Chapter 572: Slaughter! Dark Star Map (6k)

Listening to Li Yuan's words, Xia Hao was both anxious and furious. Several years ago, when he had attempted to suppress Li Yuan, he had indeed said to him, "Are you even worthy of fighting me to the death?"

He had not expected that in just a few years, the situation would be completely reversed.

"It's only been a few years, how could Li Yuan have already become a Heavenly God?" Xia Hao was certain that Li Yuan had already stepped into the Heavenly God realm; spiritual sense perception generally did not make mistakes.

This made him feel somewhat incredulous.

In his view, even if Li Yuan's comprehension of the Laws was high enough, according to common sense, he should at least have remained in the True God realm for ten or twenty years, waiting for his Divine Heart World to evolve perfectly.

How could he have broken through so quickly?

Moreover, Xia Hao was also filled with confusion: "It's one thing for these native Heavenly Gods to besiege me, but Li Yuan is also an outsider; how could he get involved with these native Heavenly Gods? Could it be because he is a powerhouse from the Beiqiu Mortal Domain?"

Xia Hao had too many doubts in his heart, but the current situation did not allow him to think too much.

The giant palm Li Yuan had unleashed had already slammed down fiercely.

"So what if you've stepped into the Heavenly God realm?"

"Becoming a Heavenly God so quickly, you are indeed a peerless genius, but I refuse to believe that after cultivating for thousands of years, I would still be inferior to you." In this desperate situation, Xia Hao was also enraged.

Having broken through to become a Heavenly God several years ago, his strength had also been growing at high speed.

If Profound Yang Heavenly God, Ice Nether Heavenly God, and the others were to attack together, he wouldn't have a shred of confidence... but Li Yuan alone? He naturally dared to fight.

Boom!

Xia Hao's body was also a towering 100,000 zhang tall. With a thought, his divine power and Star Arts erupted completely, his aura surging and billowing. In his hand, a divine sword emitting a sharp aura appeared.

The divine sword was unsheathed!

"Bang!" That terrifying giant palm and the divine sword collided with a boom, but the scene Xia Hao had envisioned of the giant palm being severed did not occur.

It was clear that although the giant palm, formed by the combination of divine power and Laws, had been cut into by about one-fifth by the divine sword, its momentum did not diminish in the slightest, and it still slammed down fiercely.

"This is absolutely impossible!" Xia Hao's eyes widened.

But before he could even react, that giant palm slammed Xia Hao onto the undersea mountain range within the dark seawater. The terror of its momentum caused the undersea mountain range to explode with a boom, and the mountain body began to collapse.

It was a completely one-sided battle.

"I!" Xia Hao felt terror in his heart. He only felt his divine body shake violently, with countless cracks spreading out, while his divine power surged frantically to repair the injuries to his divine body.

"How terrifying."

"Domain Lord, has he really only stepped into the Heavenly God realm for a few years?" Profound Yang Heavenly God, Ice Nether Heavenly God, and the others also looked at Li Yuan with some shock.

The strength Li Yuan had unleashed exceeded their expectations.

Like before, why had Xia Hao escaped several times? It was because his strength had reached the edge of the third rank of Heavenly Gods... In the view of Profound Yang Heavenly God and the others, Li Yuan had also broken through to the Heavenly God realm not long ago, so even if he could defeat Xia Hao, it shouldn't be this easy.

After all, no matter how astonishing one's potential and talent were, logically, it still required enough time to be realized.

"Fourth rank of Heavenly Gods!"

"The Domain Lord's strength is definitely at the fourth rank of Heavenly Gods." Profound Yang Heavenly God and Ice Nether Heavenly God looked at each other, already completely convinced.

Strength!

It is always powerful strength that makes people submit and look up in awe.

"Whoosh!" Xia Hao suddenly rushed up from the layers of collapsed undersea mountain range, his speed soaring in an instant as he attempted to flee for his life again.

From the exchange just now, he understood that he had been completely defeated, and if he continued to fight, he would surely die.

