Chapter 2069: Reformation (I)

In the west.

The western region grew increasingly peaceful as fighting erupted in the north. Aside from the agitating presences of a few eighth ranks, the entire west was as calm as a sacred land.

Anyone who sensed anything off quickly prayed to assuage their worry. That turned into more faith. They firmly believed that there was nothing that Dao Master Chaos Sky could not resolve. Whether it involved the dao of order or not, order would ultimately be reborn.

Li Hao still did not make his move yet.

He sat cross-legged in the void, his great dao integrated into the western region. He carefully sensed the faint changes and tasted the faith and order drifting through the void.

His entire mindset was tranquil. The young man set aside the powerful presences emanating from the north. Faith... order...

All sorts of thoughts appeared in his mind.

Must humans have faith if they wished to strengthen order? What should those without faith do?

New Martial possessed faith, as did Long Zhan, Spring Autumn, and Chaos Sky...

So what is my faith?

He’d temporarily set aside his desire to attack Chaos Sky major world. If he acted before there was a conclusion to the fight between Chaos Sky and Disorder, he might only help Disorder instead.

Therefore, Li Hao did not want to interfere with anything.

Instead, he fished out a dao star from the river of dao. It was a pure and sacred sun.

The young man contemplated it. What was this?

This was the dao of faith that Hong Yitang had absorbed, the dao of the human emperor. The queen created an incredible amount of faith balls every second. There were too many people in her divine nation. Each of them flared with faith and responsibility.

The queen herself didn’t dare absorb this faith. Thankfully, Hong Yitang was a convenient receptacle. That emboldened her to the point of infusing all of the energy from these dao rules into Li Hao’s river of dao.

Her thinking was that Hong Yitang needed it, anyway. However, Li Hao did not give all of it to Hong Yitang.

Shouldering some responsibility was indeed being responsible. Taking all of it on... was to be a puppet.

......

Li Hao stared at the balls of light. There were far more than one—there were a lot in the depths of his river. He was wary of this dao, so he’d never done anything with these balls. He’d simply shoved them to the bottom of his river.

While Hong Yitang needed them, the young man had only handed over a portion of the balls. Now as he was surrounded by an environment of faith in the western region, Li Hao stared at the balls of light. The young man was lost in thought.

If one never sought to walk a path and explore it on a deep level, then one would never understand it.

There was no good or bad when it came to dao. This was something that he often said.

“I still don’t know this dao well enough. Chaos Sky uses it, Martial Uncle Hong uses it, and someone else might employ it in the future. If this path originates from the faith and conviction in the deepest part of our hearts, what’s the harm in giving it a try?”

Li Hao wholly ignored Chaos Sky major world and the raging battle in the north. He laughed at the ball of light in front of him and integrated it into his dao system. A dao star grew as a result and countless balls of light emerged from the riverbed to become part of that world.

Countless voices immediately surfaced in his mind.

“I want to live forever...”

“I’d rather be a dog in peaceful times than a human in an age of turmoil!”

“Mommy, I want to go to school...”

“I want to get stronger!”

“It’s so dark outside, where did the sun go?”

“......” Endless voices and thoughts erupted in Li Hao’s mind, filling his brain to the point where it wanted to explode. They were so urgent and demanding that he seemed to become those mortals for a split second.

They had their own desires, faith, and convictions. An incredible burden bore down on the river of dao. Li Hao... you should strive for the peace of the chaos!

A current of faith meandered over in the ninth layer. Li Hao didn’t prevent the dao star from absorbing it!

The young man allowed the energy to seep into his river and slowly combine with the dao star. It then... started drifting toward the world of order, the five thousandth world and the one that Li Hao had planned to make the core of the five set of one thousand.

Chaos Sky’s replica was there.

In that moment, all of the voices in this mind were unified. They were one voice and one will...

“All things are to build order. When the wills are unified, peace will naturally spread throughout the chaos!”

Li Hao permitted the strength to percolate through him. He just wanted to sense it. Thanks to these changes, he seemed to be building a faint connection with the order of this region.

The look in the young man’s eyes remained unchanged as he watched the massive dao star grow at a furious rate.

Order!

The dao of the human emperor began connecting with and integrating with the dao of order. This was Chaos Sky’s true heart. It was one of order, faith, responsibility, and conviction.

A voice echoed through Li Hao’s mind—it seemed to come from Chaos Sky!

The look in the young man’s eyes remained unchanged. It was deep and contemplative. Chaos Sky... did you count on me coming here? Were you that certain that I would visit the west?

