Cultivation Begins from Infancy - Chapter 300

Volume 3 - Chapter 42: I Will Condense My Own Sacred Bone – Part 2

Ji Xuanshen roared ferociously, unleashing a killing intent fueled by genuine rage. His entire body radiated a fiery red-gold glow as his aura surged dramatically. The energy of the surrounding heavens and earth converged upon him, flooding into his body to rapidly heal his injuries.

Simultaneously, this force poured into the Dao Domain, intensifying the rules of power. The oppressive force sought to strip Li Hao’s flesh and bones, leaving his body broken.

Under the sudden escalation of these fissuring rules, Li Hao’s flesh began to tear apart, and his body was riddled with wounds.

Without hesitation, Li Hao activated the attributes of the Supreme Body, briefly entering Supreme Phantom Form.

Even within the Dao Domain, his figure appeared to blur, becoming enigmatic and ungraspable.

But it lasted only for an instant before Li Hao ascended abruptly into the sky.

The Dao Domain enveloped the battlefield but did not extend far into the higher air.

Leaping out of the Dao Domain, Li Hao unleashed the power of Immortal Ascension once more, simultaneously activating the Undying Force!

He intended to fight at his peak and defeat Ji Xuanshen in one decisive strike.

"Immortal Ascension, eighty percent!"

Li Hao’s golden-red eyes blazed with determination, and golden blood seeped from his eyes. His flesh began to rupture continuously.

Like a vast spiderweb, the veins of heaven and earth stretched out, forcibly drawing the surrounding energies to him at an incredible speed. By the time Ji Xuanshen pursued him, Li Hao had already completed his transformation into Immortal Ascension.

"Again!"

Li Hao growled, pushing himself closer to his limits, raising the Immortal Ascension power by an additional five percent.

His entire body tore apart, and without the Undying Force, his flesh would have long since fallen away.

Reaching ninety percent would push Li Hao’s control to its breaking point, a state from which he could not return.

He could only approach this ultimate threshold cautiously.

A thunderous rumbling surged from within him, like ten thousand bolts of lightning roaring through his veins.

The terrifying pressure reverberated throughout the battlefield, his presence akin to a blazing sun illuminating the entire Holy Mountain.

Countless members of the Ji family raised their heads, their pupils quivering in awe as they gazed upon the young figure exuding a radiance comparable to the sun itself. Their shock rendered their faces frozen in disbelief.

“What… is that?!”

At this moment, the brilliance in the sky, like a divine sun from a distant horizon, seemed to descend upon the Ji family’s Holy Mountain.

It carried boundless majesty and blinding golden divine light, standing tall and unyielding.

Within the Dao Domain, Ji Xuanshen summoned the strength of the earth, soaring into the sky. Yet as he approached, he beheld the awe-inspiring divine might emanating from the young man, like the descent of a true god.

Ji Xuanshen’s pupils contracted sharply. Despite his best efforts to focus, he could not clearly see the figure of the youth before him, who was entirely enveloped in dazzling divine power.

Although shocked, his reaction was immediate and filled with fury. He tilted his head back and roared:

"Even if you were a god, I would cut you down!"

He raised his hand, summoning a divine sword from within his spatial realm. The blade landed in his palm, gathering the full power of his Dao Domain. He swung it upward in a devastating slash.

In the blinding divine radiance of the young man in midair, Li Hao’s body burned with divine flames, his blood boiling. His flesh was disintegrating and falling apart, but he clenched his fist tightly. Facing the surging sword light, he took half a step forward.

Boom!!

A violent clash erupted. The invincible might of his fist clashed with the extreme sharpness of the sword light, as if the wrath of a god had descended to shatter the entire Holy Mountain!

The peak sword light collided with the fist’s intent in the sky, the Dao Domain extending its reach as the fissuring rules of power rapidly encroached. However, the exchange concluded in an instant.

Then came a dazzling burst of divine radiance, scattering outward. Those who had strained to watch felt a sharp sting in their eyes, as though pierced by needles, and instinctively shut them tightly.

When they reopened their eyes, they saw that the seemingly world-cleaving sword light had snapped. The figure that had surged into the heavens was crushed by an overwhelming, beast-like force, slamming straight into the Dao Platform and embedding deeply.

The entire battlefield crumbled into a massive pit. However, the shockwave’s range was contained by Ji Daoxin’s barrier, preventing it from extending beyond the arena.

The Dao Platform vanished, leaving behind a cone-shaped crater.

In the sky remained only a lone figure, drenched in golden-red blood.

His skin and flesh were torn apart, revealing white bone on his fists and arms. Even a few ribs protruded through the melting and shedding flesh of his chest. The sight was horrifying.

Yet his posture was upright, like a youthful battle god, standing resolutely with his hair flying in the wind.

The wind, which had been howling through the heavens and earth, seemed to soften as it reached him, as if afraid to disturb his tragic yet magnificent form.

Perhaps, it even seemed to caress him gently, tending to his wounds.

This scene rendered the crowd of onlookers speechless, their voices caught in their throats.

That youth had defied the legends, vanquished the Ji family’s pride, and subdued the Dao Domain itself!

Ji Tianchao, Ji Yunqing, and others stood in stunned silence, staring blankly at the youth in midair. Despite his grievous injuries and near-death state, there was no doubt he had paid an enormous price to defeat Ji Xuanshen!

In that moment, they recalled Ji Yunge’s words and finally understood why, even in her dying breath, she had implored them to care for this youth with such deep conviction.

He had never received any of the Ji family’s resources, yet he surpassed every one of their geniuses.

Even the many prodigies defeated by Li Hao earlier were dumbfounded.

Ji Xuanshen, the towering genius of the Ji family who loomed like an insurmountable peak above them all, had also been defeated by this youth?

