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Chapter 196: The Second Transformation of the Dao Fruit, Divine Summoning, and the Mysterious Temple
Chapter 196: The Second Transformation of the Dao Fruit, Divine Summoning, and the Mysterious Temple (Part 1)
Li Cheng's eyes flickered with a radiant glow, serene and unperturbed.
[Dao Fruit: Pure Heart (LV4, 0%)]
Finally... it's done!
As the third Dao Fruit Li Cheng has obtained, his progress has been somewhat slow.
The Chess Sage's Dao Fruit has reached LV4, primarily due to the cultivation of the Pure Heart, which is not an easy task.
This time, the rapid advancement is mainly attributed to his continuous absorption of the Sixth-Rank Divine Crystals for three consecutive days, making up for the delay.
Additionally, he has absorbed the divine power from a Yuan Shen Transformation Divine Soul Realm cultivator and six Black Armor Blood Guards...
Finally, the Pure Heart has reached perfection.
Li Cheng's black hair dances wildly in the wind, his eyes opening and closing, and within his pupils, a wisp of white mist seems to swirl, gradually filling his eyes.
The next instant—
An immensely powerful force erupts, even though Li Cheng has stepped into the Great Master Realm, his physical body is unparalleled, and his strength is overwhelming.
Yet, he is still powerless to resist as he is pulled into the vast and boundless heavens!
Vast, boundless, and ancient!
This is how Li Cheng has always perceived this realm.
A Dao Tree shoots up from the ground, spreading its canopy like a giant net, lush with dense foliage that sways gently in the breeze, revealing intricate veins on each leaf under Li Cheng's gaze.
Li Cheng's mind trembles slightly, the Dao Tree's leaves are crystal clear like jade, swaying lightly in the wind, rustling softly like the sound of the world turning.
Each Dao Fruit hangs on the tree, emitting a radiant glow.
Among them, a white Dao Fruit bursts with pure brilliance, like a low-wattage light bulb, shining and illuminating.
The Pure Heart Dao Fruit!
The Dao Fruit falls from the Dao Tree, rushing towards Li Cheng.
A fierce wind blows, and turbulent currents surge.
Li Cheng feels his black hair whipping in the wind, his ink-colored robe fluttering.
He raises his hand, touching the floating Dao Fruit, and in that instant of contact, an invisible electric current seems to surge through his entire body.
In a mere moment, Li Cheng feels his soul becoming clear and pure, as if all impurities have been washed away.
It's like lying in a warm pool, so comfortable that he can't help but feel sleepy.
Li Cheng doesn't resist this drowsiness; he can't even resist it. His eyelids flutter, and he slowly closes his eyes.
The world falls silent, and even with his eyes closed, his vision is filled with a soothing white light.
No one knows how much time has passed.
Li Cheng slowly opens his eyes.
He feels an unprecedented sense of refreshment, as if he has gone through countless purifications, leaving him spotless.
Drip, drop—
Raindrops gather on the eaves, forming lines and continuously falling.
Li Cheng perceives everything clearly, his soul becoming lucid and pure, not more robust but incredibly refined.
Additionally, there's a sense that his soul has been cleansed, and the barrier between his soul and physical body has disappeared.
His eyes open wide, without joy or sorrow.
The radiance before his eyes seems like a long river of time, flowing quietly.
[Dao Fruit LV4, Second Transformation, Divine Ability Form (Pure Heart - Divine Soul Roar) Promotion, Obtained Divine Ability (Pure Heart - Divine Summoning)]
The Pure Heart Dao Fruit...
Second Transformation!
Divine Ability, Divine Summoning?!
Li Cheng's eyes flicker slightly, Divine Soul Roar promoted to Divine Summoning...
What is Divine Summoning?
Li Cheng has no clue, but the divine ability is undoubtedly higher than the divine ability form, at least in terms of growth potential.
A deep slumber washes over him, cleansing his mind, relaxing his body, and leaving him in an unprecedentedly excellent state.
His breathing is long and deep.
Li Cheng's eyes focus.
The prompt before him changes again.
[Divine Summoning (Divine Ability): Gods Silent Fall, Darkness Like Tides, Pure Heart Like Light, I Summon Myths]
[First Heaven: Summon Deities]
[Shattered Deities, Return, O Gods, Come to Me, I See the Gods]
[Second Heaven: ???]
...
Li Cheng's eyebrows furrow as he looks at the flashing light before him, his heart trembling slightly.
The information... seems overwhelming.
Gods Silent Fall, Darkness Like Tides?
It seems to reveal a great secret, yet it says nothing.
Li Cheng recalls the mysterious temple that emerged from the ground, with a temple deity statue inside, seemingly a continuation of the gods after their silence...
Li Cheng's eyes flicker with a hint of disturbance.
As his cultivation level rises, he understands more, and his reverence for this world deepens.
