The scenery before his eyes blurred and then cleared, revealing the “inner essence” of all things in the world—though it was somewhat unstable.
Finally, everything settled.
Shi Hao remained calm. Though he hadn’t truly awakened his Martial Dao Heavenly Eye, the initial signs were there. He believed that one day, he would fully unlock it.
The grandfather and grandson rose to their feet, both having gained immensely.
Coming from the lower realm, they had now replenished the missing laws, reforged their true bodies, and aligned themselves more closely with the upper realm. Their strength had surged significantly.
“The legacy of the Yuan Tian Supreme Being hasn’t emerged yet. Why don’t we use this time to continue seclusion and enhance our strength?” Shi Hao suggested.
Within this secret realm, spiritual energy was abundant, and ancient medicines were plentiful—perfect for reforging their bodies and refining every cultivation stage anew.
The Great Demonic God nodded. This realm housed prodigies like the inheritors of the Immortal Palace and powerful beings who had ignited their divine flames. Danger lurked everywhere. Once the battle for the Supreme Being’s legacy began, bloodshed was inevitable. Strength was paramount.
“Hmm? Something’s approaching.” Shi Hao suddenly spoke. The fifteenth grandpa turned his head as well. They sensed a creature moving nearby, its aura concealed yet exuding an unusual presence.
They rose silently and crept forward, only to find… a rabbit!
A palm-sized, snow-white rabbit, its fur flawless and crystalline like jade, with eyes like rubies, brimming with spiritual energy.
At that moment, it was gnawing on a purple carrot—no, a Violet-Gold Ginseng!
“Ah, rabbit… you’re truly wasting a treasure! A quasi-saint medicine, ruined by you!” Shi Hao stomped his foot. So close, yet he hadn’t noticed earlier—a Violet-Gold Ginseng, nearly ten thousand years old and on the verge of becoming a saint medicine!
The little white rabbit startled, dropping the ginseng with a *plop* and leaping high into the air, its tiny heart pounding as it patted its chest.
Its ruby-like eyes blinked at Shi Hao.
“This rabbit isn’t ordinary,” the fifteenth grandpa murmured.
Shi Hao nodded. Any creature that could treat a quasi-saint medicine like a carrot and withstand its potent essence was no common beast.
“Small, but probably good for stew. By the way, is rabbit meat tasty?” Shi Hao asked his grandfather.
“Depends on the rabbit. This one’s probably delicious,” the Great Demonic God replied. Its spiritual energy was overwhelming, its body glowing with a faint mist resembling immortal qi.
“Ah! You’re the Demon King—Huang!”
Suddenly, the little rabbit shrieked, hopping backward, its red eyes wide with fear.
“I’m not tasty! I’m skinny, all bones, too tough to chew!” it pleaded pitifully.
“This rabbit spirit is odd. It feels many times stronger than an average Venerable. Is it playing weak to ambush us?” the fifteenth grandpa mused.
“I think so. Maybe it wants to eat us? I’ll eat it first.” Shi Hao bared his snow-white teeth, teasing the little rabbit.
*Whoosh!*
The palm-sized rabbit, eyes red, snatched the Violet-Gold Ginseng from the grass and bolted, vanishing in a flash.
The grandfather and grandson stared, stunned by its speed.
“After it!”
Wings of lightning materialized behind them, and they streaked across the sky like phantoms. Soon, they spotted the rabbit again.
To their astonishment, the tiny creature leaped from peak to peak, covering thousands of feet in a single bound, sometimes even crushing mountains beneath its feet.
It was like a colossal beast, immensely powerful.
“Ah! Don’t eat me!” The rabbit, realizing it was caught, tossed the “purple carrot” and cried, its red eyes welling with tears. “My meat really isn’t tasty!” It looked on the verge of sobbing.
Shi Hao, intrigued, asked, “What exactly are you?”
“I… I’m the Lunar Jade Rabbit,” it whispered, transforming into a teenage girl with snow-white hair and ruby-like eyes, delicate and pitiful.
Shi Hao was shocked. This was… a Prodigy!
The Taotie, Golden Luan, Lunar Jade Rabbit, and Black Orchid had all entered—all prodigies of exotic races. Yet this girl seemed too fragile.
“I was just passing by, gathering herbs. Why are you so mean?” she pouted, displeased.
