Desolate Era Li Che

In this boundless land, there are no directions, no ups or downs, and no sense of the passage of time. Only the illusory shadows of stars twinkle, casting a soft light.

In this mysterious space, Li Che's will is like that of a creator god. In his eyes, the memories, things, and abilities contained in every star are completely exposed.

Therefore, as the newest star slowly emerged in the void, Li Che gradually understood the situation of the Li Che isomorph it represented.

That was Li Che, who had transmigrated to the world of the Desolate Era.

"If I remember correctly, this world is different from the Snow Eagle World; it's a completely independent spacetime..."

With a burning gaze, Li Che infused a wisp of his will into this illusory star, attempting to peer through the illusory barrier and glimpse his own life.

Soon, the life of Li Che in the Desolate Era gradually emerged in Li Che's eyes.

The world where Li Che was born in the Desolate Era is more in line with the background of ancient China. His luck was not as good as that of the original Li Che and Li Che of the Mountain and Sea Realm. He was born without a cultivation background.

For the first fifteen years of his life, Manghuang Ji Liche spent most of his time living on a small island. He was an orphan and was raised by an elderly couple who made a living by fishing.

When he was sixteen, Manghuang Ji Liche buried the elderly couple. Relying on a nautical chart he obtained from them, he set sail alone to find a wider world.

Perhaps it was luck, but on the second day of his voyage, Manghuang Ji Liche encountered an unprecedentedly huge storm. His small boat drifted with the waves and eventually carried him to a mysterious island.

It was only after arriving at the large island called "Immortal Crocodile Island" that Li Che of the Desolate Era truly understood the special nature of this world.

It turns out that this world is not ordinary, but a true fantasy world. Flying boats travel through the sky, and immortals cross the mist. Cultivators are not just legends in this world, but real beings.

As an outsider, the young Manghuang Ji Liche suffered a lot. In order to survive, he could only go to the largest local sect, "Tuoxianmen", to work as a low-level servant, and his life was not very respectable.

But it was precisely because of this that Li Che of the Desolate Era gradually embarked on the path of cultivation.

The Alligator Immortal Sect taught him, a low-level servant, some rudimentary Qi-refining methods, which could only reach the Innate level at most. Their original intention was to allow servants to live a few more years, but they completely underestimated the talent of the Desolate Wilderness Ji Li Che.

In just three short years, Manghuang Ji Liche had cultivated that rudimentary Qi-refining method to its extreme, achieving innate perfection and merging his body with the Dao, reaching the state of oneness with heaven and man.

Manghuang Ji Liche's talent was quickly discovered by the disciples who managed the miscellaneous tasks. The disciples reported it up the chain of command, which actually attracted the attention of a dignified Yuan Shen Daoist. After undergoing difficult trials, he was successfully taken under the wing of that Yuan Shen Daoist.

It was from that point on that Li Che of the Desolate Era finally officially embarked on the path of cultivation.

It was only through the records of the Tuoxian Sect, where Li Che belonged in the Desolate Era, that he finally gained some understanding of the world he lived in.

The world he was born into was the same Desolate Era Three Realms that Li Che was familiar with. However, Li Che himself was not sure which era he was in, only that he was in a great world called Changge.

The Tuoxian Sect, where Li Che of the Desolate Era is located, is a sect with some reputation in the Changge Great World. The sect's patriarch, the Three-Headed Tuolong Celestial Immortal, is a second-rank celestial official in the Heavenly Court who is in charge of the Water Virtue.

This celestial being's status is considered ordinary within the Heavenly Court's celestial circle, but such a status already grants the Alligator Immortal Sect access to exceptionally good resources.

It is precisely this pride and righteousness of the Heavenly Court's lineage that gives lowly cultivators like Li Che from the Desolate Era a chance to rise to prominence.

Under the guidance of his master, who was at the level of a Nascent Soul Daoist, Manghuang Ji Liche was able to rebuild his foundation and cultivate the Qi Refining Chapter and the Divine Demon Chapter of the "Heavenly Soldiers and Generals Guidance" passed down by the Heavenly Court, officially embarking on the path of cultivation.

After that, Li Che's cultivation path in the Desolate Era gradually became smoother.

With the help of the "Guide to Heavenly Soldiers and Generals", his progress in Qi cultivation and body refinement was rapid. From the Innate Realm to the Purple Mansion Realm, and from the Purple Mansion Realm to the Myriad Manifestations Realm, and even up to the level of the Primordial Spirit Daoist, he never encountered any bottlenecks.

During that period, Manghuang Ji Li Che continued to show his talent. He successfully cultivated a second primordial spirit and joined the Three Altars Sea Assembly Great God at the primordial spirit Daoist level, that is, under Nezha's command, becoming a member of the Heavenly Army.

