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Chapter 398: Seeking the Mountain in the Vast Energy Sea, Understanding the Pure Martial Limit and t
Chapter 398: Seeking the Mountain in the Vast Energy Sea, Understanding the Pure Martial Limit and the Martial Immortal's Intent [Seeking Monthly Votes] (Part 1)
Whoosh!
In the vast sky above, dark clouds gathered, thick and heavy, enveloping the powerful airflow and sweeping across the Lingnan region.
Within the dark clouds, a lightning dragon seemed to writhe, brewing a heavy downpour.
A grand spring rain was about to fall.
When Lu Tai Bai returned to the Primordial Vortex City with the disciples of the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect, he immediately caused a stir, and soon after, a deafening uproar erupted!
Why was the Sect Master Lu leading the disciples of the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect back from the Divine Capital?
Didn't they go to the Divine Capital to participate in the prestigious Peach Blossom Festival?
Why did they suddenly return?
Logically, it didn't make sense.
The details of the Peach Blossom Festival in the Divine Capital had not yet spread, and moreover, the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect should have sent a message in advance to inform of their return from the Divine Capital.
It was simply too sudden.
The sound of breaking through the air filled the air, and one by one, figures with surging divine energy rushed over, riding the wind and waves.
The Grand Elder Fang Hanshu, who was stationed in the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect's mountain gate, flew over, holding a book in his hand. He was accompanied by the Third Elder Ding Zi, Fifth Elder Lin Wenjun, Sixth Elder Huo Xiang, and Seventh Elder Liu Zijiue.
Additionally, upon receiving the news, the heads and elders of various ancient families, such as the Yun and Zhou families, also rushed over.
Lu Tai Bai did not conceal his aura, his silver hair flowing, sleeves tucked behind him. His sword energy surged, enveloping the disciples of the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect as he flew across the sky above the Primordial Vortex City and returned to the Tai Bai Peak of the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect.
He did not greet or acknowledge the various family heads who had come out of curiosity.
Fang Hanshu's scholar's robe fluttered in the wind, and he gently stroked his beard, his eyes revealing a solemn expression.
He turned to the curious Third Elder Ding Zi and said, "Third Elder, go to Divine Eagle Ridge and invite the Master of Divine Eagle Ridge and Elder Tang to come and discuss an important matter."
Upon hearing this, Ding Zi immediately nodded, his soul trembling. He transformed into a streak of light and swiftly departed.
After Lu Tai Bai had settled Xi Xi and the others, he lit three sticks of incense for the ancestral master, the divine eagle, in the Tai Bai Hall.
Fang Hanshu, who was waiting quietly by the side, remained calm and patient.
Lu Tai Bai glanced at Fang Hanshu and couldn't help but laugh, "Aren't you curious why we suddenly returned?"
Fang Hanshu stroked his beard, "There must have been an unexpected event. Even with the Grand Canal, it's unlikely to return so quickly unless a top-tier expert is leading the way at full speed..."
Lu Tai Bai sighed, "I completely broke ties with the Majestic Imperial Court in the Divine Capital."
Thump, thump, thump—
Outside, in the courtyard, Xi Xi, with her short legs, ran over excitedly, shouting as she ran, "Grand Elder Fang... no, Grand Elder Fang! We're going to rebel!"
Xi Xi's big eyes shone with excitement.
Lu Tai Bai: "...We're not rebelling, little girl. We're just protecting ourselves... we're just a small sect. What's the point of rebelling? Who's going to become the emperor?"
Lu Tai Bai rubbed his brow, which had repeatedly cracked and was still not fully healed.
The Dao Essence Tribulation Sword seemed to have been activated too many times by him, and it now appeared somewhat weary.
Then, Lu Tai Bai began to tell Fang Hanshu about what happened in the Divine Capital, starting from their arrival, the proposal from Concubine Ji for Xi Xi...
