As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life Chapter 1675 - 439: I Come Bearing Heroes—What Say You? Sneaking Off to Meet the Training Emperor Xi Xi
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If the Divine Fetus manages to manifest, it signifies reaching the Great God realm.
For Li Che, this undertaking presents considerable challenges, given the immense potency of his Martial Immortal Golden Body.
He sat cross-legged inside the study.
A grin formed on Li Che’s lips, as breakthroughs invariably spark delight in the soul.
Three days had elapsed, marking the appointed time when Lv Qiankun, Lv Taibai, and their companions were set to journey toward Qi Tian City.
Li Che’s robe, adorned with a golden lotus pattern, billowed gently in the breeze.
A notion surfaced in his mind.
He stepped into the Tao Tribulation Space.
At present, he commanded two forms of Tao Tribulation: the Primordial Dragon Elephant Flame and the Primordial Sky-cutting Storm...
Treating them equally, Li Che dove into the refining force unleashed by both Tao Tribulations!
BOOM—!!!
Torment, thrill, destruction, shredding...
Under the relentless assault from the dual Tao Tribulations, Li Che stood firm, unyielding as unshakeable stone.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
Within the study, divine essence flowed like surging waves and rolling tides.
Li Che collapsed onto the wooden floor, his gaze empty as he fixed it on the ceiling above.
A single tear appeared to softly trace the edge of his eye.
Before his eyes, radiant glows danced and shimmered.
[Tao Tribulation: Primordial Dragon Elephant Flame (3%), Primordial Sky-cutting Storm (1%)]
Primordial Sky-cutting Storm!
At last, Li Che had fully grasped this essence of the Tao Tribulation!
The second form of Tao Tribulation power under his control!
Li Che brushed away the tear at his eye’s corner, flipped himself upright, and rose to his feet. As the disorienting agony slowly receded, clear thought reclaimed command over his form.
An elated grin spread uncontrollably across his face.
His five fingers extended, humming—
In an instant, a thread of azure wind swirled at his fingertips, manifesting as a pure gust.
Rip—
A single gust sliced across, tearing space apart without delay. Boundless void yawned at the rift, lingering unclosed for ages, its dread severing might poised to slice through all existence!
It severed everything in reach: divinity, atmosphere, void, radiance, even awareness and the senses—all fell to its blade!
Gazing upon this azure Sky-cutting Storm, a subtle gleam ignited in Li Che’s eyes.
Could this Tao Tribulation essence merge with the Thousand Mountains Solo Divine Blade, that Divine Seed Martial Art, and elevate it straight to... an Immortal Seed?!
It ought to... work, surely?!
Thousand Mountains Solo Immortal Slaying Blade!
With that idea sparking, Li Che’s feelings surged wildly, his mind buzzing with heightened fervor right then.
"The fusion of Tao Tribulation and Divine Seed might create Immortal Seed Martial Arts!"
"The Primordial Dragon Elephant Flame can be integrated into Myriad Transformations Dragon Elephant, this Divine Seed Martial Art I created, to become Immortal Seed Martial Arts!"
Li Che’s spirit churned with fervor, and even the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit quivered intensely in that instant, flooding his mind with sharp insights into the martial dao!
Wasting no time, Li Che promptly ventured into Mo City.
He set about experimenting with merging Tao Tribulation into martial techniques, aiming to raise their tier.
A soft rain pattered lightly over Mo City.
"Ah hahaha—I died again!"
Letting out a booming laugh, far off, Gu Yinxuan amid his poison refinement transformed into toad-like hide, swelling in spots before erupting with a "pop," dissolving into toxic vapor.
After what felt like ages, he reformed his Soul Capturing form and picked up refining the deadly [Three-legged Golden Toad Pendant] once more.
Li Che cast a brief look his way, then pressed on with his martial practice, long grown used to such scenes.
This marked the eighth occasion Gu Yinxuan had perished to his own poisons.
Crafting toxins proved an perilously hazardous pursuit.
Leave the perilous tasks to the experts, and let them perish in the line of duty.
Gu Changqing had absorbed the Soul Capturing essence of Gu Yangxuan, and truth be told, after devouring merely one-third of Gu Yangxuan’s Soul Capturing, he’d already met the threshold for Divine Tribulation breakthrough.
The leftover two-thirds from Gu Yangxuan fell to Grandmaster Huang Mei, Heavenly Defect, and Earth Defect.
Regrettably, only Huang Mei hit the mark for Divine Tribulation advancement.
Huang Mei, being at half-step Divine Tribulation already, found the leap far simpler.
Meanwhile, Heavenly Defect and Earth Defect fell short on their groundwork, mostly depending on joint techniques to achieve half-step Martial God fighting strength.
Huang Sword Wine’s Temple God Meat Ball throbbed steadily, hungering for Dao Yun Divine Crystals.
Li Che understood he required Dao Yun Divine Crystals of the Three Pure Ranks; those of the Four Imperial Taoist variety wouldn’t suffice for Huang Sword Wine.
To evolve Huang Sword Wine into a full Temple God, they might need to seek solutions in Qi Tian City.
Whoosh—
Gu Changqing abruptly snapped his eyes open: "Lord, I’m about to break through the realm!"
With a resounding cry, Gu Changqing soared skyward, yet shortly after, his expression twisted in dismay.
For Gu Changqing realized he hadn’t yet commanded the Power of Tribulation.
Unlike Grandmaster Huang Mei, who wielded the Shenxiao Thunder Dao Position and thus soared into it upon breakthrough, bypassing the Divine Tribulation entirely.
Soul Capturing advancements sidestep the Dao Position quotas.
When Li Che observed the aftermath of Grandmaster Huang Mei’s ascent, he couldn’t help feeling profoundly impressed.
Soul Capturing stood as a truly audacious invention.
It defied destruction, and its breakthroughs evaded Dao Position limits.
One must recall, the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations... impose strict quotas on Dao Positions: each Calamity allows three, each Tribulation three.
Thus, across the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations path, a mere thirty-six slots exist overall.
And for figures like Gu Yangxuan and Gu Yinxuan, once their Divine Tribulations descend and morph into Soul Capturing, their prior Dao Positions open up.
Yet as Soul Capturing, they retain Divine Tribulation might, along with command over Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations forces...
In essence, Soul Capturing emerged as something of a rule-breaking anomaly.
Still, for a Soul Capturing like Gu Changqing, lacking a Divine Tribulation breakthrough, gaining Dao Position or wielding the Power of Disaster remained out of reach.
Li Che halted his martial drills, pondered briefly, and snapped his fingers.
A violet Primordial Dragon Elephant Flame erupted forth, streaking toward Gu Changqing.