Chapter 615

"How could you come here?!"

The ancient demon leader was shocked beyond compare when it saw this red-tasseled spear woman, immediately realizing that the battlefield ahead had likely already suffered a mishap; otherwise, the opponent could not have killed her way directly here.

It had previously mobilized its subordinates in an emergency, only to find that a big problem had occurred. Years of comfort had made it underestimate this attack, and it hadn't expected it to lead to a great disaster.

Boom! Accompanied by the attack of this red-tasseled spear woman, that spear seemed to overturn rivers and seas, shattering the void and carving out terrifying momentum.

Li Hao had long since realized that the world pressure in this True Realm was extremely strong. In the Land of All Sages, he could easily split the void with one sword, but here he could not do so; even with all his might, he could only cause a trace of distortion in space.

And before his eyes, the momentum displayed by this red-tasseled spear woman felt unbridled, unbound by heaven and earth.

Bang! Accompanied by the spear glow piercing through, one of the ancient demon leader's wings was punctured, but it also roared and counterattacked against the opponent.

Both were at the True Monarch level, and neither had military reinforcements; it did not believe it would lose.

"Life Silence!"

A law power of life origin appeared, and the ancient demon leader's domain unfolded. At the same time its wing was injured, a blood light flew out from the domain, turning into a ferocious skull blood head, swallowing toward the red-tasseled spear woman.

The red-tasseled spear woman also unfolded her domain. In that domain, countless spear shadows stood like a forest, and there were also illusory scenes of countless towering isolated peaks, but if one looked closely, one would find they were all towering, massive long spears.

The long spears in her domain suddenly trembled, flying out as she attacked, immediately defeating the skull blood head, and then she held her spear and killed her way into the ancient demon leader's domain.

Whoosh! Her long spear stabbed out suddenly, as if lighting up a fresh red blood light.

The ancient demon leader's domain laws were distorted, as if they had failed, and the long spear suddenly pierced through its chest, pinning it to the rock wall of the nearby canyon.

The ancient demon leader clearly had not expected this spear to be so terrifying; it seemed to be some kind of extremely powerful spear technique, and furthermore, the immortal power within the opponent's body was much stronger than its own.

Boom! The ancient demon leader's whole body erupted with black mist, suddenly turning crimson. Deep fury appeared in its eyes, and it suddenly slashed out a wave that was almost void.

That wave was like a moon blade, slashing out fiercely, fast to an inconceivable degree.

The red-tasseled spear woman, however, seemed to have been prepared long ago, suddenly flickering, appearing on the other side like a ghost, and then attacking again.

"Soul Sucking!"

The ancient demon leader was shocked and angry, not daring to let her get close again. This human's close-combat ability was too terrifying.

Following the vibration of a circle of gray light, its innate power erupted, first affecting the middle-aged soldier in its hand.

The red-tasseled spear woman's eyes turned cold, suddenly approaching with extremely fast ghostly movement, sweeping with her spear and cutting off its arm, helping the middle-aged soldier break free, while she herself was already too late to block this strike.

But following the impact of the gray wave, the fresh red battle armor on her body suddenly lit up with blood flames, burning and annihilating it.

The ancient demon leader's pupils shrank slightly, realizing something was wrong.

Many rumors from the outside world seemed to be true. It had stayed here too long and had become somewhat out of touch, but now it realized that the humans of this True Realm had actually truly explored battle armor and weapons that could resist their ancient demons.

Following the activation of the fresh red battle armor, the red-tasseled spear woman took this strike head-on, casually throwing the middle-aged soldier aside, and then killing her way toward the opponent with all her might.

Her hair flew, actually rapidly manifesting into silver.

This appearance was something Li Hao was all too familiar with; it was actually the Ultimate Immortal Transformation! Walking this path, this was the first time Li Hao had seen someone else unleash the Ultimate Immortal Transformation, and he couldn't help but be somewhat shocked.

Besides the Ultimate Immortal Transformation, this red-tasseled spear woman also erupted with other Extreme Realm powers, with the surrounding Great Dao circling. Li Hao could see that the opponent also seemed to have cultivated the Ultimate Hearing Dao, immune to all Daos.

Following the display of the Extreme Realm, the red-tasseled spear woman's momentum became even stronger, constantly stabbing toward the ancient demon leader. Holes were poked into the opponent's body, but the wounds could not heal.

