Follow the path of Dao from infancy Chapter 1830 Chapter 482: True King

Having parted ways with Long Potian, Gu Mofan, joined by Di Wushe and the other two, guided Li Hao and Shi Miao at a rapid pace toward Ancestral Dragon City within the Eastern Domain.

"Senior Brother, how did you all show up so suddenly?"

During their journey, Li Hao asked. The way they had appeared on the battlefield felt incredibly sudden, almost like they were teleported right there.

However, this was a vital frontier zone where the Heavenly Dao Laws had been modified. Aside from certain Teleportation Arrays, direct passage was impossible unless one was an Emperor!

"This stems from the might of the Fifth Ultimate Realm, Chaos!"

Gu Mofan's face grew a bit serious as he clarified for Li Hao.

"The Fifth Ultimate Realm?"

Li Hao's gaze shimmered. The Fifth Realm, dubbed 'Fifteen Miles', demanded control over Dao across fifteen miles; the Extreme Realm went by Returning Ruins, and the Ultimate Realm was termed Chaos?

"Those in the Chaos Ultimate Realm can cross through realms, wander freely across the Four Domains, and even access the Primordial True Realm independently, vanishing like a elusive Divine Dragon."

Zhan Qinghuang informed Li Hao, "We arrived straight from Extreme Dao Mountain, shattering realm barriers to reach this spot. Xiao Wu's avatar pinpointed your location, so tracking you down was straightforward."

Enlightenment dawned on Li Hao at once.

The Returning Ruins Extreme Realm already bestowed astonishing powers. Back when he cultivated at the Sword Ancestor Holy Land, the geniuses who had grasped the Returning Ruins Extreme Realm possessed unbeatable evasion skills in fights against fellow prodigies, their teleportation leaving no traceable signs.

While Returning Ruins handled teleportation, Chaos pushed it further, enabling journeys between distinct realms.

"Chaos... Is it possible to truly master the Chaos Dao?"

Thoughts raced through Li Hao's mind.

Yet clearly, there was no chance to experiment right now, so he questioned, "Is Fifth Senior Brother's avatar remaining at Extreme Dao Mountain? Did he mention anything about the conditions in Ancestral Dragon City?"

"He's determined to dive fully into the fight this round. That avatar is merely a faint projection lacking any fighting strength. He instructed us against saving him; he vowed to stand or fall alongside the Eastern Domain."

Gu Mofan spoke with gravity, "Still, he's Old Wu—if he refuses to depart, we must go verify his status. Now that we're present, if we don't take down a handful of Ancient Demons and haul them away, our long years of grueling cultivation would amount to nothing!"

Li Hao gave a faint nod, recalling Mi Xueyao from earlier. As a member of the Ancient Demon King Clan, she had been effortlessly eliminated when the three Senior Brothers and Sisters arrived. Whether her death was genuine stayed uncertain.

In times past, they had dined together amiably, yet now they clashed in a deadly confrontation, highlighting the unyielding positions of mighty clans.

As their discussion continued, their forms streaked through the void like shooting stars, spanning enormous star domains in mere moments, until they halted before a colossal heavenly city.

This metropolis rose upon an expansive continent, resembling a towering spire upon the earth, looming distant like a peaked crown.

But a chilling spectacle greeted them beyond this imposing city. Thick black fog churned, with endless silhouettes swarming like locusts in flight or bees assaulting a nest, encircling the whole city in dense layers, while elite Arrays and scarce Immortal Techniques erupted nonstop like dazzling pyrotechnics.

The cosmos brimmed with a colossal Ancient Demon Tide, where hulking Ancient Demon Army troops collided, the vast Yan Ghost Array of tens of thousands surging forward like myriad warriors traversing the heavens, launching relentless assaults on the city!

The sheer number of Ancient Demons surpassed trillions, far beyond mere billions.

The Yan Ghost Array manifested as a enormous spectral face of darkness from the troops' alignment, hurtling like an overwhelming battering ram toward the city!

This spectacle stunned Li Hao into silence; even the battle-scarred Gu Mofan and Zhan Qinghuang felt a jolt of surprise, and Di Wushe, who had spent millennia slaying Ancient Demons along the Emperor Clan's frontiers, stood frozen, grasping that across ten thousand years, the Ancient Demons he had killed and encountered paled against the horde visible here now!

Over-the-top, horrifying!

Nevertheless, within this encircled city that loomed like a fortress, it remained unbreached. Roars of dragons resounded from inside, now and then exposing gigantic dragon forms that swiftly withdrew.

"This, this..."

Zhan Qinghuang trembled on the spot. As a cultivator in the Quasi-Emperor Realm, even she sensed dread from this view.

The Yan Ghost Array by itself rivaled the Fifth Level of Immortal King Realm in might, and its numbers were endless. It posed no danger to Quasi-Emperor Realm experts, but hidden among them were terrifying presences in combat, more than a dozen boasting Quasi-Emperor Realm cultivation!

In another part of the battlefield, a ruptured void resembling a black hole chasm had created a forbidden area, its utter blackness warding off any nearness, while auras of Great Emperors radiated outward.

Swish!

As shock gripped Li Hao, a Sword Qi that rent the skies abruptly burst from the black hole chasm, racing across the battlefield like a razor slicing through fabric, tearing open a rift in the insect-swarm chaos of the fray.

The rift bore no remnants of Ancient Demon bodies—everything had been utterly erased.

"A Great Emperor is now in the fight..."

The faces of Gu Mofan and his two companions shifted, unprepared for the Eastern Domain's crisis to be so severe, with a Great Emperor stepping in the instant news reached them.

On a battlefield like this, they as Quasi-Emperor Realm cultivators had to tread carefully, depending on their Emperor to hold back the Ancient Demons' Emperor-level foes for any chance to act.

Among the group, only Shi Miao wore a grave look, her eyes somewhat vacant. This very scene she had beheld a hundred thousand years prior, taking part in such a clash that raged even fiercer back then. It marked the Ancient Demons' initial invasion of the True Realm, with Great Emperors clashing until the skies turned dim and the void fractured.

Confronted by this echoing sight, two phrases inexplicably welled up in Shi Miao's heart: fate, reincarnation!