Chapter 231: Underworld Revelations

Twisted, agonized wails…

A myriad of emotions and thoughts seeped out from Su He Lian’s state of Spiritual Confinement.

That torment was enough to tear one’s soul apart!

Filled with relentless defiance and futile struggles, he could do nothing but submit—bowing before a cultivator who was clearly inferior to him!

This was the emotional effluvium emanating from Su He Lian’s Spiritual Confinement at that moment.

Beneath the cat-face mask, Li Qingshan’s expression turned deathly grim.

What sort of method is this?!

He knew that the target of the Underworld’s vicious forces tonight was none other than Su He Lian, the esteemed elder of the Su Family—a grand cultivator who had attained the Breath Retention Transformation stage.

The earlier eruption of terrifying divine aura had sent out ripples that stirred up wild, howling winds.

It meant that the mighty cultivator in the Breath Retention Transformation stage had apparently fallen at the hands of the Underworld’s malefactors.

Yet at this moment, Thunder Dragon had managed to pull Su He Lian back from the brink of death.

The twisted, deathly aura that clung to Su He Lian seemed as if it had been snatched from the realm of the departed.

Is this the Underworld’s method?

Li Qingshan realized he had underestimated the Underworld before.

He had thought the Underworld was like Ogre and Ma Mian—dealing exclusively with the wicked disciples of the Corpse God Sect by slaughtering and executing them.

Eradicating evil!

But now, it seemed otherwise.

Thunder Dragon remarked that the Underworld was the greatest evil in the world; now it appeared… almost as if it was evolving in that direction.

Were they trying to scare him to death so they could inherit his Horned Hammer?!

Or were they trying to dissuade him?

Li Qingshan’s body trembled as he clutched the Sixfold Divine Essence Crystal; a chill seeped across his back as if drenched in countless beads of sweat.

Countless pairs of eyes watched him silently.

Thunder Dragon, Ogre, Ma Mian, Divine Monkey, and even Black and White Wuchang had all appeared, calmly observing him as if awaiting his decision.

Li Qingshan also knew that today… he had probably uncovered the true secret of the Underworld.

The secret of resurrection!

Yet such resurrections came with grave drawbacks.

Judging by Su He Lian’s utterly chaotic and tormented state of mind—bordering on madness and demonic frenzy!

But after all, it was still a resurrection.

The act of summoning a dying cultivator back from the realm of the dead.

What an unimaginable method!

Simply incredible!

Li Qingshan trembled slightly.

But soon he raised his head, determination gleaming behind his cat-face mask!

“I am Underworld Cat Face!”

Li Qingshan declared resolutely.

“These villains are undoubtedly steeped in sin—even in death, to be called back from the land of lost souls is nothing less than salvation!”

“I believe the Underworld… is a force that detests evil!”

“I trust you all!”

“So, I will forever be Underworld Cat Face!”

Li Qingshan stood firm, unshaken by fear.

Beneath the Thunder Dragon mask, Li Che’s eyes shone brightly. He couldn’t help but begin to admire Li Qingshan.

He hadn’t drawn Li Qingshan into the Underworld until now simply because he didn’t want to implicate him.

After all, although Li Qingshan now possessed the strength of a Divine Saint Grandmaster, the foes the Underworld faced were far too powerful…

Adversaries that Li Qingshan could never hope to contend with.

Therefore…

Li Che had no wish to harm him.

But Li Qingshan’s tenacity ran deep.

Moreover, Li Che was well aware that the Underworld could never remain solely under his control forever.

“Don’t you regret it?”

“Joining the Underworld is extremely dangerous…”

“Now that the Underworld is in Daocheng, it’s about to become the target of everyone’s wrath.”

Li Che adjusted the Thunder Dragon mask on his face and said in a deep voice.

“Tonight’s victim, Su He Lian, was the Honorary Elder of the outer sect of Qianyuan Divine Sect—and not only that, he was a direct elder of the Su Family… a position of no small significance.”

“The Su Family will certainly go into a frenzy and break all ties with the Underworld.”

“And the Underworld is already at odds with Lie Shen Pavilion, the Corpse God Sect, and even King Ping Luan…”

Thunder Dragon’s voice was low, as if charged with crackling bolts.