Shi Hao glared, and she flinched, leaping to another peak, tears brimming. “I just came in with a life talisman to pick herbs. If you harm me, I’ll have to leave!”
Shi Hao and the fifteenth grandpa were speechless. The prodigies they’d encountered were ruthless and cruel, yet here was this timid rabbit.
“How dare you enter this realm to compete for fortune?” Shi Hao asked.
“I snuck in as my sister,” she admitted sheepishly. “I’m just here to look, not fight.”
“Fine. Go eat your carrot,” Shi Hao said, dismissing her. She was clearly naive, surviving here by sheer luck.
“I don’t eat carrots!” she huffed. “I eat Violet-Gold Ginseng and spirit mushrooms! And don’t underestimate me—my cultivation isn’t weaker than yours! I just haven’t learned attack spells yet. I’m still consolidating. In the future—”
*Whoosh!*
Seeing Shi Hao bare his teeth, she grabbed the ginseng and fled, sprinting away before shaking her fist at him from a safe distance.
“Go. Not many are as kind as me. Others would eat you on sight.”
“Pah! You’re the only one who wants to eat me! No one else noticed!” she retorted.
Shi Hao coughed awkwardly and glared to scare her.
The Lunar Jade Rabbit clan was extraordinary, their numbers scarce. Their strongest, upon death, transformed into moons illuminating the night sky—a heaven-defying feat.
The girl’s instincts were sharp, allowing her to sense danger and avoid it, thriving here effortlessly.
Now certain Shi Hao meant no harm, she rolled her eyes. “Since you’re not bad, I’ll tell you something. I saw people from the Qin Clan in the mountains. They’re plotting against you, and that guy in the Everlasting Battle Armor even vowed to kill Huang.”
With that, she transformed back into a snow-white rabbit, snatched the quasi-saint medicine, and vanished.
The Great Demonic God sighed helplessly.
The grandfather and grandson stayed, resuming their seclusion.
This time, the results were astounding. The Great Demonic God’s white hair turned black, his complexion radiant like a youth’s. Even his severed arm began to regrow!
Shi Hao, too, had reforged his Engravement Realm, achieving monumental gains.
In this realm, he fused the Primal True Record with the Myriad Spirit Diagram, engraving these bone texts into his flesh—his unique “Engravement.”
“Grandfather, you can try this too,” Shi Hao shared.
They exchanged insights. Shi Hao inherited the Demonic God’s legacy from his grandfather—a discovery from a mysterious ruin in the lower realm.
In turn, he demonstrated his own techniques for the Great Demonic God to study.
“This Demonic God legacy is incredible!” Shi Hao marveled.
Of course, it required further study. For now, his greatest achievement was reforging his Engravement, integrating the Primal True Record into his bones and flesh, granting him a profound understanding of the primal origins of all laws.
With a slight tremor, his body glowed, primal bone texts manifesting as cauldrons, bells, towers, swords, and halberds—harmonizing with his unique path, amplifying his might.
“Grandfather, let’s check the other side of the mountains.” Shi Hao gestured toward where the Qin Clan members lurked.
Ever since learning how the Qin Clan had imprisoned his grandfather, sent him to Demon Island to mine, and nearly strangled him to death, Shi Hao couldn’t let it go.
“Fine, we’ll take a look. But as for Qin Hao… let him stay there,” the fifteenth grandpa said.
“Mm. Everyone has their own path. It’s best he doesn’t know we’re here,” Shi Hao agreed.
Lately, the Qin Clan had been searching for Huang, hostile due to his imprint on the Demon Venerable’s divine stele—seated atop Qin Changsheng’s head.
Qin Hao had even vowed to battle and kill Huang.
Many Qin Clan members who had ignited divine flames entered the realm—a formidable force, given their patriarch Qin Changsheng had crafted the Beast Tooth Life Talismans, favoring his kin.
Shi Hao and his grandfather observed from afar, keeping their distance.
“They’re here—those two!” A day later, Shi Hao’s eyes gleamed.
A young man and woman, ethereal as mist, appeared near the Qin Clan’s camp—the two young geniuses from the Celestial Clan.
As expected, the assassins had allied with the Qin Clan. After lying in wait, Shi Hao finally spotted them.
The Celestial Clan’s Radiant Angel had once led these two to hunt the Great Demonic God, slaying one of his avatars and nearly killing his true form, leaving him severely wounded.
