Chapter 667: Space Origin Fourth Layer

Chess Dao, Heaven and Earth as the game, Sun, Moon, and Stars as pieces.

Vast extending space can accommodate all things in Heaven and Earth.

What is space?

Seems empty but not empty, seems to have but not have, seems to be nothing but not nothing.

All is empty, all is not empty.

Li Hao suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment, his mind buzzing.

His tenth-stage chess experience had already reached the Sacrificial Dao, but he still couldn't defeat Elder Wang. When the other party was serious, the chess path was unpredictable, often turning decay into magic, and a "God's move" reversed the battle situation. It seemed that in the other party's eyes, he could always see positions that Li Hao couldn't see, and gaps that he couldn't see.

At this moment, Li Hao was somewhat enlightened.

The space he could see was different from what the other party could see; this was the reason for his defeat.

"Elder Wang, let's play a game."

Li Hao invited.

Elder Wang was startled, a bitter smile appearing in his eyes. He just wanted to persuade him a few words, but saw Li Hao's expression was solemn, just staring at the chessboard, his eyes carrying unprecedented light. The words he had just opened his mouth to say suddenly swallowed back into his stomach.

Then he nodded slightly and said: "I will be serious this game."

After speaking, he and Li Hao grabbed pieces at the same time, choosing the first move for black and white.

Subsequently, Li Hao devoted himself wholeheartedly to placing pieces and laying out.

"Hm?"

Seeing Li Hao's move, Elder Wang's eyes changed immediately, revealing a few surprises.

This move was tricky, leaving himself a lot of space to advance and retreat, much more flexible than before. This brat, his chess power suddenly improved so much in such a short time?

Moreover, it seemed to be just comprehended... but they were clearly chatting about cultivation matters just now.

Elder Wang felt a bit speechless in his heart. Drawing inferences from cultivation to comprehend Chess Dao? How much love must one have to have such associations?

He suddenly felt a bit apologetic in his heart, not knowing if urging Li Hao like this was right, but thinking of the True Realm, thinking that he had a chance to go out, and the infinite benefits brought by formal disciples, he put away these distracting thoughts.

"Elder Wang, it's your turn."

Li Hao said.

Elder Wang came back to his senses, swept a glance at Li Hao's chess, and then placed a piece.

But after placing the piece, he suddenly let out a light "eh," his expression changing.

He saw that the piece Li Hao just placed was not as simple as it looked, hiding a very deep path.

And seeing Elder Wang's move, Li Hao's eyes brightened, the corners of his mouth revealed a smile, and he placed a piece quickly.

Elder Wang's expression changed; one step wrong, and he was targeted by Li Hao.

But he didn't give up and admit defeat just like that, quickly maneuvering. Based on his experience fighting Li Hao before, as long as he was serious now, he still had a chance to win.

However, as he maneuvered, Li Hao was pressing step by step, and the dark space of the pieces blocked all his paths.

On the chessboard, only two winding dragon chess paths determined the outcome.

Elder Wang felt his throat somewhat dry, staring at the chessboard, his expression changing. All his moves were accurately seen through by Li Hao and strangled in the cradle, which made him realize that the general trend was gone.

One step wrong, the whole game is lost!

"You won."

Elder Wang withdrew the piece from his fingertips, his expression complex, and said to Li Hao.

His gaze lingered on the chessboard, as if still searching for the possibility of winning, but finally slowly raised his head and looked at the young man before him.

His expression looked like he didn't know whether it was relief or regret, and carried a heartfelt favor and appreciation.

Following Elder Wang's admission of defeat, Li Hao saw a huge amount of chess experience jumping out before his eyes, totaling over ten million.

At the same time, his Chess Dao also stepped past the tenth stage.

【Congratulations, you have comprehended the Origin True Intent of Chess Dao.】

Chess Dao improved to the eleventh stage!

Along with the improvement of Chess Dao, it was as if a bell rang in Li Hao's mind.

Immediately after, countless vast Dao thoughts fell like snowflakes, pouring into his mind.

His mind seemed to come to a constantly swirling world, surrounded by Heaven and Earth loud sounds whispering, and countless immortal-like hazy figures dancing and performing true methods.

He felt dazed as if the space around him shattered and gathered, seeing himself turn infinitely small, seeing a majestic divine dynasty in a tiny grain of sand, with countless residents living in it.

Chess Dao contains the Space Origin Great Dao.

Li Hao had some realization.

When this inheritance dissipated like an illusion, Li Hao saw the chessboard again, as well as Elder Wang's figure.

At the same time, Li Hao saw a new attribute appearing on the panel before his eyes.

【Chess Dao: Eleventh Stage (Space Origin Third Layer)】

【State of Mind: Origin True Intent (1)】

Through the Record of Ten Thousand Daos, Li Hao knew that the Ten Thousand Dao Origins all had ten levels of realm.

But wanting to comprehend the highest tenth level, only the Immortal Emperor could master it.

The Void Sage and Void Ancestor Li Hao encountered before, using space as the Sage Dao, could only be considered the entry level of Space Origin, not even reaching the first layer of Space Origin.

