Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

In the void, the brilliance of the Four Realms Joint Defense Array had dimmed, like a candle flickering in the wind, swaying under the relentless dark torrents of the Eclipse Moon Ancient Realm.

On the Rift Universe, Xiao Jingtian's expression was solemn. His fists were clenched tightly under his armor, and his knuckles turned slightly white from the force. He could feel that the viscous, tangible malice outside the barrier was intensifying, and the foundation of the formation was being constantly eroded and corrupted by the strange "Erosion Law".

"General, the Northwest 'Liyuan' node is complete!"

"The southeast 'Kanxu' node is in place, and the Chaos Seal has been activated!"

The messenger's voice carried a hint of suppressed excitement and tension. Xiao Jingtian suddenly looked up, his gaze sharp as a hawk, fixed on the massive rift that stretched across the void.

"All troops, listen to my command!" Xiao Jingtian's voice was as cold as iron, echoing across the battlefield: "Hold your positions and increase your psionic energy output to 70% to buy time for Lord Mingyue!"

As the order was given, the previously somewhat sluggish array suddenly shone brightly, and the four Dao principles of Golden Qi, Ember Fire, Time Sequence, and Mind Power burst forth with unprecedented intensity, forcefully withstanding another surging wave of dark tide.

The array walls trembled violently, and a piercing annihilation sound erupted from the point where the spiritual light and dark energy clashed.

……

The edge of the rift, a place where reality and illusion shift.

Mingyue, clad in silver armor covered in frost, stood suspended in the void, his body shimmering with a strange radiance that intertwined the Dao of Chaos and the origin of illusion. Behind him, five hundred Illusionary Puppet Guards had transformed into countless tiny streams of light, like spiders weaving webs, imprinting the "Chaos Reversal Array" patterns bestowed by Li Mu, bit by bit, into the ever-wriggling dark barrier of the rift using a combination of illusory and real techniques.

The array patterns are intricate, and the core point that reverses the flow of life is incompatible with the pure annihilation of the Eclipse Moon Law, yet they coexist strangely under the embrace of the Chaos Dao Law.

Data flowed through Mingyue's golden eyes, precisely controlling the landing point of each puppet pattern. It was necessary to ensure the successful construction of the formation while avoiding triggering excessive vigilance from the cold will of the Eclipse Moon Ancient Realm.

One could feel the suction force coming from the other side of the rift increasing, like a greedy maw eager to devour the abundant life force under the joint defense of the four realms.

"The time has come."

With a thought, Mingyue abruptly changed the hand seals.

"Chaos reversed, void pierced!"

Om-!
The completed array suddenly lit up, and a hazy, chaotic light burst forth from the edge of the crack. The dark power that had been constantly eroding outward seemed to be choked by an invisible giant hand, and suddenly stopped.

Immediately afterwards, the reversal of life force at the core of the array suddenly spread out, transforming into a chaotic vortex rotating in reverse!
At the center of the vortex, the spatial structure was forcibly distorted and torn apart. A temporary and extremely unstable passage forcefully broke through the barrier of the Ancient Realm of Lunar Eclipse and extended into the depths of that desolate gray haze!

Inside the passage, chaotic energy surged, and countless fine, illusory root-like structures could be vaguely seen—these were the powers projected by Li Mu using the roots of the Chaos Dao Tree as a guide, barely maintaining the existence of this temporary passage.

"Put it in!"

Mingyue let out a soft shout.

The Chaos Ember Puppet Legion, which had been waiting at the entrance of the passage, saw their crimson-gold eyes blaze with light, transforming into streaks of dark gold light as they fearlessly charged into the passage filled with uncertainty and an aura of destruction!

Following closely behind, one after another "time traps" condensed from the origin of the Time Ruins Realm and with their internal time flow extremely distorted and compressed, silently disappeared into the chaotic airflow like silent assassins, sneaking towards the other side of the passage.

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The Ancient Realm of Eclipse, on a shattered continent.

Nine dark, eclipsed moons hung high, casting a suffocatingly gloomy light. A viscous, turbid current slowly writhed through the earth's ravines, devouring any light and heat that strayed into this place. Countless Shadow Demons and Corrupted Beasts darted through the haze, emitting sickening howls.

Suddenly, the void at the edge of the continent twisted violently, and a rift exuding an ominous chaotic aura forcibly opened! Immediately afterward, dark golden figures fell from it like meteors, crashing heavily onto the parched earth!

It is the Chaos Ember Puppet!

The moment they landed, their crimson-gold eyes scanned their surroundings, their cold, logical cores rapidly adapting to the uncomfortable laws of this world. Without the slightest hesitation, the Ember Puppet Legion immediately formed ranks, embers erupting from the gaps in their joints, transforming into a raging storm of flames that incinerated everything, sweeping towards the swarming Moon-Eating Demons!

Meanwhile, the "time traps" that were put in were quietly triggered.

Silently, the flow of time in various areas became chaotic. In some places, time accelerated ten thousand times, and the Moon-Eating Demons that rushed into them completed their life cycles in an instant, turning into ashes.

