Chapter 398: Ancient Demon Calamity, Imperial Path Tenth Level! (10,000 Character Update Part 2)

"Thank you for your kind intentions, Senior."

Li Hao could sense that the other party harbored no malice. Otherwise, with the other party's terrifying power, killing him would be as easy as flipping a hand.

Instead, he relaxed and found a stone to sit on, saying, "Senior, could you tell me about all this? The war between the Emperor Yang Pseudo-world and here, what happened in the past? Why have the immortals and gods disappeared? Did they all come here to fight?"

The middle-aged general saw Li Hao's composure, with no hint of timidity or fear, and found him much more agreeable. Just as he was about to speak, his gaze suddenly sharpened, the peace in his eyes instantly replaced by a keen edge.

That momentary sharpness caused Li Hao's relaxed body to tense up abruptly. He felt a chill run through his entire being, and the intense killing intent made him feel a sense of bone-chilling dread.

But soon, Li Hao realized that the killing intent was not directed at him.

At the same time, the drifting malice in the surroundings suddenly intensified. Li Hao felt as if sharp whispers were echoing in his mind, stirring up the bloodlust and killing intent within him, making his emotions agitated.

"What's going on?"

Li Hao was alarmed and quickly looked around, but his divine sense could only reach about ten miles.

At this distance, if an enemy attacked, they would be upon him in the blink of an eye.

Li Hao immediately entered the Immortal Transformation state, merging his body with heaven and earth.

However, this time, Li Hao immediately felt a significant difference in the Immortal Transformation state compared to before.

In the extreme Immortal Transformation state, as his consciousness diffused into heaven and earth, he sensed a dense energy within, threatening to engulf his consciousness.

"Extreme Immortal Transformation cannot be maintained for long!"

Li Hao instantly realized that if he wanted to maintain the extreme Immortal Transformation state continuously, as he had done before, his consciousness might be swallowed and dissipated into this world. It felt similar to when he had first comprehended Immortal Transformation.

But apart from this, the power he controlled in his current Immortal Transformation was several times stronger than before.

With Immortal Transformation, Li Hao's divine sense also extended further.

"That thing is coming. Quickly, hide in the chariot and don't come out. Your fresh flesh is their favorite."

At this moment, the middle-aged general's voice came, extremely cold and carrying an unquestionable command.

He seemed like a different person, exuding an intense aura of grim determination. It was as if the baleful energy accumulated from tens of thousands of years of battle had erupted, transforming him into an unparalleled god of slaughter, his presence terrifying.

Li Hao snapped back to reality. His divine sense had extended to about forty or fifty miles away, and he immediately sensed gusts of wind sweeping in, as if some colossal beast was rapidly approaching.

Li Hao dared not delay and quickly followed the other's instructions, hiding in the bronze chariot.

Upon entering the bronze chariot, Li Hao noticed the interior was surprisingly spacious, like a vast plaza, capable of housing a palace!

However, it was filled with bones, neatly stacked. In front of the bones were stone tablets engraved with tomb inscriptions.

Li Hao guessed that these were most likely placed by the middle-aged general.

He had no time to investigate the details inside the chariot and extended his consciousness outside.

He saw the middle-aged general take a step forward, the ancient sword in his hand twirling, creating a sword flower in the air, condensing a sword energy that guarded the chariot. His movements appeared clean and swift, possessing a natural, effortless quality.

Li Hao's eyes narrowed slightly, following the general's gaze. He saw the clouds ahead parting, and a gigantic, bat-like, ferocious demon emerged. Dark red veins, like earthworms, clung to the membrane of its wings. Its body was bald, devoid of fur, with claws like a dragon and a long tail like a giant python, covered in spikes.

As soon as this demon appeared, Li Hao felt a suffocating pressure.

It was a pressure far surpassing that of Origin Ancestor and other Supreme Saints, like a primordial beast, exuding boundless malice.

Li Hao finally understood the origin of the pervasive malice in the surrounding void. This demon was the source.

"Humph!"

The middle-aged general's eyes turned icy cold upon seeing the demon, even revealing a hint of bloodthirsty intent.

Without a word, he suddenly swung his sword and charged forward, his figure as swift as lightning, instantly closing in on the demon. Sword light roared forth, slashing out.

His movements were extremely concise, each action carrying a sense of reaching the origin. The actions looked simple, yet they contained terrifying destructive power.

Boom!

