Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

Li Mu, Qing Emperor and Starry Sky Ancestor followed the last line of cause and effect, crossed the star field, and finally arrived at the dead and silent starry sky.

However, what they saw before them made the expressions of the three people change suddenly!

"I'm late..." The Green Emperor's eyes darkened and his tone was solemn.

This star field was originally full of vitality, surrounded by several ancient life stars, giving birth to countless monsters and behemoths, and even several ancient immortal cultivation sects.

But now, the entire starry sky is shrouded in a layer of grayish-white strange fog, the stars are dim, and the spiritual energy is exhausted, as if it was completely eroded by some indescribable force.

The Starry Sky Ancestor swept his eyes over and saw that on one of the ancient life stars, the originally majestic mountains had twisted into strange tree shapes, and wood textures appeared on the surface of the rocks, as if the entire mountain range was "growing".

On another planet, the giant beast that should have been ferocious and powerful was now covered with gray-white vines, its pupils were unfocused, and its body was as stiff as a dead tree. It had long lost its breath of life, leaving only some strange "activity".

What’s even more terrifying is that those weird monsters and behemoths are still “moving” - their flesh and blood have long turned into wood, but they are still crawling slowly and growling, as if driven by some kind of will, turning into zombie-like puppets!
"The will of the strange tree has spread here!"

The face of the Starry Sky Patriarch was gloomy, and the skinny fingers in his sleeves suddenly pinched the Star Seal. Strands of silver starlight poured out from his star field and intertwined into a Nine Palace Star Map in the void.

"Zhou Tian Xing Chen, obey my command!"

Following an old command, the Starry Sky Ancestor suddenly bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of his own blood.

The moment the blood mist touched the star map, the entire star field suddenly trembled violently. The stars shrouded in the strange mist suddenly lit up at the same time, outlining a vast star map on the gray sky.

Seeing this, the Green Emperor's pupils shrank slightly: "Burning life to activate the star summoning technique? Old friend, you..."

“It’s okay.” The white hair of the Starry Sky Patriarch danced wildly, and star patterns appeared on his wrinkled forehead: “In the face of such a disaster, a mere life span is not worth mentioning!”

Before he finished speaking, the suspended star map suddenly exploded, turning into thousands of meteors shooting in different directions. Each stream of light contained a star rune, which was the unique cross-border communication technique of the Xingqiong lineage.

Three breaths later, the entire starry sky was suddenly filled with roars one after another. The sea of ​​blood surged in the east, bones paved the road in the west, and sword energy soared into the sky in the south - these were the powerful people who had received the star message and rushed here!
Soon, the void shook, and terrifying auras descended!
“Boom——” The sea of ​​blood surged, and the Blood Hell Demon came walking in the air, with endless blood waves rolling under his feet. However, when he approached the strange fog, he was eroded by the gray-white aura, and the blood gradually solidified and turned into gray-white crystals!
"Hehehe... Found it!" The Blood Hell Demon God laughed grimly, but a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.

"Crack! Crack! Crack!" The Bone Emperor Demon God tore through the void and came. The bone throne behind him was eerie. But when his eyes swept over those strange giant beasts, the bone throne actually trembled slightly, as if resisting some kind of erosion.

"The will of the strange tree... is more terrifying than we imagined!" the Bone Emperor Demon said coldly.

Soon after, powerful figures such as Burning Sky Immortal Venerable, Taixuan Sword Venerable, and Eternal Night Demon God arrived one after another. Everyone looked at this strange star field with extremely solemn expressions.

"These monsters, giant beasts, and even the spiritual energy of the entire star field have been assimilated by the will of the strange tree..." Taixuan Sword Master's eyes were sharp, and the ancient sword in his hand trembled slightly, as if he sensed the existence of some kind of great terror.

“I’m afraid that fellow Yan Xiao has completely become the nutrients of the strange tree.” The flame of the Golden Crow Lamp flickered in the palm of the Immortal Master Fentian, but the firelight was actually suppressed by the gray-white mist, appearing a little dim.

