The Name of Eternity.

Chapter 645 The Old Man of Chaos
"do not come!"

Just as the snow-haired girl was about to step in and come to the young lady's side to hold an umbrella for her, the snow-haired woman immediately stopped her.

If the other party comes over, it will only be a hindrance and could actually cause trouble.

At this moment, her expression was extremely solemn. Feeling the gaze of the three Chaos Dao Seeds, she felt a slight tingling sensation on her skin.

"Roar!"

With a low roar, the two Chaos Dao Seeds on the lake suddenly exuded an extremely strong pressure, and surging chaotic power surged out like a tide.

At the same time, a huge dark shadow swimming deep in the lake slowly revealed itself. Its body resembled a dragon or a serpent, but it had no scales. Instead, it was extremely smooth and covered with countless dense holes.

These holes were round and wet. As his upper body lifted up, all the holes suddenly trembled slightly, as if some ancient blind sound was sweeping out.

The lake surface surged with thousands of waves. The snow-haired woman's expression changed drastically. Her eyes turned silver-white, like crystal snow, exuding an ethereal and ancient aura. Her body grew rapidly, her nails became sharp, and her skin was no longer as smooth and delicate as before, but instead had a bluish-black hue. A hint of ferocity appeared on her face.

This is the manifestation of an ancient immortal body. In the primordial chaos era, it fought against many ancient chaotic races and lived with a group of extraordinary alien beings. Naturally, the appearance of the ancient immortal race also has some fierce and evil features.

The Dao Source Immortal Seal appeared on her forehead, followed by strands of chaotic laws that intertwined around her, like chains, covering the void above the lake. She stood at the center of these interwoven chaotic chains, like the king of all laws. With a wave of her hand, the chains of laws intertwined and instantly condensed into one, transforming into a silver-white sword aura.

“Suppress the world”.

The two words, sharp and piercing, were uttered softly. Sword energy, condensed from 23 chaotic laws, suddenly roared and stirred up a terrifying sonic wave from the lake surface, slashing towards the chaotic Dao Seed that was rising in the lake.

The Chaos Dao Seed is the largest and strongest. If we can kill it, the pressure on the other two will be much less.

But as soon as the sword energy burst forth, the holes all over the Chaos Dao Seed's body and its mouth simultaneously contracted, and then it roared fiercely, unleashing a piercing divine sound that, like a layer of water blades being stirred up on the surface of water, slashed horizontally towards the sword energy.

The two forces collided with a loud bang, causing the lake to tremble violently and the surrounding area to shake violently. The body of the Chaos Dao Seed leaned back slightly, but then it suddenly exerted its strength to stabilize itself, and together with the other two, rushed towards the snow-haired woman.

The white-haired woman's face showed a surge of blood and qi. Seeing that the Chaos Dao Seed had not suffered much impact, she couldn't help but be shocked. Even she had to slow down to deal with this power. The other party's physique was so strong.

Her face turned ugly, but also more murderous. She formed a hand seal, activating the secret technique of the ancient immortal clan. Dark blue veins appeared on her face, and her aura surged. Under the fusion of 23 chaotic laws, her aura rose again. At the moment the chaotic Dao seed rushed over, she suddenly raised her hand, and silver lightning seemed to condense in her palm. A killing sword was forged from the light and ruthlessly suppressed it as she raised her hand.

……

Bang!
The sound of vibration came from afar.

Li Hao possessed astonishing hearing and a divine sense spanning thousands of miles, which enabled him to detect this aftershock.

At this moment, he was deep within the land of the Ninth Heaven Domain.

He didn't expect that this ninth heavenly realm only had one landmass, but when viewed from the starry sky, its area was larger than the nine landmasses of the eighth heavenly realm combined!
Moreover, here, both divine sense and eyesight are restricted and compressed even more, so the range of one's perception becomes smaller, and the world appears more expansive.

"It seems the others have arrived as well."

