Star Gate-Chapter 1436: Opening the Star Gate (II)

“My apologies...” Li Hao looked around the small residence after Panther left and gave a long exhale. “I hadn’t wanted to damage the Sword Sovereign’s residence, but now that the situation is thus... I won’t pretend that I don’t need some help! Please lend me the residence!”

The long river encircled the yard, coalescing boundless sword intent. They flooded into the sword intent that Li Daoheng had left behind.

True Eternal Sword intent began to gather! 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

The residence immediately dimmed with mediocrity once it lost the sword intent. Only the signboard continued to radiate an unusual presence.

“Senior Human King, lend me the signboard!” Li Hao wasn’t about to overlook this treasure. “We grow numb to our troubles when there are too many of them. New Martial is sure to be beset by a horde of strong enemies. Once I walk out of Silver Moon, I’ll be able to repay you a thing or two when I grasp sufficient power!”

As for whether or not he could actually execute on his words, they could wait and see.

The New Martial Human King was powerful beyond compare, but had his deficiencies as well. He didn’t possess a deep understanding of the great dao. While he was in peak condition at the moment, who knew what would happen in the future?

Let’s take it one step at a time! Even though you’re in your prime, it’s always nice to have another helper, is it not?

With that in mind, Li Hao felt no pressure at taking the signboard with him. This was another thing he’d learned from the Human King. All was fine so long as he could live with himself.

The upcoming trial was bound to be perilous and not something easy to survive. The chaos tribulation, time tribulation, future tribulation, and world ascension tribulation were honing in on a common point in time!

They wouldn’t be tribulations if he could easily resolve them! He was going to use everything that he could collect from Silver Moon.

Finally, Li Hao looked at the Star Gate. This door... also seemed nice. How about I dismantle it after I open the Star Gate?

Not done yet, he materialized a longsword in his hand. “Go on, devour all of the ancient ruins within Silver Moon. These ruins count as powerful weapons themselves since they can survive in this world and stand against the pressure of the heavens. We'll need everything we can get!”

The Firmament Sword trembled and instantly vanished.

There were a lot of other ruins in Silver Moon other than the eight main cities. They had all been created during New Martial and possessed deep reserves of resources. They were complex structures since they could withstand the pressure of a world. Sending the Firmament Sword to devour them would slightly strengthen the weapon some more.

Although the increase would be insignificant compared to the weapon’s overall capabilities, any sort of enhancement was worth it to Li Hao at this stage. No preparation was too much for this venture! He wanted nothing more than to use every scrap that Silver Moon had to offer.

The young man took down the signboard—there was no corresponding reaction from it. As power emanated from his hand, the signboard shrank to the size of a palm that he then hung around his neck.

Penned by the Human King himself, it would provide defense against one exalted emperor’s blow, wouldn’t it? Even though there was no great dao accompanying it, the object wouldn’t be destroyed by ordinary people. The residence had remained intact from all of the commotion before precisely because of this signboard.

As Li Hao removed the signboard and extracted the sword intent, the residence quickly began to weather and decline in the void. It gradually turned into dust!

......

On the ground below.

Celestial Pole looked up and clucked his tongue. Damn, you’re really brave! He sucked in a sharp breath. You’ve eliminated the Sword Sovereign’s residence! If you really encounter the Human King in the chaos, you’ll be in for a rough beating even though you come from Silver Moon! I hope you don’t run into him, you might question your life after you do.

Even I didn’t dare do so!

Although I knew that the signboard in the residence was very useful, I never thought of taking it!

A sword flew over as Celestial Pole’s thoughts ran wild and began devouring the temple that he stood in. The man started and stared at the little sword. It trembled from the glare and pointed straight up at the sky.

Don’t look at me! As for why I chose this place first... can’t help it. A half step emperor lived here for one hundred thousand years, making this place a treasure trove. It will absolutely help me!

“Fuck you!” Celestial Pole ground his teeth. This went beyond the pale!

I slept here for so many years, but you just come and eat it?! You didn’t even leave a bed for me!

From this, he could tell how much pressure Li Hao was under. The young man wouldn’t be cleaning house of everything he could use and even collecting Celestial Pole’s residence otherwise.

......

At the same time, the central continent.

A massive hand descended from the sky.

Everyone within a building structure was promptly vaporized, save one person. When the energy dissipated, Chao Baisheng was left staring around with an ashen face.

“There is about to be some changes in Silver Moon, so that was enough fun.” Li Hao’s voice rumbled upon the air. “These sources of trouble will be eliminated first!”

Chao Baisheng bowed his head, sank to his knees, and worshipped the young man. He didn’t say anything and didn’t dare think anything. Some whisperings of other notions had been developing in his mind lately—those completely vanished.

The Sacred White Sect was eradicated in the blink of an eye on this day. They were indeed just toys to Li Hao. It was convenient for him to annihilate them with a single palm strike; it saved him the effort of hunting them down individually.