The ancient demon leader roared in shock and anger. Under the same realm, it was actually suppressed by a human; unless it was a top-tier genius among humans, this could not be done.

It turned around suddenly, fighting while fleeing.

The red-tasseled spear woman, however, had her expression turn cold suddenly, her Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestation appearing, and the long spear in her hand suddenly radiated a peculiar law aura.

"Birth and Destruction!"

The red-tasseled spear woman stabbed out instantly, piercing through the ancient demon leader's domain.

The ancient demon leader discovered that its domain could not resist; the opponent's Immortal Dao law power was superior to its own, distorting and destroying its laws.

Bang, this spear pierced through its head.

But this was not a fatal wound. The moment the ancient demon leader had its head pierced, it also unleashed its strongest hidden means, the innate origin talent of the ancient demon clan: Soul Harvesting! A pitch-black sharp blade suddenly killed its way out from its Primordial Spirit, arriving in an instant and slashing onto the red-tasseled spear woman.

The red-tasseled spear woman's fresh red battle armor burned with blood flames, but it was slashed open by that black sharp blade, which went directly into her physical body.

Accompanied by a muffled groan, the red-tasseled spear woman's face was somewhat pale, and the cold killing intent in her eyes fell into a moment of confusion, but she soon sobered up. Afterward, her whole body's immortal power turned into silver-white long flames, and she suddenly stabbed out with a spear in fury.

Bang! The ancient demon leader's body was torn apart, countless spear glows exploding and splitting its physical body into pieces of flesh.

And within that flesh, a black phantom emerged; it was the ancient demon leader's Primordial Spirit. It pounced toward the red-tasseled spear woman in fury, wanting to strangle her Primordial Spirit and seize her physical body.

But the red-tasseled spear woman seemed to have anticipated this long ago, raising her hand to sacrifice an immortal talisman, slapping it onto the black shadow like lightning.

Accompanied by scorching thunder light, the ancient demon leader's Primordial Spirit let out a shrill scream, and thick tribulation power enveloped it, constantly burning its Primordial Spirit.

At the same time, streaks of spear shadows stabbed out, quickly stirring its Primordial Spirit into pieces.

In just a few minutes, this ancient demon leader was actually killed by this red-tasseled spear woman.

Li Hao and the middle-aged soldier were both stunned, then simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief, somewhat pleasantly surprised and excited.

However, after strangling and killing the ancient demon leader's Primordial Spirit, a flash of paleness crossed the red-tasseled spear woman's face. This battle was extremely rapid, but only she herself knew that it was by no means as simple as it looked. She had used a secret technique taught by her master, stimulating several times the immortal power, to easily tear apart the opponent's domain.

Otherwise, under the same realm, this ancient demon would never have been defeated so easily.

Her master was right; these ancient demon leaders all had terrifying Primordial Spirit attacks. Fortunately, she was fully prepared.

"Are you a veteran who survived that Great War of Emperor Demise back then?"

The red-tasseled spear woman quickly stabilized the aura within her body, her face returning to indifference as she looked at the middle-aged soldier, a trace of peace appearing in her eyes.

For the soldiers in that battle, she still held great respect.

Hearing this, the middle-aged soldier roughly knew the battle she was talking about. He hadn't expected the outside world to have given this battle such a name: Great War of Emperor Demise. It was indeed so; even several Immortal Emperors whose names he had heard of had fallen...

His thoughts drifted slightly, somewhat sorrowful, but he soon returned to his senses and nodded to the red-tasseled spear woman: "That's right."

The red-tasseled spear woman nodded slightly, then looked at Li Hao, her brows furrowing slightly, "And you?"

Being only at the Sage level, she did not believe he could have survived that battle, and even if he could have survived, the Sage level did not have such a long lifespan, especially in this environment.

After all, that Great War of Emperor Demise was simply too distant.

Countless years had passed, too far from the present.

"I am not."

Li Hao shook his head.

"I know you are not. Why are you here?"

The red-tasseled spear woman was somewhat speechless, frowning as she spoke.

At the same time, her domain spread, scanning the surroundings.

The middle-aged soldier said hurriedly: "He came from the pseudo-realm of the Heavenly Calamity Immortal Emperor; perhaps he could be a descendant of the Immortal Emperor."

Li Hao knew that he said this intentionally to decorate him, with the purpose of making this red-tasseled spear woman value him, perhaps even seeking some benefits.

