Chapter 370: Haotian Achieves Sainthood (Minimum 4K words, Bonus Chapter 6)
As the Dao Bone shattered, the multitude of law powers previously condensed within it were released, their aura so intense it was shocking.
Combined with the various laws within the Eternal Dao Domain, overlapping and intertwining, in an instant, these thread-like laws twisted into a rope, powerful enough to shake the Saintly Path!
Accompanied by a sword tearing through the air, this sword, surpassing all limits, pierced through heaven and earth, erupting with unparalleled brilliance and overshadowing the Buddha light that filled the sky!
"That sword…"
Among the crowd, Bian Ruxue, with her captivating beauty, appeared exceptionally small at this moment, gazing up at that supremely radiant sword.
That sword seemed eternal, reflected in her clear eyes.
She glimpsed it, the pinnacle of the sword path, the true ultimate sword!
Surpassing the Saintly Path, transcending techniques, it was like a divine stroke, a celestial being descending, an indescribable and incomprehensible peak sword strike!
That was… an immortal descending to the mortal realm!!
This sword aura enveloped the entire Holy Mountain, splitting open the descending Buddha Palm that was suppressing it!
Previously, when Li Hao tested this sword technique with Feng Boping, he only used his main body and did not exert his full strength. Now, however, he was channeling the All Heavens Star Vein, combined with the Immortalization Extreme Realm, and executing it with the Heaven and Earth Dharma Appearance. Its power had increased a hundredfold!
With a bang, the Buddha light suddenly extinguished, and the golden flames that filled the sky were all swept away by that sword.
The Saintly Path within the Buddha Palm trembled, repelled and unable to descend.
At this moment, the entire Heavenly Origin World fell silent.
Countless eyes stared at the youth standing amidst the constantly collapsing and reforming Dharma Appearance.
That youth was covered in blood, standing tall between heaven and earth, yet unyielding and indomitable, like an undefeated Sword God!
In the waiting area, Xiao Tianyu, Qiu Tianlü, and the others, including the Twin Buddha Sons, all narrowed their pupils, expressions of shock appearing on their faces.
This power surpassed their understanding!
They had previously believed that the fusion of Dharma Appearance, sword technique, and Extreme Realm, along with the sixth Extreme Realm Li Hao had revealed, was his full strength.
But they never expected that he was still holding back!
They could faintly sense that the stars in the heavens were, at this moment, even brighter than usual.
Under the Saint's pressure, it seemed only the stars accompanied him, twinkling for him.
Astonishment flickered in the Buddha Venerable's eyes. The Void Saint beside him also underwent a sudden change in expression, a hint of shock appearing in his eyes. Compared to when he hunted down this youth ten years ago in disguise, had this youth grown to such a terrifying extent already?
This already surpassed those below the Saint realm. If it were a First Calamity Saint, their Saintly Path might even be severed by just that sword strike!
After all, First Calamity Saints only overcome the Human Calamity, and their Saintly Path has not yet been condensed enough to withstand the trials of heaven and earth.
"Daring to resist, the Three Thousand Paths of Buddha, suppress him!"
The astonishment in the Buddha Venerable's eyes instantly turned into solemnity. He knew he could no longer give Li Hao any chance to show off, otherwise, if a Supreme Saint was moved and decided to intervene and protect him, all his efforts would be in vain!
He abruptly raised his hand, his entire body radiating Buddha light that illuminated the heavens. The Merit Wheel behind his head emanated brilliant golden flames. He raised his hand again, pressing down towards Li Hao once more.
This time, he even mobilized his own Buddha Dao Saintly Domain!
This was a method usually reserved for engaging opponents of equal strength.
Accompanied by rumbling sounds, it was as if a millstone was grinding the void of heaven and earth, and even the Great Dao seemed to show signs of extinction.
Facing the Buddha Venerable's fury, Li Hao stood tall in the void, coldly meeting his gaze. Although the All Heavens Star Vein was rapidly pouring power into his body, the previous sword strike had not only consumed his own strength but had also nearly drained the Heaven and Earth Dharma Appearance!
At this moment, even with the All Heavens Star Vein and the Earth Vein gathering power simultaneously, it felt like a drop in the bucket.
But regardless, he had done it.
As he had said, even if he was an ant, if they wanted to crush him, they would still get pricked!
Looking at the descending palm print, Li Hao felt as if time itself had suddenly slowed down, becoming extremely slow.
He seemed to feel a gentle breeze brushing past him.
The light reflected by the stars in the sky continuously poured power into him.
Even striving to this extent, was he still unable to escape death?
Was the Heavenly Dao unfair?
Li Hao did not lament, nor was he sad. Instead, he felt as if a layer of clothing had been shed from his heart.
The prototype of the Saintly Path, the Path of Sentient Beings, seemed to slowly peel away, revealing its true core essence.
Li Hao suddenly had an epiphany.
