Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

The true forms of the Flame God, the Ice Skeleton Sovereign, and the Eternal Thunder God simultaneously spat out large mouthfuls of primordial blood, their auras instantly weakening to the extreme. With their Dharma forms destroyed and their Dao foundations damaged, such injuries would be difficult to recover from without ten thousand years of cultivation.

The Flame God clutched his chest, crimson blood dripping from between his fingers, scorching through the void. He stared intently at the increasingly solid Dao Fruit on Li Mu's chest, his eyes filled with fear.

The Ice Bone Sovereign's divine body was covered in frost, and the shattering of her nine skulls severely damaged her soul, leaving her agitated and chaotic.

The Thunder God's robes were charred black, and the electric snakes around his body were dim, clearly indicating that his thunderous essence was severely damaged.

The three realm lords exchanged glances, all seeing the retreat in each other's eyes. The situation was beyond saving! Without hesitation, the three realm lords prepared to use magic to escape.

However, how could Li Mu allow them to retreat so easily?
"Since you're here, stay."

The chaotic energy around Li Mu suddenly boiled, and with a thought, the Chaotic Dao Fruit in front of his chest burst into flames! The hazy Dao fire surged from the depths of the fruit core, instantly enveloping the entire Dao Fruit, and the Chaotic Dao Source was burning, offering sacrifices to the origins of all realms.

"Madman! He's burning his Dao Source!" the Eternal Thunder God cried out in terror, transforming into a bolt of purple lightning in an attempt to escape.

"cut."

Li Mu pointed his fingers like a sword and lightly slashed at the void in front of him. In an instant, it transformed into a gray blade of light that cleaved through the starry river. Wherever the blade of light passed, all things returned to nothingness and the laws collapsed.

This blade of light transcended time and space, ignored cause and effect, and locked onto the essence of the existence of the three realm lords!
"No!"

The Flame God roared, and the remaining fragments of the furnace coalesced into a crimson-gold shield in front of him. The shield's surface displayed the phenomenon of the burning of countless worlds, a manifestation of his refining of the primordial laws of countless years.

"Click——"

A gray blade flashed past, and the crimson-gold shield shattered as if made of paper.

The blade's momentum remained undiminished, slashing fiercely at the chest of the Flame God, leaving a huge wound that almost cleaved him in two. Gray mist swirled around the wound, constantly eroding his life force.

The Ice Skeleton Overlord shrieked, drawing upon the origin of the Frost God Realm. A majestic glacier phantom appeared before him, its entire body constructed of millennia-old black ice, radiating an aura of eternal freeze.

"laugh--"

As the blade flashed, the glacier phantom silently split in two. The Ice Skeleton Lord's divine body trembled violently, and a smooth cut appeared from his left shoulder to his right waist. Extreme cold energy poured out of the wound like a burst dam, and his aura instantly plummeted to the bottom.

The Eternal Thunder God was the most cunning. He tore through the void first and stepped halfway into it. However, the gray blade light seemed to be able to sever space and time, appearing directly on the path he was trying to escape.

"Boom!"

The blade struck the back of the Eternal Thunder God, shattering his thunder robe and causing the purple lightning to dissipate. With a shrill scream, half of his divine body was forcibly severed, transforming into pure thunder essence and dissipating into the void.

The remaining body, in a wretched state, disappeared into the spatial rift, leaving behind only a series of thunderous explosions filled with resentment.

The three realm lords fled, severely injured!
In the void, only Li Mu remained alone. The light of the Chaos Dao Fruit on his chest gradually receded, the Dao Fire dimmed, and several fine cracks appeared on the surface of the Dao Fruit. Clearly, he had paid a considerable price for forcibly burning his Dao Source.

Li Mu's face was as pale as paper, and his aura fluctuated wildly, but his eyes remained as deep and unfathomable as the ancient starry sky.

Below, the Netherworld Blood Realm was ravaged, the Blood Sea was mostly dried up, the earth was cracked into countless abysses, and the sky was covered with broken cracks.

The city's guardian, the Great Brightness, flickered unpredictably, its walls covered in scorched earth and frost marks.

The bright moon's silver armor shattered, revealing the puppet spirit's body beneath, flowing with pale golden soul blood. She struggled to her feet, her golden eyes gazing at the figure in green robes in the void, her gaze filled with awe and worry.

