Chapter 770: One Thought, One Heaven

The battle between Lin Hao and Lin Wu that day had been nothing short of legendary. It was a clash that would not be forgotten, even after hundreds, or even thousands, of years.

Seeing Lin Hao so suddenly, the three of them were once again faced with the memory of his supreme, awe-inspiring presence from that day.

But these were old monsters who had lived for a thousand years. After a brief moment of shock, they regained their composure.

“Lin Hao, you are only at the Sealed Martial Realm Fourth Layer. This is no place for you. Leave at once, and we can pretend you were never here.” The Jade-faced Ascendant took a deep breath and spoke.

His tone, as he spoke, was surprisingly mild.

Though Lin Hao was only at the Sealed Martial Realm Fourth Layer, the Jade-faced Ascendant sensed an unfathomable aura about him. Even as the master of the Tantric Sect, he dared not underestimate Lin Hao.

He even had the terrifying, unsettling feeling that if he were alone, he would flee at the very sight of Lin Hao.

Even at the Sealed Martial Realm Seventh Layer, he had no confidence he could defeat Lin Hao, who was only at the Fourth Layer.

“You laid a hand on my people, and now you want me to walk away as if nothing happened?” Lin Hao said with an air of casual indifference, a faint smile playing on his lips as he looked at the Jade-faced Ascendant.

Pinned to the ground, Xi Chenghua and the others gazed up at Lin Hao, their faces filled with adoration.

That their Young Master could face three Saint Master Level experts without his presence wavering in the slightest was a dizzying, awe-inspiring sight.

The Jade-faced Ascendant frowned. “What is it you want?”

“You’re the master of the Tantric Sect, so you must have plenty of treasures on you. Hand them over.” Lin Hao was brazenly extorting the sect master, his eyes flicking to the spirit storage ring on the Jade-faced Ascendant’s finger.

Anger flashed across the Jade-faced Ascendant’s face. “Lin Hao, you are merely at the Sealed Martial Realm Fourth Layer. I am at the Seventh, and I am the master of the Tantric Sect! The only reason I’ve been civil is because I appreciate talent. Do you really think I’m afraid of you?!”

As the master of the Tantric Sect, he had long been in a position of power and possessed great pride. Pushed so aggressively by Lin Hao, the Jade-faced Ascendant was now furious.

He strode forward, his aura surging and his martial arts domain growing more tyrannical.

But Lin Hao didn’t even spare him a glance, his gaze already shifting to Shu Fangge and the Chuckling Ascendant.

At the same time, Lin Hao added, “And you two. One’s a Holy Master from a Holy Land, the other’s an Ascendant from the sect. You must have plenty of treasures as well. Hand them over.”

As if extorting one person wasn’t enough, Lin Hao now turned his attention to Shu Fangge and the Chuckling Ascendant.

“Lin Hao, you’re too arrogant!” the Chuckling Ascendant sneered, equally enraged. “The Harmony Dominator Body may be a rarity for the ages, but an Overlord Body that hasn’t fully matured has its inherent weaknesses. Do you really believe that at the Sealed Martial Realm Fourth Layer, you can withstand a combined attack from the three of us? Heh…”

Lin Hao’s gaze was utterly indifferent, without even a hint of caution. That look of complete disregard was a profound humiliation.

Shu Fangge’s eyes narrowed to slits as he stared at Lin Hao without a word.

But his oppressive aura surged toward Lin Hao, blanketing everything.

Lin Hao possessed the Harmony Dominator Body, but he was, after all, only at the Sealed Martial Realm Fourth Layer. There was no reason the three of them combined should lose to him.

BOOM!

With a single shared thought, a powerful oppressive force surged toward Lin Hao from all directions.

This was the combined might of the three experts, and the pressure was immense.

The runes of the Indestructible Holy Land flickered, and the air crackled under the strain.

The power of their individual martial arts domains was already nigh-unbreakable; combined, their might multiplied exponentially.

Yet Lin Hao remained unaffected.

Amidst this crushing force, Lin Hao took a step forward with utter calm and composure.

As he took that single step, Xi Chenghua and the others behind him instantly felt the pressure upon them vanish.

They immediately got to their feet, exhaling a long, ragged breath.

Shu Fangge and the others stared, eyes wide in disbelief, their very Divine Souls trembling.

‘How is this possible?!’

