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Chapter 541: The Divine Engineer's Huatian Tower Frenzy, Nirvana's Astonishing Tower Climbing Speed (Part 1)
Chapter 541: The Divine Engineer's Huatian Tower Frenzy, Nirvana's Astonishing Tower Climbing Speed (Part 1)
Torrential rain poured down from the sky.
Water droplets, round and clear, trickled down the black-tiled eaves, splashing into the puddles on the ground, spreading out like broken mirrors.
Thunderclap City.
This small city had once again regained its vitality. Over the past seven or eight years, it had undergone significant changes. The city, once reduced to ruins and sacrificed to the temple gods, had now fully recovered.
The inhumane atrocities of the past had become mere anecdotes for the townsfolk.
An old, dilapidated house stood in the rain.
Li Che held Zhang Ya's waist as they appeared in front of the house. The couple strolled through the rain, and despite the bustling street, no one seemed to notice their presence.
Li Che looked at the house with a complex expression.
This was the thatched cottage where he had lived for so many years after his arrival. In this house, he had married Zhang Ya, and Xi Xi had been born in this dilapidated thatched cottage.
In the blink of an eye, time had passed, and the thatched cottage had become a faint, nearly forgotten memory.
Before leaving the mortal world, Li Che had brought Zhang Ya back here.
"Husband... It's been so many years, and this house hasn't changed much."
Zhang Ya squinted her eyes, leaning into Li Che's embrace. The couple surveyed the house, smiling with a sense of nostalgia.
Creak.
Suddenly, the door of the thatched cottage opened, and a woman in tattered clothes, holding a baby in her arms, peered out through the rain.
She looked at the heavy rain, worry evident in her eyes, as if concerned about her husband who was working outside...
Pitter-patter...
The sound of running footsteps echoed, and a figure in a rain hat, wearing patched clothes, dashed through the rain, sprinting towards the small, dilapidated house.
In the process, he slipped and fell to the ground, landing hard.
However, the man just laughed and got up, continuing towards the house, holding a lively carp in his hand, clearly planning to make a carp soup for dinner.
Li Che watched this scene with a gentle gaze, feeling a bit dazed.
"It's like a cycle. We once lived in this small, dilapidated house, and now, new people live here..."
"Year after year, patching and repairing, year after year."
Li Che laughed, his voice filled with a sense of contentment.
The man running through the rain suddenly shuddered, looking around in fear, as if startled by the sudden laughter.
But the next moment, he lowered his head and ran even faster towards his small, dilapidated house.
Inside, his wife and child were waiting.
Li Che flicked his finger, and a radiant light emerged, merging with the rain and landing on the baby in the woman's arms.
"Meeting is a matter of fate, and living in the house we once lived in is even more so..."
"I'll bestow a blessing upon the child."
Li Che smiled softly, and he and Zhang Ya did not reveal themselves in the rain.
After doing this, he took Zhang Ya and left.
As he had said, he had returned here out of a sense of nostalgia, to see Thunderclap City, where his dreams began, and to visit the house where his family had once struggled to survive.
Fortunately, the dilapidated house still existed, and new people had moved in, even having a child.
So, Li Che felt a sense of joy and decided to bestow a blessing upon the child.
"Let's go, my love. It's time for us to reunite with our children."
Li Che said softly.
Zhang Ya nodded, her eyes bright. She looked back at the dilapidated house standing strong in the rain.
It was a reflection of their past.
Now, their family was no longer the same, having grown immensely powerful and living a much better life.
Seeing the woman holding the baby, she saw a reflection of her former self.
Back then, she had also waited for her husband to return from work.
Recalling the past brought a different kind of beauty.
Hummm—!!!
Li Che and Zhang Ya left Thunderclap City and continued on, arriving at Golden Light Capital, then Qianyuan Dao City, and finally, the Imperial City.
Their journey mirrored the path their family had taken in the mortal world.
Cloud Peak Pavilion.
Li Che returned gracefully, not disturbing anyone. He had long since entered a new realm and domain, and even the Grand Supervisor could not sense his presence. The heavenly chessboard was laid out, and no one could detect him.
Li Che held his wife with one hand and slowly raised the other. A pool of water appeared in his palm, and with a gurgling sound, the water flowed, and the sound waves exploded, revealing the shadows of nine dragons!
Li Che summoned the Nine-Dragon Cataclysm Pool without needing the power of the Kunlun Mirror, directly activating the temple.
His wife had chosen the path of forging divine weapons, and her potential was tied to the quality of the divine weapon. Therefore, Li Che had secretly resolved to find the best divine weapon for her.
Of course, finding a divine weapon for Zhang Ya did not mean she could immediately forge it. It required a gradual process, slowly refining the divine weapon and strengthening her body to the point where it could withstand a high-quality divine weapon.
