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Chapter 593 Peaches of Immortality and Elixir of Immortality (Second Update)

"Stop them with me!"

Tianpeng, wielding a nine-toothed rake and a crescent-shaped shovel, led 80,000 heavenly soldiers and generals to encircle Li Chuan and his group from both sides.

Together with the Golden Crow Formation composed of the nine Golden Crows, they form a three-sided encirclement.

"Yang Jian and Nezha will break the Golden Crow Formation, Yang Chan will use the Lotus Lantern to block the Curtain and the 80,000 heavenly soldiers, Yang Jiao will block the other 80,000 heavenly soldiers behind Tianpeng, and I will block Tianpeng!"

After throwing the Bow of Aurelion and a large number of Blood Sun Arrows to Yang Jian, Li Chuan quickly devised a countermeasure.

With Yang Jian at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm, and Nezha possessing the Blood Sun Arrow that can restrain the Golden Crow and the Lotus Dharma Body of the Taiyi Golden Immortal, breaking the Golden Crow Formation is only a matter of time.

With the Lotus Lantern in hand, Yang Chan, at the early stage of the Golden Immortal realm, could easily block the mid-stage Golden Immortal Juanlian and 80,000 heavenly soldiers.

Yang Jiao, a mid-stage Golden Immortal, wielding the Thunder Battle Axe, could easily hold off 80,000 heavenly soldiers.

Finally, there's Tianpeng, who wields a nine-toothed rake and is at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm. As the commander of the Heavenly Court's Milky Way naval forces, his strength is definitely not to be underestimated when he gets serious.

Since Li Chuan is unable to use his strongest physical body, his inner universe, and the Tsukuyomi world—abilities he might need in the upcoming Investiture of the Gods battle—defeating Tianpeng will not be easy.

But it doesn't matter, he knows Tianpeng's weakness.

"Take this!"

Based on the intelligence previously transmitted by the heavenly soldiers, Tianpeng knew that Li Chuan was a heretical cultivator who could conjure up many gods and was very skilled in various unorthodox spells. Therefore, when they faced each other, he immediately launched the most ferocious close combat attack.

Seeing this, Li Chuan did not dodge, but directly threw out the magic weapon he had prepared beforehand.

"Nine Sons Heavenly Demon Mystic Yin Banner!"

Suddenly, a plume of black smoke enveloped Tianpeng, causing him to stop in his tracks. Then, nine stunningly beautiful women appeared around him, surrounding him.

"Marshal, Marshal, come and play!"

The Nine Sons Heavenly Demon Xuan Yin Banner was a demonic magic weapon that Li Chuan obtained from the Xuan Yin Sect in the Shu Mountain World. Its main purpose was to trap people and use mental charm attacks, and he rarely used it before.

However, considering that this battle in Heaven might involve Tianpeng, they spent time refining him a second time.

To enhance its power, he also incorporated the Great Sumeru Profound Yin Cauldron, which shared the same origin, greatly increasing the allure of the nine Yin spirits within.

Even so, the power of this magic weapon is only average. It would definitely not work against some decent people, such as the Great Golden Crow, but it would be a different story against someone like Marshal Tianpeng.

Even if it's impossible to trap them for a long time, trapping them for a short while and taking advantage of the time difference is still possible.

Sure enough, the originally cautious Marshal Tianpeng immediately relaxed his guard upon seeing the nine beautiful ghosts and was temporarily captivated by them.

After trapping Tianpeng, Li Chuan didn't rest. He immediately clasped his hands together, and huge bolts of purple lightning struck the Golden Crow Formation in turn, assisting Yang Jian and Nezha in breaking the formation as quickly as possible.

"Boom boom boom!"

Li Chuan's relentless bombardment became the final straw that broke the camel's back. The Golden Crow Formation shattered, and the nine Golden Crows were ejected, each coughing up blood.

"Kill them and weaken the Heavenly Court's power!"

Upon hearing Li Chuan's order, Yang Jian and Nezha began to hunt down the nine heavily injured Golden Crows.

