Chapter 913: Challenging All Saints |
Yet the Saint Path of the Dragon Saint burst forth with golden light, and he declared loudly: "Before you were born, heaven and earth were free, and the Law was nothing but a shackle imposed upon them!"
His Saint Path, like a coiling little golden dragon, confronted the Saint Path of the Holy Master of Law.
"Without law, there would be barbaric wilds, chaos among All Heavens, and endless cycles of reincarnation!" said the Holy Master of Law.
"What difference does it make now, other than hiding the blatant slaughter right before our eyes in the shadows? If the Law is a rope, then someone must be pulling it. You establish the Law, and your Human Race scrambles to claim kingship and emperorship, just to grasp the ropes of Law, to drive and enslave the world. Such laws only serve to cater to Imperial Power, which then nourishes you with incense fire in return!" retorted the Dragon Saint angrily.
"The Emperor commits the same crimes as the commoners, what you speak of is human greed, not a calamity of the legalists!" responded the Holy Master of Law.
"Without strength, how can there be Law, and without power, how can there be a Path?" said the Dragon Saint, his voice resonating through the cosmos, his Saint Path brilliant, causing many Semi-Saints to feel as if their ears might burst from the sound.
Li Hao listened quietly, never expecting the debate of Saints to be so intense.
Their Saint Paths constantly collided; the weaker one would be defeated and take damage.
Moreover, this was merely their probing; it wasn't the core debate. Otherwise, if the core were to be damaged, it would greatly injure their vitality and they might even lose their strength as Saints.
Li Hao's eyes flickered; he gained nothing, but instead felt that the Saint Paths of these two Supreme Saints seemed... too narrow.
The conference was about debating the Dao, and in Li Hao's view, the Dao of these two Supreme Saints was just a part of the universe and also just a part of the Dao.
After a long while, the debate between the Holy Master of Law and the Dragon Saint came to an end, with neither side victorious. Their Saint Paths clashed and both were somewhat worn, yet also seemed to have made progress, repairing a minor flaw within their own Saint Path.
As they left the debating arena, other Saints swiftly took their place on stage.
Li Hao noticed that from both the Buddha realm and the Void Holy Land, there were always eyes watching him. Besides these two Holy Lands, there were also some Saints looking at him with a chill in their eyes.
After the second round of the Saints' debate ended, a Saint stepped onto the arena and immediately turned to look at Li Hao, saying:
"The Imperial Dao Holy Land wishes to debate a point or two with Haotian Venerate."
The other party was exuding a noble aura, looking extremely resplendent with nine barbaric dragons coiling around him, appearing quite extraordinary.
Li Hao had heard that this was one of the Holy Lands in the Central Nine Realms. It was said that most of the disciples who left there established Divine Dynasties and Imperial Powers in the world.
The origin of their Dao Thoughts was Imperial Power, and the essence of Imperial Power was not the centralization of authority, but the centralization of resources!
Centralizing resources, to be distributed by one person, that person, is the Emperor.
Such was the philosophy of the Imperial Dao Holy Land. Therefore, they once advocated for the Source Ancestor to take control of All Heavens single-handedly, but before All Heavens could agree or not, the proposal was promptly rejected by the Source Ancestor himself.
"This Emperor Tianji is an old friend of Buddha Venerate," Feng Boping suddenly communicated to Li Hao.
Li Hao's eyes were slightly cold, and he replied indifferently: "Imperial Dao, such a petty Path, is not worth debating!"
Hearing his words, Emperor Tianji on the debating arena was momentarily stunned, then a cold light appeared in his eyes, saying:
"You came to the conference to debate, but you do not dare to climb onto the arena to prove your point. What is this if not disrupting the rules?"
Li Hao sneered, then said:
"I enjoy fishing."
His remark was so abrupt that everyone turned to look at him, not understanding what he meant.
Feng Boping, Lie Sky Saint, Sword Master, and others were also startled, looking at Li Hao with confusion.
Li Hao continued: "The Saints here may not be fond of it, but surely they understand this skill. Generally speaking, if you want to catch a big fish, you cast your line into the deep water, avoiding the small fish in the shallows that nibble at the bait!"
"An experienced angler can distinguish between big and small fish by the movement of the float."
"If a small fish touches the line, pulling the hook then would be a wasted effort, and it might even scare away the big fish."
He spoke slowly to this point, and seeing the increasingly cold expressions on their faces, he said indifferently: "Willing to debate the Dao with me? Fine, but you, you are not enough."
He stood up, glanced over the audience, especially sweeping over the Saints who had looked at him repeatedly before, and said:
"Those who wish to debate the Dao with me, Haotian, may come up together, I will challenge you all at once!"
At this point, he also looked towards the Buddha Venerate and Void Holy Land, saying: "Additionally, Buddha Venerate and Void Holy Land, you must also be impatient to start, I presume. I want to debate the Dao with you, do you dare to accept?!"
Hearing Li Hao's words, all the Saints present were stunned, looking at this New Saint with amazement. Has he gone mad? Such a statement, it was simply insane!
They knew Li Hao was powerful in combat, but the Saint Path and combat strength are two different things. Some extreme One Disaster Saints had already achieved Perfection in their Saint Path, comparable even to a Three Calamities Saint, but their combat strength was still far behind.
Whereas Li Hao's combat strength was overwhelming, but his Saint Path was weak. Emperor Tianji was a Three Calamities Saint, having endured the Heavenly Tribulation, his Saint Path had been refined long ago. Li Hao would already be in danger if he debated the Dao alone, let alone challenging others at the same time.
This act of risk-taking, in everyone's eyes, was simply suicidal.
"Haotian!"
Feng Boping couldn't help but change color upon hearing Li Hao's words.
Even though he saw earlier that Li Hao had made a breakthrough in his Saint Path, such a move wouldn't even be dared by a Supreme Saint.
Since Li Hao had become a Saint, he no longer called him Hao Er, treating Li Hao as an equal.
Lie Sky Saint and Sword Master were somewhat stunned, then their expressions changed abruptly, watching Li Hao intently, sending messages through their thoughts.
Li Hao, upon hearing their anxious inquiries, simply sent them a reassuring look, and then turned his gaze towards the Buddha Venerate.
On the faces of Buddha Venerate and the twin Buddha Childs, there was some astonishment. They evidently did not expect such good fortune, that Li Hao would take the initiative to challenge them, and many at once.
However, Li Hao's confident actions also made them suspicious.
Where did this confidence come from?
Could it be he will ask a Supreme Saint for help?
As Li Hao finished speaking, Source Ancestor and the Holy Master of Law, Mixed Heaven Saint, and others who had just finished debating were also dumbfounded. They did not understand where Li Hao got his confidence from.
The expression of Mixed Heaven Saint immediately darkened; if Li Hao were to die here and his Saint Path were destroyed, then this great treasure would be wasted.
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