Chapter 137: Xi Xi the Great Emperor Battles the Golden Third Prince, Dragon Elephant Forge Casts th

Chapter 137: Xi Xi the Great Emperor Battles the Golden Third Prince, Dragon Elephant Forge Casts the True Grandmaster

Xi Xi glared, though she was only three years old, she wouldn't cry easily!

And she certainly wouldn't cry from being hit!

She was the girl who would become the invincible Xi Xi the Great Emperor in the future!

Nan Lihuo saw Xi Xi's defiant look and couldn't help but stroke his beard, laughing heartily. This little girl... she was truly proud.

But having pride was a good thing. As a divine child blessed with a hundred feet of purple aura, how could she not have pride?

Pride was the most fundamental mark of a genius.

However, Nan Lihuo recalled his first time entering the Heavenly King Tower's Divine Gate for the Heavenly King Assessment, and his lips twitched involuntarily.

That time, he was truly beaten to the point of questioning his existence.

It took him a whole month to recover, and the previous Sect Master of Golden Light Peak had to comfort and guide him for a long time.

He hoped Xi Xi... could recover quickly.

"Alright, prepare to enter the Divine Gate."

Nan Lihuo rubbed Xi Xi's head, "Just do your best, don't take the Heavenly King Tower's test too seriously. Before you turn twelve, if you can defeat your opponent, that's good enough."

Xi Xi raised her head, her eyes filled with a hint of indignation.

"Sect Master Teacher... you're looking down on Xi Xi."

Nan Lihuo was speechless, "Your talent is the highest among all my disciples. How could I look down on you?"

"But I have high expectations for you, hoping you can defeat your opponent before you turn twelve... I..."

"Even when I turned twelve, I didn't succeed."

"The late Senior Brother Zhou Daoyuan was the same."

Nan Lihuo explained gently.

Xi Xi's eyebrows relaxed upon hearing this, "The late Senior Brother... he was very powerful, huh."

Nan Lihuo's eyes stung as he listened to Xi Xi's praise, and a deep sorrow spread through his heart like ink.

"Yes, he was powerful, but... not as powerful as Xi Xi."

Xi Xi immediately raised her head proudly.

That was a must, in front of Xi Xi the Great Emperor, everything was a vassal!

Nan Lihuo didn't say anything further. He formed hand seals, and his divine nature erupted.

The Heavenly King Tower began to shake, and in an instant, his divine nature's pressure burst forth, emitting a dazzling radiance of a myriad of brilliant rays.

The Golden Pagoda Divine Deity detached from the altar and flew horizontally into the air, once again emitting a familiar suction force that drew Xi Xi into it.

This time, Xi Xi had the experience from the previous time, but she didn't dance around and scream for help.

However, the feeling of being pulled into the Divine Gate was still quite uncomfortable.

The little Hu Hu on her shoulder was delighted, fluttering and circling around Xi Xi.

Li Che had helped Xi Xi study this little Hu Hu, but so far, they hadn't figured out the purpose of this butterfly-like spiritual beast.

Its divine nature was very rich, but it didn't seem to have much offensive or lethal power. Only when it released its divine nature, it had a bit of divine nature rank oppression.

The divine nature was very pure, almost comparable to Pure Mind Deity Nature.

Li Che couldn't figure it out, so he didn't continue the research. Instead, the little butterfly being studied was scared in Li Che's hands, trembling uncontrollably.

It seemed to sense a person's cruelty.

Obviously, Xi Xi and Li Che, the latter was a hundred times more cruel.

After the world spun around.

Xi Xi opened her eyes, and she and the little butterfly reappeared inside the Divine Gate of the Golden Pagoda Divine Deity.

The Sect Master Teacher had explained to Xi Xi about the Divine Gate and the Deceptive Chamber, both of which were special domains created by the Strange Temple related to divine nature.

At least, it required a Ninth Star level Strange Temple to create a Deceptive Chamber.

And the Deceptive Chamber and the Divine Gate, both had inheritances and opportunities, but with much higher danger.

The Divine Gate, on the other hand, was more like a purified Deceptive Chamber, with almost no danger, and the inheritances and opportunities were also very gentle.

The origin of the Divine Gate was a plundered Strange Temple that regained its normal state, creating the Divine Gate.

After the temple deity's resentment and divine nature calmed down, it no longer invaded those who entered the gate, but instead became a place of opportunity.

