Li Hao watched with his eyes nearly bursting; his body’s major veins violently ruptured, breaking even the Heaven and Earth Vein, letting out a roar as he pushed his bodily strength to its utmost limit!
Boom!!
He fiercely swung his sword, unleashing infinite momentum. In that instant, his flesh and blood condensed and tightened. Under the extreme operation of numerous Body Refinement techniques, his body underwent a rapid transformation.
Dazzling sword light sliced through, colliding with the immense hand in the void.
The void trembled, laws grew chaotic, countless sharp blades impacted, slashing across Li Hao’s body.
And in the surrounding emptiness, many more towering blades came killing, not halted nor impeded by that one sword.
His body felt as though it was being torn apart; wounds kept appearing.
Li Hao’s flesh writhed and trembled, continuing to contract. His Physical Body Strength gradually climbed, until it reached the massive threshold of tens of millions of pounds.
At a certain moment, Li Hao felt his entire body quiver, every bit of his flesh and blood, all his cells, seemed to be shaking.
He felt as though he was being “peeled open,” and from the trembling flesh and blood, trickles of an even more extreme, more special strength emerged.
At this moment, his physical body touched the limit of life, unable to cross, the deepest secrets of his flesh seemed to be activated.
Waves of heat, erupting like a volcano, emerged from all over his body, from every bone, from every drop of blood.
Radiant golden light blossomed from the wounds all over his body; the blood that once flowed turned into dazzling reddish gold at this moment, the blood emanating endless golden brilliance as if it were the blood of divine beings!
Li Hao’s brain, thoughts, and everything else were crushed by the transformation, as numerous pieces of information flooded into his mind.
The extraordinary insights of the Nine Stage of Physical Body Path quickly enlightened him to the transformation and condition he was experiencing at that moment.
He had touched the Power Transmission Ultimate Realm!
The Extreme Realm of Universal Force is Divine Power, and this Ultimate Realm… is like Divine Blood!
If Divine Power is just a temporary entry into a state where one’s strength explosively increases by tenfold, the flesh turning reddish gold like a deity, then now, he had undergone a thorough transformation; his flesh had changed fundamentally!
Divine Blood!
This was true Divine Blood!
If the Three Immortal Realms’ powerful beings bred descendants, they could pass down a portion of their bloodline power in the blood, which mortals revered as Divine Blood.
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But in reality, it was like the mortal world’s Sword Saints, Saber Saints etc., who were merely praised using those grand titles, rather than being truly as the name implies.
But now, Li Hao had touched the limit of life, his flesh transformed, and the blood in his body underwent a true change, turning into Divine Blood!
The once unattainable in his youth was now cultivated by his abilities!
And it was true Divine Blood!
This also meant that, at this moment, he was no longer a mere mortal, but had transformed into a deity!
That golden blood seemed to contain infinite, majestic life force, each droplet of Divine Blood capable of unleashing an instance of Unwithering Strength!
Li Hao felt that this Divine Blood was like the great Dao, seemingly indestructible!
“Hm?”
The Avatar of Void Saint sensed the sudden change in Li Hao’s aura, pausing in surprise, and his expression immediately changed.
That radiant golden light and familiar aura made a name surface in his mind—Demon Race!
No, more accurately, the Divine Clan.
But that was an ancient race, long sealed off by the All Saints, and also the most primal race in the Land of All Saints.
“Transformation? So that’s it. This is the secret of the Divine Clan, cultivated into being by the Human Race, but what Realm is this?”
The Avatar of Void Saint noticed this earth-shattering secret from Li Hao and a trace of gravity appeared in his eyes.
It turned out that the Divine Clan was not an Other Clan; they had originally been the Human Race.
Could it be that the Ancestor of the Divine Clan had also achieved this through cultivation, and then propagated the bloodline, hence giving birth to a race like the Divine Clan?
He thought of many things in an instant, but soon, those thoughts were also temporarily put aside. Looking at Li Hao, whose flesh was rapidly healing and radiating a fearsome and healthy aura, the killing intent in his eyes turned even colder.
“Then you should die even more!”
Accompanied by the Void Saint taking action again, a sudden surge of waves arose in the void. That was the Void Tide, and also the true power of the Void Saint using his reflected incarnation.
Li Hao propped up his Dao Domain, but the forty-nine-layer Dao Domain was rapidly pierced through, unable to make any changes.
