Chapter 717

"Benefits? What benefits?"

Li Hao asked.

"I don't know yet. After the Ancient Immortal Realm selection ends, His Majesty will come to bestow them upon you all. There will definitely be special rewards for the top ten, especially the top three."

Li Tiemu said.

Li Hao thought about it, and it made sense.

"Then I'll go and try."

The opportunity was right before his eyes; although Li Hao did not compete, it would be a bit standoffish not to take what he could get.

"Don't push yourself too hard. After all, this isn't the Southern Region Battle; it's better not to easily reveal some of your ultimate trump cards."

Li Tiemu advised, worried that Li Hao might unleash some extremely harmful power for the sake of a ranking.

"Mm."

Li Hao nodded, having no intention of going all out at all. If he could, he could; if not, so be it.

He waved his hand, greeted Gu Yan and the others, and flew straight toward the Desolate Realm.

"Three years have passed, and he has advanced from the Third Level of the True Immortal Realm to the Ninth. His immortal power alone has increased dozens of times; he should at least be able to squeeze into the top twenty," Murong Qingwu murmured softly, watching Li Hao's back.

"Top twenty?"

Beside her, the old woman, Zhou Qingyun, and the Sword Abyss disciples around them were all stunned and widened their eyes upon hearing Murong Qingwu's words.

Lin Mingrong had previously learned from the Da Da Meng Zhu that Li Hao had squeezed into the top hundred, but she did not know the exact ranking. At this moment, hearing Murong Qingwu's words, a trace of astonishment suddenly appeared on her face, which was as indifferent as dust.

"Old Li, what ranking is your disciple now?"

Zhou Qingyun couldn't help but ask.

Hearing this, Li Tiemu knew that things had reached this point and there was no need to hide it anymore.

He had hidden it before because he was worried the news would leak and he would be targeted for assassination by other sects.

Now that the selection was about to end and all sects would know, there was no need to cover it up.

"His identity serial number is 996."

Li Tiemu said, pouting.

Hearing this, the Sword Abyss group quickly looked toward the Immortal Stele.

Lin Mingrong's gaze quickly scanned the top hundred. With the range narrowed down, her spiritual sense immediately locked onto a position, and her pupils couldn't help but shrink.

"25th place?!"

Her red lips parted slightly, and she spoke in a somewhat breathless voice.

The others also reacted one after another, stared intently, and couldn't help but gasp deeply.

"25th place? This, how is this possible!"

"I heard the top thirty are all the domain of the Immortal Monarch Realm. That, that youth..."

"I remember this serial number; it was already 19th three years ago. He..."

Everyone was shocked, their eyes unable to hide their horror.

Hearing their shocked whispers, Gu Yan and the others were all silent. Their cultivation realms were similar to Li Hao's, but their rankings were worlds apart, especially the gap three years ago—19th versus over two thousandth was a miserable sight.

The exclamations here spread, and elders from other abysses nearby also noticed, with some sending voice transmissions to inquire.

Li Tiemu was full of smiles and did not hide it, announcing Li Hao's situation.

As the news spread, the other eight abysses nearby all cast their gazes over, their faces full of astonishment.

In the Spear Abyss, which had the most disciples, a youth dressed in black casual clothes stood beside three elders. He was high-spirited and vigorous, standing in place like a golden spear. His eyes were disdainful and cold, and the other disciples around him kept their distance, their gazes toward him filled with awe.

"What?"

The face of the Spear Abyss elder beside him changed abruptly, and he couldn't help but gasp.

"What is it?"

The other two elders couldn't help but look sideways, their expressions changing slightly.

That elder looked up, stared at the pitch-black Immortal Stele for a long while, and then slowly said:

"Elder Li just said that their Sword Abyss has a disciple whose identity serial number is 996, ranked... 25th."

"Hmm?"

"How is that possible!"

The two Spear Abyss elders were both stunned and hurriedly looked toward the Immortal Stele. When they saw the serial number at 25th place, they couldn't help but freeze.

Such a thing could not be faked, especially since the selection was about to end and identities would be revealed; if one were bragging, they would be mocked for ten thousand years.

"25th?"

Beside him, the youth who had been indifferently staring at the Desolate Realm suddenly focused his cold eyes. His heart seemed to tremble, and he stared at the Immortal Stele.

Three years ago, he had only barely squeezed into the top thousand. If it weren't for the Da Da Meng Zhu's guidance in the Langya Painting Realm over these three years, which allowed him to perceive heavenly secrets and break through to the Immortal Monarch Realm, he would likely find it extremely difficult to even squeeze into the top hundred now.

