Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

Caught off guard, the three-faced demon was hit head-on. Immediately, its demonic essence surged, its aura fluctuated violently, and its three-phase essence within its body surged, resulting in a fierce conflict.

"No!"

The three-faced demon was filled with dread, clearly feeling its peak Dao-returning essence rapidly draining away like a burst dam. With a fierce roar, its massive demonic body exploded! A strange white demonic soul escaped and vanished into the vast void's turbulent currents.

Li Mu frowned, wanting to give chase, but after glancing at the Xuanhuang Ancient Realm, he immediately abandoned the idea and turned to look at the devastated Xuanhuang Ancient Realm.

The boundary wall shattered like a spider web, and chaotic gales and foul air from beyond the realm leaked down from the sky. Mountains and rivers collapsed, the earth's veins broke, and spiritual energy dissipated. The aura of the Xuanhuang Dao Lord weakened, and the remaining cultivators struggled to maintain the boundary-suppressing array, whose light was about to go out.

"Certainly."

Li Mu unleashed his Chaos Dao Domain, uttering a single word that sent ripples spreading outwards.

The next moment, the towering Chaos Dao Tree unfurled its countless roots, piercing through the void and casting endless gray Dao light, which plunged into the shattered sky of the Xuanhuang Realm.

The vast chaotic power surged from countless roots, transforming into millions of crystalline threads in the air, evolving into the Five Elements. A massive amount of primordial energy poured in, and the huge crack in the boundary wall silently healed. The evil and filthy primordial energy outside the boundary was extracted, refined, and fed back to the pure primordial energy that repaired this boundary.

Above the sky, a wondrous scene unfolded. Countless gray threads crisscrossed and moved as if possessing a spirit, pulling the collapsed fragments of the "boundary wall" back to their original positions and meticulously stitching them together. Where the cracks were mended, spiritual dew flowed and sprinkled upon the billions of stars in the Xuanhuang Ancient Realm.

Li Mu lightly cupped his five fingers with his left hand, making a lifting motion. The main trunk of the Chaos Dao Tree trembled slightly, and the roots at the broken point of the Xuanhuang Earth Vein suddenly exerted force, forcibly "pulling" the broken and displaced dragon vein acupoints back into place. The heaven and earth sweet dew refined by the Chaos Dao Tree permeated every crevice, transforming into the five elements, yin and yang, waiting for the origin of the Great Dao to begin repairing the broken Xuanhuang Ancient Realm.

The Xuanhuang soil sank into the earth, rapidly healing the scorched earth that had cracked for thousands of miles, and giving birth to fertile soil; the Way of Water transformed into a vast celestial river phantom, sweeping across the dry riverbed, with spiritual springs gushing from the earth's depths; the Way of Fire, warm as the sun, dispelled the accumulated filth and ignited the life force of the earth's fire; the azure wind swept across the sky, cleansing away the remaining evil energy, summoning a gentle spiritual breeze, carrying the intention of sprouting grass and trees...

Watching the Xuanhuang Ancient Realm regain order and vitality at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Xuanhuang Daojun and the other cultivators were shocked and incredulous as they watched the boundary wall and the sky being mended as before, the earth regaining its vitality, and the depleted spiritual veins being restored to fullness, even surpassing their former glory... Such a method was almost "the creation of the Great Dao," arising out of thin air and changing the world!
In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the Xuanhuang Ancient Realm had recovered to about 70-80%. The heavy casualties among the living beings could not be recovered in a short time, and the mountains and rivers were still scarred. However, the fundamental source of the broken laws of heaven and earth in this realm had been forcibly sorted out and nourished by Li Mu with his supreme chaotic power. Given time, it would surely be able to recover its vitality, turn misfortune into blessing, and its spiritual potential might even reach a higher level.

"Fellow Daoist Xuanhuang, the foundation of this realm is now solid. The remaining trivial matters are left to you." Seeing this, Li Mu smiled slightly, stopped what he was doing, and gestured to Daoist Xuanhuang.

Xuanhuang Daojun bowed deeply to Li Mu, overwhelmed with emotion: "The Xuanhuang Realm will never forget the grace of the Chaos Dao Lord in creating us!"

After speaking, Xuanhuang Daojun looked worried and hesitated, saying, "But that demon..."

