Chapter 676: The True Identity of the Immortal Golden Cicada Is the Tathagata, All Schemes Exhausted

Hell Overlord!

Witch Emperor recognized the Big Black Dog.

His eyes were full of complex color; in Hell, although not a mysterious sovereign, it is this Hell Overlord.

In terms of mystery, it surpasses the Reincarnation Overlord; as for the frequently appearing Netherworld Overlord and Death Overlord, naturally there is not much mystery.

Many Immortal Mighty Ones have clashed with these two Overlords, for the Death Overlord and Netherworld Overlord created the Netherworld Mouth, seeking to connect the Netherworld with the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

Therefore, most Immortal Mighty Ones, to block the Netherworld's invasion, have taken action against it.

But the Hell Overlord has always been extremely mysterious, never making a move; many do not know who the Hell Overlord really is.

However, now the Witch Emperor actually shouted the title of Hell Overlord at a big black dog!

The Hell Overlord is actually a dog?!

In the distance.

Oppressed by the Witch Emperor's might, the hard-to-breathe Emperor Hong Human Emperor and Taiyi Immortal both widened their eyes, somewhat incredulous.

The big black dog in the Hell Lotus Camp is actually the Hell Overlord?

That is Overlord-level combat power!

Such a powerful existence actually lurks in the Hell Lotus Land, in front of that restaurant, as a guard dog?!

Dog Grandpa strides out elegantly and enchantingly, unhurriedly walking out of the black hole.

He blocked the Witch Emperor's terrifying slaughter for Emperor Hong and Taiyi Immortal.

Although both are Royal-tier Immortals, they have long since fallen from the divine hall, especially Emperor Hong, who belongs to the weakest batch of Royal-tier Immortals, his strength no longer what it was; how could he be a match for the Witch Emperor?

Still need Dog Grandpa to act.

However, Li Che that brat also anticipated this long ago, so he summoned Dog Grandpa to block the Witch Emperor.

"The power the Hell Overlord can display in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths is probably not as great as mine."

The Witch Emperor gazed deeply at Dog Grandpa.

"What's the point?"

The Witch Emperor said.

He raised his hand, pointing into the distance; the image of Li Che being beaten by the Nine Sigil Divine Generals instantly appeared before his eyes.

Dog Grandpa glanced and couldn't help but split his dog mouth in a smile.

Xiao Li Zi, you also have today!

Seeing Li Che get beaten, Dog Grandpa was thrilled.

From the mortal world to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, Dog Grandpa has rarely seen Li Che suffer a setback.

Although he knows Li Che hides some secrets, those secrets were initially weak; yet relying on that power, he managed not to suffer much loss and grew to his current height.

It can only be said that it is indeed not easy.

And now, the final moment has arrived.

Heaven-Earth Nine Sigils reflect the Nine Sigil Divine Generals, which can be said to be the final tribulation.

It is also the highest standard of slaughter and tribulation manifested by the will of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

Only Overlord-level power can oppose and withstand it.

Dog Grandpa is not worried that Li Che will fail.

Even if he really fails, he won't die; the boss will intervene.

But...

At most, he can only bring Li Che and Xixi to break through the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and completely leave this world.

Dog Grandpa sighed lightly; if that happens, Zhang Ya taken into the Netherworld may not be saved, and Xixi might be unhappy.

Dog Grandpa shook his head; truly a headache.

That bitch of the Reincarnation Overlord actually made a move at this critical juncture; Dog Grandpa was somewhat surprised.

It can only be said that it's unmartial to act against Zhang Ya of such modest cultivation.

"Rest assured, that brat won't die."

Dog Grandpa said lightly.

"That brat summoned me to deal with you, showing he's still confident; as long as you don't interfere, he naturally has his own way to break the situation."

The Witch Emperor narrowed his eyes.

So confident?

Nine Sigil Divine Generals... nine united, even he would feel strained.