Li Qingshan drew a deep breath—the magnitude of it was truly staggering.

The Underworld… really does make enemies!

But Li Qingshan believed that the Underworld had its reasons for such actions.

“Lie Shen Pavilion, a ruthless hitman organization that takes money for its deeds—must be eliminated!”

“And don’t even get me started on the Corpse God Sect—they sacrificed the whole city of Feilei in their rituals and offerings—deserving of death!”

“King Ping Luan… his disciple, Su Huai Li, joined the Corpse God Sect, getting tainted by corpse aura and even inviting wolves into the fold, leaving Jingguang Prefecture in utter chaos—unforgivable crimes!”

“The Underworld is right to act—these scum deserve to die!”

“If I had the strength, I’d personally deliver a crushing blow to each one of them, sending them to the afterlife without mercy!”

A smile of approval flashed beneath Li Qingshan’s cat-face mask as the Goat-Horn Hammer slid from his sleeve into his grasp, crackling with electric arcs!

Li Che looked at Li Qingshan with a trace of admiration.

This fellow, whether by the influence of his Divine Vision or his inherent chivalrous spirit, detests evil and hunts down demons with pure conviction…

Simply pure in heart.

Even if his strength was lacking.

But weakness could be remedied, compensated by external means.

After mulling it over, Li Che decided to give him a chance—Li Qingshan’s unwavering persistence had finally softened his stance, and he no longer refused him.

With a snap of his fingers,

A white Unsullied Heart Divine Chess Piece shot toward Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan raised his hand and caught the chess piece tightly.

A powerful and pure divine energy surged from the chess piece, leaving Li Qingshan astonished.

“This chess piece is called Feilei—a specialty of the Underworld. I’ve set an anchor point in the courtyard; should you encounter danger, just channel your divine energy into the Feilei chess piece to perform spatial relocation, reaching that anchor point.”

Li Che said flatly.

Hearing this, Li Qingshan’s heart pounded with shock.

What kind of divine technique is this?!

Teleportation out of thin air?!

“In addition…”

Li Che snapped his fingers once more.

Within the Cosmic Chessboard, the Seven-Gen Corpse Curse Seal was peeled away and merged into a black chess piece.

With another snap, it shot directly into the Mud Pellet at Li Qingshan’s brow.

It flowed like rippling water.

Li Qingshan could only feel that his Mud Pellet now harbored an extra Corpse Curse Seal.

What?!

Damn it! A Corpse Curse Seal?!

Li Qingshan’s face turned ashen.

Fortunately, Li Che explained, “This is a Corpse Curse Seal that I refined and purified. Your Zhen Lei Zhu Xie Divine Vision requires acts of righteous retribution to grow and strengthen.”

“Perfect… this Corpse Curse Seal is now yours to command. When you sense the hidden villains of the Corpse God Sect in Qianyuan Daocheng, feel free to strike them down.”

Li Che continued.

At this point, Li Che had suppressed the Seal of the Corpse God, rendering the Seven-Gen Corpse Curse Seal ineffective for him.

Anyway, with Li Qingshan’s fierce hatred for evil, it was best entrusted to him.

“Don’t worry—it won’t corrupt you or turn you into a villain of the Corpse God Sect. It will only help you detect those low-ranked evil-doers marked by a Corpse Curse Seal (below Seven-Gen).”

Upon hearing that, a dazzling light burst forth from beneath Li Qingshan’s cat-face mask!

Every inch of his body trembled uncontrollably.

“Alright… alright…”

Li Qingshan knew that the Underworld had accepted him.

Although…

He might not participate in major operations due to his insufficient strength.

Yet the pure version of the Seven-Gen Corpse Curse Seal bestowed by Thunder Dragon had given him the capital to boost his own power!

He could absorb the blood of the Corpse God Sect to enhance himself!

Yes, yes, yes!

Li Qingshan clenched his fist!

“I, Cat Face, will never regret joining the Underworld in this life!”

Li Che paused and glanced at Li Qingshan before his gaze fell upon the twisted, horrific state of Su He Lian’s Spiritual Confinement.

He cast a cool glance at Su He Lian’s contorted Spiritual Confinement.

In those blood-red eyes, one could sense profound grudges and rage!

