Chapter 1225: A Minor Victory (IV)

The group retreated in an orderly manner. They weren’t in a rush as they were on guard against ambushes from Li Hao.

On the other hand, the young man didn’t have such plans in mind. There were about eleven Saints on the other side. He wasn’t crazy, why would he attack them?

Stellaris’ fragments had absorbed three heritage weapons, the seal was much weaker, Zheng Yu would pay a high price to stabilize it, Ying Hongyue had lost his heritage weapons and the Yonder lord. This outcome was grand!

Li Hao didn’t bother with the Divine Nation queen. It was sufficient for there to be less heavenly will on his enemies’ side. He had won an overwhelming victory today! He’d achieved almost all of his goals!

“Ying Hongyue didn’t use Yama for a second eruption before the man died. Did he hide his abilities on purpose, or did he collect Yama’s bloodline when the guy died? Does that mean Ying Hongyue has another eruption hidden up his sleeves?” Li Hao transmitted a question when his thoughts traveled here. “Gan Wuliang, what happened to Yama’s body after he died?”

“Ying Hongyue seized it!”

As I thought!

Li Hao raised an eyebrow. As for why Ying Hongyue had utilized the Yonder lord instead of Yama’s body, it was likely because the two alive were beginning to suspect and doubt. Killing one of them would decrease the number of burdens that Ying Hongyue had to travel with.

“This means to say that if the Celestial Sword Immortal doesn’t make her escape, Ying Hongyue will be able to erupt twice at any given time. This will be true so long as the eight bloodlines are not fully consolidated!”

Ying Hongyue in peak form was quite formidable. He could even seal a Saint away!

Li Hao’s improvements had been matched by Ying Hongyue. A wide grin suddenly crossed the young man’s face. This guy had quite the cultivation prowess, huh! Li Hao had become his tool. This was what was meant by the saying “leaving one’s enemy alive to emphasize one’s importance”.

He even suspected that Ying Hongyue had passed over previous chances to kill him, just so he would be faced with a proper threat in the future. That would create more opportunities for Ying Hongyue.

Li Hao wouldn’t have become a Saint so quickly otherwise, which meant that Ying Hongyue would quickly become a Saint as well!

That also included the queen, so technically speaking, the two of them should be thanking him!

Without him, they stood no chance of making it to the Saint level in such a short period of time. The queen didn’t know the inside information and simply focused on the identity of being the reincarnated Moon God. Ying Hongyue... should know something.

“What do we do now?” Li Daozong materialized next to the young man. “The world can tolerate Saints, my primary body can come out now. Do we continue chasing them?”

He vaguely felt that Li Hao had pulled his punches. Not in terms of strength, but timing. The young man could’ve arrived a little earlier and called upon the power of the people. He might’ve had a chance of killing a few more then, but he didn’t choose to do so.

Instead, he waited until Zheng Yu’s group had almost reached them before calling on the general population. That ensured that Li Hao missed the best timing to strike down their enemies!

It also fully exposed the young man’s strength, which was a poor decision. Li Hao should’ve hidden some of his capabilities upon seeing that Zheng Yu had come.

“The enemy’s powerhouses have gathered together!”

“Which means the era of chaos in the world is almost over!” Li Hao suddenly laughed. “There will be plenty of scheming and conniving when all three sides are gathered. At the moment, they may wish to utilize the dao universe to kill me...”

Li Daozong looked at the young man. What would he do in response?

“And I’ll give them a chance to!” Li Hao said after thinking for a while. A dim star appeared when he tapped the void. He illuminated the star; dao power swept forth with a tremble. Light shimmered out of it .

“This is the queen’s body dao meridian...” Li Hao explained softly when Li Daozong looked confused.

“Eh? Don’t divine spirits only have one dao meridian?

“The queen is unique as she is the first god beneath the heavens.” The young man smiled. “She may have a lot! I’ll help her activate this one so that she might be able to open it on her own very soon. She’ll be able to sense the dao universe then. Have Battle Heaven keep a close eye on this star!”

Li Daozong nodded, somewhat grasping Li Hao’s intentions. Was this... bait for their enemies?

Once the queen could locate the dao universe, they might invest a lot in an expedition to kill Li Hao. They’ll pour their powerhouses into the Hao Cosmos, which would be a tremendous reaping for the young man’s side!

......

At the same time.

Discomfort crossed the queen’s face as she followed the group in retreat. Faint dao power emanated from her body, making her shake. A strange look developed on her face when she took stock of herself.

Was this... a dao meridian?

There was a tiny, very fragile dao meridian in her body, located in a place that was nearly impossible to discover.

How could this be? Didn’t divine spirits only have one dao meridian?

