Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

The Chaos Dao Seed has been planted throughout all realms, and its resonance with the source veins is growing stronger every day.

Deep within the ancient domain, nine spirit-nurturing ruins are surrounded by a clear glow. In the center, a sapling of an ancestral tree has already grown three zhang (approximately 10 meters) long, its leaves flowing with the Daoist essence of returning to its source.

Gu Xi Daozu sat cross-legged beside a tree, his hands lightly pressing against the source vein, drawing pure source energy to nourish it.

"what?"

Suddenly, a sense of stagnation arose from the depths of the source vein. The clear light and Daoist charm felt as if they were touching solid ice. The ancient Dao Ancestor frowned slightly, and the Gui Cang Seal changed three times in succession, forcibly probing downwards.

With a crisp crack, the deep earth split open, and a massive black pillar burst forth from the ground!

The pillar was hundreds of feet thick and its height was unknown. Its surface was covered with twisted and broken patterns, exuding an aura of decay and death. The pillar was covered with cracks, and a claw mark in the center was three feet deep, as if it had been caused by a huge impact.

Gu Xi Daozu's expression changed drastically, and his Qinghui Daoist robe fluttered without wind.

"An ancient demon-sealing pillar?"

Ancient Dao Ancestor focused intently on the remaining patterns. The characters were mottled, but could still be faintly discerned: "The Ancient Devouring Demon... its former master was suppressed here during his tribulations, and the Nine Pillars of Demon Sealing suppressed its origin... If future generations see it, retreat immediately...!"
Gu Xi was shocked. Before he could think further, he urgently transmitted his thoughts to the Star Evolution Platform: "Fellow Daoist Li! An ancient demon-sealing pillar has been unearthed deep within the Guicang Domain's source vein. There may be lingering remnants of an ancient demon beneath the pillar!"

The source of all paths is the sea.

Li Mu's true form suddenly opened his eyes, and the chaotic star vortex reversed.

"The Ancient Devouring Demon?"

With a thought, Li Mu sent a wisp of chaotic Daoist thought through the void, instantly reaching Gu Xi's Dao Domain Spirit Nourishing Ruins. The hazy Daoist thought condensed into a phantom image and landed in front of the Demon Sealing Pillar.

"Such heavy demonic energy!" Li Mu raised his hand and lightly touched the pillar. The remaining patterns burst forth with a ghostly light, as if resisting the probing.

Ancient Dao Ancestor hurriedly reminded, "There are still faint fluctuations under the pillar, appearing and disappearing intermittently, as if it is sleeping, or as if it is absorbing the remaining source of the source vein!"

Li Mu's eyes were slightly closed, and his chaotic Daoist thoughts seeped into the ground through the cracks in his pillar, reaching 30,000 zhang, 50,000 zhang, 80,000 zhang...

Deep within the source vein lies a viscous, pitch-black space; the remnants of nine demon-sealing giant pillars intertwine, with a writhing black shadow coiled in the center, its body extending thousands of fine tendrils that pierce into the surrounding source veins, slowly drawing in source energy.

The dark figure suddenly trembled, and two scarlet demonic eyes snapped open!

"Who? You're not the old master!"

The demonic sound pierced through the earth and reached Li Mu's Daoist thoughts.

Li Mu's expression remained unchanged: "Are you a demon suppressed during the era of the old master?"

"My former master... suppressed me for 120,000 years... absorbed my essence to mend his broken body..." The ancient demon's demonic thoughts surged, filled with boundless hatred, and he roared, "Now that my former master's aura has dissipated and the Demon-Sealing Pillar has cracked... it is time for me to break free!"

Before the words were even finished, the pitch-black space trembled violently, and all nine remaining pillars shattered simultaneously!

With a deafening roar, the ancient domain collapsed, and the surrounding area of ​​the Spirit Nourishing Ruins cracked open with thousands of miles of ravines, as the source energy and primordial energy poured back into the ground.

