Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

When the Nine Star Sword Formation was activated, it was like the movement of stars, endlessly, as if a subtle star vortex had been opened, absorbing the vast star power of the entire star field and transforming it into the energy source of the sword formation.

With the continuous infusion of star power, the might of the Nine Star Sword Formation became more and more terrifying. As the sword light flashed, it carried the power to tear through the void. It not only resisted the attack of Di Tianxing, but also defeated the dragon corpses that invaded the two Nine Nether Kun Whales one by one, preventing them from approaching.

Emperor Tianxing had a stern expression, but a playful smile appeared on his lips. "Interesting, you can actually control a sword formation with a puppet. This really impresses me. Since you have this ability, I will play with you."

As Di Tianxing whispered, murderous intent flashed in his eyes, his pupils emitted a faint light, and a black magic tripod flew out of his body.

When the black magic cauldron appeared, the entire star field changed color. A tremendous force surged out, emitting a terrifying dragon might. On the body of the cauldron, there were lifelike dragon patterns carved, and each dragon pattern seemed to contain the majesty and power of the ancient dragon clan. The magic cauldron rotated on its own, and the dragon patterns came alive, emitting bursts of dragon roars that went straight to the soul, causing Li Mu's soul to stagnate.

"Tianlong Ding, turn!" Emperor Tianxing quickly formed seals with his hands, and his low humming voice contained unquestionable majesty.

In an instant, the pitch-black cauldron seemed to be driven by an invisible force. Its rotation speed suddenly increased, and its volume expanded a hundred times in the blink of an eye, like a towering peak standing in the void.

The intricate dragon patterns on the tripod seemed to come alive, emitting dazzling light, and then transformed into eighteen lifelike dragon shadows. They circled and shuttled, weaving a shocking picture of a dragon flying in the sky around the Tianlong Ding, forming a sharp and fierce confrontation with the star power intertwined by the Nine Star Sword Formation in the distance.

The Nine Star Sword Formation felt the vast pressure from the ancient dragon clan. The sword light became sharper and the rotation of the star vortex almost reached a limit that was difficult to capture with the naked eye, as if it wanted to devour all the power that invaded its domain or repel it into the sky.

However, the Tianlong Ding stood still like a rock. Not only was it not shaken by the sharpness of the sword formation, but it released an even stronger dragon breath like a volcanic eruption, which intertwined and collided with the power of the stars in the air, erupting with a deafening roar that shook the galaxy, as if the heaven and earth changed color.

At the same time, the giant dragon corpses that had been dormant for thousands of years were miraculously revived under the stimulation of this power. The originally dead light in their eyes gradually revived, flashing with sparks of wisdom and power, as if they were given new life by an ancient and mysterious power.

The eighteen giant dragon corpses were no longer unconscious shells, but had transformed into true dragon soul warriors, emitting low and majestic roars, which echoed with the giant dragon phantoms released by the Tianlong Ding, and together weaved a shocking dragon dance feast that made the entire starry sky tremble.

“Boy, let me show you my true dragon realm!” Emperor Tianxing raised a cold and confident smile, stared at Li Mu coldly, and tried his skills.

The next moment, the giant dragon phantom that emerged from the Tianlong Cauldron poured into the dragon corpses like a torrent, instantly igniting the dragon soul fire in their bodies.

"Ang——!" A dragon roar that pierced the sky and shook the star field suddenly sounded. It was a call from ancient times and the awakening of the dragon soul. The eighteen dragon corpses were completely revived under the injection of the giant dragon's phantom. The deathly aura on their bodies was replaced by vigorous vitality, their scales shone with dazzling light, and their eyes were filled with fierce murderous intent and unparalleled majesty.

The eighteen corpse dragons were like a well-trained dragon rider army, with their heads held high and spitting out hot dragon breath from their mouths, protecting Li Mu. The nine-star sword formations of the two Nine Nether Kun Whales gushed out.

Faced with this sudden change, Li Mu was shocked but not panicked. He quickly adjusted his mind, concentrated on making sword moves, and controlled the nine seventh-level puppets, turning the Nine Star Sword Formation from offense to defense.

"Nine-star sword formation, star condensation!"

As Li Mu shouted in a low voice, the sword gesture changed, and the range of the sword light released by the Nine Star Sword Formation controlled by the nine puppets rapidly shrank from one hundred thousand feet, ten thousand feet,..., to only a thousand feet in the end.

The Nine-Star Sword Formation is only a thousand feet in range, with bright starlight and concentrated sword light inside. The star power is more condensed, forming an indestructible star power barrier. The sword light flickers, and the power of the stars interweaves into a net, blocking the gushing dragon breath outside and building an invisible Great Wall in the starry sky.