Li Hao thought to himself that this must be the commotion caused by others breaking into the Ninth Heaven Domain. However, the noise was so loud that it would probably alert other Chaos Seeds within thousands of miles. Within the range of Li Hao's divine sense, three Chaos Seeds were awakened by the fluctuations and rushed towards the large lake.

"However, these Chaos Dao Seeds are not strong enough to compare with this one."

Li Hao's gaze was fixed on the fleeing Chaos Dao Seed in front of him.

This Chaos Dao Seed resembled a giant wolf, with grayish-blue fur and a massive body, standing ten zhang tall. Its eyes were also a deep blue-green, and the chaotic aura emanating from its body was far superior to that of the three small beasts in the lake.

It was similar to the four Chaos Dao Seeds that had previously ambushed the Chaos River, and even stronger, especially in terms of speed. He chased after them here, but couldn't catch up with them for a while.

Of course, this is also because he is unwilling to unleash his full power directly. Otherwise, he could consume his lifespan to gain more power by unleashing various forces, including the Time Blade Intent of the Sculpture Path.

"This Chaos Dao Seed is the gatekeeper of the Ninth Heaven Domain. If there is such a thing as a Beast King here, this one should be considered the Beast King!"

Li Hao thought to himself.

While he was chasing after it, he also had to take Goddess Ling Shu with him. As he ventured deeper into the land, he also observed his surroundings and saw many chaotic Dao seeds, but none of the ones within his divine sense were as powerful as the one before him.

"It's time to end."

As Li Hao watched the distance shrinking, his eyes turned cold. He suddenly accelerated, and the power of cause and effect condensed in his palm. The sword energy of destiny transformed into a crimson light, ready to be unleashed.

The giant wolf seemed to sense the danger, its eyes filled with panic, and it suddenly let out a whimpering howl.

Whoosh!
The sword energy of destiny suddenly slashed out, like the sword that was waiting in destiny. There was no way to avoid it. Once locked on, no matter how fast you were, you could not avoid it. It pierced through the river of time!

Once locked on, Li Hao believed that with the power of the Destiny Sword Qi, he could kill the target in one strike.

Bang!
Suddenly, a force descended from the sky and struck the sword energy of destiny. The crimson sword energy vanished instantly, disappearing like a bubble.

Li Hao froze, his pupils contracted, and he looked around in horror.

Within a range of thousands of miles that his divine sense could see, he saw no other figures.

But Li Hao felt a chill run through his body, and his hair stood on end.

"Young friend, could you spare my little dog? It has been with me for many years, and I really can't bear to see it die here."

As Li Hao looked around in surprise, a hoarse voice suddenly rang out and reached his ears.

Li Hao was taken aback, shocked. He looked around and, seeing that the voice wasn't malicious and could even be used for communication, he relaxed slightly and said in a low voice:

"May I ask how you are addressed, senior, and where you are located? If I have offended you, please forgive me."

"I haven't seen a stranger in a long time, come on over."

The aged voice spoke in a calm tone. As soon as it finished speaking, a void passage suddenly appeared beneath the giant wolf seed in front of Li Hao. It was like a winding path leading to a secluded bamboo forest. The shadowy images of bamboo swayed on both sides, but the faint fragrance of bamboo seemed to waft out as if it were real.

Li Hao was stunned as he watched the giant wolf seed shrink in size, transforming from a ferocious wolf into a dog half the height of a person, running towards the path deep within the bamboo forest shadow without looking back.

"Is there a reclusive master here?"

Li Hao was somewhat shocked and found it hard to believe. He knew that even the Immortal Emperor could not enter the Endless Heavenly Domain!
Could it be that there is an even stronger being above the Immortal Emperor?

Feeling lost, Li Hao gazed at the secluded bamboo forest, then suddenly gritted his teeth and rushed in as well.

