Chapter 558: Law of Heaven and Earth, Triple Sage Co-cultivation (Guaranteed 4K bonus update 9)

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Along with the increase in poetry and book experience, Li Hao's Poetry and Book Dao rose from the 5th stage to the 6th stage.

"Nothingness, the beginning of all things..."

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Li Hao murmured to himself, thinking of Lin Qingying's Sword Dao—the Swordless Dao.

Initially, his comprehension of this Sword Dao had remained on the surface, but at this moment, he felt a sense of complete mastery.

With a wave of his hand, sword Qi gathered in Li Hao's palm, swirling and coiling like a vortex; it was vast in number, resembling a miniature hurricane of sword Qi.

But as his Dao intent gradually surged in, this hurricane-like sword Qi gradually dissipated, spreading from a tiny vortex to the entire horizon.

Wield a wisp of sword Qi, and one can only cut a gentle breeze.

Wield a piece of heaven and earth, and one can cut the sun, moon, and all things!

No sword in hand, no sword in heart; heaven and earth are all swords, yet none are swords.

Li Hao's eyes flashed with sudden realization. In this moment, he grasped the true essence of the Swordless Dao. With this sword alone, he seemed to have transcended, touching the bottleneck of Sacrificing the Dao!

But this was the Sword Dao Li Hao had passed to Lin Qingying, not his own. However, the essence of this Sword Dao had also merged into his "Only I" Sword Dao, making its power greater than ever before.

As Li Hao's thoughts converged, the Great Dao aura surrounding him gradually retracted, draping over him like clouds and fallen leaves, making him appear as if he were sitting in the center of the starry universe—the center of heaven and earth, radiating nobility and grandeur.

Seeing Li Hao's eyes return to clarity, Feng Feng Bo Ping stepped forward and smiled:

"Seeing you just now, has your Sage Dao had a breakthrough?"

"Mm."

Li Hao nodded. That Dao scripture had expressed many of the insights in his heart. Combined with his own Sage Dao comprehension, his Sage Dao was now refined to a degree that even he found terrifying; he had already touched the traces of the Heavenly Dao! Although he had not endured the tribulation, the Sage Dao was self-formed. In terms of Sage Dao alone, it was even more terrifying than his current physical body! "It is time to go settle accounts with that Buddhist Sect and the Void Sage."

Li Hao said.

Hearing this, Feng Feng Bo Ping pondered: "Do not be hasty. Your Sage Dao has only just stabilized; you should cultivate a bit more. Moreover, besides them, that Buddhist Sect and the Void Sacred Land have other Sages. The Green Lamp Buddha of the Buddhist Sect is unfathomable and will never sit idly by while you kill the Buddha Venerable. And the Void Sage's master—that old fellow is not dead either. I nearly fell into his hands back then."

"They have retreated into their Sacred Lands and can mobilize all the power within them to bolster themselves. They are invincible within the same realm. Even if there is hope of defeating them, it is very difficult to kill them!"

Li Hao's eyes flickered. Although Old Feng knew his Sage Dao had improved, he did not know to what extent.

Now, except for the Supreme Sage, he was absolutely confident that if he encountered the Buddha Venerable and the Void Sage again, he could kill them and destroy their Sage Dao along with them.

It was just that...

Li Hao thought of the movement techniques they used to flee earlier; they all possessed special divine abilities that surpassed the Return to Ruins Extreme Realm. If the opponent was determined to escape, he might not necessarily be able to kill them.

His movement technique was his shortcoming. In previous clashes, he had used the Extreme Realm to cover this flaw. In the mortal world, the Extreme Realm was the peak, so even if his movement technique was weaker than those in the same realm, he could easily kill them, and they could not escape his grasp.

But all Sages possessed the Extreme Realm, and now the flaw in his movement technique was fully exposed.

Seeing Li Hao pondering in silence, Feng Feng Bo Ping continued: "In half a year, the Sage Dao Discussion Assembly will be held. Sages from all heavens will be present. The Heaven's Pride Battle is just a carnival for the juniors, but the Sage Dao Discussion Assembly is a grand event that can truly influence the heavens!"

"Sage Dao Discussion Assembly?"

Li Hao revealed a questioning look.

Feng Feng Bo Ping nodded: "That's right. Besides the Sages discussing the Dao, this assembly also concerns the division of the Sacred Lands of the heavens, the contention for incense, and so on—it concerns the changes in the structure of the heavens! Therefore, all Sages of the heavens will be present, presided over by the Supreme Sage. If there are disputes between Supreme Sages, they will also be conducted at the Discussion Assembly. Moreover, the Seeing Yuanzu will conclude the event by preaching the Dao to the Sages!"

The Seeing Yuanzu preaching the Dao!

This was the reason the Seeing Yuanzu was revered by countless people—teaching the Great Dao to the masses so that all living beings could contemplate it.

