Follow the path of Dao from infancy

Chapter 1808: Chapter 472: Gathering

After a brief familiarization with each other, Long Ying personally escorted Li Hao and Shi Miao to the first and second floors.

These floors resembled a secret realm, a paradise-like expansive scene, instead of the tower seen from the outside. Inside, mountains and rivers stretched wide, with exotic flowers and rare herbs, and an immortal array that gathered immortal power, making cultivation efficiency far surpass the outside world.

"The scenes in this secret realm can be created by yourselves."

Long Ying said, "Once you’re familiar with everything, tomorrow we’ll have a farewell gathering to deepen our understanding and to tell you more about the various stories of Dragon Gate City, for your better knowledge."

"Okay."

Li Hao nodded.

Seeing Li Hao had no objections, Shi Miao naturally had no objections either.

After Long Ying left, Shi Miao accompanied Li Hao for a stroll around the secret realm on the floor, and then returned to her own floor.

But soon, she returned from her floor and said to Li Hao, "You should come to my floor, the effect of the immortal array gathering immortal power is stronger there."

Li Hao was a bit surprised, but then he thought it made sense; if there were no benefits, the challenge ranking of the floors would be unnecessary, and if it was just about standing higher to see farther, it would be meaningless.

"In that case, how about you go to the eighth floor?"

Li Hao suggested.

Shi Miao shook her head, "I’d rather stay closer to you, so I can respond promptly if anything happens. Although this immortal array slightly enhances, the difference isn’t significant for me."

Li Hao understood that she valued the time spent by his side, and immediately smiled, "Then you stay on the second floor, the effect of this immortal array is also average for me."

He relied on comprehending artistic skills for cultivation and came to this border battlefield for practical combat, it was time to reap and give back.

After all, even a great clan like Ancestor Dragon, once their prodigies reached the Immortal King Realm, would send them out to do actual work instead of continuing to nurture them.

Prodigies are the future, but they cannot stay forever in the cradle, piling up rare resources.

Seeing Li Hao say this, Shi Miao did not refuse further. Both she and Li Hao were straightforward and disliked formalities, plus having met through space-time travel, there was no need for courtesy.

After Shi Miao returned to the second floor, Li Hao also moved to the immortal array. This array was situated at the peak of a mountain, surrounded by exotic flowers and rare herbs, with a spring pool at the mountain top. Li Hao stepped into it, immediately feeling a peculiar power seeping into his body, nourishing his immortal body, and it seemed his realm was also being nourished, with the flow of ten thousand Dao laws becoming more stable.

If not for them sharing the immortal power in the array, Li Hao would have preferred Shi Miao to stay and cultivate together.

Though he had just had a breakthrough, Li Hao already felt the difficulty of cultivation at the Immortal King Realm. Even a top talent like Shi Miao, accompanying him for three hundred years at Extreme Dao Mountain, only advanced to the Fourth Level of the Immortal King Realm.

Equivalent to advancing one level per hundred years!

And it becomes more difficult the further you go; reaching the pinnacle of the Immortal King Realm within two thousand years is quite impressive.

"Time passes slowly..."

Soaking in the spring, Li Hao couldn’t help but sigh. Looking ahead slightly, he felt a sense of the vicissitudes of time.

Before, at Extreme Dao Mountain, he devoted himself to cultivation, spending over a hundred years to grasp one state of mind to the thirteenth stage.

"Fortunately, in this border, I can hunt Ancient Demons and accumulate True God Blood; reaching ten thousand drops means the period of perfection, with the True God remaining unextinguished, there’s hope of escaping even from a Quasi-Emperor’s grasp..."

Li Hao’s eyes lit up. In the True God Realm, unless a Great Emperor personally executed him, he was almost unextinguishable!

When inheriting the legacy of the Heavenly Calamity Immortal Emperor, he encountered a Venerable God in the God Tower who had lost his physical body in a great war, yet his True God was preserved.

"Without the Ancient Demon Corpse, relying solely on oneself to condense True God Blood, even a single drop would take ten years; too difficult!"

Li Hao thought silently.

To condense ten thousand drops would take a hundred thousand years!

Many Quasi-Emperors, though stepping into the True God Realm, might not cultivate to perfection!

Unless some special Divine Medicine is used to aid the acceleration of condensing True God Blood, but these kinds of Divine Medicine, when they appear, are contested by all major forces.

"Now, to continue comprehending the Musical Rhythm Dao, already having an epiphany and stepping through the threshold, just a final push left..."

"By then, embedding it into the Sword Dao, elevating the Sword Dao to the thirteenth stage."

"But at that time, I will again have to consider how to make the three types of realms coexist without interfering with each other..."

Li Hao frowned, feeling that his cultivation path was long and arduous. Comprehending a state of mind to the thirteenth stage was already challenging, and each comprehension and condensation of a realm required anew how to maintain the realms without mutual engulfment. This Emperor Road was exceedingly tough.

Fortunately, he could first focus on exploring the state of mind, and once confident, embed it, allowing for breathing space.

"Musical rhythm..."

Li Hao thought of the Endless Heavenly Domain, thought of the whispered heavenly Dao from the Heavenly Ascension Road, whispering like mysterious origins of Tao Realms, as if comprehending them would immediately enlighten one to the ten layers of perfection of the Great Dao Origin.

He raised his hand, causing water ripples, and the soothing sound of water was heard.

The wind whistled past, evoking a sense of solitude.

Li Hao gazed at the surrounding world with a sense of clarity in his eyes.

All things in heaven and earth seemed to be making sounds.

Sound, to this world, was astonishingly important.

While Li Hao’s body circulated, absorbing heaven and earth immortal power for cultivation, strengthening the immortal vein within, he was immersed in thoughts and comprehension.

...

At the City Lord’s Mansion in Dragon Gate City.

Qingxuan had just returned to the mansion when he received a message from a trusted aide, summoned by the City Lord.

With no hesitation, he swiftly made his way to the Council Hall of the City Lord.

Upon entering, Qingxuan noticed four commanders present in the hall, all with solemn expressions.