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Chapter 362: The Seven-Gate Odd Art and the Half-Step Divine Tribulation (Part 1)
Chapter 362: The Seven-Gate Odd Art and the Half-Step Divine Tribulation (Part 1)
Clatter, clatter—
The chains intertwined, colliding and rubbing against each other, as if sparks were dancing and flickering.
On the ground of Ink City, paved with dark-colored bricks, faint cracks appeared, caused by the impact of the aura, which cut through the surface.
Boom, boom, boom—
His heart pounded like thunder, powerful and vigorous. Each beat was like an ancient divine being wielding a mythical heavy hammer, striking and pounding with force!
The ripples spread in circles, causing the air to undulate like a transparent carpet, rippling with waves.
Li Che stood in the Ink City, his arms spread wide, his eyes flashing like lightning and thunder, dazzling and brilliant.
An increasingly terrifying aura emanated from his body, like a divine iron forged in millions of degrees of scorching flames, releasing a heat that seemed to distort and collapse space!
Every one of Li Che's orifices glowed, and seven whirlpools formed by golden vital energy twisted behind him, spanning his spine, emitting an intensely bright light.
Each vital energy vortex seemed to contain a terrifying power, as if presenting a ladder-like accumulation of strength.
It was like the nodes above the thousands of muscles and veins in the human body. After being blocked and accumulated multiple times, the vital energy power would naturally reach an extremely terrifying level.
The more it was blocked, the more terrifying the power would be when the shackles were broken!
Boom!!!
As the light from the seven vital energy vortices accumulated together.
Li Che felt as if he had transformed into a million-watt light bulb, becoming intensely dazzling and bright. This brilliance could not be suppressed in a short time.
If he wished, Li Che could shine so brightly that even the Divine Capital would be illuminated by his radiance!
Crack, crack—
Li Che's physical body was covered in cracks, like the marks of cracked porcelain.
This was the physical body's inability to bear the burden, unable to withstand the surge of internal power after opening the seventh gate.
The process of guiding the seven divine seeds into the human body's spine through the seven odd gates was no longer a secret art.
In Li Che's eyes, it had become a different kind of Dao Guidance power.
It was the pinnacle of Pure Martial Arts!
Even with Li Che's current 90% purity Pure Martial body, it was still challenging to withstand the impact. This showed just how terrifying it was to guide the seven odd gates of divine seeds.
Li Che took a deep breath.
He was only able to guide the seventh divine seed into the odd gate with difficulty, and if he wanted to detonate the seventh divine seed as smoothly as the others...
The difficulty was still too high.
He couldn't even do it yet.
It was like having a bomb ready, with the fuse set, but not yet lit...
The main issue was that his physical body couldn't withstand it, even with the help of the Dragon Elephant Vajra Fruit maintaining it. It didn't meet the standard for detonating the seven odd gates of divine seeds.
"The main problem is that the physical body is too weak, and another reason is that my cultivation is only at the second gate of the Vital Sea Martial Saint realm. It's not enough, far from enough..."
Li Che felt that if he wanted to detonate the seven divine seeds, he would need to reach the third gate of the Martial Saint realm or even the fourth gate of the Absolute Peak!
Li Che's eyes flashed, even though his cultivation speed was already very fast.
Advancing to the Martial Saint realm was still too vague for Li Che to comprehend.
He couldn't enhance his cultivation like the Divine Kings by directly devouring them.
"However... If I detonate the seven divine seeds, can I fight against the Half-Step Divine Tribulation that triggers the Dao Essence Tribulation?"
Li Che's eyes shone with anticipation and eagerness.
"Huff—"
"Suck—"
With each breath, the wind howled, and the currents surged.
Li Che's eyes suddenly opened and closed, and the aura on his body gradually calmed down. The golden vital energy seemed to cool down, returning to tranquility within his body and slowly flowing through his meridians, like calm and smooth water.
"The seventh gate, the seven odd gates of divine seeds... It's just around the corner!"
Li Che's eyes burned with intensity.
Although the detonation of the seven odd gates of divine seeds couldn't be sustained for long, Li Che felt that even against the top-tier Absolute Peak expert arranged by the Great Supervisor at the Heaven Gate Pass, he might have a chance.
As for detonating all eight odd gates simultaneously...
That instant bloom of splendor might be able to defeat a Martial Deity!
The realm above the Martial Deity was too ethereal for Li Che to understand.
Li Che didn't have a reference point, so he could only imagine and compare it in his mind. But Li Che never overestimated himself.
Lowering his expectations of his own power was the key to stability.
In this chaotic world, Li Che had to protect his wife and daughter, so he proceeded with caution, like walking on thin ice.
