Chapter 439: Teaching the Art of Capturing Souls, Gathering Fortune and Transforming the Twelve-Tier

Chapter 439: Teaching the Art of Capturing Souls, Gathering Fortune and Transforming the Twelve-Tiered Mountain River Golden Lotus

Rattle, rattle, rattle...

The sound of clanking chains echoed incessantly, as if a ghostly ship carrying countless souls was sailing through the Nine Hells, its hull laden with chains binding the struggling spirits.

Li Che's deep voice resonated like that of the ruler of the Nine Hells, leaving no room for doubt.

On the ghostly ship, a chosen soul was slowly lowered, as if countless streams of water were flowing rapidly, resembling the boiling and bubbling waters of the underworld, revealing the stark white bones beneath.

In Ink City, the ground was soaked with ink-colored rain, accumulating and pooling.

As the deep voice, seemingly emanating from the Nine Hells, reverberated through Ink City, a black stream slowly formed on the ground, and a figure slowly emerged from it.

In the desolate and lifeless Underworld, a dark air current seemed to drift by, merging with the figure that had just risen from the black water—the soul of Gu Yin Xuan, successfully captured by Li Che's divine mechanism.

The flames of the divine tribulation burned on Li Che's head, his eyes gleaming with a mysterious light.

Witnessing Gu Yin Xuan's successful escape from the chains, Li Che's gaze flickered with a thoughtful expression.

Were these captured souls from the Underworld?

By employing this divine mechanism, was he competing with the supreme beings of the Underworld for the ownership of souls?

Did this world have a cycle of reincarnation?

Every captured soul that returned had to capture and merge with the Dao Essence from the Underworld to survive in this world...

"Dao Essence is the embodiment of the Dao's intent. In life, there is Dao Essence, and in death, there is Dao Essence... The Divine Tribulation Realm cultivates Dao Essence, borrowing the power of calamities."

"And the birth of a captured soul requires two types of Dao Essence..."

"The Dao Essence of life is obtained from the mortal world, while the Dao Essence of death is captured from the Underworld, and finally merged to gain the Dao Essence of life and death."

Li Che contemplated these words.

Only by comprehending Dao Essence could one break through the Divine Tribulation Realm.

However, Li Che's Divine Embryo cultivation was still lacking. Despite his tireless cultivation and absorption of the divine essence from the Three Purity Divine Essence Crystal, his Law of Heaven and Earth Spirit Bright True Monkey Divine Embryo had only reached the third transformation.

He was still some distance away from the fourth transformation and the realm of the Great God.

Therefore, it was a bit early for Li Che to start comprehending Dao Essence.

In fact, the challenge of breaking through the Divine Tribulation lay not in capturing Dao Essence, but in determining one's position in the Three Disasters and Nine Tribulations.

Buzz, buzz, buzz...

Gu Yin Xuan, now a captured soul, opened his eyes with a complex expression. He looked at the Underworld Emperor before him, who was deep in thought, and his face twitched.

The Underworld Emperor...

It was him!

According to the information received, the Underworld Emperor was merely a twenty-five or twenty-six-year-old youth who had not yet reached the Divine Tribulation or Martial Deity realm.

However, the Underworld Emperor's back, which was turned away from the world, and the aura of calamity that enveloped him, indeed gave Gu Yin Xuan a chilling and terrifying feeling.

Gu Yin Xuan's eyes were filled with bewilderment.

Li Che extinguished the Primordial Dragon Elephant Flame on his head and looked calmly at Gu Yin Xuan.

"If you don't want to submit, you can give up."

"I'm willing to give you a chance to back out."

"Since you don't want to submit, there are plenty of others who will."

Li Che spoke calmly.

Li Che had never lacked captured souls.

If one didn't submit, it meant death! Gu Yin Xuan wasn't foolish; the information passed down to him made his current situation crystal clear.

Moreover, Li Che's words before his death had greatly shocked him.

By submitting to Li Che, he would have the chance to witness the divine tide that had arisen after countless ages.

"Subordinate Gu Yin Xuan, I pay my respects to the Lord!"

Gu Yin Xuan did not hesitate. He submitted and bowed in reverence!

Although he was a Divine Tribulation cultivator in the First Disaster and Second Disaster realm, he felt no discomfort in kneeling and submitting to a twenty-five or twenty-six-year-old youth.

After all, he had been thoroughly defeated by Li Che in his prime.

What was there to persist in? If his skills were inferior, he would submit.

"Not bad."