The Starry Sky Patriarch took a deep breath, looked at the powerful men and said, "We can't delay any longer. We must find the body of the strange tree, otherwise... the entire fairy world will be spread and invaded by it!"

"The most urgent task is to find the body of the strange tree! We can't let it continue to expand." Li Mu reminded.

Everyone looked at each other and saw determination in each other's eyes.

"Fight in!"

The Blood Hell Demon laughed wildly and took the lead to step out. The boundless sea of ​​blood surged and he forcibly opened up a bloody path in the strange fog!
The other strong men no longer hesitated, and used various methods to rush into the depths of the strange star field. They dispersed and cleaned up the strange planets.

However, they did not notice that those weird monsters and giant beasts were now... slowly raising their heads, and their gray pupils reflected the figures of everyone.

It's as if they... are waiting for their prey to fall into their trap!

"Eternal night is coming!"

The Eternal Night Demon was the first to attack. With a flip of his hand, he turned into an absolute darkness that swallowed up all the light, covering the entire strange planet.

The entire planet wrapped in strange fog froze in an instant. The strange giant beasts remained frozen in place in a pouncing posture, and the gray-white bark on their bodies dried up and cracked at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"There is no limit to the sea of ​​blood!"

The blood waves under the feet of the Blood Hell Demon suddenly boiled, and countless hideous demon shadows condensed from essence and blood crawled out from the sea of ​​blood, dyeing the entire strange planet bloody. Countless blood shadows pounced on the strange creatures, carrying the bloody evil energy that corroded everything, turning all the strange creatures into part of the sea of ​​blood.

"Mysterious evil dragon appears!"

The Black Evil God let out a low roar, and suddenly formed seals with his hands, and black mist surged around him like an abyss!
In an instant, the entire starry sky suddenly twisted, and an aura that was even colder than the strange fog swept out. The void collapsed inch by inch, and nine ink-black dragon shadows roared out from the cracks - nine mysterious evil dragons!
The body of each ghost dragon was as huge as a mountain, with blood-red runes flowing on its black scales and scarlet dragon pupils, like a spirit of destruction crawling out of the abyss. The dragon's roar shook the starry sky, wrapping around another strange planet and washing it away.

"Soul Banner, appear!"

The Soul Devouring Devil summoned the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, which formed a terrifying soul-sucking vortex as it fluttered. Countless gray-white spirits were forcibly pulled out of the strange creature's body and swallowed by the Soul Banner amidst shrill screams. Every time a strange spirit was swallowed, a gray-white line appeared on the Soul Banner.

“Golden Crow Purifies the World!”

The Golden Crow Lamp in the hand of Burning Heaven Immortal Venerable exploded, and the phantom of the three-legged Golden Crow spread its wings and cried loudly. The blazing sun's true fire turned into nine fire dragons, burning away all the strange fog along the way. The strange tree stumps affected by the flames twisted wildly, and even made screams similar to those of living creatures.

Taixuan Sword Master put his fingers together to form a sword, and the Taixuan Ancient Sword in his hand made a clear sound: "Break!"

A simple straight stab, the sword light split into thousands, each sword energy accurately hit the core of the annual ring in the body of the strange creature, and completely destroyed the whole strange creature. The wise monk sat cross-legged in the void, and the Buddha wheel behind his head shone in all directions: "Om Mani Padme Hum!"

The six-character mantra transformed into golden Sanskrit and suppressed down. The strange fog of the entire planet was shrouded in the Buddha realm. The gray-white bark on the surface kept peeling off, revealing the original form of the interior that had not yet been completely eroded.

"Zhou Tian Xing Chen, set!"

The Starry Sky Patriarch held up the star disk with both hands, and countless starlight chains hung down from the void. The starlight condensed into chains, entangling the strange fog that tried to escape, and forcibly suppressing the will in the strange fog.

Seventy-two leaves flew out from the Green Emperor's sleeves and formed a Xiantian Yi Wood Array in the air. Wherever the green light full of vitality went, the grayish-white bark fell off, revealing the decaying ground veins underneath.

