As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life Chapter 1955 - 502: Xi Xi Gathers the Qiankun Ring and Divine Spirit Set, This Day, This Land, This Four Seas—the Young Master Returns

Rumble—

A thunderous roar erupted from within his heart, as if the Thunder Pool within the Qiankun Ring had not truly vanished but had reappeared in the mortal realm. Countless Divine Dragons, manipulating thunder, seemed to unleash their roars, creating sound waves that continuously spread across the mountain peak, causing ripples of distortion in the very void.

Li Che stood atop the mountain, every pore open, drawing in the Thunderbolt Essence. At this moment, it all erupted, forming a mysterious Divine Light that intertwined and shone brilliantly.

Thump, thump, thump—

His heart pounded, as if forcefully stimulated to its absolute limit. Indeed, his blood coursed with incredible swiftness, akin to high-pressure water jets suddenly unleashed within his veins, forcefully impacting the vascular walls, almost to the point of causing intense pain.

Yet, Li Che's entire mind grew exceptionally clear, entering an unfathomably profound state. His heart and spirit became incredibly transparent, as if interconnected with the heavens and earth. He could perceive countless drifting thunder particles in the air, slowly gathering, awaiting the next terrifying, violent thunderclap. He also sensed the destructive power inherent within these thunder particles.

Li Che slowly exhaled, a smile gracing the corners of his lips. The Lei-Ci Dao Body... Dao Fruit Five Transmutations!

Countless storms raged and intertwined around him. Li Che's mind was filled with immense pleasure; this was the seventh one! As the Thunder Magnetic Dao Body Dao Fruit underwent transformation, this would mark the seventh Primordial Dao Tribulation he had mastered! He was only a short distance from gathering the Nine Tribulations. Once the Nine Tribulations were assembled, the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill he had been attempting to deduce might finally be successfully forged.

On the Path of the Martial Immortal, Human Immortal represents the ultimate attainment in the mortal world. In this current era, divine tides surge, and the divinity accumulated from these countless divine tides forms the fundamental method of cultivation. Only by prioritizing divinity can one ascend to higher realms and achieve godhood.

Take the True Martial Divine Sect, for instance. They cultivate True Martial, following the True Martial Dao, which has only carved a path within the mortal realm; their upper limit is clearly defined. Only by wholeheartedly embracing divinity can one step into the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations, condense the Disaster Wheel, perceive the Tao Divine Pattern, forge the Divine Platform, ignite the Divine Fire, and ultimately prove the Dao as a God Spirit.

The Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill... He would forge his own Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill. The path of the Martial Immortal offered no clear road ahead, thus Li Che resolved to create and pave his own way. While the path of divinity was traversable, Li Che doubted his ability to reach heights comparable to Immortal Gods on this divine path.

After all, deities are born in response to divine tides, enduring one surge after another, ascending to the pinnacle of the divine path, and standing at the absolute highest peak. What assurance did Li Che have to tread the path laid by deities, reach such a pinnacle, and contend with Immortal Gods? Though his Dao Fruits offered immense support, none explicitly followed the path of divinity or clearly aided in enhancing his Divine Cultivation.

Moreover, Li Che harbored a persistent feeling... Divinity seemed too ephemeral, like a fleeting dream. Martial cultivation, however, was different. In this world, Li Che first encountered martial arts—a move, a stance, a punch, a kick—honing his own Qi and Blood, achieving cultivation through sheer effort and sweat. Martial arts were founded upon the very foundation of one's true blood and flesh.

It was for this reason that Li Che fearlessly favored martial arts; they were the light within his heart. Even without the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit specifically dedicated to enhancing martial arts, Li Che would have poured everything he had into pursuing it. As his strength gradually increased, Li Che began to grasp the essence of this world, no longer resembling the mere craftsman in Fei Lei City, struggling for daily sustenance or providing for his wife and daughter.

The greater his strength, the higher his standing; then he could pierce through the obscuring fog, tearing through the Mysterious Fog that veiled blurry truths, exposing the other side of the world and confronting its genuine dangers. Prison Lotus, All Gods Camp, Immortal Gods, Nine Heavens and Ten Earths... Even now, as Li Che achieved Mortal Martial Immortal, he still felt pressure—the pressure emanating from deities.

The scene of Equaling Heaven's belief making a daring leap, somersaulting into the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, was constantly replaying in his mind. Li Che had never forgotten the kindness shown to him; he was determined to charge into the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths one day, fighting alongside Equaling Heaven. And the prerequisite for this was possessing sufficient strength to directly confront Immortal Gods.

Li Che's eyes snapped open, a dazzling brilliance flashing within them as if a thunderclap had erupted and interwoven wildly.

Across the heavens and earth, gales howled with a whoosh, yet they formed a distinct clear zone around his body.

An incredible quietude enveloped Li Che's ears, with only the relentless thrumming of the Dao Fruit remaining, intensely powerful and wild, like an ancient entity beating its intrinsic Divine Drum, unleashing unfathomable might and generating unseen ripples.

Thunder surged through him, permeating every pore, every single cell.

Li Che understood that in this very moment, he stood upon the stone peak of Ancestor Dragon Island, perceived by countless gazes, the center of all attention, yet he remained indifferent.

Beneath the stone mountain, rivers of blood began to flow.

Li Che's eyelids fluttered open and then shut.

"Hoo—"

He exhaled, the spiraling airflow twisting in the air.

It had arrived.

Every sound between heaven and earth ceased to exist – the wind's whisper, the clouds' drift, the crumbling of earth and sand, the dripping of converging blood. All sound vanished utterly, leaving only silence.

Only the Dao Fruit within his heart, now attained, continued its urgent, resonant beat.