Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

The terrifying battlefield has turned billions of acres of land into a boiling swamp of Dao principles.

Li Mu's figure flashed and disappeared from the spot. When he reappeared, he swung his axe fiercely.

The axe blade sliced ​​through the air and arrived in an instant.

With a "poof," a deep, bone-revealing wound split open from the former master's left shoulder to his ribs. Grayish light continuously invaded the wound, frantically eroding his body.

The former master was enraged and unleashed both palms, forcibly summoning nine main veins from the depths of the vast land, which transformed into nine giant earthen-yellow dragons coiling around his body.

"Nine Meridians Suppress the Prison, All Paths Return to Silent Peace!"

Nine dragons roared in unison, spewing out a torrent of yellowish-brown liquid. Wherever they passed, the void solidified, and the Dao cried out in anguish, pressing down on Li Mu's gray Dao Domain, making it dim by seven-tenths.

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On the Starry Dao Platform, all the Dao Ancestors watched with trepidation.

The Crimson Sky Dao Ancestor's fiery eyes blazed: "The former master is fighting desperately, even dragging out the main lineage of the Vast Earth to fight the enemy!"

The Heavenly Demon Dao Ancestor's blood-red eyes flashed: "If those nine main veins are damaged, the foundation of the Vast Land will be severely damaged... Is it really not afraid of the Vast Land collapsing?"

Gu Xi Daozu said in a deep voice, "It has no way out. Fellow Daoist Li has completed his transformation into a Daoist, and the Chaos Will is gradually merging with the Vast Land. The longer it drags on, the faster its authority will be lost."

……

All the Dao Ancestors retreated to the far end of the battlefield, observing the battle unfold before them, realizing it was beyond their control.

In the center of the battlefield, Li Mu was surrounded by nine dragons, his face calm. His figure suddenly became ethereal, dispersing into billions of strands of chaotic energy, which flowed upstream along the turbid streams spewed by the nine dragons and seeped into their bodies.

"You're courting death!" the former master roared, clasping his hands together.

The nine dragons suddenly shrank, attempting to crush the chaotic energy.

However, the chaotic energy attached to the dragon scales instantly transformed into thousands of gray Dao patterns, spreading like living things.

The nine dragons cried out in unison, their bodies disintegrating inch by inch, enveloped by the chaotic Dao Yuan, and returning to the origin of the nine main veins of the Vast Land.

"The source veins of the vast land possess a spirit, and it has long resented you!" Li Mu's figure solidified and manifested again, looking at his former master as he stated.

"Good! Good! I underestimated your ability to steal pulses."

The former master, enraged, laughed and suddenly stomped his foot, causing the entire vast land to sink three inches.

From the depths of the endless abyss, a deafening roar of dragging chains echoed, and a pitch-black rift opened up behind its former master, from which viscous, ink-like "death energy" surged forth.

This is the resentful and deathly aura accumulated over billions of years in the vast land, containing the unwillingness, resentment, and will to die of countless living beings who perished in the great cycles of calamity and destruction.

"With this deathly aura and calamity power defiling your chaotic foundation, let's see how you can still evolve all laws!"

The former master's face contorted with rage. With a wave of his hand, the power of resentment and death surged forth like a tide, causing the earth's veins to dry up and the source energy to decay wherever it passed.

Li Mu remained fearless, holding his axe and floating in the void. He smiled and said, "When chaos first opened, purity and turbidity were naturally separated. Although the source of filth is poisonous, it is ultimately the extreme state of 'turbidity.' I will use this axe to separate the turbidity and determine the purity for you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mu swung his axe down.

A gray axe light ripped through the air, transforming into a giant axe blade that swept away everything in its path.

With a "rip!" sound, the giant axe light tore a straight path through the tide of calamity energy. Wherever the light passed, it hissed and steamed, shedding its darkness and releasing specks of pure source energy.

"Damn it!" the former master roared, plunging his palms into the depths of the vast earth, tearing out the three main meridians and binding them around his arms.

"You brat, you've forced me to burn my meridians in battle; you have every right to be proud!" The former master glared at Li Mu, his anger palpable.

The main vein burned, the flames were a murky yellow, and wherever it passed, the void twisted and a thousand paths wailed.

