Chapter 322: Heavenly Fury Unleashed

A thunderous voice shattered the silence within the Golden Palace Corridors!

Roaring winds and violent gusts swept in torrents of golden light, with countless radiant Buddha auras surging like tidal waves, instilling a terrifying sense of hierarchical oppression!

Yet Li Che, wearing the Qi Tian Face, was completely consumed by unbridled rage.

The Seven-Treasure Reliquary Ruyi Heavenly King Tower atop Golden Light Peak was merely a ruined temple – its rank barely at the upper echelon of the Six Divisions, far lower than the Five-Elder Seven-Treasure Reliquary Ruyi Heavenly King Tower inside the Orthodox Mountain Gate of Qianyuan Divine Sect.

For Li Che, now at the Martial Saint level, facing a temple spirit of the Six Divisions was like a Martial Saint contending with a Grandmaster. Even if the temple spirit was invincible at its rank, it posed little threat.

Furthermore, with fury boiling inside him, Li Che unleashed not just his basic Martial Saint prowess but ignited all five of the miraculous divine seeds along his spinal qi passage!

The five divine seeds swirled like vortices of vital energy, each spinning with the force of a turbine, causing his flesh and skin to bulge violently!

His eyes gleamed with golden light – Entering the Ascending Stance!

Even stripped of any temple spirit divine force, Li Che’s combat power surged to a level comparable to that of a second-rate peerless expert – his assault in full fury!

As Li Che soared upward, his body became intertwined with flashing lightning arcs that coalesced into a Thunder Magnetic Armor on his skin, while the billowing cloak of vital energy behind him gave him the aura of a deity clad in storm-forged armor.

Even as the imposing aura of the Golden Heavenly King, cradling his precious pagoda, descended like a dark eclipse, Li Che remained undaunted – as if his razor-sharp resolve could tear through the temple spirit’s oppressive rank!

Boom——!!!

A massive golden hand pounded down from the heights.

It was the heavenly hand of the colossal Heavenly King Statue looming near the temple’s peak – its size dwarfing Li Che’s, every contour sharply defined!

Rivers of golden radiance flowed like surging torrents, each pulse magnifying the hand’s power, while its palm burst with brilliant, searing light and heat!

With eyes smoldering like liquid gold and the five divine seeds ignited, Li Che’s speed intensified. His fingers clenched as the bulging sinews along his spine trembled, unleashing an overwhelming Martial Saint aura like a torrential cascade!

In a dazzling explosion, countless streams of light interwove!

It was as if hundreds of mighty bows released their taut strings simultaneously with a deafening roar——!!

Li Che fully stimulated his Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit!

Nearly coalescing into a tangible phantom of a dragon-elephant, it manifested within the Golden Divine Hall, overwhelmingly filling the entire space – Myriad Transformations of Dragon Elephant!

With a sweeping punch, Li Che summoned forth the divine forms of the Dragon and the Giant Elephant in a magnificent convergence!

The divine dragon coiled around the colossal elephant, its head snapping upward as its massive hooves, as thick as pillars of the world, crashed forward with brutal force!

Thud——!!!

The mighty Martial Saint aura, bolstered by the explosive power of the five divine seeds that shattered the human limits repeatedly, unleashed a force capable of toppling heaven and earth – as if the mythic dragon-elephant had descended upon them!

Roars, bellows, collisions, and brutal clashes echoed, trampling everything in this wild wasteland!

The omnipresent air shattered violently like boulders plunging into a lake, sending up towering waves and tremulous ripples – BOOM——!!!

The horrifying impact exploded in midair within the temple!

A burst of resplendent golden light erupted and then shattered, while Li Che, ensnared in swirling lightning and rolling vital energy, punched straight through the mighty palm of the Golden Heavenly King!

Li Che leaped onto the massive hand of the Golden Heavenly King Statue. His muscles tensed and his sinews and bones moved like a fearsome, intricate machine. One heavy stomp split the hand open, causing it to collapse with countless fissures spreading across its surface.

