Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

Starlight ripped through the sky, silent and still, yet it suddenly made the frozen world tense up!
The Nine Saints' gazes instantly locked onto that starlight, whose trajectory was bizarre, ignoring spatial barriers, and piercing straight into Li Mu's brow. Its light was restrained, yet it exuded a cold, deathly stillness that made even the divine soul of a Saint Realm cultivator tremble.

Li Mu did not move.

The air about a foot in front of him seemed to solidify into solid glass.

"Pop!" A soft sound, like a bubble bursting.

The dazzling starlight collided with the invisible barrier, abruptly halting. The light flickered and struggled wildly, unable to advance any further. At the core of the starlight, a point of eerie white, profoundly deep, was revealed, frantically devouring light and surrounding energy, attempting to erode the invisible barrier.

Li Mu's gaze remained calm, not even glancing at the struggling starlight, his eyes still fixed on the direction of the Nine Saints.

"Look, what was bound to happen has finally arrived."

Li Mu spoke calmly, gesturing as he spoke.

As soon as he finished speaking, the deep white dot suddenly shrank and then exploded silently!

There was no earth-shattering roar, only a pure "emptiness" that instantly spread out! Wherever it passed, light, sound, energy, and even space itself were completely erased! It formed an absolute, eerie white sphere that devoured everything, rapidly expanding, threatening to annihilate Li Mu and that space completely!
The Nine Saints' pupils constricted slightly. This technique was far beyond that of ordinary Saints! It was the unorthodox power of the Ghost Clan's Envoy!

The strange white sphere instantly engulfed Li Mu's figure, and also affected the three people behind him, including Tie Tou.

"Sir!" Lin Xiaolun exclaimed in surprise. Deep blue water light instinctively surged out to protect him, silently dissolving upon contact! The white flames on Iron Head Fist flickered violently, almost extinguished. The Great Ox's Xuanhuang Qi was frantically drawn away.

The three of them felt that their own Dao principles and existence were being forcibly stripped away and devoured!
The people on the city wall were suffocating, their despair like ice water poured over their heads.

Just then, a tiny light appeared.

Faint, yet incredibly resilient.

A glimmer of light, like the first rays of dawn after the creation of the world, gently swept across.

Without a sound, the absolutely eerie white power that had been wildly expanding and devouring everything vanished without a trace, like a stain wiped away with an eraser. The distortion of light, sound, and space returned to normal.

Li Mu remained standing in the same spot, his clothes spotless, as if the power that had been enough to annihilate stars had never existed. A faint trace of chaos lingered at his fingertips, which he gently flicked away and vanished into nothingness.

The pressure on the three men, including Tie Tou, suddenly disappeared, the lingering feeling of being devoured quickly faded, and the restless Dao principles within their bodies stabilized again. However, their faces were slightly pale, and they were still shaken.

For the first time, the nine great demonic figures showed a truly solemn expression.

Above the clouds, demonic energy surged. Nine pairs of holy eyes locked onto a suddenly appearing figure, their previous arrogance replaced by a sense of apprehension towards an unknown abyss.

Space tore apart silently! A figure emerged, its body shimmering with a strange, star-white luster that was neither gold nor jade. Its form was indistinct, neither human nor inhuman. A chilling, deathly, and all-consuming aura, like an invisible tide, instantly engulfed the demon realm of the nine Great Saints of the demon race!

It has no facial features, only two deep, star-white vortexes that slowly rotate, indifferently looking down at all living beings below.

"The Ghost Clan Inspector!" the Golden Roc Great Sage roared, his voice filled with unprecedented fear.

The nine demonic figures tensed instantly, their overwhelming demonic power instinctively coalescing, their target abruptly shifting from Li Mu to the star-white figure! The sense of threat from the same source far surpassed that of the human before them!
The Great Sage of the Nine Heavens' fox tail stood upright, its fierce aura suppressed by the star-white energy; the Great Sage of the Red Hou's body was covered in dull lava; the Great Sage of the Purple Dragon's eyes flashed with purple lightning, as if facing a formidable enemy; the heavily injured White Tiger Demon Saint let out a fearful howl, its massive body trembling.

