As a Father, I Just Want to Watch You Achieve Immortality Chapter 1642: The 10 Calamities—Dragon God Painting Overturns the Sea, 9 Infants; 10,000 Witness the Ghost Emperor’s Arrival, Heaven and Earth Reject Him...
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With the base of Level 7 rank established, maturity rose by 5%.
It has to be called truly remarkable.
Considering it's the Dao Fruit at Level 7 rank, where boosting maturity grows ever more difficult as it advances.
Crack, crack, crack——
Li Che extended his frame, sensing his muscles and bones exploding with resonant sounds, while vigorous Qi-Blood churned fiercely.
Xie Yunshen and Zhao Beidou approached with utmost respect, gazing at Li Che in awe.
"Lord!"
The grin faded from Li Che's expression as he stored away the malevolent Heavenly Poison Pill and the Nine Revolutions Rising Dragon Pill, which hovered at his back.
He gave a subtle nod to the pair.
His consciousness stayed linked to the outside realm.For this occasion, Li Che had skipped Soul Capturing, and its absence meant the veil over Heaven and Sea was lifted.
The Will of Heaven and Earth immediately detected the broken tie between the Old Dragon God and the Ancestor Dragon's calamity, deeming it a clear demise.
Even after morphing into a terrifying beast such as the Sea Flipping Nine Infants, it represented a fresh soul, wielding entirely distinct powers.
Had Soul Capturing been used, the soul would remain unchanged, akin to a wandering spirit of heaven and earth, thus avoiding any calamity trigger.
"The Old Dragon God's passing can't be hidden..."
"Yet it's hardly a concern."
Li Che remarked calmly.
Xie Yunshen gently fanned himself with his feather fan, pondering: "Lord, now that the Old Dragon God is gone, the Imperial Court stands no chance against the Qian Yuan Divine Sect. Withdrawal is their sole path."
"Assaulting and obliterating the sect is virtually impossible."
"So, Zhao Beidou will guide you in breaking free, declaring that the Old Dragon God gave his life to safeguard the Dragon God Lineage's future, allowing you two to escape the Small Cave Heaven." Li Che stated with a subtle grin.
Xie Yunshen furrowed his brow: "Should they pull back... the Emperor will grow wary."
Li Che dismissed it with a casual wave: "It's fine, the Emperor simply desires to consolidate the Qi Fortune of every divine sect under Heaven..."
"Old Xie, you mentioned before that the Qi Fortune from the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect, Haoran Academy, Seven Treasures Divine Sect, and similar ones hasn't truly merged into the Imperial Court, correct?"
Li Che inquired.
Xie Yunshen affirmed with a nod, his eyes holding profound depth: "Yes, those divine sects might feign submission, but convincing them to yield their Qi Fortune and abandon the Luck Golden Lotus's nurture and expansion demands considerable work..."
Li Che laughed softly: "Then, once the court forces withdraw from the Qian Yuan Divine Sect, direct them toward the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect in Guangling Dao..."
"It'll serve as an account to the Emperor, proving you're still a reliable official."
"Claim that in Qianyuan Taoist City, you swayed the Underworld, and it's now ready to ally with you."
At these words, Xie Yunshen's gaze flickered: "The Emperor may doubt it, though?"
"Fear not, Mr. Lian will relay the details to the Emperor accurately..."
Upon this, Xie Yunshen burst into laughter, fanning himself lightly before cupping his hands in respect.
"Have no doubts, my Lord, I'll devote everything to your cause..."
"To collect the world's Qi Fortune!"
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Buzz, buzz, buzz——
Over Qianyuan Taoist City, dark clouds churned and swelled, compressing to their utmost limit.
Tension hung heavy in the air, silence gripped all, as eyes fixed on the jet-black portal.
Grandmaster Lv Qiankun from the Qian Yuan Divine Sect let out a quiet sigh: "Sigh, the Old Dragon God... A ancient fiend who's endured three millennia, impossible not to respect... Challenging fate, he wrenched an extra decade of life to secure his lineage's survival..."
"Regrettably, such forced extension of destiny won't endure, bound to spark upheavals."
"Now, the Dragon God Lineage's Qi Fortune... lies in fragments."
As Lv Qiankun lamented, Fang Hanshu at his side had eyes gleaming with intensity, his chest heaving with inner turmoil.
