Arc 11The Return to Qing Prefecture

Li Hao returned to You Province, saved Qing Prefecture from the demon assault, and rejected the Li Family’s pleas to rejoin them. After searching for the missing Old Feng, he learned that Boundless Mountain had captured Feng Boping and confronted the Buddha Master over his imprisonment and the sect’s role in the past betrayal.

  • Li Hao reached Liyang City, killed the demons surrounding it, and went to Youzhou City after the Demon Tide retreated.
  • Li Hao joined Xia Linglong and Xia Yuanwu on the eastern battlefield, killed King Taisui and the Gluttony Valley Elders, and cleared the demon tide with a vast rain of sword qi.
  • As Qingzhou City’s defenses collapsed, Li Hao arrived, defeated Dragon Absolute God, Phoenix Soaring Sky, and their powerful allies, and ended the assault.
  • Li Hao rejected Ji Qingqing and Li Tiangang, declared that he had severed his Li Family bloodline, and left the Divine General Residence despite the ancestors’ attempts to keep him.
  • Li Hao traveled through Qing Prefecture clearing demons, returned to Heaven’s Gate Pass, and searched for Old Feng while studying the Xia Family’s cultivation manuals.
  • Jiang Lichen told Li Hao that Boundless Mountain had captured Feng Boping and planned to execute him, so Li Hao set out for the Buddhist Sect with Jiang Lichen joining him.
  • Li Muxiu also left to rescue Feng Boping, while Li Hao broke through Boundless Mountain’s defenses and confronted the Buddha Master in the Supreme Buddha Hall.
  • Li Hao demanded Feng Boping’s release, and the Buddha Master admitted that Boundless Mountain had supplied the God Blood Poison Pill used against Li Hao as part of a plan to help Li Qianfeng become the Li Family True Dragon.
Chapters 251–275 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 251Watching opera, suppressing demons

Li Hao enjoyed an opera in a small town while silently killing demons, then continued toward Liyang City, where the Xia Family forces were besieged. He arrived as a demon threatened the city and destroyed the demon with a glance.

  • A waiter told Li Hao that Liang Prefecture had recovered, and Li Hao set out with Evening Primrose and the Candlelight God to enjoy the town’s opera.
  • Li Hao killed more than a dozen demons approaching the town by sending melon seed shells flying at them, then left for Liyang City the next morning.
  • On the way, Li Hao secretly killed demons near two cities while he and his companions evaded their detection arrays.
  • In Liyang City, the Xia Family’s advisers and generals argued over their dwindling supplies and whether to fly Young General Haotian’s battle flag to frighten the demons.
  • A Three Immortalities Realm veteran pursued a demon beyond the city’s array but stopped before entering an ambush, while Li Hao rode toward them on horseback.
  • As Li Hao approached, demons collapsed around him, and he killed the middle-aged demon in midair with a glance.

Ch. 252His name

Li Hao reached Liyang City and effortlessly killed the Great Demon besieging it, then revealed his identity as Duke Haotian and Liang Province Grand Commander. After he agreed to stay for three days while the Xia Family consulted its Family Head, the demons learned he had returned and withdrew from the city, while the news spread to You Province’s front lines.

  • Li Hao killed the Great Demon in the Three Immortalities Realm and the other demons on the road to Liyang City, then asked the Old General of the Xia Family to open the gates.
  • The Old General of the Xia Family recognized Li Hao as Duke Haotian, welcomed him into the city, and introduced him to Xia Qingshuang, Xia Yucheng, and the other young Xia Family generals.
  • Li Hao learned that Liang Prefecture was at peace while You Province faced war, and the Old General of the Xia Family begged him to help the clan; Li Hao agreed to stay for three days pending the Family Head’s decision.
  • A Bird Demon reported Li Hao’s arrival to two Great Demons, who ordered the Demon Tide to retreat from Liyang City.
  • Tianji Hall relayed the news of Li Hao’s return to the demonic front lines, including Gluttony Valley’s master.

Ch. 253An invitation from the Xia Family

Xia Linglong planned to lure Gluttony Valley’s forces into a trap while protecting as many people as possible, then learned that Liyang was safe and that Li Hao had come to You Province. She invited him to the Xia Family residence, where she welcomed him in person.

