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Chapter 543: Ascending the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, Meeting Xi Xi at the Divine Duel's Peak (Part 1)
Chapter 543: Ascending the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, Meeting Xi Xi at the Divine Duel's Peak (Part 1)
A rosy glow surged, casting myriad auspicious rays.
A gentle breeze blew, carrying a sense of ease and comfort.
The air was filled with a clarity so pure it seemed to cleanse the soul.
Li Che floated in mid-air, his black robe embroidered with golden lotus patterns fluttering in the wind. The white jade mask on his face still shimmered with a bright light.
Beneath the mask, the corners of Li Che's lips curled up, his eyes bright and cheerful.
The Heaven and Earth Chessboard rose into the sky, continuously spiraling and expanding above his head.
Li Che had not expected entering the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths to be so peaceful, without any disturbances. He had been prepared to fight his way in, ready to face the most challenging scenario.
But now, this situation was undoubtedly the best. The two Second Sage Divine Armaments had directly opened the path to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, which was no small feat.
The Jade Emperor Huatian Mystic Temple had powerful rules, even Immortality was restricted from entering and exiting, and had to incarnate to attempt the refinement of Divine Armaments.
Thus, Li Che's ability to refine two Divine Armaments and enter the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths could be attributed to a bit of luck.
The second Divine Armament, the numerous Divine Craft sculptures in the Huatian Tower, had given Li Che the opportunity.
"Why are there so many Divine Craft sculptures in the Huatian Tower? And why do they have the legacy of Divine Craft? Could the Jade Emperor Huatian Mystic Temple have some connection to the origin of Divine Craft?"
Li Che's eyes flickered with a hint of doubt, but he did not dwell on it.
There were too many mysteries in the world, not all of which could be solved or fully understood.
So, Li Che did not concern himself with these questions.
Tracing the origins was a good habit, but sometimes, excessive tracing could lead one into a dead end, unable to extricate oneself.
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths...
Li Che expanded his mind, guiding it into the Heaven and Earth Chessboard.
The Heaven and Earth Chessboard howled in the wind, soaring into the clouds, expanding rapidly—hundreds of feet, thousands of feet, hundreds of miles, thousands of miles...
When it reached its maximum range, Li Che's brows furrowed slightly, and he sighed.
"The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths... truly vast."
His mind stirred slightly.
He sent his wife, Zhang Ya, out from the Mo Cheng Fengdu.
Zhang Ya held Little Su Da in her arms.
As soon as they appeared, Little Su Da immediately stretched her head out from Zhang Ya's embrace, her nose twitching as she took a deep breath.
"Lady! We've arrived at the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths!"
She was extremely excited, after all, she had been exiled to the mortal world as part of Immortality's plan.
In truth, she had not wanted to enter the mortal world; it was too dangerous. Indeed, she had perished in the mortal world, cutting off any hope of returning to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
Fortunately, she had encountered her lord, who saved her from death. As for why she had fallen into death... that was unimportant.
Little Su Da leaped up, landing on Zhang Ya's shoulder, her eyes bright, her white fox tail swaying from side to side, causing the air to ripple slightly.
"The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths are vast and boundless, divided into nine heavens and ten earths, the celestial and terrestrial realms."
"The nine heavens are Mystic Dawn, Hela, Great Essence, North Star, Divine Treasure, Formless, Primordial Thunder, Divine Craft, and Great Void... Each celestial realm is immensely vast and mysterious."
Little Su Da closed her eyes, seemingly savoring the breeze, her fur relaxing.
Li Che's eyebrows raised slightly.
Zhang Ya, curious, asked, "What about the ten earths?"
Little Su Da's eyes sparkled. "The ten earths... correspond to the nine heavens, with the same names, but... the ten earths have one additional land."
"Is it the Prison Lotus Land?" Li Che asked.
Little Su Da nodded her cute fox head, confirming Li Che's guess.
However, Li Che had already done some research before entering the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, so he was not surprised.
"The Prison Lotus Land is the additional land in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths... otherwise, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths would be perfectly corresponding."
"Heaven and earth must be in harmony to form the Will of Heaven and Earth. To achieve Immortality, one must master the will of one celestial and one terrestrial realm."
Little Su Da, being a high-ranking deity in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, had a deep and extensive knowledge.
Li Che's eyes flickered, and he nodded. Although he was interested in the path to Immortality, it was not the most pressing concern at the moment.
"Can you determine our current location?"
Li Che's brows furrowed.
He was surprised to find that even after entering the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, he still could not use the Thunder Chess Piece to locate Xi Xi.
This made his originally fiery heart involuntarily sink a little.
Of course, it wasn’t impossible to locate her; a vague sense still existed, and he could determine the general direction Xi Xi was in, but he couldn’t instantly teleport there.
"Between heavenly domains and between heavenly and earthly domains, there are domain barriers that separate them. These barriers are where the Will of Heaven and Earth is most powerful and concentrated. Even Immortal gods cultivate and control these barriers, wielding their power over the domains", Little Su Da said.
