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Chapter 263: Ninefold Domain, Ultimate Reincarnation

Li Hao continued questioning Feng Lingxiao, holding back his rage to uncover the schemes behind these demons. He sensed their tactics against the Dayu Dynasty were more complex than they appeared.

And the Dayu Dynasty seemed far more intricate than he initially thought.

"Hmm?"

As Li Hao questioned further, he suddenly felt a subtle fluctuation in the air. The fluctuation was silent and nearly instantaneous, reaching his domain.

When he struck with anger, he suppressed the two demon kings with five layers of domain, covering himself as well. But now, his domain was being torn apart by a sharp force, like a blade slicing through it swiftly.

The attack came suddenly and very quickly, causing Li Hao's expression to change slightly, followed by a surge of anger in his eyes.

With a hum, domains extended from his body in succession: the sixth and the seventh layers!

As the domains layered, their strength increased rapidly. The attack that had torn through the domains slowed down significantly. By the time the seventh layer was added, the attack was completely suppressed, stopping several feet before Li Hao as a flickering purple lightning.

The purple lightning twisted violently, struggling against the domain's constraints. At its core was a thread of silver light.

Li Hao sensed that the silver thread was Dao Force! True Dao Force! This wasn't something easily constrained by rules, feeling almost indestructible.

Li Hao's eyes grew cold as he looked towards the void outside Qingzhou City.

Two figures stood there, but without any detectable aura. If not for his eyesight, he wouldn't have noticed them.

One was a slender woman with snow-white legs, the other a youth in a black robe.

As Li Hao looked at them, they too scrutinized him. Seeing him suppress the Dao Force attack, their eyes showed surprise, then grew colder.

They had risked exposure due to the youth's monstrous power. Yet, they hadn't killed him with a single strike!

From the fleeing demon kings' shouts, they knew this was the youth from Liangzhou who had disrupted their plans.

But the intelligence said he was only fifteen and at the Three Immortal Realm.

Now, he was at the Peaceful Path Realm? Breaking through to the Four-Limbed Realm within a year was conceivable, given his monstrous talent.

But reaching the Dao Heart Realm and then the Peaceful Path Realm in a year was absurd.

Even the Saint Son couldn't achieve that; it was abnormal!

They now suspected that another saint might have used the Li family's child to thwart their plans.

"荒神 (Wilderness Gods)!"

Feng Lingxiao and Dragon Absolute God followed Li Hao's gaze and saw the slender woman, their faces changing. They hadn't expected two of the three Wilderness Gods to appear!

Was the third still in the imperial capital waiting for the Real Person to make a mistake? Feng Lingxiao's face paled, realizing the significance of their presence.

Earlier, they had been told that the Wilderness Gods couldn't reveal themselves too soon to avoid unforeseen calamities. They didn't explain why, but it was understandable. There must be something they feared, preventing them from taking direct action.

After all, there was only one Real Person, but there were three Wilderness Gods. If not for some fear, they would have attacked the capital long ago.

But now they revealed themselves.

Was the youth so monstrous that they couldn't allow him any more time to grow?

Feng Lingxiao and Dragon Absolute God understood the reasoning, feeling bitter but comprehending the necessity. After the battle in Liangzhou, they had thoroughly investigated the youth's identity.

Being from the God General's Mansion and named by the Emperor of Dayu, his fame was widespread, making it hard to conceal.

At fifteen, his achievements were astounding. Now, at sixteen, he had reached the Peaceful Path Realm to an extraordinary extent. No one could allow such a monster to continue growing.

Dragon Absolute God looked at Feng Lingxiao with mockery. Earlier, you were spineless; now it's too late for regrets.

Feng Lingxiao realized this too, his face turning pale.

"Are they the ones manipulating you, or are you puppets too?"

Li Hao's icy gaze fixed on the two, questioning.

The slender woman spoke coldly, "Dead men need not know too much. Seeing us means you must die!"

As she spoke, the purple lines on her face seemed to come alive, retracting into her collar. Then she attacked, her power suddenly bursting forth, yet still undetectable.

In a flash, she disappeared, reappearing outside Li Hao's domain. She raised her hand, silver light flashing from her fingers, tearing through Li Hao's domain.

Sevenfold domains, layered and terrifying, could easily suppress a hundred like Dragon Absolute God. But under her delicate hand, they were torn like tough paper, barely resisting.

Li Hao's eyes narrowed, his killing intent intensifying. He strode towards her.

"Sevenfold domain, top-tier genius, but you must die!"

The slender woman's hand sliced through the domains, silver light covering her palm as she struck at Li Hao.

Li Hao didn't dodge. Sensing the Dao Force's pull, he countered with his own, stepping forward and punching out!

With a roar, a domineering, unbeatable fist intent surged forth.

The fist intent was as its name, simple yet embodying the ultimate will—unstoppable, invincible!

Boom!!

A violent shockwave echoed through the air, like two mountains colliding. The explosion made Song Yufeng and the retreating Li Xiaoran in the city pale with fear.

They felt the blast contained a terrifying power, something they sought but transcended.