Gu Xi Daozu's face paled slightly, and Qinghui Dao Yun erupted with all its might, using the ancestral tree to suppress the Dao domain and protect the ten Dao tree saplings.

"Dao Master! It's about to come out!" Dao Ancestor Gu Xi exclaimed urgently.

"Don't worry, with me here, it can't get out!" Li Mu smiled slightly and quickly formed a hand seal: "Chaos Array, suppress!"

The next moment, the entire vast land trembled, and billions of gray roots fell from the void, like a net covering the collapsed land.

At the core of the formation, the projection of the Chaos Dao Fruit suddenly lit up, and the powerful formation force forcefully suppressed the surging of the source veins.

"Damn it, who are you! How dare you stop me?"

A fierce roar came from the ground, and dark demonic energy soared into the sky, transforming into a sky-covering bone claw that fiercely grabbed at the root of chaos!

"Sizzle, sizzle!" The bone claws frantically tore at the roots, sparking blinding sparks, and the chaotic roots broke off inch by inch.

However, supported by countless chaotic origins, the chaotic roots rapidly regenerated, tightly binding the bone claws.

Li Mu, his blue robe fluttering in the wind, his eyes gleaming like stars, said sternly, "The old master has been destroyed, and the land has just been stabilized. We cannot tolerate such a threat as you causing trouble."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mu raised his right hand, and the source energy of the entire ancient domain converged wildly, condensing into a ten-thousand-foot-tall chaotic Dao fire furnace. The furnace body was imprinted with ten thousand patterns, and the furnace mouth swallowed and spewed gray chaotic Dao fire.

"Refine!"

At Li Mu's command, the Chaos Furnace crashed down, its mouth aimed at the collapsed abyss, and the gray Chaos Fire poured down like a waterfall.

"Chaotic Dao Fire!" The ancient demon exclaimed in shock and fury, "You actually mastered this technique!"

The pitch-black demonic energy encountered the scorching Chaos Dao Fire, hissing and crackling sounds echoing continuously. The demonic energy retreated step by step, disintegrating under the burning Chaos Dao Fire, revealing the twisted black demonic shadows deep within.

The demonic shadow was about a thousand feet tall, with a triangular head, bony wings on its back, and its entire body covered in scales. Thick black liquid seeped from the gaps in the scales, and the source veins quickly corroded wherever it dripped.

"The Ancient Devouring Demon truly lives up to its name!" Li Mu's eyes narrowed slightly.

This demonic energy has been suppressed for over 100,000 years, yet it still possesses the peak of the Dao Integration Realm and the ability to devour the source. If it is allowed to break free, the vast earth's source veins will surely suffer severe damage.

The Ancient Demon Devourer's Bone Wings flapped violently, unleashing a pitch-black demonic domain that withstood the scorching Dao Fire.

"When I devoured the Origin and the Dao, you, junior, weren't even born yet!" The Ancient Demon of Devouring Origin locked its crimson eyes on Li Mu and glared angrily, "Today, I will use your Dao-transforming body to make up for my losses of ten thousand years!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Ancient Devouring Demon opened its mouth and inhaled, and the source energy from the surrounding veins surged into its mouth like a flood bursting its banks.

Li Mu smiled slightly as if he had heard a joke, and changed his hand seals again: "Return to the origin of chaos, lock the myriad paths."

The thousand branch pivots of the Zhou Tian Chaos Array lit up simultaneously, and the origins of the ancestral trees from all realms converged wildly through the array veins. The purple lightning of Lei Yan Dao Ancestor, the azure light of Qing Yuan Dao Ancestor, the flames of Chi Xiao Dao Ancestor, the bloodthirst of Tian Yao Dao Ancestor... fifteen Dao Integration Peak origins, mixed with the origin power of the thousand ancestral trees, were all poured into the Dao Fire Furnace!
The power of the Chaos Furnace surged a hundredfold! The Gray True Fire transformed into countless chains, piercing through the Demon Realm and entangling the Devouring Ancient Demon.

