Follow the path of Dao from infancy Chapter 1791 Chapter 464: Breakthrough to Kinghood (Part 2)

Upon hearing those words, Zhan Qinghuang's smile vanished in an instant, Di Wushè's cheerful expression grew solemn, and Gu Mofan's features hardened into a blank stare.

Di Lingshu recoiled a touch, abruptly aware that her statement had irked the trio.

"If the junior fellow's cultivation pace is indeed that swift, it's certainly a positive development, but we won't remain idle ourselves."

Gu Mofan remarked coolly.

Di Wushè declared with a frosty look, "I've hunted for this Emperor Road across tens of thousands of years, and now it's finally within reach."

"Even should the junior fellow ascend to kingship, advancing to the Immortal King Realm differs vastly from the Immortal Monarch Realm, where every level unveils an entirely fresh world. Do you believe we can't claim the Emperor Road within ten thousand years?"

Zhan Qinghuang narrowed her eyes at Di Lingshu.

Di Lingshu fell silent, yet the Emperor Clan's arrogance refused to let her yield, so she muttered softly, "The junior fellow's cultivation velocity defies all reason. Have you witnessed anyone grasping 69 stars within a single day? Perhaps in mere thousands of years, the junior fellow will attain the Quasi-Emperor Realm."

At her words, Di Wushè and Gu Mofan struggled to hold onto their grave demeanors. Given Li Hao's prodigious gifts, such a feat seemed entirely feasible. After all, mastering 69 stars in one day was absurdly phenomenal. While elite prodigies might require tens of thousands of years to perfect the Immortal King Realm, Li Hao could likely achieve it in just a few thousand!

"You..."

Zhan Qinghuang tried to keep her stern visage to intimidate Di Lingshu, but a sense of resignation crept in despite herself. She suddenly sensed that such a scenario might truly unfold someday; the junior fellow was far too freakish.

"Lingshu has been overtaken, and now it's your moment."

Just then, the Dao Origin Immortal Emperor interjected, casting a casual glance their way as he added, "Don't let it come to pass that my final disciple leads the pack one day. All my toil in raising you would prove utterly futile then."

Di Wushè's lips quirked faintly, recognizing the master's deliberate prod, yet it still ignited a burning pressure within him.

As a scion of the Emperor Clan, brimming with pride, he couldn't bear the thought of lingering in the Quasi-Emperor Realm while the junior fellow one day confronted him at the same level.

How humiliating!

"Master, this disciple bids farewell." Di Wushè bowed respectfully.

He then addressed Li Hao, saying, "Junior fellow, once you ascend to kingship, should an opportunity arise, visit my domain. I'll guide you through the Ancient Demon Battlefield."

Li Hao gave a nod.

Gu Mofan and Zhan Qinghuang grew restless as well, swiftly offering their respects to the master before departing hastily.

Lei Jingfeng and Long Qingge lingered nearby, sharing wry looks of unease. If even the senior brother sensed the looming risk of being outpaced, how much more for them? The junior fellow's pursuit was inevitable.

"You must depart. Attempt your breakthrough at Extreme Dao Mountain, free from any interruptions; I'll stand guard."

The Dao Origin Immortal Emperor instructed.

Li Hao acknowledged with a nod, promptly taking leave of the master and heading back to the summit courtyard alongside Shi Miao.

"At last, you're set to ascend and claim kingship."

Shi Miao gazed at Li Hao, her eyes sparkling with delight and sentiment. From Ying Xiaoxiao's recollections, she recalled Li Hao's lowly beginnings, and now he vied with the Primordial True Realm's premier talents, the Dragon Python soaring toward sovereignty!

Ascending to kingship fell short of emperorship, yet it marked a vital milestone. Within any mighty faction, an Immortal King served as a general-rank powerhouse, anchoring defenses and rarely courting peril anew.

"Indeed."

Li Hao's emotions stirred as well. In this realm, Immortal Emperors numbered scarce few, with most dazzling prodigies forever stalled at the Immortal King Realm.

This stood as the nearest stage to the ultimate pinnacle.

Li Hao felt no haste. He moved toward a guqin and strummed a melody to soothe his spirit.

