Chapter 672: Dizang, stop! Don

Old Immortal… is also a Lord of the Dao Fruit?!

After this idea surfaced in Li Che's mind, it could no longer be suppressed, taking root like a sprout, increasingly becoming a certainty in Li Che's intuition.

But which Lord of the Dao Fruit is Old Immortal?

Now, there are not many unidentified Lords of the Dao Fruit left; who could it be?

The Painted Immortal Dao Fruit? Hell Dao Fruit? Samsara Dao Fruit? Chess Saint Dao Fruit?

Or perhaps the Dream Celestial Master Dao Fruit?

As for the Great Sun Golden Crow Carriage Dao Fruit, Li Che thinks the possibility is low.

Moreover, in Li Che's perception, the Great Sun Golden Crow Carriage Dao Fruit indeed feels out of place among the other Dao Fruits.

But nothing can be too absolute.

Li Che slashed the Immortal Divine Emperor, slashed the Lord of the Dark Heavenly Court, and thus the Dark Heavenly Court, a great divine power, was completely destroyed and removed from the three major divine camps.

No one expected that the Dark Heavenly Court, one of the three major divine camps, would suffer such a massive blow in this era's divine tide!

Li Che, his whole body bathed in thunder, scanned the scene with calm eyes.

Thunder Magnetic Track Body Dao Fruit Nine Shedding, the Lord of the Dao Fruit returns to his place.

Now Li Che's aura has risen again, and his combat power continues to climb.

A powerful pressure spreads from his body, sweeping the entire void battlefield.

His gaze fell upon Old Immortal.

Among the four Immortals suppressed by his wife Zhang Ya, only the fleeing Immortal Golden Cicada surprised Li Che.

The Immortal Divine Emperor has already been successfully slashed by Li Che.

Remaining are Old Immortal and the Immortal Demon Emperor rescued by the Lord of the Ten Thousand Demon Emperor Dao Fruit.

Li Che stands in the terrifying roaring Thunder Sea, indifferently watching Old Immortal and the newly emerged Witch Emperor.

Old Immortal, one against two, was able to suppress Qi Tian and the Third Prince, which surprised Li Che.

Qi Tian and the Third Prince were also very surprised, even a bit angry.

Li Che observed the clash between Old Immortal, Qi Tian, and the Third Prince, judging which Dao Fruit Lord Old Immortal truly is.

Black and white divine generals burst forth, countless pills transformed into heavenly soldiers, forming a formation like a giant chessboard, enveloping and surrounding Qi Tian and the Third Prince.

During the clash, as if facing a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers, the dense troops exhausted Qi Tian and the Third Prince mentally.

Grinding—completely intended to grind them down until they lose all temper!

At least it prevents Hell Qi Tian and Hell Third Prince's combat power from fully unleashing, suppressed within the formation, spinning like a toy.

Li Che watched calmly, and a thought arose in his mind.

"Chess Saint Dao Fruit?"

Li Che exhaled.

From his observation, he felt that Old Immortal now embodied the Chess Saint among the Dao Fruit Lords.

Primarily calculating, framing the situation within his controllable scope.

The pills are like chess pieces, black and white circulating into divine generals.

Chess Saint Dao Fruit Lord!

This thought's appearance gave Li Che a sense of certainty.

Boom—

Li Che's body surged forward, erupting with a thunderous vibration, and he exploded with thunder‑like ultimate speed.

In an instant, he charged at Old Immortal.

Old Immortal's dust‑sweeping blade fluttered, his eyes flashing.

At once, two pills shot out from beneath his dust‑sweeping blade, transforming into black and white divine generals, exuding an intensely rich yin‑yang aura.

One could say this is the entirety of Old Immortal's essence.

At this moment, it all fully manifested!

Li Che snapped his finger, sword light raced, and the Six Desires Void God‑Slaying Sword instantly slashed.

His body crashed into the chessboard‑like formation, and the two divine generals formed from the circulating black and white pill‑chess pieces immediately felt immense pressure.

Yet, as Li Che's mind shifted slightly, the two pill divine generals swapped positions, seemingly materializing a flash before Li Che.

Pfft!

Behind Li Che, six Qimen Immortal Martial blood‑chi vortices spun together, unleashing terrifying power.

In an instant they shattered the two pill‑formed divine generals.

Because Li Che's heaven‑and‑earth chessboard expanded, the aura of the two divine generals seemed sealed and suppressed to the extreme.

Then Li Che, without any courtesy, unsheathed the Thousand Mountains Solo Sky‑Cutting Blade.

He slashed the two divine generals.

