Chapter 514: Rebirth of the Third Prince Temple Spirit

Wuwuwuwu––

Crimson streams of light bathed the entirety of Jingguang City; blood-red clouds intertwined, like countless bolts of sanguine lightning intertwined with chains of order, roaring and clashing incessantly!

Fierce winds howled as torrential blood-red rain fell—a terrifying sight, as if hell’s flowers were blooming, fracturing heaven and earth, heralding an oncoming doom!

“Hahahaha––”

A deafening laugh erupted from that little punk with his hands on his hips; his jet-black hair, black vest, and black flames merged into a dark lotus.

Entirely shrouded in black, he exuded an awe-inspiring divine aura—a tremendously powerful spirit force that surged wildly, shaking the entire Bizarre Temple with its vast reach!

Every gaze converged upon the center of that blooming dark lotus, where a young figure stood, stretching as if yawning at the universe. The enormous black lotus swirled, distorting and shattering space!

Wuwuwu––

Countless lost souls howled; deities and spirits escorted their dead, as if the wills of innumerable divine beings, fresh from death, were screaming in defiance—struggling to break free, roaring to the cosmos!

This was the divine that had once perished at the hands of the Third Prince Temple Spirit, known as the Bloodiest Killing God of Yulian.

Within Jingguang City of the Sanqing Bizarre Temple, many cultivators, who had rushed in seeking opportunities, found their minds and bodies frozen; every hair on them stood on end as they trembled.

A divine spirit!

Has been reborn!

The Third Prince Temple Spirit has risen once more from death!

A potent divine will swept across the entire sky; the entire Bizarre Temple trembled, and space strained as if on the verge of shattering. It was as if the sharpest, purest blade had slashed through flesh, dislodging every frozen hair and splattering blood!

Even the top experts of the Pantheon within Bizarre Temple, who had long awaited the rebirth of the Third Prince Temple Spirit, now felt an icy dread and suffocating pressure.

They couldn’t shake the fearful thought that waiting for the reborn Third Prince Temple Spirit before acting… might be an all-too-bold mistake!

That terrifying divine will roiled in all directions along with the swirling dark lotus, relentlessly sweeping like a tidal void.

Even Li Che, with his mingled golden aura and blood, felt a piercing chill.

The murderous intent of the Third Prince Temple Spirit was so intense it blurred the line between friend and foe!

Even Li Che seemed engulfed in this murderous intent; perhaps everyone except XiXi would soon suffer under its divine killing force!

Li Che gripped his Thunder Demon Three-Pronged Twin-Edged Blade tightly. His golden aura surged as his inverted purple-gold hair flowed like mist, while the gleam in his Star Plucking Gaze aimed squarely at the Third Prince Temple Spirit.

The Third Prince appeared to have sensed something as he turned his gaze toward Li Che.

Li Che’s body and mind shook violently!

What kind of eyes were those!

They were cold, ruthless, and brimming with murderous intent—a look of unyielding fury that seemed less divine and more like that of a heartless killing machine corrupted by darkness!

Is he one of the deities of Yulian?

Unlike the resurrected Qitian Great Sage in Qitian City, his style was entirely different.

Qitian Great Sage was all about dominance, recklessness, and overwhelming power.

But this Third Prince Temple Spirit exuded pure mercilessness, coldness, and lethal ruthlessness!

Compared to the Qitian Temple Spirit, his killing intent was far more intense!

Yet, the Third Prince’s gaze soon shifted to XiXi, who was undergoing a transformation—from the Divine Essence Golden Pill realm to the Divine Transformation stage.

Li Che’s heart pounded with tension.

After all, the Yulian Curse—despite his efforts—could hardly be nullified except by strengthening XiXi’s mortal body.

Back then, when the Yulian Curse broke out due to the schemes involving the Buddha’s Golden King Tower, the Third Prince Temple Spirit’s straining divine will helped suppress it. But during the Divine Transformation stage, it was XiXi’s great calamity!

This outbreak of the Yulian Curse was even more terrifying than the first!