Accompanied by a deafening roar!

The entire Heavenly King’s hand shattered into pieces! “How dare you——!!!”

The Golden Heavenly King glared furiously, his helmeted face contorted in rage!

In his other hand, he held aloft the Seven-Treasure Reliquary Ruyi Heavenly King Tower, from which a vibrant Buddha aura sprung forth like a golden dragon, yet with venomous spews. Dozens of such golden dragons lashed out at Li Che, seeking to entangle and restrain him!

Li Che’s five fingers burst outward then clenched into a fist, dispersing the air currents in an instant with a resounding shatter – Myriad Dragons Subjugating the Divine!

In that moment, his mighty aura repelled the surging tidal waves of air, shattering endless ripples. Countless dragon silhouettes arose around Li Che as his roar clashed with the pouring golden dragons from the king tower, exploding them into fragments!

Scores of golden fireworks exploded brilliantly in the air.

If XiXi were watching now, she’d be overjoyed – after all, nothing delighted her more than fireworks!

Suspended midair, Li Che soared amid intersecting lightning while a vast, scarlet cloak formed by his vital energy trailed for miles. In an instant, the swirling air around him burst apart!

Against the raging current, Li Che ascended. Though he seemed slight now, his spirit rivaled that of the Golden Heavenly King!

Countless Buddhist chants resounded, and one after another, ethereal Buddha images emerged from the Seven-Treasure Reliquary Ruyi Heavenly King Tower, streaking downwards in a barrage toward Li Che.

Beneath his Qi Tian Face, Li Che’s eyes burned with cold ferocity. Raising his hand, he flung open his fingers with decisive force.

Dark, smoky Spiritual Confinement Chess Pieces began to hover around him. Once these black pieces materialized, they twisted and swelled uncontrollably.

They then transformed into myriad Spiritual Confinement silhouettes.

Behind him, the Underworld Wine-Sword Immortal Huang Jianjiu – armed with a Sword Casket, a liquor gourd encrusted with sword marks, and clad in golden armor – appeared; and You Liqing, draped in golden armor, casually wielding a Zhangba Snake Halberd with a fluttering cloak, his eyes exuding grim smoke and a fierce aura. The Dragon Queen transformed abruptly into a bone-armored Divine Dragon, her sinuous body and razor-sharp claws evident!

Additionally, Su Lei Ba – the Qi Hai Martial Saint holding a Golden Dragon Slayer Blade – emerged in the void, along with Long Tai, Blue Bird, Xue Dufu, and Divine Guardian; even Su Daoling, known for his technical mastery of Spiritual Confinement, appeared surrounded by floating divine talismans – his recent research into thunder talismans evident.

“My Lord!”

At the instant these multiple Spiritual Confinement figures materialized, a terrifying aura spread throughout the Golden Heavenly King Divine Hall.

Huang Jianjiu and You Liqing, having transformed into Spiritual Confinement forms early, and having absorbed Huang Tuo’s essence, finally completed their transformation – the first time Li Che had summoned them after they absorbed Huang Tuo’s Spiritual Confinement.

And they did not disappoint him.

Their qi had reached the level of a two-branch Martial Saint!

Xue Dufu, hefting his Qinglong Crescent Blade with glaring eyes – though not yet having reached the Martial Saint level – still commanded an imposing presence, equivalent to that of a top-tier Grandmaster!

All he wanted now was to perform well so that his lord might reward him with more nourishment! Long Tai and Blue Bird felt the same.

None of them had expected that a breakthrough in cultivation could be so effortless. It seems that true peaks are only reached after death!

Li Che ignored the attitudes of the surrounding Spiritual Confinement figures. Facing the barrage of Buddha-like phantoms, he gripped the Freewill Gold-Iron Divine Staff that suddenly materialized in his hand.

With a sudden, decisive grip, he sent forth an invisible tidal wave that rippled outward in concentric circles. “Give it everything.”

