Chapter 750: Heading to the Tiangong

Hearing the Great Da Da Meng Zhu's words, Li Hao thought of the Flying Immortal Pill he had been rewarded with earlier. Every True Immortal realm cultivator could take one to directly improve one level of cultivation, which only the foundation of a large sect would be willing to reward to the heaven-gifted geniuses in the sect.

"Haven't used it yet."

Li Hao originally intended to keep that Flying Immortal Pill for Old Feng and the others, or for Lin Qingying, but this time the cultivation time was tight, and he would need at least two months to rush to the Tenth Level realm.

"Then take it now. Once your cultivation reaches the Tenth Level, whether you can break through the bottleneck and promote to the Immortal Monarch realm depends on your opportunity," the Great Da Da Meng Zhu said immediately with a smile.

Li Hao nodded, but shadows from his childhood emerged in his heart.

His body would filter out pills, causing them to lose effect, but fortunately, he would not lose the effect of enjoying delicious food. He still needed to process this Flying Immortal Pill by cooking it, turning it from a pill into a delicacy, which could also remove the pill poison in the immortal pill and make it better to absorb.

"There are ten days left, cultivate well."

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu's figure floated up like clouds and mist, leaving Li Hao, saying: "After you take a good ranking in the Southern Region Assembly Battle, I will come to give you a gift. You will absolutely love it."

Li Hao asked curiously: "What gift?"

"Secret."

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu smiled mysteriously, her eyes soft.

Li Hao did not pursue it further, just nodded: "The things Senior gave me are already very good."

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu shook her head slightly, smiling without speaking. Through these two months of getting along, she had already seen through this youth's heart-mind; his Dao heart was extraordinary, and his temperament was neither arrogant nor impetuous, indifferent to external objects, which made her like him very much.

"I'll go see how others are cultivating. You cultivate here by yourself. If you have anything, call out to the air, and I will appear," the Great Da Da Meng Zhu said, then drifted away like clouds and mist.

Seeing this, Li Hao did not delay. After the Great Da Da Meng Zhu left, he raised his hand to paint a boiler in the void, then took out the Flying Immortal Pill from his Heaven and Earth space and threw it into the boiler.

He raised his hand, and the Chaos Divine Fire in his palm condensed, higher in temperature and purer than before. For his current Fourth Realm Fire Dao, his fire control ability was far from what it was before.

With the refining of the Chaos Divine Fire, immortal power soon steamed out of the boiler, and the medicinal smell of the Flying Immortal Pill also diffused.

But this smell was mixed with pill poison, somewhat strange and pungent. Li Hao threw in some seasonings from his Heaven and Earth space, and soon the pungent smell dissipated, and the smell of various medicinal herbs and essence blood mixed in the Flying Immortal Pill, plus the seasonings, emitted a spicy and mellow aroma.

Li Hao felt his appetite greatly stimulated, slowly controlling the fire to reduce the juice, then opened the boiler, and a burst of heat steamed out.

Li Hao took a light breath and waved his hand to take out the Flying Immortal Pill, which was round like a meatball, from the boiler.

It was just different from the silver-white pill earlier; at this moment, there was still juice hanging on the Flying Immortal Pill, like a braised meatball.

Li Hao didn't stand on ceremony and sucked the Flying Immortal Pill into his mouth in one bite.

If he met Old Feng and the others later, if their cultivation was still in the True Immortal realm, Li Hao could find Flying Immortal Pills for them again.

Although this pill was famous and expensive, with the immortal stones he had accumulated, it was not that he couldn't afford one or two.

With this cooked Flying Immortal Pill taken, Li Hao felt a surging immortal power burning and exploding in his body. That force was not gentle, but poured in like an explosion, surging into every part of his body.

In an instant, the immortal power in his body was impacted, setting off waves, and actually vibrating and falling uncontrollably.

With continuous vibration, the immortal power became more and more thick, and the external immortal power also resonated at this moment, being drawn into his body.

