Chapter 583: Painting Stars, Killing the Saint

What is that Hao Lord Hao Tianzun doing, aiding the demon race?

Has he gone mad? This is betrayal of the Ancestor.

If the Star Saint wishes to kill him, no one will help now.

At the Demon Purge Assembly, many Saints saw Li Hao's actions and thought them insane—blocking the Star Saint from slaying the demon race before the Ancestor's very eyes. Even if Li Hao is the key to the Ancient Palace, he will surely meet a grim end.

"Hao Tian…"

Among the Saints, Xiao Xiao Tianyu's face darkened as he glanced at the white-haired, white-browed Saint seated beside his master, the Ancestor—his senior brother.

He was also the Ancestor's second disciple, a peerless prodigy, an absolute monster.

No one knew he was in fact a Supreme Saint.

Only he knew his master's power far exceeded outside speculation; Li Hao had taken a fatal misstep. Many eyes turned to the Ancestor, seeking his reaction—but the Ancestor's expression remained calm, unchanged.

Yet the white-haired, white-browed Saint beside the Ancestor's eyes flickered slightly, a cold glint in his depths.

On the Void Battlefield, the Star Saint, seeing Li Hao truly intervene for the divine race, let out a laugh.

"Do you think the Ancient Palace needs you to open it, so no one dares touch you? Even if the Ancestor protects you now, the moment the Ancient Palace opens, it will be your death!"

He whispered the words through spiritual transmission.

Li Hao refused to respond—he thought too much. He merely could not bear to watch Ying Ying Xiaoxiao die before his eyes. That was all.

As for betraying the Ancestor? Nonsense. He had never sworn allegiance to the Ancestor; how could he betray him?

To become a Saint and lack even the right to protect one person—that would be truly dreary.

Seeing Li Hao's silence, the Star Saint sneered, his body erupting in streaks of starlight; the void around him instantly transformed into a star domain.

Within this domain, countless fist-sized radiant orbs emerged, multiplying—dozens, hundreds, thousands—until they formed a boundless starry expanse.

"Let me see the power with which you slew the Void Ancestor!"

The Star Saint's eyes glinted with icy light as he struck—starlight shot forth, illuminating his figure with brilliant radiance; condensed starlight pierced the void and reached Li Hao in an instant.

The light could not be dodged—it was too fast—but Li Hao's Dao domain revealed itself the moment the starlight neared; within the Eternal Dao Domain, the starlight seemed frozen, hundreds of beams like falling meteors, an image of breathtaking beauty.

Boom! Then, the starlight shattered like smoke.

The Star Saint raised an eyebrow—Eternal Dao Domain, indeed as rumored, truly formidable.

"Earth-Yellow Star, Suppress!"

He raised his hand; one star in the domain blazed brilliantly, and simultaneously, beyond the sky above, a mystical yellow-gold light flared, stretching millions of miles downward to engulf the battlefield.

"The Earth-Yellow Star has been activated!"

"They say the Star Saint can command the power of all celestial stars!"

"One star is one great world!"

Many Saints stared intently, sensing immense power from the yellow-gold light—as if a Supreme Saint were moving heaven and earth.

Bathed in the yellow-gold starlight, the Star Saint resembled an emperor, raising a finger to press down upon Li Hao.

As his finger descended, a vast pressure crushed downward; the silhouette of the Earth-Yellow Star appeared hundreds of meters above Li Hao's head, blotting out the sky and all light.

The sudden appearance of such a colossal entity, crushing down with overwhelming force, sent chills through every heart.

Li Hao looked up, expression unchanged; the way the Star Saint drew upon celestial star power felt strangely familiar.

As he used his Dao Domain to resist, he swiftly raised a finger, using the void as paper and the power of heaven and earth as ink; with a single swift stroke, a star appeared.

From beneath his feet, another Earth-Yellow Star rose, roaring as it charged forward.

The thunderous impact echoed across the Void Heaven Abyss; both stars carried remnants of the original Earth-Yellow Star's power, colliding with catastrophic force, generating a shockwave spanning millions of miles.

Beyond the Saints, tens of millions of divine race troops were shaken by the tremor.

Such a display rendered the divine army's might utterly insignificant.

After the explosion, Li Hao stood unmoved, as did the Star Saint—but his expression had changed.

What technique was this? Li Hao had replicated his attack—and seemed to have amplified its power.

"Pity. The Earth-Yellow Star I painted is merely a painted version…."

Li Hao frowned as he saw his painted Earth-Yellow Star shattered, a trace of regret in his heart—all the stars in the sky were painted.

