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Chapter 511: Temporal Origin Secret City
Chapter 511: Temporal Origin Secret City
Li Hao estimated the time and realized it had been five years since he arrived at the Five Dao Origin City, plus the more than half a year he spent on the Heavenly Dao Bridge, making it nearly six years.
There was less than a year and a half left until the Southern Domain Battle.
He had initially thought he would stay in the Five Dao Origin City for only one or two years, but one cultivation comprehension session alone took a whole year.
"I wonder if Gu Yan and the others have entered yet, and if the Primordial Dao is still easy to capture on the Heavenly Dao Bridge now", Li Hao mused. He had planned to reserve some time to discuss the Dao of Art with the Dream Lord, but it seemed that was no longer possible.
With the remaining time, Li Hao decided to take one last look at the Temporal Origin Secret City.
"Hao Tian, these are our origin spirit leaves. Keep them safe", the Metal Dao Primordial Dao Tree said, handing Li Hao five leaves from the Divine Tree.
"In times of crisis, they can summon our Dao Consciousness Incarnation to protect you. It has the power of a Tenth Stage Immortal Sovereign!"
The Metal Dao Primordial Dao Tree spoke with a serious expression.
Li Hao was slightly taken aback, looking at the five origin spirit leaves, each shimmering with a different divine luster. A warm feeling welled up in his heart.
Along the way, he had not only seen many beautiful sights but also encountered many people who had touched his heart.
"Thank you, I won't refuse them", Li Hao said.
"You are our hope, so there's no need for formalities", the Metal Dao Primordial Dao Tree smiled.
Li Hao accepted the five origin spirit leaves and put them away, then bowed in farewell.
The Metal Dao Primordial Dao Tree did not try to keep him, only wishing him well.
Li Hao flew through the Five Dao Origin City and soon arrived at the Water Path Divine Tree. He saw Boya Xuejian sitting cross-legged on a branch at the top of the tree, eyes closed in comprehension.
The Water Dao aura emanating from him was extremely strong. Li Hao's expression turned serious. Boya Xuejian had already reached the peak of the fourth level of the Water Origin Dao, and Li Hao could sense that he was even stronger than himself.
"Truly a formidable individual", Li Hao thought.
He then circled around to the other Divine Trees, searching with his eyes. Below the Divine Trees, he saw some familiar figures from the Yan Chu Immortal Dynasty, all of whom he had encountered in the Ancient Immortal Realm.
Among them were some members of the Yan Chu Imperial Clan, but they were all ranked below the top ten.
"Hmm?"
After a full circle, Li Hao noticed that he did not see Jin Fengling, whom he had encountered before. He was a bit puzzled.
But he quickly realized the reason. It had been four years since their last meeting. Jin Fengling might have already left the Five Dao Origin City to comprehend the temporal essence in the Temporal Origin Secret City.
After all, given his cultivation, he was among the top tier of the Southern Domain Battle prodigies. To advance further, it was more advantageous to comprehend the temporal essence.
Perhaps his visit to the Five Dao Origin City was only to obtain the agreed-upon Divine Tree Dao Fruit.
With these thoughts, Li Hao decided not to linger and quietly left the Five Dao Origin City.
Stepping through the spatial vortex outside the city, Li Hao reappeared on the Heavenly Dao Bridge.
However, the Heavenly Dao Bridge was even more crowded than when he had last been there.
Li Hao was surprised but soon realized that many of the figures were also True Immortal Realm cultivators, like himself.
He understood that people from other layers were gradually arriving and competing for the Primordial Dao.
The top geniuses who had directly ascended to the ninth level had long since vanished.
Li Hao glanced around, seeing only unfamiliar faces.
He swiftly descended from the Heavenly Dao Bridge, his Divine Sense sweeping the area below, but he found no signs of Gu Yan, Yue Xi, or any other members of the Great Dream Nine Abyss Sect.
"More than five years have passed. They should have completed the Chaos Secret Realm trial and arrived here, right? Could they have been stopped outside the ninth level?"
Li Hao's eyes flickered with thought. Recalling Chu Tianhuang's mission to assist them, he immediately darted out of the crowd and returned to the Origin Guidance City.
Upon arriving in the city, Li Hao quickly found the residence of the Yan Chu Immortal Dynasty Grand Master.
The old, weathered courtyard was highly conspicuous. Li Hao soon arrived, and he saw the Grand Master leisurely sipping tea and playing chess, enjoying his solitude.
"Hmm?"
Sensing Li Hao's presence, the Grand Master was taken aback, looking up in surprise. "Why have you returned?"
"Senior, I need your help", Li Hao hastily said, bowing respectfully.
The Grand Master couldn't help but chuckle, smiling. "Just say it. I'm here to take care of you young ones."
"Junior has some friends who might be on other levels of the Origin Secret Realm, but I'm not sure. Could you help me locate them, or have you seen them?" Li Hao asked politely.