Li Che smiled, pleased to have gained two Divine Tribulation cultivators, including the talented Gu Yin Xuan.

His mood was excellent.

Gu Yang Xuan also approached, his corpulent body drenched in sweat.

At this moment, Gu Yang Xuan's heart was filled with fear, as he was well aware of his foolish actions.

He had set his sights on Li Nuanxi, intending to turn her into a human medicine...

How foolish!

But Gu Yang Xuan never imagined that behind this vast Underworld, with its formidable power, stood a single man, a seemingly weak and small figure!

Who could have predicted this?

Gu Yang Xuan knelt on the ground, his body trembling with fear, despite being a Divine Tribulation cultivator.

Li Che's black shirt fluttered, his robust hair dancing in the air.

He looked at the obese Gu Yang Xuan kneeling on the ground, his forehead glistening with sweat, his eyes devoid of emotion, and his pupils like an abyss.

A flash of disgust crossed Li Che's eyes as he regarded Gu Yang Xuan.

To consider turning his daughter into a human medicine, to be consumed and refined...

Such thoughts truly disgusted Li Che.

Since he felt disgusted...

There was no need for Gu Yang Xuan to exist.

However, Li Che had other matters to attend to first.

"Show me your Heavenspan Profound Realm."

Li Che spoke without hesitation.

Upon reaching the Divine Tribulation Realm, one no longer stored items in the Heavenspan Profound Realm, but in a separate Heavenspan Profound Realm they had created.

Gu Yang Xuan immediately tore open his Heavenspan Profound Realm, revealing it to Li Che. Simultaneously, he knelt on the ground, drenched in sweat, continuously bowing in reverence.

"Lord, please spare my life in exchange for the treasures I offer!"

It must be said that the wisdom, consciousness, and memory inheritance of Divine Tribulation cultivators who became captured souls far surpassed that of Martial Sages and Divine Embryo cultivators.

Not to mention the confused and ignorant Great Grandmasters who became captured souls.

This Gu Yang Xuan... even dared to bargain with him?

Li Che laughed.

Ignoring the kneeling Gu Yang Xuan, Li Che's powerful Heaven and Earth Soul scanned his Heavenspan Profound Realm.

Hmm?

"These are Dao Essence Divine Crystals!"

Even the calm and collected Li Che's breath quickened at this moment.

Three four-commandment Dao Essence Divine Crystals!

Dao Essence Divine Crystals were even more precious than divine essence crystals. Upon reaching the Divine Tribulation Realm, cultivators required not only divine essence but also Dao Essence for their cultivation.

The Four Imperial Guardians' Dao Essence Divine Crystals were the lowest grade of Dao Essence Divine Crystals...

Strictly speaking, Dao Essence Divine Crystals could only be born in the Three Purities' Enigmatic Temples. The Dao Essence Divine Crystal collected by Gu Yangxuan was from the Four Imperial Guardians, produced in their Enigmatic Temple, and the conditions were extremely harsh.

What a pleasant surprise!

This Gu Yangxuan was indeed very wealthy...

However, Gu Yangxuan's wealth was mostly due to his greed.

He had scavenged all the resources of the Tiandan Divine Sect.

He even developed the Ascension Pill, built the Ascend Immortal Pavilion, and plundered the resources of the cultivators and disciples within Guangling Dao City.

In addition to the three Four Imperial Guardians' Dao Essence Divine Crystals, there were also ten Three Purities' Lower-tier Divine Essence Crystals. Of course, the Divine Essence Crystals and Dao Essence Divine Crystals were just one of Gu Yangxuan's many collections.

All sorts of rare spiritual herbs, materials, woods, and minerals...

There were too many to count, a dazzling array!

As the Tiandan Divine Sect was renowned throughout the world for its pills, it controlled nearly half of the pill supply in the Great Landscape and gathered half of the pill refining masters, so it was never short of wealth.

It's just that now, all these resources had fallen into the hands of Li Che.

Li Che smiled, and with a flick of his fingers, the black chess piece rapidly grew larger. In the next moment, it transformed into the bound form of Gu Changqing.

"My Lord!"

Two young boys followed Gu Yangxuan, who had been refined into a human-headed toad pill furnace.

At this moment, the two boys, somewhat terrified, hid behind Gu Changqing, not daring to approach the corpulent Gu Yangxuan in his bound form.

Even in his bound form, the fear from the depths of his soul was hard to dispel.

"Can you refine Martial Pills of the Three Purities' rank with these resources?"

