Chapter 665: Incense Divine Realm

Under everyone's gaze, Li Hao arrived before the True Venerable Tower again.

Crossing the tower gate, darkness enveloped him like a tide. Opening his eyes again, Li Hao stood on the second layer.

Dark pillars stood before his eyes; he was not directly transmitted to the place of battle.

Li Hao's eyes flickered slightly, his mind already having thoughts of battle. He prepared slightly and reached out to touch the pillar.

In an instant, the pillar sucked his body inside as if it were absorbing water.

The scene before his eyes changed; the surrounding darkness faded away like paper fluttering. That vast yet desolate world emerged before his eyes like a magnificent painting scroll unfolding, and the wind swept in from all directions.

The pillar floated in mid-air, standing majestically. Dark purple light quickly condensed on the pillar, concentrating at one point, and Li Hao's projection slowly condensed.

Just as the projection was about to take shape, Li Hao quickly brought up the panel and chose to embed the Transcendent Chess Heart into the Movement Dao.

Following the panel's prompt, he confirmed... Li Hao felt an ethereal Dao thought descend, followed by a vast amount of information pouring into his mind like a sea.

In an instant, his thoughts seemed to fall into chaos, the flow of time seemed to stand still, and countless light and shadow memories and Dao sound inheritances appeared before his eyes.

It seemed as if decades or centuries had passed, but when Li Hao came back to his senses, it seemed only an instant had passed in the outside world.

The projection had already condensed into shape but did not immediately launch an attack on Li Hao; instead, it bowed slightly and then made a gesture of invitation, the action the same as last time.

Li Hao, however, raised his head slightly, only to see that tribulation clouds had gathered overhead at some unknown time.

Along with the embedding of the Transcendent Chess Heart, he also chose to add points at the same moment.

Movement Dao, tenth stage.

Sacrificial Dao entering Sage!

What Li Hao didn't expect was that he would actually summon Sacrificial Dao tribulation clouds here. Could it be that this place was also a real world, rather than a fictional illusion?

While he was pondering, the tribulation clouds continued to condense and thicken, and in front, the projection also raised its head to look, but it didn't seem to take it to heart. Its whole body bloomed with dazzling golden light, and its hair also rapidly transformed into silver-white, revealing its extreme-realm power.

At this time, behind the projection, the Heaven and Earth Dharma Image emerged, and its own volume also increased sharply, entering the state of Law Heaven and Earth.

Seeing this, Li Hao didn't dare to delay and quickly raised his combat state to the peak.

His silver hair flew, his volume surged rapidly, and Law Heaven and Earth was revealed. Along with the fusion with the Heaven and Earth Dharma Image, a boundless momentum swept out, like an ancient wild giant god!

Two majestic figures appeared, but the projection's momentum was even greater than Li Hao's. Just the pressure emitted by itself made the tribulation clouds in the sky fluctuate violently as if boiling, as if they were about to be shattered.

This Sacrificial Dao tribulation cloud was originally a Sacrificial Dao trial, but for the current Li Hao, he could disperse it with a wave of his hand.

Li Hao also ignored the tribulation clouds and waited strictly for the projection before him. Last time, when he hid in the Return Ruins, he was broken by the other party using the power of Heaven and Earth. Here, he couldn't rely on the Return Ruins to delay the battle; victory or defeat was only in an instant.

But now, with the tenth stage of Movement Dao, Li Hao didn't know if he could maneuver and give himself a chance to break the situation.

Rise.

Just as Li Hao entered the combat posture, the projection's attack suddenly approached and fell.

A massive amount of Heaven and Earth power suddenly condensed, and under the control of that unimaginable terrifying Primordial Spirit power, it instantly condensed into a sword aura that seemed to slash the sky and destroy the earth, slashing down toward Li Hao's head.

This sword seemed to be accompanied by a howling storm, thunder and lightning of Heaven and Earth ghosts and gods rang out, and the power of the boundless firmament was all applied to one sword, pressing the entire mid-air and earth down by a section!

Li Hao's figure swayed like a small boat in the sea, ready to be destroyed at any time, but he suddenly unleashed the Yama Outer Image. The ancient and majestic True Realm Yama condensed in black flames and appeared behind the young man, as if wanting to lift up the entire collapsing firmament.