"Who is that? Even Dragon Absolute God is suppressed. Who's fighting?"

"Is that the Peaceful Path Realm? I didn't see her domain, but her power..."

People were puzzled.

"That's Dao Force, an Enlightened Realm existence!"

The Li family's ancestor spirits recognized the woman's power, beyond the Four-Limbed Realm, not something a domain could withstand.

Domains barely touched the edge of the Dao, mastering the rules behind martial arts but not entering the Dao!

The woman, however, had truly entered the Dao!

Hearing the ancestor spirits, the Li family leaders were stunned, then horrified, watching the fight.

Enlightened Realm? Wasn't the Real Person from the Dry Dao Palace an Enlightened Realm master? So this woman was on the same level as that Real Person?! "Who is that youth, mastering sevenfold domain, able to barely fight an Enlightened Realm?"

"We've heard of those with threefold domains, reaching the pinnacle."

"Do you all know that youth? Is he familiar with our Li family?"

The ancestor spirits asked, not recognizing Li Hao. His reborn body lacked the Li family's aura, his appearance changed.

Especially with no bloodline aura, they didn't make the connection.

The Li family members, including He Jianlan, opened their mouths, unsure how to respond.

Familiar with the Li family? Very familiar, he used to be one of us.

But now... is he still familiar?

In the air, Li Hao and the slender woman retreated, both repelled by the clash.

"Your fist technique is good, but it's not your own. It lacks your own original martial essence."

The woman's eyes grew colder, her killing intent heavier. She had seen the youth's terrifying sword energy, indicating deep sword mastery. But his fist technique was also impressive.

If one considered his domains and cultivation... he was a true monster!

"It's enough to deal with you."

Li Hao said, having gauged her power. His aura exploded, glancing at the suppressed demon kings:

"You're useless now."

Dragon Absolute God and Feng Lingxiao were stunned, their faces changing, crying out, "Wilderness God, save me!"

But their pleas were cut short as Li Hao's domain crushed them. With the Wilderness Gods present, he didn't need to question them further.

Besides, he needed to fully mobilize his domains for battle, having no extra strength to suppress them, so he killed them.

The woman's face changed, swiftly attacking to tear the domain and rescue the demon kings. But this time, her silver light couldn't easily tear the domain. If it had been tough paper before, now it was like silk, untearable by brute force.

Eightfold domain!

The woman's face showed shock. The youth still had reserves.

In that moment, the demon kings within the domain exploded.

They had no more chances for reversal. Having fought countless battles, their reversal power was long exhausted.

"No..." Feng Lingxiao roared, burning with flames, trying to break free.

But his soul burned, his meridians shattered, and he was still suppressed, crushed like dust with a muffled sound.

Dragon Absolute God, glowing with golden light, had mastered the extreme state, entering divine power. Burning his dragon soul, he tried to force open a gap in the domain, but the eightfold domain weighed down like a mountain, unmoving.

He roared, but halfway through, the domain crushed him and Feng Lingxiao, annihilating their souls.

In an instant, it was over. Li Hao soared, charging at the woman.

The same invincible fist, but now with eightfold domain, restricting her movements. The fist whistled towards her head.

"镇星 (Star Suppression)!"

The woman shouted, her body surging with purple energy, her power increasing several folds. She tore through Li Hao's domain again.

"You're strong, but meeting us early is your doom. If you'd hidden for a few more years, no one here could stop you!"

The woman's eyes turned purple, exuding Dao aura. She struck at Li Hao.

Boom!!

The clash of fist and palm created an even greater commotion this time, sending the slender woman flying out of the city and smashing into the ground, forming a deep crater. She quickly emerged, blood trickling from her lips, her face filled with shock.

Before her, Li Hao now displayed a ninefold domain!

In just a single exchange, she was defeated.

"I faced a Zhou Tian Realm assassin at six!"

"I faced a fifteen-li realm assassin at fourteen!"

"I've encountered assassination attempts and dangers beyond my capacity since childhood, but I've overcome them all. Is this the strength of the Enlightened Realm? Too weak, far weaker than I imagined!!"

Without pausing, Li Hao pursued the woman, his body glowing with a golden-red aura, his hair like golden flames. He summoned the Sacred Heart treasure sword previously held by Dragon Absolute God, which flew into his hand.

The Sacred Heart spirit within the sword had been subdued and refined, making it his weapon.

"Die!!"

Li Hao swung the sword, unleashing ten extreme sword intents from its blade, converging into the most potent ultimate sword energy, infused with his own sword intent.

Ultimate Reincarnation!

Swish!

The sword light sliced through, seemingly dividing heaven and earth, instantly appearing before the woman.

Clang!

A sharp sound rang out as the black-robed youth appeared, wielding a long spear imbued with the aura of a Sacred Heart treasure, containing special rule power, which blocked Li Hao's sword.

However, the destructive power of the sword technique forced him to retreat repeatedly.

Initially, they thought the slender woman alone could handle Li Hao, but the emergence of his ninefold domain almost overwhelmed them.

In Li Hao's hands, the Ten Extremes Sword unleashed far greater power than when wielded by Dragon Absolute God.