And when the Seeing Yuanzu preached, even the Sages could gain insights. The reason the Seeing Yuanzu possessed such profound prestige and connections was also because many Sages had received his grace and guidance! As the oldest Sage, no one could truly see through the Seeing Yuanzu's foundation.

There was once a Supreme Sage who discussed the Dao with the Seeing Yuanzu but was easily suppressed, nearly causing his Sage Dao to collapse and fall out of the Supreme Sage level. That battle also cemented the Seeing Yuanzu's supreme status.

"Does Old Feng mean to wait until the Discussion Assembly to resolve them?"

Li Hao pondered.

Feng Feng Bo Ping nodded and said: "They were beaten away by you; they must have ambushes and preparations upon returning. Going to their home turf is disadvantageous for us. But they will inevitably attend the Discussion Assembly. If they truly dare not come, it won't be too late for us to go to their Sacred Lands then!"

Li Hao pondered for a moment. Old Feng's move was indeed more prudent.

Although he had full confidence in his heart, given the flaw in his movement technique, if he were to act immediately, he might not necessarily be able to kill them.

Moreover, if the opponent had other external aid or used precious treasures to invite a Supreme Sage to help, he could also encounter danger.

The closer to death, the more ferocious the counterattack; he had to be careful and not be dismissive.

"Very well. I still have many cultivation issues that haven't been resolved; I can take this opportunity to solve them all at once."

Li Hao said.

Seeing Li Hao listen to advice, Feng Feng Bo Ping breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "Not bad. You have become a Sage; there is no need to rush. We aren't going, so it is they who should be restless, as they don't know when we will strike."

Li Hao smiled, then asked: "Old Feng, after crossing the Three Calamities, how does one cultivate to become a Supreme Sage? What exactly is the gap between a Supreme Sage and a Sage?"

He had not yet crossed the heavenly tribulation and had not touched that bottleneck, so he knew nothing about it.

Feng Feng Bo Ping laughed, knowing Li Hao would ask. Now that Li Hao had become a Sage, he was naturally prepared to explain these things to him in detail.

"The Three Calamities of the Sage: after crossing the Human Calamity, one can preach the Dao and accelerate the absorption of incense. After crossing the Earth Calamity, one is immune to all techniques and possesses a body that nothing can break, comparable to a Sage Dao Imperial Weapon!"

"After crossing the Heavenly Calamity, the Sage Dao will reach perfection!"

"At this time, it is the Three Realms of the Sage Dao! And above perfection is the Supreme Sage. A Supreme Sage is equivalent to half a Sage Dao Extreme Realm. This realm was also initially opened up by the Seeing Yuanzu. After the Sage Dao is perfected, if one continues to contemplate, one will perceive the Heavenly Dao!"

"Perceiving the Heavenly Dao is only the first step. If one can borrow power from the Heavenly Dao, one is a Supreme Sage. At this time, there will be a trace of Heavenly Will within the perfected Sage Dao!"

"Therefore, a Supreme Sage can use this trace of Heavenly Will to easily destroy the Sage Dao of other Sages. After all, no matter how strong a Sage Dao is, it is no match for Heavenly Will!"

"Besides this, Supreme Sages can all sense the Heart of Heaven, which is what the Buddhist Sect calls destiny, but it is only a vague sense. Even so, it is already very terrifying, similar to predicting the future and being half a prophet. Therefore, Supreme Sages rarely fall, as they can sense danger in advance!"

Feng Feng Bo Ping said.

Li Hao was stunned. Perceiving the Heavenly Dao? Heavenly Will?

He suddenly felt that this statement was somewhat familiar. When Immortal Transformation reached its peak, Li Hao had also faintly glimpsed that trace of Heavenly Venerable will! Did these two have something in common?

Li Hao's eyes flickered. After thinking carefully, he soon realized that what Old Feng was talking about was the Supreme Sage perceiving and complying with Heavenly Will to borrow it, whereas when Immortal Transformation reached its peak—the Sixth Final Realm—it was about controlling Heavenly Will. Therefore, Li Hao called this realm Heavenly Venerable!

"One is borrowing, the other is controlling. In this way, the power of the Sixth Final Realm should be even more terrifying than that of a Supreme Sage..."

Li Hao's eyes flickered, but he had only touched a trace of the Sixth Final Realm. Earlier, when he killed those six Dao Law Realm cultivators in the mortal world, he had only controlled a trace of Heavenly Venerable will.

Only by fully mastering it could it be considered the Final Realm! "The Extreme Realm and the Final Realm, although difficult to cultivate, seem to correspond to certain powers at higher levels of cultivation realms. If one cultivates to the extreme or the Final Realm, one can master them in advance, and they are even more terrifying..."

Li Hao's eyes flashed. He had long since realized this, such as the Fifteen-Li Extreme Realm and Return to Ruins teleportation.