The moment the sword light was unleashed, it seemed to accelerate suddenly, surpassing time itself. At the instant of the sword strike, the blade had already struck its target.

A huge gash immediately split open on the demon's chest and abdomen, and jet-black blood spurted out. It let out an angry roar, releasing dense black mist, trying to engulf the middle-aged general.

But before the black mist could envelop him, it was cleaved apart by the middle-aged general's sword. He then engaged in close combat with the demon.

"Such powerful swordsmanship!"

Li Hao watched the middle-aged general's fight. He couldn't comprehend the footwork, but he could feel the swordsmanship. It was terrifyingly powerful, as if divinely ordained, seemingly the true essence of swordsmanship, the true meaning of the sword path.

"This is definitely not tenth level swordsmanship, it might even be higher…"

Li Hao was deeply captivated by the middle-aged general's swordsmanship. The power he unleashed was earth-shattering. Even the aftershocks that swept over made Li Hao feel extremely dangerous. If he were to be hit, even with his full defense, he might be injured.

"This black mist…"

Li Hao was focused on watching the battle, when he suddenly felt a pain in his eyes, as if chili water had been rubbed into them, a burning, stinging sensation.

To his horror, he found black blood vessels appearing on his eyeballs, as if his body was undergoing some kind of pollution and distortion.

"What… what kind of attack is this?"

Li Hao hurriedly closed his eyes, but his eyeballs still throbbed. He felt that even if he gouged out his eyes and regenerated new ones, they would still be in pain. This was beyond his understanding.

"Don't stare at it. That's this beast's strongest attack. It can devour souls and directly target the soul."

At this moment, the middle-aged general's voice suddenly resounded in Li Hao's mind.

Immediately afterward, a sword light flashed in Li Hao's mind.

The sword light swiftly slashed, cutting through the darkness before his eyes.

The stinging pain immediately lessened and soon disappeared. Li Hao opened his eyes again, only glancing briefly at the battle. He saw the middle-aged general fighting the demon in the black mist.

The black mist completely enveloped the middle-aged general, but it couldn't get close, being annihilated by the sword energy around him.

Li Hao dared not stare for long, only occasionally glancing over, his heart filled with shock.

He could kill Hun Tian, his combat power already at the Supreme Saint level, yet he didn't even have the qualifications to carefully observe. Was this the level of combat between immortals and gods?

As violent tremors echoed, Li Hao saw the middle-aged general gradually gain the upper hand, leaving wounds upon wounds on the demon's body. These wounds, however, seemed unable to heal, with blood constantly seeping out. The demon let out ear-piercing shrieks, seemingly roaring in violent rage.

Li Hao cautiously stole glances every now and then. Suddenly, a warning sign flashed in his heart.

"Be careful, several third-order ancient demons are coming!"

The middle-aged general's voice suddenly echoed in Li Hao's mind.

Li Hao's expression changed slightly, understanding the source of the danger. He looked around and saw seven or eight gigantic, ferocious figures flying in from dozens of miles away. Their bodies resembled bats, hundreds of feet long, but varied in size and shape. Some had twisted wings, while others had broken wings, seemingly affected by some kind of pollution.

They were of the same species as the demon fighting the middle-aged general, but smaller and less powerful.

Li Hao examined them closely and was immediately alarmed. These third-order ancient demons, as the middle-aged general called them, all had Saint Domains faintly visible around them. Their presence was like that of Supreme Saints like Hun Tian and Dragon Saint!

These seven or eight third-order ancient demons arrived at the battlefield, glanced at the direction of the middle-aged general's fight, and then scanned their surroundings. Soon, their gazes locked onto the bronze chariot.

Hiding inside the bronze chariot, Li Hao felt as if his gaze had locked with these third-order ancient demons. They both seemed to sense each other.

"Crap, they seem to be coming for me."

Li Hao's expression changed. He took out the sharp, broken blade, ready to strike at any moment.

With a whooshing sound, the seven or eight third-order ancient demons rushed towards the bronze chariot. But before they could attack, the sword energy suspended outside the bronze chariot suddenly shot out.

The sword energy erupted with a thunderous sound, rapidly traversing the void, piercing through the bodies of three ancient demons.

These ancient demons, pierced by the sword energy, disintegrated like ice and snow, dissolving into heaven and earth, their auras also vanishing.

The remaining ancient demons were startled and hurriedly stopped. But the sword energy dissipated after piercing through three demons. They cautiously glanced at the middle-aged general in the distance, seeing that their leader was entangled and unable to spare any attention, they immediately swooped down towards the bronze chariot.

