Chapter 771: The Blocked Dao Heart

On the summit of Mount Wen Dao.

Amidst the attention of the masses, Li Hao and the Dao Realm incarnation's Chess Dao duel had begun.

This contest was something most of the participating disciples present couldn't understand. Only a sparse few, although they also liked Chess Dao, didn't study it deeply, having only a Level Two or Three chess realm, could barely watch the battle but couldn't see the subtlety of the duel.

But high in the sky, the Chu Emperor and other dynasty Emperors were watching with great interest.

Besides them, among the sect masters and elders in other immortal dynasties, there were also those who were skilled in and fond of chess, similarly stroking their beards in appreciation.

Li Hao's expression was solemn. After placing pieces in just a few steps, he already saw that this Chess Dao incarnation's chess skill was not weak, also having a level close to eleven.

This meant he needed to be fully prepared and focused to win this game. Even a slight mistake, despite the gap in chess power between them, would lead to a total loss.

"Flying Knife Formation, Treasure Dragon Game, truly wonderful!"

Emperor Tianzhao looked at the chessboard and couldn't help but clap in praise.

Surprise also appeared in the Chu Emperor's eyes. The game of chess Li Hao played at the foot of the mountain earlier, in his view, was just standard. Although that level of chess skill was already far superior to other participants, it hadn't reached a first-class level.

But at this moment, the duel on the summit, the chess game changed in an instant. Every move had many solutions and corresponding routes, as if two peerless swordsmen were consecutively making moves against each other. Each move contained infinite changes, their offense and defense were seamless, interlocking with each other, which could be called exquisite!

Such a battle, just in terms of appreciation, brought huge enjoyment.

"With this level of chess power, if you told me he had been studying chess for ninety-six years, I would believe it."

Emperor Jiang also said.

With a long lifespan, he naturally had also studied this Chess Dao quite a bit, just not to the point of being very fond of it.

But truly discussing chess power, it wasn't bad either.

"Ninety-six years wouldn't be enough to study it; nine thousand six hundred years would be about right!"

The Chu Emperor shook his head, saying softly: "If it weren't for him holding a sword earlier, this level of chess power would be worthy of being called a peerless Chess Dao genius!"

"Triple situation, borrowing pieces to play chess, truly not bad."

The Sky Supreme spoke slowly, making a critique.

While they were conversing, in the palace on the summit, dozens of disciples from various dynasties were gazing at the duel between Li Hao and the Chess Dao incarnation.

"That also counts as a duel? Could this be letting water in?"

"If you can reach the summit by playing chess, this is too easy."

"Heh, ignorant! Don't underestimate this chess game; an average chess player would definitely lose!"

"I heard that the manifestation of the Dao Realm incarnation on Mount Wen Dao is randomly selected based on one's own many Dao realms. He actually has Chess Dao reach this level, can manifest a Dao Realm incarnation. Earlier, I remember his soul-longevity seemed to be only ninety-six years, right?"

Looking at the duel on the chessboard, they couldn't understand it, but they saw that the youth's expression was extremely serious and solemn, as if he were engaged in a life-and-death duel!

"Interesting."

Di Linchen saw this scene, a smile hooking at the corner of his mouth, and he looked up to drink the wine in his wine pot.

He didn't understand Chess Dao, but he could see that the chess game wasn't simple.

As time passed, one after another, a few more figures climbed up from the foot of the mountain.

They were all people who had previously waited for sect disciples at the Forget-Heart Palace. At this moment, having broken through the Dao Pavilion all the way, they also arrived at this summit.

Just reaching the summit, they saw Li Hao sitting in front of the steps fighting.

When they saw Li Hao playing a chess game with his own Dao Realm incarnation, a few were stunned, eyes widening.

But soon, their own Dao Realm incarnations manifested, and each entered their own test, unable to be distracted to think more.

Following the battle of these few figures, the other disciples finally encountered

a duel they could understand, and all shifted their gazes, looking around casually.

Soon, among the four, three defeated the Dao Realm incarnation and successfully reached the summit. Only one was defeated, falling into a strange state of pilgrimage on the spot.

And beside them, Li Hao's game of chess had yet to determine a winner.

Time was long; stars rose and the moon was born, and the trial of Mount Wen Dao entered the night.

This also signaled the end of a day.

Starlight scattered, the duel in front of the chessboard was still ongoing, and the speed of their moves had both become slow.

Other disciples saw this scene and had long since lost patience, all closing their eyes to rest. Some, however, unleashed their Dao domains, seizing the time to cultivate on the summit.

"Such a long duel, it wouldn't be that even when the trial ends, it still won't be able to determine a winner, right?"

"I heard people say before that some games of chess are played for ten years. It seems such things really exist."

Starlight dotted the chessboard. Li Hao's mind was immersed in the chess game, having already forgotten time.

He carefully felt the opponent's chess path, which was very similar to his own, but lacked some thickness and deep thought. However, in this chess style, it was overly peaceful, lacking a bit of fierce desire to attack.

