As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life Chapter 1728 - 451: Unprecedented Dual Dao Fruit and Fourfold Metamorphosis, Handcrafted Nuclear Blast in the Underworld—Trading a Birdshot for a Cannon [Monthly Ticket Requested]...

Upon encountering the Black Bull Demon God Venerable.

An idea surfaced in Li Che's thoughts: assigning this Black Bull a spot within the Ten Fiends of the Ten Fiends Ink Painting.

Indeed, a Two Calamities Demon God Venerable possesses the right to claim such a spot.

At the very least, since the Sea Flipping Nine Nether underwent transformation under the First Fierce Old Dragon God, Li Che had ceased to view the one disaster one tribulation level of the Demon Race as noteworthy. For the second fierce position, a minimum of one disaster three tribulations realm was necessary.

Yet, this issue posed no major hurdle, given that the Ten Fiends could still amplify their strength through the absorption of demon souls.

As such, Li Che usually chose only those that caught his interest and displayed sufficient battle prowess.

For Li Che, the Ten Fiends Ink Painting resembled Soul Capturing in nature, yet pairing it with the Divine Skill "Demon Immortal Nine Revolutions" derived from the [Emperor of Ten Thousand Demons] Dao Fruit promised astonishing outcomes.

Serving as a key secret weapon, the combination of Ten Fiends Ink Painting and Demon Immortal Nine Revolutions could deliver a tremendous surge in Li Che's fighting ability.

Within the courtyard, currents of air began to stir gently.

Having fallen under Demon Race control for five centuries, Qi Tian City appeared utterly enveloped in a vast ocean of demonic energy. Additionally, a subtle enigmatic mist swirled about inside it.

Originating from the depths of the Strange Que, this enigmatic mist—though not genuine Strange Que—possessed the ability to block the scrutiny of heaven and earth's will.

Seated in a cross-legged position in the courtyard, Li Che maintained a grave mindset as the Heaven and Earth chessboard materialized overhead, warding off any external probes.

Beyond the courtyard walls, the Black Bull Demon God Venerable had stationed a Demon God to observe him covertly, though this barely troubled Li Che.

Not even a Demon God at the one disaster two tribulations stage could breach the Heaven and Earth chessboard to catch a glimpse of his doings; the outcome would remain unchanged even if the Black Bull Demon God Venerable appeared personally.

At present, the Chess Saint’s Dao Fruit had advanced to lv6 level, enhancing its potency considerably and enabling Li Che to surveil others while rendering it nearly impossible for them to surveil him.

Rumble——

Inside his chest, a strand of demonic energy drawn from the Heavenly Crane Demon God failed to disrupt the ongoing evolution of the [Emperor of Ten Thousand Demons] Dao Fruit.

This evolution demanded some duration, which Li Che found perfectly tolerable.

Therefore, during the wait for the Dao Fruit to evolve.

Li Che rose to his feet and reviewed his Martial Path.

During the clash against the Heavenly Crane Demon God, Li Che refrained from employing Tao Tribulation Power, depending entirely on the Martial Path, and amid the intense strain, he at last unlocked the Martial Arts Heavenly Gate in the Martial Saint Four Transformations.

Nevertheless, this differed from the approach of other Martial Saints who cultivate Divine Martial.

For cultivators of Divine Martial, the opening of the Heavenly Gate would allow a vast influx of divinity to cascade from it...

Such divinity served to cleanse and reshape the flesh, attaining a state of sublime elevation and change.

In turn, this forged them into genuine supreme pinnacles, readying them to challenge the Divine Tribulation Realm.

By comparison, upon the unveiling of Li Che’s Golden Heavenly Gate, an outpouring of qi-blood emerged—martial immortal qi-blood in its purest form!

It appeared as if a Martial Immortal meditated behind the Golden Heavenly Gate.

This qi-blood, utterly refined, persistently propelled Li Che's advancement along the Martial Path, igniting a wild torrent in his qi-blood.

The intensity of that torrent meant that merely parting the heavenly gate propelled Li Che’s qi-blood potency to match the explosion of seven Qimen Divine Seeds.

To be sure, it fell just short of the force from bursting eight Qimen Divine Seeds.

Still, this represented only the starting qi-blood; without exploding any divine seeds, Li Che had already attained this might. It was easy to envision how, should he detonate divine seeds as well, his qi-blood would balloon to inconceivable heights!

This formidable qi-blood relentlessly tempered the Martial Immortal Golden Body, granting Li Che’s Martial Immortal Golden Body a further enhancement.

[Dragon Elephant Furnace: Martial Immortal Golden Body (12%)]

Rumble——

Li Che lifted his five fingers and clenched softly, evoking a thunderous symphony from his muscles and bones.

Sensation spread across his frame, revealing in his arm meridians a growing array of golden gleams, expanding their reach.

His body's resilience and power had risen markedly, naturally owing to Li Che's already robust constitution, capable of enduring the deluge of qi-blood that erupted fully from the Heavenly Gate, enduring the erosive pressure on his form, and harnessing that pressure for self-forging.

Li Che released a breath, and at once, in the courtyard, fierce gales twisted together, thundering like a raging flood.

While others parted their heavenly gates with care, cracking them ajar to guide the divinity with precision.

Li Che, in contrast, flung his Heavenly Gate fully agape with supreme audacity, unleashing the Martial Immortal qi-blood to cascade mightily.

Were it any other person, this qi-blood would doubtless have overpowered them, shattering their bodies in an instant.

With a mere notion, a ray of radiance drifted languidly into view before his gaze.

[Dao Fruit: Dragon Elephant Vajra (lv7,18%)]

In his ears, echoes of dragon and elephant roars boomed, as the Dao Fruit hit lv7, pushing for the next elevation turned exceedingly arduous.

Even so, this instance of unveiling the Heavenly Gate and felling a Demon God yielded merely a 3% maturity boost, causing Li Che to furrow his brow faintly.

"Improvement is getting harder and harder."

"Should the Nine Transitions of the Dao Fruit turn out even tougher... it will pose a real test."

Li Che shook his head lightly, unavoidably thinking back to the Dao Fruit's past evolutions, where mighty beings who once bore the Dao Fruit bemoaned the trials of the Nine Dao Fruit Transformations.

As he softly shut his eyes, the maturity gain in the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit triggered Instant Enlightenment Feedback.

Li Che had gathered these Martial Path-related enlightenments through prior uses of Instant Enlightenment Feedback.

At this moment, activating this Instant Enlightenment Feedback might propel him forward in leaps, perhaps enabling the shift of the Thousand Mountains Solo Sky-cutting Blade from Divinity Transformation True Martial to Immortal Seed Martial Arts.