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Chapter 522: The Quadrifoliate Essence Crystal Feeds Old Huang to Immortality, Stealthily Learning the Heaven and Earth Ancient Seal and Wielding the Heavenly Guillotine (Part 1)
Chapter 522: The Quadrifoliate Essence Crystal Feeds Old Huang to Immortality, Stealthily Learning the Heaven and Earth Ancient Seal and Wielding the Heavenly Guillotine (Part 1)
Boom, boom, boom—!
Inside his chest, his heart pounded like a drum, the explosive sound reverberating through his eardrums, as if it could burst them at any moment.
Li Che stared at the flowing golden light before him.
His breath grew slightly hotter.
Retrace the path of the Martial Immortal?!
Could he?
Did he still have this chance?
Perhaps... there really was a chance. Li Che's heart trembled as many thoughts raced through his mind. He remembered the transformation of the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit through its six stages of metamorphosis, and the conversation he had with its master on the banks of the Long River.
What is immaculateness? Immaculateness is an unfathomable power at the level of the mind. Once one comprehends what immaculateness truly is, perhaps one can reverse the regrets in one's heart and retrace the path one truly desires.
Clarity of the heart, remaining unstained by the mire, that is immaculateness!
The power of the mind...
When the mind is stable, perhaps it can reverse the paths of the divine and martial realms!
Li Che's gaze flickered, his heart trembling. He still harbored some attachment to retracing the path of the Martial Immortal.
The reason for this attachment was simple: if Li Che wanted to become strong enough to break through the seal of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths' Immortal Beings, then retracing the path of the Martial Immortal might be his only hope.
Following the divine path, each Immortal Being is an insurmountable mountain.
Of course, it's not impossible to overcome, but Immortal Beings, standing at the pinnacle of the divine path, can completely block the advancement of others.
Only the path of the Martial Immortal, which is entirely different from the divine path, can forge a new way that rivals the path of the Immortals.
Even if...
This path is extremely difficult, with no one having ever walked it, and the difficulty is as great as scaling a mountain, at least it offers more hope and light compared to the divine path, which is blocked by the Immortals and offers no hope.
The path of the Martial Immortal is filled with hope and light!
Therefore, if he could return to the path of the Martial Immortal, Li Che would be willing.
The power of divinity always gave Li Che a sense of emptiness. Although he had transformed from a Martial Immortal to a divine being, converting his golden pure martial qi and blood into divine qi and blood, which expanded and grew tenfold, even a hundredfold...
His combat strength had greatly increased, but ultimately, this terrifying power came from the divine, making him feel somewhat unstable. If the divine power were to be cut off, all this power would vanish.
Li Che exhaled, his mind strong and calm at this moment.
The Golden Light City was eerily quiet, with pebbles rolling and rustling in the wind left over from the battle.
The Young Dragon Emperor, the Triple-Transforming Toad, Su Da, and other powerful Divine Beings stood before Li Che, heads bowed, treating him with utmost respect.
Li Che stood there, pondering the cultivation issues between the paths of the Martial Immortal and the divine for a while.
Then, he turned to Su Da and the others, his gaze sweeping over them one by one.
His gaze lingered on the Triple-Transforming Toad and the Four Seas Dragon King, making the Triple-Transforming Toad's bound deity shiver and sweat profusely.
Because Li Che's eyes seemed to carry a different meaning, causing the Triple-Transforming Toad to feel a chill, as if he were about to be thrown into a furnace and remade.
Li Che's body was tall and muscular, his divine aura flowing like smoke, his eyes narrowing.
The Triple-Transforming Toad was a demon and could become the fourth fiend in the Ten Fiends Ink Painting!
And it was a Divine Being!
If a Divine Being were to transform into a world-defying fiend, would there be a significant increase in strength?
Li Che felt a bit of anticipation.
And the Four Seas Dragon King...
They were different from the Young Dragon Emperor. Although they belonged to the ancient dragon race, their Ancestral Dragon bloodline was very thin, placing them in the category of demons, making them eligible for the Ten Fiends Ink Painting.
Entering the Ten Fiends Ink Painting was not a death sentence; it could be seen as a rebirth. Transforming into a world-defying fiend would not only enhance combat strength but also offer a higher potential for improvement!
