Chapter 847: Huang Quan and Thick Earth, The Primordial True Realm (Combined Chapter)

"Where did he go?"

Su Muqing was stunned. Suddenly thinking of the strange expressions on Su Wanqing and her elder sister Su Wanxue's faces, her heart skipped a beat, and she felt a sense of intense unease.

Seeing that Su Muqing had only just noticed the young man now, Su Wanqing couldn't help but feel a sense of irony. Deep down, she felt a stinging pain, as if pricked by a needle. He had accompanied them for so long, yet in her sister's heart, did he truly have no place at all?

But... that was fine. Her sister never cared for him anyway. It was better that he left, so he wouldn't have to suffer here. They had never truly seen each other in their eyes; it had just been a misunderstanding.

Just like the Immortal Rhyme Purple Osmanthus he had gifted her—it had been plucked casually, without any other meaning.

Yet... why did she feel such sadness in her heart?

Su Wanqing turned her head away, remaining silent, not answering Su Muqing.

Seeing that Su Muqing had finally noticed the young man's disappearance, Su Wanxue couldn't help but sigh and say, "He has left."

"Left?"

Su Muqing's body trembled slightly. Suddenly struck by a strong, ominous premonition, she hurriedly asked, "Where did he go? The Ancestral Land?"

Su Wanxue shook her head slightly. Li Hao had left with that Primordial Spirit girl, and their father, Su Zhenyuan, had followed them. Although she and her younger sister Su Wanqing had stayed behind to look after Su Muqing, they had projected an avatar to follow them to the Bright Emperor Hall, where they waited for their father and learned of Li Hao's whereabouts from him.

The other party had already left the Su Clan.

No one knew where he had gone; the Progenitor had sent him away personally.

Both Su Wanxue and Su Wanqing had witnessed the reunion between Li Hao and the Primordial Spirit girl with their own eyes. Their hearts understood that the young man's purpose for coming to the Su Clan had been fulfilled, and thus, he had no reason to remain.

After all, with that young man's talent, he was destined for greater places. While the Su Clan was a top-tier household in the Northern Territory, they could not keep someone like him in front of such a heaven-defying genius.

"Not the Ancestral Land? Then where?"

Su Muqing was somewhat dazed. Suddenly, she felt a hollow emptiness in her heart, as if something extremely precious had been lost.

"I don't know."

Su Wanxue shook her head and sighed, "Even Father doesn't know his destination. The Progenitor sent him away personally."

"Sent him away? Why?"

Su Muqing was confused and asked, "Could it be that he made a mistake in the Ancestral Land and offended the Progenitor, leading to punishment? But he previously had merit in slaying demons and saved the Northern Territory..."

"Of course not!"

Su Wanqing, who had been silent, couldn't help but interrupt her. She looked up at the sister she had grown up with using an extremely strange gaze:

"Why would you think he would make a mistake or offend the Progenitor? You don't even know how much the Progenitor favored him! Besides him, even us, even you—who else has been summoned by the Progenitor? Who else has been granted an audience? He went to the Ancestral Land four or five times."

"And I heard from Fourth Grandfather that the Progenitor favored him so much that he didn't even need to report to enter the Ancestral Land. This is a right that even you and I, with our direct bloodline, don't have! Even Father needs to report at the foot of the mountain before he can visit!"

The more she spoke, the more agitated her voice became, and her eyes were rimmed with a redness born of excitement and moisture.

Seeing her expression, Su Muqing was stunned, suddenly feeling a sense of realization.

Yes, she herself didn't even have the qualifications to visit the Progenitor, nor had she ever been summoned.

Yet, that young man had been summoned to the Ancestral Land right after the demon-slaying ended.

In the few years that followed, he had left to go to the Ancestral Land several times. Once, he stayed for three years. Wu Ma said he might have been cultivating in the Ancestral Land, receiving the Progenitor's guidance...

But, if he hadn't offended the Progenitor, why would he be sent away?

Su Muqing felt her heart growing heavier, as if something extremely oppressive could surface at any moment.

Looking at her agitated sister, she suddenly sensed something wrong and couldn't help but ask, "Wanqing, could it be that you like... him?"

As these words were spoken, Su Wanxue beside them let out a sigh. This was something obvious to anyone with eyes; only Su Muqing had just noticed.

If it were yesterday, Su Wanqing would have blushed and dared not look Su Muqing in the eye upon having her feelings exposed. But at this very moment, she blurted out, "That's right, I admire him!"

She said it with great force, her eyes fixed tightly on Su Muqing, and added, "You said before that you would never fancy him, that you ignored him, that you only had eyes for your Lin Zhexuan. Since that's the case, why can't I admire him?"

Su Muqing stared at her blankly, as if she didn't recognize this sister.

"But he only had eyes for you, only for you!"

Su Wanqing clenched her fists and bit her lip. But soon, sadness surfaced in her eyes, and she laughed self-deprecatingly, "But I can't say that either. He didn't have you in his eyes at all, never you. He only had her, only that person..."

When Li Hao and Shi Miao embraced, the way they gazed at each other—that look, in Su Wanqing's eyes, told her that it was an emotion no one could influence or intervene in.

