The Name of Eternity.

Chapter 654 The Battle Between Dragon and Serpent: How Can I Be Without It?

As the Chaos Crimson Demon Clan and others made their appearances, the area in front of the Path to Heaven became increasingly noisy. These peerless geniuses, who had forged 23 Chaos Laws, displayed their invincible aura without any concealment, heading straight for the summit of the Path to Heaven.

Everyone else, seeing such power, gave way.

“That is Chi Yuan, the demon prince of my Chaos Crimson Demon Clan!”

"That's 'Bone Demon,' the prodigy of my Chaos Cangya Clan!"

"Such a powerful aura. They are all ranked in the top thirty on the Chaos Heavenly Dao Ranking. I heard that they have been waiting for this Endless Heavenly Domain for over a thousand years."

Many people looked up and saw the Chaos Crimson Demon Clan and others revealing their true forms. They were all shocked and had mixed feelings. If they had been born a thousand years earlier, they might have had a chance to compete with them. But now, others were thousands of years ahead of them in cultivation, and they could not catch up. They could only blame themselves for being born at the wrong time!

Just as Chi Yuan and the others were about to arrive at the Heavenly Road, Luo Ning Shuang arrived without delay. At the same time, a snow lotus bloomed in the void on the other side, and slender, snow-white toes appeared on the lotus platform. She lightly stepped on the lotus platform and revealed her figure, which was Xue Fei of the Chaos Ancient Immortal Clan.

As they gathered, they exuded a furnace-like aura, suppressing the surrounding area. The many people scrambling below involuntarily stopped, trembling with fear.

"Hmph, this time the Heavenly Road is supreme, and only my Primordial Land reigns supreme!"

Chi Yuan looked at Luo Ning Shuang with disdain and sneered.

Luo Ningshuang was the personal disciple of the Chaos Immortal Emperor, and compared to the four of them, she was outnumbered and outmatched.

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure suddenly appeared beside Luo Ningshuang; he was a burly middle-aged man.

Previously, Luo Ningshuang had protected Lin Zhexuan when he entered, while the burly middle-aged man had protected the Su sisters, the Ghost Clan sisters, Di Linchen, and others. He was also Luo Ningshuang's senior brother.

"Seventh Senior Brother!"

Luo Ningshuang breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her senior brother. Compared to her junior sister Su Wanyi, this senior brother was more reliable and had forged 23 Chaos Laws earlier than her.

"Hmph, you're not the only ones who have the power."

The burly middle-aged man snorted coldly.

Chi Yuan narrowed his eyes and said, "It's just the two of you. If you dare to fight, we'll cripple you right here and now!"

"And us."

A figure appeared, and Su Wanyi flew over with Su Wanqing, Su Muqing and others. The four sisters stood together, all with a sense of shared hatred and cold eyes.

Upon seeing the four sisters, Chi Yuan and the others were taken aback for a moment, then noticed that Su Wanqing and the others had ordinary auras and were not peak Immortal Lords.

"You're just dragging along any Tom, Dick, or Harry to fill the ranks. You might be one, but what about those three?" Chi Yuan made no attempt to hide his contempt, not taking Su Muqing and the others seriously at all.

Hearing such blunt words, Su Wanqing and the others' expressions changed, and they were somewhat shocked and angry. Since they had been cultivating for so long, no one had ever dared to look down on them like this. They were all furious, but they knew that in terms of strength, there was a huge difference between them. After all, they had only been in the Primordial True Realm for a few hundred years, unlike that guy.

"If we had the same amount of time to cultivate, you might not be our match."

Su Muqing kept a sullen face. Although she was wary of the other party's strength, her competitive nature made her unwilling to suffer a loss.

"What a ridiculous statement."

Chi Yuan sneered, too lazy to argue with the other party. There are no so many reasons in this world. Defeat is defeat, weakness is weakness, and no reason is useful.

"The three of you aren't qualified!"

The pale-skinned Bone Demon beside him spoke indifferently.

Su Wanyi's face darkened as she said, "Do you intend to block us here? If so, then let's see. Although my sisters cannot compete with you, they do possess domain artifacts!"

Hearing her words, Chi Yuan and the others frowned and glanced around. There were many disciples from various mountains here. Although their Primal Land was strong, the disciples of Chaos and Daoyuan were always close. If they joined forces and borrowed their domain artifacts, it would put them at a disadvantage.