Whoosh.

The Freewill Gold-Iron Divine Staff was flung with explosive force.

In that instant, Li Che rocketed skyward, his bronze, sinewy skin erupting like a pressure cooker as torrents of heat burst forth. A fierce Buddha statue charged at him, but Huang Jianjiu’s sword light swept in and subjugated the statue in a flash, the long sword slamming onto its head with a resounding crack that crushed it to the temple floor!

The blue bricks of the floor caved in instantly, with countless spiderweb-like fissures spreading across the surface. Meanwhile, on the other side, You Liqing, clad in armor, raised his Zhangba Snake Halberd and unleashed the ferocious Zhang Mo Mang Spear – a colossal golden serpent that ruthlessly struck a Buddha phantom!

These Buddha phantoms were only at Grandmaster-level combat strength.

How could they possibly withstand an opponent like You Liqing, now at the Qi Hai Martial Saint level? They were shattered into fragments!

At the same time, Su Lei Ba, Su Daoling, Long Tai, and Xue Dufu all attacked. The divine archer Blue Bird bent her bow and pierced one Buddha phantom after another! Li Che, slanting his grip on the Freewill Gold-Iron Divine Staff, executed the Lingxu Baqi Steps, ascending step by step like a man scaling the heavens – each stride accumulating formidable qi!

The fury in his eyes was overwhelming.

Even if all of this were just a dream, what did it matter? The Third Prince had summoned him into this nightmare…

Wasn’t it all to let him unleash some well-deserved punishment on that Seven-Treasure Reliquary Ruyi Heavenly King Tower?

Alas, it was nothing more than a ruined temple of the tower.

Within the Qianyuan Divine Sect there was another, and in the Divine Capital yet another… with the one in Divine Capital even reaching the rank of the Four-Yu!

Simply put, Li Che could only truly vent his wrath upon the Heavenly King Tower of Jin Guang Mansion.

With some Spiritual Confinement figures preventing the fall of the seven Buddha phantoms from the tower, Li Che managed to appear right in front of the majestic Golden Heavenly King holding up the tower – his shattered hand still visible.

The Heavenly King was so massive that Li Che, suspended before his head like riding an elevator in a skyscraper, ascended continuously. With every upward surge, the aura surrounding Li Che grew ever stronger – BOOM—

When the Lingxu Baqi Steps reached their pinnacle, Li Che soared above the Golden Heavenly King. Although the king glared in fury, he could sense Li Che’s might.

In his hand, the radiant Seven-Treasure Reliquary Ruyi Heavenly King Tower shone brilliantly, its countless Buddha auras cascading downward. The tower spun in midair, its hollow design revealing a dazzling Buddha light that enveloped Li Che like the celestial river, its suction force exploding suddenly!

It seemed intent on drawing Li Che into the tower, to absorb and refine him through its Buddha light!

Clutching the Freewill Gold-Iron Divine Staff with clenched fingers, Li Che sent forth a flurry of staff fragments exploding in midair, unleashing torrents of qi in a sweeping, earth-shattering assault. He did not resist the tower’s suction; instead, he allowed it to pull him in.

As he was drawn in, the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit trembled, and his Divine Art Ascension Two – the Dragon Elephant Inherent Divine Guts – multiplied its strength, doubling over and over!

The five swirling divine seeds roared like speeding turbines, exploding with thunderous might – BOOM——!

It was as if thunder itself rumbled around him, its deafening roars tearing the heavens apart!

Jets of scorching, molten qi, as brilliant as liquid gold, streamed forth like a raging torrent – a manifestation of Dragon Elephant Inherent Divine Guts!

The divine power surged!

Li Che’s dark, sinewy hair whipped wildly as he threw his head back. With a single sweeping strike,

he executed Transcendent True Martial Way – shattering the heavens! BOOM!

