As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life Chapter 1711 - 447: Temple God Resonance of the Qi Tian Mysterious Temple, How to Satisfy the Ten Thousand Demon Emperor Dao Fruit [Monthly Ticket Requested]...
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The Fighting Prison Lotus Demon Saint Qi Tian Mysterious Temple!
A quiver ran through the flesh and blood at the center of the forehead.
Brilliant golden radiance burst from the Star Plucking Pupil, as though it was delving into the profound secrets of the cosmos.
Amid the swirling beams of light, a hazy silhouette appeared trapped inside, writhing fiercely, bellowing in fury, and letting out anguished cries.
A torrent of demonic energy barreled outward, boundless divine essence roared to life, and immense Dao Yun cascaded endlessly!
Myriad divine enigmas exploded into view!
Seated in a meditative pose atop the Flying Sword, Li Che's wild locks whipped about like streaks of dark thunder, his garments billowing noisily, and his gaze flickered with a touch of bewilderment.
The wide-eyed youth who had first left Fei Lei City behind was a thing of the past.
Having laid eyes on the Three Pure Ones Mysterious Temple of The Queen Mother of the West in the Divine Capital, and even daring to enter it to claim a Ten-thousand-year-old Peach, Li Che had reaped immense rewards and undergone a profound change.
Yet this marked his initial encounter with a genuine Three Pure Ones Mysterious Temple.
After all, the Imperial Court had shrouded The Queen Mother’s Mysterious Temple in secrecy, concealing its exact whereabouts, whereas the Qi Tian Mysterious Temple stood apart.
It lay exposed without restraint, perched boldly upon the expansive plains, with waves of demonic energy, divine power, and Dao Yun spilling forth unceasingly from this timeless metropolis.
"This is Qi Tian City—"
Not just Li Che felt astonishment from his perch on the Flying Sword.
Xi Xi, Yun E, Zhou Peng, and the rest of the younger group were beholding this ancient city for the very first time too, overwhelmed by a crushing aura of intimidation.
It felt like an immense blow had struck straight at their cores.
The Prison Lotus Divine Pattern on Xi Xi’s forehead quivered, causing her eyes to shine even more intensely.
Next to her, Yun E pressed her lips together tightly, while Zhou Peng let out a soft breath as he rested on the Flying Sword.
Even after both had shifted into Soul Capturings, Li Che refrained from controlling them, allowing the pair of youngsters to move as they wished, which left Yun E and Zhou Peng, in their Soul Capturing forms, feeling far more at ease and lifelike, almost entirely human.
In the past, Zhou Peng would have struggled to rein in his feelings, with the Temple God’s moods seeping in to sway him, potentially forcing his real shape to emerge without warning.
These days, though echoes of the Temple God’s presence still rippled through Zhou Peng’s mind, they came without the taint of its malevolence.
"Qitian..."
Zhou Peng whispered under his breath.
Lv Qiankun, Lv Taibai, and Fang Hanshu clearly weren’t strangers to Qi Tian City.
Each of them had visited before to hone their skills in this famed stronghold.
"The Qi Tian Temple, known fully as the Fighting Prison Lotus Demon Saint Qi Tian Mysterious Temple, stands as a Three Pure Ones Mysterious Temple that once radiated unparalleled splendor, bolstering the Equal Heaven Temple and dominating nearly half the realm..."
"During its heyday, the Equal Heaven Temple boasted multiple Divine Tribulation powerhouses in residence, with whispers of a Two Calamities Realm Divine Tribulation Venerable hidden away in the temple’s Mysterious Que, granting it a spell of dazzling prominence."
Lv Qiankun ran a hand over his beard and let out a heavy sigh, his gaze laced with tangled emotions from having lived through those times.
Back then, the Qian Yuan Divine Sect had yet to take shape, and even if it had, it would have paled into irrelevance beside the might of the Equal Heaven Temple.
Li Che turned his eyes toward Lv Qiankun, curiosity sparking as he inquired: "Grandmaster, what caused the Equal Heaven Temple to crumble into obscurity?"
"With such a host of mighty figures dwelling there, how did it fade away so abruptly? By rights, a Two Calamities Divine Tribulation’s longevity ought to sustain it for millennia..."
Lv Qiankun gave a slow shake of his head: "It’s a mystery to me, though most powerhouses suspect the Equal Heaven Temple’s downfall ties back to the Mysterious Que—compared to that abyss, our current era truly seems frail."
Lv Qiankun drew in a deep breath: "Deep inside the Mysterious Que, in its Inner Sanctum, lurk demonic beings warped by divine corruption, along with Temple Guardian Cursed Corpses that have ascended to the Divine Tribulation Realm, to say nothing of the fearsome Temple Guardian Curse Corpse Kings..."
"No matter Equal Heaven Temple’s prowess, it crumbles before the Mysterious Que’s onslaught... The temple was erected in tandem with the Fighting Prison Lotus Demon Saint Qi Tian Mysterious Temple, so should the Mysterious Que unleash its fury, not even the mightiest Divine Sect could endure."
Lv Qiankun perched steadily on the Flying Sword, his robes snapping sharply against the gusts.
"Thus, countless powerhouses, upon attaining peak might, plunge into the Mysterious Que to clash with its innermost terrors, only to grasp that... the power of our world isn’t authentic might—true power resides solely within the Mysterious Que."
"Naturally, the Heaven and Earth Will of our era wields its own dread might, so even Two Calamities and Three Calamities Divine Tribulation Supremes hesitate to challenge it and venture inside, forming the ultimate shield for our realm."
Li Che’s mind stirred faintly at these words, and he lifted his gaze: "The ultimate shield of our realm?"
To many cultivators, the force of Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations loomed as a dire constraint, with Divine Tribulation experts alike despising and dreading it like venomous serpents.
But from the Grandmaster’s lips, this Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations forged by the Heaven and Earth Will emerged as the realm’s ultimate safeguard?
Lv Qiankun inclined his head: "A few perceive the truth, while others remain blind..."
"Absent the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations... all those Mysterious Temples surfacing in our time would run rampant unchecked, letting Temple Gods wander the mortal plane at will..."
"Though Temple Gods count as fallen divinities, imagine their dominance over everyday folk if they strode freely across the land?"
"Wouldn’t even Martial Saints scatter like insects before a prowling Temple God?"
Lv Qiankun shook his head once more.
"The Heaven and Earth Will safeguards this world—restrictions, at times... serve as a kind of safeguard."