Immortal Father
Chapter 1073 - 1073 373 Ambiguity Not a Bit_2

1073: Chapter 373 Ambiguity Not a Bit_2 1073: Chapter 373 Ambiguity Not a Bit_2 Li Ping’an swiftly tucked her jade-like arm into the sleeve of his robe and casually tied the sash for her.

But alas, Lady Ba’s figure was simply too stunning.

Wearing only Li Ping’an’s robe, her chest rose prominently, and the neckline revealed an abyss-like cleavage, with a touch of snowy whiteness adding even more allure.

Li Ping’an forced himself to lock eyes with Lady Ba and said seriously, “This is both to protect you and to use you to threaten the external Heavenly Dao.”

“Oh?” Lady Ba seemed somewhat puzzled.

Li Ping’an helped her to her feet.

With the suppression of internal Heavenly Dao power gone, Lady Ba’s strength was rapidly recovering.

In fact, beneath her translucent skin, crimson light began to flow, these lights even piercing through the Heavenly Dao’s suppression, spiraling faintly three inches off the surface of her body.

The power of the external Heavenly Dao protected but did not invade;

The Calamity Force could be freely used to cast divine skills within the internal Heavenly Dao illusionary realm;

The combination of the two made Lady Ba akin to a war deity within this realm.

Lady Ba whispered, “Could I trouble you for some pants?

This…

is rather improper.”

“All my clothes are infused with the power of the external Heavenly Dao.

Any alternative garments would disintegrate the moment I bring them out.”

Li Ping’an thought for a moment, then directly removed his inner lining, tore it into crisscrossing strips of cloth, fashioned a simple rustic-style undergarment, turned his back, and handed it to Lady Ba.

Lady Ba was slightly startled but soon covered her mouth with a light laugh.

Flames emerged around her, condensing into a thin, form-fitting fiery inner armor.

Still, she accepted the strips of cloth Li Ping’an had crafted and tucked them into the robe.

The Human Race valued decorum and propriety, and one could not remain inadequately dressed.

Lady Ba tried stepping away from Li Ping’an’s vicinity.

The force of the internal Heavenly Dao began to assail her again, putting immense pressure on her.

Yet, firelight flickered in her eyes, and her long, curled hair billowed as if set aflame, even without wind.

She took a gentle breath, facing the oppressive power of the Heavenly Dao, and slowly hovered skyward, her gaze fixed on the Immortal Palace above.

Li Ping’an remarked, “I’ve already sent someone in to investigate.”

“No matter,” Lady Ba’s aura turned razor-sharp as she spoke softly, “If it wants my Calamity Dao, then it can have it—let’s see if it can handle it.”

With that, Lady Ba shot into the sky.

Li Ping’an watched her robed and armored figure ascend, a trace of emotion flashing through his eyes.

If only he’d been bolder earlier.

Her previous frailty when she hadn’t fully recovered was truly pitiable.

That stark contrast…

irresistible.

Li Ping’an gestured and immediately prepared to lead his group of enslaved celestial beings into the air.

Up above, muffled thunder echoed, and a fiery lotus suddenly blossomed, filling an entire Immortal Palace in an instant, shattering it into pieces.

Debris of wooden planks and stone rained down from above.

“So, this is where the wood and stone from the islands come from.”

Li Ping’an raised an eyebrow slightly and led a group of celestial slaves toward another palace.

Before long, six Immortal Palaces had been consecutively obliterated.

However, the divine spirits within these six palaces consisted only of the burly man seen before; the shadows and silhouette-like figures observed previously turned out to be mere “impressions”—traces left behind by divine spirits who had once existed there.

“Where have the false Xihe and false Wangshu gone?

Are they all outside?”

Li Ping’an contemplated briefly.

Having shattered several Immortal Palaces, Lady Ba quickly returned to his side, taking the initiative to wrap a cord of energy around Li Ping’an’s neck.

The thin external Heavenly Dao membrane around her had become very faint;

Above Li Ping’an’s head, the Xuantian Tower trembled slightly, releasing dense Heavenly Dao power toward Lady Ba, replenishing her membrane.

Releasing Li Ping’an, she vaulted into the air again, as the only strong combatant capable of flight, heading toward the nearest Immortal Palace.

“Great, I’ve become a power bank.”

Li Ping’an was perfectly content to avoid taking risks, instead instructing his group of celestial slaves to gather dropped weapons from the ruins of the Immortal Palaces and sending the majority to various places to free other enslaved celestial beings.

Meanwhile, Li Ping’an himself mounted a silver-maned lion alongside Niu Benben and Cailin the Great, pursuing Lady Ba from behind.

The silver-maned lion carried the burly divine spirit in its jaws, biting and wounding it as per Li Ping’an’s instructions to prevent it from recovering its mobility.

After several more Immortal Palaces tumbled down, a second divine spirit appeared.

