Chapter 787: The Primordial Spirit was revealed, and with a casual flick, it was lifted

On the Imperial Platform, Gu Yan turned defeat into victory, squeezing into the top fifty.

Following the announcement by the Immortal Guard Commander, all the Immortal Dynasties of the Southern Region were in an uproar; after all, the disciple defeated by his opponent was none other than a disciple of that Supreme Being!

Although not a personal disciple, to be able to apprentice under a Supreme Being, how could he be simple?

Moreover, Gu Yan's performance also made countless True Immortal Realm cultivators envious, especially the many sword cultivators of the Southern Region, who admired him from the bottom of their hearts.

"What sect is that Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan Sect? It's too strong. If I remember correctly, this is the third person from their sect to make it into the top fifty, right?"

"The name of this sect sounds familiar; it seems I heard it many years ago."

Following Gu Yan's victory, all the Immortal Dynasties of the Southern Region began discussing the Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan Sect. Some elders had looks of reminiscence in their eyes, thinking of certain dusty and taboo past events.

But separated by tens of thousands of years, no one dared to speak of that matter casually anymore.

"Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan, our dynasty actually has such a strong sect; how could I not have known before?"

"They actually produced three Sword Dao prodigies, all making it into the top fifty. On the contrary, that Ten Thousand Swords Mountain only had one disciple advance out of two!"

In the Yan Chu Qin Xianchao, many people were discussing it, inquiring everywhere about the Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan Sect.

And within the sect's foundation, the Nine Abyss were all boiling over. Numerous disciples cheered and jumped for joy, and some elders were even moved to tears, never expecting that one day, the Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan would once again make a name for itself in the Southern Region.

As Gu Yan flew down from the Imperial Platform, Li Li Tiemu's old face was about to crack from smiling; he went up to meet him, constantly shouting his praises.

The elders and disciples of the other Abysses also looked on with envy. The Sword Abyss was considered a relatively declining lineage among the Daming Jiuyuan; no one expected that this time, they would actually rely on them to support the glory of the entire sect.

Gu Yan's gaze was cold and clear. Since comprehending the True Intent of the Sword Immortal, his inner heart had also changed. He viewed all things with a sense of detachment, and his heart had become even more tranquil. Only a vast sword intent remained in his heart, capable of piercing through everything and also capable of containing everything.

His gaze turned toward Li Hao. If he were to clash with Li Hao's previous fist techniques again, he felt he would have the capital for a battle, but whether he could win, he had no certainty.

However, that was what made it even more exciting.

Matters of the world, if one had absolute certainty in everything, would instead be desolate and uninteresting.

That Ghost Clan woman, Ghost Gui Lingyue's sister, who was as cold as frost, had her icy face slightly change at this time, and a cold light appeared in her eyes.

Li Hao was slightly stunned. Seeing the pure look in this little junior brother's eyes, he felt a familiar sensation in his heart. Wasn't this exactly how he looked when playing chess or fishing? That kind of passion, casting aside victory or defeat and immersing oneself wholeheartedly.

"I will."

A smile bloomed on his face as he said earnestly.

Gu Yan also laughed, no longer as cold as before, looking easygoing and indifferent.

"Ancient Sword Immortal Body, this Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan really dares to take them in. First, it was the disaster-causing clan, and now it's the Ancient Sword Immortal Body. Hmph!"

"This Ancient Sword Immortal Body actually didn't come to our sect; they are blind. By the way, could it be that their clan is living in seclusion within the Yan Chu territory?"

"I remember this youth's soul-age is only a few hundred years; he can be considered very young. If he cultivates for another five hundred years, compared to others, he will definitely be a dazzling existence."

In the Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, many elders had gloomy expressions, not expecting the Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan to steal all the limelight.

Fortunately, this time in the Yan Chu Qin Xianchao, many True Immortal Realm disciples from other Heavenly Sects also suffered defeat, making no sound. Only the battles for the Immortal Monarch Realm group had not yet begun, and the top prodigies of each sect had not yet entered the fray.

As time passed, the fifty-group battle gradually drew to a close.

The other disciples of the Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan Sect were not so lucky. Under Li Hao's protection, they made it into the top hundred, but in individual battles, they were all defeated by other Qin Xianchao royal clans or prodigies from major sects.

However, even so, for the Great Da Da Meng Zhu and the others, it was already a heaven-shaking joy. Among the top fifty, their sect had three people; this performance already surpassed many Heavenly Sects, and they had exhausted all their limelight!

Following the end of the top hundred, the list for the top fifty was released.

The Immortal Guard Commander stepped out and said in a loud voice, "Rest for half a day. Next, we will draw lots for the top fifty duels. Everyone may rest for a while!"

Having mastered many peak-realm powers, as long as they had a chance to catch their breath, they could restore their state to its peak. It was just that consecutive battles would make the spirit weary, and a half-day of rest was sufficient for recuperation.

