My gorgeous wife Chapter 2323 - 2291: Ye Zhiqiu

Turning back to look at Li Chen, Zenith couldn’t help but feel a chill in his heart.

It’s not that those alchemic lifeforms are weak, rather, Li Chen’s strength is truly frightening.

Others may not know, but he is aware, although these alchemic lifeforms are limited by materials and can never truly advance to the Palm Realm, in terms of combat power, they combine the advantages of both technological lineage and cultivation lineage, making them capable of entangling even with early Heaven-Earth Realm despite not being able to defeat it.

And... every single one of them.

Even a true Heaven-Earth Realm would generally need to employ a pseudo-universe to slowly grind down these alchemic lifeforms.

Yet the one before him, from start to finish, showed no intention of using his own universe, instead, he destroyed these alchemic lifeforms directly through sheer brute force.

Such a presence, Zenith felt it would be wise to be cautious.

Though he seemed refined and polite, who knew if he might suddenly turn back and take his life?

"Well... Hongchen Ancestor, I’ve led you as far as I can, any further and I’ve never gone in, nor do I know where the people are imprisoned," Standing at a fork in the road, the Ancient Ancestor of Zenith nervously looked at Li Chen, seemingly afraid that Li Chen might strike him down on a whim.

Yet he was speaking the truth, for the underground palace, even he had never ventured deeply within.

After all, some of the beings imprisoned inside are powerful, some are not weaker than him, and some are far stronger.

Li Chen turned his head and gave this Ancient Ancestor of Zenith a deep look.

As the Ancient Ancestor of Zenith felt a chilling sensation, Li Chen lightly nodded, "In that case, I’ll proceed alone from here, thank you for leading the way, Ancient Ancestor of Zenith."

Zenith was about to say "You’re welcome," but suddenly saw Li Chen reach out towards him.

Zenith felt a great alarm in his heart, and prepared to flee, but being under the Locking Heaven and Earth seal, how could he escape on foot?

Li Chen slapped his palm on the head of this Ancient Ancestor of Zenith, and Zenith rolled his eyes and slumped down limply.

In the Locking Heaven and Earth seal, he had no power to resist Li Chen.

Li Chen didn’t kill him, only temporarily sealed his divine soul, placing multiple restrictions upon it.

Even if left alone, he would naturally awaken after a few decades.

Leaving Zenith behind, Li Chen no longer hesitated, directly invoking the Law of Cause and Effect.

"If it really is my mother, there should be traces on the cause and effect line; by following these law threads, I should be able to find her!" Li Chen’s gaze focused.

However, at this moment, he didn’t dare cause much commotion.

After all, although the Palace Master was still in closed-door cultivation, he had alter egos active outside. If they were alerted before he rescued anyone, it would be troublesome.

"Cause and effect, appear!"

In a certain unseen space, lines spread from Li Chen’s body in all directions.

These lines reflect those with cause and effect relations to Li Chen.

Different lines represent different colors.

The pink for loved ones, red for family, purple for friends, black for enemies, and some faint golden cause and effect lines, whose meaning Li Chen had yet to decipher.

"Red..."

Among the cause and effect lines, Li Chen began selecting.

Finally, he locked onto a faint red line.

"The old man is outside Heaven Extinguishing Palace, so its extension leads outward, but this line..."

It’s also a red cause and effect line, but very faint. Without activating the Eye of the Dao, it would be difficult for Li Chen to detect it.

Li Chen realized, this might be because the other party is extremely weak, and if it really was his mother, perhaps it was related to him having not seen her for hundreds of years.

Even this cause and effect line flickered, as though it could vanish at any moment.

Li Chen furrowed his brows and whispered, "Eternal World Tree!"

In Li Chen’s cosmos, a towering giant tree gently shook.

A pure and peculiar power infused into Li Chen.

It was the source of Li Chen’s Law of Cause and Effect.

The Eternal World Tree had once transformed into Li Chen’s Tree of Cause and Effect, rooted at the village head of a small village on Tianchen Continent, becoming the origin of his Law of Cause and Effect, and its infusion was the best supplement.

Sure enough, with the power from the Eternal World Tree, Li Chen’s cause and effect lines brightened considerably.

And that faint cause and effect line no longer seemed vague, but grew steadily clearer.

"Go!"

Without delay, Li Chen followed the cause and effect line swiftly.

In the underground palace, numerous powerhouses are imprisoned. Even Li Chen, passing by palace-like cells, couldn’t help but feel a chill.

Not the whole underground palace, but what he glimpsed included no fewer than dozens of Palm Realm powerhouses.

According to Audrey Hera, the entire Heaven Extinguishing Palace had only about a hundred Palm Realm powerhouses.

Yet this underground palace held so many.

Then, Heaven Extinguishing Palace was truly becoming more intriguing.

Was this organization really just another ordinary group aiming to profit in the final battle?

However, at this point, Li Chen clearly had no mind to ponder these things; his goal was to find the end of the cause and effect line as quickly as possible.

"It’s here!"

At long last, after passing through multiple palatial restrictions, Li Chen arrived at a similarly imposing hall.

Standing at the entrance of the grand hall, Li Chen’s steps subtly trembled.

In the next instant, Li Chen pushed open the Stone Gate to the hall without hesitation.

Upon seeing the scene inside, Li Chen’s eyes were instantly flooded with blood-red.

The hall was sparse, but at its center sat a graceful woman in white.

Li Chen immediately noticed, the cause and effect line connecting him wound around this woman’s body.

However, around the woman were numerous unseen law threads binding her tightly at the center of the hall.

Li Chen saw clearly, these law threads were constantly draining the woman’s power.

The woman’s complexion seemed pale from prolonged absorption.

As Li Chen opened the hall’s door, the woman seemed to sense something, raising her head suddenly.

Their eyes met.

In Li Chen’s eyes, the blood-red continued to spread.

"A mother and child reunion, truly an exhilarating moment." A slightly teasing voice came from behind Li Chen.

Li Chen quickly turned his head, seeing not far from the hall’s entrance, a shadow with indistinct features, lazily leaning against the corner.

The woman, upon hearing, widened her originally lifeless eyes, staring hard at Li Chen.

"You are..."

"My name is Li Chen," Li Chen said hoarsely, his eyes filled with uncontrollable fury.

Hearing this, the woman suddenly stood from the ground, and the law threads wrapped around her body immediately strung taut.

"Shang! Let him leave! If you dare lay a hand on him, I, Ye Zhiqiu, will surely self-destruct to destroy Heaven Extinguishing Palace!!!"