Follow the path of Dao from infancy

Chapter 730: Chapter 141 Hanhai Tower, Surge in the Dao Domain_2

The Crown Prince said with a smile, treating Li Hao with great courtesy.

Li Hao nodded. Earlier, when he had been painting, he had also created a portrait for the Crown Prince, who astonishingly had brought with him an Artistic Path Experience of 18,000!

This experience was close to that of the Lady in Cloud Attire, which showed that he too was a monstrously strong cultivator, yet the aura he exhibited was merely that of an ordinary Dao Law Realm.

Li Hao was not interested in the underhanded politics among the members of the Imperial Family, so after paying his respects with a cupped fist salute, he entered the Hanhai Tower.

Inside the tower, Cultivation Techniques piled up like a mountain. Li Hao’s Divine Thought swept through them, and as he casually browsed, he saw that the Cultivation Techniques here, just like in the Sword Tower, were sealed by laws.

But this posed no problem for him. Such law seals were mainly to prevent the contents from being memorized and replicated after viewing.@@novelbin@@

After all, even Martial Artists of the Three Immortal Realms had extraordinary memories, almost to the point of never forgetting what they saw once.

Like in the Sword Tower, Li Hao began to collect these Cultivation Techniques one by one.

As the number of Cultivation Techniques continued to increase on the panel, a multitude of information flooded his mind, but this time, Li Hao did not practice outright in the Hanhai Tower.

With the experience previously revealed in the Sword Tower, Li Hao was wary that this tower might also be one of Emperor Canghai’s weapons.

A day passed, and Li Hao finished collecting all the Cultivation Techniques in the Hanhai Tower.

The number of Cultivation Techniques here was no less than that of the Sword Tower, but their quality was significantly inferior, especially the top Daoist level Cultivation Techniques and Divine Skills, which were less than one-fifth of the Sword Tower’s.

Despite this, his gains were still substantial.

Tomorrow would be the battle of the top hundred, but Li Hao was unconcerned. He selected three Cultivation Techniques from the Hanhai Tower to take out, broke the laws sealing them for the Crown Prince, and then set off on his return journey to the Sacrificial Mountain.

Chi Guang, the Lady in Cloud Attire, and others had already returned in advance. When Li Hao returned to Sacrificial Mountain, where he was now revered in the Canghai Divine Dynasty, he also had a quiet courtyard for secluded cultivation.

Outside the small courtyard, the Royal Family’s guards stood watch, allowing Li Hao to cultivate in peace during the preparation period without disturbance.

Li Hao set up a Barrier around the small courtyard and then sat down to cultivate inside the house.

He practiced each of the many Cultivation Techniques he had collected, many of which were knife and spear skills that Li Hao was unable to practice. Even after recording them to the panel, he was only at the beginner stage, and he had no intention to spend Skill Points to learn them further, even though he now had ample Skill Points but not in vast excess.

Besides, having one offensive method was enough.

In a fight between experts, the real killing move only needed one strike; the rest were all setups.

With the practice of the Body Refining Techniques and the Sword Dao Skill, Li Hao’s Dao Domain steadily increased, quickly reaching 180 layers!

However, Li Hao had still not touched the limit of his Dao Domain, proving his previous guess wrong.

“Could it be 360 layers?” his eyes flickered with the possibility. If that were the case, it seemed to correspond with the number of times of Soul Condensation in Soul Continuation.

In the realm of Soul Continuation, to condense the soul 360 times is to achieve the Extreme Realm.

At that thought, Li Hao felt a surge of motivation and an urgent desire to know what state he would be in once he reached the Dao Domain Extreme Realm.

After all, the Dao Domain was the most powerful method in the Four Stands Realm. Having a Dao Domain was profoundly different from not having one, like the difference between clouds and mud. Although a few freaks, like Jiang Lichen, could rely on the Sword Dao to break through a Dao Domain, these freaks were, after all, exceptions. In the Four Stands Realm, those able to practice the Sword Dao to the Seventh Stage or even Stage Eight were truly terrifying lunatics.

It’s worth noting that even the saint sons and saintesses of the Sword Ancestor Holy Land were only at Stage Eight Sword Dao in the Dao Law Realm, and their Sword Intents varied in strength.

Even at the same Stage Eight, the difference could be vast, just as the Haoyue Saint Son’s Sword Dao was vastly different from other Sword Daos.

Li Hao did not stop, but continued to cultivate.

His Dao Domain also continued to grow steadily, and by the time the sun set, he had broken through to 200 layers!

Li Hao estimated that the remaining Cultivation Techniques could further advance his cultivation by another 20 layers, making it 220 layers in total. This was the cultivation foundation of the Canghai Divine Dynasty.

Of course, there were certain secret Cultivation Techniques within the Canghai Divine Dynasty that would undoubtedly not be found in the Hanhai Tower. Still, these were few in number, perhaps less than ten.

The next day.