"Want to leave?"

Strands of seven-colored starlight emerged around Li Yuan, the starlight covering a sea area of over a million kilometers. Wherever the starlight reached, all the seawater turned into nothingness.

Subsequently, the starlight bloomed in layers, acting upon Xia Hao, instantly causing his speed to plummet by more than 70 percent.

"Seven-Colored Boundary Sea, it really is powerful." Li Yuan praised in his heart.

The Seven-Colored Boundary Sea was something Li Yuan had obtained in the Dao Treasure Divine Mountain on Source Fire Star, left behind by the Fruit Strange God King.

Although it was a Dao Treasure, its value was comparable to a top-grade Heavenly Divine Artifact... and if it could be unleashed to the extreme, it was even stronger than most domain-type top-grade Heavenly Divine Artifacts.

This was because the difficulty of unleashing this Dao Treasure was too high.

Previously, when he was in the Void God realm, Li Yuan had been unable to unleash it at all.

"One must fully comprehend the seven basic Laws to perfectly unleash the Seven-Colored Boundary Sea." Li Yuan thought to himself: "Right now, I am only relying on my powerful divine power to force it out."

Only by truly unleashing it could one feel the might of the Seven-Colored Boundary Sea.

In Li Yuan's vision, in the future, when he cultivated "Ten Thousand Star Rivers" to the seventh-rank extreme and then comprehended the Seven-Colored Boundary Sea to the extreme... with the two combined, even someone as powerful as a Divine Monarch would have to be suppressed.

Even now.

Under full activation, it was easy for Li Yuan's domain suppression to handle a third-rank Heavenly God powerhouse.

"Swish, swish, swish!" Strands of starlight seemed to fall from the nine heavens, striking Xia Hao again and again, causing his speed to plummet continuously, as if several powerhouses of the same level were attacking him with all their might.

"This! This!"

"His attacks are so strong, and his domain's might is also so astonishing?" Xia Hao looked up in shock and anger.

It was clear that Li Yuan had approached again.

But at this moment, Li Yuan was no longer unleashing secret techniques; instead, a huge long spear that looked like a silver divine dragon appeared in his hand.

As he swung the long spear to thrust, the might of the divine spear suddenly surged.

"Derive! Fierce!" Xia Hao gritted his teeth, his entire body glowing with strands of green light, and he held a divine sword in each hand, slashing towards the void simultaneously, attempting to block the fiercely incoming spear.

"Roar~" It was as if an ancient divine dragon was roaring, transmitted across ancient ages. The Silver Moon Divine Spear had been refined from the body of a God King of the Heavenly Dragon Divine Court, and this roar was the manifestation of the divine dragon's might.

The trace of God King will contained within the roar made Xia Hao's heart tremble involuntarily.

The next instant.

That divine spear tore through the heavens and earth, with Dao patterns flowing on it, dazzling and endless.

The sharp spear light directly blasted away the two sword lights that were attempting to block it.

The tip of the divine spear thrust fiercely towards Xia Hao's towering body.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The terror of this spear's might left Xia Hao stunned in an instant.

This was absolutely the strongest attack he had ever encountered in his life. After all, when he was in the True God realm, where would he have encountered such a formidable opponent?

Too terrifying!

The terror of its might far exceeded what it had been just now... Among fourth-rank Heavenly God powerhouses, it definitely belonged to the top tier.

Yet he did not know that Li Yuan's spear technique could barely be considered medium-level among Heavenly Gods, and even relying on his super-strong divine body, he could only barely unleash fourth-rank Heavenly God combat power.

But once he took out a God King weapon, the might was completely different!

Unleashing spear techniques with the Silver Moon Divine Spear greatly compensated for the deficiencies in Li Yuan's spear technique... causing the strength of Li Yuan's attacks to approach the level of a fifth-rank Heavenly God.

One spear!

"My Godhead has even developed cracks?" Xia Hao felt terror in his heart: "I am a Nine-Star Heavenly God body, and I have already successfully opened up an inner world."

