Ch. 327The Human Race’s Trial Grounds; All Eyes Are Upon It (II)

Ji Hao entered the first region of Saint-Falling Island, killed a Barbaric Giant Dragon and the cultivators who tried to ambush him, then began comprehending the region’s Great Dao. He mastered its Dao of nature in less than half a day and began exploring how it might reveal the Dao of Existence of heaven and earth.

  • The Grand Commander brought the Trial Takers through a spatial passage to Saint-Falling Island and warned them about the island’s deadly regions and barriers.
  • Ji Hao chose the first region, unfurling a Golden Light Avenue as several cultivators followed him with killing intent.
  • Ji Hao killed a charging Barbaric Giant Dragon with a glance, then sensed the followers’ ambush and destroyed them with a shout and a Chaotic Great Handprint.
  • Ji Hao settled on a mountain and began comprehending the world’s Great Dao, quickly grasping its Dao of nature.
  • Ji Hao considered that the Dao of nature might suit the Taihao Incarnation and began deriving the Dao of Existence of heaven and earth from it.

Ch. 328Forty-Nine Paths; The Central Region

Ji Hao traversed all forty-nine regions while carrying immense restraints, then entered the Central Forbidden Zone and overcame its dangers. He reached the Ten-Zhang Blood Pool, where a stone tablet declared that a person’s strongest opponent was themselves.

  • Ji Hao comprehended the Dao traces of all forty-nine regions and nearly completed a preliminary scripture for the next secret realm.
  • Ji Hao rode Dragon Horse into the Central Forbidden Zone, killing powerful saint beasts and collecting their remains.
  • Ji Hao entered the killing field and studied its laws, then lingered at a fire cave to examine Dao-Dissolution Power.
  • Ji Hao and Dragon Horse passed through twenty-four dangers and reached the Ten-Zhang Blood Pool, the burial ground of the Human Ancestor and Human Sect.
  • Ji Hao saw the blood lake’s spiritual imprint and read the stone tablet’s message that one’s strongest opponent was oneself.

Ch. 329Blood Pool Projection, Ultimate Sublimation

Ji Hao fought a replica of himself in the Bloodstained Battlefield and used the battle to study his limits and the potential of his Chaotic Body. After he emerged from Saint-Falling Island, the trial ended and the survivors prepared to depart.

  • Ji Hao entered a blood-colored fissure and battled a replica that mirrored his Chaotic Body, testing his strength and studying its secret realms.
  • Ji Hao used Innate Yuxu Qi and pushed the replica into the Great Saint realm, gaining insight into how to sublimate his Chaotic Body.
  • Ji Hao unleashed the power of all six secret realms, defeated the replica, and took a trace of chaos-colored substance from it.
  • Ji Hao and the battered Dragon Horse emerged from their separate battles, and onlookers speculated that Ji Hao had broken through Saint-Falling Island's restrictions.
  • The Grand Commander used an iron plaque to confirm that the trial was over and announced that 325 people had survived.
  • Ji Hao learned that he had killed more than twenty Trial Takers who had attacked him while he crossed the zones.

Ch. 330Dragon Horse Battles a Saint Spirit, the Saint Spirit Furnace!

Ji Hao sent Dragon Horse to defeat a divine-jade guardian so he could use the guardian’s origin to improve the Saint Spirit Furnace. Dragon Horse fought the guardian across a mountain range and into a star-filled domain, but the battle remained unresolved.

  • The Trial Takers returned to the First Human City, where the Envoi announced that their next trial would require them to fight their way to the second pass.
  • Ji Hao and Dragon Horse entered a lush forbidden land where a divine-jade guardian confronted them from a tiny jade carriage.
  • Ji Hao brought out the Saint Spirit Furnace and ordered Dragon Horse to kill the guardian and bring back his origin.
  • Dragon Horse clashed with the guardian, overwhelming his green radiance and drawing the attention of nearby Trial Takers.
  • The guardian unleashed galaxy purple sand to create a star domain, and Dragon Horse charged into it with his Immortal-Slaying Light and Battle Saint Method.