To the confrontation at the banquet, Xi Xi and Li Che winning the championship at the Peach Blossom Festival, and the emperor's outrageous marriage decree...
"The Majestic Emperor must have been planning for the Temple Deity Resonance. I was just a chess piece in his calculations. But I didn't expect the Netherworld King to appear, disrupting the Majestic Emperor's plans and giving me a glimmer of hope."
Lu Tai Bai explained.
Otherwise, with the number of powerful experts in the Divine Capital, Lu Tai Bai might have truly suffered a bitter end.
After all, the Majestic Emperor had even summoned the Grand Guardian.
Judging by the Netherworld King's calm demeanor, the confrontation with the Grand Guardian probably didn't result in any major incident.
That was the Grand Guardian...
If it were Lu Tai Bai, he might not have been able to escape.
After all, he didn't possess the Netherworld King's divine and mysterious teleportation technique. Lu Tai Bai guessed that this teleportation technique had already touched upon the power of the Heaven-Earth space.
It was a true manifestation of the Dao Essence.
Fang Hanshu listened quietly, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.
"The emperor's actions... are indeed difficult to fathom and somewhat unexpected. What is his purpose?"
"He sacrificed his own reputation as the emperor and even lost three top-tier experts..."
"What is the emperor after?"
Fang Hanshu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, "Unless the reward for the Temple Deity Resonance exceeds these losses... otherwise, with the Majestic Emperor's shrewdness, he wouldn't accept such a loss."
"However, if what you say is true, you and the Majestic Emperor have completely broken ties. From now on... the Majestic Emperor will surely not allow the Primordial Vortex City to develop peacefully in the Lingnan region."
Fang Hanshu said.
Lu Tai Bai narrowed his eyes, "Yes, I came to discuss this with you..."
Fang Hanshu lightly tapped his fingers on the table, "But it's hard to say... the Majestic Emperor may not be able to dispatch a trusted subordinate to deal with us."
Upon hearing this, Lu Tai Bai was momentarily stunned.
"Because three of the Majestic Emperor's Four Symbols Mystic Guards died, which is equivalent to severing one of the emperor's hands. Who can the emperor send to deal with us?"
"Most likely, only that Fabric Robed National Teacher Xie Yunsen."
"If he personally leads the troops..."
Fang Hanshu placed the book in his hand on the table and lightly tapped his fingers.
Lu Tai Bai's lips twitched, "Elder, we haven't even started a rebellion yet, let alone talk about a punitive expedition..."
"Besides, we're just staying within the mountain gates of the Qian Yuan Divine Sect, doing nothing. Even if the Emperor wanted to find an excuse to deal with us, he couldn't unless he used Li Che's identity as a Yama's Executioner in the Netherworld as a reason to launch a punitive expedition."
"Otherwise, we, the Qian Yuan Divine Sect, are just being honest and law-abiding. Why would the Majestic Imperial Court target us for a punitive expedition?"
Lu Tai Bai's heart calmed down.
He had been anxious, but seeing Xi Xi and Fang Hanshu, it seemed that one was more enthusiastic than the other about the rebellion. Lu Tai Bai couldn't help but ease the tension.
"Honest and law-abiding?"
At these words, Fang Hanshu couldn't help but chuckle lightly.
"Sect Master..."
"Haven't you noticed that Daozhuo Yue Huanglong hasn't returned yet? And that Divine Guard General Yan Jing... they probably lost their lives."
"Both of them were court officials. With their deaths, the court will definitely blame it on us, the Qian Yuan Divine Sect... Even without Elder Li's incident, if the court wants to find an excuse, it's too easy."
"Besides..."
Fang Hanshu curled his finger, sending Xi Xi out of the Tai Bai Palace.
Then, looking at Lu Tai Bai, he took out a wooden box.
A strong bloody smell instantly filled the Tai Bai Palace.