Su Muqing's expression shifted slightly, and she said indignantly, "What nonsense are you spouting? You admire him, I didn't blame you. You two should tell me, why did the Progenitor send him away? Was it voluntary?"

"We don't know the reason either."

Su Wanxue pulled Su Wanqing back, not letting her speak further, and shook her head, sighing, "But one thing is certain: it was voluntary. Otherwise, given the Progenitor's favor for him, why would he be unwilling to keep him in the Su Clan?"

"Impossible!"

Su Muqing said decisively, "It's impossible for him to leave voluntarily. He, he waited here every day, he..."

After saying "he" twice in succession, her tone suddenly weakened.

That young man had voluntarily waited here every day, but... the result of waiting every day was only facing the tightly closed hall doors and her own willful blindness.

Had he... reached his limit?

Su Muqing suddenly felt a sense of panic, a feeling she couldn't describe.

Seeing her ignorance, Su Wanxue's eyes showed a hint of pity. She said, "Muqing, don't overthink it. Him leaving now is exactly what you wanted, isn't it? Without his entanglement, you can be with Lin Zhexuan. No one will interfere with your marriage contract anymore."

If it were any other day, Su Muqing would have felt pleased and agreed wholeheartedly. But at this moment, it felt like a heavy hammer striking her chest, and her face turned pale in an instant.

Her eyes were filled with disbelief and some anger.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"How could he leave voluntarily? It was just waiting a few more years, I, I..."

Her words seemed to choke in her throat, unable to be spoken.

She had clearly planned that after her seclusion ended... if he insisted on marrying her to her father, she would have tacitly agreed.

But... why couldn't he wait?

He had waited over a dozen years, why couldn't he wait a little longer?

He had clearly been willing to die for her in front of the demons!

He had clearly disregarded life and death for her, crossing seven cultivation realms to fight top demon geniuses!

Why, now that it was just a few more years of waiting, did he have to leave?

She clenched her fists, her fingers tightening until her knuckles turned white.

"I want to go ask Father for the truth!"

She moved suddenly, intending to step out of the hall.

Su Wanqing stood numbly to the side, not stopping her.

Su Wanxue, however, hurriedly grabbed her, her eyes complex, and said, "Don't go, it's useless."

She did not want Su Muqing to know the truth and cause her sister harm.

"No!"

Su Muqing suddenly erupted with immortal power, easily breaking free from Su Wanxue's wrist. She looked at her with a resolute gaze, then rushed out of the hall without looking back:

"No matter where he went, at least I want to know the reason. I want to ask for the truth!"

As she spoke, her figure vanished in an instant, leaving with movement techniques beyond imagination.

Su Wanqing didn't speak, but she also stepped out of the hall, her figure flickering and disappearing.

Su Wanxue immediately knew that Su Wanqing had followed, and she couldn't help but smile bitterly. Why bother? That young man had been in the Su Clan for less than twenty years, yet he had left an indelible impression.

Looking at the situation, Su Muqing was clearly no longer the Su Muqing she once was.

She sighed in her heart, but thinking of the young man's heroic bearing, her eyes remained silent, save for their complexity.

In the blink of an eye, the three sisters had all arrived at the Bright Emperor Hall one after another.

"Father!"

Su Muqing stormed into the hall without waiting for an announcement.

The guards followed, hurriedly kneeling to Su Zhenyuan above to beg for forgiveness.

Su Zhenyuan waved his hand to dismiss the guards, his brows knitting slightly as he looked at the indignant Su Muqing below.

"Where is Haotian? Where did he go? Why did he leave?!"

Su Muqing questioned loudly.

"Muqing."

Su Qingmei beside them frowned slightly, softly reprimanding Su Muqing for her insolence.

Su Wanqing and Su Wanxue, who followed, entered the hall. One lowered her head in silence, like a ghost, while Su Wanxue bowed gracefully to Su Zhenyuan above, offering a respectful greeting to her father.

Su Zhenyuan's face was somber as he said, "Haotian has his own matters. He has simply returned to the place where he belongs. He was never a person of our Northern Territory!"

"I know he isn't from the Northern Territory. I just want to know why he had to leave!"

Su Muqing gritted her teeth.

Su Zhenyuan's gaze swept toward Su Wanqing and Su Wanxue. Su Wanxue shook her head slightly at her father.

Su Zhenyuan immediately understood that they hadn't told Su Muqing the truth. But there were many witnesses to such matters, and there was no need to seal their lips; she would know sooner or later.

He said calmly, "Haotian came to the Northern Territory to find someone. Now that he has found them, he naturally has to leave."

He paused, looked at Su Muqing, and said, "It is good that he left; it suits your wishes perfectly. What I said during the demon-slaying sparring is void. You and Lin Zhexuan need not worry; your marriage contract will proceed as scheduled. It would be best if you could conceive an heir before you enter the Primordial True Realm..."

"Who did he find?!"

Su Muqing interrupted him loudly, her expression somewhat agitated: "He came to the Northern Territory, wasn't it to find me?"

