Shi Hao felt utterly refreshed after beating up the battle general. His entire body was relaxed, his pores open, and his muscles and bones at ease.
His carefree demeanor only infuriated the battle general even more. The man seethed, itching to slap him hard enough to make him see just how vibrant flowers could be and how dazzling the sunlight in the sky truly was.
Unfortunately, what awaited him was a storm of dark clouds. Shi Hao planted a foot on his body and began searching him from head to toe, confiscating anything of value.
By the end, the battle general was on the verge of tears. Even his armor had been stripped away by that savage demon ape, who claimed he wanted to study it and examine the differences in the glyphs of the Immortal Domain.
Shi Hao looked down at him, sword light flickering at his fingertips, ready to deliver a fatal strike. The battle general shuddered in terror.
“Not sure what race he belongs to,” Shi Hao muttered to himself.
The battle general broke out in goosebumps, his hair standing on end. This time, he couldn’t stay composed. Instantly, he surrendered, blurting out in a rapid-fire voice that he had partial human bloodline.
“I’m humanoid!”
At his desperate words, aside from Shi Hao’s darkened expression, the Crimson Dragon burst into laughter, while Bird Grandpa and Fine Jade Grandpa snickered in secret.
“Master, your reputation has spread throughout the Upper Realm! It must be that fleeing envoy from the Immortal Domain who told him—aside from humanoids, you devour everything!”
“Hahaha…” Bird Grandpa roared with laughter.
“Are you really humanoid?” Shi Hao pressed, unconvinced, his gaze fixed on the battle general.
“I have a quarter human bloodline! I really am humanoid!” the battle general insisted, panicked.
“Then just kill him and bury him,” Shi Hao declared.
“Wait! I’ll tell you a secret—you can’t kill me!” the battle general blurted out.
Without wasting time, he made it clear to Shi Hao that he had come with a hidden agenda—delivering the decree was merely a cover.
“I came for the deepest prison in the Void God Realm!” he confessed outright.
“He really won’t give up!” Shi Hao sneered.
Behind the battle general was still that so-called Young Master—the clan leader hailed as one of the strongest beings in the Immortal Domain, a figure who could shake heaven and earth, unrivaled in his path.
This Young Master had uncovered many secrets within his clan, learning that the Void God Realm held something extraordinary. He was determined to obtain it.
“What exactly does he know?” Shi Hao’s expression darkened.
“The prison… the great calamity!” the battle general replied.
“What does he truly want?”
“All kinds of techniques—to perfect his path of invincibility.” This battle general clearly knew more than Xu Hui and Yi Luo, but his knowledge was still limited.
The revelation was shocking.
According to him, the Void God Realm imprisoned unimaginably terrifying beings, their origins lost to time. They possessed ancient techniques long thought extinct!
The Young Master, already unmatched among his peers, sought to surpass even his ancestors. After mastering his clan’s legacy, he had spent years integrating techniques from other races, pushing his cultivation to unfathomable heights.
Upon hearing of the lost techniques within the Void God Realm, he was determined to seize them. If he could fully merge them with his own path, he would inevitably surpass even his clan’s patriarch.
His ambition wasn’t merely to rank among the strongest—he aimed to become the undisputed number one in the Immortal Domain.
Shi Hao frowned. This unseen adversary was far stronger than he had anticipated. If they ever clashed, it would undoubtedly be a brutal battle.
Bird Grandpa spoke up, “Striving to surpass one’s peers is commendable—perhaps even achievable. But aiming to surpass the strongest beings and become the Immortal Domain’s number one? That’s laughable. Across countless epochs, the strongest have remained unchanged—always the same few.”
“Mm, I recall some old tales too,” Fine Jade Grandpa added. “Through endless cycles of destruction and rebirth, those supreme beings have stood unshaken, ruling unchallenged. They are not so easily toppled.”
The battle general nodded. Though a prisoner, he acknowledged their words. Within the known reaches of the Immortal Domain, those ancient lineages were the strongest—but beyond lay vast, unexplored territories.
