Chapter 500: Origin of Fire Dao

"Mother, I absolutely will not agree to this!"

Chu Yueli gripped the jade pendant tightly, golden light erupting from her slender, snow-white fingertips. She gritted her teeth and transmitted her message, "Is Father Emperor confused? I am seventh on the Immortal Monument in the Ancient Immortal Realm, and I haven't even truly exerted my full strength. If I went all out, I could even reach the top three!"

"With my strength, Father Emperor actually wants to betroth me to such a person?"

She found it somewhat incomprehensible. Although being born into the imperial family, she had long been accustomed to matters of political marriages. Many cultivation families within the Immortal Dynasty also married imperial princesses, secretly guided and controlled by the imperial family through these unions.

However, those imperial daughters who were married off usually had ordinary talents. It was normal for them to be sacrificed as tools for political alliances.

But herself… she was already at the third level of the Immortal Lord Realm. Give her ten thousand years, and she could even cultivate to the Immortal King Realm.

At the very least, she was confident in reaching the tenth level perfection of the Immortal Lord Realm and being outstanding among them.

The King Realm was just an inevitable step for her. Once she stepped into the King Realm, her status would undergo an earth-shattering change.

What was the King Realm? It meant being able to dominate a region, to be a king in one's own right!

Such powerful individuals were all high-ranking officials within the Immortal Dynasty, or supervisors of major regional Immortal Cities, controlling over a hundred Immortal Cities!

The imperial family had numerous descendants, and with her talent, there was absolutely no reason to use her as a sacrificial pawn in a political marriage.

Moreover, to betroth her to a True Immortal Realm cultivator!

"Have you made contact with that person? When I heard your father emperor mention this matter, I immediately sent people to investigate, but there is very little information about them, and they are not someone from the Immortal Dynasty. However, your father emperor said that this person is currently the strongest among True Immortals within the Immortal Dynasty, and even Consort Li's child, Chu Tianzheng, was defeated by them. Is this true?"

A gentle female voice from the transmission asked with doubt.

Chu Yueli slightly bit her lip, her eyes flickering with a complex expression, and said, "That is indeed true. The person is indeed talented, and should be considered top-tier among True Immortals, but it's also possible that they deliberately remained in the True Immortal Realm, and instead focused on comprehending the origin of the Great Dao, which is why they performed like that."

"Are you saying, they deliberately suppressed their cultivation realm?"

"Otherwise, how could a True Immortal Realm's Dao realm comprehension surpass that of an Immortal Lord Realm? If they are truly that exceptionally talented, then cultivation would be as simple as eating and drinking for them. The bottleneck of the True Immortal Realm is far less significant than that of the Immortal Lord Realm, and comprehending the origin of the Great Dao is much more difficult than breaking through the True Immortal Realm bottleneck."

Chu Yueli explained.

Speaking of this, she seemed to think of something, and her eyes flickered slightly as she said, "However, they can condense the Nine-Petal Immortal Seal, which does indeed count as something."

"Nine-Petal Immortal Seal…"

The voice from the golden twin-fish jade pendant pondered slightly before saying, "This is one of the通行证 (tōngxíngzhèng – pass/permit/passport) of top-tier powerhouses. The other party has the potential to become a top-tier powerhouse, so it's no wonder your father emperor values them."

"I don't care, in any case, I won't marry him, I don't like him."

Chu Yueli gritted her teeth.

The other side was briefly silent, before slowly saying, "Your father emperor has already made up his mind on this matter, and I may not be able to persuade him. Moreover, your father emperor dislikes me discussing these matters the most. However, if you truly dislike it, I will convey your thoughts to your father emperor and have him reconsider, after all, you are my precious daughter, and I cannot bear to see you suffer."

"Mother understands me best."

Chu Yueli immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then slightly pouted, and said impatiently, "What is Father Emperor thinking? Although I don't have the Nine-Petal Immortal Seal, as long as my cultivation speed is fast enough, I will still surpass Nine-Petal Immortal Seals of the same age in the future. If they are stronger in the same realm, then I will just be a realm higher than them. Our talents are similar, it's just that they spend their time comprehending the origin of the Great Dao and condensing Immortal Seals, while we spend our time cultivating our realm, quickly increasing our strength."

"Mother, you also know our situation and difficulties. If we weren't born into the imperial family, we wouldn't need to make such choices."

A soft sigh came from the other side, "Mother understands your difficulties. I will try my best to fight for you on this matter, but based on my understanding of your father emperor, I may not be able to persuade him. In this Origin Secret Realm, you must diligently comprehend and cultivate, strive to perform even better than you are now in the Southern Domain War, and catch up with your Heavenly Desolate brother."

"Catch up with Heavenly Desolate Brother?"

Chu Yueli was slightly speechless, and said with a bitter smile, "Mother, you think too highly of me. Although I consider myself not bad, but Heavenly Desolate Brother… he is simply a monster. You've seen his cultivation speed. This time, he topped the first place. Some people say that if that Boya Xuejian exerted their full strength, they wouldn't be inferior to Heavenly Desolate Brother in the future, but they simply don't understand the true nature of Heavenly Desolate Brother…"

Speaking of this, a hint of fear flashed in her eyes.