"Is this the flaw of my own Chess Dao..."

Li Hao thought to himself, and the pieces he placed began to become fierce

and tricky.

He treated the Chess Dao incarnation in front of him as his own reference, taking heaven and earth as his teacher, capable of knowing the past and present!

When a ray of morning sun shone down and landed on the chessboard, Li Hao's move also happened to fill the position of that ray of light.

"It's over."

At that time, on the clouds, the Sky Supreme said softly.

Beside him, the Chu Emperor also nodded slightly. He watched this exquisite duel with great interest and also saw the subtle changes in the youth's chess path during the duel. Now, this killing move finally pushed the duel to the end.

"I didn't expect to appreciate a good game of chess here; it made my hands itch."

Emperor Tianzhao sighed softly.

"Has the winner been determined?"

The Red Emperor was surprised. She wasn't fond of Chess Dao and couldn't see the winner.

At this moment, in front of the chessboard, the Dao Realm incarnation looked at the position where Li Hao placed his piece, and its tense expression suddenly seemed to have a feeling of relaxation.

It picked up a chess piece, lifted it, and then dropped it back into the chess box. After a brief silence, it said in a low voice: "I lost."

Li Hao's gaze also withdrew from the chessboard, landing on the face of the other party's pitch-black outline. Although that outline was the same as his own, he knew this was another soul carried within.

Or rather, it was another thought.

"You let me win."

Li Hao said.

"Thank you for your painting."

The Chess Dao incarnation dissipated. At the very end, it whispered with a smile.

Li Hao was slightly startled, then realized. Sure enough, as he had guessed, these Dao Realm incarnations were all manifested by the will of Mount Wen Dao, controlled by Mount Wen Dao. Therefore, the one dueling him could be said to be himself, or it could be said to be Mount Wen Dao.

But undoubtedly, Mount Wen Dao hadn't bullied him, only using a corresponding level of chess skill to duel.

Following the dissipation of the Chess Dao incarnation, the chessboard in front of him also dissipated accordingly.

Li Hao stood up slowly, cupped his hands and bowed to the air in front of him, bowing deeply.

During this climb, his gains were also huge. Just speaking of this duel just now, he had a deeper comprehension of his own Chess Dao.

At this time, the movement here alarmed other disciples at the palace.

Seeing the Chess Dao incarnation dissipate, someone whispered: "Finally over, did he win?"

"Can't understand, but it seems very strenuous."

"To be able to reach the summit at such a young age, not to mention how difficult this duel was, to be able to come to the summit without falling into the Mount Wen Dao maze is enough to show that his Dao heart is not bad."

Watching Li Hao walk toward the palace, many people had solemn gazes.

They asked themselves, if they were at this short hundred-year soul-longevity, they would definitely not be able to be as composed as this youth.

However, there are no 'ifs' in the world.

At this very moment, in this duel of the Southern Region Battle, it depends on current strength!

"Congratulations."

Chu Tianhuang took the initiative to meet Li Hao, smiling, appearing extremely friendly.

He knew this scene would be reflected in the Yan Chu Qin Xianchao, and his imperial brothers would also see it. This was equivalent to declaring his relationship with Li Hao to them.

Although he hadn't actually recruited Li Hao yet, it didn't prevent others from having certain misunderstandings.

"Not bad."

Boya Xuejian also walked over, greeting Li Hao with appreciation on his face.

"Many thanks."

Li Hao smiled, finished greeting the two, and beckoned to Di Linchen.

"You know that Imperial clan?"

Chu Tianhuang saw Li Hao's action and asked with some curiosity.

"Mm."

Li Hao didn't elaborate, knowing that dealing with these Imperial clan people, it was better to speak less.

"Discussing natural talent, you are actually above us. If this Southern Region Battle were three hundred years later, perhaps we would have a chance to fight."

Beside them, Boya Xuejian sighed to Li Hao with regret in his eyes.

In his view, giving Li Hao another three hundred years of time, he would definitely have the qualifications to fight them in the Immortal Monarch Realm.

After all, reaching such a level in less than a hundred years of soul-longevity, this cultivation speed was enough to catch up.

Chu Tianhuang was slightly stunned, then also smiled and agreed, immediately inviting Li Hao to sit down.

"Ask-Heart Palace?"

Li Hao followed the two into the palace, seeing the words on the palace, feeling they had some charm, and chewed on them carefully.

"The mountainside is the Forget-Heart Palace, needing a Chaos Dao heart to climb up. But a Chaos Dao heart, although transcending the mortal heaven level, is like the chaos of heaven and earth, still not having found one's own path. Only by forgetting the heart and forgetting the Dao can one know the heart and know the Dao."

Chu Tianhuang explained to Li Hao: "This Ask-Heart Palace on the summit needs an Eternal Dao heart to step into. Inside the palace, there is an Ask-Dao Divine Statue. I heard that the Supreme once realized the Heavenly Dao Imperial Heart in front of this Ask-Dao Divine Statue."