Ninety-nine percent of the villains in the world had joined the Sacred White Sect. The pawn that he’d casually placed on the chessboard a long time ago had demonstrated decent effect. Chao Baisheng really had recruited everyone he could—there were quite a few evildoers when a population was ten billion strong.

“You can continue to be your sect head and recruit more sect members. There will be people like this in any age. The more dangerous the era, the more they pop out of the woodwork! I'll reap the harvest at regular times!”

Chao Baisheng wanted to cry, but didn’t have the tears to. Li Hao... was certainly ruthless!

You’ve already reached these heights, do you really care about some troublemakers? The Inspectorate is almost out of a job!

It was clear to see from this just how conscientious their overlord was. Even though he had far more important matters to consider, he still remembered to eliminate some potential sources of future trouble.

......

As Li Hao continuously added to his foundations.

This moment in the chaos universe, in the northern reaches of Red Moon.

The shadow of a Star Gate appeared in the void. Tribulation clouds undulated around it and enveloped the world.

A massive chaos beast with eyes as bright as the moon looked at the relevant spot with astonishment. That was a chaos tribulation!

Was it the ascension of a minor world?

That shouldn’t be!

The ascension of a minor worldwhouldn’t attract a chaos tribulation! How many worlds would survive their own advancement otherwise?

“Is it... rising to the status of a mid world?” The chaos beast was immensely puzzled. This world didn’t seem to be a minor world either. Judging from its condition, it seemed to be progressing from a desolate backwater straight into a mid world. It was skipping the status of a minor world.

Was this the reason for the chaos tribulation?

How odd!

These kinds of situations rarely appeared. Under normal conditions, it took untold years for a minor world to rise to a mid world. There were no worlds that bridged the gap with one leap!

What was going on here?

As the ripples grew stronger, the door surrounded by thunder and lightning started trembling. Was the ascension imminent?

Greed glinted out of the chaos beast’s eyes. It looked like today would be when it struck gold! A minor world was leaping into the ranks of a mid world. Would it be wildly rich if it swallowed this world?

Under normal conditions, there were three to five exalted emperors in residence at a mid world. One of them would be the master of the world and at least a third rank exalted emperor.

The chaos beast would normally avoid such a world as it might not gain anything for its effort. But this world didn’t even seem to qualify as a minor world. Didn’t that mean that there might not be an exalted emperor inside?

As for why it could vault into the ranks of a mid world, the chaos beast didn’t have an answer for that either. However, such an opportunity was worth waiting for and attempting to seize. It was such a rare occurrence!

The level of danger didn’t seem that high and the key was, the potential payoff was enormous. It was more worried that other powerhouses would appear on the scene and fight with it for this world.

This tiny world could not be devoured yet—that could only take place after it ascended in order to maximize profits. The most critical was to wait until the chaos tribulation dispersed. The tribulation should be aimed at the ascension of the world and largely dissipate after the process was complete.

Highly expectant, the chaos beast even started to breath out chaos presence to conceal the massive ripples taking place. That would prevent more powerhouses from being drawn to this location.

At the same time.

A powerful being traveling through the vast universe shot toward Silver Moon’s direction. It was very fast, but it was yet to discover the world’s exact position. Only when the chaos beast began exuding chaos presence did the man open his eyes and look in a certain direction.

His eyes narrowed—the movement of chaos presence was worth investigating!

He rushed in the relevant direction, worried that there would be nothing left for him if he arrived too late.

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Silver Moon.

Ten days passed by in a flash. On this day, all Silver Moon powerhouses were gathered beneath the Star Gate. Their heads were tilted back at the sky and complicated looks were directed at the firmament. The remnants of New Martial felt an even more complex mix of emotions.

The Star Gate had been shut for one hundred thousand years!

No matter how much time had taken place in the outside world, they had well and truly been trapped here for one hundred thousand years.

There had been nothing good in it for them; it had been an empty passage of time and waste of lifespan. One had to know that the limit of a peak existence was one hundred thousand years. Almost all of the Apexes had died of old age!

The Apexes remaining at Evenround Martial University had survived due to Zhang An’s protection. Since they were puppets, they had barely been awake. That was how they survived the calamity.

It was usually Immortals that stood a chance of survival in the other ruins. Apexes and even a few of the weaker Immortals had slowly withered away. How despairing their days must have been!

For Saints, one hundred thousand years were also an unfathomably long period of time.

Almost everyone had made no progress due to the lack of energy. Therefore, the opening of the Star Gate and reconnecting with the chaos, standardizing time and calendar was both what they most desired and feared in life.

Whether it was the old turtle, Ninth Division leader, or General Pagoda, all wore a mixture of expressions on their faces. The Evenround Martial students were no better off.

The Star Gate had protected them, but also trapped them. Would its opening today be a blessing or disaster?