  • Xia Linglong ordered the Xia Family to evacuate residents and prepare an ancestral array at Azure Ridge to trap the Gluttony Valley Master.
  • Xia Linglong received a report that Liyang was safe and learned that Li Hao had arrived in You Province.
  • The Xia Family decided to invite Li Hao to join their campaign and sent him a personal letter from Xia Linglong.
  • After the demons withdrew from Liyang, Li Hao left for Youzhou City with the Candlelight God and arrived at the Xia Family residence.
  • Xia Linglong welcomed Li Hao outside the residence as General Haotian.

Ch. 254Taking Care of It Along the Way (Two Chapters in One)

Li Hao visited Xia Linglong’s residence, learned that Qing Prefecture was under siege, and offered to help both Qing Prefecture and You Province. He raced to You Province’s eastern battlefield and challenged the Gluttony Valley Master, who had not yet appeared.

  • Xia Linglong welcomed Li Hao and hosted a banquet where an elderly scholar recited his poems, impressing the Xia Family with his learning and accomplishments.
  • After Li Hao asked about the fighting in eastern You Province, Xia Linglong explained that Gluttony Valley was attacking and that Qing Prefecture was besieged by the Saint Palace and Dragon Gate.
  • Li Hao thanked Xia Linglong for offering the Xia Family’s battle flag to aid Qing Prefecture, then said he would deal with Gluttony Valley along the way.
  • Li Hao revealed that he could handle the Great Peace Dao Realm, and Xia Linglong and Xia Yuanwu agreed to lead him to the eastern battlefield.
  • Li Hao rode the Candlelight God to the Second Defense Line, where demons were overwhelming the defenders, and shouted for the Gluttony Valley Master to come out.

Ch. 255Overwhelming

Li Hao revealed his great peace Dao realm strength, swiftly defeated King Taisui and Gluttony Valley’s elders, and left King Taisui’s remaining soul with Xia Linglong to interrogate. He then unleashed a vast rain of sword qi across the battlefield as he prepared to head to Qing Prefecture.

  • King Taisui led four Gluttony Valley Elders toward Li Hao, Xia Linglong, and Xia Yuanwu after hearing Li Hao call out.
  • Li Hao’s Dao domain instantly destroyed one elder, revealed his great peace Dao realm, and killed another elder.
  • Li Hao allowed Candlelight God to burn two more elders, while King Taisui failed to release his half-step Dao domain against Li Hao.
  • Li Hao crushed King Taisui’s body and left a fragment of his divine soul with Xia Linglong for interrogation before departing for Qing Prefecture.
  • Li Hao gathered power across the battlefield and sent a vast rain of sword qi into the demon tide, killing demons across more than two hundred li.

Ch. 256Through the ancestral blood summons

Li Hao annihilated the demon army attacking the Xia Family’s defense line, then rode toward Qing Prefecture, where Qingzhou City was besieged and the Li Family faced destruction. With outside help absent and Li Muxiu nearing collapse, the family decided to invoke the Ancestral Blood Summons and call every Li bloodline descendant to defend their legacy.

  • Li Hao used a vast rain of sword qi to destroy the demons attacking the Xia Family’s defense line, then left the remaining stragglers to Xia Linglong and Yuanwu as he headed for Qing Prefecture.
  • The Li Family’s defenses retreated to besieged Qingzhou City after demons overran most of Qing Prefecture, while the Dragon Gate Master and Saint Palace Master kept Li Muxiu and Li Xiaoran under pressure.
  • Li Muxiu learned that Boundless Mountain had not answered the Li Family’s plea for aid and told Li Xiaoran to prepare the Ancestral Blood Summons because he could no longer hold out much longer.
  • Li Xiaoran reached the Divine General Residence and told Li Tiangang and the others to summon every descendant of Li Family blood for the final battle.

Ch. 257Thus should you regard them

As Qing Prefecture faced a final battle against two demons of the great peace dao realm, the Li Family activated the Ancestral Blood Summons to call its scattered members home. Li Qianfeng felt the summons at Boundless Mountain, but the Buddha Master forbade him from returning and told him to remain focused on cultivation.

