Chapter 427: Triple Divine General, Guardian God of All Ages (First Update)

Twenty, thirty...

A few days later, with the recording and digestion of the cultivation techniques, the number of Dao Domains increased to forty-nine, adding thirty-four new types of Dao Domains.

The rules of each Dao Domain were different. Some were similar, seemingly without differences, but there were subtle distinctions.

This included many top royal cultivation techniques. Except for the core top cultivation techniques of the Divine General Mansion, everything else in the Divine General Mansion was here.

As the number of Dao Domains increased, Li Hao could clearly feel that the overlapping improvement of the number of Dao Domains was gradually trending toward a qualitative change, rather than a simple overlapping of numbers.

Previously, facing the Dao Law Realm, the Dao Domains could be easily invaded by laws, but now, with forty-nine Dao Domains overlapping together, Li Hao could clearly feel a sense of being unbreakable.

He planned to find True Person Qin and let him use laws to test his Dao Domains.

But before that, he searched around in the Dao Treasury Hall again, and found that except for cultivation techniques and secret books, they were all teaching Dao books. Apart from that, no famous paintings or chess scores were recorded.

Li Hao smiled bitterly. In this world that values martial arts, it was really not easy to easily find famous paintings and chess scores, and he could only search for them among the people.

Fortunately, now with Hearing Hearing Yu Huang's help, it was easy to collect famous paintings and chess scores.

Patting the dust on his buttocks, Li Hao pushed the door and walked out of the Dao Treasury Hall, seeing the two figures still standing here waiting after a few days, and smiled:

"Sorry for the wait, I want to see your Master."

"General Haotian is too polite, we thought you would stay inside for a month."

Qing Jingzi said with a smile.

The two looked very surprised, not expecting Li Hao to come out so quickly.

The Dao Treasury Hall collected cultivation techniques from all over the world. Even if one stayed inside without eating or drinking for a month, one might not be able to see them all.

They guessed that Li Hao might have just selected a few top royal absolute learning techniques from the Dao Treasury Hall to watch.

These royal absolute learning techniques were originally exclusive to the royal family, but now with Hearing Hearing Yu Huang's handwritten order, such cultivation techniques were also left for Li Hao to practice.

"Hmm, I will take you there now."

The youth Ming Yue Jian beside him nodded immediately, looking somewhat constrained, not at all like an ordinary top prodigy, full of arrogance.

Led by the two, Li Hao saw this old Daoist in the dark hall of the Gan Dao Palace.

The other party was sitting in front of a memorial tablet, as if mourning.

Qing Jingzi brought Li Hao, looking at his Master's back, as well as the memorial tablet of the eldest senior brother above, and said in a low voice:

"Master, General Haotian wants to see you."

True Person Qin's absent-minded eyes trembled slightly, gradually focusing. He slowly turned around, and saw three young and energetic figures behind him, the youth in the middle being particularly eye-catching.

His eyes flickered. Two years ago, when this youth became famous, he had not thought that the Dao lineage of Great Yu would not fall on the two most outstanding disciples he had painstakingly cultivated, but on this youth who grew up freely outside the Imperial Palace.

He knew Li Hao's past experiences well. He knew that with those resources of the Divine General Mansion, although they were precious, they could not cultivate such a top true dragon prodigy.

"This reinforcement, the kindness cannot be thanked enough. Has the incense matter been told to you by His Majesty?"

True Person Qin said softly.

Li Hao nodded and explained his purpose.

True Person Qin heard that he wanted to take his laws to test the Dao Domains, and was somewhat surprised. He stared at Li Hao. The terrifying combat power the other party erupted when killing the six Dao Law Realm existences earlier always made him subconsciously ignore Li Hao's realm, treating him as a top Hearing Dao Realm expert.

But the other party's true cultivation base had not yet stepped into Hearing Dao.

True Person Qin felt a slight bitter smile in his heart. It was hard to imagine to what extent martial arts had to be cultivated to cross such a realm and have such great power.

To Li Hao's request, he agreed immediately, and the two flew to the high sky outside the Gan Dao Palace.

Qing Jingzi and Ming Yue Jian also curiously arrived in the sky above the Gan Dao Palace, looking up, watching their Master and the youth.

Earlier, the battle in the Imperial Palace, they only heard about it, and did not see it with their own eyes. The Master had placed them in the dark hall magic array to preserve the incense and avoid being killed.

