Chapter 1388: Outside of Silver Moon (I)

Countless thoughts popped into Li Hao’s mind. Perhaps the man with a sword on his back was the real Li Daoheng, but someone had taken his place later on. He’d poured all of his will and intent into the new era, into... Dao Sword?

So whether it was devouring the river or chaos or himself, it was all the same person!

Zheng Yu?

Was that possible?

Li Hao shook, horrified by his thoughts. He tilted his head at Zheng Yu chasing him down.

“You won’t be getting away, Li Hao!” The man was as indifferent as ever.

“You’re... actually not in a hurry to kill me!” Li Hao grit his teeth. The man really didn’t seem to be moved with urgency, even with Li Daoheng devouring the river of chaos. That was supposedly his opponent and he was stealing a march on Zheng Yu.

Dao Sword’s presence and strength had suddenly increased dramatically. Did it really have something to do with this guy? Or was it because the one with the sword was exuding too much strength and had been assimilated by the Li Daoheng in charge of the immaterial dao, which further caused his strength to leak?

Li Hao seemed to understand the relationship between everyone in this moment, but it was too late! If things were as he surmised, then was Zheng Yu only powerful, yet lacking in schemes like he thought?

“I’m trouble according to the folk song, so why don’t I cause trouble for everyone?” Zheng Yu smiled. “Why be in a rush? The more one rushes, the more mistakes are made. Therefore... let’s not be in a rush!”

He really wasn’t in a rush! He’d dogged the footsteps of Li Hao, Celestial Pole, the cat, the blade of blood, and everyone else, no?

Haven’t you heard? I’m trouble!

......

So Li Daoheng underwent reincarnation?

Li Hao could make no headway with this idea. If the man with a sword on his back was the sword dao replica that Li Daoheng had left behind, or rather, the strength from his past self, then had his primary self chosen to reincarnate into the new era?

So... had Zheng Yu later seized his sword dao replica? But would Li Daoheng not have undertaken any precautions whatsoever given that he was reincarnating?

The one at the Wind and Cloud Pavilion had said that there was an enormous drawback to assimilating with the times in this manner. The person involved would also lose a small portion of their memories; it was impossible to perfectly reincarnate into Silver Moon world. However, the Dao Sword had gone to the other extreme of having no memories of his past self whatsoever. How had that been accomplished?

Various thoughts rose in Li Hao’s mind, but it didn’t seem to help to get to the bottom of them. He could hold on for a while longer, but Hong Yitang was at the end of the road. Whether the man with a sword on his back Li Daoheng or Zheng Yu’s replica, they were devouring the river of chaos.

Hong Yitang would suffer his demise if this continued.

Li Hao’s plan to gather the eight bloodlines out of the eight cities had failed because of these changes. He couldn’t form a new set of the eight bloodlines to entice the cat to leave Zheng Yu’s side.

It didn’t matter who that person was, what was important was that Li Hao would only be a new half step emperor even if he successfully combined all of his dao stars. Just him alone wouldn’t be able to stand against so many half step emperors. The key was that the real star of time hadn’t shown itself from beginning to end.

That prevented Li Hao from capturing it, which meant his increase in battle strength wasn’t as great as he thought it might be. He’d wanted to soar straight to Zheng Yu’s level.

Celestial Pole can only bring his full strength to bear if the issue of the eight bloodlines is resolved. That will make the cat leave, which frees up Celestial Pole to help me stop or even kill Zheng Yu. That’s how I can help Martial Uncle Hong...

A near depletion of Li Hao’s power of time had facilitated the cat to swallow only half of the eight bloodlines. There was so little power of time left that it could not accelerate the cat’s progress.

And if Zheng Yu was the one who controlled the immaterial dao stars, he was able to set foot into the exalted emperor level at any time. Why did he not do so? Was there danger involved with making that leap?

The exalted emperor tribulation? Or something else?

Li Hao looked at Zheng Yu out of the corner of his eye. The man must have certain reservations in mind since he was dragging his heels. It was certainly a possibility for him to devour the dao universe after breaking through to exalted emperor.

There was no need to wait any longer! There must be some problems that existed with the exalted emperor cultivation level, preventing Zheng Yu from taking a step forward!

Dao Sword was still looking around blankly. Zheng Yu chased after Li Hao at a leisurely place; Celestial Pole continued to struggle behind him. He made some moves on a few occasions, but the cat riposted all of his attempts.

Li Hao’s side would be in enormous trouble if this continued.

“I am the heavenly will!” Li Hao didn’t want to think so much anymore. He flicked a glance out of the corner of his eye. Lin Hongyu’s air of death was immense, but it was about to be extinguished. Hong Yitang struggled ferociously, yet couldn’t stand against a half step emperor.

I am the heavenly will...

The heavenly will, the eight bloodlines!

When the eight bloodlines converged, it was an assembling of the power emanated by the entire world. The eight heritage weapons had transformed into the eight main cities. The cat within the blade nourished itself through devouring the heavenly will and strength of Silver Moon.

A newly born world and heavenly will was the cat’s best nourishment. The eight bloodlines were just one manifestation of the world’s strength.

