Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

Inside the council hall, the gray walls were covered with flowing, chaotic patterns, as if there were the breath of the primordial chaos at the beginning of creation.

Li Mu and Gui Mu sat facing each other.

A star map floats in the void above the hall, with the Sea of ​​Time shimmering on it. Seven layers of Time Array Walls surround it like ripples, and the Heavenly Eclipse Palace sits in the center.

With a flick of her slender hand, the Ghost Mother smiled and said in a voice as clear as ice and jade, “This person, Tian Shi, has always cherished his life as if it were gold. His main body has never stepped out of the Dao Palace. His two time clones, one guarding the Eastern Realm and the other guarding the Western Realm, each possess seventy percent of the main body’s combat power. They should not be underestimated.”

Li Mu stood with his hands behind his back on the other side of the star map, his eyes flashing with the chaotic source of the Dao, scanning the seven layers of array walls surrounding the Heavenly Eclipse Palace, as if trying to see through the secrets of the flow of time.

The Ghost Mother glanced at Li Mu and continued, “The seven layers of Time Array Wall are based on the River of Time. The flow of time within the array is as chaotic as a raging tide. If you step into it, a hundred years may pass in an instant. Thirty thousand Time Yin Soldiers guard the Dao Palace. They are all at or above the Dao Integration Realm. Under the Heavenly Eclipse are thirty-six Time Divine Generals, each in charge of a section of the River of Time, which is endlessly regenerating.”

Upon hearing this, Li Mu frowned and said in a daze, "If we launch a full-scale attack, it will take a long time. The three domains of Ziji, Yousha, and Taichu will definitely send reinforcements, and the outcome will be unpredictable!"

The strange mother's eyes flashed with a strange white light, and she nodded, saying, "Therefore, we must take an unconventional approach and achieve victory through surprise."

Li Mu's gaze fell on the vengeful mother, and he asked curiously, "What's your plan?"

With a gentle wave of her hand, the Guimu star map suddenly shifted, revealing the void surrounding the Sea of ​​Time. In the northern realm, a void rift flashed with purple light like thunder, marked by a red dot; in the western realm, a ghostly light floated, and the aura of the cold, ghostly Dao soldiers surged like a tide.

"Ziji dispatched 30,000 Zixiao Dao soldiers to guard the northern border of Guangyin Sea, and Yousha also dispatched 10,000 Lengyou Dao soldiers to guard the western border; Taichu Dao Ancestor has not yet sent troops, but has secretly left a causal mark in the southern border. If Tianshi is attacked, Taichu will arrive in an instant!"

Upon hearing this, Li Mu frowned slightly. He hadn't expected that the four regions would already be united. The situation that Chaos Land would face in the future was more complicated than he had thought!
The Ghost Mother looked at Li Mu and continued with a smile, "The power of the Three Domains is like an iron wall surrounding us, and the relationship between the Four Domains is not simple!"

"That's absolutely right!"

Li Mu stared at the star map, nodded, and sighed.

“Once the barrier is removed, the Four Domains will surely think that we have both suffered heavy losses.” The Demon Mother pointed her finger at the center of the star map, looked at Li Mu and smiled, and said, “The Four Domains have been lying dormant for thousands of years, watching us fight, waiting for this moment. Once the barrier is dispelled, they will surely come out in full force and rush straight to the Chaos Land.”

Li Mu stared at the star map, speechless for a moment, and remained silent.

The Demon Mother glanced at Li Mu and continued triumphantly, "With the main forces of the four regions all deployed, the Sea of ​​Time is empty. I will use the secret techniques of the Demonic Path to traverse the void and reach the Heavenly Eclipse Palace in three days. At that time, the seven layers of the array will be unattended, and the thirty thousand Guangyin soldiers will be leaderless. That old bastard Heavenly Eclipse will definitely not be able to stop me."

Li Mu stared at the Ghost Mother for a moment, then said in a daze, "Three days?"

The Ghost Mother nodded happily and said confidently, "That's right, just three days."

After hearing this, Li Mu sneered, stood up, and walked to the star map.

