Chapter 111: The Sea Without End (Supplemental Chapter 425)

In the Qinglian Courtyard.

Everyone stood beneath the gaze of the Heavenly Law Form, like insignificant specks of dust or ants.

Even Li Tiangang’s ten-zhang-tall spiritual form appeared tiny before it, reaching only below the knees of Li Hao’s Law Form.

This terrifying sight left everyone stunned silent.

Li Qianfeng, supported by his mother, stared in shock, his eyes glazed with disbelief as he watched the scene.

Is this… Li Hao’s true strength?! Recalling how the man had defeated him with just a chopstick—even after he unleashed the power his master had granted him, power that made him invincible in his own realm—he still couldn’t withstand that single chopstick! His heart trembled; he could not believe what he saw.

Compared to the dazed Li family members, Li Tiangang’s face also showed astonishment, disbelief.

He had never seen such a sight—is this Li Hao’s spiritual form?! After returning home, he inquired and learned Li Hao had not inherited the spirit of any ancestor, but rather, rumor said he had fused with a demonic entity’s soul. That was one reason for his anger and resentment toward Li Hao.

But this spiritual form—how could it possibly be the result of fusing a demonic soul?

Even his own spiritual form felt like a tiny skiff adrift on a lonely sea before it.

It felt as if he were not facing Li Hao, but… the entire heavens and earth! This sensation left Li Tiangang shaken—and stirred a flicker of rage within him.

As a father, before his own son, he felt overwhelming dominance—his heart nearly rose in reverence. This was something he absolutely could not accept, could not tolerate!

A mother’s kindness and a son’s filial piety; a strict father and a filial son! Strict father, kind mother—that was the truth he held sacred, the iron law of the world! “So you have some skill after all. No wonder you dare turn the heavens upside down!”

Li Tiangang drew a deep breath, his eyes radiating a gaze that intimidated all around. Though wounded from breaking his heart oath and his cultivation base having fallen from the peak of Immortal Realm to its early stage, he was still Immortal Realm! Just as a common Fifteen-Li cultivator could effortlessly slay a top-tier Spirit Traveler, the gap between realms was insurmountable!

With a roar, his spiritual form surged forward, countless divine lights coalescing from his palms into a divine blade of might!

“No matter how hard your wings are today, I’ll cut them off!!”

“Come on!!”

Li Hao roared, his Heavenly Law Form erupting in brilliant golden light. Within the form, countless golden energy veins flowed—imitating the human meridian system, a total of ninety-eight major meridians illuminated.

Simultaneously, the Yin-Yang meridians appeared, instantly amplifying the power of his Heavenly Law Form.

The colossal Law Form raised its palm, wielding the might of heaven and earth, and slammed down toward Li Tiangang on the ground.

But Li Tiangang’s spiritual hand, gripping the Divine Might Blade, slashed forward like a blazing inferno. A mournful cry echoed through heaven and earth as Li Hao’s giant palm was cleaved apart!

The Law Form winced in pain and recoiled backward.

Li Tiangang’s spiritual form, wielding the Divine Might Blade, shot straight into the sky, launching a furious assault toward Li Hao’s Law Form.

Li Hao was enraged—he felt searing pain in his palm as if torn apart. The Divine Might Blade was razor-sharp; despite the Law Form’s strength, it could not resist!

“No good—the Law Form is too large, scattering my power!”

Li Hao instantly realized this. It was his first time manifesting the Law Form; he was still learning and mastering it.

Quickly, he gathered all his strength inward. The Law Form shrank rapidly, yet the condensed power surged forth with greater might than before.

In an instant, the Law Form condensed to roughly ten zhang tall—equal in size to Li Tiangang’s spiritual form.

But Li Hao had no Divine Might; he could not condense a blade from it. He could only summon his real-world divine weapon.

Li Hao’s gaze turned to Ren Qianqian—the girl holding the black sword case.

