The Name of Eternity.

Chapter 360: The Ninth Stage of Imperial Dao, Source Saint

As the battle between the supreme geniuses approaches, in the quiet time before the storm, Li Hao repeatedly stimulates the Dao Sound Bell and comprehends the Dao of Painting.

With the fourth stimulation, Li Hao's understanding of the way of painting has reached the ninth level.

He vaguely touched upon the final step of transcendence, from the ninth stage to the tenth stage, from the mortal world to the saint, and had his own path of painting.

Li Hao continued to stimulate the Daoyin small bell for the fifth time, hoping to make a breakthrough in one fell swoop.

But although many inspirations and thoughts gathered together, they still remained in the previous thoughts and perceptions. The final step to becoming a painting saint could not be achieved by inspiration alone. Although the sound of the small bell seemed to be an epiphany, it was not a true epiphany after all.

Li Hao realized that it was not possible to master the technique to perfection just by relying on this small bell, so he quickly took advantage of the stirring echo of the Tao sound and shifted his thoughts to the way of chess.

If an eighth-level chess player can comprehend the ninth-level chess player, his strength can be greatly improved.

As his thoughts gathered, his understanding of chess rapidly deepened, and many flashes of inspiration emerged.

Then Li Hao activated the Daoyin bell for the sixth time. This time the color of the bell had become extremely thin, and it seemed like it would dissipate at any time.

The inspiration brought by the excitement made Li Hao's chess skills improve rapidly, approaching the ninth level.

Li Hao did not stop and continued to agitate for the seventh time. This time the red light completely dissipated, and the Daoyin small bell slowly dissipated from Li Hao's sea of ​​consciousness after the vibration.

And the final inspiration allowed Li Hao to quickly break through in chess and touch the true realm of Tao.

After two and a half times of stirring up the Dao Sound, his chess level was raised from the eighth level to the ninth level, a level close to perfection.

Li Hao estimated that two Dao Sound agitations were equivalent to one enlightenment. This Dao Sound bell could agitate seven times, which could bring seven times of great help when the bottleneck was reached.

Li Hao looked at his chess skills that had been elevated to the ninth level and directly embedded them into his imperial arts.

In an instant, countless thoughts came to my mind.

The Nine-Section Dao of Imperial Control covers all the nine-section Daoist methods and the control of energy.

At this moment, Li Hao has truly reached the realm of Taoism. His words are followed by laws, and life and death are all achieved with a single thought!
Moreover, with the ninth level of the Dao of Control, he reached the pinnacle of the Dao realm. Combined with the comprehension of the ninth level of the Dao of the physical body, Li Hao suddenly had a feeling that if the Dao of Control and the Dao of the physical body could be perfectly combined, he might be able to touch the pinnacle of the Dao of Hearing.

There are two realms of hearing the Tao, the realm of true person, and integrating the realm of Tao into oneself, so that the power of Tao cannot be harmed.

The realm of Tao and Fa, controlling the laws between heaven and earth.

If you can combine the two and integrate the laws into yourself, you will be immune to all kinds of attacks and your Taoist power will not be damaged!

Li Hao's eyes gradually brightened. If he could really do that, even if he stood still and didn't put up any resistance, other strong men in the Wen Dao realm would find it difficult to hurt him at all!
After sorting out his thoughts, Li Hao immediately tried to integrate the rules into himself.

But it is difficult to do it, after many failed attempts. Li Hao suddenly thought of the process of absorbing and refining the ultimate power. An inspiration suddenly came to him: if the ultimate power can be refined, then can the laws also be refined?

He immediately used the Dao of Imperial Control to imprint the laws into his divine blood.

Previously, he had cultivated a divine blood Taoist body. The divine blood contained Taoist power, which was top-notch among the physical bodies of the real person realm. The Taoist power was intact. Now, he weaved the laws, turned them into a tiny force like needle and thread, shuttled into the divine blood, and then slowly refined it.

However, it is extremely difficult for the power of law to be accommodated in the tiny divine blood.

Fortunately, Li Hao has an understanding of the Nine Stages of Controlling Dao, and his control over the laws has reached the top of the Dao realm. After expending a lot of energy, he finally imprisoned a law in the divine blood and refined it completely!

From then on, the power of this law was contained in the divine blood.

If this law is encountered by an equal or opposite law, it will be offset or resisted.

“It really works!”

The first law was refined successfully, and Li Hao's eyes brightened. This path is correct and he can go on it!
However, this path, like the refining of Qi meridians, also takes time.

