Chapter 790

Gu Yan's challenge failed. He returned to the sect and fell into deep thought, ignoring everyone.

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu didn't let anyone else disturb him, setting up a separate barrier domain for him to contemplate in silence.

Not long after, the top twenty-five challenges were all over. A few had successfully counterattacked, but most maintained their original positions.

Master Yue Xi was also challenged, but she barely managed to hold her ground.

As the top twenty-five spots were finalized, the Tiangong Supreme raised his hand, calling upon the power of the Heavenly Dao to draw the next pairs of contestants.

In the one-on-one duels, there was one extra position. According to the rules stated by the Immortal Guard Commander, the extra person would advance directly, and the loser could choose to challenge them; success would mean replacing them.

When the draw ended, the extra spot went to Di Di Linchen.

Many were in an uproar. As a member of the Imperial Clan, Di Di Linchen was a hot favorite for the championship, and now, with his luck exploding, he advanced directly without a fight.

If it were someone else, others would envy his luck, but Di Di Linchen getting this exemption made the other contestants somewhat disgruntled, as it meant avoiding a clash with him.

Li Hao swept his gaze toward his opponent, who was actually that God Clan youth.

He hadn't expected to meet him, and to meet him before the battle for the top ten.

As Li Hao stared, Shen Tian Wuji saw that his opponent was Li Hao and immediately turned his head to look in Li Hao's direction.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Li Hao's methods in defeating the Ghost Clan and the Zhan Tian Clan had made him quite happy, especially the movement technique and Primordial Spirit displayed when defeating the Ghost Clan, which made him feel pressure.

"Young Master, that General Hao Tian has not yet displayed his bloodline power. I don't know which clan's genius he is; you must be careful."

Beside Shen Tian Wuji, an elder of the God Clan said in a low, solemn voice.

"This is what makes it interesting."

Shen Tian Wuji said, a confident yet wild light appearing in his eyes. He didn't have absolute certainty of defeating Li Hao, but this was the purpose of him coming to the Southern Region to compete!

Since he was a child, those around him were guys he could defeat with a wave of his hand, which made him feel somewhat bored. Only by fighting the older generation could he experience the joy of battle.

"The God Clan, another strong enemy!"

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu saw Li Hao's opponent, and her expression shifted slightly. In her view, that God Clan youth was three parts more terrifying than the Ghost Clan.

Although the other party was inferior to the Ghost Clan in terms of Primordial Spirit, the God Clan's innate secret techniques and the youth's own strength were already at the extreme in the True Immortal Realm.

Even if they encountered someone in the third level of the Immortal Monarch Realm, the other party could fight them and even win. This was no longer as simple as just "defying the realm."

"You must be careful. The God Clan's bloodline power is extremely strong and can significantly increase the immortal body and immortal power. The 'Divine Blood' of the Tongli Realm's final stage was opened up by that Great Emperor of the God Clan, laying the foundation for cultivation."

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu said solemnly.

Among the hundred clans of the True World, countless years later, the major clans that still stand at the peak all have the power to open up eras.

In the most ancient times, the cultivation system between heaven and earth was not yet perfect. It was Great Emperors who were born, perfecting the current cultivation system. Their talent was unparalleled in ancient and modern times, filling in the gaps of this cultivation system.

Tongli, Zhou Tian, Ji Hun... every mortal realm was opened up by the Great Emperors of the True World in the barbaric era, and they created the final stages of these realms, allowing human bloodline power to be achieved.

"The Divine Blood final stage was opened up by the God Clan Great Emperor?"

Li Hao heard her words, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

Only then did he deeply feel why the Immortal Emperor Realm was revered by countless people,

unreachable and high above.

"That's right. Immortal Emperors all have the feat of opening up eras, such as the Lord Tianyang Immortal Emperor, who once created the Ten Great Immortal Arts, as well as many top-tier immortal bodies and imperial methods. Other Great Emperors, in the original cultivation, were the first to break through the final stages, integrating this power into the bloodlines of countless lives, giving them the potential to break the shackles of the extreme realm and reach the final stage."

