Chapter 166 - 125: Jiang Hao Transcends Mortality, Shocking Nanling

Chapter 166: Chapter 125: Jiang Hao Transcends Mortality, Shocking Nanling

His unintentional decision had pushed him to the brink of destruction.

"Succeed, or die trying.

"Open for me—!!!"

A maddened roar echoed within his inner world, shattering the firmament.

At this moment, he had no way back. If he failed to break through that layer of shackles, his Divine Sense would be completely obliterated. By then, even if his physical body survived, it would be no different from death.

"Aaaargh—!!!"

Driven by a will to risk it all, Jiang Hao threw his head back and howled at the sky. He mobilized every ounce of strength in his body, bombarding the barrier desperately as if waging war against the heavens. He even went as far as utilizing his True Dragon Martial Soul.

However, in the face of those shackles, it seemed as if all his efforts were in vain.

"Are you really not going to help? We are one. If I fall, you will disappear with me!" Jiang Hao suddenly cried out in a frenzy, his tone filled with anger and desperation.

He was calling out to the Cyan Lotus Martial Soul.

Up until this moment, the Cyan Lotus in the chaos remained completely unresponsive. The current Jiang Hao had yet to fully merge with it, making it impossible for him to draw upon the Soul Power within.

At the most critical juncture, perhaps Jiang Hao’s words had finally made an impact.

Suddenly.

BOOM—!!!

The Cyan Lotus swayed slightly. A terrifying surge of Soul Power—as vast and profound as a cosmic galaxy—erupted, surging toward Jiang Hao’s rapidly fading Divine Sense.

The moment the Cyan Lotus vibrated, Jiang Hao was utterly stunned. This was the first time he had truly felt the terrifying extent of its power—so terrifying that it even made his heart palpitate.

The addition of this boundless Soul Power instantly turned the tide, crashing into the shackles with overwhelming force.

Finally.

RUMBLE!

His entire inner world quaked violently as the shackles shattered, breaking apart like a collapsing universe. In the moment those endless fragments of the broken shackles fell apart, they transformed into a boundless, soaring radiant energy that converged toward Jiang Hao’s Divine Sense.

Not only that, but the True Dragon Martial Soul also received a reciprocal gift. It frantically absorbed the fragments, causing its Soul Power to soar at lightning speed.

Meanwhile, within the Holy Pool.

BOOM—!!!

An earth-shattering aura broke out from his physical body, instantly sweeping across the entire Holy Pool. The massive defensive formation was forced to unleash its absolute limit just to withstand it. But a second before this endless power could collide with the formation, a bizarre scene unfolded.

The terrifying aura solidified in an instant, as if time itself had stopped.

The next second, the boundless energy was instantly sucked back into the youth in white, abruptly vanishing into his body.

"What’s going on?"

"What just happened?"

The tens of millions of Cultivators watching were completely baffled, utterly unable to comprehend what they had just witnessed.

But in the very next moment, the entire Holy City erupted in a frenzy.

RUMBLE—!!!

The boundless void trembled madly. In the span of a single breath, visible streams of mystical power frantically converged from the mountains surrounding the Holy City and the empty space above. As if summoned, they surged toward the Holy Pool from all directions.

These were streams of power that countless Cultivators had never seen before. They shimmered with multicolored brilliance, each hue seemingly representing a distinct elemental force, the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, or the quintessence of the universe.

The inexhaustible energy tore through the sky, converging on the cross-legged figure like rivers flowing into the sea. It was a world-shocking spectacle. And at a certain point, the aura that had just been absorbed erupted from Jiang Hao’s body once again—but this time, it was so overwhelmingly strong that it was spine-chilling.

BOOM—!!!

The terrifying shockwave instantly crushed the grand formation guarding the Holy Pool. Even the older generation experts meditating nearby suffered a drastic change in expression and hastily retreated into the distance.

At this time, a mystical force seemed to lift Jiang Hao’s physical body. The youth slowly rose into the air, his eyes still tightly shut, while his flesh frantically devoured the mystical energy gathering from all directions.

"Mortal Transformation! Good heavens, he is undergoing Mortal Transformation!"

"What a terrifying scene for Mortal Transformation! What on earth did that guy experience in the Holy Pool?"

"Impossible! How could Mortal Transformation look like this?"

"What kind of power is that?"

"It’s the power of extremities! Someone has broken the absolute limit. Or rather, someone has shattered a historical record of the Cultivation Realm, earning the reciprocal feedback of all creation!"

"What did you say? Could it be that he has carved out a brand-new path?"

By now, even the most slow-witted Cultivators had guessed something, gasping for air in pure disbelief. The older generation experts, in particular, felt a sudden chill run down their spines.

Hovering cross-legged in the void under the watchful eyes of millions, Jiang Hao greedily devoured the mystical energies. The aura erupting from his body was frantically breaking past all known limits.

Down below, the Spiritual Liquid in the Holy Pool had turned into a viscous, nauseating black sludge. This sludge consisted entirely of the mortal impurities expelled by his figure, and his physical body was still undergoing a continuous cleansing.

