Chapter 1399: Calamity (IV)

The final bone sword in the air transformed into Li Daoheng. He was as pale as a sheet, but smiled with satisfaction. He’d made it through the tribulation!

A large shift had taken place in his mentality.

I’ve survived even a chaos tribulation! After I take some time to recover, I’ll certainly ascend to exalted emperor. There will no longer be any shackles that bind me!

As for Li Hao being alive, who cared?

The flimsy strength within the young man’s body had been depleted. Even if he recovered, he would be on the chopping block given the lack of the power of time.

Granted, Li Daoheng still had to exercise some caution when it came to Celestial Pole.

As the man rummaged through his thoughts, he discovered that Li Hao was still coalescing dao stars. The young man was neither excited nor anxious. Stars dotted the sky again, as illusory as before.

“There’s no use collecting dao meridians now!” sneered Bone Eclipse. “You’ve doomed this emperor, Li Hao! I will not go quietly to my future death if you don’t die today! My Blood Moon Pearl has broken...”

He stopped mid rant and looked up at the sky. Li Daoheng did the same, both of their expressions shifted drastically!

Another thunderbolt was coming into view.

“How are there more?!” shrieked Bone Eclipse. Nine thunderbolts had come and gone!

Li Daoheng’s face paled as well and he suddenly looked at Li Hao. “I know!” he shouted. “The tribulation won’t end until Li Hao is dead!”

The tenth thunderbolt was upon them!

Color drained from Li Daoheng’s face, he couldn’t stand against that! Whether it was him or the Exalted Bone Eclipse Emperor, both of them had nearly expended all of their resources to survive the ninth bolt.

Making it through nine bolts had been difficult enough, but the tenth was already forming!

Li Daoheng grit his teeth and growled, “Hurry, we need to kill Li Hao before the tribulation continues. There will be some time before the second round!”

Bone Eclipse had recovered some of his flesh and blood. His face was so pale that it was ghastly.

Kill Li Hao!

That’s right, they needed to kill Li Hao.

Survival was only possible only after Li Hao died. Damn it, if they’d known this earlier, they wouldn’t have wasted all that time and effort on blocking the thunder and lightning. They would’ve gone for Li Hao at the very beginning!

“Senior Celestial Pole, help me hold them off for a bit...” said Li Hao.

“Why are there more thunderbolts?” Celestial Pole turned pale.

“Senior, the thunderbolts won’t attack you, hold them off for a bit!”

The other two had expended a great deal of energy, whereas Celestial Pole remained in peak form. He could stop the duo for a while.

Celestial Pole set his jaw and shifted all thought out of his mind. He rushed over with the blade of blood, cursing to himself.

Why do I need to listen to him? Also, Li Hao’s been weaving his dao meridians together and he’s got almost three hundred stars in the sky. Is there a point to that?

Can he endure the tenth thunderbolt? Is there a point to anything he’s doing?

Li Hao didn’t know if there was, but the tenth thunderbolt was accumulating in the sky. He had a few moments to spare, so he looked calmly into the distance. “Martial Uncle Hong, Gan Wuliang, lend me the strength of the two dao universes!”

The powerhouses’ faces twitched. They quickly called upon their respective dao universes, even Gan Wuliang.

More stars and dao meridians appeared in the air, Li Hao reached almost 360 stars.

The young man ignored the tumult around him and reached out, summoning a stone, seal, and tree to him. They became the world barrier and surrounded the stars. He’d buried them into the world when he became the heavenly will. Now that they gathered again, they formed another tiny world within a world.

Li Hao looked at the sky and frowned in thought, then placed the dim star of light in the center of the tiny world. It was situated in the very center.

Near at hand, Celestial Pole had met the two powerhouses in battle. Collisions and rumbles rang out!

As strong as Celestial Pole was and however much depleted the duo were, the two attacked with maddened fervor. They had to kill Li Hao!

“I’ll stop him, you go kill Li Hao!” Li Daoheng roared after slashing out mightily with his sword.

Celestial Pole punched with one hand and slashed the blade with another. But neither of the two were easy targets. Li Daoheng had transformed himself into a sword and continuously forced the Initial Martial senior back. Bone Eclipse sped for Li Hao!

They were all done for if the young man didn’t die!

Li Hao lifted his head to look at the sky and murmured, “I just need a little more energy... this isn’t enough!”

He turned to consider the exalted emperor speeding his way. The 360 dao stars hadn’t accumulated enough strength. There should be enough if he added this nearly crippled exalted emperor to the mix.

But he’d almost fully depleted his power at the moment. Although the other was crippled, he was an exalted emperor at the end of the day. There were no easy pickings to be had here.

Could Li Hao kill an exalted emperor in his current state?

The young man suddenly grinned!

The eight main cities—Sword City included—began shaking. They convened in a split second, still shuddering!

Boom!

The cities resolved themselves into their heritage weapon forms—a sword, blade, whip...

