Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

The Chaos Dao Fire blazed fiercely, and the eerie green light cluster struggled frantically within it. Wisps of smoke were burned away, leaving only a tiny, shimmering white light hidden deep within its core, which was impossible to spot without close inspection.

A gray glint flashed in Li Mu's eyes as he condensed a wisp of chaotic Dao essence and urged, "Condense!"

As the chaotic Dao essence surged in, the dark green light cluster suddenly contracted, transforming into a green crystal the size of a fingernail. Inside the crystal core, the faint white light became even clearer, with ripples of space flowing around it, causing the surrounding void to distort.

Mingyue stared at the crystal core with her silver eyes and asked in surprise, "Master, what is this?"

Li Mu's chaotic will probed for a moment, then a slight smile appeared on his lips. "The Void Dao Seed contains the most fundamental spatial laws. A fine thing!"

After saying that, Li Mu casually waved his hand, putting the Dao Seed into his sleeve, and his gaze fell on the source vein in front of him.

The primordial vein stretched across the void, its milky white light flowing. Thirty percent of it was devoured by the void vines, while the remaining seventy percent remained magnificent.

Li Mu raised his hand and pressed down, and a gray light surged out, covering the entire source vein.

Chaotic Dao Fire surged from his palm, the gray flames sweeping away, peeling away the outer layer of the source vein's stone shell inch by inch, and milky white source energy gushing out. Wherever the Chaotic Dao Fire passed, the source vein shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye, and crystals of source energy were separated from the vein and suspended in the void.

The three thousand crystals were all full and brimming with primordial energy.

Li Mu rolled up his sleeves, pocketing all the Dao Crystals, and nodded in satisfaction: "This trip was worthwhile."

The moonlight shimmered, reflecting on the star map in the void: "Master, that newly formed vast domain is still twenty years away from completion."

“Twenty years is too long.” Li Mu pondered for a moment, then his gaze fell on another point of light on the star map. He asked, “How far is this place from us?”

After calculating for a moment, Mingyue replied, "Five trillion li. At the current speed, it will take ten years to reach that destination."

"Let's go here!"

Li Mu, shrouded in a hazy light, pierced through the turbulent currents and vanished in an instant.

The void was dark and gloomy, with turbulent currents surging.

Li Mu carried the bright moon on his journey, occasionally encountering wandering primordial energy along the way, which he casually absorbed, something better than nothing.

Ten years have passed, and the scenery in the void ahead has changed slightly.

As the turbulent currents subsided and the scattered stars thinned out, a sea of ​​milky white light stretched out before us. Within the light, the primordial energy was abundant, and the Daoist rhyme flowed, dazzling and captivating.

Mingyue exclaimed excitedly, "Master, we've arrived!"

"I see it!" Li Mu smiled slightly, and the chaotic will then extended in all directions.

Under the influence of the Chaotic Will, the image of the source vein ahead was clearly brought into Li Mu's mind. The source vein stretched for three hundred million miles, extremely rough, with milky white light flowing around it, and seven-colored Dao light appearing and disappearing inside. The source Qi was so dense that it formed a sea, more than ten times thicker than any source vein he had seen before.

"What a magnificent vein!" Li Mu exclaimed with delight. Suddenly, he made another discovery: the chaotic will had penetrated deep into the source vein.
It is clearly perceived that there are innate Dao patterns deep within this source vein. The patterns meander like dragons and snakes, flowing with seven-colored halos, containing the true meaning of the Great Dao.

Li Mu's chaotic will probed in, and the milky white light of the source vein surged, passing through layers of source crystals and penetrating deep into the heart of the vein. In the depths of the heart of the vein, a void cave with a diameter of ten thousand feet appeared. In the center of the cave, a seven-colored Dao vine grew, and on the vine, seven Dao seeds the size of fists were nurtured.

The seven Dao seeds are of different colors: red like lava, green like ancient wood, blue like the deep sea, yellow like thick earth, white like metal, purple like thunder, and gray like wind. The seven colors intertwine, and the Dao rhythm flows, mysterious and unfathomable.

"Innate Dao Seed!" Li Mu's eyes shone brightly as he exclaimed with delight, "The seven Great Daos—metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and thunder—are all present."

Mingyue, puzzled, looked at Li Mu and asked, "Master, what have you discovered?"

"The Seven-Colored Dao Vine of Primordial Nature nurtures seven Primordial Dao Seeds. If transplanted to the Chaotic Vast Land, it can grow into seven Primordial Dao Ancestor Trees." Li Mu said excitedly, "At that time, the Forest of Ten Thousand Ancestors, under the protection of these seven Primordial Dao Seeds, will grow by another 30%."

