Follow the path of Dao from infancy Chapter 1788 Chapter 463: Return

After Li Hao's statement rang out, the group finally snapped back to awareness. With the Celestial Path now faded away, the supreme chance within the Immortal Monarch Realm had drawn to a close as well.

Almost every individual who managed to reach this spot in the Immortal Monarch Realm had achieved the Ten Layers of Perfection, even if their control over Chaos Law differed among them.

"Breakthrough and seal as king..."

Su Muqing stared at the youth standing in front of her, fully realizing that he had surged far beyond their progress already.

Even though they too had attained the Perfect Immortal Monarch Realm, the gap to breakthrough and sealing as king remained vast for them. Lacking the refinement of Chaos Law into 23 strands, she hadn't dared to think about advancing too soon.

To forge those 23 strands of Chaos Law, given her aptitude, it would demand at least two or three millennia, and that was already her quickest speed.

"What a shame you didn't manage to prove the Heavenly Heart, despite your talent matching that fellow's."

Su Wanyi murmured gently, her phrasing echoing Chi Yuan's almost exactly, yet free of any mockery—just pure sorrow for Li Hao's loss.

Li Hao kept his face serene; pursuing that proof of the Heavenly Heart wasn't his aim anyway, so no sense of loss touched him.

"After breakthrough and sealing as king, once sealed, we're forced to depart the Primordial True Realm..."

Luo Ningshuang fixed her eyes on Li Hao. For these humans, completing breakthrough and sealing as king meant heading back to aid their families.

In the end, achieving king status allowed one to manage affairs on their own completely.

The family had poured endless toil and treasures into their training, and now repayment was due.

Yet for the Chaos Ancient Clan members, who originated in the Primordial True Realm, life and practice here would carry on unchanged even post-breakthrough and sealing.

"I've encountered nearly all the Hundred Races across the True Realm. Which family do you hail from?"

Luo Ningshuang watched Li Hao closely, her voice soft.

Her question drew inquisitive glances from the others toward Li Hao, all eager to learn which lineage this remarkable figure's heritage stemmed from.

"Which clan?"

Li Hao paused in mild surprise, grasping that she meant his bloodline. Broadly speaking, it was the Human Race, but following the blood swap in the Three Immortal Extreme Realms, one could claim he emerged from Heaven and Earth itself.

"You might figure it out when I pass on the bloodline to my future offspring."

Li Hao answered.

A puzzled glint crossed Luo Ningshuang's eyes, leaving her baffled by Li Hao's response.

Li Hao skipped any more details, turning his attention to his numerous companions. His sight lingered on Di Lincen, and a sudden impulse rose within him, prompting him to free his senior sister Di Lingshu from his Heaven and Earth Space.

"Di Lincen, meet my senior sister—she's from your Emperor Clan too."

Li Hao addressed Di Lincen.

Di Lincen's eyes shifted to Di Lingshu, instantly detecting the shared bloodline essence radiating from her, and with her name... his gaze wavered as he asked, "Are you the Emperor's daughter?"

Di Lingshu paid him no mind, instead planting her hands on her waist and glaring furiously at Li Hao while snapping, "Why on earth did you abandon proving the Heavenly Heart?!"

Her sharp, furious cry pierced the air, lingering and startling the previously composed expressions into shock.

"Abandon it?"

Su Wanyi stared at Li Hao in disbelief, as the Xue Consort's gaze abruptly locked onto him.

Su Wanqing, Di Lincen, and the rest froze in confusion, their features etched with bewilderment.

Facing his senior sister's sharp query, Li Hao offered a helpless grin. She'd been tucked away in his Heaven and Earth Space, unable to miss the earlier happenings. However... she'd only caught the outer layer, blind to the heavy duty bound to the Heavenly Heart.

"The Heavenly Heart clashed with my Dao Heart."

Li Hao had no choice but to put it like that.

Di Lingshu stomped in frustration, shooting Li Hao an irritated look as she fumed, "That was your shot at becoming an Emperor, an Emperor! Countless souls crave such a moment, and you, you just..."

She recognized her lack of standing to judge Li Hao, but witnessing him forfeit that priceless prospect still stung deeply.

Hailing from the Emperor Clan, she understood all too well the immense challenge of ascending to Immortal Emperor.

Li Hao gave a faint head shake; the full story stretched too long and tangled to unpack now. He turned to Di Lincen and the group, saying, "I plan to chase down some Chaos Dao Seeds—who's coming along?"

Di Lincen, Shen Wuji, and the others shook off their stupor, chiming in swiftly.

Though unclear why Li Hao had forsaken such a prized chance on purpose, with him staying silent on it, they wouldn't dig further.

Di Lingshu seemed downcast, accepting that the moment had passed and arguments wouldn't alter it, yet unease gnawed at her still.

...

Days raced past, and shortly after the Celestial Path vanished, the Endless Celestial Path began to seal shut too.

As the Heavenly Domain wrapped up, Li Hao and his companions sensed an immense, awe-inspiring force descending upon them.

Right after, the nearby laws twisted, and space-time warped. When their eyes fluttered open once more, they stood beyond the Boundary Flipping Mountain.

A hubbub of voices filled the air, mixed with gasps of astonishment. Besides Li Hao's party, crowds of figures dotted the area—disciples from assorted sects and Chaos Immortal Cities.

Everyone had been whisked out from the Endless Heavenly Domain, now gathered on the slope just outside Boundary Flipping Mountain.

"Senior brother, where's my senior brother?"

"Zhuo Yue senior brother's gone."

"Where's Hui Xin senior sister?"

Numerous people hurriedly swept out their Divine Sense, hunting for their sect mates, but despite the throng of people present, the Endless Heavenly Domain brimmed with dangers, claiming many lives that never returned.

Li Hao swept his vision across the crowd, his Divine Sense unfurling to encompass everything, noting the absence of the black-robed youth's form.

He had dissolved alongside the Celestial Path, his location a mystery now.

Li Hao peeked at Gu Yan and Yue Xi, relieved to see them safe and sound.

"Haotian senior brother."