Chapter 851: Chaos Dao List

How is this possible?

The Guilingshuang sisters stared in disbelief—this person claimed to have just arrived, yet had already activated all thirteen Chaos Pillars?

Could it be that upon arriving, he had already fully comprehended and mastered that Chaos Stone Wall?!

They were dazed; had they not trained here for years themselves, they might have suspected Li Hao was lying.

Yet in all their years here, they had never seen Li Hao—if he had trained here too, they could not have missed him entirely!

As their thoughts churned, the chaotic formation gathered by the 138 Chaos Pillars coalesced, converging from their surfaces to form, at the center, an ancient scroll slowly condensing from the void, unfolding slowly.

As the scroll unfurled, a vast torrent of chaotic energy radiated outward.

Near the Chaos Stone Wall, many cultivators in deep contemplation were startled, opening their eyes and gazing over, their expressions filled with shock and frowns.

“Someone has comprehended this Chaos Star.”

“The Chaos Dao List has been summoned again—wonder if it’s a newcomer or an old-timer.”

“Years have passed, and I’m still not there—damn it.”

Many felt restless and uneasy.

While they themselves remained stuck, others’ progress only deepened their anxiety.

At the front of the stone wall, Jianxin and Mingyue also opened their eyes; after meeting Li Hao earlier, their minds had yet to settle, and they had not yet entered deep contemplation, making them easily disturbed by external forces.

“Someone has comprehended this Chaos Star?”

They frowned, turning to look—but their front-row seats blocked their view of the central Chaos Pillars by the edge of the stone wall.

They tightened their spiritual sense and swept through, quickly sensing a familiar aura within the Chaos Pillar formation.

“Hm?”

Their pupils contracted; they exchanged glances, each seeing shock in the other’s eyes—him?

They doubted their spiritual sense was hallucinating, glancing around—but indeed, Li Hao’s figure was nowhere to be seen.

Their hearts tightened instantly; they leapt to their feet and vanished in an instant toward the Chaos Pillars.

The old man with the firewood axe followed like a shadow, his domain power enveloping them, firmly blocking the chaotic disturbances from eroding their sides.

When they reached the edge of the Chaos Pillars, their expressions changed instantly—they saw, at the center of the 138 pillars, a torrent of chaotic power surging forth, weaving into a magnificent, vast scroll.

Beneath that scroll stood the boy, his hair tossed wildly by the formation’s force; merely his profile seemed to drag them back twenty years, to the Southern Region, to that moment when the boy, as a True Immortal, had defeated an Immortal Lord with invincible arrogance.

How could it be him?

They froze, stunned.

At this moment, Li Hao was studying the scroll.

Clusters of chaotic energy spiraled across it, transforming into five large characters: Chaos Dao List.

Simultaneously, the formation of the surrounding Chaos Pillars suddenly gathered onto him, then, like a reflection, projected a shadow from his body into the scroll.

The shadow stood at the very bottom, its posture and face identical to Li Hao’s, its aura indistinguishable.

Beside it was a rank: 1,209,482nd.

Below it read: Chaos Star One.

Li Hao was momentarily bewildered—he didn’t understand.

At that moment, Shimiao’s voice surfaced in his mind: “This is the Chaos Dao List, also commonly called the Chaos Prodigy List. All who come to the Original True Realm and comprehend a Chaos Star enter this list—though you must fully comprehend at least one Chaos Star to qualify, just as you have now: Chaos Star One!”

“The more Chaos Stars you comprehend, the higher your rank on the list!”

Li Hao suddenly understood, then asked curiously: “Who established this? It can’t be natural, can it?”

“It’s nearly natural—only slightly adjusted by the Chaos Immortal Emperor to make it legible.”

Shumiao said: “The Chaos Stars were originally one entity. When comprehended, they leave a mark recorded within. The Chaos Immortal Emperor merely embellished it slightly to become what you see now.”

“Chaos Immortal Emperor?”

Li Hao had long heard that the Original True Realm was governed by three Immortal Emperors: Original, Chaos, and Dao Source!

His own master was one of the three, founder of Jidao Mountain.

“I’m at the very bottom—but this ranking… seems far too high. Over a million people?!”

Li Hao sent a mental query; during the Southern Region War, the seven Immortal Dynasties’ prodigies had fought over only dozens of slots.