Hearing his words, the red-tasseled spear woman's eyes indeed condensed slightly, landing on Li Hao and looking him over carefully.

Soon, she saw the clues. This Sage level actually had eight Extreme Realms cultivated, just like her! Even the most difficult Immortal Transformation and Dao Ancestor Extreme Realms were cultivated. This talent was somewhat rare.

Moreover, she also saw that Li Hao's soul-age aura was full of fresh vitality, only sixty years.

Calculated this way, he already belonged to the top-tier evildoers.

There was a bit more gentleness in her eyes, and she already believed what the middle-aged soldier said. Except for descendants of the Immortal Emperor's bloodline, it was difficult for ordinary people to reach such a level.

She hadn't expected that the Heavenly Calamity Immortal Emperor actually still had bloodline remnants.

Although it was an extremely distant era, the name of the Immortal Emperor suppressed an era. Even though he had long since fallen for endless years, he still left behind countless legends about the Immortal Emperor, and she was naturally no stranger to them.

"The Gate of Xuanpin actually has cracks. Did you come out from there?"

The red-tasseled spear woman's eyes flickered, noticing the gate at the end of the canyon, a trace of light appearing in her eyes.

She was ordered to come here, and besides clearing out the ancient demons here, she also wanted to explore the Immortal Emperor's ruins here.

She hadn't expected to truly find the pseudo-realm left behind by the Immortal Emperor.

That was a world created by the Immortal Emperor; whether there were treasures left behind by the Immortal Emperor inside was hard to say.

"Yes."

Li Hao nodded.

The red-tasseled spear woman's gaze landed on Li Hao, saying: "In that Immortal Emperor's pseudo-realm, how many existences like you are there?"

She asked this to judge the situation of the Immortal Emperor's treasures left behind in this pseudo-realm.

Li Hao asked: "Which aspect is Senior referring to?"

"Cultivation, talent, strength."

The red-tasseled spear woman said extremely concisely.

"Not many, perhaps at most two or three people."

Li Hao said conservatively and modestly.

The red-tasseled spear woman's eyes flickered slightly. The number was so small? It seemed the things left behind inside were not as abundant as she had guessed.

But then again, it was said that the Great War of Emperor Demise back then was extremely tragic. Many forces had exhausted their full strength, throwing their family foundations and everything into that battle, leaving no room at all.

"Wait a moment."

Her figure flickered, disappearing from in front of the canyon and appearing before the Gate of Xuanpin.

She looked at this world gate, raised her hand to touch it lightly, and immediately felt a Heavenly Dao law enveloping it, making it impossible to force her way in.

"Protection for his own descendants..."

The red-tasseled spear woman's eyes flickered, then she turned and returned to in front of Li Hao and the middle-aged soldier.

"I detected that the situation of the ancient demons here was unusual, so I killed my way in first. I originally intended to sneak attack, but now I have to go back to reinforce the army."

The red-tasseled spear woman said to Li Hao and the middle-aged soldier: "You follow along. There are other ancient demon leaders around here. This clearing operation might not be able to be finished in one go. You follow me and leave first; otherwise, when other ancient demons come later, it will be unfavorable for you."

Hearing that he could finally leave this place, the middle-aged soldier's eyes revealed surprise and excitement, and even his eye sockets were somewhat moist.

He followed hurriedly, only to find that Li Hao's aura behind him had not moved.

He couldn't help but turn his head to look, seeing Li Hao just standing in place.

"Brother."

The middle-aged soldier was slightly startled. From Li Hao's expression, he seemed to see something.

The red-tasseled spear woman was also frowning, staring at Li Hao. She saw the middle-aged soldier's excitement and also felt some emotion in her heart.

But Li Hao's calmness made her somewhat surprised.

"Senior, if I leave here, when can I return?"

Li Hao asked.

He had not forgotten what the middle-aged soldier said: if one cultivated to a True Immortal, one could no longer return to the Land of All Sages, unless one asked a powerful person to unlock the Gate of Xuanpin or cultivated to extremely strong strength oneself.

"You are reluctant to leave?"

The red-tasseled spear woman was somewhat surprised. Being able to step into the True Realm was something countless people who ascended from pseudo-realms dreamed of. The opponent was actually attached to the pseudo-realm.

