Star Gate

Long Zhan scanned the battlefield with narrowed eyes, having nearly suffered the demise of his tail moments ago. He looked at Li Hao, then at the rest.

Skyward’s replica was a grave threat to them all.

It wasn’t just the chaos beasts, but the entire chaos universe that didn’t wish for such an overwhelming powerhouse to descend upon them right this very moment. It created a lethal threat for them all!

That was why everyone had gathered together.

But Skyward was turning out to be more difficult to handle than expected, despite only being a replica. They’d thought they could contain the man, yet how were they to do so when they couldn’t lock onto him?

It was also harder for Red Moon to trigger the man’s desire because Li Hao had already done so with Calamity earlier. Skyward would be on guard against such a tactic now, which gave Long Zhan a headache. Damn the young human! He’d used all of his techniques for destroying spirit and amplifying desire on Calamity.

Calamity was completely insignificant. He was nothing. Once Skyward was gone, it would be very easy for the group to eliminate him. But Li Hao just had to target Calamity first. Now the wily old fox was prepared and was almost impossible to kill!

Long Zhan abruptly roared with all of his might. A dragon croon echoed through the worlds!

BOOM!

Skyward smiled as the void exploded around the dragon. He materialized from the darkness and then disappeared again.

“You bastard!” Long Zhan snarled. I’m not the strongest here, Chaos Sky is! I’m also not the weakest, there’s quite a few weaker than me. Why do you keep attacking me?!

Why don’t you target the Human King or Li Hao, or any of the other weaklings? Why me??

Skyward was still smiling as he darted through the void. Why Long Zhan?

Because the dragon was the only one who might pose a fatal threat to him. Li Hao might have been another before, but that would hardly happen now. But Long Zhan... Skyward suspected that the dragon was connected to the spirit of the chaos. Hence, that made him a very dangerous existence.

There might even be a possibility of Skyward’s dao being squeezed out of chaos dao and thereby losing its dao spirit. He was very aware of this potential!

Hence, he focused his attention on Long Zhan instead of anyone else. His target was very clear.

The others were thoughtful. Clearly, the dragon was being targeted probably because he had a trick up his sleeves that would be devastating for Skyward. Both Li Hao and the Human King had strong suspicions of this. Long Zhan wouldn’t have been so confident prior to the fight, otherwise.

But now... something was obviously going wrong.

Li Hao took stock of the development and saw how frustrated Red Moon seemed nearby. Was the current situation... because of desire?

Possibly!

I used it ahead of time, which means Skyward is prepared for it. Does that mean I ruined Long Zhan’s plan?

But... is he seriously relying on Red Moon to execute it?

Li Hao snickered to himself. That would be rough. Red Moon only had a rudimentary grasp of desire. His desire would barely affect Calamity, to say nothing of Skyward. It wasn’t that the young man looked down on Red Moon, but that this was the truth.

As opposed to looking to Red Moon for help, Long Zhan was better off brainstorming how to kill Skyward himself.

Everyone was highly on guard and slowly gathering together. The Human King stirred impatiently, he hated people like this. Granted, he’d love it if he could run and kill like the Skyward master. But it was so damned annoying when the enemy could do so!

Double standards were the shared characteristic of powerhouses.

“Can anyone keep him in place?” he roared. “I’ll kill him within three strokes!” Fang Ping looked at Chaos Sky. “Aren’t you the strongest in the chaos? Can’t you freeze his replica for even a little bit? Are you that weak?”

“......” Chaos Sky didn’t know what to say, but an idea occurred to him. “Well... that’s not out of the question...”

“Don’t even think about it!” Long Zhan snorted.

“You guys heard the Human King,” sighed Chaos Sky. “I can do it since Skyward is only here in replica form. But I’ll need full control over the four regions. I can complete the construction of order through my willpower and seal off the area so that he has no place to run to!

“Senior Skyward probably doesn’t dare venture into my Chaos Sky Region. I can restrain him. The rest of you can come be guests in my region. He won’t dare set a foot in there.”

“I don’t mind,” Skyward smiled. “I won’t stop the little friends if you wish to leave. It’ll also be nice to make a trip through little friend Chaos Sky’s territory. I have no desire to kill any of you since you are all... very young.”

The Human King didn’t know what to say. Go to Chaos Sky Region? Become someone’s lackey? Forget about it!

No wonder the dragon had scowled as soon as Chaos Sky started talking. It would likely truly be the end of him if he did go over there.

Almost all of the powerful eighth ranks in the chaos were here, apart from a select few. Yet they couldn’t do anything to a replica. The Human King brooded and snorted, “What a shame...”

What a shame that my internal world has yet to reach that level. Otherwise, I’d seal off the four corners as soon as I summon it. You won’t be able to break it, so you’ll have to settle for me trapping and executing you!

But he couldn’t do so now, Skyward was too strong. He would easily break the inner world if it appeared.

There was nothing the Human King could do against his opponent!

Skyward appeared not too far away and was as relaxed as he’d always been. “How about we call it here, little friends?”