If one cultivated to the limit in the Fifteen-Li Realm, the effect of this Extreme Realm teleportation was more terrifying than the first level of the Four Standing Realms or the Dao Rhyme teleportation of the Dao Heart Realm; it was impossible to capture!

And Dao Rhyme teleportation could be seen through at a glance by those in the Hearing Dao Realm, but the Return to Ruins Extreme Realm left no traces at all.

"You have crossed the Human Tribulation; your physical body is comparable to a Dao Tribulation Imperial Weapon. Among the Sages of the heavens, except for the Supreme Sages, there should be no one whose physical body is more formidable than yours, even the other Sages of the Hun Tian Sacred Land, including those dragon demons of the Ancestral Dragon Sacred Land."

Feng Feng Bo Ping said with a smile. A savage physical body, although it did not mean the attack was the strongest—for example, it was difficult for Li Hao to chase down a Three Calamities Sage who wanted to flee—at least in terms of saving one's life, it was top-tier.

Coupled with Li Hao cultivating to the Tongli Final Realm, it was even harder to die. Even a Supreme Sage would likely have to expend some effort to kill Li Hao.

Li Hao nodded slightly, but in his heart, he couldn't help but sigh. If only his Cooking Dao had also reached the 10th stage, he could have quickly raised his Sword Dao to the 10th stage as well. Even if he couldn't catch up, he could have split the Buddha Venerable with one sword! In that case, the opponent wouldn't even have the chance to run, so the question of whether he could catch up wouldn't exist.

"You can try this rewarded incense. Others have sacrificed the Dao to become Sages in the past, but later, when absorbing incense, there seemed to be some obstacles, and they couldn't dual-cultivate. I am not too clear about this either. After all, I failed to sacrifice the Dao. Perhaps a Supreme Sage knows how to balance them. If you can't find a clue, you can go ask the Seeing Yuanzu."

Feng Feng Bo Ping said to Li Hao.

Li Hao frowned and said: "Has no one tried triple-cultivation to become a Sage?"

Feng Feng Bo Ping laughed and said: "Everyone has such thoughts, but no one can do it. You know the difficulty. Just sacrificing the Dao to become a Sage is already very difficult, let alone triple-cultivation. Moreover, the Extreme Dao concerns the God Race and is prohibited. Even if someone crosses the most difficult sacrifice of the Dao and secretly cultivates the Extreme Dao, in the end, it seems they only single-cultivate the sacrifice of the Dao and cannot co-cultivate."

Li Hao's eyes flickered. Those who could cultivate to the Sage Realm were all Heaven's Prides, and there was no shortage of arrogant people. The idea of triple-cultivation was certainly not rare.

It was just that no one could do it.

"I will try it myself first."

Li Hao said.

He didn't intend to ask first. If the Seeing Yuanzu knew, perhaps the other party was a triple-cultivation Sage! Thinking of this, Li Hao felt a bit more wary of the Seeing Yuanzu.

"Mm. Reaching the Sage Realm means being a pioneer, establishing life for the masses, and opening a new chapter for heaven and earth. No one is walking in front of us anymore to lead the way; we should lead the way for those who come after."

Feng Feng Bo Ping praised, his eyes revealing emotion, as well as the heroic spirit of facing the unknown of heaven and earth.

Hearing his words, Li Hao couldn't help but feel a vast radiance in his heart. Yes, reaching the Sage Realm meant no longer needing to walk others' paths; the path he walked would be the path others followed!

He would become a pathfinder, no longer a learner.

If one asked who could become a teacher of Sages, there were only two: the first was heaven and earth, and the second was the Great Dao! Comprehending from the Great Dao, comprehending from heaven and earth, writing a new chapter for his own Sage Dao, and opening up a new Sage Dao and a new cultivation system for all living beings! After Old Feng left, Li Hao took out the Incense Golden Body rewarded for being the first among the Supreme Heaven's Prides.

He did not hesitate and imprinted a trace of his soul intent onto the Golden Body.

In an instant, the incense sealed within the Golden Body seemed to find a host and a place to rest, instantly turning into rich, misty rosy light, flying out from the Golden Body and being absorbed into Li Hao's body.

The incense condensed within his body grew rapidly. In the blink of an eye, the second and third sticks of incense were all condensed.

With the three sticks of incense condensed, he was already able to use incense to become a Sage! But Li Hao felt that although these three sticks of incense were indeed condensed and even longer and thicker than others, they seemed to be shrouded by something and could not... be lit! Before he sacrificed the Dao, Li Hao felt that the three sticks of incense were like being held in his hand at any time, extremely close, but now, they seemed very far away.

Moreover, he could mobilize the power of incense before and light it at any time, but now he found he no longer had this ability.

"Cannot be lit? Can only absorb incense but cannot use it?!"

