As a Father, I Just Want to Watch You Achieve Immortality Chapter 1657: Immortal Artisan’s Fifth Molt, Second Type of Primordial Dao Tribulation — The State Preceptor Invites the Underworld to Join Him
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His heart races wildly, hot currents threading through every vein.
A fearsome shockwave surges without end, reverberating ceaselessly!
This sensation strikes Li Che with a deep familiarity, evoking a profound change unlike any before!
Similar to the previous breakthrough of the [Dragon Elephant Vajra] Dao Fruit at level 7, Li Che now experiences the profound evolution of the [Immortal Artisan] Dao Fruit.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!
The extended arm Heavenly Armor soars toward the heavens, appearing to bellow with vitality, surpassing the lifeless rigidity and cunning of a mere automaton!
It's as though life has been breathed into it, marking a miraculous shift.
As it climbs higher, fierce winds howl, lashing at Li Che’s Mo Shan garment without mercy.
Golden Smoke streams from his eyes, the vista unfolding like standing atop cloud seas, overlooking the world's horizon, where the Vast Sun ascends and colors paint the skies for miles unending.
With every blink, his entire being slips into an ethereal realm, spirit ascending to the divine.Enlightenments from the Way of Mechanisms and the Divine Sculpture Path erupt within his consciousness like a cosmic explosion, swiftly unfolding and flooding his thoughts.
Level 7, Immortal Craft Dao Fruit, Five Sheddings!
Hidden in the depths of Li Che’s eyes gleams a flicker of delighted surprise!
Indeed, it's unexpected delight, since the Immortal Craft Dao Fruit's progression to Divine Sculpture Master had noticeably decelerated.
Though Li Che yearned to hasten the advancement, it proved challenging, and his visit to Divine Carving Ridge to honor the earlier vow carried little expectation.
Even witnessing the extended arm Heavenly Armor's activation and the Immortal Craft Dao Fruit's lively response failed to convince Li Che that a breakthrough loomed this time.
Yet surprises strike without warning, arriving when least anticipated.
For this pivotal moment, the Dao Fruit's upgrade reshapes family fortunes, lifting them from obscurity—Li Che cherishes and eagerly awaits it.
A faint smile tugs at Li Che’s lips.
"Hoo—"
"Sii—"
Each inhalation and exhalation soothes the roaring gale filling the air around him.
In that instant, his spirit resonates, merging with the boundless expanse of heaven and earth.
The grand heaven and earth unfold once more, its awe-inspiring presence surging toward him; he beholds the Dao Tree towering skyward, branches sprawling across the firmament.
There too hang the Seven-Colored Glaze Dao Fruits.
His eyes fixate on the [Immortal Artisan] Dao Fruit, radiant as a blazing sun, gently swaying as if caressed by unseen breezes forever.
Bang—
The Dao Fruit quivers, unleashing countless beams of rosy glow that envelop Li Che entirely.
A well-known vision gradually materializes and illuminates before him.
The river thunders onward, twisting violently through the void, a luminous band slicing through obscurity, determined to shatter the gloom.
Within the river's flow, Li Che spots a figure perched on a massive fish, the creature flicking its tail to navigate the currents.
This figure remains utterly composed, gripping an axe and swinging it casually, molding the void like clay into another vivid giant fish that dives into the time stream, tail flashing as it vaults skyward like a carp leaping the Dragon Gate.
It fashions the emptiness into material, sculpts Divine Sculptures, and infuses them with true vitality, manifesting wonders from void to reality!
Li Che, no longer a beginner in the Divine Sculpture Path, understands well how arduous creation from nothingness truly is.
"Yet another Dao Fruit Master?"
"The lord of the Immortal Art Dao Fruit?"
Li Che’s thoughts lack the astonishment and chaos from his first encounter with a Dao Fruit Master years back.
The river-riding figure wields the axe, cleaving the emptiness, using cosmos itself as raw stuff for engraving.
Allowing it to be hewn fragment by fragment, akin to stone or timber, shaped into cubic realms where intricate carvings take form.
One statue after another, imbued with infinite Dao Yun splendor, emerges from spatial essence as base.
They span across the universe, varied in form, as if timeless sentinels.
Upon completing the eighth statue, the figure halts abruptly.
Its gaze pierces through realms, traversing starry expanses for myriad leagues, meeting Li Che’s own stare.
A soft sigh echoes gently.
"Art may endure, but people cannot."
"Nine Transformations, nine transformations, never achieved."
Eight statues line the riverbanks, yet the ninth remains forever unborn.
Boom—!!!
The vision shatters before Li Che’s eyes in a total blast, like an infinite tempest raging wildly, scattering all, obliterating every trace.
Li Che’s spirit withdraws from the sight, but his heart lingers with sorrow and emptiness, the poignant regret hitting far too deeply.
Master of Dao Fruit.
Another Master of Dao Fruit reveals itself to him.
Could it be that these Dao Fruit Masters' decline and demise birthed the Dao Fruits, which now grow alongside his daughter, forging connections that bestow them upon him?
Li Che’s brows knit together as he begins to mull it over, yet comprehension eludes him entirely; the vast cosmos brims with enigmas, its causal threads beyond his reach.
Hoo—
Misty Immortal Light seems to emanate from his form.
Li Che breathes out slowly and deeply.
Ahead, pure light gathers, pink mists rising warmly.
[Dao Fruit Level 7, Five Sheddings, Dao Guide (Ghost Axe) Ascension, Dao Tribulation (Primordial Sky Slash)]
Boom—!!!
It's as if celestial thunder booms, thrumming in his ears, nearly rupturing his eardrums in a flash.