But soon everyone discovered that the purified area would quickly be covered by new strange fog. After the death of countless strange creatures, they gathered together and turned into a strange sea, absorbing the power of the earth veins and being reborn.

“No, this star field has been transformed by it. If we can’t find the location of its original body, it will be reborn endlessly!” The old man of the Starry Sky said painfully with an ugly look on his face.

"What should we do? If we continue like this, we will just be exhausted to death!"

The Blood Hell Demon withdrew his blood sea with a gloomy face. He stared at the strange fog that kept regenerating, with a fierce light flashing in his eyes, but also with a hint of fear.

The Bone Emperor Demon God's Bone Throne was suspended in the air, and he said grimly: "Since we can't destroy it completely, let's just seal it! We will work together to seal it and suppress it completely!"

"No!" The Green Emperor rejected it immediately. "The power of the strange tree can corrode everything. No matter how strong the seal is, it will eventually be assimilated by it, and then it will become its nutrients!"

“Then what do you say we should do?!” the Bone Emperor Demon God roared, and the Bone Throne trembled. It was obvious that he had lost his patience.

“Burn everything!” The golden flames flickered in the eyes of the Burning Heaven Immortal Venerable, and he said in a cold voice: “Since it can be reborn, then burn this star field completely! I will use the ‘Great Sun Golden Crow True Flame’ as a guide to activate the power of the sun’s core and turn this place into a sea of ​​fire. Let’s see how it regenerates!”

"Ridiculous!" Taixuan Sword Master interrupted coldly: "The strange tree has taken root in the star field, burning it will only accelerate its spread! Moreover, if the sun's core is detonated, the laws of the entire fairy world will be affected, and it may even cause a chain collapse!"

"What other methods do you have? Are you helpless in doing anything about this?" The Blood Hell Demon roared angrily, with a sea of ​​blood churning under his feet, and it was obvious that he could no longer suppress his murderous intent.

"Hehehe... helpless? Not necessarily." A cold voice, like the friction of countless soul fragments, sounded. The Soul Devouring Demon God retracted the dimmed and gray-white stripes of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and his scarlet eyes swept across the sea of ​​strange fog that was constantly surging and reborn. "This thing is neither alive nor dead, between reality and illusion, more like a... twisted aggregation of wills. Physical destruction, energy burning, and law sealing are all like scratching an itch. Perhaps we need to use 'will' to break 'will'!"

"Soul-eater, old ghost, what do you think?" The Bone Emperor Demon God knocked on the armrests of the throne with his bony knuckles, making a hollow clicking sound.

“I don’t deserve your advice.” The Soul Devouring Demon God licked his lips, soul fire dancing in his eyes, “My Ten Thousand Souls Banner devours thousands of resentful souls, and is best at corroding and distorting spiritual intelligence. Although this strange tree has a strong will, it corrodes everything, and it must also be contaminated by the thoughts of all living things. It is not a monolithic tree. If we can find the weak point of its core will and attack it with the resentful thoughts of all living things, we may be able to temporarily confuse and delay its will, revealing a flaw!”

“Hmph, that’s easy for you to say!” The flame of the Golden Crow Lamp in the palm of Burning Heaven Immortal Venerable jumped, trying to disperse the increasingly sticky strange fog around him, “You just activated the Soul Banner, but it was corroded by the strange spirit. The resentful souls on the banner are all infected with the strange spirit! If you try again, I’m afraid that you, an old ghost, will be assimilated into a strange puppet first!”

The Soul Devouring Demon God's face darkened, but he could not refute. The Soul Banner was damaged, and he was indeed attacked.

“Amitabha.” The Buddha’s light circulated around the holy monk Mingxin, resisting the erosion of the pervasive strange fog: “This thing contains great terror and great annihilation, which cannot be compared with simple resentment.”

