Opponent, World Realm!

Tap, tap, tap...

Footsteps echoed through the silent stone path.

The spirit of the Void Holy City, ' Xing Luo ', walked in front, with Zhou Hao following behind.

"I wonder what the second test will be?" Zhou Hao wondered with anticipation.

One thousand cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid, that's a full one million bottles!

This is a terrifying fortune that would drive even the World God mad.

No matter what challenges lie ahead, Zhou Hao has decided to give it his all.

soon.

A light curtain appeared at the end of the passage, Xing Luo passed right through it, followed by Zhou Hao.

Wow~~~

Space shifts.

Suddenly, a vast expanse of land appeared before Zhou Hao's eyes.

In the distance, twelve golden-armored giants, as imposing as mountains, sat cross-legged.

These golden-armored giants included men and women, young and old, each exuding a vast and powerful aura.

Looking at them, Zhou Hao seemed to see a series of chaotic worlds.

"Since you haven't reached the World Realm yet, the second test only requires you to randomly choose one of these twelve World Realm puppets. If you can enter the temple behind them while they are blocking your way, you will pass the test." Xing Luo pointed to the area behind the twelve golden-armored giants.

There stood a magnificent temple, tens of millions of feet tall.

"World Realm Puppet!?" Zhou Hao exclaimed in surprise.

Although he knew that the trials left behind by a Heavenly Dao Lord after his death would be extremely harsh, the fact that a True God had to directly face World Realm puppet still made him gasp in shock.

The World Realm Puppet is World God!

"To receive the master's legacy, one must naturally possess corresponding strength," Xing Luo said calmly. "If you are at the World Realm, you will face the combined obstruction of these twelve World Realm puppets. Among these puppets, there are those with the strength to reach the peak of the World Realm. Only the most monstrous geniuses are qualified to become the master's successor."

"I understand." Zhou Hao nodded slightly, then after a moment's thought, asked, "Can I join forces with my clone?"

"Alright." Xing Luo nodded. "The Chaos Spirit Liquid given after completing the first trial is meant for those with the right affinity to cultivate supernatural abilities and enhance their strength. As long as it's a clone you've cultivated yourself, you can join forces. But in the end, all your clones need to enter the temple to pass the trial."

"Understood." Zhou Hao replied, then sat cross-legged on the ground and took out the black bottle containing the Chaos Spirit Liquid.

He knew how extraordinary the opportunity he had encountered in the Void Sea was.

While it would be difficult to successfully enter that magnificent temple in the distance, despite the obstruction of a puppet at the level of World God, it might not be impossible to succeed by joining forces with an avatar to unleash a combined attack array.

"If only all the other clones could be like the Blue Flower clone, with all their magical power and divine energy transforming into azure mist energy," Zhou Hao sighed inwardly, pulling out the cork from the black bottle.

"Glug glug~~~" Drops of Chaos Spirit Liquid flew out from the black bottle.

As soon as the Chaos Spirit Liquid entered his body, Zhou Hao immediately felt an unprecedented chill.

Even the Taiji Divine Soul within the Blue Flower porcelain felt a strange, tingling sensation in this coldness.

Despite the cold, Zhou Hao felt comfortable and clear-headed like never before. His entire body, including his bones, muscles, soul, and spirit, was perfectly clear.

The magic of the Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils began to operate. In this state of perfect clarity, Zhou Hao 'watched' his true spirit gradually split apart, his divine soul also began to fragment, and Blue Flower also began...

"Hmm? Blue Flower!!" Zhou Hao looked at the Blue Flower in his dantian with surprise. It was actually dispersed into clusters of dense blue mist, and at the very core of the blue mist were ten chaotic restriction Divine Pattern with flowing blue light.

"Ten chaotic restrictions... Weren't there only nine on my arm back then?" Zhou Hao asked, puzzled.

The ten chaotic restrictions constantly shifted, like the 'Tao' itself, from one to two, two to three, three to... seemingly never repeating, never ending.

Ignoring his doubts, Zhou Hao stared at the ten chaotic restrictions, his mind instantly becoming absorbed.

Immersed in the ever-changing ten chaotic restrictions, immersed in the profound, unpredictable, and vast mysteries contained within them...

call.

Suddenly, Zhou Hao on the ground split into eight golden rays, each of which transformed into a white-robed Zhou Hao.

Including the original Blue Flower clone, there were a total of nine Zhou Hao sitting cross-legged, with identical auras and strength.

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~~~"

Drops of Chaos Spirit Liquid formed gurgling streams that flew out of the black bottle, splitting into nine streams in the air, each heading towards one of the nine Zhou Hao.

Even though Zhou Hao's entire mind was immersed in comprehending the ten chaotic restrictions, all nine Zhou Hao were naturally operating the second level of the <Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils> technique.