Li Che asked.

Gu Changqing glanced at Gu Yangxuan's Heavenspan Profound Realm and gasped, his face twitching.

"Grandmaster... you are... truly greedy."

Gu Changqing couldn't help but sigh.

"My Lord, to refine Martial Pills of the Three Purities' rank, one must reach the Divine Tribulation Realm. I may have the pill refining skills, but my cultivation is insufficient, leading to a higher failure rate and wasting many resources."

Gu Changqing spoke truthfully.

Hearing this, Li Che nodded, "Then you can try to break through to the Divine Tribulation Realm."

Gu Changqing's eyes widened.

Gu Yangxuan, kneeling on the ground, broke out in a cold sweat.

"My Lord!!!"

Gu Yangxuan's face twitched violently, "My Lord, spare me!"

"I have already offered all my treasures and resources... My Lord, spare my life."

However, Li Che stretched out his five fingers.

His five fingers were like extremely sharp divine spears, piercing through the void. On his fingertips, five purple Dao Tribulation Flames of the Primordial Dragon Elephant Flame suddenly leaped out.

He abruptly reached out and grabbed Gu Yangxuan by the neck, lifting him up inch by inch.

"As a bound form, you're teaching me...

"How to do things?!"

Gu Yangxuan dared not resist, and the absolute submission intent of the bound form made him unable to defy.

The Dao Tribulation Flame burned Gu Yangxuan, making him feel an unprecedented pressure and pain.

"You're already dead, so your things are mine..."

"You're haggling with me?"

Li Che said indifferently.

Gu Yangxuan was terrified and dared not speak.

"You wanted to capture my daughter to refine Human Medicine, dying once is already letting you off easy..."

"Die a second time, and die thoroughly."

A trace of disgust flashed through his eyes.

With a violent shake, he threw Gu Yangxuan's bound form towards Gu Changqing.

"Heavenly Pill Sect, "Ascend Immortal Pavilion", "Guangling Dao City", "Qi Yuan Sect", "Heavenward Observatory", "Underworld", "Dark Yin Spirit", "Three Purity Divine Essence Crystal", "Dao Essence", "Heavenspan Profound Realm", "Heavenly Toxin Divine Pill Scripture", "Enigmatic Realm", "Divine Talisman Tower", "Two Apertures" characters.

Gu Changqing's body trembled slightly, and then he bowed with a slight tremble, "Thank you, My Lord."

His eyes immediately turned red.

Even if he was the Grandmaster...

So what?

Now, they were both bound forms, and through devouring... they could become gods!

Li Che's gaze turned towards Gu Yin Xuan, and facing Gu Yangxuan's fate, Gu Yin Xuan showed no reaction, his eyes filled with complex emotions, but he was also clear about his current identity and did not speak to stop it.

He also had no qualification to stop it.

"Gu Changqing said that you have a copy of the 'Heavenly Toxin Divine Pill Scripture'? The 'Nine Turns Ascending Dragon Pillar' is from this divine pill scripture?"

Li Che asked.

Gu Yin Xuan immediately took out the divine pill scripture from the Heavenspan Profound Realm and silently held it up with both hands.

The heartless and ruthless Poison Saint only wanted to survive.

Li Che didn't hesitate and took the divine pill scripture, casually flipping through it.

Inside, the Heavenly Toxin Pills were more sinister than the last.

Li Che's eyes widened in shock.

"In this divine pill scripture, the 'Nine Turns Ascending Dragon Pillar' is ranked tenth among the Heavenly Toxin Pills?"

Li Che returned the divine pill scripture to Gu Yin Xuan.

"Refine the first seven Heavenly Toxin Pills for me."

Gu Yin Xuan's eyes shone with a surge of excitement.

This was also his ideal!

He never expected that the My Lord would have the same ideal as him!

At this moment, Gu Yin Xuan's heart, now in his bound form, became lively.

"I will not fail you, My Lord!"

"However, My Lord... the higher the ranking of the pill, the higher the cultivation required... I need to improve my cultivation, or else I will fail and die from the poison..."

Gu Yin Xuan explained.

Li Che listened and turned to look at him.

Throughout the entire Ink City, the miserable screams of Gu Yangxuan being torn apart and devoured echoed.

"Just like this, Gu Changqing refined the first 'Nine Turns Ascending Dragon Pillar'. Don't be anxious or flustered."

"As for the improvement of the bound form, it's even easier than you imagine."

