A nest of ants could gnaw an elephant to death, much less a group of exalted emperors. The current Li Hao had no problem fending off a sixth rank. But five sixth ranks? Or eight? Or a group of fifth and fourth ranks?

That would be beyond his abilities as well.

“I understand...” Lin Hongyu smiled, in a much better mood than before. It was because she’d thought of the same thing.

This meant that she was useful when she walked the path of death—very useful. Although she couldn’t help in the highest echelon of battle right now, she might be able to create sixth rank spirit guards once she was a fourth rank.

While she still wouldn’t be able to participate in the highest level of battle, she would be invincible among the mid and low ranks! She would kill more!

She hadn’t come across any limitations yet; Lin Hongyu didn’t know how many spirit guards she could command. For now, she had seven exalted emperors under her command. None of them were strong.

Lin Hongyu glanced at the queen engrossed in beguiling the human population not far away. She sneered inwardly. That’s just someone who knows how to pick up after others! Bewitching others to believe in you is no true dao! We just need you for now. When there comes a day that Silver Moon is the greatest throughout the chaos, Li Hao won’t suffer your continued existence!

You would require all of humanity to be your followers!

Granted, the dao of death wasn’t much better. It required killing others to strengthen herself... All of these daos were a little off the beaten path and slightly unorthodox. However, it seemed faster to grow stronger with them.

What surprised Lin Hongyu was that there was someone in the distance who lacked potential and courage. There didn’t seem anything special about him, apart from a pronounced ability for flattery.

His presence surged as he set foot into second rank. That wasn’t an impressive level of strength, but his rate of improvement was very fast!

......

In the distance.

Hu Qingfeng muttered again, “I beseech the king to arrive and condemn demons!”

An illusory Li Hao appeared, striking with his sword. Although he wasn’t as strong as the real young man, the blow was strong enough. The illusion killed a second rank with one move!

This... was beginning to come across as some of the hokey methods of calling upon the gods that were popular among the people!

Hu Qingfeng’s presence agitated as he set foot into second rank. The light in his eyes grew brighter and more fervent. He gazed upon the real Li Hao in the distance as if worshipping his god!

The queen? Pfft, that was a false god! The real god was this one!

Li Hao was no longer human to Hu Qingfeng, but a divine spirit! It wasn’t like he hadn’t seen stronger people in existence, but... Li Hao had killed seventh ranks. The young man was only in his twenties!

Ever since Hu Qingfeng verified his dao, he’d completely been taken in. And now, he was fully lost within the dao of worship. In his eyes, it didn’t matter when Li Hao appeared in the river of time. He would always be the greatest human, no, god, of the chaos!

The young man had walked out of a desolate backwater and created the entire Silver Moon system in a few short years. He’d nurtured more than fifty exalted emperors and killed high ranks. It was so magical and marvelous!

......

Li Hao looked back wordlessly. The... freaking... It was always so awkward to see this guy utilize his dao.

“He’s like some religious con man!” Li Hao rolled his eyes. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Void had silenced a few worlds in the distance and emerged with a grin on his face. “how interesting, this guy’s dao is getting more and more mysterious! I hadn’t thought that this was possible. Don’t you need ten thousand worlds for your immaterial worlds? I think you can build one off of his dao.

“Seriously, it’s very special. Didn’t you say you want to build worlds of demons and gods? His dao can be a stand-in for the world of gods. Just his ability to summon a reproduction of you is incredible, to say nothing of how this might work as a great dao!

“Lin Hongyu’s dao can build a world of death. Your master has an aura spirit that works like a monster. He also calls himself old demon, so I think he can be the demon god!

“Things are getting more and more interesting! You Silver Moon martial masters are a lot more fun than I imagined!”

“It’s just random talk to do so, don’t think of it as an actual plan,” Li Hao grinned.

“And why not?” Void laughed. “It’s nice to have a plan. Save me a world if you really end up with ten thousand worlds. How about I create one with six daos?”

“A world of six daos?” Li Hao burst out laughing. “How? Your daos are of the two extremes—light and dark, life and death, emptiness and revitalization... The hell are you gonna get six daos from?”

“Um...” Void mused, stumped. “That’s true, darn. You’re going to build ten thousand daos for the world of humans, so my world of six daos is nothing special...”

He shook his head, finding it a bit of a pity.

“Six daos is also easy enough,” Li Hao smiled. “Just create a world yourself. Other people might not be able to learn what you know. Even if life appears in those worlds, they may not be able to inherit your cultivation knowledge!

“So why not create another domain within my myriad of worlds? Don’t focus on creating a world, but make a place that is the convergence of all worlds. They can exchange information or fight each other... Life and death, emptiness and revitalization, light and dark are all more suited for violence...”

