The Name of Eternity.

Chapter 686 Absorption and Challenge

"By consuming the sap of the Tree of Time, even a mediocre person can easily comprehend the essence of the Dao of Time!"

Shi Miao raised her hand, took down the two clumps of Time Tree sap, and handed one to Li Hao, saying, "Your Time Dao Origin Realm has reached the seventh level. After consuming this, you can successfully comprehend the eighth level. This will also help you comprehend other realms and Dao realms."

Li Hao was somewhat surprised, not expecting such a divine object to exist, and immediately accepted it.

"The Calamity Shield is also a top-tier domain artifact. It can absorb all attacks and convert them into Calamity Power for reflection. Calamity Power can pierce through the soul, immortal techniques, and everything else. It is the most real destructive force!"

Shi Miao said, "This item is useful even for those at the peak of the Immortal King realm. Only the power of a Quasi-Emperor realm can destroy it. Otherwise, wearing this item will ensure that one is invincible at the Immortal King realm."

She raised her hand and retrieved a shield that shimmered with chaotic, tribulation-like light, handing it to Li Hao: "With this for protection, combined with the precious treasure your master gave you, the Immortal King realm will pose no threat to you."

"how about you?"

Li Hao asked.

"If I cultivate three more levels, I will be able to fight against a Perfected Immortal King. Once I reach the Perfected Immortal King realm, I will obtain ninety percent of the power from my previous life and become invincible in the Immortal King realm."

Shi Miao said.

Upon hearing this, Li Hao no longer declined and accepted the gift.

"Hmm? There's actually a book."

Li Hao's gaze swept across the area and he saw that among the many clusters of treasures, there was a treasure that looked like a book.

Shi Miao also stared intently at it, and relevant information quickly appeared on the treasure.

"The Daoist Canon is actually a secret hall of the Daoist clan. Legend has it that at the beginning of chaos, there was a stone slab deep in the chaos. Later, a Daoist emperor copied down the ancient Daoist text on the stone slab, which formed a Daoist scripture called the Daoist Canon!"

Shi Miao said solemnly, "I've heard that by comprehending the Daoist Canon, one can cultivate all nine levels of the Great Dao to the tenth level of perfection!"

"In other words, the Daoist Canon records everything in the world. If one can fully comprehend it, one can reach the Quasi-Emperor realm!"

A Quasi-Emperor... Before forging a unique path to becoming an Emperor, one is someone who has cultivated everything that already exists in the world to its ultimate level!
"It's truly remarkable that the Daoist clan has brought out this item; I wonder if it's the complete version."

Shi Miao's thoughts touched the treasure's light, and soon, a hint of disappointment appeared in her eyes. She sighed, "As expected, the Dao Clan still holds back. That's right. If this item were complete, even top-tier treasures would be underestimated. This is one of the core treasures of the Dao Clan. Just comprehending all three chapters here would allow one to reach the Perfect Immortal King Realm, which is the ultimate among the top-tier treasures."

"So, this item is optional."

Li Hao raised his hand and took the Daoist scriptures into his hand.

Shi Miao nodded, and then saw the Daoist canon in the ball of light fly into Li Hao's hand, after which another copy was made from the ball of light.

However, there was only one of the previous Calamity Shields.

In her previous life, she had already comprehended the Daoist Canon. Although she had not been able to see the whole thing, she had comprehended all things to the extreme through her own abilities. She even broke through the tenth limit of the Dao of Time. This was how she was able to survive the catastrophe in which even the Emperor fell, travel through time to the far end, and save her life.

"Heavenly Blood! There's actually such a thing."

Shi Miao's gaze swept over, and her eyes narrowed again.

Back then, Dao Yuan Immortal Emperor bestowed a portion of Heavenly Dao Blood upon Li Hao, allowing Li Hao to directly cultivate to the final realm of the Three Immortals, achieving eternal immortality and significantly enhancing his life-saving abilities.

This item can still be found here today.

This means that those who receive the top-tier training slots this time can choose one to cultivate to this final realm, greatly enhancing their ability to survive.

She had already mastered it herself, and Li Hao had also completed his training, so there was no need for that.

However, besides being able to condense the eternal and immortal realm, this object has another use.

"If there is no other choice, you can exchange it for the Heavenly Dao Blood."

Shi Miao said, "This item can enhance the nascent Heavenly Dao."

At the pinnacle of sainthood, one breaks through the three calamities, achieves physical sainthood, and condenses the nascent Heavenly Dao.

The Heavenly Dao Infant can enhance the understanding of the Immortal Dao. The stronger the Infant, the stronger the understanding of the Immortal Dao and even the world will gradually become. It may even be able to comprehend the extraordinary Heavenly Dao and the profound realm of the Great Dao's origin.

"If that's the case, then we can put the Calamity Shield aside for now."

Li Hao's eyes swept across the area; what he needed most at the moment was a treasure that could enhance himself and accelerate his combat power.

The Shield of Calamity can make him invincible at the Immortal King level, but if he can improve his realm during this abyss training, he will still be invincible at the Immortal King level and will not need to rely on this item.