Li Hao felt this wonderful change, did not stop it, and let the immortal power in his body change drastically. Not long after, he felt the immortal power in his body reach saturation, and suddenly climbed to a new world.

Li Hao knew that his realm had improved, reaching the Tenth Level of the True Immortal realm.

The immortal power rushed in, his sea of consciousness expanded, and the immortal veins in his body became larger, capable of holding more than twice the immortal power than before!

Borrowing this momentum, Li Hao absorbed the external immortal power rapidly, filling the immortal veins continuously. As the feeling of swelling and stinging pain gradually came, Li Hao understood that he had reached the peak of the Tenth Level.

"Years of hard cultivation are not as good as a pill. This is the foundation of a sect," Li Hao sighed in his heart. Who said talent can determine everything? If you only have talent but no cultivation resources, even the strongest heaven-gifted genius will be drowned. After all, there is no lack of heaven-gifted geniuses in the world, but cultivation resources are limited.

Therefore, no matter how peerless and talented one is, one cannot escape the torrent of competition.

With the realm climbing, Li Hao sat cross-legged in the main palace and felt it carefully. After the cultivation gradually stabilized, he opened his eyes and raised his hand to put away the boiler before him.

This boiler was just his painting, but now it had a certain real boiler effect, and the quality was not low.

"Once I reach the Twelfth Stage, I should be able to paint True Treasure-level battle weapons, and even exert real effects in a short time," Li Hao thought to himself, a feeling of anticipation in his heart. Painting Dao was also particular about materials. If there were no materials, just relying on his own painting skills and immortal power as ink, it would be the limit to paint True Treasure-level items.

If it were carving, if he reached the Twelfth Stage, Li Hao felt that if he were given top-tier immortal materials, he could even carve immortal weapons!

This was truly hand-crafted immortal weapons, not even as complicated as refining tools.

Thinking of these, Li Hao looked forward to it more and more. If he really reached that point, with his Myriad Star Vein's sustainability, he could continuously paint battle weapons, and even become an army by himself!

Li Hao withdrew his thoughts and used the remaining time to concentrate on painting the Time Origin Divine Tree again.

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

In another palace courtyard of the Langya Painting Realm.

"Master, this Southern Region Assembly Battle, Junior Sister and I will definitely take a good ranking, don't worry!"

In the courtyard, two figures, a man and a woman, stood together, as compatible as a golden boy and a jade girl. The youth's eyes were full of fighting intent, speaking sonorously to the Great Da Da Meng Zhu before him.

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu smiled: "Although you two have reached the Immortal Monarch realm, you have only just stepped into the First Realm, and there is still a not-small gap with others. Don't underestimate them. If you play steadily, you have hope of ranking in the top one hundred this time!"

"Adding the Immortal Monarch realm disciples of all sects, it's at most one hundred. Doesn't that mean ranking at the end? Master, don't underestimate us," the young woman with red lips and white teeth, who looked lively and clever, her eyes black and spirited, joked to the Great Da Da Meng Zhu.

In another palace courtyard of the Langya Painting Realm.

ten-tenths certain. Moreover, our sect has not only you, but others can also take good rankings."

Hearing her words, everyone outside the field was in an uproar, envious and excited.

"Master, are you talking about that guy named Hao Tian?"

The young woman immediately asked, her eyes showing great curiosity, "I heard he took tenth place in the Ancient Immortal Realm of this Yan Chu Qin Xianchao and got seven years of cultivation opportunity in the Origin Secret Realm. Has he broken through to the Immortal Monarch realm now?"

"How could it be so fast? He was only at the Ninth Level of the True Immortal realm earlier. The Origin Secret Realm focuses on Dao comprehension, not realm cultivation. But as long as his Dao realm is profound, once he breaks through to the Immortal Monarch realm, he will be a powerhouse in the Immortal Monarch realm," the Great Da Da Meng Zhu laughed lightly. She knew Li Hao's soul age was only a hundred years. This soul age being able to cultivate to the True Immortal realm was already extremely monstrous, not to mention that he was already at the Tenth Level perfection of the True Immortal realm. When verifying the soul age at the Southern Region Assembly Battle, she estimated it would shock everyone.