The cat’s eyes were almost open, it was just a sliver away from recovery. Resurrection was almost complete after devouring Ying Hongyue and half of Zheng Yu’s eight bloodlines.

And I... happen to have transformed myself into the heavenly will.

The heavenly will represented the will of Silver Moon world. Li Hao had no effort to spare for Li Daoheng’s potential contingency plans. He didn’t even want to consider if that guy was alive or dead. None of that mattered.

Would the cat continue to protect Zheng Yu once it was awake?

It shouldn’t!

Too much had happened today. Li Hao drifted among the waves like a small boat lost at sea. He rose again and again, turning the tables again and again, but was still hard pressed to protect himself.

In that case, you guys can all suffer with me. I don’t care how much or far you’ve plotted to reach this step. I’m going to flip the chessboard and ruin all of your plans!

The river of time once more circled around him. Li Hao stopped running and whirled around to point at the cat.

“You don’t have enough power of time!” Zheng Yu laughed. He could sense the truth of his words on Li Hao. The young man’s efforts were futile since they were insufficient to ensure the cat would finish eating.

Li Hao’s point connected with a cat’s claw. The cat was very possessive over its food and didn’t give Li Hao a chance to hurt Zheng Yu. The man smiled radiantly and swung at Li Hao with the blade. He was almost invincible in this condition!

It would have to take the Red Moon exalted emperor breaking the seal to change the situation. But clearly, that one could not do so. He was actually the worst off from beginning to end—everyone treated him as food on a plate.

It would be difficult for even the seven main cities to break the seal.

The void shattered when Li Hao pointed and the power of time withered away. It barely resulted in any effect on the cat. The blade continued to descend toward Li Hao. Celestial Pole was incredibly furious to the rear, feeling that he’d bungled this situation.

A group of juniors were toying with him!

Just as he wanted to reach out and stop the fight, Li Hao sighed, “You two play such a sophisticated and complicated game. You are him and he is you, it’s hard for me to identify if you are Zheng Yu or Li Daoheng. Is the one standing to the side Li Daoheng or Zheng Yu? I can’t tell anymore!

“Were you the same person from beginning to end, or were you two different people in the beginning? I can’t even determine that!”

Zheng Yu smiled faintly, wanting to respond. Life had been too boring and lonely. The silence of one hundred thousand years inspired him to give an answer. However, the world shook.

“Forget it, I don’t care what state you guys are in,” Li Hao sighed again. “Senior Celestial Pole, will you really be able to kill this person without the cat in the way?”

“I’ll beat the literal shit out of him without Number Two in the way!” Celestial Pole raged.

“Then I’ll wait and uhh, preferably not see!” laughed Li Hao. His figure grew illusory; the young man seemed to truly become the heavenly will only now.

The heavenly will was intangible, which meant the blade landed on empty air!

The eight bloodlines suddenly manifested over Li Hao as well, but they were flimsy and almost nonexistent. It was the power of the eight bloodlines as formed by the heavenly will. The young man walked forward and gently caressed the cat’s head.

Somehow, the cat didn’t smack his hand. Its shut eyes trembled, as if the cat was trying to open them. Its nose twitched, like it’d smelled something delicious.

Zheng Yu glowered.

The eight bloodlines?”

“I treated Ying Hongyue as food that day, karma has come back around for me today,” Li Hao laughed self-deprecatingly. “I, Li Hao, will have a go at being food as well. Zheng Yu, I will return since the heavenly will cannot be extinguished. We’ll settle the score then if you’re still alive then!”

The young man transformed into a tendril of smoke and burrowed into the cat’s mouth!

Zheng Yu’s eyes widened with shock. The cat had latched onto his eight bloodlines, but now loosened its mouth like it’d tasted something better. It disengaged from Zheng Yu, stirring like it was about to awaken soon.

The docile blade of blood struggled in Zheng Yu’s hand, bursting with radiant blade intent and stabbing through his palm with an explosion of blood intent. It broke free, returning to the cat—Number Two’s side.

Celestial Pole started with surprise! He looked at Zheng Yu, then at the cat. Number Two wasn’t moving, it seemed to be digesting something. The entire world quaked as a person hovered in and out of sight in the cat’s stomach!

Li Hao had become the heavenly will and then fed himself to the cat!

Whether it was the eight bloodlines or others, they were part of Silver Moon. Currently, he represented the entire world and served himself up on a silver platter. To the cat, this was much more delicious than the eight bloodlines.

Celestial Pole’s jaw dropped. Li Hao had fed himself to the cat.

One had to keep in mind that this was the Ash Emperor’s projection. The Ash Emperor ate and digested everything, even the universe. While Number Two wasn’t on par with the Ash Emperor since it wasn’t the primary body, it might be able to thoroughly digest a mere heavenly will of Silver Moon!

Once Li Hao was fully digested, he would be dead, even as the heavenly will.

Celestial Pole jerked his head toward Zheng Yu; the man was frowning. He looked at the cat, then at Celestial Pole, and finally at the Li Hao hovering in and out of sight in the cat’s stomach. The young man seemed to wear a mocking smile on his face.