As a Father, I Just Want to Watch You Achieve Immortality Chapter 1706: Devouring the Four Heavenly Kings—Li Che Raises a Monster, Pure Heart Achieves Fifth Metamorphosis
Previously on As a Father, I Just Want to Watch You Achieve Immortality...
Ji Moli deserves death a thousand times over!
A villain like him has no right to return to life or chase after immortality.
Li Che has zero interest in letting Ji Moli come back via soul capturing.
Yet...
Opportunities for solid soul capturing must be seized, while even flawed ones shouldn't go to waste.
There's value in capturing a flawed soul too.
With fingers splayed out, Li Che aimed straight at Ji Moli's lifeless body...
In just a short while, Ji Moli's soul stepped forth from Jiuyou like it was strolling out.
Ji Moli's eyes fluttered open, filled with confusion, still carrying the fresh grudge and fury from Li Che's fatal strike...
All at once, tranquility washed over him; a steady stream of details flooded his thoughts, rendering him utterly quiet.
"You..."
Ji Moli gazed toward Li Che, his lips parting.
But Li Che only regarded him with cold detachment, staring down from his superior position.
Surrender?
Or... defiance?
After brief uncertainty, Ji Moli clenched his jaw and opted for yielding.
"Rip apart the Qiankun Space and reveal it to me."
Li Che commanded in a flat tone.
Having submitted, Ji Moli had no choice but to obey Li Che's order.
As the Qiankun Space split open, Li Che peered inside, his breathing hitching while his eyes gleamed with the thrill of unexpected riches.
Without a hint of hesitation, he swept up every valuable item from within the Qiankun Space.
Ten pieces of lower-grade Three Pure Ones Divine Crystals, followed by Dao Yun Divine Crystal, and a whopping five Four Imperial Taoist Divine Crystals!
This Ji Moli... his riches are truly overflowing, aren't they?
Regrettably, they're just Four Imperial Taoist Divine Crystals, not genuine Three Pure Rank Dao Yun Divine Crystals.
As the old adage goes, true Dao Yun Divine Crystals start at Three Pure Rank and higher; Four Imperial Taoist Divine Crystals don't qualify as authentic ones.
"That's all, thanks."
"Now, off you go once more."
Li Che felt content.
Ji Moli: "..."
Before long, an overwhelming surge of force slammed into him.
Ji Moli's form appeared ready to burst apart at the seams.
He was hurled straight into a swarm of other souls.
With the looming trial of Qi Tian City ahead, it's clear this trip to Qi Tian City will pit him against plenty of fierce rivals.
Thus, Li Che promptly offered Ji Moli's soul to Gu Yinxuan as sustenance.
"Old Yin, how much more do you need to hit the One Disaster Three Tribulations Realm?"
Once Gu Yinxuan had his fill, Li Che asked.
"My Lord, just one more god tribulation at the level of Ji Moli's One Disaster One Tribulation Realm."
Gu Yinxuan beamed with satisfaction, feeling his strength swell, which lifted his spirits immensely.
Li Che gave a nod.
With that, he fell silent, allowing Gu Yinxuan to dive back into his poison experiments.
Under the lord's favor, Gu Yinxuan brimmed with vigor and determination, convinced he could pour his heart into the poison work even if it meant dying a hundred deaths!
After dismissing Gu Yinxuan, Li Che settled into a cross-legged position, examining the three divine weapons he'd seized from Ji Moli.
The Indestructible Lotus Hell Sky Silk went to Xi Xi, leaving three Heavenly King divine weapons infused with Temple God’s intent.
These included the Qingyun Divine Sword, Mixed Element Umbrella Spear, and Purple Golden Mink, the divine weapons of the three Heavenly King Temple Gods, plus the Jade Pipa Li Che had snagged before.
At this point, Li Che possessed the complete set of all four Heavenly Kings’ divine weapons.
Pulling out the Jade Pipa, the four divine weapons aligned perfectly once again.
Boom——!!!
The immense Temple God Divinity ballooned outward like a swelling sphere, surging with power in an instant.
Four colossal shadows of the Temple God—in white, blue, green, and red—encircled him, gigantic and imposing, soaring to a height of a hundred feet!
The fury blazing in the eyes of the four Temple Gods was palpable!
"The Four Heavenly Kings..."
Li Che chuckled lightly.
This formed the bedrock of Ji Moli’s ascent.
In reality, had Ji Moli succeeded in fusing the four Heavenly King Temple Gods into his body sooner, alongside the six Great Corpse Gods, his cultivation could have skyrocketed straight to the One Disaster Three Tribulations peak.
Should that have occurred, Li Che might have sensed real strain against a One Disaster Three Tribulations foe.
"The will of the Four Heavenly King Temple Gods..."
Li Che chuckled once more.
Five fingers fanned out...
