Chapter 503 Source Origin Exchange

"It's alright, let's go first."

The woman, noble as a celestial being, said calmly.

The others beside her heard her speak, their eyes filled with reverence, and they fell silent.

Whoosh!

As the noble woman raised her foot and stepped onto the bridge in a blink, faint spatial rifts were left in the void around her. These were the paths she traversed, exhibiting power even stronger than the Realm of the Great Void. In places where the Realm of the Great Void could not penetrate, she could still forcibly open space, solely because her mastery of the Dao of Space had reached a terrifying fifth level!

As she landed on the Heavenly Dao Bridge, the flowing lights and brilliant colors on the bridge immediately drew celestial arts towards them, locking onto the noble woman.

The noble woman remained serene, her expression indifferent, without making any movement. The space around her body subtly distorted, and the celestial arts that had just condensed and materialized instantly lost their direction, attacking others nearby instead.

The few royal family members following behind the noble woman looked around with solemn expressions and astonishment.

Only on the Heavenly Dao Bridge did they feel the pressure here. The auras exuded by others on the bridge, engaged in fierce battles against celestial arts, were also intimidating, causing them to feel oppressed.

However, the surrounding celestial arts seemed oblivious to their presence, as they followed behind the Heavenly Pool Princess in front, as if she were detached from the world, untouched by worldly dust.

Their unusual state quickly attracted the attention of others on and below the bridge.

"Who are those people? They can actually directly evade the attacks of celestial arts?"

"Even that True Immortal Realm ninth level guy could do it before. They are all Celestial Lord Realm cultivators, so it's not surprising they can do it, right?"

"It's not about realm, it mainly depends on one's Dao realm comprehension. That True Immortal Realm fellow has disappeared, but he shouldn't be underestimated. To be able to comprehend the Dao of Space-Time simultaneously, he must be a top-tier prodigy."

"Those few are from the Jiang Rong Celestial Dynasty's royal family. They are likely the leaders."

"I heard that there is an extremely terrifying princess in the Jiang Rong Celestial Dynasty's royal family, who slaughtered three thousand ancient demons in one night at the border. Could it be the one walking in front?"

Below the bridge, heavenly prodigies from various celestial dynasties gathered, mostly from other royal families.

After all, within each celestial dynasty, the royal family controlled top-tier cultivation methods, foundations, cultivation resources, and more. Although there was a soul lifespan limit of three thousand years, reincarnation was possible. It was not surprising for prodigies or beings reincarnated from chaos to be reborn into royal families, utilizing the dynasty's foundations to cultivate and grow.

This resulted in the royal families of each celestial dynasty being extremely powerful.

"This display of the source origin realm of the Dao of Space is quite extraordinary."

Someone noticed the unusual fluctuations around the noble woman, their eyes serious.

The people present from various celestial dynasties were all competitors in the competition seven years later. This was an early opportunity to glimpse the strength of their opponents.

Hearing the discussions below the bridge, Jiang Tianchi's expression remained calm, unchanged. The strength she displayed was merely the tip of her iceberg.

Moreover, true powerhouses did not bother with hiding. Like those Celestial Emperors, standing at the peak of mountains, like the bright moon illuminating all things, everyone knew their greatness, but who could do anything about it?

"You all should also seek your own Great Dao source origins."

Jiang Tianchi sheltered the few members of her clan beside her, walking to the middle section of the Heavenly Dao Bridge. Still not sensing any fluctuations of the Dao of Space source origin, she frowned slightly and spoke to the people behind her.

The others nodded, detached themselves from her spatial protection, bowed slightly, and dispersed. Celestial arts immediately attacked them, but they each unleashed their power, engaging in battle with the celestial arts.

Jiang Tianchi quickened her pace, rushing towards the depths of the Heavenly Dao Bridge.

Upon reaching the depths of the Heavenly Dao Bridge, Jiang Tianchi saw that the area was shrouded in mist, and even divine sense could not penetrate it.

Her primordial spirit had long since broken through the extreme realm, condensing golden meridians and divine bones. This was also why she could easily kill ancient demons of the same realm.

But at this moment, her divine sense was also obstructed here, compressed to an extremely small range.

She gave up using divine sense to probe and instead used her Dao of Space realm to sense the surrounding Great Dao source origins.

"Hmm?"

