Li Mu keenly noticed that while the aura of Extreme Wood Dao around Qing Lin remained as vast as the sea, a subtle hint of disorder subtly permeated its depths.
It seemed as if a faint wisp of strange white power lay dormant, like a bone-marrow parasite, hidden within Qing Lin’s body.
“Fellow Daoist, you…” Li Mu’s expression slightly hardened, and he stepped forward.
Qing Lin waved his hand, his smile still calm: “It’s nothing, just an old ailment.
It’s been many Years since we last met, we should be drinking and celebrating.”
Li Mu, however, did not respond, his gaze fixed like a torch on Qing Lin’s left arm.
“The strange poison hasn’t been removed?” Li Mu asked in a deep voice.
Upon hearing this, Qing Lin’s smile gradually faded.
He was silent for a moment, then finally sighed softly: “As expected, I couldn’t hide it from you.”
At this moment, Qing Lin also noticed the abnormality and looked anxiously at Qing Lin: “Master, didn’t you say you had already suppressed the strange poison?”
Qing Lin shook his head: “This poison is extremely strange.
I have been suppressing it with Extreme Wood Dao for many Years, and I thought I had refined it.
But unexpectedly, it suddenly retaliated recently and has now invaded my Primordial Spirit.”
Li Mu’s heart sank; Qing Lin was one of the strongest in the Immortal Spirit Realm, and the terrifying nature of a strange poison that even he could not eradicate was imaginable.
“Fellow Daoist, come with me back to my small courtyard for a chat.” Li Mu made a decisive move, waving his sleeve, and invited him.
Qing Lin looked at Li Mu unexpectedly and nodded cheerfully: “Very well.”
Before long, Qing Lin put away his Spirit Boat and brought Qing Lin to Li Mu’s secluded Spirit Valley courtyard.
In the courtyard, clear springs gurgled, spiritual mist swirled, and an ancient peach tree bloomed brightly, exuding a peaceful and harmonious aura.
Li Mu invited Qing Lin to sit at the stone table and personally poured a cup of spiritual tea for him: “Fellow Daoist, the Netherworld will not have been sealed in the Demon Abyss, so why did this strange poison suddenly recur?”
“I don’t know either! However, one thing is certain: the fall of the Celestial Phoenix Immortal Emperor is related to this!” Qing Lin took the teacup, sighed, and indicated.
Upon hearing this, Li Mu’s pupils suddenly contracted, and he asked in astonishment: “The Celestial Phoenix Immortal Emperor has fallen?”
“That’s right, her fall occurred almost at the same time as the strange poison outbreak, which is why I have this conjecture!” Qing Lin nodded solemnly.
Li Mu’s fingertips trembled slightly, and ripples spread in the tea cup.
The Celestial Phoenix Immortal Emperor was an Eternal existence, yet she would suddenly fall?
Li Mu took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart, and his gaze returned to the strange white aura on Qing Lin’s left arm.
“Fellow Daoist, let me try.” Li Mu put down the teacup, his tone calm yet firm.
Qing Lin raised his eyebrows and looked at him: “You?”
“I have been comprehending the Chaotic Great Dao for many Years, perhaps I can resolve this poison.” A wisp of Chaos aura appeared in Li Mu’s palm, and within the hazy airflow, myriad Laws seemed to rise and fall.
Qing Lin gazed at that wisp of Chaos aura and shook his head with a light chuckle: “This poison has been entangled with me for decades, and even Extreme Wood Dao has difficulty shaking it.
I appreciate your good intentions.”
“Clan Chief,” Qing Lin stepped forward, his expression earnest: “Master, Junior Martial Uncle’s Chaotic Great Dao encompasses everything, perhaps he can truly restrain the strange poison.
Why not give it a try?”
Qing Lin glanced at Qing Lin, his heart stirred, and then turned to Li Mu, sighing with emotion: “This poison is dangerous; a slight carelessness will cause a backlash on the person trying to save, why do you take such a risk?”
Li Mu smiled faintly: “Back then, Fellow Daoist gave me Cultivation Technique, helping me Breakthrough the Bottleneck of the Chaotic Great Dao.
Today, I’m just doing my small part.”
“Alright! Just do as you please!” Qing Lin pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement.
Li Mu said no more, forming hand seals, and a hazy Chaos aura suddenly surged around him.
