Chapter 675: Nine Celestial Symbols Converge the Nine Symbol Divine Generals; the Dog Lord Acts Against the Witch Emperor

Boom—!!!

He Lyu Tian!

The entire Heaven Realm trembles violently, as if the heavens and earth were collapsing, shrouding everything between the heavens and earth.

Li Che's golden hair flutters, and the aura around his body rises step by step.

The "Eight" of the Eight‑Nine Profound Skill has been completed by him.

All the Eight Extraordinary Gates Celestial Martial Acupoints have been fully constructed, merging the origins of eight Heaven Realms and the power of opening heaven eight times of the Heaven‑Opening Profound Immortal, all fused together.

This makes Li Che's aura rise step by step, as if he has been reborn amid life and death.

His entire being undergoes an unimaginable transformation!

The sky vault cracks open, and beneath He Lyu Tian's Origin Sea, waves surge, with terrifying auras intertwining.

Immortal Lao Jun, Ding Guang Buddha, and the hidden Witch Emperor beyond the heavens all cast their gazes.

Moreover, since He Lyu Tian is Hei Su Mi's final Heaven Realm, the gods of Hei Su Mi have been pushed to the extreme with no retreat; they must now, at this moment, fight desperately against Li Che.

If they do not fight desperately, He Lyu Tian will also be opened by Li Che.

Thus, Hei Su Mi, one of the three great divine camps, will, like the Dark Heavenly Court, fall into ruin.

The gods of Hei Su Mi naturally refuse such an end.

Therefore, they all gathered at He Lyu Tian.

All Heaven Immortals, Earth Immortals, Nirvana deities, and the like gathered together.

Buddha light, both broad and fine, forms beams that surge into He Lyu Tian's Origin Sea, as if igniting it completely, causing the sea to boil.

In this situation, if Li Che wishes to Open Heaven, the pressure he faces will be far greater; a moment's slip and the heavenly and earthly divine generals will cut him down completely!

However, Li Che aims to Open the Ninth Heaven and strike the Nine Extreme Profound Immortal; the heavenly and earthly divine generals he confronts will inevitably be the strongest, the most terrifying Intercepting Daoist!

Boom—

The Third Prince soars upward, his flame‑tipped spear igniting hellfire, his eyes blazing as they sweep toward the soaring Immortal Lao Jun and Ding Guang Buddha.

Boom—

A single staff strikes across the void.

Qi Tian no longer sits at the Reincarnation Nether Gate; with a staff strike he shatters the void, the whole figure descending from the Formless Heaven, the Hell‑Qi Tian armor clanging as countless mechanism divine seals burst with brilliant light.

Qi Tian and the Third Prince, their might shaking the heavens, confront Immortal Lao Jun and Ding Guang Buddha; the clash of aura between the two sides appears evenly matched.

On the other side, the Di Hong Emperor and Immortal Taiyi's expressions shift slightly.

Because after Qi Tian and the Third Prince each chose their opponents, the remaining opponent naturally falls onto the remaining emperor‑level Heaven Immortal.

In other words, the Di Hong Emperor and Immortal Taiyi... must face the Witch Emperor!

Witch Emperor?!

A being of half‑step Sovereign level!

The Di Hong Emperor's face turns grim; him… him?

Let him block the Witch Emperor?

Do Qi Tian and the Third Prince trust him that much?

Even with Yellow Sword Wine and the Four God‑slaying Immortals, the top‑tier Earth Immortals, assisting, yet…

A huge gap is still felt.

Fortunately, the Witch Emperor shows no strong desire to act, merely watching calmly, more like a spectator.

This lets the Di Hong Emperor breathe a sigh of relief; the standoff is fine—if they don't fight, it's a 50‑50.

…

…

Boom!

Li Che knows that the myriad gods and Buddhas bear a fierce murderous intent toward him, seeking to thwart his upcoming opening of the Ninth Heaven.

But Li Che does not retreat; he has no way back.

He must seize a surge of aura and, in one go, complete the Ninth Heaven, attaining the Nine Extreme Profound Immortal, the ultimate Profound Immortal!

Otherwise, once a surge of aura dissipates, any further attempt to strike will have a high chance of failure—inevitable, as the will of transformation tells him.

Thus, even if he becomes the target of all gods and Buddhas' suppression, Li Che can only bear the endless murderous intent and commence the final assault!

No retreat!

Only… Open Heaven!

Boom!

Li Che's arms fling outward violently, his terrifying flesh intertwining into a twisted mass, as if countless symbols flash upon it.

Bright radiance, as if his whole being becomes the source of a star, each cell within his flesh undergoing stellar fission!

His eyes burst with ultimate brilliance.

The eighth blood‑qi vortex spins, merging within the Eight Symbol Blade's Extraordinary Gates Celestial Martial Acupoints; countless blood‑qi forces combine, forging a peerless divine weapon.

