In the blink of an eye, three months passed by.
It took Li Hao five days to condense the first Qi Force meridian, but as he continued, comprehending the Star Law, the process became quite similar, and his speed improved significantly, taking only two to three hours to condense each meridian.
Nevertheless, after the three months, Li Hao had condensed a total of 368 Qi Force meridians!
Corresponding to 368 stars!
Including the first star he comprehended, Li Hao found that the other stars were also drawn, merely condensed laws, not spherical.
"These two stars, the sun and the moon, can condense into two great Qi Force meridians!"
Li Hao looked up at the sun and moon hanging together in the sky, where the laws on the sun and moon alternated, one bright, one dark, in cyclic succession.
Li Hao did not stop; he continued to comprehend.
Upon reaching Transform to Immortal, when his consciousness touched the fierce sunlight beyond the canopy of heaven, Li Hao suddenly felt like he was being scorched.
Fortunately, he had already condensed his Primordial Spirit, which lessened the erosion from the laws while he comprehended the fierce sunlight.
Li Hao discovered that this fierce sunlight was not painted but a spherical body, round and fiery red, burning with the Divine Yang, resembling the real sun!
However, it still had dense laws and the Supreme Flame Dao on it, vastly more intricate than the Chi Guang he had seen earlier.
Li Hao pressed against the canopy, wholeheartedly delving into comprehension.
Half a month went by in the blink of an eye, and Li Hao grasped the patterns within the Divine Yang's laws; he condensed a giant Qi Force meridian within his body and merged it with the light of the Divine Yang.
However, upon merging, this Qi Force meridian was immediately struck by a vast force and collapsed in an instant.
Li Hao was stunned, then slightly dumbfounded; the reason for the collapse was that the meridian wasn't large enough.
He immediately condensed a meridian a hundred times greater than the others and merged it into the Divine Yang's laws again, this time just barely withstanding it.
As the intense power of Divine Yang flowed into his body, Li Hao radiated a vigorous aura as if his body was a blazing furnace, and the intricate Flame Dao laws seemed to permeate into his Qi Force meridians, his internal Qi now containing a pure and lasting flame that could never extinguish.
Having completed the comprehension of Divine Yang, Li Hao turned his attention to the bright moon.
This moon was also a massive sphere, emitting a cold and chill light.
Li Hao focused his heart and comprehended; over ten days passed, and another extreme Yin Qi Force meridian was formed.
By now, nearly four months had elapsed.
Li Hao had condensed 370 Qi Force meridians within his body, including the two great meridians of Divine Yang and extreme Yin.
Li Hao knew this was not the end; he could condense more and become stronger!
But this required time.
Li Hao asked Hongyue beside him how long he had been cultivating.
In the four months, Hongyue had watched Li Hao immersed in phenomenal visions, as if in a retreat of comprehension, making no other movements but periodically emitting terribly formidable aura, stirring fear in her heart.
Now, seeing Li Hao inquiring, she promptly responded.
During Li Hao's cultivation, she had been keeping track of the time for him.
During this period, Li Hao would occasionally take out some ingredients from the Heaven and Earth Space and gave them to Hongyue to handle herself, not letting her go hungry.
After all, at the Fifteen Li Realm, one cannot fast indefinitely.
Hearing the time given by Hongyue, which was close to his own estimate, Li Hao nodded and looked at the myriad of stars overhead. Had he not come to the All Heavens Battlefield and gazed upon these beautiful stars from so high up, he would not have conceived this idea.
Countless stars adorned the sky, and Li Hao did not know if his Qi Force meridians could also be countless.
But so far, he felt no bottleneck, no touch of an end.
"The Second Extreme Heaven and Earth Vein draws the power of Heaven and Earth, forming the foundation for many in the Extreme Realm; this Second Ultimate Realm is probably no different."
Li Hao's eyes gleamed; there's a saying that even a clever woman cannot cook without rice. Without enough power, realms like Extreme and Final are merely wishful thoughts.
There was about a month left before the Supreme Genius Battle, and sensing the surging power within him, Li Hao was not sure if he had the capacity to contend with a Saint.
He knew, however, that with strength alone, he might still be somewhat lacking unless the path of the Second Ultimate Realm was cultivated to perfection.
But condensing Qi Force meridians took time, and in the remaining month, Li Hao wanted to try other methods.
He had already experienced the emergence of Saint Path.
Setting half a foot into the Semi-Saint level.
Previously, at the Buddhist Holy Land, debating with Buddha Venerate planted a seed deeply in his heart.
But Li Hao felt that this seed could sprout into several paths, such as the Blade of All Beings.
This path is the Sword Saint's path.
He has his preferences among all beings, sees their differences of high and low, and appreciates them all; this is the nascent form of the Blade of All Beings.
However, Li Hao was reluctant to follow the Blade of All Beings; though close to his heart, it merely skimmed the surface of his true intent.
Li Hao's eyes flickered; only by solidifying the nascent form of the Saint Path could he qualify to compete with Saints, otherwise, he wouldn't even merit a seat at the table.
After all, with the Saint Path, a Saint could easily annihilate his multitude of laws.
The adage "a masterful move dominates" rings true: the Saint Path pierces the heavens. Once the Saint Path is revealed, it can shake the soul and make one's Dao collapse.
The Tao Comprehension Realm, after all, is just about peering into the Dao of Heaven and Earth and lacking a personal Dao.
Facing another's personal Dao, using the borrowed Dao of Heaven and Earth for defense, one can easily be shattered.
Li Hao's thoughts raced; comprehending the nascent form of the Saint Path also relied on chance and could not be achieved overnight. The system could not assist him; he had to rely on himself.
However, before delving into the nascent form of the Saint Path, there was one opportunity that the system might help him with, even greatly assisting him.