Ch. 331The Origin of the Dao Throws Itself Into His Arms

Ji Hao entered the Blood-Colored Killing Field, where the Source of the Dao appeared and flew toward him. He stored it in the Tai Chi Diagram, but rival experts and two Saint Kings pursued the treasure as the battlefield erupted around him.

  • Ji Hao and the Dragon Horse defeated the emerald guide, who explained the Blood-Colored Killing Field and warned that powerful figures had already claimed portions of the Source of the Dao.
  • Ji Hao rode the Dragon Horse into the battlefield, where their conspicuous arrival drew attacks that the Dragon Horse melted with his solar divine power.
  • The Source of the Dao appeared and rushed toward Ji Hao, who stored it in the Tai Chi Diagram rather than merging with it.
  • Experts attacked Ji Hao to seize the Source of the Dao, while a Divine Nation Saint King and a Demon Nation Saint King raced into the conflict to claim it.

Ch. 332Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Furnace

Ji Hao took the Source of the Dao to a secret realm and transformed it into a tool under his control, suppressing its will and replacing it with his own. With the source subdued, he prepared to forge its vessel.

  • Ji Hao killed two Saint Kings with a casual strike, seized the Source of the Dao, and left the realm.
  • Ji Hao used the Source of the Dao and the Swallowing Heaven Demon Jar to begin shaping a Jade Disk.
  • The Source of the Dao rejected the origin of the Saint Spirit Furnace, but Ji Hao suppressed the resistance with his Six Secret Realms and Chaotic Body.
  • Ji Hao erased the Source of the Dao's hazy will with the Tai Chi Diagram and Swallowing Heaven Demon Lid, then replaced it with his own highest clarity qi.
  • Ji Hao confirmed that the Source of the Dao was under his control and began forging its vessel.

Ch. 333The Ji Family’s Young Master—Bad at It, but Still Loves to Play

Ji Hao forged the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Furnace, reached the Second Holy City, and began refining pills while the other Trial Takers reacted to his fearsome reputation. When the Primeval Battlefield opened, he entered the Primeval Dao Dojo and began exploring its ancient laws and the Dao of Strength.

  • Ji Hao used the Source of the Dao to create the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Furnace and considered having the Holy Prince refined in it.
  • Ji Hao arrived at the Second Holy City, where rumors of his power spread and Ditian and Yin Tiande learned that he had obtained the Source of the Dao.
  • Many Trial Takers abandoned the Ancient Road, while Ji Hao stayed and made twelve failed attempts at pill refinement during the delay before the next trial.
  • The Envoi opened twelve portals to the Primeval Dao Dojo, and Ji Hao entered with the remaining Trial Takers.
  • Ji Hao sensed the Dao of Strength in the dojo and surveyed its laws before dismounting from Dragon Horse to explore the world.

Ch. 334Creation Tribulation: The Four Extremes Scripture Emerges!

Ji Hao comprehended the Great Dao of Strength in the Primeval Battlefield and created a four-extremes cultivation method that manifested the four saint beasts. After punching through the Trial Ground, he entered the Extraterrestrial Starry Sky, where a heavenly tribulation gathered as he began recultivating the secret realm.

  • Ji Hao used the Spirit Pond and earth essence to comprehend the Great Dao of Strength, then shaped the four symbols into saint beasts as he created his cultivation method.
  • Ji Hao combined his techniques into a new fist intent and unleashed power that shook the Primeval Battlefield.
  • Ji Hao punched through the Trial Ground’s restrictions and entered the Extraterrestrial Starry Sky with the Golden-Red Dragon Horse.
  • Ji Hao sensed that Ancient Emperors had left imprints in the Sacred Land and recognized its value for creating his cultivation method.
  • Heavenly tribulation clouds gathered over Ji Hao, who sat in the starry sky and met the falling lightning with his fist prints.

