Asura Emperor Venerable-Chapter 1547: Footprints

Shi Hao didn’t offer much explanation, just took the Purple Gold Rat and slowly moved forward.

After a few more days, they finally reached the "end" that Shi Hao had mentioned.

Ahead, it was extremely eerie, with the space completely vanished, as if a fault had appeared in the world here.

However, in this void, there was a muddy path, pointing straight to the distance, leading to who knows where. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

This!

Is this the center of the Forbidden Land?

Shi Hao didn’t believe it, he walked around this void space, but it truly was just a void space, and the eerie thing was, no matter where he walked, that muddy path was in front of him, as if he had never moved.

Truly bizarre.

Shi Hao attempted to step into that void place, but he couldn’t even lift a foot.

It seemed as if the heavens and earth were telling him, this is the end, you cannot cross it.

Shi Hao looked at the Purple Gold Rat, and the Purple Gold Rat also looked at him, their big and small eyes staring at each other.

They might have imagined countless times what the core area of the Forbidden Land looked like, but now seeing it with their own eyes, they couldn’t believe it.

A piece of void, with only a muddy path?

So, what is at the end of the path?

Is that the true center of the Forbidden Land?

"Footprints!" The Purple Gold Rat pointed at the muddy path, where there was a very distinct line of footprints, leading forward until they disappeared.

And the eerie thing was, Shi Hao and the Purple Gold Rat’s ocular power was absolutely amazing, but here, they could only see ten miles ahead, further than that was a blur, nothing was clear.

Obviously, some power was affecting their ocular power.

Should they also walk on this muddy path?

Instinctively, Shi Hao didn’t want to, because he had a feeling that this path was extremely dangerous.

However, he couldn’t resist the curiosity.

Just... try taking one step.

Shi Hao was extremely cautious, then he took a step and set foot on the muddy path.

Instantly, endless lethal intent surged towards him.

With a thud, Shi Hao collapsed on the ground.

Seeing this, the Purple Gold Rat quickly extended its small claw to drag Shi Hao back.

"Little Stone, Little Stone, don’t scare me!" it shouted, then sensed Shi Hao’s state, but it was terrified.

——Shi Hao’s soul was annihilated, all life force in his body extinguished!

Dead!

What, just one step and there was no visible deadly attack, how did he die?

Unconvinced, it continued to probe, ultimately discovering that a faint trace of life force still existed within Shi Hao’s body.

"Little Stone, you must hang in there!" the Purple Gold Rat mumbled.

...

The lethal intent entered the Soul Sea, and even Shi Hao’s soul, strong enough to rival an Immortal King, was instantly shattered.

This was a supreme destructive power, Shi Hao believed that even an Immortal Venerable couldn’t withstand it.

This path was clearly not meant to be walked!

Could it involve the secrets of heaven and earth?

The seventh layer of the Immortal Rule?

The Great Dao itself?

Uhh, with Shi Hao’s soul destroyed, why were there still so many questions?

Because he had a backup plan.

He opened his Little Star Universe, leaving a wisp of soul outside.

So when the Purple Gold Rat dragged him out, this wisp of Shi Hao’s soul immediately re-entered his body.

However, the main soul in the Soul Sea was shattered into pieces, about to spill out of the Soul Sea.

This must not happen!

Shi Hao quickly contracted his Little Star Universe, keeping the soul shards within the Soul Sea, planning to repair these fragments and restore them to normal.

Yet, the lethal intent targeted not only his soul but also his body, with each cell being destroyed. In this sense, Shi Hao should actually be considered dead, except for that remaining wisp of soul. From soul to body, he had been severed.

The sole exception was his Little Star Universe.

This remained entirely unscathed.

As if... the Little Star Universe was its own world, so such attacks couldn’t reach this world, thus the soul hidden in this small world was preserved.

Shi Hao had an epiphany, but now was not the time for contemplation, he began the continuous repair of his soul and body.

In this regard, he might have an advantage over anyone else.

The Rejuvenation Technique and Nine Deaths Heavenly Skill were both oriented towards recovery and defense, and furthermore, Shi Hao, while cultivating the Nine Deaths Heavenly Skill, had often hovered on the edge of life and death, so with such experience, he naturally remained composed.

However, this time, the situation was undoubtedly the worst.

His soul and body were completely annihilated, and recovering would be akin to reincarnation rebirth!

Theoretically, the Nine Deaths Heavenly Skill and Rejuvenation Technique couldn’t achieve it either, but Shi Hao had consumed a few leaves of a peerless Great Medicine—though they were rotten leaves, they still left some benefits in his body, which now finally took effect, allowing his body to retain a thread of life force.

However, this situation couldn’t last long, so Shi Hao had to quickly awaken or restore his life force.

Otherwise, he would eventually become a true corpse.

After all, what remained of him was just a remnant soul.

Shi Hao struggled arduously, failing time and again.

His entire body was in ruins, he barely regrouped his soul, only for it to shatter again in the next moment.

The body too, barely running the Rejuvenation Technique, it just gained a hint of life force, but was then dragged back into the abyss of death.

After several attempts, Shi Hao stopped.

He couldn’t hope to simultaneously restore both body and soul, he needed to focus on one at a time.

Soul or body first?

Shi Hao decisively chose the body.

The soul might be the core, but the body is the foundation—solving foundational issues first was crucial.

Let’s go!

Shi Hao concentrated on running the Rejuvenation Technique, combined with the medicinal power of the Great Medicine and the physical strength he cultivated with the Nine Deaths Heavenly Skill, slowly awakening the life force.

His primary target was the heart.

The heart, you could say, is the source of life, pumping out blood, the water of life.

Looking within his body, this heart was a dire sight, riddled with holes.

It had long stopped beating, and after being tempered by the Bright Jade Immortal Rule, it turned jade-like, almost transparent, revealing that only one-tenth of the blood remained inside, still seeping through the shattered parts.

Recover, recover for me!

Shi Hao repaired the heart, gradually filling in the broken places.

This step alone took him ten years.

Finally, the heart was mended, no longer leaking blood.

The first step completed, onto restoring the other organs.

The beginning is always hard, just like piecing a puzzle together, the hardest decision is for the second piece, but the more completed the puzzle, the easier it becomes.

It’s the same for Shi Hao.