Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

The Netherworld Blood Realm, a century of vicissitudes.

The once boundless sea of ​​blood, surging crimson and wailing with vengeful spirits, is now as clear as a vast, flawless mirror of black jade, reflecting the sky, now bathed in a soft, clear light after being purified by the laws of chaos. The air is no longer filled with a nauseating, pungent smell; instead, it flows with a pure aura that blends pristine spirituality with a subtle sense of reincarnation.

At the center of the Blood Realm, the source of evil that once devoured the essence and blood of billions of living beings and distorted the cycle of reincarnation—the Blood Pool of Reincarnation—has been completely reconstructed by Li Mu using the supreme laws of chaos.

The pool water was no longer murky, viscous blood plasma, but transformed into a strange liquid that was half bright white and half deep and dark. The white part was full of vitality, as if it contained the wonder of the revival of all things; the black part was silent and returned to nothingness, as if it carried the silence of all spirits, forming a huge Tai Chi pattern. At the center, there was a point of chaotic vortex that was unfathomable, exuding the profound Daoist rhythm of the cycle of life and death.

This is the newly created "Pool of Life and Death," specifically designed to temper puppets and imprint them with the laws of life and death.

Beside the pool, a majestic metal city rises from the ground, its style cold and precise; this is the "Netherworld City" established by the Great Qian Immortal Dynasty in this realm. At the heart of the city, a tall tower pierces the sky, and on the platform atop the tower, a silver figure stands silently.

Mingyue was clad in streamlined silver armor, the armor containing a restrained, luminous white and deep luster like the water of the cycle of life and death, flowing slightly; in her golden pupils, a torrent of data had already transformed into a network of perceptions that encompassed the entire Blood Realm.

Millions of puppets of various types—blood-powered battle puppets, illusionary puppet guards, and the new "reincarnation battle puppets"—are scattered across this vast territory like loyal stars.

After a century of development, this place has become an important puppet production base and a place for comprehending the laws of the Immortal Dynasty.

However, this once peaceful edge of the realm has recently been plagued by frequent anomalies.

At the far eastern edge, where the chaotic boundary borders the unknown void, space is no longer stable; subtle, almost imperceptible ripples appear and disappear, like invisible pebbles thrown into a calm lake.

Accompanying the ripples is the disorder of the laws in local areas, the strange flow of spiritual energy, and occasionally even the appearance of a few tiny spatial cracks. Although they are quickly repaired, they reveal an anomaly that cannot be ignored.

Mingyue immediately sensed these subtle signals. Her divine sense, like an invisible spider web, had already covered the entire boundary of the Blood Realm. Those chaotic ripples and those abnormal spiritual disturbances were clearly reflected in her mind.

"It is a sign of external interference."

Mingyue's figure disappeared from the top of the tower, and the next moment, she appeared at the edge of the realm, leading a team of a hundred Illusionary Puppet Guards.

Looking out, the boundary wall appears calm and still, but under the analysis of Mingyue Jintong, one can "see" those tiny ripples that are constantly arising and disappearing, like lesions, faintly pulsating beneath the "skin" of the boundary wall.

The Illusionary Puppet Guards silently dispersed, forming a reconnaissance formation. Their bodies, shifting between reality and illusion, could evade potential detection to the greatest extent possible, while remaining highly sensitive to changes in energy and laws.

Mingyue stretched out her silver-armored hand and gently pressed it into the void; her divine sense, like a thread, pierced through the boundary and cautiously explored the source of the ripples.

……

Deep within the Chaos Treasure Palace, myriad chaotic currents coiled like dragons. Li Mu sat quietly beneath the Dao Tree, his Dao aura connected to the ancient tree's roots, as if resonating with the heavens.

Suddenly, a clear and cold divine thought pierced through layers of void and reached Li Mu's spiritual platform and sea of ​​consciousness.

"Master, there is an alien force attacking outside the boundary of the Netherworld Blood Realm."

