Chapter 1220: Splitting the World Again (II)

“Did the Exalted Blood Emperor personally visit Silver Moon world when the eight main cities were established?” Li Hao asked after further thought.

“Yes.”

“Was the Sword Sovereign aware of that?”

“Of course! Battle Heaven’s name was personally bestowed by the Exalted Blood Emperor. The Sword Sovereign was naturally aware of this.”

Li Hao nodded, further enlightenment dawning. “The Jadelight Sword, Eternal Sword, Fists of the Bloody Lion King, boxing gloves of the Tyrant Sovereign, sword of the Human King Consort, blade of the Exalted Blood Emperor, spear method of Broken Will... Do all of these methods belong to the Human King and Exalted Blood Emperor faction?”

“Yes. The Jadelight Sword and Fists of the Bloody Lion King all came from those who graduated from Demonic Martial!”

“The Zhang forefather, and I mean the one from Steadfast Sky who knew the blade method of the Zhangs, was part of the Human King’s faction too, wasn’t he?”

“That’s right.” General Pagoda couldn’t help but add, “All of them were part of the Human King’s faction. I’m only saying that everyone was more or less divided into two factions, not that Tranquil Star did not answer to the Human King. Don’t misunderstand me, Your Lordship.”

Analyzing the situation so clearly is not a good exercise. You talk like there was internal conflict within New Martial.

Li Hao didn’t mean it that way, but he understood that Silver Moon’s heritage mostly came from the non-Tranquil Star faction. Tranquil Star’s secret arts had been passed down through the Zhengs and related families.

Granted, this detail wasn’t that important.

The young man surmised that there should be some other agreements in place between the Sword Sovereign and Exalted Blood Emperor. They had other goals they wanted to accomplish in Silver Moon, but hadn’t had enough time to. The heritages that they’d left behind should bear a stronger predisposition for their respective faction.

“Auras didn’t spontaneously appear, is that right?” said Li Hao after running through some calculations. “I hear they were mentioned during New Martial?”

“That is correct.”

“But there wasn’t a detailed system for them then, just talk of collecting an invincible aura. No one specifically cultivated the aura, is that right?”

“Yes.” General Pagoda was bewildered by the line of questioning.

“Therefore, the battle system of New Martial has some connection to the aura. One can give rise to the aura at the peak of cultivation, is that right?”

“I... I don’t know.”

How would I know?! I’m just a tree, I’ve never cultivated New Martial methods!

“Modern humans cultivate the ancient methods. The appearance of the aura may have something to do with the disappearance of core origin dao!” the tree said after some thought. “When the core origin dao was still present, one comprehended core origin at the ultimate height of a method.

“Cultivators formed their own dao within core origin, such as the blade, spear, sword, halberd, ax, battle-ax, hook, or trident. There were also those of metal, wood, water, and fire... There was a great deal to the daos beneath the heavens!

“Based on my understanding, the aura should be a unique system formed by the dissipation of core origin, given the inability to cultivate it further. It is a system that can cleave to the world and the new dao! Auras should be able to cleave to core origin as well and form a core origin dao!”

Li Hao’s eyebrows rose. Now this was interesting. The appearance of the aura might be a result of the disappearance of core origin and the inability to connect to core origin dao. With the emergence of a new dao, it was something for the aura to attach to.

In this regard, it was a byproduct that connected to the great dao. The domain that it formed also demonstrated these characteristics—they could connect to and block the heavenly dao and will at any time.

“Thank you, senior!” Li Hao nodded repeatedly.

The baffled tree didn’t feel like it’d said anything.

What are you thanking me for?

It didn’t respond because it’d simply repeated common knowledge about auras.

They weren’t that important anymore either because Li Hao had changed his focus to unattributed dao meridians. He’d given up all of his supernatural abilities and even the characters. Thus, it didn’t matter to him if he possessed the auras or not.

“If, and I mean if... this was the beginning of the world,” the young man suddenly raised. “How does one go about creating a world?”

“......” General Pagoda was completely at a loss.

How... how would I know? You want to create a new world? What immense breadth of vision! You’re thinking too far ahead, aren’t you?

Li Hao didn’t want to create a new world, he was thinking of separating the Barren wasteland from the rest of the world and enclosing it with his domain. He didn’t want the heavenly will to occupy it. It would remain in his domain even after he expelled the chaos.

This way, even if Li Daoheng succeeded in seizing the heavenly will, he would only claim the current iteration of the heavenly will, not a stronger version.

Li Daoheng wanted to devour the world!

In that case, since everyone’s fighting over Silver Moon world, I’ll carve out part of it and put it inside a personal domain. None of you will be getting a complete world then!

Will that work?

It will!

I’m not recreating the world, I’m just moving the part that the chaos invaded into my domain. And... why can’t

I

capture the heavenly will while I’m at it? If the chaos disperses and heavenly will gathers, why can’t I seize it when it enters my domain?

The idea galvanized Li Hao!

Whether it was Li Daozong or General Pagoda, neither of the baffled two understood Li Hao’s meaning.

