Follow the path of Dao from infancy Chapter 1793 Chapter 465: Emperor Road Prototype (Part 2)

"Shi Miao's assessment holds true; a single World Heart alone is permitted, bound by the unyielding cosmic law that defies all defiance."

Li Hao reflected inwardly.

He prepared to abandon the effort, yet in that instant, a spark of insight flickered across his thoughts.

The cosmic order... must it forever remain unchanged?

Images of Elder Qi, his master, and fellow Immortal Emperors flooded his mind, summoning two potent words: Emperor Road!

In ancient times, no Emperor Dao System existed, but legions of cultivators carved it out step by step, forging its foundations over eons.

Long ago, the Tao Origin Immortal Seal was unknown, until his master brought it into being.

Once, the Extreme Dao Chaos lay undiscovered...

Even in other Final Realms, Immortal Emperors shattered boundaries, birthing those ultimate domains anew!

Now, Li Hao confronts an impasse: no soul can harbor two World Hearts together!

"Two World Hearts..."

"If they can form separately, why must they refuse to dwell side by side?"

Li Hao, on the verge of surrender, surged with a fierce determination. At first, he merely aimed to experiment; failure would sting little. Yet now, an unquenchable drive compelled him to demolish this barrier at any cost.

Though his resolve blazed hot, the pair of World Hearts drew nearer relentlessly, leaving Li Hao scant moments for deeper contemplation.

Should these two World Hearts unite, they would eclipse the Reverse Time World Heart in might. Later, forging additional World Hearts would prove even tougher to keep in opposition.

Presently, the Reverse Time World Heart and Formless World Heart stand in perfect equilibrium, holding steady against one another.

"They cannot unite, cannot unite... Divide... forever apart..."

"Isolated... isolation fails, equilibrium... that crumbled too..."

Li Hao's thoughts whirled frantically, the encroaching World Hearts tolling like ominous bells of doom, heightening his desperation. Yet soon, his steadfast State of Mind compelled tranquility, locking his focus on the duo inching closer.

Isolation proves futile, equilibrium crumbles... Water nourishes myriad things without striving!

Abruptly, Li Hao's mind thrummed as fragments of his life's journey cascaded through his consciousness.

All his years of cultivation pursued only serenity and ease.

By shunning competition, no force in the world could challenge him!

The harder one resists, the feebler the barrier holds, for the fusion of these World Hearts embodies the cosmic mandate, an unstoppable tide!

If resistance avails nothing, then yield to the flow!

"Let both World Hearts claim the full Realm outright, making the Realm wholly their domain!"

Clarity dawned on Li Hao in a rush, as he directed the Realm Power, channeling every drop into the Reverse Time World Heart.

The Realm Power surged and dissolved into the World Heart, while the Formless World Heart halted briefly, its spin ceasing. Deprived of Realm Power's hold, it lacked any anchor. But in that pause, it hurtled toward the Reverse Time World Heart with astonishing velocity.

Yet the very next instant, the infused Realm Power within the Reverse Time World Heart erupted like a soaring dragon, flooding into the Formless World Heart.

The Formless World Heart steadied at once, absorbing the Realm Power, which then oscillated gently back toward the Reverse Time World Heart.

This exchange looped endlessly, tracing an infinite "8", akin to a Möbius strip, shuttling between the two.

Through this endless loop, each World Heart seized the complete Realm Power in turn, fully and without reserve—the Realm dissolving into the Reverse Time World Heart before swiftly shifting to the Formless World Heart, and onward in perpetual motion.

With his mighty Control Force, Li Hao orchestrated the transitions and connections, granting both World Hearts simultaneous dominion over the entire Realm, the fleeting delay between them too trivial to matter.

As the cycle persisted, the World Hearts eased into repose, halting their advance, while the ceaselessly circulating Realm Power etched a firm conduit, tugged by the dual attractions of the World Hearts, flowing back and forth indefinitely and quietly evolving into dual shares of Realm!

Li Hao tentatively withdrew his Divine Thought's oversight and found this peculiar loop remarkably steadfast, its erosion crawling at a glacial pace.

