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Chapter 1774: Chapter 456: Severing the Emperor Road

Although the Divine Venerable visited the Endless Heavenly Domain in his previous life, this reincarnated body didn’t receive much Heavenly Dao Power. If he misses this opportunity, this reincarnation could be considered incomplete, and he will certainly fall behind others at the Immortal King Realm. By then, the gap with Li Hao may only widen!

"You, you!"

The Divine Venerable was nearly driven mad with anger, not expecting Li Hao to be so crazy, determined to fight to the death with him regardless of consequences.

"You want to force me out? I’ll exchange three pieces of Domain Artifacts for your three pieces, let’s see how you compete on the Heavenly Ascension Road!"

The Divine Venerable gritted his teeth, the threat in his words was evident.

"Even without any Domain Artifacts, I can still ascend to heaven, but you must get lost!"

Li Hao said coldly, urging his Domain Artifact to strike at full speed.

Along with the collision of two Domain Artifacts, great commotion erupted in the void. Chaos Dao Seeds within thousands of miles were alarmed, some fled the area while others converged here.

Yet, at this moment, neither Li Hao nor the Divine Venerable paid any attention to these Chaos Dao Seeds, both intent on putting the other to death.

Bang!

The contest between the two Domain Artifacts was evenly matched, but ultimately Li Hao’s Domain Artifact was the first to lose power, ten breaths earlier, suppressed by void order, it shattered instantly, losing power.

But Li Hao, without hesitation, took out the second Domain Artifact, swiftly unsealed it—a Flying Sword—and attacked the Divine Venerable once more!

"Madness!"

The Divine Venerable exclaimed in shock and anger, not expecting Li Hao to be so genuine. He surrounded himself with golden light, defending against the Flying Sword’s onslaught, but after three breaths, his second Domain Artifact also reached ten breaths and shattered on the spot.

Seeing the Flying Sword slashing toward him, the Divine Venerable had no choice but to draw out the third Domain Artifact, his eyes already full of rage and madness. He knew he was truly going to miss this opportunity, but even so, he wanted to fight thoroughly, depleting Li Hao’s Domain Artifacts and spreading the news wherever possible.

Bang!

As the third Domain Artifact, like Divine Boots, was unsealed and wore on the Divine Venerable’s feet, he suddenly tread through the void, escaping outward.

Li Hao also controlled the Flying Sword, pursuing at full speed. Two streams of Realm Power collided, entangled, neither could shake off the other.

Although the Divine Venerable cultivated the Ultimate Realm after Returning Ruins, with just the Ultimate Realm, he could surpass Li Hao’s movement technique and shake off Li Hao. But under the effect of the Domain Artifact, even the Ultimate Realm’s shuttles were omitted, as the Immortal King Realm’s power suppression made it hard for the Ultimate Realm to completely reverse.

Soon, seven breaths ended, Li Hao’s Flying Sword shattered in response.

With the Flying Sword gone, the Divine Venerable did not continue fleeing but suddenly turned around to attack Li Hao.

The Divine Boots stomped through the void, enveloped in Realm Power, appearing above Li Hao, intending to crush him.

He does this, forcing Li Hao to use the third Domain Artifact.

Otherwise, with just unsealing two Domain Artifacts, it would deplete his three Domain Artifacts, truly a loss.

Li Hao saw through the Divine Venerable’s intentions without any hesitation. He had intended to utilize three Domain Artifacts to expel and slay him.

Buzz!

A buzzing sound rang out, the third Domain Artifact soared into the sky, golden threads unraveling from the Domain Artifact.

As Realm Power dispersed, the third Domain Artifact in the form of a flute directly resonated with a flute sound wave, blocking the Divine Venerable’s assault.

Two streams of Realm Power clashed, each refusing to give way, unable to overpower the other.

"You only have three breaths left, let’s see what you’re capable of!"

Li Hao manipulated the flute Domain Artifact, releasing blade-like Realm Power, directly traversing space-time, impacting the Divine Boots beneath the Divine Venerable’s feet.

"Now, without Domain Artifacts, let’s see how you die on the Heavenly Ascension Road!"

The Divine Venerable stared at Li Hao with a grim face, "I’ve lost this opportunity, and you’ll lose the chance on the Heavenly Ascension Road!"

