Chapter 745: Fishing for Fifty Thousand Years

Seeing Li Hao overtake her, a trace of shock and anger appeared in Chu Yueli's eyes. She was already in the Immortal Monarch realm; how could she lose to this youth in the Time Origin realm?

However, she had already seen on the Heavenly Dao Bridge that Li Hao's Time Origin realm was not low; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to dodge the Dao locking on the Heavenly Dao Bridge.

Moreover, she herself did not primarily cultivate the Time Origin. To quickly gain a firm foothold in the Imperial Clan, plus the inheritance from her mother, she had controlled the Fire Dao among the Nine Orders since she was young.

But this trip, she did not go to the Five Origin City. Although there was a Fire Dao Divine Tree there, which would have been a great boost for her, she knew that with her own Fire Dao realm, it would be very difficult to gain the divine tree's recognition and take the divine tree's Dao Fruit.

Other Immortal Dynasties would inevitably have guys at Chu Tianhuang's level competing with her. Therefore, she chose to broaden her foundation and came here to comprehend the Time Origin.

And these five years had not failed her expectations. She, who originally hadn't even touched the threshold of the Time Origin, had now reached the First Realm of the Time Origin and was charging toward the peak of the First Realm!

All of this was thanks to cultivating before the Time Origin Divine Tree, gaining the blessing of the Time Dao rhyme, and achieving enlightenment extremely quickly.

"I have only cultivated the Time Origin for five years; what kind of skill is it to surpass me?"

Chu Yueli gritted her teeth, snorting coldly in her heart, watching Li Hao's increasingly

high back, feeling only waves of annoyance.

Swoosh!

At this moment, Li Hao followed the Time Origin, continuously accelerating, and in the blink of an eye, he surpassed one figure after another.

Soon, several powerful backs appeared before his eyes, ascending against the current in the long river of time.

"Hmm?"

One of the figures in imperial robes turned his head. Seeing it was Li Hao, surprise appeared on his face, but he was soon relieved; after all, he had seen on the Heavenly Dao Bridge earlier that Li Hao's Time Origin realm was not low.

"You came too, why are you only arriving now?"

Chu Tianhuang said with a light laugh.

"Went for a stroll elsewhere, arrived late," Li Hao said.

Chu Tianhuang was slightly dumbfounded and couldn't help but smile. He hadn't seen Li Hao's tracks in the Time Origin City earlier, so that was indeed possible.

"Did you go to the Five Origin City, or the Xingyu Origin City?"

Chu Tianhuang inquired.

"Five."

"That guy is there too, right? Did he get the Divine Tree Dao Fruit?"

Chu Tianhuang asked politely.

Li Hao knew that the "guy" he referred to was Helian Boya Xue

Jian. In the Yan Chu Qin Xianchao, the other party should only view Helian Boya Xuejian as an opponent; the rest were too far behind him.

Including the third-ranked member of the Imperial Clan, this person likely didn't even take them seriously.

"I'm not sure about that; you can ask him later," Li Hao said. He didn't have the habit of revealing others' information without permission, let alone since he and Chu Tianhuang could only be considered shallow acquaintances.

Chu Tianhuang nodded slightly, then changed the subject back, smiling: "Good luck. This is the last spirit explosion; let's see who can secure the recognition of the Time Origin Divine Tree."

"Okay."

Li Hao responded, then stepped on time fragments one after another, ascending against the turbulence.

"Hmph."

There were four others nearby, all in the Immortal Monarch realm, revealing extremely strong power.

Hearing Chu Tianhuang's conversation with Li Hao, they all glanced at Li Hao. When they saw he was only in the True Immortal realm, their eyes revealed an unreadable expression, but they didn't show disdain, only dissatisfaction.

Being in the True Immortal realm and able to catch up to them, this talent was worthy of attention; heaven-gifted geniuses would also cherish each other.

As a True Immortal Realm cultivator, being able to catch up to them was a talent worthy of respect, and geniuses often shared a mutual appreciation for one another.

Being able to keep up didn't mean one could become a competitor; these were two different things.

Swoosh!

One of the youths who had snorted coldly suddenly shot upward, breaking through time fragments in the chaotic long river of time, and rushed toward the tree crown.

The other three also exerted force simultaneously, rapidly widening the distance from Li Hao.

Seeing this, Chu Tianhuang said to Li Hao, "I'll go first," and then erupted with a more profound control of time, like a wisp of ghostly light, swimming rapidly in the long river of time.

Li Hao's eyes narrowed. The Time Origin realm of these few was actually not low; he felt it was at least the peak of the Third Realm.

He withdrew his gaze, not letting the distance they had widened affect his mindset. Having just come out of the Time Origin secret realm, the Time Divine Tree had already made it very clear, and he hadn't really tried to compete for the Dao Fruit.

Coming here to climb was originally to find a good location to fish. Even without the Time Divine Tree Dao Fruit, if he could catch a big harvest, he could still have a great improvement.

Only by not competing can the world not compete with you!