This kind of time consumption is unavoidable. Li Hao now understood why other people practiced for hundreds of years. Some things require refining and comprehension. It is like building a house. There is no point in being anxious. If you are in a hurry, the house will not be built well and will easily collapse.

Fortunately, the energy and laws in the Land of Saints are rich, and Li Hao's refining speed is not slow. In the following days, he refined the laws every day, and his body became more and more powerful and terrifying.

However, there is only a month left before the battle between the supreme geniuses.

Li Hao practiced in the courtyard every day. During this period, Lin Baichuan, Chu Hanwei and others were also doing their final sprint. They were all in seclusion or trying their own way to relax. No one visited each other for fear of disturbing others.
As the competition approached, Li Hao had already refined hundreds of laws in his body. He had a strange aura all over his body. Just standing there, he seemed like the center surrounded by all the laws.

"Unfortunately, the final touch of painting requires true enlightenment."

Li Hao came out of retreat, feeling full of strength, much stronger than before, but still no qualitative change compared to a saint.

The previous Eternal Dao Realm alone was enough to help him suppress the Semi-Saint and easily defeat those in the same realm. Now that he has increased his Qi channels and condensed the laws in his body, he is on the road to the ultimate realm of hearing the Dao. His strength has increased dramatically, but the threshold to become a saint is too high and the gap is too big.

When he had a fight with Old Feng before, although he injured Old Feng, it was all due to the peerless swordsmanship of Xianrenzhilu.

His own strength is not enough to fight against the saint.

Moreover, Old Feng didn't fight seriously at that time. If he met the Void Saint and really fought with him to the death, Li Hao still wouldn't be sure of winning. But the difference was that this time he had the power to fight back. Although he was not sure of winning, he would not lose so miserably.

In the Wen Dao Realm, being able to reach this level is already an incredible thing, but this is not what Li Hao wants.

“If I could cultivate my Qi meridians and the Dao-hearing realm to the highest level, I might have a chance to fight, but there’s no time. If I had another year…”

Li Hao frowned, time was too tight. Although he had improved rapidly in the past six months, and compared to others, his level was already beyond imagination, it was still not enough.

"Right now, the fastest way forward is to completely condense the embryonic form of the Holy Way!"

"With the embryonic form of the Holy Way, combined with many extreme powers and the guidance of the immortals, I should be able to fight!"

Although the prototype of the Holy Path is only a prototype and can be easily defeated by the real Holy Path, it is still part of the Holy Path after all and is qualified to be at the table.

Unlike refining laws and cultivating qi channels, the embryonic form of the holy path needs to be realized. It is neither long nor short. It may take decades to comprehend it, or it may come to you in one day.

"The Tianjiao War is coming. Our Xiaoqian Realm is a long way from the Tianyuan Realm, so we need to set off in advance."

Feng Boping came to Li Hao's courtyard and informed Li Hao that he was ready to set off.

Li Hao remained silent. For others, it was a matter of competing with geniuses, but for him, once he took this path, he might be ambushed and killed by a saint. His opponent was a saint.

Seeing that Li Hao did not answer, Feng Boping seemed to see his worry and said:
"You don't have to worry about the Buddhist sect and the Void Saint. Just participate in the Supreme Pride Tournament. I have arranged the rest. As long as you win first place, everything will be fine. There will also be unexpected surprises!"

"unexpected surprise?"

Li Hao couldn't help but look at Old Feng.

"That's right. I heard from an old friend that in addition to the incense reward, the first place winner will also receive three extremely precious treasures from heaven and earth, which are important materials for cultivating Daojie Emperor Soldiers!"

Feng Boping's eyes sparkled as he said, "I heard that two of the precious materials came from Buddhism and the Void Holy Land. They were donated voluntarily to reward the first place in the Supreme Pride Contest!"

"The other one seems to be a generous gift from a certain saint. It has nothing to do with us, but you should know the reason why the Buddhist sect and the Void Holy Land are bleeding so much, right?"

Li Hao's face turned slightly cold, "Attract me over?"

"Yes."

Feng Boping sneered, "In this small world, in the Heaven Stealing Holy Land, it is my territory. In the territory of the saints, as long as you don't leave, I can always protect you. Even if the saint comes in person, I have a way to escape. But if you leave this small world and are not in my holy land, it is hard to say whether it will be good or bad."

"They're afraid that you'll back down and not dare to participate, so they use this thing to tempt you."

"But they don't know that with your strength, as long as you participate in the competition, you will definitely win first place. No one can be your opponent!"