Caution was never wrong, and as long as he stayed alive, he would eventually become invincible!
For a month, Li Che cultivated in Ink City, slowly consuming his epiphany feedback and constantly transforming it into a boost in his martial arts.
All of his Divine Seed Martial Arts reached the Transcendent Realm.
The Six Desires Evil Extermination Lu Xuan Chunyang Sword Art, a Divine Seed Martial Art, was guided into the seventh odd gate orifice by Li Che.
The harvest was immense.
Li Che's eyes opened and closed, and the Pure Martial Vital Sea Golden Pool appeared above his head. The originally hundred-zhang Golden Pool expanded again, reaching a thousand zhang!
Clatter, clatter—
Vital energy burst forth, enormous and almost covering the entire sky. The Vital Sea anomaly appeared above his head!
A thousand-zhang Golden Pool!
This was Li Che's achievement through epiphany feedback and a month of bitter cultivation.
"It's time to settle the account with the Seven Treasures Sutra Golden Buddha Wondrous Temple in the Divine Capital..."
Li Che changed into a clean and tidy black robe with golden lotuses, sewn by his wife, Zhang Ya. She seemed to notice Li Che's fondness for it, so she made a few more during this time, each with different patterns.
The black-clad figure stood close by, and Li Che's bright eyes seemed to emanate a divine aura, as if he possessed the Divine Eye Pupil. His entire being exuded a sense of formidable might without even needing to express anger.
With a stir of his heart, the sky darkened with heavy rain.
In an instant, Li Che vanished.
When he opened his eyes, he found himself back in a room within the Dawn Fortune Academy in the Fourth City of the Divine Capital.
Boom!
Upon his return, Li Che immediately sensed something amiss.
The air suddenly rippled, and in a flash, the heavens and earth seemed to become unbearably heavy. Whether it was space or air, everything felt oppressively heavy, as if the will of the heavens and earth had detected the seventh Mystic Divine Seed within Li Che's spine, triggering an unprecedented malevolence!
It was as if the heavens and earth intended to personally eradicate Li Che's existence, which defied the natural order.
Boom!
Vital energy erupted from his orifices, seemingly in furious defiance.
The seven Mystic Divine Seeds simultaneously burst forth with brilliance, resembling seven scorching suns, dazzling and extraordinary, and even giving rise to a magnificent phenomenon.
His spine seemed to creak and groan under the pressure, as if it were about to twist and shatter, and the Divine Seed just transplanted into the seventh Heavenly Gate seemed on the verge of being shattered by the will of the heavens and earth.
A hint of surprise flashed in Li Che's eyes.
"I completed the transplant of the seventh Divine Seed in Ink City, but it's not part of this world, more like a small isolated paradise, completely cut off from the heavens and earth. So, as soon as I returned, I attracted the attention and suppression of the will of the heavens and earth!"
Li Che pondered, instantly understanding the reason.
Boom!
A strange phenomenon appeared in the sky.
However, Li Che immediately used the isolating power of the Heavenly Chessboard to completely sever the phenomenon, concealing his aura, and suppressing his presence with the strength of a sleeping dragon.
Nevertheless, the brief glimpse of the phenomenon had already startled many within the Dawn Fortune Academy.
In that instant, Li Che sensed powerful auras rapidly approaching.
"If I transplant eight Divine Seeds... even with the isolation of the Heavenly Chessboard, it may not be possible to completely sever the connection with the will of the heavens and earth..."
"Perhaps... that's the Three Disasters and Nine Tribulations?"
Li Che contemplated, and a realization dawned on him. He now understood what that unprecedented malevolence from the will of the heavens and earth was.
Divine Tribulation... Martial Deity...
Li Che's eyes glinted.
Could transplanting eight Divine Seeds allow him to touch the realm beyond the Martial Saint?
"No... that's not right... Transplanting eight Divine Seeds, with a Pure Martial Body, might be different from a normal Martial Deity..."
Li Che pondered, but as he had never experienced the Martial Deity realm, he couldn't draw a conclusion.
However, his intuition told him that successfully navigating the Three Disasters and Nine Tribulations with the Eight Heavenly Gates technique was extraordinary.
Within his chest, the Chess Sage's fruit of the way trembled, as if engaging in a chess match with the heavens and earth, isolating the vital energy.
Li Che dusted off his ink-black robe and slowly opened the door that had been closed for a month.
The creak of the door echoed.
Then, after a long absence, sunlight poured in from outside, causing Li Che to squint.
Outside the courtyard.
One figure after another had gathered and was waiting.