"Ah? Not yet in the Immortal Monarch realm? Then isn't it very difficult for him to rank in the top one hundred overall this time? Is he deliberately suppressing his cultivation to take a good ranking in the True Immortal realm group?"

The young woman asked in surprise.

The youth beside her revealed a ray of light in his eyes: "Master seems to have been accompanying that Junior Brother to cultivate and preach to him during this period."

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu noticed the jealousy in his words and laughed dumbly: "Originally, I had such a plan, but that child is too clever. He didn't discuss the Dao with me, but discussed other things."

"What?"

The youth's expression shifted slightly and he asked.

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu glanced at him, the smile on her face fading slightly, saying:

"This is not something you should think about. The Assembly Battle is about to start. You must settle your hearts. At that time, other First Heaven-Rank Sect disciples will absolutely not watch you perform. After all, for our sect to be promoted to a First Heaven-Rank Sect, other First Heaven-Rank Sects will fall. For these ten thousand years, the Yan Chu Qin Xianchao has only maintained five First Heaven-Rank Sects, in order to leave the most top-tier resources to the most top-tier sects, rather than saying that reaching the so-called passing line will directly become a First Heaven-Rank Sect. This is a life-and-death struggle!"

Hearing Master's words, the two looked at each other and bowed their heads: "Disciple understands."

"This time, with you two as the leaders, plus Hao Tian, you are the strongest combatants among our sect's disciples. If you encounter challenges from other sect disciples, you must take the lead and shield the disciples of each abyss. Do you understand?"

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu said with a trace of severity in her eyes.

"Plus him?"

The two were surprised. They had heard of that youth defeating an Immortal Monarch realm Imperial Clan member in the Ancient Immortal Realm, but only thought it was the effect of the immortal weapons Master secretly gave, not the youth's own combat power. After all, the gap between the True Immortal realm and the Immortal Monarch realm was too large. They felt this gap even more after promoting to the Immortal Monarch realm.

With their current strength, they could suppress the True Immortal realm with a wave of their hands, and all the other party's means and immortal techniques would fail under their immortal Dao laws.

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu nodded slightly and didn't say much to the two, immediately letting them leave the secret realm and gather with the disciples of each abyss.

Afterward, she left this palace, returning to the main palace where Li Hao was.

Just arriving at this palace, she saw that Li Hao's cultivation was already at the Tenth Level of the True Immortal realm, but his momentum was more restrained than before, and she couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile.

If it weren't for knowing that Li Hao must have a great inheritance behind him, she would have long wanted to take Li Hao as her personal disciple. She had no complaints about Li Hao's temper, character, and talent.

"Time to set off."

Her voice was gentle, speaking softly.

Li Hao slowly opened his eyes, seeing the Great Da Da Meng Zhu's gentle and hazy eyes like smoke, his heart couldn't help but feel waves of warmth, and he stood up:

"Thank you for your care during this period, Senior. This junior will definitely win a good ranking for the Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan!"

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu saw the determination and belief in the youth's eyes, but suddenly her heart throbbed slightly. She shook her head: "You don't have to be too serious. With your strength, taking the top five in the True Immortal realm group should be no problem. If that Supreme's personal disciple in the Tiangong doesn't enter the battle, you even have hope of taking the top three, or first!"

"Even if you take a step back and take the top five in the True Immortal realm, it is enough for my Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan to be promoted to a First Heaven-Rank Sect!"

Li Hao nodded, but didn't say much. Since he was participating in the battle, he naturally wouldn't hide anything and would do his best; otherwise, what kind of help would it be.

"Go, don't have too much pressure."

Her voice was soft, and she spoke in gentle whispers.

Li Hao slowly opened his eyes and saw the Great Da Da Meng Zhu's gentle, hazy gaze, which felt like mist; a wave of warmth could not help but rise in his heart as he stood up and said:

"Thank you for your care during this time, Senior; this junior will certainly win a good ranking for the Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan!"

