Chapter 568

Boom!

Within the Eternal Dao Domain, sword light shone brilliantly. As it suddenly condensed, the Void Ancestor, trapped deep within the domain, revealed a look of shock and anger in his eyes. Moments later, his aged body suddenly burst apart!

From the scattered flesh and body, golden divine blood spurted out—it was unexpectedly also at the Body Integration Realm!

The opponent's physical body had also been cultivated to the final realm, reaching the human limit, but he had not achieved sainthood through the flesh. He still could not withstand the suppression and killing of the Eternal Dao Domain, which was now infused with the Saint Dao.

That golden divine blood swirled about, containing vigorous life force; each drop was like a dewdrop of life.

Even in the turbulent void, it could withstand tempering without being destroyed, but Li Hao's Eternal Dao Domain was a hundred or a thousand times more powerful than the turbulent void. In an instant, following his thought, all the golden divine blood was suppressed and extinguished. The golden light dissipated like tiny golden starlight, vanishing into Li Hao's Dao Domain.

In the void, only that Thunder-Light Imperial Weapon remained.

Li Hao could feel that his Eternal Dao Domain could not affect or destroy this Dao Tribulation Imperial Weapon.

He raised his hand and beckoned, drawing the thunder-light into his palm. He sensed a trace of soul intent quietly dissipating within it—it was precisely that of the Void Ancestor.

"The Void Ancestor has also fallen!"

"My heavens, the Void Ancestor was a monstrous talent from the era when the Supreme Sage was born, the Void Old Ancestor, known for his divine escape of a hundred million miles. To think he was actually slaughtered like this!"

"The Void Sacred Land is going to perish from this day on!"

Outside the arena, many Half-Saints were struck dumb with horror upon seeing this.

This Void Ancestor was an old saint who had been famous for many years. His reputation was extremely resounding, and he was the anchor of the Void Sacred Land. Yet, he had failed to escape from Li Hao's hands and was directly slaughtered.

After slaughtering the Void Ancestor, Li Hao did not stop and continued to kill the other saints in the arena.

He used his Dao Domain to suppress them, easily subduing these saints whose Saint Dao was fracturing and whose cultivation bases were constantly declining.

Some saints, seeing that begging the Supreme Sage was fruitless, could only beg Li Hao to show mercy.

"Hao Tianzun, he is a saint of my Leidong Sacred Land. He was confused for a moment; could you spare his life? I am willing to exchange five Heavenly Treasures for it!"

At this moment, just as Li Hao was about to kill a saint whose body was flashing with thunder-light, a saint outside the arena suddenly spoke up.

The opponent appeared middle-aged, with purple hair and drifting thunder-light. He spoke to Li Hao in a low, sincere voice.

The sword Qi condensing at Li Hao's fingertips paused slightly. The saint before him seemed to see hope and hurriedly said to Li Hao:

"That's right, Hao Tianzun. I myself am also willing to take out two Heavenly Treasures to give to you. I was invited by that Buddha Venerable; I have no connection with him..."

With a 'bang', before he could finish speaking, the sword Qi at Li Hao's fingertips suddenly shot out.

In an instant, it pierced through the saint's body, and the sword Qi immediately dispersed from within him, tearing him apart and turning him into nothingness.

"Hao Tianzun!"

The Lei Sheng outside the Dao arena changed color, looking somewhat shocked and angry.

Li Hao glanced at him sideways and said, "He wasn't confused for a moment; he was very clear-headed. It is you who were confused for a moment, actually pleading for him. He attempted to destroy my Saint Dao; how could he be forgiven?"

Having said this, he continued, "I killed him, but you must still give those five Heavenly Treasures. That is a gift representing an apology from your Leidong Sacred Land. Otherwise, when he was debating the Dao with me, why didn't you stop him? Now you want me to spare his life!"

Having said this, Li Hao coldly glanced at the Lei Sheng and continued to kill the other saints.