Observing closely, Li Hao noted that at this gradual dissipation, a touch of Divine Thought could sustain it for days on end.

This method outshone the prior endless spin fueled by True God Blood, which faltered the moment propulsion waned.

"Stability draws near at last!"

"Yet it's not absolute, not timeless; should it endure forever, then truly... it paves the Emperor Road!"

Li Hao's gaze sparkled, a thrill igniting deep inside.

Merely days of minor Divine Thought aid would secure its balance—a treasure beyond measure!

"Ahead lie more realm hearts to forge, woven into swordsmanship, movement techniques, swelling the ranks of World Hearts!"

"Mastering coexistence for multitudes of World Hearts would etch an Emperor Road for the ages!"

"So this is the rush of brushing the Emperor Road..."

Exhilaration swelled in Li Hao's chest; the Emperor Road eludes most, a legend in the True Realm, let alone crafting one anew.

Even spotting an Emperor Road demands heroic effort, but Li Hao now grasped its elusive trail.

Countless mortal quandaries await bold souls to hammer them into Emperor Roads!

Where voids once yawned, pioneers forged paths, birthing existence from nothing.

Still, amid the throngs confronting cosmic barricades, they deem these the universe's final frontiers, much as Li Hao once did—instinctively accepting that since primordial days, dual World Hearts were impossible, woven into the cosmic weave, stirring only mild regret without deeper unrest.

"A true Lord wields the sword to blaze trails for the cosmos!"

"Thus alone rises a Great Emperor's glory!"

Li Hao sensed that unraveling multiple World Heart harmony would crown him with a legacy uplifting every Ten Thousand Clans!

This reverence from True Realm's alien kin for all Great Emperors stems hence: an Emperor Road's creation uplifts every lineage, echoing through eternity!

"As my master imparted, Great Emperors diverge wildly, their Emperor Roads unique—some unveil esoteric cultivation arts, like the Five Extremes Emperor, who harnessed the Five Paths origin to birth the devastating Five Extremes Emperor Sword, unleashing might eclipsing Nine Orders, even Chaos Law, through scant Five Paths alone, a true aberration!"

"Yet this path pales against founding a Final Realm, for the latter reshapes destinies for innumerous souls, whereas sword skills demand legacy and toil to wield."

Li Hao mused silently.

He deemed this World Heart duality his inaugural stride toward the Emperor Road.

Even so, he merely clutched its fledgling shape, the pair of World Hearts clinging by a thread. What of a third, a fourth to come? This looping trick might buckle under added strain, shattering the poise.

Such notions sparked a throbbing ache in Li Hao's skull—no surprise his senior brothers languished in Quasi-Emperor stagnation for millennia, despite their prodigious gifts.

"These realms appear to be unfolding..."

In that instant, Li Hao perceived the sundered realms slowly unfurling, drawing in ambient cosmic energy, swelling steadily until each matched the original's span, their union doubling the whole.

Like the erstwhile unified form rent asunder, now each bloomed to fullness independently.

"Reverse Time, Formless..."

Li Hao's eyes lit with fervor, pondering the clash of dual realms in unison.

But this venue forbade such trials, so he curbed his aura, easing back to serenity.

The dual realms' potency contracted, nestling deep within Li Hao's frame, and as he shaped the realms, his body evolved anew. The erstwhile Heavenly Immortal Body ascended to flawless pinnacle, surging vitality flooding every cell alongside faint voids.

As though he now cradled universes within, primed to unleash immortal force dozens of times vaster than before.

The twin World Hearts lodged in distinct bodily havens—one in chest, one in abdomen—yet one evoked the heavens, the other the earth, coexisting without clash.

"Never did I foresee you'd forge two World Hearts right upon breakthrough, proof that these three centuries honed a bedrock unshakeable."

Shi Miao drew near, murmuring to Li Hao with a voice laced in joy, her gaze brimming with warmth.

Before Li Hao could reply, a silhouette materialized overhead in the courtyard, none other than the Dao Origin Immortal Emperor.