The moon, clad in silver armor, stood silently atop the tower of the Netherworld City. Its golden eyes shimmered with light, reflecting and transmitting the subtle ripples and tremors of laws at the border with its divine sense.

Li Mu opened his eyes, his gaze seemingly reflecting a galaxy of stars, with phantoms of changing eras rising and falling. His divine sense, like an invisible net, spread out along the direction indicated by the bright moon, penetrating the layers of barriers of the Netherworld Blood Realm, and probing towards the source of the turmoil.

Divine thoughts, like invisible tentacles, silently pierced into the critical void.

The first critical moment unfolded in Li Mu's perception—seven purple suns hung in the sky, the earth was covered with crystalline veins, and countless translucent beings shuttled through the purple light, their forms changing like flowing water. They were jointly activating a rhomboid crystal array spanning a star field, with a constantly beating purple heart floating at the array's core, rippling out a circle of spatial waves, and precisely striking the barrier of the Netherworld Blood Realm.

The second critical point, permeated with a viscous malice, was a dark red fleshy wall that constantly writhes, expands, and contracts, resembling the viscera of some colossal beast. Embedded within this fleshy wall were billions of pale white eyes, each reflecting a shattered scene from a different world. At this moment, these billions of eyes were all turned towards the Netherworld Blood Realm, and where their gazes converged, corrosive white smoke rose from the void, attempting to melt the boundary wall.

Critical Point Three: Bizarre and distorted colors—rivers hang upside down from the sky, and mountains flow like soft mud. Countless colorful bubbles of uncertain shapes float about, humming strange songs. Wherever the sound waves pass, the rules of reality become fragile, and the boundary walls ripple with unstable, illusory light.

……

Li Mu's chaotic divine sense easily penetrated the boundary wall, revealing the seven critical points and understanding their foundations, methods, and intentions.

Individually, these realms are not much different in strength from the Blood Realm, but they seem to have formed a fragile alliance. They are using various methods to test each other, covering for one another, and coveting the changes in the Netherworld Blood Realm and the vast vitality and mysteries of reincarnation it contains after being reshaped by him.

"A rabble."

Li Mu withdrew his vast divine sense, the chaotic energy in his eyes swirling, returning to the stillness of an ancient well.

“The Netherworld Blood Realm has just been established, and its aura is showing, which is to be expected to attract the attention of neighboring realms.” Li Mu’s thoughts stirred slightly, and he understood the cause and effect. He withdrew his divine sense and issued an order: “Mingyue and Xiao Jingtian, stay in your positions and observe the changes. Within a hundred years, they may spy on you, but you must not make any moves.”

……

Mingyue accepted the order, a glint of ice flashing in her golden eyes. With a wave of her hand, the Illusionary Puppet Guards scattered in the critical area transformed into invisible shadows and quietly retreated, leaving only a few extremely secretive monitoring divine thoughts that blended into the rhythm of the void, hanging silently like a spider web, silently recording the trajectory of every abnormal movement.

Xiao Jingtian opened his eyes in the central hub of Zhenyouming City. His body, clad in black armor, was as steady as a mountain. With his divine sense, military orders were instantly transmitted to the three armies: "Each of you perform your duties and strengthen the defenses!"

Once the order was given, the entire Netherworld Blood Realm and even the Four Realms Linked System under the Great Qian Immortal Dynasty entered a state of alert that was relaxed on the outside but tense on the inside.

On the surface, everything was as usual: puppets patrolled, cultivators came and went, and the Pool of Life and Death shimmered. In secret, all the defensive formations were in a semi-activated state, and the patrolling guards and various detection puppets increased their frequency, like lurking ferocious beasts, their muscles tense beneath the calm.

The spying from outside the boundary did not stop because of the Blood Realm's "lack of response," but instead became more frequent.

