Chapter 1239: Wrestling on All Sides (IV)

The old turtle was still in place at Tranquil Star. A Saint was to be assigned to each of the four main cities and the redwood tree was being summoned to the Barren wasteland. This ensured missions for all six Saints in Li Hao’s camp.

The young man wanted to disrupt the world, interfering with it and the heavenly will. He wanted the disturbance to extend to the Zhengs and Li Daoheng. It didn’t matter whether his people could accomplish it or not. They would attempt to do first before saying anything else.

“That leaves only the marquis and the redwood tree at this locale!” Capsize Sea pointed out solemnly. “You two may be Fused Dao, but once your actions raise attention from the Zhengs or Zhang An, you might be in grave danger!”

It would be even more dangerous once Battle Heaven returned to the world. All it would take was one trespasser to cause enormous damage.

“It’s fine, we seek our fortunes in the midst of risk!” Li Hao said after some thought. “How else will you catch up to a half step emperor through regular means or fight an exalted emperor? Only through repeatedly taking risks do we create our opportunities!

“Just do what you can. In addition, there will probably be an explosion of energy when the chaos transforms into a world. At least, I think there will be. This is my first time undergoing this experience, so this is my best guess of what’s to come. I’ll take the others with me to see if we can glean something from the disturbance.

“The Saints won’t be included in the operation. Does the Sea Pacification Envoy think that will arouse any dissatisfaction?”

“No!” Capsize Sea immediately responded. “Do as you see fit, my lord! It would benefit us if some more of the Fused Dao level appeared...”

Li Hao used the Saint terminology, whereas the golden cow employed Fused Dao. The young man had named Fused Dao, whereas Saint was the name used by New Martial. One had to say, Capsize Sea was an interesting figure. The monster spirit was much smarter than regular humans. Who wouldn’t like this person—er, cow?

“We’re just slightly testing ourselves today and substituting what is fake for the real deal,” Li Hao smiled. “The true opportunity will be at hand when I really create my own world. I will not forget everyone then!”

Capsize Sea nodded without further word. That future was a bit too far away, there was no hurry to consider that for now.

“Then let’s proceed according to my instructions!”

“Understood!” Capsize Sea vanished. It was much stronger than the current limits of the world, but there weren’t many restrictions levied on it. There was a tendril of heavenly will that followed it—fruits of Li Hao’s manipulation. It didn’t know how Li Hao had accomplished that feat.

The young man swiftly began his preparations. Supernatural characters vanished in front of him, sinking into the Barren wasteland. Unique energy began drifting out, enveloping the entire wasteland like a formation.

However, it also swayed from growing destabilization. It wasn’t until the redwood rushed to the premises and took root in the wasteland with innumerable roots that the integrity of the domain was maintained.

A ‘dao’ character hovered in the world. The power of great dao sealed off the Barren wasteland like it was uncountable chains. Within the wasteland, the white horse stamped restlessly. It seemed to know what it was about to face.

A surge of heavenly will began gathering outside the domain. Li Hao himself walked out of Barren territory, permitting the heavenly will to accumulate as it would. Not only that, but he sat down cross-legged in the void and began cultivating.

The power of great dao permeated the air and an avenue manifested in the sky. Enormous dragons coiled around Li Hao; even the cosmos hung in the air around him.

The disturbance grew so noticeable that it drew looks from around the world. More heavenly will gathered as Li Hao’s gestures grew in scope.

Zheng Yu soon received word of the developments. What was Li Hao attempting now? To create such a disruption in the Barren wasteland... was he going to eliminate the chaos presence in Barren territory?

That would be a grand development!

The world would recover some more if the chaos was eradicated. Even if half step emperors still couldn’t walk freely through Silver Moon, at least Empyrean Kings would be able to.

......

Upon the moon in the void.

The moon circled in Barren airspace, descending through the sky as time went on. Barren was the end of the east. The place of sunrise was also the place of moon down!

Heavenly will shook as great dao traversed the land.

“He’s opened forty-eight dao meridians! He truly is a genius!” the man with a sword on his back said softly. “It’s only taken a year for him to attain such accomplishments. He is the favored son of heaven in this age, alright!”

“What is he attempting?” asked the sculpture behind him. “Does he want to expel the chaos from Barren? That will allow Empyrean Kings to walk out of the ruins... There are Empyrean Kings at Galewind, no? Not only that, but Red Moon also has one or two Empyrean Kings among their ranks as well. They’re just hidden elsewhere.”

If Li Hao did facilitate a great recovery of the world, he would be doing so to his own detriment. The young man wouldn’t be so unwise, would he? He’d paid quite a price to prevent the second awakening.

“Barren... dao meridians... the chaos...” mused the man. “Personal domain... heavenly will... Let’s go take a look. Perhaps we’ll have another round of new gains. Li Hao is becoming ever more interesting. He’s probably trying to steal from the heavens this time!”

“What?”

“He’s going to perpetuate an enormous fraud!” laughed the man. “Let’s go take a look. I’m not sure at the moment, so let’s observe for a while longer and see if the Great Li king comes to this locale...”