It was somewhat similar to being a bound deity, but it would come with the special aura of the Ten Fiends Ink Painting, adding a unique and powerful boost.
Li Che's gaze swept over the many Divine Beings, and he felt a slight movement in his heart, ready to get down to business.
Everything about fusing into the Ten Fiends Ink Painting could wait.
"Open your spatial dimensions."
Li Che spoke calmly.
But then he reconsidered and waved his hand.
"Never mind, I'll do it myself. It's a good opportunity to hone the Temporal Wheel."
Li Che had obtained the Temporal Wheel Dao Fruit, but its maturity had been slow to increase.
Powers involving time and space are inherently difficult to enhance and grow.
Hum, hum, hum—
Divine thoughts vibrated, stimulating the Temporal Wheel Dao Fruit in his chest. Instantly, a rumbling sound echoed, and a golden wheel appeared behind Li Che.
The air vibrated with the resonance of time and space, as one by one, golden wheels etched with ancient Immortal Engravings appeared, interlocking and rotating with a series of creaking sounds.
In the next moment, Li Che's gaze swept over a Bound Deity.
He began to investigate.
Using the Temporal Wheel, he locked onto the realms of these Divine Beings, one by one. Cracks emerged from the tears in the Temporal Wheel, and Li Che delved deep into his mind, starting to sense and tally them.
Buzz, buzz, buzz—
Suddenly, Li Che's eyes snapped open, and the overlapping light wheels behind him burst into a radiant glow, weaving streams of light around him.
These were the treasures he had extracted from the realms of numerous Divine Beings and Bound Deities.
All of them were Dao Essence Crystals!
For Divine Beings, the need for Divine Crystals was no longer as significant; what they required were Dao Essence Crystals. By refining Dao Essence Crystals, they could accumulate Immortal Engravings, enhance the intensity of their Divine Flames, and strengthen the Dao they cultivated.
One by one, the shimmering crystals floated in the air, their surfaces adorned with leaves that seemed to stretch out, dreamlike and ethereal. If illuminated, they would emit a brilliance that was almost unimaginably exquisite.
Apart from the Young Dragon Emperor, whose treasures he had already harvested once, there were a total of thirty-six Divine Beings' collections!
Among them were treasures from the Triple-Transforming Toad, a descendant of the Immortal lineage who was only slightly weaker than the Young Dragon Emperor!
It was important to note that the Triple-Transforming Toad was different from the Young Dragon Emperor. The Triple-Transforming Toad had long since awakened and escaped, residing in the Mysterious Demon Den, plundering a vast amount of treasures from the Mysterious Grotto!
"Whoa—!"
Even Li Che couldn't help but take a deep breath.
So many?!
These were Dao Essence Crystals, not Divine Crystals!
The lowest rank were the One-Leaf Dao Essence Crystals, and there were only a hundred of them.
On the contrary, the Two-Leaf Dao Essence Crystals numbered eight hundred, leaving Li Che in awe. It was the first time he had seen so many Dao Essence Crystals...
He thought his eyes were deceiving him, mistaking Dao Essence Crystals for Divine Crystals.
In addition, there were even Three-Leaf Dao Essence Crystals, totaling thirty-six!
It was simply astounding!
Li Che drew a sharp breath, his poverty having severely limited his imagination. Weren't Three-Leaf Divine Crystals quite rare and extremely valuable?
Suddenly, even Li Che's body couldn't help but tremble, his breathing quickening, his eyes brightening, and his fingers clenching and reaching out.
In the next moment, countless divine essences seemed to coalesce into a small sapling in his palm, the sapling unfurling with four divine leaves!
"Is this... a Four-Leaf Dao Essence Crystal?!"
Li Che's eyes narrowed, his body involuntarily trembling.
Holy cow!
This was truly a broadening of his horizons!
Not only that, but there were not just one but three Four-Leaf Dao Essence Crystals!
They came from the Triple-Transforming Toad, Su Da, and the Pagoda-Bearing Arhat!
On the other hand, the Heng Ha Twin Deity Generals and the Four Seas Dragon King had no Four-Leaf Dao Essence Crystals in their realms.
Li Che's gaze immediately fell on the Heng Ha Twin Deity Generals and the Four Seas Dragon King.
