Star Gate

Several Saints were already dead in the dao universe; the survivors were completely outmatched by Li Hao and Zhang An. Li Hao's battle strength was particularly formidable. Almost no Saint could withstand him when he attacked!

More than a dozen Saints died in the blink of an eye! They transformed into blood pearls that Li Hao then tossed into the thunder tribulation for further baptism.

Of the remaining Immortals, Apexes, and Ancient Guards, most of them had died to the frenzied barrage of thunderbolts. Some were madly fleeing for their lives within the dao universe, but where could they go amidst the vast cosmos?

Li Hao quickly caught up to them and slaughtered them to the last!

It was an endless massacre within the dao universe; agonized wails echoed through space. No one had ever fathomed that the impenetrable Red Moon base would fall to Li Hao after one attack. The five Empyrean Kings didn't even put up as much of a fight as the Zheng patriarch. Li Hao was stronger since then and had many more options at his disposal!

The massacre brought him quite the rich harvest. There was so much Red Moon power contained within these people! Zheng Hongyuan had produced far less than them.

Stroke after stroke followed as blood pearls were consecutively tossed into the thunder tribulation. They returned with a gold sheen shimmering over their surface.

Li Hao returned to the ancient city after a heartbeat; Zhang An had cleaned up the rest of those alive. The young man smiled when he saw a woman close at hand. "Green Moon?"

The woman shook like a leaf, but she clenched her jaw and growled, "Bow down to your granny! [1] Don't be thinking you're actually something, Li Hao! Even if you win here and kill us all, you're dead meat at the Forbidden Sea! Your people will all die, it's just a life for a life!"

Li Hao grinned and reached over, blotting out the sky with his hand. Green Moon possessed a fiery personality and wanted to self-detonate, but how would she have the chance to do so in front of Li Hao?

The young man immediately captured her. "Don't you be dying now, Ying Hongyue's not around to watch!" he whispered into her ear. "He killed my parents, killed my friends, killed my brother, and dug up my parents' grave. He wasn't present when I killed Orange Moon and the others. I'm going to make sure he sees how you die with his own eyes!"

Unbounded killing intent exploded from Li Hao's murderous look! Zhang An made to say something, but held his tongue.

"Senior Zhang, do not advise me to exercise generosity!" Li Hao snapped out. "My family is broken and not even my parents' bodies remain. I'll get mad if you tell me I should have a magnanimous heart!"

Zhang An sighed and didn't say anything. It was as the young man said, there was no room to be big-hearted here. Li Hao and Ying Hongyue shared a blood feud! They would fight without end until even the other's friends and family were dead.

Since Li Hao claimed the victory today, he would make sure Ying Hongyue hurt from it!

A myriad of swords pierced through the world, obliterating all of the corpses. Li Hao had pulled this faction up from the roots and didn't leave a single one!

The thunder and lightning in the sky didn't abate as there was still Red Moon power emanating from the bloody moon over the city. It did battle with the thunder tribulation, prompting a surprised glance from Li Hao. Whatwasthat moon?

It supplied the entire city with energy and could withstand the tribulation until now!

As more thunderbolts gathered, the bloody moon began to dim with feebleness. It gradually revealed its true form!

"The blood essence of an exalted emperor!" Zhang An identified with a gasp.

What??Li Hao's heart jolted with shock.Thatwas the blood essence of the Red Moon exalted emperor?

BOOM!

The thunder tribulation erupted with renewed fury. The droplet of blood struggled fiercely and transformed into a human being that took on the appearance of the exalted emperor in the seal. He looked at Li Hao, then at Zhang An.

"You are an incredible little junior!" it said with some gratification. "To think that you would bring down Thunderblast. It looks like I'm going to lose a drop of my blood essence here... what a pity!"

The blood essence dispersed into endless power the color of blood; it pounced on the thunderbolts!

It was clear that the exalted emperor knew that his blood essence wouldn't be getting away, but he didn't want to permit such a harvest to fall into Li Hao's lap. The blood essence of an exalted emperor was an incomparable treasure!

It was only then that Li Hao jerked back to his senses. He howled, disregarding the possibility that Zhang An was still watching. Light flashed by, as if the sun, moon, and stars. Time seemed to freeze and the image of the exalted emperor gaped, "This is... the power of time!"

BOOM!

The world stilled for a split second!

Li Hao broke through the void and stretched his hand toward the droplet of blood. Zhang An wasn't frozen since the young man wasn't targeting him. He struggled out of openmouthed shock and shouted, "Don't!"

That was the blood essence of an exalted emperor! Li Hao did not understand the might of an exalted emperor. That droplet was too dangerous—just that alone might seize control of his body!

As expected, Li Hao's eyes turned red as soon as the droplet of blood melded into his body!

"What a greedy child!" sounded the exalted emperor's voice.How dare you try to seize my blood essence!

However, the exalted emperor grunted with surprise the next moment. "What is this?"

What is what?Zhang An jerked with astonishment.

Li Hao roared and transformed into a raging river. A hundred million stars erupted with radiance in the air and enveloped the entire river!

"How dare you try to take possession of me!" Li Hao's voice chilled the bone. "It'd be more like it if you tried with your primary body. How does a drop of blood essence try to seize a dao master?"