In one strike, it was as if he shattered the very currents of time and space, lashing the tower with a force that reverberated like an ancient temple bell struck with all its might!

Soon, two divine weapons collided with a cacophony of clashing metal!

Crackling and snapping——

The Buddha aura atop the tower was extinguished; divine light dimmed, as countless fine cracks began to spiderweb across its surface! And finally,

The towering Heavenly King Statue and the Golden Heavenly King Tower – hundreds of meters tall – exploded into fragments!

Countless shards rained down like a cascading waterfall,

while dust and debris billowed up, swirling for miles!

A figure clad entirely in Thunder Magnetic Armor, with a vast scarlet cloak billowing for thousands of miles behind him, hovered in the sky. Li Che, slanting his grip on the divine staff, his eyes flashing with golden lightning arcs, gazed as if into the distance.

“You saved my daughter; I’ll settle the score for you.” Li Che gently landed on the temple floor.

Behind him, numerous Spiritual Confinement figures—each having smashed Buddha phantoms—stood motionless, venerating Yama.

Li Che looked at the scattered remnants of divine statues on the ground, then slowly raised his hand…

“Pure Heart Divine Art…”

“Summon the Divine.”

Nan Lihuo felt an overwhelming suffocating pressure. A disturbance in the Bizarre Temple?!

No… how could it be?

This Golden Heavenly King Temple had long been the pillaged, ruined Bizarre Temple.

The Bizarre Temple had transformed into a Divine Sanctuary—a prized realm for training true sect inheritances of the Jin Guang Branch. How could a disturbance in the Bizarre Temple suddenly occur? Nan Lihuo was pinned to the doorway by an immense force, his garments flapping and hair streaming back.

He watched as the entrance to the Divine Sanctuary expanded, eventually engulfing him completely.

In that moment, it felt as if the heavens themselves rotated, whisking him from the temple into the sanctuary. Nan Lihuo wasn’t unfamiliar with the Divine Sanctuary; he’d once reaped great benefits there. However,

Inside now, the entire scene had changed completely.

The Golden Divine Hall erupted in a burst of resplendent light, shattering apart into innumerable fragments.

Nan Lihuo felt as though an invisible force had clenched his heart, nearly crushing it! He could only stare at the temple — its roof overturned, countless glazed golden tiles shattering on the ground.

Then he saw the enraged Heavenly King Statue and the tower charging forth!

Buddha light shone everywhere while murderous intent ran rampant!

And yet…

Nan Lihuo was struck dumb by the familiar sight of a looming figure clad in Thunder Magnetic Armor, gripping a divine staff – his face as imposing as a deity or demon… “Underworld Divine Monkey?!”

Nan Lihuo’s hair stood on end!

Indeed, this was unmistakably the Underworld Divine Monkey!

Years ago in Jin Guang City, among the three most renowned figures of the Underworld – the Ogre, Ma Mian, and the Underworld Divine Monkey – the latter had singlehandedly slain Grandmaster Xue Dufu, shaking countless formidable opponents in broad daylight!

But now… the current Divine Monkey! With such overwhelming aura…

Nan Lihuo could scarcely fathom the magnitude of this power – utterly incomprehensible and terrifying!

A colossal aura filled the entire Divine Sanctuary.

Then Nan Lihuo witnessed an unforgettable scene: the Golden Heavenly King Statue and the supporting tower… shattered by a single blow from the Divine Monkey!

Shattered? BOOM, BOOM, BOOM——!!!

Nan Lihuo tumbled out of the sanctuary, and the entrance sealed shut behind him. Atop the sacrificial altar in the Golden Divine Hall, the Seven-Treasure Reliquary Ruyi Heavenly King Tower’s divine statue let out a cacophony of cracks.

The entire temple’s Heavenly King Statue… exploded into countless fragments!

Scorched remnants flew everywhere.

Roaring winds and swirling currents finally subsided, leaving only Nan Lihuo, visibly shaken.

