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]...

When he caught sight of the Black Bull Demon God Venerable.

A notion surfaced in Li Che’s thoughts: granting this Black Bull a role among the Ten Fiends inside the Ten Fiends Ink Painting.

Indeed, a Two Calamities Demon God Venerable possesses the right credentials for such a spot.

At the very least, ever since the Sea Flipping Nine Nether underwent alteration by the First Fierce Old Dragon God, Li Che had ceased to view the one disaster one tribulation level of the Demon Race as noteworthy. The slot for the second fierce demanded no less than a one disaster three tribulations realm.

Yet, this posed no major issue, since the Ten Fiends could still amplify their strength through consuming demon souls.

As a result, Li Che generally chose only those that caught his interest and whose fighting prowess remained reasonably solid.

To Li Che, the Ten Fiends Ink Painting resembled Soul Capturing in function, yet paired with the Divine Skill “Demon Immortal Nine Revolutions” derived from the [Emperor of Ten Thousand Demons] Dao Fruit, it promised unforeseen benefits.

Serving as one of his key aces, the Ten Fiends Ink Painting merged with Demon Immortal Nine Revolutions could deliver a tremendous surge to Li Che’s battle strength.

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

Qi Tian City had fallen under Demon Race control for five centuries, rendering it fully enveloped in a vast ocean of demon energy. Additionally, a subtle enigmatic mist swirled about.

This enigmatic mist originated from the depths of the Strange Que; though not genuine Strange Que, it held the ability to block the scrutiny of heaven and earth’s will.

Positioned cross-legged 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, the Black Bull Demon God Venerable had dispatched a Demon God to monitor him, though such efforts barely troubled Li Che.

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

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

Rumble——

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

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

So, as he awaited the Dao Fruit’s evolution.

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

During the clash with the Heavenly Crane Demon God, Li Che had refrained from deploying the Tao Tribulation Power, depending purely on the Martial Path, and amid the strain, he ultimately unlocked the Martial Arts Heavenly Gate of the Martial Saint Four Transformations.

Nevertheless, this differed from how other Martial Saints pursued Divine Martial.

For practitioners of Divine Martial, the Heavenly Gate’s opening would unleash a torrent of vast divinity from beyond the gate...

This divinity served to cleanse and reshape the flesh, fostering transcendence and renewal.

Thus forging the shift to a supreme pinnacle state, readying one for the assault on the Divine Tribulation Realm.

By contrast, upon the opening of Li Che’s Golden Heavenly Gate, what cascaded forth was qi-blood—immensely pure Martial immortal qi-blood!

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

The qi-blood, refined to utmost purity, relentlessly propelled Li Che’s advancement along the Martial Path, making his qi-blood boil fiercely.

The intensity of that boil was so profound that merely unveiling the heavenly gate propelled Li Che’s qi-blood potency to match the explosion of seven Qimen Divine Seeds.

True, it fell just short of detonating eight Qimen Divine Seeds.

Still, this represented only the starting qi-blood, achieved without Li Che igniting any divine seed at all. It was easy to foresee that, should he detonate divine seeds as well, Li Che’s qi-blood would balloon to inconceivable heights!

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

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

Rumble——

Li Che extended his five fingers, clenching softly, as the clamor of sinews and bones echoed through.

Sensation spread across his frame, revealing in the meridians of his arms an increasing array of golden specks, expanding their reach.

The resilience and might of his physique had risen markedly; naturally, this stemmed also from Li Che’s foundation being robust enough to endure the deluge of qi-blood unleashed by the Heavenly Gate’s complete activation, enduring the body’s erosion under oppressive force, and harnessing that force for self-refinement.

Li Che released a breath, and right away in the courtyard, fierce winds twisted together, howling like a rushing flood.

Others would unseal their heavenly gates with utmost care, cracking them ajar to guide the divinity with precision.

But Li Che, in bold supremacy, flung the Heavenly Gate fully open, letting the Martial Immortal qi-blood rush down unchecked.

Were it anyone else, they would surely have been crushed by this qi-blood, their forms shattering apart.

With a mere notion, a ray of light drifted languidly before his gaze.

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

In his ears, roars of dragon and elephant thundered, having attained lv7 in the Dao Fruit, pushing for yet another upgrade would prove exceedingly arduous.

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

“It is becoming increasingly difficult to improve.”

“If the Nine Transitions of the Dao Fruit were to prove even more difficult... it would be quite a challenge.”

Li Che shook his head lightly, unavoidably thinking back to the Dao Fruit’s evolution, those mighty individuals who once commanded the Dao Fruit, bemoaning the trials of the Nine Dao Fruit Transformations.

With eyes closing subtly, the maturity surge in the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit triggered Instant Enlightenment Feedback.

Li Che had been gathering these Martial Path-related realizations during his use of Instant Enlightenment Feedback.

At this moment, activating this Instant Enlightenment Feedback could propel him forward rapidly, potentially enabling the completion of the Thousand Mountains Solo Sky-cutting Blade’s shift from Divinity Transformation True Martial to Immortal Seed Martial Arts.