"Fellow Daoist's plan sounds flawless."

The ghostly mother narrowed her pale eyes slightly: "Does Daoist Li have any objections?"

Li Mu turned around, stared at the Ghost Mother, and said in a deep voice, "Once the Ghost Barrier is withdrawn, the armies of the four regions will press in. If you take this opportunity to escape and never return, what should I do?"

Upon hearing this, the Ghost Mother looked at Li Mu and chuckled, "Fellow Daoist Li, that's not quite right. I used the Ghostly Mist to shield the Chaos Vast Land from the calamity of war. Now that we've withdrawn from this domain, how has it become our fault?"

"Times have changed. You've asked me to hold back the Three Realms and also to help you take down the Heavenly Eclipse Dao Lord. How can you put your ally in danger?" Li Mu retorted with a slight smile, unconcerned.

“The oath has been made, how could I destroy my own foundation?” the Ghost Mother laughed.

Li Mu waved his hand and said bluntly, "You know better than I how much the Dao oath binds those in the Transformation Realm. What I want is not the Dao oath."

Upon hearing this, the Demon Mother's smile vanished, and she looked coldly at Li Mu, demanding, "What do you want?"

Li Mu held up a finger: "The method of controlling the barrier. I must be able to personally control that barrier. If you break your promise, I will use it to block the four realms."

The ghost mother's pale eyes suddenly brightened, a strange white light surging within them, her long hair hanging down, the ends of which flickered with a strange white light.

"You want to control my illusions?"

Li Mu frankly stated, "What I want is for the Chaos Land to be absolutely secure. If you are truly willing to join forces, this item is merely an insurance policy. If you harbor other intentions, it will be my last line of defense."

The vengeful mother stared at Li Mu, her white eyes as deep as an abyss.

The hall was silent, with gray and eerie white light intertwining, and chaotic patterns flickering on the walls.

After a long while, a smile appeared on the corner of the Ghost Mother's mouth.

"Master Li, please be very careful."

Li Mu's expression remained unchanged: "To negotiate with a tiger for its skin, one must be cautious."

The Demon Mother raised her hand, and a strange white light condensed in her palm, revealing a fist-sized demonic crystal. Within the crystal core, countless twisted Dao patterns layered upon each other, evolving into array patterns that connected with the strange barrier aura at the boundary.

"The seven layers of the Demon Barrier contain the secrets to controlling the array." The Demon Mother flicked her finger, and the Demon Crystal flew toward Li Mu: "You can refine it with Chaos Dao Yuan and then control the Demon Barrier. The crystal exists as long as the barrier exists; the crystal shatters when the barrier breaks. If I break my promise, you can crush this crystal, and the Demon Barrier will collapse on its own."

Li Mu reached out and took the strange crystal. It was icy cold to the touch, and its interior shimmered with a strange white light, resonating with the strange barrier at the boundary.

Li Mu looked at the Ghost Mother with a smile and praised, "Fellow Daoist, you are quite generous!"

The cunning mother sneered, "If you're not willing to give it up, are you willing to compromise?"

Li Mu was slightly pleased and directly incorporated the strange crystal into the Chaos Dao Sea.

When do we set off?

The Demon Mother rose, her long hair falling down, her pale eyes gazing out of the hall, piercing through layers of void.

"Three months later, I will remove the treacherous barrier and feign a retreat. When Ziji sees the barrier dissipate, he will surely assume that we have both suffered heavy losses, and the allied forces of the four domains will launch a full-scale attack on the Chaos Land." The Demon Mother turned to look at Li Mu and solemnly said, "Once the main forces of the four domains have been deployed, I will use the secret techniques of the Deceptive Path to traverse the void and reach the Sea of ​​Time in three days. You will guard the Chaos Land and hold off the four domains. If I cannot defeat the Heavenly Eclipse within thirty days, your true form must come and lend me a hand!"

“Of course!” Li Mu nodded with a smile.

The three-month period passed in the blink of an eye.

At the border of the chaotic and vast land, a strange white barrier surged like a tide.