Ch. 335The Pan Emperor Fist Is Unleashed; The Eternal Star Domain’s Affairs Are Settled

Ji Hao endured a Great Saint-level tribulation and created the Panhuang Fist before leaving the Primeval Battlefield with his reputation and momentum greatly increased. In the Eternal Realm, the Taihao Incarnation fought Great Saint Baili after destroying the realm’s warships, drawing on the Azure Emperor Incarnation’s power to face him.

  • Ji Hao refined his fist intent amid a tribulation of Youthful Emperors and created the Panhuang Fist, a single punch that cleaved chaos.
  • Ji Hao survived the tribulation with the Tai Chi Diagram’s protection, while his golden-red dragon horse reached the fifth heaven of the saintly realm.
  • Ji Hao returned to the Primeval Dao Dojo, then left the completed trials as the Envoi praised his potential and the trial takers continued toward the next dojo.
  • The Taihao Incarnation faced nineteen Saint Kings after destroying two thousand Interstellar Warships, and Great Saint Baili arrived to capture him.
  • The Taihao Incarnation invoked the Azure Emperor Incarnation, combining their power to meet Great Saint Baili’s attack head-on.
  • Great Saint Baili recognized the safeguard’s strength but claimed the Taihao Incarnation’s unstable foundation would let him suppress him.

Ch. 336The Mysteries of Clear Qi; The Tenth Human City

The Taihao Incarnation merged with the Azure Emperor Incarnation’s power and easily subdued Great Saint Baili, while the other Saint Kings fled. After clearing nine passes in just over a year, Ji Hao reached the Human Race’s Tenth City, where cultivators already knew his growing legends.

  • The Taihao Incarnation combined jade clarity qi and supreme clarity qi, gaining strength close to the Quasi-Emperor domain.
  • The Taihao Incarnation defeated Great Saint Baili and challenged the remaining Saint Kings, who were overwhelmed by his aura.
  • Ji Hao cleared nine passes in a little over a year as his two scriptures and four extremes secret realm continued to develop.
  • Ji Hao arrived at the Tenth Pass, a renowned ancient life star where cultivators sought to comprehend the Dao and attain sainthood.
  • The city’s cultivators discussed Ji Hao’s feats as he rode Dragon Horse through the crowded streets, drawing awestruck gazes.

Ch. 337The Nine-Tailed Dragon Crocodile’s Demon Emperor Cave

Ji Hao entered the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon’s underwater cave to study the Demon Emperor’s inheritance, hoping to gain insight into his own cultivation. He uncovered a hidden chamber containing ancient scriptures and the Peach Divine Medicine’s seed.

  • Ji Hao found the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon guarding a lake and ordered him to lead the way to his cave.
  • Dragon Horse insulted the crocodile dragon by declaring he should pull Ji Hao’s carriage, and the dragon yielded after Ji Hao pressed him with his divine sense.
  • Ji Hao studied the Demon Emperor’s cultivation records and discovered a concealed chamber behind a stone wall.
  • Ji Hao found nine jade pieces bearing fragments of the Nine Transformations of the True Dragon and gave them to the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon and Dragon Horse to study.
  • Ji Hao opened a box and found the pit of a Peach of Immortality, the seed he had sought.

Ch. 338The Immortal Medicine’s Aura; At Last, He Reaches the Saint King Realm

Ji Hao planted a Peach Divine Medicine seed, then stopped suppressing his cultivation and began breaking through to the Saint King realm. His overwhelming tribulation shook the starfield as he transformed his chaotic body and divine soul.

  • Ji Hao planted the Peach Divine Medicine seed in the Chaotic Immortal Soil and watered it with Sacred Spring Water, causing it to sprout.
  • Ji Hao decided to advance after finding a path toward perfecting his chaotic body and stepped toward the next level of his immortal platform secret realm.
  • A vast heavenly tribulation engulfed the starfield near the Human Race's Tenth City, alarming the Envoi and the cultivators nearby.
  • Ji Hao inhaled much of the lightning sea and endured its renewed assault as his Dao laws, chaotic body, and chaotic divine soul evolved.
  • Ji Hao's Immortal Light shattered the tribulation's lightning, while followers of Ditian and Gu Huang argued over whose lord could surpass his tribulation.
  • Ji Hao continued bathing in thunder and growing more transcendent as his Saint King breakthrough proceeded.