Lu Tai Bai was startled and saw Fang Hanshu opening the wooden box, revealing a head inside—the son of Daozhuo Yue Huanglong, Yue Weizheng.
"Yue Huanglong and Yan Jing... they probably followed and wanted to intercept our Qian Yuan Divine Sect's fleet on the way."
"So, he wants to live, but I won't let him..."
"Now..."
"Qian Yuan Dao City..."
"Already belongs to us, the Qian Yuan Divine Sect."
Fang Hanshu smiled and said,
...
...
Ink City, Netherworld!
Scorching hot vital energy surged, as if a blazing sun was rising in the Netherworld, evaporating the countless ink rain.
Boom! Boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Within the chest cavity, the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit was wildly pulsating with intense ferocity.
The stomach walls constantly writhed, and immense power erupted, slowly refining the ten thousand-year-old true dragon blood peach that had been swallowed into the stomach.
The energy contained within the ten thousand-year-old peach was too vast.
For Li Che to refine it in a short time was not an easy task.
However, back in Qian Yuan Dao City, Li Che wasn't in such a hurry. He planned to spend some time to completely refine the energy within the ten thousand-year-old peach.
Striving to expand the Golden Sea of Qi to ten thousand feet!
Martial Saint's second opening, a ten thousand feet Golden Sea of Qi!
This was already the pinnacle of the Martial Saint's second opening, and Li Che began to search for the path to ascend to the third opening.
For Li Che at this moment, activating seven Mysterious Gate Divine Seeds was enough to fight against the top-tier peak. If he added the Heaven Overcoming Domain, he might even have a chance to defeat the top-tier peak.
However, against a Half-step Divine Tribulation, he had no chance of defeating them. The Half-step Divine Tribulation could already escape the influence of the Heaven Overcoming Domain.
Therefore, Li Che must continue to grow stronger and not stop.
Just as the Grand Guardian and the Boss had said, he wasn't strong enough, not nearly strong enough. To protect Xi Xi, he needed to stand at the pinnacle of the Three Realms...
At this moment, he couldn't even kill a Half-step Divine Tribulation... If he wasn't even at the pinnacle of the mortal realm, how could he stop his journey of growth?
Li Che was already well aware of Xi Xi's uniqueness.
Whether it was the karmic bond that bound Xi Xi to him from the moment she was born, or the hidden consciousness within Xi Xi, suspected to be the soul of a daughter of the Prison Lotus.
All these made Xi Xi very special, and being special would attract covetousness.
Therefore, Li Che must grow stronger; this had already become a belief that supported him.
Moreover, this belief had taken root in Li Che's heart the moment his daughter was born.
If he wanted to watch his daughter grow up safely, he could only make himself strong enough to ignore all threats.
"Inhale—"
"Exhale—"
Li Che's body was completely enveloped by the Dragon Elephant Fusion, transformed by the golden vital energy, as if an extremely hot temperature was burning everything.
Li Che's physical body was undergoing a subtle transformation.
This was the metamorphosis of the Pure Martial Body.
【Dragon Elephant Fusion: Pure Martial Purity (93%)】
As the energy from the ten thousand-year-old peach was digested, the Pure Martial Purity continued to increase, slowly creating a separation between his divine nature and physical body, like oil and water.
Li Che didn't know what kind of transformation his physical body would undergo after reaching full Pure Martial Purity.
But Li Che knew that it would only make his martial arts even more powerful, and that was enough.
Boom!
With a stir of his heart, it was as if he was clenching his fist in a furnace, pushing it out, and tempering his martial arts.
The golden vital energy hidden within his body was driven by an invisible force, like a millstone turning, making a heavy creaking sound and then a loud rumble.
His spine twisted and roared like a true dragon, and on it, the seven Mysterious Gate Divine Seeds spun frantically! The seven seeds transformed into seven swirling vortices of vital energy!
Boom!!!
The vortices spun simultaneously, and in the midst of the roar, Li Che's terrifying aura and vital energy surged, rising into the sky.
