Star Gate

Li Hao gently caressed Panther; the dog fidgeted with anxiety.

I was refusing your suggestion just now, not agreeing! Li Hao is so dumb sometimes... I think I'm going to be so unlucky again!

While the dog had gained a great deal following Li Hao around, the young man also engineered a ton of suffering every time!

"If this isn't enough, I'll seize Galewind with the fastest speed possible!" The look in Li Hao's eyes flashed. "I'll summon the blade of blood, resurrect the cat, lure over the star, or... use the immaterial dao to summon my past self!"

He'd come to a decision! He was going to tempt the star out of hiding no matter what. As for how many trump cards that would force out of him, what did it matter?

He would be stronger if he succeeded, walking away with more confidence and more trump cards. A plethora of trump cards did not matter if he wasn't strong enough!

I wonder if I can ask that exalted emperor for some help? And did the star take that tendril of blood to the immaterial dao universe? If it didn't... I may be in some trouble for the upcoming fight.

"Ying Hongyue..." Li Hao murmured.It's been quite a while. I could've killed you a long time ago, but I waited until today!

The two half step emperors aren't my goal—you are, do you know?

A smile spread across the young man's face. Indeed, all of this was to facilitate his execution of Ying Hongyue. Only after completing his other plans could he freely kill Ying Hongyue!

Your time is up!A sharp killing intent appeared in Li Hao's eyes.Four years! My parents have been dead for four years, it's time for you to repay that debt!

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Time passed bit by bit. Countless people in the outside world waited with bated breath, anticipating the integration of the great dao into the world.

Three days later, countless sky canopies materialized again. Li Hao appeared once more on them, addressing the people with august dignity.

"Today, I will summon the dao universe into the mortal world so that it can strengthen our home!"

The skies shifted and the earth quaked! It felt like the sky was going to fall in. One hundred million dao stars appeared in the sky at the same time. It truly looked like the great dao universe was descending upon them.

Something trembled among the stars—a person seemed to be standing up amid the stars. Someone had become the long river of stars! The sound of water flowing traveled into everyone's ears. It was Li Hao standing up among the dao universe in river form!

The sight stunned the crowds. He was a giant who could blot out the heavens and looked at everyone in Silver Moon from a universe away!

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"As I thought!" Not everyone was surprised by what they saw. Just as the various hidden heavyweights surmised, Li Hao was different within the dao universe. He'd turned himself into the river of stars, into a giant that looked out over life itself through the dao universe.

"I have melded a myriad of daos into my body and opened 144 dao meridians," Li Hao's voice sounded. "I need to establish my location in relation to the world and fix the coordinates of the dao stars. I will utilize my body to redirect thousands of dao stars. Everyone, listen to my instructions to agitate the river of stars. We will collect a myriad of daos and stabilize the world!

"Cultivators, listen to my orders and operate the first acupoint of the first dao meridian. Shake the river of stars!"

Boom!

One hundred million cultivators operated their first acupoint at the same time. Energy swept through the world; dense clusters of stars sparkled in one of the 360 sectors. A large dragon soared over the Li Hao that was the long river.

The uproar was incredible; the entire world shook!

A star burst with radiance while the dragon slammed against the barrier, wanting to break through the universe and land among Silver Moon.

"Operate the second acupoint!"

Boom!

The longer river undulated again. Countless people raised their heads as Li Hao looked upward. "Operate all ten acupoints of the first dao meridians and the one of the world. Draw upon the meridian of the world to sense its location relative to you!"

Rumble!!

Thunder roared and lightning split the sky. A myriad of daos shook and stars danced with illumination. The action was so fierce that it was as if the end days were upon them.

The powerhouses in the crowd began to understand what they were seeing. Li Hao wanted to use the power of the people to send his dao meridians through the dao universe, lock onto Silver Moon world, and bring the rest of the dao universe after him. That seemed to make a lot of sense.

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Enormous dragons howled within the dao universe, slamming themselves against the barrier around the dao universe!

The dao stars were the dragons now, the dragons were the stars. The stars in one area trembled in unison, exuding light and gathering endless power of great dao.

The dragons roared for a while, ramming the world! The collisions echoed throughout the entire universe, creating a massive disturbance. They seemed to break through the universe after an indeterminate period of time, erupting with an unparalleled presence that rocked the world.

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Outside.