"I know about him."

The voice gently said, "Asking you to catch up, not asking you to surpass. If you can truly surpass him, then Mother will truly hold my head high and no longer have to endure the ugly faces from the Pear Blossom Spring Palace."

Chu Yueli knew her mother's situation and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Her hard cultivation was also for this reason, but she also understood that it was too difficult to truly have the ability to change these things.

"Your father emperor also said that if that young man wins first place in the True Immortal Realm group in this event, he will betroth you to him as a concubine." The voice continued.

"What?!"

Chu Yueli seemed to have been stepped on the tail, and suddenly shrieked, her eyes wide with shock:

"Father Emperor is serious? As a concubine? I am of imperial lineage, even those sisters of mine who are mediocre and as stupid as pigs, would only be barely willing to be a concubine when marrying into ancient Immortal God families. What does Father Emperor take me for?!"

The fingers holding the twin-fish jade pendant turned white, as if she was about to crush the jade pendant.

"Your father emperor, for some reason, values that young man extremely highly, perhaps there are other reasons. After all, your father emperor rarely makes mistakes. In short, you must perform well, and I will try my best to fight for you."

The voice said.

The golden light on the jade pendant gradually dimmed and subsided. Chu Yueli's teeth were almost grinding to dust. Being betrothed as a wife, she could already barely endure it, as an imperial family member, she was actually marrying down to a commoner.

But to be mentioned as a concubine, that was even more unbearable, simply a humiliation.

Just based on that young man?!

So what if he has the Nine-Petal Immortal Seal? If they truly fought, she could easily suppress him, and make him understand that talent is talent, but actual combat strength is actual combat strength!

"Ninth Layer…"

Chu Yueli raised her head, her gaze looking towards the path outside the city, and quickly headed straight out of the city, without even bidding farewell to the old Grand Tutor's avatar in the courtyard.

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Ninth Layer, Heavenly Dao Bridge.

Li Hao sat on the Heavenly Dao Bridge, fishing, while feeling the movement of the fishing line, his eyes aimlessly sweeping outside the Heavenly Dao Bridge.

Soon, he saw a bright red figure within it.

Li Hao slightly narrowed his eyes, and immediately realized that the figure was extremely familiar, it was actually the Crimson Tassel Immortal Lord he had encountered outside the Heavens Battlefield!

The other party was currently dressed in bright red, standing under the bridge, with no one within dozens of meters around her, appearing aloof and cold, with an unapproachable aura.

At this moment, as Li Hao was observing her, the latter seemed to sense something and also looked up, their gazes met, and the Crimson Tassel Immortal Lord nodded slightly, but a hint of strangeness appeared in her eyes.

It was that young man from back then… She had noticed when Li Hao first ascended the Heavenly Dao Bridge. Her impression of the young man was extremely deep. She had led the Heavenly Palace army back to that ancient battlefield precisely to guide him out.

After all, to be able to condense the prototype of the Heavenly Dao Mixed Infant at the Saint Realm was truly too heaven-defying!

Such a genius was extremely rare even in the Heavenly Palace. Among her teacher's disciples, only one had managed to do it.

And that person was now already a monster-level figure, regarded by others as the successor to their teacher, the second Supreme in the future!

Of course, condensing the prototype of the Heavenly Dao Mixed Infant at the Saint Realm early was not his true limit. In the True Immortal Realm, his talent was even more exaggerated. When he reached the Immortal Lord Realm, he reached another height, completely crushing them disciples in terms of talent.

And now, for that young man to be able to appear here, it meant he was a Nine-Petal Immortal Seal, and had stepped into the first-rate level in the True Immortal Realm. But compared to that person, he was still far behind, but it was already good enough.

After all, that person had been by their teacher's side since childhood to cultivate, with their teacher's personal teachings. It was completely different from this one who grew up wild.

"He didn't die, it seems there are secrets in that forbidden ground, or he himself has untold secrets…"

Crimson Tassel Immortal Lord thought to herself, her gaze towards the other party became even more solemn. In the great secrets of the Heavenly Calamity Immortal Emperor, she only thought of one, which was inheriting the inheritance of that Immortal Emperor!

At this time, Li Hao was also extremely surprised in his heart, unexpectedly that woman could come to this place.

Could it be that the other party was also going to participate in the Southern Domain War?

The other party was at the Immortal Lord Realm, and had helped Li Hao kill the Ancient Demon Commander at the Immortal Lord Realm previously. Now, feeling her presence again, Li Hao noticed that the other party's aura seemed to be at the third level of the Immortal Lord Realm.

"It seems she is also a top-tier genius." Li Hao thought to himself.

Immortal Lord Realm level three, if she had tens of thousands of years of lifespan, it wouldn't be surprising, but to cultivate to this level within three thousand years was extremely terrifying.

"Another one failed."

"Didn't find it there either, seems we can only wait for an opportunity."

"This Heavenly Dao Bridge requires not only strength, but also a bit of luck and fortune."

