Cultivation Begins from Infancy - Chapter 253

Volume 3 - Chapter 18: I Want to Go Home – Part 1

"Eh?"

Faced with Li Hao's imposing aura, the Hundred-Zhang Demon’s expression changed slightly, a trace of gravity appearing on its face. "This strange sensation... it feels familiar. Are you one of the ancient prodigies of the Great Wilderness Heaven?"

Li Hao didn’t respond. In a battle of life and death, there was no need for wasted words.

Kill!

His entire body ruptured as crimson-gold divine blood streamed forth. The surging power of the heavens and earth coursing through him turned his hair silver-white, as if burning his very life force.

Suddenly, he activated multiple attributes from his All-Manifestations Attribute, unleashing an all-out attack on his foe.

He struck with full force from the start.

...

Sword Dao Reincarnation!

The world seemed to fall into a brief silence. The Qingshuang Sword in his hand radiated an inky-black sword light, like a dark lightning bolt ripping through the void.

The sword light tore apart space, reversed light and shadow, and gathered all things into one strike, directly shattering the domain!

The Hundred-Zhang Demon’s Dao Domain was forcibly slashed open by the black sword light. The light surged forward with unstoppable force, cutting through like a razor slicing silk, heading straight for the demon.

"What?!"

The Hundred-Zhang Demon’s pupils contracted in shock. His Dao Domain was torn apart?

"My Dao Domain is supposed to be invincible!"

He roared furiously, closing the torn edges of his domain and exerting immense pressure on the black sword light, trying to obliterate its martial intent and power.

Thunder, fire, wind, and snow erupted within the sword light, creating various phenomena as the light was worn down. Yet, it continued to advance.

What appeared to be a single sword light was, in reality, the convergence of hundreds, even thousands of sword lights, each one embodying Li Hao’s full power.

Only at this near-critical limit of transcending immortality could Li Hao summon such a vast force in an instant, compressing it into one earth-shattering strike.

With a deafening explosion, the black sword light shattered the dark glow in the palm of the Hundred-Zhang Demon, sending blood splattering. Ghostly black energy emanated from the wound.

Li Hao howled, charging forward. Cloaked in the power of his ancestral spirits, he wielded the Qingshuang Sword, stepping boldly into the Dao Domain and slashing at the Hundred-Zhang Demon’s head.

"You!"

The demon’s skull was split open, blood gushing as thick black mist poured from its body. Forced backward, the Hundred-Zhang Demon stared at Li Hao in horror.

The torn Dao Domain closed in around Li Hao, encapsulating him, but to the demon’s shock, the domain failed to immediately crush his body.

Though Li Hao’s body trembled, he withstood the suppression of the Dao Domain's rules. His body fractured and cracked, his bones groaning under the strain, but he seemed capable of enduring for a while.

The scene was beyond the Hundred-Zhang Demon’s comprehension.

This was a Dao Domain!

And yet, Li Hao’s physical body was too resilient—comparable to the most refined divine weapons!

"Kill!"

Li Hao roared, unleashing a flurry of furious slashes.

His body, equivalent to an eight-forged divine weapon nearing a ninth forging, could not be instantly destroyed even within the Dao Domain.

Weapons surpassing the level of seven-forged divine weapons required time for a Dao Domain to incinerate completely.

Even Lu Yuan’s body, comparable to a six-forged divine weapon, was already top-tier among martial elites, yet it fell far short of Li Hao’s current level.

Sword light raged as Li Hao disregarded his injuries and launched a relentless assault.

The Hundred-Zhang Demon also bellowed in fury, unleashing its true wrath, something it had never needed before.

It summoned waves of demonic energy, its body engulfed in black flames as its massive palms struck repeatedly. These enormous hands could effortlessly devastate a city, reducing it to a basin of ruins. Yet, against Li Hao’s sword light, they were forced back again and again.

...

Li Xiaoran, who was frantically searching for a way out nearby, saw Li Hao’s battle and was horrified.

Although bolstered by the ancestral spirits, the terrifying might Li Hao displayed came entirely from his own explosive strength.

Witnessing this, Li Xiaoran grew even more anxious. With such extraordinary talent, Li Hao could not be allowed to die in the River of Death.

Beyond the ancestral shrine, where else was there a path to survival?

Li Xiaoran sifted through his memories of past clues about this place, faintly grasping at something.

At that moment, the Divine General Mansion trembled with a deafening roar. Li Xiaoran turned to see a massive cloud of demonic energy surging as the protective formation shattered. Demonic hordes from outside the city poured onto the walls, engaging in a brutal battle.

Amid the chaos, the most striking figures were Li Tianzong and the tattered-robed youth.

"Brother, if you’re still conscious, show me the way..."

Li Xiaoran’s eyes brimmed with sorrow as he gritted his teeth and continued piecing together his thoughts.

Meanwhile, Li Hao and the Hundred-Zhang Demon had reached the boiling point of their battle, both drenched in blood.

