Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

Purple lightning surged around Lei Yan Daozu's body as he pressed his palms against the source meridian.

The three thousand thunder cultivators shouted in unison, and the thunder net tightened suddenly. Purple lightning surged like a tide, and the stone shell on the surface of the source vein peeled away inch by inch, revealing the crystal clear Dao crystal inside.

One by one, milky-white crystal cores precipitated from the vein and were collected into Lei Xiu's pouch.

"Faster! Faster!" Dao Ancestor Lei Yan urged sharply.

In the direction of the easternmost point, the void suddenly became brightly lit.

A streak of purple light swept across the void, as bright as the sun, and instantly swept over the area where Lei Yan's troops were located.

"Enemy attack!"

Lei Yan Daozu's expression changed drastically, and he shouted sternly, "Form ranks to defend against the enemy!"

At that moment, Li Mu's will descended.

The hazy, chaotic Dao Domain unfolded from the void, like a curtain falling from the sky, completely enveloping the three thousand lightning cultivators along with the remnants of their source veins.

The purple light swept across, touching the Chaos Dao Domain, and instantly stopped.

Within the Dao Domain, Dao Ancestor Lei Yan held his breath and concentrated, while the three thousand Lei cultivators remained motionless. The purple light lingered for three breaths before slowly dissipating.

A cold snort came from the depths of the void, and the purple light ceased its attack.

In the depths of the void, the purple light and the gray mist stood facing each other, locked in a fierce confrontation, neither willing to yield.

Lei Yan Daozu breathed a sigh of relief, gazing at the fiercely intertwined battlefield in the distance, and murmured, "Dao Master!"

Just then, Li Mu sent a telepathic message, indicating, "Continue refining your meridians and complete it within three days!"

"Yes!" Dao Ancestor Lei Yan bowed and accepted the order. He then activated his Thunder Domain and worked with three thousand Thunder Cultivators to refine the source vein. Lightning surged as they frantically refined the source vein.

Three days later, Dao Ancestor Lei Yan took the origin and source energy crystal of half of the source vein into his possession and quickly led his subordinates away.

……

In the void of the Southern Region, Dao Ancestor Qingyuan led three thousand wood-elemental Dao soldiers to surround a gray-black primordial vein. A ghostly light flowed, and a deathly Daoist aura enveloped the vein. A continuous stream of primordial Qi and malevolent energy surged from the vein, entangling the Dao soldiers.

With a flick of his finger, the illusory image of the Myriad Spirits Ancestral Tree materialized, its roots plunging into the vines and forcibly drawing upon its essence.

The vines struggled and twisted, then quickly withered.

Upon receiving Li Mu's telepathic message, Dao Ancestor Qingyuan raised his eyes and looked eastward, his emerald eyes slightly narrowed: "Withdraw your pulse!"

The three thousand wood-based cultivators moved in unison, their azure light weaving into a net to collect all the refined source veins and obtained Dao crystals.

……

The Western Regions are in the void.

The blazing light emanated from the body of Dao Ancestor Chenguang, and the Pure Yang Dao Fire, like a scorching sun, refined a crimson gold source vein. Golden light from the void continuously surged from the vein, colliding fiercely with the Pure Yang Dao Fire.

Ancestor Chenguang snorted coldly, opened his Great Sun True Eye, and two golden flames shot out from his eye, suppressing the golden light.

"receive!"

The three thousand Light-elemental Dao soldiers shouted in unison, their blazing light sweeping up half of the source vein and taking nearly a thousand Dao crystals into their pockets.

……

The ten-day deadline is approaching.

The three armies converged outside the void rift.

Li Mu's figure solidified, his gray robe fluttering slightly as his gaze swept over the three patriarchs.

Dao Ancestor Lei Yan bowed and reported: "Dao Master, the Lei Department has refined half a source vein and obtained 1,837 Dao Crystals."

Qingyuan Daozu then reported: "Our department has refined a source vein, which is fifty million miles long, and obtained six hundred and fifty-four Dao crystals."

Chenguang Daozu followed closely behind: "Our department has refined two source veins, one large and one small, and obtained 1,922 Dao crystals."

Li Mu nodded: "More than four thousand pieces, enough for all regions to use for a thousand years."

As soon as he finished speaking, the eastern sky suddenly brightened, and the purple light reappeared.

A divine thought from the Purple Heaven spanned the void, locking onto the location of the three groups of Dao soldiers.

Li Mu raised his hand and pressed down, unleashing the Chaotic Dao Domain, which enveloped all the Dao soldiers.

"You guys go first!"

With a flick of his sleeve, Li Mu created a rift in the void, and the Dao soldiers filed in.

The instant the rift closed, a purple light from the east swept across the void, and nine purple chains descended, intertwining to form a sky-covering array. The illusory image of the purple sun slowly rotated, obscuring Li Mu's retreat.

