Chapter 460: Unique Self Sword Technique, Slash!
Chapter 460: Unique Self Sword Technique, Slash!
"Which sect's disciple are you?"
The Star and Moon Maiden narrowed her eyes and asked.
Such a cultivation realm, able to arrive here so quickly, must either have an unimaginably powerful cultivation technique to mask and disguise his aura, pretending to be a Third Tier True Immortal, or he must be an extremely rare monster. And if he could traverse the perilous Ninth Wasteland and still conceal his aura, that made him even more terrifying.
"Which sect's disciple are you?"
Li Hao countered her question with one of his own.
When asking about someone's identity at their doorstep, it was a martial world rule to introduce oneself first.
"Star Hall, Xing Lan."
The young girl detected a hint of defiance in Li Hao's words but paid it no mind, calmly revealing her identity. She believed that even if she didn't say it, the competitors she had observed would recognize her, and the imperial clans would know her, as they were likely well-versed in the profiles of Heavenly Sect prodigies. As for those who didn't know her, they were of no concern to her, and revealing her identity to them was of no consequence.
"Star Hall..."
Li Hao's eyes flickered. It was one of the five great Heavenly Sects of Yan Chu, no wonder she could reach the Tenth Wasteland so quickly; she was likely one of the sect's top geniuses.
"Nine Depths of the Great Dream, Hao Tian."
Li Hao introduced himself.
"Hao Tian..."
Xing Lan glanced at Li Hao, nodded slightly, and said, "I'll remember you."
With that, she didn't linger, her figure suddenly transforming into a streak of starlight, flying away like a rainbow.
Li Hao found it somewhat baffling. He hadn't done anything, so why remember him? However, sensing no ill intent from her, he thought about it for a moment and decided not to dwell on it, quickly continuing his journey forward.
In the Tenth Wasteland, the oppressive aura was intense. Li Hao needed to unleash his ultimate power and harness the might of his Ancestor Immortal Body to move freely.
As he traversed the area, a chaotic power suddenly attacked without warning.
Bang!
A sharp ice spike shot out from the flickering lightning in the void.
The ice spike whizzed by, freezing the air and slightly distorting the space around it.
Li Hao sensed the change in the space and anticipated the attack, dodging at full speed to narrowly avoid it.
"So this is a Primordial Immortal Art?"
Li Hao turned back, but the ice spike had vanished without a trace. However, in the brief moment it had passed by, Li Hao felt the Water Origin Power and Spatial Origin Power it contained, two fundamental forces intertwined, albeit crudely. This sudden insight opened a new line of thought for him.
Li Hao didn't stop, continuing forward.
Soon, a Primordial Dao condensed and transformed into a ghostly black shadow, screaming as it charged toward Li Hao.
The ear-piercing sound waves pierced directly into the soul, but with his Soul Spirit broken through to the ultimate realm, though he hadn't yet reached the ultimate limit of 'True God,' the Divine Bones within his Soul Spirit shone brightly, blocking the sound waves that could shatter the Soul Spirit.
"Even the Ancestral Dragon would meet its end instantly in this Tenth Wasteland..."
Li Hao's eyes narrowed slightly. The Tenth Wasteland was the limit for True Immortal Realm cultivators, and it was indeed formidable.
He enveloped himself in a thousand-meter radius with his Divine Sense, activating his Eternal Dao Domain, and swiftly moved forward.
With his fourth-stage Spatial Origin, despite the extreme chaos, he could sense the fluctuations within a few dozen miles around him.
The previous ice spike, as well as the subsequent Primordial Dao attacks, all gave him time to react.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Li Hao's figure rapidly teleported through the area, and before long, he evaded various dangers and arrived at the fog wall of the Tenth Wasteland.
Here, Li Hao saw four figures.
Apart from the girl in the colorful dress, Xing Lan, there were three more Imperial Clan members, all tall and imposing.
However, unlike Xing Lan, who appeared carefree and untouched by the world, the three Imperial Clan members were all somewhat battered. Some of their robes were charred, and others had disheveled hair, clearly indicating they had clashed with the Primordial Dao and Primordial Immortal Art here.
When Xing Lan saw Li Hao appear, her eyes narrowed, and upon noticing that his clothes were intact and he was not in the slightest bit disheveled, the concern in her eyes deepened.
But she quickly concealed her emotions, and a delicate smile appeared on her peerless and ethereal face. "You really did come."
Li Hao was surprised. "You were waiting for me here?"
"I wanted to see if you could still hold up in the tenth wasteland."