"Hmm?" Xing Luo looked at Zhou Hao's clones, who were sitting in a circle around the black bottle, with a puzzled expression.

"What kind of clone technique is this? It requires so much Chaos Spirit Liquid!"

In her understanding, even for a first-class True Immortal, a clone technique at the True God or True Immortal level would only require about a hundred bottles of Chaos Spirit Liquid.

That's still a mid-to-high-level method that can cultivate more than a dozen clones.

However, Zhou Hao only cultivated nine clones, yet he still consumed nearly nine hundred bottles of Chaos Spirit Liquid, which is almost ten times more than what a first-class True Immortal would consume.

"Perhaps he really can pass the master's three tests and become my new master..." Xing Luo carefully looked at Zhou Hao's features. "He's not bad-looking."

Time passed.

The Chaos Spirit Liquid in the black bottle had long since stopped flying out; of the thousand bottles of Chaos Spirit Liquid in one room, only a faint trace remained at the bottom.

Zhou Hao's nine clones have all been restored.

However, he remained immersed in the ten chaotic restrictions that formed the core of the Blue Flower porcelain.

"This is incredible." Zhou Hao was completely absorbed, feeling as if he were facing these ten chaotic restrictions when he first embarked on the path of cultivation, in a state of enlightenment without any thoughts, looking at the endless 'Dao' between heaven and earth...

Simply watching it gave Zhou Hao a refreshing and enlightening feeling.

The problems that had troubled him in the past, the incredibly obscure and profound Dao and Heavenly Dao, were as simple as addition and subtraction in the mathematics of his previous life on Earth, compared to a quadratic equation, before these ten chaotic restrictions.

This was absolutely the most mysterious and awe-inspiring chaotic restriction Zhou Hao had ever seen!

Even the most profound fifth layer of the Apricot Yellow Banner's Chaos Restriction is far inferior to the first layer of these ten Chaos Restrictions.

"Call."

The nine clones of Zhou Hao opened their eyes simultaneously, each with strange Divine Pattern faintly flowing within them.

"I've finally grasped the first level of mystery." Zhou Hao sensed the ten chaotic restrictions in his mind.

If he hadn't comprehended the first profound mystery, he wouldn't even have been qualified to memorize these ten chaotic restrictions.

"The Heavenly Dao of earth is so simple."

Originally, Zhou Hao had a deep understanding of the 'Earth Element' in the Five Heavenly Dao because of his comprehension of the chaotic restrictions of the Apricot Yellow Banner. Now, after coming into contact with the ten incomparably high-level chaotic restrictions in the Blue Flower, he suddenly felt that the Earth Element Heavenly Dao was even simpler.

Even the "Destruction of Heavenly Dao" contained in the third level of the supernatural power "Great Chaos Hole Palm" has been improved by him.

"Huh? Wait a minute..." Zhou Hao was suddenly startled, "There's actually a Heavenly Dao shrouding this place?"

When I first entered, my mind was focused on the upcoming test. Later, I cultivated my clone and immersed myself in comprehending the Chaos Restriction. I didn't realize that this vast world I was in was not only shrouded by the Heavenly Dao, but also contained a rich abundance of primordial energy.

"It's just that the Heavenly Dao is somewhat different from the Three Realms." Zhou Hao frowned slightly.

"This is a true Chaos Great World, so of course it has Heavenly Dao, which will be different from the Heavenly Dao the chaotic world you were born into." Xing Luo glanced at Zhou Hao.

She's not bad-looking, but her limited perspective and knowledge... that's a major flaw.

Zhou Hao had no idea what Xing Luo was thinking.

Putting an entire real Chaos Great World into a magic treasure is no easy task, even for World God, but for a Void Holy Lord who has almost reached the level of a top-tier Eternal Emperor, it is naturally nothing.

Therefore, he was only slightly surprised and then ignored it.

He was staring blankly at the bottom of the bottle, where there were only a few drops of Chaos Spirit Liquid left, maybe a hundred or so at most.

"Fortunately, I didn't destroy all three clones left in the Red Dust Immortal Mansion and start cultivating again from here." Zhou Hao was still shaken.

He used nearly 999 bottles of Chaos Spirit Liquid to cultivate just nine clones, almost completely depleting an entire square meter of Chaos Spirit Liquid.

If he destroys the three clones he left in the Red Dust Immortal Mansion, and still fails the second test, where will he get more than three hundred bottles of Chaos Spirit Liquid to restore the remaining three clones?

However, when he sensed that each of his nine newly cultivated clones had a Blue Flower as its life core within its dantian, and that its bodies were filled with a higher level of blue mist energy...