Fortunately, the higher one goes on the path to heaven, the more difficult it becomes. Once one is deep enough to leave these disciples behind, their domain artifacts will not affect them.

"Hmph, once we get up there, we'll see how the three of you manage to produce twelve domain artifacts!"

Chi Yuan sneered, deciding to deal with the three of them later.

Just as they were about to embark on the heavenly journey, a figure suddenly flew over.

"Wait a minute!"

The group looked over and saw a young man wearing golden armor.

Xuefei, who was standing to the side, was slightly taken aback when she saw this person, and then her eyes showed surprise and doubt.

"God?"

Chi Yuan and the others recognized the newcomer as a fellow disciple from the same master's school.

However, the deity was different from them; the other party was a human who had become a disciple of the deity for other reasons.

Humans are extremely rare in the primitive lands, and only two people can be accepted as personal disciples by their master, one of whom is this deity.

They had no good feelings towards the God. Although the God had betrayed the human race and sided with their master, they despised him even more from the bottom of their hearts for betraying their own race.

"Have any of you encountered Haotian?"

As soon as the divine avatar arrived, he looked around. He had arrived here the moment the Heavenly Road appeared, but he did not rush to climb. As an avatar, climbing would be useless. Instead, he silently waited for the right opportunity in the shadows.

"Haotian?"

"That human?"

Upon hearing the God's words, Chi Yuan and the others' expressions changed slightly, as did Luo Ning Shuang and Su Wan Yi's eyes. They immediately recalled the scene in the Ninth Heaven Domain where the young man had intervened to instantly kill the Chaos Dao Seed.

With the pressure from this primordial lineage, the Chaos lineage and the Dao Source lineage could easily join forces, since both sides are human emperors.

Only then did Chi Yuan and the others realize that the troublesome human race had not yet appeared. The other party had previously cleared out the eighth heaven domain, forcing them to risk hunting Chaos Dao Seeds in the ninth heaven domain. The hunt was difficult, and they were almost forced to use their domain artifacts. If the four of them had not joined forces, they would have encountered many dangers.

However, although the four of them worked together to turn the danger into safety, the benefits were divided among them, resulting in each person not gaining much.

"Could he have already gone up?"

Gu Xie looked up at the Heavenly Road with a look of surprise and doubt, and suddenly became a little impatient.

"will not."

The deity immediately shook his head and said, "I was here the moment the Heavenly Road appeared, and I didn't see him come over."

"you?"

Upon hearing the God's words, the group looked at him in surprise and doubt. Chi Yuan asked, "Weren't you in the Ninth Heaven Domain? Why are you here immediately? Since you're here, why didn't you go up?"

Upon hearing this, the deity gave a wry smile and said, "To be honest, this is an avatar; my true self has already left the Heavenly Realm..."

Chi Yuan and the others were stunned. They couldn't help but examine the God Venerable closely, only to find that his aura was erratic and did not resemble the real God Venerable.

"you……"

Xuefei looked at him in surprise and doubt. She knew that Li Hao had fought a great battle with the opponent earlier, but the Divine Venerable's true form had actually been blasted out of the Endless Heavenly Domain? Could it be...?

“I fought that kid and we both used up all our domain artifacts. He used three, and I used three. Now he has no more domain artifacts.”

The deity said in a deep voice that he had come here to spread this news.

Upon hearing his words, Chi Yuan and the others were taken aback. Luo Ning Shuang and Su Wan Yi also showed shock. Su Wan Qing and Su Mu Qing, however, changed their expressions, revealing worry and urgency.

Without a domain artifact, wouldn't Li Hao be disqualified from pursuing the pinnacle?

"Xue Fei was also present during the great battle."

The God looked at Xue Fei and said to her, "If you encounter that boy again, you don't need to worry about him. He no longer has any domain artifacts."

Xuefei never expected them to fight so fiercely. One was banished from the Endless Heavenly Domain, and the other exhausted his domain artifact, losing the qualification to climb the Heavenly Road.

"I see."

She said it calmly.

Chi Yuan frowned and said, "Really? You're not lying to us, are you?"

The God was furious inside, but on the surface he smiled bitterly and said, "How could it be fake? If you're worried that I'm deliberately using you to fight him to the death, he only has three domain artifacts, which can only cost you three more. What's the point? If my true form were here, I would have already climbed the Heavenly Road. Why would I be here saying anything more?"