Li Che had helped XiXi to gather the Qiankun Ring and Hun Tian Ling, assembling the complete divine weapon set of the Third Prince Temple Spirit—all for today.

So that XiXi’s mortal body could withstand the power of the Yulian Curse!

Now that Li Che’s cultivation had advanced and his comprehension far exceeded before, he knew the so-called Yulian Curse was a high-level energy—

Not unlike the immortal aura of a Martial Immortal!

Its power was fearsome and enigmatic, a top-tier energy in the world!

But XiXi’s frail mortal body was utterly incapable of controlling the Yulian Curse—as if a newborn infant had picked up a divine weapon that could slice through iron and even hair, only to wound itself.

The Third Prince’s eyes flickered with a mysterious gleam.

“Daughter of Yulian…”

Gazing at XiXi, who was surrounded by the many-armed, unyielding Yulian Divine Transformation aura, the Third Prince’s eyes revealed a trace of complexity.

“So it is you… my rebirth still depended on you.”

He exhaled softly.

He shifted his neck slightly as the black flames on his body writhed like serpents, while his dark, lustrous hair began to fly upward.

In the next moment, his eyes suddenly burst forth with a lotus pattern, scanning the four directions of Jingguang City.

From within the mists emerged the revived deities of various pantheons.

He bared his fanged smile, his tiger-like teeth gleaming with murderous intent!

“You think you can take advantage of me just after my rebirth, before I’ve had a chance to absorb energy, when my power is at rock bottom, and try to force my hand to end me?”

“And even using the Daughter of Yulian as bait to coerce me into re-igniting my divine flame, do you really think that will work?”

“As expected, the scheming of those ancient relics remains unchanged after all these years! Even after countless divine tides, you still behave the same way!”

“Since you dare to come!”

“Then all of you shall… die!”

Roar––!!!

At his feet, the dark lotus rapidly bloomed, with scorching flames swirling like a fierce dragon, relentlessly surging in all directions!

Boom––!!!

Simultaneously, from the four corners of Jingguang City, terrifying divine auras descended in torrents.

From the Dark Heavenly Court came two principal divine generals—one clad in golden armor, the other in silver—traced with majestic Daoist Marks. Behind them, divine flames ignited to form a radiant halo, bursting with dazzling brilliance!

These two divine generals, ablaze with divine fire, appeared fully resurrected. Their overwhelming divine auras descended, subduing space as if a single misstep would shatter the heavens!

In another direction, a vast Buddha light poured down; its brilliant rays slashed the sky like a sharp sword, rending it with deep fissures!

Seven layers of golden pagodas emanated a mesmerizing, dazzling glow!

A monk in a golden robe drifted out from the mist, seated in midair. Surrounded by rays of Buddha light and emerging from a conflagration of divine fire, he exuded a chilling, ruthless aura!

Buddha has always embodied peace and nobility—the embodiment of compassion and salvation. But now, Buddha shone with murderous intent, as if descending from the depths of the inner Bizarre Temple!

“You wretched spawn! This time, you will know eternal damnation!”

In a thunderous Buddha voice that vibrated like sound waves, the great Buddha deity bellowed as the void trembled.

In yet another direction…

The void exploded as demonic energies surged, twisting into the shape of a gigantic golden toad. The toad transformed into human form, its body engulfed in divine fire while casting a massive golden shadow.

From another direction, true dragon deities of the ancient Dragon Clan emerged from the mist in four heads, spitting out orb after orb. The orbs, shrouded in divine fire, burned and warped the void!

……

Rumble––!!!

The divine auras cascaded downward as if the void itself could bear no more, on the verge of collapse!

All of Jingguang City fell into utter darkness as the blazing divine fire burned, snuffing out all light and leaving an oppressive, suffocating atmosphere!

Even the supreme figures of every faction felt the overwhelming oppression.

As for the cultivators scrambling for resources, they were plunged into despair.

They had suspected that the battle surrounding the rebirth of the Third Prince Temple Spirit would be brutally fierce, but never imagined it would be this catastrophic!

