As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life Chapter 1670 - 438: As a Soul Capturer, You’re Teaching Me How to Do Things? Gathering Qi Fortune to Form a Grade-12 Golden Lotus of Mountains and Rivers [Monthly Ticket Requested]...
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Splashing noises—
The clanging of chains rings out without end, just like a spectral vessel carrying tormented spirits sailing across the Yellow Springs of the Nine Netherworld.
Countless chains drape over the vessel, with anguished souls writhing against their bonds.
Li Che's profound voice booms forth, carrying the unyielding command of the Netherworld's sovereign.
This makes the spectral ship gradually descend with a selected soul in its grasp.
Swift currents rush like the churning waters of the Yellow Springs, bubbling fiercely as pale bones surface from the depths.
In Mo City, dark rain falls without stop, gathering into shallow pools on the ground.
As that profound voice, echoing from the depths of the Netherworld, reverberates through Mo City, a shadowy figure begins to rise slowly from the pooling black liquid.
Following the barren, soulless realm of the underworld, a shadowy torrent drifts in, blending seamlessly with the soul of Gu Yinxuan that was seized from the murky flow.
Atop Li Che's head, the Dao Tribulation Fire blazes steadily, his eyes gleaming with an otherworldly intensity.
As he observes Gu Yinxuan, now successfully retrieved after shattering the chains, a spark of contemplation lights up in Li Che's gaze.
Could these be soul retrievals from the Netherworld?
Is he wielding an early form of soul-binding divine techniques to challenge the Netherworld's overlords for control over souls?
Does reincarnation truly exist in this realm?
With every soul pulled back, he strips away the Dao Yun from the Netherworld and merges it, allowing persistence in this mortal plane...
"Dao Yun represents the core of the Dao, born with life and lingering beyond death... Cultivators at the Divine Tribulation Realm temper the Dao Yun, drawing upon the might of heavenly calamities."
"The emergence of soul-capturing arts demands two kinds of Dao Yun..."
"The Dao Yun of life comes from the living world, whereas the Dao Yun of death... must be snatched from the Netherworld, finally combining them to grant the Dao Yun of life and death."
Li Che pondered deeply.
Grasping Dao Yun serves as the path to surpassing the Divine Tribulation Realm.
However, Li Che's progress in the Divine Embryo phase remains insufficient, even after his tireless recent efforts in cultivation and constant absorption of divinity from the Three Pure Ones Divine Crystal, which has just managed to elevate his Heaven and Earth Spirit Bright True Ape Divine Embryo to the Three God Transformations stage.
He's still distant from the Four God Transformations of the Great God Realm.
Therefore, for Li Che to delve into Dao Yun at this point feels a bit too soon.
In reality, advancing past the Tribulation Realm involves not just seizing Dao Yun, but rather establishing one's Dao Position amid the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations.
Humming—
The retrieved soul of Gu Yinxuan stirs, his eyes fluttering open with a tangled look, as he stares at the Netherworld Ghost Emperor standing before him, his features twitching in thought.
Netherworld Ghost Emperor...
It's him after all!
From the reports that reached him, the Netherworld Ghost Emperor... is nothing more than a young man of twenty-five or twenty-six, far from reaching the Divine Tribulation or Martial God Realm.
But the Netherworld Ghost Emperor's form, isolated from the world, coupled with the ominous calamity aura radiating from him, truly sends chills racing through Gu Yinxuan's body.
Confusion swirls in Gu Yinxuan's eyes.
Li Che extinguishes the Dragon-Elephant Flame crowning his head, his stare settling calmly on Gu Yinxuan.
"If submission doesn't appeal to you, feel free to walk away."
"I'm offering you a chance to back out."
"Because if you won't yield, someone else certainly will."
Li Che states this with cool detachment.
When it comes to binding souls, Li Che never falls behind.
Stubborn?
Refusing to bend leads straight to oblivion!
Gu Yinxuan isn't naive; the intel he's received helps him quickly assess his dire situation.
Besides, just before his demise, Li Che's words had shaken him profoundly.
By pledging loyalty to Li Che, he could witness the divine tide that arises only once in countless ages!
"This lowly one, Gu Yinxuan, offers his respects to the Lord!"
Without a second thought, Gu Yinxuan bows in allegiance, dropping to his knees!
Even as a Divine Tribulation powerhouse at the One Calamity and Two Tribulations level, prostrating before a youth of twenty-five or twenty-six stirs no reluctance in him.
The main reason is that Li Che had slain him utterly, even at the height of his power.
So why hold out any longer?
Outclassed in every way, surrender is only natural.
"Excellent."
Li Che grins, delighted at enlisting two Divine Tribulation experts, including the remarkable Gu Yinxuan, which fills him with satisfaction.
His mood soars.
Gu Yangxuan draws near as well, soaked in perspiration, still haunted by his idiotic actions from life.
Scheming to turn Li Nuanxi into a human elixir...
What an utter...
Folly!
Yet Gu Yangxuan could never have imagined that the immense might of the Netherworld relied on just one individual, a man who appears so unassuming!
Who would have guessed such a thing?!
Gu Yangxuan collapses to his knees, and though he's a Divine Tribulation cultivator, fear grips him tightly.
Li Che's dark robes billow, his thick hair whipping wildly.
Gazing down at the prostrate Gu Yangxuan, sweat dripping endlessly from his brow, Li Che's eyes hold no warmth, his pupils as bottomless as an endless void.
Toward Gu Yangxuan, a trace of disdain flickers in Li Che's expression.
Daring to plot turning his daughter into human medicine?
To devour and refine her?
Such notions repulse Li Che entirely.
Since they repulse him...
Then Gu Yangxuan has no place remaining.
But prior to that, Li Che has duties to fulfill.
"Open your Qiankun Cave Heaven."
Li Che demands firmly.
At the Divine Tribulation Realm, treasures are no longer kept in Qiankun Jades but housed within the personal Qiankun Cave Heaven one forges.
Gu Yangxuan rips open his Qiankun Cave Heaven right away, laying it out before Li Che, all while staying bowed low on the ground, sweat flowing freely, locked in endless obeisance.