Li Che immediately spotted his wife, Zhang Ya, standing on her tiptoes, eagerly looking up. She held their daughter, Xi Xi, who also stood on her tiptoes, gazing up expectantly.
The mother and daughter's expressions were remarkably synchronized.
Li Che couldn't help but feel like laughing at the sight.
Besides his eagerly awaiting wife and daughter, there were also the True Martial Sect's leader, Lu Tai Bai, and the second elder, Zhao Fang Zhou.
Seeing Li Che emerge from the house unharmed, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Even Lu Tai Bai had been concerned that Li Che, immersed in his cultivation, might miss the Peach Blossom Banquet.
Although Li Che's current strength didn't require the Peach Blossom Banquet to prove anything, it still felt like a missed opportunity to not claim the nine-thousand-year-old peach.
Of course, even if Li Che participated in the banquet, he couldn't guarantee a 100% chance of winning and obtaining the nine-thousand-year-old peach, but at least there was hope, right?
Even Lu Tai Bai, in his generation, had never won at the Peach Blossom Banquet.
In fact, throughout the True Martial Sect's history, their heroes rarely won at the banquet.
This was because of the Purple Mansion Divine Sect of the Heavenly Master Dao... This Divine Sect, as the top sect in Grand Jing, had only sent three representatives to the hero banquet, and one of them would usually place in the top three, and even had a high chance of winning!
There had even been instances where the Purple Mansion Divine Sect's three dragonlings and three heroes dominated the dragonling and hero banquets, taking the top three spots in both.
However, Lu Tai Bai felt that this year's Li Che was incredibly powerful...
If Li Che revealed his martial prowess, winning the banquet might be a real possibility.
Whoosh—
The wind blew, causing Li Che's ink-black robe to flutter as he stepped out with a gentle smile.
Xi Xi's eyes lit up, and she wriggled free from Zhang Ya's hand, running towards Li Che and burying her head in his embrace.
A month had passed without seeing Li Che, the longest separation she had ever experienced.
Li Che ruffled Xi Xi's hair, his eyes gentle.
Protecting his wife and daughter was the foundation of his martial will.
"Has Xi Xi been slacking off? You promised your father that you would win the banquet and bring back the peach for your mother."
Li Che laughed.
Xi Xi's eyes immediately lit up with determination.
"Father, rest assured. I haven't been slacking off. I've been diligently cultivating every day! I've already solidified my Grandmaster cultivation!"
"With the help of Gun Gun and Zhuan Zhuan, Xi Xi's Divine Power has become much stronger and more abundant. She's now incredibly powerful!"
Xi Xi said earnestly.
To prove it to Li Che, she clenched her chubby fingers, and divine power bullets weaved together, howling fiercely.
Li Che couldn't help but burst into laughter at her words.
Lu Tai Bai's silver hair fluttered as he asked, "A Che, have you made a breakthrough in your Divine Carving skills?"
Li Che thought for a moment and nodded, not hiding the truth, "After passing the Distinguished Guest Scholar assessment, I received guidance from the Great Supervisor and had an epiphany. After returning, I secluded myself to consolidate my progress... It's like I've completely paved the way for my future path to becoming a Divine Carving Master."
"In the future, I should have a ninety percent chance of achieving the Divine Carver title."
Li Che smiled.
Lu Tai Bai and Zhao Fang Zhou's eyes lit up simultaneously.
Ninety percent chance?
That's not just a chance, it's a certainty!
He's bound to become a Divine Carver! If the Heavenly Yuan Sect can produce such a talent, they might regain their past glory!
Once upon a time, the Grand Jing was renowned for its mastery of divine pills, the Seven Treasures Sect for its divine weapons, and the Xuan Fu Sect for its divine talismans. The Heavenly Yuan Sect, on the other hand, excelled in divine carving...
But later, the path of divine carving declined, and the Heavenly Yuan Sect suffered a heavy blow.
Lu Tai Bai's sleeves billowed in the spring breeze, his eyes filled with excitement.
He believed that Li Che wouldn't make empty promises. If Li Che said there was a ninety percent chance, it meant he was extremely confident.
Lu Tai Bai was overjoyed, and the Heavenly Yuan Sect would flourish under his leadership!
"By the way, the True Martial Sect's leader, Shi Jian, has been waiting for you to come out of seclusion. He's been waiting for over a month and is still outside."
Lu Tai Bai informed Li Che.
Li Che's eyebrows twitched slightly upon hearing this, knowing full well the purpose of the True Martial Sect's leader's visit.
"He wants the cannon fire mechanism in Xi Xi's hands?"
Lu Tai Bai nodded, "This thing... it's up to you. The True Martial Sect, though called a sect, is practically no different from a military force.
(End of Chapter)
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