So many divine beings had actually converged.

What a terrifying calamity of massacre this would be!

For many cultivators who had reached the divine calamity in the mortal realm, they had never witnessed so many deities appear simultaneously in their lifetimes!

For them, even the supreme beings were the pinnacle of existence—and here they saw numerous deities emerging!

Strands of Li Che’s hair, imbued with Daoist Marks, burst forth in a dazzling purple-gold display, swirling wildly as if a weight of mountains pressed down on his back.

So many deities…

Even Li Che felt an overwhelming heaviness and repression in his heart.

This array…

They were not all here solely for the Third Prince Temple Spirit—they might also be here for XiXi, the Daughter of Yulian!

Even though the Daughter of Yulian was still young, barely at the verge of Divine Transformation.

They dared not take any chances; divine beings with blazing divine fire had personally come from the depths of the Bizarre Temple, from beyond the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, to coerce the Daughter of Yulian into forcing the Third Prince Temple Spirit to re-ignite his divine flame and perish!

Li Che, with the Thunder Demon Three-Pronged Twin-Edged Blade in hand, radiated murderous intent in his eyes.

Even though he had prepared a backup plan, he could still feel the immense pressure—each breath growing harder to take.

There were simply too many…

The number of deities sent by the enemy surpassed Li Che’s wildest expectations.

He had assumed perhaps three or four divine beings would intervene, but the number of those ignited by divine fire far exceeded his estimates.

From the Dark Heavenly Court came two, from Hei Xumi came one, from the Xie Yao Cave came one, and from the Four Seas Dragon Clan… four!

A total of eight divine beings!

Eight divine beings indeed!

In the mortal realm, over a span of several thousand years, one might never see even one such divine presence!

Yet now, eight divine beings emerged, with eight blazing divine fires rising toward the Heavenly Dome, like eight radiant suns—so dazzling as to chill the heart!

“That is the Dragon King of the Four Seas Dragon Clan. The feud between the Dragon Clan and the Third Prince, akin to a blood vendetta, cannot be dissolved.”

“After learning of my failed rebirth—my divine flame being extinguished by fate’s guillotine—the deities of the Four Seas Dragon Clan in Bizarre Temple must have all rushed out in unison.”

The voice of the Young Dragon Emperor, heavy and resonant, declared.

Li Che’s heart sank—had his plan backfired?

To slay a Young Dragon Emperor had instead summoned four Dragon Kings!

“Surely, this must be because the Dragon Emperor of [Zulong Di] sensed the death of his subordinates, and through Bizarre Temple, transmitted his immortal will, ordering the simultaneous strike of four Dragon Kings!”

“Beyond the inner Bizarre Temple lies the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, which is part of Bizarre Temple’s true core—a desolate, forsaken land where the will of heaven and earth is depleted, where chaos reigns without the need for order, where the immortal ascendant stands alone as if to replace the will of heaven.”

The Young Dragon Emperor spoke gravely, “Immortal deities cannot meddle in the mortal realm; they cannot enter the inner and outer Bizarre Temple where they blend with mortals, yet they can issue their immortal edicts.”

At these words, Li Che nodded and exhaled slowly.

Plans cannot always account for every change; everything is subject to flux. If every detail were predictable, life would lose its brilliance and meaning.

“In that case… let us fight!”

“There is no turning back!”

Li Che’s eyes narrowed; he would never yield when it came to his daughter.

Boom––!!!

An overwhelming, terrifying divine might surged downward!

“You wretched spawn! Surrender immediately!”

A thunderous voice shattered the air as the towering Pagoda Buddha of Hei Xumi bellowed. His eyes blazed as divine might descended in torrents—countless sequences woven of Daoist Marks forming a colossal Buddha hand, slamming toward the Third Prince standing atop the dark lotus!

That blow seemed capable of splitting heaven and earth, as chains of Daoist Marks raged and roared!