The confrontation between the True Dragon Domain and the Nine Star Sword Formation is like the two poles between heaven and earth, each releasing the power to destroy the world, but stuck in a delicate balance.

Emperor Tianxing's True Dragon Domain, with the Heavenly Dragon Cauldron as its core, has the phantom of a giant dragon and a group of dragon corpses complementing each other. The dragon's breath surges like a black storm, wanting to swallow everything.
Li Mu's Nine Star Sword Formation is like the guardian of the stars. The sword light is condensed and the star barrier is indestructible. It can keep the dragon's breath out and guard the world alone.

Under this starry sky, the clash of the two forces was like the collision of two planets. The explosion was violent, the stars trembled, and the void twisted. The confrontation between the True Dragon Domain and the Nine Star Sword Formation has surpassed the simple competition of magic and swordsmanship, and has evolved into a contest of law and will.

Di Tianxing had a grim expression, his lips slightly raised, and a smug look in his eyes. He had already seen through Li Mu's "depth". He was only able to resist the impact of the True Dragon's Domain by relying on the puppets, Taoist swords, and sword formations. When the energy of the nine puppets was exhausted, victory or defeat was only a matter of time.

Li Mu silently maintained the defensive posture of the Nine Star Sword Formation, and at the same time he noticed that the eighteen dragon corpses gained powerful vitality under the infusion of the dragon phantom, but their movements were still bound by some invisible constraints and did not seem to be completely free. Moreover, since they were resurrected from the dead, although their internal strength was strong, there were also unstable factors.

Li Mu frowned as he pondered over a strategy to break the impasse. He secretly calculated in his mind that although the defensive posture of the Nine Star Sword Formation could temporarily stabilize the situation, in the long run, the energy of the nine puppets would eventually be exhausted, and the Nine Star Sword Formation would be difficult to maintain... Moreover, he didn't know what other cards the opponent had. He needed to stay vigilant at all times, constantly deducing various possible response strategies.

The two men's minds were racing, however, the collision of the two forces did not stop for a moment, but became more intense. The entire star field was violently shaken by this sudden and shocking showdown.

The remaining soul of Qingyangzi, which was stored in the Soul Realm Pearl, watched the two people engaged in a fierce battle, and was so shocked that he could not calm down for a long time.

Qingyangzi didn't expect that Li Mu could not only resist the attack of Ye Huang - Di Tianxing easily, but also made him summon the "Tianlong Ding". The fight was back and forth, and Di Tianxing couldn't defeat Li Mu for a long time. Ye Huang - Di Tianxing, was a proud son of heaven who had been famous for a long time in his era. No matter how he wasted these "ten thousand years" and failed to enter the realm of Daojun, he is still a peak fusion cultivator now, which is enough to prove that his foundation is profound, which is by no means comparable to ordinary cultivators.

However, Li Mu, as a younger generation and at a lower realm, fought hard with this powerful man at the peak of the fusion realm and even held on. How could Qing Yangzi not be shocked and impressed?

Qingyangzi's evaluation of Li Mu in his heart couldn't help but improve a little bit, and at the same time he secretly worried for him.

Although the confrontation seemed evenly matched, Li Mu was actually in a very unfavorable situation. Although the puppets were strong, they had their limits. Although the sword formation was wonderful, it also required a huge amount of spiritual power to support it. As for Di Tianxing, as a strong man at the peak of the fusion, his True Dragon Law Domain was not only incredibly powerful, but also contained his profound understanding and application of the law, which was beyond the reach of Li Mu.

"My young friend, the Night Emperor - Di Tianxing is extremely powerful and cannot be defeated. If you have a chance, you must try to escape. He must have set his eyes on your two Nine Nether Kun Whales. Don't be reluctant to let them go. Save your life first." Qingyangzi reminded Li Mu anxiously through his telepathy.

"Got it, Senior!" Li Mu responded with understanding, and asked curiously: "What is the origin of this Yehuang Emperor Tianxing? What kind of skills did he practice?"

In the current situation, Li Mu still has the confidence to hold out. He knows he cannot give up the two Nine Nether Kun Whales. If he knew this man's background and intelligence, he might be able to find a way to deal with it.

Qing Yangzi sighed, as if recalling the past, and introduced in detail: "The Night Emperor - Di Tianxing, is a man of the hour in my era, the Holy Son of the Questioning Heaven Sect, who achieved the integration after three thousand years and was praised as a genius that is hard to come by in a thousand years. The technique he mainly practices is called: "Dragon Emperor Art", which is the supreme secret of the Questioning Heaven Sect. This technique can communicate the dragon vein energy between heaven and earth and induce the power of the real dragon, making the practitioner like a dragon entering the sea in battle, with infinite power. With this technique, Di Tianxing swept the younger generation and was invincible. Even the strong men of the older generation were afraid of him."