Jiang Tianchi walked around, teleporting and flying, but did not sense any fluctuations of the Dao of Space source origin.

None of the many flowing lights here were of the Space source origin.

"Could it be that it hasn't appeared yet?"

Her eyes flickered, but she was not impatient. She decided to wait quietly here.

The space around her was distorted into a different dimension, making celestial arts unable to sense her. Staying here was quite easy.

But as time passed, she found that she had not sensed the aura of the Dao of Space source origin for a long time.

Her mood gradually changed, and she frowned. With her Dao of Space realm, if she still couldn't detect the aura of the Dao of Space source origin, then no one else would be able to.

"What's going on?"

At this moment, she suddenly understood why so many people were staying on the Heavenly Dao Bridge, roaring in anger.

...

"Strange, there isn't even a Ninth-Order source origin on this Heavenly Dao Bridge."

"Could they all still be staying in Source Origin City and haven't come out yet?"

"Impossible, there hasn't been such an anomaly in the past."

Outside the Heavenly Dao Bridge, the guardians of each celestial dynasty hidden in various locations were all looking puzzled, noticing the strange situation on the Heavenly Dao Bridge.

"Although the source origins of Time and Space are extremely rare, maybe only one appears every month, the other Ninth-Order source origins are slightly more common. Could it be that they are all waiting for the Time and Space source origins?"

People from various celestial dynasties saw the top prodigies in their own celestial dynasties' royal families also lingering on the Heavenly Dao Bridge, and couldn't help but frown.

On the Heavenly Dao Bridge.

As more and more bridge climbers appeared, it gradually became crowded here, and the celestial arts also erupted more violently. The people from various celestial dynasties on the bridge gradually became irritable.

"Clear the way, this area belongs to our Heaven's Decree Celestial Dynasty. Cross the line, and don't blame us for being impolite."

"What 'yours' and 'mine'? Is there any territory of your Heaven's Decree Celestial Dynasty on this Heavenly Dao Bridge? Don't be a dog in the manger! Maybe the Source Origin of Time is hidden in your area. Let me search!"

Chaos quickly erupted on the bridge, with heavenly prodigies and royal families from various celestial dynasties clashing and fighting.

Seeing this scene, the guardians of each celestial dynasty tensed up. If life-threatening situations arose, they would have to intervene.

"What's going on?"

Chu Tianhuang was also on the Heavenly Dao Bridge. At this moment, he also hadn't found the Source Origins of Time and Space, and his face became extremely grim.

After circling here for a long time without finding the Source Origins of Time and Space, his hope of going to the Source Origin City of Time and Space was dashed. He even had the thought of going to other Source Origin Cities.

But he hadn't sensed the Great Dao of other Source Origin Cities either, and his mood became anxious.

"Dao of Emotion, Dao of Buddhism, Dao of Yin-Yang…"

"Damn it, none are Ninth-Order!"

In the mist in the depths of the Heavenly Dao Bridge, Chu Yueli was also filled with resentment, sensing many Great Daos, including some extremely powerful ones, but none were Ninth-Order.

For her, coming here to comprehend the Dao meant at least entering a Five Daos Source Origin City. If she only entered a Chaos Source Origin City to comprehend the myriad Daos of the True World, it would be too杂乱 (zá luàn - chaotic and disorderly).

"More and more people are here. Could they all have been snatched away by others?"

Chu Yueli's face was extremely unpleasant. The news of the marriage arrangement from her mother weighed heavily on her heart, causing her great pressure.

She had originally wanted to quickly find the Source Origins of Time and Space here and enter the Source Origin City of Time and Space early to comprehend the Dao, striving to advance further through seven years of cultivation in the Source Origin Realm. But now, she was stuck on this Heavenly Dao Bridge.

"Dao of Space…"

In another area of the mist, Jiang Tianchi roamed around, her eyes gloomy. She had been here for half a month, and still hadn't found the Dao of Space source origin.

With her Dao of Space realm, this was incredibly unbelievable.

"It seems like there are more and more people here."

On the other side, Li Hao was also in the mist, still fishing for various Great Daos.

Besides Ninth-Order, he had also fished up many other Great Dao source origins, collecting them into his天地空间 (tiān dì kōng jiān - world space).

As for Ninth-Order Great Dao source origins, he had already fished up many, all left within his world space.