‘Our combined strength could restrain a Martial Artist at the Sealed Martial Realm Peak, but Lin Hao is only at the Fourth Layer! Even with the Harmony Dominator Body, it shouldn’t be like this… The gap in our cultivation realms is too vast! How did he do it?!’

It wasn’t just them; Xi Chenghua, his men, and the still-immobilized Dugu Shang were all completely and utterly stunned.

This defied all logic!

“You’re only at the Sealed Martial Realm Fourth Layer! I refuse to believe I can’t suppress you!” the Jade-faced Ascendant roared, driven to a frenzy. He unleashed not just his full strength, but his Bloodline Power as well.

He wasn’t the only one; the Chuckling Ascendant and Shu Fangge followed suit.

They were Saint Master Level experts, and right now they couldn’t even suppress a single Martial Artist at the Sealed Martial Realm Fourth Layer. If word of this got out, they would never be able to show their faces in public again.

Lin Hao faltered.

The three of them using their Bloodline Power had managed to impede him.

Seeing this, Shu Fangge and the others were overjoyed. ‘So, Lin Hao is still human, not a god,’ they thought. ‘He hasn’t transcended the Martial Arts Realm.’

But in the next instant, their joyful expressions froze, replaced by utter horror.

They felt Lin Hao’s aura climbing. It was a familiar sensation—the sign of a cultivation breakthrough.

‘Lin Hao is actually breaking through from the Sealed Martial Realm Fourth Layer at a time like this!’

But they were mistaken.

They only heard Lin Hao whisper, “It seems my comprehension is still lacking. I still have to rely on my Martial Arts Realm.”

Before he’d even finished speaking, Lin Hao’s Martial Arts Realm reached the Sealed Martial Realm Fifth Layer.

Lin Hao shook his head and uttered two words: “Not enough.”

As the words left his lips, his Martial Arts Realm ascended once more, straight to the Sealed Martial Realm Sixth Layer.

After a brief pause, Lin Hao uttered three words: “Still not enough.”

As the words left his lips, he entered the Sealed Martial Realm Seventh Layer.

A new layer with every thought, reaching the Seventh Layer in a mere instant!

The sight was absolutely soul-shaking.

Whether it was Shu Fangge or the Chuckling Ascendant, Xi Chenghua or Dugu Shang… everyone was dumbfounded.

Shu Fangge and the other masters, in particular, felt their minds turn to absolute mush.

They were Saint Master Level experts. And while the legacies of their Holy Lands and sects couldn’t compare to the Indestructible Holy Land, they still possessed over four thousand years of history. But ascending a layer with a single thought, soaring from the Sealed Martial Realm Fourth Layer to the Seventh in an instant—such a thing was utterly unheard of!

This was no mortal feat; these were the methods of a god!

In that instant, a chill shot through their very souls.

They had only ever felt this way once before: when the Nine Yang Continent collapsed and the Dragon Transformation Ancient Realm opened.

The suppressive force from the three of them vanished without a trace.

At this moment, Lin Hao was like an immortal deity. They felt a sublime power that left them completely unable to resist.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

Shu Fangge and the others felt a sharp pain on the backs of their heads, and then they all pitched forward and collapsed.

“Mmph-mmph…”

Xiu Xiu, shouldering a massive hammer larger than its own body, was about to scurry over to Lin Hao for praise when the sheer weight of it sent the little creature tumbling backward.

The hammer vanished in a flash, sparing it from total embarrassment, but the creature still covered its face with its tiny paws, looking thoroughly abashed.

Xi Chenghua and his men were amused by the display.

Whatever its reasons for following Lin Hao, its clownish antics made it impossible to stay mad at.

Dugu Shang, now free, felt the corner of his mouth twitch as he caught sight of Xiu Xiu.

The memory of its previous attack was still fresh in his mind.

However, seeing that Shu Fangge and the other two had also fallen prey to its sneak attack, Dugu Shang felt a little bit better.

SWISH!

Xiu Xiu peeked through the gaps between the paws covering its face. Seeing that Lin Hao was ignoring it, the creature zipped over to the Jade-faced Ascendant. With a movement too fast to follow, its tiny paw snatched the spirit storage ring right off his finger.

It then repeated the trick, pilfering the rings from the fingers of Shu Fangge and the Chuckling Ascendant as well.

Xiu Xiu shot Lin Hao a conspiratorial wink, about to present the rings as tribute. But just at that moment, the situation took a sudden turn.