As a Father, I Just Want to Watch You Achieve Immortality Chapter 1646: How Many Experts Does Our Underworld Have? If We Can’t Defeat Qian Yuan, Then We’ll Attack the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect
Previously on As a Father, I Just Want to Watch You Achieve Immortality...
A thunderous roar echoed from the temple's doorway.
Suddenly, a brilliant sword beam shot upward, Lv Taibai's silver locks whipped in the wind, the skin on his forehead split apart, and the Dao Yujie Sword burst forth.
High overhead, the Destructive God Wind—one of the fearsome Three Calamities—plummeted down with a world-shaking force.
But Lv Taibai turned into a streak of sword light, boldly plunging straight into the calamity without a second thought.
Li Che lifted his eyes, his stare intense and far-reaching.
The actual Three Calamities Tribulation proves utterly fearsome; it's a crushing intent that engulfs every inch of the world, enveloping everything and making the soul quiver endlessly.
This ordeal of facing the calamity had dragged on for roughly seven days now.
Qianyuan Dao City, still basking in the thrill of driving back the imperial forces, saw its cheer fade bit by bit, with folks turning anxious eyes to the heavens.
In the murky clouds, a faint silhouette dressed in white flashed as silver sword light, seeming to hunt the gale while it hunted him in return.
Everyone yearns for Lv Taibai to pull off his breakthrough.Should he succeed in breaking through, it would be ideal, granting Qianyuan Divine Sect yet another God Tribulation expert—two within the same sect, enough to boost Qianyuan Divine Sect's standing even higher.
And Qianyuan Dao City would stand far more secure.
...
...
Because Lv Taibai faced his tribulation, the heavens hung in utter gloom.
Thus, whether day or night, the sky stayed shrouded in shadow.
Qianyuan Divine Sect.
Disciple City, Elder Court.
Inside the study.
His eyes flickered open and shut, the Heaven and Earth chessboard whirled above his crown, turning gradually as visions started to form.
In those scenes, a piece of his divine sense kept watch over Xi Xi's practice advancements.
That daring lass had led her friends straight toward Jiangnan Dao, sailing southeast via the Grand Canal, bound for Jiangnan Dao.
Li Che knew exactly what the young one planned; she aimed to reclaim the Indestructible Lotus Hell Sky Silk.
This treasure had been seized by the Corpse God Cult, now stashed in their main base at Jizhou in Jiangnan Dao.
Xi Xi had grown cunning, mastering disguises with the talisman-drawing skill passed down through the Fruit of the Heavenly Dao from Within the Painting, letting them swap appearances seamlessly.
Li Che remained seated in the study, letting out a measured breath.
"Jiangnan Dao... Jizhou."
"The Corpse God Cult's headquarters—that's Ji Moli's base too..."
Li Che gradually narrowed his gaze.
"Beyond that... Qi Tian City lies in Jiangnan Dao as well."
"The unlocking of Qi Tian City—maybe the girl plans to kick up some chaos there too?"
Li Che mulled it over.
Qi Tian City sat in Jianzhou of Jiangnan Dao, right by the East Sea, in a truly unique spot.
Jiangnan Dao sprawled vast, the biggest among the Great Scenery Eleven Paths, overseeing eight states and thirty-two prefectures, each claiming huge swaths of land.
Yet Jiangnan Dao's wealth flowed to the countless Confucian and Dao noble clans.
Beneath that splendor lurked plenty of filthy secrets, so much so that even the Da Jing Dynasty's court had long wrestled with headaches from Jiangnan Dao.
Li Che pulled his mind back, checking on Xi Xi's travels once more.
Soon, his focus shifted back to the Heaven and Earth chessboard.
Streams of vivid, multicolored glows wove together, revealing fresh sights: Xie Yushen and his group's warships speeding toward Guangling Dao City now that they'd crossed into Guangling Dao, gearing up for a blockade assault.
A faint smile tugged at Li Che's mouth.
"Heavenly Pill Divine Sect... for wronging my daughter, does slaying one First Level Martial Saint like Gu Chuan settle the score?"
Li Che's eyes turned icier by the moment.
Does offing a single First Level Martial Saint make it right?
What Li Che craved was the total wipeout of the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect...
Annihilated!
Boom—!!!
From the skies above, a massive explosive boom yanked Li Che from his musings, his robes billowing, sleeves flaring as he strode out to the yard in a single bound.
Zhang Ya, drenched in sweat from her intense training session, wrapped up her practice and drew near Li Che.
The pair lingered in the courtyard, heads tilted skyward.
There, in the firmament, a silver sword gleam erupted without warning, streaking like a mighty river.
Next, the void cracked apart bit by bit...
Boundless emptiness and shadow unfurled, and in that abyss of nothing and dark.
A thread of sword qi started to stretch out steadily, weaving and branching without end, much like a master embroiderer's deft needle.
As the surging Dao Yun Power wrapped around it, the qi began to mend the rift like careful stitching.