The Lei Sheng was stunned, both shocked and angry. The person was killed, and the Heavenly Treasures still had to be given? Just as an apology? He had seen overbearing people, but never one this overbearing. However, that glance Li Hao cast made him feel a sense of trembling. If he provoked a guy like this and didn't appease him, he feared there would be endless trouble in the future.

Boom! Boom! Boom! As Li Hao struck one after another, all thirteen saints in the arena, except for the Green Lamp Buddha who had fled, lost their lives.

Li Hao also saw that this Dao Tribulation Imperial Weapon was extremely rare. Except for the Green Lamp Buddha and the Void Ancestor, the others didn't actually have one; they were just top-tier Supreme Treasures, Saint Dao Imperial Weapons.

But Saint Dao Imperial Weapons could not even injure his physical body now; they couldn't even break his skin, making them completely useless.

Twelve saints had fallen, yet there were not many bloodstains in the Dao arena; they had all been wiped away by Li Hao, annihilated and dissipated.

When Li Hao stopped, he was the only one left in the Dao arena, standing peacefully.

Looking at that overbearing and peerless figure, the various saints had solemn eyes, and the eyelids of many Half-Saints were twitching violently. These were saints! It took a thousand years to give birth to one, yet now twelve had fallen in one breath! "Has he... already become this terrifying?"

Among the Half-Saints, Zhan Tan, the Night Ancestor, Yao Chi, and many other Half-Saints who were acquainted with Li Hao were all stunned, their hearts shocked beyond measure.

When they first met Li Hao, he was only at the Hearing Dao Realm. Yet in the blink of an eye, in less than a year, the opponent was slaughtering saints as if they were chickens! In this abnormal silence of the entire arena, Li Hao looked around, swept his gaze over the Lei Sheng who had just spoken, and said:

"Since we are debating the Dao, we are also debating life and death. They failed in the debate. If they are the masters of a Sacred Land, I will destroy their Sacred Land. If they are not the masters, the Sacred Land they came from must, like the Lei Sheng, pay five Heavenly Treasures, and this matter will be considered settled!"

His words were clearly transmitted. The various saints came back to their senses, and many changed color slightly. Killing people and still making others apologize was a bit too ruthless.

However, if it were them, they would also cut the weeds and eliminate the roots. Saints do not stand under dangerous walls; they would naturally not be soft-hearted.

The Lei Sheng's expression was ugly. Since Li Hao said this in public, he had to give the five Heavenly Treasures. If he didn't, this fellow would definitely come to the Leidong Sacred Land to cause a scene, and then the loss would outweigh the gain.

It was just that five Heavenly Treasures were definitely a massive hemorrhage for a Sacred Land, and they might not even be able to produce them all at once.

"If you are unwilling to apologize, then I will visit one by one and demand them in person!"

Li Hao looked at the few saints who were suppressing their anger and said coldly.

"You forced the Green Lamp Buddha away and killed the Void Ancestor; it should be over. Their Sacred Lands are innocent. As a saint, you shouldn't be so petty."

At this moment, the Dharma Saint, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up to persuade him.

Li Hao looked at him and said, "Since they failed the debate, it means their Dao is not qualified. Since it is not qualified, leaving the Sacred Land to preach the Dao—wouldn't that be harming the world? Why should a minor Dao be widely preached!"

The Dharma Saint's expression sank slightly. He looked deeply at Li Hao and said no more.

By now, he could no longer treat Li Hao as an ordinary saint. He already had the qualifications to barely contend with a Supreme Sage. At the very least, killing Li Hao would be very difficult, unless they used the method they used to surround and kill the ancestor of the God Race.

But... the Li Hao before him had not yet touched the interests of so many people; it hadn't reached that level.

After Li Hao finished speaking, seeing that no one opposed or made a sound, he put away his Saint Dao. He then swept his gaze, said no more unnecessary words, walked off the Dao arena, and returned to his own meditation cushion.

