Chapter 389: Ten Thousand Years of Vital Energy Golden Pool Ripe Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard, Im

Chapter 389: Ten Thousand Years of Vital Energy Golden Pool Ripe Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard, Impure Heart Captures Gathering Immortals Banner Array

Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard!

When the image of the entrance to the Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard appeared, everyone's hearts were no longer calm.

Even the emperor, seated high above on the main throne, had his heart stirred with a surging divine intent, like a storm sweeping through and spreading between heaven and earth.

The empress's face turned extremely pale.

As she held the Three Pures Divine Weapon, the Heavenly River Charm, she had a mysterious sense of premonition.

Inside the Nine Thousand Year Peach Orchard...

It seemed that just like the Seven Thousand Year Peach Orchard, all the peaches were gone!

But the empress couldn't quite understand the reason.

Looking at the Heavenly River Charm drawing out the Heavenly River and the falling water curtain, she could see in the image that Li Che had only picked three peaches!

Moreover, the last two peaches were picked while enduring severe injuries.

There should have been two left...

Why were there none left?

As for why Li Che would risk severe injuries to pick two more peaches, the empress guessed that Li Che must have sensed the mysterious rules of Xi Wang Mu's temple.

Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard...

Even the empress had never set foot in it.

Or perhaps, aside from the founding emperor of the Dajing Imperial House, no one from the entire Dajing Imperial House had ever set foot there.

Not even the empress, let alone the current Dajing emperor, had ever stepped foot there...

Perhaps this was the reason for the Dajing emperor's outburst of anger.

"My empress... this child, he so easily entered the Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard, but in all these years, no one from my Dajing Imperial House could do the same?"

The emperor asked in a deep voice.

On his face, divinity and vital energy intertwined, making it difficult to discern his emotions.

"My empress... this child, he so easily entered the Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard, yet in all these years, no one from our Dajing Imperial House could do the same?"

The emperor asked in a deep voice.

On his face, divinity and vital energy intertwined, making it difficult to read his expression.

"Li BanSheng didn't enter lightly," the empress said, her face turning even paler.

"He endured the divine light's attack to gather three Nine Thousand Year peaches, nearly dying, and relied on his perseverance to hold on..."

"This courage to walk the line of death, our Dajing Imperial House... no one has it."

The empress's voice was indifferent, even carrying a hint of ridicule.

Li Che's method of opening the Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard wasn't brilliant; it was rather simple and crude, based on his previous experience of ascending to higher-year peach orchards.

The empress had also made a guess.

But no one from the Dajing Imperial House could achieve it...

What else could the empress do?

She couldn't send someone to the Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard!

The empress turned to the emperor, her voice softening slightly, "Your Majesty, please rest assured..."

"The Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard was opened passively, and although Li BanSheng entered ahead of time, he might return empty-handed..."

The emperor's eyes flashed with a thoughtful look, then he said, "What the empress means..."

The empress nodded, "If there are ripe peaches in the Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard, through the resonance of the temple deity, the Heavenly River Charm will sense it. We can hold the Xi Wang Mu Festival and receive the temple deity's reward, obtaining the blessing of ripe peaches."

"The purpose of our Peach Festival is also to resonate with the temple deity..."

"And this time, the feedback from the temple deity's resonance is that the Heavenly River water curtain... has already started to dry up."

"Unable to see the scene within the Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard is because the Heavenly River Charm hasn't sensed the ripening of peaches there."

"So, this time... Li BanSheng is destined to return empty-handed."

Entering the Peach Orchard, what's the point if not for the peaches?

But there are no ripe peaches...

What's the significance of entering the Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard?

According to Xi Wang Mu's temple rules, unripe peaches are absolutely not allowed to be picked.

The empress exhaled softly.

After saying this, her tense heart relaxed, and the anxiety that had been suppressed in her heart also dissipated.

Both the Seven Thousand Year and Nine Thousand Year Peach Orchards had been emptied...

Although she didn't know who did it.

But the empress wasn't foolish...