The indifferent gazes of the Saints before, among them were pity, astonishment, sympathy, regret, coldness, and more. The Saints' thoughts varied, but all chose to stand idly by.
His admiration for them shattered, and at the same time, the shackles in his heart also broke.
He glimpsed the true face of the most supreme existence between heaven and earth, as if seeing the most authentic side of this world.
The hidden aspect behind the Path of Sentient Beings… Heaven and Earth were inherently imperfect!
In the sacred land of Buddhism, he debated the Dao with the Buddha Venerable. The Buddha said that all sentient beings are equal, but he felt that sentient beings were not equal. How could mountains and rivers be lumped together?
And behind the inequality of sentient beings lay their respective strengths and weaknesses.
This was the core essence of the Saintly Path prototype he had been vaguely sensing in his heart – Heaven and Earth are flawed!
Even Heaven and Earth were not perfect, so why demand perfection from others?
Why demand perfection from Saints?!
At this moment, Li Hao suddenly felt a sense of clarity. In addition to the revelation of the core essence of his Saintly Path prototype, the bottleneck that had been trapping his Painting Dao seemed to have also been lifted at this moment.
He was at the ninth stage of Painting Dao, and his experience had long been accumulated before the Heavenly Stele, but he was stuck at a mental state bottleneck, unable to break through. Even using the Dao sound small bell for enlightenment, he was always one step short.
The more he loved painting, the more he painted, the more he pursued perfection.
But where in the world was true perfection?
Everything was flawed, Heaven and Earth were flawed, sentient beings were also flawed. If so, then that obsession with "perfection" was itself a wrong path!
At this moment, Li Hao understood.
He comprehended!
[You have comprehended the Painting Dao mental state: Transcendence into Sainthood]
A prompt from the panel appeared before his eyes.
The slow passage of time around him seemed to suddenly return to normal.
Everything happened in an instant, all the result of countless thoughts colliding in a flash.
Looking at the palm print containing the Buddha Dao Saintly Domain descending upon him, Li Hao chose almost without thinking to embed this mental state into his Physical Body Dao!
Compared to the Sword Dao, the Physical Body Dao could unleash even greater power at this moment. After all, even if the Sword Dao was improved, it might not have enough power to unleash a second sword strike in time!
Boom!
[Physical Body Dao has been upgraded to the tenth stage!]
In an instant, Li Hao felt his mind buzz as countless insights and understandings flooded in. At the same time, his body trembled, as if receiving the endorsement of heaven and earth. His divine blood and bones were all undergoing transformation!
A vast and boundless aura of the Great Dao suddenly extended and enveloped him, even the Buddha Dao Saintly Domain could not block it!
The Buddha light of the Saintly Domain even paled at this moment. Compared to the Buddha Venerable's Great Dao aura, there seemed to be an even more magnificent, even more supreme Dao concept appearing. Li Hao knew that it was a trace of Heavenly Venerable aura that he had faintly glimpsed when his Immortalization reached its peak!
In the void, Supreme Saints like Source Ancestor and Law Saint all changed their expressions, revealing shock.
To make a Supreme Saint show emotion was already a rare event in millennia.
But at this moment, many Supreme Saints changed color.
He had become a Saint!
Under the Buddha Dao Saintly Domain, that youth had actually become a Saint!
Moreover, not Incense Sainthood, but relying on himself, Sacrificial Path Sainthood!!
The Buddha Dao Saintly Domain seemed to be erased by a great power, dissipating in an instant. The Buddha Venerable also seemed to suffer a backlash, letting out a muffled groan, his expression changing abruptly.
A Heavenly Dao aura that dominated all under heaven emerged in the arena, enveloping the youth whose body was radiating with brilliant light.
The youth's body was as perfect as a divine being, his entire body like crimson gold琉璃 (liúlí - glazed tile), rapidly transforming under the power of the Heavenly Dao.
A fraction of the Heavenly Dao power manifested, integrating into his physical body. This was Heavenly Dao power exchanged for through Sacrificial Path!
Soon, waves of supreme Saintly aura emanated from Li Hao's body.
At this moment, countless people were shocked, their eyes wide.
That Haotian, he had actually become a Saint!
Not relying on the Incense of the Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle's first place, but on his own strength, he had become a Saint ahead of time!
In the waiting area, Qiu Tianlü, Xiao Tianyu, and others looked somewhat dazed. They never expected that this Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle had not yet concluded, yet the opponent had already become a Saint, and had even taken the most difficult path, Sacrificial Path!
A sudden change had not caused this youth to perish, erased from their world, but had instead made him even more radiant and dazzling, like a divine sun hanging high, reflecting in their eyes.
The Twin Buddha Sons were stunned, but quickly regained their senses. Their eyes instantly turned completely black, as if they had completely fallen into demonic nature, filled with rage and unwillingness.
Ji Xuanshen and Lin Qingying, among others, were also astonished, but quickly their faces lit up with excitement and joy, standing up in exhilaration.