At first, it was just a tiny ripple, like a pebble thrown into a lake. Years later, the ripple gradually became a wave, spreading a distorted halo on the boundary wall, with faint, blurry projections trying to penetrate the barrier and peek into the scene inside; even more, it would trigger a small-scale spiritual storm, bringing down eerie whispers containing foreign laws, trying to induce the creatures within the boundary to respond.

Mingyue sits at the center, observing with detached indifference.

The millions of puppets, like her extended senses, precisely captured, recorded, and analyzed every slight movement. Mingyue saw bounded forces like tentacles, carefully touching the boundary wall, and felt divine thoughts like spider silk, trying to entwine her.

Xiao Jingtian mobilized the resources of the Immortal Dynasty to set up more hidden monitoring arrays in the outer void of the Blood Realm, like an invisible giant net, to capture the aura and law characteristics of those who were spying, in an attempt to clarify which worlds were involved and what their purpose was.

……

Ten years, twenty years...

The act of spying gradually shifted from probing to harassment.

Sometimes, dark, corrosive light would strike the boundary wall, exploding into clusters of annihilating spiritual light; sometimes, seductive music would penetrate the barrier directly, echoing in the consciousness of the border cultivators, tempting their inner demons; and one day, three boundary wall nodes were simultaneously distorted by some immense force, manifesting a bloody illusion of a desolate battlefield outside, with a murderous aura soaring to the sky, almost indistinguishable from reality.

Within the Immortal Dynasty, a growing unease was rising, with generals requesting to fight and retaliate against the provocations with overwhelming force.

However, following Li Mu's decree, the powerful warriors forcibly suppressed all thoughts of attacking, only ordering each division to hold their ground, using formations and puppets to eliminate any disturbances. Like a rock, they remained unmoved no matter how the wind and waves raged.

……

A hundred years is but a blink of an eye.

Within the Chaos Treasure Palace, Li Mu's Dao aura deepened, and the Chaos Dao Tree behind him swayed gently, its branches displaying various Dao Fruits—Gold, Fire, Time, Illusion, Nirvana, Yin and Yang—all radiating inner brilliance and flowing ceaselessly. The newly formed Dao Fruit of Life and Death also gradually stabilized amidst the alternation of white light and dark glow.

Li Muzi was not entirely oblivious to the disturbances from the outside world. His divine sense would occasionally sweep across the Netherworld Blood Realm, taking in the responses of Mingyue and Xiao Jingtian, as well as the probing of various realms.

"Greed, curiosity, fear... all sorts of thoughts, it's a good mirror." A smile appeared on Li Mu's lips as he allowed the various realms to observe. Firstly, he wanted to thoroughly digest the origin of the Netherworld Blood Realm, solidify his Dao Fruit of Life and Death, and avoid any unexpected complications. Secondly, he also wanted to use external forces to hone his subordinates and observe the movements of the various realms.

Another century has passed. This land, once soaked in blood and resentment, has long since shed its ferocity under the guidance of the Chaos Dao Tree and the harmonization of the Pool of Life and Death, revealing a strange scene where order and vitality coexist. Beneath the clear, jade-like sky, pure energy flows, and the Dao of Reincarnation, like a silent pulse, nourishes this newborn land.

The Netherworld City stood majestically, its cold metallic luster appearing even more profound against the backdrop of flowing white light and deep Dao energy. Atop a tower within the city, Bright Moon, clad in silver armor covered in frost, reflected the subtle changes throughout the entire realm in her golden eyes. Millions of puppets, like her extended will, silently guarded this land.

However, this hard-won tranquility was suddenly shattered on this day!

"Om-!"

At the far eastern border, the boundary wall that bordered the chaotic void suddenly let out a mournful cry of unbearable strain! A massive rift spanning tens of thousands of miles was forcibly torn open, its edges burning with an inextinguishable blazing white divine flame, scorching, violent, and carrying a domineering will to incinerate all things, as it brazenly invaded!

"Boom!"