Buzzing—
Countless sword lights burst forth from Li Che's body.
Li Che was displaying the last Mysterious Gate Divine Seed martial art.
Six Desires Purifying Yang Sword Art!
This was a martial art that could refine both divine nature and martial arts simultaneously.
It could be used for divine martial arts or pure martial arts.
The Purifying Yang Sword Art perfectly matched Li Che's current extremely pure vital energy.
Li Che let out a long howl.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Terrifying blasts continuously erupted from his body, and invisible ripples of vital energy spread out in a circular pattern! His body began to grow rapidly, reaching a height of two meters and five, with a robust and sturdy build. His back was stacked with block-like muscles, like fine steel.
Sword energy raged and intertwined, soaring into the sky, like a tornado. The extremely powerful sword energy surged and rippled, shaking the entire Ink City! Li Che didn't hesitate to feedback the realization of the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit.
With the slaying of the Azure Dragon's three top experts, Li Che obtained the Dao Fruit and gained enlightenment, but he did not hold back in this moment of insight.
Li Che's Martial Dao Will gradually rose, as if a divine being had appeared in the sky, an embodiment of an extremely condensed human will, akin to the birth of a Martial God!
At this very moment, the entire Ink City seemed to be shrouded by an incredibly oppressive might!
Li Che's Heavenly Human Will continued to soar, as if manifesting the ultimate Martial Dao.
The sword light shone brightly, like the tail feathers of a golden peacock, bursting forth from Li Che's fingertips.
Lu Xuan Jianxian's Six Desire Purifying Yang Sword Art!
In an instant, the air seemed to be sliced open, emitting a soundless and breathless crashing noise.
Then, a golden sword light split into six, and six different-colored sword lights burst forth!
It was like a dream, surreal, with a terrifying killing intent within the illusion.
The divine seed martial art, Six Desire Purifying Yang Sword Art...
Transformation!
Metamorphosis, True Martial God!
The eighth divine seed martial art, reaching the pinnacle of transformation!
Boom!
In an instant, the six sword lights slashed out, sweeping like divine rays, annihilating everything in their path.
The intensely boiling and scorching sword qi blazed brilliantly.
In Li Che's stomach, a vast amount of energy was stirred, surging wildly and continuously flowing into his flesh and Energy Sea.
Five thousand zhang!
Li Che's aura continued to rise.
The ground of Ink City seemed to be plowed by a divine blade, forming enormous ravines.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The grand energy within Li Che's body violently shook, and a terrifying number of essence particles surged like a bursting dam, causing the rain in Ink City to evaporate.
Li Che hovered in the air, enveloped by Lion Elephant Fusion.
The entire Ink City seemed to have turned into daylight.
"Inhale—"
"Exhale—"
With each breath, the heat rolled like essence particles, and the fiery blood energy surged without rest.
Using his flesh as a furnace and combining it with Lion Elephant Fusion created a double-boiled crucible.
The Ten Thousand Year Peach, like sodium meeting water, reacted explosively.
Expanding the Golden Sea of Qi!
Li Che's mental state seemed to have completely immersed itself in this process.
Within Ink City, his entire focus was on cultivation.
He did not rush back to Primordial Vortex City.
Currently, Primordial Vortex City was securely guarded by two top experts, Lu Tai Bai and Fang Hanshu, ensuring absolute safety.
There was no need to worry about Xi Xi's safety.
Although the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect had provoked the Great Jing Court,
It might invite an attack from Great Jing.
However, it would not happen so quickly. Invading a divine sect is no easy task.
Therefore, Li Che could safely strive for higher realms within Ink City!
Time passed, moment by moment.
The furnace seemed to have an endless supply of energy.
With the insight gained from the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit, Li Che, with this newfound understanding, searched for the mountain path within the expanding Golden Sea of Qi.
(End of Chapter)
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