Chapter 2162: Despair and Hopelessness (IV)

Panther was extremely resigned by the situation, then thought of what Li Hao had said about the core origin of the chaos. The dog looked at the beating heart, contemplating so hard that its brain threatened to explode.

This thing was so hard to handle!

What should it do?

Seize calamity dao, then figure out what to do with the chaos origin?

The dog might stand a chance then!

Also...

Panther couldn’t help but take stock of the current situation in the chaos. Li Hao was fighting three ninth ranks by himself. He was incredibly strong at the moment.

As formidable as the Human King and Emperor Yu were, Li Hao wasn’t much weaker. The young man would also be much stronger after reabsorbing his flesh and blood scattered throughout the chaos.

However, the dog’s eyes darted around and its nose twitched. This won’t do, I can’t let anyone outshine me! I’m the master’s favorite pet!

That’s right, I am!

I’ve been here, hiding all this time, but I have an even more important mission.

At the same time, some counterpoints surfaced, such as... I won’t be able to face the rest if I don’t come out with some achievements under my belt.

Although Panth didn’t understand what Li Hao was doing, it put the confusion out of mind. Issues would arise if it thought too much. This was not a safe place.

I’ll steal the dao of calamity as soon as its dao master loses and then ram the core origin. Mmhmm, that’s what I’ll do...

Is it gonna work?

I don’t know.

......

The entire chaos universe swayed heavily amid the clash of powerhouses! Countless worlds swung violently in the void. Innumerable exalted emperors and cultivators watched on worriedly.

It seemed that their worlds as they knew it were about to collapse. The heavens were caving in and the ground fissuring. Despair and melancholy stole through the land. What could they do?

Some knew that a monumental battle was taking place in the chaos today, but there were also those who were completely ignorant. They just knew that the sky was falling! The world was falling apart!

Countless worlds were rocked with unrest. Their world masters looked around wildly with despair. The entire universe might be drawn in if this continued!

Endless power of calamity and dao strength flooded the four corners. All of the chaos strength in the surroundings had been extracted by the powerhouses.

What was typically a dark and gloomy chaos seemed much cleaner after its energy was depleted. It was also much emptier than before. Cultivators who were unable to walk into the chaos before could clearly see it for themselves today!

Some worlds that’d been hidden in a pocket of the universe floated out of the shadows. Exalted emperors in neighboring worlds took the risk of heading out of their homes to converse with each other. Some felt extremely hopeless, others prayed for salvation.

Those who typically opposed each other in normal times no longer dared resume their typical hostilities today. Seventh and even eighth ranks gathered together, all of them discussing something.

“The great dao will be completely thrown into disarray at this rate. The universe will collapse!”

“The Skyward master might want to rebuild the order of the chaos...”

“Who will win?”

“It’s hard to say!”

“What will happen to us?”

“We can only watch them fight, what else can we do? This is a clash of premier powerhouses. Any of the participants today are beyond our level.” Statements like these rose all over the chaos.

In the eastern region.

Some people sighed with emotion in a few worlds, looking at the Allheaven Hall entrances that were now defunct. The inert structures evoked nostalgia and sorrow. In all these years, they’d experienced a peaceful exchange of dao only in Allheaven Hall.

While there was conflict there, it was limited to a clash of mental entities, which actually facilitated the comprehension of great dao.

But now... Allheaven Hall was no more. Its dao master was part of the battle and... might not emerge the victor.

Skyward was incredibly domineering, as was Calamity. There were also large numbers of ninth ranks present. It didn’t seem promising for Li Hao’s side.

“What a pity!” an exalted emperor murmured. It was a pity indeed.

Li Hao and his people had paid a great price to construct Allheaven Hall. How unfortunate that it hadn’t operated for long before going inactive. The demise of the dao of time turned it into an accessory.

Since Allheaven Hall was no longer active, that marked the end of their previous days of working with Li Hao to supplement a myriad daos and fight heavyweights.

“Whether it is Skyward or Calamity, once they conquer the chaos...” A few kept shaking their heads. Would there be any good days in store then?

It went without saying that disorder would be mainstream if Calamity conquered the chaos.

And while people weren’t familiar with Skyward... they were all aware of him. He was too strong, strong to the point of killing all ninth ranks. Would there be any hope in a life under his rule?

Perhaps, not at all.

Perhaps Skyward would be a more magnified and crueler Chaos Sky. Perhaps he really wanted to overthrow everything, including the existing worlds, so that he could start over again!

The shaking in the great dao grew more pronounced! Chaos strength furiously rushed in the relevant direction. It was impossible to stop, even if anyone wanted to.

