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Chapter 408: Immortal in the Painting, Four Transformations, Drawing the Ten Calamities, Splashing I
Chapter 408: Immortal in the Painting, Four Transformations, Drawing the Ten Calamities, Splashing Ink, Divine Seed, Qilin Entering the Apertures, and Opening the Eight Gates (Part 1)
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
The wind and waves raged, and Li Che spread his arms, his five fingers splayed. As he completed the Bound Deity, behind him, a series of statues bound by chains struggled to stand up.
His eyes were filled with flowing ink.
Within his chest, the Dao Fruit of the Immortal in the Painting trembled violently, emitting a thunderous roar like that of a dragon. With each beat, it seemed as if the ink on his body was splattering and exploding.
The dense ink fog soared and swirled endlessly.
The sound of his heartbeat gradually faded, like the sound of ink falling onto paper, lightly brushing past, and then slowly moving away from the paper.
It was like a wisp of curling smoke rising from a cooking fire.
The sound of the Great Dao gradually dissipated.
Li Che's hair was as black as ink, and it kept flailing wildly, like black water grass, adding a touch of ethereal ink to his entire being.
Immortal in the Painting, four transformations!
Li Che's expression was calm, and he didn't feel particularly surprised. Instead, it was more like a natural and effortless process.
As the Ink City was destroyed during the fierce battle with Tian Can and Di Que, it gradually repaired, and the maturity of the Dao Fruit of the Immortal in the Painting continued to increase.
Furthermore, during the battle with Ji Moling, Li Che's dominant clone endured the damage, which further enhanced the maturity of the Dao Fruit of the Immortal in the Painting.
Originally, the maturity of the Dao Fruit of the Immortal in the Painting had already reached 90%. With these two boosts in maturity,
it naturally broke through the shackles and achieved transformation!
As a hardworking Dao Fruit, the Dao Fruit of the Immortal in the Painting had brought Li Che significant assistance. Whether it was the replication of the Dao Fruit of the Immortal in the Painting, the creation of Ink City and Fengdu, or other aspects, they all made Li Che's methods even more mysterious.
Li Che's jet-black, vigorous hair fluttered in the wind, and his eyes seemed to have turned into ink.
Each transformation of the Dao Fruit made him feel as if his spirit had been enhanced and strengthened.
Buzz, buzz, buzz—
Li Che opened his eyes, and his powerful spirit radiated outwards, creating invisible ripples.
The ink-colored raindrops falling from the sky solidified in mid-air.
Li Che slowly turned around, and within his eyes, the ink was like smoke, carrying a terrifying power that captivated the soul.
Behind him, Gu Chang Qing, Bai Buyi, and Zhao Chunqiu, three top-tier Absolute Apex and Great Divine figures, slowly regained consciousness, their bodies adorned with chains that were slowly snapping.
Having returned from the Netherworld, they were left only with bewilderment and shock.
Li Che's eyes, flowing with ink, gazed at them indifferently.
In the blink of an eye, a rustling sound reverberated.
Then, one by one, figures emerged from the Ink City and Fengdu.
Tian Can, Di Que, Yue Huanglong, Han Sixi, and other Bound Deity figures stared at the three statues, their eyes filled with greed.
After all, swallowing a Bound Deity would enhance and strengthen their power, which was an immense temptation for them.
Originally, Li Che had intended to swallow Ji Moling's Bound Deity, and he even deliberately concealed the shattered remains of Ji Moling's physical body.
Unfortunately, those remains were fake. After Ji Moling's divine embryo was blasted apart, they all turned into pus and blood clots, covering the ground. It wasn't ordinary blood but a mixture of countless refined blood.
This also confirmed Fang Han Shu's claim that Ji Moling's Blood Pool clone technique was likely real.
As Li Che sensed the various different auras within those blood clots, he seemed to see a city filled with flowing blood and corpses.
A city that had been butchered seemed to span across time and illusion, standing before his eyes.
It was unimaginable that a city would be slaughtered just to gather blood for a Blood Pool, and to create a clone...
What kind of cruel and ruthless person could do such a thing?!
No wonder Nan Lihuo hated Ji Moling so much that even with a vast difference in strength, he never gave up on revenge.
Three Bound Deity figures appeared, floating in mid-air.
Li Che's gaze swept over them indifferently. These were three top-tier Absolute Apex figures, and if they could be turned into Bound Deities, they would become powerful allies for Li Che.
Xie Yunshen's army, led by the Grand Preceptor, camped eight hundred li outside the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect. After learning about the sect's foundation, they planned to continue recruiting powerful individuals for the next assault on the city.
But...
How could Xie Yunshen have known...
The powerful individuals who died in this battle would be transformed into Bound Deities...
The face of the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect's leader, Gu Chang Qing, revealed a horrified expression. After the initial shock, without much hesitation, he chose life over death.
