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The Lord of Purple Extremes' expression darkened, the star map in his hand flashed slightly, and he said coldly, "That axe blow exhausted his life force; it cannot be unleashed casually. Moreover, with the four domains joining forces, he was overwhelmed and had no strength left to strike again."

The Celestial Eclipse Dao Master's gray eyes swirled, reflecting the star map's light and shadow. He lightly tapped the north with his fingertip: "What if he abandons the Northern Region and focuses solely on guarding the Central Region? My long river of time cannot withstand his axe's chop."

The Primordial Dao Master flicked his sleeve, and the Daoist aura of cause and effect permeated the air. He said solemnly, "This child's destiny is obscured by chaos, and its depth cannot be deduced. If we act rashly, things may go wrong."

The Netherworld Dao Master stared at the three of them, his eerie green eyes flickering. He sneered, "What's the point of forming an alliance if you're afraid of this and that? That kid is recovering faster every day. Once he's fully recovered, the opportunity will be gone!"

The Lord of Purple Extremes raised his eyes, his purple light bursting forth: "You Sha is right. That axe strike was his desperate measure; once used, it's difficult to repeat. We will send out the elite forces of our four domains to crush him, no matter what."

After a moment of silence, the Heavenly Eclipse Dao Master solemnly declared, "A Dao oath must be sworn, that the four regions shall advance and retreat together, and that any who retreats shall have their Dao heart shattered!"

The four Dao Lords exchanged glances, each lost in thought.

A resolute glint flashed in the eyes of the Lord of Purple Extremes. He raised his hand, and purple light condensed in his palm. A purple crystal Dao seal appeared, with nine purple suns engraved on its body. The suns rotated, and purple flames flowed around them.

"I, Ziji, swear by this Dao Seal," the Lord of Ziji said solemnly. "We will advance and retreat together across the four domains, fight against Chaos together, and divide the vast land together. If anyone retreats, may the Dao Seal shatter and our Dao Heart be destroyed."

As soon as he finished speaking, the amethyst Dao Seal flew into the void and hovered between the four masters.

The Lord of the Netherworld raised his hand, and a dark light condensed, forming a Netherworld Crystal Dao Seal. The seal was engraved with a throne of white bones, upon which countless illusory corpses floated.

"I, You Sha, swear by this Dao Seal," You Sha Dao Master said coldly. "We will advance and retreat together across the four domains, fight against Chaos together, and share the vast land. If anyone retreats, may the Dao Seal shatter and our Dao Heart be destroyed."

The Nether Crystal Dao Seal flew out and hovered beside the Purple Crystal Dao Seal.

The Primordial Dao Master raised his hand, and the Primordial Qi surged. A gray-white Dao Seal appeared, its body engraved with the scene of the beginning of the universe. Pure Qi rose and turbid Qi sank.

"I, Taichu, swear by this Dao Seal," Taichu Dao Master said solemnly. "We will advance and retreat together across the four realms, fight against Chaos together, and share the vast land. If anyone retreats, may the Dao Seal shatter and our Dao Heart be destroyed."

The gray-white Dao seal flew out and hovered beside the two Dao seals.

The Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse raised his hand, and a gray-white light flowed, revealing a Time Dao Seal. The seal was engraved with the long river of time, in which life and death cycled, and prosperity and decay alternated.

"I, the Heavenly Eclipse, swear by this Dao Seal," the Heavenly Eclipse Dao Master said solemnly. "We will advance and retreat together across the four realms, fight against Chaos together, and divide the vast land together. If there is any retreat, may the Dao Seal shatter and the Dao Heart be destroyed."

The Time Dao Seal flew out and hovered beside the three Dao Seals.

Four Dao seals floated in the void, their purple, dark, gray-white, and time-related colors intertwined, their Daoist rhymes flowing and connecting with each other, condensing into a four-colored array pattern. Within the array pattern, the four main Dao figures manifested, sitting cross-legged in the four directions, suppressing the Dao oath.

The four masters simultaneously raised their hands, and a drop of essence blood flew from their fingertips, falling into their respective Dao seals.