Ch. 339The Chaotic Body Revealed; The Great Law of His Transformation Into Freedom Returns

Ji Hao revealed an incomplete chaotic body and faced a heavenly tribulation that manifested nine Great Emperor phantasms, which he defeated. The tribulation then formed nine lightning versions of Ji Hao, and he fought them as the Transmuting Self Freedom Technique returned.

  • Ji Hao’s chaotic qi and blood surged as he revealed his incomplete chaotic body, astonishing the cultivators in the Tenth City.
  • Nine Great Emperor phantasms appeared in the tribulation, and Ji Hao killed them one after another with powerful strikes.
  • The tribulation manifested a chaotic-body likeness, prompting some cultivators to pledge themselves to Ji Hao while others plotted to kill him.
  • Eight more lightning likenesses of Ji Hao appeared, making nine humanoid tribulation forms that he charged to fight.
  • The nine phantasms of Ji Hao merged and repelled his attack as he invoked the Transmuting Self Freedom Technique.

Ch. 340Peerless Might; The Holy Spirit Cang Yan

Ji Hao endured the Lightning Tribulation, reached the fourth heaven of the Saint King realm, and was immediately targeted by the peak Great Saint Cangyan. After Great Saint Qinghuang intervened, Ji Hao struck Cangyan with the taboo technique Luotian, and the two prepared to clash again.

  • Ji Hao used the Transmuting Self Freedom Technique to battle nine tribulation avatars and broke through to a new pinnacle of the Nine Secrets: Xing.
  • Ji Hao survived the Lightning Tribulation and advanced to the fourth heaven of the Saint King realm.
  • Cangyan appeared and attacked Ji Hao, but Great Saint Qinghuang blocked his assault to protect the Human Race's Tenth City.
  • Cangyan confronted Qinghuang and declared that Ji Hao's chaotic body should die before it brought consequences upon the Human Race.
  • Ji Hao emerged from the tribulation and hit Cangyan with the taboo secret technique Luotian, badly injuring him.
  • Cangyan charged at Ji Hao and Qinghuang again, and Ji Hao declared that he could kill Great Saints.

Ch. 341Fighting the Great Saint Holy Spirit; The Light God Pot Attacks!

Ji Hao battled Great Saint Cangyan and gained the upper hand with his Chaotic Firmament, but the Light Clan intervened with the Ancient Emperor of Light’s Light Pot. Daoist Qinghuang rushed to confront the attacker as the Emperor Weapon threatened Ji Hao.

  • Yin Tiande and Daoist Qinghuang watched as Ji Hao challenged Great Saint Cangyan without assistance.
  • Ji Hao and Cangyan exchanged powerful attacks, but Ji Hao’s Chaotic Firmament dissipated most of the Fire Spirit’s force and drove him back.
  • Cangyan called for help, and an aged voice declared that the Chaotic Body must be executed.
  • A four-faced golden divine being brought out the Light Pot and unleashed its Emperor Weapon might against Ji Hao.
  • Daoist Qinghuang charged toward the Light Clan’s Great Saint and demanded to know whether the clan intended to wage war on the Human Race.

Ch. 342Nuwa Stone; Refining Cang Yan

Ji Hao killed Great Saint Cangyan and used Nüwa Stone to block Great Saint Guangming’s Light Pot, revealing that he wielded another Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon. After refining Cangyan’s remains, Ji Hao gained a profound insight into the Dao of fire.