  • Li Tiangang agreed to request the Ancestral Blood Sacrifice while Li Xiaoran and the family remained divided over Li Hao’s death.
  • He Jianlan rebuked Wang Xiangru for her children’s estrangement from the Li Family, and Wang Xiangru defended herself before the other madams dismissed her words.
  • Li Xiaoran reflected that Li Hao had no reason to return, as the family prepared to spend its resources and lives fighting the demons.
  • An ancestor sacrificed his divine soul to raise the Ancestral Blood Summons, and Li Yuanzhao, Li Zhining, and Li Family members throughout the residence felt its call.
  • Li Family disciples at Boundless Mountain felt the summons and hurried to leave, while Li Qianfeng asked the Buddha Master to let him return home.
  • The Buddha Master refused Li Qianfeng’s request, promised to send Universal Salvation Bodhisattva to aid the Li Family and bring his mother, and urged him to set aside worldly attachments.

Ch. 258All Streams Return to the Source-the Source of Their Ancestry

As Qing Prefecture faced catastrophe, the Li Family invoked the Ancestral Blood Summons, prompting Wang Zhenping to hurry there to rescue his daughter while arranging for Li Jiangying and Li Rumeng to enter a Mo River. Across Great Yu, Li Family descendants and allied factions answered the summons and began converging on Qing Prefecture.

  • Li Jiangying and Li Rumeng sensed the Ancestral Blood Summons, and Wang Zhenping decided to travel to Qing Prefecture to save their mother.
  • Li Jiangying suggested entering a Mo River to avoid the summons, so Wang Zhenping arranged for the siblings to enter one and pursue merit.
  • Li Jiangying and Li Rumeng discussed their hopes of catching up to the youth they resented and feared their mother might not be rescued in time.
  • Across Great Yu, people with Li Family blood responded to the summons, and factions including the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion mobilized forces toward Qing Prefecture.

Ch. 259Desolate God

Li Tiangang mobilized the Li Family’s forces and resources to defend Qingzhou City, while blood relatives across Qing Prefecture answered the Ancestral Blood Summons. Outside the city, Dragon Absolute God and Phoenix Soaring Sky received orders and treasures from the Desolate God as they prepared to attack.

  • Li Tiangang ordered the Li Family to open its Secret Vault, distribute medicines and weapons, and bring returning relatives through the secret passage beneath the Huai River.
  • Li Tiangang told Ji Qingqing to rest, then reassured Li Yuanzhao, Li Wushuang, and the other young relatives that they would help when the family members returned; Li Wushuang mourned Li Hao.
  • Liu Yuerong prayed that her son would stay with the Buddha Master and not return to risk his life for the Li Family.
  • Li Family branches across Qing Prefecture sent signals to guide relatives toward Qingzhou City, while others fought demons as they traveled there.
  • The Tianji Hall Elder warned Dragon Absolute God and Phoenix Soaring Sky that the Li Family had used the Divine General Blood Summoning Secret Technique, and they discussed how to break the city’s defenses.
  • The Desolate God warned Dragon Absolute God and Phoenix Soaring Sky that the Qing Prince was approaching, then lent them two Saint Heart Treasures and demanded they destroy the Li Family.

Ch. 260Grief (two chapters in one)

Dragon Absolute God and Phoenix Soaring Sky attacked Qingzhou City with Saint Heart Treasures while the demon army launched an all-out assault. As the Sunlight Fate Wheel Array drained the city’s lifespan, the Li Family’s ancestral heroic souls emerged to join the battle and empower their descendants and allies.

  • Phoenix Soaring Sky battered Qingzhou City's array with the Profound Universe Heavy Tower while Dragon Absolute God engaged Li Muxiu with the Ten Extremes Sword.
  • Ji Qingqing and Li Tiangang attacked Phoenix Soaring Sky, but the demon elders and millions of soldiers advanced on the city.
  • Li Tiangang activated the Sunlight Fate Wheel Array, drawing lifespan from the city’s inhabitants and prompting the Li Family ancestors’ heroic souls to emerge from the Ancestral Shrine.
  • Li Qingzheng joined with Li Xuanyin’s remnant soul, regained his fighting strength, and flew toward the battlefield.
  • The ancestors empowered He Jianlan and Li Yuanzhao for battle, while Xiao Yujing accepted an ancestor’s invitation after he acknowledged the Li Family’s debt to women who married into it.
  • Li Family members accepted their ancestors’ soul robes and rushed toward the battlefield to face the demon tide.