As essence and blood entered the seal, the Dao seal trembled violently, its four-colored radiance surged, the array patterns shone brightly, and the four main Dao figures within it trembled together, opening their mouths to utter Dao sounds. The Dao sounds reverberated through the void and were imprinted into the depths of the Great Dao.

The four masters withdrew their attacks, and the Dao seals merged into the void, disappearing without a trace.

The Lord of Purple Extremes looked at the three of them and said in a deep voice, "The oath has been made. A hundred years from now, we will launch our attacks simultaneously."

The Netherworld Dao Master exclaimed excitedly, "Leng Youhui has arrived right on time."

The Primordial Dao Master said indifferently, "The Primordial Dao will not be late."

The gray eyes of the Heavenly Eclipse Dao Master flashed: "Sea of ​​Time, be on time!"

With a wave of his hand, the Lord of the Purple Extreme manifested a star map in the void, marking the four routes of advance and the time nodes.

"A hundred years later, at this time and place, the armies of the four regions will be assembled." The Lord of Ziji pointed to the star map and indicated: "Zixiao will attack the east, Lengyou will attack the west, Taichu will attack the south, and Tianshi will attack the north. Launch the attack at the same time and break the formation at the same time."

The four masters stared at the star chart, silently making calculations.

The Lord of Purple Extremes continued, "After breaking the formation, the four domains joined forces to surround and kill that brat. The seven primordial ancestral trees were divided equally among the four domains. The vast earth source veins were allocated according to the amount of effort contributed."

The Netherworld Dao Master's eerie green eyes flickered: "What if that brat makes a last-ditch effort and takes someone down with him?"

The Lord of Purple Extremes said coldly, "Then let's see who's unlucky. Once the oath is made, there's no turning back. Whoever he drags down with him will have to bear it."

The Primordial Dao Master said indifferently, "Then let each of us accept our fate."

The Celestial Eclipse Dao Master nodded: "Alright."

The Lord of Purple Extremes raised his hand, and four amethyst jade slips flew out and landed in the palms of the three people: "Within the jade slips are engraved the locations of the seven array eyes of the Chaos Array, as well as the method to break the array. Study them carefully within a hundred years."

The Lord of the Netherworld took the jade slip, probed it with his divine sense, and nodded after a moment.

The Primordial Dao Lord put away the jade slip and looked towards the direction of the Chaotic Vast Land.

The Heavenly Eclipse Dao Master's gray eyes flickered as he put away the jade slip.

The Lord of the Purple Extreme bowed and said, "We shall meet again here a hundred years from now."

As soon as he finished speaking, the figure of the Lord of Purple Extremes transformed into purple light and dissipated.

The Lord of the Netherworld Demons transformed into a ghostly light and followed closely behind.

The Primordial Dao Master's body surged with primordial energy, and his form faded away.

The Lord of Heavenly Eclipse vanished without a trace in a flash of greyish-white light.
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Starry Sky Platform.

Haotian Daozu sat cross-legged in front of the Source Measurement Array, starlight flowing around him as he calculated with his fingers. Suddenly, his whole body trembled, his starry eyes suddenly brightened, and his face turned deathly pale.

Gu Xi Daozu looked up: "Haotian?"

Dao Ancestor Haotian made hand seals repeatedly, and a light screen appeared.

Above the light screen, the energy surged deep in the void, hazy and indistinct. He frowned, starlight flowed wildly, and he pushed his divination technique to its limit.

"Click".

The starlight shattered, and the light curtain exploded.

Haotian Daozu let out a muffled groan.

Gu Xi Dao Zu suddenly stood up, shocked, and asked, "What happened?"

The Dao Ancestor Haotian's starry eyes were solemn, his face gloomy. He solemnly said, "The heavenly secrets are in disarray, and I cannot deduce them. I can only feel the killing intent surging from the depths of the void in all directions, pressing down on my Haotian Land!"

Gu Xi Daozu's expression changed: "Killing intent? Which side is the enemy from?"

After a moment of deep thought, Dao Ancestor Haotian said solemnly, "It's unclear, hazy and indistinct, as if multiple energies are intertwined. The auras of Zixiao and Lengyou are among them, as well as others."

