Eternal Heavenly Emperor

Chu Hao returned to the mouth of the valley with his iron sword, which dissatisfied many people as they believed he had reaped the benefits for himself and denied them the chance to do the same.

Chu Hao didn't offer any explanation.

In fact, the Laws of Life contained within the iron sword had already been refined by him, and it would take at least tens of thousands of years for them to recover. Even if a second Chu Hao came along, he wouldn't be able to gain the slightest benefit from the sword.

He left the valley and raised the iron sword high in his hand.

"Ooh Ra!" The tribe soldiers waiting outside the valley all cheered loudly, banging their weapons against their shields to create an earth-shattering noise.

The High Priest came forward with a look of utmost reverence.

Chu Hao handed over the iron sword, which the High Priest took and swept with his Divine Sense. A deeper look of awe appeared on his face. The tribe had its ways of discerning the authenticity of a Holy Sword, through the Laws of Life it contained. Now, although only a trace remained, it could still be detected.

The High Priest raised the Holy Sword above his head, proclaiming loudly, "The Holy Object has returned to its place, and our tribe shall prosper!"

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!" All the tribal soldiers knelt, raising their weapons high, and started to bow repeatedly.

After receiving the Holy Object, the Copper Valley tribe did not immediately return but started to redistribute the land as a way of rewarding merits.

Chu Hao and the other outsiders belonging to the Copper Valley tribe did not leave right away since they had many military merits to exchange and naturally could not waste them.

This required a bit of time.

Chu Hao, who had plans to merge his Unique Life Spring, wasn't in a hurry. He called Su Wanyue aside and shared his thoughts with her.

"Merge the Unique Life Spring?" Su Wanyue was startled by Chu Hao's idea and was speechless for a long time.

"It's extremely dangerous and could easily lead to our demise!" Chu Hao spelled out the risks bluntly; he would never coerce Su Wanyue. "Even though I have merged with some Laws of Life, failing the process would not spare me either."

Consider, if the Three Great Life Springs exploded simultaneously, even a War Venerate would need to steer clear. The two of them would certainly be reduced to ashes, with no chance for the Laws of Life to take effect.

Su Wanyue fell into deep thought, hesitating for quite a while before saying, "Give me a day to consider it!"

Chu Hao nodded. It was no child's play.

A day later, Su Wanyue sought out Chu Hao and told him her decision.

"I want to try it!" she declared. "Although I became one of the strongest War Kings when I first arrived, it was not my own strength, but that of the Xuanyin Sword. Now many have obtained Third Rank Precious Metal and forged weapons from it, the advantage of the Xuanyin Sword no longer exists."

"I want to become the strongest!"

Chu Hao nodded, saying, "Then you should know that this path has never been taken before. Only by uniting the powers of the Taiyin and the Taiyang, balancing and restraining each other, might we stand a sliver of a chance."

"I understand!" Su Wanyue nodded with a determined gaze.

"Good, then let's give it our all!" Chu Hao was filled with high spirits.

In the realm of martial arts, Chu Hao had always been audacious. In truth, even without merging the Three Great Life Springs, his current strength would solidly place him among the top-tier War Kings. Although he was not at the same level as Yuan Tiangang in the realm of Intent, as soon as he reached the Upper Three Realms, he could cultivate his Divine Sense and definitely had a chance to surpass him.

But this was not the strongest!

Furthermore, the Gu Clan had such an ancient legacy, could it be that there had never been a genius with Great Perfection in all realms of the Three Minor Realms and the Middle Three Realms? Yet, there had never been a second War God in the Gu Clan.

Therefore, he must surpass his predecessors to break the destiny of the Gu Clan and achieve the status of War God.

Great chaos might befall the heavens and the earth, and only the War God would qualify to seek a slim chance of survival amidst such chaos. Thus, Chu Hao must become the War God, otherwise, what would be the point of struggling to live a few more years?

The two found an extremely secluded place to go into seclusion, entrusting the task of exchanging military merits to Gu Qingcheng and the others.

Chu Hao and Su Wanyue sat opposite each other, each placing a palm against the other's, enabling the flow of Yin and Yang.

"Take it one step at a time, don't rush!" Chu Hao communicated through Divine Sense, the most convenient way to communicate.

"Mm!" Su Wanyue responded.

They moved in unison, sharing a connection of Divine Sense, knowing each other's conditions intimately. They began by opening up the Human Life Spring.

To merge the Three Great Life Springs, the first step was to shatter them before fusing them together.

This sounds straightforward, but the Great Destiny Spring was already at Ten Springs Unified, Great Perfection—how easy could it be to break it? Not to mention that the moment a Life Spring shatters, it unleashes a terrifying force. The mere self-destruction of a Warrior's single Life Spring can raise their Combat Power by one or two tiers; how much more a Great Destiny Spring that already unified ten?

So, it was not enough for the Life Spring to simply shatter; it also had to be controlled to prevent it from exploding, or it would be suicidal.

If it were just Chu Hao or Su Wanyue alone, neither could have succeeded. It is likely that no one in the world could do it—unless they were a War Emperor or War King, strong enough to suppress this power.