"Roar!"

The Devouring Ancient Demon let out a shrill scream, its scales peeling off piece by piece under the scorching Dao Fire, revealing the writhing demonic source within.

The Devouring Ancient Demon struggled frantically, its bone wings tearing apart hundreds of chains of chaotic fire, only to be quickly entangled by even more chains of chaotic fire.

At the Starry Dao Platform, the divine thoughts of all the Dao Ancestors gathered.

"What a ferocious ancient demon!" Dao Ancestor Lei Yan exclaimed, his purple eyes wide open. "A peak Dao Integration Realm cultivator, yet he can withstand the Chaos Dao Fire of a Dao Lord!"

The Dao Ancestor Haotian said solemnly, “This demon has an extremely strong ability to devour origins. Just now, with one absorption, half of the ancient domain’s origin veins have been damaged.”

Gu Xi Daozu sighed with lingering fear, "If it weren't for Daoist Li's timely intervention to suppress it, it would probably have broken free long ago!"

……

In the center of the battlefield.

The Ancient Devouring Demon was engulfed in demonic flames, breaking free of the three thousand chains of chaotic fire. Its bone claws reached out and grabbed Li Mu's face!

"Die!"

Li Mu neither dodged nor avoided, but raised his palm and pressed down lightly.

"Chaos Opening Axe, Slash!" A giant gray axe materialized from the void, its blade flowing with both pure and turbid energies, and slashed down fiercely at the bone claw!

With a loud clang, the sound of metal clashing echoed across the land.

The bone claw cracked open with three fissures, spraying demonic blood that corroded the land for miles around.

The Ancient Devouring Demon was in excruciating pain, its scarlet eyes blazing with boundless hatred: "You have wounded my demonic body... I will devour the very source veins of this world!"

It crouched down, its claws plunging deep into the source vein, frantically extracting the essence of the vast land's source vein. The entire ancient domain withered at a visible speed, the mountains and rivers lost their color, and the vegetation withered.

Li Mu frowned slightly. This demon's devouring power far exceeded expectations. If it were allowed to extract its power, the Vast Earth Source Vein would be severely damaged.

"Think beautifully!"

With a thought, Li Mu sent out the Chaos Dao Fruit from between his eyebrows, which hovered above the Dao Fire Furnace.

"Using my Dao Fruit as the catalyst, and the myriad sources of the vast earth as the fuel—the furnace of chaos, to create heaven and earth!"

The Chaos Dao Fruit burst forth with boundless Dao light, and the entire Dao Fire Furnace expanded with a roar. The furnace mouth transformed into a gray vortex, swallowing the Devouring Ancient Demon along with its demonic domain and the surrounding thousand miles of source veins into the furnace!

"Are you insane?!" the ancient demon roared in shock and fury, saying incredulously, "If you refine me along with the Origin Vein, this realm will surely be destroyed!"

"The Great Dao of Chaos gives rise to all origins. The source veins of demonic energy are all at my disposal," Li Mu said calmly with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, the scene inside the furnace changed dramatically.

The gray-black Dao Fire differentiates into Yin and Yang. The clear part rises to become Heavenly Fire, while the turbid part sinks to become Earthly Flame. The Earthly Flame burns away demonic thoughts, and the Earthly Flame tempers the source of demonic energy.

The ancient demon struggled frantically within, its bone wings tearing at the furnace walls, but only a large number of chaotic sparks were released, which were almost negligible compared to the endless stream of chaotic Dao fire.

"I am unwilling! I have survived ten thousand years of suppression... How can I perish at the hands of a junior like you!"

The Ancient Devouring Demon erupted completely, its own flames igniting, and pitch-black demonic flames soared into the sky to resist the erosion of the Chaos Dao Fire.

"sucker Punch!"