Li Hao upheld his own Dao intent, his gaze sweeping over the surrounding time fragments. Without the distraction of obsessing over reaching the top to compete for the Dao Fruit, his mind instead fell upon these countless chaotic and mottled time fragments.

Each flip of a fragment was a piece of past time.

There were buried years, as well as his own past, one

scene after another emerging.

The child sitting alone in the prosperity of the Divine General Mansion, looking up at the starry sky in the dead of night.

The youth born into wealth and prominence, only playing music, chess, calligraphy, and painting every day, fishing and playing in the countryside.

Li Hao looked at those fragments, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly, seeing much warmth in them that he had even ignored.

Eating pastries with Big Mama, choking because he swallowed too fast, scaring Big Mama, who was always calm and presided over the Divine General Mansion's overall situation, into a state of panic.

In the dark night at the border, under the cold bright moon, the youth slept in the camp, while outside the camp was an old figure, sitting in the shadow of the void, silently guarding and watching.

"Big Mama... Old Feng..."

Li Hao's eyes flickered, his heart filled with longing.

Old Feng followed him to the True World and apprenticed to his sect, but Big Mama and the others were in the Lord Tianyang Pseudo-World.

Li Hao thought that after this Southern Region Assembly Battle ended, he would have time to go back to the Lord Tianyang Pseudo-World to take a look.

He hadn't tasted the fragrant crispy snacks from the uncle in the Qingzhou City alley for a long time.

In these time fragments, besides these heart-warming scenes, there were also scenes of Li Hao fighting demons, guarding the city with a wave of his hand, and the back of him stepping out of the Divine General Mansion in the sky full of wind and snow.

But now, seeing the past suffering, his eyes had already

become calm, without ripples.

He moved forward continuously, moving forward, following the flow of time, rising from the insignificance of the human world, and at this moment competing with the top Imperial Clan heaven-gifted geniuses of various dynasties in this Great Thousand True World.

In the end, those Imperial Clan backs were still ahead of him. His Time Origin was at the Third Realm, not yet reaching the peak, while Chu Tianhuang and others had already reached the top of the Third Realm.

The Time Origin was harder to comprehend than other Daos. Reaching the peak of the Third Realm, even for a low-level Immortal Monarch, was extremely difficult.

Finally, Li Hao's footsteps seemed to be tripped, and he could no longer take a step.

He knew his limit had been reached. There happened to be a horizontal branch nearby. A look of relief appeared on his face, and he leaped over, landing on that branch.

He no longer looked at Chu Tianhuang and others who were still struggling to sprint above his head, but sat cross-legged on this branch, with many other figures beneath his feet.

In this Time Origin Divine Tree, although Li Hao was inferior to top powerhouses like Chu Tianhuang of various dynasties, his Time Origin Third Realm surpassed over ninety percent of the people present.

Seeing Li Hao sitting cross-legged on the branch, high and unreachable, many people below who had reached their limits had complex expressions.

Most of those who came here were in the Immortal Monarch realm, while there were fewer in the True Immortal realm.

And at this moment, at this height, Li Hao was the only True Immortal realm cultivator sitting here.

"Bastard!"

Chu Yueli had long since stopped, unable to advance even an inch. She stood on a tree vine, looking at the figure on the high branch beneath the tree crown, a look of shock flashing in her eyes, followed by an inexplicable anger.

"He actually..."

Yue Xi also saw Li Hao's height and couldn't help but be slightly lost. She hadn't expected that Li Hao, who had only just arrived here, could rush to such a height on the Time Origin Divine Tree!

She was somewhat dazed, but in the end, a trace of bitterness slowly appeared at the corners of her mouth.

Compared to when she first started, now, after seeing Li Hao's various deeds, she had long since lost the thought of competing with this junior brother.

It was just that she couldn't figure it out.

Clearly, the other party was extremely ordinary in every aspect, so why could he repeatedly create shocking and astonishing feats?

If it were Gu Yan, she could barely understand it; after all, the other party was a descendant of the Ancient Sword Immortal, born with a Sword Spirit Immortal Body, the strongest talent for Sword Dao, while Li Hao seemed to have none of these blessings.

Soon, time turbulence swept over, enveloping Li Hao's figure, making it impossible to see clearly anymore.

Others were also wrapped in time turbulence, placed in the torrent of time, and could no longer see anyone else.

They could only cultivate in their respective torrents of time.

Li Hao felt the Time Dao rhyme around him, a smile appearing at the corners of his mouth. He used time as a line, extending into the surrounding torrent. The countless time fragments flipped, and his line extended deeper.

Then, he closed his eyes, sensing quietly, immersed in fishing.

Fishing was a skill—quiet, patient, calm, and also had a tempering effect on the Dao heart.

Time was the line, touching time fragments one after another in the torrent. The chaotic torrent of time, at this moment, in Li Hao's delicate perception, was like rippling water.

A fisherman feels the changes in the water flow, feels the extension and tension of the fishing line, and feels the movement and state of the prey.

But this time, he was not fishing for living creatures, but wanting to fish up more distant time and secrets.

Ten thousand years ago, the Ancient Demons fought the True World; this was a known fact in the True World.