The Demon Mother stood deep within the Demon Barrier, her long hair cascading down, her demonic white eyes gazing towards the Vast Land, a smile playing on her lips. The next moment, the Demon Barrier trembled violently, the demonic white light exploded, and countless twisted Dao patterns crumbled inch by inch.

The barrier dissipated.

One hundred and twenty thousand withered ancestral trees turned to dust and scattered into the void. The eerie white light receded like a tide, covering thousands of miles in an instant. In the blink of an eye, the eerie domain that had shrouded the vast land for nearly two thousand years vanished completely, leaving only a deathly silence in the void, with turbulent currents surging.

The Demon Mother's form transformed into a streak of white light, vanishing into the depths of the void without a trace.

Starry Sky Platform.

Before the light screen of the source-measuring array, the ancient Dao Ancestor Qinghui's eyes reflected the boundary scene, and he said with a complicated expression, "The strange barrier from beyond the realm has dissipated!"

Haotian Daozu quickly calculated with his fingers, and said in a mixture of panic, "The Ghost Mother has retreated, the Ghost Domain has dissipated, and there are no more obstacles at the border."

Xue'er stood in the center of the platform, her Taiyin True Eye rotating between her brows, moonlight cascading down like a waterfall, illuminating the depths of the void. Above the light screen, beyond the boundary, four-colored energy surged like boiling water, purple light soared into the sky, dark light flowed like the sea, and gray-white radiance swirled, the primordial energy surging.

The energy of the four regions is no longer concealed.
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Deep within the void fault.

The Lord of Purple Pole stood with his hands behind his back, his purple eyes piercing through layers of void, falling towards the boundary of the Chaotic Land. The eerie white barrier vanished completely, the withered ancestral tree turned to dust, and the aura of the Eerie Mother disappeared without a trace.

The Purple Emperor's eyes suddenly lit up.

"The illusion has dissipated."

Beside him, the Netherworld Lord's deathly aura surged, his eerie green eyes fixed on the void: "The Demon Mother has retreated?" The Purple Extreme Lord speculated in a deep voice: "Nearly two thousand years of attacks, yet they have been unable to break through, they can't afford to drag this out any longer. The Demon Mother has reached the pinnacle of her transformation, why waste any more time?"

The Netherworld Dao Master's eerie green eyes flickered: "Where is that kid?"

The Lord of Purple Extremes raised his hand, and a light screen appeared. On the light screen, the void at the boundary of the Chaotic Land was deathly silent, the gray Dao light was dim, and in the direction of the Forest of Ten Thousand Ancestors, the flow of the Origin Vein Spirit Network was sluggish, and the Dao light of the Ancestral Tree flickered uncertainly.

"Both sides suffered heavy losses." The Purple Extreme Lord's purple eyes were deep: "The Ghost Mother has retreated, but that kid is also seriously injured."

The Lord of the Netherworld stared at the light screen, his deathly aura churning erratically.

The Primordial Dao Lord arrived, breaking through the void. His body was filled with the Daoist aura of cause and effect. His chaotic eyes looked towards the direction of the Chaotic Land. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "The strange barrier has dissipated, and the aura of the Strange Mother is completely gone. She has indeed retreated."

The Heavenly Eclipse Dao Master flashed with a gray-white light and landed between the three, his gray eyes narrowing: "Did the Demon Mother really retreat? Or was it a trap?"

The Lord of Purple Extremes looked at the Sky Eclipse: "The illusion has dissipated, and the aura of the Evil Mother is completely gone. How could it be fake?"

The Lord of Heavenly Eclipse frowned and remained silent.

The Lord of Purple Extremes raised his hand, and three amethyst jade slips flew out, landing in the palms of the three: "Send a message to all realms, the army is to set out. Purple Cloud will attack the east, Cold Nether will attack the west, Primordial Beginning will attack the south, and Heavenly Eclipse will attack the north. Advance from all four directions and flatten the Chaos Land."