A black Yama Blade like a sword condensed in his hand. Li Hao also carried the power of Heaven and Earth to the extreme, but he didn't release it. Instead, at the moment that sword approached, his figure was like a ghost, suddenly shuttling through, avoiding that sword like a butterfly through flowers.

He combined the Return Ruins Extreme Realm and the Heaven and Earth Without Trace movement technique, combining reality and illusion, but he only barely avoided that sword. The Yama Blade in his hand, which was ready to go, suddenly slashed out ten thousand miles of black light, as if splitting Heaven and Earth, howling and killing toward the projection.

A flash of surprise appeared in the projection's eyes, as if it didn't expect Li Hao's movement technique to suddenly reach such a state, but thinking of the Sacrificial Dao tribulation clouds, it seemed to understand. The projection's expression was not as numb as the first layer; instead, the corners of its mouth curled into a smile, and a trace of appreciation appeared in its eyes.

Subsequently, the sword light in its hand slashed, and the Yama Outer Image also appeared behind it.

Under the intensity of five-fold Primordial Spirit, the Yama Outer Image unleashed by the other party seemed to exceed the level of Origin True Intent, reaching a more extreme realm.

Therefore, the fierce posture of that Yama Outer Image was even more rugged and majestic, emitting an even greater momentum.

A black sword light also slashed out. Although it was a later move, the force was new, and it split Li Hao's sword light, which was ready to go, into two halves, like peeling a black sugarcane.

Li Hao's eyes deepened. This five-fold gap somewhat exceeded his expectations, but his movements didn't stop. One sword was broken, and he turned to strike continuously, circling around his body like twinkling starlight, attacking from various angles.

The projection stood calmly in place, waving its sword casually, as if it had the interest to accompany Li Hao to practice slowly, or perhaps it wanted to see Li Hao's bottom line.

It was understated, and it easily disintegrated Li Hao's all-out attack.

The more Li Hao fought, the more shocked he became. This five-fold gap gave him a feeling of a mayfly shaking a tree. The improvement of the tenth stage of Movement Dao couldn't bring about a qualitative change. The other party's Primordial Spirit intensity was enough to capture the movement of his movement technique; all his attacks were seen through, and it had enough reaction to parry.

Fortunately, this projection was very different from the first layer and didn't have a very strong desire to attack; instead, it seemed to have autonomous consciousness.

Watching all his attacks being disintegrated, Li Hao's quietly left layout was about to be completed. Finally, waiting for the Qiankun Chess Game to be set up, Li Hao's eyes became slightly ruthless; success or failure depended on this one move!

Bang!

He suddenly deliberately revealed a flaw, slashing out with a sword, as if his figure was unstable and too close to the other party.

This was the best opportunity to strike, and striking would inevitably lead to weak defense.

But the projection looked at Li Hao with leisure, a playful look in its eyes, and didn't attack.

Li Hao felt his scalp go numb from that look, and his heart sank along with it. He didn't give up and attacked again, revealing a flaw to verify.

This time, the projection suddenly swung its sword to attack. The moment Li Hao revealed a flaw, it slashed with the Yama Blade.

Li Hao's eyes instantly brightened. The Qiankun Chess Game around him was instantly activated, and the dark lines and sword aura buried in the void were revealed in an instant. Along with the sword light in his hand, they gathered and slashed fiercely toward the projection with a momentum several times his own.

That dazzling sword light illuminated Li Hao's own eyes.

But at the same moment, an even more dazzling light overshadowed Li Hao's sword aura.

Streaks of sword aura suddenly appeared in the void, gathering toward the projection's hand, and then condensed into an even sharper sword glow, as if penetrating Heaven and Earth, slashing down.

Li Hao's footsteps froze in mid-air, his eyes somewhat dull, and then they contracted deeply.

This was also, the Qiankun Chess Game?

The exact same move, layout, it had all been replicated!

And, the other party's power was stronger, even more terrifying!

Li Hao suddenly thought that the other party had swung out sword aura casually before to block his attack. Was that layout also buried by the sword aura swung out at that time?

The other party used the means of fishing dark lines, which Li Hao couldn't even detect. In terms of burying lines, it seemed to be five times higher than his own!