In the distance, the numerous Heavenly Gods led by Profound Yang Heavenly God and Ice Nether Heavenly God saw the incomparably stunning spear strike unleashed by Li Yuan, and their expressions all changed one by one.

"This spear strike?"

"What a terrifying spear technique."

"So, this is the Domain Lord's true strongest strength. This attack's might is approaching the level of a Divine Monarch, right?" These Heavenly Gods all felt a sense of sighing and shock in their hearts.

They could not distinguish that Li Yuan's spear strike relied on a God King weapon; they only felt that Li Yuan's own spear technique was peerless.

"It seems he doesn't even have light injuries? As expected of a Nine-Star Heavenly God body, the Godhead is indeed sturdy." Li Yuan made a judgment in his heart: "He must have cultivated a nine-fold body-protecting Star Art."

Under normal circumstances, among Heavenly Gods, if the strength gap is two ranks, an exchange usually results in the opponent being injured in one move.

If the gap between the two sides is three ranks, in one move, the lighter outcome is a heavy injury, and the heavier outcome is direct death.

Under Li Yuan's full eruption, logically, it should have been enough to cause the life aura of a powerhouse like Xia Hao to show a significant decline.

But nothing is ever absolute.

When Heavenly Gods attack each other, the ultimate goal is to shatter the opponent's Godhead and cause their inner world to collapse... and those with super-strong divine bodies, such as a Nine-Star Heavenly God body, will naturally make the Godhead sturdier.

If one has cultivated a powerful body-protecting Star Art, the divine body will be indestructible, and the ability to save one's life will also soar.

If one is wearing an extremely strong defensive battle armor, such as possessing a "God King-level battle armor," it will also greatly increase one's ability to save one's life.

Without a doubt, even if their strength seems equal, the side with stronger Star Veins will have a much stronger vitality.

"If it were a Seven-Star Vein Heavenly God possessing 'third-rank Heavenly God strength' without good battle armor protection, I'm afraid I could kill them in one attack." Li Yuan thought to himself.

"What a pity!"

"If it were in the outside world, with your vitality being so strong, if you sought help from the Ten Thousand Dao Divine Court, you might still have been able to survive." Li Yuan said in a low voice: "But here, you don't have a shred of hope."

"Just fall, then."

Swish! Another dazzling spear light lit up.

"Li Yuan!" Xia Hao, in despair, let out a roar filled with unwillingness.

He was still waving his divine sword while constantly rushing towards the deeper ocean, struggling with all his might, hoping to drag it out to see if he could find a glimmer of a turning point.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The two sides clashed again and again, or rather, it was Li Yuan attacking again and again. Xia Hao's struggle appeared extremely powerless; under the domain suppression, he simply couldn't escape far.

Finally, after Li Yuan, holding the Silver Moon Divine Spear, bombarded the opponent over a hundred times, Xia Hao's Godhead within his body finally shattered completely in despair and unwillingness.

Hum~ Xia Hao's divine body began to annihilate, followed by a powerful energy shockwave that instantly swept in all directions.

This was a sign of the inner world collapsing.

But Li Yuan didn't care in the slightest, easily enduring this energy shockwave; it didn't pose a threat to him.

"The sword technique Xia Hao unleashed during the battle was stronger than when we fought last time; it can be considered medium-level among Heavenly Gods. He is truly worthy of being a Nine-Star Vein; his comprehension is truly high." Li Yuan thought to himself: "If he were given enough time, I'm afraid he would have had hope of cultivating into a Divine Monarch."

The strength gap between Heavenly Gods, besides the gap in divine body Star Arts and divine artifact treasures, is mainly in the profoundness of their moves.

With similar comprehension of the Laws, the moves created by some powerhouses are simply more powerful.

The ultimate moves created by Heavenly Gods are generally divided into four levels: low, medium, high, and extreme.

Like some Heavenly Gods whose divine bodies are extremely weak (Seven-Star Veins), but by relying on extreme Heavenly God moves, they also have full hope of unleashing third-rank Heavenly God strength.