Gu Yin Xuan, hearing this, bowed and nodded, his whole person slightly dazed...

That's right, he was no longer afraid of death.

Could he really use his life to refine those pills that required higher cultivation?

Li Che paid no attention to Gu Yin Xuan and began to gather the three Four Imperial Guardians' Dao Essence Divine Crystals and the ten Three Purities' Lower-tier Divine Essence Crystals.

He left the pill refining resources for Gu Changqing.

Gu Yin Xuan was a Poison Saint, skilled in refining toxic pills, but he had some flaws in refining normal pills.

Even though Gu Yin Xuan was a half-immortal rank pill refiner, he had achieved this rank through refining toxic pills.

The more toxic pills he refined, the less he could match Gu Changqing in normal pill refining.

Therefore, these two pill refiners, one righteous and one evil, just met Li Che's needs.

……

……

Guangling Dao City.

The poisonous mist had completely dissipated.

Gu Qianchi stared intently at Ink City, the capital of the Netherworld, and as he witnessed the disappearance of this Netherworld capital, he was left dumbfounded.

Gu Yin Xuan and Gu Yang Xuan?

Dead?

However, there should have been heavenly phenomena if they had perished, but none manifested, indicating that neither had died. Where had they gone?

Did they escape? Gu Qianchi tensed up; the pressure from Gu Yin Xuan, the Poison Saint, had been overwhelming...

He was fortunate not to have joined the battle, as even a slight exposure to the poison could have been life-threatening.

Xie Yunshen's eyes flashed with understanding, and he immediately received Li Che's message, learning that Gu Yang Xuan was completely finished, becoming a source of nourishment for various Divine Binding Mechanisms, Half-Step Divine Tribulation experts, and top-tier Absolute Apex Warriors.

The original text can be found in the novel!

They would become the nourishment for various Divine Binding Mechanisms to break through their boundaries and become divine pills.

Tiandan Sect...

Had been conquered! Even though Xie Yunshen had already become a Divine Binding Mechanism, his determination remained unwavering. Now, he fought for his lord, conquering sects and breaking through boundaries!

He no longer fought for the Great Jing Dynasty but for his lord.

Therefore, successfully conquering a major sect and gathering its qi-fortune was a cause for celebration for Xie Yunshen.

Humm—

Gu Qianchi gracefully landed beside Xie Yunshen, and his literary aspirations. He also understood the situation.

Xie Yunshen stepped down from his palanquin, gently waving his feather fan and wearing a crane-feather cloak.

He slowly strode forward, followed quietly by the Yellow Eyebrow Great Mage.

They approached the Tiandan Sect's main peak.

Standing at the summit's plaza.

In the sky above, dark clouds rolled, and white snowflakes danced.

Xie Yunshen reached the edge of the cliff, standing atop the mountain, gazing upon the entire Guangling Dao City.

"Conquering Sects, the first divine sect, is now broken!"

Xie Yunshen proclaimed.

As his words fell, the dense crowd of imperial troops became exuberant, waving their weapons and shouting in excitement.

For the imperial army, this battle... was also a thrilling victory! Finally, they had won.

Had they lost again, they would have started questioning their lives.

But now, under the National Tutor's leadership, they had conquered a sect that occupied a path of the heavens!

Xie Yunshen took out a small cauldron from the Qiankun Jade and a gourd filled with accumulated Rain Root Water.

After filling the small cauldron with the water, Xie Yunshen took a step back and began a series of three kneelings and nine prostrations, as if worshipping the heavens and questioning the rivers and mountains!

Boom—

The next moment, under the astonished gaze of Gu Qianchi and others.

The small cauldron trembled slightly, as if stirring the entire Tiandan Sect's mountain gate, causing it to shake.

The tremors of the mountains and rivers intertwined with the flow of qi!

In the heavens and earth, countless raindrops shattered the mist.

Then, within the small cauldron, a golden lotus slowly grew.

The golden lotus blossomed in the heavens and earth, swaying gracefully, having gathered the entire Tiandan Sect's qi-fortune!

Now, the Tiandan Sect's qi-fortune had converged into a Fortune Lotus!

The Great Jing Dynasty's eleven paths of qi-fortune, one of them returned!

......

......

In the Divine Capital, the first city.

Dong dong dong dong—

In the palace, the Cloud Palace, the Yunxiao Palace.

The palace stood tall, resplendent in gold and jade, majestic and grand! The emperor sat on the main throne, the empress sat gracefully beside him, and the officials stood below, holding white jade tablets, their eyes lowered in reverence.

