Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

In the illusion of thunder, time and space lose their meaning.

Xue'er only felt that her consciousness was torn apart by an invisible giant hand, and instantly turned into countless tiny fragments, floating around in the endless darkness. These fragments carried her past memories, emotions, and thoughts, floating helplessly in the void.

When Xue'er "opened her eyes" again, the biting cold wind was like sharp ice blades, mixed with fluttering snowflakes, ruthlessly hitting her face. The familiar breath of the snowy mountains blew in her face, bringing with it a biting chill and a hint of freshness, instantly awakening the long-forgotten memories deep in her heart.

This was the Snow Fox Clan’s land that she had been away from for a thousand years—the snow clouds deep in the Ten Thousand Demons Mountains.

"no, do not want"

Xue'er's whole body was shaking uncontrollably, her voice trembling with fear. She knew too well what would happen next. This memory was like her deepest nightmare, a crack in her heart that would never heal.

"Your Highness! Go!"

The elder's white beard was stained with blood, and he staggered to her. Behind him, the dark evil spirit surged across the snow-capped mountains like a surging tide. Wherever it passed, the thousand-year-old black ice cracked inch by inch, making a crisp and horrifying sound. The evil spirit seemed like a demon from hell, and wherever it went, everything was ruthlessly devoured and destroyed.

Xue'er looked down at her body and found that she had turned back into the petite three-tailed creature she was back then, with her demonic power pitifully weak.

"Mother, mother, where is my mother?"

Xue'er knew that everything before her eyes was just an illusion, but the longing and desire for her mother in her heart surged like a tide, making her unable to help but want to see her mother.

The elder did not answer her question, because the next second, his head flew high up, and blood gushed out from his neck like a fountain, splashing a hideous and miserable picture on the white snow.

Xue'er's face was splattered with warm blood. The pungent smell of blood made her stomach churn. She watched in horror as the headless body of the elder slowly fell down, still maintaining a protective posture in front of her.

"I found you, little snow fox."

The Immortal Demon Lord's whispers seemed to come from the Nine Nether Hell. Xue'er turned stiffly and saw the figure shrouded in black mist slowly approaching.

Wherever they passed, the corpses of the Snow Fox people fell down like wheat straw. The tragic scene broke Xue'er's heart.

At this critical moment, a tall figure like a towering mountain stood in front of Xue'er.

"Mother!"

A glimmer of surprise and hope flashed across Xue'er's eyes, and then endless grief surged up again.

The seven tails of Bai Jinling spread out like a snowy waterfall, blocking the Immortal Demon God. She was surrounded by demonic energy, which was like a poisonous snake wrapped around her body, constantly corroding her body and soul. Her face was distorted and painful. This was the last appearance of her mother in Xue'er's memory.

"Run! Xue'er, never look back!"

Bai Jinling formed seals with her hands, and her life essence and blood drew the forbidden soul-burning technique in the air - the soul-destroying technique that the Snow Fox clan and the enemy would perish together. Her eyes were full of determination and reluctance. She knew what this departure would mean, but in order to protect her daughter, she had no choice.

The Immortal Demon Lord laughed, and that laughter was like the cry of a night owl, making people shudder. He simply raised a finger and flicked it lightly.

"Snapped."

Like the sound of a bubble bursting, Bai Jinling's body, soul, and even the space around her disappeared like a piece of ink being erased. There was no heroic explosion, no last words, only endless nothingness, as if she had never existed in this world.

There was no heroic explosion, no final words, only nothingness.

“Mother——!!!”

Xue'er's eyes were filled with tears, and the tears burst out like a flood. Her feet felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead, and she stood there in a daze, as if she had been cast under a spell.

Xue'er seemed to have seen through this illusion long ago, and ignored its consequences, just taking this opportunity to see her mother again. Her heart was filled with pain and self-blame. If she was strong enough, could she protect her mother and the entire Snow Fox Clan?

Soon, Xue'er's eyes gradually changed from grief to coldness. The nine snow tails behind her slowly spread out in silence, and each tail was shining with crystal light, as if it contained endless power.

"Have you had enough fun?"

Xue'er's voice was very soft, but it carried an unquestionable majesty that made the entire illusion tremble.

The shadow of the Immortal Demon Lord suddenly froze, and fine cracks appeared on his black mist-like body, as if he was attacked by an invisible force. The snow began to collapse, and countless fragments of memory emerged from the cracks. They were all the scenes she had deliberately sealed for thousands of years. Those scenes were like sharp blades, piercing her heart again and again, but at this moment, she was no longer afraid.

"Do you think repeating this pain can break me?" Xue'er took a step forward, and a huge ice lotus blossomed under her feet. The ice lotus emitted a cold light, as if it could freeze everything in the world. "I have chewed these memories thousands of times, and they can no longer hurt me."