The old master's fist, imbued with the flames of burning veins, unleashed a punch that instantly transformed a vast expanse of land into an abyss of nothingness.

Li Mu used his Heaven-Opening Axe to block in front of his chest.

With a clang, Li Mu was blasted apart by a single punch.

The next moment, a hundred miles away, Li Mu transformed into chaotic energy and reassembled his form, his face slightly paler.

"If the main vein burns out, the vast land will inevitably lose 30% of its foundation." Li Mu's eyes darted around, and he questioned, "Are you truly willing to sacrifice everything?"

"The Vast Earth is but my shell!" The former master's face twisted in rage as he roared, "So what if it's damaged? Once I've refined your Chaos Source, rebuilding the earth's veins will be a piece of cake!"

Before he could finish speaking, the former master raised his left fist again, and the flames of his burning veins transformed into a monstrous dragon that instantly pounced on him.

Li Mu took a deep breath, and the Heaven-Opening Axe flew out of his hand, disintegrating in mid-air and turning into billions of gray Dao flames.

"Chaos is the furnace, all paths are the fuel—Chaos Furnace, open!"

The chaotic fires rapidly intertwined, instantly forming a colossal furnace that enveloped the wicked dragon.

Inside the furnace, ash-covered embers rose and clashed fiercely with the flames of the burning pulse.

Seeing this, the former master stomped his right foot, causing a series of explosions to erupt deep within the earth's veins, and four more main veins were forcibly pulled out.

"Break this seat!"

With a furious roar, the former master's four main veins instantly condensed into a giant whip, lashing fiercely at the Chaos Furnace.

With a deafening roar, the Chaos Furnace shattered, turning into countless ashes and flames.

Before Li Mu could react, his body was swept away by the aftershocks and instantly disintegrated.

The next moment, Li Mu was reassembled from countless chaotic streams, his face slightly pale, having consumed a significant amount of his chaotic essence.

"You won't last much longer!" The former master looked at Li Mu's condition and sneered, "When your Chaos Origin is completely exhausted, that will be the time when your Dao perishes!"

Li Mu remained silent, rapidly forming hand seals. Behind him, the chaotic source sea surged, and countless points of light converged from all parts of the vast land.

"melt."

Li Mu uttered a single word, and countless points of light disappeared into his brow.

The next moment, Li Mu's figure swelled up, transforming into a ten-thousand-foot-tall gray Dharma image, with eyes like the sun and moon, hair like a galaxy, and a scene of creation surrounding him.

"The Dharma Body and Heaven?" the former master exclaimed excitedly, "Good, good, it's the perfect time to settle this!"

Li Mu raised his hand and grasped it, and the Chaos Giant Axe appeared.

"Come!"

With a roar, the former master's massive body lunged forward, his arms wrapped with seven burning main meridians, as if he were wielding seven deadly weapons.

Li Mu's expression remained calm as he pointed his giant axe diagonally: "Chop."

With a single word uttered, the axe flashed and split the sky.

With a clang,
The axe blade collided with the burning dragon, and the turbid yellow and gray Daoist energy exploded outwards. The aftershocks spread out like a ring, plowing a bottomless ravine into the already broken middle layer of the vast land.

"Hahaha! Again!" The former master laughed loudly, and the ferocious dragon on his left arm suddenly exploded, turning into millions of earth spikes that shot towards Li Mu's Dharma image's chest and abdomen.

Li Mu's Dharma form did not dodge; instead, a chaotic vortex appeared on his chest, engulfing all the earth spikes. He then swung his axe back at his former master's neck.

The former master raised his arm to parry, his arm armor shattering, the axe blade piercing his flesh three-tenths of an inch, and turbid yellow blood cascading down like a waterfall. The drops of blood touched the vast earth, instantly corroding it into huge pits.

"That's exhilarating!" The former master, disregarding his injuries, thrust his right fist, burning with two main meridians, straight at Li Mu's Dharma image's heart.

Li Mu couldn't withdraw his axe in time, so he quickly met the attack with his left palm.

With a loud "bang!",
Where fist and palm collide, the void collapsed into a dark cave, frantically tearing everything around it apart.

