Chapter 891: Embryonic Form of the Emperor

"Hmm?"

Outside the small courtyard, Shi Miao was also stunned, shock and astonishment appearing in her eyes. Although she had always had confidence in Li Hao and knew his natural talent was extremely high, she had not expected that when he broke through to the King Realm, he would actually comprehend two World Hearts in one go!

Moreover, this second World Heart gave her an extremely terrifying feeling, as if it were not inferior to the previous Time-Reversal World Heart.

That gray, misty aura seemed capable of swallowing everything, causing all things to return to nothingness.

In the courtyard, Li Hao felt that vast power gathering into his own domain. It possessed an extremely strong attractive force, as if condensing a vortex on a calm lake, drawing all the laws within the domain toward it, intending to condense a second World Heart!

However, his domain suddenly seemed to lose control; the power of time-reversal surged forth, transforming into a second vortex, pulling and tugging against that other force.

Li Hao immediately recalled what Shi Miao had said earlier: there is only one World Heart. Even though many top geniuses had attempted to refine a second, third, or even more World Hearts, they were still unable to maintain two separate ones.

The multiple World Hearts refined would eventually merge. There is only one domain; multiple World Hearts could only cause the domain to layer, but could not open up a second domain.

At this moment, Li Hao felt the Time-Reversal World Heart and the Formless World Heart drawing closer and closer as they rotated, showing signs of merging with each other.

If Time-Reversal and Formless were to merge, Li Hao did not know what kind of World Heart it would become. But feeling the rotation of these two forces, he suddenly had an idea: if he let them rotate permanently, like the Taiji fish, could they remain incompatible, thereby allowing him to possess two domains?

"The Boundless gives birth to the Taiji, the Taiji gives birth to the Two Forms..."

The origin of the Yin-Yang Dao surfaced in Li Hao's heart. This was also one of the Ten Thousand Daos, though not among the Nine Sequences, yet it was a superior Great Dao, equal to other Great Daos like Life and Destruction.

Li Hao had smelted 24 Chaos Laws and naturally had a very deep understanding of the Yin-Yang Dao. Yin and Yang are balanced, like the balance of life and death; the Taiji fish represents life within death and death within life, cycling back and forth.

"Using Yin-Yang balance..."

A flash of inspiration appeared in Li Hao's eyes. At this moment, the two World Hearts were merely rotating on their own, stirring up the domain's power to compete rather than circling each other. This would sooner or later lead to a violent collision until they merged. What he needed to balance was to make them rotate around each other, like two spheres, creating centrifugal force between them.

But thinking was one thing; doing it was extremely difficult. His spiritual sense enveloped the two World Hearts, intending to push them and change their positions, but it felt as if he were touching two giant mountains. He had to exert an extremely strong controlling force to barely push them.

"As expected..."

Li Hao's gaze sank. The Yin-Yang Dao was not something only he knew; other geniuses had also mastered it. He was certainly not the only one who could think of using Yin-Yang balance and Taiji Two Forms to balance two World Hearts. But even Shi Miao had not mentioned anyone who had refined two domains, which was enough to show that preventing these World Hearts from merging was an extremely difficult task.

Taking a deep breath, Li Hao stimulated all his True God Blood while simultaneously unleashing the Extreme Dao Technique. His foundation surged sixfold; three thousand drops of True God Blood suddenly erupted with the might of eighteen thousand drops, and every drop of True God Blood contained terrifying controlling force.

The controlling force brought by eighteen thousand drops of True God Blood was like a deity roaring, moving mountains and filling seas. In an instant, he pushed the two World Hearts.

Previously, they were like giant mountains, difficult to shake, but now they were like two iron pellets. Following the riot of the controlling force from the eighteen thousand drops of True God Blood, he pushed the two World Hearts to rotate simultaneously, circling each other rapidly.

This rotation caused the domain power around Li Hao to boil. The void seemed to be torn apart, and a terrifying pressure radiated outward.

"The domain power is rioting..."

Li Hao was somewhat startled. In the process of pushing the two World Hearts to rotate, he felt the domain power become extremely terrifying, several times more powerful than before. He had not expected that in trying to prevent the World Hearts from merging, he had unintentionally researched a terrifying move to mobilize domain power.

Moreover, if the two World Hearts could maintain this rotation, this boiling state of the domain could be possessed at all times!

"Hmm?"

Outside the small courtyard, Shi Miao felt the terrifying domain power suddenly radiating from Li Hao and was startled. This might—he had clearly just stepped into the Immortal King Realm, yet it felt as if he could already rival the Second Level of the Immortal King Realm!

One must know that every level of crossing in the Immortal King Realm is extremely difficult, equivalent to a five-level gap in the Immortal Sovereign Realm.

In other palaces, Gu Mofan and the others also felt Li Hao's aura rapidly soaring in the courtyard, their expressions growing increasingly solemn.

