Chapter 744: Clash

"Damn it, I'll remember you!"

"And that meddlesome Brother Chi Man, the Origin Venerable Immortal Dynasty, hmph, a bunch of indigenous savages!"

The purple-robed youth felt furious inside. Watching Li Hao's back as he strode forward and ascended rapidly into the distance, his expression turned gloomy, and his fingers tightened quietly.

Originally, he had harbored a bit of schadenfreude, wanting to break this youth's enlightenment, but he hadn't expected that not only did he fail, but he also brought trouble upon himself.

But since he had provoked him, as a member of the Imperial Clan, he was not afraid of trouble.

At this moment, on the Space Origin Divine Tree, Brother Chi Man and another person who were climbing also noticed the movement behind them. When they saw Li Hao overtake the purple-robed youth and chase after them, neither was surprised.

The Space Origin Divine Tree that Li Hao had previously depicted showed, in every minute detail, that his mastery of the Space Origin realm was absolutely not low.

"Interesting."

Brother Chi Man took a glance, quite appreciative of Li Hao. This youth had managed to capture a Space Dao on the Heavenly Dao Bridge that even he hadn't been able to secure, and then even sold it to him; this was enough to show that the other party had immense self-confidence and could find it again.

He did not look back again and climbed upward with all his might.

Li Hao likewise followed the turbulence and rushed upward rapidly. His figure climbed continuously, and soon he caught up to the other youth.

"Hmm?"

When this youth saw Li Hao come alongside him, his expression shifted slightly; he was, after all, in the Immortal Monarch realm.

Li Hao glanced at the youth, said nothing, and continued his upward sprint.

But by now, they had reached a position close to beneath the tree crown. The spatial turbulence here was extremely volatile; a moment of carelessness would result in being swept away and flung into an unknown spatial layer, or even suffering severe injury.

Li Hao dealt with it cautiously, his ascent speed slowing down; he no longer had the leisure to pay attention to the others beside him.

He dodged and climbed upward along the turbulence, slowly reaching his limit at last.

And at this moment, there was still a distance to the tree crown.

Li Hao thought of the previously mentioned Bo Ya Xuejian; the position the other party had reached on the Water Origin Divine Tree was even higher than his current one.

Yet his Space Origin Dao was already approaching the peak of the Fourth Realm.

Ahead of him, Brother Chi Man's figure was only a few dozen meters higher than his, and his speed had also clearly slowed. He stayed in place for a moment before barely climbing up a little further.

"It seems that with my own strength, I am still lacking a bit to obtain the Space Divine Tree Dao Fruit," Li Hao sighed inwardly.

If his Space Origin had reached the perfection of the Fourth Realm, perhaps he could have gained the divine tree's recognition.

He stopped and no longer forced it.

At this moment, the position he occupied, while not beneath the tree crown, had an extremely dense aura of the Space Origin Dao, making it an excellent place for cultivation.

Just as Li Hao was about to sit cross-legged to cultivate here, a gentle voice suddenly sounded:

"Do you want the Dao Fruit?"

Li Hao was startled. His eyes opened abruptly, and he couldn't help but look up at the divine tree before him, only to see the divine tree's leaves swaying slightly.

"Are you the Space Divine Tree, Senior?" Li Hao responded hurriedly in his heart.

"Indeed."

The gentle voice was not surprised and said softly: "If you can exchange that painting of yours from before with me, I can give you a Divine Tree Dao Fruit."

Li Hao was stunned; he hadn't expected that the other party had already noticed when he was painting earlier.

He said without a second thought: "I am willing."

As his words fell, a gentle force acted upon him. The spatial turbulence before his eyes suddenly parted to form a path, and Li Hao flew straight upward, overtaking Brother Chi Man in the blink of an eye.

Then, under Brother Chi Man's shocked gaze, he arrived within the tree crown, threw himself into a mass of precious light, and disappeared from their sight.

"That guy..."

The purple-robed youth, who was in the lowest position among the three, saw this scene, and the gloom and ruthlessness in his eyes turned into shock; his pupils contracted.

"How is that possible?"

The other youth was also stunned, somewhat lost and bewildered.

That True Immortal realm guy actually overtook Brother Chi Man? Looking at the situation, he had already gained the divine tree's recognition!

Brother Chi Man was likewise filled with disbelief. His Space Origin realm was already at the limit of the Fourth Realm, only one step away from reaching the Fifth Realm.

He had come to the Space Origin Divine Tree precisely to break through this bottleneck, so that he would have the capital to look down upon the heroes in the Southern Region Assembly Battle.

But now, he had actually been surpassed by a little guy in the True Immortal realm.

Could that guy's Space Origin realm exceed his? He found it somewhat unbelievable, but the facts before his eyes left him no choice but to believe.

"Where did this monster come from?"

He muttered to himself in a low voice.

At this time, inside the secret realm of the Space Divine Tree.

A stunningly beautiful woman with silver markings on her face stood quietly in this secret realm where flowing light surged continuously.

