Across the starry expanse, the figure remained silent, yet waves of turmoil surged within his heart. He pondered in secret—*This powerhouse is utterly domineering. Is he truly prepared to wage a life-and-death battle against the three Immortal Kings?*
He sought to discern the man’s appearance, but Shi Hao’s current cultivation was unfathomable—how could just anyone dare to pry?
Around him, chaotic mist swirled, veiling him in profound mystery. He stood like an eternal sovereign, gazing down upon the immortal realms with an aura so terrifying it chilled the soul. Only his eyes, cold as blades, pierced through the haze, their radiance dazzling!
Even Shi Zhongtian and Amanda were enveloped by his presence, shielded within an inviolable domain where none could touch them.
“Fellow Daoist, since this is your resolve, I shall not dissuade you further. Proceed as you will,” the figure in the starry void spoke, never once revealing himself. He prepared to withdraw.
At their level of cultivation, divine senses were razor-sharp. He sensed imminent danger—lingering further would only entangle him in a calamitous karmic web!
“Farewell!” He chose to flee without hesitation.
Yet another voice echoed through the cosmos, pleading, “Elder, his methods are ruthless, slaughtering our kind! We beg for your intervention!”
The plea was transmitted via divine sense, but the speaker did not realize that Shi Hao, now with his ten primordial spirits unified, had ascended to terrifying heights. Unless one was a supreme expert, even covert mental exchanges could be intercepted by him with crystalline clarity.
“Leave. This man is too savage,” the mysterious powerhouse in the void warned.
“Elder, we implore you to act! If you can suppress him today, my grandfather, Immortal King Ao Sheng, will remember your aid with gratitude!” the voice insisted.
*Whoosh!*
Realizing the peril, the figure erupted with chaotic energy, wrapping Ao Sheng’s descendant within his protection.
“Ao Sheng’s own grandson? With such ties, you shall not depart!” Shi Hao declared.
In the dim cosmos, Shi Hao took a single step, appearing instantly before them. His brow glowed as sword qi erupted, slashing toward the distant stars.
“Fellow Daoist, show mercy!” the powerhouse interceded.
“My feud with his lineage is irreconcilable. Stand in my way, and you become my enemy,” Shi Hao stated calmly.
*Boom!*
Sword light surged—chaotic blade radiance erupted from his brow, indomitable and annihilating, capable of felling immortals and demons alike.
The mysterious powerhouse grabbed Ao Sheng’s descendant and fled without hesitation.
Ao Sheng’s grandson was an ancient fossil, his cultivation towering—but in this moment, he was utterly outmatched.
A Quasi-Immortal King, his power was beyond measure. For eons, he had sought to ascend further, yet all attempts had failed.
*Crack!*
The starry void shattered!
The chaotic sword qi from Shi Hao’s brow rivaled even the legendary *Ping Lian Jue*, a technique specializing in soul refinement. With the *Annihilation Scripture* perfected and supplemented, his primordial spirit had become indestructible, transforming into sword light.
The devastation was apocalyptic—stars crumbled into cosmic dust.
“Do not push me to extremes!” the fleeing figure roared, dragging Ao Sheng’s grandson into another starfield.
“By shielding my enemy, you declare yourself my foe through action,” Shi Hao pressed forward, his gaze icy.
“I will not engage you!” the powerhouse snapped, accelerating his retreat, desperate to reach Ao Sheng’s dominion.
There, Immortal King Ao Sheng himself would intervene.
*Boom!*
Yet Shi Hao would never allow his quarry to escape. A colossal palm descended, eclipsing the heavens, enveloping the entire starry expanse beneath its shadow.
“You—!”
The man was no weakling. He retaliated swiftly, summoning a phoenix-winged halberd, its edge tyrannical as it clashed against Shi Hao’s palm.
*Clang!*
The heavens quaked. The man’s heartblood-forged weapon, tempered over countless years, cracked under the impact.
A segment of the halberd’s blade shattered!
*Splat!*
Simultaneously, a sword strike landed on his shoulder. Shi Hao’s chaotic blade radiance was unstoppable, drawing blood.
“Ah—!”
The man howled in fury, transforming into a streak of light as he fled through the cosmos.
“By protecting my enemy, you choose death!” Shi Hao issued his final warning.
The man’s heart sank. With a desperate heave, he hurled Ao Sheng’s grandson toward a distant metropolis—Ao Clan’s territory.
He had done his utmost.
He was no peerless expert like Ao Sheng. There was no need for stubborn defiance, especially when the enemy’s wrath wasn’t directed at him.
*Boom!*
Shi Hao’s body became a living sword, cleaving through the cosmos, arriving before the colossal city in an instant.
“Stop him!”
Ao Sheng’s grandson bellowed, rallying experts to intercept while activating an altar to summon reinforcements.
But it was too late. Shi Hao bulldozed forward—the altar exploded, defenders burst apart, and a trail of fallen experts marked his path.