The Lord of the Netherworld took the jade slip, his deathly aura surging, and exclaimed excitedly, "We've been surrounding this place for so long, we've waited for two thousand years!"

The Primordial Dao Lord put away the jade slip, his chaotic eyes calm as still water: "The Primordial army has reached the border."

The Lord of Heavenly Eclipse took the jade slip, his gray eyes gazing towards the direction of the Chaotic Vast Land. The unease he felt had not yet dissipated. However, the oath had been made, and the four regions would advance and retreat together; there was no room for retreat.

"Time and Sea, keeping our appointment on time."

The Lord of Purple Pole nodded, his purple eyes sweeping over the three: "Three days from now, send out troops simultaneously."

As soon as he finished speaking, the four figures vanished.

Three days later.

Deep within the void, four-colored energy surged like a tide.

To the east, the void was filled with a blanket of purple light. In the vast Purple Heaven Domain, three hundred thousand ancestral trees stood tall, their trunks swirling with purple flames, and their branches intertwined with a sea of ​​purple light. Six million Purple Heaven Dao soldiers arrayed themselves in the void, their purple armor like scales and their purple spears like a forest. Three thousand Dao Ancestors sat cross-legged beneath the ancestral trees, their purple light soaring into the sky.

The Lord of Purple Extremes stood in the center of the army, his body surrounded by flowing purple light, his deep purple eyes gazing towards the direction of the Chaotic Vast Land.

To the west, the void shimmered with a sea of ​​ghostly light. In the desolate and vast realm, two hundred thousand ancestral trees stood tall in the void, their trunks eerily white as bone, deathly energy surging among their branches and leaves. Five million cold and ghostly soldiers stood in formation, their ghostly armor chilling, their ghostly spears like a forest. Two thousand Dao Ancestors sat cross-legged beneath the ancestral trees, surrounded by deathly energy.

The Lord of the Netherworld sat upon the throne of white bones, his eerie green eyes flashing, and deathly energy surging within him.

In the southern void, primordial energy surged like a tide. In the vast primordial domain, four hundred thousand ancestral trees reached the sky, their trunks gray-white, flowing with primordial energy, and primordial Dao light intertwined like a net among their branches and leaves. Eight million primordial Dao soldiers stood in formation, their gray-white Dao armor flowing, and five thousand Dao Ancestors sat cross-legged beneath the ancestral trees, surrounded by primordial energy.

The Primordial Dao Lord stood in the center of the army, his body radiating the Dao of cause and effect, his chaotic eyes calm as still water.

In the northern void, a gray-white light flowed ceaselessly. In the vast realm of time, 350,000 ancestral trees stood tall, their trunks gray-white, displaying the passage of time, with fragments of time drifting among their branches and leaves. Seven million Dao soldiers of time stood in formation, their gray-white Dao armor bearing the flow of time. Four thousand Dao Ancestors, having merged with the Dao, sat cross-legged beneath the ancestral trees, surrounded by the long river of time.

The Lord of Heavenly Eclipse stood in the center of the army, his deep gray eyes gazing towards the direction of the Chaotic Land, his unease growing stronger.

The army from the four regions, numbering 1.25 million, including ancestral trees, 26 million Dao soldiers, and 14,000 Dao Ancestors, covered the entire void.

The Lord of Purple Extremes waved his hand, and purple light shot into the sky.

"Send troops."

As soon as he finished speaking, the armies of the four regions moved in unison.

The Purple Cloud Army transformed into a torrent of purple light, crushing towards the eastern boundary of the Chaotic Land. The Cold Nether Army transformed into a raging tide of ghostly light, surging towards the western boundary. The Primordial Army transformed into a seven-colored river, pouring towards the southern boundary; the Heavenly Eclipse Army transformed into a torrent of time, rushing towards the northern boundary.

The four colors of energy intertwined to form a sea, covering the sky and pressing down on the chaotic land.
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Starry Sky Platform.

The light screen of the source detection array suddenly shone brightly, and four-colored energy surged forth like a tide, covering the sky and the entire void.

