"Is my Dao about absolute power?"
Cheng Hao looked around at the chaos of the Sky River Court battlefield, and the looks of awe and delight on the faces of the cultivators below. Frowning, he shook his head.
"No, that's not the Dao I want!"
"It doesn't matter if I want to suppress the many heavens or have absolute power. They're all methods and paths. The most important thing is that I want to live a more comfortable life. I want to be free and unfettered. I want to do as I please, without any shackles.
"My Dao is the Dao of freedom. I want to be free and unfettered, to do as I please. Power, magical laws, divine abilities, Daoist techniques …. All of them are methods that I use to pursue freedom.
"When I want my martial Dao fist to suppress the many heavens, it will be the Emperor of Heaven who can suppress them all!"
Murmuring to himself, Cheng Hao waved his finger, causing the image of a mysterious Emperor to appear out in the void. Boundless divine light shone down from the heavens, and as it did, it slowly became corporeal. Then, it took on the likeness of Cheng Hao.
Terrifying pressure swept out, and everything seemed to go still. It wasn't just the heavens and the earth that stopped moving, but also the hearts and souls of the people!
"When I want it to bring enlightenment to all the worlds, it can also be a boundless Buddha, illuminating all living things and delivering them from torment!"
With a single thought, the supreme power that was suppressing the heavens and earth suddenly dissipated. The still world once again returned to its original state. The seemingly corporeal supreme Heavenly Emperor in the void suddenly turned into a huge golden Buddha, sitting cross-legged on the auspicious clouds. Flowers fell from the sky and golden lotuses sprouted from the ground. The Buddha's voice resounded between the heavens and earth, cleansing the hearts and souls of all living beings.
"When I want it to destroy all living things, it can also be a world-exterminating millstone, wiping out everything in the world!"
With that, the golden Buddha vanished. As light flickered, a black millstone appeared in the sky, blotting out the sky and blocking out the entire starry sky. It radiated with a destructive aura, as if the millstone could completely destroy the world with a single turn.
The black millstone was not an illusory shadow. It was as real as a solid object. Cheng Hao had a feeling that if he could really control this black millstone to rotate, he might really be able to destroy this world completely!
"I can destroy the world with a single thought. I can become a Buddha with a single thought. I can do as I please. This is the Dao that I want, the true Dao of freedom!"
With a thought, the black millstone disappeared, the light in the air dissipated, and the terrifying aura of destruction disappeared in an instant. Everything returned to its previous calm, as though everything that had happened earlier was just an illusion.
"Now that my fist will is corporeal, I need to find my own Dao. Next, I need to go into secluded meditation to fully corporeal. Then, with a single fist strike, I can shatter the void and shatter stars. I can even defeat a Saint!"
Cheng Hao stood there on the head of the Blood Ancestor, a smile of enlightenment on his face. Instead of revealing his true form, he took a step forward and headed to one of the mountain peaks in the back mountains of the Sky River Court. There, he opened an immortal's cave halfway up the mountain and set up a restrictive spell. Then he sat down cross-legged and prepared to fully corporeal his fist will.
"Hmm?"
It was at this point that Cheng Hao suddenly sensed that someone was heading in his direction from the distant Heavenspan Sea. It was a strange sensation, not because of his divine will, but rather, because of a special ability he had acquired after transcending five Tribulation Lightning.
WHIZZZ!
Cheng Hao waved his finger, causing the restrictive spell at the entrance of the immortal's cave to open. Rumbling sounds could be heard as the restrictive spell rippled out, revealing a human-shaped passageway.
"Fellow Daoist, since you're here, why don't you come in and have a seat?"
Tap tap!
As soon as the words left Cheng Hao's mouth, footsteps could be heard coming from outside the immortal's cave. A moment later, a towering figure emerged from the passageway.
It was a middle-aged man in a long golden robe. He had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, and was extraordinarily handsome. However, he radiated an aura of power that could cause the sun and moon to dim in comparison!
He wore an imperial crown, and his black hair floated around him. However, there was a single strand of blood-colored hair that hung down from his forehead. As soon as he entered the immortal's cave, the ground began to tremble, and fissures spread out in all directions.
"A guest should do as the host pleases, Fellow Daoist," Meng Hao said coolly.
Cheng Hao's expression was the same as ever. As soon as the words left his mouth, the trembling ground settled down, and the fissures in the immortal's cave closed up like a spiderweb. Everything was safe and sound again.
"This humble Daoist is from Heavenspan. Greetings, Fellow Daoist Haotian!" The person smiled faintly as he stared at Cheng Hao without blinking. There was an almost undetectable trace of fear on his face.
"Oh? So you know my name, Fellow Daoist? "
"Heh heh. This humble Daoist is in charge of the lands of Heavenspan, and is known as a celestial. Back when you were in the Spirit Stream Sect, I had people working for me. That's why I knew about you as soon as you arrived!"
"So that's how it is!"
Cheng Hao wasn't surprised at all. Apparently, one of his close female friends was this celestial's daughter, who had also been a disciple of the Spirit Stream Sect.
"This humble Daoist didn't intend to disturb you, Fellow Daoist. However, the destructive pressure you unleashed just now clearly surpassed my own. As a celestial from the Heavenspan Realm, there are certain responsibilities I must fulfill …. Fellow Daoist, if I may ask, are you planning to destroy this world?"
"Oh? Are you worried that if I destroy this world, you won't be able to find the Worldgate to leave? "
Cheng Hao was well aware of this celestial's personality. He was a typical egoist, and would even sacrifice his own daughter in order to leave this world. If he said that he was here to protect the world, then Cheng Hao would treat it as a joke.
WHIZZZ!
In response to Cheng Hao's words, the Celestial's calm expression suddenly turned to one of excitement. Were it not for the fact that he knew that he couldn't do anything to Cheng Hao, he would have immediately captured him and soulsearched him.
"Fellow Daoist, do you know where the Worldgate is?"
Cheng Hao shook his head. He wasn't interested in the Worldgate at all. After all, the Hell-Emperor had only come up with something like that to fool celestials. The truth was that there was no such thing as a Worldgate.
Although Cheng Hao knew that, he had no intention of telling the Celestial about it. After all, people like him were better off living in dreams.
"Fellow Daoist, you don't know where the Worldgate is?" The Celestial asked, his expression one of disbelief. "If that's the case, then aren't you also trapped in this world?"
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