"However, his ambitions do not stop at the Wentian Sect. To this end, he spared no effort to improve his strength, even dabbling in forbidden techniques, trying to spy on the way of heaven, in order to break through the fusion realm and step into the legendary realm of Dao Lord. After ten thousand years, if he does not become a Dao Lord, he will not be able to live forever. If nothing unexpected happens, his current situation should be that he has transformed from a soldier to a more extreme practice, and has gone astray. Although his cultivation is unfathomable, he has never been able to cross the last threshold."

After a pause, Qing Yangzi told Li Mu his guess: "As for why he is interested in the Nine Nether Kun Whale in your hand, it is because the Nine Nether Kun Whale is an ancient exotic beast with a rich Nine Nether Qi in its body. For a cultivator of an exotic element like him, it is a rare treasure, so he is so persistent in pursuing it."

"I see. Thank you for telling me, Senior."

Li Mu suddenly realized something, and while communicating with Qing Yangzi, his hands were not idle. He was controlling nine seventh-order puppets to continue to perform the Nine Star Sword Formation. He had regarded this battle as a test of his strength and was ready to test what he had gained from decades of retreat.

Li Mu has been lost in the dark domain for decades and has never been idle. With the upgrade of the nebula visualization method and the research on divine patterns, his skills in all aspects of cultivation have been improved and his fighting style has also undergone profound changes.

In his previous fighting style, Li Mu relied more on his own cultivation to control the spiritual sword he had refined and arrange sword formations, or he controlled several beasts and deployed formations to fight the enemy.

Li Mu's methods now go far beyond this. With the perfection of the nebula visualization method, his perception of the vitality of heaven and earth has reached an unprecedented level of refinement. The entire battlefield is clearly visible in his mind, and the research on divine patterns has increased the power of the refined spiritual tools, puppets, talismans, and even magic arrays by several times, and endowed them with unique spirituality and changes.

It can be said that with the trump cards that Li Mu now holds, he is not at all at a disadvantage even if he faces a peak fusion cultivator who is one realm higher than him. Even if he cannot defeat him, no one can match his means of escape.

At this time, the dragon's breath in the True Dragon's Domain rolled, tearing the air apart like a substance, and each impact carried the power of destroying the world, attempting to break the Nine-Star Sword Formation in one fell swoop. However, the Nine-Star Sword Formation seemed to have life, and the nine seventh-level puppets performed their duties. The sword lights intertwined to form an airtight defense network, weakening the majestic power layer by layer, and dissolving the attacks one by one. Water could not get in, and the law could not penetrate.

As time went by, the nine puppets not only showed no signs of energy depletion, but under Li Mu's skillful command, their coordination with the sword formation became increasingly tacit, forming a nearly perfect defense system.

Di Tianxing's wishful thinking did not come true. The Nine Star Sword Formation demonstrated unimaginable defense and toughness. As the sword light flowed, the power of the stars continued to gather. The nine puppets that controlled the spirit swords seemed to replenish their spiritual power consumption unconsciously.

The overall consumption of this Nine-Star Sword Formation was much lower than he had expected. It was not a static defense system, but more like a self-sufficient ecosystem that constantly circulated and regenerated during battle. When the puppet's spiritual power seemed to be close to exhaustion, the star power in the sword formation would automatically flow into its body to replenish its energy, allowing them to continue to engage in high-intensity combat.

Realizing this, a trace of disbelief and solemnity flashed across Di Tianxing's face. He realized that what he was facing was not just an ordinary sword formation, but a magic formation of heaven and earth that contained the mysteries of heaven and earth and could repair and enhance itself.

In this situation, the only way is to break the formation with force, or find the flaw in the formation and break it in one fell swoop.

However, the structure of this sword formation is extremely large and magnificent, and its evolution is extremely complex. Di Tianxing has also studied the formation quite a lot. Finding the center of the formation is like looking for a speck of dust in the vast sea of ​​stars. It is both difficult and full of unknowns. All he can do is to break the formation with force.

Di Tianxing frowned, he had already made up his mind, the spiritual energy in his body was boiling like boiling lava, his eyes were flashing with determination and coldness, he continued to accumulate strength, ready to break the sword formation with one blow.

"Boy, go to hell!"

A hint of murderous intent flashed in Emperor Tianxing's eyes, and his aura suddenly surged. He struck with both palms, and poured all his powerful true energy into the Tianlong Ding. (End of this chapter)