In the short silence that followed, the ground began to tremble. The crowd looked on, stunned, as a howling force erupted from the cone-shaped pit.

It was Ji Xuanshen.

At this moment, he appeared battered, his treasured garment torn and his divine armor cracked. His body was covered in blood, his once meticulously tied hair now loose and disheveled, leaving him in a state of utter disarray.

Yet his eyes, golden like twin stars, burned with fierce, wrathful light as he gazed intently through his scattered hair.

"Is this… the limit of your strength?"

Ji Xuanshen's voice was cold, biting, as if he were clenching his teeth in fury. Since his days fighting for the title of supreme genius, he had never suffered injuries this severe, nor been so humiliated.

Li Hao's flesh slowly began to mend, though he was unable to speak while suppressing the power of Immortal Ascension. Waves of searing pain pulsed through his body, yet his eyes remained fixed on Ji Xuanshen. This genius of the Taiping Dao Domain was far more tenacious than the Candlefire God he had faced before.

"Without me here, you might indeed have acquired the Dao Seed," Li Hao said, his voice steady but cold. "But with me standing in your path, I am the mountain you cannot surpass!"

From Ji Xuanshen’s chest and abdomen, a brilliant silver light began to emanate, cutting through flesh as if connecting him to the heavens.

It was a radiant silver glow, piercing through his physical body, as though mere mortal flesh could not contain its holy luminescence.

“But you lack the Sacred Bone," he growled, anger blazing in his eyes. "Originally, I planned to subdue you with only the Dao Domain, but if you’ve forced me to use the Sacred Bone, then your death will be worth it.”

Ji Xuanshen glared at Li Hao, frustration gleaming in his gaze. Even if he won, it would be a hollow victory; if he lost, it would break his Dao Heart and leave an indelible scar.

"A Sacred Bone!” someone gasped from the crowd. “Ji Xuanshen is using the power of the Sacred Bone!"

“Yes… this has always been Ji Xuanshen’s ultimate trump card!”

The crowd watched in awe as Ji Xuanshen’s body radiated the silver-hued holy light of the Sacred Bone. It was clear that, regardless of the outcome, Li Hao had already achieved the unimaginable by pushing Ji Xuanshen this far.

A force that seemed beyond mortal comprehension began to flow into Ji Xuanshen from the heavens, gathering within him.

Ji Xuanshen’s aura became mystical and overwhelming, his dark hair fluttering as his golden eyes grew cold and deadly focused on Li Hao.

"Without a Sacred Bone, even with a Dao Seed, you will one day be replaced," he said with a chilling finality. "Be subdued!"

With that single word, a limitless brilliance emanated from the Sacred Bone within him, carrying an intangible force of law. The moment he spoke, that indescribable power slammed down onto Li Hao’s body.

Li Hao’s pupils shrank as he felt an immense weight pressing upon his skull, as if some unstoppable force were trying to push him down into the earth.

He could sense no technique, no force, only an overwhelming presence, a fundamental law of the universe itself.

This... was a power approaching the realm of a Saint!

Li Hao’s barely-healing wounds tore open once more as he felt his body being forced downwards. But he clenched his teeth, stubbornly halting his descent.

The cost of resisting, however, was brutal—his entire body tore open, rendering him a bloody figure, as if covered in countless new wounds.

Li Hao slowly lifted his head, his gaze locking onto Ji Xuanshen, who hovered above him, staring down with cold, golden eyes.

"Do you think you can defy the power of a Saint?"

Ji Xuanshen’s abdomen continued to shine with a brilliant silver light, revealing a single bone emanating the holy glow. His mortal body could not conceal the Sacred Bone’s radiance.

It was as if ten thousand mountains weighed upon Li Hao’s back and head. This force was even more oppressive than the Dao Domain, yet Li Hao knew that if he were to be completely suppressed, he might never rise again.

His blood surged as he unleashed a towering aura, once more summoning the power of Immortal Ascension.

But this time, his flesh had yet to heal before it was forced to this extreme once more, his iron-like body reduced to mangled flesh, pieces falling off like ragged remnants.

“Argh!!”

Li Hao’s rage-filled roar filled the heavens, his hair standing on end as his flesh fully ruptured, revealing a radiant red-gold skeleton in many places.

Yet, even as he fully released his power, it could not shake the vast and indescribable weight pressing down upon him.

“It’s useless; you are but a hybrid, lacking the Sacred Bone of our Ji family’s founder. Below the level of Saints, all are mere ants.” Ji Xuanshen’s voice was cold, detached.

“A mere Sacred Bone, and you think you can suppress me?”

Li Hao’s defiant roar reverberated across the entire mountain. “I don’t need to inherit a Sacred Bone; one day, I’ll condense my own Sacred Bone!”

The young warrior’s shout echoed throughout the mountaintop.

At that moment, a towering, majestic Heavenly Avatar manifested behind Li Hao.

The colossal figure exuded a silent roar, its form brimming with an overwhelming might. It swiftly absorbed the veins of heaven and earth at the mountain’s peak, drawing in the power of the surrounding heavens.

As the Heavenly Avatar’s energy surged, it emanated scorching waves of air, its presence filling the battlefield with radiant heat.

Together, Li Hao and the Heavenly Avatar struck simultaneously, their fists aiming at the sky where Ji Xuanshen hovered.

The Avatar’s massive fist descended like a true meteor, casting a vast shadow that instantly obscured the entirety of Tiandao Mountain.

“That… that’s the Third Extreme Realm—Heavenly Avatar!”

The towering figure, as awe-inspiring as a deity, loomed over every face on Tiandao Mountain, its shadow covering the battlefield entirely.

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