Chapter 1630: Beyond Nine-Pillar!

Jiang Jiang Qinge leaned against Li Luo's embrace, her cheek pressed against his chest. Listening to the teasing words that reached her ears, the corner of her lips couldn't help but curve into a faint arc.

She raised her bright, sparkling eyes, gazing at the young face so close at hand.

The two had grown up together since childhood, true childhood sweethearts, and from young to old, they had clashed and competed countless times—only every single time, it ended with Li Luo being forcefully suppressed by her.

After all, she was always a little older than him.

As a child, Li Luo had thrown down harsh words countless times, swearing that one day he would surpass her.

And whenever that happened, Li Taixuan and Dantai Lan would stand to the side, watching with smiles.

Before they knew it, so many years had passed. The little boy of yesteryear had grown up, and had even started to mischievously bully her. At the same moment, he had truly fulfilled the oath of his childhood—to surpass her.

Jiang Jiang Qinge's eyes reflected Li Luo's handsome face, and a tide of gratification and tenderness welled up from the depths of her gaze. She let Li Luo hold her horizontally, her slender, curvaceous body curling further into his embrace, her cheek even gently nuzzling his chest. In a soft, gentle voice, she said: "Li Luo, you're amazing."

She naturally knew Li Luo's temperament, and knew what this rascal wanted to hear right now, but Jiang Jiang Qinge didn't reject it—instead, she chose to obediently go along with him.

Li Luo had worked so hard for so many years for this. He deserved it.

Those words falling into his ears, Li Luo felt his whole body tremble uncontrollably. An intense, extreme rush of pleasure surged from the soles of his feet straight to the crown of his head, nearly making him moan out loud.

This scene—he didn't know how many times it had appeared in his dreams.

That proud, dazzling great white goose, obediently curled up in his embrace, her little mouth offering heartfelt praise.

Li Luo held the slender, soft waist of the beauty in his arms tightly, and said in a deep voice: "Before you break through to Unparalleled Marquis, you have to say this sentence once every day, understand?"

Facing this guy's ever-increasing demands, Jiang Jiang Qinge was nearly amused to anger. Her eyes narrowed slightly, radiating a dangerous air.

Li Luo gave a dry cough, and said righteously: "This is to spur you on, so you can advance to Unparalleled sooner."

Jiang Jiang Qinge shot him a glance, a bright, alluring charm flowing through: "Deal with this Black Demon King first, then we'll talk."

Oh? She actually didn't refuse?

A trace of heat rose in Li Luo's eyes. Only then did he set Jiang Jiang Qinge down, take a step forward, and shield her behind him. At the same time, his gaze gradually grew sharp as he looked toward the Black Demon King ahead.

At this moment, the Black Demon King's five ghost-faced heads were like blazing furnaces, ten pupils swirling with eerie, evil light within the black flames.

But it could be seen that the Black Demon King's emotions were fluctuating violently at this moment. Terrifying sources of evil intent spread across the sky, transforming into black abysses one after another. After all, Li Luo had successfully achieved Unparalleled Marquis right under its nose—this was truly a slap in its face.

"A mere Seven-Pillar Unparalleled Marquis, and you really think you can escape this Sovereign's grasp?" the Black Demon King said in a dark, gloomy voice. Although it was currently only in its Five-Headed form, in terms of strength, it was still at the level of a Double-Crowned King, while a Seven-Pillar Unparalleled Marquis, in terms of grade, was only equivalent to a Single-Crowned King.

Even though Li Luo had a deep foundation and also possessed the Myriad Resolutions Seed, at most he would be at the peak of a Single-Crowned King. In terms of strength, he hadn't surpassed Pang Pang Qianyuan by much.

Pang Pang Qianyuan, Lan Lan Lingzi, and Li Li Qingying also stepped through the air at this moment, attempting to join forces with Li Luo against the Black Demon King.

"Evil Register Furnace Great Demon Prison!"

But the moment their figures moved, the Black Demon King let out a sinister sound. The next instant, the void where Pang Pang Qianyuan and the other two stood collapsed abruptly, and endless ash surged out from the void. The three figures vanished into thin air.

Li Luo's gaze sharpened, and he looked toward the Black Demon King's five ghost-faced heads. He saw that within three of those heads, three figures had actually appeared—precisely Pang Pang Qianyuan, Lan Lan Lingzi, and Li Li Qingying.

They had actually been imprisoned by the Black Demon King, using its heads as a prison.

The ghost-faced heads burned with raging black flames, and at this moment, these black flames were furiously corroding Pang Pang Qianyuan and the other two. The three of them, in turn, drastically changed expression, activating the kingly crowns atop their heads. Vast, majestic source power transformed into layer upon layer of defense, resisting continuously.

"Do you really think this Sovereign's Evil Register Ash is so easy to dissolve?" With this move, the Black Demon King had directly trapped Pang Pang Qianyuan and the other two. Its pupils burning with black flames stared at Li Luo with a sinister, vicious gaze: "You were planning to break through to Unparalleled Marquis and then join forces with these three to fight this Sovereign. But did you really think this Sovereign had no tricks?"

"Now that the three of them are trapped by me, what waves can a mere little Unparalleled Marquis like you make?"

