Chapter 147: Chapter 110: Endless Sea (Additional update 4/25)
In the Green Lotus Courtyard.
Everyone seemed like tiny specks of dust and insignificant ants under the watch of the Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation.
Even Li Tian Gang’s ten-zhang-tall Divine Soul looked small and delicate in front of this Law Manifestation, reaching only up to the knees of Li Hao’s Law Manifestation.
Such a terrifying spectacle left everyone staring and dumbfounded.
Li Qianfeng, who was supported by his mother, had his eyes wide with shock to the point of losing himself, staring in disbelief at this scene.
Was this… the true strength of Li Hao?!
…
He remembered how Li Hao had defeated him with a single chopstick earlier, and even when he activated the power bestowed upon him by his master, unrivaled in his own realm, he was no match for that chopstick!
His heart was shaken, unable to believe what was before his eyes.
Compared with the stunned members of the Li Family, even Li Tian Gang’s face showed shock and disbelief.
Such a scene was unheard of to him; was this Li Hao’s soul manifestation?!
After returning to the mansion, he had inquired about Li Hao and learned that he had not inherited the soul of his ancestors but instead was said to have inherited the soul of a demon, which was one of the reasons for his anger and dissatisfaction with Li Hao.
But the soul manifestation before him, what kind of might could that display if it was simply the fusion of a demon’s Divine Soul?
Even his own soul manifestation felt like a tiny boat on a vast sea in its presence.
It felt as if what he was facing was not Li Hao, but rather… the entire world!
This feeling, in addition to the shock, also aroused some anger in Li Tian Gang.
As a father, he was actually sensing an imposing aura before his own son, as if his heart was about to rise with reverence; this was something he absolutely could not accept or tolerate!
Motherly love and filial son, strict father and filial son!
A strict father and a loving mother; that was the absolute truth in his heart, and the iron order of the world!
“So you do have some skills, no wonder you dared to rebel!”
Li Tian Gang took a deep breath, his eyes emitting an intimidating gaze that commanded all directions. As a warrior invincible among ten thousand soldiers, even though he had been severely wounded due to breaking his heart vow, with his cultivation level falling from the peak of the Immortal Realm to the early stages, he was, after all, still in the Immortal Realm!
Just as an ordinary Fifteen Li Realm martial artist could easily slay a top-tier Divine Travel Realm adversary, the difference in realms was insurmountable!
He let out an angry roar, and suddenly his Divine Soul shot out from behind him, with countless divine lights condensing in his palm and transforming into a blade of divine might!
“No matter how tough your wings are today, I’m going to chop them off!!”
“Come on!!”
Li Hao bellowed, his Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation bursting with dazzling golden light. Inside the Law Manifestation, countless golden light veins seemed to flow, imitating the great veins of his body, with as many as 98 major veins reflected out.
At the same time, his Yin and Yang Dual Pulse was revealed, and the power of his Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation was instantly greatly enhanced.
The giant Law Manifestation raised its palm, carrying the divine might of heaven and earth, and slapped down towards Li Tian Gang on the ground.
However, Li Tian Gang’s Divine Soul held a blade of divine might that seemed to burn like fierce flames, slashing violently, and mournful cries seemed to rise between heaven and earth. The massive palm of Li Hao’s Law Manifestation was cleaved open with brute force!
The Law Manifestation’s face showed pain, retreating backward.
Li Tian Gang’s Divine Soul, wielding the divine might blade, soared to the sky and violently attacked Li Hao’s Law Manifestation.
Li Hao was furious, feeling as if his palm were being sliced open. The divine might blade was extremely sharp, and despite his Law Manifestation’s strength, he couldn’t withstand it!
“No good, the Law Manifestation is too big, and its power is dispersed!”
Li Hao instantly realized, as it was his first time manifesting his Law Manifestation and he was still exploring and mastering it.
Quickly, he gathered all his strength, and the Law Manifestation rapidly shrunk. Yet the power concentrated within, erupting with a might even stronger than before.
In the blink of an eye, the Law Manifestation condensed to about ten zhang in size, similar to Li Tian Gang’s Divine Soul.
But Li Hao lacked divine weapons; he couldn’t form a divine blade, so he had to pick up a Divine Weapon from the real world.
Li Hao’s gaze turned towards Ren Qianqian, the young girl holding the black Sword Box.