Li Mu stood with his hands behind his back in the void, looking at the purple sun.

"It's you again."

The illusory figure of the Lord of Purple Extremes manifested from the array diagram, his pair of purple eyes fixed on Li Mu, and he said coldly, "You have crossed the line!"

Li Mu said calmly, "The source of the void is unclaimed; why not take it?"

"The void is unclaimed?" Behind the illusory figure of the Lord of the Purple Pole, a group of Purple Cloud Dao Soldiers lined up and stepped forward. The leader, a purple-armored commander, stepped forward and shouted sternly, "The three domains of the Eastern Pole are all within the patrol range of Purple Cloud. You led people to steal the source vein, do you think we don't know?"

Li Mu glanced at the commander but said nothing.

The illusory figure of the Purple Extreme Lord raised his hand to stop the commander, stared at Li Mu, and said contemptuously, "Five thousand years ago, when you first entered the Dao Transformation Realm, you took a spear from me. Today, you dare to lead people to steal the Source. You have quite the audacity!"

At this moment, Li Mu concealed his aura, and the cultivation fluctuations he displayed were still those of the early stage of the Dao Transformation realm.

The purple-armored commander swept his divine sense across the area and said disdainfully, "Early stage of the Transformation Realm? You dare to try and snatch food from Zixiao's mouth!"

The illusory figure of the Purple Extreme Lord narrowed its purple eyes, scrutinized Li Mu for a moment, and said indifferently, "Your cultivation hasn't improved at all. That desolate land can't support you?"

Li Mu stood silently, too lazy to pay attention.

The Lord of the Purple Extremes continued, "I have said that ten thousand years from now, when the trajectories of the two realms converge, if you submit, the beings of this world will be preserved; if you stubbornly resist—"

The Lord of Purple Extreme raised his hand and pointed, and the Purple Extreme Refining Dao Diagram suddenly lit up. The purple sun phantom expanded to ten thousand feet, and the power of burning the domain enveloped the surrounding area.

"Where this map falls, thirty percent of your vast land will turn to ashes."

The Purple Cloud Dao soldiers responded in unison, their might shaking the void.

Li Mu looked at the purple sun and calmly said, "The time for ten thousand years has not yet arrived, why is Fellow Daoist Ziji in such a hurry?"

The illusory figure of the Purple Extreme Lord sneered, "In a hurry? I'm here to tell you not to engage in pointless fighting. You're merely at the initial stage of the Dao Transformation Realm. What can you use to stop my personal arrival? What can you use to stop the Purple Heaven Refining Dao Diagram?"

Li Mu remained silent, too lazy to argue with him.

The purple-armored commander sneered, "Dao Lord, this person is probably scared out of his wits."

The Lord of Purple Extremes gestured, and the purple sun receded. He stared at Li Mu and continued, "I will ask you one last time—submit, or wait to die?"

Li Mu chuckled and said calmly, "Ten thousand years from now, if Fellow Daoist Ziji comes, I will receive you."

The illusory figure of the Purple Extreme Lord narrowed its purple eyes and stared at Li Mu, as if trying to see through his thoughts.

After a long silence, the illusory figure of the Purple Extreme Lord laughed in anger and said coldly, "Good, very good."

As soon as he finished speaking, the illusory figure of the Purple Extreme Lord raised his hand and pointed. The Purple Heaven Refining Dao Diagram suddenly shone brightly, and the illusory purple sun in the center expanded rapidly, reaching tens of thousands of feet, hundreds of thousands of feet, and millions of feet—purple flames surged to the sky, and the power to burn the world enveloped the surrounding area. The void twisted layer by layer, and countless dark cracks broke at the edges.

"Got it!"

With a cold shout, the Lord of Purple Extremes caused the Purple Sun to break free from the array and fall like a star, crashing down on Li Mu.

Instead of retreating, Li Mu advanced, his right hand making a loose fist.

The next instant, a gray light surged wildly from Li Mu's palm, instantly condensing into a giant axe ten thousand feet long. The axe body was filled with both pure and turbid energies, and the axe blade reflected the scene of the creation of heaven and earth.

"open!"

Li Mu uttered a single word, and his giant axe cleaved upwards.

The axe flashed, splitting the sky; a gray line stretched across the void, slashing straight towards the purple sun.

"Boom!" A deafening roar resounded. The purple and gray light of the Dao exploded like a tsunami, sweeping across tens of millions of miles of void, annihilating shattered stars, causing turbulent currents to surge back, and countless void rifts to spread wildly, swallowing everything around them.

The aftershocks swept over, and Li Mu's figure swayed slightly, transforming into billions of gray streams of air that scattered into the chaotic void, disappearing without a trace in an instant.

"Want to run?"

The purple-armored commander shouted and led his men to give chase.