Her intuition told her that it had a lot to do with Li Che.

And now that Li Che had entered the Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard, how could she remain calm?

Fortunately, the peaches in the Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard...

Weren't ripe yet.

Unripe peaches... surely they couldn't be picked, right?

Hearing this, the emperor's mood became even more relaxed.

"Suspected temple deity resonance..."

"Ascending to the Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard..."

The wind and waves suddenly intensified, swirling and howling, reaching at least eight hundred zhang into the clouds.

...

...

The final image of Li Che directly facing the massive entrance wasn't created by the Dream Celestial Master's Dao Fruit.

In fact, in the last moments before the entrance opened, Li Che had dispelled the illusion effect of the Dream Celestial Master's Dao Fruit.

With his black hair flying, Li Che's body, which had been disguised as severely injured, had a weak aura. He raised his head stubbornly, facing the towering entrance that shook the Nine Thousand Year Peach Orchard almost to the point of shattering.

The entrance radiated an extremely terrifying aura...

That aura was truly frightening, equivalent to Lu Chi tearing open his brow and offering his blood to summon the Dao essence.

A solemn expression appeared on Li Che's face.

Boom—!!!

The deafening sound echoed in Li Che's ears, causing his entire body to tremble uncontrollably, as if all his flesh and blood were about to fall off.

On the ground, patches of frost grass burst open, scattering and swirling endlessly.

Transforming into an incredibly dense immortal aura, the aura rolled like auspicious clouds, propelling Li Che's body, and he gracefully entered through the gateway.

The gateway seemed to have a thin membrane like a water curtain. As he passed through, ripples spread in layers, as if even space itself was shaken.

Li Che's heart trembled, and he felt an omnipresent aura of pressure!

The surrounding scene spun and turned, and a significant change occurred.

Then, Li Che realized he had entered a brand new world.

It was the true core area of the Peach Orchard.

The divinity and spiritual energy between heaven and earth became increasingly dense. Various kinds of condensed, tangible immortal energy drifted in the air.

Li Che's black hair fluttered in the wind.

He was stunned by what he saw.

Because...

In his imagination, the Ten Thousand Year Peach Trees should be even more divine than the Nine Thousand Year Peach Trees, with each tree at least a thousand zhang tall.

However, to Li Che's surprise, in the Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard...

The entire peach grove, as far as the eye could see, was only twenty to thirty zhang tall, a normal height compared to the mythical realm.

Why were the Ten Thousand Year Peaches smaller?

Return to simplicity and truth!

These words and thoughts flashed through Li Che's mind.

He slowly walked through the peach grove, the soft ground was a problem for Li Che's powerful physique.

A slight movement of Li Che's heart, he sensed the outside world. To his surprise, the White Jade Square's Heavenly River Water Curtain was beginning to dry up."

In other words...

The Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard's scene was also beyond the reason.

This is good news for Li Che.

It means he doesn't need to be too cautious in the peach grove, but in fact, he can construct a dream master's path fruit to alter the Heavenly River Water Curtain scene.

The impact isn't significant.

However, Li Che remains cautious, maintaining the dream master's path fruit and constantly covering and shielding with the Heaven and Earth Chessboard. He holds the Flying Thunder Chess Piece, ready to fly away if the situation turns sour.

Even when facing opportunities, he must be cautious and act as if walking on thin ice.

After all, he has a family.

The rich peach fragrance completely aroused Li Che's desire, and he followed the tangible scent.

Li Che quickly found the source of the fragrance.

"This... isn't ripe?"

A stunned expression flashed across Li Che's eyes.

He looked at the peach hanging on the tree. Because the tree wasn't tall, Li Che raised his head and clearly saw the small peach.

It was indeed a small peach, not yet ripe, and its surface was still green.

Although the diffused fragrance was extremely rich...

It wasn't ripe, and that was that.

Li Che's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"An unripe Peach of Immortality..."

A hint of regret appeared in his eyes.