Su Zhenyuan was stunned. Seeing his daughter's uncharacteristic behavior, he suddenly realized something and asked in surprise:

"Could it be that you have feelings for that boy?"

Su Muqing's face changed slightly when her father pointed it out, but she didn't blush, only gritting her teeth and saying, "These are two different things!"

Su Zhenyuan stared at her for a moment before saying, "If you do, I advise you to put it away. It's still early to stop. Lin Zhexuan was born in the Northern Territory and has been your childhood sweetheart; he is a good match."

Although he was inclined toward Li Hao in his heart, Li Hao could not be his son-in-law. Setting Li Hao aside, Lin Zhexuan was naturally the only choice.

Su Muqing gritted her teeth and said, "I said, these are two different things! Who did he come to the Northern Territory to find? Wasn't he always in our Su Clan?"

Su Zhenyuan sighed softly and said, "See for yourself, you will understand after watching."

Without further ado, he waved his hand, and ripples undulated in the void like a scroll.

The scene that had occurred in the Exiled Immortal Courtyard was projected and presented once more.

From the heaven-defying immortal power erupting from the hall, to Shi Miao's appearance, her meeting with Li Hao, and the two of them embracing...

The hall was extremely quiet, save for the excited yet restrained, deep, and affectionate conversation between Li Hao and Shi Miao after their reunion.

Su Muqing looked up, her pupils contracting slightly.

When she saw the two of them embracing, and saw the young man's sincere and familiar eyes, her face suddenly lost all color, becoming incomparably pale.

So, the person he had gazed at for so long was not her...

But who was that girl?

A moment later, the light and shadow vanished, but the atmosphere in the hall felt frozen.

Su Muqing's face turned green and then white, and she clenched her fists, asking, "Who is that person?"

"That is the person Haotian was looking for. She was reborn into the world by borrowing your body. She was a powerhouse of the past."

Su Zhenyuan said, not hiding the truth.

Although the truth was a sharp blade, she had to know it sooner or later. Moreover, for Su Muqing, if she couldn't even bear this, her Dao heart would inevitably need more tempering; otherwise, she would struggle to achieve greatness in the future.

Su Muqing felt a sharp shock in her chest. That was the person he was looking for? So that was the person he was looking for!

Was she... just a shell?

Her spirit trembled, and she suddenly felt a stinging pain.

So, she was just a substitute?!

But even if she was a shell, the one who had spent over a dozen years with him was her, it was her!

She bit her lip tightly. Until the light and shadow vanished, she realized that the young man only had eyes for that Primordial Spirit girl, including when he followed her away. From beginning to end, he hadn't even looked back at the hall below once!

Not even once!

Su Muqing bit her lip until it bled. The golden divine blood was sweet, seeping into her throat, yet it brought forth an indescribable sadness.

She suddenly thought of the moment she had triggered that hidden power before falling asleep.

So, that person was the hidden power.

She bit her lip even deeper.

In that case, it was she who had actively released her!

At this moment, she suddenly felt an extremely strong urge to turn back time!

But even if she mastered the seventh realm of the Time Origin, it would be difficult to achieve, because the portion of space-time she wanted to reverse included her father, Su Wanqing, Li Hao, and that Primordial Spirit girl.

Even if other scenes were reversed, they would never be affected by her time.

Moreover, she couldn't reverse a space-time where so many powerhouses were gathered.

The hall fell into silence, as if dead.

After a long while, Su Muqing said hoarsely, "Even if he wanted to leave, at least... he should have said goodbye to me."

"After all, we were together for over ten years. He stayed in my courtyard for over ten years!"

Su Zhenyuan sighed softly, not speaking.

Was there any meaning in saying goodbye? No.

The greatest hatred in life is parting.

"Say goodbye to you? And keep sitting in the courtyard waiting, waiting for you to open the hall door?"

No one answered before, but a voice came from behind Su Muqing—it was Su Wanqing's cold words.

Su Muqing felt as if a sharp knife had pierced her chest, a stinging pain. Her face changed several times, and she opened her mouth slightly to say something, but in the end, she found she couldn't say anything.

She suddenly thought that for over a dozen years, she seemed... to have never given that young man a kind look.

Yet he had always endured it silently, never getting angry.

So, was it because he needed to borrow her body to get close to that Primordial Spirit girl that he could endure it?

She suddenly felt she was somewhat ridiculous, having previously deluded herself into thinking it was because of her...

"Report!"

Suddenly, a voice came from outside the hall.

Su Zhenyuan looked up and summoned, "Speak."

The messenger from outside the hall entered, knelt, and kowtowed, saying quickly, "Clan Master, we have already found out clearly about the matter you entrusted to us—Haotian's identity and background!"

"Hmm?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the people in the hall pricked up their ears. Su Qingmei also gazed over; she was also extremely curious about that young man, wondering which of the True Realm's hundred clans could cultivate such a remarkable figure.

Su Zhenyuan's eyes flickered. Li Hao's affairs were currently confidential; after all, having helped the Northern Territory, he would inevitably be targeted by the demons, so it was not suitable to make it public for more people to know.

But the people in the hall... he feared that if he didn't say it now, they would pester him later.