"It's worth it! Even if a single portion of Chaos Spirit Liquid can only cultivate one clone, it's still worth it!"

The nine Zhou Hao stood up abruptly, their eyes filled with fighting spirit as they looked at the twelve World Realm puppets in the distance.

Buzz~~~

An invisible wave emanated from Xing Luo, rippling across the twelve golden-armored giants who stood as majestic as mountains.

The World Realm puppets, who had been sitting cross-legged with their eyes closed, opened their eyes and looked down at them.

"After such a long slumber, has a challenger finally arrived?"

A burly man in golden armor opened his eyes, revealing a vertical pupil as he looked at Zhou Hao.

"Not World God? If not World God, only one of us can make a move." The golden-armored man seemed somewhat regretful and helpless. "Challenger, I am Jin One. You can choose me as your opponent for this trial. Don't worry, I won't use my full strength right away. As long as you don't enter the master's temple, I'm willing to fight you for an entire Chaos Era."

"Don't trust him!" another tall, thin woman in golden armor said coldly. "Jin One the strongest of our twelve puppets. If you choose him as your opponent, even if you become World God, you won't be able to enter your master's temple. I am Jin Two. If you choose me as your opponent, I will not only fight you for a full Chaos Era, but I will also let you experience my escape techniques during the battle..."

"He chose you, the fastest among them, as his opponent, so you don't even have a chance to rush into the temple by speed." Another golden-armored puppet interrupted, "I am Gold Five..."

Zhou Hao stared in disbelief at the twelve World Realm puppets who were revealing each other's secrets and trying to curry favor with him, hoping he would choose them as their opponents.

"Is this guy using me to amuse himself?" Zhou Hao shook his head, his gaze falling on a golden-armored puppet with a round face and the most honest-looking appearance.

The other golden-armored puppets were all vying for the right to fight, but he only said his name once and then watched the other puppets compete timidly.

"I choose it, Jin Twelve as my opponent," Zhou Hao said to Xing Luo.

Since you can choose your opponent, you should naturally pick the weakest one.

Jin Twelve, just by hearing this name, you know he's the weakest of the twelve World Realm puppets.

"Okay." Xing Luo nodded. "Jin Twelve, come out. The rest of you, continue sleeping."

The round-faced gold-armored puppet suddenly grinned and stood up from where he was.

The remaining puppets, however, were in an uproar.

"No, Xing Luo. Let us finish watching before we fall asleep."

"Yes."

"Why did you choose Jin Twelve?"

"Jin Twelve is the most cunning."

"That is."

"He's clearly one of the top five strongest among us, but he's pretending to be weak."

Zhou Hao was speechless.

Judging from the words of these puppets, they realized they had been fooled by Jin Twelve?

Wow.

Jin Twelve's round body suddenly revealed six arms, each holding a giant hammer.

"Challenger, as a reward for choosing me as your opponent, I will definitely go all out and won't drag things out like they did." Jin Twelve looked down at Zhou Hao, his smile still as honest and kind as ever.

Depend on.

Thank you for going all out!

Zhou Hao thought to himself, "This is infuriating."

Boom~~~

The nine clones each formed their own magic array Divine Pattern and unleashed a combined attack array.

The boundless primordial energy of heaven and earth was gathered by the magic array, combined with the azure mist energy within the nine clones.

soon.

Then, a gigantic Zhou Hao, about the same height as Jin Twelve, appeared before the group of the World Realm puppets and Xing Luo.

"Twelve, this challenger is a bit strange. Don't be careless and lose." Jin Nine, with her alluring figure and red hair, said with a smile, "Your movement speed is the slowest, just surpassing the limit of the Heavenly Dao. Be careful that the challenger doesn't use his speed to break into the master's temple."

"Yes." The tall, thin woman, Jin Two, also spoke up. "Twelve, don't forget that we're facing a challenger. If we run out of divine power, we lose. Be careful to conserve your supernatural abilities."

"Also, also, the longest test can last is an entire chaotic era, so be careful not to exceed the time limit..."

These World Realm puppets were all shouting.

After awakening from a long slumber, they are greeted with a fierce battle against challengers, which brings them a long-lost sense of joy.

They were so lonely, and they didn't know when another challenger would come to awaken them after they fell into a deep sleep again, so naturally they all hoped that this battle could last longer.

As for revealing some of the details about Jin Twelve...

In their eyes, a challenger who wasn't even Ancestor God, aside from his seemingly special divine body that had reached the level of a Chaos Treasure, was comparable to them, these World Realm puppets, but that only meant he was more vulnerable to being beaten.

It was simply impossible for them to pass the test with Jin Twelve's obstruction.

"You guys..." Jin Twelve glanced helplessly at his companions, then looked at Zhou Hao.