Summoning Gods!
As the divine technique activated, the wills of the Four Heavenly Kings Temple Gods quaked fiercely. They let out a roar of reluctance, slowly getting squeezed by the summoning force into four gleaming treasure beads brimming with Temple God Divinity.
Li Che tapped the ground lightly with his toe, and his body vanished in a flash.
When he reemerged, he stood before the massive meatball that Yellow Sword Wine had become after absorbing a Dao Position Pearl.
With a casual flick, one of the Heavenly King Temple God Divinity treasure beads shot into Yellow Sword Wine’s meatball.
Buzz—
Like stirring from a deep sleep, Yellow Sword Wine’s meatball parted what looked like a huge mouth and swallowed the Heavenly King Temple God Divinity treasure bead whole.
"Can you process it?"
Li Che's thoughts reached out, probing Yellow Sword Wine’s captured soul.
"My Lord... give me more, I require more..."
It could, without a doubt.
The treasure beads, born from Dao Yun Divine Crystals and Temple God wills, were remarkably similar in nature.
Furthermore, those crafted from Temple God wills could even surpass Dao Yun Divine Crystals in quality.
Li Che held nothing back, shoving the other three Heavenly King Temple God Divinity beads into Yellow Sword Wine’s meatball all together.
The meatball ballooned wildly and shuddered, sending out waves of ripples.
Li Che couldn't help pondering, if he kept supplying it this way, what incredible level would Yellow Sword Wine attain when it finally burst free from the meatball?
Was he in the process of raising... a monster?!
Whatever the outcome, Li Che's heart soared with delight and anticipation.
Still, Yellow Sword Wine’s meatball required time to absorb the Four Heavenly Kings’ Temple God treasure beads.
Li Che knew full well that impatience wouldn't serve him now.
His form blurred into nothingness, only to materialize on the tallest rectangular edifice in Mo City Fengdu.
Perched cross-legged on top, Li Che's mind shifted subtly.
This fierce clash with Ji Moli, where he played every card in his hand, yielded massive rewards for Li Che.
First off, progress along the martial path.
His command of Dao Tribulation Power sharpened, and the blend of Primordial Sky Slash with Divinity Transformation True Martial Thousand Mountains Solo Divine Sword grew even smoother.
The honed Thousand Mountains Solo Traveling Slash, fueled by Li Che’s near-epiphany insight, began hinting at an evolution into Immortal Seed Martial Arts!
Should it truly evolve into an immortal seed, that would spell fantastic fortune for Li Che.
This would allow two of his Eight Extraordinary Meridians Divine Seeds' Qi Gates to upgrade to Immortal Seeds.
However, this breakthrough in martial comprehension wasn't Li Che’s biggest prize from the battle.
The true windfall lay in dissolving a deep-seated burden in his heart; Ji Moli had cast a long shadow over Li Che’s family, and shattering it now felt like a dragon soaring free into the ocean, reclaiming pure liberty and delight!
It was the breaking of shackles, the embrace of true freedom!
Instilling in Li Che a deep wave of spiritual renewal.
Li Che realized Ji Moli was just a mere milestone on his journey through life; he'd keep advancing, rising higher, confronting deadlier enemies, and weathering far greater strains ahead.
But the anxieties of his frailer days often prove the real barriers clouding the soul.
Now, it was as if he'd ripped through the fog to behold the endless azure heavens, undergoing a soul-deep change.
Li Che meditated cross-legged upon the Dominator Tower, this lofty rectangular structure he had dubbed the Dominator Tower, emblematic of Mo City Sovereign's rule.
Shutting his eyes, his consciousness delved profoundly.
Within the Inner Scene of the Energy Center.
The Seven-orifice Exquisite Heart, attuned to the spiritual shift, bounded wildly, each bound unleashing divinity in crashing waves.
The whole realm seemed to hush.
Sounds of pattering rain, whistling wind, flowing streams, tumbling stones, and bursting droplets—all faded into oblivion.
"Exhale—"
"Inhale—"
Li Che parted and closed his lips, drawing in a breath.
The Seven-orifice Exquisite Heart's beats intensified, echoing like the tolling of a grand temple bell at dawn and dusk!
In tandem, the Pure Heart Dao Fruit in his chest cavity leaped and thundered along.
As though an ancient temple on a snow-capped summit, where a deity struck the timeless bell with might, its echoes booming across the boundless wilds.
Bang—
Li Che's eyes snapped wide.
Brilliant light wove through his irises.
The skies cleared, destiny awakened!
Ahead of him, myriad luminous strands twisted together, forming lines of glowing script.
[Dao Fruit: Pure Heart (lv7,0%)]
Sense the isolation of heaven and earth, the everlasting heart standing solitary!
Vanquish the heart demon, keep the heart spotless!
Pure Heart!
Five Sheddings!