"There are Immortal Emperor pseudo-realm ruins. Once I report it, an army will inevitably be dispatched again to suppress it, but I cannot guarantee the specific day. Perhaps they will return immediately, perhaps in a few decades."

The red-tasseled spear woman said. After all, from Li Hao's oral account, that Immortal Emperor's ruins only cultivated two or three evildoers like Li Hao, which showed that the conditions were not good. She would also report this situation truthfully.

Hearing this, Li Hao immediately knew what could attract the other party.

He suddenly regretted saying there were few. If he had said there were many, he estimated that the higher-ups behind the other party would have immediately sent people to liberate the Land of All Sages.

However, by then, the fact that he had reported falsely would probably also be recorded against him.

"Since that's the case, I'll wait for you here."

However, there was another possibility: that in the battlefield outside the ancient road, True Realm Immortals and Gods were still fighting the Ancient Demons, wanting to clear this battlefield, which was why these Ancient Demons were guarding here.

Ren Qianqian, Emperor Yu, Old Man Feng, the Sword Master, and so on.

Moreover, his cultivation method was different from ordinary people, so the loss to him was not great.

The Sage level might be very dangerous in the True Realm, but in the Land of All Sages, with his current strength, he belonged to absolute safety.

"Brother, you..."

The middle-aged soldier was somewhat startled. He hadn't expected that Li Hao, who had fought and killed alongside him for three years, would actually choose to stay here, to stay in this place where he had spent countless years and had long since grown tired of.

He was somewhat silent. Suddenly, he seemed to understand that Li Hao accompanying him here to fight and kill was truly just purely accompanying him, helping him rush out of this ancient road battlefield.

His eyes were complex as he said to Li Hao: "Brother, three years of getting along, and I haven't told you my name yet. My name is Nangong Jian. Next time we meet, I will protect you!"

Hearing this, Li Hao laughed. Over the three years, neither had asked for the other's name, but they had fought side by side many times, and they were already as sincere as close friends.

"No problem."

Li Hao promised with a smile.

"And you?"

Nangong Jian asked.

"Haotian."

Li Hao said.

"Good, I've remembered it."

Nangong Jian silently remembered this name in his heart, then looked at Li Hao deeply.

"Are you sure you want to stay? Now there is tension everywhere outside. In the worst case, it might be a long time before they can spare the combat power to completely clear this place out."

The red-tasseled spear woman said to Li Hao seriously.

She knew that a pseudo-realm, over countless years, had only cultivated two or three existences like Li Hao, which was mostly extremely barren.

Earlier, they had also found other Immortal Emperor pseudo-realms. Some were already desolate inside, with not even a few Sage-level existences, and the cultivation system was also extremely rudimentary.

"Yes, I can afford to wait."

Li Hao said.

Even in the True Realm, his cultivation speed would not increase much, and instead, he would have to face various dangers. It would be better to shrink back into the Land of All Sages and settle down his many arts and skills well.

If the seven arts and skills he currently mastered were all cultivated to the tenth stage, it would inevitably be a huge improvement.

And in the Land of All Sages, currently, no one could threaten him anymore.

Seeing that Li Hao was truly not moved, the red-tasseled spear woman shook her head slightly, thinking that perhaps Li Hao was because he was a descendant of the Immortal Emperor, having special emotions for his ancestor's pseudo-realm, and thus was unwilling to leave.

She did not persuade him further, only saying: "I will kill all the ancient demon army here, and then send people to guard this Gate of Xuanpin, to avoid it being attacked and consumed by some ancient demons. The battlefield vacated here might soon be occupied by other ancient demons. You should also return to the Immortal Emperor's pseudo-realm as soon as possible."

For this Immortal Emperor bloodline, she was still unwilling to see Li Hao have an accident.

Saying this, she gave Nangong Jian a look and was about to turn and leave.

"Brother, wait for me."

Nangong Jian said to Li Hao seriously.

He was already at the True Immortal bottleneck, and he believed that once he returned outside, he would be able to break through to become a True Monarch before long. By then, he would also be able to come and meet Li Hao personally.

Before leaving, Nangong Jian came to the bronze chariot and took out all the skeletons neatly piled inside.

"Brothers, I've come to send you home!"

Nangong Jian looked at these skeletons, his eye sockets moist, his emotions somewhat excited.

