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Chapter 617: Chapter 617 The Path of Divine Demons Chapter 617: Chapter 617 The Path of Divine Demons “The Wall of Gods and Demons, the sorrow of the Primordial Ancients.”
Shi Hao murmured softly, thinking of that place.

It wasn’t just a mysterious wall but also an ancient path.

That wall had warnings on it that spoke of extreme danger, yet if one could break through the one hundred and eight barriers, one could tread upon a road leading to the utmost edge of the world.

However, since ancient times, very few from the Lower Realm had passed through!

Shi Hao had communicated with the Divine Striking Stone and consulted various bone texts.

Based on his conjectures, this road should lead to the higher realms, and might even enter the so-called Mysterious Forbidden Area.

Clearly, those warnings and the few words “the sorrow of the Primordial Ancients” sent chills down one’s spine, indicating the presence of great danger.

Shi Hao set out again, heading for the Fire Nation and delving deep into its ancient lands, filled with magma and heatwaves, then descended underground into the Ancient Sacred Imperial Palace.

With his current cultivation, naturally, he could venture deeper.

The so-called sea of fire, symbols, and other tests could not stop him—it was almost as if walking on level ground.

The palace was quiet, incredibly vast and boundless.

Shi Hao went straight in and came upon that ancient wall once again.

“In this world, there are two Divine Demon walls; one is complete, with a total of one hundred and eight gates, while the other is a failed product, having only the form.”

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Some of the gates in this place, like the True Dragon or Immortal Phoenix stone doors, had not been carved out.

On the wall, only the silhouettes of the gates were engraved; you couldn’t enter them, there were no combat arenas.

This was not the path he needed to take.

However, Shi Hao and the Divine Striking Stone studied together, and to find the real ancient wall, they needed to start here.

Because, according to the vague records from some bone texts, they discovered certain clues.

There was some kind of connection between this place and the true Wall of Gods and Demons.

“Could this place be a preliminary test?

Only after passing through here could one see the real wall?”
Upon arriving here, finding clues naturally required entering into those combat arenas.

Without a doubt, a series of fierce duels was about to unfold.

“All right, let’s consider it a trial to temper oneself and see just how powerful these Divine Birds and Primeval fierce beasts truly are.”
A stone door was pushed open, Shi Hao walked in, the space very dim, stepping into an arena as if stained with blood, appearing dark red in color.

“Roar…”
Along with beastly roars, lightning flashed in swathes, crackling turbulently, dazzling and overwhelming, engulphing the area.

It was a Suan Ni, a creature Shi Hao intentionally chose.

He wished to temper his lightning precious technique, opting to combat this Heaven Rank fierce beast that mastered this power.

“Boom!”
Shi Hao threw a punch, accompanied by thunder, not seeking shortcuts, but clashing head-on, executing the same precious symbol, contesting with the beast!

“Endless thunder is one of the most terrifying forces in the world.” Shi Hao fought fiercely, feeling a sense of awe.

Without his own strength, he would have been killed by this beast instantaneously.

Be it Heavenly Calamity or Divine Punishment, they are all characterized by lightning—used to intimidate and suppress evil spirits, which signifies the status of this power as related to taboos.

A purple-golden paw reached out, bringing with it a hundred layers of thunderous waves, overwhelmingly tyrannical.

In the outside world, it could crumble a whole mountain, utterly domineering.

Shi Hao dodged to the side, his body shimmering with scarlet light, his fist emitting endless lightning, clashing fiercely and producing an intense brightness in the area.

“In the world, there are several Divine Birds and Ferocious Beasts that are masters of lightning.

If I could learn from them, my lightning precious technique would undoubtedly break through to the utmost limit and perhaps become a forbidden path.”
Shi Hao fought while contemplating, not rushing to determine a victor, but comparing and understanding, further perfecting his principles and path.

“Boom!”
After prolonged understanding, exerting his full strength, Shi Hao unleashed a palm strike, countless bolts of lightning enshrouding a Suan Ni taking shape, surrounded by stars, charging forward with formidable force to collide with the real Suan Ni ancient beast.

This was a clash of the same precious symbols, extremely fierce!

In the end, it all faded away, that Ferocious Beast turned into a symbol, reduced to ashes here.

Shi Hao searched the place, scoured every corner, observed all engravings in the deepest part of the arena, analyzing and pondering, before leaving.

