Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

The cocoon shattered, revealing the true form of the Demon Mother. Her long hair was disheveled, and all the human-faced fruits fell off. The eerie white light dimmed like a flickering candle.

The Demon Mother was bound by chains of cause and effect, binding her limbs, waist, and neck. Primordial Dao patterns flowed on the surface of the chains, digging deep into the Demon Crystal.

The Demon Mother raised her eyes, her white pupils sweeping over the three masters, and said hatefully, "Tai Chu, you are quite vigilant."

The Primordial Dao Master said coldly, "My causal Dao has locked you in forty years. You hid a wisp of strange origin in the gaps of the chains, thinking I wouldn't notice?"

The Lord of the Purple Extremes took a step forward, and the nine purple sun emanations trembled simultaneously.

"Why waste your breath on her?"

The Purple Heaven Dao Fire condensed, transforming into nine purple fire lines that burned towards the Demon Mother along the causal chain. Upon touching the Demon White's body, the fire lines sizzled, the Demon White's liquid evaporated, and charred marks spread.

The deathly aura of the Netherworld Lord surged, and countless illusory corpses shrieked as they emerged from beneath the throne of white bones. The deathly aura poured into the body of the Demon Mother like an inky tide, eroding the very essence of the Demonic Path.

The Primordial Dao Lord snorted coldly, and the chains of cause and effect tightened suddenly, with three forces simultaneously pouring into the strange crystal.

The Demon Mother screamed in agony, her white light exploding as cracks spread across her body, starting from her chest, extending to her waist and abdomen, and then to her limbs. White liquid gushed from these cracks, dispersing into the void.

Billions of strange threads surged wildly from the Mother of Demons' body, rushing towards the three masters.

When the strange threads touched the chain of cause and effect, the primordial Dao patterns shone brightly, and the strange threads crumbled inch by inch; when the strange threads touched the Purple Heaven Dao Fire, they sizzled, the strange white liquid evaporated, and the strange threads broke in pieces; when the strange threads touched the death energy, the death energy surged like an ink tide, the strange threads dimmed, and decayed inch by inch.

The Demon Mother fought back desperately, unleashing a continuous stream of demonic threads, one after another.

However, with the combined power of the three Dao sources, the invading power of the demonic path was limited, and the cracks in the demonic crystal continued to expand.

The Demon Mother sensed that the origin of the Demonic Path was being obliterated inch by inch, and her white eyes were filled with hatred.

"You think you can deal with the Chaos Dao Lord by killing me?" The Ghost Mother roared, her ghostly white light exploded, her body shattered, and the remaining flesh and blood surged, desperately gathering her last strength: "His Chaos Dao encompasses all things. If I die, you will be next."

The Primordial Dao Lord turned a deaf ear, the Dao of Cause and Effect surged, and the power of Cause and Effect surged wildly, piercing deep into the cracks of the strange crystal, wrapping around it layer by layer, and squeezing into its core.

"We will deal with the Chaos Dao Lord ourselves, you don't need to worry about it. Just obediently accept your death!" The Lord of Purple Extremes sneered. The nine purple sun dharma images trembled simultaneously, the Purple Heaven Dao Fire surged, and purple fire lines burned into the strange crystal along the causal chain, causing the surface of the strange crystal to spread with charred cracks like a spider web.

The wicked mother gave a bitter laugh, her white eyes dim as a flickering candle.

The body crumbled faster, blood and flesh splattered everywhere, bones were exposed, and it broke apart inch by inch.

"You'll regret this!"

The Demon Mother let out a final, fierce cry, and the demonic white light exploded, her Dao body completely shattering.

The eerie white liquid poured down like a tidal wave, spreading in all directions. Upon touching the chains of cause and effect, the chains trembled violently, the primordial Dao patterns shone brightly, and the liquid evaporated inch by inch. Upon touching the Purple Heaven Dao Fire, it hissed and vanished into nothingness.

The strange crystal, about the size of a fist, floated in the void, its transparency tinged with an eerie white luster. The surface of its core was riddled with cracks, its eerie white light flickering erratically. Chains of cause and effect were embedded deep within the cracks, coiling around it layer by layer.

The Primordial Dao Lord formed hand seals, and the Daoist essence of cause and effect rapidly invaded and penetrated the core of the Ghost Crystal, forcibly erasing the Ghost Mother's remaining consciousness.

The strange crystal trembled violently, its eerie white light exploded, and the twisted Dao patterns inside flowed wildly, desperately resisting.

The Nine Purple Suns of the Purple Extreme Lord merged into one, transforming into a blazing black sun that hovered above the strange crystal. The sun rotated, and Purple Heaven Dao Fire poured down like a torrential rain, covering the surface of the strange crystal. Cracks spread across the strange crystal, and its eerie white light dimmed.