Xiao Jingtian's Xuanjia armor shattered, and he used the wreckage of the Lieyu ship to support his body. Blood dripped from the corner of his mouth, but he straightened his spine and stared intently at the void outside the boundary, guarding against any possible changes.

The Immortal Dynasty suffered heavy casualties, the puppet army was reduced to less than one-tenth, and the fleet was reduced to countless wreckage floating in space. However, in the eyes of the survivors, there was only fanaticism.

Li Mu descended, his toes lightly touching the void, creating ripples. His gaze swept over the shattered Blood Realm, passing over the faces of every survivor, and finally looked in the direction where the three Realm Lords had fled, his eyes as cold as ice.

"What you do today will be what you get tomorrow."

Li Mu spoke softly, yet his voice clearly reached the ears of every living being: "Once my Dao Fruit is restored, I will personally descend upon the Three Realms to settle this karmic debt."

Before he finished speaking, Li Mu flicked his sleeve, and a vast stream of chaotic energy fell like sweet rain. The dried-up sea of ​​blood began to recombine, the shattered earth slowly mended, and the cracks in the sky gradually healed under the nourishment of the Dao.

The surviving soldiers of the Immortal Dynasty felt a warmth spread through their bodies, their injuries healed at a visible speed, and their depleted spiritual energy was quickly replenished.

Mingyue and Xiao Jingtian exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

"Clean up the battlefield and rebuild the defenses." Li Mu's voice remained calm as he gave the order: "The Three Realms have suffered such a heavy blow that they will not dare to attack again in the short term. However, we must not let our guard down."

"We will obey your decree!" Mingyue and Xiao Jingtian replied in unison, bowing to receive the order.

Li Mu nodded slightly, and with a flicker of his figure, he disappeared from his original spot and returned to the depths of the Chaos Treasure Palace. He needed time to stabilize his realm, repair the cracks in his Dao Fruit, and digest the gains from this great battle.

In the void, only countless floating fragments of stars and the wreckage of divine ships remained, silently recounting the breathtaking battle between realm lords that had just taken place. Stardust, like snowflakes, drifted down onto the shoulders of the celestial dynasty's soldiers as they rallied their forces.

Mingyue stood atop the rebuilt walls of Zhenyouming City, his golden eyes reflecting the gradually healing cracks in the boundary wall in the distance. His fingertips gently caressed the deep, bone-revealing scorch mark from a lightning strike on the battlements. Chaotic Daoist energy flowed from the core of the puppet spirit, and the scorch mark miraculously healed as if it were alive.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, the 'Burning Heaven Flame Mark' 30,000 miles east has been introduced into the Ember Furnace." A newly cast Yin-Yang Revolving Puppet knelt on one knee, and a report came from its chest cavity: "Nine 'Divine Flame Crystals' have been condensed from the core of the Flame Mark and have been delivered to the Myriad Puppet Heavenly Craft Hall."

Mingyue nodded slightly, her gaze sweeping across the city. Tens of thousands of engineering puppets were salvaging the wreckage of the divine ship in the sea of ​​blood, while craftsmen from the Xuan Yuan Jin Realm were carving purification array patterns around a thousand-foot-long section of the Thunder God's arm bone, and cultivators from the Huan Ling Realm were sitting cross-legged in the shattered skull powder of the Ice Skeleton Overlord, absorbing the remaining extreme cold Dao essence within.

Xiao Jingtian arrived through the air, his Xuanjia armor now fully repaired, but a hideous claw mark crackling with purple lightning appeared on his shoulder—the mark left by the Eternal Thunder God before his escape: "The aura of the Thunder Punishment Divine Domain has completely disappeared, and the 36,000 layers of thunder prisons they laid out outside the realm have also collapsed."

"Don't pursue a desperate enemy." Mingyue's fingertips swept across the void, and a screen of light unfolded, revealing the outer scenery of the Chaos Treasure Palace.

Then, the illusory image of the Chaos Tree appeared, its breath drawing out the celestial power of the universe like the ebb and flow of tides.

"The master is refining the original laws of the Three Realms obtained in this battle, which have all become resources for chaos."

Suddenly, Mingyue's golden eyes narrowed, and a strange phenomenon appeared in the light screen. In a certain void layer where the roots of the Chaos Dao Tree had penetrated, there were specks of dark golden divine blood wriggling like living things. It was the essence blood that the Flame God had spilled when he fled!

