Chapter 1671: Li Luo Appears

The azure wind surged and billowed between heaven and earth, vast and mighty, as if it would never end.

Before the Holy Fortune Mountain Range defensive line, countless gazes of shock converged on the distant horizon, where a youth's figure appeared out of thin air, then took the hand of the Goddess.

Some of Jiang Jiang Qinge's fanatical devotees could not help but cry out in fury: Who is this person? How dare he offend the Goddess?

But more discerning experts fell into thought, because they could see that on the Goddess's usually calm and composed, breathtakingly beautiful face, undisguised joy was now welling up like a tide.

She did not feel the slightest anger at the newcomer's impropriety.

And in this world, there was probably only one person who could achieve that.

In the hearts of many experts within the Mingwang Alliance, a single name surfaced.

Li Luo.

The Goddess's husband, who had been in closed-door cultivation for five years.

Under the gaze of countless eyes, Li Luo, who had appeared beside Jiang Jiang Qinge, was also gazing at her exquisitely beautiful face, fair as the autumn moon. Five years without meeting, her appearance had not changed in the slightest, but the temperament between her brows had gained an additional edge of fierce, murderous aura.

That was a temperament that could only be accumulated through countless life-and-death battles.

One could imagine just how much Jiang Jiang Qinge had paid over these five years to keep him safe in his closed-door cultivation.

"Qing'e-Zhong Jie, you've worked hard."

Tenderness flowed in Li Luo's eyes as he spoke softly, then reached out a finger to brush across Jiang Jiang Qinge's distant-mountain brows, gently smoothing away that trace of murderous aura.

Under billions of gazes, Li Luo's intimate gesture also caused a faint blush to rise on Jiang Jiang Qinge's matchlessly elegant, holy cheeks, yet she did not resist. Instead, she raised her face and gently nudged his finger with her smooth forehead in response.

Five years without seeing each other, the longing and deep affection she had suppressed within her was likewise on the verge of bursting forth.

Yet amid the two's intimacy, the three Three-Crowned Demon Kings in the distance had their gazes locked on them, brimming with killing intent. The Seven-Headed Black Demon King spoke in a dark, gloomy voice: "This person is that Many-Phase Seed, and he must be killed!"

The White Scorpion Demon King and the Holy Banner Demon King nodded and said: "Then it's perfect to take care of them all at once."

The next moment, the three Three-Crowned Demon Kings said no more. One could only see vast surges of Origin of Evil Thought erupting upward, forming three layers of black, viscous black crowns atop each of their heads.

On those crowns, it seemed as if a kingdom of death had been born, with countless agonized wraiths struggling and drifting within.

The terrifying demonic might caused the void of this stretch of heaven and earth to constantly shatter, and the distant Holy Fortune Mountain Range, which spanned dozens of dynasties and empires, trembled because of it.

Jiang Jiang Qinge sensed the killing intent erupting from the three Three-Crowned Demon Kings, and the gentleness that had just softened her brows instantly turned sharp again. But Li Luo smiled and said: "Leave it to me."

Jiang Jiang Qinge looked at him with some surprise and doubt. Li Luo wanted to step forward and face three Three-Crowned Demon Kings?

From the crown of Li Luo's head, a column of spiritual light shot skyward. So brilliant was the spiritual light that it resembled a pillar connecting heaven and earth, visible to all within hundreds of thousands of miles.

And the next moment, within the spiritual light, eight towering, majestic Ten-Pillar Golden Platforms, flowing with tremendous Origin power, slowly emerged.

Peerless Eighth Grade!

The energy of this stretch of heaven and earth suddenly became boiling and active at this moment, as if drawn by some summons, transforming into a flood of energy that flowed toward these eight Ten-Pillar Golden Platforms.

"Peerless Eighth Grade?!"

On the city wall of Holy Fortune City, Zhao Mingwang, Pang Pang Qianyuan, and the others stared at these eight Ten-Pillar Golden Platforms, unable to suppress their shock and wild joy. If Li Luo had also advanced to Peerless Eighth Grade like Jiang Jiang Qinge, then their side's combat power would undoubtedly be greatly strengthened. At the very least, Jiang Jiang Qinge would no longer have to face three Three-Crowned Demon Kings alone.

"It's the peak of Peerless Eighth Grade."

Jiang Jiang Qinge's perception was even keener. Although both were Peerless Eighth Grade, the might and foundation Li Luo now displayed were actually several degrees stronger than her own.

The expressions of the White Scorpion, Holy Banner, and Black Demon Kings also shifted somewhat. The peak of Peerless Eighth Grade did indeed possess the power to threaten them, but fortunately they had come prepared this time. Three Three-Crowned Demon Kings still held the advantage.

"The peak of Peerless Eighth Grade won't change the fact that you'll perish today!" The venomous voice of the Seven-Headed Black Demon King flowed with surging killing intent and... wariness, because it realized that in just five short years apart, Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge had already grown to this stage. If given a few more years, wouldn't these two both be contending for Peerless Ninth Grade?

At that time, apart from Li Li Tianwang, who else could keep them in check?

These two would surely become great enemies of the Dark World in the future. They had to be cut down!