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu said, her voice carrying a bit of piety and reverence.

Li Hao's eyes flickered. This was more like proving the Dao to become an Emperor. Where would his own future Imperial Dao lie?

As his thoughts drifted, the Great Da Da Meng Zhu brought the conversation back to the battle at hand, saying solemnly: "In terms of Divine Blood, the God Clan has many secret techniques to cooperate with, developing this Divine Blood final stage to the extreme. Their bloodline power, 'God Descends to the World,' once activated, will enter a brief state of invincibility!"

"Invincible?"

Li Hao was stunned. Hearing this from the Great Da Da Meng Zhu was quite surprising.

"That's right, invincible among peers!"

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu nodded and said seriously: "It's just as you understand. In that state, their immortal body and immortal power reach the peak of perfection. As long as you use your movement technique to drag out that state, you will have a chance to win."

Li Hao understood; this was similar to being a "three-second man."

At this moment, as the Heavenly Dao draw ended, the Immortal Guard Commander announced the first group to take the stage.

This first group was Gui Gui Lingyue and a Yan Chu royal. Li Hao had no impression of that royal, but the other party had clearly been ranked after the Immortal Monarch Realm in the Ancient Immortal Realm earlier. Now that he had encountered Gui Gui Lingyue, there should be no suspense.

As Li Hao expected, the battle ended quickly, and Gui Gui Lingyue won easily.

Following that were the second group, the third group... they took the stage one after another.

Master Yue Xi was in the fifth group, and Li Hao was in the seventh group.

Master Yue Xi's opponent was that Ming Master Yue. The Great Da Da Meng Zhu knew Master Yue Xi had no suspense the moment she saw it. Therefore, she had mainly been concerned with the battle between Li Hao and Shen Tian Wuji. As for Master Yue Xi, she let her treat this battle as a sparring match to feel the methods of other geniuses among her peers.

Master Yue Xi also understood that being able to make the top twenty-five was already her limit. Among these twenty-five, she should be ranked in the twenties, belonging to the existence at the bottom.

When she took the stage, she exploded with all her might and leaned toward the opponent.

That Ming Master Yue did not practice Sword Dao. Facing Master Yue Xi's attack, she didn't counterattack immediately, but instead carefully felt the power of chaos added to herself. When she felt the Great Dao of erosion and chaos within it, she had a deeper understanding of the power of chaos.

Afterward, she slapped out a palm containing wild immortal power, directly knocking Master Yue Xi back. With just brute immortal power and palm technique, she defeated Master Yue Xi and shattered her chaos Great Dao.

The gap between the two was too large; their immortal power was not on the same level, and their imperial methods were even more disparate.

Fortunately, the other party had no intention to kill. As a disciple of the Tiangong, this was their home field, and they disdained to kill, which would damage the Supreme's face.

After all, the purpose of the Tiangong Supreme hosting this Southern Region battle was to support the geniuses of the Southern Region. If his disciples were cruel in battle and killed other geniuses, that would be somewhat ironic.

"So strong. That Ming Master Yue and Xue Jian Xin, I wonder who is stronger?"

"They are senior and junior siblings; they are probably about the same, both personal disciples of the Supreme."

"Perhaps only the Imperial Clan can force out their true methods. Perhaps the peak duel of this battle will be a civil war between the two siblings."

Many people discussed it heatedly. In the various immortal cities of the Southern Region, countless people also realized the terror of these personal disciples of the Supreme, and they admired and revered that Supreme even more.

Not long after, the duel reached Li Hao and Shen Tian Wuji.

"Just do your best."

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu said softly to Li Hao. This was because she was worried Li Hao would be under pressure. Now, in the Great Dream Nine Abyss, Li Hao was the only seedling left in the True Immortal Realm.

Li Hao nodded. He didn't intend to force anything; just doing his best was enough.

Forcing it would be counterproductive and would also make him look disheveled and injured.

However, the previous few battles hadn't allowed him to truly do his best.

Whoosh!