After a long while, Nan Lihuo’s lips twitched with a bitter realization. “Something big is about to happen!”

Yulian Minor Cavern.

Slowly, Li Che opened his eyes.

The cosmic chessboard that had danced in his eyes vanished, leaving them clear and focused.

He exhaled deeply, stirred from his flight, and glanced at XiXi, whose Yulian divine pattern flickered at her brow.

He could sense her qi surging, with her burgeoning Divine Vision power feeding back into her body, transforming and fortifying her.

Within that divine power lay the force of Yulian – complex and potent. Li Che’s gaze grew troubled.

He raised his hand and gently combed the sweat-matted hair from XiXi’s scalp. Lü Taibai, seeing Li Che fully awake, let out a relieved sigh.

“You’re finally awake.”

“XiXi nearly lost her father,” Lü Taibai remarked.

Li Che offered no further explanation. Regarding the Third Prince’s trial, he had sensed no malice from the start; indeed, if there had been any true murderous intent, Pure Heart Dao Fruit would have revealed it.

Thus, Li Che had not resorted to a desperate all-out assault.

Had he sensed overwhelming hostility, he would have unleashed all five divine seeds in a fierce, all-out strike! But feeling no such malice – and spurred on by the craving of the Dream Celestial Dao Fruit – Li Che decisively accepted the Third Prince’s trial. As expected,

the Third Prince merely wanted Li Che to vent his anger on the Seven-Treasure Reliquary Ruyi Heavenly King Tower and its supporting Golden Heavenly King – nothing more. The fact that the Third Prince himself did not attack was likely due to that very tower.

It was a relic of the Buddha’s domain – its light held no warmth, reminiscent of the ancient Xiao Lingyin Temple where Huang Tuo met his end.

Perhaps the tower’s suppressive power kept the Third Prince in check, just as the Golden Heavenly King Tower in Jin Guang Mansion could not be removed even by Lü Taibai – all because the ruined Bizarre Temple was meant to restrain the Eight-Armed Yulian Furious Third Prince.

Li Che exhaled, a weight settling on his heart. These wicked Buddhas…

In scheming against the Third Prince, they nearly caused his daughter’s demise.

Moreover, the Huang Mei Great Master who had targeted both XiXi and him – claiming a kinship with Xiao Lingyin Temple – stirred a deep, resolute killing intent in Li Che’s eyes.

XiXi seemed safe… The Third Prince had used his burning awakened will and Yulian power to control his dao, which had merged with XiXi’s Divine Vision and even penetrated her inner view – allowing her to break through into Divine Vision.

Lü Taibai briefly explained.

But noticing no change in Li Che’s expression, he understood that Li Che had heard his earlier discussion with the Third Prince. “The Seven-Treasure Reliquary Ruyi Heavenly King Tower held by the Golden Heavenly King truly has ties to the Buddha’s lineage.”

“This setup has been in motion for quite some time. Whoever gains the Purple-Flame Serpent Spear Fire-Tipped Spear from within the tower will have the means to restrain the Third Prince. However… the awakened will of the Third Prince should theoretically counteract that…

Lü Taibai refused to believe that the Buddha’s faction could undermine the Third Prince’s awakened will, while the Third Prince himself appeared utterly defenseless. ‘Temple Spirit Resonance’ might be his countermeasure.

Li Che considered this, his eyes flickering as he spoke gravely.

“XiXi once said that when Temple Spirit Resonance occurs, the Third Prince intends to carve out her bones and flesh. Had she done so then and accepted the inheritance, none of this would have happened.”

Li Che took a deep breath.

The Third Prince had known all along – yet he still made that choice.

That is, without Li Che’s intervention, when Temple Spirit Resonance occurred, the dark regime would have been forced down the path of dismemberment, as per the Third Prince’s design.

But because of his interference, XiXi avoided being dismembered before accepting the inheritance…

Thus, the awakened will of the Third Prince that was slain was in part due to Li Che’s actions.

It was his very will.