Joy and relief appeared on Jiang Jiang Qinge's pretty face. Li Luo's improvement over these five years had also exceeded imagination, but although the peak of Peerless Eighth Grade was no longer afraid of a single Three-Crowned Demon King, it was still not enough to take on three at once.

Light flickered in Jiang Jiang Qinge's eyes, and a trace of wonder rose within them. Given her understanding of Li Luo, he was absolutely not the type to speak empty boasts. And since he had dared to say that he would take on all three Three-Crowned Demon Kings, then he must possess that confidence.

So... the peak of Peerless Eighth Grade was probably not Li Luo's limit!

He still had other means!

And just as this thought flashed through Jiang Jiang Qinge's mind, suddenly all the clamor in this stretch of heaven and earth fell silent. From the crown of Li Luo's head, a wisp of spiritual light slowly rose.

The moment that wisp of spiritual light appeared, it seemed to become the most dazzling point in this world.

Heaven and earth suddenly thundered. Endless streams of heaven-and-earth energy formed tides, surging ceaselessly across the horizon for millions of miles, and the source toward which the heaven-and-earth energy flowed was that wisp of spiritual light emerging from the crown of Li Luo's head.

An indescribable might surged forth between heaven and earth.

The spiritual light rose parallel to the eight Ten-Pillar Golden Platforms, then suddenly erupted. Vast heaven-and-earth energy was swallowed whole by it, and faintly, the embryonic form of a Marquis Platform seemed to appear.

Staring at that blurry embryonic form of a Marquis Platform, everyone in this stretch of heaven and earth—whether the three Three-Crowned Demon Kings or Zhao Mingwang, Pang Pang Qianyuan, and the others behind them—could not help but be filled with horror.

This was... the ninth Ten-Pillar Golden Platform?!

Peerless Ninth Grade?!

Li Luo had stepped into Peerless Ninth Grade?!

A trace of astonishment also appeared in Jiang Jiang Qinge's beautiful eyes, but then she sensed something was off. That ninth Ten-Pillar Golden Platform had not taken shape; even calling it an embryonic form was a stretch.

At most, it could only be called a shell.

But this was still terrifying, because it showed that Li Luo had not only reached the peak of Peerless Eighth Grade, he had even begun to faintly touch the threshold of Peerless Ninth Grade.

His improvement in these five years of closed-door cultivation was actually so astonishing.

And the White Scorpion, Holy Banner, and Black Demon Kings, the three Three-Crowned Demon Kings, also secretly breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, for they too had seen that the ninth Ten-Pillar Golden Platform was only a shell.

They had nearly been scared to death.

If Li Luo truly were Peerless Ninth Grade, then they would be in danger today. After all, one year ago, the Peerless Ninth Grade that had appeared on Outer Shenzhou had actually slain three Three-Crowned Demon Kings, among which there was even one at the peak of Three-Crowned King.

"Don't delay any longer, kill him!"

But being frightened like this by Li Luo, the three Three-Crowned Demon Kings did not dare to continue dragging things out. The next moment, they launched their attacks without hesitation.

Vast Origin of Evil Thought blotted out the sky and earth, surging toward Li Luo's location in a terrifying killing blow.

But Li Luo paid it no heed. As his mind moved, an ancient, mysterious golden wheel appeared in the void behind him—it was unmistakably the Many-Phase Wheel.

At the center of the Many-Phase Wheel, a golden cauldron appeared, within which burned raging Many-Phase Fire.

Li Luo flicked a finger, and an object rose within the golden cauldron—a mysterious fragment, emanating an indescribably vast and boundless aura.

It was the aura of a Divine Fruit Wind Aspect.

After five years of refinement, most of that Divine Fruit Wind Aspect had been absorbed by Li Luo, but some remnants he had condensed into two Divine Fruit fragments, and if these fragments were cast into the Myriad Aspects Golden Cauldron and burned with Myriad Aspects Fire, the Divine Fruit power contained within could be forced out.

This power could not be absorbed, but it could help Li Luo fill that ninth Ten-Pillar Golden Platform, helping it barely and briefly take shape.

Though it was only temporary, it was enough to deal with the present situation.

Boom!

The Divine Fruit fragments were wrapped in raging flames. The next instant, everyone felt a vast and wondrous power surge forth like a flood, ultimately pouring into the embryonic form of that ninth Ten-Pillar Golden Platform beneath countless shocked gazes.

And then, heaven and earth suddenly thundered.

Hundreds of millions of rays of brilliance burst forth from that ninth Ten-Pillar Golden Platform, stretching hundreds of thousands of miles. Before the Holy Fortune Mountain Range, the sky-obscuring black clouds of evil thoughts were torn apart by such brilliance, and wherever the light swept, countless alien creatures instantly melted away.

Even the three Three-Crowned Demon Kings were blasted staggering backward, their three layers of kingly crowns atop their heads spilling out vast origin force before they could resist that domineering brilliance.

The wondrous brilliance swept and ravaged, yet it caused this stretch of heaven and earth to fall silent.

Whether it was the three Three-Crowned Demon Kings or the mighty cities and fortresses of the defensive line behind, every gaze stared at the top of Li Luo's head in absolute horror.

There, vast divine might poured out wantonly like an abyss, like a prison, and the source of that divine might...

Was unmistakably nine Ten-Pillar Golden Platforms standing between heaven and earth like divine mountains!