"I have seen that it erodes the vitality of all things and distorts the laws. Its 'intention' is closer to 'nothingness' and 'return to silence'. I am afraid that the method of fellow soul-eater is not the right way. Perhaps we need to use great ambition and great compassion to awaken the remaining ray of true spiritual light in the things it erodes, and attack from both inside and outside..."

"Bald donkey! By the time you awaken the last bit of spiritual light in those wooden lumps, the fairy world will have turned into a strange forest!" The Blood Hell Demon interrupted impatiently.

Taixuan Sword Master was silent for a moment, the sound of the ancient sword in his hand became more and more rapid. His eyes were like lightning, scanning the depths of the strange fog: "Its regenerative power comes from the earth veins, and even more from the entire assimilated star field. Cutting off the source of its absorption may weaken it."

"How do we cut it off?" The Starry Sky Patriarch panted. He had just used the Star Summoning Technique and forcefully suppressed the strange fog, which consumed a lot of energy. "The star aura here is all polluted. The ground veins have been occupied by its roots and have become part of its power! Our attacks are tantamount to destroying its 'body'. It will naturally be able to quickly absorb nutrients from its 'body' to recover!"

The debate broke out again, and the absolute darkness transformed by the Eternal Night Demon was suspended quietly, as if observing and thinking, without taking part in the debate.

The golden flame of the Burning Heaven Immortal Venerable and the strange fog fought fiercely, making a sizzling sound of melting. The cold death aura emanating from the Bone Emperor Demon God's white bone throne also began to be slowly penetrated by the strange fog.

Despair and anxiety were like an invisible plague, spreading among the powerful men standing at the top of the Three Realms. They had all kinds of means, but at the moment they had no place to use their strength. It was as if they were trapped in an invisible quagmire. The more they struggled, the deeper they sank.

Just when the stalemate was at its most depressing, Li Mu, who had been observing silently with a frown on his face, suddenly turned his gaze to the Qing Emperor beside him.

Green light circulated around the Green Emperor, and the innate Yi wood formation composed of seventy-two leaves was not retracted. On the contrary, as he pushed it with all his strength, the light became purer and filled with the most original power of creation.

Li Mu's gaze penetrated through layers of strange fog and locked onto a planet that had just been washed by the blood sea of ​​the Blood Hell Demon God and was now covered by new strange fog. Under the gray and white surging surface, the Green Emperor's Yi Wood Origin Power seemed to have captured an extremely weak, extremely hidden...pulsation?
However, the strange fog was so thick that the entire star field seemed to be alive, and even Li Mu's Chaos Magic Eyes could not find the location of its body.

"Everyone, can you try to lure its true form out? Perhaps I have a way to cut off its source!"

Just when the strong men were arguing endlessly and at a loss, Li Mu suddenly spoke. Although his voice was soft, it was like thunder exploding in everyone's heart.

Li Mu's voice was not loud, but it was like a thunder that tore through the fog of despair, instantly bringing all arguments to an abrupt end. All eyes, some suspicious, some scrutinizing, and some with the last glimmer of hope, focused on him.

"Little friend Li! This is serious!"

"Lure it out?" The Blood Hell Demon God's bloodshot eyes flickered, and he licked his cracked lips, and the churning sea of ​​blood under his feet slowed down a little: "What do you have to say? That ghost thing is very cunning, hiding its head and showing its tail. Even the star disk of the old ghost Xingqiong can't lock it! It will cost a lot to lure its main body out, so don't waste your efforts."

"Cut off its source? Even the sky-burning Golden Crow True Flame cannot burn away its regeneration. How can you cut off its source? Are you talking nonsense?" The Bone Emperor Demon God looked at Li Mu in doubt and asked in disbelief.

"Amitabha." The holy monk Mingxin put his hands together, and the Buddha's light flowed with a hint of inquiry: "Master Li is very capable, do you have a plan? The method of luring the enemy, we will definitely cooperate with you with all our strength!"

"The bait must be attractive enough to arouse its core will." The Eternal Night Demon said solemnly. (End of this chapter)