Ignoring the tense atmosphere below, the demonic envoy swept his two star-white vortexes across the Nine Saints without emotion, finally... landing on Li Mu.

"Target locked." A cold, emotionless thought resounded directly in the souls of all living beings, regardless of friend or foe!
The next instant, the envoy's blurry "arm" rose, and starlight gathered at his fingertips.

"Not good!" The Golden Roc Great Sage's pupils shrank sharply! It felt a destructive force lock onto it, and also onto its eight other kin! This monstrous creature was about to attack them all at once.

hum!
More than ten thin, thread-like rays of starlight, radiating a light so intense it could freeze even the souls of saints, shot out silently from the fingertips of the patrol envoy. Their speed was beyond perception, ignoring spatial distance, and they instantly appeared before the brows of the Nine Saints!
The shadow of death looms over all nine Great Sages of the Demon Clan!

The nine Great Saints were horrified! The annihilation power contained in this attack was a hundred times more terrifying than the starlight that had just ambushed Li Mu. Their demonic instincts erupted, and their Saintly Dao principles were running wildly as they tried to resist or dodge.

However, the star-white silk threads seemed to possess a life of their own, their trajectories unpredictable and carrying an air of "inevitable hit"!

The Golden Roc Great Sage roared, his wings flashing with golden light, cutting through the void before him, attempting to sever the silk threads. But the threads passed through the golden light like phantoms, piercing straight for his brow!

The Great Sage of the Nine Heavens danced wildly with his nine tails, creating layers of illusory space, which the threads seemed to have no effect on!

The red beast spewed forth lava, and the purple dragon unleashed a barrage of purple lightning... all to no avail!

The star-white silk threads pierce through all defenses and barriers, disregarding the laws of nature, and point directly to the origin of the Holy Soul!

For the first time, the eyes of the nine Great Sages of the Demon Clan revealed utter horror. They had roamed countless realms for countless years and had never encountered such a bizarre and terrifying attack!

Just at the critical moment——

"Certainly."

A calm voice rang out, not loud, yet like a stabilizing force, piercing through the chaotic currents of laws.

Li Mu was already standing in the void, facing the Ghost Clan's patrol envoy from afar. He stretched out a finger and gently touched the dozen or so life-reaping white silk threads.

Wherever the fingertip points, the power of chaos suddenly appears, imprisoning space and freezing time.

More than ten white, star-like threads, which ignored everything, suddenly froze as if they had hit an invisible, absolute "wall," and could no longer advance even a fraction of an inch!
The starlight flowing on the silk threads, powerful enough to annihilate a holy soul, flickered and twisted wildly, emitting a silent shriek, yet it could not break free from the invisible restraints.

The eyes of all the demon race's Great Sages turned cold, radiating terrifying killing intent. These demon races were indeed not people to be reasoned with; once they realized the situation, they would also wipe them out.

"If you all don't make a move soon, this ferocious beast will show no mercy and will not let anyone go!"

Li Mu's figure flashed and disappeared from the spot. Tie Tou, Lin Xiaolun, and Da Niu were simultaneously swept away by an invisible force and taken into the Chaos Treasure Palace. The battle that followed was beyond their control.

The two star-white vortexes of the Ghost Clan envoy suddenly locked onto Li Mu. A pure and icy will of "erasure," ignoring spatial and energy turbulence, instantly pierced Li Mu's soul!

Li Mu's eyes narrowed slightly, and the chaotic energy around him flowed naturally. The invisible will to obliterate crashed into the chaos, like a mud ox entering the sea, only causing a slight ripple before disappearing without a sound.

The Starry Sky Vortex fluctuated violently, seemingly encountering for the first time an entity that could completely ignore its original attack.

"break!"