This was a Ten Thousand Year True Dragon Blood Peach of Immortality, of higher quality than the Nine Thousand Year Chilong Blood Peach!

The Nine Thousand Year Chilong Blood Peach was a Four Greats upper-rank heavenly treasure...

This Ten Thousand Year Peach, on the other hand, was likely a Three Pures lower-rank heavenly treasure!

What a pity... it wasn't ripe.

It would be too regrettable to pick it now.

It's so heartless!

If the peach tree were harmed, it would be a great sin.

Li Che's heart was filled with conflict.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, Li Che's heart stirred.

His brow split open, revealing the Pupil of Plucking Stars, which burst with golden light!

...

【Heavenly Treasure (Three Pures lower-rank): Ten Thousand Year True Dragon Blood Peach of Immortality (Unripe)】

【Cultivation: Absorb and swallow the light of the Kunlun Mirror, with true dragon blood as the source. After a thousand years of wind and rain, it will be born. By drawing the divine light of the Kunlun Mirror, it can be ripened.】

Huh?!

Li Che's eyes lit up instantly!

He could use the divine light of the Kunlun Mirror to ripen it?!

Li Che knew what the divine light of the Kunlun Mirror was—the terrifyingly hot and annihilating Kunlun Death Ray!

Li Che had initially been conflicted, considering giving up on this peach.

But to his surprise, the situation took a turn for the better.

"The Pupil of Plucking Stars, analyzing the infinite, sees the void and returns to truth... Although it's not a killing technique, the assistance it brings during crucial moments cannot be measured by combat power!"

Sometimes, support can be just as important as offense!

"Using the divine light of the Kunlun Mirror to ripen it... How can I achieve that?"

Li Che's heart began to ponder.

The Pupil of Plucking Stars had provided him with a solution, but it hadn't told him how to draw the divine light of the Kunlun Mirror to ripen the peach.

Li Che walked leisurely, intending to approach the peach tree.

Suddenly, a wisp of immortal energy wafted.

Then, the frost grass on the ground shattered, and the soft soil cracked open. Seven temple deity sculptures emerged from the dirt.

Seven unique divinities interwove and filled the space between heaven and earth.

Li Che's chest cavity contained the Impure Heart Divine Fruit, which started beating uncontrollably, violently thumping.

It was as if it were emitting a thunderous roar.

"Save me..."

A faint voice, like a hum, echoed.

Li Che heard it clearly, and a hint of surprise and joy appeared in his eyes.

The Heaven and Earth Chessboard suddenly expanded, and he instantly sensed the direction of the voice.

It was coming from...

Li Che's gaze fell on the seven temple deity statues.

That voice...

Was coming from those temple deity statues.

Dong, dong, dong—

The sound reverberated in his ears, constantly thumping like thunder.

The pleading voice seemed to carry a unique magic, and Li Che vaguely saw the temple deities as if they were crying out in pain.

The sound of their cries filled the air.

Li Che's heart stirred, and his gaze became vacant.

His entire body seemed to lose control, and he slowly walked towards the temple deity statue that had called for help.

Rumble, rumble...

The seven temple deity statues began to move, slowly shifting their positions.

Li Che's heart was filled with conflict.

Buzz... Buzz... Buzz...

In the next moment, the eyes of the seven fairy sculptures, each with a beautiful and lively gaze, suddenly erupted with dazzling black light!

Intense black energy swirled and rose, pitch-black as if it were tainted fairy energy.

The black energy surged above the seven fairy sculptures, hovering over Li Che's head.

The confusion in Li Che's eyes instantly vanished, and his gaze became crystal clear, surging with... greed!

He abruptly raised his head and saw a small triangular flag the size of a palm floating in the air.

The small flag emitted an incredibly dense black energy, as if it were tainting the divinity of the seven fairy sculptures...

The seven fairy sculptures, as if crafted by a top-notch sculptor, transformed from exquisite beauties into hideous and terrifying demonesses.

They resembled evil spirits crawling out of the netherworld.