Li Hao had also heard of it countless times, but had never seen it with his own eyes. If he could fish up that tragic and heroic time, he could witness it with his own eyes.

His thoughts drifted, sensing the changes in the surrounding time fragments, his mind completely immersed in fishing.

Time passed quietly.

The spirit explosion had ended unknowingly, and everyone was immersed in cultivation and enlightenment at various positions on the Time Origin Divine Tree.

The entire Origin City became quiet, a piece of tranquility.

I don't know how much time passed, Li Hao's timeline extended continuously. He touched the light fragments of ten thousand years ago, but that was not what he wanted.

He continued to extend: twenty thousand years ago, thirty thousand years ago... Li Hao felt his consciousness turn into a fishing line, flowing upstream along the long river of time, continuously exploring the past.

In this process, his consciousness felt like it had left his physical body, a feeling of consciousness floating outside the universe.

It was a profound loneliness and fear, as if his soul could be frozen at any moment.

But Li Hao's Primordial Spirit was extremely powerful. He had eaten quite a few Ancient Demons at the Yan Chu border, and his Divine Bones had condensed more than five hundred pieces, not inferior to the Divine Souls of many Immortal Monarchs.

His consciousness was bound thinner and thinner, but the light he traversed went further and further. When he reached fifty thousand years ago, Li Hao felt he had reached his limit.

He could no longer continue to explore upstream, fishing for the past; fifty thousand years was the most distant past he could reach now.

Li Hao could only stay here, sensing the surrounding time fragments. After a long time, he finally touched one and immediately grabbed it.

Time reeled in the line, and everything seemed to turn in an instant; his consciousness returned to his body, and the timeline before him also pulled out, a fragment of light emerging.

Li Hao saw that what was presented in the fragment was a scene of a great battle.

The place of battle was some Qin Xianchao, with many huge demons, blocking the sky and sun, fighting with the powerhouses in that Qin Xianchao, the sky dark and the earth dim.

"Where is this?"

Li Hao was somewhat surprised. Looking at the scene in the light fragment, the war was extremely vast, affecting a very wide territory, but he didn't recognize that Qin Xianchao, and there were no Ancient Demons in the battle, but various demons with hideous forms and immortal gods.

Finally, as the light fragment dimmed, one of the powerhouses in the battle, in a desperate situation, suddenly turned into a shooting star, streaking toward a certain sky.

As the light dissipated continuously, that powerhouse tore through the void before dying, falling into a valley filled with mist.

Li Hao was stunned, his heart moved. Fifty thousand years ago, a war happened somewhere, and that powerhouse was at least in the Immortal King realm.

"That valley, could it have the treasures he left behind before he died?"

Li Hao thought to himself.

Then he shook his head. Fifty thousand years had passed, so long ago, perhaps it had already been found by someone.

Moreover, he himself was not lacking in inheritance; after all, he had the Immortal Emperor's orthodoxy, and a mere Immortal King realm powerhouse was of little help to him.

However, he couldn't use it, but others could.

If there really was such a good thing... Li Hao silently noted down this fragment of time. If he had the chance to obtain the Great Thousand Topography Map of the Southern Region True World, perhaps he could find that point of fall.

He withdrew his thoughts and turned to continue casting the line, wanting to fish, but suddenly the surrounding torrent of time flipped.

Immediately after, an indifferent voice sounded:

"Your time is almost up, it's about to end. This is a portion of my Origin Dew; I'll give it to you."

As she spoke, in the seven-colored torrent before Li Hao's eyes, a light cluster rich in precious light emerged.

Li Hao was stunned. He was very familiar with that indifferent voice; it was the Time Origin Divine Tree.

"Dew?"

Li Hao was stunned and couldn't help but ask: "Senior, what is this?"

"Don't ask, absorb it well. I believe that in the future, your name will be remembered by the Great Thousand True World."

The Time Origin Divine Tree said, her voice indifferent.

But Li Hao could hear that compared to the previous feeling of coldness, it seemed to have a little less chill.

He was somewhat confused. The other party's high and cold appearance earlier made him not dare to have any thoughts of closeness, but at this moment, the other party suddenly gifted him dew.

However, he still bowed and said: "Thank you, Senior. This junior will remember this kindness, even if you don't need it."

No sound came back from the surroundings.

Li Hao reached out and put away the dew.

And in the secret realm of the Time Origin Divine Tree, the silver-haired Space Divine Tree incarnation also stood here. Her cheeks were extremely similar to the Time Divine Tree incarnation, but her expression was soft and gentle.

"Sister, have you softened your heart?"

The Space Divine Tree incarnation covered her mouth and laughed softly. ===== CHAPTER 746 =====

Meanwhile, within the secret realm of the Time Origin Divine Tree, the silver-haired avatar of the Space Divine Tree also stood there; her cheeks were extremely similar to those of the Time Divine Tree's avatar, but her expression was soft and gentle.

"Sister, have you grown soft-hearted?"

The Space Divine Tree's avatar covered her mouth and chuckled softly.