Li Che raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

“Oh, you dare harbor resentment toward Lord, huh?”

“You’re asking for death!”

White Wuchang’s Xue Dufu appeared, hefting a Crescent Blade. With a powerful shoulder shake, the blade was thrown forcefully toward Su He Lian’s Spiritual Confinement!

Elsewhere, Divine Guardian materialized out of nowhere, followed by three golden-masked assassins from Lie Shen Pavilion!

With Li Che’s restrictions, Su He Lian’s Spiritual Confinement could only roar in fury as it was besieged…

Gradually…

It was completely torn apart!

A chill ran down Li Qingshan’s spine.

Gazing at the Thunder Dragon whose eyes sparked with electric currents beneath the mask, he felt a piercing cold.

How terrifying!

Yet, he also felt a surge of excitement—for the stronger the Underworld was, the bolder his resolve would become!

Li Che snapped his fingers again. The three assassins from Lie Shen Pavilion transformed into three black chess pieces that shot toward Li Qingshan.

“These three possess the might of Divine Saint Grandmasters. They are now at your command.”

“Go on, do what you must.”

“Crush evil and eradicate sin.”

Li Che smiled gently as he looked at Li Qingshan.

“From now on…”

“No matter what, behind you…”

“Stands the Underworld.”

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The new Underworld recruit, Cat Face, departed with a satisfied smile.

He felt terrifyingly powerful!

Li Qingshan was overjoyed—even when he was taken as a disciple by the Jin Guang Branch of Jingguang Prefecture, he never felt this honored!

He felt…

He had joined an incredibly mysterious organization!

Within the Divine Sect Branch of Jingguang Prefecture, though he shared the same righteous fury, he was bound by countless limitations. He knew very well…

But he simply couldn’t do anything about it.

After all, in Jingguang Prefecture, even though the Divine Sect Branch was powerful, there were forces that could keep it in check…

Not to mention Su Huai Li in the City Lord’s Residence; then there were the Temple Guardian Division, Imperial Watch, and the Five Major Families and Five Major Sects…

Many of these adversaries were so formidable that Li Qingshan knew he could do nothing about them.

It wasn’t just that he was weak—pushing too hard might even cost him his life.

But now, everything was different!

He was now Underworld Cat Face!

Behind him stood the Underworld!

The evils of the world were nothing more than dust in his eyes.

His cat eyes would sweep the dust from the world, restoring balance to the cosmos.

Li Che smiled as he watched Li Qingshan depart.

He was indeed an interesting character.

In Feilei City, Li Qingshan had provided a significant shield for them; otherwise, facing the threat of the Lingying Sect alone might have spelled disaster for his family.

Thus, Li Che didn’t mind lending him a hand.

In the courtyard, snowflakes drifted down.

Li Che removed his Thunder Dragon mask, and his remaining clones burst into inky mist before vanishing altogether.

He walked to the eaves and settled into a cross-legged position beneath them.

Slowly, Li Che exhaled a long sigh.

Tonight, it was an all-out affair—a brilliant display of schemes, reserves, and killing techniques that finally ended the life of Su He Lian, the mighty Breath Retention Transformation Grand Real Divine.

“Ink Slaughter to break the Primordial Divine Form—otherwise, killing him would have been impossible… Only after closing in on the Grand Real Divine could I have a chance.”

Li Che reviewed the battle in his mind.

Had it been an invincible Grandmaster of the Top Three Flowers realm…

Li Che might not have been able to kill him.

“If it had been You Liqing head-on, I would have certainly suffered—I’m simply no match for a top-tier Grandmaster’s physique…”

Even with Ink Slaughter, it would be very difficult.

Ink Slaughter… it requires being able to land four precise ink marks on the opponent.

The oppressive divine might of a Breath Retention Transformation Grand Real Divine was useless against him, as the control of the Thunder Magnetic Conduit’s mysterious force could deflect and isolate that pressure.

Only then could Li Che close in effortlessly, using Ink Slaughter to breach that as-tough-as-wood Primordial Divine Form.

With a shift in thought,

Lights shimmered before his eyes.

[Dao Fruit: Dragon Elephant Vajra (LV4 95%)]

A massive boost!