Feng Boping knew what the Buddhist Sect and Xu Sheng were planning. If they could lure Li Hao to participate in the competition, they would ambush and kill him. As for the lost treasures of heaven and earth, they would fall on the head of another genius who would be the first in the competition. At that time, they would only need to send someone to spread the news that the treasures of heaven and earth were their additional friendly sponsorship, and they would also be able to gain a favor from the sponsor.

After all, anyone who can take down the number one genius in the world can become a saint instantly. At least this goodwill can be turned into a bridge for making friends. Generally speaking, it is definitely not a loss!

There was murderous intent in Li Hao's eyes. In order to kill him, the Buddhist sect and the Void Holy Land were really willing to take action.

"All you have to do is take first place!"

Feng Boping said: "Not only will I become a saint, but I will also take their treasures. I want to see their expressions!"

Hearing this, the murderous intent in Li Hao's eyes gradually subsided. He suppressed it in his heart and said, "They are bleeding so much to attract me. I'm afraid this trip will be extremely dangerous."

Feng Boping nodded: "That's right, but I have called my old friend, together with Lie Tiansheng, there is a way to send you to Tianyuan Realm safely. As long as you are in Tianyuan Realm, they dare not touch you without permission. After all, that is where the Supreme Saint sits. The laws of the upper three realms are also extremely strict. The law saints have strict discipline and will never condone anyone to violate the rules in the upper three realms!"

“Law Saint…” Li Hao’s eyes flashed. The Law Saint is one of the supreme saints. The laws of the Divine Dynasty, the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects, and so on, all cannot avoid the word “law”, which shows the importance of the Law Saint.

Having seen the ugly and false faces of this false saint and that Buddha, Li Hao has no filter for the Supreme Saint. However, he cannot trust the other person as a person, but he can trust the other's holy way.

Saints will adhere to their own holy path. Otherwise, if they go against it, they will only harm themselves.

Even if it seems to be a violation to outsiders, it is not a violation if the saint has his own views and understanding.

Just like the Buddha giving up his flesh to feed the eagle is compassionate, some people may think it is aiding and abetting evil and nourishing violence, but how one views it all depends on the Buddha's own heart.

"The Tianyuan Realm has the laws of the Law Saint, and no one is willing to touch them. In addition, I have found the Mohist Saint in the Tianyuan Realm to escort you. The Mohist has the Supreme Saint in charge, so if the Buddhist sect dares to touch the Mohist Saint, it will definitely anger the Supreme Saint!"

Feng Boping said to Li Hao: "Also, I visited Yuan Sheng of Tianyuan Realm. He learned about your situation and told me that if you can take first place, he will protect you and no one can hurt you in the slightest."

"Source Saint?"

Li Hao was slightly stunned and couldn't help but look at Old Feng. He had been in the Land of Saints for quite some time. Apart from the ten years of hiding in the void to escape, he had been recuperating in the Sword Ancestor Holy Land for nearly two years.

He had also heard of the many saints in the holy lands. The holy lands in the upper three realms were all presided over by saints!
This Source Saint is the most ancient saint in the Land of All Saints!

When the second saint was born, Yuan Sheng already existed, walking the world and educating the people.

The fact that Old Feng was able to visit him and ask him to help him showed that Old Feng had obviously done a lot of things for him behind the scenes during this period of time.

Li Hao was silent for a moment, and said to Old Feng: "I'm afraid I can't repay Old Feng's kindness."

"Go, who wants you to pay it back!"

Feng Boping spat in annoyance when he heard what Li Hao said, then smiled and said:

"Others' geniuses only need to concentrate on their studies and compete in the competition, but you have to face the ambush of the saints. You have no one else to rely on in this land of saints. Unlike those geniuses who were born into famous families and became disciples of the saints since childhood, you have to rely on yourself. If I don't help you, who can?"

"Don't worry about these messy things. Just prepare well for the competition and win first place. When you become a saint, we will settle the accounts one by one!"

Li Hao took a deep breath. Since Old Feng had done so much for him, there was no reason for him to back down.

"I will!"

Li Hao said seriously.

Originally, he did not have a strong desire to compete for the first place, he just wanted to get the incense, but now, he really wants to hold the first place in his hands.

"The Source Saint values ​​talent. If you can take first place, you will surely be appreciated by him. In the Land of Saints, many saints have received the grace and guidance of the Source Saint during their cultivation. Although they have not become his disciples, they all respect him very much. As long as the Source Saint takes a fancy to you, with just one word, no one in this world will dare to touch you!"

Feng Boping said that this was the real path he had paved for Li Hao.

Upon hearing this, Li Hao nodded slightly, looked at Old Feng deeply, and said nothing more.

