Chapter 676: Heading to the True Realm

Seeing such dazzling incense, Li Hao also had some difficult-to-describe emotions in his heart.

When he first came to the Heavens, he was extremely unfamiliar with this place. Living in the human world for more than ten years, he had long regarded the human world as his "home."

He had fought all the way in the Heavens, defeating all the Supreme Monsters of the Heavens, beheading Sages, and deterring the Heavens, but Li Hao's heart was always in the human world, always in the border of the Great Yu Divine Dynasty, in that small pass city, in that small courtyard with a fence.

There, smoke curled, old friends were companions, fishing in leisure, painting in stillness, the days were very happy.

He had no sense of belonging to the Heavens, but earlier, the gap torn in the True Venerable Tower, the surging incense of these five years, and now this incense rainbow bridge, made Li Hao truly feel that he had integrated into the Heavens. This was his second "home."

The emotions contained in that incense surpassed all words.

Li Hao took a deep breath and received these incenses. Although the incense in his body had reached the limit of the Divine Realm, these incenses could still settle and fall continuously. Li Hao found it hard to imagine what kind of realm and qualitative change would be reached if he continued to accumulate more and more incense after the Incense Divine Realm.

Source Ancestor had long reached the Incense Divine Realm, yet had been collecting incense for many years. The purpose was clearly not as simple as blocking the paths of other Sages.

"That place actually wasn't a forbidden area, but an opportunity?!"

"So that's how it is."

"My heavens, how come I didn't go over earlier?"

"Who could have expected this?"

In the towering palace within the Sacred Land, Feng Feng Bo Ping and the others asked about Li Hao's experience. When they learned that he had fallen into the depths of the Double-Seam Demon Valley, not only did he not die, but he also obtained an opportunity to advance to a True Immortal, they were all shocked and felt pleasantly surprised for Li Hao.

Li Hao didn't go into detail about the Tianyang Imperial Palace. It wasn't that he couldn't trust Old Feng and the others, but his identity was special; he was the only disciple of that Immortal Emperor now. If Old Feng and the others knew his identity, it would only bring harm, not good.

"No wonder..."

Feng Feng Bo Ping and the others looked at Old Wang, and then noticed the Hua Sheng, You Sheng, and others Li Hao had brought back.

"Isn't this... Lin Sheng?"

Suddenly, Mi Tian Sage looked over in surprise, revealing astonishment in his eyes.

Lin Sheng had long noticed Mi Tian Sage. Seeing his shocked appearance, he only smiled and said: "Long time no see."

Mi Tian Sage was shocked: "You are already a Supreme Sage? In less than ten thousand years..."

Lin Sheng smiled bitterly, "Don't talk about age. Compared to the one beside you, I am ashamed."

Mi Tian Sage was stunned, then couldn't help but laugh, sighing: "He is a monster. As for you, it seems you have also obtained no small opportunity."

Lin Sheng only smiled bitterly and didn't speak again.

Hua Sheng, You Sheng, and the others were also recognized, and everyone greeted each other, but they all avoided the matters inside the forbidden area and didn't discuss them.

A few days later.

After the gathering ended, Feng Feng Bo Ping found Li Hao with worry, saying:

"The True Immortals of the Heavens have all been killed. There are so many forces behind them, will they track us down?"

Li Hao smiled: "No matter. When they come to hunt us down, even Immortal Lords will avoid them."

These past few days, he had already inquired from Old Wang. Old Wang said he would reinforce the Xuanpin Gates everywhere, and would build an Immortal Array outside the previous Xuanpin Gate. Even if an Immortal Lord entered rashly, they would encounter a killing tribulation, unless they respectfully begged to exit.

In the forbidden area for one hundred thousand years, Old Wang had pondered many things to an extremely profound degree.

The Immortal Array was one of them.

Chess is like an array, an array is like chess.

Seeing Li Hao so confident, Feng Feng Bo Ping felt relieved in his heart. He knew Li Hao was not a person who would boast, and must have full certainty before doing so.

"Old Feng, do you know where the God Race is?"

Li Hao asked.

He hadn't forgotten the Imperial Palace's commission. Three personal disciples—one had completely perished, and the other two had soul hearts that hadn't withered. If he could find Ying Xiaoxiao and confirm she was truly that Divine Maiden Shi Miao, Li Hao would send her to the Imperial Palace, rather than choosing to secretly harm her.

"God Race..."

Feng Feng Bo Ping shook his head slightly, saying: "Since the catastrophe came, only the God King appeared. The traces of the God Race are only known to the God King. In the five years waiting for you, we did think of the God Race, but searched everywhere and couldn't find their traces."

"Back then, the God King was sealed, and the God Race hid. No one in the Heavens knew. If the God Race wants to hide, it's very hard to be found."

Li Hao was somewhat helpless. This was also true; the God Race could be considered to have experience in hiding.

After bidding farewell to Old Feng, Li Hao found Old Wang and explained this matter to him.

