Chapter 1640: Zhang Li Tianwang Makes His Move

The bright moon hung high, its moonlight like a ladder.

The tall, upright man, whose robes flowed with sun, moon, and stars, descended upon the moonlight, holding a jade flute horizontally to his lips, and played a melody of cold, solitary, and desolate notes.

The flute notes gathered the vast, surging power of rank, transforming into a boundless sound-wave killing array that descended from the heavens, perfectly trapping the two Great Demon Kings, Blood Slaughter and Asura Arm, within it.

"He is the Zhang Li Tianwang of Golden Dragon Mountain?"

Li Luo watched the free and easy, flowing-haired man with curious eyes. It was said Golden Dragon Mountain had three surnames: Lü, Zhang, and Qian.

Each surname had one Li Tianwang. Since the newcomer was called Zhang Li Tianwang, he was naturally the one of the Zhang surname. The Zhang Cuicheng Li Luo had met in the Boundary River Treasure Domain was from this lineage.

"I'm afraid it's trouble for Zhang Li Tianwang to leave seclusion and make this trip." Jiang Li Tianwang, who was currently locked in magical combat with Yin Li Tianwang, breathed a slight sigh of relief upon seeing Zhang Li Tianwang appear and thanked him with a smile.

Now the remaining four Li Tianwang of the Academy Alliance were unable to spare a hand. After all, they not only had to keep watch on the other three Li Tianwang of the Guiyi Hui, but also had to suppress the strange disasters erupting across the various Outer Shenzhou.

Fortunately, while the Guiyi Hui could summon strange Great Demon Kings, the Academy Alliance likewise held extremely high prestige across the Ten Great Shenzhou, and naturally could invite other Li Tianwang who could spare a hand to come assist.

And this Zhang Li Tianwang of Golden Dragon Mountain, who had just emerged from seclusion, was the helper Jiang Li Tianwang had invited this time.

The only fly in the ointment was that only Zhang Li Tianwang alone had come.

Zhang Li Tianwang had not reached the Divine Fruit Li Tianwang realm. With his strength, he could only contend against a single Great Demon King. For now, he had only launched a surprise attack, using the sound array he excelled at to trap the two Great Demon Kings, Blood Slaughter and Asura Arm.

But this would only be temporary.

Still, being able to buy some time was good.

The descent of the two Great Demon Kings, Blood Slaughter and Asura Arm, was not through a complete descent ritual. So as time passed, their physical forms would gradually be squeezed out by this world.

Under the gaze of countless awed eyes, the bright moon in the sky slowly descended, continuously shrinking, until it hovered behind Zhang Li Tianwang's head, transforming into a moon wheel of flowing radiance.

His eyes, bright as stars, regarded the two Great Demon Kings trapped within the sound array with a hint of solemnity, and he sighed: "I don't know how many years it has been since two Great Demon Kings descended upon the Ten Great Shenzhou at the same time. The Guiyi Hui has gone too far this time."

A faint anger rose in his usually calm eyes. Their Golden Dragon Mountain had always maintained neutrality, and had not involved itself much in the struggles between the Academy Alliance and the Guiyi Hui. But this time, the Guiyi Hui had summoned two Great Demon Kings to descend upon the Ten Great Shenzhou—this had undoubtedly crossed the bottom line.

No Li Tianwang faction across the Ten Great Shenzhou would allow such a thing to happen.

"Zhang Li Tianwang, with only you alone, you think you can stop us?"

But the two Great Demon Kings, Blood Slaughter and Asura Arm, now also came to their senses. They both let out sullen voices. The next moment, the sea of blood churned, and countless blood bats howled out, transforming into clusters of blood clouds. The blood clouds released the power of rank, shattering wave after wave of sound.

Asura Arm swung his demonic arm even harder, his demonic palm sweeping forth, wrapped in destructive power, and forcibly smashed apart the wondrous sound waves.

The moon wheel behind Zhang Li Tianwang's head poured out endless moonlight. Every strand of moonlight contained the power of two ranks—sound and moon. The moonlight seemed to carry infinite weight, and wherever it passed, the void was crushed into pitch-black emptiness.

The moonlight reinforced the sound array, repairing the flaws smashed open by the two Great Demon Kings.

"It doesn't matter. Holding you two is enough. Our Ten Great Shenzhou will naturally have other Li Tianwang coming upon hearing the news. This place, after all, is the home ground of our Ten Great Shenzhou, not your Dark World," Zhang Li Tianwang said calmly.

"I'm afraid you won't last until then!"

