As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life Chapter 1788: 464: Opening the Coffin to Find the Great Saint's Remains, Personally Placing the Equal to Heaven's Face on the Great Saint
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With the Fang Family Ancestor’s return, stability will be fully restored!
All those beings greedily eyeing Qi Tian’s remains—every one of them—must meet their end!
Yet right now, Li Che decides to hold back and wait.
He has another matter demanding his attention first.
Buzz—
Li Che stood in front of the stone coffin, a timeworn and plain casket resting silently at the core of the Mysterious Temple.
He raised his eyes toward the rear of the Mysterious Temple, where a statue of the Temple God’s Divine Sculpture perched upon an altar.
Still, this Temple God Divine Sculpture lay entirely hidden by the thickest Mysterious Fog, rendering the figure beneath utterly invisible.
Even so, through the drifting mist, one could make out finely etched armor details: lock armor, golden silk robe, cloud boots, flowing cloak, and a pair of soaring Phoenix Feathers, vaguely discernible!
The longer he stared at the divine sculpture, the stronger the crushing pressure he sensed, like a pair of blazing eyes piercing through the Mysterious Fog to fix on him.
The full Equal to Heaven’s Face quivered faintly.
It felt pulled; a powerful draw toward the Equal to Heaven’s Face poured out from that ancient stone coffin.
This legendary weapon now brimmed with awakened divinity.
That was precisely why Li Che avoided clashing with the five Second Calamity Divine Tribulation Venerables and headed straight for the stone coffin to grasp the moment.
A daring and fervent plan burned fiercely in Li Che’s mind.
These rival factions sought Qi Tian’s body, aiming to snatch the Great Saint’s remains from Qitian Temple and block his resurrection.
Why not flip the script, as Li Che pondered?!
Let Qi Tian…
…rouse ahead of schedule!
Could it work?
No clue; Li Che had no idea what approach might rouse Qi Tian.
Yet if all these factions’ deities believed Qi Tian could revive, then revival must be feasible—maybe under specific triggers, or simply not quite yet?
Regardless, Li Che resolved to attempt it…
Truth be told, a spark of eager thrill stirred deep inside Li Che; he yearned to learn if this world’s Qi Tian linked to the Qi Tian from his past life’s legends?
The myths across both lives mirrored each other strikingly—the Third Crown Prince, Saint Manifestation True Monarch, Tian Peng, Qi Tian… even the Four Heavenly Kings—all evoking deep familiarity for Li Che.
Could hidden truths lie at the crossroads of these twin mythologies?
And might it…
…guide him back to his original world?
Feasible?
Should a way back emerge, Li Che would gladly bring Xi Xi home for a glimpse; that realm, unlike this chaotic one, offered true peace.
There, as a Martial Immortal, Li Che could stride freely without constant wariness—few threats loomed, not even planes or cannons could harm him.
Thus, he could peacefully witness his daughter’s growth.
Tsk—
Li Che let out a quiet breath, golden flames suddenly blazing in his eyes.
Within his chest, the Immortal Craft Dao Fruit quaked!
The Equal to Heaven’s Face, fused to his flesh, abruptly split open with tearing skin, unveiling the Star Plucking Pupil between his brows!
Boundless scrutiny, piercing illusions to reveal reality!
His vision swung from the fog-veiled Qi Tian Divine Sculpture to lock onto the ancient stone coffin.
The coffin appeared profoundly aged and weathered, its simple carvings rough like hasty work, marked by chisel scars without refinement, as if slapped together for burial.
Raw and unadorned.
Li Che’s hand pressed onto the ancient coffin, tracing the elaborate Prison Lotus motifs that bloomed alive under divine glow, swaying softly like in a gentle wind.
Through Star Plucking Pupil and Thousand Analyzing Hands, the moment his palm met the stone, his mind dissected the coffin’s build.
In truth, it proved straightforward—the lid simply rested atop, unsealed by any nails.
Just slide it aside.
Thump, thump, thump thump thump—
Li Che heard only his heart hammering wildly, resounding endlessly in his ears!
Thrill, eagerness, strain…
A torrent of feelings flooded Li Che’s heart.
Qi Tian…
Li Che’s gaze turned intricate yet resolute; in his chest, the Immaculate Heart Taoist Fruit pulsed, Dao Fruit power surging to steady his spirit in an instant.
Within his consciousness, the Heaven and Earth Transformation Spirit True Ape Divine Embryo rested silently, its roars stilled.
This divine embryo, forged from the Equal to Heaven’s Face’s inherited Dharma, shared an innate bond with Qi Tian.
Time to open it…
The intent formed in Li Che’s mind, and instantly golden qi-blood erupted, Pure Martial qi-blood morphing into a radiant golden beam that shot skyward, slamming into Qitian Temple’s ceiling.
Rumble—
Qitian Temple quaked fiercely, as if the ground and peaks shuddered.
Far off, the five Venerables—who had nearly cornered Black Bull Demon God Venerable and Sea Flipping Nine Infants—halted abruptly.
“He’s going to open the coffin!”
Zhang Wuji’s face darkened gravely.
Chan Wen Ascetic Monk, Dajing Emperor Lu Wenchang, the female Guanyin, and the rest all turned their stares.
Though their assaults paused briefly, the ferocity dropped sharply.
Every eye locked on the Mysterious Temple’s heart, watching the stone coffin’s lid shift.
Boom—!!!
Pure Martial qi-blood forged a soaring qi pillar!
Li Che’s muscles surged with power, his Martial Immortal Golden Body foundation rumbling, every meridian thundering with blood’s roar!