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At this moment, Li Hao had a breakthrough.
He had comprehended!
[You have comprehended the Artistic Path Heart Realm: Transcendent Entering Saint]
A notification from the panel emerged before his eyes.
The slowing of time around him seemed to suddenly return to normal.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye, in an instant collision of countless thoughts.
Facing the palm print enveloping from above, imbued with Buddha’s Holy Domain, Li Hao, almost without thinking, chose to integrate this state of mind into his Physical Body Dao!
Compared to the Sword Dao, the Physical Body Dao could unleash greater power at this moment, after all, even if his Sword Dao improved, it might not possess the sufficient strength to swing a second sword in time!
Boom!
[Physical Body Dao has been promoted to Tenth Stage!]
In an instant, Li Hao felt his mind buzzing, a surge of understanding and messages inundating him. At the same time, his body trembled, as if obtaining confirmation from heaven and earth, his Divine Blood, his bones, all undergoing transformation!
A vast and boundless aura of the Dao suddenly extended and covered everything, even the Buddha’s Holy Domain could not block it!
The Buddha’s Holy Domain’s radiance turned pale at this moment. Compared to the aura of the Dao emanating from Buddha Venerate, it seemed as if a more majestic and supreme Dao Thought had appeared. Li Hao knew that it was a sliver of the Celestial Venerable aura he had touched upon at the apex of his Transform to Immortal insight!
In the void, Source Ancestor, Holy Master of Law, and other Supreme Saints, their gazes all changed, betraying their shock.
To move Supreme Saints was a rare occurrence once in thousands of years.
But at this moment, many Supreme Saints were changing colors.
He had become a Saint!
Underneath the Buddha’s Holy Domain, that youth had indeed become a Saint!
Moreover, it wasn’t Incense Sainthood, but through his own merit, he ascended through the Ritual Path to Saint Ascension!!
The Buddha’s Holy Domain, seemingly erased by a profound force, dissipated in an instant. Buddha Venerate as if recoiling from a backlash groaned, his complexion changing abruptly.
There emerged an aura of the Heavenly Dao that uniquely honored heaven and earth, enveloping the bright and sparkling youth between heaven and earth.
The youth’s figure was as perfect as a Divine being, his whole body glowing like red-golden glaze. Under the power of the Heavenly Dao, his body underwent rapid transformation.
A fraction of the Heavenly Dao Power revealed itself, integrating into his physical body. This was the Dao Power obtained by the Sacrificial Dao!
Soon, an aura akin to that of Saints, supremely sublime, began emanating from Li Hao’s body.
At this moment, countless people were shocked, their eyes wide open.
Haotian had become a Saint!
He didn’t rely on the Incense Fire of the first place in the Supreme Genius Battle but became a Saint on his own ahead of time!
In the waiting area, Qiu Tianlu, Xiao Tianyu, and others had somewhat dazed expressions, never expecting that even before the Supreme Genius Battle had ended, their opponent had already become a Saint, and had taken the most difficult path—the Sacrificial Dao!
An unforeseen event, instead of leading this youth to his demise and erasure from their world, made him shine even more brightly, like the Divine Yang high in the sky, reflecting in their pupils.
The Buddha Child stood dumbfounded, but quickly snapped back to reality, his eyes turning completely black as if he had utterly fallen into depravity, full of violence and unwillingness.
Ji Mysterious God and Lin Qingyue, as well as others, were also astonished, but they quickly became excited and overjoyed, standing up animatedly.
An imposing, surging aura emanated from all around his body as Li Hao slowly opened his eyes.
Those eyes, as if they had just fused with the Heavenly Dao, conveyed a supreme indifference and the cold detachment of one who sees through the affairs of the world.
Life and death, separation and union, right and wrong, honor and disgrace; all had been discerned.
But soon, that indifferent gaze warmed; when his line of sight shifted to the Buddha Venerate and the Void Saint, it became piercingly sharp.
Physical Body ascension to Sainthood!
Li Hao could feel the tremendous power surging within his own body, transcending all previous methods combined. With a mere gesture, he seemed able to grasp the entire heaven and earth, the casual release of power exceeding that which he could invoke during his Transform to Immortal phase!
This is what it means to be a Saint!