His fishing experience was about to reach level 11 perfection. Next, only heart realm comprehension remained.

"Another Dao of Space?"

At this moment, Li Hao once again sensed an extremely faint aura, his eyes slightly brightened. He quickly used time as a net to chase after the Dao of Space source origin.

On the other side, Jiang Tianchi, walking in the mist, suddenly had a change in expression, abruptly turning her head to look in a certain direction.

Although the fluctuations were extremely faint, she had still keenly detected them.

Dao of Space source origin… it's finally here!

Her eyes flickered slightly, and her figure teleported over almost instantly.

After searching here for half a month, constantly maintaining distorted space with her immortal power had consumed a great deal of energy. She had planned to go out today to rest and replenish her immortal power before coming back. But unexpectedly, she sensed the fluctuations of the Dao of Space at this moment. Luckily, she had been slow to act. If she had gone down the bridge at this time, she would have truly missed it!

She sped ahead with all her might, secretly rejoicing in her heart.

Whoosh!

Li Hao quickly locked onto the location of the Dao of Space source origin. Time, like countless strands of light, rapidly pursued it, quickly entangling the Dao of Space source origin.

With previous experience and the insights gained from fishing on the Heavenly Dao Bridge, he captured this Dao of Space source origin effortlessly once again.

"收 (shōu - Retract/Collect)!"

As time, like beams of light, sealed off the Dao of Space source origin, Li Hao directly pulled it back. Using the power of time to drag space, in an instant, he pulled the Dao of Space source origin to his side.

The Dao of Space source origin was still struggling, but it had already been restrained by Li Hao in his palm within a small cage of time, unable to move.

Just as Li Hao was about to collect it into his world space, a force suddenly tore through the mist, followed by a figure breaking through the mist, forcefully pushing aside obstacles. Her clothes fluttered, looking like a celestial being descending into the mortal world.

"Hmm?"

Li Hao looked towards the newcomer. Jiang Tianchi also looked at Li Hao. Their eyes met. Jiang Tianchi's gaze immediately locked onto the Dao of Space source origin in Li Hao's hand.

She couldn't help but be taken aback, not expecting that she would be intercepted by someone just after sensing the Dao of Space source origin.

Soon, she sensed Li Hao's aura. He was actually only at the True Immortal Realm ninth level.

Such fast movements… Her eyes flickered slightly in shock. A mere True Immortal Realm cultivator actually found this Dao of Space source origin and captured it before her.

Clearly, this Dao of Space must have appeared near him, allowing him to get the first grab.

"Give it to me!"

She immediately said to Li Hao, her tone carrying a hint of unquestionable command.

Li Hao's eyebrows twitched slightly, furrowing his brow. The other party was a Celestial Lord Realm cultivator. Although her aura was restrained, she had a terrifying feeling, like Chu Tianhuang, giving him a sense of danger.

"I got this first."

Li Hao said.

Jiang Tianchi's eyes flickered slightly. Only now did she realize that this was the Heavenly Dao Bridge, not the Jiang Rong Celestial Dynasty. Her identity as a royal family member was incomparably noble within the Jiang Rong Celestial Dynasty, but here, everyone was a competitor.

Her expression softened slightly, and she said, "Which celestial dynasty are you from? Judging by your appearance, you are not from a royal family."

"Why are you asking this?"

Li Hao replied.

"I am from the Jiang Rong Celestial Dynasty. If you are willing to come to my celestial dynasty, I will swear in the name of the Jiang family royal family to grant you the title of a First-Rank Marquis of the Jiang Rong Celestial Dynasty, bestow upon you precious treasures and the incense offerings of a hundred cities, making your name last for ten thousand generations!"

Jiang Tianchi said.

Li Hao raised an eyebrow slightly. Jiang family… he thought of Emperor Yu. Emperor Yu also shared the same surname, Jiang.

But there were many people with the same surname in the world. His thoughts of Emperor Yu were not for any other reason, but simply because he somewhat missed the time they spent playing chess and being together.

In the lands of the Heavens, he had already settled Emperor Yu properly.

"If you want it, it's not impossible to exchange."

Li Hao said.

Besides this one, he had two more Dao of Space source origins in his hand.