“Oh?” Void blinked and joked, “That’s interesting too! But then six daos is too few that way. While the convergence of a myriad races doesn’t necessarily mean that there will be a complete collection of daos to be found, just having six seems to be a loss of face...”

Six daos was a lot, but if they really were going to build a meeting point of the myriad of worlds, then just six daos would be a joke!

“We can just add on more daos later on,” Li Hao chuckled. “Brother Void, six daos is not your final destination!”

“That’s right!” Void smiled easily as the two chatted in a good mood. The premises quieted down.

Sword Sovereign martial masters dragged worlds over. All of them were highly excited; many first ranks had set foot into second rank.

They’d collected more than two dozen worlds this time.

“Clean up the battlefield as fast as you can,” said Li Hao. “Don’t leave any evidence behind! Meld the immaterial world with the real world and travel the river of memories. Pose as the master of the world and maintain the illusion that the world still exists. Don’t let anyone suspect anything!”

They couldn’t immediately devour their gains. Otherwise, any latecomers would think that... they were the first ones on the scene.

But that was blatantly impossible!

So Li Hao would retain these worlds for now. They’d collected 5 sixth rank worlds, including Desolate and Earth Dragon. There were also 3 fifth rank, 9 fourth rank, and a bunch of low rank worlds...

The young man smiled happily to see these worlds in his possession.

“Keep observing and clear them out every time they reach thirty worlds! I’m going to take over all of the words in Dragon Region!”

......

As Li Hao went about his mad harvest.

Thunder World.

The Thunder master had also received word that Earth Dragon major world was setting foot into seventh rank. But was that possible?

Not at all.

However, he knew that someone had a dao universe—the Silver Moon king.

That was a vicious kid. How terrifying. How many worlds would be lured over by the dao ripples?

No wonder he didn’t think much of the dao crystals that he gave me. He might end up collecting hundreds of worlds at this rate!

Damn he’s ruthless!

But... there will be a lot of humans on those worlds. Has he considered that? Even if there’s only a few billion, several hundred worlds means a couple hundred humans!

Are they all going to die?

The Thunder master shook his head, but didn’t say anything. He simply felt that the Silver Moon king was too brutal. He’d met the queen once, but hadn’t seen the divine nation...

And even if the Silver Moon king had two existences similar to chaos beasts under his command, how many people could two worlds hold?

The Thunder master didn’t express an opinion. He just felt that he needed to stay away from this guy. The Silver Moon king was too heartless. There were hundreds of billions of lives at stake. Even chaos beasts wouldn’t have killed so many over the years.

......

Time passed minute by minute.

On this day, Skyward Region.

Light major world could no longer hold on. The Light master was ready to concede. Another major clash had left more Light exalted emperors injured. All Light exalted emperors were wounded by this point in the war.

The Light master appeared outside the world gate and looked at the powerhouses in front of him. He was both angry and resigned. There was nothing he could do anymore but surrender! If he didn’t, then he would lose even with his home ground advantage.

Just as the Light master opened his mouth to bring up a dao treaty, everyone in the battlefield abruptly looked in a certain direction—Skyward. It’d erupted with scintillating radiance!

Apart from Red Moon, all of the eighth ranks had taken a dao star from that universe. In this moment, it was flaring with light.

“Eh?” The crowd blinked. “The Skyward dao universe is revitalizing??”

So fast! How could it be happening so quickly?

They’d known that it was only a matter of time when they claimed their dao star, but how long had it been?

The eighth ranks exchanged incredulous glances with each other.

“Skyward is awakening!” The Light master brightened. This was fantastic! He studied the three across the way with a new look in his eyes. Are you guys going to stay and keep attacking me?

All the exalted emperors who took a dao star from Skyward’s dao universe will know that this is happening. Li Hao sent out several dozen that day!

So all of them will be aware. And given the disturbance that this is causing, those who don’t have a dao star will learn of the awakening as well. You guys might not have a chance to claim the dao universe anymore if you don’t make your way there.

The Dragon master and others frowned slightly. It was good that Skyward was revitalizing! But... it was happening too quickly. The Light master was on the cusp of surrendering, he couldn’t hold on any further.

But if they eased up the pressure now, the Light master would be able to stick it out for a few days more. The key was, Skyward demanded attention. The seventh ranks wouldn’t hold back if the eighth ranks decided not to attend!

“So fast!” The Dragon master had obtained a dao star last time as well. He frowned at the star sparkling in his dao universe. How could it have happened so quickly?

According to his calculations, it would have taken a few more years at least, and a few hundred years at most. So why... was it awakening now?

That was very strange!

He frowned in Skyward’s direction. More than one unexpected occurrence had happened lately. Earth Dragon major world’s ascension, the Thunder master’s challenge... He could forget the human cultivator who’d practiced the dao of faith and melded it into the chaos. That one was dead now, wasn’t it?

Now there was Skyward’s revitalization!