Follow the path of Dao from infancy Chapter 1663 Chapter 421: Netherworld Houtu, Primordial True Realm (Double Chapter)
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Su Muqing, Su Wanqing, and the others broke free from their stunned state, faces twisting as they comprehended the youth's extraordinary past feats.
Being targeted by the Southern Domain Venerable proved utterly staggering.
The envoy swiftly detailed how Li Hao connected to the Heavenly Calamity Immortal Emperor as his apprentice, while describing the past upheavals like the chase for betrayers that unfolded in the Southern Domain.
After listening, the crowd deemed it utterly implausible.
Just what kind of mess is unfolding here?
How does any of this link to Li Hao? His soul's existence spanned merely a hundred years!
Besides, given the True Realm's present state, would events like these justify crushing and slaying a supreme talent bearing the Tao Origin Immortal Seal?!
"What happened afterward?"
Su Muqing couldn't resist inquiring.
"Afterward, Haotian got encircled by foes. A quasi-emperor's offspring from the Emperor Clan aimed to slay him, yet a young woman burst in abruptly, saved him, and stood against the Supreme in his place, giving her life in the end. As he teetered on the brink against the Supreme, the Dao Origin Immortal Emperor from the Primordial True Realm stepped in, pulling him to safety. Following that, he departed the Southern Domain and, based on the timing, must have headed straight to our Northern Domain."
The envoy rattled off the tale in brief strokes.
At these words, Su Zhenyuan grew quiet, grasping that the youth had escaped to the Northern Domain as a fugitive.
A talent of such unparalleled caliber, one in a million across realms, reduced to scampering like a stray mutt—it struck him as downright ridiculous. The Southern Domain operated that way, its Venerable petty and vile, blind to the grand scheme!
"I never imagined he'd endured such hardships..."
Su Zhenyuan breathed out heavily.
These revelations made Su Muqing, positioned in the chamber, quiver faintly. She now saw that the youth had sought shelter here.
Despite his dazzling exploits in the Southern Domain, he nearly met his doom in ruin, showing up worn and weary.
A prodigy meant to be cradled and adored, instead cast out and adrift—one could only fathom the agony involved!
And right upon entering the Northern Domain and reaching the Su Family, he encountered her icy rejection and endless repulsions...
No roots in the Southern Domain, only scorn upon landing in the Northern Domain...
Su Muqing felt a dagger twist in her chest, a sudden choking ache surging up that urged her to grasp at it.
What on earth had I done before?
Her soul appeared to sob; she wondered if, under her stare, the other had suffered grief or torment.
She gnawed her lip, the grudge and fury once churning inside now fading away. Abruptly, she realized the other owed her zilch; rather, she was the one in debt for amends.
"So, the marriage decree came from the Dao Origin Immortal Emperor himself?"
In the hushed chamber, Su Wanqing's voice rang out unexpectedly, carrying a profoundly steady vibe.
Su Zhenyuan gave a small nod, now aware that the marriage decree's bestowal stemmed from the Immortal Emperor linked to their Ancestor, none other than the Dao Origin Immortal Emperor.
"The Dao Origin Immortal Emperor guards the Primordial True Realm. If he issued the marriage decree, he'd surely allow entry there too, wouldn't he? Has he ventured to the Primordial True Realm?"
Su Wanqing, gaze locked on Su Zhenyuan, pressed.
Su Zhenyuan dipped his head faintly, even if the Ancestor hadn't spelled it out, that youth was bound to step into the Primordial True Realm someday.
After all, for True Immortals and Immortal Monarch Realm powerhouses, the Primordial True Realm held immense value. Grasping its forces could vastly impact their path to Breakthrough and claiming kingship!
Su Wanqing uttered no more, simply pivoting and departing without another word.
Su Wanxue knew she likely hurried to cultivate, aiming to rival those early-arriving prodigies once they reached the Primordial True Realm.
"The Primordial True Realm..."
Su Muqing froze briefly, then fell silent and spun away.
Watching both depart, Su Wanxue lingered not, bidding her parents farewell with respect before exiting the Light Emperor Hall too.
"Mu Qing appears to have shifted her views."
Su Qingmei whispered anxiously once the three daughters were gone.
Su Zhenyuan inclined his head a bit, detecting the change himself. Astonishingly, in little more than ten years, Su Muqing's longstanding tie to Lin Zhexuan, her betrothed from centuries past, had begun to falter.
He'd fretted that enforcing the soul bond might spark his daughter's fierce backlash, yet now it looked like needless concern.
Still, with things as they stood, a fresh issue loomed.
He creased his brow lightly, then shook it off, deeming these knots beyond his full unraveling.
"Truth be told, they're far too youthful still. They chase after those they fancy, unaware that snaring one who adores them yields greater joy."
Su Zhenyuan murmured softly.
At that, Su Qingmei's brows arched, and she tweaked his arm, retorting, "So, you chose me just because I fancied you?"
"No, that's not..."
As Su Zhenyuan started, the sting in his arm hit him, signaling his slip. But as a Quasi-Emperor Realm master with sharp wits, he pivoted seamlessly, "No, that's not it—I chose you because I adore my lady; else, why would my lady beam so brightly?"
"You..." Su Qingmei jabbed his brow with a finger, peeved.
…
Beyond the Su Family's bounds, past the Gusu Emperor Star.
At the edge of a forsaken battlefield in the Northern Domain.
A fissure tore open here, from which two figures emerged.
The split sealed shut instantly, pulsing with a dreadfully crumbling Emperor's Might, erasing any trail.
Li Hao lifted his gaze, spotting myriad stars afar. Yet amid them gleamed a sandy-yellow debris shimmer, reminiscent of dusk's fading light. Starlight bounced off the asteroids, bathing this desolate, expansive void arena in a warm amber tint, evoking a twilight blaze.