Shi Miao pondered for a moment and nodded. If Li Hao could improve quickly in this abyss and reach the seventh or eighth level of the Immortal King Realm before ending his cultivation, he would have a strong ability to protect himself.

In any case, no one can threaten them as they cultivate here, and the two Immortal Emperors will not allow their various races to have the opportunity to kill each other.

It should be understood that when all the Immortal Kings of the myriad races gather here, those hostile races with blood feuds of tens of thousands of years are naturally also present. However, since the Immortal Emperor dared to gather them together, he must be able to intimidate everything.

"Fine, the Light of Calamity can't be used in the Tower of All Heavens anyway."

Within the Tower of All Heavens, one can only rely on one's own cultivation level and cannot rely on external forces. Otherwise, some Immortal Kings could use top-tier domain artifacts to fight across one or even two realms.

However, such top-tier domain artifacts are rare even among the major clans.

"A drop of Time Tree Sap, a Daoist Repository..."

Li Hao glanced around; there were still three chances to choose.

The two used their divine senses to scan the numerous treasure orbs, quickly identifying the remaining three items.

One is the Five Paths Divine Tree, formed by condensing the power of the five paths. It is currently in its mature stage, and there are two Five Element Dao Fruits on the tree. After consuming them, one can suddenly comprehend the original realm of the five paths. If one wants to continue to cultivate Dao Fruits, a large amount of immortal power is needed for them to grow slowly.

Li Hao chose this item not primarily for the Five Elements Dao Fruit, but because the wood of this tree was an excellent material for carving.

The second item is the Chaos Dao Diagram, which is a painting.

By studying the Dao diagram, one can comprehend the chaos, and the effect is even stronger than comprehending it on a chaotic star. This was drawn by a great emperor with painstaking effort, capturing the entire chaos before it collapsed.

Li Hao chose this item not to comprehend the Dao of Chaos, but to comprehend the painting techniques within it.

He could sense that the painting was of an extremely high level, far surpassing the thirteen levels of painting.

If you can comprehend it yourself, you can probably improve your painting skills to the fourteenth level!

After the fourteenth stage of the Dao of Painting was implanted, Li Hao didn't know whether he could advance to the Immortal Emperor realm or the Quasi-Emperor realm.

Regardless of the outcome, it will bring about a leap in strength and qualitative change.

The last item Li Hao chose was Heavenly Dao Blood. According to Shi Miao, a drop of Heavenly Dao Blood can help one cultivate to the final stage of the Three Immortal Realms. If it is used to feed Heavenly Dao Infants, although it will have an effect, the improvement will be limited. Only by feeding them enough will there be obvious and terrifying changes.

However, the Heavenly Blood is a top-tier consumable for all races, and it is already extremely difficult for all races to contribute more than a hundred drops at once.

If all the blood of the Heavenly Dao could be selected and fed to the Heavenly Dao infant, the effect would be qualitatively different and exaggerated.

After all, even powerful clans might not pour hundreds of drops of Heavenly Dao Blood onto one person.

Even if one has such thoughts, there may not be that much Heavenly Dao Blood.

After Li Hao made his selection, Shi Miao also chose her treasure. However, she didn't choose the Heavenly Dao Blood, but instead picked out some items suitable for herself. Seeing that Li Hao chose the Five Divine Trees and the Chaos Dao Diagram, Shi Miao was somewhat surprised, but she didn't say anything. She simply told Li Hao that these two treasures were only average among these top-tier treasures, not considered top-tier. If he were to use them for cultivation, a single dose of Time Tree Sap would far surpass them, since as long as he consumed it, he could immediately comprehend the origin of the Dao of Time.

These two things only deepen understanding; there is a process involved, and they also require a certain level of personal comprehension.

"Besides top-tier treasures, there are other superior treasures to choose from."

Shi Miao immediately led Li Hao into the superior treasure vault of the myriad races.

After some searching, they selected quite a few good items, including treasures that could enhance the True God's blood, but only by ten drops.

There are also treasures that can enhance the immortal body. Li Hao's immortal body broke through from the Celestial Immortal to the Heaven and Earth Immortal Body. After advancing to the Immortal King Realm, the immortal body also improved. However, for the Immortal King Realm, the Heaven and Earth Immortal Body is not the best and there is still room for improvement.

When it came time to choose a mid-level treasure, Li Hao also selected a Domain Pill, which could accelerate his advancement to a higher realm.

However, he planned to wait until he reached the eighth level of the Immortal King realm before taking it, as large clans usually use it at the eighth level of the Immortal King realm to maximize its effect.

After selecting all the treasures, Li Hao and Shi Miao exited the Tower of All Heavens and saw other people coming and going from the tower, indicating that some people had already begun to continue their challenges.

Many others entered the imperial arena established by the two Immortal Emperors.

This resulted in fewer figures outside the Tower of All Heavens compared to before.

"Walk."

Without delay, the two headed towards the imperial palace.