The deathly aura of the Netherworld Lord surged, and countless illusory corpses shrieked as they rushed into the Ghost Crystal. The deathly aura, like an inky tide, eroded the very essence of the Ghostly Path, causing the twisted Dao patterns within the Ghost Crystal to crumble in pieces.

One day.

January.

One year.

……

Twenty-three years have passed. The strange white light of the crystal gradually dimmed, the twisted Dao patterns crumbled inch by inch, and the remaining divine consciousness of the Strange Mother was erased inch by inch by the threads of cause and effect. A sharp whistling sound came from the depths of the strange crystal, growing weaker and weaker, and farther and farther away.

"The Lord of Chaos... will avenge me! I'll be waiting for you...!"

The Ghost Mother left behind a final murmur, and the Ghost Crystal fell into complete silence. The remaining essence of the Ghost Path was suppressed by the power of cause and effect, and there was no more fluctuation.

The Primordial Dao Master flicked his finger, and the fragments shattered, turning into specks of light that scattered.

The Lord of Purple Extremes withdrew, and the nine purple sun dharma forms receded. The Purple Heaven Dao Fire extinguished, and the charred cracks on the surface of the strange crystal slowly healed.

The Lord of the Netherworld withdrew his hand, the death aura subsided, and the illusory images of countless corpses dissipated.

The strange crystal floats in the center of the platform, transparent and grayish-white, its inner strange origin as still as stagnant water.

The Primordial Dao Master raised his hand, and the Dao of Cause and Effect surged forth. Threads emerged from his fingertips and pierced the core of the Strange Crystal. Under the pull of the threads, the Strange Crystal slowly deformed, twisted, stretched, and transformed into a human shape.

The head, torso, and limbs were all formed.

The humanoid puppet stood in the center of the platform, nine feet tall, with a grayish-white body covered in dense causal Dao patterns. The puppet's face was blurry, its features indistinct, with only a pair of eerie white eyes that flickered slightly.

The Primordial Dao Master formed hand seals, channeling the Daoist principles of cause and effect into the puppet. The puppet's pupils suddenly brightened, flashing with an eerie white light, reflecting the Primordial Dao Master's image within.

"From this day forward, you will be my puppet of the Deceptive Path."

The puppet opened its mouth, its voice dry and hoarse like a broken twig: "Yes, sir."

The Purple Extreme Lord looked at the puppet with his purple eyes, then at the Primordial Dao Lord: "How strong is this puppet?"

After pondering for a moment, the Primordial Dao Master predicted: "The Ghost Mother possessed only 50% of her former combat power, and her ability to erode through the Ghost Path still remains. With the support of the causal chains, her erosion power is even greater than before!"

The Netherworld Dao Master's deathly aura surged as he looked at the puppet, his eerie green eyes flashing, and asked with concern, "Trustworthy?"

The Primordial Dao Master extended a thread of causality from his fingertip, piercing the back of the puppet's neck. At the end of the thread, a Dao seal of causality was imprinted deep within the puppet's core. He laughed and said, "My Dao thought has taken over its source of evil; it is more obedient than the Mother of Evil!"

The Lord of Purple Extremes smiled and nodded: "That's enough."

The Primordial Dao Master withdrew his hand, and the puppet stood quietly to one side of the Dao Platform, its eerie white eyes dim and without the slightest fluctuation.

The Primordial Dao Lord gazed towards the Chaotic Vast Land, his chaotic eyes deep and profound, and gestured, "The Demonic Mother has been eliminated, and the internal troubles have been resolved. Fellow Daoists, return to your respective domains to reorganize your troops. We will reunite in ten years, and the three domains will launch a joint attack on the Chaotic Vast Land!"

Finally, the Primordial Dao Lord added, "If the Chaos Dao Lord has not returned!"

The Lord of the Netherworld paused slightly, then asked with concern, "What if the Lord of Chaos returns in time?"

The Primordial Dao Lord pondered for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "If the Chaos Dao Lord returns, that's a different story."

The Lord of Purple Extremes' purple eyes flashed, awaiting the next development.

“If he does not return, the vast land will be without a master, and the three regions will attack together, flattening the Forest of Ten Thousand Ancestors.” The Primordial Dao Master changed the subject and said helplessly, “If he returns, with his current cultivation, if we continue to attack, I am afraid we will not come out on top.”

The Netherworld Dao Master's death aura surged, and he said unwillingly, "Then we won't fight?"

The Primordial Dao Master shook his head: "We must fight. But the methods will differ."

The Lord of Purple Extremes pressed further, "How are they different?"

The Primordial Dao Master decided: "If he returns, I will use the Deceptive Puppet to test his strength. Once I have ascertained his abilities, I will then determine a strategy for attack or defense. If I cannot ascertain his abilities, the Three Realms will withdraw their troops and seek another opportunity."