Just as Li Mu was preparing to refine this source vein and transplant the Seven-Colored Innate Dao Vine, the void suddenly brightened.

Three crimson warships soared into the sky, their hulls cast in bronze and engraved with crimson sun totems. The totems shone with fiery light, like three blazing suns in the sky. The bows of the ships were menacing, and the hulls were covered with Dao patterns, clearly indicating that they were Dao-level war artifacts.

Three warships formed a triangular shape, surrounding the source vein. The light emanating from their hulls intertwined to form a net, sealing off any escape route.

At the bow of the lead warship, a red-haired Dao Ancestor stood with his hands behind his back, his body surrounded by surging crimson flames, his Dao aura as intense as a furnace, indicating that he was at the peak of the Dao Integration stage.

The Crimson-Haired Dao Ancestor looked down at Li Mu with a cold gaze. His divine sense swept over Li Mu and he sensed that Li Mu's aura was ordinary, only at the early stage of the Dao Transformation Realm. A mocking smile appeared on his lips.

"This vein of the Blazing Vast Domain was discovered a thousand years ago." The red-haired Dao Ancestor's voice boomed like a bell, and he said coldly, "I have come today specifically to collect it. You shall leave at once, or I will spare your life!"

Bright moonlight, its silver eyes gleaming, illuminated the three warships through a puppet-patterned light screen, issuing a warning: "Master, the three ships contain 300 late-stage Dao Integration cultivators, 1,000 mid-stage Dao Integration cultivators, and 30,000 peak-stage Dao soldiers..."

Li Mu smiled calmly, facing the three warships with an unchanged expression.

"Subordinates of the Blazing Vast Domain?"

“That’s right!” The Crimson-Haired Dao Ancestor proudly raised his head and said disdainfully, “Since you know of Chihuang’s formidable reputation, why don’t you retreat quickly, or else…”

Li Mu smiled slightly and interrupted directly. The surrounding chaotic Dao Domain suddenly unfolded, stretching for hundreds of thousands of miles.

The hazy light descended like a curtain from the sky, instantly enveloping the three warships. The aura of the peak of the mid-stage of the Dao Transformation Realm poured out without reservation, as deep and oppressive as a hell, causing the warships to creak and groan, and the Dao patterns on their hulls to sway precariously.

The Crimson-Haired Dao Ancestor's expression changed drastically. He stared intently at Li Mu, his face filled with disbelief as he questioned, "Mid-stage Dao Transformation Realm! Who exactly are you? Which domain lord are you from? What are you doing near this domain?!"

"Get lost!" Li Mu ignored him and uttered only one word.

"Do you really intend to oppose our Blazing Vast Domain!" The Crimson-Haired Dao Ancestor questioned Li Mu sternly. Before he finished speaking, he immediately raised his hand, crushed a crimson jade slip, and a crimson light shot into the sky, instantly disappearing into the depths of the void.

Mingyue's silver eyes darted around as she looked at Li Mu and said urgently, "Master, he has asked for help."

Li Mu smiled dismissively: "It's alright."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mu raised his hand and made a grasping motion. A gray, hazy light surged out and condensed in his palm 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. The axe light pulsed and spewed, and the void seemed to solidify.

The Crimson-Haired Dao Ancestor's expression changed drastically, and he immediately shouted sharply, "Form the formation and defend with all your might!"

The next moment, the three warships lit up simultaneously, their hulls radiating brilliant Dao patterns, and the crimson sun totem soared into the sky. Three illusory images of blazing suns, each ten thousand feet tall, hovered above the warships, their blazing rays intertwining to form a shield that protected the three warships.

Li Mu raised his axe and brought it down without any mercy.

With a "whoosh," a gray line shot out from the Chaos Dao Axe, instantly tearing through the void and stretching for tens of millions of miles.

Where the axe light passed, the void shattered, turbulent currents surged backward, and the three illusory suns, as if made of paper, were neatly cut in two, exploding into a sky full of crimson light.

The axe's momentum remained undiminished, slashing straight at the lead warship.

"Boom!" A deafening roar.

The massive warship was cleaved in two, its hull exploding and bronze fragments scattering everywhere. Three hundred late-stage Dao Integration cultivators, one thousand mid-stage Dao Integration cultivators, and ten thousand Dao soldiers all coughed up blood, half of them perishing on the spot, their corpses floating in the void.

The rest fled in panic, their cries of "father" and "mother" echoing everywhere. The remaining two warships turned pale with fright, their hulls flashing with light, and they turned tail and ran.

The Crimson-Haired Dao Ancestor coughed up blood, his body shattered by thirty percent. In a wretched state, he glared venomously at Li Mu and roared, "You wait! The Blazing Dao Lord will never let you go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Crimson-Haired Dao Ancestor crushed a Void Escape Talisman, which turned into a streak of crimson light and disappeared. Two warships followed closely behind, hastily fleeing into the depths of the void.