Li Hao was stunned. He didn't expect that there was really a barrier between incense and sacrificing the Dao, making them unable to be co-cultivated.

And that Extreme Dao power, retreating into his limbs, was even further away from the three sticks of incense in his heart.

Li Hao frowned and sensed carefully, only to find that it was the Sage Dao power in his physical body that had suppressed the three sticks of incense, making them unable to be lit.

This Sage Dao power was like a membrane, isolating the air, and without air, it could not be ignited.

Unless he let the Sage Dao crack and break open, revealing a gap, the three sticks of incense would not be suppressed so severely and could barely be lit.

But in this way, both powers would be half-baked, and it would not even be as good as single-cultivating one Dao.

"Is this the difficulty of being unable to co-cultivate?"

Li Hao's eyes flickered, and he suddenly felt it was tricky; this seemed to be an unsolvable problem.

If he wanted to light the three sticks of incense, he had to let the Sage Dao break open. If he split the Sage Dao, his own strength would be damaged and severely injured, which would be a loss that outweighed the gain.

"If the physical body were a bit bigger, with two chests, or an incarnation..."

Li Hao's thoughts turned rapidly, floating wildly. He condensed two more physical bodies, placed the three powers separately in the other two physical bodies, and then combined the three bodies into one. Could they be co-cultivated this way? Thinking of this, his mind moved, and he bit his finger. Although his finger skin was comparable to a Dao Tribulation Imperial Weapon, his teeth were sharper and could even bite through a Dao Tribulation Imperial Weapon! As his divine blood fell, Li Hao immediately separated a portion of his intent, letting the divine blood condense into an incarnation.

Afterward, he tried to transfer the incense power in his body to the incarnation.

This process was somewhat difficult, but overall it went smoothly.

After the transfer, Li Hao began to light the three sticks of incense in the incarnation.

This time, it was successfully lit, but it still encountered some obstacles. The soul intent in the incarnation also contained his own Sage Dao power, but it was relatively weak, so it did not suppress the incense power.

And as the incense power was lit, that Sage Dao power seemed to be scorched and soon faded away.

In this way, this incarnation only had incense power but no sacrifice of the Dao power.

Li Hao frowned and absorbed the incarnation back into his main body. The process went smoothly, and as they merged, the incense power was also transferred to the main body.

But when the three sticks of incense returned to his own physical body, the incense power was extinguished, suppressed again by the Sage Dao power.

Li Hao was speechless. He had been busy for nothing; as long as they combined, the incense power would be suppressed.

If he only let the incarnation inherit the incense power, it would be meaningless.

After all, the incense power in the incarnation would drive away the sacrifice of the Dao power. As one grew and the other waned, his strength would not improve much.

"Can only cultivate one kind of Sage Dao; they repel each other..."

Li Hao's eyes flickered. It seemed he really had to go ask a Supreme Sage how to walk this path.

Thinking this, Li Hao looked at the three heaven and earth treasures. He did not move to give them to Gongming to absorb. Since he was going to ask for advice, he had to give a gift, so he would take these as a thin gift.

Li Hao sensed Old Feng's aura in the Sacred Land's cave dwelling and sent him a voice transmission, saying he was going to the Tianyuan Realm.

"Do you need company?"

"No need, I'll be back soon."

After greeting Old Feng, Li Hao set off quickly, crossing the barriers of the Small Thousand World and flying all the way.

Now that his physical body had become a Sage, Li Hao could see the Great Dao of heaven and earth with his naked eyes and could also see many void cracks, shuttling through them at will, tens of thousands of miles in an instant, far exceeding the object-controlling range of the Fifteen-Li Realm.

But that was purely controlling through power, so controlling objects for a hundred miles could touch the Extreme Realm, while this instant tens of thousands of miles was a shortcut, controlling the air through the paths of heaven and earth cracks and the Great Dao; they were two different things.

If he relied solely on brute force to move tens of thousands of miles, even a Sage could not do it.

Traveling at full speed, in about half a day, Li Hao arrived at the Tianyuan Realm again.

Arriving at the familiar Tianyuan Sacred Mountain, Li Hao went straight to the top to pay a visit.

"It is the Hao Heavenly Venerable, right? Master has already ordered me to wait here for a long time. Please follow me."

As soon as Li Hao arrived at the top of the mountain, he saw a Half-Sage of the Seeing Yuanzu Sacred Land who seemed to have been waiting for a long time. He was dressed in white and looked over sixty, but he had a face full of smiles. After bowing to Li Hao, he said with a hint of awe.

"Mm?"

Hearing this, Li Hao was somewhat surprised. The Seeing Yuanzu had anticipated he would come?

His thoughts flickered, and he soon understood. He had sacrificed the Dao to become a Sage, and after obtaining the incense power, he would inevitably cultivate it. It was not strange that the Seeing Yuanzu had anticipated he would come to find him.