Before they even got close, Li Hao felt Saint Domains enveloping him.

At the same time, a dense, fishy stench permeated the air.

Li Hao's expression slightly changed, knowing that continuing to hide like a turtle wouldn't work. Hiding in the chariot would only make him a turtle in a jar.

"Don't come out! Mere third-order ancient demons cannot break the chariot's Immortal Array!"

The middle-aged general's voice, however, echoed in Li Hao's mind.

Even in the midst of fierce combat, he was still paying attention to this side. Li Hao paused upon hearing this, feeling a touch of gratitude in his heart.

At this moment, Saint Domains landed on the bronze chariot. The exotic beasts carved on the chariot seemed to come alive, emitting low roars. A light array enveloped the chariot, blocking the Saint Domains outside.

The exotic beasts' roars made the approaching ancient demons hesitant, causing them to recoil slightly. But soon, they charged forward again, constantly using their Saint Domains to wear down the light array on the chariot.

Li Hao could sense that the light array contained power beyond the Saint Path. However, this power seemed very weak. Under the consumption of these ancient demons, while it might not break, it would be further depleted.

Li Hao turned his head to look at the middle-aged general's battle. He found that the thousand-foot-long demon was already covered in wounds, but it had become even more ferocious, while the middle-aged general was still calmly and resolutely attacking, completely suppressing it.

Whoosh!

A sudden gust of wind stirred up in front of him. The ancient demons summoned wind, thunder, and sand, surrounding the bronze chariot, trying to overturn it. But there was a force field in this battlefield that prevented them from shaking it.

"Eat this blade!"

Li Hao no longer stood idly by. He abruptly summoned the broken blade and rushed out of the bronze chariot, slashing at the closest ancient demon.

This ancient demon seemed not to have expected Li Hao to dare to attack. Caught off guard, and coupled with the broken blade's extreme sharpness, it was instantly pierced through its body.

However, after its body was pierced and torn apart, it healed in the blink of an eye.

Li Hao's attacks couldn't cause injuries that couldn't heal, unlike the middle-aged general's attacks.

Li Hao wasn't discouraged by this. Instead, he used his primordial spirit to control the broken blade, continuing to pierce through the bodies of these ancient demons, quickly darting around inside them.

Bang!

An ancient demon roared and suddenly used its Saint Domain to slam into the broken blade.

Li Hao felt his primordial spirit tremble slightly, a buzzing sensation in his brain, feeling somewhat uncomfortable, but he gritted his teeth and endured it. He applied the Speed, Stealth, and Archery attributes to the broken blade, doubling its attack range and concealing the blade's trajectory, making it elusive and unpredictable.

Li Hao had previously discovered that his panel attributes were still effective against Supreme Saints.

These ancient demons before him were not as terrifying as the one fighting the middle-aged general. They were only at the Saint level.

Kill!

Li Hao crouched on the chariot platform, fully controlling the broken blade to slash at the several ancient demons.

The broken blade remained as sharp as ever, easily piercing through the ancient demons' bodies. But because it lacked other powers, the torn wounds healed quickly. Besides causing the ancient demons pain, its lethality wasn't significant.

For creatures capable of regenerating from a drop of blood, such healable wounds hardly counted as injuries.

They no longer dodged Li Hao's broken blade. Instead, they used their Saint Domains to constantly bombard the bronze chariot, consuming the light array's power.

Li Hao, on the other hand, used the broken blade to cut their bodies repeatedly. What these ancient demons didn't notice was that the areas Li Hao was cutting were constantly changing, from the head, eyeballs, to the chest, wings, tail, and other parts.

Sometimes the broken blade grazed their bodies, sliding through their flesh and blood.

The ancient demons, aside from feeling pain, saw their injuries heal instantly, and didn't take it seriously, only wanting to shatter the light array and then devour Li Hao.

Without the Saint Domain's impact and interference, Li Hao controlled the broken blade faster and faster. His gaze also became increasingly focused, like a highly skilled top chef, staring intently at his ingredients on the cutting board.

Blade in hand, eyes on the ingredients, even before making a cut, his hand seemed to be gently feeling the texture of the ingredients, the patterns of bones, and so on.

With repeated cuts, Li Hao had lost count of how many times he had pierced their bodies with the broken blade, but in Li Hao's mind, a virtual ancient demon body was gradually taking shape.