Her eyes were gentle as she said: "To be able to integrate the Space Dao into a painting, that is truly rare."

Li Hao also looked at this incarnation of the Space Origin Divine Tree. With his previous experience in the Five Origin City, he wasn't too surprised this time and immediately bowed in salute.

"You have the aura of the Five Origin Divine Trees on you; did they also give you Dao Fruits?"

The Space Divine Tree said softly.

Li Hao was not surprised; he didn't know what realm the other party was in, so it was not strange at all that she could detect these things.

"It is all thanks to the seniors' kindness," Li Hao said.

"The Nine-Order Immortal Seal, it is worthy of it."

The Space Divine Tree pursed her lips and smiled. In her palm, however, was a fruit with silver flowing light. Though called a fruit, it was a perfectly round sphere, its luster flowing continuously.

"Next, you are still going to the Time Origin Divine Tree, right?"

She pushed the Space Divine Tree Dao Fruit directly in front of Li Hao and said softly: "My sister's temperament is somewhat cold; she may not necessarily help you, so do not blame her."

"Hmm?"

Li Hao was somewhat surprised and said hurriedly: "How would this junior dare? To give is a favor."

Hearing Li Hao's words, a trace of gentleness appeared in the Space Origin Divine Tree's eyes. She nodded and said: "Your painting is good; I will treasure it well."

Upon hearing this, Li Hao immediately took out the Space Divine Tree from his Heaven and Earth space. This painting was woven with immortal power, eternal and unfading, capable of being preserved for tens of thousands of years.

"Are you going to cultivate here, or go to my sister's place now?"

The Space Origin Divine Tree glanced at the painting, admiration showing in her eyes. She accepted it and then asked Li Hao softly.

Li Hao bowed and said: "I will go now."

With the Space Divine Tree Dao Fruit in hand, there was no need to rush to consume it. If he waited until the spirit explosion period passed, he would miss the chance to go to the Time Origin Divine Tree.

The Space Origin Divine Tree had also anticipated that Li Hao would make such a choice. She nodded and said: "Then I will send you directly to my sister; the rest depends on your performance."

"Thank you, Senior!"

Li Hao thanked her hurriedly.

The Space Origin Divine Tree smiled and shook her head, then waved her hand gently. In an instant, a vortex channel appeared before Li Hao's eyes, sucking his figure inside.

Accompanied by the emergence of seven-colored misty divine light, Li Hao opened his eyes again and saw himself standing in a seven-colored mottled secret realm.

This secret realm looked vast and boundless, like a top-tier oil painting, its colors vivid and dreamlike.

In that flowing divine light, fragments of time emerged one after another: there were figures of ancient demons, backs of Great Emperors, vast and boundless cities, as well as star-filled skies... countless faces, street beggars, imperial concubines in the palace, and so on.

There was the pugilistic world, the imperial court, red-dust inns soliciting guests under willow trees by the river, and immortal gods fighting in the nine heavens!

All sorts of things flew and drifted past in the time fragments, vanishing in a flash.

Li Hao looked around, mesmerized, when suddenly a cold voice sounded: "Did you come here just to space out?"

Li Hao snapped back to reality abruptly. He looked up and saw, in the void ahead, a stunningly beautiful back, as if standing in the long river of time. Her green hair radiated light, fluttering without wind.

"Greetings, Senior."

Li Hao hurriedly bowed and performed a salute.

"The Nine-Order Immortal Seal, you have already received the help of those little guys in the Five Origin City, and my sister has also bestowed the Dao Fruit upon you. Do you still want the Time Dao Fruit?"

The voice was as cold as frost, coming from the incarnation of the Time Origin Divine Tree.

Li Hao thought of the Space Origin Divine Tree's words just now and bowed: "If Senior is willing to bestow it, this junior will surely keep this kindness in mind."

"What use do I have for your kindness."

The Time Origin Divine Tree's voice was extremely icy: "It is just a Nine-Order Immortal Seal; it hasn't broken through that boundary yet, merely having the qualifications to step half a foot into the Emperor realm. I don't know how many existences like you I have seen in the long river of time, and I don't know how many have fallen!"

Li Hao was stunned, his expression shifting slightly, but he was not angry, because what the other party said might be the truth.

"After the Emperor Fall Era, the Primitive True World was affected, and the number of heaven-gifted geniuses plummeted. Your qualifications are indeed not bad, but that is all. My silly sister bestowed the Dao Fruit upon you just for a painting, without even making you sign a contract; how truly foolish!"

The Time Origin Divine Tree's voice was like frost: "Your Time Origin Dao only has the Third Realm; it is still a long way from my standards. Come back when you reach the Fourth Realm."

At this point, Li Hao understood the other party's meaning; he hadn't expected to be rejected so bluntly.

But he did not take offense; after all, the Dao Fruit belonged to the other party, and he had no reason to hold a grudge because she was unwilling to give it.

"I have offended you, Senior. This junior takes his leave," Li Hao bowed and said.