He was about to summon the famous sword Eternal Night from within it, but it seemed as though he thought of something and looked towards the courtyard, seeing the old lady’s face filled with grief.
A pain struck Li Hao’s heart as he remembered the earnest and kind look in her eyes when she had bestowed him the famous sword before. If he now took this sword, which was the matching sword of his Ninth Uncle, and battled fiercely with it, the grandmother would be sad, wouldn’t she?
With this thought, Li Hao held back and, with a roaring shout, while resisting Li Tian Gang’s Divine Soul with his Law Manifestation, called upon his own Divine Sword from the courtyard.
That was the sharp sword he had chosen from the treasury with his second uncle’s company when he entered the Divine Travel Realm. Although it was not one of the world’s top ten famous swords, it was a top-tier Divine Sword capable of slaying Immortal Realm Great Demons!
It was enough to deal with the current Li Tian Gang!
With that call, from somewhere within the Mountain and River Courtyard, inside a room,
a wooden-colored Sword Box abruptly snapped open, and with a swish, it sounded like a dragon’s roar and a mighty whistle!
A golden Divine Sword with a round handle pierced through the windowpane in an instant, carrying with it an endless aura of sternness, and swiftly flew towards its master’s call.
The sword light traversed the courtyards and the layers of the void, whistling into the palm of the young man’s Law Manifestation.
This ordinary-sized Divine Sword, as if absorbing the great power of the Law Manifestation, rapidly swelled in size, and in the blink of an eye, transformed into a giant sword shining with dazzling golden light!
With a sword in hand, the whole world seemed to change color.
The brilliant transparent blade illuminated Li Tian Gang’s Divine Soul, which was charging rapidly. The Law Manifestation’s face seemed to show a ferocious rage, and with a mighty swing, the sword was slashed forward.
With the sword blade’s howl, the world seemed plunged into darkness.
A dazzling and immense Bright Moon appeared on the sword, becoming the sole light in the world!
The brightness was extremely radiant!
The Bright Moon covered and submerged Li Tian Gang’s Divine Soul within it.
“Seventh brother!”
Li Xuanli’s color slightly changed, and he couldn’t help but exclaim.
In that moment, the might and Sword Intent unleashed by Li Hao’s Law Manifestation made him subconsciously worry for Li Tian Gang, one of the three immortals.
Li Mingguang, Li Wushuang, Li Yun, and the others from three generations stared dumbfounded at this scene.
They couldn’t imagine that this was Li Hao’s true strength!
That this was the power one at the Fifteen Li Realm could wield!
Li Sibei couldn’t help swallowing as she felt that, if she made a move against Li Hao with her cultivation level of the Heavenly Human Realm, she might not fare well at all!
This younger cousin of hers was indeed too monstrously talented, even surpassing the person she had most looked up to during her childhood!
Just as everyone stood in shock, the dazzling Bright Moon suddenly tore apart, a fierce red light pierced through its center, and like a blazing sun, shattered the entire Bright Moon!
Li Tian Gang’s Divine Soul held the Divine Might Knife with a piercing gaze, exuding the air of someone who could look down upon heaven and earth.
“Is this your power? Nothing more than this!”
Li Tian Gang said with an icy look in his eyes.
Then he swung the Divine Might Knife again, slashing towards Li Hao’s Law Manifestation.
“Tiangang!”
Suddenly, Li Qingzheng’s figure appeared as if teleported, positioning himself in front of Li Hao’s Law Manifestation.
Shock and anger were unmistakable in his eyes—shock because of Li Hao’s Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation, an ancient soul manifestation he had only heard rumors of.
It was said that in the distant era before Dayu, a minuscule fraction of Martial Artists could condense this Law Manifestation!
These individuals did not follow any being as their mentor-spirit but instead chose heaven and earth as their mentor!
They were the trailblazers of Martial Artist cultivation, later revered as the Teachers of Heaven and Earth, and thousands of years later, people bowed their heads and called them… Sages!
In other words, being capable of this indicated that Li Hao had the makings of a Sage!
He had the potential to become a Sage in the future!
It’s been so many years since the Dayu Dynasty has seen the emergence of a Sage!
How could such a prodigy of the Li Family face such a situation?
“Fifth Uncle, please step aside!”
Li Tian Gang’s eyes were frosty, yet he maintained the attitude of a junior towards Li Qingzheng.
Li Qingzheng said angrily, “Is there nothing that cannot be discussed properly? With Hao Er’s talent, how could you bring yourself to hurt him!”