"Although an Eternal Dao heart can step into the King Realm, in front of heaven and earth, eternity is also not worth mentioning, and will decay along with heaven and earth, influenced by the surrounding realms."

Boya Xuejian sighed softly, saying: "If one can glimpse the Heavenly Dao Imperial Heart, even if it is just a Dao heart, it will make many immortal techniques undergo a qualitative leap and improvement."

Li Hao knew that with different Dao hearts, even if unleashing immortal techniques of the same level, there would be differences.

"Heavenly Dao Imperial Heart... hard to realize. Even the Emperors of various immortal dynasties may not be able to realize it."

Chu Tianhuang whispered. He looked at the Ask-Dao Divine Statue in the palace, but shook his head, having no thought of realizing it.

Li Hao looked at the Ask-Dao Divine Statue standing in the palace, finding it was actually the appearance of a strange stone, with only a vague human outline. Looking closely, it was a graceful female statue, with flying stone blocks like flying skirts, and encircling stone belts like ribbons.

He stared at the Ask-Dao Divine Statue, suddenly feeling that the statue seemed to be undergoing subtle changes, gradually changing from a stone statue to a human statue.

He felt like his eyes were dazzled. Looking again, he found it was still a stone statue; the previous one seemed to be just an illusion.

It was just that the stone statue at this moment had become like an oval stone.

This stone stood there, but Li Hao suddenly had a trance-like feeling, as if that was not just a stone, but a realm!

"Haotian?"

Chu Tianhuang saw Li Hao distracted and called out in surprise.

Li Hao came back to his senses and looked again. The stone returned to its original state; everything just now seemed to be just an illusion.

But Li Hao knew that what just happened was definitely not an illusion, but that this object truly had divine strangeness.

"I want to realize here for a while."

Li Hao said.

Chu Tianhuang saw this, was slightly stunned, and nodded: "Good."

There were others in this palace also realizing in front of the stone statue, but more people sat outside the palace, having no feeling for the stone statue.

Li Hao sat silently in front of the stone statue. After a long while, the strange feeling from earlier did not emerge again.

He was somewhat puzzled, sitting in front of the stone statue until late at night, still not entering that wonderful feeling.

Li Hao knew that sometimes sudden enlightenment depends entirely on opportunity and cannot be replicated.

However, he remembered that feeling from just now.

Li Hao stood up and came outside the palace, but saw moonlight shining on his head. The golden glow covering Mount Wen Dao, under the penetration of moonlight, actually reflected golden brilliance.

Li Hao looked at the golden mist, suddenly feeling that there seemed to be something inside attracting him.

He found Chu Tianhuang not far away, who was closing his eyes and meditating. When Li Hao approached, Chu Tianhuang opened his eyes, not having truly entered cultivation.

"Any gains?"

Chu Tianhuang asked with a smile.

Li Hao shook his head, then asked: "What is in this golden mist?"

"Don't know."

Chu Tianhuang looked at it, but shook his head, saying: "We thought about climbing up earlier, but before we got close, we fell down and fell into the Mount Wen Dao maze. Look, those few over there are the ones."

He pointed casually, and Li Hao only then discovered that on the open space not far outside the palace, a few figures had fallen, all maintaining stiff postures on the ground, their eyes empty and lifeless.

"Maybe it needs a higher Dao heart to enter this golden mist. It should be a top-tier Eternal Dao heart."

Chu said.

Li Hao's heart moved slightly, looking toward the golden mist. He had stirred up nine sounds of heaven and earth in the Ask-Heart Pagoda, which should count as close to a top-tier Eternal Dao heart.

"I'll go try."

Li Hao said.

Chu Tianhuang was somewhat surprised, but didn't think much, nodding:

"Don't force it."

Li Hao immediately leaped up, soon attracting the attention of others. Someone sneered:

"Another one coming to make a fool of himself."

This summit had special laws binding it. Li Hao's flight was more like a bounce. It was just that before he had bounced to a position dozens of meters off the ground, he felt bursts of chill emerging from his soul, the same as when he climbed the steps earlier.

And as he approached the golden mist, Li Hao faintly saw a figure sitting in the golden mist.

It was just that before he could see clearly, a whisper seemed to ring in his ears:

"Your Dao heart is bound, don't force it."

While speaking, Li Hao's body had just touched the golden mist when he fell down.

He fell back to the ground, but didn't fall into the Mount Wen Dao maze. He immediately climbed up, looked up, and the golden mist became dense again, with nothing visible clearly.

"Hm? He touched the golden mist?!"

"Actually didn't fall into the Mount Wen Dao maze, how is it possible!"

"Could it be that his Dao heart is a top-tier Eternal Dao heart?"

Many people saw this scene, their gazes changing one after another. Some stood up on the spot. ===== CHAPTER 772 =====

"Could it be that his Dao heart is a Supreme Eternal Dao heart?"

Many people saw this scene, their expressions changed one after another, and some stood up on the spot.