Follow the path of Dao from infancy Chapter 1773 Chapter 455: Expulsion
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Bang!
A thunderous blast reverberated, and the grand, imposing figures of gods and demons spanning the skies exploded into pieces with a resounding crash!
The Infinite Destiny Sword Qi sliced straight through the whole statue, severing twenty-four faces of gods and demons and making them crumble apart!
Yet the sword's force didn't fade away, and pulled by karma toward the statues of gods and demons, it slammed directly into the Divine Venerable's form. In a flash, his body seemed scorched by raging crimson fires, flushing entirely red, while his eye sockets filled with blood-red glow. This lasted just an instant before it burst open suddenly.
Within him, three hundred drops of True God Blood acted as if seared by a blazing crimson iron, with more than two hundred drops rapidly ruined, his presence swiftly diminishing and leaving the True God gravely wounded!
Moreover, the Infinite power carrying twenty-four Chaos Laws kept going, still consuming his True God Blood and physical form, and via karma and space-time, it aimed to wipe out the origin completely!
Faced with such overwhelming and lethal force, the Divine Venerable's body broke apart, saving only his Divine Soul thoughts, yet he remained in total disbelief.
What sort of strength is this? How could it so effortlessly demolish the Final Realm of the gods and demons statues across the heavens!
Though unaware of the details, he dimly realized it might stem from Li Hao's integration of twenty-four Chaos Laws, a feat only possible for Immortal Emperors from ten thousand years past. After all, following the massive conflict ten thousand years ago, destiny had concealed itself, and countless supreme prodigies, despite their insight to grasp it, failed to detect destiny's signs.
He and his junior sister Shi Miao fit this pattern; their talents shone unmatched among the stars, but they couldn't reach that level of destiny comprehension.
Sensing the True God Blood power draining away so fast, the Divine Venerable burned with furious disbelief and abruptly unleashed his ultimate move, the Three Immortal End Realm, Eternal Immortality!
Rebirth amid disaster was within his grasp; apart from the diverse Secret Powers and techniques he wielded at the Quasi-Emperor Realm in his previous life, he escaped the calamity thanks to this Three Immortal End Realm strength, keeping his Soul Heart undying and holding onto a vital ember.
Not even the Immortal Emperors of the Ancient Demon Clan managed to slay him back then, and Li Hao couldn't now either. With a fierce roar, he triggered the unique force of 'Eternal Immortality', and the earlier demolished and utterly erased Immortal Body mended rapidly, while the harmed True God Blood healed just as quickly, fully renewed in a blink!
As though space-time had reset, and self had turned backward!
While the Three Immortal Extreme Realms allow rebirth from a single drop of blood, the End Realm force lets him, so long as a thread of consciousness lingers—even if flesh vanishes and Divine Soul teeters on collapse—reverse into existence once more!
Still, this backward rebirth has limits; it drains a huge chunk of lifespan every use, and each level provides only so many reversal chances. In the Immortal Monarch Realm, he could reverse three times in quick succession!
These three instances serve as escapes from absolute peril, where even Immortal King Realm foes can't finish him off!
Furthermore, Eternal Immortality's scariest feature is stashing a drop of god blood in another spot as a revival point; even if an Immortal King Realm foe seals his main body with mighty seals and keeps tormenting, he can revive post-death via that distant god blood. His endurance outstrips anything the Extreme Realm can match!
Right now, Li Hao's Infinite Destiny Sword Kill traces time's origin to slay and warps through karma power to ruin, nearly erasing his core self but missing the hidden god blood afar; the span across time proves too immense and distant, and Li Hao's present level falls short of bridging it.
Woosh!
In nearly no time, the Divine Venerable's body reformed, his aura surging powerfully, as if no harm had ever touched him. The massive statues of gods and demons across the heavens materialized anew between sky and land, all twenty-four faces fixed in furious glares at Li Hao.
Li Hao's gaze sharpened; this regeneration trick surfaced once more, as the foe had revealed potent healing before. Now, having wiped out the enemy's Immortal Body, it still mended in an instant—this went beyond mere rebirth from a drop of blood!