Whether for his grandfather, Ghost Grandpa, or himself, Shi Hao bore deep hatred toward the Celestial Clan.
“Celestial Clan’s blood debt… I’ll collect interest first. When I become a Heavenly Deity, I’ll slaughter my way into their domain!” Shi Hao vowed.
Knowing the Celestial Clan’s ties to the Qin Clan, they surely had Beast Tooth Life Talismans. Even if killed, they’d revive at the exit’s altar.
“Need to set up a teleportation array to the exit,” Shi Hao said.
Having spent much time in the realm, they’d mapped its geography, including the exit’s location.
“Isn’t that risky? The exit’s guarded by experts,” the fifteenth grandpa cautioned.
“No matter. No one will notice, and I won’t get close—just strike from afar,” Shi Hao assured.
Half an hour later, they erected an altar and prepared a simple teleportation array.
“They’re out.”
Shi Hao waited until the two assassins left the area before tailing them. Their vigilance was impressive—true to their Celestial Clan training.
Though young, they were seasoned, sensing something amiss!
But it was too late. Shi Hao and his grandfather struck, Shi Hao even employing the Kun Peng Art—disguised as lightning—to close the distance instantly.
*Boom!*
His Singularity Domain expanded, locking the area. The male assassin vanished, but Shi Hao struck the void.
*Thud!*
Fist met palm. The assassin coughed blood, his concealment broken.
“You…” He was shocked Shi Hao could see through him.
“Pathetic tricks. You shadows only know how to stab backs. Today, you’ll taste being hunted,” Shi Hao taunted.
He intensified his domain, unleashing his full power to end the fight swiftly.
Even Moon Fairy had been trapped in his domain, losing a piece of her Heavenly Cicada Armor. This assassin stood no chance.
*Splat!*
Shi Hao’s punch obliterated him into a bloody mist.
Meanwhile, the Great Demonic God trapped the female assassin in lightning, preventing her escape.
Shi Hao joined the assault. Under their combined might, she perished swiftly, her resentful gaze fading as a life talisman whisked her away.
“Grandfather, wait here!” Shi Hao stepped onto the teleportation array and vanished.
At the realm’s exit, on the altar—
Two figures materialized, faces dark with humiliation. Hunters had become the hunted, a disgrace.
Worse, they were exposed publicly, a nightmare for shadows who thrived in darkness.
Outside, the Radiant Angel—now mortal among the crowd—paled. These were two of the Celestial Clan’s top geniuses, here for training. How had they been killed?
The Celestial Clan excelled at survival, always the hunters. How had they become prey?
“Who are they? Their auras are exceptional—rare experts. Yet they were slain,” the crowd buzzed.
Then, silently, a shadow appeared behind the altar, nocking arrows and firing.
*Whoosh!*
Lightning arrows streaked across the sky!
The two geniuses, still dazed from death, were struck in the back of their heads before they could react.
*Boom!*
Blood sprayed as their heads exploded, shocking everyone.
“This…”
“Outrageous!”
The altar’s guardians, splattered with blood, were aghast. Such audacity—killing resurrected foes in plain sight!
Unprecedented!
Shi Hao vanished as swiftly as he’d appeared.
The exit erupted in chaos.
“Heavens! Who was that? So bold and decisive!”
“Look—those arrows belong to the Flame Demon Palace!”
The Crimsonfeather Crane Clan’s faces turned green. How shameless—using their arrows to kill!
“It’s the Young Demon King!” survivors from the Flame Demon Palace cried.
“What? The Young Demon King—Huang?!”
The exit quaked with uproar.
The Young Demon King—Huang!
It was him, striking fearlessly at the realm’s exit.
Who were these two, worth such effort?
Even the sect masters were stunned. No one had dared such a brazen act—and it was Huang!
Inspecting the corpses, the guardians found Celestial Clan assassin blades, their expressions darkening.
“Ah! They’re from the Celestial Clan!”
The crowd roared.
The Young Demon King had hunted Celestial Clan assassins—audacious and awe-inspiring!
“Renowned hunters became the hunted. These two must’ve been famed geniuses, yet both fell!”
…
The exit buzzed with excitement and shock.
Among the crowd, the Radiant Angel seethed, fists clenched. This was a slap to the Celestial Clan’s face—their hunters, humiliated before the world!
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