In some places, time stood still, and monsters were frozen in place, still in their attacking postures; in other places, time began to flow backward, and some weak monsters even degenerated into the most primitive resentful energy!

Chaos erupted instantly at the edge of the Eclipse Moon Ancient Realm.

……

A wisp of Mingyue's divine consciousness attached itself to one of the most elite Illusionary Puppet Guards, and infiltrated this realm along with the deployed troops.

Through the Puppet Guard's perception, Mingyue clearly "saw" the scene of this land of death, as well as the commotion caused by the intrusion of the Chaos Ember Puppet and the outbreak of the Time Trap.

"That's not enough... We need even greater chaos to cover up the real purpose."

Mingyue's mind raced, and the illusory puppet guard slammed its hands down on the cracked, decaying earth beneath its feet.

Within the puppet guard's body, the pure mental power originating from the Illusionary Spirit Realm merged with the power of the Chaos Dao Seed, transforming into an invisible and intangible fluctuation that directly points to the origin of the laws, and then erupted fiercely!

"The storm of thoughts, begin!"

hum!
A storm, not an energy shock but one that directly impacted the structure of the laws governing this world, suddenly spread out from the Puppet Guardian's center!
Wherever the storm passed, the laws of the Eclipse Moon Ancient Realm, which were already tending towards annihilation and nothingness, were forcibly interfered with and distorted. The haze began to roll unnaturally, and the turbid currents surged upwards. Those Eclipse Moon demons that acted on the instinct of devouring seemed to be injected with crazy thoughts and began to tear each other apart and devour each other!
Deep roars and shrill screams echoed across the land, and an internal war broke out between the monsters in an instant. Soul-Eating Beasts devoured Shadow-Eating Demons, and Corrupting Beasts tore apart the bodies of their own kind. The scene was chaotic!
Under the cover of this chaos of fluctuating laws and demons devouring themselves, Mingyue's divine sense, like the most sensitive probe, rapidly spread and explored the deepest part of the Eclipse Moon Ancient Realm along the decaying veins of laws.

Through endless haze, across mountains formed from the remnants of the boundary, and across black rivers flowing with memories of despair and pain...

Finally, Mingyue's senses reached a place where an indescribable, vast will converged.

It was a massive, placenta-like, dark red membrane, suspended in the center of the nine eclipsed moons. Above the membrane, veins throbbed and twisted, drawing massive amounts of colorful energy from the void—the devoured origins of all realms! And at the core of the membrane, an utterly profound darkness emanated a greed that froze the soul.

An indescribably enormous being, its lower body connected to a dark red membrane, while its upper body presented a distorted female silhouette, with countless tentacles condensed from the Dao of Annihilation fluttering like long hair.

His "face" was indistinct, but nine enormous eyes, like those of an eclipsed moon, were staring unblinkingly at the darkness at the core of the flesh membrane, filled with longing and...hunger.

Eclipse Queen!
He is using the primordial essence of all worlds that He has devoured as nourishment to nurture the tenth Eclipse Moon!
Mingyue's mind trembled violently. Once the tenth Eclipse Moon was successfully conceived, the Dao of Annihilation of the Ancient Eclipse Moon Realm would be completely perfected, and its power of devouring and erosion would probably surge to an unimaginable level.

At that time, let alone the four realms uniting to defend, all the surrounding worlds will likely be swallowed up by it!

Without the slightest hesitation, Mingyue instantly transmitted this crucial information, along with the exact location and condition of the Eclipse Moon Queen, back through the wisp of divine thought connected to her main body!
……

Within the Chaos Treasure Palace, in the Spirit Garden.

Li Mu stood quietly beneath the Chaos Dao Tree, his eyes slightly closed. The moment Mingyue's information entered his sea of ​​consciousness, he suddenly opened his eyes, as if chaos had been created within them, and stars had fallen and the sun had set.

"The Tenth Lunar Eclipse... The Great Dao of Nirvana is complete..."

Li Mu muttered to himself, his tone revealing neither joy nor anger, but only a chilling insight into the essence of things.

"Xiao Jingtian".

"Disciple is here!" Xiao Jingtian, far away on the Rift Universe, felt a chill and immediately responded. Li Mu's voice resounded directly in his soul.

"I hereby order you to command the Immortal Dynasty army to launch a general offensive on the main battlefield, regardless of the cost, to draw away the main force of the Eclipse Moon Ancient Realm."

"I will obey my master's orders!"

Without hesitation, Xiao Jingtian's eyes flashed with determination. He understood that this was a feint attack, a sacrifice to create an opportunity for the main force. But the sons of the Immortal Dynasty were not afraid of this battle!
The next moment, the main cannon at the bow of the Rift Universe once again shone with a blinding light, and the brilliance of the Four Realms Joint Defense Array surged. The Immortal Dynasty fleet, which had originally adopted a defensive posture, launched a fearless charge towards the Eclipse Rift, like a prehistoric beast awakened!
Clashing swords and galloping horses, blazing fires, sword intent soaring, and thoughts surging like a tide! The intense energy fluctuations instantly attracted the attention of most of the Eclipse Moon Ancient Realm, and countless demons surged out from the depths of the smog, rushing towards the frontal battlefield.

