As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life Chapter 1657 - 435: Immortal Artisan’s Fifth Molt, Second Type of Primordial Dao Tribulation — The State Preceptor Invites the Underworld to Join Him...
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His heart thundered fiercely, a rush of warmth threading its way inside.
A fearsome force kept surging without end, reverberating endlessly!
This sensation felt utterly familiar to Li Che, like a change he'd never experienced until now!
Similar to the previous occasion with the [Dragon Elephant Vajra] Dao Fruit, upon hitting level 7 heights, Li Che sensed the profound shift in the [Immortal Artisan] Dao Fruit this time.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!
The outstretched arm of the Heavenly Armor soared toward the heavens, appearing to bellow with vitality, breaking free from the lifeless and clever nature of a mere machine creature!
As though it had awakened a spirit, this marked a miraculous evolution.
While climbing upward, fierce winds battered him, lashing at Li Che’s Mo Shan robe without cease.
Golden Smoke streamed from his eyes, as if the entire vista rested on a cloud ocean, overlooking the world's brink, with the Vast Sun ascending and the skies painted in hues for miles on end.
Each blink of his eyes drew him deeper into a wondrous trance, his soul ascending to the skies.
Insights from the Way of Mechanisms and the Divine Sculpture Path detonated in his thoughts like a cosmic explosion right then, swiftly unfolding and flooding outward.
Level 7, Immortal Craft Dao Fruit, Five Sheddings!
Within the depths of Li Che’s eyes flickered a trace of delighted surprise!
Indeed, it was that unexpected delight, since the Immortal Craft Dao Fruit's rise to Divine Sculpture Master had noticeably slowed its progress.
Li Che had yearned to quicken the advancement, yet it proved far from simple, and visiting Divine Carving Ridge to honor his earlier vow, he harbored little expectation.
Even upon witnessing the extended arm Heavenly Armor and the thrilled quiver of the Immortal Craft Dao Fruit, Li Che hadn't anticipated such a breakthrough this round.
Yet surprises strike without warning, arriving when least expected.
For this pivotal moment, the skill Dao Fruit reshaping their family’s fate, lifting them from obscurity, Li Che felt profound attachment and eager hope.
A faint smile tugged at Li Che’s lips.
"Hoo—"
"Sii—"
With every inhale and exhale, the raging winds across the sky appeared to hush near his ears.
In that instant, his spirit quivered, pulled toward the boundless expanse of heaven and earth.
The well-known vast heaven and earth, with its grand presence surging at him, revealed the immense Dao Tree piercing skyward, its limbs sprawling across the firmament.
He spotted the Seven-Colored Glaze Dao Fruit dangling from its branches.
His eyes fixed on the [Immortal Artisan] Dao Fruit, radiant like a blazing sun, the Dao Fruit gently rocking as if stirred by unseen breezes forever.
Bang—
As the Dao Fruit quaked, countless beams of rosy glow erupted, wrapping around Li Che.
A known vision gradually emerged and gleamed in his sight.
The river thundered onward, twisting wildly through the shadowy void, surging like a luminous band, determined to rip apart the gloom.
Amid the river, Li Che beheld a silhouette perched on a massive fish, the creature flicking its tail to glide over the currents.
That silhouette remained remarkably composed, gripping an axe and swinging it casually, as if the void turned malleable, shaping into yet another vivid giant fish that plunged into the time stream, its tail lash propelling it skyward like a carp leaping the Dragon Gate.
It seized the emptiness as raw timber, etched Divine Sculptures, and even infused true vitality into the Divine Sculptures, manifesting a wondrous technique from void to reality!
Li Che, no longer a beginner on the Divine Sculpture Path, knew full well that crafting from nothingness posed immense challenge.
"Yet another powerhouse wielding a Dao Fruit?"
"The lord of the Immortal Art Dao Fruit?"
Li Che’s thoughts held none of the initial astonishment and chaos from years back when first encountering a Dao Fruit Master.
The silhouette astride the river, axe in hand, cleaved the emptiness, using the cosmos itself as carving stock.
Allowing it to be hewn bit by bit, akin to stone or timber, fashioned into blocks, then sculpted within those defined voids.
One statue after another, imbued with infinite Dao Yun splendor, emerged from the spatial essence.
They spanned the heavens and earth, varied in form, as if timeless and unending.
Upon etching the eighth statue, the silhouette halted abruptly.
Its gaze pierced through the cosmos, traversing myriad stars, meeting Li Che’s own stare.
A soft sigh echoed around.
"Art may endure, but people cannot."
"Nine Transformations, nine transformations, never achieved."
Eight statues lined the river, yet the ninth never materialized.
Boom—!!!
The vision shattering before Li Che’s eyes burst apart entirely, like a limitless tempest raging, scattering all, obliterating everything.
Li Che’s spirit withdrew from the sight, but his heart brimmed with sorrow and emptiness, the sorrow and its weight hitting too hard.
Master of Dao Fruit.
He had glimpsed another Master of Dao Fruit.
Maybe, since these Dao Fruit Masters faded and perished, the Dao Fruits came to be, nurtured alongside his daughter, tied through connections, bestowed upon him?
Li Che’s brows knit together, beginning to mull it over, yet grasping nothing, the vast heavens brimming with enigmas, the links beyond his reach.
Hoo—
Misty Immortal Light seemed to pour from his form.
Li Che breathed out long and deep.
Ahead, white radiance gathered, pink mists rising.
[Dao Fruit Level 7, Five Sheddings, Dao Guide (Ghost Axe) Ascension, Dao Tribulation (Primordial Sky Slash)]
Boom—!!!
It resembled celestial thunder booming, resounding by his ear, as if his eardrums might rupture right away.