Follow the path of Dao from infancy Chapter 1896 Chapter 508: Flawless Perfection (Part 2)
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"It's him, the fellow at the Seventh Level of the Immortal King Realm!"
"He's finally entering the arena. He's the one I've been dying to watch."
"I can't help but wonder what techniques he employed to attain such heights at the Seventh Level of the Immortal King Realm. Is he similar to Di Mingyuan, that prodigy who commands multiple Final Realms and has grasped the Laws of the Ten Thousand Dao to their utmost?"
"Hard to say. Reaching that kind of profundity demands endless ages. Di Mingyuan's soul lifespan is probably over thirty thousand years, isn't it? With that much buildup, his cultivation would have hit perfection ages ago if it were possible."
All eyes turned toward Li Hao, filled with examination and intrigue.
"Hmm?"
Even the Ten Emperors hovering in the sky caught sight of Li Hao.
Truth be told, they had detected him the moment he arrived. With more than a hundred figures at Immortal King Realm Perfection present, a cultivator merely at the Seventh Level of the Immortal King Realm was bound to draw attention.
Right now, Li Hao strode straight up to the Ten Emperor Puppets. As their fearsome Realm Power surged forth, he wasted no time and unleashed a torrent of Extreme Realm and Final Realm Power.
His presence surged to its utmost height. Next, three thousand drops of True God Blood blazed to life, radiating a horrifying Divine Soul force.
At once, layers upon layers of Realm began to manifest.
Third Level, Fourth Level... Li Hao opted to fuse five Realm Hearts!
Once those five Realm Hearts combined, his Realm Power surged exponentially, making him seem like an unyielding colossal peak just by standing there.
The gazes that had been probing him shifted abruptly to astonishment.
"This Realm?"
"So many Realm layers overlapping—is this... the coexistence of Multiple Realms?!"
Everyone there consisted of elite geniuses at Immortal King Realm Perfection, and they instantly recognized the dreadful strength Li Hao displayed.
Furthermore, this path was notoriously arduous. While all knew that succeeding on it could lead to the Emperor Dao, countless Immortal Emperors had stumbled, proving just how grueling and maybe even impossible it truly was!
Yet this young man facing them had boldly taken on this tortuous route and even established its initial foundations.
"So this is his underlying strength and arsenal? No surprise the top ten are freaks, and he's a freak among freaks!"
An Immortal King Realm Perfection genius muttered to himself, his face showing a trace of bewilderment.
"The path of Multiple Realm Hearts coexisting?"
Di Mingyuan narrowed his gaze. He was well aware of this route; he had even ventured along it for a stretch. But midway, it struck him as a potential dead end—endless and incomprehensible—so he switched directions.
From what he saw now, this young cultivator had advanced farther, though... ultimate failure awaited him.
"No wonder he claimed third place at the Seventh Level of the Immortal King Realm; that kind of Realm outshines even those at Immortal King Realm Perfection!"
It dawned on everyone that this youth's third-place rank stemmed from genuinely fearsome qualities.
"An intriguing young one."
In the midst of the onlookers, a black-robed young man curved his lips in a subtle smile.
Back in the Primordial True Realm, that individual had displayed restraint on the Heavenly Ascension Road, refusing to bow to the Heavenly Dao. Who would have thought he'd pursue this route now.
He himself had labored on this very path, progressing beyond Li Hao by merging six Realm Hearts, yet the final hurdle remained just out of reach, like a bottomless chasm without a guide.
As Li Hao's Realm fully revealed itself, the Ten Emperor Puppet lifted its arm, unleashing a wheel-shaped Forbidden Technique that held the nascent outline of the Ten Emperors' Emperor Road—immensely dreadful, radiating crushing pressure.
Li Hao's expression grew grave. Drawing on Formless, All Phenomena, Cave Void, Reverse Time, and Chaos, he integrated the five Realm Hearts into the Great Void Star River Realm, transforming into a streak of light inside the Realm that enveloped him and sped off into the distance.
A direct confrontation? The might packed into that Ten Emperor Puppet had already ascended to Quasi-Emperor Level, far too overwhelming to challenge head-on—escape was the only option.
Managing to flee for ten breaths would count as miraculous.
Those before him who tried to fight back were crushed in moments, completely outmatched.
Di Mingyuan himself had resorted to deploying assorted Forbidden Techniques to evade and weave away.
"One breath, two breaths..."
The crowd tracked the two streaks of light pursuing one another, their stares locked, observing that even as the Ten Emperor Puppet closed in on Li Hao and landed a blow, Li Hao's Realm would fracture only to mend right away. Crucially, despite the Realm's harm, Li Hao stayed concealed inside, rendering his actual form undetectable and his condition unknown.
