As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life Chapter 1752 - 456: Divine Monkey Shines Before Qitian Temple; Temple God Resonance—Three Knocks on the Monkey’s Head [Monthly Ticket Request]

This marked the inception of Xi Xi's metamorphosis, heralding the launch of her developmental path.

Upon securing the Third Prince Temple God's legacy, she appeared inexorably linked by destiny to the All Gods Camp inside the Deceit Que.

Li Che found it hard to judge whether this proved a boon or a misfortune.

Presently, Li Che had arrived to confront the Temple God Resonance himself.

Li Che remained uncertain if this Qitian bore any relation to the entity from his previous life's recollections, yet with the opportunity for interaction at hand, he chose not to decline and resolved to attempt it.

"Heart-following Gold Iron Divine Rod..."

Countless eyes riveted upon the Divine Monkey that bore the golden Divine Warrior Treasure Stick.

The Great Supervising Minister's Heavenly Mechanism Prediction held widespread recognition. Legends spoke of a fierce competition for the Heart-following Gold Iron Divine Rod, which ultimately ended up with the Underworld Divine Monkey.

Observers anticipated that the Underworld might pass the Heart-following Gold Iron Divine Rod to a mightier being for this Temple God Resonance.

To their surprise, the Underworld persisted in assigning the divine rod to the Divine Monkey, enabling its participation in the Temple God Resonance.

The Qitian Temple God Resonance, dormant for five centuries, diverged sharply from the earlier Third Prince Temple God Resonance in Golden Light Prefecture.

Power levels indeed formed a vital factor in the equation.

From the chained, ferocious humanoid silhouette visible to all, a hint of the challenge emerged.

A veil of enigmatic mist billowed upward, accompanied by an eerie creak.

Beneath the Inner City's walls, the long-barred portals gradually parted, unleashing a torrent of mysterious fog!

It morphed into a blasting wave, surging outward from the Inner City.

Suddenly, before the city gates, the mysterious fog's thickness intensified without cease.

It twisted and contorted, forming a Deceit Que Heaven and Earth, yet laced with an enchanting allure.

The Inner City's already ajar gates started to fade into obscurity.

Three hundred zhang!

All participants found themselves pushed back to three hundred zhang distant, right before the mysterious temple's three hundred zhang boundary...

This designated the inviolable domain of the Temple God Resonance.

The zone inside three hundred zhang served as the trial ground for the Temple God Resonance. Successful resonance permitted entry into that three hundred zhang radius.

Failure to resonate with the Temple God barred entry.

Such criteria extended to every strange temple.

During Xi Xi's trial at the Third Prince’s Mysterious Temple's Temple God Resonance, she encountered identical scrutiny.

At three hundred zhang before the strange temple, the mysterious fog undulated.

Even the Black Bull Demon God Venerable of the Two Disasters Realm seemed to diminish in stature amid this vast, mysterious fog.

The mysterious fog churned, as though a dreadful entity inside peered outward.

Humm, humm, humm—

A resonant hum emanated from the Inner City's depths.

Dong—

Instantly, it resembled the tolling of an ancient Divine Bell on a snow-capped peak, unleashing cascades of avalanches and relentless surges.

Li Che and everyone else sensed their forms beginning to dissolve.

The nearby humans and demons receded into remoteness, engulfed by the mysterious fog and vanishing entirely.

All present understood.

This represented the Three Pure Bizarre Temples enveloped in mysterious fog.

The Temple God Resonance...

Had formally commenced!

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Lv Taibai's locks whipped about fiercely, his feelings roiling as his environment blurred.

He recognized the Temple God Resonance's initiation. Amid the hazy vista ahead, he advanced boldly, plunging into the mysterious fog.

Not all strange temples provided the chance for a Temple God Resonance trial.

It depended on serendipity, typically accessible only right after a strange temple's awakening.

For any cultivator, this presented a rare, irreplaceable moment, given the elevated odds of claiming the Temple God’s inheritance via the Temple God Resonance.

"Equal Heaven Temple..."

"Could my Qian Yuan Divine Sect rise to become the next Equal Heaven Temple?"

Lv Taibai shook his head with a bitter grin.

"Not even close... Without the Underworld's aid this time, the Imperial Court would have shattered the Qian Yuan Divine Sect, razed its peaks, obliterated the sect, and wiped out its Taoist heritage."

"Thus, I have to attempt it, I must strive..."

Lv Taibai drew in a profound breath and charged into the mysterious fog.

Yet upon crossing the threshold, the vista before him shifted dramatically.

Cool moonlight bathed the scene, where a diminutive monkey clad in human attire cocked its head, eyeing Lv Taibai with bright, lively orbs brimming with intrigue and longing.

"Do you know the Transformation Technique?"

The monkey inquired.

Lv Taibai froze in surprise.

As a modest Sword Cultivator versed only in slashing and cutting, Transformation Techniques lay beyond his expertise.

Thus, the forthright Lv Taibai shook his head.

The little monkey, upon hearing this, displayed instant dejection in its gaze.

"If you lack knowledge of the Transformation Technique, how could you resonate with me at all?"

The little monkey stated.

In the following instant, the monkey's form quivered, expanding explosively to a staggering scale, while the earth trembled and the Daoist Temple crumbled with force.

Its tail thrashed madly as it morphed into a Mixed World Giant Ape, looming ten thousand zhang tall, colossal like a demon deity!

A protracted roar escaped it, whipping up savage gales that splintered space incrementally in its bellow's aftermath!

Lv Taibai witnessed the entire scene before him dissipate.

The mysterious fog eddyed.

Lv Taibai blinked open his eyes, bewildered and disoriented.

He glanced around, spotting not just himself but several fellow cultivators materializing too.

They lingered at the strange temple's three hundred zhang limit, unmoved by a single step.

Lv Taibai, silver tresses streaming, murmured a soft sigh: "No resonance whatsoever..."

Fang Hanshu, clutching the Holy Sage Book, cast a composed look at Lv Taibai: "Fighting Prison Lotus Demon Saint Qitian Temple God demands four key elements..."