Fortunately, they were his wife and daughters, whom he naturally trusted, so he said immediately, "Speak directly."

"That Haotian comes from the Southern Territory. Thirty years ago, he emerged from the Great Dream Nine Abyss Sect of the Four Heaven Sects of the Yan Chu Qin Xianchao, one of the seven ancient immortal dynasties of the Southern Territory. Since then, he rose rapidly, rising from Yan Chu, ranking among the top ten geniuses of Yan Chu, and it is rumored he sparred with the Yan Chu royal family, defeating an Immortal Monarch Realm royal with his True Immortal Realm cultivation!"

"Subsequently, he represented the Yan Chu Qin Xianchao's geniuses in the Southern Territory Great War, competing for a spot in the Primordial True Realm!"

"In the Primordial True Realm, he displayed extraordinary bearing, breaking through barriers one after another with ease, defeating top geniuses of various clans, including the True Realm's top ten Ancient God Clan and Ghost Clan!"

"Before the Southern Territory Great War had even ended, he had already been recognized as the Southern Territory's number one True Immortal Realm cultivator, considered invincible in the True Immortal Realm!"

The messenger spoke at high speed, echoing in the great hall.

The hall was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard, with only the messenger's words echoing in the eerie silence.

Except for Su Zhenyuan, everyone else was shocked, their eyes filled with disbelief, unable to speak.

Su Zhenyuan's eyes also showed a different color, but thinking of Li Hao's performance in slaying demons, it was no surprise he had such world-shaking achievements.

"Southern Territory's number one True Immortal Realm cultivator... tsk."

He chuckled and then said, "Continue."

The messenger's expression changed somewhat, and he said in a low voice, "When he defeated the Southern Territory Supreme's personal disciple and attained the status of number one True Immortal, he was implicated in some ancient secrets of the Southern Territory due to his identity, and was finally suppressed by the Southern Territory Supreme, nearly perishing in the Southern Territory."

"What?"

Su Zhenyuan's smile froze, and he was stunned, looking at the messenger in astonishment.

Such a genius, nearly perishing in the Southern Territory?

Secrets? Identity?

He asked, "What was the reason?"

Su Muqing, Su Wanqing, and the others also recovered from their shock, their faces changing. They hadn't expected that young man to have such a legendary experience.

Being suppressed by the Southern Territory Supreme was even more shocking.

The messenger immediately explained that Li Hao was related to the Tianyang Immortal Emperor, being his disciple, as well as the ancient turmoil that had occurred in the Southern Territory regarding the pursuit of traitors.

After hearing this, everyone felt it was inconceivable.

What kind of matter was this?

What did these have to do with Li Hao? He only had a hundred years of soul life!

Moreover, given the current situation of the True Realm, did they have to suppress and kill a peerless genius with the Dao Origin Immortal Seal for this little matter?!

"Then what happened later?"

Su Muqing couldn't help but ask.

"Later, Haotian was surrounded by enemies on all sides. The Imperial Clan's quasi-emperor son wanted to kill him, but a girl suddenly broke in, saved him, fought the Supreme for him, and finally perished. And when he was about to perish before the Supreme, the Dao Origin Immortal Emperor of the Primordial True Realm took action, rescued him, and later he left the Southern Territory. According to the timeline, he should have come directly to our Northern Territory."

The messenger said quickly in a few words.

Hearing his words, Su Zhenyuan fell into silence. He hadn't expected the young man to have come to the Northern Territory as if fleeing for his life.

Such a genius was rare in the world, yet he had ended up like a stray dog. It truly made him feel ridiculous. The Southern Territory was such a place, and that Southern Territory Supreme was so narrow-minded and despicable, disregarding the big picture!

"I didn't expect him to have suffered so much..."

Su Zhenyuan sighed.

Hearing this, Su Muqing below trembled slightly. At this moment, she also understood that the young man had come fleeing for his life.

Having such world-shaking battle records in the Southern Territory, yet nearly perishing and fleeing here.

He should have been a genius held in the palm of one's hand and cherished, yet he had suffered expulsion and wandering. One didn't need to think to know how painful it was!

And when the other party had just arrived in the Northern Territory and come to the Su family, they were met with her cold indifference and utter disgust...

He had already lost his home in the Southern Territory, and upon coming to the Northern Territory, he was met with disgust as well...

Su Muqing felt as if a knife had been stabbed into her chest, and she suddenly felt a suffocating pain, so painful she wanted to reach out and cover it.

What on earth had she been doing before?

Her heart seemed to be weeping. She didn't know if the other party had felt heartache or discomfort when facing her gaze.

She bit her lip, and the resentment and anger she had felt before were all washed away. She suddenly understood that the other party didn't owe her anything; rather, it was she who owed the other party an apology.

"So, that marriage contract was given to him by the Dao Origin Immortal Emperor?"

In the silent hall, Su Wanqing's voice suddenly rang out, revealing an extremely calm feeling.

Su Zhenyuan nodded slightly. He already knew that the Immortal Emperor who had gifted the marriage contract and had a friendship with the Progenitor was the Dao Origin Immortal Emperor.