“Does this have something to do with the Great Li king?”

“The Great Li king is also a recipient of heavenly favor...” The man sighed when his thoughts reached this point. “The one we chose... doesn’t really seem up to the task! She lacks some tempering and experience. That creates an enormous gap between her and those who climbed to their present heights through their own efforts!

“But there’s still some heavenly will clustered around her. Think of a way to shift some memories to her, or let the god of prophecy foretell some things. Let’s see if there’s anything for us to pick up here...”

“I think I understand what you mean,” replied the startled sculpture. “But... aren’t we going to stop him? Even if the second generation comes and grabs some for herself, it will be just scraps and leftovers. Perhaps we can make a play for it ourselves...”

“Don’t worry, it’s just a bit of territory. His actions serve to benefit us! Not to mention, I’m not summoning the second generation so that she can scrabble for some leftovers. You misunderstand me!

“If Li Hao really does proceed according to my speculations and deprives the heavenly will of its whole, what he will elicit hate and hostility from what remains of the heavenly will. Whoever fights Li Hao then will be blessed by the heavens!

“The remains of heaven’s will can choose some more people to fortify. For example, the second generation Moon God or Ying Hongyue’s group. However, Ying Hongyue is a smart man and will not dare accept the blessing! Therefore, it’s most likely the second generation who will obtain more heavenly will!”

The man didn’t care about the scraps available, those were useless. He wanted the queen to come not so she could fight Li Hao for the eruption of energy, but to take over the remains of the heavenly will.

The Barren wasteland was a tiny territory; the heavenly will would lose its mind once the Great Li king, Li Hao, and others entered the wasteland. Who wouldn’t be openly hostile if their flesh was being sliced off them?

That person would have to seek mercy under someone’s else’s protection.

“You... as expected, pure humans think the most!" The Moon God finally understood. What she had in mind before was that her counterpart wanted the second generation to pick through what Li Hao discarded

Instead, he wanted to seize the remains of heavenly will!

His mind moved so quickly that the Moon God didn’t have time to catch up. He was already on to the next step before she even realized what they were talking about.

“This is just the normal consideration range of any regular person,” the man couldn’t help but laugh. “I can only say that you guys lack the ability to think for yourselves. If you think more... Ah, forget it. You don’t have to do that either. The Green Emperor doesn’t like to think about anything, he just wants to be strong enough. Thinking too much is actually very tiring!”

“Then Great Li god...” The Moon God changed the topic.

“We can ignore that one, I know what he’s thinking. He won’t care what we do so long as we stay out of his way. Our interests don’t conflict yet!”

“Is he very strong?” The Moon God raised an eyebrow.

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

“Very! Except... Well, the bottom line is, we don’t need to be too concerned about him yet.”

“Mmhmm.” The Moon God dropped the topic. “Red Moon hasn’t been up to much lately, he’s just been quietly cultivating.”

“Him? He’s an exalted emperor at the end of the day and not to be underestimated. He’s probably looking for an opportunity to break the seal! Ying Hongyue is partaking in the heritages of the eight families and as such, stands a chance of entering the Empyrean King level!

“A strong seal is not a good thing to the Red Moon exalted emperor, but a stronger Ying Hongyue makes it easier for the exalted emperor to come in contact with him. It’s a conundrum!”

“The exalted emperor remains very strong, we can’t make the mistake of thinking that he’s destined to fail or caught like a fish in a barrel!” said the man after some thought. “Perhaps he realized something a long time ago. Go test him some more and use the moon on him!”

“Alright, but... he’s exuding very little Red Moon power these days. It’s difficult for me to extract a large sum of it anymore.”

“That’s fine, then it does seem that he’s guessed something. But it took him so long to identify the crux of the issue! It looks like his brains aren’t good for much either. We don’t need to pay too much attention to him.

“Things are getting more interesting now!” smirked the man. “It would be so boring if Zheng Yu’s group was the only one swaggering around after all this time. It would also mean that Silver Moon world has too little potential if it didn’t show any signs of striking back. How would it improve in that regard? The strength of a world is determined by whether it can produce a strong enough genius favored by the heavens...”

“But that means a great deal of uncertainty and change,” the Moon God said with concern.

“No no no, you still don’t understand!” The man shook his head. “When we fight a bunch of mediocre people, it is only a matter of time before we turn mediocre as well! Only when we endure hardships can we hope to improve!

“If it wasn’t for the chaos being too strong and us being too weak, we would take our struggles to the chaos and fight the various masters of the worlds and great daos. Only then would we advance!

“But we’ve yet to learn how to run, much less fly! We’ll be able to fly if we succeed this time! We’ll be even stronger if we win against those favored children of heaven. Losing means that you are not one of them and can only bow your head to fate.

“I still regret that there aren’t enough proud children of heaven in this age. The only one to truly stand above the rest is Li Hao! But that little guy is so calculating at such a young age—he’s worth many by himself! That’s not bad either!”