Now looking at the youth, the other party was so young, yet already able to confront the Master head-on, as if they were of the same generation, making them unable to help but stare curiously.

"Then I will strike."

True Person Qin said, and after Li Hao nodded, he suddenly unleashed Dao Law. In an instant, a law power rushed to kill toward Li Hao.

Li Hao directly unleashed forty-nine Dao Domains, overlapping layer by layer, shrouding himself.

The laws collided with the Dao Domains, but like suddenly plunging into a deep water area, the speed of penetration became sluggish, becoming slower and slower.

But finally, it

It seems that forty-nine layers of Dao Domain still cannot completely block the laws, though they can already influence them significantly.

Seeing this scene, True Person Qin's pupils contracted slightly, and a trace of horror emerged in his eyes.

During the previous great battle, he had seen Li Hao display fifteen layers of Dao Domain and had assumed it was Li Hao's limit; as it turns out, this is forty-nine layers?

Could it be that he gained this insight within the Dao Treasury Hall?

He felt suspicious and astonished in his heart; is such a thing possible in such a short time? However, forty-nine layers of Dao Domain had already shattered his understanding; this was the first time he had seen an existence capable of comprehending such a vast number of Dao Domains.

With such a mindset, if he had delved into Hearing the Dao, perhaps he could have stepped into it long ago.

Below, Ming Ming Yue Jian looked up, but seeing Li Hao merely wave his hand lightly, he looked at his senior brother beside him in confusion: "Are they finished fighting?"

Qing Jingzi, whose expression had always been calm, was now absent-minded, shock emerging in the depths of his eyes; after a moment, he regained his senses and whispered: "It is finished."

Having reached the Four Standing Realms, he had only just glimpsed the existence of Dao Domains; although Ming Ming Yue Jian of the Heavenly Human Realm possessed extremely high natural talent, second only to Li Hao in Da Yu, he was, after all, only at the Heavenly Human Grandmaster Realm, and the gap in cultivation realms was too vast.

Forty-nine layers of Dao Domain—Qing Jingzi had counted them clearly, but his own heart was in turmoil.

Is this what a true heaven-defying prodigy is? By comparison, he suddenly felt like a mere mortal; could his own martial path, in his entire life, ever touch even the fringes of the other's?

This suddenly gave him a sense of dullness toward his own martial path, and his Dao heart wavered slightly.

"Qing Jingzi, remember your Dao name, strictly guard your own heart; clarity and purity mean non-action. There are ten million paths in the human world, and you are simply yourself."

True Person Qin's voice suddenly appeared in his mind.

Qing Jingzi's body jolted, and he regained his senses, breaking free from the previous gloomy and dejected state of mind; he was slightly startled, immediately put away his distracting thoughts, and with a serious expression, bowed slightly in salute.

Immediately after, he looked at the youth again; although his gaze was complex, it was much calmer.

True Person Qin sensed that his disciple's Dao heart below had recovered and secretly gave a bitter smile in his heart; just seeing the talent and strength displayed by this youth caused a peerless talent of the same generation to have his Dao heart shattered—this is simply too exaggerated.

But the youth before him is indeed something never seen throughout history.

At this moment, he could not help but doubt whether Li Hao was truly the reincarnation of a Sage.

The test ended, and Li Hao bowed to True Person Qin to bid farewell; seeing him about to leave, True Person Qin said: "General Hao Tian, what are your plans for the future?"

Li Hao thought for a moment and said: "First, I will go to see some old friends to bid them farewell, then I will go into the Immortal Gate to eliminate that Holy Son to avoid leaving future troubles, and after that, I will return to the human world to slowly measure the places I haven't seen yet. I promised a friend that I would take her to see everything outside, from the human world to the heavens."

Hearing Li Hao's thoughts, True Person Qin nodded slightly; the departure of that Holy Son earlier had left him constantly worried, fearing that the other party would invite strong reinforcements to strike again.

If they were to strike again, I fear it would be a Half-Sage existence.

As for a Sage, they should not be so shameless as to come to the human world personally to compete for incense offerings.

Moreover, if a Sage descends to the human world, their own incense offerings will also be damaged; Sages need to maintain a distance from the human world.

Unless they sacrifice the Dao to become a Sage, but such existences usually have no ties to factions, seeking only the Dao, and rarely touch the dust of the world.

"Before General Hao Tian leaves, I will present the General with a generous gift," True Person Qin said.