A magnificent, surging aura emanated from every part of his body. Li Hao slowly opened his eyes.
His eyes seemed to have just merged with the Heavenly Dao, revealing supreme indifference and a cold detachment that saw through all things in the world.
Birth, death, separation, joy, sorrow, honor, disgrace, all had been comprehended.
But soon, these eyes that overlooked all things in the world quickly gained warmth. When his gaze shifted to the Buddha Venerable and Void Saint, they instantly became sharp and piercing.
Physical Body Sainthood!
Li Hao could feel the immense power surging within him at this moment, surpassing the sum of all his previous methods. Raising his hand seemed capable of grasping the entire world. The power of a casual strike could surpass the power he could mobilize when he was in the Immortalization state!
This was, a Saint!
Physical Body Transcendence into Sainthood, in addition to bringing this terrifying power, Li Hao also noticed that what he saw before him had undergone obvious changes compared to before. He could actually see wisps of misty smoke and rosy light emanating from the bodies of many Saints. That seemed to be… Incense!
His eyes could see the Incense aura within these Saints' bodies, unless the other party deliberately concealed it to the extreme.
Li Hao raised his head and swept his gaze around, and immediately saw that the Incense aura on the Supreme Saints of the Upper Three Realms was extremely strong. The misty rosy light, like fire-red clouds, enveloped their entire bodies. Among them, what caught Li Hao's attention was that the Incense aura of Source Ancestor's incarnation was significantly stronger than that of other Supreme Saints, close to half of the total!
Even among Supreme Saints, the gap was quite large, it seemed.
In contrast, the Incense aura on other Saints was significantly inferior compared to Supreme Saints, only about one-tenth as strong.
Some Saints had even fainter Incense aura, it was unclear whether they deliberately concealed it or if they inherently had less.
As Li Hao looked around, the expressions of many Saints subtly changed. Li Hao himself did not even realize it, but his gaze possessed extremely terrifying penetrating power at this moment. Being swept by Li Hao's gaze, these Saints felt as if they were being seen through. Some even felt the Incense within their bodies wavering.
He had just become a Saint, how could he possess such terrifying eyes?
"Hao'er…"
Feng Boping was also stunned by this sudden change. Under the Buddha Venerable's suppression, in that brief interval, Li Hao could actually achieve enlightenment and become a Saint?!
He immediately understood that Li Hao must have already touched the bottleneck previously, and that was why he could cross over in one step.
Sacrificial Path… he was actually taking the most difficult path.
Feng Boping felt his eyes moisten, but then burst into loud laughter.
This laughter reverberated between heaven and earth, pulling countless people back from their trance. In an instant, the entire Heavenly Origin World, every divine dynasty, every major city, all erupted into a frenzy.
Countless people were witnessing this scene, unseen in ten thousand years. At the extreme moment of suppression by a Third Calamity Saint, he had actually achieved Sacrificial Path Sainthood, unprecedented throughout the ages!
"That Haotian, he's too… too… monstrous!"
"He became a Saint! Oh my heavens, this is too exaggerated, he's only 28 years old this year!"
"Becoming a Saint before thirty, people say thirty is the age to establish oneself, and I'm still not established at thirty, but he's already become a Saint!"
"This must be the youngest Saint in history!"
Countless people were shocked, filled with a fervent excitement.
The truth or falsehood of Li Hao killing that Saint Son no longer mattered. They had personally witnessed the birth of a Saint who broke history!
As the entire Heavenly Origin World was in an uproar, Li Hao lowered his eyes, slowly returning his attention to himself. He was not in a hurry to attack the Buddha Venerable, but was absorbing and feeling his current body.
His entire body of flesh and blood seemed to be reorganized and transformed, to the extent that many things from his previous life appeared in his mind.
Including many vague memories from his previous life, they also became clear, unfolding like a flipbook at this moment.
Everything he had seen and heard in this life could be retrieved at any time, remembered perfectly, this was also a manifestation of the extreme strength of his physical body, and even the most insignificant one.
In addition, he could also sense the hazy Dao rhythm between heaven and earth, like scattered clouds and mist, everywhere.
He heard the voice of the Great Dao in the wind.
What kind of voice was that?
Like a soft murmur, like a pleasant ringing bell, making people feel comfortable.
Physical Body Sainthood, Li Hao was unprecedentedly in tune with heaven and earth. He felt that at this moment, he seemed to be in a state of extreme Immortalization at all times. It seemed that as long as he broke through some kind of barrier again, he could truly touch the most supreme and core essence of this world, the Heavenly Dao!
As he felt his own body, the waves of pressure emanating from his physical body made the Buddha Venerable's expression become solemn.
His previous attack had been repelled by the Heavenly Dao power evoked by Li Hao's Sacrificial Path Sainthood. The Buddha Venerable knew that was the protection of the Heavenly Dao.