Li Hao’s blood, splattering within the Dao Domain, was instantly compressed and exploded into mist. The domain carried an unimaginably oppressive gravity that would cause most martial elites to explode and perish upon entry.

"Die!!"

Li Hao roared, drawing upon even more of the power of heaven and earth. He surpassed seventy percent of his bottleneck, pushing it to a new height.

This surge in power also brought him to the brink of losing control.

With the increasingly violent energy coursing through him, Li Hao forged hundreds and thousands of protective layers around his body.

He wasn’t unaffected by the Dao Domain; its crushing pressure was continually eroded by the strength he expended to resist it. It was like water soaking through paper: a single sheet would be instantly soaked, but an entire book would take far longer.

Boom!

Li Hao’s sword light, resembling a black thunderbolt, sliced through half of the Hundred-Zhang Demon’s head.

Even with only a mouth remaining, the demon howled in rage, unleashing its full strength. Its veins and meridians erupted with power, its aura surging violently.

Li Hao, unrelenting, hurled himself at the demon’s head, the Qingshuang Sword in hand. Seizing an opportunity, he thrust his hand directly into the demon’s brain, fully activating the Ten Thousand Blood True Demon Technique.

The power surged like a ferocious pump, drawing the demon’s vital essence and energy into Li Hao’s body.

"What kind of vile technique is this?!"

The Hundred-Zhang Demon roared in anger and disbelief. Even as a demon, it found the technique horrifyingly sinister.

"Your obsession ends here!"

Li Hao’s icy gaze locked onto his opponent, observing its increasingly diminished aura. Sensing hope for victory, he unleashed his sword again. The Qingshuang Sword danced around him, slashing out black sword lights that shielded him from the Dao Domain's power while he delved deeper into the demon’s head.

Under the nourishment of the demon’s vital essence, the cracks and ruptures across Li Hao’s body began to heal.

However, the violent power of the heavens and earth enveloped both Li Hao and the Hundred-Zhang Demon, tearing at them relentlessly.

Li Hao accelerated his absorption. Amid the demon’s agonized howls, its body collapsed to its knees. The Dao Domain, once frantically suppressing Li Hao, began to falter and dissipate.

As the domain vanished, the crushing weight on Li Hao’s arms lifted by what felt like millions of pounds. With one final effort, he tore the demon’s body apart.

Blood sprayed across the battlefield as Li Hao absorbed the remaining energy.

The demon’s essence strengthened Li Hao’s body, pushing it closer to the transcendent realm of immortality.

The power of heaven and earth continued to destroy Li Hao’s body, but at the same time, his flesh and blood underwent repeated refinement, breaking and regenerating, forging a stronger and more perfect vessel.

Li Hao emerged from the carnage bathed in blood, exuding the terrifying aura of a death god. Raising his hand, he swung his sword, severing the flow of the heavens around him.

The destructive force stopped, and the fractures in Li Hao’s body finally ceased.

He forced his body to stabilize and suppressed his transcendent state, managing to regain control before losing himself entirely.

Breathing heavily, Li Hao quickly retrieved a handful of divine medicine and consumed it. As his body absorbed the medicinal energy, his vitality surged like a roaring furnace.

Though such reckless consumption would leave long-lasting repercussions on his martial path, Li Hao cared little for the consequences at the moment.

Once his energy returned to its peak, Li Hao strode out from the remains of the Hundred-Zhang Demon. His gaze shifted to the battlefield outside the Divine General Mansion, where the Candlefire God continued to assault the formation.

A murderous glint appeared in his eyes.

To him, this opponent no longer posed the same threat as before.

Li Hao could feel his physical body ascend to an unprecedented level. The relentless onslaught of heaven's force and his refined flesh had elevated his strength to match a nine-forged divine weapon.

With a single step, Li Hao appeared near the formation.

The sudden arrival startled the Candlefire God, who glanced at him briefly before ignoring him, continuing to focus on breaking the formation.

If Li Hao attacked from within the formation, the Candlefire God would be forced to defend from the outside.

However, Li Hao had no intention of allowing the formation to bear the brunt of any further damage.

Taking another step, Li Hao crossed directly into the Candlefire God’s Dao Domain.

"Hm? You dare seek death so boldly..."

The Candlefire God raised an eyebrow, momentarily surprised, but quickly smirked at the challenge.

Summoning his full power, he activated his Dao Domain to incinerate Li Hao completely.

Li Hao felt waves of searing heat surround him, his blood nearly boiling. This time, however, he refrained from expending excessive energy to block the domain. Instead, he extended a hand to test it directly.

Pain surged through his fingertips, as though pressed against a red-hot iron plate.

Yet, despite the agony, his fingers did not immediately turn to ash.

At this moment, Li Hao’s physical body alone could resist the Dao Domain's effects—though only for a limited time.

This allowed him to redirect all the power he would have used to block the domain into his attacks instead.

"Die!"

Li Hao launched an all-out assault, his determination reflected in his merciless strikes.

Without the barrier of protective power, his body was subjected to the full intensity of the domain, like being submerged in scalding water.

