Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

The Chaos Treasure Palace opened before Li Mu, its interior a surging, boundless sea of ​​chaotic energy, with endless chaotic energy roaring and surging forth. Several ghastly white beams of light, capable of tearing apart galaxies and containing the annihilating will of the core of the Strange Tree, plunged into the chaotic sea of ​​energy!
Boom! The laws of nature trembled. The beam of light pierced the icy ice like a branding iron, and the chaotic sea of ​​qi instantly boiled. Boundless chaotic qi enveloped the pale core, frantically dissolving the filth.

The beam of light struggled, darting left and right, tearing out a huge vortex, creating towering waves of air, and causing the Chaos Treasure Palace to tremble violently.

Li Mu's expression was solemn, his body surrounded by the radiant light of the Chaotic Dao Domain, as steady as a rock. The formation of the three thousand disciples behind him shook violently, and the light of the Dao Net dimmed abruptly.

"Certainly!"

Li Mu gave a low shout, his hands forming a hand seal. His treasure palace shone brightly, and his will awakened deep within his Qi Sea. Boundless chaotic energy compressed inward, thick and viscous, transforming into countless chaotic chains that tightly bound the core of the pale white beam of light, dragging it towards the depths of his Qi Sea!
The beam of light struggled and weakened. Its core, pale light, enveloped by the chaotic energy, was like being trapped in a quagmire, rapidly dimming and shrinking. The chaotic sea of ​​energy churned and surged, and the annihilating will that was tearing everything apart was being forcibly decomposed and submerged by this boundless chaotic energy!
The gigantic, deathly white eye atop the eerie tree suddenly contracted, its lifeless pupil reflecting shock and rage! The core killing move was being devoured and obliterated!
"Hiss—Aow!" The eerie tree's shriek intensified, its trunk trembled violently, and countless holes spewed out thick, eerie mist, engulfing the treasure palace. Within the charred wounds of the trunk, thick, filthy liquid burst into flames, rising in a ghastly white light! The flames, carrying an extreme decay, temporarily suppressed the chaotic lightning arcs at the edge of the wounds!
Several of the thickest, rotten giant roots, entwined with filthy flames, brazenly abandoned their battle with the tribulation lightning and ignored the scorch marks on their bodies. Like towering pillars burning with pale ghost fire, they tore through space with the power to annihilate galaxies and lashed out at Li Mu and the opened Chaos Treasure Palace!
Wherever the roots passed, the space melted into thick white smoke and cracks, its power overwhelming!

The Chaos Treasure Palace trembled and hummed, its depths churning with chaotic energy. A beam of dark light tore through the chaos and burst forth! The light subsided, revealing the outline of a giant axe. The axe's body was dark and heavy, its blade flowing with chaotic energy, and its handle was wrapped with the patterns of withered branches from a Jianmu tree—it was unmistakably a giant chaotic axe!
The axe's body was swirling with artifact patterns, and the primordial energy of the Primordial Qi, the Crystal of Returning to the Void, and the remnants of the Jianmu tree, among other ninth-order divine objects, was fused together into one. Before the axe blade even moved, the surrounding space had already spontaneously collapsed and cracked!
The rotting giant root, burning with a ghastly white flame and carrying the power of destruction, has torn through the void and struck Li Mu's head! The filthy flames scorched the space, thick white smoke filled the air, and the aura of death froze his soul.

"cut!"

Chaotic vortexes swirled rapidly in Li Mu's eyes, and a metallic clang erupted from his mouth. The Chaotic Giant Axe fell in response! There were no fancy trajectories, only a straight, earth-shattering cleavage!

The ten-thousand-foot-long axe blade surged forward, cleaving through the filthy flames. The flames, like boiling water poured on snow, emitted a piercing shriek, yet were forcibly annihilated by the chaotic, primordial intent contained within the axe blade! Without pausing, the axe blade fiercely slashed into the burning, rotting behemoth's core!

"Sizzle!!!"

Where the axe blade struck, the filthy slurry, the pale flames, and the rotting wood instantly turned to ashes as if encountering their nemesis! A bottomless, pitch-black crack spread like lightning along the surface of the giant root! At the edge of the crack, chaotic energy swirled and corroded, preventing the filth from regenerating! This thickest, burning giant root was nearly cleaved in half by a single axe strike!