Immediately following was a deafening roar, as if billions of thunderbolts had exploded at the same moment. Countless enormous warships, burning with raging divine fire, surged out of the cracks like primordial beasts breaking free of their shackles! Ancient flame runes were engraved on their hulls, their dazzling light converging into a blazing torrent that scorched the heavens and boiled the seas, instantly dyeing the void outside the boundary wall a crimson gold!
Blazing God Realm!

The flagship at the head resembled a fiery bird spreading its wings, with several figures standing at its bow. The one in the center was clad in crimson-gold dragon-patterned divine armor, his face shrouded in blazing divine light, except for his pupils, which resembled two miniature suns, burning with a cold indifference and majesty that looked down upon all living beings.

The leader held a long spear that seemed to be formed from pure light and heat, its tip pointing towards the Netherworld Blood Realm.

"By the decree of the true god, this world has stolen the cycle of reincarnation and bred evil spirits. It shall be purified with divine flames and restored to order!"

The vast divine thought, like a storm, carrying an unquestionable will, instantly swept across the entire border of the Netherworld Blood Realm. The blazing Dao principles contained in that voice clashed fiercely with the life and death pure spirit energy flowing through the Netherworld Blood Realm, producing a hissing explosion.

Almost at the same moment the boundary was torn apart, the cold data stream in Mingyue's golden eyes suddenly boiled.

"Enemy attack! The main force of the Blazing Flame God Realm has breached the Eastern Boundary Wall!"

A clear shout pierced through the void, resounding through the core of every puppet and entering the consciousness of every celestial warrior in Zhenyouming City. After a hundred years of quiet observation, she had deduced countless scenarios of foreign invasion. Now, truly facing it, her heart was filled with only icy calmness and determination.

"Illusory Puppet Guards, deploy to dispel the 'illusion and reality barrier'! Blood Power Battle Puppet, activate the Annihilation Ember Flame Array! Reincarnation Battle Puppet, draw upon the power of life and death to disrupt its Blazing Flame Dao!"

Mingyue's commands flowed like an icy spring, precise and accurate. The million-strong puppet army moved at her command.

The figures of the Illusionary Puppet Guards at the forefront instantly became blurred, the laws of illusion and reality intertwined, and a vast, light-distorted domain rapidly unfolded before the crack in the boundary wall.

The vanguard warship of the Blazing God Realm crashed into this area. The divine light on its hull seemed to sink into a quagmire, its speed decreased sharply, and its attack trajectory became erratic, as it fought against countless overlapping phantoms.

The Reincarnation War Puppets hovered behind the army, drawing upon the power of the Pool of Life and Death. A shimmering white and profound light condensed in their hands, transforming into invisible ripples of reincarnation that swept towards the Blazing Flame Fleet. The divine warriors struck by these ripples felt a subtle stirring of life force and divine power within their bodies, causing their attacks to falter.

However, the Blazing God Realm had been preparing for a long time, and its offensive was like a tidal wave, fierce and unmatched. The Flame Bird flagship suddenly accelerated, and the divine general at the bow thrust out a long spear of light and heat.

"Divine Flame Judgment, vanquish evil!"

A highly condensed beam of blazing white light tore through the void. Wherever it passed, the illusion and reality barrier laid out by the bright moon shattered inch by inch like fragile glass. The beam of light continued its momentum and rushed straight towards the Blood Force Battle Puppet's Annihilation Flame Array!
"boom--!"

The violent explosion engulfed dozens of Blood Force Battle Puppets. Even the bodies forged from Chaos Divine Gold and Annihilation Spirit Crystals melted and disintegrated instantly under the impact of this extreme divine flame!
"Hmph, you are stubbornly resisting!"

The Fiery Azure General snorted coldly, raising his spear once more. Behind him, thousands of warships unleashed a cacophony of divine cannons, raining down raging divine flames in an attempt to utterly tear apart the puppet army's defenses. (End of Chapter)