Li Mu's gaze darkened, and his hand seals changed again. The Chaos Dao Fruit spun rapidly, hanging down with countless gray silk ribbons, containing the primordial Dao rhythm from the beginning of creation.

The yin and yang fires within the furnace suddenly merged, transforming into a hazy, undifferentiated primordial Dao fire. This fire was devoid of heat and light; wherever it passed, demonic bodies melted like wax, and the demonic source emitted a sharp, mournful cry, disintegrating inch by inch.

"No—! I hate it—!"

The Ancient Demon of Devouring Origin let out a roar of resentment, carrying with it ten thousand years of accumulated grievances, and was completely annihilated in the Primordial Dao Fire.

The entire demonic body of the Devouring Ancient Demon was refined by the Chaos Dao Fire. Soon, only a ball of pure, vast, and chaotic-colored primordial energy remained, slowly circulating within the furnace.

Li Mu exhaled lightly, and with a flick of his sleeve, the Chaos Dao Furnace roared into action.

That chaotic primordial energy surged out of the furnace mouth like a reversed celestial river, splitting into countless threads and scattering across the vast land.

Wherever it lands, the withered source veins greedily absorb it and revive in an instant; newly planted Dao seeds sprout wildly and become shady in the blink of an eye; the already lush ancestral tree rustles and its aura rises steadily.

"The Dao Lord's divine might!" Dao Ancestor Gu Xi saw it clearly and clapped his hands in amazement.

Dao Ancestor Lei Yan sensed a surge in the source energy of the Thunder Pool, and purple lightning bolts danced wildly with joy: "Such pure source energy! It's even thicker than what I've gained through ten thousand years of arduous cultivation!"

The ancestors such as Chixiao and Tianyao benefited greatly, and joyful sounds echoed from their respective Dao domains.

Li Mu did not stop. The chaotic starlight in his eyes reflected the entire vast land, and his thoughts were completely in harmony with the Zhou Tian Chaos Array.

"All rivers flow into the ancestral forest, nourishing it!"

The array's radiance surged, its speed of absorbing the free-floating primordial energy from the void increased a hundredfold, and it mixed with the chaotic primordial energy it had just refined, transforming into a "primordial spiritual rain" that covered the vast land, precisely watering every Dao tree sapling.

Xue'er was sitting cross-legged atop the Ice Blue Ancestral Tree, her eyes closed as she comprehended the true meaning of Taiyin.

The crack in the ancestral mark of the Heavenly Fox between his brows flickered, with a point of icy, cold light flowing endlessly within. Behind him, his nine tails moved without wind, each fox fur gradually turning from ice blue to silver white, exuding a pure and ancient moonlight aura.

As the spiritual rain fell, the Ice Blue Ancestral Tree hummed and trembled, pouring its immense source power into its trunk. Then, through the tree's feedback, the power flowed into Xue'er's limbs and bones.

Xue'er's delicate body trembled slightly, and the ancestral mark between her brows suddenly burst forth with dazzling silver light!
With a crisp "crack!", it was as if an invisible shackle had shattered.

Xue'er's third eye between her brows—the Taiyin True Eye—opened completely, revealing a miniature bright moon that was constantly being born and dying. The moonlight flowed, reflecting the waxing and waning of the moon, the rise and fall of the tides, and the eternally cold and desolate origin of the Great Dao.

"So... this is the Moonlit Avenue."

Xue'er murmured softly, as if she had realized something.

Xue'er, suddenly inspired, gently raised her hand and gestured towards the five saplings of the Frost Dao Tree beside her, whose branches had already grown several feet long: "Use my Taiyin True Intent as a bridge to connect the Frost Souls and form an array!"

The five saplings trembled violently, their trunks bursting forth with a chilling silver light. Their radiance intertwined, connecting in the void to form a mysterious array—a five-pointed array, like five cold stars guarding the central Ice Blue Ancestral Tree.

The moment the formation was completed, the temperature across a thousand miles of territory plummeted, frost flowers condensed in the void, and the phantom of the bright moon emerged from the center of the formation, its clear light like a ribbon.