Chi Yuan's mind raced, and he realized that what the other person said made sense. Suddenly, he found this fellow human disciple somewhat more agreeable.

At least they managed to take away three domain artifacts from that kid; that's something to celebrate.

"Not bad, not bad, well done."

Chi Yuan grinned. The one who annoyed and worried him the most was that human boy. He was too strange. He was not afraid of Luo Ning Shuang, who was already famous.

Upon hearing this, the God-Emperor rolled his eyes. If it weren't for his even greater hatred for Li Hao, he wouldn't have given these Chaos Ancient Clan members a friendly look either. "No wonder I didn't see him. It seems he didn't dare to come without a Domain Artifact."

Chi Yuan laughed and looked around.

Su Wanyi and Luo Ningshuang both had complicated expressions when they heard this. The young man could easily kill the Chaos Dao Seed, and his combat power was even above theirs, yet he couldn't climb the Heavenly Road.

Both of them felt regret, but they didn't dwell on it any further.

"In that case, let's hurry up and leave."

The Bone Demon urged him on.

Chi Yuan didn't waste any more words and rushed straight towards the Heavenly Road.

As soon as they left, Luo Ningshuang and Su Wanyi and the others quickly and impatiently chased after them. Xuefei even transformed into a streak of light, rushing straight up with her maids.

As they left, the powerful pressure also disappeared, and everyone else came to their senses and continued to scramble for the prize.

Meanwhile, in the void, Su Wanqing, Su Muqing, and the others looked at each other with grim expressions.

Meanwhile, deep within the Ninth Heaven.

With a single move sealing the victory, Li Hao saw that the Seven Elders were a cut above the rest and had won the game.

"Hmph, it's all because this kid stood behind me, what bad luck."

The eight elders lost the game, threw down their pieces, and muttered irritably.

When the Seven Elders saw that he was trying to shift the blame for his defeat onto Li Hao, they couldn't help but chuckle and said, "You, you, aren't you afraid of making a fool of yourself in front of that kid?"

"Humph!"

The eight elders crossed their arms, snorted coldly, and said to Li Hao, "Boy, the Heavenly Path has been opened; if you don't go now, it will be too late."

Li Hao came to his senses and was stunned. The Heavenly Path had already been traversed?

"Well, it's about time you set off too."

The seven elders looked up at Li Hao and said something.

Li Hao calculated the time in his mind and found that there were indeed less than three days left until the end of the Endless Heaven Domain.

"Understood, thank you both."

Li Hao bowed and thanked him.

By watching this game, he had already accumulated half of the experience points required to reach the 13th dan level!

It should be noted that experience points in the game of Go are extremely difficult to increase. Even if he plays against himself, he can only gain a very small amount of experience. It might take him thousands of years of playing against himself to accumulate even half of that amount.

If you want to play against someone, you must find someone of similar skill level, otherwise the effect will be minimal.

"The Heavenly Road is in the first Heavenly Realm. Go there."

The Seven Elders smiled and said.

Li Hao nodded his thanks and bid farewell to the two elders, knowing that he didn't know when they would meet again, since even the Immortal Emperor could not set foot in the Endless Heavenly Domain.

He was somewhat reluctant to leave, but he still said goodbye and departed.

"He's a good kid, though."

The seven elders watched them disappear into the bamboo forest path and chuckled softly.

The eight elders nodded. "They are all more gifted than those youngsters. Even without relying on the Heavenly Will to attain enlightenment, they should be able to forge their own path. However, choosing this shortcut is a safety net."

"Ah."

The seven elders nodded.

As they strolled through the bamboo grove, the two arranged their chess pieces and began a new game.

On the other side, after leaving the Ninth Heaven Domain, Li Hao headed straight for the outermost First Heaven Domain.

During his journey, he closed his eyes, brought up the panel in his mind, selected to add points, and raised the Chaos Dao to the seventh level!

As his skill points decreased by 3, his Heavenly Dao power also decreased by about one percent in an instant. At the same time, his Chaos Dao level rose to the seventh stage, and a vast and powerful Dao thought surged into his mind.

In his previous battle with the God, Li Hao was almost forced to use his full strength. Now, in this battle on the Heavenly Road, Li Hao plans to be in better shape to deal with the situation. The three domain artifacts he still has may not be enough.