The sight further enflamed tensions and despair. They were completely caught in the crossfire!

At this rate, they would die before any of the powerhouses were dispatched.

The hopelessness was contagious and began to spread throughout the chaos. In return, the various entrances to Allheaven Hall scattered around the eastern region glowed dimly with light. It seemed like they were about to completely shatter alongside these emotions.

No one paid attention to that as everyone would die if the chaos was destroyed. Allheaven Hall would be relegated to their dreams!

“Ai!” Sighs constantly sounded. Rumbles deepened in the distance!

The entire chaos seemed to be contracting amid the bleak atmosphere. As more chaos strength gathered and the great dao broke, countless worlds drifted toward each other.

They drifted toward the east, where the four regions were.

Some people wanted to push against the tide and prevent their world from moving, but found that there was nothing they could do!

There was only complete despondency and helplessness left in the universe on this day.

......

A cataclysm was upon the chaos. The universe shook.

Thousands of worlds were pulled to the four regions. Chaos dao shook madly, problems developing with its foundations as more ninth ranks fell. World strength and world origin was needed to stabilize the chaos dao now.

Not even seventh and eighth ranks could halt the momentum of their worlds. They could only watch as they moved inexorably, able to do nothing but lose their minds.

“This is it! This is the end!”

“All of the worlds are going to smash together, there will be no more chaos after this!”

“We haven’t participated in the battle of the powerhouses, but it’s affecting our survival all the same!”

“The final days are here, my people!” Some world masters completely gave up and stood forlornly at the top of their worlds. “Powerhouses fight in the chaos and all of our worlds are gathering at the edge of the chaos at a very fast speed.

“I won’t be able to do anything once they collide!”

Some were making their final proclamations and goodbyes. What else could they do?

They would be the first to go down before those powerhouses finished.

Worlds quaked unsteadily and countless living beings panicked. They were completely confused!

Why was this happening?!

The notion of a world wasn’t all that clear to many of them, but they understood that their king or emperor, the most invincible being they knew, was howling with anguish at this moment!

......

Battle raged on.

The Human King and others fought the ninth ranks.

Li Hao was barely fending off three ninth ranks. All of the ninth ranks fought with a death wish. They were premier existences, after all, so they forced the young man back again and again!

Compared to the Human King and Emperor Yu suppressing the two ninth ranks by themselves, the addition of a third opponent on Li Hao’s side made it difficult for the young man to emerge on top.

Instead, he was suppressed so heavily that he could barely breathe.

Sword qi continued to be demolished as the young man retreated with a frown. Dao domains materialized in an endless fashion. Although each of them weren’t strong by themselves, a large number of dao domains was sufficient to barely keep the three occupied.

Bam!

“Help me!” Spring Autumn wailed after a loud collision. She was heavily injured to begin with and had almost no replicas left anymore. By now, she fully lacked the ability to stand against the ninth ranks.

It’d taken only a second for a ninth rank to smash her back. She had to call for help!

If this was before, she knew that her cry for help might go unanswered. But Li Hao had said that there was use for her still, so... she would give it a try.

Li Hao whipped his head around with a deep frown. Spring Autumn could not hold her own against the ninth ranks!

The others were fine. Yuan Shuo could actually keep his opponents in line with the rest of the Silver Moon group. Only Spring Autumn and Li Hao were having the hardest time. The young man could hold on for a bit, but Spring Autumn was at the end of her tether.

Seeing that Spring Autumn was faltering and that the Human King was locked in combat, Yuan Shuo roared, “Everyone go help Spring Autumn! I’ll handle this side!”

There were still some people alive on the Silver Moon side. It was hard for Yuan Shuo to stand against their enemies by himself, but at least he could manage it for a while.

Only Silver Moon had any effort to spare for other parts of the battlefield. Myriad Realms had all become part of Su Yu’s new world. They could send no one.

“Let’s go!” Gan Wuliang grunted.

Several dozen cultivators immediately charged in Spring Autumn’s direction. Pressure tripled on Yuan Shuo as soon as they left. The power of five elements flared, but still could not fend off his opponents.

The old man didn’t make a sound. He doubled his efforts and included sword intent with the dao strength. He pushed back against his opponents with all his might!

Yuan Shuo cast a look at Li Hao out of the corner of his eye, pausing at what he found.

The young man seemed to have turned illusory. When one of the ninth ranks slammed a palm through him, flesh and blood flew everywhere in response. And yet, Li Hao seemed to spontaneously contract. Although flesh and blood flew everywhere, he didn’t suffer much damage.

Only the look in his eyes grew more severe, like he was quite furious.