The Great Master is powerful, but only by advancing in cultivation can one witness the higher realms and understand true strength and terror.
"Gods..."
"They're all dead."
Li Cheng whispers to himself, recalling Li Qingshan's words.
He feels a slight heaviness in his heart, as if even mentioning or thinking about this topic invites an inexplicable sense of oppression.
Li Cheng shakes his head, dispelling these thoughts.
He continues to study the newly obtained divine ability.
"Summon Deities... Can it bring back deceased gods?"
"Gods come to me, I see the gods?"
Li Cheng's eyebrows furrow.
According to his understanding:
He closes his eyes slightly, and the light flows slowly through his mind, as if instructing him on the First Heaven of Divine Summoning - Summon Deities.
After a long while, Li Cheng slowly opened his eyes.
"Summon Deity... borrowing the power of a deity?"
"This borrowing might never be returned."
A smile crept onto Li Cheng's lips.
In short, this Summon Deity was like a combination of the Chess Sage's Dao Fruit and the Star-Plucking Eye, able to absorb the divinity of the temple deity and condense it into a chess piece.
In other words, it allowed him to borrow the power of a deceased "deity."
However, compared to the temple deity's divine chess piece, this was even more domineering... and more powerful.
Li Cheng stood up, feeling his mind becoming clearer and more transparent. His soul body seemed to have been cleansed, slightly translucent, and purer, as if it had become less impure.
The second transformation of the Impure Heartlessness Dao Fruit did not bring the same level of improvement as the Dragon Elephant Vajra's second transformation or the Chess Sage's Dao Fruit. The latter two had caused more intense reactions.
The Dragon Elephant Vajra directly transformed Li Cheng's body into a forge, while the Chess Sage's Dao Fruit caused his soul body to be born prematurely, both enduring immense pain.
This time, the second transformation of the Impure Heartlessness Dao Fruit was more like a soothing massage, a comfortable and silent baptism. In this state of comfort, the transformation was completed.
"Borrowing the power of a deity..."
Li Cheng's eyes flashed.
The next moment, the body standing under the eaves tilted forward.
Instantly, the entire person collided with the wind and rain.
But in the next instant, he disappeared.
He reappeared.
Li Cheng was already inside the Fire Eye Shocking Ape Odd Temple.
The Odd Temple was as quiet as always, with white candlelight flickering and emitting a subtle dancing firelight.
Even more so, because Li Cheng had absorbed more divinity, the Odd Temple seemed to have a sage-like tranquility.
This made the Temple Guardian Divine Enforcers outside extremely uncomfortable.
Recently, the Odd Temple had been too well-behaved.
As soon as Li Cheng appeared, the divine statue of the Shocking Ape on the altar seemed to tremble slightly.
Li Cheng's ink-colored robe fluttered, and he wore a gentle and harmless smile.
His gaze swept across and landed on the divine statue of the Shocking Ape...
"Ah—"
"Don't come over here!"
"You bastard!"
Li Cheng: "..."
His expression froze slightly.
What had he heard?
Was it an auditory hallucination?
The next moment, his gaze locked onto the Shocking Ape statue, and his eyes gradually revealed a strange color.
It seemed like...
He had actually heard the temple deity speaking?
But was the temple deity cursing him?
Li Cheng, gentle and polite, honest and well-behaved, how could the temple deity curse him?
Li Cheng took a step forward, approaching the altar, and stared at the Fire Eye Shocking Ape Temple Deity.
The sound of curses gradually began to subside.
It seemed like they were embarrassed by Li Cheng's gaze.
Li Cheng laughed, his toes tapped, and his body instantly landed on the altar.
"Here again... you bastard!"
"Forget it, let him be."
The Shocking Ape Temple Deity's voice carried a hint of resignation and hopelessness.
Li Cheng struggled to hold back his laughter.
The next moment, his palm pressed down on the Shocking Ape Temple Deity's head.
The bald head that he had rubbed smooth.
Divine Ability, Summon Deity!
Soul, return!
Buzzing—
In an instant, Li Cheng felt the entire Odd Temple shaking and trembling, and the divine statue of the Shocking Ape Temple Deity seemed to be covered in cracks.
Sizzle!
Immense death energy and black aura burst out from the cracks in the temple deity's statue, surging intensely, instantly transforming into a thick, ink-black flood dragon!
Li Cheng's eyes narrowed, and his body instantly recoiled and landed on the ground of the Odd Temple.
Boom!
The sound of the explosion made it seem like the air had been instantly corroded and dissolved.
Li Cheng's toes tapped, and his speed reached its peak.
When Li Cheng had reached the Master Realm, he had tempered his physical body to the point of becoming a Forge Master, which meant his physical body was perfected, its potential fully realized, like a forge, capable of refining the essence of his body to the utmost.
It was a state of ultimate perfection.
