Chapter 512: The Final Spiritual Explosion
Chapter 512: The Final Spiritual Explosion
Since reaching the peak of the fourth level of the Water Origin Dao, Li Hao's understanding of the Art Dao had deepened, and his control over ink and water had become more refined.
Ink and water were not just ink and water. Immortal Power could also transform into ink and water, and time could transform into ink and water, depending on one's interpretation.
Li Hao raised his head and gazed at the time essence tree, his thoughts drifting. Using space as his canvas and time as his brush, he channeled Heavenly Stars Immortal Power to sketch the outline of the time essence tree in the void.
Painting such a marvel was a form of training and trial for the Art Dao.
But just as he began to lay down the initial strokes, Li Hao felt as if he had stumbled upon an insurmountable obstacle.
The breathtaking sight of the Time Essence Divine Tree was the most challenging he had ever encountered.
Even the divine leaves on the tree's crown made Li Hao break into a sweat.
Each divine leaf held a segment of sealed time, with each leaf representing a different time, changing and flowing, never in a fixed sequence.
Veins began to bulge on Li Hao's forehead, and his eyes showed signs of struggle and strain. The time on each divine leaf was constantly changing, and trying to capture it in a painting seemed almost impossible.
Li Hao used time power to affect the divine leaves in his painting, creating a flowing river of time. However, as soon as he finished depicting a segment of the river, the time on the divine leaf would change, and the segments he had already drawn could not follow the changes, remaining fixed.
"This is impossible to paint!"
Li Hao was shaken. This was the first time since mastering the Art Dao that he had encountered a situation where he could not continue his painting.
In the past, his Art Dao was still shallow, and he would paint the complex bodies of demons. Although his paintings were crude and lacked the divine essence, they were sufficient to serve as wanted posters, clearly identifying the features and appearance of the subjects.
With repeated practice, his Art Dao improved, and the complex demons became more lifelike.
But in this moment, he could not even begin to paint the first divine leaf.
"Everything in the world can be painted. In the Tian Yang Pseudo World, the Many Heavens' countless stars were all painted. This Time Essence Divine Tree should also be paintable."
Li Hao's eyes were filled with complexity, but he did not waver in his belief in the Art Dao. Despite his current realm of painting, he could not think of a way to depict the Time Essence Divine Tree.
But Li Hao felt that he would eventually be able to paint it and infuse it with the life force of a sculpture.
"If the Art Dao reaches the twelfth level, perhaps I can give it a try."
Li Hao thought to himself.
He stared at the divine leaf and attempted to paint it again, but the time on the leaf kept changing, and after several attempts, he ultimately failed.
However, these failures pushed him to the limits of his thoughts, and he gained a deeper understanding of his Art Dao, making small but significant progress.
He got up and left, heading to the spatial origin tree.
The spatial origin tree was entirely silver, standing like a giant pillar in the city, yet also seeming to stand in another spacetime.
The divine leaves of the tree gently fluttered, effortlessly slicing through the surrounding space.
The severed spaces healed instantly, only to be cut again, creating ripples in the void like water waves.
Li Hao's expression was serious. The spatial origin tree was also difficult to paint, but compared to the Time Essence Divine Tree, it was much simpler.
With the experience of studying the Time Essence Divine Tree, Li Hao sat down cross-legged, expanded his Dao Domain, and began to carefully sketch and paint.
After a detailed observation lasting half a month, Li Hao discovered that the void's repeated slicing, like rippling water, was not chaotic like time. The severed void followed a constant order.
After being sliced in a thousand and eight different ways, it would return to its original state, repeating the cycle.
"I can't just think laterally; I must also think vertically, like space, and consider the one thousand and eight transformations as a single entity!"
"I wonder if the Time Essence Divine Tree is the same, just with more transformations..."
Li Hao's eyes glinted with thought, and the word "Cycle" floated in his mind.
His spirit trembled slightly, sensing that he had grasped some profound Heavenly Dao principle, but it remained vague and unclear.
Soon, that feeling of sudden enlightenment faded, and his spirit returned to the spatial origin tree before him.
Li Hao treated the continuously splitting transformations as a single entity, using time as his brush to gradually paint them out.
Before long, the first divine leaf was completed, followed by the second, the third...
Time passed, and Li Hao's Immortal Power fluctuated as he focused entirely on the painting.
The Heavenly Stars Vein around him automatically surfaced, providing him with a constant flow of Immortal Power.
Without the enduring Immortal Power from the Heavenly Stars Vein, Li Hao would have exhausted all his Immortal Power just by painting a single spatial divine leaf.
He remained undistracted, continuously drawing divine leaves. Before his eyes, a radiant silver-white spatial origin tree began to take shape, radiating a terrifying spatial dao essence.