Li Che has not yet broken through to Martial Dao Heavenly Immortal, lacking Overlord-level combat power...

Not being an Overlord, how to break the situation?!

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Boom——!!!

The void collapsed in a sheet, a golden light flowed, and in the next moment a figure slowly walked out.

Behind him seemed to arise an ancient golden cicada, flowing light and variegated colors, flashing brilliant dazzling radiance.

This is Divine Craft Heaven.

But it is not the Heshan Heaven where Li Che is currently undergoing tribulation.

Ding ling ling.

The Buddhist Bell chimed, emitting a clear sound; the monk's robe shimmered with gold, the cloth shoes stepped on the void, as if pressing the void down many folds.

Divine Craft Heaven.

Strange Demon Cave, ten thousand great rivers!

Wave after wave of terrifying and mighty demonic aura boomed skyward; one after another, the demon clan's God Eagle Great Immortals seated atop God Eagle Mountain opened their eyes, and demonic aura overflowed, wildly dancing across the azure heavens.

「Buxiu Jinchan? ！」

Three extremely old demon clan God Eagle Great Immortals loomed forward.

Buxiu Jinchan pressed his palms together, strode forward, his eyes blazing like fire; as he raised them, it seemed he would scorch through heaven and earth.

「Namo Amitabha Buddha。」

「This humble monk has come to seek an audience with Nuwa。」

Buxiu Jinchan calmly opened his mouth and said.

「Get lost！」

「Do you think you can see Nuwa just because you want to？」

A God Eagle Great Immortal shouted in anger.

However, Buxiu Jinchan's blazing gaze swept over; in the next instant, like a primordial golden cicada vibrating its wings, it transformed into an extremely fast flow of light, shooting straight at that God Eagle Great Immortal.

This veteran Heavenly Immortal-level God Eagle Great Immortal, though his strength had waned, was already far from his peak.

Yet he still possessed Heavenly Immortal-level power.

But at this moment, with no power to resist, he was instantly severed into three pieces!

Blood spurted, demonic aura overflowed, and a primordial revolving demon pill drifted out from the corpse of that God Eagle Great Immortal.

Buxiu Jinchan tilted his head back and swallowed it in one gulp.

That demon pill, once swallowed, filled his belly with flashing golden light; his abdomen blazed with radiance, as if he had swallowed an entire world, forging a Buddha Realm.

Within the Buddha Realm, countless beings drifted aimlessly, moving about.

「Buxiu Jinchan! You've gone mad！」

「Destroying your Black Sumeru is Hell Lotus Land; why have you come to our Strange Demon Cave to go mad？！」

Numerous great demons immediately changed color.

Countless great demons of Strange Demon Cave, each with tens of thousands of years of cultivation, sprang into action and attacked.

Godcraft Heaven's God Eagle Mountain Peaks trembled incessantly, as if they were about to shake and collapse.

However, behind Buxiu Jinchan, a primordial golden cicada spread its wings, and the countless souls within his Buddha Realm howled in rage.

Buxiu Jinchan displayed a strength far surpassing his own, mighty like an Imperial Heavenly Immortal—no, even far exceeding an Imperial Heavenly Immortal!

This was nearly a massacre!

Buxiu Jinchan was ruthless beyond compare, his power grossly mismatched with his own.

Many great demons' eyes nearly burst, yet they did not retreat; they surged into the sky, blocking Buxiu Jinchan's path to prevent him from slaying the God Eagle Mountain that Nuwa had transformed into.

One great demon after another was slain and transformed into citizens of the Buddhist realm.

Against any foe, the Immortal Golden Cicada merely sweeps three blades of light, slicing the opponent into three pieces.

Fresh blood spilled and blossomed into crimson lotus flowers.

With each step, the Immortal Golden Cicada gave rise to one blood‑lotus after another.

His gaze deep and profound, he finally arrived beneath the divine eagle mountain formed by Nüwa, his whole body as white as an immaculate lotus.