Within the sect, the Great Da Da Meng Zhu divided the domain, shrouding Li Hao and the others in three separate barriers, allowing them to meditate quietly without being disturbed.

Li Hao sat in the barrier, but his thoughts drifted back to his previous insights.

That Heavenly Dao aura was revealed, drawing the top hundred. The Heavenly Dao is heartless, treating all things as public!

He had the Nine-Order Primordial Source, but the one he used most was the sword he had held since he was small.

Was this another form of favoritism?

Although compared to playing chess, painting, or fishing, Sword Dao was not his greatest love, among his many combat methods, it was the one he was most accustomed to and also the one he favored most.

But favoritism is something one cannot obtain; half-step invincibility, how is that not also a form of self-salvation?

Li Hao's heart was hazy, his thoughts myriad. He had already mastered the Nine-Flower Immortal Seal, but he had yet to touch the legendary Supreme Dao-Source Immortal Seal.

What is the Dao-Source?

The root of the Great Dao. Since the Nine-Order contains all Daos, their mutual fusion is the root of the Great Dao.

But how to fuse them is the problem.

With whom as the master, and with whom as the auxiliary? Since it is fusion, there must be primary and secondary.

Or perhaps, all are masters, and all are auxiliary?

Li Hao closed his eyes and focused his mind, but in his thoughts, he faintly captured that flash of inspiration.

He suddenly thought again that when he previously obtained the inheritance of the Heavenly Calamity Immortal Emperor, the Imperial Palace had two requirements. The first was to find the reincarnations of the Immortal Emperor's three personal disciples, which would allow him to also be promoted to a personal disciple.

The second was to master the Dao-Source Immortal Seal.

The Nine-Flower Immortal Seal he had previously mastered could only obtain the status of an official disciple.

And the Heavenly Palace disciple that Gu Yan previously defeated was an official disciple of that Supreme Being, equivalent to his own status.

Li Hao still remembered the explanation given by Elder Wang: the Immortal Emperor is the ultimate existence of the True World, the end of cultivation. If one does not have the aptitude for the Dao-Source Immortal Seal, one cannot reach that layer of realm.

But Li Hao later pondered carefully and felt that this statement was not entirely correct.

After all, if Immortals and Gods do not fall in battle, their lifespans are almost immortal; True Immortals can live to be one hundred thousand years old!

Of course, the vast majority of True Immortals rarely die of old age. After all, cultivators all have a competitive heart. Once they become True Immortals, they want to become Immortal Monarchs; once they become Immortal Monarchs, they want to be enfeoffed as Kings, stepping into the Immortal King Realm to become overlords of a region!

And competition brings calamities: stepping into forbidden lands to search for treasures, contending with others, or snatching cultivation resources, etc. If this happens too many times, it will bring about fatal disasters.

But regardless, these all belong to accidental deaths.

Under a long lifespan, the significance of aptitude is not as great as imagined.

A prodigy's bitter cultivation of a hundred years is comparable to an ordinary person's thousand years, but an ordinary Immortal or God's cultivation of ten thousand years can also rival a prodigy's thousand years.

As long as one lives long enough, one will eventually be invincible.

"Perhaps Elder Wang is also not very clear about the Immortal Emperor realm. After all, he is only in the Immortal King Realm. Perhaps the Immortal Emperor only accepts those with the Dao-Source Immortal Seal, or those with the Nine-Order Immortal Seal capable of becoming the Dao-Source Immortal Seal, as personal disciples because the Dao-Source Immortal Seal is one of the prerequisites for becoming an Immortal Emperor. It possesses an absolute causal relationship, rather than just proving this aptitude to be able to cultivate to the end."

"After all, it is common for prodigies in their youth to become mediocre among the masses after a thousand or ten thousand years."

Li Hao pondered in his heart. If it is an inevitable causal relationship, combined with the other prerequisite for becoming an Immortal Emperor realm, it is the need to comprehend the Heavenly Dao Imperial Heart.

Only when the Dao heart reaches such a realm can one master the Imperial Dao!

Then, cultivating the Dao-Source Immortal Seal is a necessary condition for the Imperial Dao. This transformation of the Dao-Source Immortal Seal is mostly similar to a certain Imperial Realm state.

In other words, the Heavenly Dao is heartless that he previously comprehended; the Heavenly Dao is the thing closest to the Imperial Dao. He has already touched the threshold of the Dao-Source Immortal Seal.

Li Hao used the various rumors of the Immortal Emperor realm to reverse-engineer the Dao-Source Immortal Seal, and he suddenly had an insight in his heart.

The fusion of the Nine-Order Immortal Seal is related to comprehending the Heavenly Dao. At the moment of fusion, perhaps, one can touch a trace of the Imperial Realm. This is the prerequisite for cultivating into an Immortal Emperor.

While Li Hao was thinking, the voice of the Great Da Da Meng Zhu suddenly came.

"Hao Tian, your duel is about to begin."

This voice was soft and entered his ears. Although it awakened Li Hao from his thoughts, it did not make him feel noisy.