But his will remained unshaken, his expression betraying no pain. His eyes burned with divine intent as his sword slashed with unrelenting fury.

"What?!"

The Candlefire God’s expression turned to one of horror. Li Hao’s physical body alone was enduring the Dao Domain’s rules?

This was inconceivable!

A closer look revealed the truth—Li Hao had tempered his body to the strength of a nine-forged divine weapon, a feat monstrous even by the standards of demonic cultivators.

Boom!

As Li Hao's sword light descended like a tempest, the Candlefire God quickly summoned a fiery halberd from the void and clashed against the sword.

The impact nearly wrenched the halberd from his grasp, its glow dimming under the ferocity of the attack.

Li Hao stepped further into his transcendent state, channeling eighty percent of heaven’s power.

The Dao Domain tightened, its terrifying power compressing further as Li Hao advanced, executing the Heaven and Earth Unbounded Sword Technique. Black sword light rained down like a relentless storm.

Earlier, the protective array of the Divine General Mansion had obscured the battle between Li Hao and the Hundred-Zhang Demon, leaving the Candlefire God unaware of the transformation Li Hao had undergone. But now, as Li Hao fully unleashed his power, the Candlefire God felt his heart quake with an ominous foreboding.

Li Hao’s relentless assault overwhelmed him. Each clash of sword light against his fiery halberd left the Candlefire God retreating step by step, disbelief and rage clouding his mind.

Within his own Dao Domain, where he should have been invincible, he was being suppressed by a mere Transcendent State cultivator.

“This is absurd!” he growled internally, his composure beginning to crack.

“Lord Husband…”

From a distance, Yin Lady stared in shock, her delicate features frozen in disbelief. Her eyes widened as if she were witnessing an impossible dream.

Nearby, Lu Yuan, who had been cautiously observing from the shadows, froze in his tracks. A chill ran down his spine as he stared at Li Hao, his expression one of utter terror.

“This kid…” Lu Yuan muttered, his voice trembling. “He’s far more terrifying than when I saw him at Tianmen Pass.”

Boom!

Li Hao’s black sword light struck the Candlefire God’s shoulder, severing an arm in a clean, brutal slice.

The Candlefire God howled, flames erupting from the wound to cauterize the gushing blood. His expression darkened further as his gaze fixed on Li Hao, his silver hair glinting in the dim light like the harbinger of death.

“This must be some dreadful forbidden art…” the Candlefire God murmured, his mind racing to make sense of Li Hao’s overwhelming strength. Despite the destructive heat of the Dao Domain scorching his flesh, Li Hao’s body regenerated at an incredible rate, the broken blood and flesh reforming as if by sheer defiance.

Faced with this terrifying resilience, the Candlefire God’s fury burned hotter. He activated his Undying Force, regrowing his severed arm in an instant, and charged at Li Hao once more.

The two clashed ferociously, their battle tearing apart the streets outside the Divine General Mansion. The ground was reduced to a charred wasteland, riddled with deep blackened craters where their blows had landed.

Yin Lady and Lu Yuan exchanged glances from afar, both seeing the same fear mirrored in each other’s eyes. Neither dared to intervene.

The sheer scale of the battle had surpassed anything they could contend with. Even as elites of the Absolute Technique Stage, they were helpless bystanders in the face of Li Hao’s rampage.

“This boy… if he walks away from this alive, he’ll soon rival the Boundless Buddhist Lord,” Yin Lady whispered, her voice laced with dread. “He might even become the third figure of the Great Yu Divine Dynasty whom everyone fears to provoke…”

Boom!

Li Hao’s sword struck true once again, sending the Candlefire God’s body crashing to the ground. He skidded across the charred terrain, carving out a massive trench before coming to a halt.

Li Hao, unwavering, followed through with another strike, closing the distance in a flash.

The Candlefire God retaliated, surging from the ground in a burst of flames. His halberd shot forward with devastating force, clashing directly with Li Hao’s sword.

The fierce exchange left both combatants bloodied, yet Li Hao’s body healed with terrifying speed, his severed arm regenerating before the Candlefire God could even recover fully from his own wounds.

The Candlefire God’s heart sank as he watched Li Hao’s body surpass even his own regenerative abilities.

“No… This boy’s physical regeneration is monstrous!”

Smack!

Li Hao’s sword grazed the Candlefire God’s face, forcing him to stumble back.

The Candlefire God’s fury erupted as he unleashed a blazing fireball, attempting to force Li Hao back, but the younger cultivator dispersed it with a single swing of his sword.

Then, to the Candlefire God’s shock, Li Hao stepped forward, closing the gap again with impossible speed.

A fiery glint filled Li Hao’s eyes as he bellowed: “What happened to all your threats? Weren’t you going to kill me and break the formation? Why are you retreating now?!”

Hearing Li Hao’s taunt, the Candlefire God’s face turned crimson with rage, yet a flicker of hesitation flashed in his eyes.

His heart burned with both anger and unease.

Without using his ultimate trump card, he realized he was no match for this crazed youth.

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