The number of bones, flesh, and veins throughout its body were becoming clear in Li Hao's mind.

When the entire ancient demon fully appeared, a piercing, sharp light suddenly erupted in Li Hao's eyes.

The several ancient demons that were constantly attacking the light array seemed to suddenly sense something, inexplicably feeling uneasy.

"Bone separation!"

Li Hao murmured.

The broken blade in his hand suddenly spun rapidly, like a skipping stone on water, drawing a light and agile arc, gliding along an ancient demon's skull, smoothly and swiftly, separating its bones and flesh in an instant.

In an instant, in less than a breath, this ancient demon's body turned into a corpse.

Its body plunged into death!

In a fleeting moment, all its organs were destroyed, bones and flesh separated.

But for an ancient demon, this didn't mean death. Its primordial spirit was still there, only its physical body was now dead, and the primordial spirit automatically separated from the physical body.

As its primordial spirit was about to rejoin the physical body, allowing the body to heal, Li Hao's primordial spirit transformed into a blade, suddenly slashing out. At the same time, on the other side, he raised his hand and captured the body that had become a corpse.

"Roar!"

The ancient demon suddenly let out a sharp howl, realizing the danger of death. The other ancient demons also sensed the change and hurriedly used their Saint Domains to envelop the corpse, preventing Li Hao from taking it away. If all of them were destroyed, the physical body would be completely ruined.

Although they could regenerate from a drop of blood, if even a drop of blood was gone, they couldn't regenerate and could only exist as primordial spirits.

Li Hao's telekinetic power was blocked by several Saint Domains. His primordial spirit, transformed into a sharp blade, slashed towards the ancient demon's primordial spirit, wanting to kill it directly.

But the other party's primordial spirit suddenly emitted a dark, black light. The moment Li Hao's primordial spirit touched this dark light, he felt a tearing, excruciating pain, and a powerful corrosive force surged, as if his primordial spirit was melting!

"What kind of attack is this?"

Li Hao's expression instantly changed. He hurriedly withdrew his primordial spirit. In just a moment, his primordial spirit's aura weakened significantly, and it was injured.

"Be careful, these ancient demons specialize in devouring souls, and are extremely destructive to primordial spirits."

The middle-aged general's voice echoed in Li Hao's mind, his voice revealing a hint of surprise and approval, saying, "Just hold on. I'll finish the battle soon!"

Hearing this, Li Hao glanced towards him and saw that the large demon was already fleeing, and the middle-aged general was in pursuit.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, daring not to release his primordial spirit again. Instead, he once again controlled the broken blade to slash at the bodies of other ancient demons.

The previous ancient demon had gotten a breather, and its primordial spirit quickly reattached to its physical body, soon healing the body and restoring it from a corpse to vitality.

And Li Hao's broken blade slashed towards other ancient demons, and in the blink of an eye, the broken blade, like a smooth surgical knife, rapidly severed their vitality, turning them into corpses.

Another ancient demon's primordial spirit was also forced to detach. The other ancient demons hurriedly used their Saint Domains to protect its physical body, allowing its primordial spirit to return.

Seeing this, Li Hao could only repeatedly strike down their bodies with the broken blade, forcing them to change from offense to defense.

These ancient demons all possessed Supreme Saint level power and mutually protected each other. It was almost impossible for Li Hao to kill them.

If it were a one-on-one fight, there might be a chance, but Li Hao was not in a hurry. He just needed to stall for time until the middle-aged general returned.

As his broken blade continued to cut, these ancient demons' physical bodies were repeatedly killed by Li Hao. The broken blade was too fast. They now realized the terror of this broken blade. They wanted to stop and dodge, but it was already too late.

In just a breath, the broken blade could kill their physical bodies. Only now did they realize that this human's attacks were not just a joke, but were exploring their physical bodies.

But now, regret was too late. They dodged while mutually covering each other, having no time to attack the bronze chariot again.

After continuous attacks for a moment, suddenly, several ancient demons seemed to sense something. They abruptly stopped, then looked in one direction, and immediately fled in the opposite direction at full speed in a panicked manner.

"Running now? Too late!"

The middle-aged general's voice descended, this time not a telepathic message, but resounding from the sky.

Immediately afterward, a sword shadow suddenly pierced through from the distant horizon, piercing through one of the ancient demons' bodies.

The ancient demon, pierced through, completely collapsed on the spot, shattering into black mist and dissipating into heaven and earth.