When Xue'er took the second step, the snowy mountain in the illusion collapsed, revealing a dark void. The terrifying thunderbolt crashed down like a roaring dragon, and the flashing lightning illuminated the entire dark void, as if it was the most terrible judgment between heaven and earth.

"Crack!"

The first foxtail ice pillar cracked, and black lightning snakes drilled into the meridians along the cracks. Xue'er's whole body was convulsing, and every inch of her flesh and blood was boiling in the lightning. This was not an ordinary heavenly tribulation at all, but a thunderbolt that pierced the heart and contained the will of the heavens - it did not destroy the flesh, but only corroded the foundation of the Tao!

"Ugh—!"

Another thunderbolt struck, and Xue'er knelt on one knee, with shocking blood oozing out of her seven orifices. She raised her hand tremblingly, and the last bit of icy light condensed on her fingertips, but it collapsed inch by inch in the thunderbolt.

"Is it going to end..."

Just when Xue'er's consciousness was about to fade, a blazing golden light tore through the void, like the rising sun, and suddenly crossed between her and the thunder! The light was so dazzling that she couldn't help but squint her eyes.

"Xue'er! Hold on!"

A familiar voice penetrated the roaring thunderstorm, and Xue'er's dilated pupils suddenly shrank.

The tall figure came with thunder and fire all over the sky, his black robe rustling, as if he was a god of war from heaven. Wherever his sword pointed, the thunder retreated three points, as if it was afraid of the powerful chaotic aura on him.

Brother Li, he actually forced his way into his own thunder tribulation?

Xue'er was both moved and worried, however, she was going through the Demon King's thunder tribulation, and Li Mu's forceful intrusion would undoubtedly put himself in an extremely dangerous situation.

"Who allowed you to carry it alone?"

Li Mu frowned, and the long sword in his hand burst out with a shocking sword chant. The sword light was like a galaxy rolling back, shattering the thunderbolt. In the aftermath, Li Mu grabbed Xue'er's wrist, and the chaotic true energy flowed into her meridians that were on the verge of drying up like a torrent. The true energy was warm and powerful, like a rain shower on dry land, giving Xue'er's originally weak body a chance to breathe.

"No, Brother Li, I will implicate you!"

Xue'er's voice was hoarse as she struggled to push him away, but Li Mu's palm was as motionless as an iron clamp. The chaotic light in his eyes surged, and the Chaos Dao Realm emerged behind him.

"Chaos Dao Realm - open!"

In an instant, the entire calamity and thunder illusion twisted violently. Behind Li Mu, a shadow of yin and yang appeared, and the black and white qi intertwined into a vortex, swallowing up the raging lightning. Xue'er's broken meridians began to heal rapidly under this power, and even the eroded foundation of Taoism was rejuvenated.

“This is…” Xue’er looked at the chaotic energy surging around her in shock: “Brother Li, you have cultivated the Great Way of Chaos!”

"Of course, otherwise how can I be worthy of being your Taoist partner?" Li Mu smiled calmly and said confidently.

However, the Heavenly Dao seemed to be completely enraged, and the dark calamity clouds suddenly turned bloody, and the originally scattered lightning condensed into nine ferocious thunder dragons! Each of them exuded a breath of destruction - the Heavenly Dao Law sensed that someone was interfering with the calamity, and the power of the calamity thunder suddenly increased several times!
"Boom--!"

The first blood thunder dragon swooped down, and the chaotic vortex was immediately torn open. Li Mu groaned, and several bloody marks exploded on his right arm holding the sword.

Upon seeing this, Xue'er's Nine-tails blossomed once again, and the ice crystal barrier and the Chaos Realm merged perfectly, and she was able to withstand this devastating blow.

"interesting."

Li Mu wiped the blood from his lips and pointed his sword at the sky: "Let me see, is the way of heaven ruthless, or is my sword sharper!"

When the second thunder dragon attacked, Li Mu took the initiative to fight back, releasing the 'Ten Thousand Swords Mountain'. Ten thousand swords were unsheathed, turning into one giant sword that collided with the dragon head.

Xue'er clearly heard the sound of his bones breaking, but the figure did not retreat even a step. The chaotic true essence was injected into the ten thousand swords, transforming into thousands of sword energies, which turned the Thunder Dragon into a rain of light in the sky.

……

When the third thunder dragon pounced, Xue'er suddenly bit her tongue, and her blood essence turned into nine ice lotuses that turned into countless ice shields. The two of them merged their spiritual realms and worked together to resist the thunder.

……

In the real world, on the tribulation platform, Xue'er's huge nine-tailed fox body was struggling in pain under the thunder. The huge demonic power condensed by the nine fox tails was beginning to disappear from the end. She closed her eyes, as if she was trapped in a dilemma.

