Follow the path of Dao from infancy Chapter 1911 Chapter 512: Emperor Dao Prototype (Part 4)

"In your past existence as an Immortal King, you couldn't rival me, not even close to a king. And in this lifetime, you remain utterly unqualified to confront me."

Shi Miao lifted her hand, causing the realm to shrink instantly, morphing into a dark whirlpool that gathered within her grasp before suddenly manifesting in front of the Divine Venerable.

Ignoring the Divine Venerable's own realm entirely, this whirlpool ripped it to shreds. Beneath the shroud of the Power of Reincarnation, every bit of his Extreme Realm and Final Realm abilities crumbled away, while his soul life surged upward at an alarming speed.

"You!"

Fury made the Divine Venerable's eyes blaze red; he yearned to ignite his True God Blood along with the forbidden arts from the Heavenly Calamity lineage for one final stand, yet a sliver of reason held him back. Burning it all would doom his future prospects and knock him from the top ten ranks.

"I'm waiting, eager to witness you repeat your old errors. This time around, no savior will come for you!"

With a thunderous roar, the Divine Venerable set his True God Blood ablaze, shattered his realm in an explosion, cast his true body toward the battle platform's boundary, and escaped the vortex's grasp.

Yet despite this, he realized in shock that his soul life had diminished by thirty thousand years in mere instants!

"The Divine Venerable has lost."

Noting the Divine Venerable's lack of desire for a fatal clash, the Star Empress declared the outcome.

In the next moment, both fighters were whisked away from the battle platform together.

The instant the Divine Venerable was taken off, his ignited True God Blood and form reverted to how they were prior to ascending the platform. He let out a relieved breath, only to soon uncover a horrifying truth: his soul life stayed unrestored, diminished by thirty thousand years!

That withered soul life showed no signs of recovery!

"How is this possible?!"

Eyes bulging in shock, the Divine Venerable refused to accept it.

"Shi Miao's move harnesses a trace of Power of Reincarnation, and not even I can mend your soul life now."

Abruptly, the Star Empress's voice echoed inside his thoughts.

Stunned into silence, the Divine Venerable started shaking all over, realizing he'd lost thirty thousand years of soul life for naught. No surprise she was the little junior sister he'd once treasured so much!

Jerking his head up, he shot a venomous glare at Shi Miao, only to find her back on the platform, taking on the eighth rank, paying no mind to his plight.

"Fine, splendid!"

Rage quaked through the Divine Venerable's frame; his little junior sister's arrogance burned as fiercely as before.

"I figured the King's Domain marked the peak, but who knew an even more dreadful force lurked beyond!"

"It seems all in the top ten wield the King's Domain; our time has produced no fewer than ten kings!"

Spectators from various clans buzzed with talk, their gazes alight with thrill. The fiercer the rivalry, the mightier the victors, boosting their odds of triumph!

Holding the eighth spot was the Chaos Clan's heir, from the sixth strongest among the True Realm Ten Thousand Clans, a profoundly ancient lineage tied to the scarcest of the Chaos Ancient Clan's branches.

Skipping greetings and formalities, they dove straight into combat, where the disparity in their realms soon shone clear.

Before long, Shi Miao secured another triumph.

After his King's Domain fell, the Chaos Clan heir withheld his hidden ace, opting against a all-out struggle.

Evidently, Shi Miao's true strength eluded him, and he refused to expose his secrets too soon.

"Such might, a true embodiment of the Time Dao Supreme leading the Nine Orders!"

"With her guiding our clan, what fear of those Ancient Demons?"

Excitement gripped many lesser clans; Shi Miao's display shattered their prior notions entirely.

Beyond Shi Miao's climbs, challengers beyond the top ten launched their own assaults, striving to enter the elite ranks and intensifying the overall fray.

"Stuck at seventeenth...my journey..."

Luo Ningshuang endured a string of duels, claiming one victory amid two defeats. Her opportunities spent, her ascent halted.