"Don't pursue a desperate enemy!" The illusory figure of the Purple Extreme Lord raised his hand, stopping the commander.

The commander said urgently, "Dao Master, that person stole my Purple Cloud Origin Vein, are we just going to let him go like this?"

The Lord of Purple Extremes narrowed his purple eyes, gazing in the direction where Li Mu had disappeared, and said indifferently, "The Lord of Transformation is one with the origin of that vast land. Even if we catch up with him and kill him, it will be of no use. As long as that vast land is not destroyed, he can reshape it with the help of the earth veins and be reborn with the help of the ancestral tree. Kill him once, live once."

The commander's expression changed slightly, and he bowed his head in response: "Yes, it was my oversight!"

The illusory figure of the Purple Extreme Lord gazed towards the direction of the Vast Land, his purple eyes profound, and said, "Ten thousand years later, when the two realms meet, I will personally arrive. At that time, I will refine both the people and the realm into the Purple Heaven."

As soon as he finished speaking, the illusory figure of the Lord of the Purple Extremes faded away, and the Purple Cloud Refining Dao Diagram retracted, transforming into nine divine chains that shrank back into the void.

The leader and his followers bowed and saw them off, saying, "Respectfully seeing off the Daoist Master."

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Starry Sky Platform.

A void rift opened, and Li Mu led his troops out.

Gu Xi and Hao Tian, ​​the two ancestors, had been waiting for a long time. When they saw Li Mu appear, they quickly went to greet him.

"Dao Master, was the journey successful?" Dao Ancestor Gu Xi looked at Li Mu and asked with concern, "What about Zi Ji..."

Li Mu waved his hand and said, "It's alright. His real body hasn't arrived yet, it's just a phantom, he can't hurt me."

Dao Ancestor Haotian breathed a sigh of relief and asked with concern, "How did Dao Master fare on this trip?"

Li Mu raised his hand, and a hazy gray light appeared in his palm, within which more than four thousand Dao crystals floated, their crystals gleaming and their Daoist charm flowing.

“More than four thousand three hundred,” Li Mu said. “Distributed among the various regions, that will be enough for a thousand years.”

A look of joy flashed in Gu Xi Dao Zu's eyes: "Four thousand, plus the existing stock, in the next thousand years, the number of people in the mid-stage of the Dao Integration Realm can increase by another five hundred."

Li Mu nodded and handed the halo to Dao Ancestor Haotian: "Store it in the merit treasury and distribute it according to the rules."

Haotian Daozu accepted the order and solemnly complied. He then happily calculated and said, "According to the merit book, the Thunder Department, Wood Department, and Light Department will each be recorded as having made great contributions. Each of the participating Dao soldiers will receive fifty merits."

Lei Yan Daozu grinned and said happily, "My thunder cultivator brats have made a fortune this time."

The Azure Origin Dao Ancestor smiled and said, "Most of the Wood Department Dao Soldiers are stuck at the peak of Dao attainment. With these fifty merits, they can accumulate enough crystal cores in no time."

Ancestor Chenguang nodded: "The same applies to the Daoist soldiers under my command."

"Allocate resources according to need in each region, and give priority to those who have made contributions," Li Mu indicated.

All the Dao Ancestors expressed their gratitude in unison: "Thank you, Dao Master!"

Li Mu's gaze fell on the eastern void, where the purple light had dissipated, leaving only turbulent currents.

“The timeframe of ten thousand years is still five thousand years away,” Li Mu said. “The Lord of the Purple Extreme will not wait idly. Next, he will definitely send people to probe, disturb my forest cultivation, and throw me into disarray.”

Gu Xi Dao Zu frowned: "What does the Dao Master mean?"

"Strengthen border patrols." Li Mu looked at the Second Ancestor and ordered, "Activate the Chaos Array at full power. Anyone who intrudes must be killed without exception. I will personally guard against those above the Dao Transformation Realm."

Dao Ancestor Haotian nodded: "We will definitely keep a close eye on the Four Extremes."

Li Mu looked at the two of them and continued, "We must expedite the training of the second batch of Dao Ancestors and expand our Dao Army to a million. Five thousand years from now, I want Ziji to see with his own eyes what the desolate land he once saw has become!"

"Yes!"

Gu Xi and Hao Tian, ​​the two ancestors, responded in unison.

After pondering for a moment, Dao Ancestor Haotian asked again, "Dao Master, shall we continue the matter of hunting for the source?"

Li Mu withdrew his gaze and pondered, "He did not pursue me during this source hunt, not because he did not want to, but because the two regions are too far apart and he cannot fathom my strength. Next time we hunt sources, he will surely intercept us."

"Let's put the hunt for the source on hold for now!" Li Mu pondered for a moment, then looked at the Dao Ancestors and instructed them: "For the next thousand years, all domains should focus on cultivating the forest and nourishing the source, refining Dao crystals, and enhancing the combat power of Dao soldiers. Once the Forest of Ten Thousand Ancestors is fully completed, we can discuss the hunt for the source again."