The aura was like smoke and mist, yet as heavy as a substance, forming a unique Domain within three feet of his body.
Within the Domain, the Five Elements rotated, Yin and Yang alternated, as if it were a newly opened Small World.
Li Mu said no more, forming hand seals, and a hazy Chaos aura suddenly surged around him.
The aura was like smoke and mist, yet as heavy as a substance, forming a unique Domain within three feet of him.
Within the Domain, the Five Elements rotated, Yin and Yang alternated, as if it were a newly opened Small World.
Qing Lin sat still, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
He had not expected Li Mu’s comprehension of the Chaotic Great Dao to have reached such a Realm.
“Fellow Daoist, please relax your mind.”
Li Mu’s voice was low, and he slowly pushed his hands forward.
The Chaotic Dao Domain spread like a tide, enveloping Qing Lin.
He saw his palms intertwined, and the Five Elements Law emerged: the five Origin powers of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth intertwined and rotated in the Chaos airflow, transforming into five divine wheels, mutually generating and restraining each other, forming a complete circulatory system.
At the same time, the Yin and Yang Qi separated from the depths of Chaos, transforming into two Taiji phantoms, slowly rotating above the Five Elements divine wheels, forming an extremely mysterious balance.
The entire Dao Domain space gradually took shape, like an independent Small World, containing all phenomena of Heaven and Earth, and conforming to the Laws of the Great Dao outside.
Chaos Power surged like a tide, completely enveloping the area where Qing Lin was located.
Qing Lin felt himself instantly fall into a strange state; the surrounding scenery blurred, as if he were in the primordial era of the Universe, where all things were not yet formed, and everything was in Chaos.
His heart was filled with shock; such a Dao Domain Realm was even more profound and unfathomable than any Law Domain he knew.
“What a Chaotic Dao Domain.” Qing Lin praised in his heart: “It can perfectly integrate the Five Elements and Yin and Yang, evolving into the true Foundation of Reincarnation.”
Li Mu remained silent, but his Divine Thought had already penetrated deep into Qing Lin’s body, tracing along the Meridians of his left arm, finally discovering an extremely hidden wisp of white strange power deep within his Primordial Spirit.
That wisp of strange white power was extremely bizarre; it seemed not to be a physical entity, yet it truly existed.
It did not belong to the Five Elements, nor to Yin and Yang, like an existence detached from the Heavenly Dao, unable to be refined or expelled, only continuously eroding Qing Lin’s Primordial Spirit Foundation.
With the blessing of the Chaotic Dao Domain, Li Mu clearly “saw” that wisp of strange white power—it was like a venomous snake, coiling deep within Qing Lin’s Primordial Spirit, entangled with the Extreme Wood Dao.
“What a cunning thing.” Li Mu was secretly alarmed in his heart; this strange white power did not erode forcefully, but subtly integrated into the Extreme Wood Dao, almost indistinguishable from it.
No wonder Qing Lin found it difficult to eradicate.
Li Mu’s mind stirred, and the Chaotic Dao Domain began to change.
Within the hazy aura, the power of the Five Elements rotated ceaselessly.
Metal generated water, water generated wood, wood generated fire, fire generated earth, earth generated metal—the Five Elements mutually generated and restrained, forming a perfect cycle.
At the same time, Yin and Yang Qi flowed within the Dao Domain.
Within Yin there was Yang, and within Yang there was Yin; Yin and Yang complemented each other, evolving into infinite changes.
The strange white power seemed to sense the threat and began to counterattack frantically.
It transformed into countless fine threads, attempting to penetrate the blockade of the Chaotic Dao Domain.
But whenever it touched the edge of the Dao Domain, it would be worn away by the power of the Five Elements and dissolved by the Yin and Yang Qi.
“It really works.”
Li Mu rejoiced in his heart and increased his efforts.
The Chaotic Dao Domain began to contract, like an invisible large hand, slowly squeezing the activity space of the strange white power.
The strange white power refused to show weakness and suddenly condensed into a sharp cone, fiercely stabbing towards a certain point in the Dao Domain.
That was precisely the node where the Five Elements rotated; a slight carelessness would break the balance.
Li Mu was already prepared; with a thought, he adjusted the Dao Domain structure, and the Five Elements power instantly reorganized.