Four months passed in the blink of an eye.
Suddenly, two beams of light shot up from the twin city, shaking everyone's spirit.
Dense Immortal Power gathered within the city like a storm, and one could feel their cultivation advancing with each breath.
"Spiritual explosion."
Before the spatial origin divine tree, three figures emerged from their comprehension, their eyes gleaming as they gazed at the tree.
But soon, they sensed something and turned to see another massive spatial divine tree towering in the void behind them!
Two trees?
The three figures' pupils dilated, their faces filled with shock.
Their thoughts fell into a brief chaos, but they quickly realized that this spatial divine tree seemed rootless, with only the upper part of the tree visible, and the lower part of the trunk missing.
Then, they saw a young man sitting cross-legged below this spatial divine tree, waving his hands continuously, channeling Immortal Power into the tree, causing its trunk to grow slowly.
"What's going on?"
The three figures looked at the scene with surprise and doubt. Even with their extensive knowledge, they had never seen anything like this.
"Is it him?"
One of the imperial robe figures, recognizing Li Hao's face, was taken aback. He hadn't expected this strange True Immortal Realm youth to be here.
He had actually come to the Spatiotemporal Essence City, but what was he doing?
His eyes filled with doubt, he stood up and walked toward Li Hao, immediately sensing that Li Hao's Dao Domain, which contained the power of space-time, was blocking him.
With his strength, he could force his way in, but he could tell that Li Hao was fully focused on something. If he disturbed him, it might create an enemy.
However, during the Southern Domain Battle, they would be opponents.
His eyes flickered, recalling the spatial origin this young man had sold him. In the end, he stopped and did not take another step.
"This True Immortal Realm youth seems to be using Immortal Power to replicate the form of the spatial divine tree."
The other two figures also approached Li Hao's Dao Domain, their eyes filled with surprise. They could tell that this young man was formidable.
They wouldn't dare to attempt such a feat, but he had done it and replicated the spatial divine tree with astonishing accuracy.
"Which dynasty's prodigy is this? He doesn't seem to be from our Tianzhao Immortal Dynasty."
"True Immortal Realm. It looks like he will be a strong opponent for the True Immortal Realm group in a year. Since that's the case, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
One of the purple-robed youths revealed a cold glint in his eyes and was about to step into Li Hao's Dao Domain to disrupt him.
He could see that this young man was using some method to comprehend the spatial divine tree, and if he could sabotage it, it would surely cause the other party a significant loss.
"Hmph!"
At that moment, the middle-aged man in the imperial robe let out a cold snort and suddenly emitted a powerful intimidation, blocking the purple-robed youth's path.
"Both of us are in the True Immortal Realm. If you're afraid of him, you shouldn't participate in the battle at all, lest you embarrass yourself!"
The purple-robed youth's face changed, not expecting the other to intervene. He asked in surprise, "Is this person not from the Yuanzun Immortal Dynasty?"
"Even if he isn't, I can't stand your despicable actions!"
The middle-aged man in the imperial robe snorted coldly, his eyes filled with disdain.
The purple-robed youth's face turned ugly, and he said in a gloomy tone, "Once he becomes an Immortal Lord, he will be a formidable opponent for your Yuanzun Immortal Dynasty. Even if he doesn't ascend in this Southern Domain Battle and doesn't have the chance to face you, he will become a hindrance in the future!"
"I, Chiman, am not afraid of challenges from the same realm. The stronger the opponent, the more excited I get!"
The middle-aged man in the imperial robe sneered.
"You—!"
The purple-robed youth clenched his fists, furious, but since the other was at the Immortal Lord Realm and he was only at the True Immortal Realm, provoking him would be a loss, even if it didn't result in death.
He gritted his teeth, enduring his anger, and stepped back to the spatial origin tree.
"Since the spiritual explosion has begun, I'll make my move first."
Another person had similar thoughts of disrupting Li Hao's state but, seeing Chiman's protection, decided against it and turned to rush toward the spatial origin tree.
Chiman glanced at him but didn't intervene, only giving the purple-robed youth a warning look.
The purple-robed youth was furious but could only turn and leave.
Chiman looked at Li Hao once more, then without further delay, took advantage of the spiritual explosion to climb the spatial origin tree.
At that moment, within the Dao Domain, Li Hao was still fully immersed in his painting.
Whoosh!
With the influx of Immortal Power, the final stroke was completed, and Li Hao immediately snapped out of his meditative state.
He gazed at the spatial divine tree that seemed both real and illusory, feeling a tremendous sense of joy. He had actually managed to complete the painting of the spatial divine tree!
Although it still felt somewhat ethereal compared to the original and lacked the profound Dao Resonance, it was at least a complete work.