Ch. 261Second Master!!

The Li Family fought desperately to defend Qingzhou City, but a mysterious attacker helped Phoenix Soaring Sky destroy the Sunlight Fate Wheel Array and let the demon tide enter the city. As Li Muxiu held off Phoenix Soaring Sky and Dragon Absolute God, he was gravely wounded and fell from the sky, just as a thunderous cry rang out across Qingzhou City.

  • Li Xiaoran and Li Qingzheng, empowered by ancestral souls, slaughtered Demon Kings and demons to draw Phoenix Soaring Sky away from the array.
  • A shapely woman on a distant mountain struck the array with purple light, and Phoenix Soaring Sky's next blow shattered it.
  • Li Tiangang used the Power of Reversing Fate to escape Phoenix Soaring Sky and bring Ji Qingqing to safety as demons poured into Qingzhou City.
  • Song Yufeng led the Sandalwood Palace's teachers and disciples down the mountain to fight the invading demons, while Li Tiangang went to gather the Li Family members.
  • Li Muxiu rescued Li Qingzheng, then stayed behind to fight Phoenix Soaring Sky and Dragon Absolute God; they severed his arm and cut through half his body.
  • As Li Muxiu fell toward the ground, a thunderous cry calling out to Second Master echoed across the city.

Ch. 262One Sword Cleansing the City (double-length chapter)

Li Hao returned to Qingzhou City in time to save Li Muxiu, then overwhelmed the demon leaders and slaughtered the invading Demon Tide. He learned from Phoenix Soaring Sky that the Three Desolate Gods had forced the demons to attack the Great Yu Dynasty.

  • Li Hao arrived as Dragon Absolute God and Phoenix Soaring Sky attacked Li Muxiu, blocked their Saint Heart Treasure attacks, and pinned both leaders beneath his Dao Domains.
  • Li Hao comforted the gravely wounded Li Muxiu, entrusted him to Evening Primrose and Candlelight God, and revealed himself to the Li Family and the defenders of Qingzhou City.
  • After White God Lord recognized Li Hao as Haotian, Li Hao killed the fleeing Demon Kings with Sword Qi and cut through the Demon Tide outside the city.
  • Li Hao demanded to know who had instigated the attack, and Phoenix Soaring Sky blamed the Three Desolate Gods.

Ch. 263Nine Layers of Dao Domain, Extreme Dao Reincarnation (Bonus Release 5)

Li Hao confronted two Desolate Gods who attacked Qingzhou City, revealing nine layers of Dao Domain and defeating their incarnations with Extreme Dao Reincarnation. He ended the battle considering how much stronger the Desolate Gods’ true bodies might be and what cultivation he needed next.

  • Li Hao suppressed the Desolate Gods’ Dao-powered attack, then fought the graceful woman as she tore through his Dao Domains.
  • Li Hao killed Dragon Absolute God and Phoenix Soaring Sky by crushing them beneath eight layers of Dao Domain.
  • Li Hao revealed nine layers of Dao Domain and drove the graceful woman back, then used the Ten Extremes Sword to battle her and the Black-robed Youth.
  • The graceful woman revealed she was an avatar, but Li Hao used ten percent Immortal Transformation to destroy her with Extreme Dao Reincarnation.
  • Li Hao raised Immortal Transformation to twenty percent and annihilated the Black-robed Youth’s incarnation with another sword strike.
  • Li Hao recalled the damaged spear and considered the Desolate Gods’ true strength, his need for more cultivation methods, and the possibility of Ultimate Transformation to Immortality.

Ch. 264That Child Was Already Dead

Li Hao saved Qingzhou City by defeating the demon leaders and killing two Dao Inquiry Realm incarnations, then reunited with the Li Family. When Ji Qingqing recognized him as her son and begged for forgiveness, Li Hao said her child was already dead and cut off their remaining ties.

  • Li Hao arrived at Qingzhou City, crushed Dragon Absolute God and Phoenix Soaring Sky, and killed two Dao Inquiry Realm incarnations, ending the demon assault.
  • Li Tianyuan identified the enemies as incarnations and judged Li Hao invincible below the Dao Inquiry Realm.
  • He Jianlan, Li Yuanzhao, and the others rushed to greet Li Hao, and he warmly bantered with Li Yuanzhao.
  • Ji Qingqing approached Li Hao and asked whether he was really her son, Hao'er.
  • Li Hao denied being Ji Qingqing's son and told her that her child was already dead, ending their relationship.