The metal position shifted to the fire position, and the water position shifted to the earth position.
The moment the strange white cone pierced in, it happened to collide with the solid barrier formed by the mutual generation of fire and earth.
“Ch—!”
With a soft sound, the strange white cone was mostly dissolved.
The remaining strange power retreated in a hurry, only to find itself surrounded by a vortex formed by the Yin and Yang Qi.
Qing Lin frowned slightly, and fine beads of sweat seeped from his forehead.
Two forces clashed within his body, causing him pain even with his cultivation.
But he always kept his Primordial Spirit relaxed, allowing Li Mu to act.
Li Mu was fully concentrated, controlling the Chaotic Dao Domain to press forward step by step.
He was no longer eager to eliminate the strange power, but like a seasoned hunter, he gradually compressed its activity space and consumed its power.
However, the strange white power began to display an unprecedented frenzy.
It suddenly split into tens of millions of fine threads, each twisting and wriggling like a living creature, and in an instant, it simulated Qing Lin’s Extreme Wood Dao rhythm, perfectly integrating with the surrounding Extreme Wood Dao.
When Li Mu’s Chaotic Dao Domain rolled over, these fine threads dissipated like reflections in a mirror, only to re-condense elsewhere.
“It can even mimic myriad Laws?!” Li Mu’s pupils contracted sharply as he saw the strange threads sometimes transform into scorching flames, sometimes condense into profound heavy water, and even simulate the fluctuations of Chaos Dao.
Whenever the Dao Domain power pressed down, it would transform into a force of the same Origin to escape, like a fish caught in a fishing net, always able to slip through the mesh gaps.
Qing Lin suddenly groaned, and spiderweb-like white patterns appeared under the skin of his left arm.
These patterns actually formed an ancient totem, faintly showing a ferocious pattern of nine giant pythons coiling around the world.
“Not good!” Li Mu suddenly withdrew his Dao Domain, “It’s devouring Fellow Daoist’s Lifespan!”
The teacup shattered on the stone table, and Qing Lin watched in horror as his Master’s dark hair rapidly turned frosty white before his eyes.
Even more terrifying, those white hairs glowed with a strange pearlescent luster in the moonlight, clearly a sign that Lifespan was being converted into strange power.
“Junior Martial Uncle!” Amidst Qing Lin’s cry of alarm, the peach tree in the courtyard suddenly grew wildly.
Countless roots broke through the soil, enveloping Qing Lin layer by layer into a cocoon.
But the next second, pure white flames ignited from within the cocoon, and those thousand-year-old spiritual woods actually crystallized in the flames, turning into countless translucent white crystals.
The crystal cocoon exploded with a roar, and when Qing Lin staggered out, his left eye had completely turned pale.
He smiled bitterly and spread his palm, where a constantly deforming ball of white light appeared: “Now you understand?
It’s not poison at all, but alive—it’s an extension of the Netherworld’s will.”
“Fellow Daoist, don’t worry, it’s just a dying struggle, I have a way to take him down!
Please cooperate with me!
Since it can mimic myriad Laws, then I will break it with myriad Laws!” Li Mu smiled slightly, saying confidently.
Upon hearing this, Qing Lin’s expression shifted slightly, then he slowly nodded.
He deeply understood Li Mu’s wisdom and the profoundness of the Chaotic Great Dao.
Although he was now in the desperate situation of being backlashed by the strange poison, a glimmer of hope unexpectedly arose in his heart.
“Good.” Qing Lin looked at Li Mu and nodded: “I trust you.”
Li Mu’s eyes narrowed, his mind sinking into the Chaotic Dao Domain, and he formed hand seals again.
The hazy Chaos Power suddenly surged, sweeping across Heaven and Earth like a tide, completely enveloping the entire small courtyard in a vast and ethereal Chaos Realm.
The Five Elements rotated, Yin and Yang intertwined, space-time flowed, Years rose and fell, Karma pulled—at this moment, Li Mu displayed the true art of the Chaotic Great Dao evolving myriad Daos!
“Five Elements Return to Origin, Suppress!” Li Mu lightly shouted, and the five divine wheels reappeared.
The five great Origin powers of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth intertwined and rotated, forming a giant Five Elements chain that descended from the Void Realm, pointing directly at the constantly deforming white light.
“Boom!”