Li Che’s heart pounded—compared to the Young Dragon Emperor with his recently rekindled divine flame, these divine beings blazing with full force were aggressively brutal!

Today’s battle would likely be even more savage than he had imagined!

……

……

“It has begun!”

In one corner of Jingguang City,

Su Da moved gracefully, her nine tails swirling wildly behind her as she flashed a beguiling smile.

Behind her, Lü Litong lay crumpled on the ground like a clump of mud, completely drained of strength.

“The demonic deity from the Xie Yao Cave—a Three-Form Golden Toad! This toad bears the bloodline of an immortal deity! He is a descendant of the Immortal Emperor Toad of the Xie Yao Cave!”

Su Da’s eyes glimmered with a cool white light.

Suddenly, she turned her head and gave a wry smile toward the limp, muddy figure of Lü Litong behind her.

With a flick of her tail, she coiled around Lü Litong, swaying her hips as she strode toward the center of the battle.

Lü Litong trembled in terror, unsure where the newfound strength had come from as he struggled under the overwhelming divine might.

“Aaahhh… demoness, what are you doing?”

“Let me go! Get me out of here—to Handiao Temple, save me!”

Lü Litong struggled violently.

The silent follower, Han Sixi, had been keeping quiet up until now—his five fingers clenched as Martial Immortal aura erupted in an instant.

But Su Da sneered, “What a loyal dog you are.”

She pressed down with one finger.

Within Bizarre Temple, she grew ever more unrestrained.

The terrifying pressure directly sent Han Sixi crashing to the ground, blood spewing from his mouth as he neared collapse.

“A pathetic Martial Immortal! Did you really think you were as formidable as Li Che, a mortal Martial Immortal? Even Li Che, as a mortal Martial Immortal… without the aid of the will of heaven and earth, is nothing more than an ant before him!”

Su Da smiled lightly.

Her fox-like tail curled, covering Lü Litong’s mouth.

Then,

Su Da narrowed her eyes seductively; her slender, enchanting legs paused as she stared off, deep in thought.

Because…

She saw someone over there…

A figure in white, leading a big black dog!

Her body trembled; instantly, every pore on her fair, flawless skin contracted and her hairs stood on end!

Impossible!!!

A man in white leading a dog!

How could this be?!

How could he appear here?!

No, the Third Prince Temple Spirit had only just been reborn—how could this…appear?

Behind Su Da, countless wisps of white energy converged, forming a fox-like eye that fixed intently in that direction.

The white-clad youth’s features were shrouded in mist, his countenance indiscernible.

Yet his calm and indifferent gaze swept over, and Su Da felt as if the white fox spirit behind her suddenly exploded.

Her whole body trembled as blood seeped from her mouth and nose.

“Impossible… it can’t be him…”

“No, it isn’t him—it’s that damn fat dog!”

Su Da could no longer see the white-clad figure leading the dog; she looked dazed and despondent, her beautiful face filled with loss as she murmured.

Everything… is in chaos…

Utterly chaotic!

……

……

Rumble––!!!

At the instant the great battle erupted, the qi within Jingguang City transformed, boiling over as divine power surged wildly—an unbridled ferocity!

Cultivators barely dared to absorb divine qi, terrified that the roiling energy might shatter their mortal bodies!

They quickly ceased their absorption and watched from afar this awe-inspiring, once-in-a-lifetime, horrific battle.

This was a divine war more brutal and resplendent than the battle in Qitian City!

Truly… a godly battle!

Eight divine beings launched a coordinated assault on the newly reborn Third Prince Temple Spirit!

After all, in the battle in Qitian City, Qitian’s unexpected resurrection had caught the Pantheon by surprise. Many had hoped to see Qitian’s remains interred, but instead…

Qitian had already risen, leaving the Pantheon’s forces utterly unprepared—those who tried to act met only a gruesome end as they became nothing more than blood sacrifices for Qitian’s power!

Now, facing the Third Prince of Yulian—the ruthless killing god Nezha of Yulian—the Pantheon dared not underestimate him, dispatching eight divine beings to attack!