How many wars would it take to select over a million?

“Besides prodigies selected from the True Realm, the vast majority here are former prodigies and beings from ancient races of the Original True Realm,” Shumiao replied mentally.

Li Hao froze, then understood—Shumiao was the legendary Time Spirit born from Chaos; in the Original True Realm, countless ancient Chaos clans had existed since the dawn of chaos, and over eons, accumulating a million who had comprehended Chaos Stars was no surprise at all!

In fact, calculating this way, Li Hao even felt a million seemed rather few.

Yet to comprehend a Chaos Star, one must at least be at the peak of True Immortal realm—and possess supreme talent.

The normal threshold was Immortal Lord realm.

“Are you on this list too?”

Li Hao couldn’t help asking, lifting his gaze to see the top—but only hazy clouds appeared; he could see only up to around the ten-thousandth rank.

Even those ten thousand were still Chaos Star One.

But beneath them was another line: Entry Time.

At that moment, Li Hao saw beside his own name: Entry Time—One Day.

Those ranked above him mostly had entries spanning thousands of years, even tens of thousands; only a few were decades or years.

“Tens of thousands of years and still only Chaos Star One?”

Li Hao was astonished—had something gone wrong?

Shumiao answered: “Even if one perishes, their name remains on the list until the next Chaos Tremor begins, when they vanish.”

“Chaos Tremor?”

Li Hao frowned.

“It’s a fluctuation from the Original Land, occurring once per eon—each eon being one hundred thousand years.”

Shumiao said: “My name still remains—I haven’t vanished yet.”

Li Hao asked curiously: “What’s your rank?”

“Ninth.”

Shumiao replied calmly.

Li Hao was stunned—Ninth?

Ninth out of over a million?

As if sensing Li Hao’s shock, Shumiao said: “Once one enters the Emperor realm, they vanish from the Chaos Dao List—it cannot include them. This list ranks only up to the Precursor Emperor level.”

Li Hao was speechless. Even excluding Immortal Emperors, ranking ninth in this eon was monstrously terrifying.

Remember, this was the ranking of over 1.2 million prodigies!

But what intrigued him more was: what level had those who surpassed Shumiao reached?

“The gap among the top ten isn’t huge. I was originally fourth—but due to the Ancient Demon War, I didn’t continue my deep cultivation here. If I had kept cultivating…”

Shumiao shook her head slightly, not continuing—had there been no Ancient Demon War, she might have become an Immortal Emperor.

“Now, many on the list are new faces.”

Shumiao looked upward, as if seeing places Li Hao could not.

Li Hao nodded slightly—after all, a hundred thousand years was an eternity.

At this moment, the surrounding Chaos Formation slowly receded; the Chaos Dao List above Li Hao rolled up like a scroll, then transformed into a beam of light, shooting straight into his mind.

Li Hao immediately felt a faint force appear in his consciousness; when he lightly touched it, it unfolded within his mind—the Chaos Dao List.

A mere sweep of his spiritual sense allowed him to know the status of all within the top ten thousand.

“So I can check it anytime now.”

“But I don’t see their names.”

Li Hao thought silently.

Among the top ten thousand, he saw no names of Jianxin, Mingyue, or the Guilingshuang sisters, nor any from the Southern Region.

Nor did he see the names of prodigies from the Northern Region—Su family, Jiang family, Lin family, etc.

“These people from the Southern Region likely have more than Chaos Star One, ranked higher; Su Wanqing and the others arrived only two years before me—Sixth Sister Di Lingshu took three years to comprehend one Chaos Star—they probably haven’t even awakened yet…”

Li Hao analyzed internally.

At this moment, the surrounding Chaos Pillars dimmed; Li Hao no longer occupied the spot, his figure flickering as he flew back to the edge, landing beside the Guilingshuang sisters.

When Li Hao returned, the Guilingshuang sisters finally snapped out of their daze, swallowing hard, staring at him blankly:

“You—you’ve already comprehended this Chaos Star?”

Though they already knew the answer, Guilingyue still asked foolishly.

Li Hao nodded and asked: “You both entered the Chaos Dao List too—how many Chaos Stars have you comprehended?”

“How many…?”