Saying this, he no longer engaged in direct combat with Li Hao; with the three breaths of Domain Artifact time, he had to flee at full speed.

As he turned and fled, Li Hao controlled the flute Domain Artifact to pursue. When he was about to be shaken off by the Divine Venerable, the opponent’s Divine Boots Domain Artifact suddenly shattered, ten breaths were up.

"Die!"

Li Hao suddenly closed in, the flute Domain Artifact like a verdant Divine Light, wrapped in terrifying Realm Power as if a small world, charged toward the Divine Venerable’s body.

The Divine Venerable’s pupils contracted. He looked back, his figure suddenly shifted and vanished, exhibiting the power of fifteen-mile Ultimate Realm.

But the Realm from the flute Domain Artifact had already enveloped him. The Ultimate Realm allowed him to penetrate the Realm, extraordinarily mystical, but still captured by traces within the Realm, the dense Realm Power instantly gathered and suppressed him.

"I won’t let you go!"

The Divine Venerable roared in anger, followed by his body bursting apart, the Immortal Body breaking. Three hundred drops of True God Blood within him were all suppressed, beginning to damage and decline under Realm Power’s suppression.

Even the Immortal King Realm couldn’t instantly slay an Immortal Monarch who had refined True God Blood End Realm, only slow its True God Blood with Realm Power, requiring time.

The remaining seven breaths were enough to wear down most of its True God Blood; even if the Domain Artifact couldn’t directly kill, Li Hao himself could suppress the remaining part of True God Blood, capturing alive might also be good.

But evidently, the Divine Venerable had no intention of falling into Li Hao’s hands. Under the Domain Artifact’s suppression, all his True God Blood burned up, fighting desperately, but ultimately couldn’t break free from the Domain’s seal. Instead, his damage rapidly exacerbated and soon extinguished.

One breath later, the Domain Artifact shattered with a bang.

Li Hao looked toward the void, at this moment, the Divine Venerable’s body and aura completely vanished, nowhere to be seen, truly annihilated.

But the Three Immortal End Realm power displayed earlier made Li Hao believe that the opponent might not necessarily be dead, given he could survive the Ancient Demon calamity, his life-preservation means might be extraordinary.

No matter, as long as the opponent can’t step into this opportunity.

"Lost three Domain Artifacts, but luckily, still have the Dark Side Avatar’s three."

Li Hao thought to himself.

Previously, passing through Boundary Flipping Mountain, the three Domain Artifacts carried by the Dark Side Avatar weren’t detected, treated as independent entities, thus he had six Domain Artifacts. Now losing three, he was just at the same level as others.

"I should have asked him where the Source Ancestor is."

Li Hao’s eyes flickered. When the two of them came to the True Realm together in the past, now that the Divine King has awakened his memories of past lives, Li Hao suspects that the Source Ancestor is not simple either.

Once he’s out, he can use fate calculation to deduce his approximate location.

He looked around, gathering his own aura, the Extreme Dao Chaos ending, and a strong exhaustion surged through him, making him feel utterly weary.

This sensation hadn’t been experienced for a long time. Ever since mastering the All Heavens Star Vein, his immortal power seemed endless, but even now, with immortal power constantly pouring into his body, it seemed hard to dispel this fatigue.

Li Hao took a deep breath, revitalized himself, and saw with his divine sense there were seven or eight Chaos Dao Seeds stealthily approaching from several thousand miles away, alarmed by the previous commotion.

"Find a place to rest first."

Li Hao felt even lifting a finger was strenuous; unless he used a Domain Artifact for self-defense, it was better to avoid head-on confrontations for now.

His figure blurred, leaving the place, and he found a peak where he excavated a cave to enter and rest.

"This Divine King is indeed worthy of being a Quasi-Emperor’s realm cultivator of a hundred thousand years, mastering too many Ultimate Realm techniques. I was forced to suppress him with Extreme Dao Chaos, and even with the Chaos Infinite laws of an Immortal Monarch Realm, I still couldn’t slay and subdue him."

Li Hao’s eyes flickered; although he defeated the Divine Venerable, he also felt the opponent’s strength. Fortunately, this time he broke off the other’s opportunity. Even if the opponent regenerates, it would be using Divine Blood hidden elsewhere to rebirth. He suspects that the Divine Blood is hidden in a place outside the Endless Heavenly Domain.