And Divine Monarchs.

Are existences that have no shortcomings in many aspects such as divine body Star Arts, ultimate moves, and divine artifact treasures.

"I have comprehended the third form of the 'Illusion Heart Divine Canon,' which barely counts as a medium level among the ultimate moves of Heavenly Gods." A thought flashed through Li Yuan's heart: "To want to comprehend stronger moves, I must raise my comprehension of the Laws higher, or even comprehend the 'Space World direction'."

Under normal circumstances, only when one's comprehension of the Space Laws reaches the eleventh level does one have hope of comprehending high-level or even extreme Heavenly God ultimate moves.

It's just that wanting to achieve this step is also extremely difficult; the vast majority of Heavenly Gods are trapped at this realm.

Like the Hundred Tribes of the Ancient Domain, among the more than one hundred Heavenly Gods, only Profound Yang Heavenly God, Mist Heavenly God, and Ice Nether Heavenly God have had their comprehension of the Space Laws reach the eleventh level.

Divine Domain, deep within the territory of the Ten Thousand Dao Divine Court.

"My disciple."

"Dead! He died in that Beiqiu Mortal Domain." Inside a towering divine palace, a figure with a powerful aura, resembling a rock giant, suddenly erupted with roars: "How could you die in a mortal domain? How could you?"

He was extremely anxious in his heart. "Xia Hao, my most outstanding disciple, completely had hope of reaching the Divine Monarch level and continuing to protect my descendant clan in the future." The towering figure's eyes were full of killing intent: "Who, who killed my disciple? Who?"

He, as a Divine Monarch powerhouse with extremely powerful strength, found it extremely difficult to take in a suitable Divine Monarch disciple.

Xia Hao was the disciple he had been most satisfied with in these years.

And Xia Hao had not disappointed him, growing all the way and constantly becoming stronger... But he never imagined that he would fall in a mortal domain.

"Before he died, he couldn't even send a message back?" The towering figure felt both anxious and angry.

Looking at the Divine Domain, although the communication methods of the major divine court forces are not as convenient as the Chaos Divine Court's Heart Dream Divine World.

But top-tier True Gods and Heavenly Gods using communication secret treasures to send emergency messages within the scope of the Divine Domain is still not difficult.

But this time.

Xia Hao died within the Ancient Domain... The Ancient Domain is essentially another Universe Realm, with a special environment that places great restrictions on this kind of communication.

Even the Heart Dream Divine World cannot be used once one enters the Starry Sky Mountain Range area... let alone the communication methods of the Ten Thousand Dao Divine Court.

"Xia Hao is dead!"

"I simply don't have the time to cultivate another monstrous genius." The towering figure felt heartbroken.

He had completely cultivated Xia Hao as his successor, spending a great deal of effort.

Now, his efforts had been destroyed.

A moment later.

"Boom!" A powerful will descended from thin air, and a white-robed figure faintly appeared in the void.

The face was blurry and not very clear.

"God King!" The towering figure hurriedly stood up and bowed respectfully.

"Xia He." The white-robed figure's voice was ethereal: "I already know about the matter you requested of me. That Beiqiu Mortal Domain has many secrets and is considered the territory of the Chaos Divine Court... That little fellow Xia Hao shouldn't have gone there."

If an outsider heard the white-robed God King's address to the towering figure, they would definitely understand the towering figure's identity.

Divine Monarch Xia He!

He has great fame in the Ten Thousand Dao Divine Court and is a powerful existence who truly stands at the peak of Heavenly Gods...

Because he possesses a God King weapon!

He was originally a Divine Monarch powerhouse, and combined with a God King weapon, his strength was extremely terrifying.

Among the various divine court forces, there are many Divine Monarch powerhouses who have been defeated by him.

"I want to take revenge, I ask the God King to help me." Divine Monarch Xia He said humbly.

"It is not that I do not want to help you." The white-robed God King slowly shook his head: "Firstly, God Kings cannot easily attack powerhouses below the God King level, and you cannot prove who Xia Hao died at the hands of."