Xing Lan didn't hide her intentions; she was indeed waiting for Li Hao. If he couldn't survive the tenth wasteland, it wouldn't be worth keeping an eye on him anymore.
Although reaching the tenth wasteland as a Third Tier True Immortal was already impressive, this was a race, and the winner would be the one who reached the endpoint first.
"It seems I haven't disappointed you."
Li Hao couldn't help but chuckle.
The three Imperial Clan members nearby glanced at Li Hao. They all knew Xing Lan, but who was this kid?
When they saw Li Hao's cultivation and his relaxed demeanor, their expressions turned serious and unpleasant. Third Tier True Immortal? How could someone of such cultivation even be here?!
In the Yan Chu Immortal Dynasty, they, the Imperial Clan members, enjoyed the best cultivation resources and treatment. Given equal talent, they were inevitably stronger than Heavenly Sect disciples. Yet, here they were, in the same wasteland as this Third Tier True Immortal, which was both embarrassing and humiliating.
This only indicated a significant gap in talent.
"Which sect are you from?"
One of the young Imperial Clan members asked Li Hao, his brow raised with the inherent superiority and arrogance of the Imperial Clan. It seemed more like an accusation than a question.
Li Hao was surprised, glanced at him a couple of times, but didn't respond.
"You!"
Seeing that Li Hao ignored him, the young Imperial Clan member's face darkened. He glared and said, "Do you know who I am? Not bowing to this Prince, do you know what your crime is?!"
"You're a Prince, not the Crown Prince."
Li Hao said, looking exasperated.
The young Imperial Clan member was almost driven to the brink of rage by Li Hao's words. He gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, very well. Do you think I won't be able to find out who you are once I leave here?"
Li Hao's eyes narrowed slightly, and a flash of killing intent crossed his gaze, but it quickly dissipated.
This was the Yan Chu Immortal Dynasty's secret realm, and there were surely Imperial Clan experts monitoring the situation inside. Even if he quietly assassinated this young man here, he might not be able to escape the notice of some Imperial Clan experts.
He turned around, unwilling to waste any more time on this brainless Prince.
However, Xing Lan had keenly noticed the flash of killing intent in Li Hao's eyes. She was surprised; this young man dared to harbor such thoughts against the Yan Chu Imperial Clan. His courage was indeed formidable.
But instead, her eyes showed even more appreciation. Seeing that the Imperial Clan member was about to say more, she calmly said, "Three of you, Xing Lan will be leaving first. Those who can reach the tenth wasteland are all prodigies from various sects. It's best not to form enmity over trivial matters."
Hearing Xing Lan's advice, the three Imperial Clan members' expressions changed. The young Imperial Clan member knew this well. If he had any ambitions of becoming the Crown Prince, this would have been a perfect opportunity to form valuable connections. However, he also understood the intense competition within the Imperial Clan. With those few prodigies around, they had no chance at all.
Being a Prince for life was already a decent fallback.
If one’s connections are too extensive, it can instead invite disaster. He sneered, “You sect monsters, your wings have grown so strong that you dare to speak to this Prince like this? No matter how high you soar, a single imperial edict will still make you bow and serve!”
Upon hearing these words, Xing Lan raised an eyebrow slightly, a cold glint flashing in her eyes. She didn’t bother to argue further and said to Li Hao, “Beyond here lies the eleventh wasteland. Its danger level far surpasses this place. I’ll be going ahead. Farewell for now!”
As she spoke, Immortal Power surged from her, revealing the might of the Immortal Lord Realm. With a wave of her hand, starlight shimmered, and a crescent moon trace shot out, tearing through the fog wall. She then moved through it with ease.
Inside the fog wall, lightning and thunder roared, flames erupted, creating a hellish and dangerous scene.
Li Hao’s eyes widened in surprise. This young girl was actually an Immortal Lord Realm cultivator?
Earlier, her aura had been concealed, so Li Hao hadn’t noticed.
As Xing Lan stepped into the eleventh wasteland, her rank number quickly climbed to 16th place.
In the clouds above the wasteland, Chu Xiangtian and a dozen other figures from the Imperial Clan looked down at the black Immortal Monument below.
When they saw Xing Lan’s rank number rise to 16th, they smiled.
“Xing Lan has surpassed Young Lord Han Yu. It seems she has entered the eleventh wasteland.”
“Her cultivation at the second level of the Immortal Lord Realm makes it normal for her to reach the eleventh wasteland. The question is how long she can last in the twelfth wasteland.”
“Compared to her, the rank number 996’s ascent has slowed down. It seems he’s approaching a bottleneck.”