"The Dao Origin Immortal Emperor sits in the Primordial True Realm. Since he gifted the marriage contract, then... he would also gift him the qualifications to go to the Primordial True Realm, right? Did he go to the Primordial True Realm?"

Su Wanqing asked, staring at Su Zhenyuan.

Su Zhenyuan nodded slightly. Although the Progenitor hadn't said so, and the young man might not be in the Primordial True Realm now, he would enter sooner or later.

After all, the Primordial True Realm was extremely important for True Immortals and Immortal Monarchs. If one could master those powers there, it would make a significant difference for breaking through to become a King later!

Su Wanqing didn't say anything more, but suddenly turned and left, saying nothing.

Su Wanxue understood that she should be rushing to cultivate, so that she could compete with those other geniuses who had arrived first in the Primordial True Realm they were about to enter.

"Primordial True Realm..."

Su Muqing was stunned, and suddenly didn't say anything more, turning and leaving.

Seeing that both of them had returned, Su Wanxue didn't stay any longer, bowed respectfully to her parents, and also left the Bright Emperor Hall.

"Muqing, this child, seems to have had a change of heart."

Su Qingmei said worriedly in a low voice after the three sisters had left.

Su Zhenyuan nodded slightly, also feeling it. He hadn't expected that in just over a dozen years, it would shake Su Muqing and Lin Zhexuan's hundreds of years of childhood sweetheart affection.

He had previously worried that forcing the marriage would meet with his daughter's desperate resistance; now it seemed he had worried too much.

However, in the current situation, it seemed they had fallen into another trouble.

He frowned slightly, then shook his head, feeling that he couldn't finish thinking about these troublesome matters.

"To put it plainly, they are all still too young. Little do they know that in life, rather than finding someone you like, finding someone who likes you will be happier."

Su Zhenyuan sighed softly.

Hearing this, Su Qingmei raised her eyebrows, pinched his arm, and said, "So, you found me because I like you, right?"

"That's not..."

Su Zhenyuan had just started, but the twisting pain from his arm made him realize he had said the wrong thing. But after all, he was a quasi-emperor powerhouse, so he reacted extremely quickly, smoothly following up with the rest of his words: "That's not it. I found you, naturally, because I like my wife. Otherwise, why would my wife be so happy?"

"You..." Su Qingmei poked his forehead, annoyed.

Outside the Su Clan, outside the Gusu Emperor Star.

On the edge of a quiet battlefield in the Northern Territory.

Here, a crack appeared, and then two figures shuttled out from it.

The crack vanished in an instant, containing terrifying, collapsing emperor power, impossible to track, and leaving no traces.

Li Hao looked up. In the distance were stars filling the sky, but in that expanse of stars, there was a reflection of yellow sand-like rubble, as if it were the sunset glow. The light reflected from those stars onto that patch of meteorites shone onto this void battlefield, which looked like an abandoned continent, everywhere orange-yellow, like the evening glow.

All around was dark green grass, as if countless fresh blood had been spilled and absorbed by the grass.

The death aura and the smell of blood rushing toward him made Li Hao examine his surroundings. This was an ancient battlefield with large areas of giant beast remains, but the bones were all gray-white, as if having experienced countless years.

Li Hao recognized that many of them were ancient demon corpses, and reaching such a volume, many of them were Immortal King Realm ancient demons, worthy of being called Demon Kings, but they had perished here, their bones nearly weathered, unable to withstand the wind and sand in this starry sky.

"Are you afraid?"

Shi Miao held Li Hao's palm and turned her head to ask softly.

Li Hao smiled and said, "With you here, naturally I am not afraid."

Shi Miao also smiled. A light breeze blew around them. She held Li Hao and walked slowly through this place filled with death aura, yet it felt as if a young boy and girl were walking in a flower valley in the warm spring breeze.

"If it weren't for slaying ancient demons, I wouldn't have chosen such a place to condense my body."

She explained to Li Hao.

Li Hao shook his head: "No matter. The ancient demons I have eaten are no fewer than what I see here."

Shi Miao also laughed. She understood some of Li Hao's special abilities and understood that although Li Hao had no emperor blood, no chaos bloodline, and no countless immortal medicines and divine objects supported by the background of a great clan, he also had his own special power.

Although she didn't know what that power was, she knew that power was the trump card helping Li Hao fight those great clan geniuses.

However, what she truly cared about and liked was not Li Hao's special power, but Li Hao himself.

And that bone-deep experience in the distant future.

"This place was once one of the 'nests' where ancient demons came to the True Realm. We call it Huang Quan Valley!"

Shi Miao raised her hand and pointed to a raised hillside not far away, saying: "Look, that is it. It has been shattered now; it was split by the 'Dominator', breaking this nest and sealing the path for ancient demons to descend from here!"

Li Hao looked in the direction of her finger and saw that there was indeed a hillside there. Under the hillside was a hole, incomparably deep, and outside there was actually the origin of the space Great Dao floating. The cave seemed only a few hundred meters large, but it was like a heaven and earth space. Within those millimeters, it was likely a massive space like a star.

"Dominator?"