  • Ji Hao used Time Zero and four offensive techniques to kill Great Saint Cangyan in one strike, then dispersed Heaven’s loathing by commanding it through the World Tree.
  • Daoist Qinghuang faced off against Great Saint Guangming while the two Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons threatened the Human Race’s Tenth City.
  • Ji Hao summoned the Nüwa Stone to block the Light Pot, and the Envoi activated the city’s incomplete great emperor array marks to protect it.
  • Ji Hao warned the Light Clan that he would remember their ambush, collected Cangyan’s body, and began refining it in the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Furnace.
  • Refining Cangyan’s remains gave Ji Hao a vision of a Fire Spirit’s origin and advanced his understanding of the Dao of fire.

Ch. 343The Arrival at the Light Clan Ancient Road!

Chapter Summary:

The Arrival at the Light Clan Ancient Road

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Ji Hao and Great Saint Guangming confront one another after Ji Hao destroys Cangyan. Cangyan’s body and origin power are refined by the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Furnace, strengthening its Innate Chaos Divine Fire by thirty percent.
  • Ji Hao challenges Great Saint Guangming, who relies on the Light Pot, an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon. The battle demonstrates the overwhelming power of both Ji Hao’s Nüwa Stone and the Light Pot.
  • Using the River of Time and the Eastern Emperor Bell Fragment, Ji Hao extracts the Bright Ancient Scripture from Great Saint Guangming.
  • Ji Hao then combines the Bright Ancient Scripture with the Nine Secret: Bing to confuse the Light Pot’s divine consciousness. The weapon loses control and its power is greatly diminished.
  • Ji Hao obliterates Great Saint Guangming and the starfield behind him with the Nüwa Stone. Before dying, Guangming sacrifices his essence blood to send the Light Pot back to the Light Clan’s ancestral land.
  • After the battle, Yin Tiande arrives and bows to Ji Hao, revealing that he has become Ji Hao’s follower. This shocks the people of Tenth City, who regarded Yin Tiande as a supreme Heavenly Prodigy with Emperor-level potential.
  • Ji Hao replenishes his energy and grows even stronger after killing two Great Saints.
  • Ji Hao, accompanied by Yin Tiande and two other followers, arrives at Bright City on the Light Clan Ancient Road to seek revenge and deter future challengers.
  • He destroys the city’s defensive formations and gates with a single palm strike.
  • Ji Hao taunts Great Saint Tianhui by pretending to search for a Human Race cultivator and divine weapon lost in the city. He then throws the blood-colored vicious sword into Bright City, openly declaring that he has come to retaliate for the Light Clan’s assassination attempt.
  • The chapter ends as Great Saint Tianhui confronts Ji Hao and announces his intention to kill him.

Character Developments

  • Ji Hao: Becomes increasingly ruthless, confident, and dominant. He not only defeats powerful Great Saints but also strategically neutralizes their Emperor Weapon rather than wasting energy trying to control it. His victories further increase his cultivation, authority, and reputation.
  • Great Saint Guangming: Initially confident in the Light Pot and his three thousand years in the Great Saint realm, he is quickly overwhelmed. His final act—sending the Light Pot back to the ancestral land—shows loyalty to the Light Clan but also regret over provoking Ji Hao.
  • Yin Tiande: His submission to Ji Hao marks a major development. Despite being recognized as a possible future Emperor, he willingly serves as Ji Hao’s follower and guard, revealing Ji Hao’s extraordinary influence.
  • Great Saint Tianhui: Introduced as a stronger and more formidable Light Clan Great Saint, he is hostile and proud. His confidence leads him to accept Ji Hao’s challenge directly.
  • Light Clan cultivators: Their fear grows as Ji Hao destroys their defenses and demonstrates that even their Great Saints and Extreme Dao weapons cannot guarantee safety.

