As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life Chapter 1642 - 431: The 10 Calamities—Dragon God Painting Overturns the Sea, 9 Infants; 10,000 Witness the Ghost Emperor’s Arrival, Heaven and Earth Reject Him...
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Upon reaching the Level 7 rank foundation, the maturity surged by 5%.
It's fair to call that fairly remarkable.
After all, this involves the Dao Fruit at Level 7 rank, where boosting maturity grows ever tougher.
Crack, crack, crack——
Li Che extended his frame, sensing his muscles and bones crackling with explosive vigor, while robust Qi-Blood churned fiercely.
Xie Yunshen and Zhao Beidou drifted over in deference, gazing at Li Che with deep respect.
"Lord!"
The grin faded from Li Che's features as he stowed the vicious Heavenly Poison Pill and the Nine Revolutions Rising Dragon Pill, letting them hover behind him.
He gave a subtle nod to the pair.
His thoughts stayed linked to the outside realm nonstop.
For this round, Li Che skipped Soul Capturing, and skipping it meant losing the veil over Heaven and Sea.
The Will of Heaven and Earth picked up on the broken tie between the Old Dragon God and the Ancestor Dragon's doom right away, deeming it a true end.
Even if reshaped into a terrifying beast like the Sea Flipping Nine Infants, it counted as a fresh soul, wielding entirely altered might.
Had Soul Capturing been used, the soul would remain unchanged, lingering like those wandering spirits of the cosmos, and thus no doom would stir.
"The Old Dragon God's demise can't stay hidden..."
"Yet it's hardly a concern."
Li Che remarked calmly.
Xie Yunshen gave his feather fan a gentle wave, pondering aloud: "Lord, now that the Old Dragon God has fallen, the Imperial Court stands no chance against the Qian Yuan Divine Sect. Pulling back is their sole path."
"Assaulting the sect to wipe it out is basically out of the question."
"So, Zhao Beidou will guard you as you fight your way free, declaring the Old Dragon God gave his life to shield the Dragon God Lineage's future, allowing you two to escape the Small Cave Heaven." Li Che added with a light smirk.
Xie Yunshen creased his brow: "Should they withdraw... the Emperor will grow wary for sure."
Li Che dismissed it with a lax wave: "Nothing to fret over; the Emperor simply craves the Qi Fortune of every divine sect merged under Heaven..."
"Old Xie, didn't you mention before that the Qi Fortune from the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect, Haoran Academy, Seven Treasures Divine Sect, and such hasn't truly blended into the Imperial Court?"
Li Che inquired.
Xie Yunshen dipped his head, eyes shadowed with intensity: "Yes, those divine sects might feign loyalty, but convincing them to yield their Qi Fortune and abandon the Luck Golden Lotus's care will demand serious work..."
Li Che let out a soft laugh: "Then, once the court forces pull back from the Qian Yuan Divine Sect, have them turn on the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect in Guangling Dao..."
"That'll give the Emperor his due, proving you're still his sharp advisor."
"Claim that in Qianyuan Taoist City, you swayed the Underworld, and now it's ready to ally with you."
At those words, Xie Yunshen's gaze sharpened: "The Emperor might doubt that, though?"
"Fear not, Mr. Lian will fill the Emperor in just right..."
With that, Xie Yunshen broke into a grin, fanning himself softly before bowing with clasped hands.
"Have no doubts, my Lord, I'll pour all my strength into this for you..."
"To claim the world's Qi Fortune!"
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Buzz, buzz, buzz——
Over Qianyuan Taoist City, dark clouds churned and swelled, squeezing to their utmost limit.
The air hung heavy with strain, silence gripping all as eyes locked on the inky gate.
Grandmaster Lv Qiankun from the Qian Yuan Divine Sect let out a quiet sigh: "Sigh, the Old Dragon God... That ancient beast who's endured three millennia, hard not to respect... Battling fate itself, he stretched his lifespan by a decade just to secure his bloodline's survival..."
"Such a shame, that forced extension of destiny won't hold forever, bound to spark shifts."
"The Dragon God Lineage's Qi Fortune... lies shattered at last."
As Lv Qiankun voiced his lament, Fang Hanshu at his side had eyes gleaming with fervor, his chest heaving with wild emotions.