However, merging the Life Springs can only be done in the Middle Three Realms. Once you cross into the next realm, there's no turning back to refine them again; otherwise, every Warrior could open twenty Meridians and achieve super Great Perfection across the Three Minor Realms.

Therefore, this was an insurmountable problem.

Until now.

Chu Hao and another person were a Sun Body and a Moon Body, respectively. They complemented each other with a perfect balance, capable of suppressing the powers within each other's bodies.

However, not a single mistake could be made. If the power of either exceeded even the slightest bit, it could destroy the balance. And this wouldn't be the concept of Taiji but that of chaos, where the power would increase tenfold or even a hundredfold. Its devastating destructive force could probably even cause a War Venerate to crumble to death on the spot.

Before this, Chu Hao had assisted Su Wanyue in refining the Thousand Cold Ice. The two had already worked together once. Although it wasn't the same as now, it also required a balance of Yin and Yang.

Therefore, the two coordinated tacitly, gradually increasing their power to maintain an absolute equality.

They were both War Kings with Ten Springs Unified, so their levels of Star Force were entirely the same, with no need to worry about the other being unable to keep up with one's power.

The process was very slow, neither of them hurried, and they didn't dare to be rash. Half a day later, they had pushed their power to the limit.

"Burst!"

They both exclaimed at the same time, and with a buzz, the Human Life Spring was split open by the terrifying force but did not completely shatter. Instead, it was like a water vat being smashed open, and the Star Force surged out suddenly.

Buzzing continuously, their bodies trembled lightly, with the Taiyin and Taiyang forces joining through their hands, balancing each other.

The Human Life Spring continuously crumbled, turning into a floating belt within the Dantian, resembling the asteroid belt of a celestial body, forming a marvelous ring.

"Continue!"

The two encouraged each other and began the disintegration of the Earth Life Spring.

However, the Earth Life Spring was much more powerful than the Human Life Spring—it was that which War Generals could condense. Thus, when the Earth Life Spring began to shatter, both their faces turned pale, spitting blood incessantly under the assault of the wild forces.

It was terrifying, almost like setting off nuclear bombs inside their bodies.

The power of Taiyin and Taiyang flowed from their arms into each other's Dantians, but the speed was far too slow. It was unable to suppress the terrifying power, and just as it seemed about to detonate their Dantians, Chu Hao had a flash of inspiration. He abruptly held Su Wanyue tightly, pressing their abdomens firmly together.

Their Dantians were directly joined, and immediately, the forces of Taiyin and Taiyang communicated through their abdomens, violently suppressing the wildness within their Dantians.

Both let out a sigh of relief, narrowly averting disaster.

But there was still the Heaven Life Spring!

The Heaven Life Spring was something only War Kings could form, and if the Earth Life Spring was terrifying, what about the Heaven Life Spring?

But if they stopped now, they would have wasted two Great Life Springs for nothing. Although the Heaven Life Spring was the strongest, at least they would lose a tenth of their power. The key point was, without the three Great Life Springs resonating and devouring power, their defensive powers would also decrease significantly.

They must not falter!

Both reached a consensus in an instant. Chu Hao's gaze hardened; with one hand, he embraced Su Wanyue while the other hand swiftly ripped open the clothes over their abdomens, ensuring their bellies could stick together without any obstruction.

Su Wanyue's frosty face blushed with embarrassment. The posture was indeed too shaming and stirred layers of fanciful thoughts within her.

"Desperate times call for desperate measures, there's no time to worry about that!" Chu Hao said.

"Mm!" Su Wanyue bit her lip, as in this final step, they had to fully utilize the functions of the Taiyin and Taiyang bodies.

They gathered their strength and began to trigger the explosion of the Heaven Life Spring.

Boom!

It was as if the sky had broken open. The Heaven Life Spring cracked suddenly, and the terrible power wreaked havoc in the Dantian, nearly destroying everything.

"Submit to me!" Chu Hao roared, holding Su Wanyue tightly, and she did the same. Now, they relied solely on each other as if they were drowning and grasping onto a log, which was life-saving.

But the power unleashed from the Heaven Life Spring was too frightening, and they quickly reached their limit, barely hanging on and almost fainting.

The force was assaulting their Dantians, threatening to blow them open, and then trigger a massive explosion within their bodies, leaving nothing of them, not even ashes.

Both were continuously spitting blood, their minds in chaos, wishing to lose consciousness immediately. If anyone fainted at this moment, the power of Taiyin and Taiyang would become unbalanced, and both would die instantly.

They had to hang in there!

Chu Hao communicated with Su Wanyue using Divine Sense, and she responded, each motivating the other to persevere.

Because this violent power must have an end.

But the incessant onslaught of shocks seemed endless, and their will grew weaker and weaker.

It wasn't that their willpower was insufficiently strong; rather, the intensity of the shocks was just too horrifying, creating an insufferable pain and sparking a thought that death might be better than their current state.

Su Wanyue's will was not as strong as Chu Hao's and was nearing collapse.

Chu Hao was anxious, as for his own sake and for Su Wanyue's, he couldn't bear the thought of her dying!

What to do, how could he reignite her fighting spirit?

A spark of inspiration came to Chu Hao, and he fiercely kissed Su Wanyue on the lips. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)