The Great Sage Golden Roc roared, his wings blazing with golden light, and the torrent of sharp gold instantly condensed into a single point of extremely sharp golden light! This point of golden light pierced through the chaotic battlefield, ignoring distance, and slammed into the body of the Ghost Clan's patrolman.

"laugh--!"

A sharp sound pierced through the glass! The body of the Ghost Clan Inspector was pierced through a small hole by the golden light of the Golden Roc, which was concentrated into a single point and contained the law of destruction!
A flaw has been discovered!
"Roar!" The Crimson Hou Great Sage's lava claws swelled, and raging flames poured in wildly through the small hole torn open by the golden light! The dark protective barrier twisted violently, and cracks spread!
The Great Sage of the Nine Heavens shook his nine tails in unison, and the power of the illusory realm coiled around the cracks in the protective barrier like poisonous vines, preventing it from repairing!

The Xuanwu Great Sage's giant shield charged forward fiercely, slamming hard into the crack!

The killing moves of Purple Dragon, Gray Toad, Silver Falcon, and Black Kirin followed closely behind, unleashing a ferocious barrage!

"Boom!" There was a loud noise.

Under the combined onslaught of the Nine Saints, the Ghost Clan Envoy finally succumbed to the overwhelming force and exploded into countless scattered star-white fragments!
The indistinct, star-white form of the Ghost Clan's patrol envoy was completely exposed to the destructive torrent!

The Nine Saints' killing move, still undiminished in its power, slammed fiercely towards the Inspector's true form!

Golden light, crimson flames, mysterious light, purple lightning, gray miasma, silver traces, ink thunder... Destructive energy instantly engulfed the patrol envoy!

That space was completely reduced to chaos and nothingness, the laws wailed, all things were annihilated, and in the blink of an eye, the battlefield shifted to the vast starry sky.

However, the nine demon saints showed no joy, only a deeper solemnity.

At the center of the violent explosion, a single, eerily white star suddenly lit up!
Immediately afterwards, a loud buzzing sound rang out!

Like a raging, star-white giant python, it suddenly burst forth from the center of chaos, its chains sweeping across with the will to annihilate all things, instantly breaking through the attacks of the nine demon race great saints, and then surging back up, directly stabbing at the nine demon race great saints, faster and stronger!
The nine demon saints retreated hastily in horror, unleashing their demonic energy to its maximum to defend themselves!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Jinpeng was struck on the edge of his wing by a chain, his golden feathers flew off, and his sharp metal domain trembled violently!
Nine days ago, a fox tail was grazed by a chain, the illusion space shattered, and the fox tail was charred black!

The giant, fiery claws of the Crimson Hou were pierced by the chains, and the flames dimmed as they burned away!

The Xuanwu Giant Shield was pierced by three chains at the same time, the cracks in the Xuanwu Armor deepened, and he groaned and retreated!

Purple Dragon, Gray Toad, Silver Falcon, and Black Kirin were all forced into a state of chaos and danger by the violent chains!
With just one burst of energy, the combined advantage of the nine demon saints vanished, and they were instead suppressed!
The figure of the Ghost Clan envoy slowly reformed from the gradually calming chaotic energy. Starlight swirled around it, its form seemingly more solid than before, two vortexes coldly locking onto the saints, radiating a suffocating sense of oppression. The previous attack seemed to have only enraged it.

The Golden Roc Great Sage steadied himself, golden demonic blood dripping from the edges of his wings. His eyes, sharp as knives, stared intently at the newly formed Ghost Clan envoy, his voice low and solemn:

"This thing...is immortal and indestructible?"

Before Jin Peng could finish speaking, Li Mu made his move.

With a wave of his hand, the Chaos Array Plate appeared with a hum, and the nine array pillars suddenly lit up, with thick pillars of chaotic light shooting into the sky, instantly connecting to form an array! A vast and heavy power spread out, forcibly stabilizing this star battlefield that had been bombarded and was on the verge of collapse.

"Raise the formation! Suppress it!" Li Mu shouted in a low voice, his hands rapidly changing into hand seals.