Physical Body transcending to become a Saint, apart from granting him this terrifying power, Li Hao also noticed that what he saw had clearly changed from before. He could see the misty, radiant aura resembling smoke dispersing from many Saints; it seemed to be, Incense Fire!
His eyes could perceive these Saints’ Incense Fire aura unless they deliberately concealed it to the extreme.
As Li Hao looked around, he immediately saw that the Incense Fire aura of the Supreme Saints from the Upper Three Realms was incredibly intense, the misty radiance surrounding their bodies was like fiery clouds. What caught Li Hao’s attention was that Source Ancestor’s Incense Fire aura was significantly more intense than that of other Supreme Saints, close to half!
All were Supreme Saints, yet the gaps were not small.
Looking at other Saints, their aura of Incense Fire paled in comparison, only about one-tenth as much.
Some Saints had an even fainter aura of Incense Fire; whether it was deliberately subdued or inherently scant was unknown.
As Li Hao surveyed the scene, many Saints’ complexions slightly changed. Li Hao himself didn’t notice that his gaze at that moment possessed an extremely terrifying Penetration Power. These Saints felt exposed under Li Hao’s glance, and some even felt their Incense Fire waver within them.
How could someone who had just become a Saint possess such a terrifying gaze?
“Hao Er…”
Feng Boping was also stunned by this turnaround. Under the suppression of Buddha Venerate and in that brief moment, Li Hao had managed to attain sudden insight to become a Saint?!
He immediately understood that Li Hao must have already touched the threshold before, hence the leap across.
The Sacrificial Dao… He actually embarked on the most difficult path.
Feng Boping felt tears well up in his eyes, but then he burst into loud laughter.
This laughter reverberated through heaven and earth, snapping many people out of their trance. In an instant, the entirety of the Heavenly Origin Realm, every Divine Dynasty and major city, was boiling with excitement.
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Countless people watched this spectacle, which is rare to see in ten thousand years. At the critical moment under the suppression of Three Calamities Saint, he actually achieved Saintly Ascension through the Ritual Path, unprecedented throughout the ages!
“That Haotian, is he too monstrously talented!”
“He has become a Saint, my heavens, isn’t that a bit too exaggerated? He’s only 28 years old this year!”
“Becoming a Saint before thirty, they say ‘establish oneself at thirty,’ I’m nearly thirty and haven’t even established myself, but he’s already become a Saint!”
“He must be the youngest Saint in history!”
Countless people were shocked, with a frenzied excitement.
The matter of Li Hao slaying the Saint Heir is no longer significant, whether true or false, as they have witnessed the birth of a history-breaking Saint with their own eyes!
As the entire Heavenly Origin Realm trembled, Li Hao’s eyes drooped, slowly reverting to his own body. He didn’t rush to strike against Buddha Venerate; instead, he was absorbed in feeling and assimilating his current physical state.
His flesh and blood seemed to recombine and transform, to the point where his mind was filled with many things from his previous life.
Including many vague memories from his past life, which have now become clear, unfolding before him like a flickering series of paintings.
All the things he has seen and heard in this life, can be retrieved at any time, remembering everything with a single glance, which is also an expression of physical might to the utmost extent, yet is the most trivial aspect of it.
Besides, he could also feel the obscure Daoist Charm between heaven and earth, like clouds and mist scattered everywhere.
In his ears, he could hear the sound of the great Dao in the wind.
What kind of sound was that?
Like a kind of low chant, like a pleasant ringing of bells, it made one feel comfortable.
As a Saint in the flesh, Li Hao felt an unprecedented bond with heaven and earth. He felt that at this moment, he was always in the prime state of Transform to Immortal, and it seemed that if he could break through one more barrier, he could truly touch the most supreme and core origin of this world, the Heavenly Dao!
As he felt his own body, the pressure emanating from him made Buddha Venerate take notice.
The recent attack, repulsed by the Heavenly Dao invoked by Li Hao’s Sacrificial Dao, made Buddha Venerate aware that it was the protection of the Heavenly Dao.
But now, the Ritual Path to Saint Ascension has ended, and the presence of the Heavenly Dao has faded away.
Having just become a Saint, even if he took the most difficult Ritual Path, he was ultimately just promoted, and it was the weakest moment for a Saint.