As he walked, the eyes of the entire arena seemed to be glued to him. Even after Li Hao sat down, the crowd's gaze did not move away.

If the Supreme Prodigy Battle made Li Hao famous throughout the heavens and entered the eyes of many saints, making them notice this monstrous talent, then this debate of the Dao made all the saints wary of him.

However, besides the various saints, many Half-Saints, in addition to being shocked by Li Hao's rapid growth, had the sounds of the Dao lingering in their minds, completely changing the embryonic forms of the Saint Dao in their hearts.

If the embryonic form of the Saint Dao is influenced by a debate, it will change, but it will not crack.

A saint's Saint Dao is already set in stone and cannot be reshaped; therefore, if it is impacted, it will only crack or be destroyed.

But the embryonic form of the Saint Dao is like a soft stage of germination, just waiting to absorb external Great Daos as insights.

Li Hao's Dao Scripture, like the Supreme Sage preaching the Dao, influenced all the Half-Saints present.

Among them, some reincarnated saints had the foundation of their past lives' Saint Dao. At this moment, they either chose to abandon the Saint Dao will of their past lives or followed Li Hao's Great Dao to walk a brand-new path.

And if they chose to accept Li Hao's preaching and change, Li Hao would be considered their half-master.

While debating the Dao this time, Li Hao was also preaching to the heavens. He was not stingy about spreading the Great Dao; this was a great merit.

Moreover, during this debate, although all the saints were shocked, Li Hao knew that his Saint Dao had not yet been fully revealed.

He only displayed half of the Dao Scripture. If the whole thing were displayed and his Saint Dao were fully revealed, even the Supreme Sages would be influenced. At that time, he might face the same danger as the ancestor of the God Race.

Although his Saint Dao was strong, his own combat power could not yet rival a Supreme Sage. Li Hao himself did not know how big the gap was; after all, he had never fought a Supreme Sage, and he had no certainty in his heart.

Especially since the threat was too great; if the Supreme Sages joined forces, he would be even less able to withstand it.

Previously in the Dao arena, if it hadn't been for the debate, the Void Ancestor and others would have revealed their own Saint Dao, and it would have been destroyed by his Saint Dao. If he had wanted to kill them all, it wouldn't have been so easy; at the very least, a few would have broken free from his Dao Domain and escaped.

Now that his Saint Dao was revealed, other saints would also be on guard. Without absolute certainty, they would not debate the Dao with him. Even if they became enemies, they would only fight, not debate the Dao.

As Li Hao sat on the meditation cushion, a long time passed, and the scene only gradually began to echo with low whispers and discussions.

And that Dao arena was extremely empty; no one actually went up to debate the Dao again.

The intense confrontation just now, besides shocking everyone with the fall of 12 saints, now that they had come to their senses, they were all digesting and absorbing the preaching Li Hao gave during the debate.

Many saints had just hidden their own Saint Dao to avoid being influenced by Li Hao, but this move would also cause damage to their Saint Dao; after all, deep down, this was equivalent to admitting that their own Saint Dao was not the Great Dao.

In the past, when Supreme Sages debated the Dao, they would also listen and seal their own Saint Dao. Although they knew they were inferior, they would feel that it wasn't that their Saint Dao was not good, but that they themselves were not good enough and hadn't cultivated to perfection.

Others were Supreme Sages who had dug deeper into their own Saint Dao than they had; it was normal. But now, Li Hao was a Three-Calamity Saint, yet his Saint Dao went straight to the root of the Great Dao, which made them unable to deceive themselves from the bottom of their hearts.

And present, there was only one person who was not influenced, and that was the Da Da Huang Tian Saint.

The moment she was influenced, she told herself a lie and deceived herself.

Under this low whispering, the Seeing Yuanzu and others did not urge them, just silently thinking about other things.

A long time passed, a long time.

Only then did a saint stand up and continue to go on stage to choose their debate opponent.

The stalled Dao Debate Assembly continued, but compared to before, it seemed much more lackluster.