He mobilized the power of the void, condensed a sword, and cleaved the tide in front of him in half.
The Dao Power within his entire body circulated, and then he raised his hand to slap the surrounding waves.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Consecutive explosions of Dao Power echoed in the void, but the Void Tide seemed endless, ceaselessly assaulting Li Hao.
At this moment, Li Hao felt an inexhaustible sensation throughout his entire body, brimming with energy, constantly at the peak of Divine Power eruption.
However, despite the Power Transmission Ultimate Realm causing a qualitative change in his body, the transformation was a bloodline anomaly, and the enhancement in strength was not significantly apparent. Ten million jin of pure Physical Body Strength was no match for the Void Tide, falling to pieces at one blow.
Boom!
The tide pressed closer, and Li Hao’s arms were torn apart.
A large quantity of golden Divine Blood spurted out but was not obliterated by the void’s sharp edges.
If it were his original physical body, it would quickly be worn away and disappear, but now, this Divine Blood stayed suspended in the void, twirling like golden beads. In the face of the void’s power capable of grinding even a Saint Heart treasure to dust, the blood only deformed but was not annihilated!
This change seemed insignificant, but at this moment, it gave Li Hao a glimpse of hope for life.
He continued to struggle, wielding his sword and slapping, but he allowed the void’s power to shred his flesh even more.
His blood and flesh splattered, his body riddled with holes like a hornet’s nest due to the erosion of the void’s power.
But his bone and blood were scattered all around, and Li Hao could feel that every drop of blood contained his Dao Thoughts and will, ready to gather at any moment, each drop capable of condensing into his true form!
At this moment, Li Hao suddenly understood that the various realms of the Martial Arts, including the Final Realm, seemed interconnected and mutually reinforcing.
Like the Seventh Extreme Realm’s Blood Rebirth, with this realm, one can achieve Ultimate Immortal Transformation, fully unleashing the power of the Sixth Extreme Realm.
And now, the Divine Blood of the Power Transmission Ultimate Realm, with all his bodily blood able to condense into his true form, but without the integration of will into Heaven and Earth of the Ultimate Immortal Transformation, even if Divine Blood could regenerate, what would be reborn would only be a puppet without the main body’s consciousness.
But now, his consciousness could merge with Heaven and Earth, making it difficult to be instantly annihilated; furthermore, Divine Blood was incredibly tough and indelible, significantly enhancing his life-preserving capabilities.
Swoosh!
Controlled by his will, Divine Blood flew out in all directions.
Li Hao dispersed from a whole into many, shooting out in all directions.
“Hmm?”
The Void Saint also noticed that Li Hao’s flesh and blood were difficult for the void’s power to annihilate, a trace of solemnity appearing in his eyes.
The strength of the Divine Clan, which made All Saints wary, primarily lay in their ability to achieve Extreme Path to Saint Ascension. This path was too convenient, and yet their physical bodies were not as robust as the young man before them.
This was probably also because most of the Divine Clan they encountered were descendants of ancestors, with their bloodline diluted.
Boom!
The Void Saint raised his hand, brought the void together to confine all of Li Hao’s Divine Blood.
As the void’s power enveloped and obliterated, much of the Divine Blood was confined but was like being in the void’s furnace, continuously melting but not immediately dissipating. Instead, it slowly dissolved at a rate of tens of thousands of splits per second.
This process looked like refining.
The rest of the Divine Blood quickly condensed into Li Hao’s appearance, and at this moment, it suddenly multiplied into thousands, charging in all directions into the void.
The Void Saint’s face grew cold as he confined the void, imprisoning these droplets of Divine Blood one by one, melting them drop by drop.
He hadn’t expected that a mere Tao Comprehension Realm individual would be so difficult to kill.
The distance between Saints and those in the Tao Comprehension Realm was vast. Even a Semi-Saint could slay with a single thought, let alone that he had gathered his incarnation for this.
As a large amount of Divine Blood was confined and refined, his power was split, allowing Li Hao’s fragmented body to escape into the distance, his spattered Divine Blood forming behind him, wielding Heaven and Earth Power to throw, stirring the entire void into chaos.
Li Hao noticed that when he previously connected to the Saint’s mark, the reflection of the other party’s Descent, although it didn’t save him, the appearance of the other made the void tear open a crack. Continue your adventure with My Virtual Library Empire
Although that crack was quickly concealed, Li Hao still caught a trace of it.