Then, the middle-aged general's figure stepped out, descending outside the bronze chariot. The ancient sword in his hand seemed to flick casually, and a terrifying sword light slashed out, as brilliant as the Milky Way, horizontally cleaving through several ancient demons.

The sword light contained terrifying power. The several ancient demons, struck by the sword light, screamed in agony and collapsed into annihilation on the spot.

The middle-aged general glanced at them, seeming to sneer, then sheathed his sword and landed in front of the bronze chariot.

"These beasts, say they are cunning, and they are cunning, say they are stupid, and they are also stupid, coming to die again and again."

The middle-aged general seemed to be talking to himself. After speaking, he looked at Li Hao on the chariot platform, a hint of a smile in his eyes, saying, "What kind of method is that of yours? You can instantly kill their bodies. After only fighting for such a short time, you've figured out their body structure?"

Li Hao, seeing him return, slightly relaxed and smiled, "I'm a chef. Although these things are strange, in my eyes they are just ingredients. Processing ingredients inevitably requires understanding their body structure, various parts. It's a pity I didn't get a chance to cook and taste each part."

The middle-aged general was stunned for a moment upon hearing this. After a few seconds, he recovered and couldn't help but chuckle, "You are truly a remarkable person."

He casually thrust the ancient sword into the ground, wiped the blood stains from his body, and glanced at the broken blade in Li Hao's hand, saying, "Let me take a look at that."

Li Hao wasn't stingy and generously tossed it to him.

The middle-aged general held the broken blade in his hand, examining it, his eyes slightly narrowing, saying, "It's actually a fragment of a top-tier Dao weapon, almost becoming an Immortal artifact, a pity."

Saying that, he tossed it back to Li Hao, surveying the surroundings, saying, "Unfortunately, the battle back then was too fierce. The weapons here are mostly damaged. Some weapons have been damaged at their source, unable to withstand the decay of time, they are already useless. Otherwise, you might have picked up a lot of Immortal artifacts."

Li Hao thought of the weapons beside many corpses he had seen along the way, which had already lost their luster, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

However, the rank of this broken blade was actually top-tier Emperor weapon, no wonder it was so sharp.

"Top-tier Emperor weapon, should be a Nine Tribulation Emperor weapon, requires natural treasures of heaven and earth, more than five thousand pieces…"

Li Hao thought to himself, even if the entire Land of Saints was scoured clean, it was unknown if they could find so many natural treasures of heaven and earth.

In other words, even if the power of the entire Land of Saints was exhausted, they might not be able to cultivate a Nine Tribulation Emperor weapon!

"You are quite bold, actually daring to take the initiative to attack. It did alleviate a bit of the chariot's power consumption."

The middle-aged general said to Li Hao, a smile appearing on his face, slightly more natural and gentle than before. It seemed that as he spoke more, his expression was no longer as stiff as before, and he was getting used to conversation.

"Senior, were you fighting these ancient demons back then?"

Li Hao asked.

The middle-aged general nodded slightly, but his expression became much more solemn, saying, "These things erode souls. Since the collapse of reincarnation, they escaped from the cracks, wreaking havoc throughout the True World. The current decline of the True World is inseparable from them."

Li Hao's heart trembled, asking, "Senior's True World, is it this Immortal World?"

"Immortal World? We never called it Immortal World. This is the True World, also the true world where heaven and earth originated."

The middle-aged general walked to the side, sat back down beside the chariot's wheel track, leaning against it, wiping the blood stains from the sword's blade, saying, "The world you previously resided in is a Pseudo-world, a world created by the Immortal Emperor. You can understand it as the Immortal Emperor's Dao Domain!"

Speaking of this, he sighed faintly, looking into the distance, his eyes filled with memories and sadness, saying, "When the Ancient Demon Calamity came, the major Immortal Sects of the True World fought on the front lines. The Immortal Emperor sheltered his descendants, disciples, etc., in his own Pseudo-world, and personally went to resist the Demon Gods among the ancient demons…"

"The Immortal Emperor fell, and the Pseudo-world also declined and sealed itself off."

He chuckled lightly, saying, "But are we cultivators cowards? Not long after the Immortal Emperor departed, his disciples and descendants fought their way out of the Pseudo-world and came to this battlefield, fighting alongside us, and sealing off the path to the Pseudo-world, preserving the sparks of civilization. The skeletons you saw on the way here are the descendants of the Immortal Emperor, and among them are his disciples…"

Li Hao was stunned. The other party didn't speak in riddles. In a few words, a magnificent and vast battlefield from the ancient era seemed to appear before his eyes.