Many Half-Saints were originally very enthusiastic about the saints' debate, hoping to find an opportunity here to further improve the embryonic form of their own Saint Dao. But now, Li Hao's preaching had shown them such a path, so they didn't care as much about the debates of other saints.

As time passed, one saint after another went to the Dao arena to debate the Dao. Li Hao also listened, but the more he listened, the more boring he found it.

The Dao of the various saints was only catching a glimpse of the heavens and earth. Even if cultivated to the extreme, it only touched the Heavenly Dao, rather than being able to incarnate into the Heavenly Dao! In his leisure while listening, Li Hao noticed a trace of aura fluctuation. He turned his head to look. At the place where the Half-Saints were outside the Dao arena, Lin Qingying sat in the middle, her whole body seemingly having entered a state of sudden enlightenment, with faint Dao rhymes surrounding her. Li Hao saw that she was contemplating 'Nothingness'.

The Dao of Nothingness is the Dao; Nothingness is the beginning of heaven and earth! If she could thoroughly contemplate it, perhaps she could surpass the Seeing Yuanzu's Origin Great Dao.

Li Hao's eyes flickered. Because she was contemplating the Dao of Nothingness, the movement Lin Qingying caused was extremely small, almost imperceptible. If he hadn't also been well-versed in this Dao, he wouldn't have noticed it either.

A smile appeared on the corner of Li Hao's mouth, and he didn't look any further. Now, every move he made attracted a lot of attention. To avoid exposing Lin Qingying to the eyes of the various saints because of his gaze, it was better for her to lie low and hibernate before she had achieved success.

The Dao Debate Assembly lasted for half a month. The saints debated the Dao; some took half a day to finish, others a day and a night.

Near the end of the assembly, the Hun Tian Saint, the Medicine Saint, and others came to the Dao arena to preach the Dao in turns.

They were not looking for people to debate the Dao. With their cultivation, unless they had enmity with other Supreme Sages, they would not easily debate the Dao.

And preaching the Dao would not affect their own Saint Dao.

The Medicine Saint believed that heaven and earth were inherently incomplete, so they needed healing. This healing was not just healing in the sense of treating patients; making anything move from incompleteness to perfection was the Medical Dao.

Cultivation was also like this; reaching the extreme realm was perfection, and this process was also "healing".

If it were in the past, the Medicine Saint's preaching would definitely have given many Half-Saints a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

But now, the reaction was relatively lackluster, and not many Half-Saints were influenced.

Because according to Li Hao's previous debate, heaven and earth having flaws was the norm and did not need to be modified.

The original appearance of heaven and earth was the Heavenly Dao; perfection or incompleteness, weakness or strength, were all rules set by the world, and cognitive judgments bestowed upon them.

A mayfly dies in a day; can it compare its lifespan to a turtle?

If one says the mayfly is weak, yet the mayfly can experience birth, aging, and death in a day, while the turtle needs a long period of time; how can they compare?

A depression in the lowlands is not as good as a majestic peak, yet the depression can accumulate ten thousand tons of water, while the peak is but a puddle; when full, it becomes a waterfall, flowing elsewhere.

Strength and weakness, good and evil, are all outside the scope of Great Dao disputes. The Great Dao is the Great Dao, eternal and unchanging, standing here, unaffected by anything.

And the influence brought by this Dao thought, if preached to the world and if the world could deeply understand it, they would not be anxious, would not walk the path arranged by the world from birth, anxiously chasing the shadows of countless predecessors, and finally falling into the graves of others' shadows.

The Hun Tian Saint preached the Physical Body Dao, refining one's own body, viewing one's own body as heaven and earth.

But this was walking the path of body refining, and many Half-Saints had no interest in it; this path was too time-consuming and too bitter and tiring.

Those who had cultivated to the Half-Saint level were not afraid of hardship, but this was an extraordinary kind of suffering.

Finally, the Seeing Yuanzu preached the Dao, expounding on his Origin Great Dao, which was famous throughout the heavens.