Reaching the first layer of Space Origin allowed one to condense an Immortal Seal with Space Origin True Intent and become a True Immortal.

And the third layer of the Origin realm, even some Immortal Monarchs hadn't reached it, and in the True Immortal Realm, it was a rare existence in the Myriad Worlds.

Comprehending Space Origin through Chess Dao, Li Hao was somewhat surprised, and at the same time faintly felt that the many art attributes he could record on the panel seemed to have hidden deep meanings.

"Need to comprehend Time Origin again."

Li Hao's eyes flickered.

His gaze swept across other arts on the panel.

Fishing, carving, painting, cooking, music, poetry and books.

"Cooking... perhaps it can let me comprehend Fire Origin..."

Li Hao's eyes flickered slightly. He had already reached the tenth stage of cooking, mastering the Chaos Divine Fire, which could roast the Ancient Demon's body into a delicacy. If he went a step further in the Chaos Divine Fire, it would be Fire Origin.

"Painting... pen and ink..."

"Fishing..."

Li Hao's eyes stared slightly, his gaze falling on his painting, which had already reached the tenth stage.

Painting, controlling pen and ink. If Heaven and Earth are the canvas and the Great Dao is the brush, then mountains and rivers are the scenery painted by the rivers.

Supreme goodness is like water.

The Dao Scripture appeared in Li Hao's mind, and he suddenly had a feeling of realization in his heart.

He suddenly stood up and ran toward the cushions.

Elder Wang was startled, seeing Li Hao run toward the cushions so actively for the first time, and suddenly felt a softness and emotion in his heart.

But soon, he saw the brat run to the cushions, choose an empty meditation cushion to sit on, and then raise his hand to condense a canvas in mid-air.

Subsequently, using his fingers as a brush and the Great Dao as ink, he splashed wantonly on the canvas.

Elder Wang: "..."

He had long known that besides Chess Dao, Li Hao also had deep attainments in painting.

Elder Wang noticed when Li Hao was tracing the Heaven and Earth Bell before the cushions earlier.

But he didn't expect that Li Hao's interest in painting was no less than Chess Dao. He should be cultivating now... Elder Wang smiled bitterly in his heart, but didn't urge Li Hao. If Li Hao really didn't want to work hard, he wouldn't force it. After all, even formal disciples weren't enough to move Li Hao. If he continued to force it, the cultivation effect might not be as desired.

At this time, Li Hao's mind was completely immersed in painting.

That Heaven and Earth Bell jumped onto the canvas, suspended in mid-air, the canvas slowly disappeared, leaving only a bell.

It looked as if it were a projection reflected by the Heaven and Earth Bell.

But it emitted the aura of the Great Dao, as if it would vibrate at any time, emitting a loud Heaven and Earth sound.

"Not enough..."

Li Hao's eyes stared, waving it away casually, then painting again.

Earlier in the second layer of the True Venerable Tower, he comprehended a deeper rhyme of void and reality in desperation.

Void to the extreme is empty; empty to the extreme is reality!

Reality to the extreme is Earth Origin, which can carry all things.

Li Hao painted wantonly in the void with his fingers like a madman.

His fingertips contained the extremely soft Great Dao, extending like ink, leaving black traces in the void—it was actually tiny cracks in space being torn by his fingers.

!.

Soon, the second Heaven and Earth Bell was painted.

But it was still a bit short of void meaning.

Li Hao waved his hand to disperse it and continued to paint the third, fourth...

Not enough, still not enough!

A trace of madness flashed in Li Hao's eyes; he had long forgotten which painting he was drawing.

Until the painting he considered most ideal appeared, Li Hao stopped his hand, and in an instant, the world seemed peaceful.

Li Hao looked blankly, then let out a crazy laugh.

Perfect.

At this moment, from the perspective of his current realm, this painting was perfect.

A large amount of painting experience jumped out before his eyes.

Li Hao came back to his senses, and immediately saw that his painting had also reached the eleventh stage.

The bottleneck of the experience being full was broken at this moment.

【Congratulations, you have comprehended the Origin True Intent of Painting Dao】

Painting Dao improved to the eleventh stage!

At the same time, the same comprehension as the previous Chess Dao poured into his mind, falling like countless snowflakes, surrounding Li Hao.

He came to that enlightenment-like journey again, with countless figures dancing and performing true methods for him.

After a long time, when Li Hao came back to his senses, he saw the attributes on the panel change.

【Painting Dao: Eleventh Stage (Water Origin Second Layer) (Earth Origin Second Layer) (Space Origin Fourth Layer)】

【State of Mind: Origin True Intent (2)】

Li Hao was startled, somewhat shocked and astonished, but the Great Dao inherited in his mind wouldn't deceive him. At this moment, he had a deeper understanding of Water Origin and Earth Origin, far from what he could compare to before.

But what shocked Li Hao was that Space Origin had actually reached the fourth layer!

This could only be comprehended by Immortal Monarchs.

Li Hao looked back at the previous Chess Dao.

He found that the Space Origin Third Layer behind it had also become the fourth layer.

It seemed that the two were common, not added together, otherwise it would be outrageous.