Powerful divine intent waves emanated from the seven fairies, relentlessly closing in on Li Che, as if they were about to engulf him, devouring his flesh, soul, and divinity!

"Huff—"

"So... it was you, this thing, that was tempting me!"

"You've got me hooked, line and sinker."

Li Che looked up, staring at the palm-sized triangular flag, his eyes gleaming with greed and excitement.

Facing the seven approaching fairy sculptures, Li Che's body instantly expanded, his vital energy surging and expanding, his muscles resonating, and his seven extraordinary seeds of the seven apertures instantly detonated, causing the spiritual energy within the peach orchard to frantically surge towards Li Che.

With a tremor, he merely stretched his body.

And with that simple movement, he sent the seven fairy sculptures flying, the invisible vital energy shockwave rippling, causing the air to wrinkle.

"Ah—!!!"

A scream seemed to explode.

The suspended palm-sized flag actually emitted a screaming sound.

"Impossible!"

"How could you possibly break free from the 'Immortal Summoning Melody'? It's the purest and most flawless sound in the heavens and earth!"

The small flag wriggled, trying to escape, but facing the four-sided blockade of Hellfire Sky Net, there was nowhere to run.

The seven fairy sculptures, sent flying by Li Che, rose into the sky, their divinity gathering and intertwining.

The sculptures seemed to come alive.

Their bodies grew taller and more robust, like a tower, and Li Che's golden eyes burned with flames.

His mind moved.

The Heavenly Chessboard trapped them, instantly encompassing the seven fairy sculptures, while Ink City opened its gates, like a netherworld black hole, swallowing and capturing the seven fairies.

Whoosh... Whoosh... Whoosh...

The wind blew, leaving only the sound of the lightning arcs of Hellfire Sky Net.

Li Che's terrifying aura shook, comparable to the power of the top-tier Absolute Apex, causing ripples in space with a single movement.

He restrained his breath, and as the Lion Elephant Vajra roared, countless powers converged.

Li Che opened his Star-Plucking Eye and scanned.

...

[Mythical Armament (Four Virtues Upper Rank): Gathering Immortals Yellow Banner (Incomplete)]



[Description: Gathering Immortals Banner Array, Heaven and Earth Yellow, Cosmos Chaos, when all eight banners gather, they control the heavens and earth, commanding the multitude of immortals.]



...

Li Che was stunned.

His eyes revealed a hint of astonishment.

"Gathering Immortals?!"

An incomplete mythical armament!

The Gathering Immortals Banner Array, with eight banners, now has only one... If all eight are gathered, can they command the multitude of immortals?!

Wow!

What a bluff!

Li Che's eyes showed a hint of regret: "Gathering all eight banners is no easy task..."

However, unexpectedly obtaining a mythical armament, Li Che wasn't too disappointed.

"Let me go!"

The Gathering Immortals Banner trembled, black energy gathered, and it transformed into a wrinkled old face, roaring incessantly.

However, Li Che glanced at the face and flicked his finger, sending a sword pill that instantly exploded, shattering the face.

Within his chest, the Impure Heart Divine Fruit throbbed, and with a thought, Li Che directly suppressed the Gathering Immortals Banner into the Heavenly Chessboard.

"Ah—!!! What is this?! What is this?! A divine fruit?! How do you have a divine fruit?!"

Li Che's eyes flickered, and he was startled.

This Gathering Immortals Banner seemed to know about divine fruits!

But after this exclamation, the Gathering Immortals Banner fell silent, as if it had completely shut itself off, sealing itself.

The projection of the Seven Aperture Crystal Heart with the Heavenly Chessboard.

Within his chest, the Impure Heart Divine Fruit throbbed.

In an instant...

On the Impure Mind Divinity, one white tentacle after another wildly lashed and twisted, wrapping around and penetrating the Gathering Immortals Yellow Banner.

Sizzle... Sizzle... Sizzle...

On the Gathering Immortals Yellow Banner, dense black energy rose, as if it were being frantically drawn and consumed by the Impure Mind tentacles.