"Oh? What is it?"

"The General does not yet have a suitable weapon, right?"

True Person Qin smiled: "My Qian Dao Palace is actually a fragment of a Dao Tribulation Imperial Weapon; I will cast a sword from the Dao Palace to gift to the General."

Li Hao was slightly stunned—a Dao Tribulation Imperial Weapon?

He looked at the majestic Qian Dao Palace below, and now, with intent, he immediately discerned some clues.

"It is a pity that this sword is only hard enough; the might of the Imperial Weapon has long since dissipated."

True Person Qin sighed.

Li Hao nodded slightly; he was indeed lacking a suitable divine sword. The original Long Xiao Divine Sword was like willow catkins in his hands—if he exerted too much force, it would easily deform and break. As for the other Sage Heart treasures, they were equivalent to the hardness of his own physical body, so they were essentially optional.

"No matter, as long as it is hard and sharp enough, that will do."

Li Hao said.

True Person Qin nodded, and then set a time with Li Hao.

Learning that it would take three months, Li Hao was not in a hurry; he still had many things to do.

Bidding farewell to the True Person and the two people below, Li Hao left the Qian Dao Palace.

When he returned to the Imperial Palace, the dilapidated halls here had already been repaired; after all, this is a world of martial artists, and constructing buildings is far too easy.

Seeing Li Hao again, Hearing Hearing Yu Huang's expression was even more complex: "You brat, if it weren't for what the Wang Clan said, how much longer did you intend to hide it from me?"

Although the words were a reprimand, the tone was one of heartache.

"What?"

"Chong Er is actually you, and this Merit Treasury was also opened by you, you..."

When Hearing Hearing Yu Huang first learned this news from the mouths of Wang Zhendong and others who came to reinforce them, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning, experiencing a sense of bewilderment.

Although Li Hao is very strong, he knew that the situation in the Mo River is complex, and martial force alone might not be able to solve it.

Saving the Imperial Palace and opening the Merit Treasury for Da Yu has created fortune for hundreds of millions of martial artists.

Hearing Hearing Yu Huang looked at the youth before him, his heart already at a loss for how to express it.

"These are all small matters, and merely for the sake of survival."

Li Hao smiled and did not take the matter too seriously, saying to Hearing Hearing Yu Huang: "Your Majesty, are you still helping me collect those paintings and chess manuals?"

Hearing Hearing Yu Huang regained his senses and gave a bitter smile: "I have already dispatched two departments to help you search and collect them everywhere."

Li Hao nodded and then bid farewell to the other party.

Learning of Li Hao's intentions, Hearing Hearing Yu Huang did not stop him, only saying: "Although you are already not lacking in merit, and the same goes for titles, for the sake of granting you incense offerings in the future, I will still confer titles upon you and announce it to the world."

"Hmm."

Li Hao nodded and did not stop him.

When Li Hao left the Imperial Palace, the Imperial City also issued a decree of conferment, announcing it to the world.

The decree listed Li Hao's various meritorious deeds and also announced Li Hao's identity as Chong Er.

For this merit, he is conferred as a Divine General.

For saving the three provinces—Liangzhou, Youzhou, and Qingzhou—he is likewise conferred as a Divine General for the merit of the three provinces.

For saving the Imperial City and the Imperial Palace, and guarding the incense of the Daoist temple, he is still conferred as a Divine General.

With the merit of a Triple Divine General gathered in one person, Hearing Hearing Yu Huang broke the precedent of the former emperors for this, conferring upon Li Hao the title of Da Yu Heavenly General, granting him a Great Province, building a Heavenly General Mansion for him, and conferring upon him the title of Eternal Guardian Deity!

With the publication of this decree, the nineteen provinces of the world were all boiling with shock.

Every Divine General Mansion and countless noble clans were also in an uproar.

The words of merit above and the name of Hao Tian thoroughly resounded throughout the nineteen provinces.

The title of Heavenly General is equal in rank to the Son of Heaven, on par with the Emperor, and holds all power of life and death within Da Yu; even if the Imperial Clan commits an offense, he can execute them directly.

His rank is higher than the Divine General Mansions, and he can mobilize any military power in the world at will; all Divine General Mansions must respond to his call at any time and may not disobey!

As the details of the various decrees emerged, countless people were left dumbfounded and lost in thought.

This is simply a God of War; to call him the second emperor of Da Yu would not be an exaggeration.