Li Hao withdrew his gaze from the panel attributes and carefully felt the enlightenment just now, as well as the inherited Dao thoughts.

Painting Dao contains two layers of Water Origin, two layers of Earth Origin, and one layer of Space Origin.

Paintings also need a sense of space, leaving blank space.

Li Hao closed his eyes, silently comprehending and absorbing.

And at this time, other Sages on the cushions widened their eyes, staring at Li Hao, all startled by Li Hao's madness just now.

Just now, Li Hao painted to the point of forgetting himself, not noticing the situation around him at all. When his last painting was completed, it shook the Great Dao Origin, causing other Sages to be awakened from their cultivation and meditation, and the Dao Mastery couldn't block the influence here.

Seeing the Heaven and Earth Bell suspended in mid-air, they were somewhat stunned.

No matter how they looked at it, this Heaven and Earth Bell wasn't a fake, but they knew it was impossible for there to be a second Heaven and Earth Bell here.

Moreover, this Heaven and Earth Bell didn't even look like it was painted by Li Hao, but a real object, and it could even be used!

"Hao Tianhe..."

"He painted this? Hell, what level of painting technique is this."

"Too exaggerated. Hao Tian hasn't cultivated yet, still pondering painting? If he had this effort to cultivate, wouldn't he have already taken the Immortal Emperor orthodoxy?"

Everyone was shocked by this Heaven and Earth Bell. Compared to Li Hao's previous paintings, they only felt amazed, but this Heaven and Earth Bell at this moment seemed like a real vessel!

At this time, Elder Wang in the distance arrived here at some unknown time.

He stared at the Heaven and Earth Bell painted by Li Hao. After a long while, his eyes contracted slightly, and then he turned to look at the young man sitting on the meditation cushion with his eyes closed, revealing an extremely complex expression in his eyes.

In the previous Chess Dao, Li Hao hadn't been able to show the power of Space Origin, but on this painting at this moment, there were traces of Water Origin, Earth Origin, and Space Origin, which couldn't be covered up.

A painting actually used these three types of Dao realms; it had to be said that it was an extremely terrible luxury.

At this time, Li Hao slowly opened his eyes, and immediately heard the sound of people discussing in his ears.

He looked up and saw the Heaven and Earth Bell suspended quietly, a satisfied look appearing in his eyes.

Hearing the exclamations around him, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up. This feeling made him feel more refreshed than defeating a hundred Sages in a row.

If they said his realm was profound and his combat power was top-tier, he would just smile slightly, but if they said his painting was perfect and his painting technique was exquisite, it would be very hard to press down the corners of his mouth.

"It's just a clumsy work. Everyone, who wants to try and verify their Dao heart with this bell?"

Li Hao opened his mouth and said with a light smile.

Although it was self-deprecating, anyone could see the self-satisfaction in the young man's eyes, and for a moment, they were all speechless.

However, Li Hao's words made them react, somewhat suspicious. What did this mean? Could they verify their Dao heart with this painted bell?

"I'll try."

Soon, someone stood up—it was Luo Sheng.

He was somewhat eager to try. Regardless of whether it was true or false, he would know after trying.

Could a painted Heaven and Earth Bell really possess the effect of a real Heaven and Earth Bell?

Under everyone's gaze, Luo Sheng arrived before the Heaven and Earth Bell painted by Li Hao, and then began to verify his Dao heart.

The surrounding Great Dao power suddenly pulled, gathering toward the bell, and subsequently, a loud Heaven and Earth sound actually erupted from beneath the bell!

Everyone's heart shook, horror appearing in their eyes.

Especially among the crowd, there were several Sages who were good at refining weapons, and at this moment, they were shocked beyond measure.

At this time, the Heaven and Earth Bell rang again.

Two rings, three rings, four rings...

Heaven and Earth Bell rang four times—Heaven-level Dao heart!

Luo Sheng had just arrived here, only having an Earth-level Dao heart, but his Dao heart had long since transformed.

Along with the lingering sound echoing and dissipating, everyone couldn't help but look at Li Hao, all shocked and speechless.

You must know that this Heaven and Earth Bell was a treasure left by the Immortal Emperor, and no one knew what grade it was, but it definitely wouldn't be an ordinary object. Li Hao could actually paint it and possess the same effect. Wouldn't this be ten or a hundred times faster than refining weapons?!

Moreover, refining weapons required collecting materials, while this painting was done in one stroke.

Li Hao saw that the Heaven and Earth Bell had faintly faded by a few points, knowing that if it were used a few more times, it would dissipate.

Moreover, the Heaven and Earth Bell he painted only possessed less than one-tenth of the effect of the real Heaven and Earth Bell, and could only ring four times. If he verified his Dao heart himself, it would dissipate on the spot.

But this was already enough.

Li Hao smiled at Elder Wang, seeing Elder Wang's meaningful and complex stare, and guessed that the other party might have seen the traces of the Great Dao Origin through the painting. He wasn't surprised, his mood was great at this moment, and he prepared to accompany Elder Wang for a few more games to warm up, and then start condensing the Nine-Flower Immortal Seal!

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