He was about to summon the famed sword Eternal Night from within, but then he remembered something and looked toward the courtyard, seeing the old woman’s face filled with sorrow.

Li Hao’s heart ached—he recalled the tender, hopeful gaze she had given him when she gifted him that sword. If he now wielded his ninth uncle’s sword in battle against him, would she not be heartbroken? Thinking of this, Li Hao held back. Instead, he roared, using his Law Form to block Li Tiangang’s spiritual form while summoning the sword from his own courtyard.

It was a blade he had chosen from the treasure vault when he entered Spirit Traveler Realm, accompanied by Second Master. Though not one of the Ten Greatest Famous Swords, it was still a top-tier divine sword, capable of slaying Immortal Realm demons. It was more than enough to deal with Li Tiangang. As he called, in a room far away within the Shanhe Courtyard—

A wooden sword case suddenly flew open with a sharp *clang*, as if a dragon’s roar echoed forth!

A golden divine sword with a round hilt instantly pierced through the window, surging with boundless killing intent toward the place where its master called.

The swordlight pierced through the courtyard, cut through layers of empty space, and howled into Li Hao’s Law Form palm.

This ordinary-sized divine sword, having absorbed the Law Form’s heavenly power, rapidly expanded—within moments, it became a colossal blade blazing with golden radiance!

With the sword in hand, all of heaven and earth seemed to change color.

The golden, translucent blade illuminated Li Tiangang’s spiritual form as it charged forward. The Law Form’s face twisted with malice as it swung the sword down.

The blade howled, and heaven and earth suddenly plunged into darkness.

A dazzling, colossal full moon emerged from the sword, becoming the sole light in heaven and earth—brilliant, radiant beyond measure. The moon’s glow engulfed Li Tiangang’s spiritual form entirely.

“Old Seven!”

Li Xuanli’s expression changed slightly; he involuntarily whispered the name.

At this moment, the power and sword aura radiating from Li Hao’s Law Form made him unconsciously worry for Li Tiangang, the Three Immortals.

Li Mingguang, Li Wushuang, Li Yun, and the third generation all stared, dumbfounded.

They could not imagine this was Li Hao’s true strength—this was power attainable by a Fifteen-Li cultivator?!

Li Sibei couldn’t help swallowing hard. She had a feeling that even if she, with her Celestial Realm cultivation, fought Li Hao, she might not prevail.

This cousin was simply too monstrous—even surpassing the person she had most admired as a child!

As everyone stood stunned, the dazzling moon suddenly tore apart—a blazing red light pierced through its center, then exploded like a blazing sun, shattering the entire moon. Li Tiangang’s spiritual form, wielding the Divine Might Blade, stared coldly, radiating an aura of dominion over heaven and earth. “Is this your power? Not impressive at all!”

Li Tiangang spoke with icy eyes.

He swung the Divine Might Blade again, slashing toward Li Hao’s Law Form.

“Tiangang!”

Suddenly, Li Qingzheng appeared as if teleporting, standing before Li Hao’s Law Form.

His eyes betrayed shock and fury—shock because Li Hao’s Heavenly Law Form was something he had heard of only in ancient legends.

Legends said that in the distant age before Dayu, a tiny few warriors could condense such a Law Form!

These men did not inherit any soul—they inherited heaven and earth itself! They were the pioneers of martial cultivation, later revered as Teachers of Heaven and Earth, and thousands of years later, worshipped as… Sages! In other words, achieving this meant Li Hao possessed the potential of a Sage—he might one day become a Sage!

After all, how many years had passed since the last Sage appeared in the Dayu Dynasty?

How could such a Li family prodigy face such a situation? “Fifth Uncle, step aside!”

Li Tiangang’s gaze was cold, yet he still maintained the deference of a junior toward Li Qingzheng.

Li Qingzheng snapped: “What can’t be settled with words? Hao’er has such talent—how can you strike him?!”