"That serial number..."

Su Yechen stared at the ranking, his eyes changing slightly. If he remembered correctly, three years ago that serial number seemed to be 19th!

After the first challenge ended three years ago, he had quite an impression of those serial numbers in the top hundred that were not from the imperial clan.

He had thought it was a top-tier prodigy from another Heavenly Sect, but he never expected it to be a monster within his own sect.

"25th place? Sword Abyss actually has a disciple who charged so high?"

"Is it also the Immortal Monarch Realm? How come I've never heard of it?"

"Whose serial number is that?"

"I have an impression of that serial number; it was already 19th three years ago!"

"Except for Senior Brother Yechen, our sect actually has such a true dragon; too strong!"

As the news spread, disciples of all abysses were incomparably shocked, their eyes fixed on the 25th-place serial number.

Hearing the discussions of the entire sect's disciples, Li Tiemu's mouth was about to split to his ears, but he tried hard to restrain it, though his mouth couldn't stop twitching.

Seeing his smug smile, Zhou Qingyun and the old woman couldn't help but roll their eyes.

"Good for you, Old Li, to actually hide such a thing from us."

"Can't you even trust us? You guy, pay me back a pot of wine later!"

"Break off relations, break off relations!"

Both were full of anger, but their eyes also held smiles. That such a monster was actually from their Sword Abyss was a great joy for the entire sect.

Li Tiemu said with a chuckle, "This is for the sake of the big picture, for the sake of the big picture!"

"Get lost."

Zhou Qingyun rolled his eyes, but the disciples around him all had complex expressions.

At this time, Li Hao had already arrived in the Desolate Realm.

Compared to three years ago, entering the Desolate Realm again now, Li Hao appeared much more relaxed. Previously, in the Fifth Desolate Realm, he needed to unleash the Myriad Heavens Star Veins, but now Li Hao charged into the Ninth Desolate Realm in one breath, and the immortal power in his body was still abundant.

By the time he arrived in the Tenth Desolate Realm, the immortal power in Li Hao's body still hadn't been consumed much, and he didn't even need to replenish it.

One must know that the power of the Nine-Flower Immortal Seal, in addition to condensing enough Great Dao origin, brings a qualitative change to the power with every flower on the seal, just like the doubling of immortal power after a cultivation realm advancement.

Back then, Li Hao relied on the foundation of the Nine-Flower Immortal Seal to break through the Eleventh Desolate Realm at the Third Level of the True Immortal Realm, precisely because although his cultivation realm was low, he had the Nine-Flower Immortal Seal to compensate.

If it were a one-flower immortal seal, it would be the normal one-fold; if the Tenth Level of the True Immortal Realm is 500 immortal power, that would be five-fold.

If it were a two-flower immortal seal, it would be one thousand!

If it were a three-flower immortal seal, it would be two thousand!

By the time it reaches the four-flower immortal seal, it would be four thousand, and so on, doubling the increase.

Li Hao's previous Third Level of the True Immortal Realm, relying on the Nine-Flower Immortal Seal's boost, was equivalent to a Tenth Level True Immortal Realm with a two-flower immortal seal!

Now it is equivalent to 256 times that of the Ninth Level of the True Immortal Realm!

If the opponent is a three-flower immortal seal, it is 64 times that of the opponent; immortal power alone could completely crush them.

At this time, Li Hao stood in the Tenth Desolate Realm. Primitive immortal arts attacked from all around, roaring constantly. Thunder and crimson flames spread and enveloped the surroundings, and from time to time, space cracks would appear silently, carrying the destructive power of the space origin Great Dao, which required at least a Second Level space origin to perceive.

But in front of Li Hao, these were like phantoms. His Ancestral Immortal Body, covered by his immortal power, easily resisted them.

The thicker the immortal power, the more terrifying the Ancestral Immortal Body. A layer of immortal power true essence seemed to be attached to the body, which could directly resist and exempt many divine abilities and ordinary immortal arts.

Looking at the fog wall before him, Li Hao did not hesitate, raised his hand, joined his fingers into a sword finger, and slashed out with one sword.

Bang!

The sword Qi suddenly whistled out, turning into an extreme crack, tearing the fog wall apart. The various Great Dao origin powers intertwined within were also torn apart in an instant.

Li Hao took a step, disappeared in place as if teleporting, and arrived at the Eleventh Desolate Realm.