The two burning main veins snapped instantly, and Li Mu's Dharma Image's left arm shattered inch by inch, dissipating into chaotic energy. He was forced to retreat a thousand miles, causing the entire vast land to tremble. His former master was also in dire straits; the bones in his right fist were completely broken, and the flames of the burning veins backfired, spreading upwards along his arm.

"Cough cough!"

Li Mu steadied himself, and a gray light flowed around his severed arm, which quickly regenerated, though his aura weakened slightly.

The former master grunted and forcibly dispersed the Chaos Dao Fire on his arm. However, the Chaos Dao Fire was like a leech, scorching his body and emitting wisps of black smoke.

The two stared at each other from a distance, neither making a move for a moment.

The vast land was deathly silent, with only groans of unbearable burden and sobs of collapsing primordial energy emanating from its depths.

On the Starry Dao Platform, all the Dao Ancestors held their breath and stared intently, their faces grave, their scalps tingling with unease.

"How long is this going to go on!" Gu Xi Dao Zu said hoarsely.

The Dao Ancestor Haotian smiled bitterly: "Although Fellow Daoist Li has just entered the Dao Transformation stage, he has achieved Dao through the Chaos Dao, making him extremely powerful; his opponent has a deep foundation, relying on a vast land as his base, and his foundation is even more unfathomable. I'm afraid this battle will be difficult to end in a short time!"

Lei Yan Dao Zu gritted his teeth and said hatefully, "If they continue to fight, I'm afraid we won't be the first to hold out!"

The Crimson Heaven Dao Ancestor's fiery eyes flickered as he said in anguish, "That's indeed the case! What should we do!"

……

The Dao Ancestors looked at each other, their faces filled with dejection.

Even at their peak, they couldn't withstand the aftershocks of a battle between two people. Not to mention, their Dao Source is now severely depleted, with less than one-tenth remaining. The slightest mistake would mean the annihilation of their Dao Source.

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In the center of the battlefield.

The former master actually reached out and plunged his hand into the depths of the violently trembling earth!
"You're insane!" Li Mu's heart sank as he realized his former master's actions.

"Even if I have to abandon my own origin, I will completely erase you, this variable!" The former master's face was contorted with rage as he roared repeatedly.

The entire vast land emitted a mournful cry of impending destruction, with countless fine cracks spreading out and extending to the horizon.

……

At the Starry Dao Platform, the expressions of all the Dao Ancestors changed drastically, their faces filled with disbelief.

"Haotu... can't hold on much longer." Qingyuan Daozu's face was deathly pale.

Dao Ancestor Chaoyuan sighed bitterly, "If this fight continues, even if one side wins, the vast land will likely regress by several eons, and countless lives will be lost..."

Just as the former master was gathering the core essence of the vast land, preparing for a final gamble.

"Ugh."

Suddenly, a soft sigh rang out without warning.

This sigh seemed to resonate in the heart of every living being, piercing through the intense turbulent flow of Daoist energy and overpowering the deafening roar of the earth's veins shattering.

Li Mu and his former master were both startled and turned their heads at the same time.

On the edge of the battlefield, in an area repeatedly washed away and reduced to absolute nothingness by the forces of both sides, a faint light rippled out.

An elderly man in a black Taoist robe, with long, flowing hair and an indistinct face, quietly appeared.

The old man in black robes stood quietly, without the slightest fluctuation of Daoist aura around him. This caused the violently churning primordial energy to calm down in an instant, and even the main meridian wrapped around the old master's arm paused slightly, causing the flames to dim a bit.

"You...!" The former master seemed to have seen something terrifying and was about to speak.

The old man in black robes raised his right hand, and his withered index finger gently touched his former master. His fingertip was devoid of light and even lacked the slightest Daoist aura.

However, the former master was struck as if by lightning, and his battle body trembled violently!
"You! You, how could you..." The former master was full of questions in bewilderment. His Dao source collapsed and peeled off at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into countless light fragments.

The old man in black robes stood with his hands behind his back and said softly, "It's time to wake up!"

"No...no!" The old master's body twisted with Dao energy, his voice filled with panic, "You should have dispersed long ago! You clearly..."

"If I disperse, will you be able to rule the vast land alone?" The old man in black robes laughed and sighed, "Foolish wish."

