As a Father, I Just Want to Watch You Achieve Immortality Chapter 1711: Temple God Resonance of the Qi Tian Mysterious Temple, How to Satisfy the Ten Thousand Demon Emperor Dao Fruit

Previously on As a Father, I Just Want to Watch You Achieve Immortality...
Wei Yuan of the Corpse God Cult stormed King Ping Luan’s Royal Mansion, furious over Ji Moli's death and the loss of six Corpse God Marks that trapped their cult's deities. Unleashing torrents of death and corpse Qi, he manifested a grotesque four-headed monster and demanded the bloodline essence from Ji Liqing and Ji Lihong, triggering explosions and their agonized screams. Meanwhile, Li Che relented to Xi Xi's pleas, leading his group—including the newly freed Yun E and Zhou Peng—on Lv Taibai's flying sword toward Qi Tian City for training amid its thickening demon energy. En route through Wenling Prefecture, they discussed the city's perils: demon race dominance, possible Two Disasters Demon Gods sheltered by the Mysterious Fog from the rioting Yi Tian Temple, and pathways linking inner realms. As the mist-shrouded metropolis loomed, Li Che's Heart-following Gold Iron Divine Rod trembled violently, his inner chessboard stirred with the awakening Equal to Heaven’s Face, and his Star Plucking Pupil pierced the illusions to reveal the Fighting Prison Lotus Demon Saint Qi Tian Mysterious Temple.

The Fighting Prison Lotus Demon Saint Qi Tian Mysterious Temple!

A quiver ran through the flesh and blood at the center of the forehead.

Brilliant golden radiance shone in the Star Plucking Pupil, like it was gazing deep into the secrets of the cosmos.

Amid the swirling glow, a shadowy form appeared faintly, trapped inside and writhing fiercely, letting out roars and wails without end.

A torrent of demonic energy rushed outward, boundless divine power welled up, immense Dao Yun cascaded forth!

Myriad divine secrets burst into being!

Seated in a meditative pose atop the Flying Sword, Li Che's thick locks whipped about like streaks of dark thunder, his garments billowing noisily, and a touch of oddity flickered in his gaze.

Those days of being the naive youth fresh from Fei Lei City were behind him now.

He had beheld the Three Pure Ones Mysterious Temple of The Queen Mother of the West within the Divine Capital, and had even delved inside, securing a Ten-thousand-year-old Peach that brought him immense gains and reshaped his very being.

Yet, this marked his initial real encounter with a Three Pure Ones Mysterious Temple.

After all, The Queen Mother’s Mysterious Temple lay concealed by the Imperial Court, its exact spot impossible to pinpoint, whereas the Qi Tian Mysterious Temple stood apart.

It lay fully exposed, right there upon the expansive ground, with its demonic energy, divinity, and Dao Yun pouring ceaselessly from this timeless city.

"This is Qi Tian City—"

Surprise gripped more than just Li Che aboard the Flying Sword.

Xi Xi, Yun E, Zhou Peng, and the rest of the youngsters were beholding this ancient city for the very first time too, struck by an intense weight of suppression.

It felt like their very souls were struck by a force unlike any before.

The Prison Lotus Divine Pattern on Xi Xi’s forehead quivered, her gaze sharpening with intensity.

Next to her, Yun E pressed her lips together, while Zhou Peng let out a soft breath from his perch on the Flying Sword.

Even though both had shifted into Soul Capturings, Li Che refrained from controlling them, allowing the pair of youths their own agency, so Yun E and Zhou Peng, now as Soul Capturings, experienced greater ease and liberty, feeling far more alive.

In the past, Zhou Peng couldn't have held back his feelings, as the Temple God’s moods would sway him, even forcing his actual shape to emerge against his will.

These days, though the Temple God’s remnants still rippled through Zhou Peng’s mind, they came without the taint of the Temple God’s malice.

"Qitian..."

Zhou Peng whispered under his breath.

Lv Qiankun, Lv Taibai, and Fang Hanshu clearly had laid eyes on Qi Tian City before.

Each of them had visited this famed city in the past for training.

"Qi Tian Temple, known fully as the Fighting Prison Lotus Demon Saint Qi Tian Mysterious Temple, stands as a Three Pure Ones Mysterious Temple, once a pinnacle of grandeur, bolstering Equal Heaven Temple and nearly claiming half the realm..."

"In those days, Equal Heaven Temple boasted over one Divine Tribulation overseer, with whispers of a Two Calamities Realm Divine Tribulation Venerable hidden in the temple’s Mysterious Que, granting it fame that echoed far and wide for a spell."

Lv Qiankun ran a hand over his beard and breathed a heavy sigh, his gaze filled with tangled shades from that bygone age.

Back then, the Qian Yuan Divine Sect had yet to form, and even had it, it would have paled beside the might of Equal Heaven Temple.

Li Che found himself glancing at Lv Qiankun, curiosity sparking as he inquired: "Grandmaster, what caused Equal Heaven Temple to crumble away?"

"With all those powerhouses dwelling there, how did it fade so abruptly? By rights, a Two Calamities Divine Tribulation should span thousands of years..."

Lv Qiankun gave a slow shake of his head: "No one knows for certain, though most powerhouses link Equal Heaven Temple's downfall to the Mysterious Que, deeming the current era far too frail by comparison."

Lv Qiankun let out a long exhale: "Deep in the Mysterious Que, within the Inner Mysterious Que, lurk demon beings twisted by divinity, along with Temple Guardian Cursed Corpses that have ascended to Divine Tribulation Realm, to say nothing of the formidable Temple Guardian Curse Corpse Kings..."

"No matter Equal Heaven Temple's prowess, against the Mysterious Que, it remains feeble... Equal Heaven Temple rose hand in hand with the Fighting Prison Lotus Demon Saint Qi Tian Mysterious Temple, so should the Mysterious Que unleash chaos, even the mightiest Divine Sect might shatter."

Lv Qiankun perched on the Flying Sword, his robes snapping sharply in the breeze.

"Thus, countless powerhouses, upon attaining vast might, plunge into the Mysterious Que, clashing head-on with its abyssal dread, only to grasp that... the power of this era pales as mere illusion, while true power resides solely in the Mysterious Que."

"Naturally, the Heaven and Earth Will of the present world looms fearsome, so much that even Two Calamities and Three Calamities Divine Tribulation Supremes hesitate to challenge it and breach those bounds, forming the ultimate shield for our world."

Li Che felt a subtle stir in his chest at these words, lifting his gaze: "The ultimate shield of the present world?"

To many cultivators, the might of Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations appears as a chain, with countless Divine Tribulation Cultivators despising and dreading the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations like venomous beasts.

But from the Grandmaster's lips, the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations forged by the Heaven and Earth Will emerged as the ultimate shield of the present world?

Lv Qiankun inclined his head: "Some perceive the truth, others remain blind..."

"Lacking Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations... the horde of Mysterious Temples surfacing in this era would run unchecked, Temple Gods free to wander the mortal realm..."

"Though Temple Gods count as fallen divinities, if they truly stalked the lands, what terror would they unleash on the common folk?"

"Even Martial Saints would scatter like insects before a striding Temple God, correct?"

Lv Qiankun shook his head.

"The Heaven and Earth Will safeguards this realm, and such constraints... at times, embody safeguarding itself."