Gurgle, gurgle...

Bumps appeared on the tentacles, which then transferred to the Impure Heart.

Li Che silently observed this scene.

He always felt that his Impure Heart Divine Fruit... didn't seem like a proper divine fruit.

However, considering the swirling black energy from the Gathering Immortals Banner, and the power to control the seven fairy sculptures, Li Che believed that his Impure Heart Divine Fruit... was for slaying demons and exorcising evil!

Setting aside the current method of wildly lashing tentacles... it was still a proper divine fruit!

His eyes flickered.

[Divine Fruit: Impure Heart (LV6, 40%)]



His breathing became rapid.

In just a short while, the maturity of the Impure Heart Divine Fruit had increased by 10%, and it was still growing at a visible rate!

This Gathering Immortals Banner...

Was it this nourishing?

Li Che was filled with surprise.

Most importantly...

There were still seven more of these banners!

If he obtained all seven and fed them to the Impure Heart Divine Fruit...

What rank could he elevate the Impure Heart Divine Fruit to?

Li Che couldn't help but chuckle.

This visit to the Ten Thousand Year Peach Orchard was worth it, even though the peaches weren't ripe. With this Gathering Immortals Yellow Banner, Li Che felt that the trip was worthwhile!

"The Gathering Immortals Banner Array, the Heaven and Earth Sun Celestial Mirror... These are the two Three Pure Ones Divine Armaments that the Great Jing Imperial House has long sought in this Three Pure Ones Rank temple of the Queen Mother of the West."

Li Che's eyes sparkled, and his mood instantly improved.

(End of Chapter)The Great Jing Imperial House had never found the divine armament, but Li Che... had actually found them all!

Li Che sat cross-legged, not in a hurry.

Because the divinity of the Queen Mother of the West Temple was still present in his perception, he could leave whenever he wanted by communicating with the temple's divinity.

In other words, strictly speaking, he could exist in this ten-thousand-year peach orchard indefinitely.

Li Che, sitting cross-legged, snapped his fingers, and a flying thunder chess piece shot out, hiding under the peach tree.

Then, Li Che began to calm his mind, stirring his divinity, to sense the refinement of the Impure Heart Divine Fruit by the Immortal Summoning Banner.

Time passed slowly.

The wind blew, the frost grass swayed, and the peach tree leaves rustled.

Heavenly energy and divinity surged madly towards Li Che's body, as if he had become a bottomless pit, swallowing like a funnel.

About a day passed.

Li Che opened his eyes.

"The energy of two seven-thousand-year-old peaches has been completely refined..."

His pupils seemed to have golden light swirling within them.

【Dragon Elephant Fusion Furnace: Pure Martial Purity (92%)】

His mind moved.

The Pure Martial Golden Pool instantly expanded from the top of his head.

With a whoosh of water, the Golden Pool of Qi appeared, reaching a height of eighteen hundred zhang!

The energy of the two peaches was completely refined by his pure martial body, without wasting a single bit!

With an eighteen-hundred-zhang Golden Pool of Qi, Li Che could, at this moment, break through to the third level of Martial Sage and find the mountain path.

However, Li Che was naturally not satisfied with this.

Buzz...

Within the Heaven and Earth Chessboard.

The Impure Heart Divine Fruit's absorption of the dark power from the Immortal Summoning Banner was complete. The originally expanding and turbulent dark energy of the yellow banner was now pure and flawless, with immortal qi swirling...

It quietly hovered within the Heaven and Earth Chessboard.

It even resonated with Li Che's heart, becoming a divine armament refined by him! Li Che's eyes lit up slightly.

But he was more concerned with the maturity of the divine fruit.

【Divine Fruit: Impure Heart (LV6, 80%)】

It actually... increased so much?!

Li Che's heart trembled!

From a 30% maturity, it suddenly increased to 80%, a full 50% increase in maturity!

This was the maturity level of a LV6 divine fruit! If Li Che had absorbed the divine essence crystal step by step, who knows how long it would have taken! At least several years!