At the same time, Tianpeng finally managed to suppress his lust with his cultivation and forcibly broke the Nine Sons Heavenly Demon Profound Yin Formation with his Nine-Toothed Rake.

"Your Highnesses, do not panic, I am here to help you!"

Seeing that the nine princes were being chased, Tianpeng transmitted his thoughts and ordered all the heavenly soldiers to assemble and rescue the nine golden crows first.

Li Chuan, of course, wouldn't let them have their way.

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"

This time, Li Chuan directly created 100,000 shadow clones.

Without the influence of the Golden Crow Formation, his shadow clones can unleash their full power.

Eighty thousand of them used various large-scale escape techniques and magic to intercept the heavenly soldiers who wanted to rescue the Nine Golden Crows, while twenty thousand directly blocked Marshal Tianpeng's way.

As for General Rolling Curtain, he has already been trapped by Yang Chan using the Lotus Lantern.

"A few mere clones dare to try and stop me, General!"

Tianpeng raised his magical power to its limit, preparing to unleash his full strength to carve out a path to rescue the Nine Golden Crows.

However, just as he raised the rake, his 20,000 shadow clones simultaneously used transformation magic.

"Immortal Technique: Super Harem Art!"

In an instant, Tianpeng was captured once again.

"seal!"

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the 20,000 shadow clones stepped forward one by one and sealed various sealing techniques onto Tianpeng's body.

Li Chuan, along with Yang Jiao, had already joined the operation to kill the Nine Golden Crows.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight—he collected the corpses of eight three-legged golden crows in succession before he finally stopped Yang Jian and his two companions, who were somewhat bloodthirsty.

"Alright, keep the smallest one; the Three Realms still need him to maintain their light."

After letting the little golden crow go, Li Chuan looked at the curtain and the sky-shattering figure captured by Yang Chan and her shadow clones and said:

"Don't try to resist, or you'll end up like those golden crows, obediently becoming prisoners. You'll be released safely once everything is over."

Tianpeng and Juanlian, who will become Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing in the future Journey to the West, must not be killed, otherwise they will incur karmic consequences with Buddhism.

Tianpeng and Juanlian exchanged a glance and nodded helplessly.

Pressing down on Tianpeng and Juanlian, the five men and their shadow clones fought their way through the heavenly soldiers, quickly breaking through the fourth heaven, followed by the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth heavens, until they finally slowed down a bit at the ninth heaven.

Because the Queen Mother's Peach Garden is located in the Ninth Heaven.

Let Yang Jian and the other three continue pushing, while Li Chuan flew to the peach orchard and quickly picked all the large, ripe peaches and put them in his bag.

As for those that were not yet ripe, he didn't touch them. After all, thousands of years later, his junior brother Sun Wukong would come to snatch them again, so he had to leave some for him.

After obtaining the peaches of immortality, their progress immediately accelerated; they hadn't yet acquired the elixir from the Tushita Palace in the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Laozi is an incarnation of the Supreme Lord of Morality and the Great Purity of the Human Sect, and also the senior brother of his grandmaster, the Primordial Lord of Heaven. Apart from the Three Pure Ones, Hongjun and other saints, no one else knows this, including the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother.

They simply regarded Laozi as a subordinate who was exceptionally skilled in alchemy.

So normally, it's not surprising that Li Chuan went to steal the elixir from the Doushuai Palace. Ignorance is no excuse, and with Yuanshi Tianzun backing him up, Taiqing Daode Tianzun wouldn't hold it against him.

After all, those pills were basically useless to the Supreme Lord Taiqing, who was already a saint. They were just something he made for fun to save face for the Heavenly Court.

Later, both Sun Wukong and Chenxiang plundered Laozi's elixir, but nothing happened to them.

Moreover, he didn't use the peaches of immortality and elixirs all by himself; he would also share them with Nezha, Yang Jian, and their two siblings, thus enhancing the overall strength of the three generations of disciples of the Chan Sect.

This can be seen as preparation for the later Investiture of the Gods, and it is a matter of going with the flow rather than going against the will of Heaven.

(End of this chapter)