During this period of fishing here, among the Ninth-Order Great Daos, except for the Dao of Gold which he hadn't found yet, he had collected several sets of all the others.

Hearing Li Hao's words, Jiang Tianchi's eyes clearly brightened a bit. If the other party was willing to exchange, then there was hope.

Although the young man in front of her was only at the True Immortal Realm, easily crushed by her hand, she had already noticed the shadow of Time and Space around Li Hao. And to be able to come to the Heavenly Dao Bridge and arrive here alone, perhaps he was also a Nine Flowers Immortal Seal holder!

These pieces of information were enough to illustrate an important detail. A top-tier prodigy like this must possess top-tier celestial weapons.

If she were to forcefully seize it, she might not be able to break through his celestial weapon in a short time. By then, if the other party directly escaped into the Source Origin City of Time and Space using the Dao of Space source origin, she could only watch helplessly.

"I can swear right now…"

Jiang Tianchi thought Li Hao was tempted and was about to swear.

Li Hao quickly stopped her, saying, "What I want to exchange is not this, but something else."

"Something else?"

Jiang Tianchi was stunned. The first thing she could offer was already what she considered to be the best. A First-Rank Marquis of the Jiang Rong Celestial Dynasty was a position comparable to a Grand General. Although it didn't have real military power, its status was on par with the sect masters of various Heavenly Sects within the celestial dynasty.

Even if Li Hao was only at the True Immortal Realm, those Sect Masters of Heavenly Sects at the Celestial King Realm would not dare to insult him!

"That's right, your vast celestial dynasty should have unparalleled chess manuals, music scores, and such things, right? Find some for me."

Li Hao said.

Jiang Tianchi blinked slightly, staring blankly at the young man, for the first time doubting her own cultivation, wondering if her ears were playing tricks on her.

"Chess manuals, music scores?"

She couldn't help but ask, "Are you sure you're not mistaken? Sword manuals or spear techniques?"

"Not mistaken."

Li Hao said, "Just tell me whether you agree or not."

"This… this is definitely not a problem."

Jiang Tianchi said without thinking.

Li Hao nodded and said, "In addition, there are celestial stones. I'm a bit short on hand right now. How many do you have on you?"

"Celestial stones?"

Jiang Tianchi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, a normal request! She raised her hand and opened her world space, saying, "I only have two hundred thousand celestial stones on me. How many do you need? I'll make it up to you later."

"Only…"

The corner of Li Hao's mouth twitched slightly. As expected of royalty, they were wealthy and generous. He said, "Naturally, the more the better. Give me your two hundred thousand first. As for the rest, see how much you can get."

As he spoke, he stopped wasting words and tossed the Dao of Space source origin in his hand to the other party.

Jiang Tianchi reached out and took it, somewhat stunned. She couldn't help but carefully examine it, and then became even more speechless.

This was indeed a real Dao of Space source origin. She actually wanted to carefully check its authenticity.

She looked at the young man, her expression a little strange, but she did not go back on her word. She took out the two hundred thousand celestial stones from her world space, all contained in a beautiful brocade pouch.

"Count them. For the rest, I can give you another three hundred thousand,"

Jiang Tianchi said, "You will also participate in the Southern Domain War seven years later, right? I'll give them to you then."

"Alright."

Li Hao nodded. It seemed these top-tier prodigies would likely not go back on their word.

Moreover, the two hundred thousand celestial stones in front of him were enough for him to cultivate to the tenth level of the True Immortal Realm.

Besides celestial stones, he really couldn't think of anything else he lacked.

Celestial weapons… he had 梼杌 (Táowú - Taotie), a mythical wild beast, already. As for higher-level Celestial King Realm treasures, even if he obtained them, he wouldn't be able to control them, and there might even be danger.

After all, the domain artifacts that only Celestial Kings could control, even their artifact spirits possessed extremely terrifying power, difficult even for Celestial Lords to control.

"Anything else?"

Jiang Tianchi asked.

"No more."

Li Hao shook his head, turned around and said, "Then I'll collect the balance in seven years."

As he spoke, he turned and left without looking back, showing no hesitation.

Jiang Tianchi stared blankly, watching Li Hao's back disappear into the mist before she finally reacted. She hadn't even asked the other party's name.

"This…"

Looking at the Dao of Space source origin in her hand, she finally felt that all this was not a dream. This strange young man was unlike anyone she had ever met in her life.