……

As an earth-shattering battle erupted on the main battlefield, Li Mu moved. With a single step, his figure merged with the illusory image of the Chaos Dao Tree behind him.

The ancient tree, rooted in nothingness and with branches reaching into all realms, suddenly trembled. A chaotic root, condensed to its extreme and containing Li Mu's true will, tore through layers of void barriers like the first ray of dawn. Along the temporary passage constructed by the bright moon, ignoring all the chaos and obstacles along the way, it ruthlessly pierced into the Ancient Realm of Eclipse Moon at a speed that transcended time and space.

Wherever the roots passed, the haze dissipated, the turbid currents evaporated, and the laws of lunar eclipse collapsed as if they had encountered their nemesis. Its target was clear: the dark red flesh membrane, the tenth lunar eclipse being conceived at the core of the membrane, and the lunar eclipse queen.

"Roar--!"

The Eclipse Moon Queen let out a sharp screech that shook the entire ancient realm. For the first time, shock, anger, and disbelief appeared in the nine giant eyes of the Eclipse Moon. She felt that terrifying will that was above her Dao of Annihilation, encompassing all things and destroying all things!
Countless tentacles formed from the Dao of Nirvana danced wildly, weaving together to form layers upon layers of barriers, attempting to block that chaotic root.

The nine eclipsed moons, hanging high in the sky, simultaneously cast a thick, almost tangible, dark light upon the Queen Mother.

However, the roots of chaos pressed on relentlessly.

The barrier melted away like ice and snow the moment it touched the roots. The dim light was easily assimilated by the chaotic energy. The roots, with unstoppable force, instantly pierced through layers of protection and precisely penetrated the pulsating core darkness that was giving birth to the tenth eclipse!

"The Seed of Nirvana has returned to its place."

Li Mu's indifferent voice resounded directly within the core of the Eclipse Moon Queen's will.

The Chaos Roots suddenly unleashed a suction force that devoured the heavens and earth. The core darkness struggled and twisted violently. The vast annihilation origin and the still-forming Tenth Eclipse Law contained within were forcibly extracted and stripped away by the roots, turning into streams of pitch-black torrents that surged against the roots towards the Chaos Dao Tree itself!
The Eclipse Queen let out a mournful and desperate wail. Her aura weakened at a visible speed, cracks appeared in her massive body, and the dark red membrane connecting her to her quickly withered and peeled away.

The eclipsed moon, hanging high in the sky, dimmed rapidly.

Li Mu stood beneath the Chaos Dao Tree, feeling the pure and powerful Origin of Annihilation continuously merging into the tree.

Above the Dao Tree, the nascent form of a new Dao Fruit is slowly condensing. Its color is dark, and its meaning is nothingness, yet it subtly forms a balance of opposition and unity with the Dao Fruits of Gold, Fire, Time, and Illusion.

Li Mu calmly gazed at the Eclipse Moon Ancient Realm, which was rapidly collapsing due to the loss of its core, and at the Mother Queen within it who had fallen into madness.

The struggle between realms and the struggle for the Great Dao have always been brutal.

"How dare you—!"

The Eclipse Queen's will erupted with a piercing scream that tore apart the soul. The dark red membrane connecting her lower body was suddenly torn apart, and viscous dark red blood gushed out like magma, merging into the void.

The nine giant, moon-eclipsing eyes instantly turned crimson, their frenzied resentment almost solidifying into a tangible form.

Having been nurtured for millennia, it was just one step away from perfecting the Great Dao of Nirvana and ascending to the highest realm, but now it has been forcibly interrupted, its foundation stolen! This hatred and resentment cannot be washed away even by the waters of countless worlds!
"With the source of my Dao, I offer sacrifice to the eclipsed moon! All realms return to silence, and chaos falls together!"

The Eclipse Queen's enormous body spontaneously combusted, and a deep, ancient, dark radiance erupted from within her, carrying a "source of the Dao" power that could end all things and return everything to nothingness!
This power transformed into nine dark pillars of light, soaring into the sky and pouring into the nine eclipsed moons hanging high above.

Having received the sacrifice of the Mother Empress's Dao Source, the Nine Eclipse Moons were as if injected with a violent life force, expanding violently, and their light took on a "nothingness" characteristic that devoured all light and all perception.

hum!
The nine eclipsed moons trembled in unison, projecting nine beams of ultimate annihilation light that merged into one. Following the connection between the root and the Chaos Dao Tree, they blasted back into the void passage, hurtling towards the Chaos Dao Tree's main body at a speed that transcended time and space.

This strike contained the resolute determination of the Eclipse Moon Queen to burn her Dao Source; it was the reverse erosion of the Dao of Annihilation; it was the ultimate assimilation of "nothingness" into "existence"!

……

Within the Chaos Treasure Palace, in the Spirit Garden.

Li Mu, who was absorbing the essence of annihilation, suddenly turned serious. (End of Chapter)