Follow the path of Dao from infancy Chapter 1725 Chapter 437: Refining 21 Laws, Stirring Up Shock Once More
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"Musical Rhythm, Poetry and Literature, Fishing—each has been mastered to the Twelfth Realm..."
Over the course of the last century, Li Hao had successfully pushed all seven of his artistic skills to the Twelfth Realm. Among these achievements, both his Chess and Cooking skills had reached their maximum experience thresholds.
"With another two hundred years of Cultivation, I should be able to grasp the Thirteenth Realm of State of Mind. Even if I achieve it sooner, as long as this State of Mind remains separate from the Physical Body Dao or the Control Dao, I won't be able to step into the Immortal King Realm. This serves as a strategic reserve; I will master the State of Mind first, and once the Endless Heavenly Domain concludes, I can immediately break through to seal the king!"
Li Hao contemplated his path silently.
If he were to achieve the king sealing status prematurely, he would be barred from entering the Endless Heavenly Domain. Fortunately, he could still hold back his progress for a time.
"Now that a century has passed, it shouldn't seem too suspicious to further strengthen my Chaos Dao," Li Hao thought to himself.
Previously, his Chaos Dao had remained at the Fourth Stage. After a hundred years of effort, he had finally pushed it to the fifth stage, though he remained uncertain about how many Chaos laws he could now smelt.
As the acclaim of the Chaos Rain ceased falling from above, Li Hao folded his painted umbrella. Closing his eyes to focus, he summoned the interface within his Sea of Consciousness.
He scanned his current Cultivation level—Peak of the Immortal Monarch Realm, Tenth Layer of Great Perfection!
His remaining skill points stood at 13.
His remaining Twelfth Realm State of Mind realizations included: True Meaning of Poetry and Books, and True Meaning of Musical Rhythm.
His Chaos Dao was currently at the Fourth Stage.
Without a moment's pause, Li Hao chose to allocate his points.
In an instant, the Chaos Dao ascended to the fifth stage, causing his skill points to drop to 10.
Simultaneously, a massive and divine chaos will crashed down from the heavens like a bolt of lightning, embedding itself deep within his mind.
Once again, Li Hao’s vision was filled with the spectacle of the primordial chaos being born. While the scene was familiar, it felt more intricate and profound than before; he watched as the Ancient Chaos fractured—not in a violent explosion, but unfolding gradually like a blooming flower, where every Chaos law unfurled like a delicate petal.
This evolution was incredibly sluggish, yet in his previous moments of comprehension, it had seemed to occur in a mere flash.
"An instant can be an eternity, and eternity can exist within an instant; the flow of time is but a shift in thought..."
A new layer of insight dawned within Li Hao’s mind.
With the blooming Chaos laws laid bare before him, Li Hao could clearly identify the points of fracture, allowing him to naturally smelt and restructure them at will.
For a long duration after fully absorbing these revelations, his mind began to automatically deduce the Chaos laws.
One after another, the Chaos laws manifested. Li Hao felt a profound connection to them, as if he were welcoming them home, smelting each one and weaving them into the primary Chaos laws of time and space.
Twelve, thirteen... fifteen...
Without even realizing it, Li Hao had jumped from his original nine laws to twenty-one smelted Chaos laws in a heartbeat!
On the Chaos Heavenly Dao ranking, his position began to skyrocket. He surged into the top ten thousand instantly and continued his rapid ascent... eight thousand, five thousand, three thousand!
Finally, Li Hao’s name settled at the 468th position!
He was now ranked within the top five hundred!
At this point, the movement of his ranking finally came to a halt.
Li Hao slowly opened his eyes, feeling a wave of mental exhaustion after smelting twenty-one Chaos laws. This fatigue reminded him of when he first reached his eighth law; he sensed he was nearing the absolute limit of the Chaos Dao's fifth stage.
After a short period of rest, he might be able to smelt one more, reaching a total of twenty-two Chaos laws.
However, reaching twenty-three would require immense, painstaking labor.
Li Hao glanced toward Shi Miao; the fact that she possessed twenty-three Chaos laws suggested she had already moved beyond the fifth stage of the Chaos Dao.
He suspected that the Chaos Dao might not have as many stages as other Daos; it was possible that the eighth or tenth stage represented the ultimate limit.
After all, he was only at the fifth stage and could already concentrate twenty-two laws; the potential of the sixth or seventh stage remained a mystery.
"Hmm?"
Nearby in the courtyard, Shi Miao sensed the shift in Li Hao. As he condensed the Chaos laws, his body radiated the aura of the Ancient Chaos, appearing even more potent than the purest blood of the Chaos Ancient Clan.
She had felt this same sensation back when he had first smelted nine Chaos laws.
"Have you broken through again?"
Surprise flickered in Shi Miao’s eyes. Once Li Hao’s aura settled, she walked over and asked, "Did you manage to smelt new Chaos laws?"
"I did," he replied.
"What is your ranking now?"
"468th," Li Hao answered calmly.
Shi Miao froze, staring at him in disbelief. 468th? This was a staggering leap directly into the top five hundred!
She checked the Chaos Heavenly Dao ranking with her consciousness. Although his identity remained masked, the entry for 468th showed the details: twenty-one Chaos laws smelted!
Despite knowing Li Hao was a genius, Shi Miao couldn't help but gasp.
It had taken her a thousand years to smelt twenty-one laws, yet Li Hao had accomplished the same feat in a mere century. His talent was ten times greater than hers!
"That is truly extraordinary."
She could not hide her genuine admiration and praise.
Li Hao smiled and called forth his Dark Side Avatar. He dissolved the figure and, using the power of his panel, manifested a brand-new Dark Side Avatar.
"You can now accept the challengers. Especially those who have issued blood duels—do not show them any mercy!" Li Hao commanded the avatar.
Previously, he had ordered the Dark Side Avatar to only fight those with around ten Chaos laws. He avoided higher-level entities because a massive power gap would result in a fight too short to provide any real combat experience. Only balanced opponents could help him identify his own weaknesses.
"As you wish," the Dark Side Avatar replied with a nod.
The avatar then accessed the pseudo-interface of the Chaos Heavenly Dao ranking and began accepting the pending challenges.