The Divine Beings were instantly filled with immense shame.
Among them, the Heng Ha Twin Deity Generals, feeling extremely awkward, clasped their fists and said, "Even though we are Divine Beings, Four-Leaf Dao Essence Crystals are extremely precious. We can only obtain one every five hundred years, and they are all refined by us to strengthen our Divine Flames."
"It will be another hundred years before the next one is available."
Three-Leaf Dao Essence Crystals were of great help to the Supreme Beings, while Four-Leaf Dao Essence Crystals could already assist Divine Beings in their cultivation.
As for higher-rank Five-Leaf and above Dao Essence Crystals, they were even more precious, only cultivable by Divine Beings at the Dao Fusion and Dao Severing stages. Moreover, in the Mysterious Grotto, it was impossible to condense and bear Dao Essence Crystals of Five-Leaf or higher rank.
Such things were still closely tied to the River of the Great Dao.
It was said that the Nine-Leaf Dao Essence Crystal, extremely precious and capable of moving even Immortal Divine Beings, was situated at the source of the River of the Great Dao, with only one born every ten thousand years, making it a rare treasure!
Upon hearing this, Li Che wasn't too concerned and waved his hand.
"No matter."
Li Che's enthusiasm gradually cooled.
Two Four-Leaf Dao Essence Crystals...
What a bountiful harvest! Li Che gazed at the Dao Essence Crystal in his palm, his eyes flickering with a deep light. Suddenly, he snapped his fingers.
Countless divine essences intertwined, and the Immortal Engravings resonated like a waterfall cascading down.
Then, a fleshy ball hopped around in the distance, with a vast sword aura merging with the Immortal Engravings, surging around it.
This was the fleshy ball that Huang Jianjiu had transformed into after cultivating a Dao Rank Pearl. Li Che had been feeding him Dao Essence Crystals, waiting for the day when Huang Jianjiu would break out of the fleshy ball.
"Four-Leaf Dao Essence Crystal..."
"Old Huang, catch."
Li Che threw the Four-Leaf Dao Essence Crystal, which transformed into a streak of light and shot rapidly toward the fleshy ball where Huang Jianjiu resided.
The fleshy ball jumped violently, bouncing left and right, like a child angrily jumping on the spot, seemingly releasing a wordless emotion...
No, my lord...
Are you really determined to keep Old Huang from being reborn?!
Do you plan to nurture Old Huang into an Immortal Divine Being?!
Of course, Li Che had no such intention. It was just that with the Nine Venerated Divine Beings of the Nowbound Deity... even if Old Huang were to be reborn and possess the power of a Divine Being, it wouldn't provide much help to Li Che.
It would be better to let him continue growing.
A newly ascended Divine Being, for Li Che, indeed held little significance.
The meatball swallowed the Quadrifoliate Dao Essence Crystal, continuing to consume more Dao Essence Crystals, strengthening itself.
Old Huang believed that one day, he would see the light of day again!
His sword!
Would surely break through the meatball!
If three years weren't enough, then another three!
After all, Old Huang believed that Lord Li Che wasn't some devil!
The treasures of the Divine Beings indeed made Li Che immensely wealthy, gradually suppressing the sadness he felt from being separated from Xi Xi as she entered the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
After another thorough inspection, there were indeed many valuable items.
Herbal treasures, divine materials, and various kinds of good things, all exuding a rich divine aura, leaving Li Che dazzled.
Li Che directly summoned Gu Changqing to help divide and categorize the items, handing over the herbal treasures and divine materials to him, so he could continue trying to refine Martial Pills and purify the divine essence!
Additionally, the purified divine essence would be refined into pills that could aid in the cultivation of divine essence.
Now, Li Che was also walking the path of divine essence, and these pills would be useful. However, he had not completely abandoned his martial cultivation, so Martial Pills were also essential.
Under Li Che's command, Gu Changqing had plenty of opportunities to refine pills, significantly improving his alchemical skills. He was now just a step away from reaching the level of a half-Immortal alchemist.
In the future, there was a good chance he could enter the City of Pill Immortals!
After inventorying the Dao Essence Crystals, herbal treasures, and divine materials, Li Che's gaze fell on the Divine Weapons.