Had they been true stars, drawn from their stellar essence, the power would have been far more terrifying.

"I didn't expect you to have comprehended the Star Dao. At your age, you've truly astonished me," the Star Saint murmured.

Li Hao's performance had dispelled his contempt—and meant he would now crush him with full force.

Boom! He raised his hand; another star blazed in the heavens, temperature soaring rapidly, space warping—this was the Law of Scorching.

"Heavenly Sun Star!"

The Star Saint drew upon the power of the Heavenly Sun Star, known as the "Little Sun"; the sky above the Void Heaven Abyss brightened countless times, engulfed in searing heat.

A blazing star descended, its silhouette vast enough to obscure the entire divine army of tens of millions; their numbers now seemed pitifully small—this was the power of a top-tier Three Calamity Saint.

Li Hao looked up, raised his hand again—this time with full seriousness.

He painted deliberately, his finger stirring the void like a brush freely splashing ink on a canvas.

In an instant, the entire Void Heaven Abyss seemed to boil.

The terrifying heat surged more than tenfold, merging with the essence of the Laws; many Saints felt sweat drenching their backs.

Before the divine army, the Divine King's eyes flashed cold light as he released crimson energy, shielding his troops behind him.

Even with his protection, the divine army still felt as if trapped in a sea of fire—their divine armor offered no defense.

From beneath Li Hao's feet, the entire void turned crimson.

A peerless blazing sun rose slowly from below, like a rising dawn, radiating boundless power and searing heat.

The Star Saint froze, pupils contracting slightly.

Boom!!

The blazing sun roared upward, colliding with the Heavenly Sun Star.

Compared to this divine sun, the Heavenly Sun Star paled—its size merely one-tenth.

Li Hao had not painted the Heavenly Sun Star—he had painted the Divine Sun that illuminated all heavens.

With a thunderous crash, the Heavenly Sun Star shattered; the divine sun, dragging its debris, pressed down upon the Star Saint.

The Star Saint's long hair rapidly turned brittle and yellow; his blood seemed to evaporate. Shock filled his eyes—Li Hao could draw upon the power of the Divine Sun?! He had trained for years, just one step from becoming a Supreme Saint—and that final step was his inability to integrate the Divine Sun into his star domain.

That power did not belong to the stars.

"Break!"

The Star Saint roared suddenly; his star domain blazed with unprecedented brilliance, countless stars igniting, and above his head, more stars seemed to flare in the heavens.

Then, the silhouettes of countless stars descended like meteorites, relentlessly striking the divine sun.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A rain of impacts echoed; the void trembled with each collision—star silhouettes shattered, explosions roaring like celestial deities hammering the earth with iron mallets, profoundly shocking. Yet the Scorching Law surrounding the divine sun burned these silhouettes, drastically weakening their impact.

Moreover, the divine sun was itself a true celestial star.

Not a single one of the countless stars in the sky was painted.

Thus, the divine sun Li Hao painted now contained true stellar essence! Too fast, too vast—in an instant, the deafening collisions faded as the divine sun engulfed the Star Saint.

A shimmering, iridescent haze appeared; the Star Saint's aura vanished.

At the Demon Purge Assembly, many Saints rose abruptly, stunned by the scene.

Though separated by a million miles, the divine sun's radiance and pressure felt as if it were right before them.

"Is the Star Saint dead?"

"Impossible!"

"This is too outrageous! Hao Lord Hao Tianzun is known for swordplay—how did he wield star power?"

All Saints felt their hearts pound—the divine sun's intimidation was overwhelming, capable of sweeping entire ranks of Saints.

If used against a Saint Sect, the entire sect would be reduced to ash.

Vast area, proportional destruction—terrifying! On the other side of the battlefield, the Death Saint and the Devouring Saint, locked in combat with the Dragon God, paused, startled by the commotion, glancing over.

When they saw the divine sun engulf the Star Saint, the Death Saint's expression darkened.

This youth had only recently gained fame; he had become a Saint in less than sixty years—and already possessed such power? And he was only a One Calamity Saint.

"Saint through Painting Dao?"

Beside him, the Devouring Saint's eyes widened in surprise, deep in thought. He had become a Saint through the Devouring Dao—a path utterly divergent from the mainstream. He had assumed he was a rarity in the heavens—yet here stood another like him.

Moreover, he had heard this one excelled in sword Dao—could he be a dual cultivator of painting and sword?

Earlier, Li Hao had severed the Death Saint's destructive force with a single sword stroke—he had seen the sword Dao was formidable.

Now, Li Hao stared at the spot where the Star Saint's aura vanished, eyes half-lidded.