He knew that if the other party harbored ill intentions, with such abilities, killing him would be a piece of cake. If the other party was indeed limited by the laws of the Endless Heaven Domain and was not at the Immortal King realm, then even if the other party was stronger than him now, he could still increase his combat power again by adding points to the seventh stage of Chaos Dao. He did not believe that the seventh stage of Chaos Dao was invincible in the Immortal Monarch realm!
He felt that if he really advanced to the seventh stage of the Chaos Dao, even the Immortal King realm might be able to suppress him!

Although it was just a vague feeling, he was very certain of it, and therefore made a very decisive choice.

Soon, as Li Hao stepped onto the bamboo path, the mountains and rivers he had been chasing outside disappeared. He arrived at a bamboo forest along the path, and his divine sense suddenly compressed from a range of thousands of miles to a range of hundreds of meters!
At the same time, the air became incredibly solid, making it difficult for him to teleport. Even the Void Realm was sealed off here!

Li Hao was shocked. This restrictive force made him realize that he had underestimated the danger here.

He walked forward and saw a thatched hut at the end of the path a few hundred meters away. In front of the hut, two figures sat facing each other in front of a chessboard. The giant wolf that had shrunk into a large dog had run to the feet of one of the figures and was rubbing its head against his trouser leg.

Seeing this, Li Hao was somewhat stunned; there were actually people here!

Even the Celestial Emperor cannot reach this place, yet others can!

And there were two of them!

He stood there, hesitant for a moment, but then he realized that he was already there and there was no turning back, so he gritted his teeth and walked over, silently preparing to add more points at any time.

"After so many years, there is actually a young fellow who can comprehend the power of destiny, and this is even in the absence of the Heavenly Dao. It is truly rare."

Before Li Hao even got close, the old man whose trouser leg had been rubbed by the big dog looked up. He was sitting facing Li Hao, and he smiled at Li Hao, revealing a set of snow-white teeth and a kind smile.

The large dog also looked up at Li Hao, its eyes somewhat wary. It rubbed its head against the old man's hand and whimpered twice, as if it were complaining aggrievedly.

The old man patted its head and chuckled, "Alright, alright, it's rare to have the guts to come to the Ninth Heaven. Didn't you want to eat them one by one? It's just that your teeth aren't good enough."

Upon hearing this, the big dog felt even more aggrieved, and its gaze toward Li Hao was filled with resentment.

It did intend to guard the entrance to the Ninth Heaven Domain, and devour any foreign races that might offend it in the future. However, it did not expect to encounter such a tough nut to crack, and it almost lost itself in the process.

Li Hao looked surprised and suspicious. He walked closer, but he could not feel the aura emanating from the two old men. There was only a faint chaotic power swirling around them, but he could not sense its depth. It was like a gust of wind, which would dissipate if touched carefully.

"How should I address you, senior?"

Li Hao cupped his hands and asked cautiously.

Seeing Li Hao's cautious demeanor, the old man chuckled and said, "Just call me Seventh Elder, and he is Eighth Elder."

As he spoke, he pointed to the aged figure sitting in front of the chessboard with his back to Li Hao.

Li Hao glanced at him; the eight elders stared at the chessboard without moving, their backs hunched like turtles, making no sound.

Seventh Elder, Eighth Elder? Li Hao muttered the name to himself, feeling it was a bit strange. It didn't sound like a proper name at all; rather, it sounded like a title, but even that title sounded rather casual.

The titles of those Celestial Emperors outside are all renowned throughout history and have shaken the world.

"Senior, I've heard that even Immortal Emperors can't set foot here. Could it be that you've surpassed the Immortal Emperor level...?"

Li Hao couldn't help but ask himself, this was the biggest question he had ever seen about the old man. His heart pounded. In the True Realm, the Immortal Emperor was the ultimate realm. This was information left behind by countless years and countless secrets. There was no one who could surpass the Immortal Emperor. But in the depths of the Ninth Heaven Domain, he actually saw two such strange old men.

They were unharmed in a place where even the Celestial Emperors could not set foot.

If the Immortal Emperor could be like them, wouldn't it be a piece of cake to cultivate his own disciples?

