Chapter 1804: Thousand Steles Suppress Thousand Eye

A sacred aura had enveloped the entire Endless Gale Divine Continent, and all of the worldly natural energy in the land was gradually being converted into light energy due its influence. Anyone who possessed a light resonance and cultivated here would undoubtedly be greatly aided by the environment. The entire continent had turned into a sacred world for light practitioners.

On the other hand, Li Luo's expression was solemn as he looked at the familiar woman who was striding towards him through the air. Without a doubt, it was Jiang Qing'e. However, what shocked him was that her molten gold-like eyes were studying him with an unfamiliar indifference. He felt a hint of panic rise up within him.

Under his tense gaze, Jiang Qing'e continued to scrutinize him from head to toe.

𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

This reaction almost caused Li Luo to piss himself in fright. This was because he could sense a different aura coming from her body. It bore down on him with a pressure that caused even his twelve resonances to tremble, as though he was facing a formidable enemy.

He had reached the pinnacle of power when it came to resonances. With his six resonant palaces and twelve resonances, he was confident in his ability to deal with Divine Fruit Grand Devil Kings. After all, he had just sealed away one such enemy. Yet when he stood before Jiang Qing'e, his resonances were screaming in fear, as they could sense how threatening she was.

It was clear that she had engaged in a heated battle against a Divine Fruit Grand Devil King to protect the Endless Gale Divine Continent. In the process, she had taken another step towards awakening the quasi tenth-grade light resonance. Only an object like that could instill terror and apprehension in him.

If one were to put it in perspective, Heavenly Emperors were akin to gods in the eyes of mortals. Meanwhile, Heavenly Emperors had always pursued the peak of power, chasing after the legendary and elusive tenth-grade resonance throughout history. Alas, no one had ever managed to achieve such a feat. This could be considered to be the god they revered.

Since ancient times, the tenth-grade resonance had remained a myth. The only one who had managed to even touch upon that realm was the Legendary Sect Master, who had left behind two quasi tenth-grade resonances, her light and extinction resonances. Even Li Luo didn't know what would happen if the day came when Jiang Qing'e fully awakened the quasi tenth-grade light resonance. How would her mind be affected? Just like what was happening now.

Li Luo's scalp turned numb as Jiang Qing'e sized him up. He asked shakily, "Sister Qing'e, what happened to you?"

She remained silent, only quietly looking back at him. The air around him stagnated and his heart started to break. However, it was at that moment that Jiang Qing'e's lips curled up into a mischievous smile. "Did I scare you?"

A rare glint of cunning appeared in her usually calm eyes. Li Luo was taken aback as he gritted his teeth in anger. He would never have thought that Jiang Qing'e would act so mischievously towards him.

Relief washed over him, but he still scolded her with a stern expression. "That wasn't funny at all. How can you joke around at a time like this?!"

"Whose fault was it when you went off on your end and self-detonated, scaring me to no end?" Jiang Qing'e unhappily replied.

She had naturally paid attention to what was going on in his battlefield. When he had first blown himself up when pitting his life against Nine Snakes, she had experienced the sensation of terror for the first time in her life.

Li Luo paused as he could hear the worry in her voice. His heart ached and his expression softened, stretching his hand out to hold Jiang Qing'e's hand. He sighed, "You know how thorny Divine Fruit Grand Devil Kings are. My parents and my grandfather were left with no choice but to trap their opponents by risking their lives. How could I not do the same to break the stalemate?"

Jiang Qing'e lips pursed slightly as her fingers tightly hooked onto Li Luo's, savoring his warm touch, unwilling to let go.

"What happened here?" Li Luo asked.

She waved her hand lightly, causing the light energy that had enveloped the entire Endless Gale Divine Continent to suddenly surge, condensing into countless locations scattered across the land.

When Li Luo swept his gaze across the continent, he saw a thousand steles made of light, glinting like the finest crystals. Wherever the steles were, sacred light energy filled the area. The ground and the air were both filled with seals of light that had almost taken physical form. The seals of light had sealed off those thousand locations.

Li Luo's eyes flickered with divine light, looking into the steles. It turned out that underneath each stele was an inky black eye that had been suppressed. Each eye was like a feral beast. They were exceptionally large and their pupils were twitching violently while radiating copious amounts of corruption. If an ordinary King were to look at them, they would undoubtedly be corrupted.

"Is that... the Thousand Eye Grand Devil King?" Li Luo asked with a voice filled with surprise.

Jiang Qing'e nodded. "In my battle against it, I awakened a portion of the quasi tenth-grade light resonance's power. Its thousand eyes, which were hidden in the void, were revealed and I then used the Thousand Stele Art to seal each one of them. In the end, I subdued all of them... albeit with some difficulty."

Although her explanation sounded simple, Li Luo could imagine how shocking the battle was. Divine Fruit Grand Devil Kings were exceptionally powerful, and he had only managed to wear down his opponent through exhausting all of the means at his disposal, constantly self-destructing and resurrecting himself.

"It must have been tough on you," he said gently. It looked as though the Origin Reversion War had started to tilt in favor of the divine continents.

"Has your lifedeath resonance fallen in grade?" asked Jiang Qing'e as she tightened her grip on Li Luo's hand.

Although he had done his best to cover up his injuries, the awakening of Jiang Qing'e's quasi tenth-grade light resonance meant that she had taken a step into a completely different realm. As a result, she was able to sense some of the abnormalities in his body.

He could only reply honestly, "My resurrections will gradually weaken and reduce the grade of the lifedeath resonance. It has already fallen to the lower ninth-grade, and if it falls any further, I won't be able to resurrect anymore. However, you don't need to worry. This isn't a huge problem, as I just need to find an opportunity to evolve it again."

That said, he understood that bringing it back to the supreme ninth-grade wouldn't be an easy task. It would require a large amount of time and the best spirit liquids and purifying lights the world had in order to succeed. It would be a difficult process, but sealing Nine Snakes was a worthwhile trade off. He just had to stop using his self-detonation and revival tactics.

Just as these thoughts filled his mind, he felt Jiang Qing'e take a step forward, and a refreshing fragrance wafted towards him. A moment later, he felt a warm sensation on his lips. His eyes widened in surprise when he saw Jiang Qing'e's delicate and blushing face right up against his.

Before he could react, an indescribable wisp of aura passed from her body into his. The wisp of aura was incredibly ancient; it was as though it had originated from the very first ray of light that dawned upon the primordial chaos. It possessed a unique charm related to the absolute pinnacle of resonances.

It flowed towards his lifedeath resonance. His heart shook as he realized that under the influence of the mysterious aura, his lower ninth-grade lifedeath resonance seemed as though it had received a divine tonic, overflowing with power. Its grade started to rapidly rise, and just a few breaths later, it leapt back to the supreme ninth-grade.

Li Luo's eyes widened like saucers. Was it really such a simple task to evolve his resonance back to the supreme ninth-grade?!