The old man in black robes suddenly raised his hand and made a grasping motion. The next moment, a black crystal core detached from the body of its former owner and fell into his palm.

The former master let out a shrill scream, then burst like a bubble, turning into billions of points of light and dissipating into the vast earth.

Immediately, a long sigh came from the depths of the vast land, as if it were a release, or perhaps a feeling of resentment.

The entire vast land fell silent. The surging tide of calamity began to subside, the shattered source veins slowly mended, and the scattered source energy began to circulate again... everything was calming down at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Li Mu stood in mid-air, axe in hand, and looked at the old man in black robes with surprise, asking, "Senior, what is the meaning of this?"

The old man in black robes turned to look at Li Mu, a hint of a smile on his blurred face: "I will help you achieve enlightenment."

"Why?" Li Mu asked.

"Because it is me." The old man in black robes held the black crystal core in his palm. Light and shadow flowed within the crystal core, reflecting the vicissitudes of the vast land over billions of years. "Or rather, it is the half of me that retreated."

Li Mu's gaze narrowed slightly, puzzled by his meaning.

"During the ancient calamity of 'Heaven and Earth Weeping Blood,' the will of the Vast Land was wounded and shattered, splitting into two." The old man in black robes spoke calmly, as if recounting a past event unrelated to himself, and continued, "The primary element sought change, desiring to borrow the origin of all ancestors to heal its wounds and prolong its life, thus creating the calamity-destroying cycle, harvesting once every 129,600 years. The secondary element sought stability, believing that this method was like drinking poison to quench thirst, and that if this continued, the Vast Land would surely perish."

"So you're fighting each other?" Li Mu asked.

"Yes and no!" The old man in black robes smiled slightly and indicated, "In that battle, the secondary dimension was defeated, and the primary dimension suppressed me in the depths of the Origin Sea, using the fragments of myriad paths as a cage and the veins of the vast land as chains. For the next 360,000 years, it ruled the vast land alone and carried out the harvesting."

Li Mu looked at the old man in black robes: "Then what are you now...?"

"I... I've mostly dissipated, only a wisp of obsession remains. All these years, I've been waiting for a turning point," the black-robed elder continued.

"Wait for me?" Li Mu raised an eyebrow.

“Waiting for someone who can cultivate the Great Dao of Chaos.” The old man in black robes tossed the crystal core to Li Mu: “Chaos contains all sources, can mend the deficiencies of the vast land, and can restore the order of heaven and earth. If you had been born 300,000 years earlier, perhaps I would not have had to fight with it to this extent.”

Li Mu caught the crystal core. It felt warm and smooth to the touch, containing a vast and powerful source of earth energy, without a trace of violence.

"The power of the calamity of resentment it used just now was actually generated from the collapse of its own foundation of cultivation," the black-robed elder said. "It won't last much longer. Even if you hadn't come, it would have completely collapsed in two or three more calamities, and then the vast land would have perished along with it."

Li Mu reached out and took the crystal core.

The next moment, the crystal disintegrated, and endless primordial energy surged into its body. The chaotic will also found a place to reside, continuously flowing in, and the two merged with each other.

The entire land trembled violently, the flow of primordial energy suddenly accelerated, the shattered primordial veins were reshaped, and the depleted primordial veins were revitalized. Everything was undergoing incredible changes.

On the Starry Dao Platform, all the Dao Ancestors felt the same way.

Ancient Dao Ancestor Qinghui's eyes reflected the changes in the vast land, and he murmured, "The source veins have been revived, and the calamity has dissipated! Fellow Daoist Li has won!"

Lei Yan Daozu, his purple lightning surging wildly, exclaimed excitedly, "We won? We really won!"

Dao Ancestor Haotian stared intently at the array plate and exclaimed excitedly, "The aura of the former master has completely dissipated, and the power of Haotu has truly changed hands!"

The Crimson Sky Dao Ancestor's fiery eyes flashed as he probed, "Who is that man in black robes? How could he kill his former master with a single blow!"

"They survived!"

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In an instant, the atmosphere on the entire Star Evolution Platform became incredibly enthusiastic, with everyone rejoicing in Li Mu's victory. (End of Chapter)