After crying tears of joy for a while, Lu Hao collected himself. Next, he would deal with the masterminds behind the Three Realms. As for the Heavenly Emperor's ability to revive endlessly through the Seed, Lu Hao considered it nothing but flashy tricks. He was far stronger now, and with the Slaughter Seed, anyone he killed would stay dead, with no chance of recovery. Still, Lu Hao was in no hurry to act. What if someone lashed out in desperation? He planned to move the entire Human Realm into his Seed World first. Then, whatever methods they used would be cut off by the Seed. He would put Gray Cat and Heavenly Dog inside as well, rendering the Heavenly Emperor's arrangements within them useless. At that thought, Lu Hao could hardly wait. Once he eliminated the Heavenly Emperor and merged the Three Realms, he could finally take a proper rest and spend some time with his parents.
Crack, crack, crack. Lu Hao rose, his bones giving off crisp cracking sounds. In an ordinary person, that would surely have meant osteoporosis, but Lu Hao knew his jade bones were transforming. The process was slow. Without his intervention to speed it up, it would probably take many years. For now, however, he no longer concerned himself with the qualitative transformation of his jade bones. He would resolve the problems of the Three Realms first and deal with everything else afterward.
"Fierce Fierce, you're out of seclusion? You promised this cat we'd eat Emperor flesh and drink Emperor drinks-"
Seeing that he had emerged, Gray Cat gazed at him eagerly.
"Don't worry. I'll take you to eat soon. I haven't forgotten you."
Lu Hao scooped Gray Cat up with one hand and rubbed the cat's head as he spoke.
"Fellow Daoist Lu-just how