Li Hao’s Firmament Sword appeared in his hand and he said softly, “The eight heritage weapons have completed their mission as of this day. The cat has been resurrected. I have borrowed you all along—with prolonged use comes familiarity!”

The eight weapons immediately appeared next to him, as directed by the heavenly will! They existed to seal off the world and gather the world’s strength to revive the cat. They’d been left behind by the Exalted Blood Emperor.

The Firmament Sword started trembling with excitement, possibly sensing the young man’s intentions.

“Devour them and just leave the Sword Sovereign’s residence,” Li Hao chuckled. “You’ll become a real divine sword once you do that!”

The sword’s shaking intensified with both eagerness and wariness. Could it really devour those heritage weapons?

Li Hao’s heavenly will expanded over the scene; the eight heritage weapons shuddered. The young man looked at the dazed and curious cat in the distance. “Senior Cat, I fed you with the heavenly will, so you owe me one. Can I borrow the eight main cities?”

Indeed, apart from the Sword Sovereign’s Stellaris, the other seven heritage weapons belonged to the cat.

Number Two blinked, then nodded. Its head swung in a daze. “Um... yes... you can borrow... no, you can have them. I don’t need them anymore...”

Its word was law. Apart from the Sword City still trembling in place, the other weapons immediately quieted down. The Firmament Sword rushed out with immense eagerness!

It pierced through a blade with a crack, devouring endless power from the heritage weapon!

Sword intent also manifested over Li Hao to keep Stellaris in check.

“This world belongs to the Lis!” he said softly. “Li Daoheng does not represent the Sword Sovereign. I have the approval of the sword tree, sword seal, and sword stone. I think

I

can represent the Sword Sovereign!”

Stellaris trembled and a small residence flew away from the sword. With that, the heritage weapon slowly settled down. The Firmament Sword stabbed through it the next moment, adding it to the melting pot of heritage weapons within it!

The Firmament Sword’s presence blazed to the heavens!

All of that was completed in the blink of an eye. Bone Eclipse had just rushed over when he sensed a wall of might in his way. His eyes widened!

The hell?? Has this sword become sentient??

The Firmament Sword had spontaneously grown unrivaled. It trembled ferociously in Li Hao’s hand, beyond itself with exhilaration. It was no longer subject to certain restraints!

The sword had immediately surpassed all of the heritage weapons. Considering that one of them included the Sword Sovereign’s personal sword, it was clear to see from this just how strong the sword had become.

“Bone Eclipse... you should not have come to Silver Moon!” Li Hao said softly. The stars in the sky gathered in the young man’s body and a majestic wave of sword intent bloomed from the Firmament Sword. That sword intent was so strong that it could rival the Sword Sovereign’s Eternal Sword intent!

Li Hao was one with his mind and qi. He reigned at peak condition even without the power of time!

But this was when the young man suddenly laughed wryly.

Just as Bone Eclipse’s eyes widened with horror, a river of time extended out of nowhere and a ripple came from it. Li Hao shook, his laughter deepening. “I have... such great timing!”

His past self had come to borrow his strength.

Right now, right this very moment.

Should he lend it to himself?

If he didn’t, he might fly apart in the next second because he would’ve died in that battle. If he did, there was only so much strength he could utilize. Bone Eclipse was right in front of him.

So... this was the moment.

The move of a thousand sword daos... I do seem to have incorporated a thousand sword daos now. So the time is now!

Li Hao shook his head and permitted the river to pull endless energy from him. Everything that he’d just gathered was gone. His body was empty.

Bone Eclipse had been gearing himself up to run, but he suddenly blinked and started braying with laughter. “Your karma is at hand!”

Karma! Haha! Li Hao’s suddenly lost all of his strength!

The exalted emperor had been worried that he would die to the next stroke since the Firmament Sword combined with the power of the stars felt more powerful than Li Hao in his prime. But all of a sudden... it was gone!

But now that the young man was left with only a sword, there was nothing to fear!

Celestial Pole’s face slackened with dismay, as did Hong Yitang and the rest color with concern. Why was it now??

Damn it! How could it be now??

Li Daoheng was likewise overjoyed. He’d thought that Bone Eclipse was done for when the Firmament Sword devoured the eight heritage weapons. But now, Li Hao suddenly lost everything he’d gained. He could tell that it was the kid’s past self that’d come to borrow everything!

Li Hao could refuse to answer the call, but he would then cease to exist if his past died. Therefore, he had no choice but to offer up his strength.

The young man shook his head with some resignation. Everything really did come back around in the end! The chaos tribulation was his karma. He’d borrowed so much strength from the future that losing it in a critical moment was compensation for last time. There were no free meals to be had in the world!

A delighted Bone Eclipse smashed a punch at Li Hao!

Die, brat!

The exalted emperor worried that he would be the one to die here if Li Hao continued to survive the day.