Chapter 294

"Speaking of which..."

But amid the shock, Shi Hao couldn't help but sneak a glance at Dark Liu Shen and mutter, "Liu Shen is a woman?!"

To tell the truth, this news shocked Shi Hao greatly. After all, at first he had always assumed Liu Shen was an old grandpa, or at the very least an old grandma!

No matter how he thought about it, he never imagined Liu Shen was actually a great beauty — a great beauty he had never seen before!

"Is there something you need?"

Seemingly sensing Shi Hao's gaze, Liu Shen glanced at him and spoke up in a flat tone.

As for Shi Hao's words, Liu Shen naturally heard them, but she didn't care at all. She simply didn't care whether she was male or female — it was just a gender!

"N-no, nothing!"

Hearing this, Shi Hao quickly withdrew his gaze, his face flushing a little. He hadn't expected to be caught red-handed peeking at Liu Shen, and could only hope his muttering hadn't been overheard.

The scene continued to change:

【As time went by...】

【Shi Hao's radiance grew ever more dazzling. He suppressed his peers; in the lower realm, no one was his match】

【But precisely because his brilliance was fully on display, many were unwilling to see him grow. One must know the lower realm is divided into eight domains: Heaven, Earth, Mystic, Yellow, Void, Chronos, Flood, and Wild. Because the Great Dao of the lower realm is incomplete...】

【Order is unstable, cultivators' cultivation base and realm are all suppressed, and the lower realm is even regarded as a medicinal garden by the upper realm】

【Therefore...】

【The so-called powerhouses of the eight domains】

【Are merely humanoid great medicines in the eyes of the upper realm】

【However, the lower realm also holds many opportunities. Powerhouses such as the True Dragon and the Kunpeng have all left their lairs in the lower realm】

【As calamity rose again, many sect lords from the three thousand Daozhou of the upper realm descended to the lower realm, beginning their reckoning and treasure-hunting. At that time I recovered a little, and thus began the battle to seal the gods】

【I fought against the many sect lords, looking down on all heroes. After slaying strong enemies in succession, I took the little tower and entered the Yuanshizhi Sect】

【I did not care about these interludes...】

【I had more important matters. The turmoil of the Sea of Boundaries was coming soon, and I had to restore my strength as quickly as possible】

【Thus, I activated the accumulations of several lifetimes, all the power of nirvana, in this very life. And my strength therefore broke through to the realm of Supreme Giant!】

【But even so...】

【I still found it hard to cross the Sea of Boundaries】

【But I had to buy time for later generations, because I saw that after the long ages, he would stand alone upon the River of Time, looking back across ten thousand ages, keeping company with the Divine Dao alone!】

【He needed time to rise...】

【And I too wished to try whether I could quell the turmoil. So after long deliberation I made an astonishing decision: I would deliberately stain myself with darkness】

【To lure the Guiding Ancient Hall to come and guide me to the other end of the Sea of Boundaries, thereby swiftly reaching that side】

【And in the end, I undoubtedly put it into action!】

【I discarded my flesh...】

【At the end of the Lightning Abyss, I shed my old body】

【And left a branch of this life for Shi Hao, so that after the long ages, the new spirit born from my darkness-corroded self would know that I had a disciple named Shi Hao】

【After that, the Guiding Ancient Hall came】

【I ascended it. Just as the Guiding Ancient Hall was about to reach the other end of the Sea of Boundaries, I pierced through it with my divine soul, broke out of the dark cage, and reached the Ultimate Ancient Land】

【But what I did not expect was...】

【What awaited me was a powerhouse so ancient he was beyond imagination. He had long been an existence at the Quasi-Immortal Emperor Realm】

【He had once sheltered the heavens and protected a realm, but in the end he turned around and dyed the heavens with blood. Though I was not far from the Quasi-Immortal Emperor Realm, I was ultimately one realm short】

【Therefore, I was simply no match for him】

【Were it not for the protection of the nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor's remains, whose footprints were left upon the Sea of Boundaries' dam countless ages ago...】

【I would not have escaped being utterly obliterated!】

【After that...】

【Long ages passed...】

【It was not until Shi Hao used his body as a seed, pioneered a cultivation system, broke through from King to Emperor, settled accounts with the Foreign Realm, and went to the depths of the Sea of Boundaries, ascending to the Ultimate Ancient Land, that we met again】

【Our reunion after a million years...】

【The milk-sucking babe of those days had already grown to a point that made all the heavens tremble — this shook me deeply】

【But the enemies were not just one. Although Shi Hao defeated a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, there were still two other Quasi-Immortal Emperors. He was clearly no match for the three Quasi-Immortal Emperors】

【Thus, I merged with the Immortal Emperor Fire...】

【Connected the Emperor Fall Law, inherited the myriad Daos of the world inscribed by the nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor, and fused the endless Laws of the world】

【Hence a towering willow tree rose, like the Ancestral Tree of ten thousand realms, emanating the might of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor. Even the little tower merged with his remains and broke through to its tenth layer】

【Suspended above my head, it reached the level of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor weapon, allowing me to forcibly hold back the Feather Emperor!】

【In a desperate fight...】

【Although I was no match for the Feather Emperor, I still bought a slim chance of survival for Shi Hao — but in the end my strength was spent】

【In the very last moment, I erupted with blazing radiance, causing heaven and earth to invert, the cosmos to shatter, forcibly grievously wounding the Feather Emperor. And my life, at this moment,】

【Also walked completely to its end!】

【Even though Shi Hao finally exerted his full strength...】

【He could only preserve for me a charred black tree stump】

【The final battle was incomparably tragic. All living beings charged forward one after another, their fresh blood dyeing the entire firmament red】