A massive dragon suddenly howled overhead, its head visible in the sky and struggling to move the rest of its body through. It soared through the air when it succeeded, bringing more power of great dao to Silver Moon. Dao strength surged in all directions!

"The first star is about to break out of the dao universe," came Li Hao's voice. "Everyone, gather more strength of the great dao. We will be able to summon all 144 dao stars into our world after repeated effort, which will bring the dao universe into Silver Moon world!"

The massive dragon labored mightily, overturning the heavens and earth, dyeing the sky the color of blood. Countless thunderbolts gathered!

The dragon gradually transformed into a massive star, collecting countless rays of dao strength as it hung in the void. It quivered violently, hovering in and out of sight.

This was when Li Hao appeared in the air. He reached out, collecting an endless sum of energy. The young man slashed through the firmament with his sword in the next second, ripping through the universe. He yanked a dragon tail out of the void and forcefully kneaded everything together.

Bam!

The gigantic star in the sky solidified out of an illusory state, brimming with sword intent.

"The first star is complete!"

Rumble!!

The star sparkled with endless sword intent and loomed over the world. The people around it could sense its unbounded energy, the incredulity of its vastness.

"The five main cities and Fused Dao cultivators will work together to seal off the premises and consolidate the world!"

The Saints and Fused Dao personnel leapt into motion. They erupted with immense power, stabilizing the ring of light emitted by the main city. While they didn't understand the situation as they suppressed the world, it was awe-inspiring nonetheless!

They could glean some of the logic behind Li Hao's actions, but no explanation was forthcoming for what they didn't grasp. Must all 144 stars be pinned to the sky for this to work? Or could the dao universe outright descend on Silver Moon if a greater price was paid?

They didn't understand! And so they would just follow orders since they didn't understand. Everyone in the world was suddenly Li Hao's pieces that he placed on a chessboard.

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At the same time.

Li Hao was substituting the real for the fake. The stars in the sky that sparkled with sword intent weren't dao stars, but stars of sword intent. The two were very similar and the gap between them wasn't too big.

There was a small opening within the star into which the endless strength of great dao surged. In actuality, there was indeed a real connection to the great dao in this locality. It wasn't all fake!

A star of pure sword dao would not be able to erupt with such dense power of great dao.

Determining the location of Silver Moon world through 144 stars? That wasn't necessary.

What Li Hao wanted to do was materialize the stars of his one hundred types of sword intent and complete the mental sea. He needed to make a big fuss elsewhere as he did so, or he would easily be discovered by someone else. He also needed a true connection between the mental sea and dao universe.

How else would he lure the star of time to him otherwise?

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Countless people silently watched the young man.

Zheng Yu watched him, as did Ying Hongyue, the man with a sword on his back, and a great deal of others. They looked up at the sky, and the star that blazed like a sword. Sword intent flared from it and dao strength wafted through the surroundings. Everyone was a bit solemn.

Could the young man really call the entire dao universe to the world? This seemed to be only a beginning.

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Li Hao gave new instructions once the first star was complete. The second dao meridian began to agitate as the two Li Haos—one in Silver Moon, the other in the dao universe—worked in tandem on their respective sides.

In reality, they truly were working through the dao universe!

Apart from the newly formed star being replaced at the last possible second by one of the mental world, all of the other steps were real!

Nine real steps and one fake step! The key and the most important step was the fake.

In this regard, even Zheng Yu and the rest of the truly powerful would be hard pressed to determine what was real and fake if they weren't personally present. Not to mention, the star of sword dao was also a dao meridian, it was just an immaterial dao meridian.

Replacing the corporeal dao stars with immaterial dao stars and solidifying them with sword intent... Li Hao felt that only Li Daoheng's primary body would be able to identify the difference. Otherwise, even Zheng Yu would be fooled.

He was naturally aware that the entire world was watching these enormous proceedings. Silver Moon was enveloped by the strength of great dao. The five main cities had raised a barrier that isolated the world.

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Great Li.

The god of Initial Martial was likewise watching closely. He felt that something was amiss after a while, but couldn't identify what was amiss. He did not know enough of the new dao.

Next to him, the Great Li king and Jiang Li could only watch in a daze. Nothing seemed wrong to them.

"Is there a trap somewhere?" The king wracked his brains. "Will Li Hao kill anyone who enters the dao universe with that starry river? Where has he laid the trap?"

The young man had basically said that he'd set up a trap to trick people with, but no one could tell where it was even once proceedings were underway. At the very least, the Great Li king couldn't see anything!