Not giving him any chance to escape, they sought to obliterate all life!

Boom––!!!

A massive Buddha hand, carved with exquisite details and surging with divine light, spread out overhead the blooming dark lotus!

The Third Prince coolly glanced upward, folding his arms. At his feet, two jets of black flames erupted, coalescing into two pitch-black fire wheels that spun at high speed, tearing at the void!

Like a black divine spear, it shot upward and slammed into the golden Buddha hand with brutal force!

Then––!

A crisp crack rang out!

On the Buddha hand, ripples spread out like concentric waves from a stone tossed in water!

Soon, the Buddha hand was pierced, and countless shards of golden light scattered!

Raising his five fingers, the Third Prince summoned interwoven black flames that coalesced into a slender, serpent-like spear—the Purple-Flame Serpent Spear Fire-Tipped Spear—its form completely black!

The true nature of the Fire-Tipped Spear lay within XiXi’s body; the Third Prince, in a display of unyielding resolve, condensed it with black fire!

“Baldy, you’re asking for death!”

“Hei Xumi’s Pagoda Arhat?”

“I’ll kill you first!”

Black flames roiled behind the Third Prince as he raised his chin, his eyes cold and devoid of emotion.

Not in the least intimidated by his recent rebirth or his weakened state, he showed no sign of fear or retreat.

In a split second, he launched a ferocious counterattack with uncanny speed. In the blink of an eye, his dual wheels roared as they tore through the void, materializing beside the Pagoda Buddha.

With a defiant thrust of the Fire-Tipped Spear, he tore open the fabric of space—pure power unleashed, devoid of divine qi, resonating with the ultimate Daoist harmony!

“You thought that because I had just been reborn and hadn’t absorbed any energy yet, you could threaten me and suppress me with your pressure?”

“Who exactly do you think you’re looking down upon?!”

Boom!

A terrifying surge of black flames swept over the heavens, like a dark sun rising. A massive black fire lotus erupted around him—wild and untamed, as if the void itself could not contain it and was pierced through by his spear!

In the hands of the Third Prince, the Purple-Flame Serpent Spear Fire-Tipped Spear unleashed an unparalleled might—an awe-inspiring display of divine power!

From a seven-tiered pagoda, divine light was summoned. The void trembled like shredded cloth as it was forcefully repelled, colliding with the spear thrust.

In that collision, roaring winds and shockwaves erupted, while the breaking chains of Daoist Marks resounded mightily, straining as if about to shatter!

The seven-tiered pagoda’s divine radiance dimmed, and cracks appeared on the golden Buddha’s palm as if divine blood—like precious pearls—continued to cascade down.

“No wonder the Third Prince, the Killing God of Yulian, draws his strength primarily from his divine weapon. With his divine weapon alone, he can unleash a formidable, domineering power.”

“Luckily, since your weapon fused with XiXi’s body to aid in consolidating her strength against the Yulian Curse, otherwise… if you possessed the complete divine weapon set, then we eight deities wouldn’t have held you back.”

Hei Xumi’s Pagoda Arhat wiped the wound from his palm, dismissed the black flames, and glared at the Third Prince as he spoke gravely,

“As expected, this is tricky. Everyone… act according to plan!”

“Dragon Kings of the Four Seas, come assist me!”

“And the Golden Toad deity from the Xie Yao Cave, come help!”

“We can’t waste any time! The Bizarre Temple brims with divine qi—the longer we delay, the harder it will be for the Third Prince to handle!”

The monk from the Pagoda Buddha thundered, his voice booming with authority!

With his tongue laced in Buddha light and his voice like rolling thunder, he rose from his seated posture, hurling the pagoda amidst a cascade of golden radiance. His five fingers clenched as if a divine Buddha was about to strike!

“Hahaha––!”

From the mist emerged four Dragon Kings, their divine aura personifying majestic authority. Clad in robes of four colors with horns pointing skyward, they brandished four dragon spears and surged forward, as hundreds of Daoist Marks rained down in a wild frenzy!