Just arriving here, Li Hao felt a strong sense of oppression. Besides primitive immortal arts, there were also immortal Dao laws. This was the power of the Immortal Monarch Realm, capable of ignoring the barriers of Dao domains and ordinary immortal arts. The powerful immortal Dao laws were like some kind of command that must be obeyed, unless one also used immortal power laws to resist.

Li Hao's eyes became solemn, and he no longer restrained his immortal power, unleashing it all.

At the same time, the power of the Final Realm was revealed. The Myriad Heavens Star Veins surrounded him, like countless starlight gathering, pulling out mysterious and profound outlines.

The immortal power he had just consumed in his body was replenished in an instant, and his Ancestral Immortal Body was pushed to its peak, actually blocking some of the primitive immortal arts here directly without suffering much damage.

One must know that the power in the Desolate Realm is extremely strong, and only a few in the same realm can resist it. If it were an ordinary Immortal Monarch, they might not even be able to persist in this Eleventh Desolate Realm for long.

"Extreme Realm!"

Li Hao did not delay, unleashing all the power of the Extreme Realm, merging his Dharma image.

He whistled forward, his Fourth Level space origin allowing him to perceive the embryonic form of the attacks here.

The Great Dao origin condensed faster here. If he didn't have the Fourth Level space origin's sensing, Li Hao would have been bombed repeatedly before he could even defend.

The road was extremely empty, and he didn't encounter anyone. Li Hao's figure flashed and jumped constantly, and soon he arrived at the deep border of the Eleventh Desolate Realm.

Here, a crimson flame-like fog wall was shrouded, with flames burning on the wall.

Li Hao's eyes became sharp. Compared to three years ago, besides the increase in immortal power, his Primordial Spirit had improved even more.

And Primordial Spirit power is related to the power of controlling objects.

!

Three years have passed. In the first year, his Primordial Spirit golden bones increased to 200, and in the following two years, the Primordial Spirit golden bones grew one after another. Now there are a total of 560!

One must know that every Primordial Spirit golden bone is condensed from many Primordial Spirit golden veins.

In terms of Primordial Spirit strength alone, Li Hao could even compete with high-ranking Immortal Monarch Realm cultivators!

Whoosh!

Accompanied by the shroud of his Dharma image, Li Hao's brow bloomed with Primordial Spirit golden light. Suddenly, his immortal power condensed in his palm, turning into a brilliant, sharp long sword.

The exhausted immortal power was replenished in the blink of an eye, and immediately after, the sword's edge bloomed with a swallowing sword momentum.

"Slash!"

Li Hao suddenly raised his hand and slashed out with one sword.

This sword was not only the Blue Sky but also incorporated the Sword God Art. The two sword momentums converged, as if blue and gold rays of light joined together, slashing down at the same time.

The crimson flames at the fog wall rose constantly, as if emitting a ferocious roar, rubbing out red electric arcs of Great Dao origin annihilation.

With a bang, the fog wall cracked, but the gap was not large.

Li Hao's eyes narrowed, his figure flickered instantly, and the power of time origin shrouded him, interfering with the time fluctuations within half a foot of his body, passing through like a phantom.

"Look!"

"Haotian's serial number is jumping!"

Outside the Desolate Realm, Gu Yan, Yue Xi, and the others stared fixedly at the Immortal Stele. Suddenly, the golden serial number on the Immortal Stele had its light shrink, turning into a golden electric snake, shooting upward.

Then it quickly bypassed 24th, 23rd... moving forward constantly.

In the blink of an eye, it passed the 20th place.

But it still didn't stop, continuing to climb. Not long after, it surpassed the 17th, 15th... and then, in the wide-eyed gaze of Gu Yan and the others, it surpassed the 10th, squeezing the original 10th place down.

The golden electric arc gradually stabilized, gradually appearing at the 10th position, and then dispersed into the identity serial number.

10th!

Seeing this scene, the Great Dream Nine Abysses area fell into a brief silence.

Except for the Sword Abyss group, the other abysses also watched that serial number. At this moment, seeing this leap-style improvement, they were all stunned, eyes wide, dumbfounded.

In the Spear Abyss, the tall and slender Su Yechen was also stunned, a moment of distraction in his eyes.

How... could it be?

He was at the First Level of the Immortal Monarch Realm, and even after struggling with all his might, he only persisted to 17th place.

Just now, he was actually passed in seconds by that person, jumping directly from 25th to 10th!

"He, he..."

Li Tiemu was also shocked, eyes wide, and then his eye sockets became hot with excitement, as if even his ears had become bloodshot and red.