Seeing his attack blocked, Li Hao didn't stop. He continued his assault, striking a second, then a third sword blow!

The world's veins channeled vast energy into the sword, merging the extreme sword energy with Reincarnation Sword Intent, unleashing it at high speed.

The formidable sword strikes seemed endless, forcing the black-robed youth to roar in anger, unleashing a black lightning bolt from his spear, tearing through space to create two dark fissures, attempting to bury Li Hao's sword energy.

But the Ultimate Reincarnation was too dominant, shattering the space fissures and continuing to attack.

The two opponents, filled with rage and fear, used their various martial arts and Dao techniques, trying to resist the relentless assault, but Li Hao's overwhelming power kept them suppressed.

This scene left the people in the city in stunned silence.

No one expected Li Hao to face two Enlightened Realm opponents with such ferocity, shattering their understanding.

"Damn it, let me kill him!"

The slender woman, seeing Li Hao wielding the Sacred Heart treasure she had bestowed, was infuriated to the point of spitting blood. Repeatedly struck by his Ultimate Reincarnation, she was pushed back, unable to defend herself.

Her Dao power couldn't be destroyed, but her body couldn't withstand the terrifying sword energy, her hands and body were slashed, leaving her disoriented and in pain.

Hearing her words, the black-robed youth's eyes deepened, but he didn't stop her, only saying, "I'll compensate you later."

The slender woman, hearing this, no longer hesitated, her body glowing with silver light, seemingly cracking open, bursting with silvery radiance.

"Forcing my avatar to dissipate, I will remember you!"

Filled with rage, she charged at Li Hao.

Hearing her words, Li Hao's heart shook. This woman was merely an Enlightened Realm avatar?

No wonder she was so weak.

Previously, he had sensed the profound, unfathomable aura of Ji Tianchao and the Ji family patriarch. Even with his ninefold domain, he wasn't confident in defeating them. But against these two, his ninefold domain suppressed them. It wasn't a difference between demons and Ji family geniuses; it was because they were avatars.

Seeing the intense Dao aura surrounding the woman, preparing a deadly move, Li Hao stopped his advance and decided to use his strongest technique.

The world's veins surged, gathering all surrounding energy.

Transform to Immortal, ten percent!

Violent power poured into his body, Li Hao's eyes gleaming with divine light, the ninefold domain's power doubling!

Ten percent of the world's energy infused into each layer of the domain, greatly enhancing their combined strength!

He raised his sword and slashed fiercely.

The Sacred Heart treasure seemed to tremble, excited by the immense power it absorbed.

Ultimate sword energy condensed, unprecedentedly brilliant, slashing out with a roar.

In an instant, the condensed Reincarnation Sword Domain, like a dark curtain, enveloped the slender woman, followed by countless sword intents piercing through her body.

"Impossible..."

The woman's pupils contracted, her silver radiance hadn't fully bloomed, now trapped in the dark Reincarnation Sword Domain, her consciousness shattered.

With a muffled explosion, her body was pierced by sword energy, disintegrating into fragments.

The silver light within her dimmed, representing Dao power, unable to be destroyed but dispersing without its host, fading into the world.

The black-robed youth's eyes widened in shock, unable to believe the youth still had a trump card.

He retreated instantly, recognizing the hopeless situation.

But as he fled, Li Hao's gaze locked onto him:

"Didn't you want to kill me? Let me use your avatar as a sacrifice for my sword first!"

Swinging his arm, Li Hao unleashed another surge of power, drawing more energy from the world's veins.

Twenty percent!

Boom!

Ultimate sword energy slashed out, seeming to tear open the heavens, instantly catching up with the black-robed youth, dragging him into the black Reincarnation Domain.

This time, the power was even more overwhelming, directly suppressing the ninefold domain that couldn't limit them before, then piercing with countless sword intents.

"You..."

The black-robed youth glared at Li Hao, his head exploding, dissipating on the spot.

No soul escaped his body; it was merely an avatar.

Li Hao retrieved the long spear, now bearing more scars from the Ten Extremes Sword.

Both Wilderness God avatars were annihilated. Despite his victory, Li Hao's face showed no joy, only a deeper solemnity.

Just avatars wielded such formidable power, able to contend with his full-strength ninefold domain. How strong would their true forms be?

The gap between the Enlightened Realm and the Peaceful Path Realm was greater than Li Hao had imagined.

His grasp of domains was insufficient, his comprehension of ultimate techniques too shallow. He needed more profound skills.

Fortunately, now he should be able to achieve the ultimate transformation...

Li Hao's eyes gleamed. Since reaching the Three Immortal Extreme Realm, he hadn't fully unleashed his power.

The ability of the Three Immortal Extreme Realm's blood rebirth seemed designed for the ultimate transformation.

In other words, only reaching the Three Immortal Extreme Realm could fully utilize the ultimate transformation.

"Enlightened Realm..."

Li Hao's eyes flickered, pondering the tiers and true power of the Enlightened Realm.

As Li Hao stood with his sword, deep in thought, the people in the city remained dazed, feeling like they were in a dream.