Follow the path of Dao from infancy Chapter 1764 Chapter 452: Tai Cang Ancestor Skill, Descending the Mountain to Reap

"Indeed."

Li Hao nodded, expressing his sincere agreement.

Once he attained the Final Realm of Cultivation, he would no longer be vulnerable to any threats. For him, the ability to ensure his own safety was more than sufficient.

Elder Qi’s eyes flickered with a touch of astonishment as he observed Li Hao’s reaction. Having reached the sunset of his life, the Elder possessed no remaining desire for conflict. Most youths who boasted of becoming kings or emperors would find such a philosophy unbearable, particularly the rising young prodigies. In the heat of their youth, they pursued progress with a fierce, blooded passion and usually treated such ideas with mockery. Even if they pretended to agree due to social pressure, they never truly embraced the sentiment.

Through countless years of existence, the Elder had developed the ability to see through people. In the teenager standing before him, he saw a tranquil spirit, possessing the calm of an autumn forest after the peak of summer prosperity.

"You have traveled here seeking the Heavenly Dao Power, haven't you? Would you like me to have him guide you on a hunt?"

Shifting the topic, Elder Qi rested his palm upon the black dog sitting at his side.

The black dog cast a suspicious glance toward Li Hao. As a Chaos Dao Seed, it harbored a natural reluctance toward outsiders who came to engage in mindless slaughter within this realm.

However, as the old man gently stroked its head, the creature understood his master's intent, and the wary glint in its eyes faded away.

"That is not necessary; I can manage on my own."

Li Hao declined with a shake of his head, though he quickly reconsidered his own confidence. "Senior, how do the most powerful Chaos Dao Seeds in this place compare to him?"

Noticing Li Hao’s careful nature, Elder Qi smiled. "The strongest? He is the most powerful among them."

"He is?"

Li Hao shifted his gaze to the black dog. Upon hearing this, the animal lifted its head high, looking at Li Hao with a visible sense of pride.

Li Hao felt a wave of relief. This black dog was truly formidable; it hadn't been killed instantly during their earlier encounter and had managed to retreat here. This proved it was far superior to the four entities he had ambushed near the Chaos River.

"Then I can rest easy."

Li Hao spoke, yet he made no move to depart. He wished to remain and study the chess match between the two elders, sensing that observing their play could provide him with an infinite wealth of Chess Dao insights.

As for the hunt... there was no urgency. The area was teeming with Chaos Dao Seeds, and even if every cultivator arrived at once, they could only hunt a fraction of them.

Furthermore, having already conquered the Eighth Layer Heavenly Domain, he had already accumulated a vast amount of Heavenly Dao Power.

"Senior, regarding the Tai Cang Cultivation System you mentioned—how does one practice it?"

Li Hao inquired, his curiosity piqued.

Before the rise of the Emperor Dao System, the world existed in a primal state. It was difficult for Li Hao to conceive of what the methods of Cultivation were like in those ancient times.

Elder Qi gave a thin smile. "Do you wish to learn? You have already mastered the Emperor Dao System. Achieving the Final Realm while simultaneously practicing the Tai Cang Ancestor Skill is an arduous path, unless one has endless eons to spare..."

As he spoke, a playful thought seemed to strike him. He pointed toward a nearby thicket of bamboo and said:

"Go and cut some bamboo, and I shall instruct you."

"Cut bamboo?"

Li Hao was momentarily taken aback. He had only intended to ask a few questions and hadn't expected the Elder to actually offer lessons. Elder Qi was far more charitable than he had anticipated.

"Can these two systems be used together?" Li Hao asked.

A faint, knowing smile played on Elder Qi’s lips. "That is something you must discover for yourself."

Li Hao was left speechless, realizing the old man was essentially using him as an experiment.

"Very well, I will try."

Li Hao did not turn down the offer. After all, he possessed a soul life spanning several centuries of leisure. Having traveled to this world, he was deeply fascinated by the mysteries of the distant past.

Approaching the bamboo grove, he raised his hand and manifested a sharp Sword Qi, striking out at the plants.

He expected to clear a wide path with a single blow, but the moment his Sword Qi made contact with the first stalk, it became trapped and dissolved into nothingness.

Li Hao stood frozen, his eyes widening with shock. His strike hadn't even scratched the bamboo.

In that instant, he realized that cutting this bamboo was no simple chore; it was a genuine test of his abilities.

Yet, the plants appeared perfectly normal. Li Hao inspected a stalk closely, tapping it. He could feel a dense aura of Chaos within, but nothing else seemed out of the ordinary.

Elder Qi glanced over briefly, remaining silent as he returned his focus to the chessboard.

Rather than asking for help, Li Hao decided to figure it out on his own.

He channeled his Destiny Sword Kill and lashed out at the bamboo, only to be stunned when no mark—not even a tiny nick—appeared on the surface.

"Is it possible... that even Domain Artifacts aren't this durable?" Li Hao was shaken. Was this entire grove composed of materials on par with Domain Artifacts?

He immediately gathered various Chaos Laws, merging twenty-four of them into a singular force. He transformed them into the Law of Decay and the Law of Time, applying them both to the bamboo, but his efforts were entirely futile.

Li Hao continued his attempts for half an hour until he made a startling discovery: the bamboo wasn't necessarily hard, but it seemed to possess a total immunity to all Law Powers!

Recalling Elder Qi’s words about different cultivation systems, Li Hao realized that the powers he currently commanded might be useless here. This bamboo likely contained the same primordial power that the Elder practiced.

"If Laws and Immortal power fail, I shall try manual force!"

Li Hao decided.

He summoned his raw physical strength, his blood and vital energy surging like powerful dragons. He gripped the bamboo with both hands and began to pull with all his might.

To his surprise, the bamboo that had ignored his Qi began to groan and creak under his physical pressure. It looked as though it might actually snap!

Seeing a glimmer of hope, Li Hao’s eyes lit up. He pushed his physical body to its absolute limit, successfully bending the stalk, but the bamboo was incredibly flexible and refused to break.

"I cannot force it. My physique has already reached the peak of the Final Realm for an Immortal Monarch. My strength is at its absolute maximum and cannot be increased. If I cannot break it now, it might be impossible—unless I slowly grind it down until it fractures!"