After her eyes flickered for a moment, she shook her head slightly and didn't linger here. She quickly used the Dao of Space source origin in her hand to open a passage to the Source Origin City of Time and Space, her figure disappearing from the Heavenly Dao Bridge.

"These two hundred thousand celestial stones are enough for me to cultivate to the Celestial Lord Realm, but to break through the bottleneck of the True Immortal Realm, I still need to rely on stat points for faster progress."

In the mist, Li Hao checked the celestial stones in the brocade pouch. They were piled up like a mountain inside, indeed numbering two hundred thousand.

For him, the extra Dao of Space source origins were useless. Gu Yan and the others probably hadn't even arrived at the Source Origin Secret Realm yet, let alone come to the Heavenly Dao Bridge.

Li Hao found a place and continued fishing.

"The surplus Ninth-Order source origins can also be sold, but besides celestial stones, it seems there's nothing else I lack. Oh right, there are celestial arts…"

Li Hao's eyes suddenly lit up. Those here were all prodigies from various celestial dynasties, including royalty. If he used Ninth-Order source origins to exchange for the forbidden, top-tier celestial techniques of various celestial dynasties, wouldn't that be wonderful?

However, whether they would be willing to exchange, Li Hao did not know, but how would he know if he didn't try?

Thinking of this, Li Hao immediately started walking through the mist while fishing.

Before long, Li Hao saw a surge of mist, knowing that someone inside was fighting against celestial arts. In the past, he would have directly avoided it to avoid being affected by the celestial arts, but now he parted the mist and walked over.

"Hmm? Tianhuang?"

Li Hao was surprised, not expecting Chu Tianhuang to still be here.

Chu Tianhuang shattered a celestial art and also turned his head to look. When he saw that the intruder was Li Hao, he breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but ask, "You're still here?"

Li Hao smiled and said, "I thought you had already gone to the Source Origin City."

"I thought you had gone too."

Chu Tianhuang glanced at Li Hao, dodging another attacking celestial art. His expression was not very good, and he said, "The Ninth-Order source origins here seem to have vanished. The Source Origins of Time and Space have not appeared for a long time. If they still haven't appeared in another two months, I'll have to go to the Five Daos Source Origin City, or the Form and Control Source Origin City."

"This…"

Hearing this, Li Hao thought of the several sets of Ninth-Order source origins in his world space, and couldn't help but touch his nose. He suddenly understood why the number of people gathered here was increasing.

He had thought it was like Chu Tianhuang bringing more Immortal Seal holders from below to respond, but he didn't expect it was because they couldn't find Ninth-Order source origins and were stuck here.

"I do have Ninth-Order source origins, do you need them?" Li Hao asked.

Chu Tianhuang was taken aback, and couldn't help but glance at Li Hao, then shook his head, saying, "I don't want to go to the Five Daos Source Origin City for now. Bo Yaxue went because he specializes in the Dao of Water source origin."

"I have the Source Origin of Time here," Li Hao said.

Chu Tianhuang was about to say something else, but suddenly became speechless. He stared blankly at Li Hao, his eyes slowly widening, saying, "What did you say?"

"It's the Source Origin of Time," Li Hao repeated.

Chu Tianhuang was stunned, and quickly rushed to Li Hao's side, his immortal power surging, and a 法相 (fǎ xiàng - dharma body/divine form) appeared behind him, manifesting eighty arms, continuously shattering the celestial arts attacks coming from all directions with his fists.

His true body excitedly looked at Li Hao and asked, "You have the Source Origin of Time?"

"Mm."

"But you…"

Chu Tianhuang quickly calmed down again, staring intently at Li Hao, his mind racing.

Obviously, forcibly seizing the Source Origin of Time from Li Hao and offending such a prodigy, he deemed it unworthy.

"I don't want to go for now. If you want it, you can have it,"

Li Hao said directly, "But you need to exchange something for it."

"No problem."

Chu Tianhuang said without thinking, and also asked in return, "Why don't you want to go?"

Li Hao smiled but didn't answer. Chu Tianhuang immediately understood and wisely didn't ask further. After all, if Li Hao wanted to go, it wouldn't be his turn. The reason wasn't important.

"Then what do you want to exchange? I can make you a General in the celestial dynasty, with a high position in the Demon Suppression Division."