As the Daoist thought merged with him, Li Hao's aura underwent a tremendous change.

The transition from the sixth to the seventh stage of the Chaos Dao is a threshold, during which the understanding of the Chaos Dao undergoes a significant change.

Although his fusion of the Chaos Dao is still at 24 levels, the Chaos Limitless level, which is the final stage of the Immortal Lord realm and he cannot break through further, his application of the Chaos Limitless power has seen a breakthrough improvement. Compared to before, it's like a child who has just picked up a sword competing with a sword master—there's no comparison whatsoever.

After a long while, once he had absorbed all seven stages of the Chaos Dao, Li Hao opened his eyes. His eyes seemed to contain the sun, moon, stars, and the cause and effect of chaos.

With a blink of his eyes, the numerous faint, strange lights disappeared from his eyes, and everything returned to normal.

Li Hao's figure flickered, traversing the void and instantly crossing tens of thousands of miles. Before long, he arrived at the first heavenly domain.

Upon arriving here, Li Hao saw the towering Heavenly Road and 72 ancient giants at the Quasi-Emperor level.

Such a spectacular sight stunned Li Hao, but seeing the bustling crowd rushing towards it, he didn't think twice and quickly headed over.

"Haotian?!"

As soon as Li Hao arrived, he heard several exclamations of surprise.

He looked down and saw the Su sisters from the Path to Heaven, as well as Di Linchen.

Beside them were Lin Zhexuan and the Ghost Clan sisters, all disciples of the Chaos Immortal Emperor.

"Ok?"

When Li Hao saw someone fighting against them and blocking their climb, he immediately raised his hand and waved his hand, unleashing a surge of chaotic and boundless power that sent everyone around them flying.

"Why did you come?"

When Su Wanqing saw Li Hao again, her eyes were filled with joy. For hundreds of years, since Li Hao came to the Primordial True Realm, she had often heard news of him, but she had never had the chance to meet him. Now she was overjoyed, and her eyes even reddened.

“They all went up there, saying you didn’t dare come because you no longer had your domain artifact.”

Su Wanqing rushed to Li Hao's side, and suddenly flipped her hand to take out three domain artifacts, which she handed to Li Hao, saying, "I have been waiting for you, waiting for you to come. These are my three domain artifacts, you can take them."

Li Hao was stunned. Seeing the girl's excited appearance, he suddenly felt a little guilty and shook his head, saying, "Keep these for yourself. I have my own."

"You have?"

Su Wanqing was stunned.

Su Muqing and the others caught up. When her sister said she wanted to give the domain artifact to Li Hao, Su Muqing's eyes only changed slightly before she was quickly drawn to Li Hao's words and couldn't help but say, "There's a guy called God Venerable who said you've used up all your domain artifacts."

When Li Hao saw Su Muqing, whose face was exactly the same as Shi Miao's, his eyes dazed for a moment, but he quickly realized that she was no longer Shi Miao.

He nodded calmly and said, "That's just a rumor from the other side."

"Whether it's a rumor or not, just accept it. The more domain artifacts you have, the better," Su Wanqing said to Li Hao through gritted teeth.

“That’s right, here are two more of these for you. Let me know when you reach the top and tell me what the view is like, whether it’s beautiful or not.” Di Linchen suddenly tossed two domain artifacts to Li Hao.

Li Hao didn't take it, but pushed it back.

"Keep them for yourselves, I have plenty of domain artifacts."

He didn't elaborate, but now that he has mastered the seventh level of the Chaos Dao, he no longer needs a domain artifact.

"I have some too..."

Su Muqing hurriedly took out her own domain artifact, but before she could hand it over, Li Hao had already taken off, leaving only one sentence: "I'm going first, you guys keep up the good work!"

As everyone watched Li Hao's figure disappear in the blink of an eye, the immense pressure on the path to heaven, which felt as heavy as a mountain to them, seemed to be nothing to the young man.

On this path to heaven, although they cannot reach the summit, they can climb a little higher by relying on their domain artifacts, which will bring them some gains and greatly benefit their future cultivation.

“He really came. It turned out to be a rumor all along. I knew he would come.”

Su Wanqing gazed at the spot where Li Hao's figure disappeared, muttering to herself, her eyes filled with hope.

(End of this chapter)