He surrendered.
The second to surrender was Zhao Chunqiu, the leader of the Dragon Tiger Divine Sect.
Since he had a strong desire to live, he was not as weak-willed as Gu Chang Qing. He was someone who wanted to survive, so he didn't reject the idea of living.
What surprised Li Che was that he encountered someone with such determination.
Bai Buyi, the leader of the Hongran Academy, a Divine Sect, had his Confucian robe fluttering in the wind, and his body emanated a dark aura of death. Yet, he proudly raised his head.
"Bai, a mere scholar, would rather stand and die than kneel and live!"
His eyes swept over Gu Chang Qing and Zhao Chunqiu with disdain.
A top-tier Great Divine figure like him should be invited to become Li Che's ally, not foolishly surrender! How could he expect to gain a higher status in Li Che's heart?
In Hongran Academy, Bai Buyi was well-acquainted with the hierarchy and was aware of Li Che's identity. He couldn't help but have a thought, even though... Li Che was the one who brought him back to life.
But what of it?
Bai Buyi believed that Li Che would never give up the assistance of a top-tier deity like himself.
Li Che's ink-colored eyes swept past, and for the first time, surprise flashed in them, followed by a hint of relieved satisfaction.
"Don't want to kneel and live?"
"Then go and die."
Li Che's words fell.
His five fingers opened like a sutra, and a terrifying force instantly froze and sealed Bai Buyi's Bound Deity body.
Bai Buyi's Bound Deity body trembled, and the next moment, he struggled violently.
Boom!
A fat, spherical body suddenly charged forward and collided with Bai Buyi, sending his Bound Deity body flying. Plump hands pressed against his arms, and with a tearing sound, the Bound Deity's arm was ripped off, emitting a strong Bound Deity aura.
On the other side, the two old men, Tian Can and Di Que, also ran over with mischievous smiles.
Han Sixi, Yan Jing, Su Leibao, You Qing, and other Bound Deities swiftly approached, their eyes gleaming with greedy radiance as they began to feast on a top-tier deity—a grand feast of gluttony.
Except for the recently revived Gu Chang Qing and Zhao Chunqiu, two top-tier deity-level Bound Deities, who were currently sweating profusely, maintaining a respectful bow.
Almost all the Bound Deities joined in this gluttonous feast.
They had longed for a Bound Deity with such backbone for far too long!
There was one Bound Deity who didn't participate, and that was Huang Jianjiu.
Li Che thought of Huang Jianjiu, and with a flicker of his will, a black-gold flesh pearl appeared.
This was Huang Jianjiu's Bound Deity, transformed after refining the Four Deities Temple Dao Position Pearl from the mysterious temple that had destroyed the Divine Capital's Four Deities Temple.
He had blood-sacrificed, and his flesh and vitality were refined.
However, Huang Jianjiu didn't die; instead, he seemed to exist in a different form.
"Temple Deity?"
Li Che's mist-shrouded eyes narrowed slightly, as if sensing the aura of a Temple Deity within the black-gold flesh pearl...
Buzzing—
As if sensing Li Che's will, the flesh pearl began to vibrate slightly, as if black-gold sword energy weaved and raged around the flesh pearl...
And space...
It seemed to be cut open by the black-gold sword energy of the flesh pearl!
Li Che's gaze slightly intensified.
Breaching the void? Even if it was just an initial breach, it still possessed at least half-step Sword Deity level strength!
And this was still in pearl form, not yet fully transformed into a Temple Deity... If it truly transformed into a Temple Deity...
Wouldn't it mean Huang Jianjiu... could rival a Divine Tribulation Realm?
Li Che's heart trembled incessantly.
[Origin: After a deity's fall, their divinity, Dao essence, and origin are condensed into an object. By blood-sacrificing the flesh and vitality, it can be refined, and a Temple Dao Position can be obtained.]
This was the introduction of the Temple Dao Position Pearl!
Li Che initially didn't think much of it.
Obtaining a Temple Dao Position and becoming a Temple Deity, but so what? Like the Golden Heavenly King Pagoda Temple, a Four Deities Temple Deity, it's just top-tier absolute apex strength.
For Li Che now, what's the use of another top-tier absolute apex strength? Even if it's a Temple Deity...
It's not that significant.
However, Li Che realized he might have been wrong.
"Refined through flesh sacrifice, inheriting the Dao Position, and becoming a Temple Deity... So, is it truly inheriting, possessing real flesh and blood, a living Temple Deity?"
"So, the overall strength... will be stronger than those dead Temple Deities?"
A Four Deities Temple Deity... can possess Divine Tribulation Realm strength.
Of course, the prerequisite is successful gestation.
Moreover, this transformed Temple Deity cannot appear in the mortal realm.
