Chapter 229: Chapter 218: True Self 7th Level! Thunder Emperor Dharma Image! [4K]_2
Its appearance was not clear, but one could vaguely see its left hand holding a Thunder God Spear formed by endless divine thunder.
In its right hand was lifted a Thunder Prison World.
This Great Divine Technique, Palm Thunder Prison, was also fused into this Dharma Image!
Countless five-colored lightning bolts coursed over the body of this massive humanoid being, with endless thunder automatically merging into its body.
This is... the Thunder Emperor’s True Body!
Chen Zhixing’s Seventh Tao Dharma Aspect.
The Thunder Emperor’s True Body, complete!!!
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Inside the cave.
Chen Zhixing slowly opened his eyes.
In those long, clear eyes, countless strands of silvery lightning serpents continuously flickered across the whites.
"True Self Seventh Layer, it’s done."
Chen Zhixing spoke calmly.
In these past few days.
He not only fully recovered from his injuries but progressed further, cultivating the Thunder Tao Nine Extremes Heaven to the Fifth Extremity Heaven Realm.
His cultivation also advanced to the True Self Seventh Layer!
"Withdraw."
Chen Zhixing uttered a single word.
In an instant.
The astonishing phenomenon in the sky immediately dissipated, transforming into a ribbon-like shower of light, all retracting back and returning into Chen Zhixing’s body.
Between heaven and earth, there was once again a soothing silence.
Bang!
The rock at the cave entrance exploded!
"Young master!"
Both Shanyang and Dugu Ni turned their heads simultaneously.
They saw a figure in a snow-white robe, unstained by dust, with an unparalleled graceful appearance and long, clear eyes shining a brilliant dark blue, stepping out of the cave.
As he stepped out, the blue electric light in his eyes gradually faded, returning to a clear black and white appearance.
"The two of you have also broken through? Not bad."
Chen Zhixing looked towards Dugu Ni and Shanyang, noticing the change in their auras, and couldn’t help but have a glimmer in his eyes, praising them.
"If we don’t work harder, how can we keep up with the young master’s pace in the future?"
Dugu Ni and Shanyang exchanged a smile and replied.
Chen Zhixing also smiled at this.
At this moment.
A communication talisman hanging at his waist lit up with a dim glow.
"Oh?"
Chen Zhixing picked up the talisman and looked, his eyes gradually squinting.
This communication talisman was from Chen Chou’er.
The message inside was very simple.
The Li family’s patriarch, Li Changsheng, had officially announced his alliance with the Sikong Race!
"So it’s still heading towards the opposing side, huh?"
Chen Zhixing put down the communication talisman, the smile on his face gradually receding, his eyes glinting with a cold light.
Regarding Li Changsheng.
Initially, he wanted to make an attempt.
If he did not take the initiative to engage with this Celestial Chosen Protagonist, would they remain like two parallel lines, never intersecting.
However.
From the current development, if he continued to ignore this Celestial Chosen Protagonist.
Soon it would be this Celestial Chosen Protagonist putting a dagger to his throat!
"Li Changsheng is in the Nirvana Realm, currently, I am definitely not his opponent."
"If I want to kill this person, it still requires careful planning."
Chen Zhixing silently mused, feeling a wave of difficulty.
As time went on, the Celestial Chosen Protagonists appearing now were stronger and stronger!
Until Li Changsheng, his power even far surpassed his own.
"Elder Ni, Shanyang."
After some contemplation, Chen Zhixing looked at Dugu Ni and Shanyang.
"Present!"
Dugu Ni and Shanyang stood firmly in front of Chen Zhixing.
"Come with me to Celestial Gate City."
Chen Zhixing spoke slowly.
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Meanwhile.
In Celestial Gate City, thousands of miles away.
The Li Mansion.
Even though it was deep into the night, the spacious Li Mansion was still brightly lit.
In the backyard of the Li Mansion.
Li Changsheng’s hundreds of concubines were leaning against the threshold, dressed in vibrant adornment, waiting for Li Changsheng to choose them tonight.
If someone was selected by Li Changsheng, an elder maid would bring in a red lantern, to bathe and incense the concubine and massage her feet.
Then, the washed and clean concubine would be wrapped up in a curtain and sent to Li Changsheng’s bed.
However.
Tonight, Li Changsheng’s steps did not stop even a bit, not even glancing at the concubines on both sides, his steps hurriedly passed directly through the entire backyard, striding into the innermost large residence.
Cre-eak.
Li Changsheng pushed the door open and walked in.
Inside the room, there was an oil lamp lit.
An old woman with white hair lay on the bed, her face ashen, her breath faint, nearing death.
"Father! Mother... Mother is not going to make it..."
Li Sanbao, keeping vigil beside her, had eyes full of tears.