“What’s the use of high talent if he’s so presumptuous? At only fourteen years old, he dares to commit fratricide and patricide. The higher his cultivation level becomes in the future, the less control we will have over him, and the more he will act lawlessly!” Li Tian Gang said angrily.
“You’re simply foolish!”
Li Qingzheng couldn’t help but rebuke angrily, “Hao Er has behaved well in the mansion all these years, never bothering anyone. What need is there for you to discipline him?”
“It’s precisely because of your indulgence that he has become what he is today. If I had been around these years, I would have taught him a harsh lesson long ago!” Li Tian Gang said through clenched teeth.
Li Qingzheng wanted to say more, but Li Hao below him spoke up, “Fifth Elder, how is Xiao Rou doing?”
Li Qingzheng was taken aback and then quickly responded, looking down at Li Hao, “She’s fine. I’ve protected her lifeblood with the power of immortality. She cannot die and is currently healing. Your father didn’t really use his full strength, otherwise…”
Li Hao smiled, none of these were important any longer, “As long as Xiao Rou is fine, that’s good. Fifth Elder, please move aside.”
“Hao Er!” Li Qingzheng couldn’t help but call out.
“Just let me see how he wants to teach me a lesson,” Li Hao said with a smile. “Second Uncle isn’t here, and you still have to guard the ancestral hall, Fifth Elder. Don’t get hurt over this and break your heart oath.”
Li Qingzheng’s body trembled, looking at the smile on Li Hao’s face, but a look of grief appeared on his own, “Hao Er, rest assured, with me here, I won’t let him harm you!”
“Fifth Elder, the ancestral spirits in the ancestral hall must not be troubled because of this.”
Li Hao said earnestly, his smile fading.
Li Qingzheng’s expression changed, he looked deeply at Li Hao, then turned to Li Tian Gang and said:
“Listen, listen, to this very moment your son is still considering the bigger picture. What about you?”
“Tiangang, any father, no matter where your son was born, would be proud of him!”
“But unfortunately, his father is you!”
Hearing these words from his fifth uncle, Li Tian Gang’s face changed, turning somewhat unsightly, but he admitted that the words Li Hao just said did make him see him differently.
He took a deep breath and said, “Fifth Uncle, you’re right, please step aside. Today’s matter is our family affair, and no one else should interfere!”
Li Qingzheng shouted furiously, “Your father died early, otherwise today he would surely teach you a severe lesson!”
At those words, the expression on Chen Hefang’s face in the courtyard turned a shade paler.
Li Tian Gang’s teeth were clenched, eyes blazing with fury, “Fifth Uncle! Move aside!!”
Li Qingzheng looked at him with a profound disappointment and said deeply, “You will regret this!”
With those words, he stepped out and left the battlefield.
Just as Li Hao had said, he couldn’t afford to get injured because of this and break his heart oath.
Now that Li Muxiu was not present at the mansion, only he was left to stand guard.
If he were to get injured at this moment and someone took advantage of the chaos to attack the mansion, the ancestral spirits in the ancestral hall would suffer a severe blow!
These spirits were merely wisps of remaining souls and not the Divine Souls from their heydays. A Martial Artist of the Four Stands Realm could sweep through them.
This was why he had spent years sitting in the ancestral hall, not leaving his seclusion.
Although the Divine General Mansion had accumulated authority over many years to deter aggressors, those who coveted it were no ordinary people.
“You have the awareness to consider the big picture; you’re not beyond hope after all!”
Once Li Qingzheng left, Li Tian Gang coldly said to Li Hao.
Li Hao started laughing, then his eyes flickered with a cold light, “Enough talk, let’s have at it!”
Li Tian Gang shouted angrily, “Still so defiant!”
His Divine Soul suddenly lunged with the knife towards Li Hao, but Li Hao also wielded his sword, this time not Bright Moon Rising, but Endless Sea!
This was the fourth form and also the ultimate sword strike!
Endless Sea, heaven as company!
As the sword in the Law Manifestation’s hand gathered its momentum, boundless Sword Intent seemed to surge down from the highest skies.
This Sword Intent was like tides, and the Sword Qi was like an ocean, as if the heavens and earth were shrouded in the light of the sword!
Such an extreme state of the sword path shocked everyone in the courtyard—this child had attained the Fifteen Li Realm and yet cultivated his sword path to such a terrifying extent!