Sweeping across the heavens, starting with the first emperor of the ancient times.

Other restricted areas, such as the Chaos Ancient Cave, the Heavenly Sound Vast Sea, and the Cloud Dream Marsh, are also attracting attention.

They communicated subtly through their thoughts.

"Hehe, the Burial God Abyss has really suffered a huge loss this time, losing both his wife and his army."

"Those guys in the Lake of Reincarnation are very afraid of their lives; I think they're mostly destined to compromise."

"What do you mean? Should we join forces to boycott it?"

"Let's wait and see, let's wait and see..."

Lake of Reincarnation is located deep in an ancient mountain range in the Central Plains of the Big Dipper, a place rarely visited by humans.

From the outside, this place is shrouded in clouds and mist, with an abundance of spiritual energy that seems to permeate the air; it is a rare fairyland.

But only by truly reaching the core can one discover that deep within the misty fog, layers upon layers of space exist, and a vast, nine-colored divine lake seems to exist in another time and space.

The lake was calm and still, reflecting the bizarre and fantastical scene.

Jiang Hao appeared directly in the real space outside the Lake of Reincarnation, ignoring the surrounding maze and illusions.

He gazed at the breathtakingly beautiful yet eerily silent nine-colored lake before him, gently shook his head, and murmured:

"What a wonderful place, blessed with natural beauty and talent, it's a pity... that it has become a den of iniquity. What a shame."

This lake is very mysterious; it's a bit of a waste for these supreme beings to possess it.

His gaze quickly fell on an inconspicuous little island in the middle of the lake.

On the island, a small ancient tree, no more than ten feet tall, grows quietly, its entire body resembling a piece of the finest jade.

The tree trunk is vigorous and the leaves are sparse, but the shape and texture of each leaf are completely different. Some are like a dragon coiling around, and some are like a phoenix spreading its wings.

Some bear the traces of stars, others are imprinted with the patterns of mountains and rivers...

They move without wind, making a soft rustling sound, as if chanting different ancient scriptures.

The ancient tea tree of Wudao.

Although it is not an elixir of immortality and cannot grant a second life, its leaves are supreme sacred objects that aid in enlightenment and are effective even for supreme beings. The entire tree contains the essence of the Dao of Heaven and Earth and is a rare spiritual root.

Jiang Hao's arrival immediately alerted the Lake of Reincarnation.

Deep within the lake, multiple divine thoughts arose.

"Chaos Emperor, why are you here at my Lake of Reincarnation, instead of reigning supreme in your own Ziwei Palace?"

A soft, feminine voice, indistinguishable between male and female, rang out, tinged with wariness.

"Liquidation".

Jiang Hao's answer was concise and to the point.

"When I was undergoing my tribulation, someone in your Samsara Lake harbored murderous intent and secretly plotted against me. Today, I have come for that very reason."

After a moment of silence in the lake, another, relatively gentler divine thought advised:

"Your Majesty, you are mistaken. Although some fellow Daoists paid attention that day, they ultimately did not truly obstruct our path. The cause and effect were not yet established, so let's be lenient and let it go. What do you say?"

Jiang Hao seemed not to hear, his gaze fixed on the ancient tea tree of enlightenment.

At this moment, he actually took a step forward, ignoring the restrictions and warnings of the Lake of Reincarnation, and walked through the air towards the island in the center of the lake!

"You!" The Supreme Being of the Lake of Reincarnation exclaimed in shock and anger.

Jiang Hao moved extremely fast and arrived on the island in the blink of an eye.

He rolled up his sleeves, and a gentle force swept over the tea trees.

With a whoosh, dozens of tea leaves of various shapes, each radiating the brilliance of the Great Way, detached themselves from the branches.

Like summoned spirits, they all entered a chaotic jade box that Jiang Hao had prepared beforehand.

In the blink of an eye, the once lustrous ancient tea tree became completely bare. Although the tree itself was undamaged, its most valuable tea leaves were completely sold out.