Accompanied by the distant sound of bells, the emperor, enveloped in divine essence, revealed a look of surprise.

He abruptly stood up, his golden robe billowing, his eyes shining with brilliance, and he looked towards the Divine Capital's second city, where the Lotus Pavilion was located.

The civil and military officials also looked up, and they could see that above the Lotus Pavilion,

A golden lotus quietly blossomed, its golden light illuminating the entire pavilion, as if coating it with a layer of golden radiance!

"Fortune Lotus!"

"Hahaha!"

"The National Tutor has succeeded!"

The emperor rolled up his sleeves and burst into laughter.

This phenomenon indicated that a divine sect had been conquered, and a Fortune Lotus had been gathered by the National Tutor, accumulating in the Rivers and Mountains Cauldron!

For the Great Jing Dynasty, this was undoubtedly a great blessing, strengthening its qi-fortune.

Each divine sect conquered by the National Tutor and each Fortune Lotus gathered would contribute to the Great Jing Dynasty's qi-fortune!

Leading the Great Jing Dynasty towards even greater glory!

"If the Great Jing Dynasty's eleven divine sects are all conquered, and their qi-fortunes are gathered, along with the dynasty's own Fortune Lotus, twelve Fortune Lotuses will be gathered, forming a twelve-grade Rivers and Mountains Fortune Lotus!"

"The Great Jing Dynasty will have no worries, and its national fortune will last for three thousand years!"

The emperor laughed heartily.

Even the eunuch, with his purple robe fluttering, bowed his head, listening to the emperor's booming laughter within the Yunxiao Palace.

His eyes flashed with understanding.

The next moment, he bowed deeply and exclaimed, "Heaven blesses the Great Jing Dynasty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! Long live the emperor, long live the Great Jing Dynasty for ten thousand years!"

The civil and military officials also held their white jade tablets, bowing and exclaiming in unison.

"Heaven blesses the Great Jing Dynasty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Li Che had also heard of the legend of the first emperor in the human realm.

In the era before the emergence of the Enigmatic Temple and the birth of divine nature, a supreme expert stood at the pinnacle of the human realm.

A true genius blessed by heaven.

Li Che did not swallow the Qi Yun Golden Lotus within the small tripod.

He returned the small tripod to Xie Yun Shen.

"Old Xie, now that the Tiandan Divine Sect has been conquered, what's the next target?" Li Che asked.

Xie Yun Shen's eyes glimmered as he gently waved his feather fan, "Reporting to the Lord..."

"With the opening of Heaven City, according to the Great Supervisor's words, this Heaven City... concerns a great deal, involving the Enigmatic Realm, the connection between the Heaven Wiles Pavilion and the Earth Wiles Pavilion, and the secrets of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths..."

"The heroes will surely gather..."

"Therefore, the next Divine Sect to be conquered should not be the Haoran Academy in the Jiangnan region. I suggest... choosing the Qingyun Dao Xuanfu Divine Sect."

Hmm?!

Li Che's eyebrows furrowed upon hearing this.

"The Xuanfu Divine Sect?"

Li Che's eyes flashed with surprise, "You know that the wife of the Grand Master of the Qianyuan Sect, Lu Taibai, is from the Xuanfu Divine Sect, don't you?"

Xie Yun Shen nodded, but then shook his head, "Lord... some things have happened within the Xuanfu Divine Sect..."

"If the Grand Master's wife, Xuan Qisha, is willing, she will likely return to the Xuanfu Divine Sect and conquer the Qianyuan Sect."

Xie Yun Shen's words caused Li Che's eyebrows to raise in surprise.

He vaguely remembered that Xuan Qisha seemed to have cultivated the Soul-Sealing Talisman...

Confined within the Talisman Tower, cultivating the Soul-Sealing Talisman, transforming her own body into the form of a child.

There must be a purpose and a reason for this.

Now it seems that the reason lies within the Xuanfu Divine Sect itself!

"Lord, during the court's campaign against the Qianyuan Sect, Lu Taibai will surely send a letter to the Xuanfu Divine Sect for aid... but there has been no response."

"This is because of the ancestor of the Xuanfu Divine Sect... who has encountered a major problem."

As for what exactly the problem was, Xie Yun Shen wasn't entirely clear.

This was already a secret within the Divine Sect.

Although Xie Yun Shen had gathered some information, it was not easy to uncover such secrets.