The giant, pale eye at the top of the strange tree suddenly contracted! The violent strike that burned its very essence was actually cleaved in two, and several other burning giant roots were already striking! The gates of the Chaos Treasure Palace opened wide, its Qi Sea churning, as it forcefully withstood the blows from the giant roots!

"Boom!!!"

A dull impact shattered the stars! The gates of the Chaos Treasure Palace shook violently, flashing with chaotic light. Inside the palace, a raging torrent of energy surged, and several burning giant roots slammed heavily onto the chaotic vortex at the gate!

The filthy flames and chaotic energy violently annihilated and tore apart space, shattering it inch by inch! Although the treasure palace was not destroyed, it was pulled backward by the immense force, smashing into a meteorite belt behind it!

After the Chaos Giant Axe cleaved through the first colossal root, its momentum was not yet exhausted! Li Mu twisted his wrist, and the giant axe slashed horizontally! The dark axe blade drew a chaotic arc of light that tore through the starry river, sweeping towards the other two burning giant roots that were within arm's reach!

Where the axe flashed, the filthy flames were extinguished, and the rotten roots crumbled!

"Ow—!"

The eerie tree let out an unprecedented agonizing scream, its pale giant eyes fixed on the dark, massive axe. Deep within its eyes, billions of filthy forces swirled wildly. At the wound on its split root, pale flames mixed with thick slurry surged wildly, attempting to mend the terrifying axe mark that was entangled with chaotic energy!
The eerie tree suffered repeated heavy blows, its trunk scarred and menacing, the flowing, eerie white sap emanating a foul force field. The eerie army went completely berserk, countless stitched giants and shadowy monsters shrieking like a murky tsunami, ferociously lunging at Li Mu, who was alone at the front of the battle!

"kill!"

On the Immortal Dynasty's side, witnessing Li Mu severely injure the Ghost Tree, their dormant morale erupted like a volcano! Their suppressed fighting spirit soared into the Milky Way!
"Soldiers of the Immortal Dynasty, follow me—to kill the enemy!" The commander of the Immortal Dynasty army roared, and the engines of the remaining fleet roared, the cannons fired in unison, and they crashed into the flank of the surging torrent of the Ghost Clan!
Blood light soared into the sky! Blood Slaughter God-Monarch shattered the void with a single step, a sea of ​​blood churning behind him. Thousands of blood shadows shrieked as they rushed out, and wherever they passed, the demonic creatures of the Ghost Race were like wax figures thrown into a furnace, their flesh dissolving and their bones melting away! He himself transformed into a blood rainbow, piercing straight into the depths of the enemy formation, his target locked on several of the most ferocious stitched giant monsters!
"Zheng——!"

Swords roared, tearing through the sky! The sword cultivator ancestor pointed his fingers, and ten thousand swords shot forth from behind him! Countless chilling sword lights converged into a roaring, surging river of sword energy, tearing through the murky, eerie mist and ruthlessly slashing into the core of the demonic army! Wherever the sword energy passed, the mutated demons were shredded like weeds, and the foul energy was forcibly annihilated by the sharp sword intent! The river of energy was heading straight for a massive root of the demonic tree, which was now waving wildly!

"Amitabha!"

The Buddhist chants, deep and resonant, echoed like the grandest bells, shaking the universe! The Buddha of Withered Meditation sat cross-legged in the void, golden lotuses beneath him radiating boundless Buddhist light. The light illuminated everything, melting away the foul, eerie mist like snow. Countless low-level, grotesque demons that had rushed towards them let out mournful howls, their forms twisting, burning, and turning to ashes in the pure Buddhist light!
Behind the Buddha, Buddhist disciples formed an array and chanted sutras. The chanting transformed into tangible golden ripples that spread in layers. Wherever they went, the eerie mist dissipated, the demons became sluggish, and the foul aura was forcibly purified!
The remnants of the Celestial Dynasty, the raging sea of ​​blood, the long river of sword energy, and the boundless Buddha light—four torrents erupted simultaneously, crashing fiercely into the ferocious and charging army of the Ghost Clan!

The tribulation lightning, formed from the will of heaven and earth, struck down relentlessly.

……

In an instant, the vast star field resembled a shattered glass lamp, with star fragments, burning remains, frozen cultivator corpses, and the limbs of filthy monsters floating silently in the cold void.