However, during the cultivation process, the improvement from the fusion technique is extremely rapid, almost as if it’s sacrificing the upper limit to achieve a forced growth!
Boom!!
A light screen appeared, and a surging divine aura, like a tidal wave, rolled forth. The rich and dense spiritual energy continuously surged.
The Jade Emperor Heavenly Temple opened once again.
Li Che, accompanied by Zhang Ya, directly entered it.
As the light screen closed, the two of them seemed to have never been in the mortal world.
In the Imperial City.
One figure after another soared into the sky.
Xie Yunshen gently swayed his feather fan, his expression solemn. As a soul summoner, he immediately sensed Li Che’s situation. The weakening connection with Li Che indicated that Li Che had entered the Second Sage Rank Temple.
Humming—
The Grand Supervisor strode forward, his white robes fluttering as he stood side by side with Xie Yunshen in mid-air.
The Grand Supervisor’s gaze was complex. He had bet everything on Li Che.
But now, Li Che had entered the Jade Emperor Heavenly Temple, which meant he might be heading straight to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
Entering the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths was easy, but returning... that was another matter.
He didn’t know when Li Che would return.
The Grand Supervisor couldn’t be certain if this bold gamble would pay off.
However, Li Che had entrusted everything in the mortal world to Xie Yunshen. Given Xie Yunshen’s ability to summon the Mountain and River Golden Lotus of Fortune, he was a suitable choice.
The Grand Supervisor felt a slight sense of relief.
"The empire my lord has built..."
"I, Xie Yunshen, will do my utmost to protect it for my lord."
Xie Yunshen bowed deeply.
Li Che’s departure meant that the soul summoners he left behind were no longer restrained, though Li Che’s will still suppressed them on a moral level.
But... it was only a matter of time before chaos ensued.
Xie Yunshen only hoped he wouldn’t let his lord down.
...
...
In the Jade Emperor Heavenly Temple.
The Second Sage Rank Temple was a place of towering immortal pavilions and sprawling immortal mountains, with radiant light stretching for miles. Countless wondrous phenomena interwove, forming a blessed land fit for immortals.
Zhang Ya, carried by Li Che, entered this temple, her eyes wide with amazement as the misty, mysterious fog could not obscure the breathtaking scenery.
The divine aura was incredibly dense, and the spiritual energy surged through the heavens and earth.
Zhang Ya was utterly amazed.
"Husband, this is the Second Sage Rank Temple... truly extraordinary! The divine aura is so rich; I feel like one breath could equal several days of arduous cultivation!"
"But, my divine aura cannot spread, and my true qi and essence qi are tightly confined within my body, unable to be used!"
Zhang Ya exclaimed.
Little Su Da transformed into a white fox, perched on Zhang Ya’s shoulder.
The little fox’s eyes widened in human-like amazement. "Mistress, this is the Second Sage Rank Temple, a top-tier temple even in the higher realms..."
"Entrance is controlled by powerful deities from various camps, making it extremely difficult to enter."
"Only this Jade Emperor Heavenly Temple, which spans the three realms and has a special nature, is beyond the reach of immortals, allowing it to connect with the mortal world... giving us the chance to enter from the mortal realm."
Little Su Da curiously examined the surroundings.
Even she, who had been a Nirvana Divine Being in her past life, had never entered this temple.
This Second Sage Rank Temple wasn’t just a matter of being strong enough to enter.
It also required sufficient talent. Even though she was a Nirvana Divine Being in her past life, she wasn’t particularly outstanding among the Nirvanas, which is why she died and chose to enter the mortal world to seek a great transformation.
Li Che’s mind stirred, and the heavenly chessboard expanded, shielding Zhang Ya and Su Da from view.
"We still need to obtain a divine weapon to enter the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths..."
Li Che’s eyes flickered.
"Target... Heavenly Tower!"
The Amber Scripture and the Seal of Heaven—while the Seal of Heaven had extremely high requirements, with an Immortal God Emperor’s Nirvana Reincarnation guarding it, it was too difficult for the current Li Che to obtain.
The Amber Scripture, compared to the Heavenly Tower, was of lesser value, so Li Che naturally chose the better option.
His mind stirred, and Ink City Fengdu appeared.
After the battle with the Immortal God Emperor’s reincarnation, the entire city had collapsed and shattered, but it was now slowly recovering, already restored to a large extent.
It had become even more resilient, and once fully restored, the maturity of the "Immortal in the Painting" Dao Fruit would be sufficient to achieve the Six Transcendences.
Zhang Ya and Little Su Da were taken into the City of Ink Fengdu.
Li Che's black robes fluttered as he spread his fingers wide and donned the Underworld Ksitigarbha mask.
His entire demeanor underwent a dramatic transformation, becoming compassionate and enigmatic, with ancient heavenly symbols seemingly swirling in his eyes.