Therefore, the Divine Gate was the foundation of every divine sect.

Some divine sects even had multiple Divine Gates.

For example, the Golden Heavenly King Tower's Divine Gate, because the Heavenly King Tower split into three, there were three Divine Gates, and they were interconnected.

Nan Lihuo told Xi Xi that if she could defeat her opponent before turning twelve, she would be able to pass through this region's Divine Gate and meet the divine children from other regions' Divine Gates to fight.

Xi Xi was so excited at the thought of herself defeating her opponent and the image of her fighting the divine children from other Divine Gates.

Xi Xi looked around, clenching her chubby fists, her eyes sparkling.

She patted the little butterfly and took a step towards the majestic and enormous Golden Temple.

She hummed a song her father had taught her, "I have a little donkey, but never ride it. One day, on a whim, I rode it to the market..."

As she sang, the little butterfly danced around her.

The girl and the butterfly were like a flower blooming in the Divine Gate.

They arrived at the temple's gate, which was tightly shut. Xi Xi widened her eyes, understanding, and took a horse stance, her fine strands of hair on her forehead fluttering in the wind.

Within the Niwan Inner Vision, the cultivation method she cultivated, the Ultimate Sorrow Windfire Dragon Prince, was activated in an instant!

Although it was a cultivation method of the Five Elders level, Xi Xi had already completed the transformation of all her divine natures within half a year.

Now, her cultivation nature flowed like a river, completely transforming into the Ultimate Sorrow Windfire Dragon Prince's divine nature!

Her divine nature wove together the colors of wind and fire, flashing with brilliance, and contained a sorrowful emotion that emanated from Xi Xi's small body.

The temple gates rumbled, and upon sensing that her divine nature originated from the Golden Temple, they slowly opened.

Boom!

The doors shook and opened, revealing the towering golden statue of the Heavenly King in the temple once again before Xi Xi.

Xi Xi immediately restrained her arrogance and shrank her neck.

The statue loomed above, but its eyes seemed gentle, and Xi Xi gradually relaxed her mind.

As she approached the statue, Xi Xi looked around, sensing the rich and dense divine nature within the temple.

She felt that if she opened her mouth and inhaled, she could absorb divine nature into her body.

No wonder the Sect Master Teacher said that the Golden Temple was an excellent place for cultivation, surpassing any blessed land.

It opened once every six months, and after Xi Xi entered the Golden Temple and got beaten up, she must not just cry; instead, she should seize the time to cultivate.

Thinking of this, Xi Xi felt indignant.

She, Xi Xi the Great, would never cry!

Never!

Xi Xi was confident in herself, and she also brought the Firework Mechanism that Niu Niu Teacher had made for her! The Firework Mechanism had three states, and if all else failed, she could activate its strongest firepower state!

Hmph!

Xi Xi pouted and looked at the statue.

Boom!

"The Divine Gate inspection is about to begin."

"Give it your all and hold nothing back!"

A deafening roar suddenly exploded, causing Xi Xi's eardrums to vibrate, and the little butterfly on her shoulder trembled slightly.

Then, the scene before her changed.

Her eyes widened, and her long eyelashes quivered.

She saw...

Beneath the golden statue.

Within that pagoda.

A tiny figure slowly emerged, appearing as if it were pure gold.

The figure's eyes were golden, and two golden braids stood erect.

With a turn of its golden, smoky eyes, it landed on Xi Xi.

"Hmph!"

The child figure sneered, then took a step forward and leaped down from the massive hand of the Heavenly King statue holding the golden pagoda.

In mid-air, the figure performed a 360-degree flip, and its appearance changed.

Wearing a golden ring on its head, golden silk wrapped around its arms, bare feet, stepping on two golden windfire wheels, and holding a golden serpent spear!

In mid-air, the figure spread its legs in a straddle position, and the golden windfire wheels spun rapidly beneath its feet, emitting countless dazzling sparks.

The sparks danced and soared through the air!

An overwhelming sense of pressure enveloped everything...

Like a mountain, it crushed down!

Xi Xi was dumbfounded, and the little butterfly on her shoulder bristled with fear!

No...

You're letting the Third Prince take action?!

The Sect Master Teacher is a big liar, calling this a test?!

...

...

Golden Light City.

Luohua Lane.

Li Che closed his eyes, and after swallowing the Eight Directions Martial Pill, his stomach churned like a medicine pestle, directly crushing the pill. The potent medicinal properties surged into his limbs and bones.

