Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

Li Mu stood quietly under the starry sky. His chaotic Dao body had been restrained, but the chaotic power in his body was surging like a tide. The original Dao rhyme of thirteen ninth-level divine objects flowed endlessly in the Chaos Sealing Array, blending, colliding, and evolving with each other, just like a microcosm of the contention of myriad Daos when the world was first created.

Witnessing this scene, Li Mu couldn't help but immerse himself in it, and his primordial chaos essence began to circulate. Every cycle reshaped his foundation, making the primordial chaos essence in his body more profound and unfathomable.

At this moment, Li Mu's mind was immersed in an unprecedented state of clarity.

In the past, he studied the Taoism of Chaos and although he realized the Mahayana realm of Chaos, he was never able to glimpse the mystery of the extreme realm of Chaos. Now, Li Mu personally experienced the process of commanding thirteen kinds of ultimate Taoist forces and witnessed the confrontation of yin and yang, the rotation of the five elements, the interweaving of time and space, the entanglement of cause and effect, the flow of years...all kinds of laws of the Tao converge, conflict, merge, and evolve, and ultimately all return to the flow of chaos.

It was as if I was in the primeval chaos before the creation of the world, surrounded by a sea of ​​​​clouds that kept rolling, the clear air had not risen, the turbid air had not sunk, the yin and yang were not distinguished, and the myriad phenomena had not yet appeared. But in this void, all possibilities were contained - stars, mountains and rivers, life, laws, and even the seeds of time and destiny.

Li Mu's mind was drawn by this mysterious power, and pictures emerged from the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness:

I saw the yin and yang energies separate in the chaos, turning into a blazing sun and a cold moon;
The power of the five elements condensed from chaos, and the five colors of gold, wood, water, fire and earth flowed, forming the mountains and rivers of the earth;

The four constellations emerged from the chaos: the Azure Dragon soared into the sky, the White Tiger stepped on the wind, the Vermillion Bird bathed in fire, and the Black Tortoise hid in the abyss. Each of them held a destiny and guarded the four directions.
The laws of time and space peeled off from the chaos. A long silver-white river of time roared and a deep blue space rift was deep and boundless. They intertwined with each other to form the longitude and latitude of the universe.
The patterns of cause and effect appeared in the void, crisscrossing like a spider web, and each thread was related to a destiny.

The power of time surged like a tide, and the past, present, and future realms rotated before his eyes. Li Mu saw himself walking in countless time and space, sometimes as a mortal, sometimes as an immortal, sometimes as a demon, sometimes as a saint...

All of this is born from chaos and will eventually return to chaos.

Li Mu opened his eyes and stared at the chaotic vortex emerging in his palm. The wonders of the birth and death of the universe were reflected in his pupils. His eyes were no longer just the perspective of a human cultivator, but with a kind of transcendent insight, as if he could see through the essence of all things and reach the core of the avenue.

"Is this the true meaning of chaos?"

Li Mu murmured softly, and his voice created strange ripples in the void. At this moment, he seemed to be standing on the bank of the long river of time. He only needed to take one step forward to enter a whole new realm.

When Li Mu completely let go of his spiritual consciousness and immersed himself in the understanding of the Great Dao, the time and space of the outside world suddenly became sticky, and his consciousness seemed to be pulled by some invisible force, slowly sinking into the depths of the sea of ​​​​consciousness, embarking on a journey of enlightenment.

The Chaos Domain unfolded around Li Mu, and the power of the Five Elements transformed into five hundred thousand foot long dragons, which started a fierce battle in the Chaos Domain.

The Ji Mu Dao Ze was the first to attack, and countless green vines instantly covered the entire sea of ​​consciousness. The branches and leaves stretched out, full of vitality, as if they were going to transform the entire chaotic land into a green fairyland.

The Extreme Golden Dao slashed out a thousand-foot golden light, splitting the vines in half. It was extremely sharp, sweeping across the void with the intention of destruction. Each sword energy seemed to be able to shatter the foundation of heaven and earth, and even the chaos was torn into golden cracks.

Flames soared into the sky, and the extreme fire Dao Yuan exploded. The red sea of ​​​​fire swept in all directions, burning the remaining vines to ashes, and melting the golden light into liquid metal, turning it into rolling magma flowing on the earth.

Jishui Daoyuan released the power of the ancient Milky Way, and the raging waves rushed towards the sea of ​​fire with the force of thunder. Between water and fire, a new Dao rhythm emerged, faintly outlining the shape of "earth".

The last thick yellow light rose from the depths of chaos and turned into a towering sacred mountain, suppressing the violent forces in all directions and absorbing all the aftereffects of the four elements of water, fire, gold and wood, returning them to the central earth of Wu Ji.

The five elements appear together!

In the Chaos Realm, the five elements of dragons circled and danced, each occupying one side, suppressing, fusing, and transforming each other, forming a perfect circulation system.

Wood produces fire, fire produces earth, earth produces metal, metal produces water, water produces wood;
Wood restrains soil, soil restrains water, water restrains fire, fire restrains gold, and gold restrains wood.