"It's just a stray dog; it won't get far!" Li Mu smiled slightly, his gaze fixed on the depths of the void, indicating, "Let me deduce its hideout and completely eradicate it, lest we give up now!"

After saying this, Li Mu took a step forward and disappeared from the spot.

The starry sea was desolate. Li Mu stood in mid-air with his eyes slightly closed. The illusory image of the Chaos Dao Tree appeared and disappeared. His hands formed a profound hand seal, which was none other than the Heavenly Deduction Technique of "Heavenly Evolution of Life".

This method, combined with its profound understanding of the Great Dao of Chaos and the ability to deduce the Dao Fruit of Order, greatly enhances its effectiveness in tracing causes and effects and discerning the secrets of heaven. Based on the all-encompassing nature of chaos and guided by the principles of order, it can capture that one inevitable trajectory amidst endless variables.

"The heavens evolve into the forty-nine, and chaos retreats to the one. Now, with my way, I trace back to that origin."

Li Mu formed hand seals and chanted incantations. The chaotic Daoist aura spread out around him, and the laws of heaven and earth of all realms merged. His divine consciousness transformed into countless invisible threads, connecting the long river of time, facing the past and the future, deducing the power of cause and effect, and spreading towards all the "causal lines" related to the demons.

Li Mu's pupils appeared as chaotic vortexes, and the scene before him gradually changed.

Countless crisscrossing, flickering lines represent the trajectories of celestial movements, symbolize the flow of spiritual energy, carry the emotional ripples of all beings' thoughts, and are entangled in a complex web of cause and effect, permeating everything...

Li Mu's powerful divine sense searched through the endless "sea of ​​lines" for the filthy traces of the Three-Faced Demon that had torn through the void, escaped the fluctuations of spacetime, and been stained with demonic blood, as well as the intricate connections between the origin and the Primordial Evil Realm, and the ancestral origin of the Demon Clan...

Countless fragments of light and shadow swirled rapidly in Li Mu's mind. As the deduction deepened, he finally captured the most crucial "causal thread" of the demon's origin.

Li Mu "saw" a distorted territory that defied conventional reasoning, where laws collapsed, time and space were reversed, all things were upside down, and all spirits were insane—it was a forbidden land deep within the Tai Xie Ancient Realm.

"So you know how to find a place to heal your wounds using the evil energy of this realm?" A cold glint flashed across Li Mu's lips. "Perfect for a complete resolution!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mu's figure flickered and disappeared from the spot.

In the ancient realm of Taixie, in the far west, time stood still, and a desolate territory suddenly appeared. A chaotic vortex appeared out of nowhere and transformed into a figure in a green robe in the blink of an eye. It was Li Mu.

Li Mu narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing the scene before him.

This place is called "The Abyss of Ten Thousand Filth and Evil".

Not born of heaven and earth, but from the ancient era when evil gods and demonic giants fought and fell here, their corpses piled up, their resentment lingering. After ten thousand years of sedimentation, the laws collapsed, transforming it into the Abyss of Evil. In the abyss, there is no heaven or earth, only a viscous, filthy current of liquid flowing, making it difficult to breathe, as if sinking into a bottomless quagmire, filled with an atmosphere of despair.

Li Mu smiled slightly. Under his chaotic divine sense, he quietly sensed the location of the three-faced demon, without disturbing it as it was healing.

Under the perception of the Chaos Divine Sense, a majestic altar made of the bones of gods and demons stood deep in the Evil Abyss. The bones were mottled, with gray, dark gold, and black colors interspersed, engraved with strange demonic patterns, and the dim light seemed to echo with countless whispers.

At the top of the altar, the three-faced demon sat cross-legged, its body shrunken to a hundred feet in size. To its left was a withered tree with broken branches and leaves, gray and dull. To its right was a demon body riddled with cracks, from which black, evil liquid seeped out incessantly. The "Eye of Annihilation" in the center of its chest was tightly closed, covered with a layer of filthy blood scabs.

Behind it, a withered, eerie tree, barely three zhang tall, drooped its branches and leaves, its trunk twisted, its branches shriveled, and its leaves withered, leaving only a dozen or so eerie white leaves with viscous, dark red light flowing from their veins. Its roots were deeply embedded beneath the altar, connected to the "Remnant Source of the Evil Ancestor," which had accumulated at the bottom of the abyss for countless eons. It continuously drew upon the evil energy of this world, nourishing the three-faced demons and restoring their demonic bodies.