But these words still made Li Hao stunned. He couldn't help but open his eyes and look, only to see that above the Imperial Platform in front, fifty golden phantoms were standing in pairs; they had actually already finished drawing lots.

Li Hao was somewhat stunned. He looked at the Great Da Da Meng Zhu beside him and said, "Half a day has passed already?"

"It passed long ago. Seeing you meditating with your eyes closed, I was afraid of disturbing you, so I didn't call you earlier."

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu said, worried about affecting Li Hao. If it weren't for the fact that Li Hao was about to appear, she wouldn't have called him easily.

Li Hao was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that just from a little thought, so much time had passed in the outside world, making him feel somewhat dazed.

At this time, he scanned with his gaze and quickly saw his own golden phantom standing together with another figure.

The opponent was a tall woman with a peerless appearance, her eyes carrying a bit of ethereal quality.

Li Hao searched everywhere according to the golden phantom, but he didn't see where the woman was in the vicinity.

"Your opponent is very strong; she is a Ghost Clan prodigy."

Seeing Li Hao scanning with his gaze, the Great Da Da Meng Zhu raised her hand and pointed it out to him.

At a location on the mountain peak on the west side, there was a group of figures in black robes, seven people standing together. Among them, five were elders, their auras profound and restrained. Li Hao could not see their cultivation realm, but from the feeling they emitted, he realized they were all Immortal King Realm cultivators, likely on par with the Great Da Da Meng Zhu beside him.

And in the center of the five elders stood two women in black dresses, similar in age, both in their early twenties, and their appearances were actually very similar; they were twins.

But the temperaments of the two women were different. Li Hao distinguished carefully and discovered that one was in the True Immortal Realm, while the other was in the Immortal Monarch Realm!

While he was sizing them up, perhaps sensing that they were being stared at intently, the two women had a feeling and looked over toward Li Hao's side. One of the elders also followed Li Hao's line of sight and looked over.

"Your luck is not very good; the opponent is also an existence with hopes of contending for the top ten."

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu said in a deep voice, "The Ghost Clan, like the Battle Heaven Clan, is one of the top ten strong clans of the True World, with an Immortal Emperor sitting in the clan! However, the Ghost Clan does not belong to our Southern Region. I don't know why they actually came to the Southern Region to participate in the battle this time. I estimate they want to appreciate the demeanor of our Southern Region prodigies, or test the standard of Southern Region prodigies."

Li Hao was slightly stunned. He stared at the opponent. Seeing the opponent look over, he did not avoid her gaze but just nodded slightly.

"Miss, that youth is your opponent. His previous performance was quite good. Although he didn't reveal his bloodline power, if one says he is just a primitive human, it's likely somewhat impossible. It's just that the Battle Heaven Clan failed to stimulate his power."

"..."

Among the seven members of the Ghost Clan, that elder said in a low, gentle voice.

Although he was in the Immortal King Realm, he was quite respectful to the two women beside him. After all, the grandfather of these two women was one of the top powerhouses in the Ghost Clan.

"Uncle Yan, judging from his previous combat methods, which clan do you think he belongs to?"

That True Immortal Realm woman asked softly. She did not respond to the youth's nod of acknowledgment and had already withdrawn her gaze at this time.

"This..."

Hearing this, the elder's face showed contemplation, and he said, "He previously used the Immortal Art 'Azure Heaven' many times, which had long been sealed and was on the verge of being lost. This Immortal Art was created by the Heavenly Calamity Immortal Emperor of the past, but back then, that Immortal Emperor Lord, in order to strengthen the power of the True World, passed this art to many major clans, so one cannot see his background. It's just that those major clans no longer circulate it; they all use the new Immortal Arts created by this Supreme Being."

"Are you saying he is a disciple of that Immortal Emperor?"

The woman asked in surprise.

The elder shook his head slightly and said, "It's unlikely. If he were, he wouldn't come here to participate in the competition. After all..."

Speaking of this, he did not continue but said, "In my opinion, his methods are a bit like the Chaos Clan. What he cultivates is complex. The Chaos Clan is naturally highly compatible with all Daos, and the methods they master are complex, yet they can independently create a set of special secret technique systems. Every prodigy has their own path, which is somewhat similar to him!"

"The Chaos Clan?"

The Ghost Clan woman's eyes moved slightly. Among the top ten of the True World's hundred clans, her Ghost Clan ranked seventh, while that Chaos Clan ranked fourth!

"Looking at it this way, the Battle Heaven Clan didn't lose unjustly. However, failing to force out his bloodline power is truly incompetent. I want to see if he can continue to hide it this time." She said softly, her eyes filled with confidence.

"The Chaos Clan is not in the Southern Region but in the Eastern Region, joining hands with that Ancestral Dragon of the Ancestral Dragon Court to suppress the Eastern Region. To actually appear here, could it be that, like us, they came here to investigate the quality of the Southern Region prodigies?"

"..."