"To tread this Emperor Road—should I respect his daring or lament his fate?"
From the Dao Clan, Dao Qingyin watched in silence, letting out a gentle sigh.
"Coexisting five Realm Hearts marks him as a prodigy already. Regrettably, it looks like his potential peaks right here. Success, if it comes, might demand tens of thousands of years."
An elder Immortal King of the Dao Clan shook his head with a sigh, recognizing that the young man had arrived at this stage where his swift ascent had concluded. Further boosts to combat prowess could only come from breakthroughs, but those would offer scant gains to his present power.
Amid the relentless pursuit, the Ten Emperor Puppet appeared to rage. The budding forms of the Ten Emperors in its Realm suddenly honed to a razor edge, morphing into a horrifying blade beam that cleaved forward. Space and time appeared to halt, then rend asunder, shattering the void across this tower level.
Li Hao's Realm got cleaved too, with ten streams of horrifying energy piercing in to rip it asunder. Concealed amid the boundless starlight of the Realm, Li Hao was dragged out as every starlight faded away.
Bang!
Li Hao's form plummeted, hurtling back.
"Nine breaths!"
The assembly had been counting, and seeing Li Hao endure a full nine breaths left their faces profoundly somber.
What's more, despite the techniques Li Hao revealed, no one spotted any vulnerabilities to exploit or counter.
"Looks like nine breaths is the barrier the Emperors set to prevent easy passage."
Heirs from other mighty clans narrowed their eyes. The force the Ten Emperor Puppet had just released felt utterly unbeatable absent some concealed ace technique.
"Ten varieties of Emperor Power..."
Back among the spectators, Li Hao swiftly regained stability and reformed, as though reborn from his blood essence.
Having attained the Three Immortal End Realm and Eternal Immortality, total annihilation of him proved nearly impossible.
He sharply felt the intrusion of those ten Emperor Powers, discerning ten distinct Emperor Roads, such as the Fifteen Miles Extreme Realm Returning Ruins and the Divine Traveling Extreme Realm Primordial Spirit. Evidently, those Ten Emperors had forged these Extreme Realm Powers themselves.
"Once my Emperor Road reaches completion, it shall become the Immortal King's Final Realm, King of Realms!"
A glint flashed in Li Hao's eyes. The zenith of the Immortal King Realm lay in the King's Domain, achievable through exceptional gifts and solid groundwork, but harmonizing Multiple Realm Hearts posed an immense challenge.
With Li Hao's trial done, it was Shi Miao's moment.
Li Hao pulled his focus together, observing Shi Miao unleash a fearsome Time Power. Within the River of Time, the Ten Emperor Puppet consistently lagged a single second behind Shi Miao, its strikes forever failing to connect, until it burst into fury at the ninth breath, severing time itself and wounding Shi Miao's form.
Still, Shi Miao didn't persist much longer, drifting back with poise. It was clear to all that she had held back, showing no desire to push for ten breaths.
"Commanding the Time Dao to this extent, coupled with that rare Time Right Forbidden Technique vanished for a hundred thousand years—this woman must be the Time Goddess, among the Seven Monarchs of antiquity!"
An Immortal King from a prestigious clan identified Shi Miao, his gaze turning grave.
Di Mingyuan cast a profound look at Shi Miao too, his determination sharpening further.
As the last black-robed youth stepped up, the air shifted dramatically. Rather than running, the black-robed youth clashed directly with the Ten Emperor Puppet, expanding his own Realm.
The clash raged intensely and evenly, the pair deadlocked as the ten breaths flew by.
The black-robed youth emerged unscathed; in fact, they fought to a perfect tie.
Once the ten breaths concluded, the Ten Emperor Puppet halted its fierce onslaught.
"Is this... the legendary Emperor Rebirth from the clan tales?"
"Incredible. He wields countless Final Realm Powers, with the Laws of the Ten Thousand Dao refined to Perfection! That's unmistakably Quasi-Emperor Realm combat strength, and he even deployed an embryonic Emperor Dao..."
Shock rippled through the crowd. Li Hao and Shi Miao's displays had already stunned them, but this black-robed youth's feat was downright astonishing.
Battling upfront, enduring ten breaths, his array of abilities appeared impeccable and impervious!
Witnessing this, the faces of many great clan successors grew overcast. They had guessed earlier that this Emperor Rebirth had recovered much of his strength, yet none anticipated such overwhelming terror.