Chapter 1756: Harvest (II)

Chapter 1756: Harvest (II)

Li Hao was probably the only person in her life to ever call Lin Hongyu old. Someone thought of her as old?? It was incredible!

If she was old, then what about an old witch like Mo? And Hong Qing was five hundred years old now, what did that count for? Wouldn’t that make Auntie Light and the others ancient fossils?

Even if one set aside her current age, being 1000 years old in the past was still the peak of youthfulness! Was there a need to mention age??

Women are so hard to understand!

Void ignored the silent interplay next to him and turned to Li Hao with some regret. “I apologize. We came to seize Skyward for you and Silver Moon, but it turned out to benefit me instead. You’ve ended up with nothing!”

He was just one step away from seventh rank now, just like the Sword Sovereign. That gap would absolutely be closed once he swallowed a seventh rank world!

In contrast, Li Hao seemed to have gained nothing at all. He’d wasted a life for nothing, walking life and death for a fourth time to remain at fifth rank. Now that Void looked at it, it was rather selfish of him to have spurred on the others to seize Skyward for Li Hao.

Everyone had been working to service him. And the key was, Li Hao was the one who’d supplied the energy for this ascension. Everyone from Silver Moon had relied on Li Hao’s earlier reserves as well. Everything he’d gained from the four major worlds had gone to the mid world.

The young man had obtained absolutely nothing for conquering four major worlds, whereas everyone else made out like bandits! Whether it was the four seventh ranks or Silver Moon citizens, all had benefited enormously.

As for Li Hao...

The young man shook his head with a smile. “No, I gained a lot from you silencing and revitalizing Skyward. We comprehended a lot of Skyward’s dao from the dao chess. The rebirth of the world is a chance to study it anew. I’ve coalesced a lot more minor worlds.”

What was that good for? Those worlds lacked energy!

Void was still highly embarrassed, but Li Hao chuckled softly. “Alright, Brother Void, why are we being so wishy-washy today?”

“It’s not that...”

“Let’s leave it at this then!” Li Hao interrupted his friend to call out, “Everyone has just ascended or made other gains. We should all return to Silver Moon right now to consolidate your new cultivation level, the dao universe, and the river of great dao!

“Those who haven’t broken through should temper their foundations and wait for the next opportunity. It will be difficult for our home to ascend to seventh rank, but sixth rank is not hard at all!

“We just need to work together and infuse the dao universe with chaos strength absorbed by more than fifty exalted emperors. We might be one of the mid worlds with the most exalted emperors, which means Silver Moon will rise to sixth rank very shortly!

“Once that takes place, we will have at least another twenty spots for exalted emperors. Everyone will have a chance then!”

While those who were yet to verify their dao in this round found it slightly regretful that the window had closed on this opportunity, they were reassured by this announcement. Silver Moon had risen too quickly, taking only the blink of an eye to rise from third to fourth to fifth rank. More than fifty exalted emperors had been born during this period of time—an absolutely incredible number.

Everyone believed the marquis!

......

The four seventh ranks projected their images over at this time.

“The Exalted Light Emperor is still outside,” said the Sword Sovereign. “Void, do you want to go and meet him?”

Void took a deep breath and thought over the question. “No, I didn’t make it to seventh rank today. Senior Sword Sovereign, please bring word to my father for him to go home. I’m doing very well and do not want to be overly entangled with Light...”

It wasn’t that he was turning his back on his home, but that differences in position might develop between the two of them if they met. New Martial was an enormous threat, but he was good friends with Li Hao. That meant he could not stand on Light’s side and view New Martial as a massive enemy as well.

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

He was just a sixth rank for now with no place at the table, a child in his father’s eyes. Only when he reached seventh rank and became an exalted emperor of six daos would he rank second to his father in Light major world. He would truly be able to exercise his voice then.

Even his father had to respect a seventh rank of six extreme daos!

“Why don’t you tell him yourself?” Li Hao laughed. “Isn’t it nice to meet your father and exchange a few words?”

Void blinked and cast a long look at Li Hao before shaking his head. “It’s annoying when we meet too often!”

His friend seemed to have lost his parents early. It was just, he was skilled at the dao of time, as well as life and death. Why hadn’t he chosen to revive his parents?

Void had always been puzzled about that.

Of course, he didn’t know that Li Hao’s parents were both mundanes without even dao meridians. While reviving them wasn’t a completely hopeless goal, Li Hao wasn’t able to accomplish it at present. He would have to reverse time, section a portion of the past, and project it into the present like Number Two was.

Even the cat hadn’t truly descended upon reality in the full sense of the notion.