He continued to wield his sword and erupt with power while not deliberately resisting the eroding void power, allowing his body to become even more damaged, his Divine Blood scattering.
Among the large amounts of fresh blood, tens of drops of Divine Blood quietly disappeared, using the power of the Supreme Daoist Body to transform into Dao and slip into the void. Covered by All Phenomena Attributes, they scattered in all directions.
Escape!
Li Hao knew that engaging in combat with this Saintly incarnation here brought no benefit. Even if he could slay the incarnation, what might arrive next could be its original body.
Moreover, he currently did not have the power to destroy that incarnation, the disparity in power was too great, and the Seven Extreme Realm was still far from sufficient.
Had he not touched upon the Sixth Final Realm’s Celestial Venerable will, a mere hint of Saint’s Will would have been enough to obliterate him!
The difficulty of battling in such adverse conditions was beyond imagination.
Swoosh!
All of Li Hao’s Divine Blood shot out, and under his will’s control, this blood could explode with tremendous power, all employing Returning Ruin Instantaneous Movement!
Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of droplets of Divine Blood, simultaneously using Instant Teleportation to scatter and escape.
Such a tactic incensed the Void Saint. What was expected to be an easily suppressed ant had now exploded with a tenacity to escape that was terrifying.
He swiftly acted, condensing and solidifying the void, trapping many of the Divine Blood droplets that had just sprung from the ruins, confining them in the void.
But the void’s power couldn’t directly grind them down; it could only slowly refine them. If the confinement was released, the Divine Blood would escape, and continuing to confine would drain the Void Saint’s power.
He felt unexpectedly powerless at this moment, as if his incarnation reflected here struggled to exert its strength!
Cutting down a mere Tao Comprehension Realm cultivator, he actually felt it was troublesome and difficult.
But this only made him more resolute in his determination to slay Li Hao. Another avatar shimmered into existence in the void, and two avatars simultaneously made their move, aiming to kill and restrain the Divine Blood in all directions.
Boom!
Li Hao’s body was completely torn apart by the Void Tide, but his blood and bones fled in all directions.
If the opponent used the Saint’s Will to capture him, he would directly use the will of the Celestial Venerable to annihilate it, forcing the Void Saint to search and suppress with greater effort.
Li Hao’s thoughts became unprecedentedly focused and calm, suppressing his rage deep within his heart. He discreetly overlaid the River Snow Painting and Hidden Bow with other concealed attributes onto a small amount of his Divine Blood and elongated strings of this blood with the “invisible line” technique of Fishing, burying them in the chaotic void.
The remaining Divine Blood either fled or condensed into his body, unleashing the Sword Tide against the foe, stirring up a terrifying momentum.
His goal was not to kill but to conceal.
With his current strength, facing a Saint meant he had no chance of battle, only to conceal and escape.
He had memorized the previous rift, and now he covertly shifted a portion of the Divine Blood there.
Boom Boom Boom!
In the void, waves and Sword Qi collided; the Void Saint appeared to grow irritated and suddenly merged the power of his two avatars, pressing down with his hand.
Instantly, the entire void solidified, as if time itself had stopped.
The Divine Blood, which had been escaping to an extremely remote place using Returning Ruin Instantaneous Movement, was now also restricted; the void within ten thousand miles stood still!
Afterward, the Void Saint raised his hand and began to smelt the frozen Divine Blood incessantly.
The blood, which he could previously obliterate with a wave of his hand, now had to be slowly grinded down, just like Golden Beads, and it was extremely time-consuming.
Although the Void Saint was annoyed, he had no choice; there were gains from this battle for him, as he had personally witnessed the hidden origins of the Divine Clan.
As time went by, the Divine Blood, bone fragments, and remnants scattered in the void were all gradually destroyed and ground down by the Void Saint.
“Such a hard-to-kill being from the Tao Comprehension Realm is indeed rare in the world; the Divine Clan actually cultivated their physical bodies. It seems that I still need to improve my physical cultivation.” The Void Saint muttered to himself, then looked towards the emptiness, where his gaze swept through, leaving nothing behind.
He extended his senses and soon detected a trace of fluctuation in the void.
Boom!
With a grip of his hand, the void trembled, and a drop of Divine Blood was squeezed out.