However, before it could exhibit any prowess, Lady Ba obliterated it with a single punch.

Li Ping’an had refrained from directly killing the internal Heavenly Dao’s divine spirits before, for fear of provoking “Xihe” and “Wangshu”;

But now, with Lady Ba growing ever more formidable in battle, he no longer had such reservations.

The remnants of these former ministers of the Ancient Heavenly Court were not particularly powerful.

“The core of the internal Heavenly Dao is this illusion.

How can I shatter it?”

Li Ping’an pondered continuously, while in the distance, Lady Ba returned once again, close to him, to replenish her external Heavenly Dao power.

Li Ping’an asked, “Is there a way to directly break this illusion?”

“This place is quite mysterious and strange.

Let’s dismantle these Immortal Palaces first and see,” Lady Ba suggested.

“Your Majesty, be cautious.

The divine spirits guarding this place’s internal Heavenly Dao are of little concern; it’s Xihe and Wangshu who are truly troublesome.”

Li Ping’an noticed the enslaved celestial beings gathering from all directions, their numbers increasing, and gave a quiet “Hmm.”

Lady Ba asked, “What is it?”

“These celestial slaves were all taken by Mo Linyuan over the past ten thousand years,” Li Ping’an observed.

“Now that I’ve turned them against him, Mo Linyuan’s true form—that old raven—must be losing strength constantly, right?”

“That should be the case,” Lady Ba replied softly.

“However, we cannot perceive what is happening outside, which is a bit problematic.”

Li Ping’an instructed, “Let’s continue smashing palaces, and don’t stray too far from me.”

“Understood!”

With a playful wink, Lady Ba turned and charged toward another Immortal Palace hidden amidst the clouds with great vigor.

As more Immortal Palaces crumbled, divine weapons continued to fall into the hands of the celestial slaves congregating behind Li Ping’an.

The external celestial slaves were rescuing the internal celestial slaves, their numbers growing continuously.

Meanwhile, the weapons and equipment they acquired became more formidable, turning Li Ping’an’s celestial slave army into a snowballing force.

Suddenly, a voice called from the distance, “Your Majesty!

We’ve found Mo Linyuan’s Primordial Spirit!”

Li Ping’an perked up with excitement.

Without needing him to say a word, Lady Ba changed direction, smashing palaces as she raced toward the location where Mo Linyuan’s Primordial Spirit was imprisoned.

The silver-maned lion shifted course as well.

Although these celestial slaves had, over varying lengths of time, endured transformations by the Heavenly Dao—many with lesser strength or longer imprisonment emerged truly pure in soul, akin to unblemished white lotuses, dedicated solely to serving the Heavenly Dao;

But at this moment, merely hearing the name Mo Linyuan ignited their collective wrath.

This old raven was unlikely to survive much longer.

…

Above the Northern Continent.

Xuan Du Da Fa Shi’s left arm rested horizontally before him, with his left hand supporting his right elbow as he stroked his chin.

What in the world?

The Tai Chi Diagram spread out before him, spanning between heaven and earth.

The giant raven crashing against the Tai Chi Diagram grew progressively smaller, its momentum waning, and the grim ghostly shadows behind it and the dreadful face on its chest had lessened considerably.

Yet this raven’s body, both inside and out, was infused and sealed with internal Heavenly Dao power, rendering Xuan Du Da Fa Shi unable to crush it, even with the Tai Chi Diagram.

Two hours earlier, Xuan Du Da Fa Shi had been relieved that he alone could hold this raven at bay;

But now, he was faintly anxious about how this raven was managing to occupy him for so long.

Demon creatures and Asuras controlled by the internal Heavenly Dao had begun to appear sporadically across the East Continent.

While their numbers remained small and no large-scale catastrophes had yet occurred,

The Great Mage could sense several rivers of blood nearing the surface, and wherever these rivers erupted, they would engulf heavily populated mortal cities.

The blood rivers blocked by the Three Teachings’ experts in the underworld were not the only ones.

Experts from the Human Race were now scrambling to relocate many cities;

Yet the internal Heavenly Dao ceaselessly suppressed and disrupted their efforts, preventing them from employing divine skills to move mountains and fill seas, leaving them to establish formations hastily to prepare for the imminent invasion of the Sea of Blood.

Except for the Southern Continent protected by the Skycutter Great Array, the entire main world had descended into chaos.

The Great Mage silently strategized on how to breach the internal Heavenly Dao’s secret realm through the giant raven before him.

After all, with the Tai Chi Diagram protecting him, neither the internal nor external Heavenly Dao could kill him;

He might as well go inside and have a look.

…

Meanwhile, in the internal Heavenly Dao illusionary realm.

Li Ping’an, leading hundreds to thousands of figures, landed on an inconspicuous island at the edge of the realm and surrounded the elderly man bound to a stone pillar.