Couldn't the immense opportunities of this boundless celestial realm be allocated and managed by the Celestial Emperor?!

"Surpassing the Immortal Emperor?"

Upon hearing Li Hao's words, the seven elders couldn't help but chuckle, then shook their heads and said, "The Immortal Emperor is already at the invincible ultimate realm, how can we surpass him? In comparison, we are inferior to the Immortal Emperor."

"Not as good as an Immortal Emperor?"

Li Hao was taken aback when he heard what the other person said. Was the old man in front of him inferior to the Immortal Emperor?

Seeing Li Hao's astonishment and confusion, the Seven Elders chuckled and said, "That's right. If we were to really compete outside, those children would be better than us. They have already opened up a brilliant path to prosperity, condensed myriad paths to cultivate themselves, and paved the way to become emperors. They are beyond our reach."

Hearing this, Li Hao was both surprised and puzzled, and asked, "But even Immortal Emperors cannot set foot here, and those above the Immortal King realm cannot enter. Seniors..."

He was thinking, "You two can't possibly be at the Immortal Lord realm, can you?"

The seven elders smiled slightly and said, "We are just remnants forgotten and eliminated by the times. Our path of cultivation is different from yours. Therefore, this Heavenly Domain does not restrict us. After all, this is our home."

"Family?"

Li Hao was a little confused.

My master said that the Endless Heavenly Realm is the place where the Heavenly Dao was born.

Could it be that the two old people are the will of Heaven?
However, there are two paths to becoming an Immortal Emperor. One is to prove the will of Heaven, which means gaining the approval of the Heavenly Dao.

This naturally proves that the Heavenly Dao is supreme, higher than the Immortal Emperor, while the other party claims to be inferior to the Immortal Emperor. Therefore, it is not the Heavenly Dao, unless he is lying.

But the old man in front of me didn't seem to need to deceive me; he could have chosen not to say anything.

"In the primordial era, before the myriad laws of nature were divided, chaos was originally one. How should all living beings in heaven and earth cultivate then?"

The seven elders noticed the doubt in the young man's heart and asked with a light laugh.

These words struck like a thunderbolt, shattering the doubts in Li Hao's heart. His pupils widened slightly as he looked at the old man before him:

"You, you mean you were born from chaos, a being from the very beginning of chaos?"

The seven elders smiled without saying a word, as if tacitly approving of Li Hao's answer.

Li Hao was shaken, and many thoughts also surfaced in his mind. Now they were fusing the laws of chaos and unifying the Great Dao. Even their cultivation realms were opened up by many Immortal Emperors and Great Emperors of each era, including his master who opened up the final realm of the Dao Source... And the path they walked was, to put it bluntly, the path opened up by other Great Emperors.

But what about before these great emperors?
Li Hao suddenly realized that the old man in front of him was someone who existed before the cultivation system existed.

At that time, there was no great emperor in the world!
No one has claimed the title of king!
That era, without a doubt, was a distant and unreachable place, the beginning of chaos.

The old man before me has probably lived through countless eras.

"Seventh Brother, it's your turn to step down."

Suddenly, a voice interrupted Li Hao's conversation with the Seven Elders.

The old man, who had his back to Li Hao, looked up and spoke to the Seven Elders. His voice was equally aged, but it carried a hint of urging, suggesting that he was rather impatient.

The seven elders looked down and their eyes showed surprise. They then nodded and laughed, "You've given me a difficult problem."

Upon hearing this, Li Hao looked at the chessboard in the direction of the two players, but upon seeing it, he immediately felt dizzy and disoriented, as if he had fallen into an endless starry sky and arrived in a vast and boundless starry sky.

This starry sky seems to have a vast, boundless grid of lines, with countless stars rising and falling, drifting along strange trajectories.

Li Hao's pupils contracted slightly. He had reached the peak of the 12th dan in Go and had accumulated enough experience points, but looking at the Go board now, he felt a sense of profound depth, like a galaxy.

(End of this chapter)