He calmly gazed upon Nüwa's massive divine eagle mountain, a faint smile curling at the corner of his lips.

"Nüwa… the Eighth Generation God Tide is about to end, yet we… have all become losers; the Ninth Generation God Tide approaches, but we cannot wait for it to descend."

The Immortal Golden Cicada said.

"The poor monk has had his three lives cut off, destined to be a sorry loser, so I wish to pluck the fruit early."

"The poor monk only wishes to take what is rightfully his."

A faint voice thundered like a clap of thunder, and rolling thunder rumbled across the heavens.

Then, with a cracking sound, the colossal statue of Nüwa shattered apart.

A massive black vortex spun.

That was the mouth of the netherworld, linking to the nether realm.

Beneath the netherworld's mouth, Nüwa's peerless beauty was revealed, her serpentine form coiled below, her calm gaze fixed upon the Immortal Golden Cicada.

"Tathagata, why are you so hasty?"

"The Martial Ancestor will soon return, breaking the cage, it is imminent."

The Immortal Golden Cicada shook its head.

"The poor monk's three lives have been cut off, the cage is hard to break, while your three lives remain intact; the poor monk has no chance… thus I can only… give my all at the end of the Eighth Generation God Tide to try."

The next moment, he abruptly lifted his head.

Three blades of Buddha‑light, seeming to emerge simultaneously from past, present, and future, sliced like knives toward Nüwa beneath the netherworld's mouth.

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Boom——!!!

The Nine Sigil Divine Generals are too powerful.

This is the strongest opponent Li Che has ever faced, and he is completely suppressed.

Even with the eight‑day opened Mystic Immortal martial arts, his peerless flesh cannot withstand it; even a single strike from a divine general is enough to leave him covered in wounds.

Half‑step Sovereign!

It is confirmed; this time Li Che is truly certain.

The divine generals of the Ninth Heaven's Opening each possess combat power at the half‑step Sovereign level!

It brings Li Che an absurdly immense pressure.

Li Che knew the difficulty of opening the heavens in the ninth heaven, but he never imagined that he still underestimated this difficulty!

Nine half-step Sovereigns, i. e., the battle strength of nine Witch Emperors!

Boom—!

The origin sea seemed to begin collapsing, Li Che sprayed fresh blood all over, golden blood, each drop as if it could crush the void, scattering and shattering the void.

The nine Sovereign generals coldly and mercilessly surrounded Li Che.

Nine ancient heaven-and-earth talismans flowed across their chest armor, shining with supreme radiance.

Li Che's Great Luo Immortal body trembled, his blood shattered throughout, his wounds healed, his eyes blazing, he stepped forward and once again charged at the nine Sovereign generals!

Boom!

Reality is cruel; Li Che failed to block it and was smashed into the origin sea like a cannonball.

The path of opening the nine extremes is too hard, like endless darkness that lets no light in, a suffocating feeling as if a terrifying ghost clutched one's throat!

However, Li Che's gaze fixed on the ninth Sovereign general; he kept breaking out, his target precise—always the ninth Sovereign general!

Hum—

The Six Desires Void Slaying God Sword surged skyward! The furnace shook the void, dragon and elephant roared in unison!

Li Che unleashed myriad immortal martial arts, his qi and blood burning, the eight qi-blood vortices behind him spinning simultaneously, pushing his cultivation up to the half-step Sovereign level!

But facing nine opponents of the same level, Li Che still felt outmatched.

Again and again he was blasted away, smashing into the origin sea, kicking up rolling waves!

The entire Heavens of He Lur fell into a terrifying battle.

It could be said that heaven collapsed, earth sank, mountains and rivers fell, and the void shattered!

The entire celestial domain of He Lur would become ruins, utterly chopped apart by the terrifying powerhouses clashing in battle!

Qi Tian looked at the battle in the origin sea, his expression exceedingly complex; he and the Immortal Old Lord were clashing, slaughtering, seeing Li Che suppressed in a miserable state, he couldn't help but sigh.