Creating a world? What does that have to do with you? You should think about if you have a chance of controlling Silver Moon world first. What, do you want to create a second world?

“Let’s end here for today,” Li Hao said softly. “Ah, do not think further of what we’ve said today or ask anyone about it. Just keep it to yourselves!”

The two nodded without a word. As Saints, they were immensely powerful. Not even exalted emperors would be able to peek into their affairs if they didn’t wish it.

“Then... next...” Li Daozong ventured.

“We kill people!” Li Hao grinned. “We’ll kill Ying Hongyue and the queen. They won’t die that easily. I was worried before that they would die and release the exalted emperor, but now I’m certain that they’ll grow stronger the more I chase them! They’ll continue to grow stronger until they can match me!”

The two frowned. Was that true? They could grow stronger just because they wanted to?

You’re a Saint!

Regular Saints were no match for Li Hao.

The young man grinned. He strongly believed that those two would not die easily. Li Daoheng would not let them die. If Ying Hongyue ever appeared on the verge of death, Red Moon power would surge into him and help him grow stronger!

The same went for the queen, but in terms of the moon’s power.

And the remarkable thing was, the two might think that this increase came as a result of their own abilities. They wouldn’t think that someone else had given it to them.

Since they won’t die that easily and the seal won’t break either, then I’m gonna keep chasing them and have them provide more nutrients for me. I’ll hunt them to the very ends of the world! That will also gather more heavenly will around me.

Also, there’s the Great Li king! He also bears heavens’ favor—how am I to strip it away from him?

The more heavenly will that gathered, the more territory his domain could occupy once it formed and the more heavenly will he could capture.

There’s not a lot of heavenly will around Ying Hongyue... Do the heavens not favor him, or does he know that it’s not good for him to be favored?

That was a good question. If the latter, then Ying Hongyue might have determined some things as well. That would make everything more interesting!

Finally, I need to comprehend more auras if I’m to strengthen my domain! I need to coalesce more supernatural characters—not to open dao meridians, but to expand the domain!

His teacher had wanted to expand his domain so that he could devour the world. Sadly, Li Hao hadn’t paid much attention to that. He’d completely forgotten about the matter after he discovered the dao universe.

I can explore the dao universe, what do I want with a small personal domain?

So... was teacher’s death really an accident? Or was it planned because Ying Hongyue didn’t want teacher to continue his research?

Li Hao’s eyes narrowed dangerously. It’d been his decision to march on Boundless due to the circumstances he was in. He had no choice, New Martial wasn’t willing to help, and the times called for such an action.

But what if there’d been someone secretly moving all of this along?

Zheng Yu’s replica had suddenly emerged into the world with an obsession of killing Li Hao. He brought the four nations into an alliance and levied extreme pressure on Li Hao. The young man hadn’t died, but perhaps his teacher was always meant to die after all of this.

How could Yuan Shuo stand against three Saints if he didn’t use the technique of melding the dao meridians of the five elements together? Apart from Li Hao, only the old man had the ability to withstand a Saint!

There would be no one who studied this field after Yuan Shuo’s death. Everyone was focused on the great dao and dao meridians. Who would be so bored as to study a measly domain?

This... is probably the truth! Precious possessions land their owners in jail... Teacher died because the Five Styles Method exceeded the knowledge limits of these times...

Such was Li Hao’s conclusion. Yuan Shuo’s death had been ordained because his work on the domain was beginning to interfere with certain things.

The young man bared his teeth in a bloodthirsty grin.

Am I going to let you get away with what you want? You haven’t done anything so far because you can’t do anything to an exalted emperor, is it?

Then... let’s fight for time!

Li Hao summoned numerous supernatural characters—metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, light, darkness, sword, and dao. These were the eleven auras that he’d comprehended. The ones of the five elements were the strongest. Sword aura was decent, the dao character was naturally strong, and the rest were a bit lacking.

With the dao character as the center, the characters came together in a circle of light. They even formed an independent part of space within the dao universe.

Li Daozong was surprised by the sight.

After some thought, Li Hao extracted some great dao power to break down the domain. However, dao power was unable to penetrate the domain.

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Surprise flashed through the young man’s eyes. True enough, this was his first instance of employing the domain within the dao universe. So it could even isolate dao power? How interesting!

He looked into the depths of the dao universe. If Li Daoheng was also here, then he might possess even stronger dao power. But what if Li Hao isolated his opponent from dao power?

What a pity that the young man was too weak for now, he only had eleven supernatural characters. He’d abandoned them and the aura when he grew stronger. Perhaps this was what his enemy wanted to see.

When did he start thinking that the aura and supernatural character wasn’t strong enough?

Aha!

When he fought the queen. He’d felt that opening more dao meridians was the key, and the attributed ones took too long!

That sensation deepened during the battle at Boundless. An aura was required for each attributed meridian, whereas one could open an unattributed meridian at will.

If this was also part of your plan... then you’re really something!

Li Daoheng was truly extraordinary if he could plot about Li Hao’s own cultivation methods.