The Void Saint gazed at it briefly, then continued smelting.
The various abilities this youth possessed had indeed broadened his horizons; the subtlety of this concealment would have gone unnoticed had he not become a Saint through the Void Tao.
After more than ten minutes, having ground away the drop of Divine Blood, the Void Saint glanced around once more, and then, without lingering, disappeared from the spot.
Shortly after his departure, suddenly, three drops of Divine Blood emerged in the void.
These three drops of blood carried Li Hao’s will and swiftly rushed towards the void rift he had previously captured, to prevent it from disappearing.
Yet, as soon as the Divine Blood reached the rift, a figure emerged – it was the previously vanished Void Saint.
With cold and mocking eyes, he stretched out his hand and grasped all three drops of Divine Blood.
“You thought I didn’t notice the rift? I left it there on purpose.”
The Void Saint’s eyes were cold as he squeezed the Divine Blood in his palm; void power surged and tore it apart continuously, refining it.
Li Hao let out a scream of agony and a roar of fury, struggling to resist, but with only three drops of Divine Blood, he could hardly tap into the power of Heaven and Earth. It didn’t take long before he was obliterated.
The Dao Power within the Divine Blood was stripped away and began to dissipate in the void.
Dao Power cannot be eradicated, but as the will that wields it is destroyed, it will gradually dissipate and return to Heaven and Earth.
The Void Saint looked at the emptiness, laughed coldly, and then his avatar dissipated.
The void also returned to normal, silent and still.
A long, long time passed.
Only then did a drop of golden Divine Blood emerge from the void.
As soon as this drop of blood appeared, it rushed rapidly toward the rift.
As it did so, the Divine Blood rapidly transformed, coalescing into the form of Li Hao.
Swoosh!
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Finally, touching the rift, Li Hao escaped through it.
However, as soon as he crossed the rift, Li Hao saw a familiar figure and aura.
It was the Void Saint’s avatar!
The adversary stood outside the rift in the universe, with a smile that was not quite a smile, watching Li Hao.
“Turns out there really is something, quite adept at disguising.”
He reached out with a hand, pressing down directly at Li Hao as the void became restricted.
Li Hao, revived through Blood Rebirth but in an extremely weak state, looked at him in shock and rage, roaring, “I will never let you go, even in death!”
Soon his body was crushed by the suppression and exploded on the spot.
The Void Saint congealed the exploded flesh into a sphere in his palm, refining it.
“This method of concealment is indeed unique; even I was unable to detect it…” the Void Saint murmured to himself. He had noticed earlier that the opponent possessed some very special abilities that could even escape the eyes of a Saint.
This made him take the matter even more seriously; such a monstrous individual must not be allowed to break free.
While his avatar was present to kill Li Hao, his true body was being held accountable by the Saints of the Primordial Holy Land and the Heavenly Phoenix Holy Land and could not split his attention.
Though his true form was preoccupied, that didn’t matter; the Void Saint’s avatar had no intention of leaving, continuing to watch over this section of the void. As a Saint, he had all the time in the world.
…
Meanwhile, inside the Immortal Gate.
Ancestor Yu and the Goddess sensed the disturbances within the Immortal Gate had ceased, as if the battlefield was moved, or more likely, the young man had been killed by the Void Saint.
After all, he was merely at the Tao Comprehension Realm, and the instant the Avatar of Void Saint personally descended, his fate had been sealed.
This revelation filled their eyes with shock and anger – such a monstrous genius had been eradicated by the Void Holy Land.
The Seven Extremes Realm, both ancient and dazzling, was a rare existence across the entire Land of All Saints, and they had never heard of it before.
You see, within the Land of All Saints, in nearly a thousand years, many Saints had reincarnated and rebuilt themselves, even some Saints had reincarnated personally, all in an attempt to breakthrough to the Eight Extreme Realm!
Now, this youth was only a step away and yet was slain by a Saint!
Even many of the reincarnated Saints had never cultivated to the Seven Extremes Realm, and even if this youth was a reincarnated Saint, his achievements and insights in this life alone were already unparalleled across the ages.
The hardships of the Seven Extremes Realm were harder than others could imagine; beyond the Universal Force and the cycle of the usual realms, certain realms could not be achieved merely through time and inheritance, such as the Soul Succession Realm. Without a grand spirit in reincarnation, one still couldn’t harness the soul of heaven and earth!