Immortals and gods fought bloody battles, resisting and killing ancient demons.

"Is this the reason why the Immortal God Path has disappeared? So that's how it is…"

Li Hao understood. No wonder the Supreme Saints couldn't find the Immortal God Path, it turned out it had been deliberately sealed off.

The extinction of immortals and gods, it turned out, was because they had all come to this True World to participate in the war, fighting against ancient demons.

All of this was beyond Li Hao's imagination and exceeded his expectations. He had thought that walking the Immortal God Path would lead to a vast and powerful Immortal God world, a world brimming with vitality, like the realm of immortals and gods. He never expected that this place would be ravaged by calamity, with countless immortals and gods fallen.

"Senior, these ancient demons could actually sweep across the entire True World. Didn't they notice the signs when they were budding?"

Li Hao's thoughts raced, asking in confusion.

If this True World was ruled by immortals and gods, and these ancient demons were alien races, they should have been able to detect the danger in advance and not let them grow.

"The collapse of reincarnation released them. No one could have foreseen it. Everything happened too suddenly…"

The middle-aged general shook his head slightly, looked at Li Hao, saying, "Now you also know the situation of this True World. Do you still yearn for it? Or should you return to the Emperor Yang Pseudo-world? Although the Xuanpin Gate has a gap, it can still block ancient demons, unless it's the great leaders of the ancient demons who come in person."

Li Hao smiled wryly, saying, "Senior, I was really being chased and killed, forced to come here. They should still be guarding the door over there."

The middle-aged general was slightly taken aback, then rubbed his head, saying, "A bit confused, I actually forgot what I just said."

Saying that, he sighed, saying, "It's a pity I can't pass through the Xuanpin Gate, otherwise it would invalidate the seal above. Otherwise, I could have accompanied you on a trip."

He looked at the sword in his hand again, shaking his head slightly. This was his only weapon. If he had a second one, he could lend it to Li Hao to kill enemies.

"In that case, you can only stay here with me and wait for death."

The middle-aged general's mouth curved into a smile, without sadness or self-deprecation, only a smile of relief, "When I die in battle one day, you can take this sword away. If you are still alive by then, you can take this sword and drill back. By then, in that Pseudo-world, I believe no one will be your opponent."

Buzz!

The sword in his hand hummed softly, as if pleading.

The middle-aged general was taken aback, then chuckled in self-deprecation, saying, "Don't be stubborn, it's rare for someone to come here. If I die, staying by my side is useless. If we two can survive, that would be good enough."

The sword blade hummed again, trembling, seemingly struggling.

The middle-aged general, seeing this, quickly comforted it, saying, "Alright, alright, I won't talk about this."

Li Hao looked at the sword in his hand, knowing that it was an Immortal artifact, but he had no greedy thoughts. This sword had accompanied this general in countless battles here, their bond between master and weapon was profound and incomparable.

"Senior, are you the only one left here? Why don't you leave this place?"

Li Hao asked.

The middle-aged general shook his head slightly, saying, "As far as I can see, only I am left. Leave… I also want to leave, but this ancient path is blocked. There are still many ancient demons remaining, wandering here. With my current strength, I can't fight my way out."

Li Hao couldn't help but look into the distance, but even in Immortal Transformation, he could only see less than a hundred miles.

Ahead, were there all such ancient demons?

"Is there no other path to take?"

Li Hao asked, then immediately felt that he had said something pointless.

If there was another path, the other party would have left long ago.

The middle-aged general shook his head slightly, saying, "No path. The only path left for me now is to shed the last drop of blood for Heavenly Calamity Immortal Emperor, and guard that Xuanpin Gate for him, guarding it for as long as I can."

Li Hao fell silent.

He hadn't expected that although he had walked out of this Immortal God Path, it was blocked again.

"In that case, then I will accompany Senior."

Li Hao jumped down from the chariot platform and sat down beside him, smiling, "At least with two people, we can chat and relieve boredom."

The middle-aged general was stunned. He had thought that Li Hao would be disheartened and despair when he heard such a situation, but he hadn't expected him to still be able to smile.

And he could see that Li Hao was extremely frank, his disposition was so洒脱 (sǎtuō - free and unrestrained).