"Lord Li Che can’t contact Little Lord Xi Xi… most likely because of this."
Little Su Da analyzed the situation, and Li Che understood after hearing her explanation.
Even though his Chess Sage Dao Fruit had achieved Six Transcendences, and the Heaven and Earth Chessboard’s perception was much stronger, the domain barriers formed by the Will of Heaven and Earth continuously weakened and severed this connection.
It was like sensing Jiutian Shidi from the mortal world; there was a domain barrier in between. Once in Jiutian Shidi, the number of domain barriers increased, making the connection even weaker.
However, the Six Transcendences of his Chess Sage Dao Fruit still allowed Li Che to see Xi Xi’s situation at any time.
With a slight movement of his mind…
The scene came into view.
Xi Xi was in an ancient village, proudly instructing a group of young village children in their cultivation, her spirit high and her enthusiasm burning, as if she were harboring a grudge she wanted to avenge!
Li Che’s eyes softened slightly as he watched.
"Xi Xi is currently in an ancient village called Earth Village. Is it located in the Prison Lotus Land?" Li Che asked.
Little Su Da shook her head repeatedly.
"My Lord, that’s impossible. The Prison Lotus Land… is controlled and guarded by powerful gods from the divine camps."
"It’s a forbidden place. No god from Jiutian Shidi is allowed to step into it. If they do, they will be executed immediately."
"At least… this has been the case with every God Tide."
Little Su Da explained.
"Furthermore, if it were an ancient village in the Prison Lotus Land, it wouldn’t be eligible to participate in the Divine Gambling Battle. The Divine Gambling Battle, organized by the divine camps of Jiutian Shidi, is not open to the Prison Lotus Land, even in the major cities of various domain barriers."
"Since Little Lord Xi Xi can participate in the Divine Gambling Battle, it means she is definitely not in the Prison Lotus Land."
Little Su Da’s analysis was firm and clear.
Li Che frowned slightly: "Then where are we now…?"
Little Su Da leaped into the sky, her powerful Divine Spirit Thought expanding like tangible tentacles, piercing into the void.
Li Che was surprised to see that in Jiutian Shidi, Divine Spirit Thought seemed to have become a tangible substance.
In the mortal world, Divine Spirit Thought was an intangible force, and even when it took form, it was rather vague and obscure. He hadn’t expected that in Jiutian Shidi, Divine Spirit Thought would become so substantial!
At this moment, Li Che began to carefully sense the energy situation in Jiutian Shidi.
His brow furrowed slightly.
"The air is very fresh, but divine essence is extremely scarce. However, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is quite abundant. This spiritual energy is the foundation of martial cultivators’ practice. Besides that, the Will of Heaven and Earth… is almost nonexistent…"
No wonder Xi Xi needed to participate in the Divine Gambling Battle to win Dao Essence Crystals and divine essence crystals in Jiutian Shidi.
"The resources in Jiutian Shidi are controlled by the powerful gods of the divine camps. Some Blessed Lands have resources; heavenly domains have celestial grottos, and earthly domains have blessed lands, both of which can produce large amounts of Dao Essence Crystals. Divine essence crystals, on the other hand, come from mysterious temples."
"These are all controlled by the divine camps. To obtain them, one must follow the rules set by the powerful gods of the divine camps."
"These rules were established by the three major divine camps and the strong figures of the ancient villages in Jiutian Shidi, determining the distribution of resources…"
"Thus, cultivation in Jiutian Shidi is also very difficult… high-quality Dao Essence Crystals, such as those with eight or nine leaves, are controlled by Immortals."
Little Su Da sighed.
"In Jiutian Shidi, it’s not easy to cultivate to higher god realms. Each step in the god realms, such as Dao Fusion, Path Severing, and Nirvana, requires a vast amount of resources."
Therefore, many gods who seek enlightenment ultimately choose to join the divine camps, fighting on behalf of the divine camps to gain the qualification to obtain resources.
"Since Little Lord Xi Xi has participated in the Divine Gambling Battle, following this path will naturally lead us to her." Little Su Da said wisely.
"Lord, we are now in the Mystic Dawn Heaven of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, which is under the domain of the Obscure Heavenly Court in the realm of deities..."
Little Su Da confirmed their location and said, "Lord, if we forcefully cross the boundary to another heaven, we will inevitably be detected by the Immortal Gods..."
Li Che nodded in agreement.
However, he still followed the direction given by the Thunder Chess Piece, which indicated Xi Xi's location. Li Che, with Zhang Ya in tow, began to move forward.
He planned to check the boundary wall; if it was not feasible, he would think of other methods.
"The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths are rich in spiritual energy, not much different from the mortal world. However, due to the vast expanse of the region, the total amount of spiritual energy is far greater than in the mortal world..."
"This... is a great place for martial cultivation."
Li Che walked through the air, his pores expanding, and the powerful and vast life force within him swirling like vortexes, drawing in all the spiritual energy from the surroundings.
His dark, rugged hair danced wildly, and the white jade mask seemed to shimmer with radiant light.