“What good is talent if he’s so arrogant? At fourteen, he already dares kill his brothers and defy his father! As his cultivation grows, he’ll become utterly uncontrollable, lawless!” Li Tiangang roared.

“You’re utterly foolish!”

Li Qingzheng couldn’t hold back his fury: “Hao’er has lived peacefully in the mansion these years, never provoked anyone—why do you need to discipline him?”

“It’s because of your indulgence, Fifth Uncle, that he’s become this way! I wasn’t here these years—if I had been, I would’ve disciplined him harshly long ago!” Li Tiangang gritted his teeth.

Li Qingzheng was about to speak again, but Li Hao spoke from beneath him: “Fifth Grandfather, how is Xiao Rou?”

Li Qingzheng froze, looked down at Li Hao, and hurriedly replied: “She’s fine. I’ve used Immortal Realm power to protect her vital channels—she won’t die. She’s recovering. Your father didn’t even use his full strength—if he had—”

Li Hao smiled. None of that mattered anymore. “As long as Xiao Rou is safe, Fifth Grandfather, please step aside.”

“Hao’er!” Li Qingzheng cried out.

“Let me see how he intends to punish me,” Li Hao said with a smile. “Second Master isn’t here, and Fifth Grandfather, you’re still guarding the ancestral hall. Don’t break your heart oath and get hurt over this.”

Li Qingzheng trembled, looking at Li Hao’s smile, his face filled with sorrow: “Hao’er, rest assured—I won’t let him hurt you!”

“Fifth Grandfather, the ancestral spirits in the hall cannot be harmed because of this.”

Li Hao’s smile faded slightly as he spoke seriously.

Li Qingzheng’s expression changed. He looked deeply at Li Hao, then turned to Li Tiangang: “Listen—listen! Your son still thinks of these things—and what about you?”

“Tiangang, your son was born anywhere—any father would be proud of him!”

“But his father is you.”

Hearing his fifth uncle’s words, Li Tiangang’s face darkened. He admitted—Li Hao’s words had made him reconsider.

He took a deep breath and said: “Fifth Uncle, he’s right. Step aside. This is our family matter—no one else should interfere!”

Li Qingzheng exploded in anger: “If your father were still alive, he’d beat you senseless today!”

At these words, Chen Hefang’s face paled slightly.

Li Tiangang gritted his teeth, fire blazing in his eyes: “Fifth Uncle! Step aside!!”

Li Qingzheng’s eyes filled with deep disappointment. He looked at him once more, then said: “You’ll regret this!”

With that, he stepped forward and left the battlefield.

As Li Hao had said—he could not risk injury and break his heart oath.

With Li Mu away, he alone remained to guard the mansion.

If he were injured now and enemies took advantage to storm the compound, the ancestral spirits in the hall would suffer devastating damage!

Those spirits were only faint remnants—not their peak spiritual forms. A Four-Stage cultivator could sweep them away.

That was why he had spent years secluded in the ancestral hall, never leaving.

Though the Divine General’s Mansion had long held its prestige, those who dared covet it were no ordinary people.

“You have some sense of the bigger picture. At least you’re not beyond saving!”

After Li Qingzheng left, Li Tiangang said coldly to Li Hao.

Li Hao laughed, then his eyes flashed with icy light: “Enough talk. Come!”

Li Tiangang growled: “Still so defiant!”

His spiritual form surged forward, blade in hand, slashing at Li Hao. Li Hao swung his sword too—but this time, it was not the rising moon. It was the Sea Without End—the fourth technique, the ultimate sword! Sea Without End, Heaven as Companion! As the sword power in the Law Form’s hand coalesced, boundless sword intent rolled down from the highest heavens like a raging tide.

The sword intent surged like waves, the sword qi like an ocean—sky and earth were blanketed in the glow of blades!

Such ultimate sword art left everyone in the courtyard stunned and awestruck—this child, having reached Fifteen-Li Realm, had also cultivated sword art to such terrifying heights!

(End of Chapter)