But at this moment, the Sacrificial Path Sainthood had already concluded, and the Heavenly Dao had receded.
Having just become a Saint, even if he took the most difficult Sacrificial Path, he was still just newly promoted, and it was also the weakest time for a Saint.
The current Li Hao could not even be considered a First Calamity Saint!
"Eternal Buddha Kingdom, suppress!"
The Buddha Venerable abruptly raised his hand, attacking with ninety percent of his power. Compared to when Li Hao was still in the Dao Law Realm, although he was extremely stunning, now that Li Hao was a Saint, he had to be even more serious.
Li Hao, who was still in the process of sensing, immediately keenly felt the wind and clouds stir between heaven and earth, and the Dao rhythm gathering. He raised his head and looked, and saw the Buddha Venerable's solemn and dignified gaze. He suddenly wanted to laugh in his heart. Clearly his killing intent was fierce, yet it was concealed beneath that dignified and precious appearance, teaching the world to praise compassion.
"These three shackles, are they the Three Calamities of Saints?"
Li Hao could sense that on his Saintly Path within his body, there were faintly three terrifying powers binding him.
He had heard from Old Feng about the matters of Saints. Saints had to undergo Three Calamities to be considered stable.
The vast majority of Saints would perish in the trials of the Three Calamities.
These Three Calamities were the Human Calamity, triggering Human Tribulation; the Earthly Calamity, triggering Earth and Heaven Tribulation; and the Heavenly Calamity, triggering vast Heavenly Tribulation and Lightning Calamity!
These three shackles, even without touching them, would gradually loosen and break away over time. The first shackle to break away would be the Human Calamity!
Many Saints, after becoming Saints, would practice some secret techniques to delay the loosening of the shackles, in order to accumulate more power to overcome the tribulations.
"Human Calamity…"
A murderous intent appeared in Li Hao's eyes. The so-called Human Calamity was that it would attract fatal disasters from others!
It would trigger all kinds of seemingly coincidental, but actually pre-accumulated and arranged killing intents!
If so, Li Hao might as well take this opportunity to overcome this tribulation!
He was currently suffering the Human Calamity, a fatal disaster, and unlocking the shackle now would only intensify the killing intent of the Buddha Venerable and others, borrowing their hands to help him overcome the tribulation!
"Open!"
Li Hao stirred his Saintly Path, and one of the shackles suddenly shattered. Immediately afterward, a muffled thunder sound seemed to come from between heaven and earth, and something terrifying seemed to be about to descend.
The Saints all sensed this tremor, and many of them changed color.
They never expected this youth to be so crazy, having just become a Saint, he was already going to overcome the Calamity Tribulation!
It must be known that other Saintly ascendants, which one of them did not visit everywhere, seek out friends, and wait until they had set up a grand formation before safely overcoming the tribulation!
But Li Hao, now in conflict with Buddhism, and resented by the Void Saint, was actually overcoming the tribulation in public.
"I cannot allow you to live!"
Seeing Li Hao so crazy, the Void Saint felt an increasing threat in his heart. He absolutely could not let this youth live today. He was too monstrous, monstrous to the point of being terrifying. Even if he gave the other party a few more years, he felt that he would come to kill his way into their Void Holy Land!
Today, the other party must die!
The power within his body secretly accumulated, preparing to strike at any moment.
But Feng Boping glared at him coldly, noticing his intention, and immediately locked onto him, guarding against him at all times.
On the other side, Li Hao had just broken free from the shackle. Seeing the Buddha Venerable's attack descending, he did not retreat, but instead abruptly took a step forward. His physical body's extreme sensitivity to heaven and earth, under the Buddha Venerable's Saintly Domain might, did not feel threatened, but instead felt a kind of stimulation and excitement.
That thing, it could not hurt him!
Bang!
Li Hao suddenly soared into the sky, Gongming appeared in his hand, and he abruptly slashed his sword towards the sky.
The brilliant Buddha Kingdom Saintly Domain, seemed to have countless Saint Lotuses blooming, and Yao Pool flowers blossoming, but as that brilliant sword strike descended, a vast power actually forcibly broke into the Saintly Domain, stirring up waves of ripples in these visions!
"What?!"
The Buddha Venerable's expression changed suddenly, somewhat shocked. His Buddha Kingdom Saintly Domain was actually split open by Li Hao's sword!
Li Hao laughed loudly, feeling the ultimate release of power. The surging power within his body at this moment was truly too strong. Without using Dao Domain and Immortalization, just the Saintly Path power within his own body seemed capable of breaking through heaven and earth.
Apart from the Saintly Path prototype of Heaven and Earth are Flawed that he had previously comprehended, his Physical Body Dao at the tenth stage had also condensed a Physical Body Saintly Path within his body!
This was the second Saintly Path!
In terms of physical bodies, in the world, he should be supreme!
In the future, he would not need to cultivate any other body refining techniques. On the contrary, he could create his own body refining technique, preaching to thousands, teaching the world how to refine their bodies!