"Something still seems to be missing."
Li Hao, now calmer and more composed, examined and compared his painting closely. He felt that it was still lacking in many aspects, but he couldn't quite figure out how to improve it.
At that moment, Li Hao noticed the spatial origin tree ahead, radiating divine light, and in another part of the city, a shimmering rainbow mist enveloped the Time Essence divine tree, its treasure light piercing the sky.
"Spiritual explosion?"
Li Hao saw the three figures climbing the spatial origin tree and realized that this might be the last opportunity to ascend the divine trees before the Origin Secret Realm's time ended.
The next time, the Origin Secret Realm would be over.
If he could obtain the Dao Fruit of the divine tree, Li Hao's Time Essence could be enhanced to the fourth level, and since his spatial origin was already at the fourth level, perhaps the Dao Fruit could help him reach the fifth level!
With this thought, Li Hao's eyes grew intensely eager. He put away his painting and was about to take action.
At this moment, Xiyian, who was in the Heavenly Earth Space, suddenly spoke to Li Hao:
"Hao Tian, someone just tried to harm you."
"Try to harm me?"
Li Hao was taken aback. Xiyian had always been in his Heavenly Earth Space and could see what was happening outside. He had promised Xiyian that he would take her to see the outside world.
"Yes, that purple-robed figure. He just tried to intrude on your Dao Domain and disrupt your painting."
Xiyian immediately added, "But he was stopped by the middle-aged man in the imperial robe. You sold him Space Dao before, so he probably remembered your kindness."
Li Hao looked at the middle-aged man in the imperial robe and instantly recalled that he was a powerful figure from the Yuanzun Immortal Dynasty, on par with Chu Tianhuang. Li Hao had sold him spatial essence, and in return, the man had taught him one of the top sword techniques of the Yuanzun Immortal Dynasty.
"I have no grudges with him, so why would he try to disturb me?"
Li Hao asked, puzzled.
Xiyian replied, "From their argument, it seems the purple-robed figure is in the True Immortal Realm and feels threatened by you, so he wanted to interfere."
Li Hao raised an eyebrow and glanced at the Purple-Robed Youth, who was climbing the tree vines, making his way up the trunk, ascending through the chaotic spatial currents.
Although the youth was also in the True Immortal Realm, his comprehension of space dao seemed to be quite deep.
However.
Since the youth had intended to ruin his good deed, Li Hao was not about to let him off easily. He had no reason to doubt Xiyian's words.
Whoosh!
Li Hao's figure flickered, and he flew directly toward the Divine Tree, entering the range of its spiritual explosion.
Here, space was like a turbulent current, and only those with a deep understanding of space dao could navigate it smoothly.
Li Hao moved through the chaotic currents like a fish swimming swiftly, quickly catching up to the Purple-Robed Youth.
"Hmm?"
The Purple-Robed Youth's expression changed, and he turned to look at Li Hao. When he saw the cold gaze, his heart chilled, and he said in a stern voice:
"What do you want?"
"What were you trying to do just now?"
Li Hao countered.
As he spoke, he raised his hand, and an Immortal Power Eruption erupted, sending a sword slash directly at the Purple-Robed Youth.
"You!"
The Purple-Robed Youth was both shocked and angry. "There's plenty of space here. Do you have to compete with me?!"
"There are plenty of strong figures in the Southern Domain Battle. You insist on ruining my plans. If something happens to me, will only you benefit?" Li Hao sneered, using the same words to counterattack.
Azure sword qi slashed through the spatial currents, aiming directly at the Purple-Robed Youth's body.
The Purple-Robed Youth quickly waved his hand, and a spear appeared in his palm. Dark Immortal Weapon power erupted, blocking Li Hao's sword qi.
Li Hao's eyes narrowed. The Immortal Weapon in the youth's hand was also a top-tier weapon.
Those who could come to this spatiotemporal essence city almost always had significant backgrounds. Even if they didn't originally, they would receive support and assistance from the Immortal Dynasties after showcasing their talent.
"Don't waste your effort. I'll wait for you in the Southern Domain Battle!"
The Purple-Robed Youth's eyes turned cold. Knowing he had offended Li Hao, he didn't bother to say more.
Li Hao glanced at the Immortal Weapon in the youth's hand and realized that seriously injuring him would be difficult. During the Southern Domain Battle, Immortal Weapons would be restricted, and it would be a true test of skill.
"We'll settle this then!"
Li Hao gave a cold humph, his figure flickering as he passed the youth and continued his ascent through the spatial currents.
The Purple-Robed Youth's face changed as he saw Li Hao quickly surpass him, indicating that Li Hao's comprehension of spatial levels was deeper than his own.
(End of Chapter)
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