No, that’s not necessarily the case. I am the Moon God, the first divine spirit in the world. I may be more unique. I could have countless ones like the humans.

Fortune had fallen right into her lap!

I was fretting over how to find Li Hao when my dao star isn’t in the dao universe. I have no way of plotting against him. But here is a dao meridian in my hour of need! Even the heavenly dao doesn’t want the young man to live!

It didn’t occur to the Moon God that this dao meridian might be artificial. It was inside her body, so what did it have to do with anyone else?

Hence, she didn’t mention it to anyone and trained it in secret! She cultivated it in accordance with the cultivation methods of the new dao. Perhaps she would be able to sense the dao universe soon.

If Li Hao can go inside, why can’t I?

The queen’s eyes narrowed.

Once I find it, enter it, and can bring others into it... that is when Li Hao will meet his doom!

But before that, I need to be careful of Zheng Yu and the others. I can’t come under their control!

The queen was quite happy about this unexpected surprise because it would strengthen her. Everyone knew that she could draw upon the moon, but they didn’t know that she was now cultivating the new dao!

The first divine spirit of the world will not go down that easily. You think too little of this queen, Li Hao!

......

The young man vanished from the dao universe. There was no need for him to stay in the west after those guys left. Destroying a large sum of Moon God temples had also been part of his plans. Hopefully, Li Daoheng wouldn’t mind the disruption.

The real Moon God was probably absorbing the power of faith through their temples. Li Hao had inadvertently destroyed that.

I wonder if they’ll be mad?

Li Hao grinned broadly and rushed to Barren.

Be mad if you want to be! It’s time to visit Barren.

......

The Barren wastelands.

Sand flew through the air and the desert extended as far as the eye could see. A disorganized mass of chaos presence drifted through the air. Some of it had dissipated as the desolate beasts died, but the will of chaos remained. It stuck to Silver Moon world like a cancerous tumor or a parasite.

Heavenly will churned madly in all directions when Li Hao entered the Barren wasteland. The young man furrowed his brows and looked at the agitating sky overhead. There was a budding consciousness in the heavenly will and Barren stuck in its side like a deep thorn. Therefore, it was very unpleasant for it to be in the wasteland.

But such large-scale disturbance would be easily detected by others. How could he calm the heavenly will?

Eleven supernatural characters materialized and came down over the premises. While heavenly will continued to churn around Li Hao, it began to mill about uncertainly when it began losing sight of the young man. Once it fully lost his whereabouts, the heavenly will completely drifted away.

Everything within the domain was isolated from the world, which meant that he was isolated from the heavenly will!

It was already very uncomfortable for the heavenly will to be here; it could not expel the chaos without Li Hao’s efforts. At present, the heavenly will could only influence those it favored. It could not fight.

It quickly departed when it failed to locate the young man in the premises; being here was so nauseating!

Li Hao traveled further into the Barren wastelands; his footsteps kicked up yellow dust. The personal domain enlarged the further he traveled into the Barren desolation. His aura of earth appeared and clapped down like a towering mountain, calming the flurrying sands.

Li Hao moved calmly through the land. There were a few corpses in the desert, as well as some wild beasts. They moved through the desolation by themselves, lone wolves.

The wild beasts here had been affected by chaos presence and were exceedingly fierce. However, they lacked the intelligence that monster spirits possessed. Such were the drawbacks of desolate beasts. Only when they reached the peak did they stand a chance of developing intelligence. Meanwhile, monster spirits were intelligent no matter how weak they were.

Panther followed behind Li Hao, curiously observing these weak desolate beasts.

Monster spirit and desolate beasts were the same kind of existence. It was just that monster spirits left behind their desolate beast origin after they entered the world. In the lack of chaos presence, they gradually evolved into monster spirits. Meanwhile, desolate beasts continuously resided amidst the chaos. It was their home from beginning to end.

“Even desolate beasts can talk and they’re much dumber than you.” Li Hao tilted his head at Panther. “You’re mid Sun and Moon now, on par with some Immortals. How can a monster spirit of this level not be able to talk yet?”

“Arf arf arf!”

“......” Li Hao sighed. "Are you born mute? Is your mental strength also mute?”

A monster spirit on par with Immortal that did not know how to transmit or talk was strange indeed. Panth was so strong, but couldn’t even transmit words.

What about mental strength vibrations?

No?

Then blood qi vibrations, ventriloquism... any bit of those?

Li Hao just somehow felt that Panth could talk, it just refused to. Did it want to keep its air of mysteriousness?

“Arf arf arf!”

“You can arf, but you can’t talk?”

Panther wagged its tail and ignored the young man. There was important business at hand for them to attend to.