Li Hao asked. Without a doubt, this must be the emperor title of some Immortal Emperor.

"It is Su Jiuzhe, whom you just met."

Shi Miao said: "He was once called the Dominator of the World, therefore, after being titled Emperor, he was honored by the world as the Dominator."

Li Hao was stunned, not expecting it to be him.

Associating it with what Su Jiuzhe had told him about opening up the 'Great Thousand World' of the final realm, Li Hao roughly guessed the reason for his emperor title.

"This nest is already a dead hole, abandoned by the ancient demons and also desolate, but the Huang Quan power diffusing here still remains."

Shi Miao held Li Hao and came not far from the hillside. The space here was layered. For those who had not mastered the origin of the space Great Dao, as long as they stepped into this place, they would likely be lost forever, like a maze. Within millimeters was a huge heaven and earth, difficult to walk out of.

"You wait here, I will go and return."

Shi Miao said to Li Hao.

Li Hao worried: "Do you need my help?"

Shi Miao gave Li Hao a smile and said: "No need, don't worry, I am more worried about something going wrong than you are."

Li Hao knew the look in her eyes when she said this; she wasn't worried about herself going wrong, but meant that if something went wrong, she wouldn't be able to see him in this lifetime.

He nodded slightly. Shi Miao's Primordial Spirit power aura was extremely strong; he felt it was at the peak of the Immortal Monarch Realm, and following her might not necessarily help.

"Then I will wait for you."

"Good."

Shi Miao smiled. These words, in the future, would all be spoken by herself.

She let go of Li Hao's palm and rushed toward the Huang Quan broken valley.

The evening glow light shining from the starry sky in the distance only shone on the side of the Huang Quan broken valley, the front being in a shadow.

Soon, Shi Miao only walked a few dozen meters, and her figure actually disappeared before Li Hao's eyes, like a nimble fish, diving into the layered space like waves.

Li Hao stood in place waiting silently, like a sculpture.

No chess, no carving, just gazing at the cave.

Truly waiting for a sweetheart, there would never be other miscellaneous matters in hand.

A long time, a long time.

Suddenly, the cave seemed to tremble slightly, and immediately after, a rich and vast mysterious yellow light rushed out.

Shi Miao's figure rushed out from the cave entrance. The space fluctuations around her body could not interfere with or shake her, and she was no longer in Primordial Spirit form, but a flesh body, her whole body emitting a heavy, deep feeling.

Soon, Shi Miao crossed layers of space and returned to Li Hao's front impatiently.

"Waited a long time, right."

She asked the first sentence.

Li Hao shook his head, looking at her flesh body, and said: "This body of yours seems very powerful."

He felt that it seemed not a bit inferior to the heaven and earth immortal body he had opened up and condensed, and even thicker and more terrifying.

"This body is shaped and condensed with Huang Quan Thick Earth, mastering Huang Quan death killing power, and has a high deterrent and lethality to ancient demons."

Shi Miao looked down and said to Li Hao with a smile.

Li Hao could feel the evil aura emitted from her body, as if condensing countless grievances and killing thoughts. This was an extremely terrifying killing god body!

"In this lifetime, do you plan to cultivate to a higher realm?"

Li Hao asked.

Shi Miao smiled and shook her head, saying: "This lifetime is used to accompany you, slaying ancient demons is just a matter of convenience."

Li Hao's heart couldn't help but thump when he heard this. Although he knew the other party had extremely deep feelings, such words were still heart-moving.

"Then together, kill ancient demons by the way."

Li Hao said.

Shi Miao nodded, and the two smiled at each other.

If there were ancient demons present, hearing this, they would likely be so angry that their souls would smoke.

"Then what next?"

Li Hao asked, "Where to?"

"My Primordial Spirit and this body are not yet completely fused, need to use the Huang Quan power here to bond."

Shi Miao said: "Fast three to five years, slow seven to eight or ten years."

"Then I will accompany you."

Li Hao said without thinking.

Shi Miao smiled slightly and said: "Although it will delay your time to go to the Primordial True Realm, there are ancient demon blood essences here, which should also be of great use to you."

Li Hao's eyes suddenly brightened. Ancient demon blood essence? If cooking blood essence, that would definitely be better than cooking a whole ancient demon.

Shi Miao didn't speak, but held Li Hao and walked in this desolate ancient battlefield. Not long after, she stopped at a piece of ground, then raised her hand to split the ground, and at a depth of dozens of miles, found a pitch-black crystal, emitting a thick bloody smell, and the dark aura of ancient demons.

"This is ancient demon blood essence. During the great war, too much blood flowed here, seeping into the ground, and this is the exit of their nest, the Huang Quan power diffused, fused with these bloods, and condensed into blood essence."

Shi Miao handed the dark blood essence to Li Hao, "This thing is also a great tonic for ancient demons, can refine their power and bloodline."

Li Hao nodded, took this object, feeling it extremely hard, like a gemstone. If cooking, he would likely have to spend some effort, and didn't know if he could dissolve it.

Shi Miao held Li Hao and found three more pieces here.