"You are quite open-minded."

The middle-aged general couldn't help but smile as well. He had fought countless years here, and had long since taken life and death lightly. The day he died, he felt his heart would be extremely peaceful, because he had already prepared himself for this countless times.

"Being pessimistic won't change anything. It's better to be happy in a sad environment, at least your mood can be a little more cheerful."

Li Hao said with a smile.

The middle-aged general thought for a moment, and nodded seriously, "Not bad!"

"Senior, do these ancient demons appear at any time, or do they come here regularly? They know you are here, why didn't they directly attack?"

Li Hao asked curiously.

The other party said that this ancient path was blocked by ancient demons and they couldn't fight out. Then the number and strength of ancient demons must be greater than his.

"Heh, I was targeted by one of the ancient demons and became its prey. Before it dies, other ancient demons won't come here. They regard me as food, and it has already been allocated."

The middle-aged general said with a sneer.

"Is it the ancient demon from before?"

"That's right, it was a first-order ancient demon, its strength is equivalent to a True Immortal. Coupled with the ancient demon race's unique talent secret technique of devouring souls, ordinary True Immortals may not be its opponent."

The middle-aged general's eyes were deep, saying, "And such ancient demons, on this path, there are at least a dozen, only further away. And generally where there are a dozen first-order ancient demons, there is also a small probability that there will be an ancient demon leader sitting in command…"

Speaking of this, the depth in his eyes receded again, and he said indifferently, "So, staying here is just slowly waiting for death. Just now, I was able to kill that ancient demon, but I know, if I kill it, there will be the next one. In fact, before it, I had already killed seven. In my current state, I can't kill any more. So, I'm just slowly dragging things out like this."

Li Hao understood, this was keeping that ancient demon alive, using it as a gate to block the attacks of other ancient demons.

Li Hao then asked about some matters concerning ancient demons. From the other party's mouth, he also learned about the strength classification of ancient demons.

The third-order ancient demons he had just encountered were the weakest ancient demons, but they were also at the Saint Path Completion stage, comparable to Supreme Saints.

Second-order ancient demons were already beings between the Supreme Saint Limit and True Immortals.

First-order ancient demons could devour ordinary True Immortals. The middle-aged general belonged to the stronger individuals among True Immortals, capable of killing them.

"The weakest third-order ancient demons are comparable to Supreme Saints, the starting point of this ancient demon race is too high." Li Hao said.

Even for top-tier powerful races like dragons and ancient phoenixes, they were not so exaggerated.

"Ancient demons do not belong to the myriad races of heavens and earth. They came out of reincarnation. Not only are they powerful and terrifying, but their growth rate is also extremely exaggerated. Otherwise, the True World in the past would not have faced a calamity…"

The middle-aged general shook his head slightly, seeming unwilling to mention these anymore. The flesh and blood on his body slowly withered and shriveled, saying to Li Hao, "To conserve strength, my normal state is with my divine blood withdrawn. Don't be frightened."

His flesh and blood shriveled and contracted, soon revealing bones, about to return to his previous skeletal state.

Li Hao shook his head, glanced around. The few third-order ancient demons from before, after being killed by the other party, directly annihilated, not even leaving corpses behind, which was a pity.

"Senior, next time an ancient demon comes, can you leave a whole corpse for them?"

Li Hao said.

The middle-aged general was a little surprised, saying, "What, do you think it's cruel, and feel soft-hearted?"

"It's greed for food."

Li Hao said, "Senior, have you forgotten? I am a chef."

"…"

The middle-aged general's empty eye sockets stared at him for a while, then said, "Your soul lifespan is only a little over sixty years, cultivating to this level, and you say you are a chef?"

"Cultivation is purely accidental."

Li Hao said awkwardly.

He hadn't practiced cultivation seriously at all, except for comprehending the Extreme Realm Mindset.

Perhaps it was this mentality that allowed him to easily comprehend the Sixth Extreme Realm at the time.

The middle-aged general was somewhat speechless, saying, "Alright, alright, next time there's a chance, I'll leave one for you. I want to taste it and see. Don't disappoint me by then."

"Then thank you, Senior. I will definitely not let you down."

Li Hao laughed.

The middle-aged general didn't say much more, leaning against the wheel track to rest.

Seeing this, Li Hao didn't disturb him, walked to the side, and released faint fishing lines, extending outwards. He wanted to set up a fishing net around, to detect ancient demons, as a warning line.

