The Name of Eternals

Chapter 245: Supreme Hao Tian

In the turbulent blood lake, Li Hao's clothes had completely dissolved, leaving him naked.

The Qiankun jade belt was slipping off his body, but Li Hao grabbed it, wrapping it around his arm and holding it high.

However, the material of the Qiankun jade belt was clearly inferior to Li Hao's body. It was starting to show signs of decay and damage just from being soaked in the demon saint's blood.

The space within the jade belt was exposed at a corner, revealing a small opening where blood swirled inside.

"Where is this?"

The Bloodvine Demon King extended a blood-red tendril from within, curiously exploring the outside world, only to scream in pain when touched by the blood.

"It hurts!"

"My power seems to be sealed. I can't fly."

The Bloodvine Demon King tried to fly out of the jade belt's space but found itself unable to mobilize its internal energy.

Seeing Li Hao's arm, now skeletal and bloodied, holding the belt high above the lake, it paused, seemingly understanding the situation.

"Are we... going to die?"

It asked softly, trembling.

Hearing the demon's question, Li Hao never thought he would be accompanied by a demon in his final moments.

His heart felt bitter as he looked around at the boundless darkness, unable to see the rock walls.

Falling chunks of flesh stirred up the lake, pushing his body back and forth. He had no idea how far he was from the rock walls.

"I'll try to find the rock wall."

Li Hao said, kicking his legs hard and swinging his arm, swimming straight in one direction.

But as he swam, large chunks of flesh continued to fall, and the waves they created pushed him back.

The demon saint's body seemed to have been held together by some force, but now, without it, it quickly decayed into rotten flesh, collapsing into the foul-smelling blood lake.

"Be careful."

The Bloodvine Demon King warned.

Li Hao saw a large chunk of flesh falling towards him and quickly swam to the side, but it still grazed his shoulder, dragging him deeper into the blood lake.

The feeling of suffocation came over him, and Li Hao grabbed the jade belt, struggling to swim back to the surface.

When he surfaced, most of his flesh had been corroded and torn away, leaving only a few strands of muscle hanging on his bones, making him look terrifying.

Raising his skeletal arm, Li Hao saw the jade belt held between his five bony fingers. It was thoroughly soaked and severely corroded.

"I didn't expect to bring you to such a death trap."

In this moment between life and death, Li Hao surprisingly calmed down. He looked up at the unreachable sky, where the massive prison island now looked as small as a sesame seed, occupying only a tiny spot in his vision.

Staring at the empty sky, he seemed to be talking to himself:

"The outside world has its beauty, too. It's a pity I couldn't take you to see it."

"It hurts..."

The Bloodvine Demon King's tendril emerged again from the jade belt's space, wrapping around Li Hao's skeletal arm and face like gentle hands, tenderly and carefully holding his face:

"You should eat me. If we're going to die anyway, you might as well eat me to hold on a bit longer."

Li Hao was stunned, "You want me to eat you?"

"You don't want to eat me because you're afraid I'll self-destruct, right?"

The Bloodvine Demon King's tendrils glowed blood-red, voluntarily entering Li Hao's skeletal mouth.

"Because we made a pinky promise..."

"I won't leave you, so if I die before you, it means you left me behind, not that I broke our promise..."

Its voice grew weak as its body emerged from the jade belt's space, transforming into a snake-like blood glow, entering Li Hao's body.

It wasn't Li Hao eating it; it was sacrificing itself, turning into blood food for him.

Seeing the boy, severely corroded but still holding the jade belt high, the Bloodvine Demon King knew it had chosen the right person.

Li Hao was stunned, floating in the blood lake.

He remembered promising it that he would take it out of the wilderness, letting it bite him every day as interest.

Back then, it cherished its body, guarding it carefully.

Now, before he could fulfill his promise, it had already given everything to him.

It was just a demon he had never truly cared about.

Li Hao thought of the tendril that secretly wrapped around his pinky, making a promise. His eyes reddened.

Blood glow enveloped his skull, and immense blood energy poured into his body, nourishing his bones.

His body, once as strong as a nine-forged divine weapon, felt a bottleneck loosening under this tremendous blood energy.

At this moment, the blood lake's corrosion seemed to slow, and Li Hao could sense deep power in the blood.

He hesitated, then began to circulate the True Demon Cultivation Technique, absorbing the deep blood energy from the lake.

He couldn't absorb it before, but now, having broken through a bottleneck, he could barely absorb the saint-level blood energy.

Though slow, like drawing silk, Li Hao suppressed his sorrow, fully focusing on cultivating. He knew this was his only chance for survival, not wasting the demon's sacrifice.

A falling chunk of flesh knocked him into the blood lake again. This time, he didn't struggle, sitting cross-legged in the lake, wholeheartedly absorbing and refining.

Yet, his absorption speed couldn't keep up with the corrosion, and his bones began to chip away.

His body shrank, eroding faster than he could absorb, leaving only a small skull.

But within this skull, faint red-gold light flickered.

The True Demon Cultivation Technique continued to circulate, endlessly refining, Li Hao's consciousness steadfast, like threading a needle, continuously breaking through a bottleneck.

Unaware of time, he couldn't stop, for that meant eternal darkness.

After days, the skull shrank further to the size of a thumb, and Li Hao's consciousness weakened, but he didn't give up.

The white bone, eroded to the size of a soybean, housed his soul, with little room left. Anger and despair filled him, and he chose to burn his soul, absorbing blood energy at the fastest rate.

As his soul burned, the absorption rate increased sharply.

Boom!

A bottleneck suddenly broke.

An unimaginable surge of vitality poured into the white bone.

Li Hao felt a familiar sensation, akin to entering other extreme realms.

Realizing he broke through the third extreme realm of immortality, he understood he could regenerate even from a drop of blood with this boundless vitality.

Beyond physical durability, this was a significant upgrade!

In this realm, Li Hao named it the Immortal Immortal Realm.

Previously, the third realm was known for resilience, but now, it was a leap in survival capability!

As Li Hao's thoughts turned, immense vitality burst from the white bone, rapidly growing flesh and bones.

In an instant, a head formed in the blood lake.

But Li Hao paused, now controlling his body more finely.

He sensed two faint traces in his body.

These traces were his parents' bloodlines.

He chuckled, thinking of the snowstorm and the boy driven out, holding the twin flowers, but knocked into the abyss by the severed chain.

The demon's promise, unbreakable, and the final whisper that pushed him to the limit, gave him new life!

He smiled, letting the power dissipate.

His body quickly decayed, bones dissolving, leaving a single drop of blood.

Even this drop contained the faintest traces of his parents' blood.

Li Hao took a deep breath, knowing the danger, even in the Immortal Immortal Realm, risking death.

But he chose to proceed.

"From now on, I am myself, seeking the heart of heaven with my heart, proving my heart with the heart of heaven!"

Li Hao's soul surged, severing the two bloodlines in the drop of blood.

Complete separation!

Half the drop dissolved instantly.

This act was akin to a self-inflicted wound, facing death again.

Yet, Li Hao's will was never stronger, solidifying his path.

Establishing the heart with heaven and earth!

Bones of mountains and rivers!

Flesh of the sun, moon, and stars!

Blood of the supreme dao!

"I am my true self, Hao Tian, the supreme!"

Powerful energy erupted from the blood, shaking the blood lake, creating waves!

The blood glowed brightly, condensing, rising from the lake!

Above the abyss, endless light gathered, forming flesh and bones.

Soon, a perfectly proportioned young body emerged from the blood lake.

The aura of one standing with the heavens and earth emanated from him.