“Le Ping, Le Ping?!”
Ji Tian Chao’s voice trembled, mixed with shock and excitement. Despite having faced countless deadly battles and conflicts, the old man could always maintain his composure, but now he doubted whether his aging eyes had deceived him.
The figure that whooshed towards them stopped above the Yun peaks, his body cloaked in a Divine Garment formed by the outward release of energy, his gaze calm as he looked down at the people on the peaks.
When he saw Ji Yun Yue’s figure, Li Hao was momentarily stunned, his expression softening considerably—it seemed that the latter had not encountered disaster and had been timely rescued by the Ji Family.
Additionally, he did not sense the presence of that couple, but he no longer cared.
“Is this Le Ping?”
Ji Yun Qing, along with Ji Yun Yue and others, including their children, all looked up in astonishment at this youthful figure.
Seeing his somewhat similar yet distinctive features and the aura of the Grand Tao of Peace Realm emanating from him, they were all somewhat stunned, puzzled and bewildered.
The previous Ji Le Ping had been monstrous, but they were clear that he was only in the Three Immortal Realms, yet now, this youth, with his Divine Power released and unable to mask his aura, was clearly in the Grand Tao of Peace Realm!
In just over a month, even if that child had broken through to the Four Stands Realm, it surely wasn’t possible to reach the Tao Realm in one step, was it?
“Senior Tian Chao, I wish to leave this place; please open the Holy Land Secret Realm for me.”
Li Hao descended, his demeanor composed as he spoke with a slight bow.
At this moment, his posture no longer carried the subservience of juniors or younger generations but was calm and equanimous, seeing all beings as equal.
“Are you really Le Ping?!”
Upon hearing the youth’s form of address, Ji Tian Chao’s face showed disbelief mixed with incredulity, but more than that, excitement.
Hearing him, Li Hao showed no change in expression and said,
“That is not my name now.”
Everyone was stunned and Ji Tian Chao’s face changed slightly. “Then are you going back to your original name Li Hao?”
Hearing this, Li Hao realized they had already known about his past, probably learned from that couple. He shook his head slightly and said,
“I have my own name, and if we meet again, you may address me as… Haotian.”
In the abyss, where he was reborn from the ashes, he had already decided.
He had severed his past and also bade farewell to the small infant body he had originally travelled in.
“Lending you a child’s body, returning you to a family with both parents…”
From now on, it would be his own life.
He had repaid the kindness to that couple, owing them nothing, nor the infant whose body he had occupied.
After all, without him, that child would have died in an assassination by the Divine General Mansion at the age of six.
Now, he was utterly clear.
Hearing Li Hao’s words, everyone was dumbfounded. Haotian? What about his surname?
“My child, we are already aware of what happened on Qiu Tian Dao and have executed all the criminals there.”
Ji Yun Qing hurriedly said, “Your parents… we had previously expelled them according to family rules. We thought you were dead, but now you are back. If you agree, we will have people find them and bring them back.”
Li Hao remained unemotional and said, “Senior Yun Qing, I have no parents. How the Ji family handles them, whether rewarding or punishing, right or wrong, has nothing to do with me. I came here just for you to open the Holy Land Secret Realm; otherwise, I may have to force it open, which might cause you injury.”
Hearing the youth’s words, everyone looked at Li Hao in astonishment.
But then they remembered the news from the Yu Divine Dynasty, the roars of righteous indignation from many elders in the Council Hall a month ago, and the scolding directed at that couple; they all fell silent.
Had it not been for Li Hao’s Dao Seed status at the time, that couple would probably not have been able to leave the Council Hall.
Even if Qingqing had been desperately protected by Old Shisan, sparing her life, her husband would have undoubtedly died.
After all, without the Dao Seed, even indirectly causing the death of the Ji Family’s Dao Seed, forgiveness was impossible.
“My child, although your parents were foolish, you still have us, you are still a part of the Ji Family! We will use all our efforts to nurture you.”
Ji Yun Yue said urgently.
“Yes.”
“You are a member of our Ji Family. We were negligent before. If you are angry, we will assist you in any way you like.”
Others also spoke, looking at Li Hao with concerned faces.
Li Hao did not respond, instead glancing at Ji Tian Chao, who was staring at him in bewilderment.
Earlier, when he emerged from the abyss, his clothes had been destroyed; now, his garments were constructed from Divine Power, which made it impossible to completely mask the All Phenomena Attributes.
Seeing that the old man had already investigated, Li Hao did not hide it, and simply turned off the All Phenomena Attributes at this moment, revealing his bodily aura completely.
“Ladies and gentlemen, take a good look; do I still carry any trace of the Ji Family’s aura on me?”
Li Hao said.
Everyone was stunned and quickly sensed and explored, and then their expressions changed dramatically, shocked as they looked at Li Hao.
“You, how could you?”
Ji Yun Qing was astonished, unable to contain his shock. “Are you really Le Ping? Your appearance, your cultivation…”
At this moment, Li Hao’s appearance had changed, and his cultivation level had also risen to their same level in the Grand Tao of Peace Realm, adding to the incredulity. They had not probed earlier, but now they couldn’t even sense the bloodline?
“I have reshaped my body. From now on, I am myself.”
Li Hao did not hide, but simply stated calmly, “Your Le Ping is dead, from now on, there is only Haotian!”
The youth’s words struck everyone’s hearts like a drum at dusk or a bell at dawn.