Li Hao's figure flickered, and amidst the many encouraging voices in the sect, he flew onto the Imperial Platform.

On the other side, Shen Tian Wuji also landed quickly on the Imperial Platform, looking somewhat excited. He stared at Li Hao and said:

"I didn't expect to duel with you so soon. I thought I would only meet you in the battle for the top six or top ten."

"Please."

Li Hao said politely; he had no ill feelings toward this God Clan youth.

Shen Tian Wuji smiled. He also admired Li Hao greatly. After all, he was the guy with the shortest soul life, but the talent he displayed was terrifyingly strong. Even he, who was always proud, had to admit that at the same soul life, he was definitely no match for Li Hao.

But now, just in terms of strength, he couldn't lose even more!

"Then let's fight to our heart's content!"

Shen Tian Wuji laughed: "I won't show any mercy!"

"Good."

Li Hao nodded.

Both had a feeling of mutual appreciation.

Li Hao also felt that the other party would be a very competent opponent, so he also felt a long-lost feeling of boiling blood.

As the sealing barrier closed, the immortal power of both sides exploded. Li Hao directly triggered the Myriad Heavens Star Veins, and then unleashed the Myriad Shadows, Time Eternal Dao Domain!

In an instant, ten thousand figures filled the Imperial Platform.

Although this move had been used before, it was a case of "one trick is enough to rule the world."

Shen Tian Wuji saw Li Hao bring out this terrifying move, which he had long expected. His expression became solemn, and suddenly his immortal power exploded, shooting out brilliant golden light. His hair was dyed gold, and his eyes were as brilliant as the scorching sun.

Behind him, an ancient dharma image appeared, towering and standing, as if a distant god.

"Time Great Dao, huh? I can suppress it all the same!"

Shen Tian Wuji's eyes were wild, and he let out a low roar. His whole body exploded with monstrous immortal power, his bones crackling as he merged with the dharma image behind him.

Li Hao's eyes narrowed. At this moment, Shen Tian Wuji's aura increased nearly tenfold, and on his forehead was a golden nine-flower immortal seal, like golden flames burning.

He quickly used the Time Eternal Dao Domain to shroud him, unleashing time-stop.

In an instant, the surrounding time and space seemed to freeze, the Imperial Platform fell into silence, and Shen Tian Wuji's body also fell into tranquility, but the light on the immortal seal on his forehead became even more golden at this moment, like flames burning fiercely.

Li Hao quickly slashed out a sword, the Azure Heaven Sword Technique, piercing through the void and slashing directly at his body.

This sword was enough to split Shen Tian Wuji's ancient god immortal body, but the moment the sword light hit, Shen Tian Wuji's eyes suddenly turned, opening wide in anger, and he threw a punch in an instant.

With a bang, the sword light was destroyed by the fist shadow; the Azure Heaven of the Ten Great Immortal Arts was no match for the other party's punch.

For levels like Shen Tian Wuji and Li Hao, the Ten Great Immortal Arts that were famous in the True World were already unable to pose much of a threat.

"God Desolation Fist!"

Shen Tian Wuji broke free from the time-stop and roared as he charged.

Fluctuations of the time and space Great Dao origin appeared on his body. Within Li Hao's Time Eternal Dao Domain, he crossed over, and he also had a Dao Domain shrouding himself—it was also an Eternal Dao Domain!

It was just that his time and space origins were not as good as Li Hao's, only at Level Three, but he had already unleashed the God Descends to the World, and his immortal power and immortal body had reached

the extreme. With brute force, he forcibly shuttled through Li Hao's time-stop Dao Domain and leaned in to kill Li Hao.

Bang!

He stomped his foot in the void, and the entire Imperial Platform seemed to shake.

Accompanied by a golden punch, the void shattered, and there was a feeling of golden flames bursting and burning from the void.

Li Hao's eyes narrowed. Sure enough, this move didn't have a kill effect on Shen Tian Wuji.

"Purple Prohibition!"

He raised his hand and unleashed another immortal art, also one of the Ten Great Immortal Arts, a sealing-type immortal art that could only be mastered by controlling space origins.