"Besides finding Xi Xi, we also need to find the Qitian Temple Deity and the Third Prince Temple Deity... as well as the boss and Doggy."
Li Che held Zhang Ya's waist and moved through the void, as if the distance between them was shrinking.
The Heaven and Earth Chessboard expanded, employing the technique of stellar displacement, moving at an incredible speed.
However, Li Che was also cautious. The expansion of the Heaven and Earth Chessboard also served to shield and detect.
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, after all, were home to many powerful beings, though not all were gods. There were also many cultivators whose realms had not yet reached the god level...
However, compared to the mortal world, the overall environment of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths was far superior, lacking only the Heaven and Earth Will and divinity.
Therefore, the beings of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths were extremely strong and naturally robust, leading to a greater number of cultivators than in the mortal world.
But no matter how many, compared to the Divine Tribulation and gods, they were still mere mortals.
Buzz—!!
The Heaven and Earth Chessboard circled above their heads.
Li Che held Zhang Ya's figure, as if treading on cloud streams, strolling through the void.
"Hmm?"
"A ancient village."
Li Che raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise in his eyes.
According to Su Da's introduction, these ancient villages were among the oldest existences in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, even predating the realm of deities.
Each ancient village had a mysterious temple at its center, around which the entire village was built.
The Divine Gambling Battle, being a form of competition, naturally required stakes.
And the stakes came from the divinity crystals and trace amounts of Dao Essence Crystals within the mysterious temples...
This was one of the purposes of the Divine Gambling Battle, to gather resources from the ancient villages' mysterious temples.
Xi Xi was located in one of these ancient villages and represented the village in the Divine Gambling Battle.
Therefore, Li Che was quite interested in these ancient villages.
Buzz, buzz, buzz—
He stopped moving and had Zhang Ya enter the Mo Cheng Fengdu to avoid any danger.
Then, he gently descended, landing on the ground. Li Che's entire body twisted, and his appearance changed.
Removing the white jade Dizang mask, Li Che's black robes billowed, and he slowly walked toward the ancient village.
He activated the long-dormant Sleeping Dragon Elephant technique, completely concealing his aura and suppressing his divinity within the mud pillar of his forehead, releasing only a trace of divinity.
This was roughly equivalent to the Divine Embryo stage.
Because Li Che had discovered that the strongest cultivator in the village was a Second Tribulation Divine Tribulation, which was indeed not weak.
Boom, boom, boom—
Just as Li Che landed on the hillside, his mind stirred. Looking up, he saw massive shockwaves tearing through the sky, with fine spatial cracks at the edges, like the patterns of snowflakes expanding.
The spatial stability of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths far exceeded that of the mortal world. In the mortal world, Li Che could easily shatter space, but in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, it was not so easy.
At the peak of the shockwave, several figures were visible, their bodies radiating brilliant divine light, powerful divinity spreading, and their flesh marked with Path Severing patterns...
Path Severing Gods!
Li Che's eyes narrowed, watching coldly.
These Path Severing Gods were undoubtedly pursuing beings from the Jade Emperor Huatian Mystic Temple.
Even after he clashed with King Lingxiao in the mysterious temple, he could not intimidate these gods.
After all, he had left with two Second Saint Divine Armaments.
In the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, Divine Armaments were also a resource. They contained vast amounts of divinity and could aid in cultivation, making them extremely valuable.
"Targeting me?"
"Sent by King Lingxiao? Or perhaps by the descendants of the First Generation Immortal?"
Li Che stood with his hands behind his back, his aura completely hidden by the Sleeping Dragon Elephant technique and the Heaven and Earth Chessboard, making him undetectable in the world.
Unless a Nirvana King were to come in person, perhaps they might be able to detect his location.
Buzz—
The void exploded with a thunderous roar, radiating waves of Radiant Light that surged and intertwined. A hazy figure emerged, bathed in endless brilliance, like a celestial deity.
The moment Ji Shaohao appeared, a terrifying Aura of Power burst forth. Divine light intertwined around him, and resplendent runes enveloped his body. His aura was overwhelming, and the Path Severing patterns on his body coiled like true dragons.
Ji Shaohao!
The first-generation descendant of the Obscure Heavenly Court’s Immortality lineage!
This Ji Shaohao was entirely different from the one in the mysterious temple, akin to a true dragon, radiating an incomparably powerful aura. It was like a breached river, causing one's soul to tremble. His eyes were deep and profound, emitting a faint purple glow.
“Didn’t find him?”
“A Nirvana King, wielding two Second Sage Divine Armaments, emerged from the mysterious temple. His presence couldn’t just vanish without a trace…”
“According to King Lingxiao’s location, this must be where he descended…”
“Search!”
Ji Shaohao, enveloped in a vast divine aura, exuded an extremely terrifying presence. In the divine-poor Nine Heavens Ten Earths, his ability to release such a vast divine aura demonstrated the immense resources he had accumulated.
Boom—!!!
(End of Chapter)
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