"Secondly, I have only met that little fellow Xia Hao once, and the causal connection is very shallow... I simply cannot lock onto the causal object based on this."

"Even you, God King, cannot lock onto the cause and effect?" Divine Monarch Xia He was anxious.

He sought the God King, not for the God King to take action.

The various divine court forces are able to maintain peace in general because they have a tacit understanding.

King against King!

Under normal circumstances, as long as it is not a weakling deliberately provoking, God Kings cannot bully the small.

This is a common agreement among the many God Emperors of the Divine Domain! In the long years, not many God Kings have dared to violate it.

But Divine Monarch Xia He did not expect that the God King would be unable to lock onto the other party through cause and effect.

"When it comes to causal entanglement, you and Xia Hao are the deepest. If Xia Hao dies, if you can encounter the murderer at close range, you might be able to sense it." The white-robed God King said with full patience.

It was only because it was Divine Monarch Xia He that he had such status.

If it were any other Heavenly God, the white-robed God King might not even be willing to say so much.

"The dead cannot return to life."

"Although that little fellow Xia Hao is a pity, even if he didn't die, I'm afraid he would only barely have become a Divine Monarch..." The white-robed God King looked at Divine Monarch Xia He again: "But you are different."

"In my eyes, you are the one with the most hope of becoming a God King in this generation. You should focus more on yourself." The white-robed God King said in a low voice: "It is not long before the opening of Beichen Residence. I have secured a spot for you, don't waste it."

Immediately, his phantom dissipated.

Leaving Divine Monarch Xia He alone here.

"Become a God King?"

"Although Beichen Residence is good."

"If it were really that easy to become a God King... looking at the Divine Domain, those Divine Monarchs, why would they all sit and die of old age?" Divine Monarch Xia He shook his head secretly, his killing intent not diminishing in his heart.

He was calculating how to find the murderer.

Li Yuan naturally did not know about the affairs of the Ten Thousand Dao Divine Court.

Deep within the Joy Demon Sea.

"Boom~~" With a thought, Li Yuan also manipulated the domain, quickly collecting the numerous treasures left behind by Xia Hao before his death, such as the two divine sword divine artifacts, battle armor, storage magic treasures, etc.

Although Xia Hao was dead, the treasures he left behind still had his life imprint.

Even Li Yuan could not immediately wipe away all these life imprints.

Whoosh!

After Li Yuan collected the treasures, he turned back to look at the large group of Heavenly Gods behind him: "The outsider has been slaughtered, follow me back to the Hundred Tribes Divine Palace."

"Yes, Domain Lord." Profound Yang Heavenly God, Ice Nether Heavenly God, and the others were all incomparably respectful.

Witnessing this battle with their own eyes.

Even the most proud Ice Nether Heavenly God had already completely submitted... following such a super powerhouse was destined to be of great benefit.

And in the view of these Heavenly Gods, in the future, when they went to the outside world to fight, the more powerful Li Yuan was, the more benefits they would have.

Not long after, after flying out of the Joy Demon Sea.

After Li Yuan sent a message to the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit secretly activated its divine ability, collectively teleporting them back to the Hundred Tribes Divine Palace.

"Domain Lord."

Some Heavenly Gods were ordered to retreat from the divine palace, while other Heavenly Gods who had received Li Yuan's message rushed over... From this point on, all the Heavenly Gods staying in the Divine Palace were those who had decided to go to the Divine Domain.

"I have summoned you here to let you familiarize yourselves with a secret treasure." Li Yuan said in a low voice.

He waved his hand directly!

Whoosh! A silver city covered by clouds and mist rapidly expanded, finally turning into about a hundred miles in size.

It was precisely the Cloud Light Boundary City.

"This city is an extremely powerful Heavenly Divine Artifact, containing numerous arrays inside."

"From today on, you will comprehend the arrays of this city here; you must all master all thirty-six arrays." Li Yuan said in a low voice.