Gradually, it hollowed out a modest cave heaven realm, roughly ten zhang wide!
"Hahaha——"
Lv Taibai perched cross-legged in that fresh pocket realm, bursting into wild guffaws.
The Taibai Sword, shimmering with silvery radiance, hovered before him.
"Today, I, Lv Taibai... step into the Divine Tribulation Realm!"
"From this day forward, no spot under heaven or on earth bars my path!"
Lv Taibai's valor surged sky-high, his aura piercing the firmament.
The gloomy clouds that had blanketed the skies for days, weighing like doomsday's curse, at last scattered now that Lv Taibai had triumphed in his tribulation.
Golden rays of sun cascaded through the parting veil.
Infusing fresh vitality and gleaming warmth into the shadowed Qianyuan Dao City.
"Ahahahaha—"
"Where's that ancient serpent from the Dragon God Lineage? I, Lv Taibai, have crossed into tribulation!"
"Come clash with me!!!"
Lv Taibai bellowed fiercely, bursting out from the brand-new Small Cave Heaven in a flash.
His fighting spirit overflowed wildly, the Godly Pattern at his forehead pulsing without cease.
Lv Qiankun, Fang Hanshu, Feng Zhiqi, Zhao Fangzhou, and the rest of Qianyuan Divine Sect's mighty figures soared upward, their expressions flashing with awkwardness for a beat.
Lv Taibai creased his brow, looking somewhat baffled by the situation.
Still, Lv Taibai held back from questioning it.
He advanced with a single stride, space rippling outward.
His form seemed to ride a beam of sword light, vanishing in an instant, hurtling past Qianyuan Dao City toward the distant Dao City eight hundred miles off.
And then...
Nothing.
Lv Taibai stared at the barren stretch eight hundred miles distant.
Hands folded behind his back, he sank into heavy reflection.
The imperial encampment that had once filled this place lay buried under fresh snowdrifts...
All at once, a tidal wave of frustration threatened to overwhelm him.
He, Lv Taibai...
Had battled through a deadly trial, only to ascend in utter solitude?!
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...
High above the Dao City.
Lv Qiankun hovered in the air, shaking his head with a soft chuckle.
Zhao Fangzhou, Feng Zhiqi, and the others traded looks, then broke into booming laughs they couldn't hold back, their hearts light and full of delight, visions of boundless horizons ahead.
Qianyuan Divine Sect now... brimmed with bright prospects!
In the modest courtyard.
Li Che encircled his wife Zhang Ya's waist with an arm, unable to stifle his own quiet laugh.
"Sect Master, your sword moves a tad too leisurely."
Even Zhang Ya stifled a giggle behind her hand, though she realized it might not be proper to mock the Sect Master—after all, he taught Xi Xi, led Qianyuan Divine Sect as its head, and had just emerged victorious from a deadly breakthrough as a Divine Tribulation Cultivator...
But that slight delay in arrival was honestly a bit funny.
Right as Li Che shared that light chuckle with his wife,
A knock sounded at the courtyard gate, and with a quick probe of his senses, Li Che identified the arrival.
With a flick of his sleeve, the entrance swung wide.
Standing outside turned out to be the Outer Sect's Great Elder, Jiao Shaoqiu.
"Elder Li."
Jiao Shaoqiu regarded Li Che, ever the picture of sincerity and modesty, refined like fine jade, a flicker of mixed emotions in his eyes.
The youth he'd once escorted from Golden Light Prefecture all the way to Qianyuan Dao City had, without notice, risen to such towering stature.
Li Che harbored deep esteem for Jiao Shaoqiu.
"Elder Li, I've just come to pass along a message for you. It's a pressing note from Golden Light Prefecture that reached me moments ago. Take a glance, if you will—I can't linger, since the young ones await my lessons..."
"Though guiding another prodigy like Xi Xi might test me, I have to push on and offer what I can to the sect, for this old frame of mine still holds up."
Jiao Shaoqiu spoke with a warm smile.
Next, he drew a letter from his Qiankun Jade and offered it to Li Che.
Turning down Li Che's offer of tea, he departed the yard promptly, for back in the Great Elder's residence, a batch of promising new disciples hungered for his guidance.
They represented the sect's tomorrow.
Li Che observed Jiao Shaoqiu's stooped figure receding with buoyant steps.
He drew back his admiring look.
His attention settled on the letter Jiao Shaoqiu had brought.
His wife Zhang Ya edged closer, curious.
"A rush dispatch from Golden Light Prefecture?"
Zhang Ya recalled Golden Light Prefecture sharply, for that's where their humble life had begun its sharp upturn.
Li Che gave a nod.
His mind already rippled faintly, harking back to that old vow.
For this missive hailed from Divine Carving Ridge in Golden Light Prefecture.
"Tang Sanjia of Golden Light Prefecture's Divine Carving Ridge..."
"So, what's truly buried beneath Divine Carving Ridge?!"