However, with just one Immortal Summoning Banner, it directly soared! No wonder the Impure Heart Divine Fruit was so excited and jumping, unable to contain its joy.

Immortal Summoning Banner... you deserve to be treated so by the Impure Heart.

"There are still seven Immortal Summoning Banners..."

Li Che licked his lips, like a poor worker seeing a generous salary, his heart filled with fighting spirit!

"Huff—"

"Suck—"

Sitting cross-legged in the peach orchard, he breathed in and out, calming his mind.

His black hair flew, and his ink-colored robe fluttered.

Within the Niwan Inner Vision, his divinity was boiling, but Li Che no longer bothered with it.

He brought his two fingers together, tearing through the air.

Within the Heaven and Earth Space, two nine-thousand-year-old peaches floated out.

One was a Chi Dragon Blood Peach, and the other was a Black Phoenix Spirit Peach! Aside from the three nine-thousand-year-old peaches sacrificed to open the ten-thousand-year-old peach orchard, these two remained.

Li Che put away the Black Phoenix Spirit Peach and picked up the nine-thousand-year-old Chi Dragon Blood Peach.

With a crunch, he took a bite.

The flesh was tender, the juice splattered, and the rich fragrance instantly exploded in his mouth!

It was like a shockwave, rolling along the walls of his mouth.

Li Che's eyes widened, his black hair stood on end, and his chest seemed to resonate with the Dragon Elephant Vajra divine fruit, as if a dragon and elephant were roaring together!

The flesh fell into his stomach, and instantly, it was like sodium metal reacting with water, causing a violent reaction! Immense qi and blood surged wildly towards his limbs and bones!

It drove the pure martial qi and blood in his body to churn endlessly, rumbling like thunder! Finally, it intertwined in his dantian, breaking through the essence and gathering in the Golden Pool of Qi.

This caused the Golden Pool of Qi to expand suddenly.

It kept expanding...

It expanded to two thousand zhang in an instant, and the speed of this expansion was still increasing!

"So cool!"

"So refreshing!"

Li Che's eyes shone brightly.

He ate the peach slowly, finishing it completely.

His muscles and bones crackled with a crisp sound!

Because of the nine-thousand-year-old Chi Dragon Blood Peach, his martial arts underwent a tremendous transformation, making Li Che yearn even more for the ten-thousand-year-old peach hanging on the peach tree...

"I must ripen it, I must ripen it!"

Li Che clenched his teeth, raised his hand, and pressed it to his brow.

The Heaven Earth Spirit instantly leaped out!

It floated to the peach tree that bore a single unripe peach.

He didn't know how to draw the death ray from the Kunlun Mirror...

But it didn't matter.

In Li Che's Heaven and Earth Chessboard, he captured a Kunlun death ray the size of a half-moon plate...

Even though Li Che was reluctant.

But...

This Kunlun death ray, which Li Che had already consumed, could be captured again, so it wasn't as painful as he had imagined.

If it could ripen the ten-thousand-year-old peach.

Li Che would definitely come out ahead!

Regarding martial arts, Li Che still had great ambitions...

An eight-thousand-zhang Golden Pool of Qi!

The extreme of a Martial Sage's Golden Pool of Qi! If there were no conditions, Li Che would let it go.

But now, he saw hope and conditions.

He wouldn't compromise himself.

The Heaven Earth Spirit sat on the peach tree, and with a tremor of his heart, the Heaven and Earth Chessboard instantly expanded...

The next moment.

He brought his two fingers together.

It was as if a sword immortal was guiding a flying sword to shoot out.

That half-moon plate-sized Kunlun death ray!

Instantly, from within the Heaven and Earth Chessboard, it rippled like the moon in water...

Then.

The light around the peach tree dimmed for a moment, as if all the light had been suppressed.

Only the Kunlun radiance that Li Che had drawn out remained! Like moonlight gently falling, like silk threads.

It fell on the green peach hanging on the peach tree!

End of Chapter

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