Killing the Breath Retention Transformation Su He Lian directly advanced the maturity of his Dao Fruit by 10%.

It appeared that veterans in the Breath Retention Transformation stage always had abundant experience!

The Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit was drawing ever closer to LV5!

Li Che was also curious about what transformation an LV5 Dragon Elephant Vajra might undergo.

He closed his eyes briefly, then reopened them—the pulsing at his temples and the surging flow of his blood made him feel invigorated once more!

Wealth and power were ever-accumulating!

The increased maturity of his Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit would feed back into his martial prowess!

It was like a moment of sudden enlightenment.

Now, Li Che truly felt as if he had the blessings of the gods!

He exhaled deeply.

Li Che’s gaze wandered to the distant Black and White Wuchang.

White Wuchang’s Xue Dufu, his aura in the midst of transformation, was evolving—yet Su He Lian was a Breath Retention Transformation divine cultivator, and Divine Guts were scarce.

Xue Dufu had absorbed part of the Spiritual Confinement and gained a boost, reaching a state of 36 perfected Divine Guts that penetrated 360 meridians.

However, he hadn’t broken into the Inherent Divine Guts Grandmaster realm; his power-up was much less than that of Divine Guardian.

Originally just a Spiritual Transformation-level Divine Guardian, his aura had become denser and darker; his divine energy was thundering violently.

Then, he shattered his barrier and broke through to the Golden Body Transformation stage.

In an instant, Divine Guardian transformed into brilliant gold!

The Second Transformation of the Divine Essence—Golden Body Transformation!

“Hmm?”

Li Che’s eyes lit up.

This was his first powerful subordinate to reach the Second Transformation of the Divine Essence!

“Moreover, the breakthrough of the Spiritual Confinement… seems to have occurred without drawing attention from Heaven and Earth, without a grand display.”

Li Che was surprised.

After all, breaking through from the Divine Foundation to Divine Vision was no small feat.

And one could only imagine the shock of advancing from Divine Vision to Divine Essence.

Likewise, the transition from Spiritual Transformation to Golden Body Transformation, though just a different stage of the Divine Essence Golden Pill’s metamorphosis, should not be any less imposing than breaking from the Divine Foundation to Divine Vision.

“That certainly saves a lot of trouble…”

Li Che smiled.

The Spiritual Confinement breakthrough was achieved silently, as if completed in the depths of the netherworld.

Though Li Che wasn’t too worried about any grand display.

With the Cosmic Chessboard surrounding the courtyard, he could prevent any prying eyes from detecting the situation within.

“Old Xue, you really need to step up.”

Li Che looked toward Xue Dufu, who had yet to consolidate his Inherent Divine Guts, shaking his head and sighing.

Xue Dufu’s burly frame, behind his white mask, revealed eyes full of helplessness.

“Lord, are you forsaking Dufu?”

“Get lost.”

“Alright then.”

Boom—

Xue Dufu twisted his barrel-like waist and vanished in a flash as a black chess piece of shimmering light.

Divine Guardian bowed respectfully with cupped fists, then melted into the shadows without a word.

Li Che smiled. The rise of his subordinates was naturally excellent news for him.

Especially the boost in Divine Guardian’s strength…

Now Divine Guardian had achieved 36 Divine Guts and broken into Golden Body Transformation via the Divine Essence.

Incredible strength indeed!

If Black and White Wuchang were to fight, while White Wuchang’s Xue Dufu might attract the brunt of the attack, Divine Guardian could seize the perfect moment from the shadows to deliver a fatal blow.

“The pressure of divine rank requires harnessing divine energy from the world to suppress, but I can use the mysterious force of Thunder Magnetic Conduit to alter my own domain, effectively rendering me immune to that pressure…”

“However, the martial will of a Grandmaster is different from divine energy. It is a force that affects the spirit…”

Using the Thunder Magnetic Conduit, one cannot help but warp the Grandmaster’s martial will; one must simply endure it.

“But thankfully… I’ve mastered the Five Martial Saint Techniques, each at a Grandmaster level, and Myriad Transformations of Dragon Elephant has even reached its ultimate realm; when it comes to martial will, even a top-tier Grandmaster has to reckon with me.”