Li Hao at this moment, couldn’t even be considered a One Disaster Saint yet!
“Eternal Buddha Country, suppress!”
Buddha Venerate suddenly lifted his hand, striking with ninety percent of his strength. Compared to Li Hao, when he was still in the Dao Law Realm, although extremely dazzling, now as a Saint, he had to be even more serious.
Li Hao, who was still sensing his condition, immediately felt a keen movement of wind and clouds in the world and the gathering of Daoist Charm; when he looked up, he saw the solemn and serious gaze of the Buddha Venerate. A sudden urge to laugh arose in his heart; despite the intense killing intent being concealed beneath the solemnity and dignity, it induced the world to praise his compassion.
“Are these three shackles the Saint’s Three Disasters?”
Li Hao could feel that on his Saint Path within him, there were faintly three terrifying forces binding him.
Elder Ting Feng had told him about the affairs of Saints. A Saint must go through Three Calamities to be stable.
Most Saints would fall during the trials of the Three Calamities.
These Three Calamities are Human Disaster, invoking Human Tribulation; Earth Disaster, invoking Earth Tribulation; and Heavenly Disaster, triggering the vast Heavenly Tribulation of thunder!
These three shackles, even without touching them, would slowly loosen over time. The first shackle to detach would be the Human Tribulation!
Many Saints, after becoming Saints, would practice some Secret Technique to delay the loosening of these shackles, to accumulate more strength to overcome the ordeals.
“Human Tribulation…”
Li Hao’s eyes flashed with murderous intent; the so-called Human Tribulation is the calamity that attracts murder by others!
It triggers all sorts of seemingly coincidental, yet prearranged murderous intents!
Since that’s the case, Li Hao simply decided to take this opportunity to overcome this Tribulation!
He is now undergoing the Human Tribulation, the danger of being killed; unshackling now would simply intensify the murderous intent of Buddha Venerate and others, borrowing their hands to overcome the Tribulation for him!
“Release!”
Li Hao stirred his Saint Path, one of the shackles suddenly shattered, and following that, a sound like a muffled thunder seemed to pass through heaven and earth, as something terrifying seemed about to descend.
This shockwave was felt by All Saints, and many were discolored.
Unexpectedly, this youth was so rash, intending to overcome the ordeal right after becoming a Saint!
One must know, other Saints would visit far and wide, seeking friends, and wait to set up a great array to safely tide through the tribulations!
Yet, Li Hao, currently in conflict with Buddha Sect and scorned by Void Saint, even chose to undergo the Tribulation in public.
“You must not be spared!”
Void Saint, seeing Li Hao’s madness, felt an increasing sense of threat. He decided today that this youth must not be allowed to live. Too monstrous, terrifyingly so; even if the opponent were given a few more years, he felt that Li Hao would ascend their Void Holy Land!
Today, the opponent must die!
He quietly accumulated power within himself, preparing to strike at any moment.
But Feng Boping cast a cold glance at him, sensing his intention, and immediately locked onto him, ready to guard against any move.
On the other side, just as Li Hao had cast off the shackles and saw the Buddha Venerate’s descending attack, he did not retreat but instead stepped forward boldly. His flesh’s ultimate sensation to the world and its elements felt no threat under the Saint Domain’s mighty aura; instead, he felt stimulated and exhilarated.
That thing, could not harm him!
Boom!
Li Hao suddenly soared into the sky, his powers surfacing in his hand, as he slashed a dazzling sword towards the heavens.
That splendid Buddha Country Sacred Realm seemed to have countless Holy Lotuses blooming, the Turquoise Pool bursting with flowers, but with that single, dazzling slash, a mighty force brutally tore through the Sacred Realm, stirring those visions into waves!
“What?!”
The Buddha Venerate’s face changed abruptly, somewhat shocked. His Buddha Country Sacred Realm was actually split open by Li Hao’s sword!
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Li Hao laughed uproariously at the sky, feeling the ultimate release of his power; the overwhelming strength surging within him was so fierce that without resorting to Dao Domain or Transform to Immortal, merely the Saint Dao Power within his body seemed capable of piercing through the heavens and earth.
Beyond the understanding of the world’s incompleteness and the embryonic form of Saint Path he had perceived earlier, he had reached the Tenth Stage of Physical Body Dao, and had also condensed the Physical Body Saint Path within his body!