Although the middle-aged general was resting, his mind was not completely asleep, observing Li Hao's every move. Seeing Li Hao setting up faint energy lines, his technique was very special, he couldn't help but find it interesting, and his heart couldn't help but become curious.

After countless years had passed, could it be that the cultivation system in the Pseudo-world had become so unconventional?

After setting up the fishing lines, Li Hao called out the panel, first glanced at the other party, finding that there was no reaction, confirming that the other party also couldn't see this panel.

Previously, killing Saint Hun Tian and cooking his Dao Essence had led to Entry into Dao, reaching tenth level.

Li Hao obtained one Dao Entry Heart, and also Art Skill Points.

But now his Art Skill Points were quite abundant, mainly because the mind realm was hard to cultivate.

"Previously it was physical body Entry into Dao, physical body becoming Saint. Now, should I choose Imperial Path, or Sword Path?"

Li Hao stared at the panel, his gaze wavering between Ninth Level Imperial Path and Ninth Level Sword Path.

Improving Imperial Path would affect primordial spirit power and telekinetic power, including divine sense, soul, etc., all would be improved.

And Sword Path would directly improve visible combat power.

Originally, Li Hao had planned to use the second Dao Entry Heart on Sword Path, to make his swordsmanship to the next level.

But now being on this outer heaven ancient path, facing ancient demons that might appear at any time, Li Hao hesitated.

In the previous battle, Li Hao had experienced the characteristics of the ancient demons, even if his primordial spirit was cultivated to the extreme realm, it could still be injured by them.

"If the primordial spirit can continue to improve, and telekinetic power also improves, the speed of controlling the broken blade will be faster. Even if I am surrounded by a dozen third-order ancient demons at the same time, I can quickly kill their physical bodies, making them exhausted from defense, and powerless to attack me."

Li Hao's eyes flickered.

After much deliberation, he chose Imperial Path.

When fishing or chess path and other paths are improved to tenth level, it would not be too late to use them on Sword Path.

Although Sword Path could improve combat power, currently he did not have a handy weapon. Even if swordsmanship was a bit stronger, it still could not annihilate these ancient demons with one strike.

As long as one strike couldn't kill them, the other party could regenerate, which was all in vain.

After all, although tenth level Sword Path was strong, it was only barely at the level of Dao Sacrificing becoming Saint.

After making up his mind, Li Hao no longer hesitated.

As the Cooking Dao Entry Heart was embedded, Li Hao's Imperial Path could finally add points again.

[Congratulations, your Imperial Path has been upgraded to Tenth Level]

Words popped up before his eyes.

At the same time, Li Hao suddenly felt countless messages flooding in, and the world before his eyes underwent earth-shaking changes.

Countless colors appeared, then disappeared. At the same time, the gray mist he could see before seemed to become clearer.

His extended divine sense instantly expanded rapidly, from ten miles to dozens of miles, and in the blink of an eye, it reached hundreds of miles, and was still continuing to extend.

The Tenth Level Imperial Path insights in his mind caused Li Hao's body to instinctively undergo transformation. And in this transformation, a low rumble suddenly came from above Li Hao's head.

Waves of tribulation aura emerged, and tribulation clouds descended behind the gray haze, scattering the haze.

"Hmm?"

The middle-aged general, leaning against the wheel track, was alarmed by this scene. A pair of flesh and blood eyeballs suddenly grew in his eye sockets, looking in astonishment at the tribulation clouds in the sky.

This was, Saint Tribulation?

He looked at Li Hao, who was sitting cross-legged not far away, a bit bewildered. He had never seen this situation before. He could see that Li Hao was already a Saint, and had Dao Sacrificing, Faith Power, Extreme Path, three powers combined into one.

That Extreme Path route was extremely secretive. It had actually been spread out in the Pseudo-world.

But the three Saint Paths had already been cultivated, yet it could still attract Saint Tribulation?

Soon, the middle-aged general noticed the subtle difference in these tribulation clouds, and immediately discovered that these were Dao Sacrificing Tribulation Clouds!

"You actually comprehended a second type of Dao Entry level power?"

Shock appeared in the middle-aged general's eyes. He had seen countless geniuses. In the Immortal Sects of the True World, there were no lack of peerless prodigies born with Immortal Bones, but in the face of such a soul lifespan, it was extremely rare to reach this level.

A soul lifespan of less than sixty years actually grasped two Dao Sacrificing powers.

(End of chapter)