Every moment, blinding beams of energy tore through the darkness, the brilliance of magical artifacts collided and annihilated with the filth of sorcery, and silent death spread like dust, devouring tens of thousands of lives.

At the heart of the battlefield, the Chaotic Dao Domain was like the eye of a storm. The formation formed by Li Mu and his three thousand disciples behind him stood like a reef, firmly holding this turbulent star field still. Within the Chaotic Dao Domain, the gates of the Chaotic Treasure Palace were wide open, and the sea of ​​qi within surged and roared, engaging in the most dangerous struggle of will and origin against the towering, eerie tree!

The gigantic, deathly white eye on the trunk of the eerie tree radiated a venomous light that was almost tangible. Thick, viscous sap, coated in a ghastly white flame, burned wildly at its charred wound, briefly suppressing the Celestial Dynasty's tribulation lightning! Several of the thickest, most intensely burning, rotting roots, like dying venomous dragons, abandoned all defense, ignoring the incoming river of sword energy and purifying Buddhist light from the sides. With a mad, suicidal frenzy, they tore through space, leaving lingering, deathly white burn marks, before lashing out once more at Li Mu and the gaping portal of chaos!
"boom--!!!"

The burning giant root collided violently with the vortex outside the Chaos Treasure Mansion's gate! A muffled roar shattered the nearby floating debris! The Treasure Mansion's radiance flickered violently, and the gate dented deeply inward!

Inside the mansion, the already turbulent chaotic sea of ​​energy instantly unleashed a world-destroying torrent, with towering chaotic waves roaring and crashing against the mansion walls! The immense impact propelled the mansion, along with Li Mu, backward, shattering a dense meteorite belt behind them, sending fragments of rock raining down!
The void beneath Li Mu's feet shattered like a spiderweb, and the chaotic Dao Domain around him flowed to its extreme, like a rock taking root, forcefully resisting this earth-shattering impact.

In Li Mu's hand, the massive, dark, chaotic axe flowed with a refined chaotic aura, seemingly containing the power to cleave the heavens and earth. He slightly turned the axe, pointing it at the giant eye of the strange tree, poised to strike!
At the same time, the entire battlefield was completely engulfed in the intense core battle!

The cone-shaped formation of the remnants of the Immortal Dynasty, led by their flagship, crashed into the flank of the Ghost Clan army. Dense artillery fire and the light of cultivators' magical artifacts intertwined to form a net of death, instantly shredding the onrushing ghostly demons and stitched giants into pieces! Metal fragments and filthy flesh flew in the intense light of the explosion.

A streak of blood-red light pierced the sky! Blood Slaughter God Lord pierced through the enemy formation, and wherever he passed, the filthy demons melted away like ice and snow. He rushed straight at the huge root tumor that was coiled under the trunk of the strange tree. Behind him, the sea of ​​blood churned, and thousands of blood shadows shrieked and rushed out, frantically tearing and devouring the filthy energy.

"Swoosh—!" A river of sword energy surged forth, and countless chilling sword lights precisely slashed into a burning giant root that had been nearly cleaved in half by the Chaos Giant Axe and was struggling to regenerate! The fierce sword intent and the lingering chaotic creation intent of the giant axe attacked from both inside and outside! The giant root emitted a soul-shattering cracking sound, and filthy fluid gushed out like a burst dam, while the pale white flames flickered violently, almost extinguished!

Bathed in Buddhist light, accompanied by the resounding chants of Sanskrit, the golden lotus beneath the seat of the withered Zen Buddha shone with boundless brilliance, forcefully expanding into an ever-growing pure land. Countless low-level demonic figures screamed and vanished within the Buddhist light. Golden Sanskrit chains lashed at high-level demons, their filthy energy hissing and sluggish, rendering the demons' movements sluggish and stiff.

The tribulation lightning of the Immortal Dynasty was violent, and the thick, dragon-like lightning tore through the sky, continuously bombarding the trunk of the strange tree and its huge, waving roots. The charred and carbonized marks spread under the filthy sap, and billowing blue smoke rose.

The enormous body of the strange tree trembled violently under the onslaught of lightning, sword energy, sea of ​​blood, and Buddhist light. Its pale giant eye at the top was locked on Li Mu, and the filthy vortex deep in its pupil spun wildly, brewing a final frenzy!