Xue'er stood in the center of the platform, her Taiyin True Eyes rotating between her brows, moonlight cascading down like a waterfall, reflecting the movements of the armies from the four regions, her icy blue eyes deep and focused.

Xiao Jin's crimson battle aura surged as he roared, "More than ten million Dao soldiers, are they going to fight to the death!"

Iron Head gritted his teeth: "What are you afraid of? Let's fight them!"

Lei Yan Daozu, his purple lightning flashing, said in a deep voice, "The four regions are attacking together, their momentum is overwhelming."

In the Forest of Ten Thousand Ancestors, ten thousand ancestral trees trembled in unison, their branches and leaves intertwining into a sea of ​​Dao light, while eight million Dao soldiers stood in formation, their various colors of Dao light soaring into the sky.

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, ethereal light, with the seven spirits encircling him. His chaotic will spread out, instantly enveloping the entire vast land, allowing him to perceive the movements of the armies from the four regions.

In the eastern border, a torrent of purple light swept across the sky, with the Lord of the Purple Extreme sitting in the center. Three hundred thousand ancestral trees took root in the void, their roots penetrating the source veins, while six million Dao soldiers advanced in formation.

In the Western Realm, a raging torrent of ghostly light surged, and the Lord of the Netherworld sat on a throne of white bones, with two hundred thousand ancestral trees taking root and five million Dao soldiers pressing in.

In the southern border, a long, gray river surges forth, and the Primordial Dao Lord stands in the center, surrounded by 400,000 ancestral trees reaching the sky and 8 million Dao soldiers like clouds.

In the northern border, the torrent of time poured forth, the Lord of Heavenly Eclipse sat in command, 350,000 ancestral trees stood tall, and 7 million Dao soldiers pressed in.

Four armies sealed off the four realms of the vast land.

Li Mu opened his eyes, his pupils filled with a chaotic vortex of stars, and a cold smile curled at the corner of his lips.

"One million two hundred and fifty thousand ancestral trees, twenty-six million Dao soldiers."

Li Mu murmured to himself, stood up, the seven trees swayed, seven-colored light gathered, and with one step, his figure disappeared.

Starry Sky Platform.

A flash of gray light appeared, and Li Mu landed in the center of the platform.

Gu Xi and Hao Tian bowed in unison: "Dao Master".

Xue'er stepped forward, the moonlight falling and reflecting the movements of the armies from the four regions: "Brother Li, attack from all four directions and seal off the four realms."

Li Mu waved his hand, his gaze sweeping across the light screen. The four-colored energy surged like a tide, and they were less than a million miles from the border of the Vast Land.

"Send orders to all domains." Li Mu commanded in a deep voice, "Contract all defenses, retreat the Dao soldiers into the Forest of Ten Thousand Ancestors, let the Ancestral Trees take root in the source veins, and operate the Chaos Array at full power."

Gu Xi Dao Zu bowed and said, "As you command."

The clear light of Guizang shines down, its radiance splits the sky, and its message travels to all realms.

In the Forest of Ten Thousand Ancestors, ten thousand ancestral trees trembled in unison, their roots penetrating deep into the source veins, their branches and leaves intertwining with a network of Dao light. Eight million Dao soldiers retreated into the forest, their various Dao lights soaring into the sky, merging with the Dao light of the ancestral trees.

Seven primordial ancestral trees stood tall in the depths of the Origin Sea, their trunks growing rapidly, their canopies covering the sky, seven-colored Dao light soaring into the heavens, the golden crow flapping its wings, the azure dragon coiling, the black tortoise raising its head, the qilin stepping on the clouds, the white tiger crouching, the thunder god holding a hammer, and the wind god flicking his sleeves.

The seven spirits resounded in unison, and the seven-colored Dao light intertwined to form a sea, pouring into the Chaos Array.

The array suddenly shone brightly, and a hazy, gray light shot into the sky, surrounded by seven colors, condensing into a ten-thousand-foot-long wall of light that completely enveloped the hundred thousand ancestral trees and eight million Dao soldiers of the Forest of Ten Thousand Ancestors. (End of Chapter)