He had originally just said it casually to encourage Li Hao. After all, Li Hao was only at the True Immortal Realm, and it was already incredible to be able to squeeze into the top thirty, let alone 10th!

That was a domain that only those at the Second Level of the Immortal Monarch Realm were qualified to look forward to!

"He..."

Yue Xi and Murong Qingwu were also stunned. Although they knew Li Hao was very monstrous, they didn't expect that three years later, that youth seemed to be walking faster than them, even more outrageously!

"Senior Brother Yechen of the Spear Abyss is only 17th, and he is at the Immortal Monarch Realm..."

"Could it be that he is also at the Immortal Monarch Realm?"

"Impossible..."

Everyone was shocked by this ranking, unable to believe it.

And in the Ten Thousand Swords Mountain Building, a youth in white sitting cross-legged on a giant sword was closing his eyes and resting.

Suddenly, a shout came from beside him, and someone said in a panic: "It's not good, Senior Brother Xuanyu!"

"Hmm?"

The youth in white frowned slightly and opened his eyes.

He saw his close friend of many years looking panicked and saying: "Your, your ranking has dropped, dropped out of the top ten!"

"Hmm."

Zhang Xuanyu's face changed, and he looked over quickly, seeing his own identity serial number, which originally belonged to him, at the 10th position, but now, he was ranked one place lower.

And there was another serial number there.

He stood up abruptly, his face shocked and angry.

At the last moment, he was actually squeezed down by someone?

How is that possible!

In the battle for the top ten, although he was ranked at the end, he had investigated the 11th to 15th places behind him. The imperial clansmen within were all at the First Level of the Immortal Monarch Realm, and the rankings had changed slightly, but no one had the power to charge into the Twelfth Desolate Realm.

This serial number before him was not among them either... where did it pop out from?

"Xuanyu, your ranking has dropped."

At this time, a figure flew over. It was Zhang Xuanyu's master. Her figure was slender and graceful, with an elegant and mature beauty, but her expression was somewhat urgent.

"I saw it."

Zhang Xuanyu's face was gloomy, and his immortal power bloomed slightly, "Does Master know who that serial number belongs to?"

"I've already sent people to check, but it's definitely not an imperial clansman."

"Good, wait two days first. After the last two days, I will go challenge again, not giving him a chance to react!"

Zhang Xuanyu stared at the ranking, coldness appearing in his eyes.

He didn't make a move immediately. In such mutual competition, the smaller the gap, the more intense the competition. He wanted to directly use his trump card to completely crush the opponent!

At this time, in the Twelfth Desolate Realm.

Just as Li Hao entered this place, he felt a more intense and terrifying oppression than before. The immortal power in his body poured out like a flood, constantly filling in, and he barely managed to maintain it.

"So strong."

Li Hao's eyes became solemn.

Suddenly.

He sensed a trace of void distortion, his face changed abruptly, and just as he was about to dodge, a thunder sword slashed over. It was the materialization of the thunder Dao origin, which had absorbed the residual consciousness of some kind of immortal art, turning into sword light, speeding like light, cutting toward Li Hao's neck.

Time origin!

Li Hao's immortal power suddenly erupted, and the time origin shrouded around his body was suddenly adjusted to the extreme, solidify, solidify!

The Third Level time origin alone could not completely solidify this thunder sword, but it still had an impact on it, causing the time flow around his body to slow down by a trace.

Just this trace, Li Hao used space teleportation to dodge it thrillingly.

The thunder sword swept across and disappeared into an unknown place, but Li Hao broke out in a cold sweat. If he had been slashed, even his Ancestral Immortal Body would be difficult to resist and would be seriously injured.

This was a place where only those at the Second Level of the Immortal Monarch Realm could barely stay. For him now, the pressure was still too great.

"However, it's also quite exciting."

Li Hao thought to himself. He didn't retreat because of this; he hadn't felt this kind of tense feeling for a long time.

His eyes became solemn, and he began to concentrate fully on observing the surroundings.

Soon, white fog suddenly appeared and shrouded over.

Li Hao's face changed slightly, knowing it was another kind of primitive immortal art. He quickly pulled away and dodged to another place.

While dodging, suddenly a black particle flew over from afar.

Initially, Li Hao didn't take it to heart. When the black particle approached, Li Hao realized the terror. That thing contained strong earth Dao origin power. If touched, it seemed that one would be suppressed by some kind of power.

Dodge!

Li Hao dodged again, like a nimble afterimage, passing through this Twelfth Desolate Realm.

(End of chapter)