The elder had contemplation in his eyes, somewhat puzzled.

"That's perfect. Taking this opportunity, I will appreciate the methods of the Chaos Clan prodigy. It's just that I don't know if he is the strongest prodigy of the Chaos Clan, but with such soul-age, judging from his aptitude, he should be!"

The Ghost Clan woman's eyes flickered, followed by a light laugh, and she said, "But aptitude is aptitude. The path of cultivation is long. Some bottlenecks that ordinary people can easily step over, some peerless monsters are trapped in for a lifetime and cannot. Matters of the world are just so wonderful. Who can know who will definitely be able to walk to the end? At least in this Imperial Platform Battle, one only looks at strength. Whoever wins or loses, standing at the end is the true prodigy!"

Hearing her words, the elder nodded, knowing this was the truth.

That youth's aptitude was indeed monstrous. To be able to cultivate to such a degree in a hundred years was terrifying.

If calculated by the current cultivation speed, he would be extraordinary in a thousand years, capable of reaching invincibility in the Immortal Monarch Realm!

But that was a calculation, based on the current cultivation speed. Once one encounters a threshold or bottleneck, that is another matter.

And the bottlenecks of prodigies are different. Some have extremely strong combat power, but their Dao heart is a bottleneck; some have an extremely strong Dao heart, but their cultivation aspect is a mess, even slower than ordinary people.

"The powerhouses of this Southern Region have already seen through my identity. Coming here, I must at least enter the top five. If I lose, I can only lose to that Imperial Clan, or those two personal disciples of the Supreme Being."

The Ghost Clan woman scanned with her gaze. So far, the only opponent she could recognize was that Imperial Clan youth, as well as those two personal disciples of the Supreme Being. These were the opponents she asked herself she only had a ten percent chance of winning against.

And as for the others, she was unwilling to lose, nor did she believe she would lose.

"If he really is from the Chaos Clan, for this battle, Miss, you are afraid you will have to go all out."

The elder reminded her.

The Chaos Clan is, after all, the fourth strongest clan in the True World, with an extremely profound and terrifying foundation that exceeds imagination.

The Ghost Clan woman nodded slightly, then quietly waited for the duel on the Imperial Platform to end.

Not long after, a duel for the top twenty-five out of the top fifty on the Imperial Platform concluded.

Li Hao learned from the Great Da Da Meng Zhu that this was already the second match, and his duel with the Ghost Clan was ranked third.

Master Yue Xi and Gu Yan were ranked ninth and twenty-fourth, respectively.

And the opponents of the two of them were relatively more ordinary, but to be able to advance to the top fifty, they were not ordinary people. Master Yue Xi's opponent was actually that green-skirted girl, while Gu Yan's opponent was a Heavenly Sect prodigy from the Original Venerable Qin Xianchao, also one of the hundred clans of the True World, but only ranked in the thirties.

However, for Gu Yan, this would also be a bitter battle. The Great Da Da Meng Zhu compared the previous performance of their opponents and felt that the one with the most hope of advancing was Master Yue Xi.

Next was Li Hao, but that Ghost Clan woman had not revealed her full strength previously, so it was hard to say specifically how it would go.

Soon, the duel on the Imperial Platform ended, and the winner was decided. It was clearly more intense and exciting than the previous top-hundred battle. One side had already burned their Immortal Seal for the battle, but in the end, they still lost.

"Good luck, just do your best."

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu said to Li Hao.

Although she previously felt that Li Hao's strength had hope of advancing to the top ten, that Ghost Clan woman was not to be trifled with and also had hopes for the top ten. In a clash between strong opponents, it was hard to say who would win or lose.

Li Hao nodded.

After saying goodbye to Master Yue Xi and the others, he immediately ascended the Imperial Platform.

"Sister, I'm going."

The Ghost Clan woman also rose and flew onto the Imperial Platform.

The woman beside her had a similar appearance, but her temperament was colder, her eyes containing no emotion. To her sister's words, she was just indifferent and did not respond.

And that Ghost Clan woman was already used to it; she waved her hand with a smile and flew onto the Imperial Platform.

After the two stood down, the sealing array barrier was activated. At this time, the Immortal Guard Commander had already introduced the background of the two.

"Yan Chu Qin Xianchao, Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan Sect disciple, Human Race Hao Tian, dueling against Chi Jiang Qin Xianchao, Que Master Yue Sect disciple, Ghost Clan Ghost Gui Lingyue!"

His voice was deafening. In the Chi Jiang Qin Xianchao, countless people knew the great name of the Ghost Clan, but they had never heard of the Que Master Yue Sect. However, in this top-hundred battle, this Ghost Gui Lingyue of the Ghost Clan had killed her way out while carrying the name of this sect, already making the sect's name resound throughout the entire Qin Xianchao.

It was just that after many people inquired, they discovered that this Que Master Yue Sect was just an ordinary fourth-rank sect, completely unremarkable.

