Follow the path of Dao from infancy Chapter 1682 Chapter 424: The Name of Haotian, Instant Enlightenment! (Part 2)

A sudden thought struck Li Hao, prompting him to inspect his status panel.

His eyes shifted toward the skill points section—there were 11 points remaining.

11 points?

Li Hao stood frozen, his expression one of shock. It appeared his earlier observation was no trick of the mind. Improving the Chaos Dao by a single stage had actually drained 3 skill points!

This was an unprecedented development.

Typically, advancing any other Dao required only a solitary skill point per level.

Yet, this Chaos Dao demanded a triple payment for every stage of progress.

“This... with what’s left, I can only push the Chaos Dao to the Fourth Stage?”

Li Hao found himself speechless. Since his early childhood years, he hadn’t experienced such a drought of skill points.

Usually, his progress in other Daos was hindered by bottlenecks in his state of mind rather than a lack of points. Considering his seven art skills, even with Poetry and Books and Musical Rhythm sitting at the Sixth Stage, his 12 available skill points should have been more than sufficient.

Li Hao took a moment to review his current attributes on the panel:

Physical Body Dao: Twelfth Stage; Sword Dao: Twelfth Stage; Control Dao: Eleventh Stage; Body Path: Eleventh Stage; Fist Skill: Eleventh Stage.

He had invested a cumulative total of 57 skill points into these combat paths.

As for his Art Skill Attributes: Artistic Path: Twelfth Stage; Cooking: Twelfth Stage; Chess Tao: Twelfth Stage; Carving: Twelfth Stage; Fishing: Eleventh Stage; Poetry and Books: Sixth Stage; Musical Rhythm: Sixth Stage.

His total accumulated skill points reached 71.

The remaining points available from the Twelfth Realm were: True meaning of Carving and True meaning of Cooking.

The mere act of leveling up the Chaos Dao once had consumed 3 points, leaving him with a meager 11.

“I am uncertain if the Chaos Dao will be obstructed by state of mind barriers, but my progress in Musical Rhythm and Poetry and Books at the Third and Sixth Stages remains intact.”

Li Hao ruminated on his situation.

While losing 3 points for a single stage stung, the profound enlightenment he gained from that Chaos Dao realm quickly eased his heartache.

The expenditure was well worth the gain. He possessed a strong intuition that the Chaos insights he had just grasped would revolutionize his combat effectiveness. In past conflicts, this power might have even rivaled the strength he accessed by burning his Primordial Spirit.

“The others are still deep in meditation... this proves that the inscriptions on the Law Pattern Stone Wall are incredibly intricate and difficult to grasp.”

Scanning his surroundings, Li Hao saw Sword Heart, Ming Yue, and even the arrogant young man who had complained about the noise. All these geniuses were entirely absorbed in their comprehension. It was clear that the progress he had just made was monumental.

“Once more!”

Closing his eyes, Li Hao silently commanded the system to allocate more points.

The panel flickered instantly, indicating that the Chaos Dao had reached the Second Stage!

His skill points dropped by another 3, leaving him with only 8!

In that instant, a massive, regal wave of Chaos insight flooded his consciousness. Li Hao felt as though his very soul was being pulled into a primordial space-time. He witnessed the stretching of Dao Laws and the violent discharge of Chaotic Power... an endless web of laws wove together before him, shattering and reforming into even more mysterious energies.

Li Hao’s spirit trembled from the sheer impact of the vision.

In the past, when mastering swordsmanship or Immortal Techniques to the Perfection stage, he would see himself practicing millions of times in his mind. But this was different.

This wasn't a practitioner showing him the way; it was the Chaos of heaven and earth itself acting as his teacher, demonstrating its secrets directly to him!

Time slipped away.

By the time Li Hao fully integrated the Second Stage insights of the Chaos Dao and opened his eyes, the aura of Chaos surrounding him had intensified tenfold. Even while sitting perfectly still, he seemed to exist within the Void Realm.

Shi Miao, who had been standing guard, sensed the drastic shift in his presence. Her emotions, which had only just settled, were thrown back into a turbulent storm.

She had been watching his every move. Li Hao had simply looked at the Law Pattern Stone Wall for a few moments before closing his eyes again, yet he had somehow achieved a massive breakthrough!

This surpassed the definition of a genius; it was as if the Law Pattern Stone Wall was pouring its entire legacy directly into his mind!

Shi Miao quickly deduced that this was another of Li Hao’s miraculous secret methods at work.

Steeling her resolve, she kept a vigilant watch, ensuring that nothing within the Chaos Domain could disturb his concentration.

When Li Hao looked back at the Law Pattern Stone Wall, it appeared entirely different. The "imperfections" he had sensed earlier were now clearly understood.

The way the laws were entangled on the stone wall was disorganized, like random splashes of ink. Because there was no specific structure, the merger of powers was crude and unrefined.

“If I were the one to arrange them...”

As he stared at the wall, his mind began to automatically calculate and reorganize the laws. He rapidly drafted a core Chaos Sword Power, weaving together the Sword Dao with the complexities of 137 other laws.

The moment this Chaos Sword Power took shape in his mind, Li Hao tested its essence. He was shaken by the terrifying sharpness and the pure destructive potential of the Chaos energy.

He realized with a start that even burning his Primordial Spirit might not be enough to defend against such a force.

The gap between simply stacking laws and truly integrating them was astronomical.

At that moment, Li Hao noticed a figure rising and flying toward one side of the Law Pattern Stone Wall.

A crowd had gathered there, and the bulk of the noise in the area originated from their hushed debates.

Li Hao projected his Divine Sense. Although the heavy pressure of the Primordial True Realm severely limited his range, his refined True God Blood gave his Divine Sense a piercing quality that allowed him to observe the area clearly.

To his surprise, he discovered 138 massive black stone pillars!

Though they looked like stone, they were encased in a layer of indestructible Chaotic Power.

Chaos law patterns were etched into their surfaces. Several young prodigies were currently weaving between these pillars, striking them with law patterns to test their strength against the stone.