With his Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit, Li Che was confident that his martial will was exceptionally formidable.

In his haste to benefit from the sudden enlightenment brought by his enhanced Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit,

Li Che raised his hand and a Qian Kun Jade appeared in it.

It was the Qian Kun Jade from Su He Lian—the Breath Retention Transformation Grand Real Divine of the Su Family—and that of the Divine Saint Carriage Master.

After slaying his foe, Li Che casually pocketed it.

Slaughtering and looting—Li Che was extremely adept in this routine.

After all, Li Che now had a family to support!

Every single Temple Spirit of his resembled a Gold Devourer; the Unsullied Heart Dao Fruit… was also a Gold Devourer.

And the mechanism-beast he was studying, the Blood Yang Nine Vajra Ape of the Golden Devourer kind, was no different!

Li Che had known suffering all his life—there was no room for waste.

“A Breath Retention Transformation Grand Real Divine—and an Honorary Elder of the outer sect of Qianyuan Divine Sect… his collection should be quite valuable!”

Li Che’s eyes sparkled.

With a thought, he shattered the Qian Kun Jade.

Even though it was just the freshly attained Breath Retention Transformation stage, it was undoubtedly worth treasuring.

“I hope to acquire a complete Divine Seed Martial Arts. The version of ‘Blood Croc Cleave’ I got from Long Tai was only a fragment. Cultivating it to perfection would be the ultimate limit.”

Muttering to himself, Li Che’s heart brimmed with anticipation.

His gaze fell upon Divine Crystals!

In just one glance, Li Che’s eyes narrowed and his breathing quickened!

Success!

“Five-star Divine Crystal… ten pieces, and fifty six-star Divine Crystals! What fortune—no wonder this Breath Retention Transformation Grand Real Divine outclasses even the Demon Child of the Corpse God Sect!”

Li Che’s mood soared, surpassing even the thrill he felt upon defeating Su He Lian!

That sudden surge of opulence always stirred one’s emotions off the charts!

XiXi, practicing in the Divine Sect, also required resources…

As a father, Li Che naturally had to prepare well for her.

Unlike the scions of the great clans, who boasted strong backing, she had only an old father who tirelessly earned resources.

“One five-star Martial Pill and ten six-star Martial Pills… it’s just that Su He Lian’s might was purely divine in nature.”

Li Che couldn’t help feeling a tinge of disappointment regarding the pills.

“Hmm?”

“What is this… a Divine Talisman?”

Suddenly, Li Che noticed a sandalwood box. When opened, inside lay a divine talisman painted in black with vermilion on Xuanyellow paper—a talisman imbued with an intense divine force!

It pulsated with overwhelming divine power!

Star Plucking Gaze swept it aside.

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[Divine Talisman (Top Grade of Sixfold): Xuanhuo Scorching God and Rending Heart Talisman]

[Description: A masterpiece by a Divine Talisman Master, priceless. Crafted with dragon blood mixed with vermilion and concentrated divine ink on six-star Xuanyellow wood paper. Once activated, it can unleash a divine technique of scorching divine flames.]

[Eligible: Divine Essence Golden Body Transformation and above]

…

Li Che’s eyes brightened.

A Divine Talisman!

This was the first time he had obtained one…

Even within Imperial Watch, Divine Talisman Masters existed, and talisman prices were always sky-high.

In fact, a Divine Talisman was merely a medium for storing divine techniques—allowing a cultivator’s divine arts to be triggered and stored in a different form.

Li Che had once thought them superfluous because of the high cost…

Training a Divine Talisman Master consumed enormous resources, which made selling talismans extremely expensive.

Divine Talisman Masters were even rarer than woodcarving masters.

With satisfaction, Li Che carefully stowed this top-grade Divine Talisman and continued taking stock.

Suddenly, he came across a book titled ‘The Divine Talisman Chronicles of the Xuanyuan Divine Sect of Qijing Qingyun Dao’.

Hmm?!

Flipping through a few pages, Li Che’s eyes lit up!

Xuanyuan Divine Sect!

The Divine Sect of Qijing Qingyun Dao!

Li Che began to read; within his chest…

[Painted Immortal] Dao Fruit suddenly began pounding wildly!