Ch. 265Severing Sentimental Ties

Li Hao reunited with the Li Family in Qingzhou City but declared that he had severed his bloodline and would no longer belong to them, while keeping ties with other relatives and friends. After leaving his parents out of his banquet, he spent the night with old companions and learned that the Li Family was mobilizing to reclaim Qing Prefecture.

  • Li Hao rejected Ji Qingqing and Li Tiangang’s pleas, revealed that he had severed his Li Family bloodline, and warned them not to interfere with him again.
  • Li Hao reassured Li Muxiu, He Jianlan, and others that he still cared for them, then invited his friends to a banquet and left Li Tiangang behind when he departed.
  • Li Hao walked through Qingzhou City with Song Qiumo, shared Cotton Jade Crisps with her and the Candlelight God, and invited old acquaintances to Cloud Glow Pavilion.
  • As Qingzhou City celebrated its safety, Li Hao heard residents confuse his identity with the dead son of the Li Family; Li Tiangang and Ji Qingqing realized they had not been invited to his banquet.
  • Li Hao reunited with friends and former companions at the banquet, while the Li Family dispatched troops to reinforce Qing Prefecture’s battlefields.
  • The next morning, Li Hao learned that the Li Family had sent forces to reclaim lost territory and that its summoned bloodline members had joined the campaign.

Ch. 266Removing the True Dragon

Li Hao returned to the Divine General Residence to retrieve his Official Seal and investiture decree, but Li Tiangang and Ji Qingqing tried to persuade him to return to the family. As Li Hao prepared to leave, Li Tianyuan stripped Li Tiangang of his True Dragon Position and offered the position to Li Hao, who had not yet answered.

  • Li Hao visited the Divine General Residence to collect his belongings, while Li Tiangang returned from the Ancestral Shrine after the Li Family Ancestors had reprimanded him for driving Li Hao out.
  • Li Tiangang and Ji Qingqing pleaded with Li Hao to forgive them, but he rejected their appeal and prepared to leave without his Official Seal and decree.
  • Li Hao gave Steward Zhao a Demon King's heart, bade farewell to Li Xiaoran and the others, and headed out of the residence.
  • Li Tianyuan and the other Li Family Ancestors arrived and asked Li Hao to stay, but Li Hao said he did not need to return to the family to meet them.
  • Li Tianyuan stripped Li Tiangang of his True Dragon Position and offered to make Li Hao the Li Family True Dragon despite his lack of Li Family bloodline.

Ch. 267A friend from afar

Li Hao refused the Li Family Ancestors’ attempts to bring him back and left the Divine General Residence after confronting Liu Yuerong. On Boundless Mountain, Li Qianfeng learned that the crisis in Qingzhou City had ended, while the Spirit Realm Buddha asked Lin Wujing about a stolen Sacred Object.

  • Li Hao rejected the Li Family’s offer to make him the True Dragon or refine his Soul Avatar, saying he could be their friend but would not return.
  • Li Tianyuan appointed Li Xuanli as the Li Family True Dragon, and Li Hao asked to see Liu Yuerong before leaving.
  • Li Hao told Liu Yuerong he would cripple her son, Li Qianfeng, and ordered that she be treated as a prisoner.
  • Li Hao suppressed Li Tiangang with his Dao Domain and walked away from the Divine General Residence despite Ji Qingqing’s cries.
  • The Spirit Realm Buddha told Li Qianfeng that the Qingzhou City crisis had been quelled and that news of his mother would have to wait.
  • The Spirit Realm Buddha asked Lin Wujing whether the little thief had confessed where he hid the stolen Sacred Object.

Ch. 268Let the World Judge Right and Wrong, Merit and Fault

Lin Wujing tortured a prisoner for the missing sacred object and learned that Li Hao had risen to high office, while Li Hao visited friends in Qingzhou and encountered the mysterious Ying Xiaoxiao and her grandfather at a tea stall. After recognizing a possible connection between Li Hao and someone from Heaven's Gate Pass, Ying Xiaoxiao decided to follow him.