A Divine Tribulation Cultivator in the mortal realm will face the threat of Three Disasters and Nine Tribulations, unable to survive long. The Temple Deity is even more strict!
But Li Che's eyes lit up slightly.
He has Fengdu!
Within Fengdu...
A Temple Deity can survive!
It's like having a Divine Tribulation Realm Temple Deity in his Fengdu, ready to pull enemies in and kill them!
Li Che's heart raced.
Looking at Huang Jianjiu's transformed black-gold flesh ball, expectations arose.
Anticipating Huang Jianjiu breaking free from the flesh ball and becoming a true Temple Deity!
"Old Huang, what do you need?"
Li Che asked.
Fortunately, even after Huang Jianjiu refined the Dao Position Pearl, the connection between them as Bound Deities remained, and he was still the most reverent and subservient to Li Che!
Bound Deity...
Evolving, becoming a Temple Deity, but it's unknown if the transformed Temple Deity will also possess the Bound Deity's immortality.
This can only be determined after Huang Jianjiu truly completes the transformation.
So, Li Che began to inquire about Huang Jianjiu's needs.
Buzzing—
The flesh ball vibrated, sending feedback.
Li Che's eyes lit up.
"Dao Essence Crystal?"
Li Che's eyebrows slightly raised.
"I understand."
After calming down, Li Che turned to Gu Changqing's Bound Deity.
Gu Changqing's Bound Deity respectfully flew over.
"Do you know about the Dao Essence Crystal?"
Li Che asked.
"Of course, it's the mysterious object from the depths of the mysterious temple, similar to the Divine Essence Crystal, but within contains the Dao essence."
Gu Changqing knew everything.
In the depths of the Deceptive Pavilion, there exists a mysterious temple.
Li Che raised his eyebrows, while Gu Chang Qing became eager, earnestly explaining, "The Deceptive Pavilion is vast, known as the Deceptive Heaven and Earth..."
"Do I need you to introduce this to me?" Li Che glanced at him, as the Immortal in the Painting was about to complete his transformation. He wasn't interested in listening to Gu Chang Qing's rambling.
Gu Chang Qing's Bound Deity trembled, and he hurriedly continued, "Master, the Deceptive Heaven and Earth is further divided into four regions: Outer Deceptive Pavilion, Inner Deceptive Pavilion, Earth Deceptive Pavilion, and Heaven Deceptive Pavilion..."
"This is the secret information that the Heavenly Essence Divine Sect's founder brought back after exploring the Deceptive Pavilion."
Li Che's eyes narrowed slightly, and his heart stirred. He hadn't heard of this before.
"From the Deceptive Pavilion of the Tenth Divine Position to the Deceptive Pavilion of the Fifth Elder Position, they are all located in the Outer Deceptive Pavilion..."
"The Four Imperial Deceptive Pavilions and the Three Pure Deceptive Pavilions are all situated in the Inner Deceptive Pavilion. Usually, the various Divine Sects and current-world cultivators refer to the Inner Deceptive Pavilion as the depths of the Deceptive Pavilion..."
"The Divine Essence Dao Crystal can only be born in the Three Pure Deceptive Pavilions, so... it only exists in the depths of the Deceptive Pavilion, which is within the Inner Deceptive Pavilion."
Gu Chang Qing spoke earnestly, trying to demonstrate his value.
Li Che nodded slightly, indicating for him to continue: "Then, the Earth Deceptive Pavilion and Heaven Deceptive Pavilion..."
Gu Chang Qing licked his lips: "The founder didn't elaborate, but he did give a simple description..."
"The Earth Deceptive Pavilion and Heaven Deceptive Pavilion, before they transformed into the Deceptive Pavilion, were known as the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths."
Hmm?
Li Che's heart stirred slightly.
Vaguely, he seemed to have captured something.
However, it was as if a slippery catfish had slipped through his fingers and escaped.
Nine Heavens and Ten Earths...
"Explain it in more detail."
Li Che furrowed his brows, speaking with a commanding tone.
Nevertheless, Gu Chang Qing shook his head: "Master, the founder only mentioned the name of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Deceptive Pavilion. Because... he himself has never set foot in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Deceptive Pavilion."
"That is the true core region of the Deceptive Pavilion. Rumor has it... it can be traced back to the beginning of Heaven and Earth."
Hearing this, Li Che didn't press Gu Chang Qing further.
There's no point in asking if you don't know.
Li Che nodded slightly, then fell into deep thought.
Traced back to the beginning of Heaven and Earth... what does that mean? So, if he wanted to obtain the Divine Essence Dao Crystal, he would have to enter the Inner Deceptive Pavilion?
"In your Heaven Earth Plaque, is there a Divine Essence Dao Crystal?"
Li Che glanced at Gu Chang Qing and asked.
Gu Chang Qing's Heaven Earth Plaque was naturally in his possession.
(End of Chapter)
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