Strands of dark red evil energy were extracted from the filthy stream, transformed by the eerie tree, and injected into the three-faced demon's body. At the same time, a portion of the boundary energy remained in the eerie tree, twisting and reversing into the source of the eerie tree.

Although the Ghost Tree was in poor condition, its speed of absorbing and transforming the source of the Ghost Realm was not slow at all. Like a thirsty beast, it greedily devoured and absorbed the essence of the evil source of this realm. With each wisp it devoured, the ghost tree's phantom image solidified a little, and the cracks in the remaining demonic bodies of the three ghost demons were also healed a little.

"cough!"

The crack in the face of corruption parted slightly, and it spat out a mouthful of foul blood, saying with hatred, "That guy is really powerful. He almost destroyed my source with one blow."

The Devouring Face had its three eyes tightly closed, and the central demonic head murmured in anguish, "We've exhausted the essence of this realm to nourish the Ancestral Tree. Once the Ancestral Tree recovers to 30% of its original state, the demonic energy it provides will be enough to help us rebuild our foundation. When the Ancestral Tree is fully restored to 50%, we can draw upon the scattered remnants of the Ancient Tai Xie Realm... At that time, we will surely make Li Mudao perish!" "Silence!" The Corrupting Face suddenly shouted sharply, its pale eyes snapping open, warily reminding, "Although this place is hidden, the Chaos Dao Lord's supernatural powers are unfathomable; he may still discover us. Quickly draw upon the demonic energy, or things will change!"

Upon hearing this, Ermian closed his eyes and focused all his energy on activating the Ghostly Grandmother Tree behind him to draw upon the evil source of this world.

The roots of the withered tree stretched out, and the speed of extraction suddenly increased. The foul currents around the altar churned violently, and the faint howls of ancient demons could be heard. The evil energy gathered into a vortex and surged wildly into the body of the ancestral tree of the Ghost Clan.

At this moment, Li Mu frowned and focused his 'gaze' on the withered phantom of the Ghost Clan's ancestral tree.

"The Mother Tree of the Ghost Clan?" The chaotic starlight in Li Mu's eyes narrowed slightly: "No wonder it evaded the causal pursuit of the Dao Fruit of Order. It turns out it was using the remaining shade of the Ghost Clan's ancestral tree to conceal the secrets of heaven!"

However, Li Mu had already grasped that "the strange is one aspect of chaos," making his perception of the origin of the strange race ten times more acute. Otherwise, it would have been quite a hassle to find this place.

Li Mu did not make a move immediately.

His gaze swept over the foul currents surrounding the altar—within the gray-black, pale white, and dark red streams, faint array patterns swirled, connected to the overall energy of the Abyss of Myriad Filth. Once triggered, it would likely cause the endless ancient resentment at the bottom of the abyss to go berserk, leading to a reversal of the foul energy and a collapse of spacetime.

The three-faced demons are using this remnant formation as protection to focus on healing their wounds.

"You are cautious indeed." Li Mu's lips curled up slightly, his thoughts aligning with the Chaos Dao Tree, and he sneered, "However, in the face of chaos, all pretense is vain."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mu took a step forward, and the chaotic Dao aura around him quietly changed. The gray Dao source was stained with a trace of "filth" that originated from the same source as the foul air; the Dao patterns of emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow and happiness were restrained, while the Dao aura of negative thoughts such as fear, hatred and delusion flowed. Li Mu's aura gradually merged with the Abyss of Filth and Evil.

Chaos encompasses everything, and nature can also tolerate filth.

Li Mu moved like a ghost through the filthy currents. The remaining ancient array patterns, analyzed by Li Mu's chaotic Daoist aura, regarded him as a wisp of foul air flowing in the abyss and did not trigger him.

Ten breaths later, Li Mu had reached a hundred miles away from the altar.

The foul air here was so thick it was almost tangible, and the three-colored air currents intertwined to form a natural barrier. Through the barrier, one could see that the withered, eerie tree behind the three demonic figures had solidified into a more solid form, with seven or eight new buds sprouting from its branches—a grayish-white color that exuded a chillingly eerie vitality.