And comparatively, the most challenging was the Sixth Extreme Realm.
Perception and Cultivation Techniques could not make up for it.
“You, from the Void Holy Land, prepare for the wrath of All Saints!”
Ancestor Yu’s eyes blazed with rage; such a monster should have belonged to their Primordial Holy Land. If he could have reached Saint in the Primordial Holy Land, even if he regained the memories of his past life as a Saint, it would have been a good connection, an asset for them!
But now, it was all in vain.
“Hmph, should we continue the test, or else, perhaps this Immortal Gate should withdraw.”
The elder snorted, not bothering to argue.
Ji and others, upon hearing their words, all turned pale, barely able to believe.
The astoundingly brilliant youth had… just died like that?
They hadn’t even caught up to his pace, yet he had already turned to dust.
They were somewhat dazed, somewhat distracted, as if suddenly missing something in their hearts, leaving an emptiness.
The elder’s indifferent attitude towards life angered them, but they knew that compared to a Holy Land, they were still too weak.
Anger was of no use.
…
…
In the chaos of the void.
As time passed, there being no concept of time here, it felt like months, or perhaps years, had gone by.
Suddenly, a Golden Bead appeared in the void, a drop of Divine Blood.
However, the luster of the Divine Blood was no longer as dazzling as before, now dim, eroded by the forces of the void.
After the Divine Blood revealed itself, its aura remained obscure, but this time, it did not head towards the gap but drifted elsewhere in the void, searching for another exit.
As this drop of Divine Blood drifted, it gradually congealed into the form of Li Hao.
“Has that guy left already?”
Li Hao cautiously looked around.
But suddenly, a figure emerged before him and softly said,
“Are you looking for me? You’re quite patient; this must be the last drop, right?”
The figure that appeared was indeed the Void Saint.
He watched as Li Hao’s body was eroded by the void forces, his vitality waning, a hint of indifferent killing intent in his eyes, which was within his expectations.
The void was not a pleasant place to stay; after so long, even if Li Hao could disguise himself, he would still be eroded and perish unless he could comprehend the Void Tao here and manage to stay indefinitely.
But if someone could comprehend the Void Tao, he, being a Saint of the Void Tao, would definitely detect it.
“You…”
Li Hao looked at him in shock and then showed despair in his eyes.
“You seemed quite convincing earlier, but now it should all truly end.”
Void Saint’s eyes were cold and harsh; with a swift hand movement, he unleashed a suppression, a power of the void enveloping the area.
Li Hao burst out in a mad rush of power, but he was too weak at the moment and was quickly subdued, then his body exploded.
This time, the burst flesh and bone did not splatter; instead, Void Saint confined and directly refined them.
Void Saint glanced around and slightly shook his head, his avatar dissipating from there.
However, he had not truly left but was still hiding in the void, silently waiting.
Although he perceived that this might be the young man’s last drop, to be cautious, he decided to stay a bit longer.
“The one from his previous life must have experienced Heavenly Tribulation as a Supreme Saint. There’s something disturbing about him that makes it impossible for me to calculate…”
Void Saint’s avatar’s eyes flickered; under normal circumstances, he could easily figure out someone’s situation without just waiting around here.
During this period, his main body also underwent a lot of pressure, as many Saints who heard the news came here to hold him accountable, and others took advantage of the situation to cause trouble.
However, compared to these folks who were only verbally aggressive, the real hurt came from two other Saints who openly confronted and engaged in a vast Saint’s battle with him.
Saints rarely fought each other because it was difficult to completely kill one’s adversary. Without absolute certainty of killing, they would not easily take action.
Nevertheless, those two Saints attacked recklessly, as if mad, and if he were not a Void Saint, whose survival skills in All Saints were excellent, he would truly have been injured.
In the void, this was his battleground; every Saint’s Tao was different, and in a battlefield that matched their own Great Tao, they were almost invincible beings, even Supreme Saints were reluctant to confront him.
They also attempted to rescue this youth, but fortunately, he had earlier shifted the void battlefield; the place he guarded was now far away in a zone beyond the reach of the Immortal Gate, unknown to anyone but him.
Those two Saints were so enraged probably because they knew the youth from his past life.
“Unfortunately, you provoked my Void Holy Land first.”