He could do nothing for Li Che; he could only now exert all his strength to block the Immortal Old Lord.

The Hell Sovereign, Dog Ye, on this side, was in the same situation.

Boom boom boom—

Li Che was repeatedly blasted away, his whole body drenched in fresh blood.

Hum—

Suddenly, the nine Sovereign generals seemed to grow impatient, as if a dreadful command from the will of heaven and earth had descended, seeking to strangle Li Che and end this farce of opening the nine extremes.

The will of heaven and earth does not allow such a monstrous celestial immortal of the nine extremes opening to appear in the world.

The nine Sovereign generals, as if fused together, reached Sovereign-level power, manifesting for the first time in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

Like an incomparably blazing scorching sun!

Blinding and dazzling!

Everyone stared, stunned.

At this moment, the Sovereign's aura spreading throughout the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths made all the powerhouses dim in comparison.

Li Che's hair flew backward continuously as he faced this carnage, feeling boundless pressure.

Can he withstand it?

His bones trembled, as if about to shatter.

Golden blood flowed from his eyes as he stared fixedly at the ninth Sovereign general; the opponent was too blazing, making Li Che's eyes seem to lose their luster.

Boom!!!!

A terrifying force like a blazing sun plummeted downward.

The eight immortal martial arts peculiar vortices behind Li Che spun simultaneously, like the hot exhaust jetting from a spacecraft's rear.

He spread his hands and slammed them hard onto that descending terrifying force.

Li Che's body hair instantly receded, his flesh began to melt, his tendons and bones quivered, and cracks appeared!

The powerful force kept pressing down, suppressing Li Che.

Descending!

Descending again!

Boom!

He smashed into the terrifying boundless sea, raising huge waves that destroyed heaven and earth!

Countless purest origin forces of He Lur heaven were rapidly melting and annihilating.

He Lur heaven seemed about to split apart, utterly destroyed, falling into a dead zone!

Qi Tian, the Immortal Old Lord, the Witch Emperor, Dog Ye, and other powerhouses halted their clashes, each raising defenses to block the Nine Heavens Sovereign's pressure.

Their expressions were complex as they stared at the center of the explosion.

They wanted to know whether Li Che had survived or not.

The eruptive battle power of the Nine Heavens Sovereign level—Li Che… probably can't withstand it, right?

Rumble—

Scorching heat rolled like thick smoke billowing.

Slowly, the scene emerged, revealing a vast empty expanse in He Lur heaven's origin sea.

A figure of utter blackness appeared, standing in the center of the cleared, hollow area of the origin sea.

Both arms raised toward the heavens.

His whole body emitted distorted heat waves.

Like being burned to charcoal, even his life force was obliterated!

"Defeated."

"I can't block it!"

Qitian sighed helplessly, the clash between the Third Prince and Dingguang Buddha also ceased, and he shook his head.

The Witch Emperor and Gouye narrowed their eyes, as if sensing something amiss.

"Crack!"

Between heaven and earth, a sound of incomparable clarity rang out.

The next moment.

The surface of Li Che's corpse, turned to charcoal, actually showed a crack that grew larger and larger, finally scattering across the ground.

Like armor stripped of its shell.

Qitian's eyes lit up instantly.

"Hahaha! Qitian Armor! No, it's a mechanism armor similar to Qitian Armor!"

"Good kid!"

Qitian waved his excited hands.

Even so, Li Che's fleshly body was still on the verge of collapse, the mechanism armor's countless mechanism divine seals turning, the Eight Heaven-Earth Symbol Seals engraved within, firepower at full blast.

He too was nearly annihilated.

The Great Luo Immortal Body trembled, immortal light flowing, and Li Che's body slowly recovered.

And the Nine Honored Ancient Symbol Divine Generals gazed with cold, indifferent eyes.

They gathered again, as if reigniting, once more condensing a terrifying Sovereign-level carnage!