This art could prohibit all immortal methods of the opponent.

But as the Purple Prohibition was applied, a purple light flickered and wrapped around Shen Tian Wuji, yet the momentum on his fist didn't diminish in the slightest.

Li Hao's expression shifted slightly. The other party's punch was not an immortal art, and neither was the God Descends to the World, or rather, it was a power that even Purple Prohibition couldn't seal.

With a bang.

Li Hao raised his hand to take the punch head-on, feeling the bones in his arm shatter as his body flew backward.

"Sealing-type immortal art?"

Shen Tian Wuji saw the purple light wrapped around him and felt the sealing power within, but a cold sneer appeared in his eyes: "Sorry, our God Clan is not subject to sealing!"

As he spoke, he leaned in to kill Li Hao again, his feet stomping continuously, his figure extremely fast.

Li Hao's figure flickered, changing into Myriad Shadows again, but Shen Tian Wuji seemed able to lock onto Li Hao's true body, killing him directly.

Li Hao took a deep breath. Looking at the other party's terrifying momentum, he didn't retreat, but unleashed two major immortal arts, both of which were among the Ten Great Immortal Arts.

Water Source, Returning Light!

Earth Source, No Injury!

A mysterious yellow light shrouded him. Li Hao didn't retreat, but opened a half-step stance and clenched his fingers into a fist.

Facing the rushing Shen Tian Wuji, he didn't dodge, but met fist with fist, blasting out!

Shen Tian Wuji let out a long roar, and the golden divine fist struck. The two fists collided heavily, as if a giant bell was shaking between heaven and earth.

"Wu Tian!"

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu was slightly speechless. At this moment, in the state of God Descends to the World, Shen Tian Wuji's combat power was extremely terrifying. Ordinary True Immortals couldn't even block a finger of his. Earlier, she had reminded Li Hao to dodge. With the Myriad Shadows immortal art, if Li Hao had dodged with all his might, he might not have been unable to survive this period.

After all, Li Hao still had the Myriad Heavens Star Veins. As long as he wasn't killed in seconds, he could pull out space in time.

But she didn't expect Li Hao to choose to fight head-on.

"Ignorant!"

"He actually dares to clash fists with the Young Master."

The God Clan elder saw this scene and couldn't help but shake his head.

But the next moment, his expression changed.

Only to see that in the void, Li Hao's figure didn't fly backward, but stood in place without moving at all. On the contrary, Shen Tian Wuji stumbled backward two steps.

Shen Tian Wuji's eyes also revealed disbelief. In a pure power clash, he would actually lose?

Soon, he saw the mysterious yellow light on Li Hao, his expression changed, realizing it was some kind of extremely strong immortal art.

"What is this?"

His eyes were cold; this was the first time he had suffered a loss head-on.

Li Hao naturally wouldn't answer the other party. This Earth Source immortal art, No Injury, could allow

him to block an attack. As long as it didn't exceed the limit of the True Immortal Realm, it could block it, even the attack of the third level of the Immortal Monarch Realm. Only the fifth level of the Immortal Monarch Realm would shatter this No Injury immortal art and injure Li Hao.

And just now, Shen Tian Wuji's retreat, besides bearing his power, also included the counter-shock of Shen Tian Wuji's own fist force.

Whoosh!

Li Hao controlled the Myriad Shadows and killed Shen Tian Wuji simultaneously.

The other party could see through the Myriad Shadows, which showed he mastered other secret techniques, and mastering a secret technique to the point of seeing through the Myriad Shadows would take quite some time.

Geniuses almost had no obvious shortcomings. If it were any other True Immortal, Li Hao's Myriad Shadows movement technique alone would be enough to kill the other party easily, or even leave himself unscathed.

Facing the ten thousand figures of Li Hao killing him, Shen Tian Wuji's expression changed, and a look of wild rage suddenly rose in his eyes. He suddenly raised his hand, fist intent exploding in his chest, and a golden phantom appeared outside his arm, turning into a huge fist shadow.

He swung his fist horizontally, wanting to sweep away all the afterimages of Li Hao.