The Grand Master laughed. "Such a small matter, I thought you wanted me to capture a Primordial Dao for you to reach the Temporal Origin Secret City!"
He released the go stone, clapping his hands. "What do your friends look like?"
Li Hao immediately raised his hand and, using Immortal Power, sketched the images of Gu Yan and Lin Qingying in the air.
The Grand Master glanced at them, a flash of light in his eyes. "You've improved a lot in the Great Dao over these years, haven't you?"
Li Hao was surprised. He had only casually drawn the images without using any Primordial Dao, yet the Grand Master could sense his improvement?
"Improvement is a good thing. Why be nervous?" The Grand Master smiled, then continued, "I remember the ones you mentioned. They are all very talented. If the Southern Domain Battle were delayed by a few centuries, they might have a chance to be among the first to Ascend."
"Have you seen them?"
Li Hao was taken aback but then sighed in relief. "Do you know where they are?"
"They've already crossed the Heavenly Dao Bridge. I don't know which Origin Secret City they chose, though", the Grand Master shook his head.
Li Hao was stunned, realizing Gu Yan and the others had already entered the Origin Secret Cities.
But he hadn't seen them in the Five Dao Origin City. Could they be in the Temporal Origin Secret City? Or the Shape and Control Origin Secret City? Perhaps even the most common Chaos Origin Secret City?
However, Gu Yan's Sword Dao talent was exceptional, so it made sense for him to choose the Chaos Origin Secret City.
After all, the Sword Dao was located in the Chaos Origin Secret City.
And the Primordial Dao in the Chaos Origin Secret City was easy to capture. Just capturing any Primordial Dao could lead one to the Chaos Origin Secret City.
"Thank you, Senior." Li Hao hurriedly expressed his gratitude and dissolved the Immortal Power images.
"Are you planning to go and meet them? They are important to you, but time in this Origin Secret Realm is extremely precious, and you don't have much left."
The Grand Master said.
Li Hao nodded. "Junior will take my leave now."
"Go ahead."
The Grand Master waved him off without delay. However, just as Li Hao was about to leave, the Grand Master suddenly remembered something. "Wait, didn't you move one of my go stones the first time you came here?"
Li Hao was taken aback, turning back. "I couldn't resist when I saw them."
"Sure enough, it was you!"
The Grand Master's eyes lit up, but then he looked regretful. "If time weren't so precious, I would have kept you here to play a game. Ever since I came here, I haven't had a proper opponent to play with, not even Yuan Lao."
"Are you talking about Senior Yuan Xinggang?" Li Hao asked.
"You know him too? Oh right, how could you not know him, being from the Yan Chu Immortal Dynasty? Have you perhaps played a game of Go with him?" The Grand Master suddenly became interested, his face full of curiosity.
Li Hao shook his head. "I haven't had the chance yet."
The Grand Master seemed a bit disappointed. "You're so young, and this Go..."
He seemed to want to say more but suddenly realized something, slapping his forehead. "You should hurry. Don't waste any more time here."
Li Hao, seeing this, bowed and bid farewell, then instantly flew out of the courtyard, returning to the Heavenly Dao Bridge.
Since Gu Yan and the others had already entered the Origin Secret City, Li Hao no longer needed to hold back with the Primordial Dao.
He arrived at the Heavenly Dao Bridge and saw that the Immortal Techniques were constantly bombarding the bridge, making it extremely crowded. Outside the bridge, many people had gathered, all waiting to get on.
The people on the bridge couldn't hold out for long and had to retreat to the bottom to rest.
"This Nine Sequences Primordial Dao is too hard to capture. Do we have to go to the Chaos Origin Secret City?"
"I've only been here for half a year. I want to try again. If I can Comprehend the Nine Sequences Great Dao, just crossing the beginner threshold will let me replace one Nine Sequences Immortal Seal!"
At the bottom of the bridge, many people were discussing, their brows furrowed with worry.
Some people even sat cross-legged outside the Heavenly Dao Bridge to cultivate, as the Primordial Dao here flowed more abundantly than in the outside world, making it a superior cultivation Holy Land.
Li Hao couldn't resist and, using his fourth-layer Spatial Origin, tore through the void and flew onto the bridge.
"How come he's not queuing up?"
"Too arrogant. We'll deal with him when he comes down!"
The people waiting to get on the bridge were enraged by Li Hao's actions, their faces filled with anger.
But soon, their anger turned to shock.
"Why isn't he being attacked by Immortal Techniques?"
"It seems like no Immortal Techniques are assaulting him!"
"His Dao Domain seems to have the aura of the Temporal Great Dao. Who is this prodigy?!"
The crowd below burst into a commotion, filled with shock.
True Immortals who could control spatiotemporal essence were extremely rare, and the ability to walk on the bridge without being attacked was something only the earliest Nine Flower Immortal Seal prodigies were known to achieve.