Seeing so many white bones, the red-tasseled spear woman's face changed slightly. Although she was in a hurry to rush back, she remained silent at this moment and did not urge Nangong Jian, watching him carefully collect all these white bones into his own heaven and earth space.

"Let's go."

Nangong Jian collected the white bones, left the bronze chariot behind, and said to the red-tasseled spear woman.

Afterward, he turned and looked at Li Hao one last time.

Li Hao waved goodbye to him.

Soon, Nangong Jian followed the red-tasseled spear woman, and the two figures disappeared from Li Hao's field of vision in the blink of an eye.

Before leaving, Nangong Jian looked at the ancient demon leader's flesh and gave Li Hao a look. He did not reveal the fact that Li Hao could cook ancient demons, keeping a secret.

He knew how shocking such a method was. If exposed, it would be fine if Li Hao had a major force protecting him, as he would become a hot commodity. If he had no major force protecting him, he would very likely become a puppet pawn to be utilized! After they left, the place suddenly appeared somewhat desolate.

Li Hao looked at this silent earth and the gray sky; this was the scenery Nangong Jian had felt for countless years.

He sighed lightly, came before the ancient demon leader's flesh, and collected all these pieces of flesh into his heaven and earth space.

Within this ancient demon flesh were bursts of soul power fluctuations. Although it was already dead, Li Hao could feel extremely vigorous power within it.

With his current cooking ability, he might not necessarily be able to cook and prepare it.

Li Hao tried stabbing the flesh with the broken immortal weapon in his hand, only to find it was like a wooden sword stabbing a boulder; he couldn't even leave a wound.

At this moment, Li Hao also felt the terror of the red-tasseled spear woman, actually being able to kill this ancient demon leader in just a few minutes.

Collecting these pieces of meat and throwing them into his heaven and earth space for the time being, Li Hao did not listen to the red-tasseled spear woman's words to return to the Gate of Xuanpin immediately, but instead drove the bronze chariot into the canyon, staying before the Gate of Xuanpin.

He prepared to wait here until the people sent by the other party to guard arrived before leaving. If any missing ancient demons arrived to destroy this Gate of Xuanpin, he could also kill them.

That this gate could stand for countless years also had to do with Nangong Jian, who had blocked some ancient demon invasions outside the canyon.

Otherwise, with the ancient demons' day-and-night attacks and consumption, this Gate of Xuanpin would soon lose its effect.

He stayed not far from the Gate of Xuanpin. If an ancient demon leader arrived, he could also return to the Land of All Sages in time.

For this, Li Hao buried his hidden threads.

His thread-burying technique was becoming more and more exquisite. Li Hao spent a great deal of effort studying it. These hidden threads could not cause any damage to an ancient demon leader, but they might serve as a warning to himself.

Time flew by.

After the red-tasseled spear woman took Nangong Jian away, it was calm outside the canyon, and no other ancient demons arrived.

With that ancient demon leader fallen, perhaps this ancient road had also been temporarily cleared out.

Li Hao projected his incarnation, quietly sneaking out of the canyon to explore the ancient demon territory, only to find that the territories of those ancient demons that he and Nangong Jian had not wiped out were also completely dead silent, with ancient demon corpses everywhere.

It seemed they had been killed by the red-tasseled spear woman before she left.

With so many ancient demon corpses, Li Hao was overjoyed and used his incarnation to transport them back.

So he cooked right outside this Gate of Xuanpin, eating and drinking every day, and when he was free, he buried hidden threads and played with carving.

In the blink of an eye, half a year passed.

Li Hao had not yet waited for the people sent by the red-tasseled spear woman to take over the guard duty. He couldn't help but feel somewhat worried. The other party had cleared out the ancient road, so it stood to reason that they would soon send people to guard it, but now months had passed and not a shadow had been seen. Could it be that some accident happened when they left? Li Hao couldn't help but worry about Nangong Jian's situation, but being in this place, besides worrying blindly, it was of no use, so he had to shift his thoughts elsewhere.

Over the past half year, Li Hao had eaten nearly two hundred ancient demons alone. His Primordial Spirit power had become stronger, and the immortal power accumulated within his body had become increasingly thick.

Under the Ultimate Immortal Transformation, when this immortal power was released and converted into heaven and earth energy, Li Hao felt he could easily suppress and kill a third-tier ancient demon. Even without relying on his Primordial Spirit and broken weapons, just by pouring this power into his Eternal Dao Domain, he could suppress it to death alive with the Dao Domain alone.