Gu Xi Daozu frowned: "Zi Xiao and Leng You just retreated, and they've already made a comeback?"

The Dao Ancestor Haotian said in a deep voice, "It's not just them. During the deduction, another aura emerged, even more profound than Zixiao and Lengyou. They are faintly visible, and we cannot be sure. But if they suddenly become impulsive and murderous, a great battle is inevitable."

Gu Xi Dao Zu resolutely said, "We will quickly go and pay our respects to the Dao Master, and let him make the decision!"

Dao Ancestor Haotian nodded with pleasure. The next moment, the two of them flashed and disappeared into the Myriad Dao Source Sea.

The source of all things lies deep within the ocean.

Seven primordial ancestral trees stood tall, their seven-colored Dao light intertwining into a sea. Li Mu sat cross-legged among the seven trees, his body surrounded by a hazy Dao light, and the seven spirits swirled around him. The void before him cracked open, and the two ancestors, Gu Xi and Hao Tian, ​​arrived, stepping through the air.

Li Mu opened his eyes, his gaze swirling with chaotic starlight: "What is it?"

Dao Ancestor Haotian cupped his hands, his expression solemn: "Dao Master, I have been deducing the secrets of heaven and on a whim, I have sensed that killing intent is surging from the depths of the void in all directions, pressing down on my Haotian Land."

Li Mu's gaze remained calm: "Explain clearly."

Haotian Daozu took a deep breath: "The auras of Zixiao and Lengyou have emerged, and two other forces are faintly visible. The secrets of heaven are in chaos, and we cannot deduce the specifics, but we can sense that a great battle is imminent."

Gu Xi Daozu continued, "Daoist Master, Ziji and Yousha have just retreated; they shouldn't be making a comeback so quickly. If other forces enter the fray and all the domains join forces, our Vast Land will be in grave danger."

Li Mu was silent for a moment, then a smile appeared on his lips: "You've found help so quickly, you think highly of me."

Dao Ancestor Haotian said urgently, "Dao Master, we need to make preparations as soon as possible."

Li Mu rose, and the seven trees swayed, their seven-colored light converging. "Fellow Daoist Haotian!" Li Mu looked at Dao Ancestor Haotian and asked with concern, "If you can't deduce the specifics, when might you be able to deduce it?"

Dao Ancestor Haotian calculated with his fingers, and the starlight flowed: "It will take at least a hundred years, and at most three hundred years. The killing intent is surging, and the momentum is extremely fast."

Li Mu nodded: "A hundred years is enough."

Gu Xi Daozu was taken aback: "Dao Master?"

Li Mu raised his hand in a gesture, and the Chaos Treasure Palace appeared in his palm. The palace gates opened wide, and the chaotic sea of ​​qi inside surged, flashing with eerie white light.

"How many remains are left from the Western Regions?" Li Mu asked.

Dao Ancestor Haotian replied, "Thirty percent. In another thirty years, we can collect it all."

Li Mu nodded: "Yes, after all of them are collected and refined, the origin of the Vast Land can be restored to its full glory."

Gu Xi Daozu's eyes lit up: "Dao Master, even if all the domains join forces, with a million ancestral trees and tens of millions of Dao soldiers, and the entire land at its peak, it would only have 60,000 ancestral trees and 5 million Dao soldiers."

Li Mu said calmly, "That's enough."

Gu Xi and Hao Tian exchanged a glance, their expressions filled with surprise and uncertainty.

Li Mu gazed into the depths of the void, his eyes piercing through layers of space: "If they dare to come, I dare to take them in. I have my own plans!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mu waved his hand: "Go, collect the corpses from the Western Regions as quickly as possible. Activate the Origin Cauldron at full power to revive the Ancestral Tree."

Gu Xi and Hao Tian bowed in response and then turned and fled.

Return to the Starry Sky Platform.

Gu Xi Daozu landed in front of the Source Measurement Array. A light screen was reflected in his clear eyes. On the light screen, the thirty thousand ancestral trees in the Forest of Ten Thousand Ancestors sprouted new buds, and the Dao light flowed among the branches and leaves. He turned to look at Haotian Daozu and gestured: "Send orders to all domains to do their best to promote the growth of ancestral trees and increase the number of Dao soldiers."