The nine demon saints felt a sudden heaviness around them, as the omnipresent oppressive aura of the strange race was partially neutralized by the power of the chaotic array! They reacted quickly and immediately understood that this was a brief opportunity created by Li Mu. Without saying a word, the nine demon shadows unleashed an even more ferocious aura, pouring their demonic power into their respective root pillars without reservation!

The array plate shone brightly, and the chaotic energy surged and roared, transforming into nine incredibly thick chaotic chains. These chains, carrying the heavy Dao principles that imprison all things, pounced like nine angry dragons towards the newly formed Ghost Clan envoy.

The envoy's star-white vortex fluctuated violently. He raised his arm, and star-white light gathered at his fingertips, as if he was about to use the same trick again to launch those deadly threads.

"Hmph!" Li Mu's eyes flashed, and he pointed his finger at the inspector from a distance, "Bind!"

The nine chaotic chains increased in speed dramatically. Before the starlight could even be emitted, they coiled around the envoy's blurry starlight figure like giant pythons, layer upon layer, instantly binding him tightly!

Chaotic array patterns flowed on the chains, frantically eroding and suppressing the starlight on the patrolman's body.

"Roar—!" For the first time, the Ghost Clan Envoy let out a silent yet soul-shaking shriek! The two star-white vortexes spun wildly, bursting out with unprecedentedly dazzling light. The chaotic chains binding it trembled violently, the array patterns flickering and creaking under the strain! It was using pure power to directly confront the chaotic array force!
"Attack! Now!" The Great Sage of the Nine Heavens roared, his nine tails transforming into countless sharp blades that sliced ​​through the void and pierced straight into the core of the patrol vortex.

The Golden Roc Great Sage transformed into an extreme golden thread that tore through the starry sky, aiming directly at the envoy's head!
The crimson beast's giant lava fist crashed down! The purple dragon unleashed the purple lightning of the heavens! The remaining Great Sages unleashed all their killing moves, holding nothing back!

All attacks were directed at the target who was temporarily imprisoned by the Chaos Chains!

The starlight collided violently with and annihilated various demonic powers and chaotic energy! That space was completely transformed into a furnace of destruction, and fragments of laws scattered and flew away like glass.

With their combined power, the Ghost Clan's patrolmen exploded and flew apart. However, a vortex of condensed ghostly power suddenly appeared, its center eerily white and terrifying. Within the vortex, a cold will that had been dormant for millennia silently awakened!
"Om-!"

The space groaned under the weight of the pressure, not from an energy burst, but from the absolute pressure brought by the arrival of some kind of "being"! The Nine Saints felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave, their demonic power suddenly sluggish, as if even their thoughts were being frozen by the eerie whiteness deep within the vortex.

Li Mu's eyes narrowed slightly, and the chaotic energy around him flowed naturally, isolating him from the invisible pressure, yet his clothes moved without wind.

At the center of the vortex, a point of pure, eerie white slowly emerged.

That wasn't the white of light and shadow, but absolute nothingness stripped of all color, temperature, and meaning! It slowly writhed and stretched, like a claw yet not a claw, like a touch yet not a touch, its form shifting between existence and non-existence. Wherever it passed, starlight extinguished, and space itself lost the concept of "thickness," transforming into a thin sheet of paper crumpled by an invisible force.

The Golden Roc Great Sage's pupils shrank sharply, and he shouted, "Retreat!"

The nine demonic figures retreated simultaneously, their demonic power surging to protect them. The Nine Heavens Great Sage's nine tails conjured layers of illusory realms, attempting to isolate them from the invisible erosion. However, these illusory realms silently dissolved when they touched the edge of that "eerie white" area! The lava on the surface of the Red Hou instantly cooled and solidified, emitting crackling sounds; the purple lightning leaping around the Purple Dragon dimmed abruptly, like extinguished sparks...

That "thing" seemed oblivious to the nine Great Sages of the Demon Clan; its ever-changing tip, slowly but irresistibly, locked onto Li Mu. (End of Chapter)