Li Che did not inquire further, and with a wave of his hand, he dismissed Xie Yun Shen, asking him to return and prepare the Tiandan Divine Sect for the next conquest.

After all, Xie Yun Shen was not just conquering the Qianyuan Sect for the Great Jing Court, but also striving to gather Qi Yun for Li Che.

The study room fell silent.

Li Che leaned back in his chair, exhaling slowly, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his mind.

With the removal of the threat posed by the Yin Yang Two Spirits, Li Che felt a sense of relief, as if a weight had been lifted from his heart.

Before him, golden light flowed out.

[Dao Fruit: Dragon Elephant Vajra (LV7, 10%)]



After reaching LV7, the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit required increasingly more significant maturity to advance further.

Even after killing the powerful Poison Saint, Gu Yin Xuan, the increase in maturity was relatively minor.

"The Dao Fruit becomes more challenging to advance as it progresses..."

"And the upper limit of the Dao Fruit should be Nine Transformations, Nine Transformations..."

Li Che fell silent.

Even from the scenes reflected by the Dao Fruit, it seemed that none of the powerful cultivators who had held the Dao Fruit had reached the Nine Transformations realm.

Could he, Li Che...

And with so many Dao Fruits in his possession...

Li Che decided not to overthink it and prepared to enter closed-door cultivation in his study.

Suddenly, a deafening roar echoed in his mind.

The clanging of sword light, the sound of Lu Taibai's sword shaking.

Upon hearing this, Li Che immediately ended his closed-door cultivation, took a step forward, and vanished from the study, appearing on Taibai Peak.

And now, on Taibai Peak.

Figures gathered.

Li Che saw the Great Supervisor, Hong Shifou, as well as the ancestor, Lu Qiankun, and others.

"Ah, Che has arrived."

Lu Taibai's silver hair fluttered as he smiled upon seeing Li Che.

"The Great Supervisor has sent word from the Heavenward Observatory headquarters in the eleven cities, announcing to the world that Heaven City has opened... We should also prepare and set out."

Lu Taibai said, looking at Li Che.

"On this journey to Heaven City, the Qianyuan Sect will be represented by the ancestor, myself, the Great Elder, and Ah Che."

"Lao Zhao, Ding Zi, and the Fourth Elder will remain to safeguard the sect."

Lu Taibai made the arrangements.

Fengzhu's towering figure bowed, "Rest assured, Grand Master."

"Then, we shall depart in three days. Although the Heaven Temple will not officially appear for another month, there's no need for us to go early and deal with the demons from the Ten Thousand Demon Abyss and the Ten Great Rivers who have occupied Heaven City."

"But we also shouldn't delay too long."

The powerful cultivators of the Qianyuan Sect gathered on Taibai Peak, discussing their plans.

After all, this journey to Heaven City was of great significance, and there was even a risk of falling...

If all four of them were to perish, the Qianyuan Sect would undoubtedly face significant changes.

However, faced with the opportunity before them, neither Lu Qiankun nor Lu Taibai could bear to give up. If they did, and the Qianyuan Sect fell out of favor with other sects, they would not escape the crisis...

It was as if the tide of events was pushing them to compete and seize.

As for Fang Hanshu's desire to join the journey, neither Lu Taibai nor Lu Qiankun stopped him, as they both believed this was a chance for him to break through the Divine Tribulation.

The discussion concluded.

Li Che returned to the Elder's Court in the Disciple City.

After spending some intimate moments with his wife, he informed her that in three days, he would embark on the journey to Heaven City. Then, he returned to his study to continue his cultivation.

He took out a Three Purities Lower Divine Essence Crystal, a treasure from Gu Yangxuan.

Gripping the Three Purities Lower Divine Essence Crystal, Li Che closed his eyes, and within the mud pill in his spiritual eye, the Seven Aperture Crystal Mind gently pulsed.

With each pulse, a powerful suction force emerged, drawing out the divine essence from the crystal.

However...

With each pulse of the Seven Aperture Crystal Mind, there seemed to be an additional fluctuation.

Li Che abruptly opened his eyes.

With his heightened perception, he easily captured this additional fluctuation.

After a brief moment of contemplation—

Li Che's eyes lit up.

He joined his two fingers, tearing open the space of the Heavens...

With a five-finger grasp, a Dao Essence Crystal fell into his hand.

Li Che glanced at the Dao Essence Crystal, then gripped it with his left hand, along with the Three Purities Divine Essence Crystal.

With a thought, he activated the divine essence law.

Boom—!!!

(End of Chapter)

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