"You go first." Jin Twelve held the six giant hammers upright in front of him, exuding a perfect and flawless charm.

"For the sake of those boring guys, I'll allow you to unleash your full power before I finish you off." Jin Twelve, adopting a defensive stance, stared intently at Zhou Hao.

They are puppets; their master's orders are absolute, and that is the sole reason for their existence.

Their master ordered them to guard this place and not allow any challengers to enter the temple behind them. No matter who the challenger is, whether it is a true god, Ancestor God, World Realm Dao Lord, or even Eternal Emperor, they will fight with all their might, even if it means death.

"Boom!"

A faint golden light suddenly shone from the top of the distant temple.

The golden light emanated from the temple and instantly enveloped an area spanning nearly a million miles.

Xing Luo and the other golden-armored puppets from the World Realm were no longer in their original positions; only Zhou Hao and Jin Twelve remained within the golden light's embrace.

"Within one chaotic era, either you must overcome Jin Twelve's obstruction, have all your avatars enter the temple, or exhaust Jin Twelve's energy and force him to surrender; then you will have passed the test," Xing Luo said calmly. "Let's begin."

Whoosh!

With a single step, Zhou Hao vanished into thin air, reappearing before Jin Twelve.

"So what if I'm at the World Realm!" The azure mist energy within Zhou Hao's dantian surged forth, pouring into the six hands that appeared after he unleashed his Three Heads and Six Arms divine power.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Six palms, each palm seemingly containing a vast world in destruction and collapse, plundering and devouring all the vital energy in the surrounding world.

"If you block my way, even if you are World Realm, get out of my way!" Zhou Hao's eyes were filled with madness. The collapsed world in the palms of his six hands quickly turned into a huge black void, carrying a terrifying power capable of destroying everything, and slammed down towards Jin Twelve.

It was this advancement in his cultivation level, after which he comprehended more of the profound mysteries of the Heavenly Dao of Destruction, that unleashed his strongest attack.

The third level of the ' Great Chaos Hole Palm '!

"Ha, what arrogance!" Jin Twelve shouted, his giant hammer seemingly slow but actually swift, drawing arcs as he met Zhou Hao's fierce attack.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang...

The palms clashed violently with the giant hammer.

Zhou Hao and Jin Twelve's hands and giant hammer were moving so fast that their shadows became blurred, and the surrounding space-time began to distort.

Fortunately, the golden light enveloping the two also had the effect of stabilizing space and time; otherwise, the space and time at the point where they clashed would have already shattered and turned into fragments of void.

"Their speed is comparable, their divine physical strength is comparable, and their power is comparable..."

In the frenzied clash between his palm and the giant hammer, Zhou Hao was able to fight Jin Twelve, World Realm, to a standstill, which made the light in his eyes grow brighter and brighter.

"Get out of the way!" Zhou Hao clenched his fist, and his six arms, like six giant maces, simultaneously slashed at one of the giant hammers in Jin Twelve's hand.

The fastest Taiji Fist Art, the ' Thunder God Mace,' first knocked away Jin Twelve's giant hammer with three consecutive strikes, then struck Jin Twelve's head with three more in an instant.

Boom! Boom!! Boom!!!

With his frontal portal blasted open, Jin Twelve suffered a heavy blow to the head and staggered back two steps to the side.

Zhou Hao, not resting on his laurels, unleashed a series of Great Chaos Hole Palm strikes, stunning Jin Twelve and sending him flying to the side, his feet leaving the ground.

"An opportunity!" Zhou Hao looked at the temple about 800,000 miles away and instantly calculated it in his mind.

"My speed has reached the limit of the Heavenly Dao, covering 600,000 li in an instant. Jin Twelve's speed has only just surpassed the limit of the Heavenly Dao, so his speed is only slightly faster than mine."

Whoosh!

Zhou Hao took a heavy step forward, his figure transforming into a streak of rainbow light as he rushed towards the magnificent temple in the distance, instantly traversing a distance of 600,000 miles.

"We won." Just as joy appeared in Zhou Hao's eyes, a simple and honest voice rang out from the heavens and earth.

"Town!"

An immense power suddenly appeared above Zhou Hao, as if an entire chaotic world-sized mountain had suddenly appeared on his body.

Boom!

Zhou Hao plummeted heavily from the sky, crashing into the ground and creating a huge crater.

"This challenger really went all out." Jin Twelve shook his still slightly dizzy head and slowly flew towards the deep crater Zhou Hao had created.

"Do you really think I'm slow and have no way to deal with it?" Jin Twelve stood in the air, looking down at the deep pit.

"The World Realm is not as simple as you think!"

Second update.

To be continued tomorrow.