The sea of blood that the Great Demon King Blood Slaughter had transformed into churned violently. That enormous face began to change, gradually forming a bat face. The bat face opened its fang-filled maw and erupted with an earth-shattering bat cry.

The bat cry spread, shattering the void layer by layer, and even showed signs of running rampant and affecting the living beings of this Great Xia.

If this were allowed to spread, the living beings of Great Xia would likely be wiped out in an instant.

Fortunately, Zhang Li Tianwang immediately played his flute, rolling up sound waves to completely shield the bat cry of the Great Demon King Blood Slaughter, not letting a single bit leak out.

But just like this, the Great Demon King Asura Arm took the opportunity to smash a breach in the sound array. A demonic arm like a mountain range drilled out with all its might, sweeping up towering demonic light.

This sight caused Pang Pang Qianyuan, Lan Lan Lingzi, and Li Li Qingying to all involuntarily change color. If this Great Demon King Asura Arm truly broke free, locking him down again would not be so easy.

But after all, Zhang Li Tianwang was only one person. He was at the same realm as the two Great Demon Kings. For him to be able to temporarily trap them through his own strength alone was already extraordinarily difficult.

This crisis today, enough to shake the entire Ten Great Shenzhou, still had not been fully resolved.

Li Luo stared at the enormous demonic arm frantically smashing the sound array, trying to drill out, his brows tightly furrowed. Once the other party broke the seal, they would inevitably make a move on the Pill Saint. And the current Pill Saint... was actually Bai Bai Mengmeng, so if these two Great Demon Kings seized the Pill Saint, it would be equivalent to seizing Bai Bai Mengmeng.

This was clearly not what Li Luo wanted to see.

But, facing such an existence, even though he had now broken through to Reached Seventh Rank, he still appeared extremely powerless.

"Is Reached Seventh Rank not enough either?" Li Luo clenched his palms tightly. He had originally thought that stepping into the Unparalleled Marquis realm would let him rank among the top experts of this world, but the appearance of these Great Demon Kings made him understand that Reached Seventh Rank was only the beginning.

Moreover, Li Luo could faintly sense that the Guiyi Hui, this cancerous growth of the Ten Great Shenzhou, was accelerating some kind of plot. After all, over these years, their movements had grown larger and larger...

In the future, the Ten Great Shenzhou might welcome a great upheaval. To preserve himself and protect those he cared about in this era, he had to become even stronger.

If Reached Seventh Rank wasn't enough, then Unparalleled Marquis of the Eighth Rank!

If the Eighth Rank wasn't enough, then Unparalleled Marquis of the Ninth Rank!

Only that realm could face a Li Tianwang head-on!

Jiang Jiang Qinge felt Li Luo's grip on her hand tightening, and understood his feelings at this moment. So she comforted him in a gentle voice: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. You've already done very well. An Unparalleled Marquis at such an age—even Father and Mother back then couldn't compare to you."

Li Luo held her slender hand, forcing a smile onto his handsome face. His gaze flickered slightly. No matter what, he still had to find a way to weather the current crisis first, and also protect Bai Bai Mengmeng.

However, his strength could not shake such a situation.

Li Luo's eyes showed contemplation. He rubbed the spatial orb on his wrist and suddenly asked Jiang Jiang Qinge: "Sister Jiang Jiang Qinge, can you try to break through to Unparalleled Marquis again?"

Jiang Jiang Qinge was slightly stunned, hesitated a moment, and said: "The Divine Essence substance has already been consumed. My previous Unparalleled Tribulation was broken. Normally, I'd still need to accumulate for a period of time before I could attempt to strike at Unparalleled Marquis again, unless we still had some treasure similar to the Divine Essence substance at this moment."

"But even if I could break through to Unparalleled Marquis, we wouldn't have much we could do about this situation," she reminded him. After all, even if the two of them, Reached Seventh Rank Unparalleled Marquises, joined forces, they still wouldn't be a match for a Great Demon King.

"Of course not relying on us."

Li Luo smiled, and pointed inside the spatial orb at the same time.

Jiang Jiang Qinge and Li Luo's tacit understanding needed no words. The latter needed only a simple gesture, and she had already guessed it in an instant. Immediately, brilliant golden light also involuntarily welled up with surprise in her eyes.

"Grandfather?!"

"Has his consciousness awakened?!"

Li Luo rubbed the spatial orb with his fingers and said: "Previously, when I broke through to Unparalleled Marquis, I condensed a thick 'Myriad Phases Qi', so the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo has reached maturity, and Grandfather's consciousness has also begun to awaken. But it hasn't yet reached the step of complete metamorphosis—that will still require more 'Myriad Phases Qi'."