Time was long, and Li Hao waited for another half year, condensing more than a hundred golden veins within his body.

Li Hao estimated that after eating for another two years, he would be able to condense the third divine bone of his Primordial Spirit.

And he still had many ancient demon corpses in his hands. If he ate them all, Li Hao felt he could at least condense the fourth divine bone, and perhaps even the fifth.

Each divine bone made Li Hao's Primordial Spirit power skyrocket, nearly doubling in improvement.

Coupled with the immortal object-manipulation technique Nangong Jian taught him, his object-manipulation speed was now fast to an inconceivable degree, even faster than the Return to Ruins Extreme Realm!

Within the same realm, he could suppress objects with just a single thought.

After living alone in this place for a year, Li Hao already somewhat missed the Land of All Sages and wanted to return, but the people the red-tasseled spear woman said she would send to guard this place were nowhere to be seen.

Li Hao was somewhat agitated, his intuition telling him that something had happened to the other party.

Zing! One day, while Li Hao was eating, he suddenly felt a hidden thread disappear; some kind of power fluctuation had snapped this hidden thread.

His eyes condensed, and he put away the delicacies he had just prepared, while simultaneously moving close to the Gate of Xuanpin, suppressing his aura, and quietly releasing his spiritual sense to look carefully.

Accompanied by a whistling sound, the trace of an ancient demon suddenly appeared above the canyon.

This ancient demon was several hundred zhang in size and was a third-tier ancient demon.

Li Hao's face changed slightly, and he hid behind a rock without revealing himself.

But this ancient demon seemed to see the Gate of Xuanpin and immediately let out a low roar of surprise, diving over.

Soon, it landed before the Gate of Xuanpin.

Its gaze immediately noticed the gap in the pattern, which made it become excited.

It immediately stepped forward, wanting to try to enter through that gap to investigate.

Just at this moment, a sharp, cold light suddenly attacked.

This ancient demon reacted immediately, screaming in shock, but the sound had only just been emitted when it stopped abruptly.

The speed of the broken weapon was too fast, instantly killing its physical body, and immediately following, the Primordial Spirit suppressed it, directly crushing its Primordial Spirit until it dissipated.

A third-tier ancient demon was already an existence that could be slaughtered at will before Li Hao.

"Damn it, did it wander over from elsewhere? Could it be that the war outside has already subsided?"

Li Hao walked out from behind the rock, his face somewhat gloomy. In those ancient demon territories earlier, everything was already dead silent; this ancient demon could only be an outsider.

And the fact that the opponent would wander here, yet not rush to the front line, seemed to also indicate that the war ahead might not need it and had already subsided.

"This gap, a second-tier ancient demon cannot enter, but a third-tier ancient demon can sneak in. Previously, it all relied on Nangong Jian guarding outside the canyon. Now that he is not here, and that female general hasn't sent anyone over, ancient demons will come here at any time and sneak in through this gap."

Li Hao's brows were tightly furrowed. He already wanted to go back. Unable to wait for the people sent by the other party to guard, he felt somewhat bored staying here.

He wanted to go back to fish and find people to play chess with, but now, if he went back, this gap would be exposed here. Once a third-tier ancient demon came and entered the pseudo-realm, it would inevitably bring disaster.

Especially if it brought the news here outside, if the ancient demons dispatched hundreds of third-tier ancient demons to invade, it would be an unimaginable disaster for the Land of All Sages! Li Hao sat back down in his previous place, frowning. Thinking of these things, he couldn't help but feel some worry, but he still quickly took out the delicacies he had just made; good food must not be let down.

After eating, Li Hao's mood improved slightly. He stared at the gap, his mind turning as he began to study the patterns on it.

The best way was to repair this gap.

But wanting to repair it, he estimated the difficulty would be no less than becoming a True Immortal.

After all, this Gate of Xuanpin was the work of an Immortal Emperor, and the things on it were all constructed by the Immortal Emperor. Although countless years had passed and it had been severely damaged, the fact that it could stand until now was enough to show it was not simple.

Time flew by.

In the days that followed, besides eating and drinking, Li Hao studied the patterns on this Gate of Xuanpin. When he was tired of studying, he would carve to relax.

Now, his carving had faintly touched the ninth-stage state of mind, and the things he carved contained extraordinary artistic conception.

(End of chapter)