

Rush—

The vast source surged downward.

Li Che rose to the heavens, bathing in the Primordial Heaven's source.

In this battle, the Heaven-Traveling Divine Emperor also employed all his means; he even drew the will of heaven and earth onto himself, representing the powerful beings obstructing Li Che's opening of heaven, as if he had become a heaven-and-earth war god.

But in the end he was still defeated by Li Che, so Li Che's opening of heaven now faces no obstruction!

He easily cleaved the Source Sea.

Li Che bathed in the inverted source; with a flick of his finger, he drew forth a strand of Primordial Heaven's source, surging toward the Heaven-Traveling Divine Emperor, whose body was shattered all over and slowly crumbling.

Bathing in the Primordial Heaven's source, the originally shattered Heaven-Traveling Divine Emperor, his broken body, gradually healed and recovered.

This...

Fellow Daoist, you have been defeated; then do not continue to block me—remain seated in charge of the Netherworld Mouth of the Endless Sea...

Li Che said with a smile.

The Heaven-Traveling Divine Emperor's expression was complex; he had been rescued by Li Che, and surprisingly he apportioned one-third of the Primordial Heaven's source to him, repairing his wounds and bringing him back from death.

Very well, from today onward I shall withdraw from the Dark Heavenly Court, no longer serving as its Divine Emperor; fellow Daoist, whatever you wish to do, I can no longer interfere.

The Heaven-Traveling Divine Emperor said.

For the Dark Heavenly Court, he had also fought before, regrettably failing to win, even nearly losing his life.

Having been saved by Li Che, this life naturally belongs to Li Che.

Boom—

The Heaven-Traveling Divine Emperor said nothing more; after recovering his wounds, he transformed into terrifying sword light, pierced the void, and returned to the Endless Sea.

Having obtained one-third of the Primordial Heaven's source, the Heaven-Traveling Divine Emperor became even stronger than before.

The spirits of the Primordial Heaven were utterly despairing.

One by one they knelt on the ground, tears streaming down their faces, weeping without cease.

And the Dou Tian Palace collapsed with a bang, its mountain gate shattered by a sword qi flicked from Li Che's finger.

Li Che bathed in the source sea and opened the sixth extraordinary martial aperture.

For this aperture, Li Che chose to fuse with the Primordial Wind Tribulation; the immortal martial art is the Thousand Mountains Lone Walker Void-Slashing Blade!

Hum—

Within the extraordinary martial aperture, terrifying blade light gathered, dazzling and blinding, condensing into a blade as if constantly shuttling through thousands of mountains and myriad waters.

The blade seems to merge with the wind; as the wind blows past, it slices everything!

Six-time Heaven-Opening Martial Immortal!

Li Che's aura at this moment grew ever more terrifying; the sources of the six heavenly domains all clung to him, making his Martial Immortal power unmatched.

Even a Royal-Level Immortal, before him, seemed destined to be suppressed.

Hum—

The Equal Heaven and the Third Prince arrived side by side, their hellish flames blazing across the firmament of the Primordial Heaven.

Both gazed at Li Che at this moment, filled with emotion.

Invincible now.

This kid, walking this Martial Immortal path, is simply shocking to the world, forging a road never before traveled.

One opening of heaven allows a Mystic Immortal to assault the rank of Heavenly Immortal.

Li Che now, having opened heaven six times, has long surpassed the power of a Heavenly Immortal.

And this seems not yet Li Che's limit!

His body trembled.

Li Che's eyes opened, terrifying tendons twitched on his body, and vast qi and blood surged and roared.

In every drop of blood, it seemed to contain the mysteries of heaven and earth, endless changes, undying and indestructible, immortal and incorruptible, untouched by time.

The distance to transcendence grew ever closer.

Li Che took a step and instantly appeared beside Qi Tian and the Third Prince.

Even the two of them couldn't help feeling oppressed.

The Third Prince couldn't help but laugh, hands on hips.

The Prison Lotus faction, in all past divine tides, had never fought such a wealthy battle.

With such a Prison Lotus faction… how could this generation's divine tide possibly lose?!

"Tongtian has already returned to the Endless Sea, once again taking command of the Netherworld Gate……"

"He should give up continuing to rush to aid the Dark Heavenly Court."

"The Dark Heavenly Court… this divine faction is likely to be utterly destroyed today!"

Qi Tian narrowed his eyes and said.

Li Che smiled, and golden light flowed all over his body.

"No, the Dark Heavenly Court… has not yet been utterly defeated."

"The Immortal Old Lord and the Immortal God Emperor, two sovereign-level beings, are within the spacetime conduit of Taisu Heaven."

"They haven't fallen yet; how can we say the Dark Heavenly Court is destroyed?"

Qi Tian and the Third Prince looked at each other, exchanged a glance, and were both somewhat speechless.

"You wouldn't… want to kill them, would you?"

The Third Prince clicked his tongue and said.

"They are not the same as the Three-Lifetime Tathagata and the Tongtian God Emperor; they might not fight you to the death."

The Third Prince muttered.

Sovereign-level immortals cannot be defeated in battle… but they can flee.

"It's not that they can't be killed; with you and me, couldn't we kill them?"

Qi Tian hehe-laughed, quite excited.

This Nine Heavens and Ten Earths will ultimately be stirred up, turned upside down!

The will of heaven and earth once obstructed him; why now does it not come out to obstruct Li Che?

Bullying the soft and fearing the hard!

Qi Tian glanced at the firmament of Taisu Heaven and curled his lip.

"Two seniors, lend me your aid!"

Li Che's gaze was piercing, he took a deep breath, and clasped his fists in salute.

"Next… I will go to welcome my wife's return."

Qi Tian and the Third Prince exchanged glances, then burst into laughter, one shouldering the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, the other raising the Fire-tipped Spear.

Hellfire erupted everywhere, tearing open the void and descending upon the spacetime conduit region of Taisu Heaven.

At this very moment.

Within the spacetime conduit of Taisu Heaven.

The past Tathagata's form was being suppressed by the Emperor Hong Human Sovereign and the Taiyi Immortal, making it hard to break free.

Buddha light shone everywhere, continuously pouring down.

The void tore open.

Li Che took a step and appeared on the spacetime battlefield.

One after another white chess pieces floated around him, with pattering sounds, scattering onto the heaven-and-earth chessboard.

And Li Che's figure, as if teleporting, appeared before the past Tathagata.

The peerless martial immortal who had opened the heavens six times approached close to a suppressed sovereign-level immortal.

The past Tathagata's pupils contracted, unable to react in time.

? co

The golden Buddha's body burst forth with a boom!

However.

Li Che merely tilted his head calmly, gazing at the past Tathagata's body.

"Buddha, it's time to return to your place."

As his words fell, he threw a plain, straightforward punch.

With a thud, it struck the golden Buddha body formed from the past Tathagata's endless Buddha light.

Golden Buddha body.

Shattered into pieces.

(End of chapter)