Chapter 1944: Incorporating Dao into Chaos (III) |
“I know.” Li Hao nodded thoughtfully at the supreme’s suggestion that his idea would impact the ninth ranks that’d gone missing in the chaos. “But… I’m trying to turn the unordered into organized dao. If chaos dao is the key to disorder, then there is an even greater reason for me to integrate with it. How will I understand it if I do not become part of it on an intimate level?”
“Then I have nothing else to say!” laughed the supreme. “You know your limits and have certain ideas in mind. You should do as you wish! Fang Ping and I, as well as a few others, will hover in Thunder Region around the four regions.
“Long Zhan is smart, he will not easily take action against us. We’ll probably just end up acknowledging each other…”
“That’s because the seniors are strong,” laughed Li Hao. “So you can intimidate them. If not, Long Zhan would kill me with a single punch!”
The two sides would probably be just coming in contact with each other or throwing down tough words at most. There wasn’t a high likelihood for a skirmish to break out.
But that was a result of their strength. Otherwise, Long Zhan was no pushover and would have long erupted with rage.
“Let’s attend to this sooner rather than later! We will move out immediately!” Supreme Zhang said nothing else. Neither did he find Li Hao’s decision incredulous.
He’d once considered the same path, but ultimately gave it up.
When a group of New Martial citizens became stuck in their cultivation due to the world becoming imbalanced, the same had happened to him. Had they been part of chaos dao then, they would’ve exploded from the energy.
This was a very decisive group that struck out resolutely as soon as they came to a decision. Li Hao locked onto Thunder Region’s location through the river of time. The Human King and supreme weren’t curious about how the young man accomplished the task. Or perhaps they were, but they refrained from peering around with curiosity in order to maintain their dignity as seniors.
It was the Light master who couldn’t help but stare. What an interesting construct! It was similar to the transportation method of a dao universe, yet in a much more discreet manner.
Standing next to his father, Void was rather embarrassed. His father was likely the oldest of the group, but his curiosity was more blatant than a group of youngsters. How mortifying!
……
The group exchanged only a few words of idle chitchat along the way. When they neared Thunder Region, the Human King and rest of the eighth ranks chose to stay behind.
Li Hao continued on his way with Fog Mountain and the rest of his people. He passed through Thunder Region and sped for the four regions.
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The four regions, Skyward.
The Dragon master spent most of his time here lately. He returned even after foreign invaders were repelled.
Skyward showed signs of revitalization lately. It really was reawakening this time. And so Long Zhan spent his time here, watching, waiting.
He’d captured a portion of the Skyward master’s will and even stripped a bit of the power of desire from the world master. All of this had been in preparation for the world’s awakening.
Long Zhan was a very bold individual!
But in this moment, he suddenly frowned and looked outside. An incredibly violent ripple churned through all directions, sending endless energy surging madly throughout the void.
Li Hao was nearby, but in a very skinflint fashion. He hadn’t prepared anything. He just outright started incorporating his dao into the chaos!
With the queen as an example, Li Hao was already familiar with the process and method. The difficulty didn’t lie in incorporating his dao with the chaos, but how he would handle the mad wave of chaos strength that resulted after melding his dao with chaos dao.
When Long Zhan sensed Li Hao’s actions, his face darkened.
A large amount of energy began streaming off from Skyward. The world that had been stirring back to life now lost much of its dao strength. A pair of eyes appeared within the Skyward dao universe and looked toward the world.
Clearly, Li Hao becoming part of the chaos had touched upon the Skyward master’s core tenet.
The energy that the world had just collected began streaming away.
Within the depths of the dao universe.
A pair of eyes materialized over a dao star and looked on silently. Emotion was impossible to read within them.
……
Long Zhan swiftly disappeared, followed by several eighth ranks.
Outside Skyward, in a place not too far away.
A group of people had surrounded Li Hao. Endless chaos strength churned toward this direction and the chaos itself seemed to be rioting!
Long Zhan manifested, sighing as he saw those assembled in the distance. “Li Hao, why didn’t you just stay in the east? Did you return to the four regions just for this chaos strength? Must you insist on feuding to the death with me by incorporating yourself into the chaos?”
Li Hao didn’t make a sound.
Chaos beasts swiftly emerged. When the eighth rank Black Tiger saw Li Hao, frenzied bloodlust instantly filled its eyes!
Li Hao!