Both sisters twitched their lips; Guilingshuang fixed her gaze on Li Hao and said: “We’ve been here over twenty years—this is our fourth Chaos Star we’re comprehending, and we haven’t fully mastered it yet.”

“Fourth?”

Li Hao was startled—the gap was this vast? Already at the fourth?

“Impressive.”

He praised.

The Guilingshuang sisters: “...”

Compared to you, this monster, what’s impressive?

“I heard that comprehending three Chaos Stars allows one to weave a Chaos Law—have you already mastered a Chaos Law?” Li Hao asked curiously.

The Chaotic Law is a qualitative transformation, greatly enhancing combat power—equivalent to the peak of an Immortal Lord.

Upon hearing this, the two sisters twitched their lips again and said, “You’ve heard quite a few rumors. But have you heard that weaving a Chaotic Law is extremely difficult? Some cultivators have understood dozens of Chaotic Stars yet still failed to select three capable of forming a Chaotic Law.”

“Huh?”

Li Hao had never heard this before; his senior brothers and sisters had only told him that three Chaotic Stars could condense one Chaotic Law.

His master had said the same: sixty-nine Chaotic Stars form twenty-three Chaotic Laws.

Seeing Li Hao’s stunned expression, the Ghost Ling sisters felt a brutal blow to their hearts, utterly speechless.

“You really just arrived? Or did you come earlier but hide in the shadows, and we never noticed?”

Ghost Lingyue couldn’t help asking.

Her face was filled with suspicion—even doubting herself. Had they been too absorbed in their cultivation?

“Why would I hide?” Li Hao asked, puzzled.

Ghost Lingyue fell silent. Why indeed? Just to make a stunning debut now?

But understanding just one Chaotic Star wasn’t truly stunning. Yet if he’d truly understood it upon arrival, it wasn’t stunning—it was terrifying!

At that moment, Ghost Lingshuang was about to speak when her gaze shifted to Li Hao’s back, where two figures had silently approached: Jianxin and Mingyue.

Jianxin and Mingyue had overheard the exchange between the Ghost sisters and Li Hao; their expressions turned deeply complex—shocked and bewildered.

“You say you just arrived? That’s impossible. Who could understand a Chaotic Star the moment they arrive? If what you say is true, you’d only need two months to comprehend all sixty-nine Chaotic Stars!”

Mingyue gritted her teeth, glaring at Li Hao in fury. She believed he’d been hiding all along, afraid to face her and her senior brother, and only dared reveal himself now that he’d understood this Chaotic Star.

Jianxin regarded Li Hao with a complex expression. He shared some of his junior sister’s doubts, yet something in his gut told him otherwise—this young man didn’t seem like that kind of person.

Though they were rivals, and perhaps future enemies, he somehow felt he understood this boy’s character—not the kind to be base or treacherous.

Li Hao hadn’t expected these two to show up; his expression turned cold, and he snapped,

“Whether I just arrived or not—what’s it to you? How long I take to understand Chaotic Stars—what’s it to you?”

“You—”

Mingyue was speechless with rage, teeth clenched, fists clenched, utterly refusing to believe Li Hao could comprehend it in a single day—it was impossible!

Even she and her senior brother, after years here, still hadn’t quite grasped it.

Remember, Jianxin was from the Ancient Sword Immortal Clan—the strongest sword temperament—and among their top prodigies. Even he struggled to comprehend this Chaotic Sword Star, let alone others.

Li Hao had no interest in these two. He turned to the Ghost sisters and said,

“I’ll go check out other Chaotic Stars. We’ll meet again if the chance arises.”

The Ghost sisters snapped back to reality. Ghost Lingyue opened her mouth slightly, unsure what to say, but beside her, Ghost Lingshuang suddenly spoke:

“If you truly just arrived in the Primordial True Realm, you should be careful.”

“Be careful?”

Li Hao paused slightly, frowning at her. Her tone wasn’t a threat—it was a warning.

Ghost Lingshuang glanced at Jianxin and Mingyue beside Li Hao, then pursed her lips slightly, not hiding her meaning:

“Besides them, the Supreme has other disciples. Not direct disciples, but some inner sect members come from powerful clans who’ve long been here cultivating in secret. Though their talent doesn’t match yours, yet—”

She didn’t finish.

They arrived earlier, their talent inferior, yet their combat power far surpassed.