This little junior brother could always surprise them, exceeding their expectations.

At this moment, as the two world hearts continued to push and rotate, the tearing force grew increasingly strong. Li Hao gradually reined in his power, withdrawing the Law of Yin-Yang Equilibrium. After all, if he were to rely on the Laws to maintain it continuously, it would be a constant drain on himself. Although he possessed the Myriad Heavens Star Meridians, it was by no means a long-term solution, and mental fatigue would eventually accumulate.

As the laws were withdrawn, the rapidly rotating two World Hearts clearly showed a tendency to slow down. When this speed slowed down more and more, suddenly, the two World Hearts had a momentum to draw closer to each other again, and the speed also dropped rapidly due to friction.

Li Hao's expression changed slightly, but he did not strike again, instead quietly watching the two World Hearts slow down until they stopped, then returned to the previous situation of drawing close.

Without a doubt, this meant his method had failed.

Even if he used the Extreme Dao Technique and exerted his True God Blood with all his might to push the two World Hearts, once he lost his maintenance, everything returned to its original state.

"It seems Shi Miao was right; there can only be one World Heart. This is the order of heaven and earth, which cannot be broken."

Li Hao thought to himself.

He prepared to give up, but suddenly, a ray of light seemed to flash through his mind.

The order of heaven and earth... is it just like this, and will it be like this forever?

He thought of the Seven Elders, thought of his Master, thought of other Immortal Emperors, and two words surfaced in his mind: Emperor's Path!

There was once no system for the Imperial Dao, but now, countless people have followed in each other's footsteps, adding bricks and mortar, and have gradually carved one out.

There was no Dao Source Immortal Seal in the past, but his Master created it.

There was no Extreme Dao Technique in the past either...

Including other Final Realms, there were Immortal Emperors who broke the limits and opened up the Final Realms!

Now, a dilemma lay before Li Hao: no one can possess two World Hearts simultaneously!

"Two World Hearts..."

"Since it is possible to refine two, why can they not coexist simultaneously!"

Li Hao's heart, which had intended to give up, suddenly had a strong impulse. Originally, he had only held the idea of trying it out, and even if he failed, he would not be too uncomfortable. But now, he had an impulse to shatter this dilemma no matter what.

However, although his fighting spirit was ignited, the two World Hearts before him were constantly drawing closer to each other, and time did not wait for Li Hao to have the opportunity to think carefully.

Once these two World Hearts merged, they would inevitably surpass the Time-Reversal World Heart. If he were to refine other World Hearts in the future, wanting to keep them in opposition would likely be even more difficult.

The current Time-Reversal World Heart and the Formless World Heart were evenly matched and could still be balanced.

"Cannot merge, cannot merge... separate... separate forever..."

"Isolate... no way to isolate, maintain balance... just failed..."

Li Hao's mind raced rapidly. The constantly approaching World Hearts were like a death knell, and he became increasingly anxious. But soon, his Dao heart forced him to calm down, staring fixedly at the two constantly approaching World Hearts. Isolation doesn't work, balance doesn't work... Water benefits all things and does not contend!

Suddenly, Li Hao's mind seemed to hum; the various past events of his life surfaced in his mind.

Since he began cultivation, he had only sought a life of leisure.

Only by not contending can no one in the world contend with him!

The more he blocked, the more he could not block. After all, the merging of these two World Hearts was the order of heaven and earth, an irresistible force!

Since it cannot be resisted, then do not resist!

"Both World Hearts need to obtain the domain completely. Since that is the case, then give the domain completely to them!"

Li Hao's intent suddenly became clear. He controlled the domain power and poured it all into the Time-Reversal World Heart.

The domain power collapsed into the World Heart, while the Formless World Heart on the other side fell into a brief stagnation and no longer rotated on its own. After all, the domain power had disappeared, and it could no longer pull. However, the moment it stagnated, it rushed toward the Time-Reversal World Heart at a very fast speed.

But the next moment, the domain power that had collapsed into the Time-Reversal World Heart soared out like a swimming dragon and poured into the Formless World Heart.

The Formless World Heart soon stopped. The domain power shuttled into the Formless World Heart and then gracefully moved back into the Time-Reversal World Heart.

Cycling back and forth, like a circling "8", or like a Möbius strip, going back and forth.

In this cycle, it was equivalent to both World Hearts obtaining the domain power simultaneously, and it was complete. At the same time the domain collapsed into the Time-Reversal World Heart, it quickly transferred and gathered in the Formless World Heart, the two cycling back and forth.

Li Hao controlled it with powerful controlling force, connecting the ends, so that both World Hearts obtained the entire domain simultaneously, with only an extremely weak time gap, which could be ignored.

