Chapter 1024 - 212: All Heavens as Enemies, Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens (12,000-word update asking for monthly votes)
Chapter 1024: Chapter 212: All Heavens as Enemies, Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens (12,000-word update asking for monthly votes)
Hearing Li Hao’s words, All Saints were taken aback. The few Saints who had previously been plundered by Li Hao of the Heaven and Earth Treasures didn’t have a good impression of him. One of them frowned and said:
“Haotian Venerate, what do you mean by these words, don’t alarm us!”
Source Ancestor and Divine King both stared at Li Hao with suspicious eyes, but similarly, they thought Li Hao was going too far, taking the benefits and still wanting to monopolize the Immortal Path.
Li Hao glanced around and saw the expressions of All Saints. Besides Sword Master and a few other Saints, most Saints’ faces transformed suspicion into skepticism, clearly doubting the truth of his words.
Li Hao knew that they wouldn’t believe him just because he opened his mouth, even if it were Source Ancestor saying this, they would probably doubt it too.
He didn’t need to hide anything, so he said bluntly:
“You are too weak. The world behind this gate is not as idyllic as you imagine, a mortal paradise. The Immortal God Land is under attack by Ancient Demons and is embroiled in war; behind this gate is a battlefield!”
“The Ancient Demons there, even the weakest among them, possess Supreme Saint power. If you go in, you would just be feeding them.”
Hearing Li Hao’s words, All Saints were stunned, a battlefield behind the gate?
Ancient Demons?
Seeing everyone’s bewilderment, Li Hao revealed all the information he knew, including the Fake Realm and True Realm, and the invasion of Ancient Demons.
“Are you saying that the True Realm where Immortal Divines reside was invaded by Ancient Demons, and even the Immortal Divines have fallen?”
One Saint couldn’t help but shout, face pale, seemingly unable to accept such news.
It was as if the path they had longed for turned out to be ruins, a shattered dream.
The starry sky fell into a brief silence as All Saints digested the shocking news brought by Li Hao.
Source Ancestor and Divine King’s faces were extremely grim, silent and sullen.
A moment later, suddenly a Saint said deeply: “Haotian Venerate, is it fun to fabricate such words just to stop us?”
“Hmm?”
Li Hao looked at the speaking Saint and immediately recognized him as someone who had, in the previous Dao Debate Conference, teamed up with Void Ancestor against him, resolving their grievance only after demanding Heaven and Earth Treasures as compensation.
“War Saint was right. Haotian Venerate, we respect your extraordinary talent, but what are you afraid of? Even if we all go to the Immortal God Land, it won’t necessarily take away your cultivation resources. The world is vast, and no one interferes with anyone else, so why do you have to stop us?”
Another Female Saint spoke quietly, looking annoyed, known as Rain Saint.
“Haotian Venerate, what you said has too many loopholes. If these Ancient Demons were indeed such a threat, how could the Immortal Divines not have noticed earlier? Could the Immortal Divines really be that foolish?”
“Exactly, Haotian Venerate, why make it so difficult for us?”
All Saints spoke up, some with cold faces, others earnestly trying to persuade Li Hao.
Li Hao didn’t expect them to be so persistent, not knowing if it was because of his thin connections and feeble influence, or their profound obsession.
“You say I’m lying to you?”
Li Hao laughed coldly, staring at Rain Saint, and said: “As you mentioned, I have extraordinary talent. If it were truly so good there, why would I stop you? With your talents, could you possibly threaten me? You have cultivated for countless years, yet I have caught up with you. To surpass you from now on is as easy as eating and drinking!”
His words were unreserved, and All Saints felt some anger, but remembering Li Hao’s gifts, much of the anger dissipated.
Over the past decade, cultivating the Sixth Extreme Realm through reincarnation, they deeply understood how monstrous Li Hao’s talent was.
Now all being Saints, if they cultivated together, Li Hao would undoubtedly outpace them tenfold.
“Do I have any reason to fear your ascension on the Immortal Path? What good would it do me to stop you?!”
Li Hao sternly questioned.
All Saints looked at each other, Rain Saint, extremely beautiful, wore a water-blue veil on her head. At Li Hao’s stern questioning, her face turned unsightly, and she said:
“For just that reason, Haotian Venerate, you have even less need to stop us. You say it’s dangerous there, but if it’s really as dangerous as you say, even the Immortal Divines have fallen, how did you come back?”
Hearing her words, All Saints felt a sense of realization, with the moment of shake from Li Hao’s stern words quickly dissipated again.
They looked at Li Hao unfriendlily, Source Ancestor and Divine King were also staring at Li Hao. In fact, since Li Hao first spoke of these, they had thought of this point, which is also why they considered Li Hao’s words to have the biggest loophole.
If the Ancient Demons were truly as strong as Li Hao described, then how could Li Hao have survived in such a dangerous place for more than a decade?
“You said you were protected by a veteran of the former battlefield. If that veteran had the capacity to protect you, then letting us in for a glimpse wouldn’t be a problem, right?”
Another Saint said, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, clearly not believing Li Hao’s story about the veteran.
Li Hao squinted slightly, scanning him, then looked at the other Saints, seeing that besides Sword Master, Literary Saint, Medical Saint, and a few others remaining silent and thoughtful, the other Saints seemed not to believe his words.
“No wonder Lie Sky Saint said, truth is mixed with falsehood, and lies convincingly enough can be believed; as long as it aligns with what you wish to believe, it is truth. If it doesn’t, even the truth becomes false.”
Li Hao laughed, yet it was a cold laugh, his brows gathering coldness and anger:
“You ask why I could come back, why I could survive there for over a decade? The reason is simple, because I am stronger than you!”