That dazzling sword light approached. On the edge of life and death and desperation, Li Hao seemed to suddenly wake up, light bursting from his eyes. He pushed his movement technique to the extreme, cooperating with the Return Ruins, and by constantly alternating between the Return Ruins and the movement technique, he left an afterimage in place in an instant, while he himself escaped ten thousand miles away.

That extreme movement technique in an instant exceeded Li Hao's limit. When he avoided the range of that sword light and came back to his senses, he couldn't believe that he had actually dodged that sword.

He gasped for breath. Although the Myriad Star Veins provided him with a steady stream of power, at this moment, he still felt cold sweat soaking his whole body and his spirit was exhausted.

The projection's sword aura cut off the mountain range below, severed the earth, and transmitted a rumbling vibration sound, with river and lake water pouring backward, forming a magnificent scene.

One sword missed, the projection was somewhat surprised, looked at Li Hao, but attacked again.

Li Hao dodged quickly. At this time, the projection's attack also became more and more fierce, and the attack frequency was constantly increasing and accelerating, making Li Hao's dodging difficult.

Movement Dao tenth stage could only barely exceed the other party's movement technique, but a slight mistake would lead to instant death!

In this extreme escape, Li Hao didn't even have time to lay out again.

Was this the pressure brought by the five-fold gap? No chance to breathe at all!

Li Hao's heart beat thumping. Using the tenth stage of Movement Dao and the Qiankun Chess Game failed to kill it. Could such a challenge really be completed by anyone?

Li Hao thought of Elder Wang, thought of the lonely back in the fertile fields. His eyes flickered constantly. While running, because the movement technique was too fast, many afterimages were left in place, but under the projection's pursuit, these afterimages were all shattered.

Phantom... Li Hao's eyes flickered slightly.

Void, reality...

He seemed to faintly capture something, and many traces of pen and ink appeared in his mind.

Painting pays attention to the combination of form and meaning; meaning is void, form is reality.

Usually, a master-level painter could already master it perfectly, let alone Li Hao's painting had already entered the Dao.

But at this moment, he felt another rhyme from this void and reality.

Suddenly, a cold sword intent pricked his back. Li Hao woke up and saw the sword light approaching. He hurriedly swung his sword to block.

Bang, his arm shook, as if ten thousand mountains were crashing in, and his body flew out like a rotten grass.

After crashing through more than a dozen mountain peaks, Li Hao barely stabilized his body, his whole body covered in blood, but the divine blood state caused his own healing power to surge, and the scars were healing rapidly.

At this time, the projection had already approached.

The breeze brushed its clothes, fluttering lightly, looking down at Li Hao like a god. Subsequently, it raised its hand again, condensing a dazzling sword technique—Immortal Pointing the Way.

That sword penetrated from the sky, like a finger lightly pointing on the earth.

The Sacrificial Dao tribulation clouds overhead quietly dissipated under this brilliant sword light, as if being cut and shattered.

Li Hao's eyes were dazed, the corners of his mouth revealed bitterness, knowing that this challenge was going to fail.

Moreover, this failure would make the next challenge even more difficult, because when the projection came out next time, the other party would also be at the tenth stage of Movement Dao.

"This Immortal Emperor trial is really perverted enough..."

Li Hao muttered to himself.

He raised his head to meet this sword; the strong wind blew in his face, and his body seemed about to be shattered.

That old figure drifted past his eyes, and he clenched his fists slightly, a trace of unwillingness flashing in his eyes.

But suddenly, behind that sword light before his eyes, full of dazzling golden light, like a golden long river waterfall splashing down, poured down from the shattered tribulation clouds like quicksand torrents.

Li Hao was stunned.

Before he could react, that golden quicksand-like light rapidly entangled and followed behind the sword light, actually like ten thousand arms, compressing and covering the sword light's momentum, until it caught up with the sword light. At the moment the sword light approached Li Hao, it wound around Li Hao's body along with the sword light.

Time seemed to be quietly silent.

An extremely gentle power spread to Li Hao's body.

Li Hao seemed to be able to feel tens of thousands of thoughts, prayers, and entreaties, like buzzing whispers, like ancient thunder sounds, vibrating in his mind.