His muscles and bones suddenly twitched, emitting a 'crackling' sound like burning firewood bursting with sparks! His blood boiled with heat and power, and after the Divine Meridian Nine Transformations, the Transformation Realm power merged with his inner energy. At this moment, it seemed to have transformed into a potent medicine, flowing with his inner energy through his meridians!

From the top of his head, down his spine, to his waist, abdomen, and tailbone!

It was as if a hot flame burned within his chest, indescribable, instantly expanding throughout his body!

The Dragon Elephant Vajra Fruit of Dao vibrated and pulsed!

His blood surged like a raging river, akin to a mighty river bursting with waves!

Li Che met all the requirements for the Grandmaster Realm, having cultivated the Essence Art and achieved the Transformation Realm in at least three martial arts.

With these conditions met, breaking through to the Grandmaster Realm was just a matter of time.

However, breaking through to the Grandmaster Realm also required one crucial factor—the strength of the physical body.

The reason why the Curse Bronze Corpse was powerful was due to the incredible resilience of its flesh, which was almost incomprehensible. It was tempered with death energy and corpse energy, making it more akin to a weapon than a flesh-and-blood body.

Therefore, its resilience was indestructible.

The purpose of Grandmaster cultivation was also to temper the physical body, as the foundation of martial arts lay in the flesh!

Transforming inner energy into true energy was an internal change, while strengthening and toughening the skin and membranes was an external change!

From the moment of pulse opening to stepping into the Grandmaster Realm, it was a metamorphosis of both internal and external martial arts!

Whoosh!

Whoosh! Li Che's blood surged, flowing faster and faster. If a small cut were made in his skin at this moment, the blood that would spray out would be more terrifying than a high-pressure water jet! It was as sharp as a water blade!

Li Che's entire body turned crimson, and the Transformation Realm intent merged with his inner energy, causing it to flow within his body, boiling his blood. Various Transformation Realm visions appeared like illusions, floating around him.

There were visions of the White Tiger's roar, endless gun shadows, the crying of a hundred demons with arrows wrapped in wind and thunder...

A three-eyed divine general holding a three-bladed saber, with saber energy filling the heavens and earth, and a Corpse Deity dispersing death energy like smoke, pointing with a finger! Various visions emerged, one after another!

Li Che's body became increasingly hot, and the air around him was filled with mist, like a furnace, emitting an astonishingly intense light and heat.

Li Che's eyes opened, like two burning embers blazing fiercely.

According to his understanding, a Grandmaster's breakthrough shouldn't be this challenging, and there should be numerous extraordinary phenomena...

"The breakthrough of the Divine Meridian Nine Transformations... is it this difficult?"

Li Che's heart pondered.

However, he didn't feel any fear or hesitation.

Li Che stood up.

Buzz—

In an instant, his clothes were incinerated to ashes by the scorching heat of his blood, and without wearing any special elastic material, his flesh directly expanded.

Dragon Elephant Vajra's second transformation, Furious Vajra!

The writhing muscles twitched and shook, and his spine, like a coiling dragon, roared towards the sky. Li Che's black hair grew and hung down.

His robust body seemed to radiate light, and the skin membrane emitted a dazzling glow.

Sweat trickled down, evaporating into steam on the hot skin, creating a hazy mist that enveloped the courtyard.

Li Che, who had activated the Furious Vajra state, instantly grew to a height of two meters. Every inch of his muscles, bones, and flesh seemed twisted like a twisted dough, intensely crimson.

Amidst the dense mist, it was suddenly torn by a ferocious air current.

Li Che's eyes shone like two beams of crimson light, and as his skin vibrated and his flesh resonated, a dragon and elephant's roar reverberated.

The ultimate technique, Dragon Elephant True Energy!

Li Che's punches and kicks were precise and powerful, demonstrating pure and simple martial arts.

The air continuously shattered, emitting muffled explosions.

Dragon Elephant True Energy—Li Che had only mastered one dragon and one elephant, and even after integrating Eight Serpents Turning the River and Thunderclap Body, he still hadn't transformed.

The Essence of Martial Arts was indeed challenging.

However, as his martial cultivation surged towards the Grandmaster realm, he finally noticed changes.

With the support of the Profound Realm, he gradually comprehended the essence.

Various martial arts were completely integrated into his body, permeating his muscles, and forming memories.