"You know the whereabouts of Shi Miao?"

Old Wang heard Li Hao's words, his always smiling and calm appearance almost jumping up, looking at Li Hao excitedly:

"Really? Are you sure?"

"I can only be sure after finding her."

Li Hao saw his appearance of being happy to the point of confusion and felt it was interesting, couldn't help but laugh.

"Oh, oh..."

Old Wang also came back to his senses, suddenly thinking that he had been so uncomposed in front of Li Hao, which was somewhat losing his composure. But seeing Li Hao's smiling face, not angry, he only felt somewhat comforted. After several years of getting along, this youth had always been as calm as a chrysanthemum in his heart.

"Let me take a look."

Old Wang said, then closed his eyes.

Around his body, Li Hao instantly felt intense law power enveloping. These powers surrounded his body, then seemed to be isolated from the world, independent into a domain. This domain was profound, and the laws extended out, like veins merging with the Heavenly Dao power in the outside world.

While he was continuously emitting vast pressure, Li Hao stood quietly outside waiting.

After a while, Old Wang opened his eyes, but the law power around his body did not dissipate, only saying suspiciously: "The person you mentioned doesn't seem to be in this world anymore."

Li Hao was stunned, and before he could say anything else, Old Wang said: "Let me look again."

Immediately after, he closed his eyes again. In the immortal dao laws emerging around his body, the light of the sun, moon, and stars appeared, as if standing in an independent starry sky.

As the stars and moon rotated, countless rune-like powers flew and turned. After a while, Old Wang opened his eyes, his brows tightly furrowed.

"I didn't find her, but I seem to have found traces of time fluctuations. It seems what you said should be true, it's just that the other party might have gone to the True Realm now."

"True Realm?"

Li Hao was stunned, then said: "But that Xuanpin Gate has always been guarded."

"The heavens have more than just that one breach. Moreover, outside one of the Mysterious Female Gates, there are traces of temporal fluctuations. Perhaps it mastered a portion of the Goddess of Time's power and escaped through there. If your theory is correct, the person you saw is very likely the reincarnation of the Goddess of Time. When encountering danger, a tiny fraction of her power may have awakened, allowing her to escape..."

Old Wang said in a deep voice.

Li Hao's eyes flickered, thinking of Ying Xiaoxiao's appearance and smile, saying: "If she restores the identity of Divine Maiden Shi Miao, will she still be my friend?"

"Hard to say, but the reincarnated body's memory shouldn't disappear, unless she reincarnates again."

Old Wang said: "But now that reincarnation has collapsed, all reincarnations are pseudo-reincarnations, not true reincarnations."

"Pseudo-reincarnation?"

Li Hao was stunned.

Are there true and false distinctions in reincarnation?

Old Wang shook his head, but didn't elaborate. That involved some terrifying secrets. Unless one was a personal disciple of the Immortal Emperor, one couldn't know, otherwise knowing would be of no benefit to Li Hao. "If you go to the True Realm, then to search, you can only go to the True Realm as soon as possible."

Old Wang's eyes were solemn and serious, saying: "While those time fluctuations still have traces, I can barely capture them. The longer the time, the more impossible it will be to find her. According to your statement, the other party is only at the Sage level. In a place like the True Realm, I'm afraid..."

"If she reincarnates again, even if she restores to Divine Maiden Shi Miao in the future, she might not remember the memories of this life."

"And if she reincarnates, I don't know where she will reincarnate to."

Li Hao felt his urgency and understood Old Wang's intention.

He was silent for a moment. He had originally thought he could find Ying Xiaoxiao in the Heavens and send her to the Imperial Palace, but now he had to go to the True Realm immediately.

He had just returned and still wanted to continue gathering with Old Feng and the others.

Seeing Li Hao's thoughts, Old Wang said: "If you want to accompany your friends, you can ask for their thoughts. If they are willing, bring them to the True Realm together, and you can also take care of each other along the way."

"That's right."

Li Hao's heart moved, and he immediately found Old Feng, Lin Qingying, and the others, summoning them all together.

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"You plan to go to the True Realm?"

Feng Feng Bo Ping and the others heard Li Hao's words and were somewhat surprised, but not too shocked.

After all, with Li Hao's talent, the Heavens were too small for Li Hao.

Now that Li Hao was a True Immortal, it was natural that he should go to the True Realm

"If you are going, I am going too."

Before Li Hao could explain the reason for such urgency, Feng Feng Bo Ping spoke directly.

The Sword Master smiled, maintaining his refined and casual demeanor, and said, "I didn't go to the True Realm before because I wanted to look after your remains. I'll go in a few years. Since you are fine, it is time for us to venture into the True Realm and stop suffering such grievances."

His words made everyone recall the pressure from the three True Immortals earlier, and a hint of coldness immediately appeared in their eyes.

Having experienced the Ancient Demon catastrophe, Li Hao's fall, and the suppression by True Immortals, this continuous oppression made even those who originally intended to lie flat develop a strong fighting spirit. They wanted to cultivate and take control of their own destinies.