It is the Heaven‑Earth Eight Symbol Blade!

A substantive Heaven‑Earth Eight Symbol Blade!

Like a treasure sword forged from blood jade, it radiates jade‑colored light, soaring upward with a thunderous roar, emitting an ultimate brilliant blade chant.

It slashes toward the Buddha Palace in He Lyu Tian's sky with a thunderous strike!

Countless Buddha lights burst forth, forming the illusory shadows of Hei Su Mi's gods and Buddhas; the wills of the Heaven Immortals, Earth Immortals, Nirvana, and the Cutting‑Path realm deities of Hei Su Mi converge at this moment.

They coalesce into a Golden Great Buddha that upholds the Buddha Palace, preventing Li Che from cutting it down.

But Li Che's current state is immensely powerful!

The continuous aura from opening and breaking Heaven surges like a river tide ever swelling, its torrent rolling like a mountain‑toppling, stone‑splitting, world‑destroying force, shattering stars!

Nothing can stop Li Che at this moment!

Nothing can stop a supreme martial immortal who has stood to the limit!

"Roar—!"

Li Che opened his mouth and let out a furious roar; the sound wave rose like a tide, becoming a tangible shockwave that formed a ring and spread in all directions.

As it spread, everything shattered and fissured!

The golden Great Buddha, formed by Hei Su Mi from all the gods and Buddhas, at this moment was as fragile as if cast from candy coating, constantly pulverizing, constantly cracking, and breaking into ultra‑fine dust!

Whether Tian Bu Xiu or Di Bu Xiu, all are drenched in blood; their will is utterly crushed by that roar!

"So terrifying!"

"This might truly bear a few aspects of the invincible martial aura of a Martial Ancestor!"

"For the martial path to reach such a level in this age of rising divine tides is truly unparalleled, truly inconceivable!"

In the void.

Lao Jun Bu Xiu let out a sigh.

Ding Guang Fo's expression grew solemn; behind him the temporal‑spatial golden wheel turned, and the power of time and space continuously spread around him.

"We must block him, or the Yu Lian camp will become utterly uncontrollable."

"The Dark Heavenly Court is gone; if Hei Su Mi disappears, the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Earths will become the era of Yu Lian!"

Ding Guang Fo's voice was exceedingly heavy.

"With Di Zang's murderous intent, we... have no way out!"

"If he succeeds in opening the heavens again."

"I'm afraid he truly could possess Martial Ancestor‑level combat power... we would no longer be able to stop him!"

When the words finished, Ding Guang Fo took the initiative to strike.

The temporal‑spatial golden wheel behind him turned; his whole body became like a sundial, pierced by time, and in an instant a myriad of shadow traces fell, rushing toward Li Che's direction.

No chance for Li Che to open the heavens!

"Ding Guang Fo!"

"Take a shot at the Little Master!"

San Taizi's eyes suddenly burst with an extremely brilliant radiance.

The fire‑tipped spear thrust out fiercely, battle intent surging, showing no fear of life or death, slashing toward Ding Guang Fo, fighting alongside the imperial‑grade Tian Bu Xiu.

Even though Ding Guang Fo's temporal‑spatial golden wheel was extremely bizarre and terrifying, seeming to freeze time and space, it made San Taizi feel extremely uncomfortable in battle.

But San Taizi showed no retreat!

Because Li Che lent him an extremely useful divine weapon!

Feng Tian Yin!

A massive seal, grasped by San Taizi, his dharma body with eight arms and three angry faces, blue visage and fangs, each of the eight arms clutching a divine weapon!

Feng Tian Yin, Dan Shu Hu, Jiu Long Wan Jie Qi, and so on—divine weapons exclusive to the Jade Emperor Haotian—were all lent by Li Che to San Taizi, and now San Taizi is unleashing their power.

The time and space disturbed by Ding Guang Fo seemed, at this moment, to be sealed and frozen.

Ding Guang Fo's expression changed slightly; he hadn't expected San Taizi could wield those divine weapons!

Bang!

The restrained Ding Guang Fo and San Taizi instantly clashed, as if locked in a confrontation between frozen time and shattered time, their powerful origin forces colliding mightily!

The void shattered and exploded, and the entire He Lyu Tian quivered violently.

This was also one of Ding Guang Fo's schemes; although he cannot directly block Li Che, by fighting he makes He Lyu Tian unable to settle, raising the difficulty for Li Che to open the heavens, which is the best method.

On the other side.

Lao Jun Bu Xiu let out a sigh and also chose to act.

A cauldron of elixirs burst forth horizontally, crashing into the void with a boom.

Above the cauldron, black and white hues swirled, yin and yang interlaced, countless pills spewed out like candy beans, clattering and scattering in the void, producing a crisp sound like pearls dropping onto a jade plate.