The myriad battles and echoes from the Endless Heavenly Domain gradually faded. Days passed, and with preparations complete, Li Hao opted to merge the thirteen portions of the Artistic Path Heart Realm into the Physical Body Dao!

In that moment, as the Heart Realm fused and Skill Points dwindled, an immense and overpowering force abruptly materialized, tearing through the void to envelop Li Hao.

The heavens over the modest courtyard appeared rent asunder, a radiant beam lancing upward into the skies. Blossoms, blades of grass, and foliage in the yard quaked fiercely, while drapes whipped like battle standards.

This formidable energy cascaded downward, permeating the full mountaintop before flowing to the Dao Grounds below.

"What's causing this uproar?"

"Someone's facing a tribulation!"

"Goodness, such seven-colored divine radiance—who's advancing?"

"This presence... is it the crowning of a king?"

On the Dao Ground stretching from the mountaintop downward, all upon Extreme Dao Mountain sensed this deep aura. Innumerable disciples tilted their gazes skyward, beholding only the colossal seven-hued pillar of light, radiating a dread space-time essence that promised annihilation to any ensnared within.

"Little fellow, are you set to depart the nest after just three centuries?"

At the mountain's base, the Quasi-Emperor Realm colossal tortoise Yuanming Ancestor, who bore Extreme Dao Mountain upon its shell, raised its head languidly, fixing on the realm's divine glow with eyes shimmering in splendid seven hues: "A space-time variant realm, ranked among the elite—impressive indeed."

His tone brimmed with approval.

In a mere three hundred years, the Chaos Dao had forged 23 laws, birthing a space-time realm. Even in the Immortal King Realm, Li Hao would reign as an unmatched prodigy.

"Junior fellow has ascended to kingship."

"What a commanding aura—no surprise, coming from our junior fellow."

Within the summit halls, projections of Gu Mofan, Long Qingge, and their peers gathered, witnessing Li Hao's rise to sovereignty.

The Ten Thousand Daos converged, rendering this kingship not solely Li Hao's own, but forged by picking one law from the myriad Dao Laws to form his unique "King Law"!

Without question, Li Hao's selection fused the Space-time Nine Orders Supreme.

The Reverse Time Heart defined Li Hao's present realm as the Reverse Time Realm!

Beyond the courtyard, Shi Miao found herself unable to draw nearer, her locks swirling as she watched the young form immersed in the divine radiance of countless Daos.

Her gaze overflowed with luminous sparkles, alive and spirited.

As the Dao resonated, the instant Li Hao forged the King Law Realm, his presence erupted skyward, shattering bottleneck barriers with force and propelling him into the Immortal King Realm!

A space-time Law etched a symbol at Li Hao's brow, while the encircling heaven and earth fractured and reformed ceaselessly, akin to surging azure tides; amid the ceaseless ruptures, laws threaded like fractured lines, weaving Li Hao inextricably to the cosmos and instilling a profound bond with existence.

He lightly gripped his fist, and the ambient world quivered in sync, as though a simple motion might rend the void and crumble ages.

"So this... is the realm?"

Li Hao experienced a jolt, at last grasping why even supreme geniuses struggled against an ordinary Immortal King. If laws resembled strands, a realm formed an impenetrable barrier!

Regardless of their quantity or toughness, should the barrier crumble, every strand would sever!

Only by forging 24 Chaos Laws and blending them as one could one pierce such a barrier.

Now, Li Hao sensed the Heavenly Dao Authority he'd claimed on the heavenly path stirring inside, yearning to blend into his realm.

Yet Li Hao restrained it. He proceeded unhurriedly, summoning the panel to fuse the thirteen segments of Chess Tao Heart Realm—his prime yield from the Ninth Heaven—into the Control Dao.

With the Chess Tao Heart's infusion, Li Hao's subdued aura exploded outward anew.

Overhead, a majestic divine gleam emerged, distinct from the prior vibrant seven shades; this one gleamed gray, pulsing with chaotic essence.

"Hmm?"

"What's going on?"

"Another breakthrough to kingship?"

"Two in one day? And both atop the mountain, reserved for direct disciples."

From the mountain's lower reaches, throngs stared in astonishment at the sight, faces etched with intrigue.

In the peak halls, Gu Mofan, Di Wushè, and the others wore stunned looks, their eyes locked on the modest enclosed courtyard.