Significant Themes

  • Overwhelming strength and dominance: Ji Hao’s victories establish him as a force capable of destroying Great Saints and ancient-city defenses with ease.
  • Cunning over brute force: Ji Hao defeats the Light Pot through the Nine Secret: Bing and the Bright Ancient Scripture, showing that intelligence and technique can overcome even an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon.
  • Revenge and deterrence: Ji Hao attacks the Light Clan not merely for vengeance but to warn all other factions against targeting him.
  • The limits of external power: The chapter emphasizes that Emperor Weapons are not omnipotent; their effectiveness depends on the wielder and the weapon’s state of awakening.
  • Submission to true power: Yin Tiande’s allegiance demonstrates how even supreme prodigies recognize and submit to Ji Hao’s overwhelming potential.
  • Arrogance and consequences: The Light Clan’s decision to attack Ji Hao results in devastating retaliation, reinforcing the warning that provoking him carries an enormous price.

Character Interactions

  • Ji Hao mocks Great Saint Guangming’s long cultivation period and dismisses his confidence in the Light Pot.
  • Ji Hao uses both verbal provocation and tactical deception to undermine the Light Clan’s morale.
  • Yin Tiande’s respectful bow to Ji Hao contrasts sharply with the astonishment of the surrounding cultivators, highlighting the unusual master-follower relationship.
  • Ji Hao deliberately provokes Great Saint Tianhui, while Tianhui responds with pride and hostility, setting up the next confrontation.
  • Ji Hao’s interactions with the Light Clan are characterized by sarcasm, intimidation, and calculated retaliation rather than negotiation.

Ch. 344Destroying the Light Clan's Tenth City

Ji Hao led Dragon Horse, Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon, and Yin Tiande in an assault on the Light Clan's Tenth City, while he fought Great Saint Tianhui. After his followers helped bring down the city, Ji Hao killed Tianhui and inscribed his name on the ruins.

  • Ji Hao sent Dragon Horse, Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon, and Yin Tiande to attack the Light Clan's Tenth City and faced Great Saint Tianhui himself.
  • Ji Hao fought Tianhui with the Heavenly Emperor Saint Sword and defeated him while his followers slaughtered the Light Clan's cultivators.
  • Dragon Horse merged with the Yuan Tu Sword and unleashed a slash that destroyed the Light Clan's Tenth City.
  • Ji Hao used his Time Zero domain and the taboo secret technique Luotian to kill Great Saint Tianhui.
  • Ji Hao inscribed “The destroyer of the Light Clan's Tenth City: Ji Hao, the chaotic body” on the city's ruins.

Ch. 345The “Chosen One’s” Drifting Voyage

After refining Great Saint Tianhui, Ji Hao learned of an emerging Great Emperor's Divine Treasury on the Demon Race Ancient Road and hurried there to claim its legacies. He arrived at the fifty-seventh city, where many powerful cultivators had gathered, including a striking group of foreign races.

  • Ji Hao left the Light Clan's Ancient Road to explore other races' roads and seek opportunities and Saint Spirits.
  • Yin Tiande told Ji Hao that an immortal burial associated with the Lunar Human Emperor and Great Emperor Amitabha was about to emerge on the Demon Race Ancient Road, and Ji Hao decided to go there.
  • Ji Hao delayed his journey to plunder a dying Small World, obtaining medicine and a gourd before using the world's destruction to forge the divine weapon Abi and strengthen the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Furnace.
  • Ji Hao, Dragon Horse, Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon, and another companion arrived at the Demon Race's fifty-seventh city, where the Great Emperor's Divine Treasury was drawing a crowd.
  • Ji Hao spotted a powerful group of seven cultivators led by a four-faced Light Clansman and noted that two human-looking members might be God Race siblings.

Ch. 346Amitabha Buddha Ruins, Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body

