Chapter 763 - 759: Breaking Myriad Dharmas with a Single Step

Chapter 763: Chapter 759: Breaking Myriad Dharmas with a Single Step

"What did you say?" Dugu Shang asked, his voice trembling slightly.

Lin Hao’s gaze was profound as he stared into the void, not answering Dugu Shang’s question.

At that moment, Lin Hao’s mind had drifted far away; he hadn’t heard Dugu Shang’s words at all.

Dugu Shang took a deep breath. He no longer planned to leave and instead strode toward Lin Hao.

In the void, Xiu Xiu’s head poked slyly out of a fissure. Its large, round eyes darted between Lin Hao and Dugu Shang, its intentions unclear.

Xi Chenghua and the others acted as if they were facing a great enemy, blocking Lin Hao’s path.

Dugu Shang stopped, advancing no further. His eyes, fixed on Lin Hao, were filled with confusion, shock, and disbelief.

A few dozen breaths later, Lin Hao came to his senses and was slightly surprised by the scene before him.

’Why hasn’t this Dugu Shang left yet?’

"You know of the *Primordial Undying Scripture*?"

Dugu Shang had been watching Lin Hao intently. The moment Lin Hao returned to his senses, he noticed and immediately asked his question.

"I have some impression of it." Lin Hao’s eyes twitched slightly as he nodded in acknowledgment.

Dugu Shang’s pupils contracted violently. In a heavy voice, he asked, "Just who are you?"

The "little puppy" Lin Hao had just mentioned was the childhood name of the Immortal Dao Ancestor. Within the Immortal Holy Land, he was the only one who knew this. The fact that Lin Hao had just revealed it made Dugu Shang realize the gravity of the situation.

"Do you really want to know?" Lin Hao retorted.

"I am the current Holy Lord of the Immortal Holy Land. I must get to the bottom of this!" Dugu Shang declared, revealing his astonishing identity.

Lin Hao shrugged and revealed a shocking secret. "What would you think if I told you the *Primordial Undying Scripture* came from the hands of Emperor Hongtian himself—a Cultivation Technique he created out of boredom in his youth?"

"What?!" Dugu Shang was utterly horrified, but he immediately shook his head. "That’s impossible!"

Emperor Hongtian fell ten thousand years ago, but the Immortal Holy Land was founded just over five thousand years ago. The timelines don’t match up.

"After Emperor Hongtian, the Heaven-Stepping Sect had a remarkably talented Sect Leader named Chu Tiandu. For certain reasons, Chu Tiandu gave the *Primordial Undying Scripture* to a young mountain boy he met by chance. That boy had no given name, only a nickname: Gouzi."

One earth-shattering secret after another spilled from Lin Hao’s lips.

Chu Tiandu had traveled all over the Celestial Yang Continent to save a princess of the Demon Race. That boy, Gouzi, told Chu Tiandu the general location of a certain Spirit Medicine, and Chu Tiandu gifted him the secret manual in return.

And thus, a Holy Land that would remain immortal for five thousand years was born.

This was also the reason Lin Hao had been lost in thought just now. He had been thinking of Chu Tiandu, and of the Chu family of Red Beauty City.

Lin Hao had devoured Chu Tiandu’s soul and promised to save that princess of the Demon Race. But then the great calamity on the Nine Yang Continent had suddenly arrived, and he never got the chance.

Dugu Shang was stunned. Xi Chenghua and the others were stunned as well.

Since things had come to this, Lin Hao continued his revelations. "If you hadn’t used the *Primordial Undying Scripture*, I might not have been your match. But to use a Cultivation Technique created by Emperor Hongtian against me..."

Lin Hao didn’t finish his sentence. The result was self-evident.

Even if Lin Hao didn’t cultivate Emperor Hongtian’s imperial arts, the Heaven-Stepping Step alone was enough to ensure he could not be defeated.

The Heaven-Stepping Step was created by Emperor Hongtian upon his ascension to emperorship. Against all the Cultivation Techniques he created in his earlier years, the Heaven-Stepping Step could shatter them all in a single move!

The founding Cultivation Technique of the Immortal Holy Land was actually created by Emperor Hongtian!