Inside the Small Cave Heaven, the Old Dragon God had wielded his peak strength, summoning a full Disaster Wheel to reveal the might of one disaster and two tribulations.
One disaster and two tribulations outstrips one disaster and one tribulation by a wide margin.
It could easily handle five or six foes at one disaster and one tribulation, even dominating them.
That's raw superiority in calamity power.
Still, the Old Dragon God met his end inside the Underworld's Fengdu, within that Small Cave Heaven.
Who felled the Old Dragon God?
The Underworld Yama?
No way; the Underworld Yama barely held his own against Zhao Beidou, burning through every secret move yet failing to end him...
How could he take down the Old Dragon God?
Rumble——
As the elite powers from every faction felt their pulses race.
The jet-black gate, amid crackling lightning weaves, abruptly swung wide.
Like a mighty blow had forced it apart.
Two forms burst forth at speed, none other than Zhao Beidou and Xie Yunshen, alongside the Dragon God Crown Prince and the three Dragon Sons...
Save for the Old Dragon God, every mighty soul dragged into Mo City Fengdu had broken free.
"Ah——!!!"
"Grandfather!"
The Dragon God Crown Prince wept crimson tears, and bursting from Mo City Fengdu, he dropped to his knees in the void, sobbing heartbrokenly.
Zhao Beidou's visage was deathly pale, fresh blood trickling from his mouth and nose without cease.
He kept up the act, of course, ensuring the show rang true.
"Go!"
With a waxen pallor, Zhao Beidou scooped up the Dragon God Crown Prince and the rest, dashing back to join the court forces.
Xie Yunshen collapsed onto the battleship, swaying unsteadily, his expression utterly dour.
"Old Dragon God... rest easy!"
"For the Dragon God Lineage, I, Xie Yunshen, vow to watch over it! Depart without worry!"
Xie Yunshen balled his fists tight.
Gu Qianchi, spotting Xie Yunshen's return, saw the strain in his gaze melt away at once, exhaling heavily.
The Old Dragon God's fall had him fearing Xie Yunshen and company would perish too.
But this outcome beat his worst fears.
"Grandmaster Gu... Dragon God Senior clashed with the Earthly Ghost Emperor to cover our escape and perished utterly in that Small Cave Heaven..."
Xie Yunshen sounded profoundly mournful.
Gu Qianchi's core quivered faintly.
"Earthly Ghost Emperor?"
Wasn't it the Underworld's King Yan?!
The Underworld... harbors a new powerhouse?!
A whirlwind of astonishment battered Gu Qianchi's mind; the Underworld... boasted yet another titan?
No surprise, then, that even a legend like the Old Dragon God tumbled inside.
What in the world is this Underworld, brimming with such fearsome strength?!
Xie Yunshen's face twisted in sorrow as he eyed the Fengdu Gate hanging in the sky.
"Beyond King Yan stands the Earthly Ghost Emperor..."
The words hung in the air.
Gu Qianchi sensed a shift.
He whipped his head around to stare.
There, the Fengdu Gate in the heavens yawned open once more, as if boundless shadows spilled forth in that instant.
Gu Qianchi's scalp prickled, a sense of looming catastrophe crashing down.
At the same moment.
Lv Qiankun, Fang Hanshu, and the other Qian Yuan Divine Sect powerhouses narrowed their sights.
Look.
The Fengdu Gate flared wide.
The gloom receded, giving way to a torrent of violet radiance flooding out.
A blaze of purple flames roared.
Beneath that purple inferno gleamed a golden cranium.
A pair of orbs, abyssal as the Nine Nether Eyes.
Below stretched the classic black robes of the Underworld, billowing in the wind.
The silhouette loomed tall before the Fengdu Gate.
Arms folded.
Gazing down on creation.
Those vacant, cold eyes brimmed with scorn for all life under heaven and earth.
Earthly Ghost Emperor!
Beneath myriad stares.
The Earthly Ghost Emperor lifted his gaze, casting a look at the thunderous black canopy above.
Then he strode forth from Fengdu's threshold.
Emerging from the gate's rear into this plane, the dread tribulation force erupted from those violet fires.
As though clashing utterly...
With this entire realm!
Abruptly...
The skies shifted hue!
The world repelled!