All body refining techniques in the world could no longer surpass him, unless it was a means of transcendence like Immortal Guiding the Way.
"Is this your Saintly Domain? Too weak!"
Li Hao laughed loudly, holding his sword and killing his way towards the Buddha Venerable, "You say my Buddha is compassionate, yet I see no tears in your wise eyes. You say the world is a sea of suffering, yet you are only concerned with your own salvation, standing on the shore advising people not to stay in the water, have you ever gone into the water to pull anyone out?!"
Accompanied by Li Hao's resounding shout, he held his sword and arrived before the Buddha Venerable.
The Buddha Venerable's expression became unsightly, but his expression only looked incomparably solemn. He once again put his palms together, unleashing the Buddha Kingdom Saintly Domain, pressing down towards Li Hao.
But Li Hao did not dodge or evade, directly taking a step forward.
Instantly, waves of Saintly Path power, like needles with countless holes, pierced into his physical body.
But Li Hao felt as if he was being brushed by willow catkins, incomparably gentle, only feeling slightly itchy.
Was this the Saintly Domain? Li Hao laughed. His physical body at this moment was probably comparable to the hardness of a Dao Calamity Emperor Weapon, even the Saintly Domain was hard-pressed to injure him.
Break!
Li Hao strode forward, stepping into the Buddha Venerable's Saintly Domain, as if walking between heaven and earth, without any hindrance at all.
Seeing this scene, the Saints all subtly changed their expressions, somewhat shocked. Having just become a Saint, he was actually so fierce?!
The Buddha Venerable was a Third Calamity Saint, having overcome the Heavenly Calamity and received the approval of heaven and earth, yet he was unable to do anything to Li Hao!
Seeing Li Hao approaching with his sword raised, the Buddha Venerable's expression also changed. Previously, his Saintly Domain had been split open, but now, Li Hao's physical body was placed within the Saintly Domain, yet he could not destroy it. What kind of Dao was the other party cultivating?!
"Three Lifetimes Buddha Body, Sea of Suffering!"
The Buddha Venerable's expression became solemn, and he abruptly raised his hand. Buddha light manifested on his body, and he actually projected two incarnations to his left and right.
Seemingly incarnations, they were actually all main bodies.
"That is the Buddha Venerable's trump card, the Three Lifetimes Buddha Body!"
"All three Buddha bodies are real, equivalent to three Third Calamity Saints!"
Many Saints narrowed their eyes, never expecting the Buddha Venerable to be forced to use such a method. He was facing only a newly ascended Saint, not even a First Calamity.
As the Three Lifetimes Buddha Body manifested, the Saintly Domain reappeared, and it was even a triple Saintly Domain, superimposed on each other, containing the three powers of "Past", "Future", and "Present". Within it was the power of destiny, extremely terrifying.
At the same time, all three Buddha bodies raised their hands simultaneously, and waves seemed to rise between heaven and earth, a sea of suffering appearing.
In the sea of suffering, there were actually countless floating corpses, all of them drowned in the sea of suffering by greed, anger, ignorance, desire.
At this moment, as this Sea of Suffering vision manifested, it rapidly enveloped Li Hao.
But Li Hao, placed in the sea of suffering, was radiant with golden light all over his body. This sea of suffering possessed strong erosive power, but it could not injure his physical body in the slightest.
Physical Body Sainthood, virtually indestructible and unbreakable. The sea of suffering crashed against his physical body, but was blocked three zhang away, this was only the aura naturally emanating from his physical body.
Saintly Path Physical Body, filth could not approach!
And those floating corpses in the sea of suffering, seemed to suddenly come back to life, actually all swimming and crawling towards Li Hao.
They seemed to regard Li Hao as a small boat in this sea of suffering, or the unseen distant shore, wanting to land.
But Li Hao's expression turned stern, and with just the physical body power aura, he blocked these corpses. He raised the sword in his hand, and murmured, "If the world is truly a sea of suffering, then I will shatter it with one sword!"
Raising his hand, he abruptly swung his sword out.
This seemingly casual sword strike, however, carried the power to pierce through heaven and earth, splitting open the sea of suffering, dazzling to the extreme.
This sword strike was also reflected in Bian Ruxue's eyes, not inferior in the slightest to the previous sword aura that could be called the ultimate sword strike, yet it was now casually unleashed by Li Hao.
Bang!
The sea of suffering cracked open, and heaven and earth seemed to be divided as well. Li Hao held his sword and strode forward.
The Buddha Venerable's Three Lifetimes Bodies had the same expression, all becoming increasingly solemn, but they once again unleashed Buddha techniques. The Merit Wheels behind them, mutually condensed and superimposed, actually transformed into a rotating, enormous black hole.
This black hole seemed to have some kind of suction force, rushing rapidly from the end of the sea of suffering, and then standing still in one place, suppressing the entire sea of suffering, and also attempting to suppress Li Hao.