The Five Elements chain crashed down, instantly sealing that wisp of strange power in mid-air.
It struggled fiercely, constantly changing its form, sometimes like fire, sometimes like water, even attempting to simulate the fluctuations of Chaos Power in an attempt to escape.
However, the Five Elements power is the Foundation of myriad Daos, not belonging to any single Law, yet it can evolve all Laws.
No matter how it changed, the Five Elements could mutually generate and restrain it, firmly suppressing it.
“Yin and Yang Unite, Seal!” Li Mu then activated the Yin and Yang Taiji phantom; two black and white light figures intertwined into a wheel, slowly rotating and showering down endless pure light, further stabilizing the Five Elements chain and forming a complete closed system.
The strange poison let out a sharp, piercing wail, as if it sensed an unprecedented threat.
Deep within its core, an ancient rune faintly emerged—it was a core imprint of the Netherworld’s will, containing the primal information of the Strange Dao Law.
“So it is…” Li Mu’s eyes turned cold: “It’s alive, it’s a fragmented Incarnation of the Netherworld’s will!”
“Since you’re alive, then I’ll use time to imprison you, and Years to slay you.” Li Mu murmured softly, and as his palms intertwined, the power of space-time slowly emerged.
Within the Chaotic Dao Domain, time began to twist, and space gradually folded.
The originally still small courtyard, at this instant, seemed to be pulled into an independent time interlayer, isolating everything from the outside world.
“Space-time as a prison!” Li Mu commanded, and beyond the Five Elements and Yin and Yang, the power of space-time condensed into an invisible cage, completely trapping the strange poison within.
The strange poison twisted frantically, trying to break free, but whenever it touched the edge of the cage, it would be bounced back by the power of space-time, as if caught in an infinitely looping Reincarnation trap.
At the same time, the power of Years quietly descended.
Li Mu, using Chaos Power as a guide, activated the power of the River of Years; streaks of time flowed from the Void Realm, transforming into incomparably sharp blades of time, slowly cutting towards the core of the strange poison.
“Crack—”
With a crisp sound, cracks appeared on the surface of the strange poison; this was the erosion of its essence by the power of Years.
Each crack represented the stripping away of a segment of its memory, a segment of its existence, a segment of its power.
“Ah—” The strange poison finally let out a painful roar, its voice filled with unwillingness and fear, as if it had never encountered such complete suppression.
“You are not poison, but a kind of ‘consciousness’.” Li Mu’s gaze was profound, and he said firmly: “But since you are a consciousness, you cannot escape the reckoning of Karma.”
“Power of Karma, Bind!” Li Mu clasped his hand, and the entire Chaotic Dao Domain immediately vibrated.
The power of Karma unfolded like a net, completely sealing all possible escape routes for the strange poison.
The power of Karma is the most merciless; it does not reason, only delivers results.
Once caught in the chains of Karma, one falls into the inevitability of fate, and no matter how one struggles, the end is predetermined.
The strange poison finally stopped struggling; the light in its core gradually dimmed, and its once agile changes became sluggish.
It seemed to have realized that its end was near.
“Now, it’s time for you to be refined.”
Li Mu’s eyes sharpened, and Chaos Power erupted fiercely.
The five supreme Laws—Five Elements, Yin and Yang, space-time, Years, and Karma—converged into an unprecedented Chaos refining power.
“Chaos Genesis, Myriad Daos Return to Origin!” Li Mu shouted lowly, clasping his hands together, and the Chaotic Dao Domain contracted accordingly.
The Five Elements and Yin and Yang rotation accelerated, space-time folded and compressed, the power of Years continued to erode, and the power of Karma completed its final convergence.
At that instant, the core of the strange poison completely collapsed, and all the Netherworld runes shattered one by one, transforming into pure energy that flowed into the Chaotic Dao Domain.
Li Mu did not hesitate in the slightest, immediately guiding this energy into the cycle of Chaos Power, using the Five Elements to harmonize its ferocity, Yin and Yang to balance its Chaos, space-time to stabilize its structure, Years to eliminate its remnants, and Karma to lock its essence, twisting its strange Origin power.
As time passed, and the refining deepened, those powers that originally belonged to the Netherworld’s will began to undergo a qualitative transformation, gradually converting into pure Chaos Power and integrating into Li Mu’s Chaotic Dao Domain. (End of Chapter)