At this moment, this divine blood is being enveloped and refined by the chaotic Daoist essence. With each drop refined, a wisp of crimson-gold pattern appears on the branch of the Daoist tree.

At the same time, the Ice Bone Dominator's scattered Extreme Cold Dao condensed into three dark blue ice crystals, which floated above the Pool of Life and Death. The black and white energies in the pool circulated and washed over the ice crystals, which melted at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into pure innate cold essence that flowed into the bottom of the pool.

The severed half of the Eternal Thunder God's divine body was suppressed by the Annihilation Spirit Crystal. The lightning roared and struggled in the gray airflow, eventually disintegrating into countless electric fragments, which were absorbed by the Time Dao Fruit.

“Using the Realm Lord as firewood…” Xiao Jingtian gasped: “The Master’s Way is truly domineering and unparalleled.”

Just then, the entire Netherworld Blood Realm suddenly trembled slightly.

Above the heavens, the chaotic moon cast down billions of rays of light. In the territory shrouded in its radiance, shattered mountains and rivers automatically rebuilt themselves, dried-up riverbeds gushed forth spiritual springs, and even the dissipated souls of those fallen cultivators transformed into specks of fluorescent light and reassembled.

A green mountain formed from sword energy rose from the west, with the phantom of the Sword Sect's patriarch in seclusion appearing on its summit; the Soul Forging Cauldron of the Burning Heaven Valley Master rose in the south; and the boundary marker of the Sea-Suppressing King appeared in the north—it was astonishing that the powerful figures of the Immortal Dynasty had reshaped their Daoist temple using the Daoist principles of chaos!
"Chaos gives way to renewal, and all things are renewed." Mingyue whispered, and the surface of her silver armor shimmered with a radiance of the same origin as the moon. She sensed that the laws of the Netherworld Blood Realm were undergoing a transformation, and the cycle of life and death was becoming more and more harmonious. Even her puppet spirit body had gained a new understanding of the Dao of Illusion and Reality.

Suddenly, a rapid alarm sounded from the city's defensive array. Mingyue's golden eyes narrowed sharply as he saw a spatial fold spanning light-years forming beyond the northeastern boundary. Within the fold, a majestic city was emerging, its fluttering banners embroidered with mysterious star maps—it was none other than the "Ancient Star Realm," which they had previously only observed from the sidelines!
"Finally couldn't hold back any longer, huh?" Xiao Jingtian sneered. The wreckage of the Rift Universe emitted a deep rumble, reforming into a colossal cannon ten thousand feet long, aimed at the outer boundary. A million soldiers of the Immortal Dynasty silently formed ranks, their blades pointing, their killing intent soaring to the heavens.

However, the spatial folds only lasted for three breaths before quietly smoothing out. The phantom of the Ancient Star Realm receded like a tide, leaving only a wisp of divine thought echoing in the void: "The Chaos Dao Lord possesses unparalleled divine power. Our realm... is willing to offer the 'Zhou Tian Xing Tu' as a token of goodwill."

With a light tap of her fingertips, Mingyue sealed that wisp of divine thought into the jade box: "Just a fence-sitter. When the master emerges from seclusion, all realms will know what chaotic order is."

Deep within the Chaos Treasure Palace, the ancient chaotic energy cascaded down like a waterfall, completely engulfing Li Mu's figure. His figure, sitting cross-legged under the Dao Tree, was blurred and indistinguishable. Only specks of chaotic divine light rose from his crown, merging and resonating with the crimson gold, dark blue, and purple lightning Dao patterns interwoven on the main trunk of the Dao Tree.

The essence of the Flame God's World-Burning Flame, the extreme cold origin of the Ice Skeleton's Eternally Frozen Star Ring, and the destructive principles of the Thunder God's Thunder Punishment Pool were all forcibly extracted and refined by the roots of the Chaos Dao Tree, like rivers flowing into the sea.

On the branch of the Dao tree, the cracks on the surface of the newly born Chaotic Dao Fruit gradually disappeared. Deep within the fruit core, a miniature vortex seemed to rotate, absorbing a wisp of the origin of the Three Realms. The color of the fruit deepened, sometimes flowing with lava-like crimson gold, sometimes covered with ice crystal-like dark blue, and sometimes bursting with thunder-like purple lightning, ultimately returning to the all-encompassing chaotic gray.