Many people under the bridge discussed, seeing many people on the bridge desperately resisting and competing, but in the end, none of them found the Great Dao origin of the ninth order, and they could only leave regretfully, waiting to recuperate before ascending the bridge again.

Whoosh!

Crimson Tassel's figure flashed, and she also arrived on the Heavenly Dao Bridge.

She no longer waited, Great Dao Immortal Techniques condensed around her, attacking and bombarding her.

The spear in her hand spun, instantly tearing apart these Immortal Techniques, but her expression became even more solemn, all extreme realms erupted, and Immortal Power was also driven to an extremely strong level.

On this Heavenly Dao Bridge, even she could not easily ignore it.

"What are you doing here?"

Crimson Tassel didn't approach Li Hao, to avoid affecting Li Hao with the Immortal Technique attacks she attracted, and only transmitted her voice from afar.

"Fishing for Dao."

"Fishing for Dao?"

Crimson Tassel was stunned, it was the first time she had heard of such a thing, that Dao could also be fished.

While she was in a daze, Li Hao's eyes suddenly lit up, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he suddenly yanked the fishing line in his hand. Surging Immortal Power burst out with it, and a spiral force quickly transmitted over.

Among the flowing lights on the Heavenly Dao Bridge, a beam of light suddenly fell.

Li Hao quickly dragged it, letting the flowing light struggle, but still dragged it to his side.

He raised his hand and enveloped it, and the flowing light was suppressed by his Dao Domain, gradually shrinking, and came into his hand.

At the same time, a large amount of fishing experience prompts appeared before his eyes.

"As expected…"

Seeing this million-level fishing experience, the corner of Li Hao's mouth slightly widened. At the same time, he looked at the blazing Great Dao origin in his hand.

This was not of the ninth order, but the 'temperature' of the myriad Daos, and was also a kind of Dao derived from the ninth-order Great Dao origin.

Li Hao did not put it away to comprehend, but instead used the fishing line to wrap it around and around, using the Forbidden Immortal Technique to imprison it, making it unable to move, then threw it out again, using Dao as bait, to fish for ninth-order fire!

Soon, this flowing light floated up again and flew onto the Heavenly Dao Bridge.

Li Hao's eyes slightly narrowed, he focused all his attention, carefully sensing the movements above.

Time quietly passed, the intense booming sound around him echoed continuously, but Li Hao sat alone on the bridge, in the Dao Domain within a few hundred meters around him, as if isolated from the world, incredibly quiet.

"Haotian, I'm going to pick up others first."

Chu Tianhuang transmitted his voice to Li Hao.

Li Hao came back to his senses and transmitted back, "Okay."

After Chu Tianhuang left, Li Hao continued to earnestly fish, feeling the movements of the Fire Dao.

As the temperature continuously struggled and flickered in the flowing light, emitting drastic temperature changes, suddenly, Li Hao felt that the temperature origin seemed to stop struggling. Immediately after, around his fishing line, he felt an extremely hot and scalding sensation.

That sensation was like magma, as if it was going to melt the fishing line.

Li Hao's spirit invigorated, staring intently at the flowing light, and the Immortal Power within his body continuously erupted, strengthening the fishing line.

Suddenly, a fierce heat wave surged, enveloping his fishing line and the temperature origin wrapped around it.

The temperature was shrouded by the heat wave, struggling violently, but soon slowly stopped, and then Li Hao was surprised to find that this temperature origin was slowly melting, and then gradually seeping into the extremely hot flame wave.

"The big fish has finally arrived…"

Light flashed in Li Hao's eyes. When the temperature origin was about to completely lose its origin aura, he suddenly dragged it, and that extremely hot force entwined and attached itself, following the fishing line, and seemed to want to drown Li Hao as well.

At the same time, what followed was the aura that was revealed, which actually evolved into Fire Dao Immortal Techniques out of thin air.

Magma-like fire stones rolled down, and there was also a splashed black sea of fire, emitting terrifying temperature and aura of destruction.

Li Hao's gaze deepened, Immortal Power enveloped him, directly using his own Fire Dao origin realm to guide and integrate it.

Whoosh!

The black sea of fire enveloped him, but soon extinguished again. The magma-like fire stones fell down, and were also shattered by Li Hao with a sword.

Li Hao stood up, and dragged with all his strength, while also making the fishing line like an octopus spreading its limbs, tightly entangling the opponent.

"Rise!"

Li Hao shouted in a low voice, Immortal Power retracted, pulling that force down from the flowing light.

What appeared was a crimson red light to the extreme, with dazzling fire red, as if it was going to burn the eyeballs.

"Origin of Fire Dao!"

"There's an origin of Fire Dao over there!"

Li Hao's movements immediately attracted the attention of people under the bridge and those resisting Immortal Techniques around him, and they couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

That young man was sitting cross-legged on the bridge, doing nothing, and actually suddenly pulled out a Fire Dao origin from the flowing light?

Whoosh!

Crimson Tassel's figure flashed and arrived beside Li Hao. She sensed the aura of Fire Dao, and her eyes fixedly stared at the Fire Dao in Li Hao's hand.

Compared to the City of Time and Space Origin, she actually wanted to go to the Five Dao Origin City more.

(End of chapter)