Watching the mystical power blanket the sky as it converged, the entire Holy City was dumbfounded.

Between heaven and earth, nine dharma aspects slowly materialized. Towering between the sky and the ground, they emerged at the edge of the horizon, looking down upon the Holy City like supreme sovereigns.

"The Nine Saints Dharma Aspect! It’s the Nine Saints Dharma Aspect!"

"Heavens, the Nine Saints have been alerted!"

The moment the dharma aspects of the Nine Saints manifested, all of Nanling was thrown into an uproar. They were like the deities of this world. Despite being located countless domains away, they manifested their dharma aspects just to observe this event. And upon those nine dharma aspects, expressions of boundless astonishment could be seen.

As Jiang Hao frenziedly absorbed the world’s mystical energies, it took less than fifteen minutes for his figure to devour them entirely.

Immediately after.

RUMBLE—!!!

At the apex of the firmament, massive rifts tore open, and the void quaked. The majestic and overbearing head of a Divine Dragon broke through the clouds, slowly emerging as if descending from the highest heavens.

Dragon Descending from the Nine Heavens.

"A Martial Soul Divine Technique! It’s his Martial Soul Divine Technique!"

"Good heavens, it’s a Martial Soul Divine Technique Domain! This breakthrough was actually accompanied by the awakening of a Martial Soul Divine Technique!"

"The Dragon Descending from the Nine Heavens makes all beasts prostrate in submission!"

"It’s a Divine Technique of the Divine Dragon Race! Within its domain, the nine heavens emerge to suppress everything!"

Dragon Descending from the Nine Heavens.

It was like an extraterrestrial True Dragon crashing through the nine heavens. Even though only its head was visible, it felt as if it would burst the very seams of this world, its draconic might capable of extinguishing all life. A Martial Soul Divine Technique rendered one invincible within its domain. As long as the domain remained unbroken, the caster was peerless.

However, Jiang Hao’s Martial Soul Divine Technique, ’Dragon Descending from the Nine Heavens,’ only manifested for a brief moment before it was retracted and dissipated. Yet, that fleeting instant of draconic might whipped up stormy waves of shock in the hearts of tens of millions of Cultivators.

At the exact moment the Divine Technique vanished, Jiang Hao finished devouring all the mystical energy, and his whole being settled into a state of utmost tranquility.

All anomalies faded into nothingness in that instant. A gentle breeze brushed across the sky, lifting his long hair in a serene and peaceful scene. The white-clad youth slowly opened his eyes, resembling a true young sovereign, his gaze entirely devoid of ripples.

At this moment, Jiang Hao had truly undergone an earth-shattering transformation. His Mortal Transformation Realm aura was like Qingfeng sweeping over the hills—unmoving as a mountain, profound and unfathomable.

The tens of millions of Cultivators looking at that figure were all petrified on the spot. They had just witnessed a world-shocking breakthrough.

It wasn’t until a quarter of an hour later that everyone finally snapped out of it, including Jiang Hao himself.

Amidst the sea of countless geniuses, a voice suddenly broke the silence.

"No, no, no, this can’t be real. This can’t possibly be real!"

The first to react was actually Feng Wuya, one of the Five Sons of Nanling. At this moment, the Saint Son of the Wind Race had already stepped into Mortal Transformation, becoming a true expert of the world—a Great Power of Transcendence. Yet now, the Dao Heart of this young Great Power of Transcendence had suffered a heavy blow.

"It’s fake. It’s all an illusion.

"How could you possibly reach this step? My Golden Scale Dao... Give me back my Golden Scale Dao!

"Jiang, I challenge you! I cannot possibly lose to you! The Golden Scale Dao is mine! It is mine!"

Devastated by the blow, Feng Wuya instantly lost his mind. That man’s heaven-defying feat meant that he was going to lose his chance to set foot on the Golden Scale Dao.

"Jiang Hao, do you dare to fight me?!"

BOOM—!!!

Feng Wuya had no idea how he stepped forward, nor did he even know what he was doing. In this moment, all he wanted was to protect his Golden Scale Dao.

In an instant, an earth-shattering Power of Transcendence swept across heaven and earth, swallowing half the Celestial Universe as it enveloped the white-clad figure.

The moment Feng Wuya attacked, the tens of millions of Cultivators were incomparably shocked. One of the Five Sons of Nanling, tied for first on the Celestial List, possessing Seven Meridians and Nine Transformations, one of the highest representatives of Nanling’s peak strength, holding supreme Mortal Transformation cultivation—his attack caused the winds and clouds to change drastically and robbed the world of its color.

However, watching Feng Wuya’s endless, world-shocking Power of Transcendence hurtling toward him, the white-clad youth’s eyes remained completely devoid of ripples.

"You are not my match," Jiang Hao spoke indifferently, instantly feeling the vast gap between them.

But Feng Wuya was already blinded by the reality of losing his spot on the Golden Scale Dao. Carrying a power capable of destroying half the Celestial Universe, he charged against the heavens.

Seeing the other party insisting on attacking, Jiang Hao sighed helplessly. He slowly raised his hand and suppressed him with a single palm.