  • Lin Wujing questioned the chained thief about the sacred object, but the prisoner refused to reveal its whereabouts and mocked the Buddhist Sect.
  • Lin Wujing told the prisoner that Li Qianfeng had become a Third-rank Duke and Dutong General, and the prisoner reacted with pride before threatening to expose the master of the Ancient Demon Hall.
  • Li Hao visited Song Yufeng, Song Qiumo, Shen Yunqing, and other friends in Qingzhou before leaving the city.
  • Li Hao stopped at a tea stall run by the Tea Stall Elder and met Ying Xiaoxiao, whose lack of detectable aura and noble bearing aroused his suspicion.
  • After Li Hao departed, Ying Xiaoxiao and the Tea Stall Elder discussed his Saint's Mark and his resemblance to someone they had known at Heaven's Gate Pass.
  • Ying Xiaoxiao decided to follow Li Hao, and she and the Tea Stall Elder vanished from the road with the stall.

Ch. 269Return to Azure Cliff City

Li Hao cleared demon-occupied cities in Qing Prefecture on his way back to Azure Cliff City, where his return astonished the people who had believed he was dead. After reuniting with Ren Qianqian, he learned his clone had vanished and asked where Old Feng was.

  • Li Hao rode Candlelight God through Qing Prefecture, killing the demons in a besieged city and continuing to clear other occupied cities; survivors identified him as General Haotian.
  • Ying Xiaoxiao and an old man arrived after Li Hao left and absorbed the Black Miasma from the ruined city with her Golden Bracelet.
  • At Dragon Gate Road, Li Hao met the herb-gathering old man he had encountered two years earlier and exchanged blessings with him before heading to Azure Cliff City.
  • Li Hao entered Azure Cliff City in disguise, revealed his return to Ren Qianqian, and learned that people had believed he was dead after his clone vanished.
  • Li Hao told the gathered Heaven and Man Grandmasters he had returned, then discussed his cultivation plans and asked Ren Qianqian where Old Feng was.

Ch. 270Lingyuan Pavilion

Li Hao learned that Old Feng had left Heaven's Gate Pass after clashing with Li Tiangang, and he sought ways to find the old man. After helping the Xia Family with You Province, Li Hao accepted their offer to study Lingyuan Pavilion and set out for the Xia Family with Ren Qianqian.

  • Ren Qianqian told Li Hao that Old Feng had disappeared after confronting Li Tiangang, and Li Hao suspected that Li Tiangang had driven him away by striking at his connection to Li Hao.
  • Li Hao asked Ren Qianqian to invite the Liang Province Commander, painted wanted portraits of Old Feng, and sent a Grandmaster Realm officer to ask the Xia Family to help search for him.
  • Li Hao's return to Heaven's Gate Pass spread through Tianji Hall, causing demons in the surrounding region to flee, while Xia Yuanwu arrived to thank him for saving You Province.
  • Li Hao declined the Xia Family's offer of a Demon King and asked to study the cultivation methods in Lingyuan Pavilion instead.
  • Xia Yuanwu returned with the Xia Family head's approval, and Li Hao left Heaven's Gate Pass with Ren Qianqian to visit Lingyuan Pavilion and asked Xia Yuanwu to help find Old Feng.

Ch. 271Primordial Spirit, Seven Extreme Realm (Two chapters in one)

Li Hao visited the Xia Family’s Lingyuan Pavilion, where he refined his spirit and object manipulation to the extreme realms before returning to Heaven’s Gate Pass. He found a ragged figure wearing broken shackles waiting in his courtyard.

  • Li Hao entered the Lingyuan Pavilion and recorded the Xia Family’s cultivation manuals while Xia Linglong attended to her duties.
  • Li Hao refined his divine soul into a primordial spirit that could survive apart from his body and slip through spatial rifts.
  • Li Hao advanced his object manipulation, then left the pavilion after two days and refused Xia Linglong’s offer of two Demon Kings.
  • Li Hao gave the Xia Family two chess pieces imbued with sword power before departing You Province with Ren Qianqian, Candlelight God, and Evening Primrose.
  • Li Hao returned to Heaven’s Gate Pass and found a ragged, shackled figure drinking tea in his courtyard.

Ch. 272News of Old Feng

Li Hao sparred with Jiang Lichen, whose swordsmanship could cut through a Dao Domain, and learned about the True Person and Dao Law stages of the Dao Inquiry Realm. Jiang Lichen stayed in Li Hao’s courtyard, and his account of a fight outside the city gave Li Hao hope that Old Feng might still be nearby.