Observing the brutal clashes across distant platforms, particularly the Eleventh-ranked Tribulation Clan Heir's assault on the Tenth-ranked Shen Jueling from the Ancient God Clan, the sheer ferocity daunted her.

From afar, the King's Domain's majesty compelled her to submit in awe.

The top ten lay beyond reach.

"The Tai Kun Clan fell too; they rank twelfth among great clans!"

"Our Roc Venerate lost as well, bearer of the Kun Roc True Bone, our mightiest prodigy in fifty thousand years, and still he couldn't prevail?!"

"Failed to crack even the top ten. The Roc Realm matches the King's Domain, but Shen Jueling conceals the Ancient God Clan's Emperor Vein!"

With battles escalating in ferocity, multiple platforms ignited in simultaneous strife, all contending for tenth place.

Li Hao turned his eyes to Shi Miao; within the top ten, the rest stayed passive, letting her probe the foes' strengths.

His eyes roamed, settling on the third-placed contender nearby.

Yet another reborn Quasi-Emperor, whose Reincarnated Body hailed from a top ten clan—the fourth-ranked Saint Clan!

Currently in the top ten, the Saint Clan claimed two positions: one heir at seventh and this reborn Quasi-Emperor at third.

Shi Miao paved a treacherous trail for him; he couldn't lurk in her shadow forever.

He planned to claim the last two entries into the top ten by his own hand.

"I challenge...the Saint Master!"

Li Hao fixed his sight on the third-ranked young man.

Clad in golden robes, the youth radiated holy splendor, encircled by four wondrous visions, with subtle growls of dragon, phoenix, and tiger echoing through the emptiness.

Li Hao's abrupt declaration caught many off guard. The third-ranked Saint Master paused in surprise before composing himself, eyeing Li Hao with an approving nod:

"Bold spirit indeed. For your daring, I'll give you a proper fight."

Onlookers shot glances at Li Hao, their looks wavering, puzzled as to why he wouldn't bide his time until Shi Miao completed her run. Should she battle up to second, his own duel would prove pointless, since he'd face her regardless in the end.

"Haotian clearly aims beyond fourth place. Yet that Saint Master, a reborn Quasi-Emperor and former king!"

"Unlike Wan Jijun, this Saint Master wields the Saint Clan's Bloodline Power for added dread."

"Haotian's realm hasn't unleashed its full might; victory hangs in balance."

Discussions rippled through the crowd, all fixated on this matchup.

In truth, either combatant might unveil key secrets here.

Meanwhile, as Shi Miao took on the sixth-ranked Di Mingyuan, Li Hao and the Saint Master stepped onto a fresh battle platform.

"We'll find out if your King of Realms prototype outshines my Infinite Holy Domain!"

The Saint Master's presence swelled, unleashing a barrage of Extreme and Final Realm forces. Myriad visions bloomed, swarms of dragon and tiger mythical beasts coiled and roared, weaving laws that fused into the realm, steadily amplifying its majesty into a sprawling holy cosmos.

Holding nothing back, Li Hao summoned layer upon layer of realms, which swiftly blended together.

"It's back—the Multiple Realms again!"

"The Saint Master's realm is monstrous; a mere spark from it could pierce straight through an Immortal King."

Breath caught in the throats of great and small clans alike as they watched without blinking.

Wan Jijun fixed his gaze on the clash, keen to gauge how much reserve strength Li Hao, his conqueror, still concealed.

In short order, the fusing realms hit the six-realm integration.

A fearsome pressure erupted forth, and this round, Li Hao pressed on without pause, aiming for swift victory.

Fusion of the seventh layer—the Boundless Realm!

Encircling Star Sea pulsed with the Boundless Realm's merge, as though some latent might stirred to life right then.

The realm's awesome energy stretched out, infused everywhere, bearing the might to bypass and shatter everything.

Seven-layer realm—Universe!