And the Ghost Clan came from the Northern Region; there was no doubt that it was likely they were borrowing the name of that sect to specifically come to the Southern Region to show off their power.

"It's actually the Ghost Clan. I heard that their clan has committed countless slaughters and specializes in the Primordial Spirit."

"That's right. In that Ancient Demon Catastrophe, the Ghost Clan Emperor personally campaigned, beheading many King Realm existences among the Ancient Demons. I heard that among the various Immortal Emperors, they are one of the only three existences capable of suppressing the Ancient Demon Emperor!"

"The Ghost Clan's Primordial Spirit, compared to the Ancient Demon Clan, is not weak at all. In these hundred thousand years, I heard they learned certain methods of the Ancient Demons, and in terms of the Primordial Spirit, they are even more terrifying than the Ancient Demon Clan!"

"Why did this Ghost Clan come to our Southern Region? Do they not have prodigy battles in their Northern Region?"

"Of course they do. I estimate the quota in the Northern Region is not enough, or perhaps they came to our Southern Region to demonstrate the strength of the Ghost Clan. Hmph, a clan from outside the territory, I hope that Hao Tian can defeat her!"

"I'm afraid it's very difficult. That little girl didn't use her full strength in the previous battles, and she retained a lot. This battle is likely to be a fierce fight!"

In each Qin Xianchao, many powerhouses of the sects were watching this battle. After all,

whether it was Li Hao or this Ghost Gui Lingyue of the Ghost Clan, they could no longer be treated as ordinary True Immortals. In less than a few hundred years, they would both become resounding powerhouses in the Immortal Monarch Realm.

In the Yan Chu Qin Xianchao, many people broke into a cold sweat for Li Hao, their hearts lifted.

If it weren't for the Heavenly Dao drawing lots, which could not be faked, they would have suspected whether Li Hao was being targeted.

First, he dueled against the Battle Heaven Clan, one of the top ten of the hundred clans, and now it was actually the Ghost Clan again, all of whom were strong contenders for the top ten.

At this time, on the Imperial Platform, Ghost Gui Lingyue's face was as cold as frost. Except for her sister, she did not give anyone else a good look and lacked that sense of affinity.

"For this battle, if you don't display your Chaos Clan bloodline, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to win."

Ghost Gui Lingyue said coldly.

Hearing this, a question mark appeared on Li Hao's forehead.

Chaos Clan? What the hell.

Seeing Li Hao's puzzled expression, Ghost Gui Lingyue raised her eyebrows, but she felt that Li Hao wanted to continue pretending. The corners of her mouth curled into a cold sneer, and her eyes grew three parts colder. She was not a good-for-nothing like Zhan Zhan Yuchen.

She did not speak again, her whole body emitting dense dark ghost energy, like black smoke billowing out, covering herself.

Following the revelation of her aura, the temperature on the entire Imperial Platform seemed to become icy, with a kind of eerie feeling.

Having witnessed Li Hao's battle with Zhan Zhan Yuchen, she knew that wanting to defeat Li Hao would not be so easy, and she also needed to use some real skills.

Following the revelation of her peak-realm power, her bloodline aura was also exposed at this moment. On her forehead, a Nine-Flower Immortal Seal appeared, but unlike the silver Immortal Seal of others, her Immortal Seal was black.

This was also the unique mark of the Ghost Clan, a pure black Immortal Seal, with the patterns of nine Great Dao Primordial Sources, revealing mystery within exquisiteness.

As Ghost Gui Lingyue's aura continued to rise, a strong Ghost Clan pressure shrouded the

Imperial Platform. Li Hao's gaze also became solemn. The prodigies of this Southern Region were indeed not simple. The opponent's momentum was three parts stronger than that Zhan Zhan Yuchen.

"You must win!"

Under the Imperial Platform, Zhan Zhan Yuchen watched this scene and couldn't help but whisper a secret prayer.

If Li Hao lost to this Ghost Clan woman, wouldn't that mean their Battle Heaven Clan lost to the Ghost Clan? That would be somewhat shameful!

Whoosh!

Ghost Gui Lingyue was shrouded in ghost mist, her figure suddenly swayed, and she killed her way toward Li Hao in an instant.

Her figure crossed the Return to Ruins peak realm, appearing in Li Hao's shadow like a ghost, killing her way out directly.

This speed exceeded the Return to Ruins instant movement, like some kind of curse, acting directly on Li Hao. It was the Ghost Clan's top movement technique, Ghost Reflecting Moon!

And this movement technique was also one of the top ten movement techniques of the True World, and it ranked in the top three!

Li Hao's face changed slightly; he was too late to react. It was too fast.

Bang!

A palm print struck his back. Li Hao only felt that the soft palm actually contained the power to split mountains and break rivers, shattering the bones of his spine and sending his whole body flying forward.

He crashed into the ground, his spine stinging, but it was not a burning sensation, but a burst of icy power that actually followed and invaded his body.