This is not just a simple mutual promotion and mutual restraint, but also a dynamic balance, which is the fundamental law of the operation of all things. The Way of the Five Elements is one of the foundations of the order of the universe.

Li Mu closed his eyes and let the power of the Five Elements evolve in his sea of ​​consciousness. He felt the rhythm, frequency, and breath of the Five Elements and no longer tried to control them. Instead, he let them flow freely and harmonize with each other.

Gradually, the power of the five elements began to blend, no longer five distinct forces of five colors, but gradually merged into one. They penetrated, circulated, and evolved with each other, and finally condensed into a colorful chaotic light column, penetrating the sea of ​​consciousness and the sky, just like the first ray of light of creation when the universe was first created.

Li Mu's mind was immersed in this mysterious change. A bell from ancient times seemed to ring in the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness, shaking his soul and awakening his long-dormant spiritual perception.

"The five elements are not five, but one."

At this moment, Li Mu finally understood what the "Chaos Dao Jing" said: "Chaos contains all laws." Although the Five Elements Dao is the foundation of the operation of heaven and earth, it is only one of the branches evolved from the Chaos Dao. The real chaos is not chaos and disorder, but it incorporates all rules into it, harmonizes, unifies, and sublimates.

Li Mu's chaotic true essence underwent a qualitative change - the five elements impurities originally mixed in the chaos were completely purified, and the power of the five elements was no longer an external force, but became a part of the chaotic true essence. They blended with each other, and the chaotic true essence underwent a qualitative improvement.

This is the epiphany of the five elements at the extreme level!
Just when Li Mu had completed his thorough understanding of the integration of the five elements, a thunderous roar suddenly sounded from the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness.

I saw that the five elements of the extreme power that had merged into one did not completely return to chaos. Instead, it gradually separated into two completely different auras during the rotation.

A heat like the scorching sun burning the sky, and a coolness like the cold moon shining on the world.

"This is... Yin and Yang."

Li Mu's pupils shrank suddenly. He had never thought that the ultimate evolution of the five elements would naturally differentiate into yin and yang. The blood-red Yang Yan and the dark sea-like Yin Han intertwined and swirled in the chaos, like two fish swimming with their heads and tails connected.

The chaotic light column suddenly split, and two rays of light emerged from it - one black and one white, one yin and one yang.

The yin and yang energies separate from the chaos, like two mating Tai Chi fish, entangled, rotating, and blending with each other, forming a complete Tai Chi diagram.

In the beginning, chaos was not yet divided, and yin and yang were not determined.

Clear air rises and turns into yang, while turbid air sinks and turns into yin.

Yang controls life, Yin controls death; Yang controls activity, Yin controls stillness; Yang controls hardness, Yin controls softness.

The two are opposite, yet also coexist, are each other's foundation, and transform each other.

The power of yin and yang continued to evolve in his sea of ​​consciousness, sometimes turning into a scorching sun hanging high in the sky, extremely hot; sometimes turning into a lonely cold moon, chilling; sometimes yin and yang blended to turn into wind, rain, thunder and lightning, giving birth to all things; sometimes yin and yang collided, causing turmoil in heaven and earth, landslides and tsunamis.

Li Mu was calm, and immediately sank into the enlightenment of the extreme yin and extreme yang, using the power of the five elements in the extreme realm to help the enlightenment of yin and yang. Last time, during the retreat, Li Mu was unable to fully realize yin and yang, but now there is a new change.

Li Mu was not in a hurry to manipulate Yin and Yang, nor did he forcibly merge Yin and Yang, but chose to observe, perceive and understand.

The yin and yang energies evolved in the sea of ​​consciousness, the Tai Chi diagram slowly rotated, and the black and white fish connected head to tail, blending with each other and confronting each other. Li Mu calmed down and let this power flow naturally without forcibly interfering.

Li Mu sat cross-legged in the center of the Chaos Dao Realm, his consciousness sinking into the endless Tai Chi vortex, as if he was at the beginning of the world, witnessing with his own eyes the process of Yin and Yang separating from chaos and returning to chaos.

Time seems to have lost its meaning at this moment.

Deep in the sea of ​​consciousness, the forces of yin and yang continued to evolve. Sometimes the sun was high in the sky, scorching hot; sometimes the moon was alone, chilling the bones; sometimes there were storms and thunder; sometimes the mountains collapsed and the earth cracked, and all things were destroyed.

Li Mu quietly observed all this, and gradually he had an epiphany: "There is yang in yin, and yin in yang; yin and yang are mutually rooted, and life and death share the same origin."

Li Mu finally realized that yin and yang are not opposite existences, but the fundamental law of mutual nurturing and mutual transformation. Just like the alternation of day and night and the cycle of the four seasons, life and death are not the end and the beginning, but a part of the endless cycle.

Li Mu closed his eyes and let the extremely yang energy flow into his left half of the body. It was as hot as fire, as if it would turn his flesh and blood into ashes; while the extremely yin energy flowed into his right half of the body, icy cold as if falling into the netherworld.