The white pills and black pills, imbued with two kinds of life‑and‑death aura, burst forth with a roar.

Between heaven and earth, invisible lines seemed to interweave and spread, forming a chessboard‑like net that descended.

That cauldron seemed to sit at the celestial origin!

Boom!

Qi Tian Yi Gun swept out, a terrifying force crashing with a boom; in an instant, an entire swath of divine generals formed from black‑white pills exploded!

Lao Jun Bu Xiu's beard and hair flew, his Dao robe billowed, the origin surged out, and those exploded black‑white divine generals reconstituted themselves.

At the same time, above the cauldron, the black and white hues burst forth, forming two divine generals with imperial‑grade combat power, which leapt out and fought alongside Qi Tian.

The other divine generals spread like a tide, charging toward Li Che's direction.

They aim to ignite the life‑and‑death aura, amplify He Lyu Tian's origin might, making Li Che's opening of the Ninth Heaven increasingly difficult!

Qi Tian chuckled, and atop the Hell Qi Tian Jia, the Ji Guan Shen Yin began to turn; he raised his hand, slapped his chest, and instantly a projection of the origin seemed to shine forth.

Interlacing lines traced countless marks.

Forming...

Heaven‑Earth Chessboard!

Boom!

The Heaven‑Earth Chessboard restrained all black‑white divine generals, enveloping them, as if colliding with Lao Jun Bu Xiu's origin power!

The once ever‑present Lao Jun Bu Xiu, at this moment, had his expression change sharply!

"This feeling..."

"Sure enough, the feeling is correct!"

Lao Jun Immortal's complexion turned extremely gloomy.

When the Divine Craft Immortal Hand Assembly was once held in Tai Su Heaven, he sensed this familiar aura, a method that matched his primordial power exactly.

Like a chessboard, a power that enveloped everything, calculating it all, descended.

At that time, the reason he pursued a kill out of Tai Su Heaven and also left Li Che behind was because he detected this power that shared the same source as his.

Now, he is certain that this power truly seems to have been born from him.

What exactly is this power?

Lao Jun Immortal suddenly broke into a cold sweat, as if he had lost some memories.

Someone has stolen his memories!

He is an imperial‑grade celestial immortal, an imperial‑grade celestial immortal adept at scheming, yet his memories were stolen?

Who could do such a thing?

Lao Jun Immortal's beard and hair flew, he lifted his head, his eyes filled with terror.

"Heavenly Emperor..." "Is that you?!"

Lao Jun Immortal indeed excels at scheming, but only those whose power is inferior to his can scheme.

Like the former Qi Tian, the former Third Prince, and the likes of the Prison Lotus's daughters...

The Eighth Generation God Tide claims the Third Buddha is scheming, but in fact, he is the mastermind behind it.

However, all the arrangements and scheming, once Zhang Ya's mother—the Prison Lotus's daughter—was reborn as the incarnation of Empress Wa, completely slipped from control.

After he was sealed, he lost all perception of the outside world.

But now, he finally understands...

While he was scheming against others, a higher‑level existence was scheming against him!

Lao Jun Immortal's eyes gradually showed a hint of madness.

Heavenly Emperor!

Ruler of the Dark Heavenly Court!

Lao Jun Immortal trembled all over; at this moment, he felt as if he were about to go mad.

It was... the crushing sense of having learned the world's true reality, a feeling of despair!

"Ah—!!!"

Lao Jun Immortal's hair exploded with a boom—, scattering wildly, his eyes filled with fury, blood‑red swirling within!

The alchemical furnace seemed to boil, exploded with a boom—, countless lines interlaced in all directions, colliding toward the Heaven‑and‑Earth chessboard formed by Qi Tian's offering of the Chess Saint Dao Fruit.

Qi Tian chuckled, "I love watching you go crazy."

"Scheming and scheming, in the end it's still a fate of being schemed by others."

Qi Tian's words were unbearably cutting.

Then, he reached back to his head.

Countless monkey hairs rose in a flurry, and mechanized divine seals on his body whirred.

From each monkey hair burst hellfire, the mechanized divine seals flashed brilliant light, then transformed into monkey‑grandson figures wielding wish‑granting golden hoop staffs, moving like chess pieces on the board, attacking Lao Jun Immortal's black‑and‑white Divine General.

Lao Jun Immortal was completely blocked.

Ding Guang Buddha and Lao Jun Immortal, after Li Che guessed the identity of the Dao Fruit masters, naturally devised a countermeasure.

Meanwhile.

Li Che's aura rose step by step.

He transformed into a tangible Heaven‑and‑Earth Eight‑Symbol Blade, resembling blood‑colored crystal, and slashed with a boom—.

All the heavens' deities and Buddhas had their wills cut, collapsing into unconsciousness, falling like dumplings with a clatter onto the ground of He Lyu Heaven.