*Splat!*
Shi Hao’s palm descended. Despite Ao Sheng’s grandson’s eons of cultivation and terrifying might, he could not withstand the blow—body and soul annihilated on the spot.
*Rumble!*
Though Shi Hao refrained from indiscriminate slaughter, the city fractured under his passage, the very cosmos trembling on the brink of collapse.
“Kill!”
Shi Hao moved with relentless purpose. He knew where he stood—Ao Sheng’s domain, the Ao Clan’s universe. Here, he held nothing back. Though he avoided wholesale bloodshed, he would hunt down Ao Sheng’s direct descendants, carving a path to the Immortal King’s seclusion grounds.
“Disaster! Elder Ao Ling has fallen, slain in the celestial city of Kuimu Starfield!”
The news sent shockwaves through Ao Clan’s universe.
All trembled. The Immortal King’s grandson was dead. Who dared oppose a supreme being like Ao Sheng? It must be a monstrous powerhouse newly returned from the Sea of Annihilation.
*Boom!*
That same day, a figure appeared above a renowned Ao Clan metropolis, reaching down to pluck its mightiest guardian from his abode.
“Heavens!” Gasps erupted. This was Ao Sheng’s personal disciple, a figure rumored to be on the cusp of Immortal Kingship!
Yet now, he had been seized like a helpless child.
“It’s you—!” The disciple’s eyes widened in recognition, but his words were cut short as Shi Hao crushed him into mist.
“Ao Sheng, you old cur! Crawl out from your hole! I’ve come to settle accounts!” Shi Hao’s voice shook the heavens.
The realms trembled. Ao Sheng was a titan—few had dared challenge him across the ages. Now, a supreme expert had come for his head?
Many grew uneasy. The Sea of Annihilation birthed ever more terrifying monsters, each year more formidable than the last.
Yet Ao Sheng did not appear. His sanctuary remained silent as the storm raged.
*Boom!*
Shi Hao descended upon Ao Sheng’s ancient domain—a continent adrift for eons, crowned by a city housing an unparalleled grotto.
That day, the city was breached. A colossal foot shattered its towering walls and gates, reducing the Immortal King’s fortress to rubble.
“Ao Sheng, show yourself!”
Shi Hao stormed inside.
Still, Ao Sheng did not emerge.
Some realized the truth—Ao Sheng was absent. Otherwise, he would never endure such humiliation.
“Those who block me—die!”
Shi Hao flicked his fingers. Immortal-level experts lunged, only to explode midair, their blood misting the skies.
The spectacle was horrifying. With mere flicks, he executed True Immortals, advancing unopposed.
“Who are you?!”
A figure of immense authority emerged—Ao Sheng’s sole surviving son, his chosen heir!
Ao Sheng had groomed him for Immortal Kingship, yet the threshold remained elusive.
“Ao Sheng’s executioner!”
Shi Hao showed no mercy. The heir lunged, only for his arm to shatter in the first exchange.
“Ah—!” He screamed, regenerating the limb and summoning treasures to counterattack.
But how could he match Shi Hao? His fate was sealed—slaughtered, his blood staining the Immortal King’s palace.
“Ao Sheng, are you truly absent?”
Shi Hao spared the innocent but ransacked the estate, claiming all treasures within reach.
“Eternal herb, you shall not escape!” His grasp snared a fleeing longevity plant.
The hoard was staggering.
Yet the deepest vault remained sealed—only Ao Sheng’s death could open it without triggering its self-destruction.
“Where is Ao Sheng? Speak!” Shi Hao interrogated the Ao Clan.
That day, the immortal realms quaked. Someone had stormed an Immortal King’s palace—an event of cataclysmic proportions!
Ao Sheng was a legend among legends. His wrath had shaped epochs.
Then came the details, sending seismic tremors through the world.
Ao Sheng’s grandson and only son—slain in a single day. The audacity was staggering.
“Ao Sheng’s grandson, a Quasi-King! His sole son, inheritor of his bloodline—gone! Ao Sheng will go mad!”
The realms buzzed with shock.
Finally, news arrived—Ao Sheng’s whereabouts were revealed.
“Ao Sheng, Tai Shi, and Yuan Chu have entered the Sea of Annihilation!”
The revelation sent tremors through existence.
Why venture into that abyss?
Soon, whispers spread.
The trio sought an ancient predecessor, aiming to bring him back to the immortal realms!
Dread gripped the masses. An elder so revered even Immortal Kings bowed before him?
“Ao Sheng, since you’ve entered the Sea of Annihilation, I shall intercept and slay you there, severing this karma once and for all!”
Shi Hao’s declaration sent shockwaves across existence. He made no secret of his intent—his dominance was absolute.
He then escorted his grandfather and Amanda back to their sanctuary, urging them to remain hidden within her master’s retreat.
Shi Hao set forth—to hunt Immortal Kings in the Sea of Annihilation, to end the threat they posed to his loved ones.
One battle to erase all calamity.
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