The news was breathtaking.

"After the Young Master’s great battle with Lin Wu in the Divinity Realm, countless factions studied his Cultivation Technique," Xi Chenghua spoke up. "They concluded that his Soul Gathering Realm technique was one of Emperor Hongtian’s imperial arts. In a way, the Young Master is the Great Emperor’s successor, generations removed."

"By that logic, doesn’t that make the current Holy Lord of the Immortal Holy Land the Young Master’s disciple’s disciple’s disciple...? Xiaoshang, what generation of Holy Lord are you?" Lao Xuexin tried to do the math but found he couldn’t figure it out, so he couldn’t help but ask Dugu Shang.

"The thirty-eighth generation," Dugu Shang replied mechanically, still too stunned by Lin Hao’s words to think clearly.

"In that case, the Young Master is Xiaoshang’s..."

"Why are you being so long-winded? Just say the Young Master is his ancestor and be done with it!" Zhao Yuanzhong, ever the impatient one, cut Lao Xuexin off with a wave of his hand.

"Hahaha! And you!" Bai Yu snapped back to his senses, pointing at Xia Yunhai and roaring with laughter. "You were so desperate to join the Immortal Holy Land, thinking you’d found a powerful backer. In the end, you don’t even get the chance to be our boss’s grandson!"

At his words, everyone’s gaze turned to Xia Yunhai.

PFFT!

Xia Yunhai’s face was already purple with rage, and now he could no longer hold it in, spraying a mouthful of fresh blood.

"You knew from the very beginning?" Dugu Shang asked, ignoring Xia Yunhai and taking a deep breath.

He recalled Lin Hao’s earlier attitude.

But to his surprise, Lin Hao shook his head. "I only just remembered it myself a moment ago. After all, the Great Emperor left behind far too many Cultivation Techniques."

Dugu Shang felt as if he’d been struck by lightning.

The implication in Lin Hao’s words was obvious: the *Primordial Undying Scripture* that Dugu Shang relied on was nothing in Lin Hao’s eyes.

’How laughable that I deluded myself into thinking I could contend with Lin Hao. How ironic!’

"Xiaoshang, don’t you understand how to respect your master and his teachings? You should be respectfully kowtowing to my boss right now," Bai Yu stepped forward and said, looking utterly smug. At this point, it was hard for him not to be.

After all, his former sect wasn’t even considered one of the four great sects. To him, the Holy Lord of a Holy Land was a god-like figure.

But now, such a person didn’t even have the right to be considered for a place in the hierarchy before Lin Hao.

And Lin Hao was his boss!

The moment he thought about this relationship, Bai Yu couldn’t hide his excitement.

As for Xi Chenghua and the others, their faces were filled with satisfaction and relief.

Although they had sworn a Blood Oath, at least their status was now far higher than Dugu Shang’s.

Hearing this, Dugu Shang’s body stiffened, his expression becoming incredibly complex.

’Lin Hao’s identity as Emperor Hongtian’s successor, generations removed, couldn’t be fake. And what he said about the *Primordial Undying Scripture* couldn’t be false either, because no outsider would know the nickname "Gouzi." But this sudden reversal of roles was too much for him to accept.’

But in the end, he gritted his teeth and knelt. "Dugu Shang, the thirty-eighth Holy Lord of the Immortal Holy Land, pays his respects to the Immortal Ancestor."

Behind Dugu Shang, Xia Yunhai fainted again.

Then, his body exploded.

Dugu Shang had annihilated him with a single thought.

"Rise." Lin Hao felt little excitement at suddenly becoming the founding ancestor of a Holy Land.

This wasn’t his own accomplishment; it was Emperor Hongtian’s.

"Recite your *Primordial Undying Scripture* for me."

Lin Hao possessed all of Chu Tiandu’s memories, so naturally, he also remembered the *Primordial Undying Scripture*. Because there were so many techniques, the Mantras for all of them were now surfacing in his mind.

Lin Hao wanted to verify whether Dugu Shang’s version of the *Primordial Undying Scripture* was the same as the original.

"Yes, Ancestor."

Dugu Shang replied respectfully.