But in an instant, Li Hao let all the Myriad Shadows unleash Earth Source No Injury and Water Source Returning Light. Both of these immortal arts were among the Ten Great Immortal Arts comparable to Azure Heaven, possessing extreme power of the same kind.

With one horizontal sweep, many afterimages remained, and ten thousand fists gathered, greeting Shen Tian Wuji, beating his body until he flew backward.

This scene made the Shenshan of the distant God Clan fall into silence.

Here, the God Clan was gathered, all watching Shen Tian Wuji's battle.

Earlier, everyone in the God Clan had seen Li Hao's performance, but they didn't think Shen Tian Wuji would lose. They just didn't expect that in this exchange, Shen Tian Wuji would unleash God Descends to the World and still be suppressed by Li Hao!

"Three... no, four immortal arts, all forbidden Lord Tianyang immortal arts!"

"Who is that youth? Could it be... Impossible. If that were really the case, wouldn't he be seeking death by coming here?"

On the Shenshan, several God Clan elders muttered to themselves, revealing suspicion in their eyes.

On the Imperial Platform, Li Hao controlled the Myriad Shadows, all unleashing invincible fist momentum, surrounding Shen Tian Wuji, and fist shadows kept falling like rain.

Shen Tian Wuji's body shook continuously, spitting out golden blood. His appearance was beaten until he was disheveled, constantly parrying, but still retreating steadily.

Seeing this scene, everyone outside the Imperial Platform was shocked and speechless.

No one expected that Shen Tian Wuji, who had been incomparably strong all the way, would be suppressed by Li Hao at this moment.

Whoosh!

Li Hao's true body swung the Azure Heaven Sword Technique, cooperating with many fist shadows, constantly greeting him. With the Myriad Heavens Star Veins, he could squander immortal power so freely at this moment. Otherwise, just unleashing the Myriad Shadows time-stop once would have consumed nearly half of his immortal power, and the battle at this moment would have been stretched thin.

"Bastard!!"

Suddenly, a roar shook the air.

Shen Tian Wuji was furious, swinging his fists to shake away the surrounding afterimages, and shattered the sword light Li Hao slashed with one punch.

"This was originally something left for those few guys. I didn't expect to have to use it on you!"

Shen Tian Wuji revealed intense anger in his eyes. Although he recognized Li Hao, he didn't think Li Hao was worth him going all out.

But now, he had been forced to this point.

Relying only on God Descends to the World, he actually couldn't suppress him.

"Young Master..."

Outside the Imperial Platform, the God Clan elder was stunned, his expression changing drastically.

"God War Heavenly Song!!"

Shen Tian Wuji roared, as if bursting from his throat. His eyes were as sharp as a wolf's, and his whole body suddenly emitted a golden mist, his wounds healing rapidly in the nourishment of the golden mist.

Immediately after, he stomped his feet, and his body jumped out in an ancient and strange war dance.

That posture, as if an ancient witch god, the steps taken during a sacrifice, mysterious, strange, yet every step stomped on the void of the Imperial Platform, causing golden lotus platforms to appear!

"It's actually the God War Heavenly Song, the most terrifying secret technique of the God Clan!"

"It is rumored that the God Clan Great Emperor once fought the Heavenly Dao with this war song, opening up a prosperous age for the God Clan in the barbaric era..."

"The Imperial-level war song of the True World. I heard it once in the Ancient Demon Battle ten thousand years ago, shattering the Supreme of the Ancient Demon Clan!"

Many elders of the Southern Region were shocked at this moment, some long-forgotten memories surfacing.

No one expected to see the shadow of this Imperial-level war song in a battle of True Immortals.

Outside the Imperial Platform, the other contestants were all shocked, looking at this scene in horror.

Gui Gui Lingyue and Gui Gui Lingshuang were both solemn.

"It's actually the God War Heavenly Song. He actually mastered the prologue..." Gui Gui Lingshuang whispered softly, her eyes becoming solemn. She didn't expect that besides that General Hao Tian and the Imperial Clan, this God Clan genius would be such a monster.