Void Saint’s avatar did not regret attacking Li Hao; even if they had no prior grievances, it was done. After all, from the intelligence he’d gathered, this youth had a deep relationship with the Jiang family, and since the Jiang family had disciples in the Primordial Holy Land, this youth would likely have entered there too.
If the Primordial Holy Land were to produce another monster like this, the Void Holy Land would have to give way even more in the Cloud Realm from now on.
Time flew by.
The Avatar of Void Saint still stood guard here.
When he last decimated that young man’s final drop of blood, the opponent had already been suspended in the void for a year.
Eroded by the void, his flesh had decayed, even the Divine Blood had dimmed.
Three years had now passed, and still, there was no sign of life inside.
The Void Saint had calculated, based on the dimness and depth he had previously observed in Li Hao’s Divine Blood, that after these three years, the power of the void should have completely decayed it.
That is to say, even if the other side was still hidden in here, he would have already rotted away, unable to disguise his aura anymore.
Just like prey chased by a hunter into a cave, even though it doesn’t come out for a long time, it has already starved to death inside, or even rotted away.
However, to prevent the slightest possibility of an accident, the Avatar of Void Saint still did not leave; he intended to eradicate even the “what ifs”!
When Saints acted, they cut the grass and removed the roots, leaving no trace of calamity.
As time went on, his Void Holy Land also faced repeated provocations from those two Saints, but he had already dispatched another avatar to make good with the Yang Saint, asking for his aid—now things had temporarily stabilized.
In a daze, another three years passed.
The Avatar of Void Saint sat there, staring at the unchanging void, the last despairing visage of that youth surfacing in his mind, and was now certain that the other had truly died.
That last drop of blood had been obliterated.
Even if he hadn’t died, he must have left the void by now; continuing the vigil was meaningless.
After all, such a long time exposed to the void’s erosion was enough to reduce the other to dregs!
Still, due to his cautious nature, he chose to stay three more years.
Time passed quickly; since that instance, when the Mortal World opened the Immortal Gate, a total of ten years had passed.
The Avatar of Void Saint slowly stood up, taking one last glance at the space flowing with chaotic Heaven and Earth Power like a river; after such a long time, with no Divine Blood reappearing, there was no doubt he had slain his foe.
His avatar dissipated right there, his thoughts returning to the Void Holy Land.
…
As the Avatar of Void Saint dissipated, the void remained as tranquil as ever.
Time subtly changed, with several more months passing.
Suddenly, a faint gold light emerged; it was an extremely weak thread of gold.
Not easy to notice, and very inconspicuous.
It was covered with All Phenomena Attributes, the River Snow Painting, Hidden Bow, and other familiar concealments, camouflaging its own aura to the extreme.
In addition, there was the art of Fishing, which concealed oneself as the line.
Many acts of camouflage combined together had finally eluded the Saint’s perception.
At this moment, the gold thread was very weak; after emerging, it did not probe its surroundings but instead dashed straight into the void.
Without the Avatar of Void Saint to block it, the gold thread used Returning Ruin Instantaneous Movement, traversing continuously without encountering the Avatar of Void Saint; Li Hao finally understood that the other side had left.
He wandered through the void, his golden threads immensely weak.
This thread of golden Divine Blood had sustained until now because he had covered other Divine Blood around it like clothing, corroding layer by layer, which had allowed it to hold on until this moment, but it was also severely damaged, and the void’s power eroded away nearly all of his Dao Power.
After an unknown duration, in the flowing void, as the golden thread was on the brink of erosion and obliteration, Li Hao finally glimpsed a crack that led to the outside world.
Without hesitation, he swam toward it and quickly squeezed out of the void, arriving in the outside world.
In that instant, abundant Heaven and Earth Energy surged in.
At this moment, Li Hao truly entered the All Saints World within the Immortal Gate.
As soon as he made contact, Li Hao could feel the power here was richer and stronger than in the Mortal World, so intense that even without actively absorbing it, it seemed to force itself into his body.
Li Hao looked around and not seeing the Avatar of Void Saint, finally let out a sigh of relief.
In that void, he had hidden two other golden threads, making a total of three.
This one was meant to scout, but it seemed the other really had left.
During the explosion of his body and the scattering escape of his Divine Blood, he had utilized all kinds of methods and schemes, including the desperate cries and curses of his Divine Blood— all to convince the other that he had truly died.
