Star Gate

“I’m going to temper myself in the north!” Yuan Shuo declared. Clearly, he had certain plans in mind.

“Sure sure, absorb the corpse first before doing anything,” Li Hao said distractedly.

“......” Screw you, kid! You suck! Everyday you look down on me for being weak, but you don’t let me head out when I want to.

You’re so damned annoying!

Whatever, I’ll go on the run after I absorb this guy. It won’t propel me to eighth rank, but at least I’ll be a premier seventh rank!

He didn’t need to say anything else since he’d made up his mind!

“Reincarnation was the local tyrant and I hadn’t wanted to do anything to him...” Li Hao paused. “But it would be a waste to let his dao strength just fade away after his death. Brother Void, he’s yours. Your six daos contain life and death. You can absorb the power of reincarnation. If that’s not enough, then there’s the Reincarnation dao universe. Take it all! I’d be embarrassed if you don’t make it to eighth rank after all of your troubles.”

It was actually Void who felt rather awkward. This sounds like I’m committing a sin if I don’t enter eighth rank... it’s just... that isn’t easily done.

His head hurt!

“As for Seniors Fog Mountain, Thunder Emperor, and Orchid Forest, focus on strengthening your dao and establishing a dao domain first. We’ll save the rest for later. The seniors are very strong, but... your daos are a bit too singular. You should complete your dao domains at least...” said Li Hao. “And for myself, I’ll absorb some dao strength and saturate my second set of one thousand worlds!”

He’d allocated everything that should be allocated. It was only now that Li Hao looked at the uneasy Gan Wuliang off to the side.

“Since Martial Uncle Hong has chosen to give up the dao universe... then you are the only dao master of Silver Moon from henceforth,” he said calmly.

“This... this cannot stand...” Gan Wuliang said hastily. “Your Grace, I think we should choose another person to inherit Silver Moon’s corporeal dao! I think a lot of people are suited...”

“It’s a good idea to separate them, but if Silver Moon wishes to produce premier powerhouses, then the corporeal and intangible daos need to be one!” Li Hao said after some thought. “Separating the two means that they can check one another. I think it is suitable for the future, but not the present...”

Indeed, separating the two daos benefited delegation of authority, a system of checks and balances, and innate fairness...

But for the moment, the two needed to be one so that they could swiftly produce powerhouses. They needed one seventh rank dao master that combined both daos!

In this way, although Gan Wuliang wouldn’t be able to swiftly reach eighth rank, he would be able to be treated as an eighth rank once his strength took another step forward.

This was the best way to proceed.

“Let’s do it this way!” Li Hao concluded as Gan Wuliang struggled for more words.

Gan Wuliang both craved the honor and was deeply apprehensive about it. It was such an extraordinary mix of emotions. Ultimately, he set his jaw and said, “Wuliang is willing to put everything on the line for the marquis...”

“There’s no need for that!” Li Hao responded calmly. “Just don’t forget your original intentions. Of course, I don’t mean for you to be some hotly ambitious person, but that you shouldn’t forget Silver Moon is your home as well as mine. It’s a lot of people’s home!”

“I wouldn’t dare!”

“It doesn’t matter if you dare,” replied the young man. “Just be relatively impartial. Everyone has their own motives in mind, no one is fully fair and just. I only have one request... do not cut off the path from the later generations!”

“Wuliang understands!” Gan Wuliang barked out with a mixture of exceedingly complicated emotions. Li Hao really... stayed true to himself.

The young man was truly giving up Silver Moon. He wasn’t going to arrange for anyone else to take over the corporeal dao universe. Of course, Gan Wuliang had never really thought of rebelling either.

Not unless Li Hao died. Even if the young man did, Gan Wuliang’s primary thought would probably be to resurrect Li Hao as quickly as possible.

If not, Gan Wuliang would probably be in for an ugly death.

So many powerhouses in their past had felt that they could kill Li Hao, but ended up simply adding another line to the young man’s list of vanquished. Gan Wuliang had seen all too many of them.

Li Hao took stock of his current inventory. Reincarnation was a major world with significant reserves. There should be enough energy for him to saturate the next set of one thousand worlds. But he wasn’t sure if there was enough for Void to enter eighth rank.

There would also be some difficulty for his teacher to make that leap too.

There hadn’t been noticeable improvements in everyone’s cultivation from this battle. Well, Martial Uncle Hong had made it into seventh rank through faith and responsibility. Gan Wuliang wouldn’t have any issues either, so there would soon be two seventh ranks among the Silver Moon contingent.

When it came to eighth rank... Myriad Changes should make a smooth ascension, although Myriad Changes didn’t exactly count as one of them.

They’d killed numerous powerhouses in the previous engagement, yet the benefits didn’t seem that significant. However, Li Hao quickly smiled to himself. This was good enough.

“And how about me?” Number Two suddenly stuck out its tongue and huffed.

“......” Li Hao blinked, then coughed gently. “Senior Number Two... should continue devouring the world origin of Reincarnation major world and work on your body as a living being. Try to retain the power of duplication in the form of a living being. Only then will you feel tangible...”

I almost forgot about you!

Number Two didn’t have a physical body and normally flew under the radar. The main thing was, Li Hao had forgotten about the cat after its duties were finished.

“......” I knew it! You think of me when you have a use for me, then promptly forget me when you don’t need me. You suck!