But this time, as the Seeing Yuanzu preached, many Half-Saints listened but felt it was not as shocking as in the past, even causing them to think: Origin refers to heaven and earth, and the Great Dao was born before heaven and earth; what the Seeing Yuanzu cultivated, was it the Great Dao?

But no one asked. After all, the Seeing Yuanzu's Origin Great Dao had long been famous in the heavens and was indisputable.

As the Dao Debate Assembly ended, the news of the fall of twelve saints spread and was secretly discovered by many divine dynasties and major forces. In an instant, the entire heavens were shaken.

Countless divine dynasties and forces heard the name of Hao Tianzun again, but this time, it was even better and more exaggerated than in the Supreme Prodigy Battle; he actually debated thirteen saints and slaughtered them all!

Rumors spread that Li Hao's Saint Dao was comparable to a Supreme Sage and was already the posture of a future Supreme Sage!

Combining many rumors, the authenticity of this news was extremely high. A Supreme Sage had a chance to be born only once every ten thousand years and was a top-tier existence even among saints, the people who truly held the power of speech in the heavens.

With the fermentation of the end of the Dao Debate Assembly, Li Hao immediately felt that, besides the incense from the Da Yu Divine Dynasty that hadn't changed, incense from all over the lands of the various saints suddenly surged and gathered on him.

The incense within his body was constantly accumulating and being absorbed, and those three sticks of incense were becoming thicker and thicker.

If he could maintain this speed, Li Hao felt that in another thousand years, he could reach the Incense Divine Realm.

But this was the most ideal situation. Time would make everything decay, make memories blur; some believers would be born, grow old, fall ill, and die, while new ones would need to continue to hear his name to harvest incense.

To maintain a peak reputation for a thousand years, unless one truly became a Supreme Sage, it would slowly decline with time.

After all, in the heavens, many people had long believed in Supreme Sages. Even if a peerless monstrous talent was born, compared to a Supreme Sage, they were still too small. The end of the cultivation path was the Supreme Sage; rather than believing in a growing monstrous talent with potential to be a Supreme Sage, it was better to believe directly in a Supreme Sage.

When the Dao Debate Assembly ended and the crowd dispersed, Old Man Feng, the Da Da Huang Tian Saint, the Sword Master, and others came to Li Hao's side to congratulate him.

The Sword Saint also came before Li Hao, his heart extremely complicated.

He didn't expect that his disciple's fiancé would be such a monstrous talent. From the first moment he saw Li Hao until now, it hadn't even been two years. At that time, the opponent was just a junior in his Sacred Land; he only needed to slightly reveal his saintly majesty to suppress the opponent.

But now, the opponent slaughtered saints like him, or even those stronger than him, as easily as turning over his hand.

He was not a Supreme Sage, but he belonged to having one foot stepped into the Supreme Sage realm, with a status surpassing the Three Calamities and second only to the Supreme Sage! Besides these acquaintances, many other saints also came before Li Hao to take the initiative to befriend him.

Li Hao couldn't help but sigh; when one's strength is strong, all one sees around them are enthusiastic faces.

The Supreme Sages also left one after another. Before leaving, the Medicine Saint came to Li Hao's side and invited Li Hao to continue recuperating in the Medical Sacred Land, wanting to discuss the Great Dao with Li Hao.

Li Hao politely declined; he was still waiting to go and flatten the Buddhist Sect and the Void Sacred Land.

Seeing this, the Medicine Saint also understood Li Hao's urgency. After all, if he went late, even if the Sacred Land were flattened, there wouldn't be any good things left.

She immediately changed the subject and told Li Hao to come and play in the Qiankun Realm when he had time in the future.

Li Hao agreed immediately.

After the Medicine Saint left, the Mohist Supreme Sage also came before Li Hao, accompanied by the Mohist Saint Yuan Zhou.