RUMBLE!

The river thundered, buffeting a drop of blood in its waters and washing away at it again and again!

Zhang An's mouth dropped open and he murmured, "He's completely crazy!"

Li Hao had turned his body into the river of a myriad daos! How was this even possible??

The strength of endless dao continuously cleansed the droplet of blood essence. A shadowy figure soon emerged and sat down in a cross-legged position on it. It was like a lone boat out on the vast sea, being tossed and turned by unending dao power!

The exalted emperor was likewise surprised and marveled, "Now this is tremendous. This is tremendous indeed! You incorporated your body into the great dao—your bodyisthe great dao! Li Hao, you are a true genius of this age!

"However, this is just one drop of my blood essence. My primary body will learn of you seizing it! When it comes, this incomplete dao universe will not be able to stop it!"

"That can wait until your primary body comes for me!" Li Hao boomed magnificently back. The river extinguished the shadow with a loud roar. The young man returned to human form and held a blood pearl the size of a head in his hand!

He rushed into the thunder tribulation and was met by a storm of thunderbolts. Li Hao was overjoyed!

This was a droplet of exalted emperor blood essence! Far from ordinary blood, it was the very essence of the exalted emperor's blood. Even though his battle strength may be less than an Empyrean King's, when in blood pearl form, its quality was far greater than an Empyrean King's blood pearl!

Li Hao had truly made out like a bandit!

Zhang An rushed over with incredulity, staring at the young man. "You... made it yours?"

This was utterly astonishing!

Not only that, but the method that the young man had used to momentarily freeze the blood essence was also remarkable. Zhang An finally understood why some of the Empyrean Kings had just disappeared in the earlier battle. Li Hao had killed them all with this technique!

It was too terrifying! Was this the power of time? But that was impossible! Who could control time?

Zhang An stared dumbly at Li Hao, thinking for the first time that he did not understand the young man anymore. Incorporating his body into the river, controlling the tiniest, faintest bit of the power of time... This kind of Li Hao was mind-boggling!

And then take a look at the dense clusters of blood pearls that dotted the dao universe after the thunder tribulation was over! There were blood pearls of Empyrean Kings and even one of an exalted emperor!

Li Hao... had truly upended the Red Moon exalted emperor's home ground this time!

......

At this moment, within the seal.

The Red Moon exalted emperor's eyes shot open.

My droplet of blood essence... is gone! I've lost contact with it!

He'd been able to maintain the connection even after the droplet was hauled into the dao universe. The exalted emperor could even use it as a tracking beacon. But once Li Hao utilized the river to extinguish the shadow... all connection was severed!

The Red Moon exalted emperor looked quietly down at the sky, pondering the development.Who's seized my blood essence? Who can do such a thing? It would take only a split second for my blood to self-detonate even when it comes to Empyrean Kings or half step emperors. There's no way that someone would be able to seize it.

Based on its last feedback, it doesn't seem to have exploded. It's more like someone's claimed it!

The dao universe, was it? Was it Li Hao or the other guy?

The exalted emperor sank into deep contemplation before smiling.My blood isn't that easy to take ownership of!

......

At the same time, the outside world.

It was dark and the Great Li king was very anxious. "Are we still not going to make a move?" he urged. What was Li Hao waiting for?? The sun was going to rise if they kept waiting!

Li Hao smiled and set foot in the air. "What are you in a rush for? C'mon, let's go chat with Ying Hongyue!"

The king blinked. Weren't they going to ambush the man?The fuck? How is you going straight out like this an ambush?

"Come on out, everyone!" Li Hao boomed. "We're going to surround the Forbidden Sea today!"

Saints immediately materialized!

"Martial uncle, Hongyu, and Panth, you guys come on out too!" Li Hao called out again.

Those in hiding blinked, then quickly broke through the air. In the distance, Ying Hongyue scowled. The situation was starting to get out of hand!

He left his hiding place as well and floated over the Forbidden Sea. He stared down Li Hao and growled, "Li Hao, you said that it was over once you took the things. Why are you here again today?"

"Ying Hongyue, you and I share a blood feud," Li Hao laughed. "You can treat my words like hot air and I'll do the same for you! There is no trust that exists between us!"

Ying Hongyue said nothing further. A skeleton rose behind him, erupting with a domineering presence over the sea. His face hardened with gravity and he shouted, "Everyone, gather to me!"

He was changing the plan!

Presences shot his way; eight Saints assembled in swift order. If counting the Saints deployed from Thunderblast, he had quite the force of twenty. He didn't summon them all because he was worried about frightening Li Hao too much. At the same time, Ying Hongyue was also worried that too much of a disturbance would raise other people's attention.

But right now, he couldn't afford to consider that! Li Hao had many Saints on his side as well!

And the key was, Li Hao was giving him a very unsettling feeling. He was truly uneasy—a feeling that he'd never felt in all these years, despite the numerous failures he'd suffered before.

Everything had been proceeding according to plan in the past. Only today did such anxiety descend, but he hadn't lost anything yet!

Something was wrong! But what had gone wrong? Li Hao's people were all here, each and every single one accounted for!

1. This is the equivalent of the who's your daddy bravado, but... I realized there doesn't seem to be a female equivalent lol. This is a direct translation of the term. ☜