To think, inside the Small Cave Heaven, the Old Dragon God could deploy his utmost might, summoning a full Disaster Wheel, revealing prowess at one disaster and two tribulations.
One disaster and two tribulations far outstrips one disaster and one tribulation in might.
At minimum, it could handle five or six foes at one disaster and one tribulation with ease, even dominating them.
This marked dominance through sheer calamity force.
Yet the Old Dragon God met his end inside the Underworld's Fengdu, within that Small Cave Heaven.
Who felled the Old Dragon God?
The Underworld Yama?
Out of the question, for the Underworld Yama's power barely held against Zhao Beidou, depleting every secret weapon yet failing to slay him...
How then could he eliminate the Old Dragon God?
Rumble——
As the minds of powerhouses from every faction quaked.
The obsidian gate, amid crackling lightning that wove endlessly, abruptly swung wide.
As though blasted open by immense force.
Two forms burst forth at speed, precisely Zhao Beidou, Xie Yunshen, the Dragon God Crown Prince, and the three Dragon Sons...
Lacking only the Old Dragon God, all the mighty ones dragged into Mo City Fengdu had broken out.
"Ah——!!!"
"Grandfather!"
The Dragon God Crown Prince wept crimson tears, and upon emerging from Mo City Fengdu, he dropped to his knees in the void, sobbing heartbrokenly.
Zhao Beidou's visage was deathly pale, fresh blood trickling nonstop from his mouth and nose.
He continued his act, yet the display demanded authenticity.
"Withdraw!"
With a waxen face, Zhao Beidou scooped up the Dragon God Crown Prince and the rest, dashing back to join the court army.
Xie Yunshen collapsed onto the battleship, his form teetering, expression utterly somber.
"Old Dragon God... rest well!"
"For the Dragon God Lineage, I, Xie Yunshen, vow to protect it diligently! Depart without worry!"
Xie Yunshen balled his five fingers into a fist.
Gu Qianchi, witnessing Xie Yunshen's return, saw the strain in his eyes melt away at once, exhaling deeply.
The Old Dragon God's demise had made him fear Xie Yunshen and the others would perish as well.
But this outcome surpassed his grim forecasts.
"Grandmaster Gu... Dragon God Senior perished battling the Earthly Ghost Emperor, enabling our escape, and fully succumbed inside that Small Cave Heaven..."
Xie Yunshen conveyed profound sorrow.
Gu Qianchi's heart jolted faintly.
"Earthly Ghost Emperor?"
Wasn't it the Underworld's King Yan?!
The Underworld... harbors a new powerhouse?!
Shock stormed through Gu Qianchi's mind; the Underworld... boasted yet another formidable entity?
No surprise then, that even a figure like the Old Dragon God fell inside.
Just what is this Underworld, so overwhelmingly potent?!
Bitterness etched Xie Yunshen's features as he stared at the Fengdu Gate lingering in the sky.
"Beyond King Yan lies the Earthly Ghost Emperor..."
The words dropped.
Gu Qianchi sensed a shift.
He whipped his head around to gaze.
There, the Fengdu Gate in mid-air creaked open once more, unleashing a torrent of boundless gloom in that instant.
Gu Qianchi's hairs rose in alarm, a sense of impending doom crashing down upon him.
At the same moment.
Lv Qiankun, Fang Hanshu, and the Qian Yuan Divine Sect's other elites sharpened their focus.
Look there.
The Fengdu Gate yawned wide.
Shadowy radiance ebbed away, supplanted by endless violet splendor erupting forth.
A blaze of purple fire roared.
Beneath that purple fire gleamed a golden cranium.
A pair of orbs, profound as the Nine Nether Eyes.
Below stretched the classic black robes of the Underworld, billowing.
The silhouette stood tall before the Fengdu Gate.
Arms folded.
Gazing down upon creation.
Those vacant, apathetic eyes brimmed with utter contempt for the lives of heaven and earth.
Earthly Ghost Emperor!
Beneath myriad stares.
The Earthly Ghost Emperor lifted his gaze, casting a look at the thunderhead-laden firmament.
Then he strode forward, away from Fengdu.
Emerging from the gate's rear into this domain, the dread tribulation might exploded from that purple blaze.
As though clashing utterly...
With this very world!
Abruptly...
The heavens shifted hue!
The realm repulsed!