Dao Ancestor Haotian nodded, starlight swirling around him, and he calculated with his fingers, saying, "The Origin Vein Spirit Network will be restored to 50%, and the Origin Qi will be allocated to the Ancestral Forest at 70%, and to the Dao Army Camps of each domain at 30%."

The Ancient Dao Ancestor understood, and with a wave of his hand, the clear light of Gui Cang fell, condensing into streaks of light. These streaks tore through the sky and flew towards various realms.

The ancient Dao Ancestor stood on the Dao Platform, bathed in the clear light, and transmitted his thoughts to all realms: "All realms should prepare for war with all their might. Within a hundred years, the number of ancestral trees will increase to 40,000, and the number of Dao soldiers will increase to 4 million."

The Dao Ancestors of all realms responded in unison, their voices resounding across the vast land.

Dao Ancestor Haotian calculated with his fingers, his starry eyes shining brightly, and transmitted his thoughts: "According to this plan for the allocation of Origin Qi, in a hundred years, the number of Ancestral Trees can reach 43,000, and the number of Dao Soldiers can reach 4.5 million."

Dao Ancestor Gu Xi nodded with delight: "Yes! Only in this way can we have the strength to fight!"

The source of all things lies deep within the ocean.

Li Mu sat cross-legged among the seven trees, his body surrounded by a hazy, shimmering light. The array patterns in front of him shone brightly, their twisted lines winding like snakes, their bizarre power surging like boiling water. From the westernmost land, the essence of countless corpses surged along the hazy threads, like a long river flowing backward, endlessly pouring into the array patterns.

A strange white light flickered, and distorted phantoms struggled and writhed, while murmurs surged forth like a tide.

Li Mu's eyes narrowed, and his hands moved in rapid succession of hand seals. Chaotic Dao Yuan surged forth like a tide, pouring into the array patterns. The gray Dao light surged, surrounded by seven colors, and fiercely pressed down on the eerie white light. The distorted phantom shrieked, and the eerie white light exploded, turning into countless specks of light that scattered.

Li Mu opened his mouth and inhaled, and billions of light spots surged like a long river flowing backward, all disappearing into his mouth.

Seven-colored Dao light surged from the seven primordial ancestral trees, flowing into Li Mu's body along their roots. Wherever the seven-colored light passed, his meridians were reconnected, his acupoints reopened, and the cracks in his Dao foundation were healed.

The primordial chaos has been restored to 60%.

70%.

80%.

……

Thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the far west, countless corpses withered and turned to dust. The purple glow vanished, the resentment subsided, and only the chaotic currents of the void continued to surge as usual.

The source of all things lies deep within the ocean.

Li Mu sat cross-legged among the seven trees, his body surrounded by a hazy, gray Dao light, seven colors swirling around him, his aura as deep and solid as a mountain. Within his chaotic Dao body, his meridians were as wide as rivers, his acupoints as brilliant as stars, and his Dao foundation as firm as a rock.

The origin of chaos has increased more than fivefold.

Li Mu opened his eyes and woke up. The chaotic star vortex in his eyes was as deep as an abyss, within which the myriad worlds were born and destroyed, the five elements rotated, yin and yang interacted, and all kinds of laws evolved in an endless cycle.

Surrounded by seven spirits, the Golden Crow flaps its wings, the Azure Dragon coils, the Black Tortoise raises its head, the Qilin treads on the clouds, the White Tiger crouches, the Thunder God holds his hammer, and the Wind God flicks his sleeves. The seven spirits resound together, conveying a sense of joy.

Li Mu stood up, his gaze sweeping over Yuan Hai.

The primordial sea surged, the chaotic energy as dense as water, and myriad laws intertwined into a net, within which fragments of the Dao principles floated and sank, giving rise to the birth and death of all things. The primordial vein spiritual network flowed like a dragon, its gray roots plunging into the depths of the void, frantically absorbing primordial energy. The primordial energy surged into all realms like a tide, nourishing every ancestral tree.