Moreover, Old Feng said that Supreme Sages could perceive Heavenly Will and vaguely glimpse the future.

Following the other party to the Tianyuan Sacred Mountain, he arrived at the cave dwelling where the Seeing Yuanzu had previously invited the Supreme Sages and Li Hao.

The decorations here were relatively simple, but Li Hao could feel that the tables, chairs, benches, and even the teacups and plates contained the power of Dao Rhyme. The entire cave dwelling was surrounded by the Great Dao, appearing to be an immortal residence.

"Little friend, you have come here to seek the method of co-cultivation, right?"

The Seeing Yuanzu was sitting in the cave dwelling, drinking tea. Beside him was a familiar figure. Li Hao looked over and saw it was Xiao Tianyu.

But compared to before, his demeanor and bearing had undergone earth-shaking changes; he was more indifferent, composed, and possessed an ethereal, transcendent aura.

Li Hao saw at a glance that the other party had become a Sage and had rich incense power in his body.

Obviously, as a disciple of the Seeing Yuanzu, his incense power would not be lacking.

Another point that made the Sages wary of the Seeing Yuanzu was that the Seeing Yuanzu's incense power was indisputably the first in the heavens!

For those who used incense to become a Sage, the amount of incense was the manifestation of strength, and the amount of incense the Seeing Yuanzu had accumulated was supreme in the heavens. Therefore, in terms of incense power, no one could compete with him.

"Not bad. The Seeing Yuanzu is indeed as wise as a god."

Li Hao smiled.

The Seeing Yuanzu smiled slightly and said: "Knowing you sacrificed the Dao to become a Sage, I guessed you would come to ask. I just didn't expect you to come only after several months. Little friend's temperament is indeed steady."

Li Hao had spent these months mainly immersed in the fusion and comprehension of the Dao scripture and his own Sage Dao. He had only just absorbed the incense, but the other party likely thought he had already absorbed it and had only come to visit after finding no way forward for several months.

There wasn't much difference between the two, and Li Hao didn't explain. He indeed didn't have a very good idea at the moment and wanted to come here to learn. If there was a way, it would be better; if there wasn't, perhaps he could find some clues.

While the two were talking, Xiao Tianyu just sat on the side, drinking tea quietly while staring at Li Hao. They hadn't seen each other for several months, and now he was on equal footing with Li Hao; both were Sages.

But he knew that just by Li Hao's previous means of defeating the Buddha Venerable and scaring away the Void Sage, even as fellow Sages, there was still a significant gap between them.

"I have a thin gift here. Please accept it, Seeing Yuanzu, and tell me the method of co-cultivation."

Li Hao took out two heaven and earth treasures and handed them to the Seeing Yuanzu, keeping only one for himself.

The Seeing Yuanzu took a look and immediately became happy; this was exactly the reward he had previously given to Li Hao.

"I accept your intention, but this gift is unnecessary. To tell you the truth, many Sages of the heavens have come to ask me about this matter after becoming Sages, including those who have now become Supreme Sages. But even for me, after years of bitter study, there is no particularly suitable method, only a relatively compromise method."

The Seeing Yuanzu smiled and said: "Triple Sage co-cultivation is highly likely to concern the Sage Extreme Realm. If it can truly be achieved, it will possess incredible power, enough to suppress the Sages of the heavens with one's own strength!"

"But this method is also difficult. My compromise method is highly likely to be a wrong path."

Having said this, he looked at Li Hao and said: "In this case, do you still want to cultivate it?"

Li Hao's eyes flickered, and he said: "How does the Seeing Yuanzu know it is a wrong path?"

"Because although this path can allow three kinds of power to coexist, it has not touched the Extreme Realm I imagined, and there is only one possibility for the path of the Sage Extreme Realm."

The Seeing Yuanzu said.

Xiao Tianyu listened quietly to their conversation and lowered his head to drink tea.

Sure enough, as a Heaven's Pride who became a Sage, there was no one who didn't want to co-cultivate three kinds of Sage Dao in one go.

It was like mortals wanting to go to heaven; after becoming a Sage, one wanted to become an immortal. But wanting to and doing it were two different things.

Li Hao understood and nodded: "I would like to hear the details. I want to try walking it."

Seeing Li Hao say this, the Seeing Yuanzu seemed to have anticipated it and was not surprised. He smiled and said: "Incarnations, including reincarnation bodies, and even splitting soul intent for reincarnation—I have tried these methods, but they were all useless. In the end, I used the most superficial and straightforward method, which is to establish two restrictions in the body, like walls, to isolate these three kinds of power!"

"When you need to use them, you just need to slightly release the restrictions to display them."

Li Hao was stunned. Building walls in the body to isolate three kinds of power?

It was indeed simple and crude... Li Hao's eyes twitched, but he soon realized that although the idea was simple, the restrictions the Seeing Yuanzu spoke of might not be simple.

