Nine Heavens Martial Emperor

The Dao Sound was all-pervasive, seeking to destroy Lin Hao’s mind, body, and spirit.

At first, Lin Hao had been extremely careful, trying to listen for it. But once the Dao Sound began, he discovered he didn’t need to listen at all—the attack was already upon him.

A few breaths felt like centuries to Lin Hao.

Even when Lin Hao sealed his Sixth Sense, he still couldn’t block the Dao Sound’s invasion.

At that moment, Lin Hao decided to fight back against the Dao Sound. He immediately unsealed his Sixth Sense completely.

The ancient, weathered voice seemed to cross the river of time, arriving from a primordial age.

Eternal, unchanging, yet witnessing seas turn to mulberry fields...

Vaguely, Lin Hao seemed to see a giant so colossal it supported the heavens and stood upon the earth.

The giant filled the entire world, omnipresent.

The Dao Sound resounded even more, shaking the heavens and the earth.

Of course, at this moment, the Dao Sound was aimed only at Lin Hao; no one else could hear it.

At first, the Dao Sound manifested as a stream of individual sigils.

But these sigils, having crossed the river of time, possessed immense offensive power.

Under the assault of these sigils, every bone in Lin Hao’s body began to CLANG.

The azure longsword that had been attacking Lin Hao was instantly shattered by the Dao Sound.

This happened even though his True Self Divine Soul had blocked most of the Dao Sound’s power, which just went to show how terrifying it was.

HISS!

Seeing this, all the elders gasped.

They knew of Proud Moon. The azure longsword manifested from his five Divine Techniques required a Martial Artist of the Spirit Transformation Realm to destroy, at the very minimum—and that was even after it had been weakened to the level of an ordinary sword.

Now, under the Dao Sound’s assault, the azure longsword had exploded directly into dust, yet Lin Hao’s body was completely unharmed. One could only imagine how terrifying his physical body was.

In truth, they didn’t know that Lin Hao’s body had been reconstructed in the void and tempered by numerous powers, including Chaos True Essence, the Divine Spring, the Flowing Light Divine Flame, and his Lifebound True Blood.

It could be said that while Lin Hao’s physical body had not yet reached the level of a saint’s, the gap was already very small.

Although the power of the Dao Sound’s sigils was terrifying, Lin Hao’s current physical body could withstand it completely.

Not only did Lin Hao withstand the Dao Sound’s attack, but he even began to firmly commit its sigils to memory, even though he couldn’t understand them at all.

The Dao Sound that Lin Hao knew from records was meant to serve Martial Artists. Although this one was its complete opposite, for him, it was an absolute opportunity.

A Dao Sound that produced a note of destruction... such a sound was undoubtedly far more terrifying than the ones that served Martial Artists.

’If I can commit this to memory and later use it for myself, it will be a tremendous stroke of fortune.’

This was Lin Hao’s thought at that very moment.

It was a good thing the elders of the Heaven-Breaking Pavilion didn’t have a Mind Reading Skill. Otherwise, if they knew what Lin Hao was thinking right now, they would surely faint from shock.

The Dao Sound was an incredibly fearsome thing; even the beneficial kind had to be treated with extreme caution by Martial Artists. As for a sound of destruction, it simply didn’t exist in any historical records.

But Lin Hao, on the other hand, was actually thinking of memorizing this sound of destruction and comprehending it for himself!

Lin Hao, of course, had no idea that his actions were creating a miracle unprecedented in history. He remained firm in his conviction, memorizing the Dao Sound’s sigils one by one even as he fought against them.

At first, Lin Hao handled it with ease, but after three sigils, he sensed a crisis.

The interval between the Dao Sound’s sigils grew shorter, and each one became louder, directly shaking his Divine Soul to its core.

At the same time, every bone in his body emitted an even louder noise.

The Godslaying Celestial Slash Skill activated on its own, without Lin Hao even needing to channel it.

When Lin Hao’s body was reconstructed in the void, it became infused with his will. This Emperor Skill, which he had cultivated to the Great Perfection Realm, had merged with his very meridians and bones, allowing it to activate automatically whenever he faced a crisis.

Upon encountering the Dao Sound, Lin Hao’s reconstructed body was already showing its might.

But it still wasn’t enough.

Because the Dao Sound had only just begun.

Lin Hao’s formidable body seemed to enrage the Dao Sound, which became even more dense.

One sigil after another linked together into a chain, filling the world and enveloping Lin Hao within.

This was an immense challenge for Lin Hao.

Because under these circumstances, memorizing every single sigil was incredibly difficult.

But Lin Hao didn’t give up.

A figure flickered in the void, and another Lin Hao appeared.

Lin Hao had used the External Incarnation Secret Skill to manifest a Primordial Body.

"What?!" Seeing another Lin Hao appear, an elder from the Heaven-Breaking Pavilion exclaimed, his eyes wide.

"The External Incarnation Secret Skill! That must be the complete, flawless version of it! Not even the Holy Lands possess the complete Secret Skill. To think it would reappear in his possession!" Guan Zhengyang was also stunned.

The complete External Incarnation Secret Skill could manifest a complete Primordial Body with the same combat power as the original. In a duel, this was absolutely terrifying.

In the void, after Lin Hao summoned his Primordial Body, his Divine Soul rose above and the Primordial Body descended below. They began to circle him, spinning in opposite directions.

"Excellent!" Fifth Elder Liu Bo, having just recovered from his shock, slapped his thigh in excitement.

He knew what Lin Hao was trying to do.

Spinning in opposite directions, as long as the speed was fast enough, they could drastically weaken the power of the Dao Sound.

This was precisely Lin Hao’s idea.

By using the force generated by the high-speed rotation of the two to weaken the Dao Sound, he could spare more of his focus to memorize it.

Both the Divine Soul and the Primordial Body were extensions of Lin Hao and had mastered the Heaven-Stepping Step. Moving with all their might, their speed increased exponentially, becoming a blur of afterimages and causing the natural energy in the air to condense around them.

A moment later, a giant cocoon appeared in the sky!

The high-speed rotation of the two had formed an impenetrable barrier, sealing Lin Hao within the center.

"Unbelievable! Absolutely unbelievable! This kid is defying the heavens!" Below, Liu Bo was beaming. He could see a path to victory for Lin Hao.

"I’m loath to admit it, but I have to say, I am no match for him," another elder lamented.

The other elders nodded in agreement.

The appearance of such a massive cocoon, capable of blocking the Dao Sound to the greatest possible extent, was an absolutely brilliant move.

Among the elders present, only Guan Zhengyang still had his brows tightly furrowed.

He had a feeling that things were not as optimistic as they believed.

His guess was correct. At that moment, Lin Hao was facing a crisis unlike any he had ever encountered.

Using his Divine Soul and Primordial Body to create a cocoon through high-speed rotation had indeed blocked the Dao Sound to a certain extent and drastically weakened the impact, but the Dao Sound had only grown denser.

Lin Hao could even feel that his Divine Soul and Primordial Body were on the verge of exploding.

The Divine Soul and Primordial Body were not only Lin Hao’s trump cards but also an alternative extension of his life. If they were to explode, Lin Hao would inevitably suffer a devastating blow!

The situation was beyond critical.