As a celestial soldier with an official position in the Heavenly Court of the Three Realms, Manghuang Ji Liche had a clearer understanding of the Three Realms he was in at that time.

The Three Realms era he lived in seemed not far removed from the Great Calamity era in which Ji Ning lived. At that time, even Marshal Tianpeng of the neighboring Heavenly River Navy had entered the Buddhist order. If Li Che had not heard about the Wujian Sect, he would have even thought that he had traveled to the Journey to the West world.

During his time as a celestial soldier, Manghuang Ji Liche often followed behind many celestial gods and immortals of the Heavenly Court to various great worlds to eliminate all kinds of demons and monsters, and his cultivation and understanding of the Dao continued to improve.

When he was over two thousand years old, he reached the level of a returning deity and demon, and also mastered part of the Destruction Dao, a lower level of the Destruction Dao. He was taken in as a disciple by the Dao Ancestor Yu Ding Zhenren of the Daoist sect, who believed that he had even greater potential.

Everything seems to be moving in a positive direction.

But when Li Che was over eight thousand years old in the Desolate Era, his fate took a sudden turn.

At that time, Li Che of the Desolate Era was at the Great Perfection of the Returning to the Void level. He led his troops to wipe out an ancient god-demon nest that slaughtered all living beings. The master of the nest was one of the ancient demons born in the Boundless Chaos World, who was also at the Great Perfection of the Returning to the Void level and had extraordinary combat power.

Fortunately, Li Che from the Desolate Era was powerful enough. Although the god and demon were incredibly ancient, their realm was far inferior to Li Che's, and they were quickly forced into a desperate situation.

It was at this moment that an unexpected event occurred.

The god and demon who was almost annihilated by the Desolate Era Li Che obtained a True Demon Dao Talisman during the Boundless Chaos World period. Before his death, he sacrificed the Dao Talisman with his blood, which forcibly banished the Desolate Era Li Che and thousands of heavenly soldiers to the chaotic void outside the Three Realms.

The chaotic void is terrifying and cannot be resisted by mortals. The thousands of heavenly soldiers and generals were almost instantly obliterated into nothingness. Only the strongest, the Desolate Ji Li Che, survived thanks to his perfected Void Returning Great Perfection and the divine and demonic body tempered by the Eight-Nine Mystic Arts.

Unfortunately, after drifting in the chaotic void for a long time, Li Che from the Desolate Era encountered another rare spatial rift and was sucked in.

It must be said that there are far too many spatial rifts outside the Three Realms, which even world gods like Nuwa could not withstand.

Fortunately, Li Che was lucky and survived the spatial rift.

When he regained his sight, he found himself transported to a desolate void he had never heard of before. Everything around him was deserted, and even the connection with the Heavenly Dao had completely disappeared. Only a bronze gate stood majestically in front of him.

Were they teleported to a far greater place beyond the Three Realms? Or were they sucked into a special place like a world prison?

With the cultivation level of a mere Void Returning God-Demon in the Desolate Era, Li Che had no idea where he was. Only by comparing his connection with his second primordial spirit could he determine that he had been teleported to a chaotic void outside the Three Realms.

After consulting with his master, Master Yu Ding, Li Che was helpless to discover that he had been transported to a very, very distant place beyond the Three Realms, so far that even his master, Master Yu Ding, was powerless to help him.

Danger lurked everywhere; even the occasional surge of chaotic energy could slash Li Che's true form as a god or demon.

He also tried to study the mysterious bronze door, but could only feel a strong sense of crisis and could not get any information.

In a place devoid of the Heavenly Dao, Manghuang Ji Liche was unable to replenish his divine power and magical energy. His elixirs were quickly depleted, leaving him almost completely out of supplies.

In the end, in order to survive, Manghuang Ji Liche had no choice but to take a desperate gamble and forcefully push open the mysterious bronze door, trying to cross it directly.

However, to Manghuang Ji Liche's surprise, the moment he stepped through the bronze gate, his soul was swept away by a terrifying force. Manghuang Ji Liche felt a darkness before his eyes and completely lost consciousness. His second primordial spirit and his main body were scattered.

"This... seems to be a gateway to simultaneously testing the strength of will, a mental power method unique to the Desolate Era world?"

In the Boundless Land, Li Che's true form watched the last scene Li Che saw before his death in the Desolate Era. He felt that the physical pain was similar to the pain Li Che experienced when he recognized the Star Tower in the Mountain and Sea Realm, both targeting the aspect of will.

At the same time, he also learned about the obsession that Li Che of the Desolate Era had before his death.

Get out of here!

"It seems to be a world worth taking on..." Li Che rubbed his chin, finally merging his will into the true spirit of Li Che in the Desolate Era.