"Reincarnation!"
The Buddha Venerable murmured.
The black hole-like rotating vortex contained the power of destruction, that was the ultimate power between life and death.
Between life and death, was reincarnation, endless life, yet also constant birth and destruction!
"How dare you speak of reincarnation!"
Li Hao glanced at the vortex, which contained destructive power, but only weak vital force. Clearly, this Buddha technique had not yet been completely comprehended by the other party.
It was just a prototype.
He did not say much, and his body did not stop. In the instant of approaching, he abruptly put away his sword, and instead suddenly accelerated, using his physical body to crash towards the rotating vortex.
Instantly, many people exclaimed in surprise.
But in the next moment, Li Hao's physical body crashed through reincarnation, tearing apart the black rotating vortex!
His body was scattered with black flame-like embers, and he raised his head, directly facing the Buddha Venerable sitting on the shore of the sea of suffering.
The solemnity on the Buddha Venerable's face turned into some absentmindedness. Although his Buddha technique was not yet mature, it was an extremely terrifying method. If true reincarnation was established, even Supreme Saints would have to avoid its edge!
But Li Hao actually crossed the sea of suffering with his physical body, tearing apart reincarnation. This completely exceeded his expectations.
"You've been sitting up there for too long, you should come down and walk around too!"
Li Hao stood on the vision of the sea of suffering, abruptly raising his sword, and suddenly slashed out.
A sword tore through the air, containing the concept of the Sword Path of Self-Supremacy, and also integrated the ethereal and transcendent sword power of Immortal Guiding the Way. But this sword strike of his did not strike the Buddha Venerable, but swept across the lotus platform beneath the Three Lifetimes Buddha Bodies.
With a bang, the lotus platform exploded. This lotus platform was not a Dao Calamity Emperor Weapon, but a Saintly Heart Supreme Treasure of extremely high grade.
Dao Calamity Emperor Weapons, even Saints might not possess them, extremely rare, nurtured by heaven and earth, and tempered through Dao fire and Heavenly Calamity.
As the lotus platform exploded, the Three Lifetimes Buddha Bodies changed from sitting to flying backward, only able to stand in the void.
After Li Hao shattered the lotus platform with one sword, he used Return to Ruins Instantaneous Movement to close in.
His physical body had now become Saintly, and the distance he could instantaneously move with Return to Ruins was even greater, almost instantly approaching the Buddha Venerable, and slashing out with his sword.
He casually chose one Buddha body, regardless of whether it was real or fake.
Bang!
The Buddha Venerable raised his hand, but before the Buddha light in his palm could spread out, it was split by this sword. Immediately after, golden blood spurted out from his arm, and his kasaya was splattered with golden beads.
Using Buddha blood to cross the sea of suffering!
"Your Buddha Dao, is nothing more than wanting the world to respect you, fear you, be afraid of you!"
"Buddha Dao is not Dao, Dao that can be spoken of is not the eternal Dao!!"
Li Hao roared to the sky as he swung his sword.
As those six words were spoken, heaven and earth seemed to tremble and hum, that was the true Dao sound, and visions erupted between heaven and earth!
The Buddha Venerable, who was about to resist, was startled by the tremor sound, his eyes showing a brief confusion and bewilderment, that was a sign of his Saintly Path cracking.
At the same time, his physical body was shattered by Li Hao's long sword, blood splattering in the sea of suffering.
The Three Buddha Bodies, were quickly swept away by Li Hao like a storm sweeping away fallen leaves, all split open!
In the blink of an eye, the Buddha Venerable fell, covered in blood, collapsing into the sea of suffering.
And the Sea of Suffering vision, was also slowly dissipating.
This scene, left everyone speechless.
A dignified Third Calamity Saint, was actually suppressed by Li Hao, who had just become a Saint!
In the waiting area, the Twin Buddha Sons' pupils contracted, and the pitch-black whites of their eyes actually gradually recovered somewhat. He looked at the scene of the Buddha Venerable's defeat in the sky, somewhat dazed.
On the other side, Feng Boping saw this scene, shocked, but even more delighted.
Just at this moment, the Void Saint suddenly disappeared, instantaneously moving from the void, almost instantly appearing behind Li Hao.
When Feng Boping noticed, it was already too late. He exclaimed in shock, "Careful!"
While speaking, he rapidly unleashed his own Saintly Path, stealing a portion of the power from the opponent's attack.
But despite this, that attack still descended on the top of Li Hao's head.
And Li Hao, under that ultimate spatial power of assassination, just quietly turned his head back and looked.
Bang!!
Exploding thunder light, detonated on top of Li Hao's head, waves of tearing void power, enveloped Li Hao's body, but after this power dissipated, Li Hao still stood there quietly, his eyes cold and stern, maintaining his previous head-turning motion, without suffering the slightest harm!