"Five Elements Moon Formation, activate!"

Xue'er let out a clear shout, her figure floating in the air, standing in the center of the illusory moon. Behind her, the nine tails turned completely silver-white, like nine ribbons of moonlight swaying gracefully. The Taiyin True Eye between her brows rotated, creating a deep resonance with the five Dao Trees below, the central Ancestral Tree, and even the entire great formation.

"Buzz!" With a clear and crisp sound, the Ice Blue Ancestral Tree Dharma Image suddenly manifested behind Xue'er and grew rapidly at an astonishing speed!

Thirty thousand zhang... fifty thousand zhang... eighty thousand zhang... one hundred thousand zhang!

The majestic ancestral tree's Dharma form was enveloped in moonlight and silvery radiance. Its branches were like ice sculptures and jade carvings, and its leaves shimmered like cold stars. Its canopy spread out, scattering a cool and clear light that covered a vast area. Its aura was vast and powerful, clearly indicating that it had already crossed the threshold of the early stage of the Dao Integration Realm and steadily stepped into the middle stage of the Dao Integration Realm!

Xue'er stood atop the tree, her silver hair flying, her eyes as cold and clear as the ancient moon. Her Daoist aura was perfectly integrated with the entire "Five Luminaries Moon Array." With every gesture, she seemed to be able to influence the celestial phenomena and summon the moonlight from the heavens.

At the Starry Dao Platform, the divine thoughts of all the Dao Ancestors converged, and they all showed expressions of astonishment.

"Mid-stage Dao Integration! You broke through to the next level so quickly!" Dao Ancestor Haotian's starry eyes flashed as he exclaimed, "The five subsidiary Dao Trees form an array to nourish the main tree. This method is profound, borrowing the power of Dao Master Li's Chaos Origin."

Gu Xi Daozu stroked his beard and smiled, saying, "This girl has exceptional comprehension. Her Taiyin True Eye has been fully opened, allowing her to glimpse the origin of the Moon Essence Great Dao. Given time, her achievements will be limitless."

Lei Yan Daozu chuckled: "Daoist Master Li's Daoist partner and those disciples are all more monstrous than the last. That golden ape and that fire-playing iron-headed boy are also experiencing a surge in aura, and they will probably follow closely behind."

Sure enough, a deafening roar came from the direction of the Golden Ape Ancestral Tree.

The Crimson Gold Ancestral Tree grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the Golden Ape's battle body solidified like Dao Gold. The natural Dao Armor on its back spread out, revealing ancient battle patterns. It pounded its chest with both arms, its voice booming: "Master, help me! Break through!"

Mingyue, Lin Xiaonan, Da Niu... More than 600 disciples, taking advantage of the catalysis of the Chaos Origin and the connection with the formation, all experienced a surge in their auras. The Ancestral Tree Dharma Images broke through one after another, and the Daoist rhyme soared into the sky above the vast land, creating a magnificent spectacle.

Looking down upon the vast land, the forest of a thousand ancestral trees was thriving, and the disciples were breaking through to new realms one after another. Li Mu nodded slightly; his gaze turned to the edge of the vast land, where several obscure wills from the depths of the void still followed him like shadows.

"Ten thousand years have nurtured the forest of countless ancestors; time is of the essence!"

"Lord of the Purple Extreme, Cold and Netherworld Thoughts... Let's see what happens ten thousand years from now. Will you devour my vast land, or will my Chaos Ancestral Forest nourish all the heavens?" Li Mu murmured.

After speaking, Li Mu's figure quickly faded away, returning to the depths of the Myriad Dao Source Sea. The Chaos Dao Fruit rose and fell, absorbing the essence of the vast earth, continuing to nurture his Dao Transformation realm, while simultaneously maintaining the full operation of the Zhou Tian Chaos Array, buying time for this nascent "Ancestral Forest" to grow. (End of Chapter)