"So I need you to break through again. Ruo Shi Cheng Gong, when you activate the Divine Perception state and connect with me, I can operate the 'Ten Inscription Myriad Phases Wheel' to transform the last strand of Myriad Phases Qi and help Grandfather awaken and metamorphose completely."

"At that time, not only will he be revived, but his strength will also far surpass his peak. Perhaps, he can change the current situation."

Jiang Jiang Qinge suddenly understood. So this was Li Luo's plan—to help Li Li Jingzhe revive at this moment, thereby influencing this great situation.

This was indeed an enormous variable. This point, whether it was Jiang Li Tianwang or Yin Li Tianwang, they probably hadn't calculated.

However, the problem was... she no longer had a treasure like 'Divine Essence substance'. If it really wouldn't work, she could only forcibly undergo the tribulation.

Just as Jiang Qing'e was about to forcibly step in to help Li Luo complete this step, the space before the two of them rippled, and a figure materialized out of thin air.

Li Luo was slightly startled, but once he clearly saw who it was, he relaxed.

"Bai Mengmeng, ah, no—wait, Senior Pill Saint." Li Luo hurriedly cupped his fists in salute, because this figure was none other than the Pill Saint, who had taken over Bai Bai Mengmeng's body.

The Pill Saint, wearing Bai Bai Mengmeng's pure and pretty face, sized Li Luo up with a glance, let out a faint chuckle, and said, "So you're the little brat who so easily swindled away the All-Phase Golden Core I worked so hard to refine."

Li Luo looked a bit embarrassed and said, "This junior had no idea that thing would turn out to be the All-Phase Golden Core. But regardless, Senior's great kindness in bestowing the pill—Li Luo will surely keep it firmly in mind."

The Pill Saint casually waved her hand, but then her gaze suddenly swept over to Jiang Qing'e beside Li Luo, and she couldn't help but space out for a moment.

"You..." the Pill Saint murmured in confusion. From Jiang Qing'e, she actually felt a strange sensation both familiar and unfamiliar at once.

The Pill Saint's brow furrowed slightly. Faced with this strange feeling, she was also somewhat at a loss for the moment.

"Senior Pill Saint, this is my wife. Her name is Jiang Qing'e." Seeing this, Li Luo stepped in to make the introduction.

The Pill Saint nodded in a slight daze, then came back to herself and said to Li Luo, "What you said earlier—was that meant for me to hear?"

The scheme Li Luo had just laid out, though it had seemed to be a quiet discussion with Jiang Qing'e, had all landed in the Pill Saint's ears.

Li Luo put on an embarrassed look and hurriedly denied it, claiming he had no idea what the Pill Saint was talking about.

The Pill Saint saw this but didn't mind, because she had likewise detected at this moment that within Li Luo's spatial orb there truly did exist a hidden and powerful aura—only this aura was still in a state on the verge of transforming yet not yet transformed.

The Pill Saint extended a fair, pale hand, and from within the enormous, eerie, colorful butterfly behind her, a streak of colored light suddenly flew out and landed in her palm.

Within the colored light was a spiritual pill flowing with mysterious patterns. Inside the pill, it was as if a small world had formed of its own accord, with mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and stars.

"This is the 'Minor World Pill,' the top-tier pill of our Formless Saint Sect. Its effect will be no weaker than that Divine Essence substance. If she wishes to charge into the Unparalleled Marquis realm, this pill can restore her phase force and add to her foundation."

Li Luo was overjoyed at this. Sure enough, this Senior Pill Saint really did have treasures on hand—no wonder he hadn't bothered to muffle his voice earlier and had let this scheme leak to her.

"Many thanks, Senior!"

Although it felt very strange saying such words to Bai Bai Mengmeng's innocent face, Li Luo couldn't be bothered with that. He grabbed the pill and stuffed it straight into Jiang Qing'e's hand.

"Thank you." Jiang Qing'e gripped the pill and also offered the Pill Saint a word of gratitude.

The Pill Saint glanced at her a couple more times, then said in a gentle voice, "It's nothing. You focus on breaking through quickly. I'll do my best to buy you some time."

Jiang Qing'e did not hesitate. Her red lips parted, and she swallowed the pill in one go. Then she sat cross-legged in midair, and in an instant, vast, surging light-phase force poured out like a flood.

Very quickly, sacred world-essence energy gathered above her head.

Another Unparalleled Tribulation began to take shape.