The aura of the three-faced demon steadily recovered, the crack in its chest healed by 40%, and a few scabs on the Eye of Annihilation peeled off, revealing a crack through which a gray-white light shone.

Upon seeing this, Li Mu's eyes turned cold, and he made a grasping motion with his right hand, causing the Chaos Dao Axe to quietly materialize.

The axe was plain, but its blade flowed with a deep, abyss-like "chaotic light"—this was a manifestation of the origin of all evil and filth, created by simulating the Daoist principles of chaos, specifically designed to break through the defenses of the demon race.

The next instant, Li Mu moved, taking a simple step that pierced through the barrier of foul air and appeared a hundred feet above the altar.

The Chaos Axe in his hand fell silently down.

The axe light was gray and dissipated in an instant. Wherever it passed, the void was cut in two by the axe blade of the Chaos Dao Palace, which pointed directly at the top of the three demonic heads—the phantom of the Ancestral Tree of the Demonic Ancestor that was solidifying between the eyebrows!

"what!"

The Face of Corruption was startled, its pale eyes widening, and a shrill scream emanated from its crack: "Lord of Chaos, be careful, he's coming after us!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Devourer's face became ferocious, and its six arms rose up. The three Dao patterns of calamity, sin fire, and time and space suddenly erupted, condensing into a three-colored evil source shield, which blocked its head.

With a loud "clang!!", the axe struck the shield, creating a deafening explosion like the clash of metal.

The three-colored demonic patterns on the shield flashed violently. The black tide of calamity attempted to erode the axe light, but was instead swallowed by the filthy light. The crimson flames of sin tried to burn away the Daoist essence, but were stained gray and white. The sword cultivator tried to unleash his attack, but fell into a chaotic "chaotic filthy domain".

With a crisp "crack!", the Evil Source Shield held for a few breaths before spiderweb-like cracks appeared from the center of the shield, covering it completely.

The three heads of the Devouring World roared in unison, and the muscles of its six arms bulged. However, Li Mu's axe had been gathering momentum for a long time. Borrowing the power of the Myriad Filth and Evil Abyss, it cleaved down fiercely, quickly and accurately.

The axe flashed and suddenly dropped!
"Pfft!"

The three-colored demonic shield shattered, turning into countless fragments of evil light. The axe light slowed its momentum slightly, but still slashed down, cutting into the left shoulder of the three-faced demon, slashing diagonally down, across its chest, and down to its right abdomen!

A deep, bone-revealing crack pierced through the demon's body.

"what-!"

The three-faced demons howled in agony, their hundred-foot-tall bodies trembling violently, nearly falling off the altar. The illusory image of the Ancestral Tree of the Demonic Ancestor, which was about to solidify behind them, shook violently, and the momentum of drawing demonic energy suddenly weakened.

"You...how could you possibly find this place?" The Face of Corruption stared at Li Mu, both shocked and furious. "The Abyss of Ten Thousand Filth and Evil isolates the secrets of heaven and is protected by foul energy. Even a Dao Integration Realm cultivator would find it difficult to deduce..."

Li Mu stood in mid-air, smiling indifferently: "The way of the Ghost Clan is also a manifestation of chaos. Since it exists in chaos, how can it escape my perception?"

Before he finished speaking, Li Mu pointed his left hand, fingers pointing like a sword, and pointed it in mid-air.

"Chaos Tree, suppress!"

Behind Li Mu, the majestic Chaos Dao Tree suddenly appeared in the void. Its main trunk connected the real and the unreal, and its branches and leaves flowed with gray and hazy energy, mixed with wisps of foul energy and Dao light that originated from the same source as the Myriad Filth and Evil Abyss. Dao patterns of various emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, fear, hatred, and delusion rotated endlessly, evolving into a small world that encompassed both good and evil and was ordered to accept filth.

The Chaos Dao Tree's countless roots and tendrils stretched out like a group of dragons exploring the sea, piercing straight into the bone altar!

The moment the roots touched the altar, the evil runes lit up all at once, unleashing a torrent of resentment that transformed into countless hideous ghostly figures that rushed towards them.

However, the chaotic roots emitted "chaotic filth light," which, upon contact with the resentful aura, was not eroded. Instead, like a whale sucking in water, it swallowed it all up and refined it into pure chaotic Dao power. (End of this chapter)