Thank goodness I spoke up or Li Hao would’ve completely forgotten me. Good thing I got Reincarnation’s world origin out of this.

“Then Reincarnation major world and its countless life forms...”

“Um... we can leave it there for now. The world will not fall apart, it’s just lost some world strength and its dao universe. And its world origin. I’ll make some other arrangements after a while, including plans for those within the queen’s Divine Nation and Great Li World. You don’t need to look into this!” Li Hao was operating on his timeline. None of these matters were urgent.

“New Martial has made out like bandits!” said the dao chess. “Other than Arctic Frost, they gained so many eighth rank major worlds. A lot of eighth ranks left their worlds behind when they fled, only a few swallowed their worlds.

“Whatever it is, New Martial has quite a harvest to sort through and many eighth rank corpses to digest. I think those that self-detonated can not only recover, but take another step forward as well.”

Li Hao couldn’t help but smile. The treasure was quite concerned about New Martial as it wanted to compete with the faction.

New Martial had five eighth ranks these days, if including the Sun God and Light. On Li Hao’s side, he only had three since the young man himself wasn’t one. It irritated the treasure and he constantly hoped that they would produce more to fully eclipse New Martial.

While New Martial had gained much from battle, they’d also paid a hefty price. The Sword Sovereign and others had all self detonated. It would take a lot of resources to return them to peak condition. Taking down Arctic Frost and another major world could just barely enable them to reach that goal. It was also possible only through Li Hao supplying a lot of life force.

It remained to see if New Martial would gain more in the days to come.

“There’s no rush!” laughed Li Hao. ”The situation is favorable for us at the moment. New Martial and us are respectively operating inside and outside of the region. We’ve got the eastern region covered, and with Long Zhan focused on Skyward, the three of us have managed to form a shaky alliance against the three overlords.

“Spring Autumn and Five Elements have each lost a premier exalted emperor in that battle. They need to be on guard against Chaos Sky now! This ensures that a certain equilibrium will persist throughout the chaos for a bit.

“So long as we do not cause trouble for others, there will be no one coming for us for a while. The caveat to that is that additional problems don’t develop from Skyward’s return.”

A light shone in Li Hao’s eyes. Skyward was about to return to the four regions. It would be very soon now!

He had a feeling that it might be the next second at the earliest, or five years from now at the latest. Whatever the timing was, it was the right moment for Skyward to return. They must have certain plans in mind to choose this moment to return.

I hope they don’t cause trouble for me. I owe three of them a favor, not the entire world. And what can they do about it if I refuse to pay up?

It all depends on me!

Li Hao didn’t really care about backlash from time. When it came to repayment of gratitude, it all depended on his own heart.

“The most important matter for the time being is Allheaven Hall!” said Li Hao. “Everyone should stick with me and immerse yourselves in Allheaven Hall to comprehend the myriad of daos! I will be creating new minor worlds. I won’t think of saturating them with energy yet, I’ll be able to do so myself when I meld with the chaos. Establishing dao rules is what’s important!

“As for everyone else, whether it’s Senior Fog Mountain or the rest, you can’t fully neglect other daos. It doesn’t matter what dao rule you cultivate and it’s normal to have a main dao. But a dao domain is the best and most orthodox way of improving.

“In addition, I have some other thoughts in mind when it comes to the great dao. I’ll set those aside for now as they mostly have to do with a dao’s spirit. It can wait until everyone builds a dao domain!”

Having made thorough arrangements, Myriad Changes and the rest of the alliance exalted emperors grappled with a complex mix of emotions.

Li Hao was a ruthless and relentless person of many tricks, but he was very good to his own. Someone like him had threatened the complete annihilation of the four regions to force Long Zhan off the battlefield.

Myriad Changes didn’t actually know how to judge Li Hao.

A saint?

A demon?

He didn’t know.

“In addition, we’ll need to trouble those of the alliance of mid worlds to help me maintain operations at Allheaven Hall. I’m going into closed door cultivation for a while!” Li Hao smiled. “I simply borrowed external strength before. It didn’t mean that I actually possessed the ability to kill Reincarnation. I’ll still only have three or four thousand dao rules once I perfect the two thousand worlds. That’s a far cry from what Reincarnation commanded!”

The young man didn’t mind letting others know about his true strength. On the other hand, Myriad Changes and the rest listened perfunctorily without comment.

Does anyone actually believe what you’re saying? Reincarnation didn’t!

Anyone who did is dead, and in really bad ways!

“Everyone can go about your business.” Li Hao looked at the crowd. “We’ll have some quiet for a few days!”

He gazed into the distance. The three overlords would make some moves in the days to come, wouldn’t they? The burning question on his mind was... what were those ninth ranks doing? Could they actually come back?

He might be able to determine a thing or two if the Skyward master returned. Skyward was also the only one who’d left his home behind in the chaos. Where had the other ninth ranks put theirs?

What had the world of the master of calamity, the premier powerhouse who’d ordered the outer regions into nine layers, and the rest looked like when they left?

Had they taken their worlds with them? Were the powerhouses of their worlds dead or alive? Would they come back with their world masters?

Why did they choose this timing one million years later? Did it have something to do with time or others?

These were questions that Li Hao was yet to find answers for. His most pressing concern was to improve his own strength and fully complete the two thousand worlds. He would wield the strength of an eighth rank then.

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