This was the second kind of Saint Path!
In terms of the physical body, amongst heaven and earth, he should be supreme!
Henceforth, he need not pursue other Body Refinement arts; on the contrary, he could create his own Body Refinement Realm techniques, teaching thousands, and showing humanity how to refine their bodies!
All the Body Refinement techniques in the world could no longer surpass him, unless, perhaps, it was a transcendent act like Immortal Guide.
“This is your Saint Domain? How weak!”
With a long laugh, Li Hao brandished his sword and attacked Buddha Venerate:
“You speak of the mercy of Buddha, yet your ‘all-seeing eyes’ shed no tears; you talk of the sea of suffering in the world, yet you stand on shore, urging people not to linger in the water—have you ever entered the water and reached out a helping hand to anyone?”
Accompanied by Li Hao’s resounding shout, he approached Buddha Venerate with his sword.
Buddha Venerate’s expression turned ugly; his face was extremely grave. He once again pressed his palms together and activated the Buddha Country Sacred Realm, bearing down on Li Hao.
Li Hao neither hid nor dodged; he simply took a step forward.
Instantly, waves of Saint Dao Power riddled his body like a myriad of piercing needles.
Yet to Li Hao, it felt as soft as catkins brushing against him, a mere tickle.
Is this a Saint’s Domain? Li Hao laughed, his bodily durability at this moment perhaps rivaled that of a Tao Tribulation Emperor Weapon—it seemed not even the Saint Domain could harm him.
Break!
Li Hao took a bold step forward, walking in Buddha Venerate’s Saint Domain as if strolling between heaven and earth, without the slightest hindrance.
Witnessing this scene, the expressions of the All Heavens Saints subtly changed, some shocked; he had just become a Saint, how could he be so ferocious?!
Buddha Venerate was a Three Calamities Saint, having traversed the Heavenly Tribulation and recognized by the heavens and the earth, yet he could do nothing to Li Hao!
Buddha Venerate was rattled seeing Li Hao advance sword in hand; previously the Saint Domain had been split open, but now, Li Hao stood within the Saint Domain, invulnerable, and Buddha Venerate wondered, what Dao was his adversary cultivating?!
“Three Epochs Buddha Body, Sea of Suffering!”
Buddha Venerate’s countenance solemn, suddenly lifted his hand; a glow emanated from him, unexpectedly casting the images of two avatars to his sides.
They appeared to be avatars, yet they seemed to be actual incarnations.
“That is Buddha Venerate’s trump card, the Three Epochs Buddha Body!”
“All three Buddha Bodies are real, equivalent to three Three Calamities Saints!”
Many Saints focused intently, never imagining Buddha Venerate would be pushed to use such a method, and yet, it was just against a newbie who had only just become a Saint—not even considered a One Calamity Saint.
As the Three Epochs Buddha Bodies emerged, the Saint Domain reappeared, and it was a Third Level Saint Domain—three layers superimposed, each embodying the forces of “Past,” “Future,” and “Present,” adding the power of fate within, utterly terrifying.
Meanwhile, the three Buddha Bodies raised their hands together, and the world seemed to rise with waves—a Sea of Suffering emerged.
In the Sea of Suffering, countless corpses floated and sank; all those who had succumbed to the sea’s greed, anger, ignorance, and desires.
Now, as this vision of the Sea of Suffering unfolded, it swiftly enveloped Li Hao.
But Li Hao, within the Sea of Suffering, was bathed in radiant golden light; the sea’s strong corrosiveness could not harm his body in the slightest.
With the Body of a Saint, indestructible and unbreakable, the shocks of the Sea of Suffering were barred three feet away from his body, simply by the natural aura emitted from his physique.
Saintly Body, impurity cannot approach!
And those dead corpses floating in the Sea of Suffering suddenly seemed to come back to life, all crawling and swimming towards Li Hao.
They appeared to regard Li Hao as a raft in this Sea of Suffering or the unseen distant shore they yearned to land upon.
But there was a sudden shift in Li Hao’s expression, merely with the aura of his Physical Body Strength, he blocked those dead corpses; he raised the sword in his hand and murmured:
“If the world is indeed a Sea of Suffering, then I shall cleave it apart with a single sword!”
