Asura Emperor Venerable-Chapter 711: Supplementing Divine Temple

Shi Hao began to assault the Supplementing Divine Temple.

The so-called Supplementing Divine Temple involves constructing a Divine Temple within the Royal Court, ultimately lighting Incense Flame to communicate with Heaven and Earth, laying the foundation for the upcoming Great Sacrificial Heaven.

"If you wish to conduct a sacrifice to obtain the Power of the Azure Sky, you must first establish communication with Heaven and Earth, mustn’t you?"

Thus, the Supplementing Divine Temple is a critical step that connects past and future.

To others, choosing one of the nine seats in the Royal Courts as the base for constructing the Supplementing Divine Temple might be a concern, but Shi Hao didn’t have this worry.

He had only one Soul Island, one Royal Court—no choice in the matter.

Let it begin.

The so-called Divine Temple is actually a sublimation of one’s enlightenment of Heaven and Earth, transcending the Founding King Court.

Shi Hao possessed the memories of Yuan Chengmie, completely unshort of such martial arts understanding, yet he did not simply adopt it directly.

Directly adopting it, he would essentially be walking the old path of Yuan Chengmie, and even at his strongest, he could but equal Yuan Chengmie.

It’s not that Shi Hao looked down on Yuan Chengmie, but although this master did build the Heaven Building Ladder, he clearly had not reached the Absolute Summit. Let alone that Yuan Chengmie wasn’t at the Absolute Summit, even if he were, Shi Hao would not retrace his steps.

His path, he would walk himself!

Shi Hao merely used Yuan Chengmie’s path as a reference, roughly knowing how he should proceed; beyond that, he relied entirely on himself.

Having even accomplished the task of reaching the rank of the Tenth Kings and reforging the Royal Court, could he not build his own Divine Temple?

What a joke.

On Soul Island, the Royal Court was slowly disintegrating.

Remove the dross, preserve the essence.

As a level of understanding worthy of Founding King Court, this was absolutely no issue at all, already badass to the extreme; but to construct the Supplementing Divine Temple, it was far from enough.

Thus, Shi Hao needed to eliminate some outdated martial arts understandings and align them with his realm.

"Two months" later, the Royal Court had completely turned to dust, nonexistent.

This was Shi Hao’s style; he was never satisfied with mere patchwork fixes and liked drastic measures, tearing down everything to start anew.

Now, he finally began constructing the Divine Temple.

Little by little, a majestic Divine Temple gradually took shape.

In fact, Royal Court or Divine Temple, both are merely forms, and no matter how special or unusual their appearance, it does not matter.

Shi Hao’s Divine Temple was entirely built according to his personality, unrestrained and imaginative.

The form is of no harm, the key is that it could light the Incense Flame eventually.

Although the Divine Temple was completed, it was just a rough outline; the interior was still very empty, needing him to further perfect it.

Now, he was in the early stages of the Supplementing Divine Temple.

Upon the completion of the Divine Temple, suddenly, a terrifying and inexplicable force shook.

Shi Hao rose to his full height, a smile appearing on his face.

The Supplementing Divine Temple was complete.

"Little Stone, have you finished your breakthrough?" asked the Purple Gold Rat.

Shi Hao nodded, "Aren’t you also broken through?"

This rat’s progress wasn’t slow either; in fact, it was shockingly fast, having also stepped into the Supplementing Divine Temple, catching up with Shi Hao’s progress.

"Of course, you should see who I am!" the Purple Gold Rat boasted shamelessly.

Shi Hao laughed heartily, emerging from the Immortal Abode, and looked distantly at the World Tree ahead.

The World Tree, now tranquil.

But Shi Hao had found the source of his discomfort—it was this very World Tree, now completely occupied by Shadow Demons. The enormous quantity of these creatures exuded an aura that even influenced the entire rift.

What kind of life form was this, and why did it make him feel such aversion?

—Was it really a life form?

"Corrupted by these Shadow Demons, can the World Tree still be used?" Shi Hao furrowed his brows.

The Purple Gold Rat thought for a moment, "I believe the core part of the World Tree must still be uncontaminated; otherwise, these Shadow Demons would not be lingering here but would have scattered through the rift and spread across the entire Universe."

Shi Hao thought about it and agreed, "Then, we should hurry up."

"Let’s go, let’s go," urged the Purple Gold Rat, unable to contain itself in the face of treasures.

As Shi Hao approached the World Tree and was about to start climbing, the residing Shadow Demons, like sharks smelling blood, surged out.

They emitted shrill screeches, but there was no sound, vibrating directly in Shi Hao’s Soul Sea instead.

Shi Hao grunted, activating his physique, and instantly, endless brilliance burst forth from his body like a miniature Sun under which all the Shadow Demons turned to ash.

Under similar realms, Shi Hao was overwhelming against any genius, let alone mere Shadow Demons.

Moreover, his Sun Holy Body was specially effective against dark evils, making Shadow Demons no match for him.

Shi Hao didn’t need to lift a finger; as long as he maintained the operation of the Sun Holy Body, every Shadow Demon that came would die.

But human energy sometimes wanes, and the exertion of his physique was based on physical energy consumption. Despite Shi Hao’s extremely formidable physique, he could only operate it ten times longer than ordinary people at most—there was always a limit.

For Shi Hao, he could keep stimulating his physique continuously for a whole day.

He strode forward while waves of black mist bravely rushed towards him but were immediately turned to flying ash, leaving no trace behind.

"Tsk tsk tsk, if your cultivation were fully achieved, you would indeed be a fine hand at combating Shadow Demons," said the Purple Gold Rat.

"Heh," Shi Hao merely smiled at it.

He was walking along the main trunk of the World Tree; certainly, the most valuable part must be the trunk. However, up to now, he had not found a usable part and did not know whether it was decayed by time or contaminated by Shadow Demons.

Soon, a day had passed.

Faced with the overwhelming army of Shadow Demons, Shi Hao had no choice but to retreat into the Immortal Abode.

Under the accelerated restoration of the River of Time, it was merely an instant before Shi Hao reappeared and once again activated his physique, illuminating the area.

After spending a total of eight days, Shi Hao finally completed his journey along the main trunk of the World Tree, but still, there was no gain.

"It looks like we’ve made a futile trip," Shi Hao said.

"No!" the Purple Gold Rat shook its head, "The World Tree, even dead, is capable of fostering Celestial Bodies. How could it be so easily corrupted by Shadow Demons in its essence? Trunk, branches, to the World Tree, where the essence is, that’s where the main trunk truly is!"

"The essence can migrate; it’s not necessarily in the trunk you see."

Shi Hao hissed. The main trunk of this World Tree was incredibly thick and long. It took him eight days just to walk this one, what about the countless side branches?

Could it really be done in a year?

"Burn it!" suddenly said the Purple Gold Rat, "Burn or use other means to destroy this World Tree! Whether it’s decayed by time or contaminated by Shadow Demons, this World Tree surely can’t withstand much, but if there’s still an essence part, it definitely won’t be something you and I can destroy."

Thinking about it, a being capable of fostering Celestial Bodies couldn’t possibly be destroyed by just the two of them from the Supplementing Divine Temple.

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"Alright!" Shi Hao made his move, striking at the World Tree.

With one blow, a large swathe of the World Tree crumbled.

The progress was considerable. Even though the World Tree was so vast, it was believed that within a month, every part could be completely struck down.