“From what I know, among those sect monsters who reached the Immortal Lord Realm within three thousand soul years, none have this rank number. He must be at the True Immortal Realm.”
They laughed and chatted, their eyes gleaming with the intention to recruit and cultivate the favor of rank number 996, hoping to turn him into a favored minister.
Meanwhile, in the tenth wasteland.
Boom!
Not long after Xing Lan left, thunder suddenly roared around them. Then, a massive lightning whip, hundreds of meters in diameter, emerged from the nearby void. The lightning was intertwined with fire, the two elemental powers frictionally generating an immensely destructive force. It then swept toward them with a terrifying speed.
The three Imperial Clan members’ faces changed, and they each used their body movement techniques to dodge with all their might.
Li Hao’s figure flickered, and he slipped through a spatial rift, escaping several miles away just as the lightning whip swept by.
Before he left, he saw one of the Princes grazed by the lightning whip. A golden Immortal Fire shield instantly appeared around him, but he was still thrown back.
“These Imperial Clan members all have treasures…”
Li Hao’s eyes flickered. For them, gaining fame in the Southern Domain might not be as important as impressing Emperor Yan Chu.
He didn’t dwell on it, knowing that during the Southern Domain Battle, many rule-breaking treasures would be banned. Otherwise, what should be a competition of talent would turn into a competition of treasures.
After all, these prodigies all had top-tier forces backing them, capable of producing top-tier Immortal Weapons or even Realm Artifacts.
In the end, it would still come down to true ability.
Whoosh!
Several miles away, the surrounding space was chaotic, and he was likely far from the other Princes.
Li Hao didn’t linger. Prince Chu Xiangtian had said that passing through the tenth wasteland would grant a direct slot.
The fog wall before him was the greatest obstacle.
Xing Lan had just split the fog wall, and Li Hao could sense the danger within. He didn’t underestimate it, his expression serious.
The power within him steadily rose, and the Ultimate Realm and Ultimate Power slowly activated.
Divine Blood Ultimate Limit, Heavenly Stars Pulse Ultimate Limit!
Soul Spirit and Heaven and Earth Dharma Image merge!
Emulate the True Form of Heaven and Earth!
As Li Hao's Power was revealed and adjusted, a thick and intense aura emanated from within him, steadily rising.
His Ancestor Immortal Body now radiated a terrifying might, and the Heavenly Stars Pulse managed to penetrate the wasteland, drawing in the external Stars Power.
However, Li Hao could sense that it was not as free-flowing as outside. The Stars Pulse was significantly weakened and obstructed by the chaotic Great Dao and twisted space within the wasteland. By the time it reached his body, only a tenth of the Power remained!
For Li Hao, who was accustomed to extravagance with Power, he now had to start learning to conserve his strength.
Transcend to Immortality!
Li Hao merged with Heaven and Earth, and his Power climbed to a new level.
At the same time, the rudimentary Heavenly Dao Power of the Sage Minor Ultimate also began to stir within him.
As the shadow of the Heavenly Dao Essence's embryonic form emerged, the chaotic Primordial Dao around Li Hao diminished significantly, seemingly giving way to him.
At this moment, Li Hao was radiating an extremely powerful aura, but it still wasn't enough for him to feel confident in breaking through the fog wall before him.
After all, this was the fog wall separating the Tenth Tier True Immortal and the Immortal Lord Realm, and it required more than just the power of a Tenth Tier True Immortal to break it!
...
While Li Hao was gathering his strength, in the depths of the Ancient Immortal Realm, on a certain hill.
Two figures sat facing each other, with a Chess Board between them.
The two players had distinctly different auras. One was an elderly man with white hair and beard, dressed in a simple gray robe, with a wooden hairpin on his head, looking like a transcendent immortal who had transcended the mundane world.
The other was a middle-aged man in resplendent golden armor, with sharp eyes and an aura as deep as the ocean, radiating a fierce, blood-soaked aura. He sat on a simple green stone, exuding the domineering Killing Aura of someone standing atop a Mountain of Corpses and a Sea of Blood.
The phenomena behind them were also different. One was gentle and ethereal, like a paradise in spring.
The other was filled with a crimson haze, like a hell where countless ghosts wailed.
If Chu Xiangtian and the other Princes in the sky saw these two, they would hurriedly come to pay their respects, for these two were the only ones in the Yan Chu Immortal Dynasty who could be called upon by the emperor, their status even surpassing the Imperial Clan's bloodline. Even the Princes would bow in reverence upon seeing them!
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, the elderly man's withered hand paused as he was about to place a chess piece. He turned his head, his gaze seeming to traverse thousands of miles, landing on a certain part of the wasteland.