The pills shattered across the ground, and Li Che snapped his finger; six divine swords curled out like dragons, sweeping everything, and the numerous divine generals formed from pill soldiers were all cut by Li Che's sword light!

With each step Li Che took, the Thunder Pool rotated behind him, the six Qimen Immortal Martial vortices also spun, continuously raising his aura, booming like surging tides!

Old Immortal's expression turned sour.

It was as if two Chess Saints sat opposite each other, while Li Che wielded a butcher's knife, easily cutting down the great dragon he had set up.

Pfft!

Qi Tian and the Third Prince, aided by Li Che as if by divine help, also slashed the black and white divine generals, broke free, shattered the formation, and cut down the remaining heavenly soldiers.

Old Immortal continuously scattered pills, turning them into heavenly soldiers, accompanied by vivid battle cries, fearlessly charging into the battlefield.

But they were constantly being cut down by Qi Tian and the Third Prince.

Li Che and the other two advanced step by step toward Old Immortal.

Lao Jun Bu Xiu swung the dust‑sweeping cloth again…

However, this time no pills were scattered, and no heavenly soldiers rushed to aid.

Lao Jun Bu Xiu's movement froze; he fetched a jade bottle of pills and poured them out.

It was empty—his pills… were exhausted!

Boom—!

Li Che, Qi Tian and the three princes of three sovereign‑level might pressed down together.

Lao Jun Bu Xiu let out a long sigh.

Rumble—

Suddenly.

Wu Huang also acted, just as Li Che was about to strike Lao Jun Bu Xiu.

Having suppressed Di Hong and Taiyi Bu Xiu, Wu Huang swung his other free palm, slamming it straight toward Li Che!

The purpose was obvious: to save Lao Jun Bu Xiu!

Li Che curled his five fingers into a fist, compressing countless thunder to the limit, merging it into his qi and blood, and unleashed a sky‑piercing thunder‑fire surge.

The dragon‑elephant roared, and the Myriad‑Transformation Dragon‑Elephant Furnace slammed down with a boom.

It collided with Wu Huang's palm in a cataclysmic clash!

Li Che's body trembled as the surrounding void cracked inch by inch.

Wu Huang also sat upright in the void, shielding the immortal demon emperor he had saved, his gaze calmly pouring down.

Li Che suddenly lifted his head, staring coldly at Wu Huang.

"Wu Huang, you intend to save Lao Jun Bu Xiu?"

"Saving the immortal demon emperor is one thing, but I thought you acted because of the sovereign‑level of the demon race; unwilling to see the demon heaven's immortals fall, you intervened—understandable."

"But what direct link does your Deceptive Demon Cave have with Black Xumi? Yet you still choose to help?"

Li Che looked at Wu Huang with icy eyes.

"Wa Huang aided me; why do you block me?"

"Or perhaps you think that even with Wa Huang, I cannot cut you down?"

Li Che's voice was filled with malice.

Just as the reverse strike was about to succeed, Wu Huang gave him a disgusting move; I had thought Wu Huang, like Wa Huang, stood on the Yulin side, yet even without siding with Yulin, he couldn't keep intervening to rescue the two beings Li Che deemed mortal enemies.

Lao Jun Bu Xiu and the immortal demon emperor forced Zhang Ya to seal them, keeping their families apart for so long.

How could Li Che easily forgive them?!

Six blood‑qi vortices roared and spun, thrusting Li Che's body forward in a fierce charge; eight ancient heaven‑earth talismans intertwined in his palm, fully merging with the Thousand Mountains Solo Void‑Cutting Blade.

It became an extremely terrifying, world‑shocking single slash.

Wu Huang's serpent tail snapped up violently, striking hard, shattering the void.

On the tail, glittering snake scales clashed with Li Che's massive killing‑intent slash.

The void fractured, rippling forces spreading endlessly, striking without cease!

Li Che's body seemed catapulted outward by the overwhelming force, the thunder pool exploding as if shattered.

"Half‑step Sovereign!"

Li Che took a deep breath.

Feeling Wu Huang's immense combat power, his heart tightened slightly.

Wu Huang stared calmly at Li Che.

His eyes held a complex expression.

"Cannot kill any more…"

"Stand down, Dizang."

Wu Huang spoke, his voice booming and shaking, as if the entire void of Tai Su Heaven quivered.

Li Che furrowed his brow: what does 'cannot kill any more' mean?

The Lord of Dao Fruit… of course he must kill!

It's not called killing, it's returning the Lord of Dao Fruit to his place!

Wu Huang offered no explanation, only uttered those words.

In the next instant, the serpent tail coiled, sweeping Lao Jun Bu Xiu and the immortal demon emperor upward, then retreating into the void.

