Chapter 657: Heaven-Bestowed Authority
Li Hao felt as though he had become an ant, helpless to resist being crushed. The shadow of death seemed to envelop him, and the pressure of that vast will nearly shattered his divine soul, leaving him struggling to breathe. He sensed that if he refused to submit, both his body and soul would be annihilated, and his years of bitter cultivation would come to nothing!
But if he submitted, would those years of bitter cultivation not have been wasted all the same?
If I am no longer myself, if the chains of fate imprison my true self, how could I still be me?
"Then I won't prove this heavenly heart!!"
Li Hao raised his head and gazed at the sky. Feeling that thunderous rumbling, as though it were the anger of the Heavenly Dao itself, he screamed toward the heavens.
"The heavenly heart is my heart" and "my heart is the heavenly heart" were two different things. Reversing the order changed the meaning entirely.
Sensing Li Hao's fierce resolve, the rolling thunder grew increasingly piercing, as though it meant to surround him and shatter him. Yet as it continued to reverberate, it eventually began to fade, and the terrifying pressure around him slowly dissipated.
Li Hao gasped for breath, feeling utterly drained, as though he had taken a trip through the gates of death.
He knew that the slightest touch of that power could have reduced him to dust just now. This was the power of the Heavenly Dao, supreme and majestic, something he could never withstand...
"Proving the heavenly heart... so that's how it works. An emperor path bestowed by heaven, becoming a Son of Heaven-"
Li Hao now understood why proving the heavenly heart could make someone an Emperor Lord. Though they were