Raising his hand, he suddenly swung his sword forth.
This casual swing seemed to carry the power that penetrated heaven and earth, cleaving open the Sea of Suffering, shining to the extreme.
This sword was also reflected in Bian Ruxue’s eyes, not at all inferior to that previous Ultimate Sword, yet now casually executed by Li Hao.
Bang!
The Sea of Suffering split apart, and the world seemed to divide; Li Hao continued forward with his sword.
All three incarnations of Buddha Venerate wore increasingly grave expressions but once again resorted to Buddhist Law; behind their backs, the Merit Wheels coalesced, actually morphing into a vast swirling black hole.
This black hole seemed to possess a certain pulling force, zooming from the end of the Sea of Suffering and then halting in place, suppressing the entire Sea of Suffering and also attempting to suppress Li Hao.
“Reincarnation!”
Buddha Venerate murmured.
Within that black hole-like vortex, destruction loomed; it was the ultimate power between life and death.
Between life and death lies Reincarnation, an endless cycle, yet also a ceaseless emergence and demise!
“And you dare speak of Reincarnation!”
Li Hao glanced at the vortex, containing the power of destruction but only a faint vital force; evidently, Buddha Venerate had not fully comprehended this Buddhist Law.
It was merely a rudimentary stage.
Without further words, and without halting his stride, in the moment of convergence, he suddenly sheathed his sword and instead accelerated, colliding with the revolving vortex using his body.
Immediately, many exclaimed in surprise.
But in the next moment, Li Hao’s body shattered the cycle of Reincarnation, tearing the black spinning vortex apart!
Shrouded in black flames like afterburners, he raised his head, fixing his gaze upon Buddha Venerate sitting on the far shore of the Sea of Suffering.
On Buddha Venerate’s face, the gravity turned into a somewhat dazed look; although his Buddhist Law was still immature, it was an exceedingly formidable method—if the cycle of Reincarnation had been properly established, even a Supreme Saint would have to dodge its sharp edge!
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But Li Hao unexpectedly crossed the Bitter Sea with his physical body and tore through reincarnation, an act that completely exceeded his expectations.
“You’ve sat up there for too long, now come down and walk around!”
Li Hao stood above the Bitter Sea apparition, suddenly lifted his sword, and executed a swift slash.
With one sword cleaving through the air, infused with the intent of the Only Me Swordsmanship and blending the ethereal and transcendent sword force from Immortal Guide, his strike did not land on Buddha Venerate, but swept across the Lotus Platform beneath the Three Lifetimes Buddha.
With a bang, the Lotus Platform shattered, which was not a Tao Tribulation Emperor Weapon but a Saint Heart treasure of extremely high grade.
Tao Tribulation Emperor Weapons, even Saints may not possess such rarities; they are extremely scarce, nurtured by Heaven and Earth, and forged through the tempering of Dao fire and Heavenly Tribulation.
As the Lotus Platform exploded, the Three Lifetimes Buddha transformed from a seated position to being flung backward, forced to stand amidst the void.
After his sword blew up the Lotus Platform, Li Hao utilized the Returning Ruin Instantaneous Movement to close in on him.
At this moment, his physical body had become a Saint, capable of greater distances with the Returning Ruin Instantaneous Movement, he nearly instantly approached the Buddha Venerate and cleaved with his sword.
He arbitrarily chose one of the Buddha bodies, indifferent to its authenticity.
Bang!
Buddha Venerate raised his hand, and before the Buddha light in his palm could scatter, it was split by the sword, followed by a spray of golden blood from his arm and splashes of Golden Beads on his Kasaya.
With Buddha Blood to journey across the Bitter Sea!
“Your Buddha’s Path is nothing but wanting people to respect you, fear you, dread you!”
“The Buddha’s Path is not the true path; the Dao that can be trod is not the eternal Dao!!”
As Li Hao wielded his sword, he roared towards the heavens.
With those six words spoken, the Heaven and Earth seemed to tremble with a humming, that was the true sound of Dao, summoning apparitions between Heaven and Earth!
Buddha Venerate, intending to defy, was shocked by the vibrating sound, causing a brief confusion and oblivion in his eyes, a sign of the fracturing Saint Dao.