Hearing this, Jianxin and Mingyue’s expressions changed. Mingyue exclaimed in shock and anger:

“What are you saying? My Celestial Palace is not a place where the strong bully the weak. Even if we wanted to act, we’d have acted long ago.”

Ghost Lingshuang raised an eyebrow, a clear sneer on her lips.

This wasn’t the Southern Region—it was the Primordial True Realm.

The Supreme’s reach couldn’t extend here. Besides, the Ghost Clan wasn’t afraid of the Supreme. We haven’t committed any grave offense—if the Supreme dares to act, the Ghost Clan won’t let it pass.

Seeing Ghost Lingshuang’s sneer, Mingyue trembled with rage. When their eyes met, she suddenly understood the reason for that sneer—your own master attacked him. How can you claim you won’t bully the weak?

In an instant, her face turned pale, lips trembling, unable to speak.

Jianxin also grasped the meaning behind the Ghost sisters’ expressions. His face darkened slightly. He looked at Li Hao and said gravely:

“Here, we guarantee we won’t seek you out. Unless you provoke us first. When you catch up to us, come challenge us anytime for revenge!”

“Your lives aren’t worth your master’s.”

Li Hao had no patience for these two. He dropped those words, then waved farewell to the Ghost sisters.

“You—you mean that like you actually think you can catch up to us!” Mingyue shouted again in fury.

A flicker of sword qi flashed in Li Hao’s eyes, then vanished. The Chaotic Star’s prohibition forbade private combat. Breaking the rules for these two wasn’t worth it.

“Ignorant.”

Shi Miao followed Li Hao like a shadow, passing them and leaving a cold remark before departing with him.

Mingyue’s face darkened. She stamped her foot in place: “There must be another reason. I refuse to believe he truly understood it in one day. If he did, I’ll see how fast he grasps the other Chaotic Stars!”

“Sister, let’s go. We should train immediately.”

Ghost Lingshuang, watching Li Hao leave, spoke to Ghost Lingyue beside her.

Ghost Lingyue nodded, glancing at Mingyue and speaking with veiled barbs: “We really should train harder. Some people have forgotten they were once defeated by him. Now they’ve merely gained a twenty-year head start and think they’ll stay ahead forever—forgetting he’s only had a hundred-year soul lifespan, while they’ve lived four or five hundred years. They’ve already lagged four hundred years behind. Can twenty years make up for that? Hmph…”

With that, she followed Ghost Lingshuang toward the Chaotic Stone Wall.

The words were brutally direct. Mingyue’s face changed—not from anger, but from pallor.

She suddenly remembered how far ahead that boy had truly been over them in the Southern Region.

Jianxin saw Mingyue’s uncertain expression and said gravely: “Junior sister, don’t overthink it. If he’s coming after us, we’ll just run faster.”

Mingyue snapped back to herself, a hint of grievance flickering in her eyes; she had a feeling that within decades, that boy would become famous throughout the Primordial True Realm.

…

Leaving the Chaotic Sword Star, Shi Miao immediately took Li Hao to the neighboring Chaotic Star.

“I didn’t expect your Chaotic comprehension to be this high. It seems you could’ve understood this Chaotic Star even if you hadn’t come here.”

Shi Miao said to Li Hao.

Li Hao thought of Mingyue’s words and asked curiously: “Is there a difference in difficulty among these Chaotic Stars? If you comprehend all sixty-nine, wouldn’t you instantly reach the top?”

He hadn’t imagined that merely advancing his Chaotic Dao to Stage Two would be this extraordinary—Stage Two alone let him effortlessly grasp one Chaotic Star. What would happen at Stage Four or Five?

Shi Miao shook his head: “Comprehending all sixty-nine Chaotic Stars is merely the baseline. Above that, rankings depend on Chaotic Laws. Three Chaotic Stars form one Chaotic Law. Only after comprehending all twenty-three Chaotic Laws can you enter the top fifty thousand.”

Li Hao froze. Sixty-nine Chaotic Stars were just the starting point?

“Only comprehending twenty-three Chaotic Laws gets you into the top fifty thousand?!”

Li Hao widened his eyes. What level was the ninth-ranked?

“After comprehending all Chaotic Laws, there’s still room to ascend: merging them. The more you fuse, the stronger you become!”