Seeing Li Hao, Yuan Zhou had a gentle smile, feeling a bit more humble than when he first met Li Hao.

He also didn't expect that the young man who had sought his escort back then would be so terrifying now.

"Hao Tianzun's Dao debate is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. After experiencing the Three Calamities, you can be perfected and become a Supreme Sage."

The Mohist Supreme Sage, in a green robe, looked gentle and elegant, and smiled lightly at Li Hao.

"Thank you for the escort earlier."

Li Hao cupped his hands and said.

Old Man Feng had sought the Mohist Sect for him, and Yuan Zhou was sent by the Mohist Supreme Sage; Li Hao also held goodwill toward them.

"That wasn't my intention. Although the Thief Saint came to seek help from me, before he started looking for me, someone else wanted to help, but he was temporarily unable to separate himself. He didn't come to this Dao Debate Assembly either, as he is in the contemplation of his own Great Dao transformation."

The Mohist Supreme Sage smiled slightly and said.

Li Hao was slightly stunned and asked in surprise, "I wonder who that is?"

"Perhaps you know him; his surname is Jiang."

The Mohist Supreme Sage seemed to know Li Hao's past, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Previously, there was also a little guy with innate sword bones who was also received into our Sacred Land and is now following him to cultivate in seclusion."

Surname Jiang? Li Hao immediately thought of Hearing Hearing Yu Huang and was slightly stunned.

Hearing Hearing Yu Huang accumulated incense just to resurrect the ancestor of the Jiang family; could it be...

"Jiang Tianyu is a saint of our Mohist Sect. After experiencing the Three Calamities, he was plotted against and failed when crossing the Heavenly Tribulation, but his Saint Dao did not completely dissipate. A trace of soul intent hid in the Saint Dao. His descendants collected incense for him, finally resurrecting him."

The Mohist Supreme Sage smiled and said, "Whether this is a blessing or a curse is hard to say. He fell after experiencing the Heavenly Tribulation, and this time he has had great insights; perhaps he can go higher. Before going into seclusion, he learned of your news and asked me to look after you, so the Thief Saint didn't need to come and request it; I would have let Yuan Zhou help anyway."

He explained the matter and did not use helping Li Hao to win him over or get close.

Li Hao suddenly realized; it really was the ancestor of the Jiang family.

"Who plotted against him? Was the revenge taken? If he needs incense to be resurrected, then your esteemed land..."

Li Hao looked at the Mohist Supreme Sage, somewhat puzzled.

Hearing Li Hao's words, the Mohist Supreme Sage shook his head slightly and sighed, "This matter is complicated. We didn't know about his fall. He was plotted against, and there was a traitor in our sect, so when he fell, he only relied on the power of his descendants to resurrect and did not contact us. It wasn't until he was resurrected that I knew, and I also took revenge for him."

Li Hao's eyes flickered; the affairs between these saints were indeed complicated.

Now it seemed that the ancestor of the Jiang family had reconciled with the Mohist Sacred Land; it was possible that the misunderstanding had really been cleared up.

"If you have time, you can come and sit in my Mohist Sacred Land."

The Mohist Supreme Sage said no more, left an invitation for Li Hao, and left with Yuan Zhou.

Li Hao agreed; he also wanted to see that ancestor of the Jiang family.

And the little guy with sword bones that the Mohist Supreme Sage mentioned was most likely Jiang Lichen. He didn't expect him to have wandered to the Mohist Sacred Land and not stayed in the Yunxia Realm. No wonder he hadn't seen him in this Supreme Prodigy Battle and Dao Debate Assembly.

With the opponent's talent, if he cultivated seriously, Li Hao felt that even if his age exceeded the Supreme Prodigy Battle, he could at least have found a place in the Dao Debate Assembly and come to watch.

After all, besides the Half-Saints in the Heaven and Earth Dao arena, below the arena, there were many personal disciples of saints, such as Lin Baichuan, the Haoyue Saint Son, Chi Guang, and others.

(End of chapter)