Chapter Summary: Amitabha Buddha Ruins, Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Ji Hao arrives at the Demon Race Ancient Road with the golden Dragon Horse, seeking the Fortune and Emperor Treasure left behind by Great Emperor Amitabha.
  • Numerous powerful cultivators from the Demon, Saint Spirit, God, Winged, and Heavenly Spirit Races gather around an ancient cave hidden within a magnificent mountain range. They are waiting for Amitabha Buddha’s treasure to appear.
  • Ji Hao’s arrival causes great unease. His aura is so profound that even powerful prodigies cannot determine his limits, while weaker cultivators instinctively flee after feeling threatened by his gaze.
  • The gathered cultivators discuss the mysterious Buddhist monk Golden Cicada, who resembles Great Emperor Amitabha and has converted several demon cultivators into Buddhist disciples and protectors. Rumors suggest a connection between him and Amitabha.
  • Several experts express hostility or skepticism toward Ji Hao, especially members of the Saint Spirit Race, whose Great Saint was allegedly killed by him. Others doubt that Ji Hao could truly have defeated such a powerful opponent.
  • Ji Hao dismisses an apparently young God Race Saint King after recognizing that the man is actually over a thousand years old and lacks the talent of a true young prodigy.
  • Ji Hao notices Overlord, a powerful cultivator possessing the rare Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body. Intrigued by this physique, which rivals the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, Ji Hao focuses his attention on him.
  • Overlord raises his blood-colored spear and prepares for confrontation, ending the chapter on the brink of a clash.

Character Developments

  • Ji Hao: Continues to display overwhelming confidence and sharp perception. He evaluates the various races and cultivators almost casually, revealing his ability to see through appearances and judge the true quality of his opponents. His interest shifts from merely obtaining Amitabha’s treasure to testing himself against powerful physiques.
  • Dragon Horse: Understands that Ji Hao is also using his journey to continue his provocative “Shrouding the Heavens on the Tip of the Tongue” behavior, amusingly observing Ji Hao’s habit of commenting on other races.
  • Winged Race celestial maiden: Recognizes the frightening strength of Ji Hao’s Chaotic Body and reacts with awe.
  • Heavenly Spirit Race prodigy: Uses his race’s ability to sense danger but cannot determine Ji Hao’s limits, causing him apprehension. His reaction reflects the weakness of a race accustomed to avoiding danger rather than overcoming it.
  • Golden Cicada: Although absent, becomes an important mysterious figure through rumors about his resemblance to Amitabha and his influence over demon cultivators.
  • Saint Spirit experts: Hold a grudge against Ji Hao for the death of their Great Saint and openly challenge his reputation.
  • Overlord: Is introduced as a formidable rival with the Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body. His battle-ready stance suggests that he is willing to test himself directly against Ji Hao.

Significant Themes

  • Power and intimidation: Ji Hao’s presence alone disrupts the balance among the assembled experts, demonstrating that reputation and aura can be as influential as direct combat.
  • True talent versus accumulated cultivation: Ji Hao distinguishes genuine young prodigies from older cultivators who merely advanced through time, emphasizing the value of innate potential and battle experience.
  • Invincible physiques: The chapter highlights legendary bodies such as the Chaotic Body, Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, and Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body, establishing them as symbols of supreme combat potential.
  • Risk avoidance versus self-tempering: The Heavenly Spirit Race’s ability to sense danger has protected its members but prevented them from surpassing their limits, contrasting caution with the growth earned through confrontation.
  • Competition for legacy and fortune: The gathering around Amitabha’s ruins reflects the broader struggle among races to claim ancient inheritances and treasures.
  • Rumor and reputation: Much of the tension is built through stories about Ji Hao, Golden Cicada, and the Saint Spirit Great Saint, showing how uncertain information shapes the attitudes of powerful cultivators.

Character Interactions

  • Ji Hao’s gaze unsettles surrounding cultivators, forcing many to retreat and avoid involvement.
  • Dragon Horse observes and silently interprets Ji Hao’s unusual behavior.
  • The Winged Race maiden and Heavenly Spirit prodigy discuss Ji Hao’s mysterious strength and recognize him as an extraordinary threat.
  • Demon cultivators debate Golden Cicada’s identity and possible connection with Amitabha.
  • The Saint Spirit Stone Person condemns Ji Hao as a villain, while a God Race Saint King questions the credibility of Ji Hao’s achievements.
  • Ji Hao dismisses the God Race expert as an old cultivator masquerading as a young prodigy.
  • Ji Hao and Overlord finally lock attention, with Ji Hao showing interest in the Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body and Overlord preparing to meet him in battle.
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