In the Forest of Ten Thousand Ancestors, the trunks of the thirty thousand ancestral trees are thick and their canopies block out the sky, with the light of Dao intertwined among their branches and leaves to form a sea. Three hundred new Dao Ancestors have been added to the peak of the Dao Integration stage, ten thousand new Dao Ancestors have been added to the late stage of the Dao Integration stage, and thirty thousand new Dao Ancestors have been added to the middle stage of the Dao Integration stage.

The total number of Dao soldiers has exceeded four million.

Li Mu nodded in satisfaction, his gaze falling towards the Spirit Pool.

On the banks of the Spirit Pool.

The milky white liquid surged and boiled, and deep within the pool, a translucent white crystal core floated, shimmering with a faint light. Inside, a tiny, ethereal figure slumbered. After ten years of nurturing, the crystal core had expanded a hundredfold, becoming the size of a fist. The ethereal figure inside solidified, its features becoming clear—it was none other than Xiao Yuan.

Xue'er sat cross-legged by the pool, her Taiyin True Eye rotating between her brows. Moonlight cascaded down like a waterfall, continuously flowing into the pool, enveloping and nurturing the crystal core. For ten years, the moonlight never ceased.

Suddenly, the crystal nucleus trembled violently.

A milky white light shot into the sky, and the center of the pool churned like boiling water. Inside the crystal core, Xiao Yuan opened his eyes and woke up. His eyes were clear and bright, with a milky white light in his left eye and a hazy gray light in his right eye.

The crystal core exploded, scattering milky white light everywhere.

A figure leaped out of the center of the pool and landed in front of Xue'er. He was a young man with delicate features, his body surrounded by a mixture of milky white and gray. He grinned and threw himself into Xue'er's arms.

"Mother!"

Xue'er trembled, her icy blue eyes filled with surprise and joy. She raised her hand and gently stroked Xiao Yuan's head: "Xiao Yuan, you're awake!"

Xiao Yuan nuzzled Xue'er's palm, conveying his affection, and then looked down into the depths of the Source Sea, where a gray figure stood.

Li Mu arrived through the air, landing on the edge of the spirit pool. Chaotic star vortexes swirled in his eyes as he looked at Xiao Yuan, a smile playing on his lips.

Xiao Yuan broke free from Xue'er's embrace, knelt down with a thud, and kowtowed, saying, "Father!"

Li Mu raised his hand to help Xiao Yuan up, and Xiao Yuan stood up and stood beside him.

Xue'er stood up, looked at Xiao Yuan, her icy blue eyes glistening with tears, and exclaimed excitedly, "Brother Li, Xiao Yuan...it's back!"

Li Mu nodded, his gaze gentle: "Much faster than expected."

Xiao Yuan grinned, his body swirling with milky white and gray hues, his aura deep and solid, his foundation several times stronger than before.

Li Mu looked at Xue'er gratefully and said, "You've worked hard all these years."

Xue'er shook her head, a smile playing on her lips: "It's no trouble at all, it's good that Xiaoyuan is back."

Li Mu nodded, his gaze falling on the Origin Sea, his chaotic will spreading out and instantly enveloping the entire vast land.

Starry Sky Platform.

The light screen of the Source Array suddenly shone brightly, and the flow rate of Source Qi increased more than tenfold. The Source Vein Spirit Network flowed like a dragon, and the gray roots burrowed into the depths of the void, frantically absorbing Source Qi.

Ancient Dao Ancestor suddenly stood up, his clear eyes reflecting the changing light screen, and exclaimed excitedly, "The Origin Vein has... has surged again!"

Dao Ancestor Haotian quickly calculated with his fingers, his starry eyes shining brightly, and exclaimed in surprise: "The Chaos Origin has increased several times, the Origin Veins are solid, and the Origin Sea has undergone a transformation. With this foundation, in another hundred years, the Forest of Ten Thousand Ancestors can increase to eighty thousand!"

Gu Xi Daozu stroked his beard and laughed loudly, "It must be that the Dao Lord has successfully refined the source of the strangeness!" (End of this chapter)