"You... the Enlightened Ancient Tea Tree is a priceless treasure of my Reincarnation Lake, how dare you be so insolent!"

One of the supreme beings could not contain himself, his divine thoughts filled with rage.

"Don't be impatient."

The soft, feminine voice stopped him, seemingly quite calm.

"It's just tea leaves. They can regenerate after a thousand years. The ancient tea tree can only survive here. He can't take the tea tree itself away, so don't worry."

However, after collecting the tea leaves, Jiang Hao did not leave. Instead, he continued walking towards the deeper part of the Reincarnation Lake!

At this point, the supreme beings of the Lake of Reincarnation could no longer remain seated.

"Chaos Emperor, you've taken the tea leaves, are you still not satisfied? Please leave immediately."

"Do you really think my Lake of Reincarnation is made of mud, something you can mold at will?"

"This is outrageous!"

One after another, powerful supreme divine thoughts manifested completely, condensing into several blurry yet majestic figures above the Nine-Colored Lake. Their terrifying extreme auras merged into one, colliding violently with the imperial might emanating from Jiang Hao!

The entire ancient star of the Big Dipper was once again shrouded in suffocating pressure.

The sky instantly darkened, the laws of nature became disordered, and lightning flashed and thunder roared.

Countless beings knelt on the ground, trembling, fearing that a supreme war would break out and destroy the stars.

People all over the universe were on tenterhooks.

"A standoff has begun again!"

"This time it's the Lake of Reincarnation, and judging by the looks of it, it's even more dangerous than the Abyss of Burial Gods!"

Above the Lake of Reincarnation, a blurry, supreme figure roared:

"Human Emperor, do you truly intend to act so arrogantly? To force us to take action? If it really comes to that, you won't escape unscathed!"

As if in response to his words, a faint but terrifying aura flickered in several other directions of the Big Dipper. Although no real statement was made, the intention to intimidate was obvious.

Faced with the oppressive aura emanating from the manifested divine senses of multiple Supreme Beings and the subtle threat of their combined attack, Jiang Hao merely let out a cold snort, his voice shaking the heavens:

"Hmph, I, the Emperor, never accept any threats!"

"If you are not satisfied, then feel free to emerge into the world; I will take on every single one of you!"

The two forces collided, entangled, and rubbed violently above Lake Reincarnation, causing the void to collapse and recombine repeatedly, and the waters of the Nine-Colored Lake to surge with towering waves.

This standoff between the Yakuza lasted for a full half month.

The ancient star of the Big Dipper fell into a long period of darkness and chaos, and all living beings suffered and begged for their lives in endless fear.

On the sixteenth day, the stalemate was finally broken.

It wasn't a compromise between the two sides, but rather that in the Lake of Reincarnation, a supreme being with a fiery temper, whose true form resembled an ancient white deer, could no longer tolerate this humiliating stalemate.

He believed that Jiang Hao, having finished his campaign in the Burial God Abyss and been locked in a stalemate for many days, must be mentally exhausted, making it an opportune moment to launch a sneak attack.

"Human brat, prepare to die!"

With a roar, a snow-white deer, magnificent in appearance and with crystal-clear antlers on its head, soared into the sky from the lake and instantly transformed into a white-robed Taoist priest, holding a white bone spear.

Gathering all his magical power and a portion of the original power of the Lake of Reincarnation, he launched a fatal blow towards Jiang Hao's back!

He had not yet reached the pinnacle of his power, but the force of this strike far surpassed that of an ordinary supreme being.

"Ximing, no!"

The other supreme beings of the Lake of Reincarnation cried out in alarm, but it was too late to stop them.

As if he had eyes in the back of his head, Jiang Hao suddenly turned around at the moment the spear was about to strike, his eyes flashing with cold light.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

He didn't even use the Heavenly Blade; he simply pointed his fingers together like a blade, with chaotic energy swirling around his fingertips, and gently touched the incoming white bone spear and the true form of the White Deer Supreme behind it.

"laugh"

A chaotic energy blast shot out, arriving first despite being launched later, and struck the tip of the spear.

Click!