Being able to isolate Sage Dao power so that they didn't affect each other meant the restrictions must be extremely terrifying.

The Seeing Yuanzu smiled and said: "These isolating restrictions are what I have studied for many years. If you want to learn, I can pass them to you."

Li Hao looked at him and could faintly see the kindness in the other party's eyes.

Previously, he had suffered grievances, and the other party hadn't spoken up. Although he presided over justice for him after the truth came to light, Li Hao still felt some resentment in his heart. But after he realized the incompleteness of his Sage Dao heaven and earth, this resentment dissipated.

Because he could tolerate this incompleteness; after all, others had no obligation to speak up for justice.

Moreover, good and evil were just concepts extended by the Buddhist Sect. Other Sages might not have concepts of good and evil. For example, the Mohist School only had the concept of equality; there was no distinction between high and low, no good and evil, and the Sage Dao was universal love for all living beings.

"How can I repay this favor?"

Li Hao asked.

Sages might not talk about good and evil, but they must talk about trade-offs; this was the foundation of the human Dao.

"No need to repay. This is not a favor."

The Seeing Yuanzu shook his head slightly and said: "You don't need to take it to heart. Any Sage of the heavens who comes to ask, I will pass on this method."

Li Hao's eyes flickered. He looked at him intently, thought for a moment, left one of the two heaven and earth treasures, and said: "Although the Seeing Yuanzu doesn't need it, I received it for nothing and feel ashamed in my heart. I hope you will accept this item."

The Seeing Yuanzu took a look and said: "If it can make your state of mind smooth, then so be it."

After saying that, he put away the heaven and earth treasure.

Afterward, he passed the two restrictions to Li Hao via voice transmission.

Li Hao remembered them all and did not cultivate them immediately. After savoring them for a moment, he stood up and said: "I have disturbed you today, so I will take my leave."

The Seeing Yuanzu chuckled and said: "Feel free to come and sit whenever you have time. My humble abode is quiet, and I would like some liveliness."

Li Hao smiled, exchanged a few pleasantries, and then cupped his hands to say goodbye.

Seeing Li Hao about to leave, Xiao Tianyu suddenly said: "Will you come to the Discussion Assembly in half a year?"

Li Hao looked at him and nodded: "I will."

Now, he was not afraid of exposing his tracks and being intercepted. Except for the Supreme Sages, there were not many who could threaten him.

A smile appeared on Xiao Tianyu's face, and he said: "Then I will wait for you. If there is an opportunity then, you and I will discuss the Dao. I want to see if my cultivation in this life has improved!"

"Fine."

The other party was a disciple of the Seeing Yuanzu. For the sake of the Seeing Yuanzu, Li Hao had no reason to refuse.

After saying this, Li Hao left the cave dwelling.

After Li Hao left, Xiao Tianyu looked at the Seeing Yuanzu and said: "Master, these restrictions can interfere with the Sage Dao and are top-tier means in the heavens. Did you really pass them to him so easily?"

The Seeing Yuanzu chuckled and said: "This child is incomparable to other Sages. Even if I didn't pass them on, he would eventually figure them out in a hundred or a thousand years. It would just be a waste of time. Instead of that, it is better to give him a favor. However, he doesn't seem to like owing others favors."

Looking at the heaven and earth treasure in his hand, he smiled helplessly and threw it to Xiao Tianyu: "Take it and feed that longbow of yours."

Xiao Tianyu took it and didn't stand on ceremony, saying thank you, Master.

"Master, you spent over ten thousand years studying these restrictions, and he can comprehend them in a thousand years. Isn't his comprehension higher than yours?"

Xiao Tianyu asked.

The Seeing Yuanzu shook his head and smiled, saying: "In the heavens, there is more than one person whose comprehension is higher than your master's. Your master just started earlier. In terms of comprehension, your master is very dull; otherwise, I wouldn't have been trapped here all these years."

Speaking of this, a glimmer of light appeared in his eyes, but it soon faded.

"Master is being modest."

Xiao Tianyu said in a low voice. He knew his master's temperament. Although his comprehension was not the absolute peak of the heavens, it was extremely terrifying; otherwise, how could he have cultivated to become the first Sage in that barbaric era?...

Leaving the Seeing Yuanzu, Li Hao returned to the Small Thousand World.

Returning to his small courtyard, he went into seclusion to cultivate again.

Li Hao carefully contemplated the two restrictions. The Seeing Yuanzu's preaching was extremely detailed, and he found it extremely easy to comprehend, mastering them quickly.

"These two restrictions can actually affect the Sage Dao..."

Li Hao's eyes flickered, feeling more and more the terror of these two restrictions. They were definitely not simple, yet the other party passed them to him so easily. This Seeing Yuanzu could make all Sages revere him; he indeed had means that made people admire him.