The Lord of the Netherworld was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Very well."

The Lord of Purple Extremes rose, and the nine purple sun dharma images receded into his body: "In that case, I will return to my domain to prepare my army. Ten years from now, regardless of whether that brat returns or not, the Purple Heaven army will surely arrive."

The Primordial Dao Master cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoists, we shall meet again in ten years."

The Lord of Purple Extremes took a step forward, his figure transforming into a purple radiance as he swiftly fled into the eastern void. The Lord of the Netherworld, on his White Bone Throne, turned, and the deathly aura receded like an inky tide, before he fled into the western void.

The Primordial Dao Master watched the two masters disappear before turning back to sit on the Dao Platform. The Devious Puppet stood silently to one side, its eerie white eyes dull and lifeless.

The Primordial Dao Master closed his eyes, and the Daoist principles of cause and effect flowed throughout his body.

The Taoist temple fell silent.
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The primordial chaos, the source of all paths.

Xue'er sat cross-legged in the Sea of ​​Origin, cultivating, with the Taiyin True Eye rotating between her brows, and moonlight cascading down like a waterfall.

suddenly.

The Taiyin True Eye trembled slightly.

Xue'er opened her eyes, her icy blue pupils gazing into the depths of the Source Sea. Seven primordial ancestral trees stood tall, their trunks shrouded in a greyish aura, swirling with Dao light, their branches and leaves intertwining with seven-colored radiance like a sea. Everything was as usual.

Xue'er frowned slightly. The Taiyin True Eye was formed from the Taiyin Dao, and it was most sensitive to Yin-attribute auras. Just now, she clearly sensed a very faint trace of the strange Dao aura in that tremor.

That wisp of aura was so faint that it vanished in a flash.

Xue'er got up, walked on the moonlight, and landed on the outer edge of the seven tree roots.

The roots of the seven trees are as thick as dragons, plunging deep into the source sea. The gaps between the roots are dense, and the source veins and spiritual network flow like a woven fabric, with the source energy surging like boiling water.

Xue'er activated her Taiyin True Eye with all her might, and the moonlight surged into the gaps between the roots like a tide.

Sweep it inch by inch.

suddenly.

Deep within a crevice of a root, a faint, eerie white light lurks.

The faint light is as fine as a spider's thread, more delicate than silk and more fragile than a spider web. It is almost imperceptible unless you look closely.

Xue'er's expression changed slightly. She raised her hand and made a grasping motion. The moonlight condensed into an ice-blue palm, which reached into the crevice and scooped out the faint light along with the surrounding source energy.

I got the micro-light.

Xue'er sensed the aura within.

It is the origin of the unorthodox path.

A faint wisp, so faint that it could dissipate at any moment, lies dormant deep within the origin, a remnant of will.

Is this the will of the Demon Mother?
Xue'er was startled. She turned her Taiyin True Eyes around, and the moonlight penetrated into the depths of the dim light.

This strange source was too weak, too weak to erode any Dao principles.

It is just a seed.

A seed of treachery.

The last wisp of the Demon Mother's will is sealed within the species. If no one discovers it, the Demon Species may be reborn after thousands of years by absorbing the essence of the Origin Sea.

Xue'er stopped, her expression grave.

"Fellow Daoist Gu Xi, Fellow Daoist Hao Tian, ​​let's discuss this matter. Come to the Source Sea!"

Xue'er immediately transmitted her thoughts to the Starry Sky Platform.

A few breaths later, Dao Ancestor Gu Xi and Dao Ancestor Hao Tian arrived, landing beside Xue'er. Qing Hui's eyes reflected that eerie white light, and his expression changed.

"This is... the aura of the Evil Mother."

Xue'er nodded: "The strange seed she left in the Source Sea."

Ancient Dao Ancestor raised his hand, and a clear, radiant Dao light surged forth, condensing into a sealing light shield that enveloped the eerie white light. The surface of the light shield shimmered with clear light, sealing off any leakage of aura.

“The Demon Mother has perished, and this Demon Seed is her last resort!” Ancient Dao Ancestor said in surprise, “If it is allowed to lie dormant, the consequences will be endless.”

"The Demon Mother has fallen. Who did this?" Xue'er was shocked. She looked at the Dao Seed and gestured, "Sealing it will suffice. It's too weak to cause any trouble."

Gu Xi Daozu nodded, his hands forming a hand seal, and the Qinghui light shield thickened layer by layer. Within the light shield, the eerie white light remained silent as if it were a dead object, without the slightest fluctuation.

Gu Xi Dao Zu put the light shield into his sleeve and looked at Xue'er with concern, saying, "The mysterious fall of the Ghost Mother will surely cause trouble in the Three Realms. The Dao Lord is away and has not returned. Vast Land needs him to oversee it!"