Di Hong and Taiyi Bu Xiu burst forth together.

However, swept by Wu Huang's tail, they were flung out; the two great sovereign‑level immortals could not hinder Wu Huang at all.

Too powerful!

Di Hong's emperor heart was bitter, Taiyi Bu Xiu's also weighed down; in the demon‑qi realm, even as a sovereign‑level immortal he was completely suppressed by Wu Huang.

Space behind Wu Huang cracked open; the demon qi was overly dense and terrifying, compressed around him like a special barrier.

And after Li Che's Thousand Mountains Solo Void‑Cutting Blade, merged with the Eight Heaven‑Earth Talismans, was blocked by Wu Huang,

He then knew that now it would be hard for him to keep Wu Huang.

Half‑step Sovereign truly is quite powerful!

Unlike the Nether Sovereign and Death Sovereign among the nether realms, Wu Huang in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths does not suffer the will of heaven and earth, and can unleash his power perfectly!

Wu Huang is truly this strong? Is this the power of the Half‑step Sovereign level?

However, the current Li Che does not fear Wu Huang, because after the clash he understood his opponent's reality.

He is fairly confident he can contend.

If it truly came to a life‑or‑death duel, Li Che would not fear the opponent.

This is the confidence Li Che has as a peerless martial immortal.

Boom—

The Witch Emperor shattered the void, coiled his snake tail, and brought the Old Lord Immortal and the Immortal Demon Emperor away.

Li Che did not pursue further; this Witch Emperor is now beyond his ability to deal with.

Although he could fight, he had no certainty of victory.

"The Witch Emperor and the Nüwa Emperor are both imperial-level heavenly immortals of the Strange Demon Cave; do their intentions differ?"

"The Nüwa Emperor is surely aligned with their Prison Lotus Faction."

"Even the Prison Lotus's daughter, Xixi, is likely the Nüwa Emperor's doing."

"And the Witch Emperor..."

"Today's move clearly shows the Witch Emperor is not on their side."

Whoosh—

"Equal Heaven, Third Prince, Emperor Hong, Grand One Immortal, and other imperial-level heavenly immortals all fell behind Li Che."

"Their eyes were filled with complex colors."

"The situation of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths has become utterly chaotic."

"The Witch Emperor's move rescued the Old Lord Immortal and the Immortal Demon Emperor, presumably to preserve the strength of the three major divine factions."

"Otherwise, the Prison Lotus Faction would grow stronger again, and none could stop it."

"I feel... the decisive battle may come imminently."

"Emperor Hong murmured."

"The Grand One Immortal glanced at him, his heart equally heavy, and did not refute."

"The two exchanged a glance and sighed helplessly."

"They also did not know whether joining forces with the Prison Lotus Faction was truly a good thing."

"After joining forces..."

"Can they still escape?"

"Will Li Che easily let them withdraw?"

"If they withdraw... what they would face directly could be the most terrifying Prison Lotus Faction since the Eight Worlds Divine Tide!"

"In his chest, the Dao Fruit's throbbing grew ever weaker."

"Li Che looked on indifferently, then withdrew his gaze, paying no further heed."

"He is not in a hurry; the ones who should be anxious are the Witch Emperor and his ilk."

"Because Li Che is growing stronger every moment; given enough time, he will only become stronger."

"Moreover, after this battle, in which Li Che slew the Three-Lifetime Tathagata, he now has the capital to venture into the Black Sumeru Three Great Heavenly Domains to initiate the creation of heaven."

"Therefore, Li Che is truly not in a hurry."

"The Lord of the Dao Fruit..."

"Will eventually have to return to their proper place."

"None can escape."

"The Witch Emperor and the Old Lord Immortal will ultimately return to their places!"

"But in fact, Li Che's heart is still somewhat heavy, for among the Lords of the Dao Fruit there is also the Nüwa Emperor."

"As the Lord of the Immortal Craft Dao Fruit..."

"The Nüwa Emperor—how to deal with her, Li Che has yet to devise a good solution."

"Make her return to her place?"

"If the Nüwa Emperor returns to her place, we must slay her."

"If the Nüwa Emperor does not return, the Immortal Craft Dao Fruit cannot undergo the Nine Transformations!"

"Li Che let out a light sigh; there are still many troublesome matters."

"For now, let's not think about these things."

"The matter of the Lords of the Immortal Craft Dao Fruit can be left for later, since Li Che has not yet fully ascertained their identities."

"Why rush to ponder how to settle the Nüwa Emperor's affair?"

"Li Che turned and flew toward the sealing formation; there, his wife Zhang Ya sat cross-legged within, still maintaining the formation's stability."

"However, as the four heavenly immortals broke out of the formation."