He did not stop. The aura's disappearance meant the body had vaporized—but residual divine blood remained.

The man had also reached the Final Stage of Penetrating Power!

"Annihilate!"

Li Hao controlled the divine sun, causing it to collapse inward and detonate.

Instantly, the divine sun's radiance intensified dozens of times—then exploded violently.

"No!"

Many Saints turned pale, urgently activating their Saint Dao to shield themselves.

Even a million miles away, the shockwave could still affect them.

In the Void Heaven Abyss, the Divine King's face darkened—he had witnessed this prodigy's battle for the first time, and it was even more terrifying than he'd expected.

Hard to believe he had only just become a Saint.

His cloak billowed; crimson energy spread, forming a wall stretching millions of miles to shield the divine army.

At the Demon Extermination Assembly, Seeing Yuanzu slightly narrowed his eyes and suddenly vanished.

Before the Void Heaven Abyss, the Divine King seemed to sense something, sneering faintly—he had done this on purpose.

Whoosh! His figure also vanished abruptly.

While all eyes were still drawn to the terrifying shockwave from the Divine Sun's explosion, an even more terrifying crack appeared above it, directly dispersing the explosive force.

Then, the crack widened, as if about to tear the entire sky apart.

Two figures—one blue, one red—fought fiercely within, then vanished into the depths of the crack.

Many suddenly came to their senses, scanning the surroundings, and realized Seeing Yuanzu and the Divine King were gone.

"Seeing Yuanzu has struck!"

"That crack—was caused by the battle between Seeing Yuanzu and the Divine King. Is this the impact of a top-tier Supreme Saint's combat?"

"Terrifying—I can't even see their forms."

"Their battle has surpassed the level of Saints. This power feels capable of tearing through all realms!"

Many Saints were stunned, straining to peer forward—no one even thought now of the Star Saint's fate.

After all, the most critical moment of this cosmic war had arrived.

Whoever won or lost between Seeing Yuanzu and the Divine King would mean the other side would be wiped out in blood. No one expected the architect of this pivotal moment to be Li Hao.

As the Divine Sun's explosive light was sucked upward by the crack, it rapidly faded, leaving only a faint black circular mark in the void.

The mark was small, but some noticed—and their gazes toward Li Hao now held a flicker of dread.

Though this faint black mark paled beside the crack from Seeing Yuanzu and the Divine King's clash, its lasting effect on the void was already the power of a Supreme Saint!

Li Hao scanned the area but saw no trace of the Star Saint's divine blood—all had been annihilated.

He retracted his Dao domain, looked upward, and fixed his gaze on the endless fissure stretching across the battlefield—yet all he saw were two terrifying Dao forces intertwining and colliding within.

Each collision unleashed destruction greater than his own detonation of the Divine Sun.

Li Hao's expression grew grave. Such power—even if he unleashed his full strength—could not match it.

At present, he still had a considerable gap between himself and top-tier Supreme Saints like Seeing Yuanzu and the Divine King.

Soon, two more terrifying auras emerged within the void fissure, radiating Tribulation energy.

Li Hao knew: both sides had activated their Dao-Tribulation Emperor Artifacts.

At the same time, the Ming Saint and the Food Saint on the other side of the battlefield, along with the Dragon God, had all ceased fighting, closely observing this battle.

Their own clash had merely been meant to create an opening, to expose the enemy's weakness—but that opening had been created by Li Hao.

Now, the battle between the Divine King and Seeing Yuanzu was beyond even Saints to interfere with—unless one was a Supreme Saint.

Li Hao stared for a moment but saw nothing specific; he turned his gaze toward the Demon Extermination Assembly and noticed the white-haired, white-browed Saint had vanished without warning.

Li Hao's eyes shifted slightly. Though the man's aura was concealed, Li Hao sensed he was no ordinary figure—not inferior to top-tier Three Calamity Saints like the Star Saint or the Ming Saint.

"While they're fighting, run now."

At that moment, Li Hao heard Ying Xiao Xiao's voice whisper into his mind.

He turned to the woman and saw her face filled with concern and tension.

"The Ancestor doesn't trust you and refuses to help you. This time, our Divine Clan will not lose. The Ancestor still has hidden cards. Wait until we win, then return."

"No need to worry. No matter who wins, I won't be harmed."

Li Hao reassured her gently in reply.

As long as the Ancient Palace still stood, he was safe. When the Ancient Palace opened, his earlier actions—no matter how he'd performed—would draw attacks. Li Hao had long seen this clearly.

After all, those who boarded first always wanted to lock the door behind them—and naturally, they'd destroy the key.

(End of Chapter)