Above the Netherworld Blood Realm, the radiant light of the chaotic moon grew ever warmer and clearer. Where its light fell, the dried-up ruins of the Blood Sea rose up on their own, transforming into winding mountain ranges. The mountains were as translucent as blood-red crystal jade, containing the Dao of life and death. Deep within the shattered earth, spiritual veins were being reconstructed, and gurgling springs gushed from the fissures. Half of the spring water was shimmering white and glowing, while the other half was deep and still. At their center, they converged to form a massive vortex that stretched from east to west—the very Pool of Life and Death, which had transformed into a primordial chaotic spring!

As the pool water surged, it sometimes steamed up the illusory flames of the world-burning divine fire, sometimes condensed into frost flowers of eternally frozen ice crystals, and sometimes exploded into arcs of lightning of judgment and punishment. In the end, all of them sank into the chaotic vortex at the bottom of the pool, returning to their origin and nourishing the entire Blood Realm.

The cycle of reincarnation is reshaped here, and countless pure souls rise and fall from the depths of the spring, bathing in the chaotic laws, and re-entering the cycle of reincarnation.

The ruins of the former Zhenyouming City have been 70% rebuilt, with its towering metal walls now fully restored. The Bright Moon Silver Armor is brand new, its surface radiating the same glow that originates from the Chaos Spring.

Mingyue stood atop the newly cast "Myriad Evolution Puppet Platform," his golden eyes reflecting countless puppet patterns that spun like a galaxy. Below the platform, three thousand newly formed "Yin-Yang Revolving Puppets" stood solemnly in rows.

These puppets were about fifteen zhang tall, their bodies made entirely of Chaos Divine Metal. Their left arms were inlaid with "Flame God Crystal Cores," refined from fragments of the Burning World Furnace, while their right arms were wrapped with "Mysterious Ice Dao Patterns," formed from the essence of the Eternal Frozen Star Ring. At the core of their chests was a "Purple Lightning Puppet Heart," taken from the very source of the Thunder Punishment Pool. Mingyue lightly traced a fingertip, and a wisp of divine thought entered the core of the leading puppet.

"Om-"

The puppet guard's eyes suddenly lit up, with crimson-gold flames shooting from his left eye and a dark blue cold tide surging from his right. As his arms crossed, a gray barrier wrapped in purple lightning instantly unfolded. Outside the barrier, fiery dragons roared, ice phoenixes circled, and lightning snakes danced wildly, perfectly simulating the characteristics of the laws of the three realms. The energy merged and circulated, forming the prototype of a domain!

Meanwhile, billions of miles beyond the boundary, in the void, Xiao Jingtian, his black armor stained with dust, personally oversaw the construction of 360 star array bases. The array bases were centered on the Annihilation Spirit Crystal, their outer layers inlaid with "Flame Fiend Pearls" refined from the wreckage of the Blazing Divine Ship, "Frost Marrow Jade" condensed from the shattered Ice Corpse Legion, and "Thunder Pattern Stones" left behind by the Thunder Punishment Divine Domain. Countless cultivators from the Immortal Dynasty traversed among them, using their own Daoist auras as guides to connect the array bases to the origin of the Netherworld Blood Realm.

"Hear my command! Formation!"

Xiao Jingtian roared and slammed his palms down on the main array eye in the void. In an instant, all 360 array bases resonated, spewing forth pillars of light in crimson gold, dark blue, and purple lightning. These pillars intertwined in the void, evolving into illusory images of celestial constellations. The power of the stars surged like a reversed Milky Way, merging seamlessly with the chaotic Daoist principles of the Netherworld Blood Realm, forming a vast star mist barrier outside the boundary.

The barrier appears ethereal, but within it lies a relentless cycle of fire, ice, and lightning—three deadly forces that resonate with the aura of the Chaos Spring.

Inside the Chaos Treasure Palace, the Chaos Dao Pattern between Li Mu's brows suddenly blazed brightly.

On the branch of the Dao Fruit, the Chaos Dao Fruit trembled slightly, and the miniature star vortex deep within its core suddenly accelerated its rotation, completely devouring the last wisp of the Three Realms' origin. On the surface of the Dao Fruit, the crimson gold, dark blue, and purple lightning lights completely subsided, transforming into a perfect Dao rhythm flowing with chaos.

Li Mu slowly opened his eyes, which had been closed for a long time. (End of this chapter)