  • Jiang Lichen challenged Li Hao to a sword duel, and Li Hao’s six-layer Dao Domain overwhelmed him after their initial exchange.
  • Jiang Lichen explained the True Person Realm and Dao Law Realm, then warned Li Hao that Great Yu’s divine arrays concealed greater power.
  • Jiang Lichen refused to leave until he could break through Li Hao’s Dao Domain, while Li Hao received reports that Old Feng and Little White Fox remained missing.
  • Jiang Lichen told Li Hao he had seen a nimble fighter battling a Great Peace Dao Realm opponent outside the city about half a month earlier.
  • Li Hao wondered whether Old Feng had stayed near Azure Cliff City after fighting Li Tiangang and then encountered another opponent.

Ch. 273Ascending Boundless Mountain

Li Hao learned that Boundless Mountain had captured Feng Boping and planned to execute him, likely because Feng’s movements had been exposed while protecting him. He set out to rescue Old Feng with Jiang Lichen, while news of the execution spread to major factions and the Divine General Residence.

  • Jiang Lichen told Li Hao that Mara was a powerful Dao realm cultivator and suggested Boundless Mountain might know more about him.
  • A soldier reported that Boundless Mountain had captured Feng Boping and would execute him at Spirit Mountain Peak the next day.
  • Li Hao realized Feng Boping might have been caught after his interventions exposed his whereabouts and decided to go to Boundless Mountain.
  • Li Hao departed with the Candlelight God, and Jiang Lichen joined him despite Li Hao’s warning about the risks.
  • Jiang Lichen revealed that the Yu Emperor had released him to receive Li Hao and promised to take a sword strike from him afterward.
  • News of Feng Boping’s execution spread among major factions, and Li Muxiu turned pale when he heard it.

Ch. 274Now That You Have Seen Me, Why Aren't You Kneeling?

Li Muxiu sought the Li Family ancestors’ permission to rescue his captured friend Feng, and they reluctantly let him go. Meanwhile, Li Hao stormed Boundless Mountain and confronted the Buddha Master, demanding that he kneel.

  • Li Muxiu learned that Feng had been captured by the Buddhist Sect and decided to go rescue him.
  • Li Muxiu asked the Li Family ancestors to let him leave, but his father objected until his grandfather urged him to honor his friendship.
  • Li Muxiu donned a Black Iron Mask and set out, while Li Qingzheng asked him to return alive.
  • Li Hao and Candlelight God passed through Boundless Mountain’s Divine Array and headed for the Buddha Master’s Spirit Realm.
  • Li Hao drove back the three Bodhisattvas and forced Boundless Mountain’s guardians aside as he entered the Supreme Buddha Hall.
  • Li Hao demanded that the Buddha Master kneel before him as an imperial Gong-rank Noble.

Ch. 275He Wasn't a Thief-He Was the Thief Saint!

Li Hao confronted the Buddha Master at Boundless Mountain and demanded Feng Boping’s release, while accusing the Buddhist Sect of using the execution to ruin his reputation. The Buddha Master admitted to manipulating events around Li Hao’s poisoned divine blood and Li Qianfeng’s rise, leaving Li Hao to weigh whether the provocation was meant to make him attack and draw the court against him.

  • Li Hao entered the Buddhist hall and rebuked the Buddha Master for capturing Feng Boping, while insisting his friend was the Thief Saint.
  • Li Hao sent Lin Wujing and two other Bodhisattvas flying when Lin Wujing tried to defend the Buddhist Sect, then challenged the Buddha Master over its inaction during the attacks on Liang Prefecture and Qing Prefecture.
  • Li Hao demanded Feng Boping’s release, and the Buddha Master ordered Universal Salvation Bodhisattva to bring him in front of the nobles who had been invited to witness the confrontation.
  • The Buddha Master said he had once intended to recruit Li Hao and admitted that Boundless Mountain had supplied the God Blood Poison Pill used against him to help Li Qianfeng become the Li Family True Dragon.
  • Li Hao realized the Buddha Master had orchestrated Liu Yuerong’s actions and considered whether the provocation was meant to make him attack and turn the court against him.
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