Star Gate

Li Hao, the Human King and Spring Autumn quickly disengaged from the battlefield. The queen was hot on their heels. People flocked to their rear, those from the New Martial, Silver Moon, and Spring Autumn factions.

The Nine Layer Guard was busy with Disorder and the chaos beast powerhouses had all been eliminated. Li Hao’s group had no major enemies at the moment—the opponents were all fighting each other.

Li Hao’s group had been the center of battle at first, but were now irrelevant passersby.

“C’mon, let’s go to the four regions!” Li Hao looked at the dao chess.

“What?” The dao chess blinked. Go where?

“The four regions!” grinned the young man. “It’s a nice place and where Silver Moon, New Martial, Skyward, and Calamity major world came to be! It’s also where the spirit of the chaos appeared, so let’s head there to establish my chaos!

“The western region has been wrecked, so I’m not looking to do anything here. C’mon, those guys don’t know our destination, so they won’t immediately catch up to us!”

Head to the four regions?

The dao chess was astounded!

We’ve spent all this time fighting in the west and you’ve completely trashed this place, but now you want to head to the east to establish your chaos?

How can you do this??

If this was your plan from the very beginning, you should’ve just started in the east. Chaos Sky wouldn’t have declared war on you then.

So... you really were just being a shitstirrer?!

The others also looked at Li Hao with complicated expressions. Even the supreme’s face twitched. This kid was truly blackhearted! He clearly hadn’t planned on establishing his chaos in the west from beginning to end. His sights had always been set on the four regions!

And now the four regions were the safest because all of its powerhouses were dead!

“Breaking the order of the west and giving control of the chaos to Disorder will make my new chaos the natural gathering place for order,” Li Hao explained as they walked. “Do you guys understand?”

Some didn’t.

“So you mean... that order must still exist in the end?” The supreme picked up the line of conversation. “Since the west has been thrown into turmoil, no, the entire universe, then order cannot find a footing at the moment. If you establish a new chaos at this time, the universe’s natural reaction will be to send order to the new chaos?”

“It is the supreme who understands me best!” Li Hao nodded. “That’s exactly what I mean. In this way, order will return and restraint Disorder. That means it’s only a matter of time before Disorder is beaten to death. Of course, that’s just a byproduct of my actions.

“Order will naturally exist in the new chaos, which frees me from spending too much effort on it. Breaking the order of the west was a prerequisite to building a complete order in the new chaos!”

“......” The kid’s damned black-hearted! Everyone inwardly passed judgement.

“Then... what about General Yuan and the others, milord?” Gan Wuliang couldn’t help but ask.

“They’re fine, I’ve got all of their spirit and will incorporate it into the new chaos. Don’t worry!” Li Hao laughed. “Could I actually verify my dao through killing my master? That’s not the kind of person I am!”

He chatted with such a leisurely air, as if those fighting in the distance had nothing to do with him.

“So this was what you planned from the start?” Spring Autumn couldn’t help herself. “And I mean you staying in the west, using my hand to bring everyone here, setting yourself against Chaos Sky, forcing your teacher to die, causing the death of Long Zhan... was all part of your schemes?”

Li Hao shook his head.

The little girl heaved a sigh of relief.

“That wasn’t the idea at first,” explained the young man. “I originally expected that I would have to create my chaos alone because no one would help me. My thoughts were to give you the dao of time if Disorder didn’t appear. You could use it in conjunction with the daos of withering and flourishing to revive your thousands of replicas.

“You would be so formidable then that you might be able to rush the origin of the chaos and strengthen your race that way. That might make you even more domineering than Disorder!

“And the key is, your daos of withering and flourishing are more suited to time. If all of your replicas were turned into primary bodies... tsk tsk.” Li Hao clucked his tongue. “Even I am concerned by how strong you might be if you could do all that and return your past selves to peak strength.

“You’d be able to go one against one hundred! I might stand a greater chance of success if you made a play for the origin of the chaos then!”

What the... fuck??

Spring Autumn’s jaw dropped. Fucking hell! Seriously??

Or are you just saying that?

Upon further thought... if I wielded time and all my replicas returned to peak strength under the auspices of time... Would that make me stronger than Disorder?

It might!

She had so many replicas—one for each year. Her strength was transformed with each metamorphosis, so none of them were that strong. But if that could be changed with the power of time, how many eighth rank replicas would that be?

“Can you restore all of my replicas to full strength?” The little girl swallowed hard.

“I’ll need enough energy to do so, not to mention that this process would deplete some of your lifespan. You don’t have that much life force, but you can flare it in a magnificent manner for a split second. If that restored all of your replicas, you might be able to kill everyone in the blink of an eye!

“Granted, this course of action would also lead to your death, but that’s not in my field of interest.”