Thump, thump, thump, thump—

Just like the excitement he felt when he obtained the 【Xiangong】 Dao Fruit from Tang’s Mechanism Chronicle!

Almost overflowing with anticipation and joy!

“Now that I have the [Painted Immortal] Dao Fruit, the barrier for mastering this Divine Talisman method is significantly lowered for me!”

Li Che exhaled, his heart stirred.

He could even let his [Painted Immortal] clone handle the study of the ‘Xuanyuan Divine Talisman Chronicles’ and simply share the experience later.

And with the 【Xiangong】 Dao Fruit, Li Che’s formidable hands could mix talisman ink and create paper without difficulty!

“If I could become an outstanding Divine Talisman Master, resources would just pour in!”

Li Che had discovered a new way to make money.

Of course, woodcarving masters also earned well, but Li Che didn’t mind having an extra money-making skill.

After all, as a father, making money was never a disgrace!

“What a pity there’s no Divine Seed Martial Arts… To open the Eight Mystical Gates, one needs Eight Divine Seed Martial Arts to reach the pinnacle of Inherent Divine Guts…”

“There’s a long road ahead…”

Li Che shook his head, then, after taking inventory of the remaining miscellaneous items, he put away the Qian Kun Jade.

As for the Carriage Master’s Qian Kun Jade, it was pitifully shabby.

Martial men… always so miserly.

Thus ended the extravagant tallying of the Breath Retention Transformation Grand Real Divine’s lavish gifts.

Li Che took out a five-star Martial Pill, swallowed it down with a gulp—a sound like a boulder dropping into a lake!

His stomach churned as the pill crushed the pill cloth, unleashing a raging torrent of medicinal power!

Pointing his toes, Li Che leaped from under the eaves.

The Cosmic Chessboard enveloped and expanded.

A powerful surge of qi and blood erupted from within!

The feedback from the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit roared forth!

With a firm grip of his five fingers, the Xuankin Eight-Treasure Thunder Dragon Staff fell into his hand in an instant…

The divine staff struck, and the void exploded as wild torrents of energy surged.

Li Che began to analyze his other Martial Saint Techniques, intent on shattering them all to their ultimate realms!

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On the main street of Daocheng, Su He Lian—elder of the Su Family and Honorary Elder of the outer sect of Qianyuan Divine Sect, a Breath Retention Transformation Grand Real Divine—was brutally slain!

What a horrifying event!

Who in their right mind would dare commit such monstrous, inhumane deeds?!

“Revenge! Haha… Revenge indeed!”

Within Daocheng,

Someone burst out onto a snowstorm-battered Long Street, laughing maniacally, tears streaming, and falling to their knees.

It was the young master of a minor noble family whose gifted daughter was forced into the Su Family through marriage.

After entering the Su Family, she never had a chance to leave its grand courtyard; her desperate pleas only allowed her a glimpse of a faded, disillusioned figure leaning on a balustrade.

For a parent, that is nothing short of a thunderbolt from a clear sky!

But the Su Family was mighty—the premier family of Daocheng for three thousand years, indomitable.

Their clan even boasted the divine presence of a Divine Fetus Grand God. Who could dare provoke them?

Who would dare to rebel?

One could only be forced into silent submission.

And now, the Su Family was being punished by fate!

The name of the Underworld was spreading like wildfire!

At the Su Family Residence,

The sprawling compound was almost like a city within a city.

A family that had thrived for three thousand years, with influence beyond imagination, its power deeply rooted in Daocheng—it was a true colossus.

Rumor had it that even within the City Lord’s Residence of the Su Family, many influential factions existed. The head of the temple, a Divine Fetus Grand God sent from the Divine Capital, had even wedded a Su Family daughter!

Inside the grand hall,

There was a suffocating gloom.

The headless corpse of Su He Lian lay in a wooden coffin crafted from Spirit Wood.

White silk panels hung throughout the hall. The few Su Family heirs who had once distributed wedding invitations were now dressed in mourning attire.

Su Chuyang had also been recalled from within the Divine Sect, utterly bewildered.

After all, Su He Lian had just finished instructing him, only to die moments later.

Su Chuyang was even terrified; had he ridden the Su Family carriage home last night with Su He Lian…

Would he have been crushed like a mere ant?