It might not be today, it might be sometime in the future. But so long as I came, I would... fall into your trap, wouldn’t I?

You lowered my guard with order and faith, using peace and tranquility to soften my emotions. Your replica’s strength interferes with my judgment, all of which is a plan for me to build the dao of order, isn’t it?

An increasing amount of order surged toward him.

Up ahead, Chaos Sky major world.

The eighth ranks were shaken as they suddenly felt the strength of order flooding out of the world. No one dared brashly investigate the anomaly, but could sense the ebb of energy around them!

Was someone... absorbing it?

......

The north.

BOOM!

A corner of Chaos Sky’s order collapsed and he took a few steps back, coughing up a dribble of blood. He smiled at the west, flashing a brilliant grin.

Li Hao... you’ve headed west! You’re in Chaos Sky Region!

“Why do I sense that your strength of order is much weakened?” Disorder demanded. “Where is the Heaven’s Stratagem? Why do you not use your greatest weapon? What are you plotting now, Chaos Sky?”

His opponent... seemed to be wilting, like his strength of order was dissipating.

It was flowing west!

Had something happened in the western region? Was someone attacking his world? Was that the case?

Joy gripped Disorder, but... Chaos Sky’s expression was wrong for such a development. He didn’t seem surprised or worried. He was actually smiling!

Chaos Sky was indeed very happy.

“I already said that the end of time is order! Everything is meant for the establishment of order. Even time will be suppressed by order! Time is the one and only. Reversing time is the action of disorder!” He seemed to be speaking to both his opponent and to someone else.

The final destination of time was order. Li Hao reversing time was without order. The young man should not interfere with time and the chaos in this manner.

Time should not flow backward or accelerate. Time can only follow the passage of the seasons. Li Hao, do you understand the pains I’ve taken?

I’m not plotting against you, I just want you to understand that the chaos needs order!

......

The western region.

A large amount of order flooded Li Hao’s river of dao. At the same time, something that resembled a book materialized out of the sky and floated toward the young man. The unending flow of dao strength originated from the book.

There were the mountains and rivers, sun and moon, world and stars, and nine divisions of heaven in that book...

Li Hao could sense a hint of... dao rules from afar, even a taste of spirit.

The book drifted toward the young man. Some characters of will appeared on it—Heaven’s Stratagem!

Li Hao remained unmoving before suddenly laughing at himself. “You’ve really invested a great deal!”

He suddenly didn’t understand Chaos Sky. The man seemed to have been scheming against him the moment he delivered his replica. He’d plotted that Li Hao would one day head to the west. Everything that happened were just steps to ensure he did so. He even used the Heaven’s Stratagem as the ultimate bait!

The domineering treasure flew toward Li Hao’s river of dao. It vaguely showed signs of surpassing eighth rank!

This was... ninth rank strength!

Li Hao’s eyes widened. He understood what Chaos Sky intended now. The man wanted to use Heaven’s Stratagem to forcefully reverse his river of dao, turning him into the heir of order. Time would be suppressed!

“The... fuck...?” Li Hao suddenly didn’t know whether he should laugh or cry. Are you trying to take down Disorder or me, man?

You left such a powerful treasure in your world and didn’t take it into battle with you. And because I’ve made your replica the core of my fifth set of worlds, your strength of order is fully extended through my river!

The star of time at the very center was being squeezed out of place! Order crept over it!

Once Heaven’s stratagem entered the waters, it might fully turn Li Hao into a spokesperson of order. And Chaos Sky didn’t do so to control the young man, but to change the young man’s attributes and turn him into a cultivator of order.

“What a grand investment!”

Are you doing this for me, or for someone else?

Or is it that whoever comes to your world might face this, that an attacker will become a defender? If that’s the case, then you’re really something, Chaos Sky.

“The strength of order is marching into me, whereas Chaos Sky’s strength is receding. After order comes... disorder, darkness, turmoil...” Li Hao suddenly looked at the north when he understood something.

Chaos Sky might become the most terrifying of all once he was devoid of order.

“With this strength in my body, I’ll have to shoulder its burden and maintain the order of the west. I’ll even have to handle all of its enemies. Meanwhile, is Chaos Sky going to utilize the strength of disorder and darkness as the embodiment of the desires and ambitions concealed by order? Is that what he’ll use to kill the Disorder master?”

Li Hao saw everything clearly now.

You’ve got balls, Chaos Sky, and are ruthless. Aren’t you afraid of being swallowed by desire and darkness after you lose order?