Following this cycle, both World Hearts gradually stabilized and no longer continued to draw closer to each other. And the domain power, in the constant back-and-forth cycle, seemed to form a solidified path, constantly moving back and forth under the mutual attraction of the two World Hearts, faintly transforming into two portions of the domain!

Li Hao tried to let go of the control of his spiritual sense bit by bit, discovering that this strange cycle was actually quite stable, decaying extremely slowly.

Li Hao observed carefully and discovered that at this rate of decay, it would probably remain stable after a few days of support with spiritual sense.

This was much stronger than the previous need to constantly use True God Blood to push the rotation with great force, which would recover quickly if it stopped even slightly.

"This is already close to stable!"

"But it is still not the most stable, not permanent. If it could be permanent, then perhaps... that would be the Emperor's Path!"

Li Hao's eyes flickered, and there was a feeling of excitement in his heart.

As long as he supported it slightly with spiritual sense every few days, it could remain stable. This was already very rare!

"In the future, I will refine other thirteen stages of mind states, embedded into Sword Dao and movement techniques, and there will only be more World Hearts!"

"If I can find a way for multiple World Hearts to coexist, that is truly opening up the Emperor's Path!"

"So, this is the feeling of catching a glimpse of the Emperor's Path..."

Li Hao was excited in his heart, somewhat thrilled. The Emperor's Path is hard to find, as the True Realm knows, let alone opening up an Emperor's Path.

Just finding an Emperor's Path is extremely difficult, but Li Hao seemed to have already understood how to find the Emperor's Path.

The many dilemmas in the world are all Emperor's Paths waiting to be opened!

There was none before, but once opened, there is one.

And countless people in the world, facing dilemmas, encountering that great wall of heaven and earth, will naturally think that this is the boundary of the world. Just like Li Hao before, he also instinctively felt that it was impossible to refine two World Hearts since ancient times, so that was the order of heaven and earth, and it should be so. Apart from regret, he did not feel there was any problem.

"The Emperor must draw his sword to open the path for the world!"

"Only then can he be revered as a Great Emperor by the world!"

Li Hao felt that if he found a way for multiple World Hearts to coexist, it would inevitably become his achievement for the world, benefiting all races!

This is also the reason why the foreign races of the True Realm have great respect for all Great Emperors, because the Emperor's Path opened by the Great Emperor is used by all races and passed down for all ages!

"According to Master's words, there are also gaps between Great Emperors, and there are gaps between their Emperor's Paths. Some Great Emperors established rare techniques, such as the Five Absolutes Great Emperor, who used the five origins to create the terrifying Five Absolutes Emperor Sword, using only five paths to unleash power surpassing the Nine Sequences, and even surpassing Chaos Laws, which is also perverted!"

"But this kind of Emperor's Path should still have a gap compared to opening up the Final Realm. After all, the power of the Final Realm truly affects countless people, while Emperor Sword Arts still require inheritance and cultivation."

Li Hao thought to himself.

He felt that this coexistence of World Hearts could be regarded as his first path to proving the Emperor's Path.

But now, he had only explored the embryonic form himself, and the two World Hearts could only barely be maintained. If he were to refine a third or fourth in the future? Using this cycle method again would likely be somewhat difficult, breaking the stability.

Thinking of this, Li Hao suddenly felt a headache. No wonder his senior brothers had been trapped in the Quasi-Emperor Realm for tens of thousands of years without progress. One must know that they were all top geniuses.

"These two domains seem to be expanding..."

At this moment, Li Hao felt that the domain, which had gradually divided into two pieces, was actually slowly extending toward the surroundings, absorbing the power of the surrounding heaven and earth, constantly growing stronger. Each portion became the size of the previous one, and the two combined were a full double.

Just like the torn whole, now each was gestating completely.

"Time-Reversal, Formless..."

Li Hao's eyes flickered. If the two types of domains were unleashed simultaneously, he did not know what the effect would be.

But this place was not suitable for display. He restrained his aura and gradually returned to calm.

The two types of domain power also shrank and hid in Li Hao's body. While he was refining the domain, his physical body also transformed accordingly. The original Heaven and Earth Immortal Body now seemed to have entered a truly perfect realm. The cells in his physical body contained surging and terrifying vitality, and possessed tiny spaces.

It seemed to truly contain heaven and earth, and the immortal power that could be accommodated and erupted within the body was dozens of times that of before.

The two World Hearts were placed in two places within the body. Although both were in the chest and abdomen, it was like one was in heaven and one was on earth, and they would not entangle with each other.

"I didn't expect you to refine two World Hearts just after breaking through. It seems that in the previous three hundred years, you had already accumulated enough foundation."

Shi Miao walked over and said softly to Li Hao, her eyes full of joy.

Before Li Hao could answer, a figure suddenly appeared above the small courtyard. It was none other than the Dao Source Immortal Emperor. ===== CHAPTER 892 =====