Chapter 1660: Chapter 1660: Slaying the Celestial Venerable
The Sacred Land was too small, Shi Hao instantly appeared before Celestial Venerable Wuchen.
"Hmph, now that the undying substance is about to be exhausted, have you come to beg this Celestial Venerable?" Celestial Venerable Wuchen said coldly.
Shi Hao chuckled, "You’ve lived for millions of years, have you lived foolishly? My era has just begun, why would I need to beg you for undying substance?"
"Then why have you come?" Celestial Venerable Wuchen said coldly, "Don’t forget, if you start a war, once this Celestial Venerable is wounded, I will naturally absorb undying substance for healing. At that time, the undying substance here will be depleted, you may remain undead, but everyone will be buried with me, including him!"
He pointed to Celestial Venerable Ye Chen.
Shi Hao smiled faintly, "Undying substance? Ha, that’s nothing."
He casually condensed a tiny piece of undying substance, then flicked it towards Celestial Venerable Wuchen.
Celestial Venerable Wuchen caught it; at his level, was he afraid of being tricked by Shi Hao?
He couldn’t be tricked; his strength had already advanced beyond all scheming and plotting.
Then, he was moved.
This is undying substance!
Heavens, Shi Hao can actually create undying substance?
He looked at Shi Hao in astonishment, his face full of shock.
He could manufacture undying substance, damn it, then what had he been doing all these millions of years?
"You, you, you—" he couldn’t control his emotions for a moment.
Shi Hao smiled faintly, "You’re too impatient."
He shook his head and continued, "As long as you simultaneously grasp the origin rules of both realms, plus compress the Little Star Universe, you can synthesize the Great Origin Cultivation into undying substance. So, this is something you inherently have the ability to do, yet you chose the difficult path."
Upon hearing this, Celestial Venerable Wuchen was left dumbfounded.
Turns out, this was a power he could have had, yet he went through great trouble to fuse the realms!
Look at Shi Hao, how old is he?
Yet, he already possesses this ability.
This veteran Celestial Venerable, could he possibly be weaker than Shi Hao?
In an instant, he was bewildered; was he wrong all these years?
A Celestial Venerable can manufacture undying substance himself, yet he was aiming to destroy the realms for it!
To become a Celestial Venerable proves Wuchen was once a supreme genius. But now?
He was blinded by his own shortsightedness, brought to this state.
"If this Celestial Venerable said, willing to mend his ways, you probably wouldn’t accept it, right?" he asked calmly.
Shi Hao shook his head, "If I forgave you just like that, it would be too unfair to those who died because of you, and even more to Celestial Venerable Ye’s sacrifices and dedication over the years."
"Some people deserve a second chance, but you don’t!"
Celestial Venerable Wuchen laughed heartily, burning with intense battle spirit, "If that’s the case, then let us fight!"
He was a Celestial Venerable, why fear a battle?
Shi Hao roared long and charged towards Celestial Venerable Wuchen.
After this battle, Celestial Venerable Wuchen was bound to fall.
His combat power was inferior to Shi Hao, and the undying substance was about to run out, so this was a battle destined for defeat.
But Celestial Venerable Wuchen had no choice but to fight.
How could a Celestial Venerable surrender without battle?
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The two engaged fiercely, each strike terrifying beyond belief.
Celestial Venerable Ye Chen did not intervene. With his involvement, Celestial Venerable Wuchen would certainly fall faster, but he was a Celestial Venerable after all, and this was his final respect for the opponent.
"Hahaha, exhilarating! Exhilarating!" Celestial Venerable Wuchen laughed loudly, and with everything let go, his combat power improbably escalated.
Celestial Venerables truly are extraordinary.
However, Shi Hao mastered the Great Origin Cultivation of both realms, equating him to the fusion of two Celestial Venerables, and this wasn’t just a simple equation of two people’s power, but at least four times the strength.
Such strength was beyond Celestial Venerable Wuchen’s ability to compete.
After a few moves, Celestial Venerable Wuchen had already fallen completely behind.
After a hundred moves, Celestial Venerable Wuchen was drenched in blood, gravely wounded.
He desperately absorbed undying substance to heal, but the substance here was scarce. Within a few attempts, he couldn’t draw any more undying substance.
Only a tiny bit remained in his body. Once exhausted, he would die of old age without Shi Hao’s intervention.
Yet Celestial Venerable Wuchen’s attacks grew stronger instead of weaker.
A Celestial Venerable never dies kneeling.
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Celestial Venerable Wuchen’s injuries worsened, and he could no longer heal them—not because he lacked such power, but his healing couldn’t match the rate of injury under Shi Hao’s attacks.
Undying substance could achieve this, but alas, he was out, and using more would lead to immediate death.
At this point in the battle, Celestial Venerable Wuchen was truly pitiable; only two paths lay before him: to die of old age or to die fighting.
Celestial Venerable Wuchen roared, gathering all his strength for the strongest and final strike.
With the strike launched, even without Shi Hao’s intervention, his body began to disintegrate.
A sacrificial strike.
However, Shi Hao was too strong, and even at the cost of his life, to Shi Hao, this strike was still just ordinary.
He casually wiped it out.
Celestial Venerable Wuchen revealed a wry smile, but his body shattered into fragments, scatters with the wind.
Thus, a powerful Celestial Venerable vanished completely from existence.
Shi Hao felt no joy; the desire to live is a normal yearning everyone has, and the stronger one is, the less they wish to die. He understood Celestial Venerable Wuchen in this aspect.
Yet to build one’s immortality on others’ deaths, Shi Hao couldn’t agree with that.
"He was considered our predecessor, what a pity..." Celestial Venerable Ye sighed regretfully.
Shi Hao smiled faintly, "Celestial Venerable Ye, perhaps another larger world at the end of the second muddy path exists, where everyone can cultivate to an undying state. You might have the chance to achieve immortality through your own abilities."
Celestial Venerable Ye merely smiled, without much expectation.
Having battled for two million years, he was already very tired. If he had to meet his end, he would gladly accept it.
"Let’s leave."
They left the Sacred Land; Shi Hao returned to Stone Country, while Celestial Venerable Ye explored around and eventually joined Shi Hao to explore the end of the second muddy path.
If there indeed exists a large world there, he would continue practicing, not for anything else but his passion for the pursuit of strength. But if it’s just another Sacred Land, he wouldn’t accept Shi Hao’s undying substance again; his life had reached an end, and death was the best rest.
Yet, once leaving the Sacred Land, Shi Hao was struck by lightning.
Now mastering the Great Origin Cultivation of two realms, though incredibly strong, being struck by lightning constantly wasn’t ideal.
Thus, he brought Su Manman and others to live in the Sacred Land.
While it lacked undying substance, due to its special location seemingly not belonging to any realm, naturally, there wouldn’t be tribulations.
There, Shi Hao could enjoy life while practicing.
He was waiting for the day he could set foot on the second muddy path.