The Dragon master looked at Li Hao with some hints of anger that swiftly dispersed. He looked around, soon finding some eighth rank presences in the distance. The Human King, Supreme Zhang, Light, and Ash Emperor were all here!
And with the eighth ranks on this side…
These guys had some nerve!
But they were also very strong as well.
The Human King’s voice echoed through the void as he roared with laughter, “I haven’t set foot into the four regions, old dragon! I keep my word—you gave me three major worlds! But don’t come making trouble for me! It won’t count as breaking my word then!”
Long Zhan took a deep look at Li Hao and then at the others, chuckling softly after a long moment. “Melding your dao into the chaos… It looks like even you guys think that the chaos race’s cultivation method is the right and proper way!
“That’s a good thing. However, you’re playing with fire, Li Hao. I hope you don’t burn up from your decisiveness…”
With that chuckle, Long Zhan waved a hand and vanished with a crowd of reluctant powerhouses. It was not yet the time to fight the humans. They would be his barrier against the outer regions if they found their footing in the east. Hence, it was not a good idea to engage in conflict between the two sides.
As for Li Hao extracting so much chaos energy that even Skyward’s revival was delayed, it was a given that he would be irritated by that. But for the moment, Long Zhan suppressed his annoyance.
He was simply wondering if it was better to fully become part of chaos dao or not? Should he… give it a try too?
Being the strongest of the chaos race, he was half attached to the chaos dao. But now that a human had incorporated himself into it, it would seem that Li Hao felt there were benefits to be had from this course of action.
It was just…
Long Zhan raised his head at the sky and considered the boundless chaos. Was there order to the chaos or not? Would the young man’s gesture give rise to certain trouble?
Someone on Li Hao’s side had done so before, but they’d been negligible since they were very weak. Li Hao was a seventh rank and still chose to do so… He might be in over his head!
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At the same time, in the depths of the chaos.
Countless statues forested a certain place. They opened their eyes one by one, many of them, not just the singular ones from before. Images of the four regions appeared in their eyes.
“Skyward…” One of them transmitted after an indeterminate period of time.
“I know!” Another statue interrupted slowly before they had a chance to finish.
“So long as you know. When will your Skyward exalted emperors return?”
“Soon.”
The other speaker said nothing else. Since that one was aware of what was happening in Skyward territory, there was no need to ask anything further.
Pictures of the four regions appeared in the massive statue’s eyes, even images of Li Hao. The statue slowly closed its eyes. The Skyward exalted emperors should return sooner rather than later.
These youngsters liked to get up to all manner of no good. Who knew what would happen next if this continued?
Incorporating themselves into the chaos…
The chaos was unordered and rootless. They might suffer from the consequences of their own actions. The person to undergo this seemed to be the cultivator of time. It would be a pity if they died.
……
Li Hao’s dao became part of the chaos. His river became part of the chaos, the thousand worlds became part of the chaos, and the star of time became part of the chaos.
Such was to incorporate his dao.
Endless chaos energy thundered toward him the moment the integration was complete.
The young man’s consciousness seemed to fully disperse in this moment, or rather, become part of the chaos. He seemed to be hovering out of it and looking down upon it. And this was when he saw… eyes!
Pairs and pairs of eyes!
People were looking at him, not just one person.
He even saw some things that were normally hidden from sight. He saw countless great daos and one… passageway?
Was that a passageway?
He didn’t know.
He seemed to see a great avenue hidden in the chaos—the passageway of spatial transport?
Was it Skyward?
Had the Skyward master once left a passageway behind?
He’d neither seen its like before in the rootless chaos, nor sensed it. Perhaps it was similar to the river of time—undetectable or invisible to the senses before reaching that step. But once one was strong enough, it was apparent.
The river of time was forged by the star of time. The star itself wasn’t strong, which made it detectable to Long Zhan. But this passageway of space had been left by the Skyward master… who could see it?
Who could discover it?
Li Hao never had, in any case.
Certain ideas occurred to the young man in this moment. The Exalted Blood Emperor once spoke of a dark passageway near New Martial, one that concealed the world and kept it hidden from others. New Martial hadn’t made it into the chaos until it became a seventh rank world.
It counted as a sealed off world.
So who’d sealed it?
The War Sovereign?
Why?
Did he wish to hide from others?
etvolare’s Thoughts
That’s a neat way of tying up that loose end!