Covering the Heavens: Its fortune endures forever, sweeping across all heavens.

"I dream of being Little One's master!"

In just a few words, Ge Gu exposed his true nature as a disloyal disciple and a traitor, no longer calling Shi Hao "little one".

This filial piety couldn't be more extreme!

"I've organized a competition. With your talent, you'll eventually face off against Shi Hao. Whether you can defeat Shi Hao and reverse your position depends on this one match!" Qin Tian tempted.

"I want to participate!" Ge Gu was so excited that he couldn't contain himself, his dragon eyes seemed to be burning with flames.

Qin Tian's expression changed, and he transformed into a cane-wielding alien, snarling, "Then hurry up and practice more!"

He stopped being lazy and started practicing extra to further develop his physical potential.

"I wonder if Qin Hao will show up," Qin Tian thought of Shi Hao's younger brother.

The reward for the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament is a Supreme Bone.

Such temptation is irresistible even to Mount Bulao.

"At his current age, I wonder if he has already opened up the Ten Great Grotto-Heavens?!"

"Forget it, whether he comes or not is none of my business!" Qin Tian sat cross-legged in front of Liu Shen, closed his eyes, and silently circulated his emotions and Dao principles in his heart, connecting with the other two corpses. His joy and ego grew stronger day by day, and the Dao nature in his heart became more and more sacred, more and more ancient and natural.

It's not far from the point of cutting off the next corpse.

Time passed little by little, and ten days flew by in the blink of an eye.

The preliminary rounds for the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament have begun.

Countless people, eager to compete, flocked to the event, wanting to showcase their brilliance in this unprecedented competition.

The Void God Realm was incredibly lively, with almost all the cultivators from the eight lower realms having entered this realm.

Even visitors from the upper realm joined this grand event, after all, the first Supreme Being was undoubtedly extremely precious in the upper realm.

In their view, as cultivators from the upper realm, whose bodies have undergone a relatively complete baptism of the laws, defeating a group of cultivators from the lower realm would be a piece of cake.

The influx of countless beings brought a long-lost liveliness to this desolate land.

Seeing so many new victims appearing, the second-best in the world and Immortal Golden Daoist decisively transformed into Master Jingbi and Master Bird, skillfully starting to swindle and deceive.

Due to the large number of participants, Qin Tian set up a preliminary round.

He created a new world in the realm of the gods, recreating the spiritual world and dividing it into eight ancient battlefields, which were so vast that mortals could never escape them in their entire lives.

Heaven and earth were dark and yellow, the universe was vast and boundless. Eight ancient battlefields were named after eight domains, and only one spot in the final battle was available in each domain.

As for the selection method, there is only one: battle.

Fighting on this vast ancient battlefield.

You can use any method—ambush, poison, gang up on—as long as you defeat your opponent.

The more players you defeat, the more points you earn.

The being with the most points in a region can advance to the next level and become the representative of that region.

Participate in the final battle to become the world's number one.

"This supreme being can even alter the Void God Realm created by the ancient gods. His strength is far greater than we imagined!" The Heavenly Fox Fairy entered the Void God Realm and curiously examined the portal before her.

Anyone who enters the initial land can see the towering gate of light standing between heaven and earth.

There are eight doors in total, representing the eight battlefields.

Anyone under the age of thirty can choose one of the eight ancient battlefields to enter and compete for a spot in the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament.

Chapter 577 When Ge Gu Meets Qin Hao, He Takes the Blame for Shi Hao

She took the intelligence gathered by her subordinates, which recorded signs of the people she was monitoring.

"Well, it's not surprising that Shi Yi chose the Heavenly Domain and my old rival chose the Earthly Domain."

"Huh, that god-like brat hasn't shown up yet? That's a bit of a disadvantage."

Being able to get to the battlefield early will give you a certain advantage, since there are only so many enemies. Every point I score is one less point you get. Once you've scored the maximum number of points, find a place to hide and wait for the time to run out.

Even with overwhelming combat power, there's nothing you can do if you can't find the person.

"However, given that guy's abilities, there's no need to worry about him," the Heavenly Fox Fairy analyzed. She had witnessed firsthand how skilled Shi Hao was at hunting in the Kunpeng Divine Nest.

Shi Hao is a child of the Great Wilderness. He went out hunting with the people of Shi Village before he was weaned, and developed the mindset of a top hunter from a young age.

This is definitely the most overlooked ability of the Desolate Emperor.

In the original story, he avoided many crises by using this way of thinking.

Similarly, he also used this instinct to hunt down many enemies. The famous Crimson King was once hunted down by Shi Hao and had half of his body cut off.

"Then I'll choose the Mysterious Realm!" The Heavenly Fox Fairy swayed her delicate body. The Void God Realm was a world of spirits, and even if one was a spiritual body, what was manifested was her own combat power.

Choosing a battlefield is also a skill.

After all, only one player can advance to the final stage in a large region.

If she were to run into those freaks from the lower realm, regardless of victory or defeat, she would inevitably end up in a very sorry state.

If you're even more unlucky and don't have enough points to make it into the final arena battle, that would be incredibly embarrassing.

Especially with her old adversary, the Patching Heaven Sect, present, she absolutely could not allow such a possibility to exist.

.........

In the Realm of the Void Gods, Ge Gu arrived at the Initial Ground.

"Hehehe, the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament, here I come!" True Dragon Ge Gu entered the gate of light with fervent anticipation, his dragon eyes gleaming with fighting spirit.

Not far away, another force was also preparing to enter the trial grounds.

Everlasting mountain.