Within that power, it contained terrifying Soul power; the opponent's attack actually carried the power of the Primordial Spirit.

Li Hao was somewhat surprised, but his Primordial Spirit within his body also made a counterattack at the first moment, wiping out that power. His Eternal Dao Domain quickly propped up, and at the same time, he also displayed an Immortal Art that was also one of the top ten Immortal Arts, Ten Thousand Shadows!

In the Imperial Palace inheritance, except for Azure Heaven, Li Hao had also recorded the other Immortal Arts. When the Nine-Order Great Dao all reached the Fourth Realm, these Immortal Arts had also automatically upgraded to the perfected level.

Ten Thousand Shadows, as the name suggests, in just an instant, ten thousand figures appeared on the Imperial Platform, all of them Li Hao.

These Ten Thousand Shadows were not just afterimages; each one was more like a clone, all possessing one-third of Li Hao's original body's power!

One-third, what kind of terror is this?

If it were a simple superposition of power, ten thousand multiplied by zero point three would be three thousand times!

But in actual combat, especially when facing strong opponents or existences of the same realm, it is not this kind of calculation. For example, if Li Hao's original body's attack can only barely contend with the Fifth Realm of the Immortal Monarch Realm, then his one-third power might not be able to pose a threat to the Fifth Realm of the Immortal Monarch Realm.

In this way, even with ten thousand clones, the human-sea tactic is difficult to break through the defense of the Fifth Realm of the Immortal Monarch Realm. After all, the baseline is lower than the opponent.

However, if facing someone lower than Li Hao's realm, someone who can be killed in one move, then it is a full ten thousand clones, which can cause terrifying destruction on the battlefield. It can be said that one person becomes an army!

This is also one of the reasons why this Immortal Art can become one of the top ten Immortal Arts.

However, when facing the same realm, although it cannot achieve the terrifying effect of a three-thousand-fold superposition, ten thousand clones, if they master secret techniques that can be performed together, can also cooperate with each other to achieve an extremely exaggerated effect.

It can be said that although this Immortal Art is one of the top ten Immortal Arts, it is even stronger than Azure Heaven and is one of the best among the top ten Immortal Arts.

However, in terms of speed alone, it is inferior to Ghost Reflecting Moon among movement techniques.

"Hmm?"

"Ten Thousand Shadows movement technique?!"

"It's another one of the top ten Immortal Arts, and it's the very difficult-to-cultivate Ten Thousand Shadows. This is a movement technique that requires both the Form Dao and the Imperial Dao to reach a certain realm to master!"

"Hasn't this method been lost? How can it still exist?"

Following the dense figures of Li Hao on the Imperial Platform, countless people were shocked.

Since the battle began, although Li Hao had displayed Sword Dao and Fist Dao, his movement technique had been average, just his attacks were fierce. No one expected that he would display such a terrifying movement technique at this moment!

Ghost Gui Lingyue also did not expect that Li Hao had mastered Ten Thousand Shadows, and the Ghost Erosion attached when she hit Li Hao just now had actually been wiped out in her sensing. This was her Ghost Clan's secret technique method, which had extremely strong lethality to the Primordial Spirit.

"How is this possible?"

Ghost Gui Lingyue's eyes revealed a trace of shock. Could it be that the opponent's Primordial Spirit power was higher than her own? Except for this reason, she could not think of any other way to instantly break Ghost Erosion.

But the moment she was stunned, Li Hao, who had displayed Ten Thousand Shadows, had already begun to counterattack.

Although he had not mastered many military formations, at this moment, with Ten Thousand Shadows displayed, he directly controlled the clones, all of them displaying the Eternal Dao Domain!

The Dao Domain was superimposed layer by layer. Although he could not achieve true substantial fusion and power enhancement, it was like a thousand layers of glass stacked together, which would still shatter if dropped. But his purpose for superimposing was not the Dao Domain, but the space-time power within the Dao Domain!

"Time Stop!"

Li Hao's eyes turned cold, displaying the power of the Time Great Dao.

Time Stop, Time Reversal, Time Speed, these are all conventional means of the Time Great Dao.

Even the Sage Realm of the True World has long known these means, but knowing them does not mean they can resist or crack them!

Just like a wild beast knowing the stars but never being able to climb up to them.

At this time, the time power was superimposed and gathered in the Dao Domain. Each afterimage could make reality barely stop for an instant, and ten thousand afterimages superimposed, this instant constantly superimposed, becoming extremely long!

This is the power of Ten Thousand Shadows combined with the Time Great Dao!

While he was displaying it, the Heavenly Star Veins behind him lit up, as if substantial. Although the Ten Thousand Shadows movement technique is strong, the consumption of Immortal Power is also a flood beast. In a duel between ordinary True Immortals, one must win in one display, otherwise, it is difficult to

have the strength for long-term combat.

But after mastering the Heavenly Star Veins, this movement technique finally displayed its true terror.