And the blade in Li Che's hand suddenly slashed toward the Vaulted Sky!

He Lyu Heaven's Primordial Sea was split open!

An immense crack tore open.

However, Li Che's expression grew more solemn than ever before.

Because he knows that the next opponent he must face is the opening of the Ninth Heaven, the strongest of all.

Nine Extreme Divine Generals!

The true...

Power of the ruling tier!

Boom!

He Lyu Heaven's Primordial Sea was cut open.

In the next instant, it seemed as if the sky itself split.

That was the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths sky, completely torn apart!

One ancient talisman after another fell, beginning to spin swiftly.

Those were the Heaven‑and‑Earth Nine Symbols!

Each ancient talisman contained boundless profundity, as if an intensely rich Heaven‑and‑Earth will swirled within.

The talismans vibrated, wildly engulfing He Lyu Heaven's primordial power.

Finally, He Lyu Heaven's Primordial Sea was completely drained and emptied.

It transformed into nine ancient talisman Divine Generals!

Each General bore what seemed like an ancient talisman etched on its chest.

Nine immensely powerful auras descended with a boom—, each aura making Li Che feel a shiver and oppression.

Ancient talisman!

The nine divine generals formed from the ancient talismans each wielded power as if they were at the level of a sovereign!

Their strength is unbeatable!

Li Che, at this moment, was almost radiating a thought of despair.

How could this possibly be broken?

Is the Profound Immortal Ninth Heaven really this difficult?!

Buzz—

One ancient talisman divine general took a step, moving at ultimate speed, charging at Li Che!

This represented the ultimate speed of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, unimaginably fast.

Li Che's entire body of Qi and blood trembled as he struck out fiercely, colliding with it; in speed, he was always a bit slower than the opponent.

Nevertheless, Li Che did not give up; eight blood vortexes behind him spun in unison, barely keeping up with the opponent's speed and movements.

"Battle!"

"Kill!"

Li Che roared.

Above the firmament.

The second ancient talisman divine general also moved.

The second Heaven‑and‑Earth ancient talisman on Li Che flickered, as if igniting from his blood orifices, matching the aura of the second divine general, and they crashed together with a thunderous clash.

The third talisman, the fourth talisman, the fifth talisman…

Eight ancient talismans in succession, eight divine generals in succession!

Li Che gave his all, blocking them all.

He had already become a blood man.

But when the ninth ancient talisman divine general set out,

Li Che sensed the threat of death.

Unable to block.

Because…

The Ninth Heavens and Ten Earths talisman, the ninth ancient talisman, he has not yet comprehended!

…

…

The Witch Emperor silently watched this earth‑shattering battle.

Old Lord Immortal was blocked by Qi Tian, fell into madness, was completely halted, unable to destroy Li Che's opening of the Ninth Heaven.

On the other side, Ding Guang Buddha was also blocked by the Third Prince.

The divine weapon of the Jade Emperor Haotian happened to counter Ding Guang Buddha, causing Ding Guang Buddha's temporal‑spatial Golden Wheel power to go completely out of control, plunging him into a severe disadvantage.

It could only be said that Old Lord Immortal and Ding Guang Buddha seemed to have been seen through completely.

The Witch Emperor gently shook his head.

"He truly already knows."

A soft sigh.

The Witch Emperor's eyes became exceedingly deep.

In the next instant, beneath him, Bagua runes swirled up, rotating endlessly, rising into a brilliant radiance.

The aura around him rose step by step.

Whoosh—

Two sounds of cutting through the void rang out.

Di Hong Emperor and Taiyi Immortal unleashed emperor‑level celestial‑immortal aura, blocking before the Witch Emperor.

Although they were perplexed by Li Che's arrangement,

Even with a two‑against‑one fight, their combat power against the Witch Emperor was somewhat strained.

But since Li Che had arranged it this way…

Now everything of Di Hong and the Taiyi ancient village is pressed upon the Prison Lotus camp.

Then they…

Can only fight a single battle!

No retreat!

Di Hong grasped the Emperor's great sword, roared, his aura shaking the heavens!

The Taiyi Immortal's eyes flickered; in an instant, he turned into countless black shadows that sprang from the void, attacking the Witch Emperor.

However…

The Witch Emperor merely gave the two a casual glance.

The snake tail swept.

Di Hong and Taiyi Immortal both spewed fresh blood, spitting it outward.

Just as the two's blood reached its limit,

a black vortex appeared, lifting their forms, not fully falling into the abyss, disturbing Li Che.

The Emperor and Taiyi Immortal looked.

They saw within that black vortex,

a black dog, striding with a bewitching cat's gait, leisurely emerged.

The Witch Emperor's snake tail coiled within the Bagua formation diagram, his gaze complex as he watched the cat‑stepping black dog emerge from the black vortex.

Lord of Hell…