There, a young man was gathering his strength, accumulating Power.
"Heavenly Stars Pulse Ultimate Limit..."
"Heavenly Dao Mixed Infant... Where did this seed come from?"
As he murmured to himself, the middle-aged General beside him also turned his gaze, his eyes sharp as if they could pierce through the void, like two golden beams of light.
"Hmm? Just a Third Tier True Immortal, and he's trying to break the fog wall of the tenth wasteland?"
The middle-aged General's eyes widened. Such audacity was rare, even among the fiercest warriors in the army.
What caught his attention, however, was that the young man had mastered two Ultimate Limits and had even cultivated the Heavenly Dao Mixed Infant. This was a promising talent even in the Immortal Lord Realm, let alone in the True Immortal Realm.
"Interesting. I didn't expect to see such a seed this time. Compared to the imperial bloodline and the Chaos Fairy, this young man's Phenomena is purely his own bloodline."
The elderly man smiled, his lips curling at the corners. They were here to oversee the Princes, preventing them from causing trouble and secretly interfering, but they hadn't expected to witness such an interesting event.
"Excellent talent, I'll take this young man. After he finishes the Southern Domain Battle, I'll have him join the Chu Immortal Army, where I will personally command and lead him. In a thousand years, he will surely become a formidable general, commanding the four quarters!"
The middle-aged man in golden armor had a gleam in his eyes and made the decision on the spot to take Li Hao under his wing.
For these sect disciples, the opportunity to enter the Chu Immortal Army and become a powerful general of Yan and Chu is a once-in-a-lifetime chance, a status that even surpasses that of the sect master of the Tianyi Sect!
The white-haired elder smiled but said nothing, remarking, "The battlefield is too dangerous. I think he would be better suited for the National Supervisory Academy. I will take him as my disciple and teach him how to stabilize the state and assist the emperor."
"Hmph, without danger to spur him on, how can there be any true hero? You..."
The middle-aged man in golden armor clearly disagreed and was about to argue when, with a sudden clack, the white-haired elder's Go stone landed on the board, and he smiled, saying, "Your move."
The middle-aged man glared, scrutinizing the chessboard closely, and angrily said, "You're cheating."
The white-haired elder smiled but said nothing, turning his head to look in the distance. "That young man, though without noble blood, has a complex background. His ability to control Immortal Power reminds me of some old acquaintances..."
"Hmm?"
The middle-aged man in golden armor was slightly taken aback and turned to look intently.
At that moment, in the tenth wasteland.
Li Hao had already picked up his sword. He didn't use Taowu, but instead, he used the True Treasure Sword of a Heaven Courtyard Disciple.
To him, this sword was sufficient.
Various Ultimate Powers and Ultimate Realm Powers were activated. Except for the Nine Flower Immortal Seal, which he hadn't used yet, Li Hao had already displayed his Power at its ultimate.
Ancestor Immortal Body, including the heaven-defying art from the Heaven's Will Ancestral Scripture!
This heaven-defying art requires Yudao 1st Rank to master, and its strength is on par with the Ancestor Immortal Body.
Li Hao's control over Immortal Power was far more refined than any other technique. His Immortal Power condensed into strands, and with his current Yudao, he could only condense up to nine strands!
The nine strands of Immortal Power merged into a single force, then twisted tightly, with each additional strand amplifying the power manifold. As the nine strands of Immortal Power were condensed, the instantaneous eruption of Immortal Power, combined with Li Hao's Third Tier True Immortal cultivation and various Ultimate Realm Powers, instantly surpassed the Immortal Power that a Tenth Tier True Immortal Perfection could unleash.
One sword, Qing Tian!
Slash!!
Li Hao suddenly swung his sword, and the space before him seemed to split open. Immortal Power surged and was instantly compressed to the ultimate edge of the sword, slicing through the fog wall.
Though not as effortless as Xing Lan's, Li Hao's cultivation was only at the Third Tier True Immortal!
As the fog wall tore apart, the lightning and thunder of Primordial Dao, as well as the crimson flames and frozen ice, simultaneously revealed themselves and surged toward Li Hao.
Li Hao's eyes changed, and the sword light in his hand reversed. Unique Self Sword Technique, Break!
With a boom, the void split like a fracture, and the Unique Self Sword Technique sliced through everything in its path!
The Primordial Dao shattered, and Li Hao's figure took a step forward, then crossed over!
With Third Tier True Immortal cultivation, he broke through the tenth wasteland, advancing to the eleventh wasteland, a realm that only an Immortal Lord could step into!
(End of Chapter)
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