Follow the path of Dao from infancy

Chapter 1368: Chapter 315: Stepping onto the Emperor Road (Part 2)

Time flew by.

The Divine Tree Dao Fruit gifted by the Water Dao Origin Divine Tree was absorbed and digested by Li Hao. He continuously painted, creating one wondrous scene after another of the Original Secret Realm. His Artistic Path Experience had already reached the bottleneck of the eleventh rank.

In painting, he constantly comprehended the levels of space and the Water Dao and Earth Path Origins. However, due to the effect of the Water Dao Origin Divine Tree Dao Fruit, his understanding of the Water Dao deepened, making his paintings more perfect and reaching the pinnacle of the eleventh rank limit.

Yet, Li Hao still hadn’t comprehended the Artistic Path Heart Realm. Perhaps it was the influence of the Water Dao Origin, leading his mind to be filled entirely with insights of the Water Dao Origin.

In the blink of an eye, Li Hao’s Water Dao Origin unknowingly advanced from the Second Level to the Third Level, and then broke through the bottleneck to enter the Fourth Origin Realm!

But when the Water Dao Origin reached the Fourth Level, Li Hao’s understanding of the Water Dao underwent an earth-shattering transformation. This level was already approaching that of the two earlier Immortal Monarch Realms.

However, Li Hao felt that his level of Water Dao Origin was still far inferior to that of Boya Xuejian.

Once the Divine Tree Dao Fruit was completely digested, the Water Dao Origin Divine Tree sent Li Hao a handful of Divine Tree Dew. It was a verdant condensed nectar, sparkling like morning dew, exuding a fragrant aroma.

Upon consuming it, Li Hao felt as if all the pores in his body opened up, experiencing a sense of merging with the Soul Milk of the Water Dao Origin Divine Tree.

Under that wondrous sensation, he seemed to touch a deeper level of the Water Dao Origin, which further ascended, nearing the extreme of the Fourth Origin Realm, almost touching the Fifth Realm!

"I have nothing more to offer you here. Return after ten thousand years, and I will present you with another portion of dew."

The gentle woman incarnated by the Water Dao Origin Divine Tree gazed at Li Hao and said.

Li Hao nodded and asked, "How long have I been here?"

"Almost a year."

"So long..."

Li Hao was somewhat startled. No wonder the True Realm claimed that a millennium was but a fleeting moment; he felt only immersed in cultivation and absorption, yet a year had passed.

In the past, he could accomplish many things in a year and play numerous games of chess.

Yet he knew that the Tao Origin was profoundly deep; merely absorbing and comprehending it once, his consciousness had already traversed a considerable distance.

"Thank you, senior." Li Hao clasped his hands in salute and bid farewell to the Water Dao Origin Divine Tree.

In total, seven years had passed since he first arrived, with two years already gone here.

Having spent over half a year on the Heavenly Bridge, the time remaining to him was limited.

"I will send you directly to my second brother’s Divine Tree Secret Realm."

The Water Dao Origin Divine Tree said.

Immediately, she waved her hand, and Li Hao felt the azure secret realm before him vanish, enveloped instead by an endless verdant secret realm.

The Water Dao Origin Divine Tree disappeared from sight, replaced by the stooped old man he had seen before.

"You’ve arrived."

The Wood Dao Origin Divine Tree looked at Li Hao, his expression kind, then produced a Divine Tree Dao Fruit to hand to Li Hao, "Let’s begin."

Li Hao thanked him with clasped hands and promptly entered into a contract with him, receiving the Divine Tree Dao Fruit.

He consumed the Dao Fruit and began to meditate with closed eyes.

Time flowed on.

In the Five Paths Origin City, spiritual explosions appeared once a year, with many people competing for them.

As time passed, more and more people arrived at the Five Paths Origin City.

Three years whisked by in the blink of an eye.

By then, Li Hao stood within the secret realm of the Fire Dao Origin Divine Tree.

He was cooking the Ancient Demon Corpse remaining in the Heaven and Earth Space, gobbling it before the red-haired woman present.

"Your skills are truly impressive."

The red-haired woman couldn’t help but exclaim at the aroma of Li Hao’s cooking, growing more convinced of what Li Hao had said previously.

Eating the Ancient Demon as food, the boy before her was more trustworthy than she had imagined; she felt she could trust this boy even without a contract.

Li Hao smiled, continued cooking, while the Divine Tree Dao Fruit he consumed gradually digested, and his Fire Dao Origin Realm broke through from the Third Level to the Fourth Origin!

"Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth..."

As the Fire Dao Origin broke through, Li Hao’s mind suddenly cleared, struck by an ethereal sensation, like being hit by something, feeling dazzled.

When the Five Paths Origins reached the same realm, he suddenly sensed that besides mutual generation and restraint, there seemed to be a terrifying cycle of power among them.

That power entwined the Five Paths, regenerating like reincarnation, capable of unleashing an incredible special force.

"Hmm?"

The red-haired woman looked at Li Hao, suddenly sensing something amiss, detecting a terrifying undulation within Li Hao’s aura.

She was momentarily stunned, her eyes widening slightly as the terrifying undulation evoked a familiar feeling in her, like a long-closed memory being unlocked.

It was from the beginning, when the Five Extremes Immortal Emperor established the Five Paths Origin City and created them.

Now, that terrifying undulation unexpectedly shared even a slight resemblance with the aura released by the Five Extremes Immortal Emperor who created them!

"He..."

The red-haired woman froze in place, her heart suddenly racing. She quickly summoned the others.

Soon enough, the secret realm space filled with the stooped old man and the Water Dao Origin Divine Tree, all staring in astonishment at the boy in the center.

The boy had his eyes closed, his body undergoing some kind of terrifying transformation, as he was immersed in a kind of metamorphosis.

"This aura..."

The stooped old man’s eyes widened completely, emitting a frightening light, revealing a look of astonishment, "This is the aura of the Five Extremes Immortal Emperor!"

"Indeed, could he be comprehending the Tao of the Five Extremes Immortal Emperor?!"