Violent Immortal Power surged out, combined with the nine-fold amplification of the Battle Heaven Imperial Method. Everyone saw that the Immortal Power flowing through the youth's body was like a vast ocean, hard to imagine!

That amount in just a short moment was enough to make many Immortal Monarch Realm cultivators feel ashamed.

And following Li Hao's whisper, time on the entire Imperial Platform also stopped at this moment.

Among the Ghost Clan, the five elders all had slightly changed faces.

The cold, frost-like ghost woman, the elder sister of Gui Gui Lingyue, saw her icy expression shift slightly at this moment, a glimmer of cold light appearing in her eyes.

On the Imperial Platform, following the absolute stillness, Li Hao stepped out and killed his way toward Ghost Gui Lingyue.

At this time, Ghost Gui Lingyue's body was stiff in mid-air, unable to move, but her thoughts could barely turn.

When she realized her body could not move, she was somewhat horrified, and soon she also displayed the Time Primordial Source.

That's right, she also mastered the Time Great Dao Primordial Source and had reached the Third Realm.

It's just that there is ultimately a heaven-and-earth difference between the Third Realm and the Fourth Realm.

Not to mention that at this moment, the Time Stop superimposed by Li Hao's ten thousand clones was enough for Li Hao to kill her dozens of times, even if she resisted with all her might and greatly reduced the time of this Time Stop.

Bang!

Li Hao did not hold back, directly stepping over, raising a fist, and exploding Ghost Gui Lingyue's head, along with her body, into a blood mist!

Seeing this scene, countless people gasped. This was too brutal.

Although that Ghost Gui Lingyue was of the Ghost Clan, her cold-white skin and peerless, cold appearance made countless people fall for her, and Li Hao could actually be so unfeeling toward the fair

sex, making many people stunned while sighing endlessly.

Following the explosion of her body into a blood mist, everyone also knew that this battle was over.

They thought it would be a fierce fight, but who would have thought it would be a one-sided crushing? Even the Ghost Clan prodigy of the seventh of the hundred clans appeared so helpless in front of the Time Great Dao Primordial Source!

Just as everyone was sighing at the dominance of the Time Great Dao, suddenly, from the blood mist of Ghost Gui Lingyue's shattered body, a pitch-black ghost shadow suddenly killed its way out. In the space where time had stopped, it actually moved toward Li Hao without any obstruction.

Seeing the ghost shadow clearly, Li Hao discovered it was exactly Ghost Gui Lingyue. It was just that at this time, it was the opponent's Primordial Spirit, and the opponent's Primordial Spirit was pitch-black, like a true ghost, with streaks of black light shadows within, appearing even darker and more profound in the pitch-black ghost shadow.

"What?"

"How is this possible!"

Everyone saw this scene, all widening their eyes, feeling it was inconceivable.

At this time, the blood mist on the Imperial Platform still maintained a solidified state, but that ghost shadow could move, appearing directly in Li Hao's shadow and winding its way toward Li Hao to kill him.

"Ghost Clan secret technique, Ghost God Unity!"

Many Immortal King Realm powerhouses all had their gazes slightly condensed.

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu and the elders in the sect all had slightly changed faces, their expressions solemn.

That Time Stop, which was so dominant and terrifying, could suppress ninety percent of the monsters in the top hundred. In their view, this was almost Li Hao's trump card, even more terrifying and dominant than his previous Fist Dao.

But they didn't expect that this Ghost Clan could actually break free, and the reason for this breaking free was the Ghost Clan's famous secret technique, transferring all power to the Primordial Spirit, and the Ghost Clan's Primordial Spirit was extremely special and powerful, nurtured by special secret methods. At this moment, it was actually not constrained by time!

Li Hao also did not expect that under this Time Stop, the opponent actually still had the ability

to act.

Time suppression ineffective?

Li Hao was puzzled. This was impossible; there is nothing that can transcend time, unless it is fate.

Soon, Li Hao realized the reason. The opponent's Primordial Spirit was too strong, strong enough to transcend the degree that his current Time Primordial Source could suppress.

This Primordial Spirit power could cross time, finding space to act in the gaps of time's rules.

Just for an instant, Li Hao's body was entangled by the opponent, winding tightly around him from the back like an octopus.

Li Hao could feel the opponent's Primordial Spirit was soft but extremely cold, like a block of ice.

At the same time, he could also feel the terror of that Primordial Spirit, and it was constantly eroding his body, seemingly wanting to penetrate into his Immortal Body and squeeze his Primordial Spirit out.

"Forcing me to this degree, you don't lose unjustly!"

Ghost Gui Lingyue's voice was hoarse, sounding eerily in Li Hao's ear. Compared to her previous cold voice, it had a ghostly feeling.

Li Hao's eyes turned cold. This statement should be said by himself.

He originally thought that the Time Ten Thousand Shadows movement technique combined with time superposition would be enough to crush this hundred-clan strong enemy, and even except for a few people, he felt he could sweep through with this move.

But he didn't expect that he would have to bring out his other means now.