They planned to absorb and fuse the many treasures they had just selected there.

Upon arriving at the imperial arena, Li Hao felt an overwhelming surge of immortal power, far exceeding that of the outside world, enveloping them.

This immortal power was extremely powerful, and it actively entered the body.

"You've also just entered the Immortal King realm?"

Li Hao and Shi Miao chose a secluded spot. As soon as they landed, three people looked at them. The red-haired youth among them smiled at the two of them:
"We are the Yanhuo tribe from the Western Regions. What about you?"

Li Hao was taken aback, unsure of what to say. He was born into the human world, not one of the myriad races.

Shi Miao had no intention of paying attention to her. She was born in the Chaos Tree of Time, not one of the myriad races, but a race of her own, unique in the world, without any other races.

Seeing their expressions, the other person assumed they were wary of being exposed, so he immediately smiled nonchalantly, not taking it to heart, and said:
"To be able to come here so soon after breaking through your cultivation level, you must be among the top experts in your clan. It's fate that we meet here. Let's work hard together in the future!"

Li Hao smiled slightly and said, "Keep it up!"

"How many floors did you guys reach? I'm at level 18, and my brother is at level 25!"

Beside them, a woman with bright red braids asked Li Hao and Shi Miao curiously, "Also, are you two Daoist partners?"

Shi Miao was taken aback, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she suddenly felt that the Yan Huo Clan was much more pleasing to the eye.

"I……"

Just as Li Hao opened his mouth, the young man patted his sister's head and said irritably, "Don't ask these questions right away, it's impolite."

He then scratched his head at Li Hao and Shi Miao and said, "My sister is naturally straightforward, so please don't mind her. Although she is a Celestial King, she used to cultivate within the clan, and everyone in the clan doted on her. She has never experienced any setbacks."

Li Hao nodded and said, "We are Daoist partners."

Shi Miao smiled broadly and said, "I think your sister is quite cute."

Upon hearing this, the girl with the bright red braids turned to look at her brother beside her: "Look!"

The young man was somewhat helpless and replied telepathically, "They were just being polite."

The girl with the bright red braids snorted, clearly disagreeing with her brother's statement.

"Let's start cultivating too."

Another young man from the Yanhuo clan beside him spoke. He had a cold expression and seemed to dislike speaking. He was already at the third level of the Immortal King realm.

Seeing this, the young man and his sister nodded to Li Hao and Shi Miao, and each drew their own boundaries around themselves and began to cultivate cross-legged.

Li Hao and Shi Miao also established their own domains, took out many treasures from their domains, and began to absorb and cultivate them.

Li Hao first consumed the Time Tree Sap, and soon felt a strange sensation flowing into his body. The Time Tree Sap he drank was like a flowing, strange space, stretching his body into countless parts, each in a different time and space.

During this process, Li Hao suddenly gained a deeper understanding and appreciation of time, immersing himself in the wonder brought by the sap of the Time Tree.

……

time flies.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

Li Hao has already consumed and absorbed all the treasures he selected, including the Heavenly Dao Blood.

When the boundary disappeared, Li Hao slowly opened his eyes. In just half a month, his strength had improved significantly once again.

"With my current strength, I should be able to reach around the 48th floor."

Li Hao thought to himself.

This represents a significant increase in strength, spanning five levels, especially considering the leap across four realms.

The enhancement of his immortal body and the improvement of his understanding of the Dao realm have both had a significant impact on his combat power.

"But these improvements are ultimately secondary; the most important thing is the path to becoming an emperor!"

Li Hao's eyes flashed. If he could perfect the embryonic form of the Emperor's Path, it would be a qualitative change.

"Having consumed both Five Elements Dao Fruits, this tree... can serve as an excellent material for carving."

"If I could comprehend this Chaos Dao Diagram and elevate my Dao of Painting to the fourteenth level, that would be wonderful..."

Looking at the things at hand, Li Hao suddenly felt overwhelmed and wished he could have two more versions of himself to comprehend and cultivate at the same time.

Time was too tight. Although he was only at the first level of the Immortal King Realm, Li Hao also wanted to compete for the position of True King's deputy. In that case, he would at least have some authority to bring Elder Feng and Emperor Yu to his side and protect them.

At that time, even if the Supreme Being of the Southern Region knew about him, he did not dare to attack him. After all, the True King was chosen by all races and was the front-line commander jointly promoted by many Great Emperors. If the Supreme Being of the Southern Region attacked him, he would be standing on the opposite side of all races in the True Realm. Even if he was a Great Emperor, he would not dare to do so!
"Let's try having all three World Cores coexist!"

Li Hao's eyes flashed as he withdrew his domain. He then saw that Shi Miao beside him was still enveloped by the domain, and he couldn't see what was inside.

He didn't wait. He glanced around and saw that two of the three Yanhuo clan members were in the realm, while one was not. He was probably there to challenge the Tower of All Heavens.

Li Hao didn't linger and headed towards the Tower of All Heavens.

He skipped floor 44 and went straight to floor 47.

(End of this chapter)