Chu Tianhuang said, but he knew that these conditions might not tempt this young man. After all, these things would likely be bestowed upon this young man by his father after the Southern Domain War ended.

"Celestial arts."

Li Hao said, "I heard that the royal family of Yan Chu has top-tier True Immortal Realm celestial sword techniques."

"That's right."

Chu Tianhuang nodded, "Although Myriad Mountains Sword Tower is the number one sword sect in the celestial dynasty, the strongest sword techniques are in my royal family's imperial library."

He glanced at Li Hao and said, "That is a sword technique left behind by a Sword King who once passed through Yan Chu. Although it was not created by a Celestial Emperor, it is complete and is considered invincible for True Immortal Realm cultivators!"

"Is it the Three Thousand Spring Thunders?"

Li Hao asked.

Chu Tianhuang nodded, not surprised. This sword technique already had a prestigious reputation in Yan Chu, and countless people knew of it. Myriad Mountains Sword Tower would even send their best disciples to the royal family for further studies, using treasures treasured by the sect to pave the way for their own sect's heavenly prodigies.

For example, Hong Tianyi had studied this sword technique in the royal family, but it was strictly forbidden to privately transmit it to outsiders, otherwise, they would be pursued and killed by Yan Chu, and those who were taught would also be implicated!

"If you want it, I can teach it to you."

Chu Tianhuang understood Li Hao's intention and said directly, also relieved in his heart.

Li Hao using this to exchange for this sword technique could be considered equivalent.

"Alright."

Li Hao nodded and then asked, "Do you know it?"

"No, I don't cultivate swordsmanship, but I can have my mother transmit it to me now, but you must not privately transmit it again," Chu Tianhuang said.

"No problem."

Li Hao said.

Although he possessed the Azure Heaven Sword Technique and the Sword God Art of Great Dream Nine Abyss, he still accepted any celestial sword techniques. After all, the more sword techniques he integrated into his own sword dao, the stronger its power would become!

Only by experiencing all things in the world can one cut through all things in the world!

When he absorbed more and more top-tier sword techniques, Li Hao's own sword dao would also move towards a more extreme peak.

Sword dao, is both one dao, and ten thousand daos.

Some sword daos are fierce and rigid, some sword daos are ever-changing, some sword daos are as light as snow, and some sword daos are heavy and unsharpened!

Chu Tianhuang immediately took out a communication talisman and transmitted a message to his mother in the imperial palace.

Before long, his communication talisman lit up, receiving a message. His eyes brightened, and he immediately said to Li Hao, "I'll transmit it to you."

With a wave of his hand, a divine light pointed out, inside which were streams of tiny sword shadows and flowing light, merging into Li Hao's eyes.

Li Hao received it with his divine sense. It was indeed a fiercely powerful sword technique.

"Remember, do not transmit it to outsiders,"

Chu Tianhuang reminded again.

Li Hao nodded, and then also took out the Source Origin of Time from his world space and handed it to him.

Chu Tianhuang took the dazzling, seven-colored flowing light, feeling somewhat emotional. He didn't expect that the young man in front of him could give up the temptation of the Source Origin City of Time and Space. It would be very difficult to find the Source Origin of Time again, and it would also take more time.

Especially now that an unknown number of people were gathering here, seeming to all want to go to the most difficult to enter Source Origin City of Time and Space, causing the competition for the Source Origin of Time to become even more intense. Even he himself felt it was a bit difficult, let alone Li Hao.

"Then I'll go first,"

Chu Tianhuang said.

After Li Hao nodded, he directly used the Source Origin of Time to connect to the Source Origin City of Time and Space, leaving the Heavenly Dao Bridge and disappearing.

As the other party disappeared, the mist that had been pushed aside by his dharma body once again gathered and surrounded them. Li Hao unfolded his dao domain, with sword dao contained within. His thoughts sank into his body, practicing the Three Thousand Spring Thunders he had just comprehended!

As insights into sword dao merged in, this top-tier sword technique for the True Immortal Realm created by a Celestial King Realm cultivator quickly began to unravel step by step in Li Hao's mind.

Three Thousand Spring Thunders, the sword technique was not three thousand moves, but only one move!

One move of Spring Thunder moves, three thousand sword shadows kill!

(End of chapter)