"Such strong momentum. It is rumored that this war song can even influence the Heavenly Dao..."

Gui Gui Lingyue muttered. The golden lotuses that stepped out were like burning waves, making her eyes feel a stinging sensation.

If she were on stage for this battle, she felt she was mostly not Shen Tian Wuji's opponent. This move of the other party was too terrifying.

"I didn't expect that besides that Imperial Clan, there would be such a guy."

On the other side, Xue Jian Xin and Ming Master Yue, whose eyes were originally calm, now also revealed solemnity.

The momentum of the changing winds and clouds on the Imperial Platform made them feel a bit of pressure.

"God War Heavenly Song..."

Di Di Linchen, who was exempt, sat on a rock on the mountaintop, originally drinking wine,

but at this moment, his eyes were fixed.

At this moment, on the Imperial Platform, with the strange movement technique Shen Tian Wuji jumped out, the surrounding Imperial Platform seemed to fall into a forbidden immortal land.

Li Hao felt that his Myriad Heavens Star Veins were becoming extinguished at this moment, unable to connect to the heavens!

He was stunned. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

The other party's means could actually seal his final stage power of the Heaven and Earth Veins!

Feeling that the immortal power in his body could no longer be ingested, Li Hao immediately put away the many immortal arts that consumed a lot of energy, such as Myriad Shadows.

He felt that these immortal arts were shrouded by a force, constantly decomposing, and their effect was ten times stronger than the Purple Prohibition immortal art.

At the same time, his own Great Dao origin was completely blurred at this moment, unable to be perceived.

Such a strange situation made Li Hao feel a trace of fear. This was a situation he had never had before.

Looking at Shen Tian Wuji, whose movement technique was strange but whose momentum was constantly accumulating, Li Hao realized that if he continued to rely on the Ten Great Immortal Arts, he would mostly be defeated!

The other party was the strongest contestant he had encountered in this Southern Region battle so far!

"It should be over!"

Shen Tian Wuji's footsteps suddenly stood still, but he was in a strange law Dao Domain.

God War Heavenly Song could interfere with the Heavenly Dao, making everyone else's immortal arts fail, including the Great Dao origin being sealed, unable to be perceived!

Under the same realm, it was almost an invincible existence!

Cooperating with his own God Descends to the World state, at this moment, he was equivalent to suppressing an existence that only had the True Immortal Realm but no immortal arts or secret methods with ten times the extreme power of a True Immortal perfection.

Accompanied by golden light condensing on his fist, he prepared to give Li Hao his strongest blow, which could be considered respect for the guy who forced him to reveal his trump card.

"God War Heavenly Song, how could it be like this..."

Outside the Imperial Platform, Li Li Tiemu's eyes were dull, revealing despair.

The Great Da Da Meng Zhu was also somewhat lost. She didn't expect this God Clan youth to master such a terrifying thing. He was only in the True Immortal Realm, after all! This was too monstrous!

If it were just God Descends to the World, she felt Li Hao still had a few hopes, but now...

Her mouth was bitter, but she was calm inside, just sighing involuntarily.

"This..."

Master Yue Xi and Gu Yan were both staring at this scene, clearly in the same realm, but at this moment, they felt that compared to Shen Tian Wuji, they were far apart, like the gap between True Immortal Level One and True Immortal perfection!

On the Imperial Platform, Li Hao looked at the dazzling golden light flying toward him. He took a deep breath; at this moment, he could no longer afford to save his strength.

Since he couldn't perceive the Great Dao origin from heaven and earth, he released the power in his own immortal seal.

Accompanied by dazzling silver light, Li Hao's forehead presented the outline of nine flowers.

Earlier in the battle, Li Hao had already displayed the nine-flower immortal seal. At this moment, no one was surprised, however, as the silver light became more dazzling, the Great Dao origin aura blooming in each flower was also revealed.

Time, space, form, imperial, gold, wood, water, fire, earth!

The nine-sequence Great Dao origin aura was intense and dazzling on Li Hao's forehead!