The Void Saint was stunned, disbelief appearing in his eyes, "How is this possible!"
His Void Dao, could be called one of the top offensive powers among Third Calamity Saints, yet it could not injure Li Hao.
In reality, he had injured him, but Li Hao also possessed the terrifying self-healing of Dripping Blood Rebirth, and the ultimate physical body of the Thoroughfare Force Final Realm.
After becoming a Saint, these effects were significantly enhanced, especially self-healing.
The injuries he sustained, healed in the blink of an eye.
Just now, this attack had actually broken Li Hao's skin, although it was only a scratch, it was enough to show the ferocity of the opponent's attack.
"So impatient? You will die!"
Li Hao said in a low voice.
Hearing Li Hao's soft whisper, the Void Saint immediately felt a chill run down his spine. What kind of Dao was this guy cultivating, to be so terrifying to this extent?
In the next moment, Li Hao suddenly rushed out.
But the Void Saint reacted extremely quickly, swiftly遁入 (dùnrù - to enter into stealth/escape into) the void.
Bang!
Li Hao abruptly swung his sword, his hair once again transforming into a brilliant silver, entering Immortalization.
This sword strike reached the extreme, the space was like a fault line, actually being separated!
The Void Saint was forced out of the void by Li Hao. Seeing the terrifying sword light rushing towards him, he rapidly mobilized void power to kill it.
But layers upon layers of void power continuously strangled, yet that sword strike remained dazzling, arriving in an instant, and slashing onto his chest.
Blood spurted out, his body flying backward, severely injured.
Li Hao raised his hand, the Painting Dao mental state he had just condensed, made him have an extraordinary sense of comprehension at this moment.
Looking at the world changing color, he suddenly gathered the power of heaven and earth in his palm, condensing a brush.
As this brush condensed, a vast Saintly Dao aura spread out, that was Li Hao's Painting Dao heart.
He quickly moved the brush, the clouds and mist in the sky surged. He used the firmament as paper, and Saint blood as ink, painting the images of the Buddha Venerable and Void Saint falling in defeat between heaven and earth. In addition, there was another Saint, the Yang Saint, Li Hao had not forgotten him either.
As the paintings of the three men appeared, drifting between heaven and earth, the brush and ink in Li Hao's hand also dissipated.
"What are you doing?"
The Void Saint's expression subtly changed, shocked and furious.
He sensed that his Saintly Path power, seemed to be entangled by something. Even if he escaped into the void, he would be pulled by that thing, and this traction, would make him unable to avoid it!
"Before mortals die, they will put up their own portraits in the mourning hall, this is for you to use."
Li Hao said indifferently.
His words spread throughout heaven and earth, and the entire Heavenly Origin World heard them, countless people gasped. This was too domineering. Having just become a Saint, he was already going to kill three Saints?
"You, you are simply disregarding law and discipline!"
The Void Saint was instead exasperated and furious.
These words, however, were intended to drag the Legalist School into this.
Deep anger appeared in his eyes. If he had known this would happen, he should have used his true body to suppress and kill this youth ten years ago.
However, at that time, the other party was just an ant. Using an incarnation was already extremely exaggerated.
Hearing the Void Saint's words, Li Hao sneered, and said, "Law and discipline? Sending your own disciple to his death, truly speaking of law and discipline, the one who deserves to die is you!"
While speaking, he abruptly raised his hand, Saintly Path power flowing within his body, and presented in the void the words that Void Yuan Saint Son had transmitted to him earlier:
"It's a pity, that divine dynasty gave birth to a monster like you, otherwise, it would have already been trampled flat by me. You ruined my plans, you truly deserve to die!"
Through Li Hao's Saintly Path amplification, these words spread throughout heaven and earth.
It could be heard that it was the Void Yuan Saint Son's voice.
Previously, Li Hao could not accomplish such a thing, but after Physical Body Sainthood, he could see the Great Dao in the wind. The traces of this sound transmission had not dissipated between heaven and earth, so it was reproduced by him!
The other party had also not expected that Li Hao would become a Saint in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, as this voice was transmitted, everyone was stunned, looking at each other in confusion.
Some Saints who had previously stood aside, had light flickering in their eyes. Previously, the Buddha Venerable had sworn on his Buddha Heart, making it hard not to believe. Regarding other people's affairs, they were also unwilling to think too deeply.
Moreover, they knew that Li Hao had been hunted down by the Void Saint, and there must have been a feud with the Void Holy Land, so Li Hao indeed had a motive to kill.
But now hearing these words, it was somewhat intriguing.
Following these words, Li Hao also intercepted Void Yuan Saint Son's last words before death from heaven and earth:
"You will also be buried with me!!"
This voice was ferocious, carrying madness, anyone could hear the twisted killing intent within it.
Many people suddenly understood, recalling what Li Hao had said earlier, that the other party had committed suicide.