"Miss Xue'er! Do you have a way to contact the Dao Lord?" Dao Ancestor Haotian asked, looking at Xue'er.

Xue'er's icy blue eyes flickered. After a moment of silence, she reached out and beckoned, the moonlight flowing through her palm.

A chaotic leaf of Dao appeared.

The leaf is about the size of a palm, grayish in color, with veins as clear as Dao patterns. On the leaf surface, chaotic Dao rhythms flow endlessly, the long river of time surges, and the void rises and falls.

"Before Brother Li left, he left me this leaf." Xue'er looked at the Second Ancestor and said, "He said that if I encounter any danger, I can use this leaf to summon him."

Gu Xi Dao Zu Qinghui's eyes lit up: "This leaf contains the Daoist essence of chaos, and can indeed be used to contact the Daoist Master."

Xue'er nodded, cupped the Dao Leaf in her hands, and the moonlight of Taiyin flowed into the leaf's veins.

The leaves trembled.

A hazy, ethereal light surged from the veins of the leaves, growing brighter and denser. The chaotic Daoist essence spread like a tide, permeating the myriad Daoist source seas.

Xue'er's Taiyin True Eye rotated between her brows, fully activating the moonlight.

The Dao Leaf floated in the void, its surface radiating chaotic Dao patterns. Dao light intertwined, condensed, and transformed into a human figure.

The figure is nine feet tall, entirely gray, with clearly defined features.

It was Li Mu.

Chaos clone.

The clone opened its eyes, a chaotic vortex of stars swirling within them. Deep within the vortex, the river of time surged, the void rose and fell, and the wheel of reincarnation slowly spun.

The clone sensed Xue'er's presence and a smile appeared on its lips: "Xue'er."

Xue'er's icy blue eyes lit up: "Brother Li."

The clone surveyed its surroundings, its chaotic will spreading out and instantly enveloping the entire Myriad Dao Source Sea. Seven towering trees stood tall, source veins thrived like dragons, and everything remained as usual.

The clone gathered its will and looked at Xue'er: "What do you want?"

Xue'er recounted the story of the Strange Seed. The Strange Mother had mysteriously perished, leaving behind the Strange Seed in her dying moments, which was hidden in the crevices of the roots of the Seven Trees. She discovered it with her Taiyin True Eyes, and that the Ancient Dao Ancestor had already sealed the Strange Seed.

Li Mu's clone's eyes swirled with chaotic star vortexes as he nodded and said, "With the fall of the Ghost Mother, that old thing Tai Chu will surely attack the Chaotic Vast Land next."

Gu Xi Dao Zu bowed and said, "Dao Master, if the three regions attack together, the vast land will be difficult to resist without your presence."

Li Mu's clone remained silent for a moment, then looked up into the depths of the void.

"I have sensed the change here," Li Mu's clone said slowly. "He is on his way back!"

Xue'er asked anxiously, "When will Brother Li return?"

Li Mu's clone pondered, "My true self is searching for opportunities deep in the void, extremely far from the Vast Land. Even if I travel at full speed, it will still take several years."

Ancient Dao Ancestor's expression darkened: "Several years. If the Three Realms attack us soon..."

Li Mu's clone interrupted Gu Xi Daozu, indicating, "Since the main body has not arrived, this clone of mine is stationed in the Vast Land, and can activate seventy percent of the power of the Chaos Array. If the Three Realms come, it will not be difficult to hold them off for several years."

Xue'er looked at Li Mu's clone with her icy blue eyes and asked with concern, "Brother Li, how long can this clone of yours last?"

Li Mu's clone laughed and said, "The Dao Leaf, once transformed, will dissipate when the Chaos Origin is exhausted. If it doesn't act, it can last for a hundred years. If it goes all out, it will last for at most ten years."

Gu Xi Daozu pondered and said, "Ten years. That's enough for the Dao Master himself to return."

Li Mu's clone nodded and reached out to grasp. Deep within the Myriad Dao Source Sea, the seven primordial ancestral trees trembled simultaneously, and seven-colored Dao light soared into the sky, pouring into the clone. The clone's aura rose steadily, and the hazy Dao light surged.

"Before my return, I will be in charge of the vast land."

The clone took its seat in the center of the Star Evolution Platform, its chaotic will spreading out and merging with the Chaos Array.

Xue'er stood beside her clone, her Taiyin True Eyes rotating between her brows, and moonlight cascading down like a waterfall.

Gu Xi Dao Zu bowed respectfully and retreated to the center of the formation.

The vast land fell silent.

Only the wall of time stands as a boundary, and the scale of time flows ceaselessly. (End of Chapter)