“The Third Prince once said that the temple spirit has two wills – one born of death and one of the awakened in life. The temple spirit itself cannot discern which truly belongs…”

Li Che’s eyes shimmered.

“Now that the Third Prince’s awakened will has been slain, all that remains… is the will born of death.”

He seemed to be pondering something.

Li Che pursed his lips.

“Perhaps from today onward…”

“Yulian Third Prince… will become nothing more than a heartless enforcer.”

Lü Taibai trembled at Li Che’s words.

“A heartless… enforcer?”

A chill seemed to shroud Lü Taibai.

For once news of the Third Prince’s awakening spread, top forces from the Great Jing Court, various Divine Sects, the Lie Shen Pavilion, Corpse God Sect, and even the Western Buddhist Lands might unite to assault that Four-Yu Bizarre Temple of Jin Guang Mansion.

For some reason, Li Che’s words sent a shiver down his spine.

Perhaps in the future…

When they attack that Four-Yu Bizarre Temple of Jin Guang Mansion…

It might turn into a bloodbath of corpses!

“Dad… Dad…”

XiXi’s voice trembled with fear.

As she slowly awoke from her slumber, her levitating form drifting downward, just before reaching the ground, Li Che scooped her into his arms.

“Dad… Wow… please don’t die!”

XiXi burst into heart-wrenching sobs.

“XiXi, don’t let your dad turn to black, burnt charcoal!”

Immediately, the fury in Li Che’s eyes softened.

“I’m right here, my child,” he said tenderly.

Perhaps hearing his words, XiXi’s eyes slowly opened. She saw Li Zang without his Divine Monkey mask.

Rubbing her sleep-matted, pudgy hands over her eyes, with long lashes trembling and tear streaks still visible at the corners, she finally broke into a joyful smile.

XiXi clung to Li Che’s neck.

“Dad, hold me.”

Like a koala, she attached herself to Li Che, who gently patted her back.

“I dreamed that you, dear father, were burned to ash trying to save me – that you had truly left me…”

“Oh, XiXi, how heartbroken you must feel. Please, don’t let me go!”

As XiXi spoke, her voice trembled with tears. She truly could not bear the thought of losing her dad.

“Don’t worry, I’ll always be here,” Li Che said, his tone both gentle and resolute.

He would live on, to watch over her as she grew – even if time turned and ages passed, he refused to die. Even Martial Saints who opened the Heavenly Gate lived only a few hundred years unless they made breakthroughs in divinity; longevity was exceedingly rare.

Li Che vowed to find the secret to immortality, ensuring his daughter’s endless life and his own, so that their family might peacefully witness the eternal cycles of day and night.

Hearing the steadfast determination in her father’s words, XiXi brightened visibly, her cherubic dimples deepening and drawing admiring glances. Then –

Suddenly, the entire Yulian Minor Cavern began to sway.

The black Yulian flames, once furious, gradually dwindled like receding tides, converging rapidly into the Yulian divine pattern at XiXi’s brow.

“Ouch!”

XiXi cried out, releasing Li Che’s embrace as she instinctively touched the scorching pattern on her brow. “It’s so hot!”

She was astonished. What was happening?

Yet she could feel that the Purple-Flame Serpent Spear Fire-Tipped Spear in her arms, the God-Slaying Gold Brick at her feet, and the Yulian Fenghuo Jingguang Wheel, all became even more responsive. It was as if she could sense their emotions.

“Yulian Dao Essence?”

Lü Taibai’s eyes lit up, a hint of envy shimmering within him.

That XiXi, so young, had already received the power of Dao Essence – though hidden within her, unable to be wielded, it was crucial for her future ascension to a great divine state.

For many Divine Nucleus Great Gods, a lifetime was spent in pursuit and attunement to Dao Essence.

For any cultivator, Dao Essence is not merely energy; it’s a testament to one’s inner divine path. With harmonious Dao Essence, one can carve out a private cavern of the heavens and embark on the true road to immortality.