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The drop of Divine Blood had been intentionally eroded by the void, a calculated gamble, and now it seemed that he had guessed right, and bet correctly.
He had won this wager!
At this moment, as he absorbed the Heaven and Earth Power, Li Hao’s body gradually stretched out.
Constituted of golden filaments, it transformed into the shape of a body.
However, having stayed in the void for too long, the power’s erosion was too profound, and his self-healing speed had slowed down, becoming sluggish.
The Qi Force throughout his body was also thin and scattered. During the previous combat, even the Heaven and Earth Vein had shattered. This battle had resulted in extremely serious injuries.
As soon as his body had formed, Li Hao’s consciousness succumbed to exhaustion and fell into a deep sleep.
His body plummeted straight from the high heavens, his flesh falling like a meteor, directly descending.
With a thud, he crashed onto a mountaintop, causing the ground to tremble.
In a hazy state, Li Hao thought he smelled a soft fragrance and felt a pair of delicate and smooth hands lifting his arm.
His consciousness then completely succumbed to slumber.
Alone in the darkness.
Until he heard a series of calls, and after a long time, Li Hao slowly opened his eyes to the gentle voice of an old man:
“Are you awake?”
Li Hao was startled, his heart suddenly chilled, and he swiftly opened his eyes to see – a benevolent looking white-haired old man.
At the same time, a pungent and strong herbal scent wafted over, along with other musty smells.
As Li Hao’s consciousness gradually cleared, he looked around to see that he was lying on a straw mat, surrounded by ancient and dim trees within a courtyard-like building, with an empty yard beside it.
Hanging from the eaves in various places were some dried herbs.
Not far from the straw mat was a large bronze furnace, emitting steam and the scent of medicine.
Li Hao paused, then turned to the old man beside him and asked, “Where is this?”
“This is the Sword Ancestor Holy Land.”
The white-bearded old man smiled and said, “You look heavily injured; were you fighting with someone, or being pursued by an enemy? Fortunately, you met me. I treated your wounds, though no medicine seemed to work on you. Luckily, I had another kind of medicated ointment that helped stabilize your condition.”
Li Hao was slightly startled. He looked down to see himself dressed in a simple blue and white robe. On the inside of the Garment, there were still faint scars visible on his chest.
He possessed the attribute of concealing brilliance and nourishing obscurity. If he relaxed out of combat, his body would slowly self-heal.
After reaching the Three Immortal Realms, this attribute was not of much importance to him, but now that his flesh was damaged, this attribute seemed to have played a role again.
“I owe you my life, senior,” Li Hao immediately sat up and thanked.
The white-bearded old man chuckled and said, “No need to thank me, she’s the one who saved you. If you want to thank someone, thank her.”
Saying this, he pursed his lips towards the yard.
There stood a woman in green clothes, practicing her swordsmanship slowly and gently. Yet her Sword Momentum was robust, seemingly driving the Qi Force of the surrounding Heaven and Earth.
Li Hao concentrated and could see that the woman’s cultivation was extremely high, her movements imbued with Dao Power – she was unmistakably of the True Man Realm!
Simultaneously, her Sword Intent was refined and full of spirituality.
Li Hao suddenly recalled the faint scent of fragrance when he had been unconscious and abruptly got up, walked barefoot into the courtyard, and bowed with his hands folded in front:
“Thank you for saving my life, miss. May I ask how to address you, so I can repay you in the future!”
“No need. Just leave once your injuries are healed, and try not to disturb my sword training.”
The woman in green didn’t turn around, her sword movements unceasing, her voice as pure as melting snow on a snow-capped mountain.
Li Hao was taken aback, glanced at her silhouette, and suddenly remembered… when he had fainted earlier, his body had just reconstituted and he was naked…
A blush crept onto his face, he coughed lightly, and without further disturbing her, slowly retreated back to the courtyard.
Sitting on a wooden plank under the eaves, he brushed the mud off his feet, and then Li Hao returned to the straw mat inside the house.
He looked around the room, which seemed to be an Alchemy Room, filled with medicinal herbs.
“Qing Ying is just like that, don’t take offense.”
Seeing Li Hao’s embarrassed expression, the white-bearded old man smiled and said to him.
Li Hao quickly replied, “Of course not, of course not. How could I take offense at a life-saving grace.”
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