Combined with Li Hao's previous performance, the other party had not conceded defeat upon going on stage, but instead chose to fight. It was obvious that there was another reason. Since there was a feud, then he would definitely worry that the other party would severely injure him in the contest, then he should have conceded defeat early on.
Thinking of these, many people's gazes towards the Void Saint changed.
Many disciples of the Void Holy Land present, could hear that this was the Void Yuan Saint Son's voice, and for a time they were somewhat at a loss.
But many people were furious, saying that Li Hao's actions were slander, baseless fabrications.
Li Hao naturally would not argue with these people. What he did was only to let those who were willing to believe him know the truth.
For those who already had an answer in their hearts, he was too lazy to break open their prejudice. After all, he had already become a Saint. Mountains do not reject dust, the reason why a mountain is a mountain, is precisely because it never avoids any dust falling on it.
Apart from some disciples of the Void Holy Land, most other people, at this moment, already held the idea of continuing to investigate this matter.
Law Saint frowned slightly. As a Supreme Saint, he naturally heard that Li Hao's method was definitely not a fabrication. In that case, then there was indeed another question.
Although he disliked Li Hao's disregard for law and discipline, everything should be judged on its own merits.
If the law was not fair, then it was not law, but power!
What he cultivated was law, not power. Therefore, if he continued to target Li Hao because of this matter, it would instead affect his own Saintly Path.
"Indeed, it was all your plan. You didn't expect Haotian to become a Saint, did you? Didn't you detain a wisp of your disciple's soul thought? Let him come out and confront us!"
Feng Boping immediately roared, excitedly his eyes were shining.
He knew that the reason the Saints had not spoken up before was because the prestige of the Buddha Venerable's oath on his Buddha Heart was too great, and they had to believe it. But now, there was no longer this reason.
However, why the Buddha Venerable's oath on his Buddha Heart had no effect, this point he could not figure out.
The Void Saint's expression was unsightly. He also did not expect that the fool would die anyway, and even have to leave behind some harsh words before dying. Was it that he could not rest in peace if he didn't say harsh words?
He was resentful in his heart, but matters had come to this point, and it was difficult to expect the Saints to continue to stand idly by.
Moreover, even if the Saints continued to stand idly by, he and the Buddha Venerable could not suppress Li Hao in public.
This plan, had failed again and again, from the interception and killing onwards, it had been failing step by step.
"That disciple of mine is just a wisp of soul thought, his consciousness is chaotic, how can he verify anything?!"
The Void Saint exclaimed angrily.
Feng Boping sneered, "Then strip open that wisp of soul thought, and examine it carefully, distinguish the truth!"
"You!"
The Void Saint nearly choked on a mouthful of blood. If it was really stripped open, and examined carefully, that wisp of soul thought would also dissipate, that would be true annihilation of both body and soul, not even having the qualification to enter the River of Death!
"This matter concerns the innocence of a Saint. Your disciple's intentions are sinister. If you protect him, then it means you are jointly instigating this!" Feng Boping sneered, at this moment the situation had reversed, and they were in the right.
Li Hao's gaze was indifferent, the killing intent in his eyes was concealed, not in a hurry to act. It was good to clarify, so that when he made his move to kill, the Saints could not stop him!
"What Daoist Feng says is not wrong. If so, take out that disciple of yours' soul thought, let everyone see clearly, so as to avoid misunderstandings."
At this time, Source Ancestor slowly spoke.
His voice was gentle, smiling slightly at the Void Saint.
The Void Saint's heart turned cold. Source Ancestor had spoken, then this matter was already a foregone conclusion.
After all, many Saints would stand on Source Ancestor's side, this was the other party's network and influence.
His expression changed for a moment. He knew that if he really gave it to the other party, then it would inevitably be the worst situation.
If it was just his disciple, then his death was not regrettable, but he had promised the other party that he would ensure his reincarnation, now if he handed it over, it would be equivalent to him violating his oath, and his Saintly Path would also be damaged.
"My disciple cultivated diligently and painstakingly, and now only a wisp of soul thought remains. I will absolutely not let him perish, I hope the Saints will understand!"
The Void Saint said through gritted teeth. While speaking, he fiercely glanced at Li Hao, and abruptly rushed towards the distance, escaping into the void, wanting to leave this place.
"Wait, don't be in such a hurry."
Suddenly, a power in the void blocked him, forcing the Void Saint out.
The speaker was none other than the Yin-Yang Supreme Saint. He said with a smile that was not a smile, "If you leave like this, it will only make people think that you are colluding with each other. This matter has a profound impact, it is still better to investigate it clearly."
"Not bad, Void Saint, do not misjudge yourself."
Law Saint also said coldly, his expression extremely serious.
The Void Saint's expression was unsightly. The attitude that had previously been directed at that Haotian, was now actually shifted to him.
Everything, was only because the other party had become a Saint, and they had failed to kill him in time!
His heart was filled with extreme anger, extreme hatred.
(End of chapter)