In a single moment, five divine beings converged to blockade and charge at the Third Prince!

“Ribbit, ribbit––!!!”

A toad’s bellowing roared, evoking a heart-stopping scene as it descended from the heights.

It was the Three-Form Golden Toad from Xie Yao Cave, its presence exuding the formidable bloodline of the Immortal Emperor Toad!

With a swift motion at his waist, a golden divine whip cracked like lightning, sealing off the Third Prince’s angles as it lashed out with blinding speed!

Within mere moments, six divine beings struck the Third Prince with relentless force, aiming to subdue him by denying him any escape!

“Hmph, the two principal divine generals—handle the Daughter of Yulian over there,”

The Buddha-like arhat roared, his gaze filled with fury.

“Alright.”

From the mist, two divine generals emerged, their bodies veiled in cascading Daoist Marks. With a wry smile, they descended.

It appeared this was the plan they had long devised—to coerce the Third Prince into re-igniting his divine flame by using the Daughter of Yulian as leverage!

The Third Prince was simply too powerful!

Even freshly reborn, he could face off against six divine beings using his divine weapons!

After all, in his past life he wielded terrifying immortal combat prowess!

He was truly the Killing God of Yulian among the deities!

These divine beings at the divine flame stage could only hope to suppress the Third Prince by striking now!

Had the Third Prince been at the peak of his power, even without fully restored immortal strength, he could have approached Nirvana and crushed them as easily as snuffing out a flame.

At this thought, the six divine beings redoubled their assault with all-out might!

When lions hunt rabbits, they use every ounce of their power—and these weren’t even lions; they were fighting for a lion, albeit a wounded one!

Elsewhere,

The two principal divine generals of the Dark Heavenly Court descended from above Jingguang City,

Striding toward XiXi, who was enduring the Yulian Curse as she underwent Divine Transformation,

The unyielding, cold Ha God extended his gigantic divine hand—a hand formed from swirling divine qi—aimed at capturing XiXi!

Then suddenly,

Ha God’s brows furrowed as the divine flame halo behind him trembled violently.

The massive divine hand burst apart!

“So you dare to touch my daughter…”

“Did you even consult Li Che?”

A voice, both cold and burning with resolve, echoed throughout Jingguang City like a titanic shockwave!

Everyone gasped as they watched Li Che standing before the divine hand of the two heavenly deities of the Court, feeling that this mortal Martial Immortal…

Has truly lost his mind!

“Li Wuxian… you must be insane!”

“These are two divine beings, and not some reborn temple god like the Young Dragon Emperor—they are burning with divine flame and wield true divine authority, bearing hundreds of Daoist Marks!”

“He’s as good as doomed… truly doomed…”

Suddenly, someone spoke.

“He may be a Martial Immortal, but he’s also a father.”

At these words, many fell silent; the once terrified expressions turned complex and somber.

The two imposing divine beings of Ha God, resplendent in golden and silver armor and radiating brilliant divine aura, stared at Li Che, who now blocked the divine hand.

“Looking for death.”

Ha God’s voice was flat as he declared.

A divine edict shook the void with a deafening roar!

Daoist Marks clung to that hand as it smashed toward Li Che, intent on killing him outright!

Yet Li Che roared defiantly, facing the divine blow head-on. He dared not hold back; he had to fight with all his might.

His back resounded with a dragon’s roar, echoing through the nine heavens!

Seven swirling vortices of qi, like seven blazing suns, formed as the seven Qimen Immortal Seeds were simultaneously invoked!

His Martial Immortal Golden Body surged to its limit, and even the Thunder Magnetic Conduit activated, as streams of dark-gold lightning entwined around him!

Boom––!!!

A single punch met the divine blow of the blazing deities!

In that split second, the skies above Jingguang City seemed filled with a terrifying fist of energy!

The Myriad Transformations of Dragon Elephant Furnace!

A torrential surge of qi coalesced, erupting with the brilliance of a blazing sun—a wild, pure, and violent force that shattered the void as a massive qi furnace emerged!