It was easy to simply create a pair of parents, but that was not what Li Hao sought. He wanted to retrieve a portion of the past, much like the War Sovereign once had done. Perhaps that wasn’t fully what the young man wanted either, but it was better than creating something out of thin air.

Li Hao smiled when he saw that his friend wasn’t willing to meet his father. He turned to the Sword Sovereign. “Then I’ll have to trouble Uncle Li to bring a message for me as well. Whether it is me or Void, I do not represent New Martial and Void does not represent Light! We are simply friends.

“No matter if Light chooses to be enemies with New Martial, round up the other eighth rank worlds to attack New Martial, or ally with New Martial... It has nothing to do with us!”

“I’m a New Martial exalted emperor, you know!” The Sword Sovereign was rendered speechless by Li Hao’s words.

How are you saying that right in front of me? Be glad that I’m not Ole Zhang, or I’d drag Light into our camp no matter what.

It was also because he wasn’t the supreme that he didn’t feel much about Li Hao’s declaration. “Alright, I’ll let him know!” he smiled.

......

Outside the world domain.

The Light master fell silent for a while when the Sword Sovereign relayed his son’s and Li Hao’s messages. His son didn’t want to meet at present and the Silver Moon king said that Light’s stance had nothing to do with them. It would not affect Void even if Light became enemies with New Martial...

How should he choose?

New Martial was certain to be a source of unrest. What eighth rank master would lack a desire to conquer all in sight? Who could match New Martial if they were permitted to progress to eighth rank?

How should Light proceed from here?

Should it formally cooperate with Red Moon, Skycloud, and Blazing Sun to attack New Martial, or should it throw its lot in with New Martial instead? With the Human King’s personality, Light would only be number two even if New Martial was the victor in the end.

Who was willing to play second fiddle when they reached the Light master’s heights?

It was a very complicated issue to grapple with!

It would not have impacted his decision if his son had simply made a few friends. However, his son’s new friends included the Sword Sovereign of New Martial and a fifth rank Silver Moon king who was not to be underestimated.

There was also Fog Mountain who’d left Skycloud and Orchid Forest who’d risen to seventh rank...

None of his son’s friends were ordinary people. They were all geniuses who might affect the future layout of the chaos.

“I see.” The Light master turned to the Sword Sovereign after a while. “I am me, Ming Tang is Ming Tang. Since the Sword Sovereign knows him and has befriended him too, I hope... he will not be dragged into the conflict. I hope he is viewed separately even if Light really chooses to stand opposite New Martial!”

The Sword Sovereign frowned, but quickly responded, “Of course not! He was part of my and Li Zhu’s ascension to seventh rank, to say nothing of anything else. We of New Martial are very loyal to our friends!

“If you and I meet on the battlefield, whether it is Light that wins or New Martial that wins, I can represent the Human King and tell you now that so long as Void does not proactively move against New Martial, we will never point our blades at him!”

“The Sword Sovereign is the Human King’s teacher and a premier existence among seventh ranks,” smiled the Light exalted emperor. “Your words naturally invoke trust! I also hope to peacefully coexist with New Martial. I do not wish for us to meet on the battlefield!”

With that, he set foot into the void and entered his dao universe. Flare Sun quickly followed after him. Both men vanished.

His back to the Sword Sovereign, Light left in a complicated mood. New Martial posed too great a threat! But was he willing to bend the knee?

The Human King is too domineering. If I don’t want to be the lackey, is that brazenly arrogant person supposed to be my minion?

As for splitting the universe into two... I’d have to ask New Martial first if they agree!

He vanished from sight with a mix of complex emotions.

......

At the same time, information began to percolate through the chaos universe. Many were reassured that Void had not made it to seventh rank. They smiled more easily, this was good!

If Void had succeeded, then Skyward would be housing five seventh ranks.

It was also good that the Light master had departed without communicating with his son. That represented Light was not truly on the same side as New Martial. Otherwise... he would have entered Skyward.

And yet, he had not. He’d simply waited outside the major world.

......

On this day, the title of Silver Moon king Li Hao also began to circulate through the chaos. Based on the observations of certain powerhouses, this fifth rank Silver Moon king didn’t seem to simply be a subordinate to New Martial. The ties between Light and New Martial were the result of his friendship with Void.

The Sword Sovereign and others were not the leaders of the situation on Skyward. That position belonged to the much overlooked Silver Moon king, a realization that stunned all those present!

It seemed like the Orchid Forest master, Orchid Forest, and others were in contact with New Martial because of their relationship with the Silver Moon king.

What a surprise!

An exalted emperor of a minor world... Granted, they were aware now that there was a dao universe at Silver Moon. But even so, it was a newly born world. Its king was not weak despite that, yet it wouldn’t have been easy to befriend a group of seventh ranks, no?