The ultimate technique, Dragon Elephant True Energy, hadn't yet produced its essence but was devouring these Profound Realm insights, transforming the illusory into reality.

In this moment, Li Che's fists and elbows became terrifyingly powerful.

The speed of his movements increased, and by the end, his punches were barely visible.

The howling wind swept through the courtyard, swirling up countless carved wood shavings.

"So... this is the Grandmaster realm!"

"I've understood."

Boom—!

A punch was thrown towards the air in front of him, and in an instant, the entire atmosphere seemed to cave in, creating invisible ripples and waves like a rolling tide.

Li Che stood tall, his muscular body like a towering mountain. Thick, trembling veins bulged, and dense blood energy emanated from them.

The blood energy rose into the sky, swirling like smoke. Gradually, it split into two—one transformed into a blood-red dragon with flowing whiskers, and the other became a heavy elephant, trumpeting with its long nose.

The dragon and the elephant, one dragon and one elephant!

They circled each other.

Intertwined, they seemed to form a crimson furnace.

Within the furnace!

Nine Profound Realm martial arts insights were refined.

This was...

The Grandmaster's extraordinary phenomenon.

...

Boom—!

It was as if muffled thunder rumbled, and the dragon's roar and elephant's trumpet could be heard, even with the suppression of the Heaven and Earth Chessboard.

A faint anomaly appeared between heaven and earth, a fleeting glimpse, but it still attracted the attention of those with keen interest.

The closest residence to Li Che's workshop in Luohua Lane was the Qin Mansion.

Inside the Qin Mansion, Qin Dikun, the Divine Appearance Elder of the Qin family, suddenly opened his eyes and emerged from his secret chamber.

The wind howled, and his beard and robe fluttered.

"Such powerful blood energy, a Grandmaster's extraordinary phenomenon? Who is breaking through to the Grandmaster realm... and can even produce such a phenomenon?"

Qin Dikun, as a Divine Appearance Cultivator, was himself a Grandmaster expert with extremely powerful blood energy and keen perception.

He released his divine sense to scan the area but felt that what he had sensed was just an illusion.

"Impossible... I can't detect it?"

"This feeling again, just like when I assassinated Yu Qing... clearly within sight, yet I can't sense it!"

Qin Dikun took a deep breath, calming his inexplicably turbulent emotions.

"Horse Face..."

He muttered a name.

Ever since Shangguan Zhengheng, who had cultivated the Curse Bronze Corpse, was shot dead in public, the hidden archer in Jin Guang Prefecture, known as Horse Face, had become famous. Many sought Horse Face, but no one could find him.

"Did Horse Face break through to the Grandmaster realm? No... was Horse Face not a Grandmaster before?"

Qin Dikun seemed to have realized something, and his expression changed slightly.

...

At the Yaoshi Baolou, the Imperial Observatory.

The melodious sound of the erhu echoed through the tower, and the Chief Observer, dressed in plain clothes, sat on the rooftop, playing the instrument as his beard and hair fluttered in the wind.

"Divine Meridian Nine Transformations, Blood Qi Furnace!"

"Jin Guang Prefecture has produced such a martial arts genius?"

"Interesting, very interesting..."

"It's a pity, just entering the Grandmaster realm. A Blood Qi Furnace Grandmaster, if cultivated to the later stage, would likely be no weaker than the Curse Bronze Corpse. They should be included in the Lingnan Dao Sect's Grandmaster roster, right?"

"A Grandmaster who has cultivated the Blood Qi Forge, yet is not on the Divine Foundation Chart... Even in pure Blood Qi Martial Arts, they could smash through anyone."

"Hey, this person's hidden abilities are truly remarkable. I wonder which faction they're from that has sent them to Jin Guang Prefecture. With such skills, they must be from a major power, hopefully not from another Divine Sect."

"Corpse Deity Sect... It can't be them. The Corpse Deity Sect cultivates Curse Corpse Techniques, they wouldn't bother with the laborious task of refining a Grandmaster Furnace."

"What could they be here for? It's most likely for the Eight-Armed Wrathful Third Prince..."

The old supervisor, with his wrinkled face, let out a faint smile.

He didn't bother to investigate further, instead sitting on a small stool, playing the erhu, and humming a little tune.

The vortex grew larger and more chaotic.

I, for one, will play a tune on the erhu and enjoy the tranquility.

...

...

Within the small courtyard.