The battle of the top hundred took place on Sacrificial Mountain.

Before the fight began, Li Hao continued cultivating in the small courtyard.

His Dao Domain grew to 210 layers, with the remaining Cultivation Techniques allowing for another ten layers of practice.

“If it’s a 360-layer Dao Domain, I still have a long way to go. To accumulate the remaining 140 layers of Dao Domain Techniques, I must rely on these top-tier Sect forces of the Canglan Realm…”

Li Hao’s eyes sparkled. If he could probe all the top Sect Cultivation Techniques across the Canglan Realm, his Dao Domain Extreme Realm would be realized!

Li Hao knew that unlike other competitors, his enemies were not just the one at the top of the Supreme Talent List but the Void Saint!

Before he could claim first place, he must possess the combat strength to confront a Saint, otherwise he might be assassinated by a Void Saint before the final battle.

Compared to others who only need to consider competing with their peers, he had to guard against a Saint.

“If I can reach the Extreme Realm, with my strength, I should be able to match a Semi-Saint…”

Li Hao’s eyes flickered. He hadn’t tried; he wasn’t clear on the outcome because it had been a long time since he had gone all out.

From over fifty layers of his Dao Domain at Sword Tower, he had cultivated it up to now, reaching 210 layers. He didn’t know what terrifying events might unfold if all the layers of his Dao Domain were superimposed.

But when his Dao Domain was at 97 layers, Li Hao had felt that he could already influence space itself, his Dao Domain alone could easily shatter laws, solidifying the Great Dao!

Now, it would only become more terrifying.

Moreover, if he could cultivate his Dao Domain to the Extreme Realm, he would control the Eight Extreme Realm!

“Are you daydreaming?”

On the battle platform, when Li Hao’s opponent, whom he was paired with by drawing lots, saw his somewhat vacant gaze, as if in a trance, the opponent was taken aback and soon his face became cold.

Li Hao came back to his senses and saw that his opponent was dressed in fine clothing and exuded an extraordinary temperament. Li Hao apologized, “Sorry, I got lost in thought just now.”

“Hmph.”

The young man snorted coldly, too lazy to ramble, and as soon as the Array condensed, he directly lunged at Li Hao with his spear.

Li Hao raised his hand and conjured an autumn breeze to slash out.

Boom!

The Sword Qi burst forth like sharp grass blades, swiftly cutting through the air. The young man’s long spear trembled, and the momentum gathered around his body was instantly crushed, with a deep sword mark appearing on his chest.

He got up from the ground, looking at Li Hao in terror. What kind of Sword Qi was this?

He just sensed imminent mortal danger, but in the end, that force disappeared. The opponent had shown mercy.

The young man’s face turned alternately green and white, instantly realizing he was facing a monstrous opponent.

“Consider this an apology.”

Li Hao gave a slight bow to his opponent and waited for the referee to announce the result before stepping down from the platform. He then continued to ponder the matters of the Dao Domain outside the arena.

The victory or defeat on the platform was swiftly concluded, but the crowd below was abuzz with shock.

“Prince Luo Jia lost, devastatingly defeated in mere seconds!”

“He possesses two Extreme Realms, yet he didn’t even have the chance to display them just now.”

“What’s that compared to what you haven’t seen before? This Mr. Qingfeng had previously stopped a monstrosity with over twenty layers of the Dao Domain in the battle of ten thousand, leading to their rout and eventual withdrawal from competition, not even contending for the top hundred.”

The crowd muttered among themselves, stirring more astonishment.

Among the crowd, several elegant figures sat together; a young man with a folding fan looked at his grim-faced junior sister with a wry smile,

“Qingyi, don’t take those fools’ words to heart.”

Li Qingyi snorted but said nothing.

This top hundred battle was a decisive battle all the way to the top ten, so she made a special trip to watch, wanting to see if anyone could force Li Hao to reveal other techniques.

With Li Hao’s strength, she already considered him a potential adversary she would encounter in the Canglan Realm battles later on. Coming in advance to investigate was also considered gathering intelligence on the opponent, not just for amusement.

“Still so decisive, is he planning to clear all the hurdles with just swordsmanship?”

Another elegant young man sighed.

“His swordsmanship is indeed good enough to enter the top ten, or even take first,” another young man nodded, highly recognizing Li Hao’s swordsmanship.

The young man with the folding fan shook his head, “Top ten would be fine, top three are hopeful, but first is impossible, at least without forcing other tricks out of him, if he doesn’t have anything else, he may not even be able to secure first.”

“Eh?”

Li Qingyi looked at him, puzzled.

The young man with the folding fan chuckled, “There’s news that an exceptional monstrosity has emerged from the Light Cave Heaven of Nanrong Country, named Chi Guang, and he’s considered one of our formidable rivals, only slightly inferior to the Buddhist Twin Saints.”

“That strong?”

Everyone was surprised. Being able to compare with the Buddhist Twin Saints was a frightening prospect in itself.