Li Hao constructed one restriction in his body, and then he discovered that the influence of the Sage Dao power in his body on the incense had decreased.

He immediately tried to light the incense and immediately found that all three sticks were lit.

A surge of incense power burned fiercely in his body.

The Great Dao seemed to be attracted, gathering around. The smoke from the incense burning turned into a surging power, circulating in his body.

But as the smoke circulated and the power connected, his own Sage Dao power seemed to weaken, suppressed by the incense power.

Li Hao tried to condense the Sage Dao power and found that it could be condensed, but it was suppressed by the restrictions, and coupled with the coverage of the incense power, what could be displayed was extremely limited.

Li Hao tried to press the power of the restrictions toward the incense power and found the effect was the opposite; the Sage Dao power suppressed the incense again. Although he could also use the incense power at the same time, it was very weak.

"So that's how it is..."

Li Hao realized that this method, although it could allow three kinds of power to appear at the same time, had a primary and secondary order.

Simply put, even if one co-cultivated three kinds of power, it was not as Li Hao imagined—three kinds of power circulating freely—but rather with a clear primary and secondary order.

Although it was stronger than single-cultivating one kind, it was very limited, suppressing the other two and forming a primary and secondary order, rather than all three being able to be displayed to the fullest.

"No wonder it is said that this is a wrong path. If there really is a Sage Extreme Realm, it is definitely not this..."

"But besides this path, is there really another way to triple-cultivate the Sages?"

Li Hao's eyes revealed contemplation. Setting aside this method, it seemed even less compatible.

Perhaps Sages could only single-cultivate.

Li Hao dissipated the restrictions, the three sticks of incense were immediately extinguished, and the Sage Dao power became the master.

Li Hao couldn't help but sigh. This was not the path he wanted to walk.

"They are clearly all Sage Dao; why can't they be compatible? Heaven and earth can accommodate all things, yet cannot accommodate three kinds of Sage Dao?"

Li Hao murmured to himself.

But in his mind, a voice seemed to be saying that heaven and earth were heaven and earth, and he was just him; he could not be compared to heaven and earth.

But what if his physical body could be cultivated to be as majestic as heaven and earth? Li Hao's eyes revealed contemplation.

The physical body could not truly be like heaven and earth, but he was born from this heaven and earth; he was a part of it and could also be a part of heaven and earth.

He was a particle extended by heaven and earth; at the same time, heaven and earth were also his extension! Thinking this through, Li Hao suddenly had a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

Dao Rhyme circulated around him, Li Hao sat cross-legged, and the Sage Dao aura became increasingly brilliant and intense.

What is heaven and earth?

Heaven and earth begin from nothingness; existence is born from nothingness.

Li Hao's physical body was changing and tempering. A body-refining method born from the Dao operated on his own body. His body absorbed many Dao Rhymes, his volume increased explosively, and his body was changing.

"What is that?"

When Li Hao's body surged to rush out of the small courtyard, many disciples on the Stealing Heaven Sacred Mountain saw Li Hao's appearance and were all shocked.

"Mm?"

Feng Feng Bo Ping, who had just been lying in the clouds, suddenly sat up, looking at Li Hao, whose volume had reached a hundred feet high, and was somewhat stunned. He could feel that Li Hao's physical body contained terrifying power. Between his bones, flesh, and pores, divine electricity seemed to be surging, and his divine blood was like a furnace, emitting a scorching aura.

"What is he cultivating?"

Feng Feng Bo Ping was somewhat stunned. This movement was too big; it seemed to be about to support and break the sky! He reacted, quickly raised his hand, and the clouds and mist rolled, immediately surrounding Li Hao's body to avoid being spied on.

But the movement here had already alarmed everyone on the Sacred Mountain.

"Is that the Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth?!"

"No, the Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth is slightly illusory; that is real!"

"Is it the Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth condensed to the extreme? How can a real physical body be so huge?!"

Many disciples looked up, only to see clouds and mist surrounding and obscuring that majestic body.

In the crowd, Lin Baichuan, Chu Hanwei, and other Sacred Sons of the Stealing Heaven Sacred Land were all staring at this scene, then looked at each other.

"He seems to be getting more and more terrifying."

Lin Baichuan saw the clouds and mist obscuring him and recognized it as his master's means. He withdrew his gaze and said with a complex and bitter expression.

Once they were all Heaven's Prides, but now the Supreme Heaven's Pride Battle had ended, the other party had become a Sage and was titled Venerable, while they were still Sacred Sons, only able to compare to Half-Sages, far, far away from Sages.

Chu Hanwei stared intently, without speaking, just pursing her lips tightly.

And at this time, Li Hao, surrounded by clouds and mist, was still growing in volume.

Surging power and Great Dao aura permeated from his flesh and pores, and his physical body became incomparably huge.