This time...

They were determined to kill Li Che.

Because Li Che only has one set of mechanism armor; it can't withstand a second strike, right?

Boom!!!

The Nine Honored Divine Generals again slammed down the carnage, like an exploding star, plummeting at breakneck speed toward the Origin Sea below, seeking to annihilate everything.

Li Che raised his hand again.

But this time, he raised only one hand.

He snapped his fingers, and the void tore open.

One after another, the divine spirit corpses Li Che had collected so far were like the flesh and blood of the Three Worlds Tathagata, like that of the Immortal God Emperor, and so on.

Seize God!

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The boundless Netherworld, vast and endless, seethed with deathly energy.

Suddenly.

The Netherworld Sovereign suddenly opened his eyes.

"You little thief, dare to come again?!"

The Netherworld Sovereign spoke coldly, his terrifying Sovereign aura raging, intertwining and spreading throughout the Netherworld.

The Death Sovereign also appeared; the two Sovereigns' terrifying auras, following the direction of the sensed and connected feeling in the darkness, unleashed a Netherworld Mouth.

From that Netherworld Mouth leapt forth...

Scorching, annihilation, destruction, and the Sovereign-level pressure and energy erupted and slammed down the instant they spanned the rift between the Netherworld and the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths!

Both the Netherworld Sovereign and the Death Sovereign were stunned!

And the Immortal God Emperor summoned forth by Li Che's Seize God...

"Huh?!"

Li Che's expression changed slightly.

He looked at the fragmented flesh of the Three Worlds Tathagata, realizing he had not summoned the Three Worlds Tathagata via Seize God?

He had thought that gathering the Three Worlds Tathagata's flesh and blood would grant him half-step Sovereign-level power, enough to withstand a wave of slaughter calamity.

"Three Worlds Tathagata... not subject to Seize God?"

"Or perhaps the Three Worlds Tathagata is merely feigning death? The true Tathagata has not actually died?"

At that moment, Li Che instantly thought of it.

But he didn't have time to think further.

Because the will of carnage from the Nine Honored Divine Generals united and struck down had already fallen.

Again, a terrifying explosion of the Origin's opening and closing that nearly doomed Helü Heavenly Capital.

The scorching, blinding light—no one knew how long it lasted.

The Netherworld Mouth vanished.

The Immortal God Emperor summoned by Seize God, and the other heavenly immortals of imperial rank, all vanished as well.

Li Che stood rooted in place, blood dripping drop by drop onto the ruins.

Not a single part of his body remained intact.

"He's still not dead?"

The Witch Emperor was speechless.

Dingguang Buddha's face twitched, he let out a long sigh, no longer hesitating, speeding up his hand movements.

Seeking to break through the Third Prince and assault Li Che.

If Li Che doesn't die, I cannot find peace!

But how could the Third Prince give him that chance? Emperor Hong and Taiyi Immortal, knowing the Witch Emperor's battlefield was unsuitable for them, naturally switched to another battlefield.

With their joining, Dingguang Buddha could not break the deadlock.

And within the Primordial Sea Ruins.

Li Che slowly lifted his head.

A smile rose at the corner of his lips.

He gazed at the nine divine generals atop the firmament.

He spread his arms; his blood‑soaked form was extremely tragic, yet at that moment he was immensely confident.

Bzzzz—

Nine successive terrifying auras flickered around Li Che.

In the next instant, it was like nine blue lamps were lit.

A terrifying, unparalleled cleaver instantly slashed down from the sky!

The ninth Heaven‑and‑Earth ancient talisman!

Li Che finally attained enlightenment!

Perfect·Heaven‑and‑Earth Nine‑Talisman Blade!

Slash!

Pfft!

Between heaven and earth, as if opening the world, a terrifying blade scar appeared.

From top to bottom, cutting everything!

The nine ancient‑talisman divine generals lifted their heads, maintaining the pose.

Cut down by a single slash!