A powerful force that has lasted for millions of years, wielding immense influence in both the upper and lower realms.

He is one of the uncrowned kings of the three thousand provinces.

The ancient texts left behind by the people of the Upper Realm told them that the being who could tear through the void with a mere gesture was called the Supreme Being, an existence even more powerful than their Immortal Mountain's reliance—the Immortal Celestial Venerable.

Therefore, they had Qin Hao equip himself with immortal bones in advance, hoping to win this war and become "his" disciple, thus bringing that supreme being to the side of the Undying Mountain.

His old servant beside him tempted him, saying, "With your immortal bones, you are absolutely invincible."

"Any enemy is utterly helpless before you, who possess immortal bones!"

The old servant's opening line was full of deception: "You will surely become the number one in the world, just like the immortal celestial being of my clan!"

Having been given a full bowl of chicken soup, Qin Hao's heart was filled with enthusiasm, and he entered the light gate with fighting spirit.

Then, Qin Hao went straight to Ge Gu, who had also just entered the trial grounds.

"Feel honored, remember this day!" Qin Hao, a young boy in the midst of his adolescent angst, declared arrogantly, "You will become the first stepping stone to becoming the number one person in the world!"

Upon hearing this, Ge Gu looked completely bewildered. He tilted his head and pointed at himself, saying, "A stepping stone? Me?!"

"Hiss, oh my, this face feels strangely familiar!" Ge Gu tilted his head, staring intently at Qin Hao's face, a very strange expression on his face.

"How come he looks so much like my cheap master?!"

Ge Gu asked, "What's your name?"

He spoke first: "Qin Hao!"

Ge Gu grinned, revealing his snow-white, sharp teeth: "I think I'll remember this day forever!"

"You should remember this, for it is the beginning of a legend!" Qin Hao said proudly.

"Is that so? Let me see what this so-called legend is capable of."

Although Ge Gu was born much later than Qin Hao, his cultivation was not much worse than Shi Hao's, and far surpassed Qin Hao's.

Fortunately, everyone was suppressed to the Cave Heaven Realm in the first round, fighting at the same level.

Even though the two are at the same level, the difference in combat power is not something Qin Hao can forcefully match with a single bone.

Only the owner of the bone can defeat a true dragon cub in the same realm.

Qin Hao frowned, his divine senses warning him that the person before him was no ordinary individual.

"It must be an illusion," Qin Hao murmured to himself.

"I can't possibly come in and run into some freak I've never heard of before."

"Let's fight!" Qin Hao cast aside his ominous premonition and ignited his fighting spirit. He would not desert his post.

He unleashed his divine power and charged towards Ge Gu.

"What a feast!"

"You absolutely must try it!" Ge Gu was overjoyed. Looking at Qin Hao's face, his expression gradually became ferocious, and his joy was overflowing.

The battle was about to break out, and unsurprisingly, the situation was one-sided.

Ge Gu easily knocked Qin Hao down and used his special technique on him, a single-handed circling kick.

"So your name is Shi Hao?!"

"You're the one who always tells me to boil animal milk!"

"You're the one who asked me to chop wood for you!"

"It's you..."

"I am Qin Hao, not Shi Hao!" Qin Hao roared.

At a young age, guided by the Qin clan, he believed that he was born to save Shi Hao and was a substitute.

Therefore, I am particularly sensitive to the name Shi Hao.

Ge Gu ignored Qin Hao's grievances; they were the same age, so there was no question of him beating a child.

He unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks, venting all the bullying he had suffered at Shi Hao's hands over the years onto Qin Hao.

For the first time, Qin Hao experienced what it meant to be treated as a substitute.

"Break!" Qin Hao was clad in divine armor, which possessed boundless power, but it was not particularly tough against the True Dragon Claw.

Its spiritual essence was torn apart by the true dragon's claws and then swallowed whole by Ge Gu.

Crunchy.

Qin Hao was completely stunned.

The divine armor, which was said to possess boundless divine power in the tribe, was shattered just like that?

The true dragon, who grew up alongside Shi Hao, gradually picked up some of Shi Hao's "bad habits".

"Has anyone ever told you that your face is unpleasant to look at?" Ge Gu said viciously.

He had heard Qin Tian tell the story of Shi Hao's family.

Although Shi Hao usually puts on a master's airs to exploit him, ordering him to light the fire and act as bait.

But they are still good friends and playmates.

As the only peerless genius who could suppress a true dragon in terms of martial prowess, Ge Gu still admired Shi Hao quite a bit.

This is also because Qin Tianli is rooted in the past.

Otherwise, logically speaking, Shi Hao, who has not yet undergone two baptisms of the laws, is lacking in combat power and should be inferior to Ge Gu, who had already undergone the complete baptism of the Nine Heavens Laws during his gestation.

Unfortunately, Qin Tian's place was the past. Although everything was still uncertain, an eternal thread was already crystal clear.

That is...

Shi Hao is none other than the Desolate Heavenly Emperor!

Can the Desolate Emperor be defeated? Obviously not!

Therefore, no matter what kind of opponent Shi Hao encounters at this moment, he will not be defeated.

Even if he were to face the kings of other realms directly, various coincidences would help him resolve the situation, such as a man stepping on a cauldron suddenly descending from the future, or a drop of blood from a quasi-immortal emperor jumping out from who-knows-where.

These are all possible!

Ge Gu didn't have much affection for his younger brother, who had taken too much from Shi Hao.

Of course, Qin Hao is indeed innocent as a child. He did not have the right to choose whether he was born or not. Even if there was a mistake, it was the mistake of Shi Ziling and his wife.