Hearing Li Hao's humble voice, the Time Origin Divine Tree's brows lifted slightly. Clearly, she hadn't expected that when faced with a treasure like the Time Dao Fruit, and being rejected by her in one word, the other party would give up so decisively.

She felt that warm, desireless youth's heart-mind, and her eyes suddenly calmed a little. She said indifferently:

"Your Dao heart is not low. Coupled with your talent, if I had an abundance of Dao Fruits, it wouldn't be impossible to bestow one upon you. After all, the talent in my Southern Region is withering away, and the Nine-Order Immortal Seal is worthy of half a fruit!"

"However, you are late. A young lady came here earlier, and I gave both Dao Fruits to her."

Speaking of this, she shook her head slightly and said to Li Hao: "If you truly have the potential to ask for the Emperor realm, you won't miss this one Dao Fruit. Go."

Li Hao was startled. Someone came here and took away two Dao

Fruits?

A young lady... Li Hao immediately thought of the figures he had swept past outside the Time Divine Tree; there were not many women among them.

"I wonder which young lady that might be?" Li Hao asked curiously.

"Naturally, I cannot tell you that."

The Time Origin Divine Tree said: "But you need not be jealous or overthink it. That young lady is a natural controller of time; in the Time Dao, she far exceeds the likes of you. In this lifetime, she even has the hope of reaching the Tenth Realm and stepping into the half-step Emperor realm with the Time Dao!"

"In the near future, you will meet her. At the very least, you will hear her name."

This lifetime. Li Hao's eyes flickered, but he did not ask further and bowed to say goodbye.

The Time Origin Divine Tree waved her hand: "You may climb outside the tree; cultivate wherever you can reach."

As she spoke, Li Hao felt a force envelop him. His figure left the secret realm, light and shadow turned before his eyes, seven-colored mist emerged, and the Time Origin Divine Tree's massive body appeared before him. At this moment, he was standing on the outer edge of the plaza beneath the Time Origin Divine Tree.

No one noticed him; everyone was struggling to climb the Time Divine Tree, sprinting against the current within the seven-colored precious light.

Seeing this, Li Hao did not linger and rushed up rapidly.

Although he hadn't obtained the Time Divine Tree Dao Fruit, as the divine tree had said, cultivating at a higher position outside the tree would yield equally high insights into the Time Dao.

Although Li Hao didn't intend to take the path of directly cultivating time, if he could find an excellent position to fish there, using fishing to comprehend the Time Dao, perhaps it would still be possible to improve his Fishing Dao!

His figure was like the wind, rushing into the seven-colored precious light in the blink of an eye.

"Hao Tian?!??"

Suddenly, at the very bottom of the seven-colored precious light turbulence, at the position of the tree vines, an exclamation sounded.

Li Hao turned his head to look; it was Yue Xi, dressed in snow-white.

She looked at Li Hao with a face full of shock, which soon turned into joy: "You came too?"

Li Hao nodded: "How did you come?"

"I captured a Space Dao to get here."

Yue Xi thought of something and asked doubtfully: "I didn't see you earlier. Did you just arrive? Did you go to another Origin City before this?"

"Hmm."

Li Hao nodded: "Let's seize the spirit explosion to climb."

Yue Xi realized that this was not the time for reminiscing. She nodded and said: "My Time Origin has already touched the threshold of the Second Realm. How about you?"

"Then I'll take a step ahead."

Li Hao said, rushing rapidly directly into the seven-colored precious light.

Countless time fragments flipped within the light, and Li Hao, amidst them,

even saw his own past.

Born in the Divine General Mansion, bestowed a name in the majestic Imperial Hall.

Then the back of that couple embarking on an expedition.

In the courtyard, painting alone.

In the mountains and forests, fishing by the lake with Second Uncle.

All sorts of past events emerged in the flipping time fragments.

Li Hao was somewhat dazed; he hadn't expected that the journey he had taken was already so long.

He did not stop and rushed at full speed along the time turbulence.

"Hmm? It's you!"

Just after passing a few figures, Li Hao heard a surprised voice, followed by a bit of anger: "How did you come here?"

Li Hao turned his head to look and saw it was the Imperial Princess Chu Yueli.

His eyes were cold: "What kind of stupid talk is that? If you can come, why can't I?"

"You!"

Chu Yueli was immediately so angry she gritted her teeth. This person spoke to her without any courtesy, his language crude.

She was an Imperial Princess, and her father was a top powerhouse in the Southern Region, second only to that Heavenly Palace Supreme. Who didn't treat her with courtesy when they saw her?

Not to mention her own talent, which was top-tier even among the Imperial Clan, second only to monsters like Chu Tianhuang.

"Coming only now, hmph, you're late!"

Chu Yueli gritted her teeth, not wanting to lower herself to Li Hao's level, and said with a cold laugh.

"Even if I'm late, I can still walk ahead of you."

Li Hao snorted coldly, speaking without mercy, and then his figure rushed upward rapidly. ===== CHAPTER 745 =====