This sudden turn of events also caused Li Luo's expression to grow slightly solemn. This Black Demon King was indeed worthy of being a peak Triple-Crowned King existence—even though it was currently only in its Five-Headed form, it still effortlessly toyed with Pang Pang Qianyuan and the other three Single-Crowned Kings in the palm of its hand.

Pang Pang Qianyuan and the other two must have previously been unknowingly implanted with marks within their bodies by the Black Demon King due to the corrosion of the Evil Register Ash. And now that the Black Demon King had triggered them, it naturally trapped them.

Such a method—truly worthy of a peak Triple-Crowned King level existence.

But with things as they were, Li Luo would have to face the Black Demon King alone here.

In Daxia City, worry surfaced in many of the gazes. The pleasant surprise brought by Li Luo's advancement to Unparalleled Marquis had now dissipated.

Although a Seven-Pillar Unparalleled Marquis was powerful, it was ultimately only a realm comparable to a Single-Crowned King. Yet now, even Pang Pang Qianyuan and the other two of the same grade had fallen into a predicament. Could Li Luo possibly withstand the Double-Crowned King level Black Demon King alone?

And amid those many worried gazes, Li Luo showed no sign of fear. He certainly knew how terrifying the opponent was, so even though he had just advanced to Seven-Pillar Unparalleled Marquis, a fierce battle was unavoidable.

Fortunately, Li Luo had also made preparations for this.

Hoo.

Li Luo exhaled deeply. He raised his palm, and the Dragon Bone Holy Grail emerged. The next instant, accompanied by an earth-shattering dragon roar, vast, majestic power surged forth, empowering his body.

That was the power of the Heavenly Dragon Formation from the Five Heavenly Dragon Guards.

Previously, this power had made Li Luo feel a heavy oppressive pressure—after all, it was power comparable to a Single-Crowned King. But now, when this power once again empowered his body, he could no longer feel the slightest pressure.

That power moved with the turn of his mind, mobilized with effortless ease.

Clearly, with Li Luo's advancement to Unparalleled Marquis, the empowerment of the Heavenly Dragon Formation could now be controlled at will by him.

Boom!

With Li Luo's Current State, coupled with the empowerment of the Heavenly Dragon Formation, the Unparalleled Divine Throne above his head immediately erupted with a roar. Vast, surging source power swept out like rivers and seas, its might oppressing the entire heavens and earth.

This momentum had already surpassed the limit of a Single-Crowned King, and could faintly touch the level of a Double-Crowned King.

However, this was not yet over. Li Luo closed his eyes slightly, and behind him in the void, the Myriad Resolutions Wheel emerged. The current Myriad Resolutions Wheel radiated an aura of perfect completion. At its edge, ten mysterious, ancient divine seal scripts shone like stars, flowing with wondrous, profound light.

"All Resolutions As One!"

Li Luo whispered in his heart. In that instant, the eight resonances within his body emitted clear, mystical sounds, then transformed into endless source power that surged forth, all of it merging into the Myriad Resolutions Wheel.

Upper Nine-Pillar Heavenly Dragon Lightning Resonance!

Upper Nine-Pillar Crystal Ice Resonance!

Mid Nine-Pillar Water Light Resonance!

Mid Nine-Pillar Wood Earth Resonance!

And the ten divine seal scripts at this moment flowed out wisps of divine smoke. Within this divine smoke, it seemed to contain hundreds of millions of seal patterns, each one transformed from the source of heaven and earth.

The divine smoke wrapped around the eight resonances, merging them into one.

The Myriad Resolutions Wheel emitted a strange roar.

At the same time, it seemed as if the sound of giant waves emerged between heaven and earth. Endless, boundless energy of heaven and earth whistled over, transforming into rivers ten thousand miles long, all swallowed by the Myriad Resolutions Wheel.

At this moment, everyone sensed an indescribable pressure gradually welling up between heaven and earth.

That pressure seemed to transcend everything; even the heavens and earth trembled beneath it, and the will of all things had to act according to its intent under this pressure.

The Black Demon King was the first to sense this pressure. The black smoke within its ten pupils was now frenziedly leaping, revealing the violent upheaval in its heart, for this pressure was not unfamiliar to it.

Its gaze fixed dead on the center of Li Luo's brow.

There, a Holy Aspect crystal core had originally existed, but now the Holy Aspect crystal core was gradually dissolving. In just a dozen or so breaths, this crystal core representing a top-grade ninth-rank aspect completely melted away.

Yet with the disappearance of the Holy Aspect crystal core, a mysterious and obscure lotus pedestal pattern appeared at Li Luo's brow, and at the center of the lotus pedestal, an ancient, primordial divine tree slowly grew, spreading its branches and leaves.

On every single leaf of this divine tree flowed vast, boundless aura of Origin, as if representing the ultimate of aspect.

And the indescribably terrifying pressure from before surged forth from within this mysterious divine tree pattern.

The others did not know what this divine tree pattern represented, but the Black Demon King recognized it. Although that divine tree appeared somewhat indistinct, the aura it emitted was unmistakably real.

So the next moment, a low voice unable to contain its shock emerged from the Black Demon King's mouth, causing the cosmos to rumble and tremble.

"This is..."

"Beyond ninth-rank, the status of a Divine Aspect Tree?!"