When this power reached a bottleneck, Li Hao opened his eyes and immediately saw himself sitting on the top of the Sacred Mountain like a giant, overlooking the sea of clouds. The surrounding buildings had become extremely small, like sand, and his courtyard had long been crushed by his explosively growing body.

That originally spacious courtyard was now not even as big as his toe.

Li Hao looked down but was not surprised. His current state melted the Great Dao and laws of heaven and earth, which was a fusion similar to body-refining techniques and divine abilities.

He called this power: Law of Heaven and Earth!

This was different from the Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth. The Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth was the manifestation of the inner will and Dao intent of the Ji Hun, an illusory shadow constructed by energy, while the Law of Heaven and Earth was accommodating power into the physical body.

Only when his physical body became a Sage could he contemplate and cultivate such a Sage Dao divine ability! Feeling the surging and explosively increasing power in his body, Li Hao dared not imagine what level the power would reach if he summoned the Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth and combined them.

"Now, my body is one of heaven and earth!"

Li Hao whispered.

The reason it was called Law of Heaven and Earth was also derived from this.

Imitating heaven, imitating earth, his physical body formed heaven and earth itself! "All things in heaven and earth can be fused, just because all things in heaven and earth are one breath!"

"This breath condenses all things, evolves all things, and the power of the Three Sages can all be hidden in this breath!"

Li Hao's eyes were unprecedentedly brilliant and clear; he realized the path of the Three Sages merging.

The reason he could have such an enlightenment was also related to his mastery of the Immortal Transformation Extreme Realm. Immortal Transformation peered into heaven and earth, condensing a breath of immortal Qi that was the origin of heaven and earth.

This breath of immortal Qi could become all things when gathered and be vast and traceless when scattered.

Comprehending the Immortal Transformation Extreme Realm, his thoughts were now natural, and he realized the bottleneck of the Three Sages merging.

Li Hao dissipated the Great Dao power in his body, the power retracted, and his physical body gradually shrank, shrinking back into the courtyard in the blink of an eye, his body red, his robes having been torn apart earlier.

But at this moment, Li Hao had no time to care about these things; his mind was entirely on the incense power in his body.

As a breath of immortal Qi circulated, his whole body condensed as one!

Dao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, three gives birth to all things! At this time, under the circulation of this immortal Qi, the three sticks of incense were lit.

Moreover, the Sage Dao power in his body was not affected or interfered with, and they coexisted.

Li Hao opened his eyes. In his eyes, sparks seemed to be reflected, but they soon dissipated. However, his aura became deeper and thicker. As the three sticks of incense burned, the incense power filled his whole body, and the smoke from the incense burning permeated his body, surrounding his Sage Dao. He could feel that his power had greatly improved, approaching double what it was before.

At the same time, he also saw countless incense gathering, the three sticks of incense becoming thicker and thicker, and the smoke from the burning becoming more and more rich.

"So that's how it is. One must cultivate the physical body to the extreme and condense the Law of Heaven and Earth to be able to have the Three Sages coexist in one body!"

Li Hao's eyes flickered. He didn't expect the conditions for triple-cultivating the Three Sages to be so harsh.

Besides cultivating the physical body to the extreme and condensing the Law of Heaven and Earth, one also had to master the Immortal Transformation Extreme Realm! Just this point alone made countless Sages retreat, and it was no wonder no one could master it.

At this time, Li Hao felt a sense of relief in his heart. This also showed that the Seeing Yuanzu should not possess such power, and the restrictions passed on might be a means that the Seeing Yuanzu himself was also using.

"When I have the power to defend it, I can pass this method to Old Feng..."

Li Hao thought to himself.

If a Supreme Sage knew he could display two kinds of Sage Dao to the fullest, or even three kinds of Sage Dao, not by restriction suppression, they would inevitably come to investigate.

But fortunately, even if he displayed two kinds of Sage Dao power at the same time now, the other party would only think it was the situation under restriction suppression. With the Seeing Yuanzu's passing it on as proof, it was enough to dispel some ill-intentioned thoughts.

When he possessed the power to suppress the heavens like the Seeing Yuanzu, he would not be stingy about preaching it. Whether others could comprehend it would depend on their own abilities, but it was not possible at the moment.

"Now, I just need to constantly absorb incense power and Extreme Dao power. My Extreme Dao power seems to be insufficient to become a Sage..."

Li Hao realized that the Extreme Dao power in his body, refined in his divine blood, was still a little short of being able to condense into a Sage Dao.

But now that he had become a Sage, he could no longer go to the Heavens Battlefield, where Sages were forbidden.

He could only go to the God Dynasty battlefields of other Small Worlds to absorb Extreme Dao power. Besides this, his Heavens Star Pulse could also continue to condense and cultivate while searching for Extreme Dao power, striving to reach the perfection of the Final Realm.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 559 =====