While the crowd was still discussing in shock, Li Hao didn't waste any time. Most of the True Immortals around him had ordinary backgrounds, and selling Primordial Dao to them would be a waste of time. He directly took out a Spatial Origin and used it to open a passage to the Temporal Origin Secret City.
Li Hao planned to refine the remaining Primordial Dao.
This Primordial Dao could not only serve as a key to enter the Origin Secret City but could also be absorbed to increase the spirituality of the Great Dao and enhance his understanding of it.
Soon, Li Hao's figure was absorbed by the passage to the Temporal Origin Secret City, disappearing from the Heavenly Dao Bridge.
The people at the bottom of the bridge, seeing this, were stunned, their eyes wide with shock. That Ninth-Level True Immortal had captured the Primordial Dao as soon as he stepped on the bridge, and the aura when the passage opened was like a split in space-time, clearly indicating it was the highly sought-after Temporal Origin Secret City!
"Who is that? A Ninth-Level True Immortal, I didn't see wrong, did I?"
"This Southern Domain Battle might see the emergence of a formidable prodigy!"
"We'll know during the battle. He managed to go to the Temporal Origin Secret City, but he's too late. I heard that other True Immortals went there earlier, and it's almost over now!"
...
Temporal Origin Secret City.
As soon as Li Hao arrived, he saw the entire appearance of the Origin Secret City, a twin city.
Half of the city's sky was filled with a flowing light of seven colors, divine mist spreading across the heavens, casting a dreamlike hue.
The other half was a silvery gray, with deep, dark silver starlight swirling like a pool of mercury.
"Time and space have separated here."
Li Hao's eyes flickered as he sensed the different auras emanating from the twin cities. He descended and landed precisely at the boundary line in the center of the twin cities, where a square lay, with the left side representing time and the right side representing space.
The square was empty and quiet. Li Hao glanced around and then flew toward the left, heading for Time City.
As Li Hao had expected, he saw several figures gathered around a towering Divine Tree in Time City.
The Divine Tree was surrounded by a seven-colored radiance, standing majestically and reaching toward the heavens. Its leaves seemed to flow with shimmering fragments of time, flickering and vanishing in an instant.
Amidst those fleeting scenes, there were occasionally glimpses of ancient demons with fierce expressions, and the towering figure of a Human Race Emperor.
There were also countless Immortal Deity armies charging in the True World, as well as raging fires and War Banners filling the sky.
Additionally, there was a massive mountain, and various races of the True World with different skin tones gazing up at the mountain's foot.
Li Hao's Divine Sense swept over the scene, and he felt a sense of awe. Even without cultivating here, just by observing the leaves of the Time Primordial Dao Tree, one could see countless fragments of buried time!
In front of the Time Primordial Dao Tree, several figures were seated. Li Hao roughly counted about twenty to thirty people.
Among them, he saw several familiar faces.
Chu Tianhuang, and the Imperial Princess, Chu Yueli, who had entangled him earlier.
Additionally, Li Hao spotted Xing Lan.
He hadn't expected her to come to the Temporal Origin Secret City as well.
Moreover, what surprised Li Hao the most was seeing Yue Xi. She was also seated outside the Time Primordial Dao Tree, dressed in a long white robe, sitting like a fairy from the Moon Palace, cold and ethereal.
Li Hao hadn't anticipated that Yue Xi could also come to the Temporal Origin Secret City. The competition for spatiotemporal essence on the Heavenly Dao Bridge had been intense. He wondered if she had some special method or if her Channeling Qi was so strong that spatiotemporal essence appeared before her and she managed to seize it.
"Coming to the Temporal Origin Secret City, everyone must be here to Comprehend Time Essence. Although space is powerful, without Fate, time is the Supreme Sage!"
Li Hao mused to himself.
While he hadn't gone to the Space Primordial Dao Tree, he could imagine that it was likely much less crowded.
Apart from Chu Tianhuang, Yue Xi, and others, Li Hao also saw several people who had come here after he sold them spatiotemporal essence, all of whom were from other Immortal Dynasties and had combat prowess similar to Chu Tianhuang's.
Li Hao landed and walked toward the Time Primordial Dao Tree.
The radiance around the Time Primordial Dao Tree acted as a natural barrier, protecting it. Like other Divine Trees, the barrier would disappear during a spiritual explosion, allowing cultivators to climb.
At the moment, there were already seven or eight figures on the Divine Tree, scattered at various heights on the branches.
Li Hao scanned the area and estimated that the next spiritual explosion was only a few months away.
He wasn't in a hurry and began to wander around the vicinity.
The others were all in the process of Cultivating and Comprehending, their Dao Domains isolated, so no one noticed him.
Li Hao then went to the Space Primordial Dao Tree and found that there were only three people there, indeed making it extremely quiet.
"The grandeur of the space Divine Tree has been overshadowed by time."
Li Hao sighed inwardly, shook his head, and returned to the time Divine Tree.
With several months to wait and nothing to do, he expanded his Dao Domain outside the Divine Tree and began to carefully draw inside it.
(End of Chapter)
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