The highest-ranking among them was the Lotus Lantern controlled by Su Da, which was of the Immortal Rank!
It was a Divine Weapon wielded by an Immortal Divine Being, containing a rich aura of immortality and pressure, which could provide significant assistance when needed.
The other Divine Weapons were just ordinary Divine Flame Weapons, crafted by various Divine Flame Realm Divine Beings using their divine essence and inscribed with Dao Engravings.
"The rank of Divine Flame Weapons... is roughly equivalent to the Four Regents Rank Weapons produced in the human world's Mysterious Grottos."
Li Che's eyes flickered.
As for the Lotus Lantern, in terms of quality, it should be of the Three Pure Ones Rank, but... because it was inscribed with Immortal Dao Engravings and contained the aura of immortality, it was significantly stronger than ordinary Three Pure Ones Rank Weapons.
"So, in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, the Divine Weapons wielded by Immortals, compared to the Divine Weapons in the human world's Mysterious Grottos, are roughly at the Three Pure Ones Rank level?"
Li Che pondered.
The Three Pure Ones Rank Divine Weapons that had fallen into the human world were mostly temple Divine Weapons, indicating that the Immortal Divine Beings who wielded them had already fallen!
It was quite normal for Immortal Divine Beings to fall.
Based on the conversation with the Immortal Will during this battle, Li Che knew that the so-called era of divine waves was all related to the daughter of the Prison Lotus, and the divine waves were the tribulations of immortality.
Each divine wave would result in the fall of Immortal Divine Beings, and sometimes the number of falls would be more than one, at least three Immortal Divine Beings. According to the rules of heaven and earth, to bring about the ebb of the divine wave, three Immortal Divine Beings must fall!
Was the Cosmic Will trying to maintain the balance of the Mysterious Grottos' heaven and earth?
Stirring up the divine waves, the daughter of the Prison Lotus was the chosen blade of the Cosmic Will. There were a total of nine divine waves, a total of nine battles for immortality!
Exhaling slowly, Li Che felt an inexplicable pressure.
The Lotus Lantern floated in Li Che's palm, weakened by the blow of the Heavenly Guillotine, which had been transformed by the Cosmic Will. The Immortal Will within it had fallen into a deep sleep, and the aura of immortality had become much weaker.
However, the main strength of this Lotus Lantern lay in its ability to seal!
It could seal time and space, possessing a terrifying sealing field.
Li Che's eyes suddenly lit up: "This Lotus Lantern contains the Dao Engravings of time and space, inscribed with the rules of time and space. Perhaps it could be of significant help to my Temporal Wheel Dao Fruit?"
Thump, thump, thump—
In his chest, the Temporal Wheel Dao Fruit trembled slightly, as if emitting a longing desire.
"My lord..."
Su Da stepped forward from among the gods, bowing respectfully.
"This Lotus Lantern... is an Immortal Divine Weapon wielded by the Immortal Demon Ancestor of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths' Mysterious Demon Den. My lord, do not attempt to refine it, as it is very easy to suffer from the backlash of the Immortal Power within the lantern."
"Unless the Immortal Demon Ancestor personally refines it, no one in the mortal world can refine this Immortal Weapon."
"Every Immortal Weapon contains the divine engravings of immortality. Mortals simply cannot refine them. Attempting to do so could even result in being counter-refined, turning them into immortal slaves."
Su Da hurriedly said, worried that Li Che might try to refine the Lotus Lantern and suffer as a result, or even fall into a perilous state.
However, upon hearing this, Li Che did not say much. He simply tossed the Immortal Lotus Lantern, and the Temporal Wheel Dao Fruit immediately manifested, as if countless golden wheels were spinning. With a resounding clank, the Immortal Lotus Lantern was completely enveloped.
The Temporal Wheel rotated, and the Immortal Lotus Lantern was wrapped within it. Slowly, the divine engravings on it began to dissolve. Gradually, the Immortal Lotus Lantern was being refined bit by bit.
"Huh?"
Su Da was taken aback, her beautiful face filled with surprise.
In the next moment, she immediately bowed, showing respect and tact.
Li Che sat cross-legged amidst the ruins of the Golden Light City, atop the city tower, beginning to perfect the transformation he had undergone in the battle.
(End of Chapter)
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