After finishing talking to Li Hao, Feng Boping asked Li Hao to wait in the yard and then left.

Not long after, Feng Boping brought back two figures, one was the Lie Tiansheng he had seen before, and the other was a saint wearing a black robe.

Their aura was restrained, but they were still surrounded by the aura of Tao. They looked otherworldly, as if standing in the gap between heaven and earth, untouchable.

"I have another old friend who will follow in secret. This one is the Mohist Saint."

Feng Boping introduced himself to Li Hao via voice transmission.

Li Hao immediately bowed to the black-robed saint.

The Mohist saint was named Yuan Zhou. He glanced at Li Hao and a hint of surprise suddenly appeared in his eyes.

Although Li Hao's aura was not obvious, his whole body seemed to contain the restrained power of laws, which had never been seen in other people in the Dao Fa realm.

"No wonder the Thief Saint recommended him. He is indeed a genius."

Yuan Zhou smiled and said to Li Hao: "I came here not only because of the invitation from the Thief Saint, but also because of the request from my fellow disciples. You don't have to worry, I will definitely send you to the Tianyuan Realm."

Hearing his words, not only Li Hao was surprised, Feng Boping was also stunned. He went to visit the Mohist Holy Land, spent some effort, and finally invited someone, but now the other party said that he was entrusted by someone?
Did someone else ask him to take care of Li Hao?

Seeing the Thief Saint's doubtful look, Yuan Zhou smiled slightly and said, "I didn't want to agree, but the Thief Saint offered too much."

Feng Boping: "..."

In other words, the other party is getting the best of both worlds?

I was entrusted by someone and earned a favor. I also earned favors and benefits from him. What a guy...

"I wonder who asked you to look after him?" Feng Boping asked curiously. It would not be surprising if Li Hao knew the saint of the Sword Ancestor Holy Land, but the Mohist School was the Tianyuan Realm, and Li Hao had never been there, so who would know him?

Yuan Zhou smiled mysteriously: "Then I won't say more."

Seeing that he was unwilling to reveal it, Feng Boping had no choice but to give up. Li Hao was suspicious, but he didn't think too much about it. He would know sooner or later after all.

"Little guy, you're going to owe me a favor again. You must take first place this time. I'm still waiting for you to repay me."

Lie Tiansheng looked at Li Hao and said with a smile.

Li Hao smiled bitterly and nodded seriously, "Yes!"

Feng Boping said to Li Hao: "To protect you in the Tianyuan Realm, you need to use the clone technique you used in the human world. Can you do it now?"

Li Hao was stunned, and immediately knew what Old Feng was talking about. His Two-Faced Man Illustrated Book attribute allowed him to create a clone that would inherit 30% of the original body's power.

"no problem."

Li Hao nodded.

"Okay, then you practice your skills first, I'll wait for you outside."

Feng Boping said.

The three of them left the courtyard immediately.

Seeing this, Li Hao immediately activated the attributes of the illustration and created a dark side clone.

Looking at the dark side clone who looked exactly like him and had the same aura, Li Hao vaguely guessed Feng Lao's plan.

After the clone was created, Li Hao called for Feng Lao.

Old Feng, Yuan Zhou and Lie Tiansheng came in again, and when they saw Li Hao's dark clone, they were a little surprised.

"Your clone is really so real that it can be mistaken for the real thing."

Yuan Zhou said.

Lie Tiansheng took a look and could see the obvious difference, but she was an expert in deception and lies so she could see it, which might not be the case for ordinary people.

"Not bad." She made an appreciative comment, and looked at Li Hao with more admiration in her eyes. If she could lure this boy to the Lietian Holy Land and make him become the Holy Son, then the Holy Land would have nothing to worry about even without her in the future.

"Your true self will follow us, and your incarnation will be secretly escorted by Lie Tiansheng."

Feng Boping told Li Hao that this was the decision he had discussed with Lie Tiansheng.

It was mainly Lie Tiansheng's idea. When it comes to fraud, Lie Tiansheng is the top expert.

The control over people's hearts is exquisite.

Li Hao nodded and left it to them to arrange.

As the date approached, the saints of the two holy places all gathered together, boarding a huge flying boat treasure, and crossed the void.

Feng Boping and Yuan Zhou, including Li Hao himself, are all here, as well as the sons of the two holy places, a large number of people.

After they drove out of the holy land, two hours later, Lie Tiansheng took Li Hao's clone and flew to Tianyuan Realm from another route, and his whereabouts on the road were obscure.

(End of this chapter)