"I won't go, old man. I'll stay here to guard the home."

Sage Mitian smiled and waved his hand, saying, "When you are tired and return, come find me for tea."

Since the events of that year, his desire to cultivate had faded.

"I want to go."

Lin Qingying said to Li Hao, her gaze extremely determined.

Li Hao felt the obsession in her eyes and said softly, "It is too dangerous there."

"As long as I can see you, I am not afraid of any danger."

Lin Qingying looked up and stared straight at Li Hao.

Li Hao's heart trembled. He was silent for a moment and said, "Once I find a friend there, I will return."

Lin Qingying shook her head slightly, as if she had already made a decision that would not change.

Others also spoke up, wanting to go to the True Realm.

Chi Guang, Lin Shuhai, and others had only just reached the Half-Sage realm, but they also wanted to go to the True Realm to see the world, looking at Li Hao with a mix of reserve and hope.

Seeing that they were all willing to go, Li Hao nodded and said:

"Then we shall go together."

With Li Hao's final decision, the whole place erupted in cheers.

The next day, Li Hao and Elder Wang set off, taking everyone to the True Realm.

Except for Elder Feng and the others, Sage Ming and Sage Mu did not intend to go to the True Realm immediately. After coming out, they quickly inquired about the situation outside and knew that there would be many opportunities to go to the True Realm in the future with their strength.

They hadn't seized the opportunity to befriend Li Hao in the forbidden zone earlier, and now that they were traveling together, they feared there wouldn't be much progress. Besides, having been away from the heavens for too long, they all wanted to stay in their hometown a while longer.

As for Sage Hua, Sage You, and the others, as Li Hao's Immortal Guards, they needed to stay by his side unless Li Hao ordered them to stay behind to garrison.

As they set off, Half-Sages and those in the Hearing Dao Realm from various holy lands came to see them off like a tide of mountains and seas.

With the Sages gone, Half-Sages were now the top powerhouses in each holy land, capable of holding down the fort.

In the Ancient Starry Palace, Li Hao and Elder Wang traveled together to this place.

Eight Half-Sages were guarding this place, receiving Immortal Gods from the True Realm. They had also received news that Li Hao and the others were heading to the True Realm.

"Sage Haotian!"

"Greetings, Sage Haotian."

Seeing Li Hao, the eight Half-Sages stood up one after another and bowed respectfully. Some even performed grand salutes with their Half-Sage bodies.

During the previous Ancient Demon catastrophe, Li Hao turned the tide and saved the heavens. This event spread throughout the heavens over five years. Countless people saw that tragic scene of the young man through projections, perishing together with the True Immortal-level Ancient Demon in the forbidden zone.

In every holy land of the heavens, statues of Li Hao were erected for disciples to worship.

Li Hao bid them farewell, then immediately joined Elder Wang, taking the Sword Master, Elder Feng, and many others to the True Realm.

Arriving in the True Realm again, the desolation before them came into view. But unlike the previous arrival, figures of True Immortals could be seen in the distance, whistling as they rode their swords.

Previously, under Li Hao's guidance, Elder Wang had killed a group of True Immortals who were causing chaos in the heavens. However, there were still many forces in the True Realm, including some rogue True Immortals who had heard the news of this pseudo-realm and knew that the Heavenly Palace had opened it up. They all wanted to explore this ancient battlefield forbidden zone and take a look at the Immortal Emperor's pseudo-realm.

"Let them wait a moment; I am setting up an array here."

Elder Wang said to Li Hao.

Li Hao nodded, then took Elder Feng, the Sword Master, and the others to rest and wait on the side.

Elder Wang raised his hand to condense rays of light like silver talismans, forming the foundation of an Immortal Array in the void.

"Is this the True Realm?"

Feng Feng Bo Ping and the others looked around, examining the place.

It was their first time here, and they felt exceptionally fresh and amazed.

This True Realm was more desolate and dilapidated than they had imagined.

Li Hao explained the reason to them, and only then did they realize this was an ancient battlefield.

At this moment, True Immortals in the distance flew over on swords, passing through the ancient road canyon and landing outside the Mysterious Female Gate.

"Hmm. A group of Sage-level?"

Four True Immortals landed. The True Immortal power they had previously concealed was slightly revealed at this moment. Their eyes glanced at Li Hao and Feng Feng Bo Ping's group, discovering that Li Hao was in the True Immortal Realm, but only at the First Level.

"Only at the First Level of the True Immortal Realm, and you're already recruiting?"

The young True Immortal sensed Li Hao's cultivation and raised his eyebrows slightly. His gaze swept over and immediately landed on Lin Qingying.

He felt an extremely strong Sword Intent Dao Embryo within this woman. That Dao Embryo was extremely profound—as if it existed yet didn't, as if it were a thing yet wasn't. It seemed to be some kind of supreme Dao Embryo he had heard of.

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