“This Yulian Dao Essence within XiXi is dangerous… When she breaks through to the Divine Nucleus Great God realm, it might surge out again.” Li Che frowned as he looked at the eight-armed, three-faced Yulian image hidden deep within XiXi’s inner world, its Yulian Dao Essence locked in a secure divine form.

Lü Taibai nodded.

“The Third Prince’s burning of his awakened will was only to temporarily suppress that Yulian Dao Essence. When XiXi reaches the Divine Nucleus realm, if her mortal body isn’t strong enough… there lies a grave danger.”

“That’s why we must obtain the true Yulian,”

“So that XiXi can refine the incomparable celestial Yulian and secure her future,” Lü Taibai said.

Li Che kept silent. In Jin Guang Mansion…

even if it meant braving mountains of blades and seas of fire, as a father, Li Che was determined to acquire the true Yulian for his daughter. Whoever stands in his way—will be destroyed!

Boom—

Everything around him began to collapse.

Li Che gently set XiXi down and entrusted her to Lü Taibai.

Obedient XiXi did not question why, for she knew that her dad was her hidden superhero! As the Yulian Minor Cavern crumbled and the flames died out,

Li Che’s clenched fist disappeared without a trace.

Heavy clouds gathered, and lightning interwove; the snowflakes drifting from the clouds melted into rain, pelting the earth with a relentless clatter.

On the Grand Plaza of Golden Light Peak,

a heavy silence prevailed as all eyes fixed on a blazing fireball of Yulian flames. Tension mounted, as none could guess what turmoil was unfolding within that fire.

Suddenly, Fang Han Shu, standing with his arms crossed on the Grand Plaza—his form distorting the torrential rain—lifted his head. He saw that the black Yulian flames were gradually dissipating, as if quenched by a downpour, until they vanished completely.

And after the flames faded, two figures—one tall, one small—appeared.

Lü Taibai, his white robes singed in places, his silver hair flying and his face calm, led little XiXi, whose brow bore a Yulian divine pattern, back once more. Whoosh—

At the sight of the two, everyone exhaled in relief.

Even Fang Han Shu, whose back had been rigid, relaxed noticeably.

“Truly worthy of our sect leader— even the Third Prince’s ploys could be unraveled.” On the Grand Plaza, others smiled in relief.

Lü Taibai, holding XiXi’s hand, watched as her qi surged with heat while the Divine Vision that had just been drawn into her inner view continued to reforge her mortal body.

His piercing gaze swept across the scene and landed on the retreating figure of Yue Huanglong fleeing amidst swirling clouds. However, he paid him no heed and continued to hold XiXi’s hand.

In one breath, he slashed through the clouds like a sword. “Young Sect Master Li Nuǎnxi of Qianyuan Divine Sect!” “Entering Divine Vision at six – Condensing the Three Pure Divine Visions!” “A once-in-a-thousand-years blessing for Qianyuan!”

“Congratulations!”

His voice rang like an ancient bell, resounding through every peak of Qianyuan Divine Sect and echoing throughout Daocheng!

Daocheng. Tinglei Alley. Private Workshop Courtyard.

Li Che clenched his fist and reappeared at the center of the courtyard in an instant.

Clad in a dark robe with windswept, raven hair and a rippling aura of qi undulating about him, he sat cross-legged on the ground.

Once the Yulian flames dissipated and the seething heat of the heavens vanished, a biting cold descended as snow began to fall again from the clouds. The storm only intensified.

Before long, a thick blanket of snow covered Li Che as he sat in meditation.

“Inhale——”

Each breath was like a dragon’s roar and an elephant’s bellow! Seated in the quiet midst of the wind and snow, his eyes opened and closed slowly. In the next moment,

the wind and snow that had clung to him vanished without a trace, leaving behind a gentle, shimmering glow in his eyes.

[Dao Fruit: Dream Celestial (lv3 0%)]