Li Mu put away the Chaos Giant Axe, his gaze indifferent.

Watching the enemy flee, Mingyue looked at Li Mu and suggested, "Master, Dao Lord Chihuang will surely come to retaliate. We should nip it in the bud!"

"It's alright," Li Mu smiled slightly, "Refining the source vein is the most important thing!"

After speaking, Li Mu turned to look at the source vein, raised his hand and pressed down, and gray Dao light surged out, covering the entire source vein.

Chaotic Dao Fire surged from his palm, the gray flames sweeping away, the outer layer of the source vein peeling away inch by inch, milky white source Qi gushing out, and crystals of source Qi crystals precipitating out from the vein, floating in the void.

The moonlight shimmered, reflecting the number of Dao Crystals. Three hundred.

Five hundred pieces.

Eight hundred pieces.

One thousand pieces.

……

Three days later, the surface of the source vein was refined.

Mingyue's silver eyes lit up: "Master, we have obtained 9,700 Origin Qi Dao Crystals."

Li Mu nodded in satisfaction, his gaze falling into the depths of the source vein. Gray Dao light surged into the heart of the vein, and within that ten-thousand-foot-deep cave, seven innate Dao seeds floated, their seven-colored radiance intertwined, and Dao rhythms flowed.

Li Mu raised his hand in a gesture, and the Chaos Dao Yuan transformed into seven thin threads, which wrapped around the seven Dao Seeds.

The seven seeds of the Seven-Colored Innate Dao Vine trembled incessantly, their seven-colored radiance shining brightly, as if trying to resist.

Enveloped in a chaotic will, gentle yet firm, the seven-colored radiance gradually receded, and the Dao Seeds slowly flew out of the heart of the meridian along the fine threads. The seven Dao Seeds floated in front of Li Mu, with seven colors—red, green, blue, yellow, white, purple, and cyan-gray—flowing around, each with a different Dao charm, containing the true meaning of the innate Great Dao.

The seven Dao Seeds floated three feet in front of Li Mu's palm, their seven-colored radiance intertwining into a rosy glow, their Daoist essence as rich as a tangible substance.

Li Mu raised his hand and pressed down, and seven Dao Seeds floated in front of him, their seven-colored light flowing and reflecting in the void in a dazzling array of colors.

"receive."

With a flick of his sleeve, Li Mu unleashed a surge of gray Dao light, which swept towards the seven Dao seeds.

The moment the Dao light touched the Dao Seed, the seven-colored radiance suddenly intensified. The red was like molten lava, the blue like ancient trees reaching the sky, the deep blue like the churning of the deep sea, the yellow like the settling of thick soil, the white like metal splitting the sky, the purple like thunder exploding, and the gray-blue like a hurricane sweeping through—the seven innate Dao powers erupted simultaneously, transforming into a seven-colored torrent that crashed fiercely into Li Mu.

Li Mu neither dodged nor avoided the seven-colored torrent, letting it crash into him.

With a loud "boom," the gray light rippled slightly, but Li Mu remained unmoved.

The seven Dao Seeds trembled violently, and a seven-colored torrent surged forth, yet Li Mu remained unmoved.

"Quite a fiery temper!" Li Mu smiled slightly, and the Chaos Dao Domain unfolded, with gray Dao light descending like a curtain from the sky, covering the seven Dao Seeds along with the seven-colored torrent.

Under the shroud of chaotic light, the seven-colored torrent struggled and twisted as if trapped in a quagmire, disintegrating inch by inch.

The seven Dao Seeds shone brightly, each revealing a phantom within. The crimson flame phantom transformed into a three-legged golden crow, flapping its wings and shrieking; the green wood phantom transformed into a green dragon, its roar shaking the heavens; the blue water phantom transformed into a black tortoise, coiled like a turtle and snake; the yellow earth phantom transformed into a qilin, its four hooves treading on the air; the platinum phantom transformed into a white tiger, its black metal tearing through the sky; the purple thunder phantom transformed into a thunder god, its thunder hammer striking; and the cyan gray phantom transformed into a wind god, a hurricane sweeping across the land.

The seven illusory figures roared in unison, unleashing the power of the innate Great Dao, and rushed towards the Chaos Dao Domain.

A gray light flickered in Li Mu's eyes, and his Chaotic Dao Domain suddenly contracted.

The seven illusory figures collided with the boundary of the Dao Domain, and as if struck by lightning, they shattered in unison, turning into countless specks of light.

The seven Dao Seeds dimmed suddenly, hovering in the void, trembling slightly, conveying a sense of fear.