Inside his chest, the Dragon Elephant Fruit of the Dao was incredibly active, suddenly jumping vigorously.

The Blood Qi that had been contained within the small courtyard by the Heaven and Earth Chessboard, suddenly, like a whale swallowing, completely returned to his body.

His breath was restrained, hidden extremely well.

Li Che stretched his arms, and his entire body's bones made a popping sound like frying beans. Every inch of his skeleton seemed to have been recast, adjusting to the new strength of his body.

With the Blood Qi Forge completed, Li Che felt refreshed and invigorated. Every pore seemed to be inhaling and exhaling, cleansing his body of impurities.

He raised his hand, and between his five fingers, distorted air currents intertwined...

This was True Energy!

The True Energy merged with the essence of the Dragon Elephant Vajra, a supreme martial art, containing the power of the dragon elephant, and also seemed to possess the strength of the Eight Serpents Turning the River and the Thunderclap Body.

True Energy, the essence of the Dragon Elephant Vajra, gave birth to a powerful and domineering force.

The True Energy's inhalation and exhalation could reach ten zhang around his body! Any further, and its power would drastically decline.

Unless one cultivated to the level of a Great Grandmaster, with a Divine Aura capable of shattering stones and splitting gold from a hundred zhang away!

"This is what a true Grandmaster is... Those so-called Grandmasters I fought before were too weak."

"Now, if I fight, I can defeat one with each punch!"

Li Che breathed in and out, his inhalation and exhalation resembling a whale's, stirring up a storm!

If he had to describe his physical body at this moment,

it would be "perfect."

Of course, Li Che also knew that he was currently in a breakthrough expansion phase, and his mentality was greatly inflated.

But Li Che felt that he could now probably match Li Qingshan in a contest.

His heart stirred.

Before his eyes, a radiant light flashed.

[Fruit of Dao: Dragon Elephant Vajra (LV3, 50%)]



The maturity level of the Dragon Elephant Vajra had directly increased by a large margin, reaching 50%!

"What kind of transformation will the Fruit of Dao undergo when it reaches LV4?"

"It's almost there..."

"Whether it's Immortal Craft or Dragon Elephant Vajra, it's almost ready!"

Li Che exhaled a turbid breath.

The Fruit of Dao was his capital for survival in this world. Research and development were the keys to his strength!

Li Che's eyes shone with an electric intensity.

"Once the Seven Rounds of Divine Foundation are cast, combined with my current Blood Qi Furnace Grandmaster level... Can I challenge a Divine Shape Realm cultivator?"

Is it possible?

Li Che wasn't sure, but... his intuition told him.

Someone like Liu Jinsong, with his Ethereal Shape Realm, he could easily slay.

He stretched his arms, twisted his waist, and the surrounding air currents gathered behind him, resembling a coiled dragon stretching lazily.

The essential sublimation of his physical body gave him a sense of control over his power.

Suddenly.

Li Che's eyes flickered slightly.

He raised his hand, and a white Thunderbolt Chess Piece floated in his palm.

An image gradually appeared.

"Xi Xi..."

...

...

Xi Xi opened her mouth wide, her eyes wide with disbelief.

Although she was only three years old, as a Divine Child with an early maturity of spiritual wisdom, and with the cultivation method she practiced being the Ultimate Sorrow Prince, she naturally understood what the golden little brat appearing before her was!

Wearing a golden ring, his arms wrapped in golden silk, standing on a golden windfire wheel, and holding a golden firetip spear,

this was the Golden Third Prince!

"No wonder the Sect Master Teacher got beaten up..."

Xi Xi pouted, feeling an immense sense of oppression.

The Third Prince, standing on the windfire wheel, hovered in the sky, like a divine being stepping out of a myth and descending into reality!

The gaze from his golden eyes almost suffocated Xi Xi.

The small butterfly on her shoulder had already started playing dead.

However, after the initial shock to her soul, the next moment, her tiny body couldn't help but tremble with excitement.

In her eyes, slowly...

a hint of madness appeared!

Fighting the Third Prince?

So exciting!

Xi Xi... loved it!

"Ahahaha—"

"Xi Xi loves it!"

Xi Xi's eyes sparkled, and her chubby little hand flipped over.

Since the Sect Master Teacher didn't uphold martial morality!

Then she...

The next moment...

The Namoh Divine Art Gatling was in her hand.

Aimed at the cold and disdainful Golden Third Prince floating high in the sky.

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