Then, he opened the next stone door.

…

And so, Shi Hao kept battling, moving from one door to another.

In just a few days, he was already covered in scars and bloodstains.

Because these places were home to the giant fiends of ancient times, he fought relentlessly without a break, and even his indestructible body began to show cracks.

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It was impossible to remain unscathed.

For half a month straight, this was how Shi Hao spent his time, resting with closed eyes when fatigued, meditating on the spot when the wounds worsened, silently recovering.

“There are indeed some clues, but they’re too scattered,” Shi Hao pondered.

Having broken through dozens of barriers, he found some traces and fragments.

Some combat arenas had bone text records describing places where the real Wall of Gods and Demons had appeared.

He awakened the Divine Striking Stone, discussed it with the stone, and concluded that the places where the Wall of Gods and Demons appeared in the past were forbidden areas, and likely they are still situated in similar places today.

Instantly, the scope narrowed.

By following this lead and spending the necessary time, he would certainly find it.

“Battle again, after breaching all of the combat arenas here, there should still be some discoveries.”
This time, he pushed open a grand ancient door and discovered some corpses inside.

“Hmm, someone has been here before but was killed,” Shi Hao exclaimed in surprise.

There were remnants in the arenas before, but not as many as there were here.

Ahead, a rank wind blew, and a powerful creature appeared with a deep, distant gaze.

It was a Taotie, with a sheep’s body but a human face, snow-white sharp teeth, scales dazzling all around, and some long, thick hair amidst the scales, looking extremely fierce.

Without a doubt, it was one of the leading breeds among the Primeval Heaven Rank Ferocious Beasts, reputationally known for devouring and consuming everything.

“This Ferocious Beast won’t be easy to deal with,” Shi Hao said to himself.

In ancient times, its infamy resonated through the wastelands, and with a roar, it could bring down the moon.

Fortunately, the combat arenas allowed for same-realm encounters.

With a “whoosh,” a large mouth that consumed all things suddenly filled the combat arena.

Symbols glimmered, mists wafted, and Taotie swallowed Shi Hao into a strange, miniature world within.

Thus the Taotie commenced the battle, putting Shi Hao at a disadvantage.

“Break!”
Shi Hao uttered a light rebuke and transformed into a Zhuyan, powerful and domineering.

He tore apart the mists with his hands, unleashing an endless masculine force as he burst forth once again.

His concentration deepened, his observations meticulous.

Such battles were greatly beneficial to him, for they allowed better understanding of these races and enhanced his own combat strength.

“Buzz.”
The void trembled lightly, as characters surrounded the Taotie, forming scriptures that imprinted themselves in the void.

Afterward, they shone brightly, pressing forward together with suppressive force.

“Eh?” Shi Hao was astonished.

The Taotie had evolved its precious symbol to the extreme, casually combining characters to exert the greatest power.

These scripture characters pieced together, ultimately transforming into a furnace.

“Boom!”
The Taotie suppressed heaven and earth, the furnace encompassing all things.

It was an intense battle.

Shi Hao pondered as he contested, corroborating his own law and logic, reaping tremendous rewards.

“Roar…”
The ground shook and mountains trembled; after a prolonged fierce battle, the blood energy here soared skyward.

A roar from the Taotie had the power to shake a peer to death, and if other Venerable Ones had come, a group of them would have been shattered.

Even Shi Hao felt a ringing in his ears, a stuffiness in his chest, and his blood churning.

No wonder there were ancient rumors that under the roar of a pure-blood Taotie king, the stars would fall; indeed, it had such formidable might!

With a loud bang, the Taotie pounced.

Its afterimages were everywhere, and it swallowed Shi Hao in one gulp, showing overwhelming might that shocked onlookers.

Pity, no one saw this.

If people from the eight regions were aware, they would have been dumbfounded; such ancient beasts were too fearsome.

“Bang!”
A dull sound echoed.

Inside the Taotie’s belly, it was like thunder rumbling; its body glowed, numerous characters flickering, its abdomen transforming into a Divine Furnace, blazing fervently to refine and decompose.

“It’s time to end this!” Shi Hao exerted his utmost strength and brutally split open the Taotie’s belly, charging out.

Spurt!

Scarlet glimmered as he emerged with a vast spray of blood, leaping up.

