As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life Chapter 1525 - 407: Fairy in the Painting 4, Dao Guide 10, Ferocious Ink Splatters, Immortal Seed Qilin Enters the Orifice and Opens 8 Gates
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Yet, what did it matter?
He was under the impression that Li Che would never willingly surrender the support provided by a top-tier Great God.
Li Che’s gaze, dark as ink, swept over him. For the first time, a look of surprise—and even a hint of grim satisfaction—flickered in his eyes.
"You refuse to live while kneeling?"
"Then you shall go to your death."
The moment Li Che’s declaration fell,
his five fingers splayed out, and a catastrophic power instantly paralyzed and suppressed Bai Buxi’s soul-capturing body.
The captured soul of Bai Buxi was jolted with terror, and in the following breath, it began to struggle frantically.
Boom—!!!
A rotund, ball-like figure charged in without warning, colliding with Bai Buxi and sending his soul-capturing form tumbling through the air. A pudgy hand clamped onto his arm and, with a sickening tear, ripped it away, releasing a dense, soul-capturing mist.
At that same moment, the two Elders from Heavenly Defect and Earth Defect laughed as they rushed toward the fray.
Han Sixi, Yan Jing, Su Leibao, You Liqing, and a swarm of other captured souls converged rapidly. Their eyes shone with a ravenous hunger as they began to feast upon a top-level Great God!
It was a scene of pure gluttony.
Aside from Gu Changqing and Zhao Chunqiu—the two top-tier Great God-level captured souls who had only recently awakened—everyone joined in. Those two stood by, drenched in cold sweat, maintaining their posture of bowed heads and clasped hands, not daring to make a single move.
Nearly every captured soul took part in this voracious banquet.
They had long craved the essence of such a distinguished captured soul!
However, one captured soul refrained from the feast: Yellow Sword Wine.
Li Che turned his thoughts toward Yellow Sword Wine. With a mere flick of his intent, a treasure bead made of black-gold flesh and blood drifted into the air.
This was the state of Yellow Sword Wine’s captured soul after it had refined the bizarre temple from the Golden Heavenly King Tower—the structure that had once crushed the Four Imperial Upper ranks. Through this, he had obtained the heaven and earth strange object known as the [Four Imperial Upper Temple God Dao Position Pearl].
Though the body and vitality of the captured soul had been offered as a blood sacrifice,
Yellow Sword Wine had not perished. Instead, he seemed to persist in a different state of existence.
"A Temple God?"
Li Che’s mist-shrouded eyes narrowed slightly, as if he could detect the aura of a Temple God emanating from the black-gold treasure bead...
Buzz buzz buzz—
As if reacting to Li Che’s consciousness, the globe of flesh and blood began to vibrate. Strands of black-gold sword Qi started to weave together, ravaging the air surrounding the bead...
And the very fabric of space...
seemed to be sliced open by the black-gold sword Qi radiating from this treasure!
Li Che’s eyes sharpened.
Shattering the void?!
Even if it was only a marginal breach of the void, it still possessed the raw power of a half-step Sword God!
This was merely its state as a treasure bead, before fully manifesting as a Temple God. If the transformation were to be completed...
Would that not mean Yellow Sword Wine could rival the Divine Tribulation realm?!
Waves of emotion surged through Li Che’s heart.
[Origin: An object formed from divinity, Dao Yun, and essence following a god's fall. By sacrificing one's physical form and life force to refine it, one may attain the Temple God Dao Position.]
This was the description provided for the Temple God Dao Position Pearl!
Initially, Li Che hadn't thought much of it.
Attaining a Dao Position to become a Temple God... what was the great benefit?
The Temple God of the Golden Heavenly King Tower, a Four Imperial Upper-level entity, was merely at the peak of top-tier combat strength.
To the current Li Che, what difference did one more top-tier fighter make?
Even a Temple God...
wouldn't change the status quo significantly.
However, Li Che realized he might have underestimated the situation.
"Refined through blood and flesh, inheriting the Dao Position to become a Temple God... so the inheritance is literal. A living Temple God with actual flesh and blood?"
"Does this mean its total power... would surpass those of the deceased Temple Gods?"
Could a Four Imperial Upper Temple God truly wield the power of the Divine Tribulation Realm?
Of course, this depended on a successful gestation period.
Furthermore, such a Temple God could not manifest in the mortal world.
A Divine Tribulation Cultivator in the mortal realm would be hunted by the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations, unable to endure for long. For a Temple God, the restrictions would surely be even more brutal!
But then, Li Che’s eyes flashed with realization.
He possessed Mo City Fengdu!
Inside the confines of Fengdu...
a Temple God could persist!
This implied that within Fengdu, he could maintain a Divine Tribulation Realm Temple God, always ready to drag enemies inside and execute them!
Li Che’s heart thundered against his ribs.
Staring at the black-gold mass of flesh that Yellow Sword Wine had become, he felt a profound sense of excitement.
He eagerly anticipated the moment Yellow Sword Wine would burst from that fleshly sphere and emerge as a genuine Temple God!
"Old Huang, what do you require?"
Li Che questioned.
Fortunately, despite Yellow Sword Wine refining the Dao Position Pearl, the link between Master and captured soul remained intact.
This meant that the Temple God arising from Yellow Sword Wine would remain completely loyal and subservient to him!
A captured soul...
evolving into a Temple God!
He only wondered if the resulting deity would retain the immortal properties of a captured soul.
Such questions could only be answered once the transformation was finished.
Thus, Li Che began to ask what Yellow Sword Wine needed to progress.
Buzz buzz buzz—
The mass of flesh vibrated, sending back a pulse of information.
Li Che’s expression brightened.
"Dao Yun Divine Crystal?"
Li Che’s brow arched slightly.
"Understood."
After offering a moment of reassurance, Li Che turned his attention toward the captured soul of Gu Changqing.
Gu Changqing’s soul approached with deep respect.
"My Lord."
"Are you familiar with the Yun Shen Crystal?"
Li Che inquired.
"I am well aware of it. It is a rare treasure of heaven and earth, birthed only within the mysterious temples located deep in the Strange Que. It is much like a Divine Crystal, but it is infused with Dao Yun."
Gu Changqing answered with complete honesty.
"A mysterious temple in the depths of the Strange Que?"
Li Che repeated, raising an eyebrow.
Gu Changqing became eager to please, saying earnestly: "The Strange Que is vast, often referred to as the Deceit Que Heaven and Earth..."
"Do you think I need you to explain the basics to me?"
Li Che shot him a look. He had no patience for Gu Changqing’s rambling, as the evolution of the Fruit of the Heavenly Dao from Within the Painting was nearly finished.
Gu Changqing’s soul shuddered immediately and spoke quickly: "Master, the Deceit Que Heaven and Earth is split into four distinct zones: the Outer Que, the Inner Que, the Earth Deceit Que, and the Heavenly Mysterious Que..."