He had endured a chase by the Void Saint in the emptiness long ago, surviving on three drops of god blood. Without even one preserved, total death would have claimed him.
"Could it be the Three Immortal End Realm?"
Li Hao's eyes gleamed, noting the foe commanded more End Realm forces than he did; that odd teleport from earlier, he guessed, drew on some End Realm too, likely the Returning Ruins End Realm!
Yet luckily, he now wove in twenty-four Chaos Laws, forging Chaos Infinite, which in a way counted as the Immortal Monarch Realm's End Realm!
With both drawing on End Realm might, this Immortal Monarch Realm version clearly held greater dread and potency. Against the foe's End Realm skills, be it Returning Ruins or Three Immortal, those leaned toward protection, while only the gods and demons statues across the heavens Final Realm boosted power immensely.
"Good thing the enemy hasn't grasped the Immortal Monarch Realm End Realm; despite reaching Quasi-Emperor in a prior life, he couldn't touch destiny—destiny's force truly buries itself deep."
Li Hao mused inwardly.
He fixed his stare on the foe; though unclear on reversal rebirth uses left or any tolls, he was sure this offered no infinite revivals!
Else, such End Realm strength would defy the heavens utterly, essentially granting true immortality!
Kill!
Li Hao lifted his hand, channeling eighteen thousand drops of True God Blood across his frame to summon horrifying Control Force, assembling Infinite Destiny Sword Qi and hacking at the foe again.
Resembling a colossal pillar rising from ocean depths, the fearsome sword qi churned thousands of miles of immortal power, like a hovering sea compressing into a pinpoint, swiftly bearing down on the Divine Venerable.
This blade bore destiny's weight, impossible to dodge, as if fate itself decreed the strike, rendering even the cleverest evasion useless.
The fury in the Divine Venerable's eyes had vanished, replaced by alarm; he already knew he couldn't match Li Hao, his array of tactics and full End Realm displays failing to hold Li Hao back—instead, Li Hao's abilities surpassed all expectations.
Drawing from master's legacy and further tutored by Dao Origin Immortal Emperor, this young man's blessings and fortune defied the heavens.
"I am unwilling!"
The Divine Venerable's mind raged to the brink of insanity, but the dread sword qi locked on tight, leaving no will to fight back; in fury and fear, he drew forth a Domain Artifact.
He refused another Eternal Immortality End Realm activation, since revival would just meet Li Hao's next assault; he detected this youth hadn't yet ignited True God Blood, had stepped into Primordial Spirit Final Realm, and possessed far more True God Blood than him, plus that Extreme Emperor Skill which once terrified countless Immortal Emperors, bolstering his base; in equal realms, it meant unbeatable might.
Grief filled him; after rebirth from Quasi-Emperor and ten thousand years honing battle wisdom, it all seemed pointless before this youth.
Shattering myriad arts with raw might, the foe crushed him through sheer foundational terror.
As restraints fell away, the Domain Artifact he summoned blazed with dazzling radiance.
"Domain Artifact!"
From afar, Xue Consort witnessed the sight, her pupils shrinking, a flicker of astonishment rising within.
This brutal clash between them outstripped her forecasts, far more alarming than envisioned. Even the disadvantaged Divine Venerable unleashed frightful prowess. She suspected facing either would deny her an easy triumph.
The young Human Race fighter stunned her more, displaying strength that stirred dread in her core and the urge to avoid clashing rose sharply.
Now, the Divine Venerable resorted to a Domain Artifact, showing his personal tricks had run dry!
Buzz!
With the Domain Artifact freed, a horrifying realm force crashed down upon the battlefield.
The immense realm force blanketed the emptiness between Li Hao and the Divine Venerable. Li Hao's Eternal Dao Domain faced instant suppression, and that Infinite force slowed to a crawl inside the realm, like stuck in thick mud, halted completely.
"Die!"
The Divine Venerable bellowed, pouring his inner immortal power nonstop into the Domain Artifact. Once freed, this Domain Artifact could persist just ten seconds before this realm's laws destroyed it.