That arrogant sword light landed on Li Hao's head but could no longer fall. That power flowing like golden divine sand blocked this sword that pressed down on Heaven and Earth.

On the ground around Li Hao, it cracked inch by inch; the original flat ground instantly turned into a steep isolated peak!

And the peak was where Li Hao was.

The sword light dissipated, the projection's eyes condensed, staring at Li Hao.

And at this moment, there was no sword light in Li Hao's eyes, only the countless golden divine sand-like powers gathering before his eyes, from which he could feel extremely gentle breaths.

This was incense power!

Since arriving here, Li Hao hadn't seen any incense power, thinking that the outside world had forgotten it or it had been isolated. But now, the Sacrificial Dao heavenly tribulation seemed to have broken the shackles of some barrier, allowing these incense powers to cross the space barrier and all come to his side.

Five years of time, five years of accumulation—Li Hao didn't expect that he could accumulate such terrifying and rich incense power.

At this moment, his whole body was surrounded by this incense power, like billions of hands, surrounding him tightly and protecting him.

Li Hao was somewhat stunned, feeling a deep palpitation in his heart.

At this time, he was in the huge body state of Law Heaven and Earth, and this incense power actually still wrapped his whole body, like a golden mound.

The power permeated through the pores of his whole body and poured into his body.

Li Hao felt the incense power in his body becoming more and more surging and hot. Soon, it was like a container full of water, and strands of gentle power permeated out.

And the incense power in his body constantly condensed into incense sticks. Finally, in the smoke burned by these incense sticks, golden divine light burst out, and the burned smoke actually outlined and formed a smoky incense!

That smoky incense was golden, hazy and mysterious.

Li Hao had some comprehension; this should be the realm of the Seeing Yuanzu, the Incense Divine Realm!

The transformation of this divine realm actually required the smoke after the incense was burned. After it became rich to the extreme, it would form divine incense. No wonder it required countless years of incense collection to do it!

As the golden divine incense ignited, Li Hao clearly felt that the incense power flowing in his body became stronger than ever, more than ten times the previous amount!

But this was only incense power. If converted into Li Hao's overall strength, it only amounted to an increase of fifty percent, not even a full fold.

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After all, in the combat power Li Hao actually erupted, incense power was only a very small part of it.

This was also the reason why Li Hao could suppress the Seeing Yuanzu and the God Kings.

Just the Heaven and Earth power transformed from the rich immortal power in his body could contend with this Incense Divine Realm.

If other Sages had such a breakthrough, they would inevitably be able to reverse the battle situation in an instant, and even have hope of passing the third layer of the True Venerable Tower personal disciple trial.

But for Li Hao, this bit of power was not enough to change the current situation.

Compared to his own five-fold projection, this only slightly narrowed the distance, but it was meaningless.

However...

Li Hao thought of the power of the Three Sages.

Extreme Dao, Sacrificial Dao, Incense!

The fusion of three kinds of power formed the prototype of the Heavenly Dao.

And the power of the Heavenly Dao prototype was one of Li Hao's main sources of power.

At this moment, Li Hao was instantly like a god possessing him, feeling extremely clear. He quickly burned and transferred this Incense Divine Realm power to the Heavenly Dao prototype.

Along with the ignition of the Incense Divine Realm power, the Heavenly Dao prototype was actually covered with a golden luster. In an instant, its aura climbed rapidly. Originally, the three powers stood against each other, with the Sacrificial Dao power being the strongest. Now, the power of the Incense Divine Realm suppressed the other two powers.

And the whole body of the Heavenly Dao prototype was also covered with golden divine light, like a divine infant, and it was changing and growing rapidly.

If it was just an infant before, now it already had the appearance of a seven or eight-year-old.

And the power momentum emitted was also completely different from before.

After absorbing the power of the Incense Divine Realm, the power of the Heavenly Dao prototype climbed rapidly, completely surpassing the previous prototype.

The gap in power was just like its appearance; the gap between a seven or eight-year-old child and an infant in swaddling clothes was self-evident.

At this time, the projection seemed to feel Li Hao's change and threat, its expression becoming solemn, and it suddenly dived down rapidly.