"Silly girl, you've been fooled by the calamity within the calamity!"

Next to the tribulation platform, Li Mu sensed Xue'er's condition. Her demonic power was being rapidly consumed. A trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes, and he quickly cast a spell.

"The five elements rotate, and chaos is the guide!"

Li Mu revealed his chaotic Taoist body, formed seals with his hands, and shouted softly that shook the Tribulation Platform like thunder.

The next moment, the magic circle under Li Mu's feet suddenly lit up, and streams of chaotic spiritual energy poured out from the acupoints all over his body, like a chain interwoven with five-colored divine light, and went straight to the five-element talisman on Xue'er's body.

"Wow--"

With the infusion of primordial chaos essence, the Five Elements Talisman suddenly emitted a clear dragon roar, and five kinds of light, green, red, yellow, white and black, rotated endlessly, as if it was the original power at the beginning of the world, forming a slowly rotating Five Elements magic circle around Xue'er.

Xue'er's demonic energy, which was on the verge of exhaustion, recovered rapidly under the nourishment of this vast power. The demonic power at the end of her nine-tailed beast that was destroyed by the thunderbolt was re-condensed, turning from virtual to real, and gradually regaining its spirit and luster.

“Hu…” Li Mu took a deep breath, beads of sweat seeping out of his forehead. As his palms turned, chaotic true energy continued to flow out: “The five elements are interdependent. Wood helps fire, fire nourishes earth, earth condenses gold, gold moistens water, and water returns wood—turn it for me!”

As Li Mu's order came down, the Five Elements Magic Array suddenly accelerated its rotation, and a huge amount of Five Elements True Essence was injected into the Five Elements Talisman at a far faster rate.

The five-element talisman on Xue'er's neck glowed with five-element spiritual light, and it trembled slightly like a living thing, emitting a clear and pleasant bell sound. The five-color light intertwined and shone, weaving a layer of five-element body-protecting divine light around Xue'er, like the embodiment of the laws of heaven, covering her entire figure.

"Boom——!!"

Another bolt of thunder struck, more violent than the previous one, as if the heaven and earth were collapsing, with the power to destroy the whole world.

However, when the thunder touched the Five Elements Divine Light, it was like ice and snow meeting the sun, and was quickly decomposed and transformed, turning into strands of pure spiritual power that seeped into Xue'er's body.

Xue'er's eyebrows moved slightly, and her brows, which were originally furrowed due to pain, slowly relaxed. Under the resonance of the Five Elements Talisman, her consciousness seemed to have crossed some mysterious boundary, and she saw the truth of the cycle of the five elements of heaven and earth and the mutual generation of yin and yang. At the same time, she also knew her own situation.

Xue'er understood that she had been hit by the ultimate illusion thunder tribulation and thought that she had survived the illusion tribulation. In fact, the later time when she survived the tribulation with Li Mu was the real illusion world.

If Brother Li had not acted in time, the demon energy would have been exhausted by the thunder. A trace of fear flashed in Xue'er's eyes.

"Don't be distracted, and try your best to overcome the calamity!"

Li Mu's voice was like the morning bell and evening drum, awakening Xue'er from her trance.

Xue'er suddenly came back to her senses and devoted herself to the operation of the demon energy. The demon energy in her body began to operate in an orderly manner under the guidance of the Five Elements Divine Light. Her originally broken foundation of Taoism was gradually stabilized under the nourishment of the Five Elements power, and she focused all her efforts on refining the thunder that had invaded her body.

The Five Elements Divine Light was slightly distorted in the violent shock, but it did not break. As the five colors flowed, the destructive power of thunder was constantly decomposed and transformed, and finally turned into strands of gentle spiritual power, slowly seeping into Xue'er's body.

Xue'er's exhausted demon energy quickly recovered under the nourishment of this power, and there were signs of a breakthrough. The end of the nine-tailed beast condensed the brilliance of demon power again, as dazzling as the rising morning light.

However, the laws of nature are ruthless and the thunderstorm has not stopped.

Above the Tribulation Platform, the majestic thunderclouds began to shrink rapidly, and the world suddenly became quiet.

The thunderclouds that had been surging endlessly began to shrink rapidly after the first wave of thunder ended; the dark clouds collapsed inward like a tide, gathering, as if slowly being grasped by an invisible giant hand, condensing into a ball of thunderclouds that were as black as ink and as solid as a substance.

In the calamity cloud, there was a faint movement of purple-gold electric light, like a dragon or snake circling, or like the whisper of a god. Each bolt of thunder contained a certain will of heaven, which was enough to destroy the pressure on all those who were undergoing the calamity.

Xue'er stood under the protection of the Five Elements Divine Light, her nine tails trembling slightly, sensing the gathering power, and she couldn't help but feel an instinctive shudder in her heart. (End of this chapter)