The giant eye of the strange tree suddenly bulged out, and billions of filthy strange spores deep within its whites exploded! At the same time, all the holes in the trunk spewed out viscous blood mist, which, along with the fierce howls of billions of remnant souls of the strange race, condensed into a scarlet sphere of light like a filthy star, and blasted towards Li Mu!

Where the sphere of light passed, space dissolved silently, leaving behind a festering, scarlet rift.

"open!"

Li Mu roared, and the Chaos Giant Axe fiercely swung upwards towards the scarlet orb of light! The axe blade blazed with dark light, and a chaotic line, condensed to its extreme, tore through the void, silently striking the core of the orb of light!

laugh--!
There was no deafening roar, only the piercing shriek of laws being annihilated. The scarlet sphere of light was cleaved in two by the axe mark! Inside the split sphere, instead of foul energy, were countless grotesque faces screaming in agony, covered in viscous blood, forming two foul, eerie white rivers that fiercely washed over the entrance to the Chaos Treasure Palace!

The mansion trembled violently, and the chaotic vortex at its entrance was frantically eroded by the River of White Deception, hissing and dimming rapidly! Inside the mansion, a wave of foul blood surged up in the sea of ​​qi, and the chaotic will let out a muffled roar.

Li Mu's tiger's mouth split open, golden blood seeping out. The light of the Chaos Dao Domain fluctuated violently. Behind him, the three thousand disciples groaned in unison. Several of them turned pale, blood spilling from the corners of their mouths, and the Dao Net flickered uncertainly.

"Suppress!" Li Mu stepped into the void, and the chaotic array beneath his feet spun rapidly, forcibly stabilizing the formation. The chaotic giant axe hummed, and the Jianmu wood pattern on the axe handle lit up, drawing upon the even more ancient chaotic source deep within the treasure palace.

Deep within the Qi Sea, viscous, lead- and mercury-like chaotic primordial Qi surged upwards, washing away the filthy, eerie white river! The screaming faces in the eerie white river were distorted, blurred, and finally fell silent under the washing of the primordial Qi.

Taking advantage of this gap, several burning, rotten giant roots, carrying the last flames, like dying venomous pythons, tore through the barrier of Buddhist light and sword energy, and fiercely lashed out at Li Mu's body! Before the roots even arrived, the filthy flames had already scorched his protective chaotic domain, causing it to sizzle.

Li Mu's eyes were icy cold. He neither flinched nor dodged. His left hand formed a sword shape with his fingers together, and the illusory image of the Chaos Dao Tree condensed at his fingertips. He pointed at the nearest giant root! Chaotic light pulsed from his fingertips. It seemed slow, but it arrived first, striking the surface of the burning root!
Boo!
With a soft click, the root that was struck instantly stiffened, the flames on its surface extinguished, the filthy liquid solidified, and a gray, chaotic death aura spread upwards along the root like lightning! Wherever it passed, the giant root turned to ashes inch by inch!

At the same time, he swept his right hand with the Chaos Giant Axe, the dark blade drawing a semicircle and severing the other two attacking giant roots at the root! The severed ends were shrouded in chaotic energy, completely extinguishing the power of filth and regeneration!

"Ouch——!"

The eerie tree let out a mournful howl, its trunk convulsing violently. The giant, pale eye at its top, covered with spiderweb-like grotesque threads, stared intently at Li Mu, its pupils filled with a mixture of resentment and fear. On its massive body, the charred wounds continued to widen under the relentless bombardment of tribulation lightning, the flowing, eerie white sap thinned, and the burning, pale flames flickered and were about to go out.

The Celestial Dynasty army, Blood Slaughter God, Sword Cultivator Ancestor, and Withered Zen Buddha seized this fatal gap and intensified their offensive! The tattered Celestial Dynasty fleet approached and fired a salvo, the cannon fire tearing through the defensive network of the eerie tree's roots; blood rainbows pierced the root nodules, and the sea of ​​blood frantically eroded the source of filth; the long river of sword energy strangled the regenerating roots; Buddhist light and chanting advanced layer by layer, and the purification area continued to expand!
The lightning bolts rained down relentlessly, and finally, from the charred trunk of the eerie tree, a tremendous, teeth-grinding tearing sound erupted as a terrifying, bottomless crack ripped open amidst the lightning and fire! Thick, eerie white sap gushed forth like a burst dam! (End of Chapter)