Simultaneously, his physical body was shredded by Li Hao’s long sword, blood scattering over the Bitter Sea.
The three Buddha bodies were swiftly swept away by Li Hao like fallen leaves in a fierce wind, all split asunder!
In an instant, Buddha Venerate fell, covered in blood, collapsing into the Bitter Sea.
And the apparitions of the Bitter Sea also gradually dissipated.
This scene left everyone speechless.
The eminent Three Calamities Saint was suppressed by Li Hao who had just become a Saint!
In the waiting area, the Twin Buddha Child’s pupils constricted, those pitch-black whites of his eyes briefly restored some clarity as he watched the scene of Buddha Venerate’s downfall in the sky, somewhat dazed.
On the other side, Feng Boping, upon witnessing this scene, felt shock followed by delight.
Just at this moment, Void Saint suddenly vanished, instantaneously teleporting away from the void, appearing behind Li Hao in almost an instant.
By the time Feng Boping realized it, it was already too late, he cried out, “Be careful!”
As he spoke, he rapidly deployed his Saint Dao, filching a portion of the power from the opponent’s attack.
Yet despite this, the attack still descended upon Li Hao’s head.
Li Hao, under that ultimate space power aiming to assassinate, only calmly turned his head to look back.
Bang!!
Explosive thunderbolts burst above Li Hao’s head, swathes of rending void power enshrouded him, but, after the force dissipated, Li Hao still stood there, undamaged, eyes sharp with frost, maintaining his previous glance back, unaffected!
Void Saint froze, disbelief rising within his eyes: “Impossible!”
His Void Tao, renowned as one of the most powerful attacks among the Three Calamities Saints, failed to harm Li Hao.
In fact, it did hurt him, only, Li Hao possessed the frightening self-healing of Blood Rebirth, complemented by the apex physicality of the Power Transmission Ultimate Realm.
Following his ascension to Saint, these effects were significantly enhanced, especially the self-healing.
The wounds closed almost immediately.
This recent attack had indeed slit Li Hao’s skin, albeit just a scratch, but it was evidence enough of the fierceness of the opponent’s attack.
“So impatient, are you? You’re going to die!”
Li Hao said softly.
Hearing Li Hao’s murmurs, Void Saint felt a sudden, hair-raising chill; what kind of Dao had this person cultivated, to reach such a terrifying level?
The next moment, Li Hao burst forth.
Void Saint, with a quick reaction, swiftly disappeared into the void.
Bang!
Li Hao suddenly swung his sword, his hair transforming into a brilliant silver as he entered Transform to Immortal.
This sword reached its zenith, and space cracked like a faultline, split apart!
Void Saint was forced out of the void by Li Hao, seeing the terrifying sword light surge towards him, he quickly maneuvered his Void Power to strangle it.
But as the layers of Void Power continuously assailed it, the sword light remained brilliant, arriving in an instant and slashing across his chest.
Blood spurted out, and his body was hurled backward, grievously wounded.
Li Hao raised his hand; the recently solidified Artistic Path Heart Realm gave him an extraordinary insight at that moment.
Looking towards the turbulent Heaven and Earth, he suddenly converged the Heaven and Earth Power in his hand to form a pen.
With the pen forming, a vast aura of the Saint Path spread out, that was the essence of Li Hao’s Artistic Path.
He sketched quickly, with the Heaven’s clouds churning; he took the sky as his canvas, used Holy Blood as ink, and drew portraits of to the Buddha Venerate and Void Saint’s downfall, and there was also another Saint, Yang Saint, whom Li Hao had not forgotten.
As the portraits of the three were rendered and floated through Heaven and Earth, the pen and ink in Li Hao’s hand also dissipated.
“What are you doing?”
Void Saint’s expression changed slightly, crying out in astonishment and anger.
He felt his Saint Dao Power being tugged by something, even if he fled into the void, it would be drawn by that thing, and this attraction would make it impossible for him to evade!
“Ordinary people have their portraits placed in the mourning hall before death; this is for your use.”
Li Hao spoke coldly.
His words spread throughout Heaven and Earth, the entire Heavenly Origin Realm heard it, and countless people gasped; this was too domineering, had he just become a Saint and was about to slay the Three Saints?