Now, although Li Cheng had just stepped into the Great Master Realm, he had broken through with the foundation of a Forge Master.
His physical body was no less impressive than some well-known Divine Aura Great Masters who had been famous for over a decade.
"Death energy... somewhat similar to the Corpse God Sect's death energy..."
Li Cheng's eyes narrowed, and he clenched his fist, striking out with force.
A dragon's roar exploded, and the dragon elephant trumpeted!
The death energy flood dragon was instantly smashed by his hammer, exploding into thick, black death energy fireworks.
Li Cheng's entire body trembled, and his fist, tendons, and bones all vibrated.
These death energy flood dragons were powerful; even a Half-Step Great Master would suffer severe injuries or be infected by the death energy, causing their flesh and blood to be corroded.
Ten Thousand Transformations Dragon Elephant!
Li Cheng clenched his fist and pushed horizontally, unleashing the true intent of martial arts. His heart seemed to beat like a furnace, and his powerful strength surged, his resilient Divine Aura shattered by Li Cheng's strike.
Li Cheng even merged his blood essence with his Divine Aura.
The power of his Divine Aura became even more terrifying.
Clap, clap, clap!
All the death energy that erupted from the Shocking Ape Temple Deity's statue was dispersed and suppressed by Li Cheng.
Li Cheng felt the Heaven Earth Chessboard tremble intensely.
The next moment, countless Impure Heartlessness divine chess pieces trembled and exploded into divine mist, transforming into strands that lashed out and penetrated the cracks in the temple deity's shattered statue.
Gurgle, gurgle...
The Impure Heartlessness touched and wriggled, as if absorbing something.
Li Cheng stood in the Odd Temple, his arms hanging by his sides.
Powerful blood flowed like mercury, emitting the sound of a raging river.
His expression was slightly odd.
You call this summoning a deity?
However, as he gradually sensed the divine nature of the Temple Deity manifesting within the Heaven Earth Chessboard, Li Cheng no longer paid it much attention.
He wasn't sure how long had passed within the Heaven Earth Chessboard.
A spiritual ape, completely condensed from the divine nature of the Temple Deity, appeared within it.
It was as if the Temple Deity statue had been directly transported from the Mysterious Temple...
A deafening rumble echoed.
Li Cheng's mind returned to the present, and he suddenly noticed that the Temple Deity statue on the altar had completely dried up, shattering into countless pieces that scattered across the ground.
Li Cheng's heart skipped a beat, feeling as if the entire Mysterious Temple was shaking!
Rumble, rumble, rumble!!!
An extremely terrifying sense of mortal peril instantly enveloped Li Cheng's heart.
Li Cheng's toes tapped, and he appeared at the entrance of the Mysterious Temple, gazing at the Mysterious Temple Gate enveloped in the Mysterious Haze.
He saw the Mysterious Temple Gate shaking incessantly, and the next moment, it seemed as if an unparalleled swordsman had split it in half with a powerful sword technique, causing the haze to disperse and the gate to split into two!
A green finger abruptly emerged from the Mysterious Temple Gate.
Intense death energy swirled around this green finger! The oppressive aura of its terrifying divine rank made the entire world seem to freeze in an instant, and the air stopped flowing.
Even Li Cheng, who had cultivated the Seven Rounds Divine Foundation, found himself unable to move a single finger under this terrifying divine rank oppression!
Terrifying!
Utterly terrifying!
It was as if he was about to be thrown into the depths of the eighteen layers of hell, never to rise again!
Extremely frightening!
It was like facing a realm of death, with countless death energies surging and rolling out, like an endless sea, about to engulf and devour him.
Compared to the death energy python that had burst forth from the Temple Deity statue earlier, this death energy finger was like a novice before a master!
Li Cheng's eyes narrowed.
His heart stirred.
The Chess Sage's Dao Fruit throbbed.
In the next moment, a thought flashed and vanished.
The entire person disappeared within the Mysterious Temple.
After Li Cheng vanished, the green finger, enveloped in death energy, descended upon the Mysterious Temple with irresistible force.
Rumble, rumble!
The temple walls exploded into dust, and the roof was crushed in an instant. As the white candles flickered and burned, they were swallowed by the dust and completely extinguished.
The entire Mysterious Temple vanished without a trace, leaving behind only a melody of deathly stillness.
The Mysterious Temple Gate erupted into chaos, shaking incessantly, and rumbling sounds echoed.
The ground trembled, and the entire mountain seemed to be shaking, as if on the verge of collapse!
At the midway point of the mountain.
Qi Yanghao, the Temple Guardian Divine Enforcer who presided over this Mysterious Temple, was suddenly horrified, and all the other divine enforcers woke up in an instant.
They rushed over with their swords, stopping outside the Mysterious Temple Gate.
Looking at the constantly rolling and restless Mysterious Temple Gate, each of them trembled and shook from head to toe.
(End of Chapter)
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