Thin smoke wafted up leisurely from the small courtyard.

In the courtyard, Li Hao was cooking Ancient Demon Flesh and was relishing it together with Shi Miao.

"Smells so good."

Shi Miao wiped her mouth as she ate. Long gone was the demeanor of a lady, as she heartily indulged in the feast, yet her movements remained graceful and exquisitely beautiful. She smiled and said,

"Thanks to you, my reincarnated Primordial Spirit has been able to refine quite a bit of True God Blood. Should I live safely to the end of time and merge with my true self as a True God, I wonder what level it would reach?"

Li Hao had heard Shi Miao mention before that her true self had already reached the Primordial Spirit Final Realm, and by refining ten thousand drops of True God Blood, she could achieve Final Realm Perfection, transforming her Primordial Spirit into a True God, shedding the mortal body, immune to the decay of sun and moon, undefeated by the passage of time!

"If you cultivate this body to the Primordial Spirit Final Realm, merging the two Final Realms might achieve something even more extreme,"

Li Hao speculated.

Shi Miao nodded, a hint of anticipation in her heart. Although no one has ever broken through the Final Realm, not even Immortal Emperors, many former Immortal Emperors have tried countless methods without success. Whether anyone has attempted merging True Gods remains unknown.

Shi Miao had a feeling that an Immortal Emperor might have tried this method, but she was ultimately unsure. Naturally, this uncertainty left her with some anticipation.

The higher one ascends in cultivation, the fewer pleasures remain. With so many paths blocked, even the slightest chance to carve a new path would be exciting.

"Unfortunately, the absorption rate is still not fast enough. Even if we ate and drank every day, it would take thousands of years to accumulate ten thousand drops!"

Li Hao said.

Previously, on that Huangquan Houtu battlefield, by using Ancient Demon Blood, he had only been able to refine ten drops of True God Blood each year.

Now in the Primordial True Realm, without Ancient Demon Blood, it was fortunate that his second senior brother, Di Wushè, always delivered high-quality Ancient Demon Corpses, many of which were at the Perfect Immortal Monarch Realm, and there were plenty of Immortal King Realm corpses. Thus, they could barely refine around ten drops of True God Blood each year.

From these Ancient Demon Corpses, Li Hao could feel that the Emperor Clan's border battlefield was extremely perilous. No wonder his second senior brother always had an air of evil qi about him when he visited, even when he incarnated, as if he had just escaped from the battlefield.

"That's already very fast."

Shi Miao laughed.

Refining ten drops of True God Blood a year was something she couldn't even imagine during her time. Refining even one drop a year was considered top speed.

"It's a pity that I haven't grasped the Artistic Path yet."

Li Hao said. The Artistic Path of thirteen stages was much harder than he imagined. Even after spending years filling experience points and focusing deeply on comprehension, he had no clues.

"Don't rush. The Immortal King Realm is the last step to ascend the heavens; it makes sense to be difficult."

Shi Miao comforted Li Hao.

After spending a century together, although Li Hao never said it, she could tell with her intelligence that his study of the Artistic Path and the Path of Music was not for fun, but as a means of cultivation. If he could comprehend the Artistic Path, perhaps Li Hao could achieve a breakthrough and become a King.

However, achieving a breakthrough and becoming a King is easier said than done. Even with the painstaking cultivation of an Immortal Emperor, a bit of luck is still needed.

Although there are countless Divine Medicines and treasures in the Primordial True Realm, including supreme lotus elixirs that can replace the World Heart, planting a lotus realm directly within the body to become an Immortal King, such rare and diluted chaotic divine medicines are few, unnecessary for true prodigies, and the unworthy have no qualification to enjoy them.

"Hmm."

Li Hao nodded, without hurry or impatience, just feeling reflective.

With Shi Miao by his side, Li Hao painted in the courtyard every day, and one by one, figures appeared in his painting realm.

They were all Li Hao's old friends and people he missed: Emperor Yu, Feng, Ren Qianqian, Lin Qingyue, and Li Tianzong, who had long fallen in the Mo River...

Now, most of them were in the True Realm South Domain, and Li Hao didn't dare meet them, afraid of implicating them.

The painting realm enveloped the entire courtyard, and Feng, Emperor Yu, Ren Qianqian, appeared to be mere shadows in the painting, yet seemed real, as if souls integrated into their bodies; their talking and laughter mirrored the past perfectly.

The small courtyard became lively as a result.

Emperor Yu played chess with Li Hao, lightly tapping the table, causing a chessboard to coalesce in the painting.

Feng joined Li Hao in fishing, and the painting realm transformed, manifesting a Demon Lake suspended in the void.

Ren Qianqian practiced sword skills nearby, with Li Hao's casual guidance enhancing her sword technique.

Though they accompanied him in chess, fishing, and sword practice, all of this occurred within the painting realm, enhancing Li Hao's control over it without accruing experience in other artistic skills.

"Now that they are far and wide, you must miss them a lot,"

Shi Miao said to Li Hao.

Li Hao nodded, encountering them among the dust of the world, how could he not remember them fondly?

"If you could one day apply the enhancements from the painting realm to them, in the form of soul insight and inheritance, that would be ideal."

Shi Miao said.

Upon hearing this, Li Hao's eyes brightened slightly—this was indeed a great idea.

By doing so, improving Emperor Yu and the others' cultivation within the painting realm, then directly passing it on to their true selves, would greatly aid them.

However, while the idea is good, it's somewhat fanciful.

After all, in the painting realm, Li Hao is the sovereign, easily able to enhance their cultivation. If it could be passed on to their true bodies, it would make aiding their cultivation as simple as eating or drinking. This is something even an Immortal Emperor can't easily accomplish.

...

"What about Junior Brother Han Ku?"

On the first floor of the Extreme Dao Mountain dojo, Li Hao routinely arrived to discuss realm cultivation with these disciples of the Immortal King Realm, but noticed several figures missing from the dojo.

Among them, Han Ku, who had cultivated an Unbreakable Domain left a deep impression on Li Hao. More than ten years ago, when he first visited, Shi Miao had penetrated Han Ku's Unbreakable Domain with a single point. Soon after, within five years, Han Ku's Unbreakable Domain greatly improved, and his cultivation advanced by one level.

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