Yin and Yang do not repel each other, but instead converge and merge in the body to form a new state of balance.

The extremely yang energy flows through the meridians, giving rise to a trace of fresh and lively energy; the extremely yin energy is as cold as frost, but it faintly reveals a steady and heavy power of Xuanhuang. The two interweave, just like spring thunder breaking the ice and winter snow melting the soil, showing the most primitive form of life.

"I see……"

“The so-called Yin and Yang is neither dead nor alive, neither moving nor still, but the bridge between birth and death, and the source of the evolution of all things.”

Li Mu's primordial chaos essence underwent another qualitative change. The impurities originally mixed in the chaos were completely purified. The extreme yin and extreme yang blended with each other and merged with the power of the extreme five elements, completely becoming a part of the primordial chaos essence.

With the complete fusion of Yin and Yang forces, the chaotic realm in Li Mu's body vibrated violently, as if sensing some higher-level call.

In an instant, a silvery-white river emerged from the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness - it was a projection of the long river of time, roaring and rushing, carrying with it countless fragments of the past and phantoms of the future, flashing before his eyes.

Li Mu saw himself practicing in the Qingxuan Sect when he was young; he saw him fighting bloody battles in the secret realm; he saw his ecstasy when he broke through the limit; he even saw his future self - standing on the starry sky, commanding everything; fighting against strange techniques,

Each frame is extremely real, yet fleeting, as if it is just a drop of water in the long river of time, disappearing in an instant.

"This is... the power of time?"

Li Mu's heart was shocked. This time, his comprehension of the five elements and the Yin-Yang Great Dao at the ultimate level could actually touch the essence of time.

At this moment, a distant bell rang from the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness, shaking the depths of his soul. The long river of time suddenly accelerated, rolling forward, taking away all his thoughts and memories, leaving only emptiness.

Li Mu only felt a moment of trance in his consciousness, as if he had experienced the passage of thousands of years, or as if it was just a moment of enlightenment.

When he came to his senses, he had no idea how much time had passed in the outside world.
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Li Mu opened his eyes. The stars in his eyes were still spinning, but there was an unprecedented depth and tranquility.

Li Mu sensed that the chaotic true energy in his body was no longer the same as before - the five elements returned to one, yin and yang united, the chaotic true energy had undergone a qualitative leap, the chaotic Dao patterns in his body became complete, the chaotic Dao body became more perfect, and there were even faint signs of breaking through the extreme chaotic Dao.

Li Mu stood up slowly, and when he raised his hand, ripples appeared in the void. A chaotic thread extended from his fingertips and with a light pull, it pulled a corner of the entire chaotic boundary formation. The mysterious feeling of controlling everything emerged again.

"Chaos is neither chaos nor confusion; neither destruction nor establishment; neither existence nor non-existence; neither birth nor death."

Li Mu whispered, his voice soft but with a shocking majesty, knowing that he had taken an important step towards the extreme state of chaos.

The Five Elements and Yin and Yang are just two branches of the Chaos Avenue. Today I can realize it, but tomorrow it may be time and space, cause and effect, and years...

The road to chaos has just begun.

"Forty-nine years have passed."

Li Mu looked up as if he realized something, and calculated the time of this epiphany. He suddenly realized that it was a deep-level enlightenment, but the outside world had changed dramatically.

Li Mu stood where he was, his sleeves fluttering, his eyes reflecting the stars, a faint aura of chaos lingering around him.

Forty-nine years is a long time for ordinary people, but for him it was just a journey of profound enlightenment. Now that he has returned, the world has changed, but his heart of Taoism is even stronger.

Li Mu slowly closed his eyes, and his spiritual consciousness spread out, instantly crossing thousands of miles of void, penetrating the mountains, rivers, seas, clouds and mist, and sensing the location of the Qixuan Sect.

"It's time to go back!"

Li Mu whispered, his voice was calm, but it seemed to shock the whole world.

Li Mu took a step forward, and a light golden Tai Chi diagram appeared under his feet, with yin and yang intertwined and the five elements flowing. As his body moved in an instant, the space in front of him was easily torn like paper.

The next moment, a deep space crack appeared above the sky, and a figure slowly walked in from it.

Li Mu used the Dayan escape technique: Return to the Truth from Chaos, which used the power of chaos to evolve the laws of time and space, borrowed yin and yang as guides, and built the foundation of the five elements. He shuttled between reality and illusion, without a shadow or form, and without a trace. Even if ordinary cultivators were proficient in escape techniques, they could hardly match him.

At this moment, the chaotic true energy in Li Mu's body has formed a small world of its own. The five elements are complete, yin and yang are harmonious, and the projection of the long river of time can also emerge in the sea of ​​consciousness. This can be said to be the initial achievement of the great way.

In the Qixuan Sect, above the Qishen Mountain Spirit Valley, Li Mu appeared out of thin air, stepping on the void as if walking on flat ground. He no longer needed to fly in the air with a sword, nor did he need to use any magic weapon to cast spells. He could travel through the world with his own chaotic true essence. (End of this chapter)