“Though Chaotic Laws can be likened to the peak of an Immortal Lord, even the peak has tiers—Primordial Spirit Golden Veins, Golden Bones, True God Blood—all different levels!”

Shi Miao said.

Li Hao froze, suddenly understanding.

The Chaotic Law formed from three Stars was merely the initial Chaotic Law.

Merging Chaotic Laws was the transformation—a far more terrifying existence!

“The path of the Immortal Lord… seems very long,” Li Hao suddenly remarked.

Reaching the pinnacle of Immortal Lord cultivation clearly required immense hardship.

Back in the True Realm, he’d fought the demon prodigy “Hei Ji,” and even the top prodigies of the Jiang, Lin, and Su clans—all of whom hadn’t mastered Chaotic Laws, yet were already the elite of the Northern Region.

“No wonder everyone comes to the Primordial True Realm. The gap here is truly enormous!” Li Hao thought silently.

Shi Miao said: “If you want the fastest combat power increase, don’t comprehend all sixty-nine Chaotic Stars. Instead, pick three Chaotic Stars closest to your favored Dao, comprehend them, then begin condensing a Chaotic Law!”

“Comprehending sixty-nine Chaotic Stars yields less combat power than forming even one Chaotic Law. Do you understand?”

Li Hao nodded. Sixty-nine Chaotic Stars, though numerous, were still single-Star level—hardly raising the baseline.

Chaotic Laws were qualitative leaps.

Merging more Chaotic Laws was a transformative leap—further still!

“So the strongest Immortal Lords are those who fuse all twenty-three Chaotic Laws?” Li Hao asked.

Shi Miao nodded: “That’s indeed close to the ultimate.”

Li Hao sighed. He wondered how many stages his Chaotic Dao would need to achieve that.

Soon, Li Hao and Shi Miao arrived at another Chaotic Star.

Passing through the space-time array, they descended onto this Chaotic Star.

Shi Miao identified the location and directly led Li Hao to the star’s cavern.

Soon, when Li Hao reached the cavern, he found it nearly identical to the previous Chaotic Sword Star.

Here, the dominant origin was the Blade Dao. Both Blade and Sword Dao originated from the Metal Dao’s origin, evolving from it. For Li Hao, though not as intimate as Sword Dao, it wasn’t entirely alien.

Upon arriving, Li Hao scanned the area and saw no familiar faces.

He paid it no mind, approaching the Chaotic Stone Wall and gazing intently.

As he looked, he immediately felt the same sensation as before.

The Chaotic Stone Wall here also bore 138 law fissures, intertwined.

In his eyes, every pattern of these fissures was crystal clear, utterly familiar.

“This arrangement is rather crude.”

Li Hao thought silently.

Standing at the edge, he studied it carefully. After about an hour, he had a clear understanding.

“I’ll give it a try.”

Li Hao said.

Shi Miao’s eyes widened in shock; though she knew Li Hao had special methods, such rapid comprehension was terrifying.

She suspected Li Hao might have had a unique understanding of chaotic force all along, but had never been able to unleash it, unsure how to apply it.

Soon, the two arrived before the nearby Chaos Pillar.

Someone was currently undergoing trial inside; Li Hao waited patiently beside it, only acting after the man finished and the pillar dimmed.

“Hmph.”

The man had activated only 114 Chaos Pillars; some he touched failed to ignite, indicating he believed he had grasped them, yet still fell short.

The young man sneered, dissatisfied with himself; when he saw Li Hao step forward, he glanced over and scoffed—where did this stranger come from?

But soon, one by one, the Chaos Pillars glowed, flashing in succession.

Ten, twenty, fifty… in an instant, all 138 Chaos Pillars blazed with light!

A vast chaotic array formation coalesced; the entire cavern trembled, as if the Chaos Star itself vibrated in resonance.

The young man’s sneer froze on his lips.

In the center of the Chaos Pillars, Li Hao saw the Chaos Heaven Dao List reappear; his reflection on it surged rapidly upward, reaching rank 1,169,287!

Below it read: Chaos Second Star.

Entry time: one day.

Merely advancing one star, Li Hao discovered his rank had jumped over thirty thousand places!

“So fast—looks like many only grasp the First Star and stall, either perishing or hitting their limit.”

Li Hao thought to himself.