He had to slay Li Hao in those ten seconds, or flee the area.
Guiding the realm force with ease—thanks to his past Quasi-Emperor days—the Divine Venerable wielded it like an expert, shaping it into a violet icy gleam like a soaring needle, thrusting right at Li Hao.
This Domain Artifact was an Immortal Sword, packed with realm-shattering destruction.
"Hmm?"
Li Hao's eyes tightened, having anticipated a Domain Artifact from the foe, yet ready for it.
Earlier, while studying Immortal King Realm domains, he'd felt their mighty realm force and even clashed in practice, enduring their domain pressures. Thus, he knew it well. Now, rather than pull back, he summoned every ounce of his power, blending Destiny Sword Qi into Only Me Swordsmanship.
Chaos Infinite, Only Me Sword Kill!
Boom!!
The fearsome sword intent flooded Li Hao's Dao Thoughts, fusing twenty-four Chaos Laws as one. Innumerable swordsmanship truths combined into unity, birthing Li Hao's Only Me Swordsmanship. One blade lashed out.
The void quaked fiercely, the roaring realm force like an unbreakable barrier, yet now it shuddered without cease.
Harnessing Immortal Monarch Realm might, he actually rattled the realm's force!
The Divine Venerable's pupils dilated, gaze brimming with shock, but the next moment brought calm. The Immortal Sword still hurtled toward Li Hao, yet a realm force surge redirected, wrapping his form and ripping through Ninth-layer Heavenly Domain's void to flee.
"Where are you going!"
Spotting the foe's escape attempt, Li Hao swiftly produced and unleashed his own Domain Artifact without pause.
The Domain Artifacts from his master emphasized offense and velocity, ideal for chasing foes. He trusted his fighting strength sufficed, viewing Domain Artifacts for finishing blows, but this proved perfect timing.
Boom!
As the Domain Artifact activated, it manifested as a Flying Sword too, darting ahead at once, batting aside the Divine Venerable's approaching Immortal Sword, then harnessing realm force to cloak Li Hao's body, shredding the void in pursuit of the Divine Venerable.
In moments, the two silhouettes disappeared from Xue Consort's view, one after the other.
The clash's uproar also drew nearby Chaos Dao Seeds, swarming in.
Xue Consort felt the earth shake, and subtle whooshes cut the void's air. Her face shifted faintly, promptly using an ancient elite movement art, drifting like faint mist, hurrying away from the zone with the girl at her side.
Elsewhere, Li Hao tore the void and quickly overtook the Divine Venerable.
"You!"
Facing Li Hao's chase and Domain Artifact use, the Divine Venerable's eyes blazed with rage and shock. Was the other dead set on slaying him utterly?!
He'd deployed the Domain Artifact from desperation, but the other wielded it with pure killing resolve!
Yet he held three Domain Artifacts himself. Did the other plan a fight to the finish?!
Without Heavenly Ascension Road or Domain Artifacts, reaching the summit stayed impossible!
Mulling these thoughts, the Divine Venerable's fury and frenzy mounted. In his place, he'd avoid such recklessness, even craving Li Hao's death above all, without pushing this far.
"You want to kill me, dream on!"
The Divine Venerable snarled, "If you go mad, I'll match your madness, worst case, we both perish!"
He drew another Domain Artifact and freed it, this a shielding sort, morphing into golden radiance that enveloped his frame.
Li Hao's Immortal Sword sped fiercely, though its ruinous edge fell short. One strike hit the enemy's Protective Divine Light, yet couldn't pierce it.
"Even if you burn through your Domain Artifacts, don't imagine slaying me!"
The Divine Venerable gripped his fists tight, glaring steadily at Li Hao, his heart seething with wrath and bitterness. A hundred thousand years of growth, and this youth drove him to this low—it shamed him deeply!
"If I can't kill you, I'll ensure you're eliminated!"
Li Hao's gaze turned icy. He aimed to boot the foe from Endless Heavenly Domain, dooming any chance here for life!
At Li Hao's words, the Divine Venerable's expression twisted, quaking with rage.