Its speed was frighteningly fast, constantly teleporting through the Return Ruins. The infinite power brought by the Myriad Star Veins allowed it to squander it to its heart's content.

Whoosh!

The moment its figure approached, the "isolated peak" under Li Hao's feet was already crumbling.

And at this time, Li Hao also raised his head, meeting the projection's cold eyes. Both felt that this battle would be fought with all their might!

Strike with the sword at the same time!

The Heaven and Earth power around was instantly plundered and divided into two shares.

Li Hao suddenly discovered that his projection was not without flaws.

Although the projection's power was extremely strong, it still relied on Heaven and Earth power, and the nearby Heaven and Earth power was limited. If it was squandered, it would be difficult to exert even more power.

Now that they were plundering at the same time, the surrounding Heaven and Earth power seemed to be divided into two. This meant that their power was equal!

Just as light burst from Li Hao's eyes, having strong confidence and hope, the projection was cold and indifferent. Its Primordial Spirit soared into the sky, and the five-fold Primordial Spirit power exceeding Li Hao allowed it to condense a larger range of Heaven and Earth power nearby.

In the blink of an eye, the momentum of the sword light in its hand surpassed Li Hao's.

Li Hao's expression slightly solidified, and then a wolf-like light appeared in his eyes. There was no way to retreat anymore. If he couldn't defeat it this time, then there would be no chance to pass in the future, unless he broke through to become a True Immortal!

Fight!

Li Hao suddenly erupted with the power of the young Heavenly Dao, burning it directly, using the burning Heavenly Dao to fight against the True Self!

That Heavenly Dao power burned fiercely in Li Hao's body, as if wanting to die in battle with him. The scorching power covered him, and along with Li Hao's sword swing, the clouds and mist in the entire firmament seemed to be sucked away like a whale, drifting toward the distance.

Boom!!

The entire vast and wild world seemed to shake fiercely, as if a big hand had grasped the entire world and shook it.

Followed by a silent buzzing sound.

The order of time seemed to shatter at this moment, everything stood still, but as a sword light suddenly broke through the illusion and slashed out, everything seemed to return to the real world.

Li Hao was covered in blood, his body of tens of thousands of feet was bathed in blood, countless sword aura scars were messily covered on his body, and it was difficult to heal. At this moment, Li Hao concentrated this healing power and turned it into the last sword in his hand.

The sword light shuttled through the Return Ruins Extreme Realm, reached the depths of the shattered sword light in an instant, and penetrated the swaying hazy figure.

The sword light broke its head, like a black silhouette, and the world returned to silence.

Li Hao gasped for breath, waiting for a long, long time, until the world that had been shattered like chaos by that sword returned to normal, and he saw the projection clearly. The other party's head was shattered, its Primordial Spirit had been extinguished, and there was no aura on its body.

Dark purple light appeared on its body, flickering slightly, and the edges of its body were gradually dissipating like smoke.

Li Hao's heart, which had been in his throat, finally fell back into his chest at this moment.

Followed by an indescribable sense of fatigue, surging from all over his body. Even with the nourishment of the Myriad Star Veins' power, the power in his body was still full, but he felt as if he couldn't even stand steadily.

That last sword, borrowing the aura of the young Heavenly Dao, touched the Heavenly Venerable Will in the deepest part of the Immortal Transformation Extreme Realm, borrowed a portion of power, integrated it into that sword, and beheaded the projection's Primordial Spirit.

At this time, his body fell like a kite with a broken string.

The original plain was now a deep abyss-like pit. After falling for a long time, Li Hao finally reached the bottom.

He sat paralyzed on the ground, but grinned and laughed.

But after feeling the divine incense in his body, Li Hao couldn't laugh anymore.

He sat on the ground, silent.

Five years passed, the outside world hadn't forgotten him. Being able to gather so much incense, it was likely that ninety percent of the people in the Myriad Worlds all believed in him.

And this also meant that other Sages hadn't interfered in this matter.

Similarly, this was still an excellent signal; the Myriad Worlds didn't seem to have been invaded by Ancient Demons again!

Otherwise, if the Myriad Worlds were exterminated, it would be impossible to have so much incense.

"Ying Xiaoxiao once said that to reach the Extreme Dao Divine Realm, one must absorb at least half of the Myriad Worlds' incense. It seems that was still conservative."