He wasn’t able to easily eliminate anyone, not when they were all working together. Yet if they split up...

The chaos is vast, but I am everywhere. I am not Calamity to be easily killed by another. And Calamity wanted to compare himself to me?

Long Zhan seethed from humiliation. If they didn’t kill Skyward today and the dragon refused to leave the four regions, then he would be the first one to die after all was said and done. He had a trump card to kill the other, but being unable to fully lock onto him was the greatest trouble he faced.

“Fellow Daoist Long Zhan, are you able to kill him?” Li Hao transmitted at this time. “Are you able to be one hundred percent certain?”

A light shone out of Long Zhan’s eyes. Skyward also looked sharply at them, as if sensing something.

He abruptly appeared next to Li Hao, detonating the void when he brought his palm down. The young man, however, had disappeared in the blink of an eye.

“The senior is strong,” Li Hao chuckled softly. “But space and time are evenly matched when it comes to getting away. It’ll be very difficult for the senior to kill me...”

“Why be this way, Li Hao?” Skyward vanished again. “I said that you and I are not enemies.”

“No, we are. We weren’t before, but now we are,” responded Li Hao. “I want to resurrect some people, but can’t do so unless you guys get out of the way to let me enter chaos dao!”

Skyward nearly rolled his eyes!

“There’s no need to go to so much hassle to revive someone. You can bring them back anytime so long as their dao origin still exists...”

Do you understand?

“I know, but unfortunately, I want to resurrect ordinary people without a dao origin...”

“Ordinary people have dao origin too, so long as they once cultivated.”

“They have never cultivated!”

“......” Ringing silence filled the air. Everyone, including Skyward, paused.

The hell?!

You want to bring back some people who’ve never cultivated before?!

Everyone beneath exalted emperor counts as an ordinary person to us, but you’re ridiculous! You want to bring back mundanes!

Some major worlds didn’t even have mundanes because even babies were born with some cultivation. Only minor worlds had true mundanes, but no one cared when they died. Who would go to the effort of reviving them?

And journeying to the depths of the chaos to do so!

Um...

Even Skyward didn’t know what to say. As strong as he was, he might have to utilize the chaos origin too if he wished to bring back mundanes like these. He needed to filter through dao origin one by one, slowly stripping them out of the chaos origin and reviving them...

Why would a premier existence go to so much trouble for mundanes? And at the cost of offending a group of ninth ranks?

...if you’re making enemies out of us all for this... then I have nothing to say. Clearly, Li Hao felt that resurrecting a few mundanes was worth insulting a group of ninth ranks.

There was no need to further reason with someone like that. Meanwhile, Li Hao was plainly conspiring with Long Zhan.

Skyward raised a brow and vanished once more, disappearing from everyone’s sight. A loud bang sounded from behind them!

Someone among the group of cultivators rushing to them vomited blood. The Thunder Emperor had split apart!

“I had not wished to be this way toward juniors,” echoed Skyward’s voice. “Li Hao, I will not do anything to you if you leave with your people. If you insist... then I might go on a rampage today!”

He hadn’t killed the Thunder Emperor, merely issued a warning.

I may not be able to kill you all in a split second, but I can do so to the rest of these people! Li Hao, you’re willing to set yourself against ninth ranks in order to save ordinary people, how about now?

Skyward seemed to have grasped Li Hao’s weakness. It was one he could also use against the Human King.

“The same goes for you, Fang Ping!” smiled the man. “Whether it is New Martial or Silver Moon, you may not be enemies with my Skyward. I know a thing or two about you. Both of you are very loyal. In that case, why be my enemy for the sake of the four regions? This is not your territory, it is Long Zhan’s...”

“Kill them if you want!” laughed an uncaring Human King. “If I don’t have the ability to resurrect them today, I’ll do so another day. It’s only a matter of time before I bring them back, unless you destroy the origin of the chaos. Are you going senile to threaten us with this, Skyward?”

“Perhaps you don’t care, but does the same go for Li Hao?” laughed Skyward. “Can he really bring his people back? Will they be the same? Long Zhan is just an outsider...”

The dragon glowered. Skyward was trying everything he could to render the alliance null and void. He was much more difficult to manage than anticipated. He was threatening Li Hao and Human King with other people!

If this continued, the fragile alliance might really fall apart. And these were tactics that they’d used in the past.

For example, Li Hao had once threatened Long Zhan with the four regions. The Human King had done his fair share as well. Now that the same technique was being utilized by the enemy, they were all immensely aggravated.

The dragon couldn’t keep it in.

“Dream on, Skyward!” he growled.

Chaos dao suddenly shook, rocking both Skyward and Li Hao in return. The young man couldn’t help but curse to himself. As expected, Long Zhan did have some more cards to play!

He seemed to have his back against the wall, which was why he was playing them now. You might be the end of me before anything happens to Skyward!

Li Hao was in a better state. The queen was collecting humans from worlds in the distance when she suddenly wailed. Dao strength surged over her, so agitated that it seemed ready to explode.

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