"Primordial Spirit, huh? Yours is very strong, but not strong enough!"

Li Hao's voice came out, but it was not from his mouth, but his Primordial Spirit spoke.

Only to see Li Hao's Primordial Spirit suddenly reveal its upper body from the top of his head, golden light dazzling, like a brilliant, inviolable Heavenly God!

That golden divine glow shot out from the Primordial Spirit, emitting terrifying Soul power. What shocked the world the most was that within the Primordial Spirit's body, there were countless glowing objects!

Those were not golden veins, but golden bones!

One by one, countless!

Just half a body had so many; it was hard to imagine what the full body was like!

At this time, Li Hao's Primordial Spirit was revealed halfway on the top of his head, indifferently looking down at the Ghost Gui Lingyue Primordial Spirit that was entangled around his body.

Ghost Gui Lingyue also looked up, her gaze meeting Li Hao's Primordial Spirit, but her expression was somewhat stagnant at this moment.

That looking-down gaze was as if a god could not be profaned.

She was somewhat lost. How could...

The next moment, Li Hao's Primordial Spirit raised its hand, and like lifting a chicken, pulled her Primordial Spirit off his body.

That's right, it was pulling, as if pulling off a dog-skin plaster stuck to his body.

And the Ghost Gui Lingyue Primordial Spirit, which had been firmly attached just now, was now like a weak little chicken, with no room to struggle, and was dragged down by Li Hao's Primordial Spirit.

He had eaten countless Ancient Demons, and his Primordial Spirit golden bones had long been refined to over five hundred, while the other prodigies Li Hao dueled against, although they broke the Primordial Spirit peak realm, most were still at the level of refining golden veins. Being able to refine Primordial Spirit golden bones was already very rare.

The Ghost Gui Lingyue before his eyes, as a Ghost Clan prodigy, the black glowing objects in her body were the Primordial Spirit golden bones she had refined, but Li Hao saw at a glance that the quantity was far inferior to his own, only a mere forty or fifty, less than one-tenth of his!

This degree was already extremely exaggerated. In terms of Primordial Spirit strength alone, it could rival the Fourth or Fifth Realm of the Immortal Monarch Realm.

But unfortunately, Li Hao's Primordial Spirit strength, even in the Immortal Monarch Realm, was considered extremely strong!

"You..."

Ghost Gui Lingyue woke up and wanted to struggle, but discovered Li Hao's hands were kneading, kneading her Primordial Spirit into a sphere in an instant.

Her voice was also squeezed and deformed in the kneading, only able to emit painful screams.

"I'll spare your life and give you a chance to admit defeat."

After Li Hao kneaded it into a ball, he said calmly.

Ghost Gui Lingyue was already feeling terrified at this time. As a Ghost Clan member, in the hundred clans of the True World, they were the publicly recognized clan with the strongest Primordial Spirit. Even the Imperial Clan could not compare with their clan in terms of the Primordial Spirit. But now, she was actually crushed in terms of the Primordial Spirit by an existence of the same realm?!

Clearly, she was the one from the Ghost Clan, but she felt as if she had seen a ghost. This was too inconceivable!!

"I, I admit defeat!"

Her voice trembled. Her Primordial Spirit was being kneaded; this pain was acting on her soul and exceeded her endurance.

She knew that if she didn't admit defeat in time, and the opponent crushed her Primordial Spirit, this life would be equivalent to having cultivated in vain.

One must know that although one can reincarnate and bring the current memories to re-cultivate, the resources needed for cultivation are wasted!

Being able to cultivate to her degree, the clan had spent quite a few resources on her. Re-cultivating would be another big consumption, and it would also be a waste of time.

For them, there is no such thing as being stronger in the re-cultivated life than the previous life. After all, the opportunities that could be obtained had already been obtained, and there would be no chance of taking the wrong path. Everything would be taken care of by the clan, choosing the best route. It is extremely rare for accidents to occur that require re-cultivation.

Hearing the opponent admit defeat, Li Hao waved his palm and threw out the sphere-shaped Ghost Gui Lingyue. At the same time, the Ten Thousand Shadows Immortal Art converged, disappearing one by one, and the suppressed space-time also resumed flow. The blood mist that had been floating in mid-air began to spread and disperse.

But soon, the blood mist gathered again, and quickly recovered into Ghost Gui Lingyue's appearance.

Her Primordial Spirit also struggled to open, suffering not-light injuries, and shrank back into her flesh.

With a face full of terror as if seeing a ghost, she looked at Li Hao.

Everything ended in the blink of an eye. Except for Ghost Gui Lingyue on the Imperial Platform, countless people were dumbfounded and silent.

Under the platform, in other parts of the mountain peak, the previously calm or indifferent gazes suddenly shot at Li Hao like sharp swords at this moment. ===== CHAPTER 788 =====

Below the stage and in other parts of the mountaintop, the various gazes—previously calm or indifferent—suddenly shot toward Li Hao like sharp swords.