A roar like that of a divine dragon and demon elephant echoed!

Boom––!

A devastating clash between fists and divine blows ensued as the mortal Martial Immortal Li Che met a divine fist head-on!

Shockwaves rippled; before the sound had even spread, countless fissures began to form in the space overhead as tumultuous waves of energy surged in circles!

Like stormy seas and overflowing torrents, these layers of energy raged outward from Jingguang City in every direction!

Many supreme cultivators watched in horror, while the Three Calamity Supreme cultivators broke into cold sweats!

Is this mortal Martial Immortal Li Che?

How in the world could he be so strong?!

Fortunately, none of the Three Calamity Supreme intervened. Had they acted, it would have been a death sentence!

Li Che had concealed his true power so well all along. If those headstrong cultivators recklessly attacked, they’d likely be torn apart by his fists!

So cunning—truly no less than a powerhouse from the Underworld!

But…

At this moment, many powerful cultivators, their bodies marked by blood, refused to budge even a step despite the overwhelming shockwaves.

Their eyes burned with determination as they observed this epic clash— the unyielding will of a Martial Immortal, and the furious divine might as they battled!

Whether it was a First Calamity breakthrough, Second Calamity ascendancy, or Third Calamity supremacy, they were all transfixed, fixated on the mortal Martial Immortal clashing with the divine!

“He actually blocked it?”

Ha God’s heart skipped a beat—he couldn’t believe that Li Che had actually halted his divine assault!

No wonder on Dragon Island he had once forced the Young Dragon Emperor into a fury that set divine flame alight—all to uphold the dignity and honor of a true deity!

At that moment, Ha God trembled with anger and indignation.

Being stopped by a mortal? It was both shameful and humiliating!

Beside him, Ha God’s silver-armored companion smirked slightly.

“Need a hand?”

Ha God laughed.

“No need—you go capture the Daughter of Yulian. Bring her to force the Third Prince to reignite his divine flame and quash his rebellion in this divine tide!”

“In earlier divine tides, the Daughter of Yulian would have already reawakened, her murderous prowess reaching terrifying heights. Now, with this unexpected turn, it is the opportunity for us deities!”

“Seize this chance and ensure Yulian’s ambitions are utterly shattered!”

“This mortal Martial Immortal… leave him to me—I’ll…”

“Kill him!”

Ha God’s voice turned grim.

Clad in resounding golden armor, he clenched his fist as a divine spear fell into his grasp. With a sudden, resolute stomp toward the imposing divine figure, he surged forward against Li Che!

Elsewhere,

Ha God roared with laughter—a booming, echoing sound that carried resplendent Daoist Marks, relentlessly surging and spreading outward!

It was like a vast net, rushing to encircle XiXi amid her transformation as she withstood the Yulian Curse!

Li Che’s left arm trembled; his back twisted as a torrent of force burst out.

In that instant, his mind stirred.

He was about to signal for the hidden Young Dragon Emperor to intervene.

But…

Li Che felt a flicker of surprise and delight.

He saw Ha God’s overwhelming aura, which had been advancing to ensnare XiXi, suddenly stall mid-air. Every knot in that grand net twisted into small vortices, holding it back.

Then,

A faint sound of a sigh, like a soft lament, arose between heaven and earth.

It spread like a torrent, sweeping over Jingguang City.

Above XiXi’s head, as if lightning had erupted, the void was cleaved by an exquisitely sharp divine edge; the edges of the crack resembled clusters of dark Tetris-like blocks,

with ripples of distorted space expanding steadily.

A mysterious figure, cloaked in misty celestial qi, emerged atop a vast Xuan Turtle from a gap in the void, calmly walking out.

“How dare the deities of Bizarre Temple bully an eight-year-old girl. I simply cannot stand it any longer.”

A gentle, serene voice spread calmly throughout the void.

The old man who had appeared from atop the Xuan Turtle, known as the Human Grand Inspector, looked on in slight astonishment.

“Human Grand Inspector…”