Mingyue's silver eyes darted around, the puppet-patterned light screen reflecting the state of the Dao Vine, and she laughed, "Master, they are just beginning to develop intelligence and are afraid."

Li Mu nodded, and the chaotic will enveloped the seven Dao Seeds. The will was gentle, containing the true meaning of chaos, seeping into the Dao Seeds like a spring breeze and rain.

The trembling of the seven Dao seeds gradually subsided, their radiance softened, and they no longer resisted.

Li Mu transmitted his thoughts: "Follow me, enter my Chaotic Vast Land, transform into the Primordial Ancestral Tree, and the Great Dao will be within your grasp in the future."

The seven Dao Seeds trembled slightly, as if hesitating.

Li Mu raised his hand in a gesture, and a hazy gray halo appeared in his palm. Within the halo, the scene of the primordial chaos and the emergence of myriad paths flowed, containing endless true meaning of the Great Dao.

The seven Dao Seeds sensed the chaotic true meaning within the halo, trembled in unison, and conveyed a yearning.

Li Mu smiled slightly and transmitted his thoughts: "Enter my Vast Land, and you can be nourished by the Great Dao of Chaos!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the seven Dao Seeds no longer hesitated, transforming into a stream of seven-colored light and disappearing into the gray halo.

Mingyue looked at the seven-colored Dao Vine and reminded her, "Master, what should we do with the main body of that Dao Vine?"

Li Mu's gaze fell upon the depths of the Origin Vein, within that ten-thousand-foot-deep cave. The Seven-Colored Dao Vine was rooted in the heart of the vein, with thousands of vines, their seven colors flowing. After losing the Dao Seed, the vines' radiance dimmed, and their aura withered.

“This vine coexists with the Dao Seed. When the Dao Seed leaves the body, it loses its foundation.” Li Mu raised his hand and pressed down, and the gray Dao Yuan surged into the cave, covering the Dao Vine.

The vines trembled and contracted, conveying a sense of resistance.

Li Mu, enveloped in chaotic will, said: "You and the Dao Seed were originally one. They followed me, and you should go too."

The Dao Vine trembled more violently, its tendrils danced wildly, and seven-colored light reappeared, fiercely confronting the gray Dao Yuan.

Li Mu smiled calmly and raised his hand to shake hands.

The chaotic Dao energy suddenly surged, and the gray Dao light surged in like a tide, wrapping the Dao vine layer by layer. The Dao vine struggled and twisted, its tendrils breaking apart, and seven-colored sap splashed out. After three breaths, the struggle gradually weakened.

Li Mu withdrew his hand, and the Dao Vine transformed into a streak of seven-colored light, flying out of the cave and landing in Li Mu's palm.

In the palm of his hand, the Dao Vine transformed into a three-inch vine with thousands of tendrils, seven colors flowing around, and seven thin tendrils hanging down at the end—the exact location of the seven Dao Seeds from before.

Li Mu held up the small vine, and the chaotic will seeped into it.

The seven-colored vine trembled slightly, conveying a weak sense of submission.

Li Mu smiled slightly: "Enter my Chaotic Vast Land, take root in the Origin Vein, and when the seven Dao Seeds return to their places, you will become a Primordial Chaotic Dao Vine."

The little vine conveyed its joy, gently wrapping around Li Mu's fingers as a sign of closeness.

Mingyue watched this scene, her silver eyes sparkling: "Master, it surrendered so quickly?"

"With the initial awakening of intelligence, it knows right from wrong." Li Mu put the small vine into his sleeve and looked down at the source vein.

The source vein stretched across the void, its milky white light flowing. After losing the Dao Vine, the seven-colored light deep within the source vein faded away, leaving only pure source energy.

Li Mu raised his hand and pressed down, and a gray light surged out, covering the entire source vein.

Chaotic Dao Fire surged from his palm, the gray flames sweeping away, the outer layer of the source vein peeling away inch by inch, milky white source Qi gushing out, and crystals of source Qi crystals precipitating out from the vein, floating in the void.

The moonlight shimmered and shifted, measuring the quantity of Dao Crystals.

Three days later, the source vein was refined.

Mingyue's silver eyes shone brightly as she looked at Li Mu and reported, "Master, we have obtained 34,000 Origin Qi Dao Crystals."

Li Mu nodded, flicked his sleeve, and pocketed all the Dao Crystals.

His gaze fell into the depths of the void, and the will of chaos spread.

A moment later, Li Mu withdrew his will and gestured, "People from Chihuang's side are here, let's go."

As soon as he finished speaking, a hazy, gray light enveloped the bright moon and vanished instantly, swiftly and cleanly. (End of Chapter)