The face of Su Family’s senior elder, Su Helin, was as grim as could be.

The patriarch of the Su Family sat in silence, his expression equally somber and pained.

After all, even for the Su Family, whose methods of harnessing gifted daughters and the divine techniques of palace vermilion were unparalleled, it was extraordinarily difficult to cultivate a Breath Retention Transformation Grand Real Divine!

“Underworld…”

“How dare you kill our Su Family’s elder and hunt down one of our Breath Retention Transformation Grand Real Divines…”

“To take up arms against our Su Family, against all of us in Daocheng—”

“Are you planning to make enemies all over the city?!”

Su Family patriarch Su Wenxi said coldly.

“He Lian died by the hand of Wanlong Fushen. Is the Underworld… secretly being manipulated by Ji Mo Li?”

Su Helin gritted his teeth in anger.

Su Family patriarch Su Wenxi shook his head, “No. Wanlong Fushen is Ji Mo Li’s acclaimed Martial Saint Technique, but it isn’t his strongest martial art… Besides, Ji Mo Li’s ambitions are vast. Would he really disguise himself as a feeble Underworld?”

“Patriarch, I wish to enlist the old ancestor’s help! He must personally capture the Underworld’s thugs and offer a memorial sacrifice for our fallen brother… his unwilling soul!”

Su Helin clasped his fists; at his age of hundreds, his eyes brimmed with tears.

Two hundred years of fraternal bond, suddenly ending in death—how could he not be overcome with grief and rage?

“Old Ancestor is in seclusion at a critical moment… preparing for an assault on Qitian City and needing breakthroughs before then. We must not disturb him over this matter.”

Yet, Su Family patriarch Su Wenxi shook his head and refused.

“The Underworld’s Ogre, Ma Mian, and the newly appeared Thunder Dragon should be sent to our clan’s Five Elders Divine Talisman Master. Ask her to create the Five Elders Talisman [Calm the Winds] and then contact Lie Shen Pavilion to mobilize a Three-Flower Rakshasa and five Inherent Jade-Masked Assassins.”

“That formation will suffice.”

“As long as the Underworld’s villains dare show themselves…”

“They will never escape their fate!”

“Slaughter the Ox, butcher the Horse, and butchering the Monkey… slaughter the Dragon!”

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Tinglei Alley.

Inside the Private Workshop Courtyard,

Snow fell silently.

All of nature was hushed and silent!

Then suddenly!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

A scorching current roiled like a writhing serpent; the falling snow melted into rushing water in an instant!

Wearing his inky robe, Li Che’s black hair danced wildly as he stood in the center of the courtyard amid the swirling, snowy tempest.

His whole body radiated heat, every inch of his skin as if burned red by a branding iron!

The snow that had turned to rain was drawn in by the interweaving Fivefold Divine Guts around him, causing bursts of explosive sound with every tremor!

Centered on Li Che, the rushing air and rain in the courtyard were swept up, as if stirred by a one-armed giant in a vat of water!

A vortex roared and raged!

After taking a five-star Martial Pill, Li Che trained non-stop for five days, practicing the Martial Saint Techniques without sleep!

At last, he assimilated the enlightening surge from the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit!

His five fingers gripped tightly, as the blood, sinews, skin, membranes, and marrow roared within him!

Every organ seemed to scream in unison!

Like a furnace ablaze, each pore sparkled with countless radiant beams!

In an instant, the tumultuous torrents of air and water exploded around him, vaguely forming a gigantic, translucent dragon-elephant that spanned the courtyard—a divine dragon’s tail swishing, a colossal elephant bellowing!

The entire courtyard trembled as if the earth itself was shaking!

Myriad Transformations of Dragon Elephant…

Had reached its ultimate realm!

With closed eyes, they suddenly burst open!

In that moment, torrents of water exploded, wind and rain howled, and a downpour raged like pillars!

Li Che stood silently amid it all, his inky robe billowing, his eyes crackling with electric intensity!

In his chest, the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit sounded like a golden bell from ancient times, resonating with his heartbeat…

Waves of sonic chime intertwined with the divine light slowly emerging from his gaze.

[Dao Fruit: Dragon Elephant Vajra (LV5 0%)]

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