You... you’re really...

Spring Autumn’s heart quailed and she clenched her teeth. “I wouldn’t have wanted your time!”

How would you scheme against me if I don’t want what you’re offering?

Li Hao looked at her with a meaningful look in his eyes, then grinned. You wouldn’t have wanted it?

Really?

I don’t believe you!

I wouldn’t be able to do anything if you really declined my offer. But... would you really have?

Everyone else sucked in a breath. Holy shit!

If everything had proceeded according to plan, then Spring Autumn would be wielding the dao of time right now and have revitalized all of her replicas... What kind of concept was that??

Would there have been an even more terrifying battle that erupted today?

No wonder this guy was perfectly composed and didn’t seem at all concerned that Disorder wouldn’t appear or unexpected developments might occur. His primary target hadn’t been Disorder all along, it’d been Spring Autumn!

“There’s no need to think too much, everyone,” said Li Hao. “The power of time is stronger in anyone else’s hands but mine! If Long Zhan had had it, for example, he could’ve strengthened himself and shaken chaos dao. However, that would elicit hostilities from the ninth ranks all the same!

“If Chaos Sky had it, then order would be fully consolidated and attract ninth rank attention all the same. Because the ninth ranks are present, anyone who comes in possession of time will suffer their attacks!”

Disorder had just been one of his backups. Li Hao had been prepared to hand over time regardless, so the outcome had been set in stone. It didn’t matter who he picked as the recipient, so long as they weren’t a heavyweight.

If the recipient was too strong, they’d become a greater threat than Li Hao. The young man restrained himself in its use, but that didn’t mean others would.

“So you mean that you wouldn’t have given it to me?” grumbled the Human King. “That I’m not as strong as them?”

“You’d hack it into two with one stroke if I gave it to you,” Li Hao sighed. “What would I do after that?”

Just listen to yourself! You’re the one who didn’t want it!

If he hacked it into two after I gave it to him... that’d be the end of the road for all of us!

“Why would I ever do that?” cackled Fang Ping. “I’m not that kind of person! If I were you, I wouldn’t just hand it over freely like this. I’d auction it off and earn something from it!”

“......” Eye rolls abounded in the group. That’s enough, both of you!

“Let’s change the subject,” Li Hao grinned. “Start the transportation and send us to the four regions! It’ll take some time for Disorder to catch up if he wins. If Skyward wins, he can descend anytime, so he’s not afraid of me getting away!”

The dao chess didn’t say anything. While the transport of a crowd of powerhouses would be an enormous depletion of resources, there was no time to consider this!

“Support us with some resources in a bit...” Li Hao turned back to look at Spring Autumn.

The girl scowled!

“The stronger the new chaos is, the better,” explained the young man. “Everyone should incorporate their spirit into it when it’s established. There is great benefit to sensing the birth of a new cosmos and a myriad of daos!

“There will be the reflections from a true settlement of a frontier! I’ve paid such an incredible price already... But of course, you don’t have to participate if you’re not interested!”

“What about the Human King?” snorted an irritated Spring Autumn.

“He’s poor, you’re not poor!” Li Hao smiled. “Not to mention, New Martial and Silver Moon are one family. You’re an outsider at the end of the day, yes?”

Fuck!

Spring Autumn nearly spat. She didn’t want to be involved at all anymore.

Well, fine, she did have certain thoughts in mind, even now.

“Fine!” She nodded with clenched teeth.

“My thanks for Fellow Daoist Spring Autumn’s generosity!” Li Hao chuckled. “Personally participating and observing the evolution of life, as well as a myriad of daos, is a wonderful opportunity for everyone. This will be fun!

“And it’ll be more fun after time returns,” the young man said expectantly. “I hope that Disorder dies at the perfect moment. It’s bad if he dies too early or too late!”

“......” No one could muster a response. This guy was damned vicious!

......

“Li Hao’s gone away!” roared Disorder. “Are you still going to bother with me?? He’s run off and my command of time isn’t as strong as his. If you really kill me and he succeeds in establishing his chaos, he’ll be more difficult to take down than me!

“He’s definitely a more thorny opponent than I am when he has a stronger time! He’s gone to the four regions, the roots of the chaos. He’s creating his new chaos there, everyone will be affected!”

Why are you guys so obsessed with me??

“You can just give up then!” snapped Skyward. “You won’t die without time, Disorder! Li Hao could give it up, why can’t you?!”

“......” Disorder didn’t know what to say. You wouldn’t give it up either if it came into your hands. I’m not throwing it away!

He swelled with rage and coalesced time once more.

Bam!

Another replica died after a loud explosion. His battle strength ran as highly as ever, but his hair grew increasingly whiter. Disorder knew that he was expending too much of his life force!