Of course, if the opponent is bold enough to genuinely split his Divine Blood within the Endless Heavenly Domain, there would be nothing Li Hao could do.

Luckily, in this Ninth-layer Heavenly Domain, the opponent doesn’t have the guts to enter again.

"Let the Dark Side Avatar go and investigate the situation in the other heavenly domains."

Li Hao thought inwardly.

If he encounters the Divine Venerable in other heavenly domains, he’ll have the Dark Side Avatar resolve him.

With a thought, the Dark Side Avatar coalesced, nodded to Li Hao, then handed him two Domain Artifacts, keeping only one for itself, then left the cave.

Having done these, Li Hao sat in the cave to recuperate.

Meanwhile, within the cave abode on a peak in the Original Land.

Suddenly, deep in the cave abode’s secret array, a golden light emerged, and then a figure condensed from the golden liquid, like fluid shaping into a human form—it was the Divine Venerable.

He stood naked in the cave, observing the familiar surroundings, his face turning grim.

"Damn it!!"

He growled low, hammered a fierce fist onto the cave wall, activating the secret array—a web of thirty-six thousand strands of golden light enveloped the entire cave.

"Damnable, damnable!"

The Divine Venerable was furious to the point of madness, he actually got chased out by that guy.

He missed this crucial opportunity with his own eyes.

He had not yet absorbed enough Heavenly Dao Power nor begun the Heavenly Ascension Road!

This meant in this life, he couldn’t attest to the Heavenly Heart using Heavenly Dao Power and tread that shortcut, the Emperor Road!

Beyond that Emperor Road, only the self-enlightened Emperor Road remained.

But having reached the peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm in his past life, he knew how difficult the self-enlightened Emperor Road was, especially since many Immortal Emperors had already pioneered various Emperor Roads. What’s left to be pioneered is scarce, and he couldn’t think of any new Emperor Roads to open anyway.

"I’ll have your life!!"

The Divine Venerable’s face was hideous, raging with such fury and murderous intent that smoke seemed to rise from his seven orifices, even prompting the impulse to immediately reincarnate—this lifetime already felt half wasted!

"Rare it is for the Heavenly Dao to return, able to attest to the Heavenly Heart; cutting off my Emperor Road, it’s irreconcilable!"

The Divine Venerable’s eyes were blood-red with wrath and immense killing intent.

"I’m lacking in Heavenly Dao Power, you acquire Heavenly Dao Power, you won’t reach the Heavenly Ascension Road either. Thankfully, I left an avatar outside beforehand!"

On the second-layer heavenly domain of the Endless Heavenly Domain, atop a peak.

A figure sat cross-legged, eyes closed; here, the aura was extremely hidden, neither hunting the surrounding Chaos Dao Seeds nor alarming anyone else.

As an avatar, even slaying Chaos Dao Seeds wouldn’t allow absorption of that Heavenly Dao Power, and if not absorbed promptly, Heavenly Dao Power would dissipate, reverting to the heavenly domain—thus, hunting Chaos Dao Seeds was pointless.

This avatar was originally meant for his own contingency plan against special scenarios; now, it could only serve as a communication tool.

"With your three exhausted Domain Artifacts, I’ll make sure everyone knows this news!"

The avatar’s eyes opened, full of killing intent, then its figure blurred, disappearing from the peak.

Days later.

Within a mountain cave in the Ninth-layer Heavenly Domain, Li Hao opened his eyes, the exhaustion mostly faded, but the feeling of physical depletion and powerless discomfort still gave him lingering fear—it seemed this method needed caution, even the All Heavens Star Vein couldn’t recuperate.

"Time to continue the hunt."

Li Hao rose immediately; now twenty days had passed, with ten days left until the end of the Endless Heavenly Domain, he must quickly clear the Ninth-layer Heavenly Domain.

After all, more time on the Heavenly Ascension Road would be needed later.

As he moved, his divine sense unfolded, soon spotting two Chaos Dao Seeds within thousands of miles, one east, one west, both resting.

Li Hao’s figure blurred, quickly reached one Chaos Dao Seed.

Boom!

Destiny Sword Qi pierced through, as the Chaos Dao Seed raised its head, it was impaled, nailed to the ground.