"Shut up!"
Li Changsheng coldly glared at his third son, then took a deep breath and stepped slowly to the bedside.
He gently grasped the old woman’s hand, forcing a smile as he said:
"Zhinu, don’t be afraid, with your husband here, no one can take your life."
"If heaven wants you dead, I will snatch you back from its grasp!"
Lying on the bed, Lvu Zhinu, now like a candle flickering in the wind, could not help but smile softly upon hearing this.
"Changsheng, I know my own situation. Birth, aging, sickness, and death, the Celestial Five Declines, are paths each person must take in life, there’s no need to resist them."
"No! That may be others’ lives, but not yours!"
Li Changsheng gritted his teeth and said:
"What is the point of my eternal life without you? I would be nothing but a lonely weed adrift in the world!"
As he spoke.
Li Changsheng continuously operated the Nirvana Power within him, directing it into Lvu Zhinu’s body.
However.
The once unfailing Nirvana Power now, upon entering Lvu Zhinu’s body, was like a clay ox entering the sea, producing no response at all.
"Father, it’s useless! Mother’s lifespan has completely run dry, her Spiritual Soul has withered, even if you possess great power, you cannot reverse life and death and bring her back to life!"
Li Erbao, his eyes red, had long read countless materials and understood the result.
If reversing life and death for others were really possible.
Then this world wouldn’t still have many ancient great powers, with only themselves to dwell in loneliness, no relatives left.
Cultivation, cultivation.
It’s truly a path where the number of companions decreases the further you go.
"I said, shut up!"
Li Changsheng’s voice was hoarse, as he slowly turned to look at Li Erbao, showing an expression of terrifying anger that he had never seen before.
As if, should Li Erbao speak another word, Li Changsheng would kill him right there.
"Where’s the medicine sent by the Sikong Clan? Haven’t I already agreed to align myself with them, to serve them? Why hasn’t the medicine yet arrived, the one that supposedly defies fate and extends one’s lifespan?"
Li Changsheng’s voice was rough.
Li Erbao’s voice was somewhat uncertain and helpless: "I don’t know, a person from the Sikong family told me, before midnight, the medicine would be delivered."
"Midnight?"
Li Changsheng raised his head to glance at the sky, realizing there was only half an hour until midnight.
"Go wait outside."
Li Changsheng spoke. Despite his excruciating anxiety, he understood well enough it was futile, that he had to continue to wait.
"Yes."
Li Erbao wiped his eyes, stepped out, closing the door behind him.
For a moment, the room contained only Li Changsheng and Lvu Zhinu.
The candlelight flickered slightly, reflecting the shadows of the two old figures in the room, appearing even thinner.
Li Changsheng gently stroked Lvu Zhinu’s aged cheeks, his eyes filled with memories of her youthful years.
"Changsheng, can you sing again the long ballad that you sang when we first met?"
Lvu Zhinu lifted her head with difficulty, looking at the man before her that others called a great power of the present age, who was trying hard to keep his face taut, not letting himself show sadness, and she couldn’t help feeling a stab of pain in her nose.
She knew.
Although Li Changsheng had married many women, outsiders all said Li Changsheng was old and indulging in romance, a blossom blooming unexpectedly, a consummate libertine.
But she understood in her heart.
The one Li Changsheng loved had always been her, Lvu Zhinu.
"The ballad from when we first met? That’s so long ago, I can’t remember it."
Li Changsheng rubbed his eyes, forcing a smile.
"Come on, I want to hear it." Lvu Zhinu suddenly summoned a breath, speaking in a somewhat coquettish tone.
Li Changsheng was startled at seeing her like this, a bit surprised.
This tone... he hadn’t heard it in a very long time.
"Alright, alright, I’ll sing."
Li Changsheng laughed.
He wiped away the moisture from the corners of his eyes, clenched that old, thin hand tightly, and began singing slowly, softly:
"Apricot tree; blooms white flowers, don’t let the daughter marry into the Taoist’s house."
"Before the year, the young man was carried up the mountain; after the year, his body was cold beneath."
"Apricot tree, blooms white flowers, young men should not meet the Taoists."
"If you ask me, what age am I, still claiming there’s no Taoist affinity, ah, ah ah."
"A dog barks, a cat scratches."
"Frightened, the Taoist returns home."
"A cat calls, a dog scratches."
"Never train in the Tao."
"After training in the Tao, in the end."
"No father or mother, no home..."
With the gradually drifting hoarse singing, the old woman in his arms slowly fell asleep with a smile.
The song ended, replaced by murmured self-talk.
"Others pursue eternal life through the path of detachment, seeing life and death lightly, feelings coldly."
"But I, Li Changsheng..."
"Prefer to be a man filled with emotion, than an indifferent immortal."