Although this battlefield was already one hundred thousand years ago, the many chaotic powers remaining constituted a special order. Even Li Hao's Primordial Spirit was hindered here, difficult to penetrate too deep places, and could only rely on Shi Miao to search.

Shi Miao's Primordial Spirit was stronger than Li Hao's, and also condensed true god blood, and more!

"These are enough, eat first and then talk."

Li Hao said.

Shi Miao nodded. The two returned to the Huang Quan broken valley, found a hillside here, Li Hao operated the earth path origin, and set up camp here. He didn't build a luxurious and huge palace, but only built a simple little courtyard.

Earth and wood origin, infrastructure speed.

Shi Miao was extremely satisfied with this little courtyard, clapped her hands and said good, also made some small ornaments. Soon the courtyard became lively, with tea tables, wooden chairs, and rocking chairs like swings, hanging on a tree in the courtyard.

In the distance, the evening glow projected from the stars had no changes in day and night alternation, forever a scene of the sky.

In this desolate and ancient battlefield, full of remains, only this little courtyard emitted curling cooking smoke, filled with a warm scene inside.

Li Hao studied how to cook ancient demon blood essence in the courtyard, while Shi Miao swayed on the swing, looking at Li Hao busy in the evening glow-like light with a smile on her face.

Li Hao was busy all night, but didn't find a way to dissolve the ancient demon blood essence, so he had to take out ancient demon flesh and blood to cook first, to pad his and Shi Miao's stomachs, and by the way, could also improve the Primordial Spirit.

Besides accompanying Li Hao in the courtyard, Shi Miao also picked some flowers and grasses from nowhere, wove them into grass rings, and decorated them in the courtyard.

In addition, she would go to the cave side every day, disappear for several hours, and enter the gap inside to absorb Huang Quan power.

Time passed quietly.

Half a month later, Li Hao finally thought of a way to dissolve the ancient demon blood essence and made the first portion of blood essence cooking.

But the taste was unsatisfactory, an absolute failure for Li Hao.

He began to be more attentive, constantly improving, besides accompanying Shi Miao, he studied the food production of this blood essence.

Half a year later, he finally used blood essence to make a portion of food that satisfied himself.

And his cooking skills were also getting closer to breaking through, occasionally capturing the spiritual light of the twelve-stage state of mind.

Time passed day by day.

But in this battlefield, the evening glow was eternal, the scenery unchanged, only Li Hao and Shi Miao in the courtyard didn't feel bored or tired.

One year later, Li Hao's speed of making blood essence increased, and he could make a portion in ten days.

And the power brought by this ancient demon blood essence was indeed far beyond ancient demon flesh and blood. A portion of blood essence healed hundreds of Li Hao's previously burned, scarred Primordial Spirit golden bones!

Only eleven blood essences completely restored Li Hao's Primordial Spirit golden bones to their original state.

Subsequently, taking blood essence again, Li Hao felt a more pure Primordial Spirit power begin to be born in the Primordial Spirit golden bones.

This power was like energy, wandering in the Primordial Spirit golden bones.

When taking ten ancient demon blood essences, this pure Primordial Spirit power would condense and turn into a drop of true god blood!

This true god blood contained extremely strong power, completely different from what was emitted by the Primordial Spirit golden bones, more pure. If the power brought by the Primordial Spirit golden bones was a fist, then the true god blood was a blade edge.

Although the volume was small, the terrifying imperial power and Primordial Spirit power brought instantly, the explosive power was dozens of times that of the Primordial Spirit golden bones!

When the whole body was filled with true god blood, Li Hao felt that it would likely surpass the power brought by hundreds of thousands of Primordial Spirit golden bones. That was already an unimaginable level!

Besides going to condense Huang Quan power every day, Shi Miao accompanied Li Hao to find ancient demon blood essence. Returning to the courtyard, when the two were tired after eating and drinking, Li Hao would carve an ancient zither and play for Shi Miao to relieve boredom.

His music six stages had never had a chance to study and improve. Now, Li Hao also regarded it as leisure entertainment.

Anyway, his added points for improvement were enough. Even if music was improved to seven or eight stages, the state of mind couldn't be used for the time being, so it was better to spend this energy on the sharp blade.

If there was no progress in the future, perhaps he would consider slowly improving music and poetry, and improve these two skills.

Ancient demon battlefield, sunset glow, fence courtyard, curling cooking smoke, ancient zither ringing lightly.

Years were quiet, flowing slowly in this battlefield that made people fearful and had been forgotten by countless people.

For these two, this place seemed to be their home, a peach blossom land outside the world.

Both were homeless people. Where they were, that was home.

When the two were together, this was the home of the two of them.

In the blink of an eye, seven years passed.

The two had come to this Huang Quan broken valley battlefield for seven years. One day, Li Hao was cooking ancient demon blood essence, when suddenly, heaven and earth trembled slightly, and a strange fluctuation appeared.

But soon, this fluctuation was like wrinkles coming from the water surface, and soon disappeared, as if an illusion.

Li Hao was somewhat surprised, looking at the surroundings outside the courtyard.

"No one will come here."

Shi Miao said: "The outside was already placed with restrictions."