“Does that brat’s elders know he’s still fixated on this place?” Shi Hao asked.
“No!” the battle general answered firmly.
The clan’s heir had repeatedly warned him to keep it secret—especially from the older generations.
“If he keeps causing trouble, it’ll never end. Take a letter back to his elders. Once they read it, they’ll stop him from probing further. If you keep hiding this, his clan will ensure you die without a grave!” Shi Hao warned.
He wasn’t bluffing. This place was known only to the oldest beings of the Immortal Domain—a forbidden land. Those who trespassed would be crushed.
The battle general paled. He had already sensed he’d crossed a line.
In the end, Bird Grandpa personally penned a letter for him to deliver to the clan’s elders.
“If that brat dares cause trouble again, tell him to come himself. I’ll personally suppress him and toss him into that prison—forever,” Shi Hao declared.
The battle general left, heartbroken. Never in his life had he suffered such humiliation. To him, the sky itself seemed shrouded in gloom.
“Master, weren’t you going to test your sword?” the Crimson Dragon reminded.
“Go back first,” Shi Hao dismissed him before turning to Bird Grandpa and Fine Jade Grandpa. He wanted to enter the prison—to fight unrestrained.
At first, the two old men refused outright. That place was forbidden, untouchable.
But Shi Hao argued that with restless youths from the Immortal Domain inevitably seeking it out, it was better for him to explore it first. Only by understanding it could they prepare for the future.
Hours later, Shi Hao stood in that desolate region. The black hall was eerily silent, its stone embryos bound by chains. Further ahead stood ancient altars, each bearing a sealed clay jar of unknown origin.
This time, Shi Hao clashed with one of the stone statues. In an instant, its eyes snapped open, a stony hand reaching for him.
“Kill!”
Shi Hao roared, unleashing the Grass Sword Art at full power.
The world seemed to flip. Sword light flooded the area, shocking even Bird Grandpa and Fine Jade Grandpa.
They realized Shi Hao hadn’t lied—this sword art needed such a place to be honed, requiring the strongest opponents to test its limits.
The battle that followed shook heaven and earth.
Whoosh!
A gale erupted as the other stone statues awakened, joining the assault. Their movements were deceptively simple, yet their palms concealed countless secret arts and techniques.
The scene was terrifying—like ancient overlords stepping through time into the present.
This was a battle for the ages!
Never had Shi Hao fought so fiercely, drenched in blood yet exhilarated.
“Thrilling!” he bellowed.
Against peers, he had to hold back. Here, he could go all out—these stone embryos were monstrously strong.
“Can you unshackle one? I want a true bloodbath!” Shi Hao demanded.
He was fired up, craving an unrestrained duel.
“Don’t play with fire!” Fine Jade Grandpa warned.
Shi Hao fell silent, knowing he couldn’t persuade them.
“Kill!”
In the end, he unleashed the Six Paths Reincarnation Art, wielding the supreme techniques of the Kun Peng, Thunder Emperor, True Phoenix, Willow God, and others in an ultimate clash.
Even the stone embryos seemed incensed, straining against their chains to crush Shi Hao.
Their eyes revealed scenes of epochal destruction. With each movement, it was as if their stone hands had once obliterated entire realms in ancient times, unstoppable.
Under their combined assault, Shi Hao laughed wildly, reveling in the battle despite his wounds.
Though bloodied and battered, the fight invigorated him. Even near-death brushes couldn’t wipe the exhilaration from his face.
His injuries were outweighed by immense gains.
In this battle, he glimpsed the dao traces of that level of power, illuminating his future cultivation path.
Before such supreme laws, even if he didn’t follow them directly, understanding their essence was invaluable.
For days, Shi Hao immersed himself in this treasure trove of lost techniques, drawing endless inspiration.
This was a vault of ancient arts—each secret technique a gem that refined his own path.
While Shi Hao trained, the outside world was undergoing shocking changes!
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