"Yes!"

Dao Ancestor Haotian quickly bowed and accepted the order.

The ancestors Qingyuan and Chenguang responded in unison.

Li Mu's figure gradually faded, transforming into chaotic energy that returned to the Myriad Dao Source Sea.

The Dao Ancestors watched Li Mu leave, each with a different expression.

Gu Xi Dao Zu stroked his beard and said, "What Dao Master said is absolutely right. Since Zi Xiao is already on guard, if we try to hunt for the source again, we will surely be ambushed."

Dao Ancestor Haotian nodded and said, "A thousand years is enough for all the realms to refine this batch of Dao Crystals. By then, the Forest of Ten Thousand Ancestors will be fully completed, the combat power of the Dao soldiers will double, and even if Zixiao attacks, we will have the strength to fight back."

Lei Yan Daozu grinned and said, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go back and train the boys!"

The Dao Ancestors exchanged smiles, then transformed into streams of light and returned to their respective domains.

The two ancestors, Gu Xi and Hao Tian, ​​remained at the Dao Platform, where the clear light and starlight intertwined, continuing to deduce the method of harmonizing the Daoist rhythms of decline and vitality.

Deep within the Myriad Dao Source Sea, Li Mu sat cross-legged in the void, his body surrounded by chaotic Dao light.

Just now, when confronting the Lord of the Purple Extreme, Li Mu deliberately showed weakness and revealed the aura of the initial stage of the Dao Transformation Realm. As expected, the Lord of the Purple Extreme did not suspect anything and just thought that he had not made any progress in the past five thousand years.

Five thousand years!

Li Mu whispered, and then his chaotic will sank into the vast earth to continue comprehending the mysteries of the mid-stage of the Dao Transformation Realm.

Li Mu's body was surrounded by chaotic Dao light, and the source vein spiritual network extended like blood vessels, covering the entire vast land.

In the Forest of Ten Thousand Ancestors, each ancestral tree stretches its branches and leaves, its roots deeply embedded in the source veins, breathing in and out the source energy.

Xue'er sat cross-legged atop the Ice Blue Ancestral Tree, her Taiyin True Eye rotating between her brows, and moonlight, like a ribbon, descended, enveloping the fifty subordinate ancestral trees below.

The fifty Taiyin Ancestral Trees have grown to 100,000 zhang in length, with fine fragments of moon crystals condensing between their branches and leaves, nourishing the central ancestral tree.

Xue'er opened her eyes, her icy blue pupils gazing towards the direction of the Myriad Origin Sea, and murmured softly, "Brother Li is in seclusion again!"

Xiao Jin sat cross-legged beneath the Crimson Gold Ancestral Tree, his fighting spirit solidified into a tangible form, and natural battle patterns spread across his back, transforming into a Crimson Gold battle armor.

Little Jin opened its golden eyes and roared, "Master is in seclusion, but I can't be idle either! Minions, come with me to patrol the edge of the void!"

Three thousand war apes roared in unison as they followed Xiao Jin into the void.

Iron Head sat cross-legged under the Fire Ancestral Tree, his crimson flames contained within, with a wisp of white flame leaping at the heart of his body. He said in a deep voice, "Since Master is in seclusion, I must also work harder. A thousand years from now, I will definitely reach the mid-stage of the Dao Integration Realm."

The bright moon sat at the core of the Myriad Puppet Realm, where a sea of ​​data and light surged, and puppet patterns spread throughout the entire realm, urging millions of puppet soldiers to practice the Chaos Five Elements Battle Formation.

Lin Xiaolun, Da Niu, and more than six hundred other disciples each guarded their own domains and diligently cultivated without ceasing.

……

A thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Deep within the Myriad Origin Sea, Li Mu opened his eyes, his gaze filled with a chaotic vortex as deep as an abyss.

Li Mu raised his hand in a gesture, and from the depths of the Origin Marrow layer, milky white liquid gushed out, condensing into eight hundred Origin Qi Dao Crystals, which floated in front of him.

"The second batch!"

Li Mu flicked his finger, and the Dao Crystal transformed into a stream of light, flying towards the Star Evolution Dao Platform.

On the Dao platform, Ancestors Gu Xi and Hao Tian were performing a divination when they saw the Dao Crystal flying over and quickly reached out to catch it.

"The Dao Master has made another gain," said Dao Ancestor Gu Xi, stroking his beard with a smile.

Dao Ancestor Haotian said with delight, "Eighteen hundred pieces are enough for all realms to use for another five hundred years."

The two exchanged a glance, then sent a divine thought to the Dao Ancestors of all realms, ordering them to send someone to retrieve them. (End of Chapter)