If there was no Spring Slash Emperor Sword, the two of them couldn't come in either.

"Then what was that just now?" Li Hao looked at her suspiciously.

"It is the fluctuation of the Primordial True Realm, it should be someone ascending, stepping into the Primordial True Realm."

Shi Miao said.

Li Hao was stunned and couldn't help but say: "This movement is so big? Even here can be felt?"

"This is the reason why the Primordial True Realm is the holy land for immortal gods to build foundations."

Shi Miao said: "The Primordial True Realm is equivalent to the first True Realm, where Great Dao origins are everywhere, and there is extremely thick chaos power. When interacting with the cracks of the True Realm, it is like a red-hot soldering iron placed in ice water. The void power of the True Realm will pour into the Primordial True Realm, and the chaos power inside the Primordial True Realm will also leak out, including the original consciousness of the Primordial True Realm, which will also be affected..."

She said softly: "On the Primordial True Realm side, someone will handle the void power that seeps in to avoid polluting the Primordial True Realm, but there is no way to stop the leakage of chaos power."

Li Hao seemed to understand but not understand, calculating time in his heart. They had come to the ancient battlefield for seven years, and left the Su Clan for seven years. Calculating, it should be the day when the Su Clan and other Northern Territory top geniuses entered the Primordial True Realm.

This fluctuation should be caused by them.

Shi Miao gazed into the distance, then slowly retracted, looked at Li Hao, and didn't say anything.

The days soon returned to calm. Li Hao and Shi Miao, as always, looked for ancient demon blood essence every day, accompanying each other in the courtyard.

Seven years passed, Li Hao's music path was improved to eight stages.

And the cooking path, in his repeated realization, broke through to twelve stages.

He obtained the fourth twelve-stage state of mind.

Besides the flesh body path and sword path, he could also improve two more Dao realms to reach twelve stages.

Without a doubt, Li Hao's first choice was the imperial path.

As for the second choice, Li Hao didn't use it for the time being, leaving the twelve-stage cooking state of mind.

Another two years passed.

Ancient demon blood essence became harder and harder to find. Until spending half a month, he found one piece. Li Hao realized that the ancient demon blood essence here was almost eaten up by them.

And over these years, he had gained huge harvests. Besides the cooking path breaking through to twelve stages, the Primordial Spirit true blood was also condensed to a full 121 drops!

Li Hao dared not imagine, if he burned the Primordial Spirit golden bones and true god blood at the same time, exerting battle power to the extreme, combined with the carving path's years sharp blade, to what extent battle power would be improved.

However, staying with Shi Miao, he didn't think about fighting, and his whole person was extremely relaxed.

"The ancient demon blood essence here is almost gone."

Shi Miao said.

Li Hao nodded, but had no reaction.

Shi Miao saw Li Hao's indifferent expression without the slightest concern, and gentle light surged in her eyes. She said softly: "Let's go to the Primordial True Realm tomorrow."

Li Hao was stunned and said: "Go tomorrow? What about your body?"

"My body was completely fused half a year ago."

Shi Miao touched Li Hao's eyes, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she said: "I didn't say, just wanted to stay here a bit longer, and by the way, dig more ancient demon blood essence for you. Once going to the Primordial True Realm, time there is precious, we..."

Li Hao immediately understood, held her soft little hand, and said: "As long as you are happy."

Shi Miao was stunned, her eyes gradually becoming gentle. This was the person she had peeked at countless times in the years, never changed.

She laughed, Li Hao also laughed, many words didn't need to be spoken and explained.

The next day.

Li Hao and Shi Miao stood together outside the fence courtyard.

"I accompanied you in the human world before, but at that time I wasn't the real me."

Shi Miao looked at the fence courtyard in front of her. In that border city of the human world, her reincarnation body Ying Xiaoxiao had also visited. There was some nostalgia and reluctance in her eyes.

Nine years of living, this little courtyard seemed to have truly become their home.

Li Hao looked at the little courtyard in front of him, nodded slightly, and there was also an unspeakable reluctance in his heart, which was attachment.

"When we return from the Primordial True Realm, we will come again."

Shi Miao turned and said to Li Hao.

Li Hao nodded.

"I want to protect it well, can't let it be broken by then." Shi Miao said, raised her hand to display thick time power, covering the little courtyard, making a complex time barrier formation around it.

Li Hao laughed: "Even if it's broken, I can fix it."

"That won't do."

Shi Miao said seriously: "Can't be broken."

"Hmm."

Facing her seriousness, Li Hao also nodded seriously.

"Let's go."

Shi Miao said. She raised her hand, a light appeared in her palm, as if communicating with a distant existence, calling some mysterious power.

Seeing this, Li Hao also communicated with the power previously gifted by the Dao Origin Immortal Emperor in his heart.

Soon, above the heads of the two, two cracks appeared, incomparably pitch-black inside, emitting a burst of ancient, vast intention aura, as if some ancient will.

At the same time, there was also a thick and deep chaos aura rushing toward them. In an instant, Li Hao felt all the pores on his body seemed to open instinctively, greedily breathing this chaos aura.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 848 =====