Li Hao's eyes flickered. Myriad Worlds faith, five years of accumulation, made him finally reach the Divine Realm!

Although the Seeing Yuanzu was the oldest Sage, the population of the Myriad Worlds when he became a Sage was far less than it was now.

At that time, there were natural and man-made disasters, and demons were rampant. After the Seeing Yuanzu became a Sage and absorbed the Myriad Worlds' incense, he protected the Myriad Worlds, making all places peaceful, and the population multiplied more and more, leading to the prosperity of the Myriad Worlds today.

And with more people, other Sages were born, and the incense was dispersed. Although the Seeing Yuanzu had always been the Sage with the most believers in the Myriad Worlds, it still took him over ten thousand years to reach the Divine Realm.

After reaching the Divine Realm, he also reached the limit of the Incense Sage Dao and could make no further progress, so he could only explore other paths.

Compared to other Sages, the Seeing Yuanzu reached the peak tens of thousands of years ago. Since then, he could only wait quietly for other Sages to improve rapidly and catch up to the gap with him.

He still occupied the vast majority of the Myriad Worlds' incense and was unwilling for a second Incense Divine Realm to appear.

And in the eyes of other Sages, the Seeing Yuanzu seemed to have revealed power surpassing ordinary Sages very early on. This was also the reason why the Seeing Yuanzu was highly respected; no one knew how much true foundation he had, and could only calculate it through time.

But in fact, the Seeing Yuanzu's cultivation had long since stagnated, and the other paths he pondered could only bring him minimal improvement. This was also the reason why the Seeing Yuanzu was so fanatically eager for Immortals and Gods.

That was the only path he could continue to walk!

And he had been waiting for that path for an incomparably long time.

"I don't know how Feng Lao and the others are doing now..." Li Hao's gaze flickered slightly, and he suddenly felt an urgent feeling in his heart.

Suddenly, he sensed something, his expression changed slightly, and he looked toward the sky.

He saw that the projection, whose life aura had been silent before, was now healed and slowly descending.

Seeing Li Hao stunned, the projection's mouth curled slightly, a mischievous smile flashed in its eyes, and it raised its hand, condensing a vast momentum.

Li Hao's expression changed. Although he felt a strong sense of fatigue, he still stood up at the first moment, preparing to condense power to fight again.

But seeing his posture, the other party suddenly dispersed the power in its hand and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, you won."

"Hm?"

Li Hao looked at it in surprise. The projection could actually speak?

"Being able to pass the second layer of the True Venerable Tower trial, you can be considered qualified to know of my existence."

The projection smiled. Although its body was the same as Li Hao's, its expression and temperament were completely inconsistent with Li Hao's. It put its hands behind its back and said with an indifferent smile:

"Waiting for ten thousand years, I finally waited for a little fellow who could pass the second layer of the True Venerable Tower. It's really not easy. You should be able to guess my identity, right?"

"You are... the True Venerable Tower?"

Li Hao was startled.

Even divine weapons had spirits, let alone immortal weapons. This True Venerable Tower could serve as a trial for the Immortal Emperor to select disciples and could project his Myriad Star Veins extreme-realm power. It was definitely not an ordinary immortal weapon; it was very likely an Imperial Weapon!

"Still quite smart."

Seeing Li Hao guess correctly, the projection's mouth curled, then it glanced at Li Hao and said: "I also have some understanding of the situation outside. These years, I have been waiting for someone to pass the trial to explore the situation outside, but those little fellows outside are one stupider than the other, and not even a registered disciple for the first layer has passed. If it were back then, if His Majesty the Immortal Emperor had announced the recruitment of disciples, the Myriad Worlds would have been shaken, and countless people would have passed the first layer of the True Venerable Tower in one day. Although those who came to participate back then were all monsters of the Myriad Worlds, numbering in the millions, but..."

It said, its eyes revealing reminiscence, but soon it became lonely again.

Shaking its head slightly, the projection said to Li Hao: "Your talent far surpasses theirs, but the Nine-Flower Immortal Seal behind is very difficult. If you fall into a bottleneck in your comprehension, you can come to this place. I have a way to help you without violating His Majesty the Immortal Emperor's rules."

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