"Yes." More than ninety Heavenly Gods nodded one after another, and subsequently, led by Profound Yang Heavenly God and Ice Nether Heavenly God, they entered the Cloud Light Boundary City and began to ponder and comprehend the internal arrays.

Li Yuan was very satisfied with this.

"Once they are familiar with the Cloud Light Boundary City's arrays, when we reach the Divine Domain and the city is fully deployed, just thirty-six Heavenly Gods working together to host the array will be enough to block the joint attacks of multiple Divine Monarchs." Li Yuan thought to himself.

He had thought long ago about how to drive this group of Heavenly Gods.

Fighting and killing? Too stupid! Even if they formed a battle array, their strength was not strong enough.

But if a group of Heavenly Gods hosted a large array and cooperated with some extremely powerful secret treasures, the might would be extremely strong.

"In this way, in the future, the Cloud Light Boundary City will guard the 'Seven-Star Divine Kingdom Capital,' which will naturally make the Divine Kingdom as stable as Mount Tai." Li Yuan thought very thoroughly in his heart.

Leaving the group of Heavenly Gods to comprehend the arrays, Li Yuan himself returned to a side hall of the Hundred Tribes Divine Palace.

Clatter~

Li Yuan waved his hand, and a large amount of spoils of war flew out; it was precisely the harvest from killing Xia Hao.

On the way back just now, Li Yuan had been trying to crack the life imprints attached to these treasures.

Having lost their master, these life imprints were like water without a source, already constantly collapsing.

After so long, they had already been worn away by Li Yuan for the most part.

"Recognize master." With a thought from Li Yuan, powerful divine power surged out, finally cracking the storage magic treasures one by one, and gradually imprinting life imprints on the divine artifacts one by one.

Not long after.

Li Yuan had investigated most of the treasures left behind by Xia Hao.

"Only the battle armor and the two divine swords are medium-grade Heavenly Divine Artifacts? Not even one top-grade Heavenly Divine Artifact? Truly poor." Li Yuan shook his head secretly.

Compared to Jiu Ying, Xia Hao was indeed much poorer.

Adding all the treasures together, I'm afraid it barely exceeded a trillion Heart Dream Coins... the value was average.

"Let's see if there are any other treasures." Li Yuan continued to investigate the remaining few storage treasures of the opponent.

Most of them were very ordinary, with no highlights.

"Heavenly God-level rare treasure?"

"This 'Changhe Crystal' is quite special; it seems it can be used to refine some domain-type magic treasures." Li Yuan discovered one of the good rare treasures among them.

This was a kind of treasure nurtured in the Changhe of Time, generally only God Emperors could take it out from the Changhe of Time.

It was just that its use was relatively small, and the consumption was very small, so its value had never been very high.

Even so, the value of this treasure had to be several hundred billion Heart Dream Coins.

Discovering a Changhe Crystal made Li Yuan's mood even better, and he continued to investigate.

Time passed, and the treasures that had not yet been investigated in detail by Li Yuan were becoming fewer and fewer.

"Hmm?" Li Yuan's eyes suddenly flashed with surprise: "This is?"

Under Li Yuan's investigation, in one of the storage magic treasures, a sphere with a diameter of about one meter was floating.

The sphere was completely black, very ordinary at first glance, but occasionally it would flow with a trace of strange light, revealing its extraordinary nature.

With a thought from Li Yuan, a strand of divine power had already penetrated into the interior of the black sphere, attempting to figure out its use and obtain useful information.

"Hum!"

When the divine power penetrated inside, this black sphere suddenly erupted with strands of purple light, the light instantly illuminating the internal space of the storage magic treasure.

Then, with the black sphere as the center, it began to extend in all directions, and then it projected and formed a large number of suspected star map scenes.

"Star map?"

"This? No!" Li Yuan was surprised in his heart, and after a little identification, he recognized it: "It's a star map of the dark zone of the universe."

"So detailed."

"No, it's not as simple as just a star map."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 573 =====