Seeing the determination and conviction in the youth's eyes, the Great Da Da Meng Zhu felt a slight tremor in her heart, but she shook her head and said: "You don't need to be too serious. With your strength, taking the top five in the True Immortal Realm group should be no problem. If the personal disciple of that Supreme in the Tiangong doesn't enter the fray, you might even have a chance at the top three, or even first place!"

"Even if we take a step back, taking the top five in the True Immortal Realm is enough to elevate my Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan to the Tianyi Sect!"

Li Hao nodded but said nothing more; since he was participating in the war, he naturally would not hold anything back and would give it his all, otherwise, what kind of help would that be?

"Go, don't put too much pressure on yourself."

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu said softly.

Li Hao laughed; if it were any other disciple, the other party would likely offer plenty of encouragement, but when it came to him, she was instead worried that he might be under pressure.

This gentleness, like water, was the sharpest of all—a blade that pierces the heart.

He only nodded, said nothing more, and left the main hall with the Great Da Da Meng Zhu, gathering the paintings he had created during his stay there.

At the same time, the other disciples in the Langya Painting Realm had already heard the Great Da Da Meng Zhu's avatar's voice transmission, awakened from their cultivation, and gathered in the courtyards of the painting realm.

On the training ground outside the Langya Painting Realm, each abyss had dispatched an elder to accompany them.

For the Sword Abyss, it was Old Man Li.

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu's figure appeared, her robes fluttering as if she were a Dharma manifestation enveloping the courtyard, but this time, she revealed her true self.

She raised her hand, and a flying ship adorned with treasures flew out from her sleeve, looking extremely solemn and grand; it continued to grow in size in the sky until its shadow covered the entire courtyard.

"Elders accompanying each abyss, board the ship, we depart."

Except for Li Tiemu, the elders of the other abysses boarded this domain-grade artifact one after another.

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu waved her hand, and the figures of the many disciples in the secret realm shifted, instantly transferring onto the flying ship.

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu's figure also shrank, transforming into a stunningly beautiful and slender silhouette; with an extraordinary bearing, she stood at the bow of the ship, facing the wind, her sleeves fluttering like clouds.

"Sect Master, are you going personally?"

The accompanying elder of the Spear Abyss was Mu Yun, and seeing the Great Da Da Meng Zhu's actions, he could not help but exclaim in surprise.

"This is my avatar."

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu only said softly.

Li Hao, in the crowd, felt a slight stir in his heart; the Great Da Da Meng Zhu had previously said she would personally go to escort them, and he wondered if the one before him was truly an avatar, or if she was hiding it from the others.

Hearing this, Mu Yun breathed a sigh of relief and retreated to his position.

"There are guest rooms inside the ship; you may choose them yourselves. The journey is long, and even with a domain-grade artifact, it will take three days. Rest well, relax your minds, and do not be nervous."

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu said in a calm tone.

The elders and disciples of each abyss hurriedly acknowledged and returned to the ship's cabin, which was extremely vast, containing a secret realm within and hundreds or thousands of guest rooms.

Li Hao had intended to go and choose one as well, but he heard the Great Da Da Meng Zhu's voice ring out in his mind:

"Go to the Heaven-grade Room One and stay with me."

Li Hao was stunned and could not help but glance at the Great Da Da Meng Zhu.

"Yes."

He responded in his mind, then entered the cabin, quickly finding one of the largest guest rooms.

Calling it a guest room, it was instead as magnificent as a palace.

There was a barrier outside, and just as Li Hao approached, the barrier quietly vanished.

Li Hao knew it was controlled by the Great Da Da Meng Zhu; after all, this flying ship domain-grade artifact belonged to her, and nothing inside could escape her eyes.

"Tiangong..."

Thinking that they would arrive at the central region of the Southern Domain in three days, Li Hao could not help but think of various figures: the Origin Ancestor and the God King who had left the True Realm early, and the Sage of Lies who had later been taken to the Tiangong.