Asura Emperor Venerable-Chapter 1549: Whose Footprints?

Shi Hao looked at the muddy path, feeling a lingering fear.

Even though he had now fused Little Star Universe with himself, truly becoming the master of the world, he still dared not venture into this Forbidden Land.

It’s like a snail, which also has its home, but if it enters a human’s home, it could be squashed, stepped on, or crushed at any moment.

There’s no way around it, the strength is just too weak.

Shi Hao’s current situation is similar, though he is the master of the world, reaching a very high level, his cultivation is too weak, an Immortal King could kill him, not to mention this Forbidden Land that can even annihilate an Immortal Venerable.

However, on this road that leads to certain death, there was a line of footprints, leading to an unknown destination.

Shi Hao knew that with the abilities of an Immortal Venerable, they couldn’t possibly fall as quickly as he could, definitely able to last longer, but how many more steps could they take?

Ten steps? Twenty steps?

At most.

But how far did the owner of those footprints walk?

In this world... is there a being stronger than an Immortal Venerable?

And how many years ago were these footprints left, why haven’t they disappeared?

Furthermore, Shi Hao didn’t believe an Immortal Venerable hadn’t been here, didn’t they want to see the end of the road?

They must have tried, but upon realizing something was wrong, naturally retreated immediately.

With the abilities of an Immortal Venerable, this is still possible.

But why are there only a single line of footprints here?

It stands to reason, on such a muddy road, leaving footprints should be too simple, right?

Did they not leave deep enough footprints, so they disappeared long ago?

Shi Hao looked at the Purple Gold Rat and asked: "When I stepped in earlier, did you see any footprints?"

The Purple Gold Rat thought carefully for a moment, then shook its head: "No!"

No!

Which means, with his strength, he couldn’t even make a footprint on the muddy road!

Even he, a prodigious demon with quasi-Immortal King combat power, couldn’t leave a footprint with a single step?

Hiss, this is too astonishing.

What exactly is this road, and where does it lead?

Shi Hao looked into the distance of the muddy road, a surge of heroism rising in his heart.

One day, he would return here, qualified to walk this road, leaving footprints, until the very end.

"Mouse, let’s go."

Of course, the Purple Gold Rat wouldn’t object, this place was too eerie, better to leave quickly.

One man and one rat left, and Shi Hao was quite satisfied with this journey.

Although the process was very tortuous, he almost perished, but because of this, he completely fused Little Star Universe with himself, this step of crossing was extremely significant.

Furthermore, he had also broken through to eighteen stars, which was his goal for this journey, what could there be not to be satisfied about?

Two years later,

Shi Hao returned to the cottage.

Weng Nanqing and Su Manman were boringly teasing a rooster, and this rooster, ha, was truly pathetic now, because its beautiful tail feathers had mostly been plucked, made into a fan by the Little Witch.

Now, it had an expression of utter despair, unable to resist, being toyed with by the two women.

"Shi Hao!" Upon seeing Shi Hao and the Purple Gold Rat return, the two women exclaimed simultaneously.

Shi Hao smiled: "Sorry to keep you waiting."

This separation had been more than a hundred years, the longest they had been apart since they met.

Of course, for Immortals, a hundred years is actually very short, passing by in a casual retreat.

Shi Hao had already instructed the Purple Gold Rat not to mention him narrowly avoiding death, so the two women wouldn’t worry.

Thus, he only said he had experienced an adventure and ultimately broke through to eighteen stars.

Now, they could return.

Shi Hao glanced, seeing Woo Yueyi still in closed-door cultivation in the Immortal Abode.

Alright then.

Digesting the inheritance of a quasi-Immortal Venerable indeed required quite some time.

After a few days of reunion, Su Manman and Weng Nanqing entered the Immortal Abode, and Shi Hao and the Purple Gold Rat set out again toward the outskirts.

Even though they had walked this path once before, Shi Hao dared not let his guard down in the slightest.

The Forbidden Land doesn’t become safe no matter how many times you come. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

On the contrary, it’s always filled with danger.

Shi Hao continued on his journey, naturally searching for Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, as he hadn’t reached the end of eighteen stars yet, and if he could take this last step, he could break through to quasi-Immortal King, and then he almost wouldn’t need Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, only enough insights to soar through the nine steps.

Of course, breaking into an Immortal King was different, this required astonishing world resources, which is why, no matter how many geniuses there are in an era, there are only a few who can truly become Immortal Kings.

So what Shi Hao needed to do was to prepare for breaking into an Immortal King.

This is the path every Immortal King must take, like the Phantom Sea and the Hongwu Immortal King; Mo Bu spent thousands of years to complete the accumulation, and only then became a king of a region.

Thousands of years!

Shi Hao certainly couldn’t wait that long, he decided to return to the Forbidden Land to collect enough resources when the time comes.

——By that time, Shi Hao believed his combat power would absolutely be at the Immortal King level, fully capable of harvesting the Immortal King beasts in the Forbidden Land as resources for breakthroughs.

It took Shi Hao seven years to come out from the depths of the Forbidden Land, and in these seven years, Shi Hao only obtained one Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, an orange fruit, even the Purple Gold Rat couldn’t name it, but it contained astonishing energy.

Shi Hao continued walking, refining it, and after passing through the area of the Immortal King Sea of Corpses, his cultivation also quietly reached the peak of eighteen stars.

Next, he would break through to quasi-Immortal King.

However, this breakthrough is reflected in the spiritual aspect.

——To glimpse a bit of the mystery of the Immortal King, but there wouldn’t be much change in the body.

So even if he broke through to quasi-Immortal King, the body’s strength would still be at the eighteen-star Jade Immortal, not receiving the tempering of the Immortal King rules, and naturally, there wouldn’t be any quasi-Immortal King rules.

The reason for defining a quasi-Immortal King level between Jade Immortal and Immortal King is that breaking through to Immortal King is too difficult, it requires first a qualitative change in realm comprehension, then would trigger a comprehensive transformation; in fact, this process might be very fast, as long as your understanding keeps up, it could be completed in a year or even a month.

But it could also be very long, spending thousands or tens of thousands of years in vain.

Shi Hao possesses the soul strength of an Immortal King, although not equated to the comprehension of an Immortal King, it clearly makes his breakthrough to quasi-Immortal King, or completing the entire quasi-Immortal King comprehension, much easier than for others.

Therefore, reaching the end of eighteen stars is tantamount to the Immortal King realm beckoning to Shi Hao.

The current task for him is to accumulate resources.

But having just toured the Forbidden Land, both body and mind were exhausted, wanting only to leave for a good rest, less is more, after all, adventuring in the Forbidden Land, if one’s spirit isn’t in perfect condition, they’re very likely to perish due to even the smallest mistake.

That would be too worthless.

"Shi Hao!" An incredulous voice rang out, and Zhu Fenghai appeared in front of Shi Hao.