"This formation no longer needs to be maintained."

"Li Che took a step, his whole body easily crossing the void as he walked into the formation, intending to welcome his wife home."

"Zhang Ya's eyes glistened as she looked at Li Che, her face breaking into a brilliant smile."

"My lord..."

"She knew her lord would not abandon her; he would surely come to rescue her."

"Even if the time left for her lord is brief, he will surely find a way to accomplish it!"

"Zhang Ya rose to her feet."

"However, as she rose, Li Che's formerly relaxed and carefree expression suddenly changed dramatically."

"Because on Zhang Ya's body, layer upon layer of black energy like chains intertwined and entwined around her form."

"Upon that black energy, Li Che sensed an immensely rich... source of reincarnation!"

"Source of reincarnation?!"

"Netherworld!"

"Li Che's expression shifted, and in the next instant his whole body shot forth explosively."

In the void of Tai Su Sky, a black beam formed and rushed toward Zhang Ya.

The five fingers spread like a rake, reaching for Zhang Ya, intending to wrench the chains from her and pull herself out.

Zhang Ya was somewhat stunned, looking at the chains condensed from the Reincarnation Origin on her body with panic!

Boom—!!!

Behind Zhang Ya, the void collapsed, and a vortex formed from a black Reincarnation Origin appeared.

It seemed to appear in the form of a Nether Gate!

A graceful figure emerged behind that Nether Gate, jet‑black hair streaming and fluttering, eyes dimly gazing at Li Che.

With a swish, the chains suddenly tightened.

Zhang Ya's form was pulled down into the vortex constructed by the Reincarnation Origin.

Li Che, moving at light speed, reached out; his fingertips brushed past Zhang Ya's cheek and came up empty.

The Nether Gate kept rotating, and a graceful figure stood within it, arms crossed, dark hair falling to the waist, fluttering, calmly watching Li Che.

"Having borrowed the power of the Nether, can one not pay the price?"

"She is the reincarnation of Nuwa, but I can reshape her flesh into a true human. If you wish to save her, bring something in exchange."

The Reincarnation Sovereign's lithe body swayed, as if a supreme seductive smile echoed.

Li Che hovered before the Nether Gate, his expression solemn, cold as ice.

Reincarnation Sovereign!

The reason Zhang Ya's formation could seal the four Celestial Immortals, even the Immortal Divine Emperor and Immortal Lao Jun, was that the power she drew upon was the force of the Reincarnation Abyss within the Nether.

Rumble—

The Nether Gate, formed by the Reincarnation Origin, kept spinning, as if the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths were being inscribed with the mark of the Reincarnation Origin.

Meanwhile, the body of the Reincarnation Sovereign began to fade, soon to be fully immersed into the Nether Gate, returning to the Reincarnation Abyss.

Yet her voice kept echoing in Li Che's ears.

"Remember, bring something to trade for her; see whether you can let go."

"You should know what the thing the Sovereign speaks of… is."

The Reincarnation Sovereign smiled lightly.

The next moment, the Nether Gate vanished.

The entire Tai Su Skyspace Battlefield fell into silence.

Everyone was dumbfounded, silent, not knowing what to say; as they glanced at each other, none dared to speak.

Even Qi Tian and the Third Prince fell silent, let alone Emperor Hong and Great Unity, who remained mute, fearing that speaking would provoke Ksitigarbha's wrath onto them and the ancient village behind them.

The shift in the situation far exceeded their expectations.

Li Che had gathered so many strong ones on this Tai Su Skyspace Battlefield this time, solely to rescue his wife.

But…

So many unforeseen events erupted.

The emergence of the Witch Emperor was one thing, but now even the mysterious Reincarnation Sovereign intervenes.

This situation is utterly unpredictable!

Li Che hovered before the Nether Gate, feeling the constantly surging Reincarnation Origin within.

In his chest, the Reincarnation Dao Fruit's pulsations, which had risen with the Sovereign's disappearance, gradually quieted.

Without anger, Li Che was extremely calm at this moment.

He did not worry about Zhang Ya's safety, because the Sovereign said that Li Che should bring something to exchange for Zhang Ya; since there is a purpose, her safety is naturally guaranteed.

And the "something" the Sovereign mentioned…

It must be the Reincarnation Dao Fruit, right?

She knows the Reincarnation Dao Fruit!

The master of the Dao Fruit actually knows of its existence!

What about the Witch Emperor?

What about Nuwa?!

Li Che took a deep breath, lifted his head, his golden‑tinged blood‑infused hair wildly fluttering like golden lightning.

The situation…

Was becoming more chaotic.

It was as if a veil of mist shrouded before him.