Follow the path of Dao from infancy Chapter 1840 Chapter 486: Challenging the Limit (Part 3)
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Bang!
A simple wave of his hand sufficed to obliterate the six Ancient Demons that had earlier driven the Emperor Clan's powerhouse to withdraw, scattering them away like mere particles in the emptiness!
Far simpler than crushing a few ants, the dire crisis turned around in a flash, and the trial was overcome!
"Looks like there's a pretty formidable one among the True Kings this round."
Satisfaction gleamed in the Star Empress's gaze.
The Immortal Emperor gave a subtle nod upon witnessing this. The True Kings they sought ought to conquer at least a hundred levels of the Heaven Tower. That would bring them close to the bare minimum strength of the Quasi-Emperor Realm. Should other Quasi-Emperor Realm foes from the Ancient Demon Race launch a surprise attack on the battlefield, these True Kings could endure even if they couldn't fight back, buying time for their own Quasi-Emperor Realm allies to arrive instead of getting slain on the spot!
After all, a True King Commander taken out effortlessly by an enemy Quasi-Emperor Realm would serve little purpose.
"Hmm?"
Abruptly, the Immortal Emperor's gaze shifted a bit, a trace of astonishment flickering across.
"Immortal King Realm First Level, two top-tier Realms?"
At these words, the Star Empress spotted it too—at the base of the Heaven Tower, on the thirteenth level, a youthful silhouette clashed fiercely inside.
...
"Reverse Time Realm!"
As the Realm activated, the twelve charging Ancient Demons halted rigidly in the void, locked in place.
Li Hao kept weaving the Formless Realm seamlessly, his command over it now smooth and effortless.
So he shifted to unleashing the Reverse Time Realm.
As fellow top-tier Realms, the Reverse Time Realm wielded potent control over time. Even at the Immortal King Realm stage, it enabled boosts like time speedup, halting, rewinding, and various other Time Dao abilities.
Being a Time Dao Realm, its techniques were limited in number yet straightforward and ruthless, packing immense dread.
Whether halting time, speeding it up, or turning it back, these could be detected but not shattered!
Right then, under the time halt, Li Hao held back from striking, instead probing how long he could sustain the hold.
Moments ticked by, and after thirty minutes, the Ancient Demons ahead started resisting, their gazes and forms gradually twitching into motion.
"Looks like that's the cap in standard conditions—the Immortal King Realm Second Level packs real punch."
Li Hao mused inwardly.
Without delay, he summoned the Chaos Infinite Sword Dao, cleanly cutting down the twelve Ancient Demons in one go.
Afterward, he pressed on to the following level.
Facing each Realm trial, in no time at all, Li Hao climbed to the nineteenth floor.
There, the six Ancient Demons wielded hazardous Immortal Techniques, certain ones boosting their own might.
Li Hao managed to lock them down for just half a breath.
Yet for him, that brief window sufficed to finish them off.
Stepping into the twentieth floor, the freeze duration halved once more, barely lasting two instants.
During the hold, Li Hao sped up his personal timeline too, keeping the Chaos Infinite Sword Dao razor-sharp and fearsome as it sliced through rapidly.
He didn't waver, opting straight for the 21st floor.
"Immortal King Realm Third Level..."
Li Hao's expression grew grave. Back on the eleventh floor, he had felt a stark shift in the Ancient Demons' prowess. Though just one realm apart, their battle power surged almost tenfold!
This Third Level promised even greater might.
"A top-tier genius who battles across two Immortal King Realm levels—that's already the absolute peak. The floors from 21st to 29th ought to force me into my peak form."
Li Hao pondered silently.
Amid swirling lights and shadows, he stepped onto the 21st floor.
Ahead stretched a barren, expansive terrain, the void holding scant immortal power, the harsh setting meaning heavier drain for unleashing multiple Immortal Techniques.
Li Hao stood ready for the Ancient Demons to emerge.
In a flash, three Ancient Demons materialized, each radiating the aura of Immortal King Realm Third Level.
Their mere presence washed over like a shadowy surge, tousling Li Hao's hair and pressing down with intense weight.
Immortal King Realm Third Level... Li Hao's eyes glinted, and he abruptly pondered if his lifespan-forged cultivation could recover once the trial wrapped up.
Should that hold true, his true ceiling might soar way past the Immortal King Realm Third Level.
Still, the moment hadn't arrived for that yet.
Powers from various Extreme Realms surged forth, Ultimate Realm strength also flared, while the All Heavens Star Vein and Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation both loomed behind Li Hao.
The three thousand one hundred drops of True God Blood inside him stirred right then, a horrifying Control Force whirled, and the Reverse Time Realm held firm.
Boom!
The void quaked as if bursting apart, the three Ancient Demon forms lunging with savage intent in an instant.
Their Realm strength skyrocketed, and at Immortal King Realm Third Level, the Life Sea inside the Realm had solidified vastly, birthing countless lives that amplified the Realm Power.
"Freeze!"
Li Hao triggered it without pause, vast immortal power pulled from the All Heavens Star Vein getting rapidly consumed by the Realm, though infinite immortal power still streamed from the All Heavens Stars—yet it poured like a stream into an ocean, failing to replenish fully.
Dreadful Time Dao force warped the void, disrupting heaven and earth, every motion in existence at that instant shrouded by an unseen grip, plunging into stasis.
The three oncoming Ancient Demons froze up immediately too, though the pause endured less than an instant before vanishing, their bellowing shapes accelerating even more. Though lacking top-tier Realms, they were Immortal King Realm Third Level after all, their Realm density outmatching Li Hao's, letting them withstand and unleash immortal power strain quicker and fiercer.
In a heartbeat, Li Hao sensed his Reverse Time Realm under assault.
Throughout the entire trial, this marked his initial brush with a Realm incursion, bringing a sense of cracking apart.
Even one top-tier Realm hit such massive hurdles when crossing two realm gaps.
"Immortal King Realm Third Level..."
Li Hao at last grasped the grueling challenge of clashing realms as an Immortal King, a feat rivaling an Immortal Monarch Realm First Level taking on Immortal King Realm peak!
Yet he held off on deploying Formless Power for now, aiming to probe the boundaries of just one top-tier Realm!
"True God Blood!"
Li Hao's eyes ignited into golden infernos, the True God's soul manifesting behind him, and the 3100 drops of True God Blood within that soul erupted in blazing fury all at once.