Then, with a point of his finger, Sword Qi burst forth, piercing through the Taotie’s brow and causing it to fall with a thunderous crash.

He sat down to rest for an hour, and then he arrived at the deepest part of the arena.

He couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise at a significant discovery.

“What a pity, I can’t make it…

I can’t even pass the initial stage of the trial and reach the true Wall of Gods and Demons.”
Such a sentence existed, and beneath the stone wall, there was a skeleton seated in meditation, its bones sparkling with a gem-like luster, evidently an ancient prodigy.

To this, Shi Hao’s heart became enlightened; indeed, as vaguely recorded in the bone texts, this place was connected to the true Wall of Gods and Demons, and one could indeed proceed there!

Afterward, Shi Hao braved several more challenges, until he reached the end of the road, where no path remained.

But just at that moment, the characters glowed splendidly, lighting up in patches.

An enigmatic Array appeared, opening a passageway that stretched towards a mysterious realm.

Shi Hao paused briefly before swiftly rushing into it.

The next moment a rosy light flashed; he stepped out from the passageway into a black, dense forest that was profoundly silent.

All sounds seemed to vanish in an instant.

“It’s here…”
Shi Hao was astonished.

After careful identification and observation, he recognized the place—a terrifying and deadly area within the wasteland, the Black Forest Forbidden Zone.

Once, Grandpa Fifteen, pursued by a Pi Xiu, had fled into this place, narrowly escaping disaster but was trapped for many years before he lived to walk out.

“So many Arrays here, one wrong step and you’ll be trapped to death inside,” Shi Hao carefully studied, moving step by step deeper into the forest.

The Divine Striking Stone also awakened.

The two of them discussed as they proceeded, delving deeper.

With the Divine Striking Stone, an expert on Arrays, the journey was somewhat thrilling yet safe.

“Eh, there are some ancient caves; it seems some supremely powerful beings once found this place.” They searched meticulously, even discovering a fragmented legacy inside a cave, but unfortunately, it was of little use to Shi Hao.

“How formidable, there are Divine Arrays here, even if damaged, they’re very dangerous,” Shi Hao was on guard.

Even the Divine Striking Stone had to ponder, unable to pass through unobstructed, needing to study the Arrays.

“Uh, a Damaged Cauldron?!” They discovered another cave and saw a Stone Cauldron with all three legs broken.

Upon closer inspection, they found that originally, it was a Divine-grade Artifact.

Unfortunately, now that the cauldron’s legs were broken, it was nearly akin to a stone pot.

Shi Hao took it with him; although damaged, it should still be fine for refining medicine, obviously an extraordinary Medicine Cauldron.

“It seems over these long years some exceptionally strong figures have found this place and made it their abode.”
In the end, they continued to penetrate deeper, reaching the very depths of the Black Forest, where it was utterly quiet, as if no creature had been present for eons, devoid of any sound.

“We’ve found it!”
Shi Hao was delightfully surprised as he saw an ancient wall.

It was grand and towering like a mountain range lying ahead.

The whole was a dull gray, devoid of bright colors, but imbued with an ancient and time-worn spirit.

The carvings on it were lifelike as though they possessed souls.

“Fight!”
Shi Hao was full of fighting spirit.

This wall was no stranger to him; it was similar to the remnant wall in the Fire Nation ancestral land.

He directly plunged into the first gateway, starting the challenges from the beginning.

“Stronger than the creatures from Fire Nation’s place by quite a bit!” He was startled.

Shi Hao was very serious; even with his own formidable strength, he did not let his guard down and gave his all!

Thus, a shocking, earth-shattering grand duel began.

The battle was chaotic and stretched to the heavens.

If it had spread to the outside world, it would have shocked everyone and stirred up a massive uproar.

Just one person, challenging so many of the most domineering Divine Birds and Primeval fierce beasts, it was a mythic battle!

Shi Hao fought bloodily, accumulating more and more wounds on his body.

He was extremely exhausted, facing life-and-death trials.

These creatures were a lot stronger than those from the Fire Nation ancestral land.

After an indeterminate amount of time, with a flash of rosy light, he emerged victorious, the characters flickering brilliantly.

“Have I succeeded in the challenge?” His heart was exhilarated as he calmed his fighting spirit, observing the surroundings.

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