Inside the Temple of Mysteries, the laws suppressed his divine essence entirely, preventing even the slightest leak, and he couldn't even use his martial arts true qi or aura.
This, however, was the best disguise for Li Che.
With a single step, the Heavenly Chessboard expanded, and he determined the direction of the Heavenly Tower. Li Che's body trembled, and his immensely powerful physical form shattered the Mysterious Fog and shot out.
Despite being unable to use his divine essence, true qi, or aura, Li Che directly used his powerful physical body to break through the seal.
The Heavenly Tower.
Located in another direction from the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
In fact, the layout of the Jade Emperor Heavenly Mystic Temple was quite simple. The Lingxiao Treasure Hall served as the main temple area of the Temple of Mysteries, where the statue of the Jade Emperor Heavenly Mystic Temple's deity was situated.
Additionally, in the four cardinal directions, four divine weapons were placed, though their distances varied.
Some were close, others far.
For instance, the Nine-Dragon Cataclysm Pool, which he had previously absorbed, was located right in front of the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, very close by.
This time, the Heavenly Tower was about a hundred miles outside the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
As for the Amber Scripture and the Seal of Heaven, they were even farther away.
Rumbling—
Li Che's physical body traversed the distance, with nine interwoven immortal patterns seemingly fused with his muscles, filled with profound and divine mysteries, causing the eyes of onlookers to distort and making it impossible to see clearly.
Li Che landed in front of the Heavenly Tower.
Three figures were already waiting there, the same ones he had encountered at the Nine-Dragon Cataclysm Pool: Fu Shaohui, Ji Shaohao, and Shi Shaokai.
Their eyes lit up as they saw Li Che appear.
"Indeed, he came!"
"Senior Ksitigarbha... still unwilling to give up easily, it seems."
"Trying to obtain the second divine weapon and take it out."
The three of them speculated about Ksitigarbha's identity, ultimately concluding that this powerful figure must be an extremely strong Nirvana Divine Spirit, possibly even a half-step Immortal who had initially grasped the Will of Heaven and Earth!
"Senior!"
The three immediately clasped their fists upon seeing Li Che.
In fact, there were more figures in front of the Heavenly Tower, their divine essences suppressed and their auras confined within their bodies, slightly weaker than the three.
However, many Dao Severing patterns were visible on their physical bodies, indicating that they were also gods of the Dao Severing Realm.
Perhaps due to the respectful posture of Fu Shaohui, Ji Shaohao, and Shi Shaokai, the others' eyes narrowed slightly. After all, the three represented no ordinary identities.
They were the first-generation descendants of the Immortal lineage, extremely powerful, and now they were showing such respect to a stranger.
Li Che glanced indifferently at the numerous gods present, noting that the number of Dao Severing gods was much greater than he had expected.
However, it wasn't possible to engage in combat now, so Li Che wasn't concerned. Everyone's goal was the Heavenly Tower.
"This is Senior Ksitigarbha, a Nirvana Divine Spirit who has been in secluded cultivation for a long time. He is preparing for the ninth wave of the Divine Tide Revival..."
Shi Shaokai clasped his hands together, and a gentle light of Buddha emanated from his body as he spoke softly.
He was increasingly certain that Li Che might be a Nirvana Divine Spirit from the Black Void Realm, so he stepped forward at this moment.
The surrounding Dao Severing gods drew cold breaths...
These Dao Severing gods, who had entered the Second Sage Temple for cultivation, clearly had extraordinary backgrounds and knew many secrets. They were now in awe and reverence as they looked at Li Che.
"Senior Ksitigarbha has already refined the Nine-Dragon Cataclysm Pool... He is here to attempt the refinement of the second Second Sage divine weapon, something no god has ever succeeded in throughout the ages."
Fu Shaohui laughed heartily.
The wary expressions of the onlookers immediately relaxed.
So, Li Che had already refined one of the Second Sage's divine weapons?
Then there was nothing to worry about. Li Che couldn't possibly be a threat to them.
"Senior... please."
Ji Shaohao's eyes gleamed with anticipation.
They had witnessed Li Che refining the Nine-Dragon Cataclysm Pool and felt that this Nirvana Divine Being must be well-prepared.
Li Che didn’t say much, his gaze falling upon the Heavenly Tower.
Buzz, buzz, buzz—
The moment his eyes met the Heavenly Tower, the Divine Engineer Dao Fruit in Li Che’s chest, which had been dormant after fusing two ancient heavenly symbols, suddenly began to throb!
Huh?!
Li Che’s eyes couldn’t help but flicker, and the entire Heavenly Tower seemed to radiate an incredibly brilliant light in his eyes!
The Heavenly Tower stood nine stories tall, each with its own distinct color.
(End of Chapter)
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