Myriad Paths

Li Qi really felt that he was about to die.

The countless deaths he endured during the blood sacrifice began to pour out the moment he woke up.

Li Qi controls the life and death of countless people and uses their deaths as the source of his power. As a price, as the center, he will also accumulate death energy.

So much death energy is pouring into the inner world at this moment, covering the body at the same time!

Li Qi was sweating profusely, and the severe pain began to surge, as if his skin had been opened one by one, and then boiling red molten iron was injected into it, and the skin and tendons were scalded!

The blazing red iron slurry melts the muscles and internal organs, making him miserable.

A large amount of dead energy will deprive vitality and corrode life.

Unless you are a practitioner of the death demon lineage and can use this as a source of spiritual practice, there will definitely be no good fruits to be gained from such a large amount of death energy.

But Li Qi didn't care about this at all, and started to deduce it again. Based on his own 'I' as the gathering point, all people who are causally connected with 'I' can be extrapolated along the dense network of cause and effect, and finally figure out Move a certain line and get the result.

If there is a mistake in the deduction, the plucked thread will produce unexpected results and cause a lot of chaos. The ripples caused will be difficult to smooth out and cause great backlash to the pluckers.

However, even if it succeeds, the shock between cause and effect will still have backlash.

If you think about it, cause and effect are linked to each other. Every place, every person, every thing is intertwined with each other, causing each other, and affecting the whole body.

So 'I', as the most central point, if any one of the lines is touched, it will definitely have a huge impact on myself and the outside world.

Li Qi didn't know how big this impact might be, but he seemed to have a vague feeling...

The great web of cause and effect is like countless criss-crossing lines, fluttering in the universe, gathering and dispersing, and sometimes intersecting. These intersections manifest into everything in this world, and 'I' is one of the intersections.

The essence of the birth of ‘I’ is the intersection between cause and effect. One ‘cause line’ meets another ‘cause line’. The two lines intersect into a point, and their connection point is the ‘effect point’.

The points move to form a line, and when the 'effect point' moves, it becomes a new 'cause line'.

Ultimately, everything in the world is the effect and cause of everything.

All foreseeable things in this world are born from the intersection of cause and effect. There is cause and effect, so there are all the things that people see, hear, and feel, as well as people themselves.

Then, play this kind of string like a piano string...

If the existence of 'I' is not strong enough, the link is not close enough, the importance in the universe is not enough, and the 'weighting scale' is not enough, then if you arbitrarily stir up other causes and effects at the expense of yourself, the backlash is most likely to be an accident. My causal link has been torn off...

It is foreseeable that if such a thing really happens, then 'I' will definitely disappear directly in the web of cause and effect, because the lines of 'I' cause and effect no longer intersect.

What will be the consequences of ‘I’ disappearing from the web of cause and effect?

Li Qi didn't know, but he couldn't think better of it.

Maybe it will just disappear.

Completely disappear, no one will remember you anymore, you never existed.

Li Qi vaguely felt this possibility.

Pulling the thread of cause and effect is not a simple matter, but an extremely dangerous tightrope. If you play it wrong, the backlash may be very severe, and it is possible for your own existence to be erased.

But correspondingly...

What if you try hard to stir the thread of cause and effect, and while keeping yourself heavy enough not to fall off the line, shake off the intersection of cause and effect of others?

Does that mean that disappearing is the other side?

This thought echoed in Li Qi's mind.

As always, he was thinking about various things, but his thoughts were still very clear.

His purpose is simple, to save Shen Shuibi.

Although there will definitely be backlash, he has not considered this risk at all. There is no need to consider it. He wants to do it, so he does it. If he doesn't do it, even if he survives, a huge flaw will be left in his Taoist heart.

Just like the disciples in Yunfang's brain.

The real demonic thoughts are not demonic energy or anything like that.

Crush the evil spirit is easy, but are you really willing to reach out and crush it?

So, don’t think about that and just do it.

Death energy crazily poured into Li Qi's body, his vitality was constantly being deprived, and his body began to show signs of aging.

But it didn't matter, Li Qi's mind sank into the web of cause and effect he sensed.

This feeling is extremely wonderful.

He seemed to be able to see countless starlight points scattered in the universe. These light points were attached to everything, and countless threads were faintly extending.

Through this network, he can 'access' countless things and extend countless lines bit by bit.

It's like... being able to see the 'essence' of things.

Every person, every thing, they are all born for a certain 'reason'.

And the 'reason' that gave birth to them was born from other 'reasons'.

In other words, you only need to find the corresponding cause to create the corresponding result.

As long as we trace back the corresponding results, we can find the reasons for everything.

When you create a cause, you create an effect.

By repeating this cycle, you can become aware of all the relationships around you.

The relationship with Shen Shuibi, the relationship with Zhu Fengdan, the relationship with Li Shiwei, the relationship with the Demon Prince, the relationship with Liu Junyi, the relationship with the witchcraft, the relationship with humanity, the relationship with the devil——

Including various objects, such as the relationship with the ghost car and the relationship with Shen Shuibi's hairpin.

It also includes location, such as the relationship with Xuanjing Mountain, the relationship with Wushen Mountain, and the relationship with Chang'an Taixue.

There are many kinds of them.

All of this is clearly visible. Li Qi can clearly perceive all the foundations of his existence. It is precisely because of his connection with these things that Li Qi is Li Qi.

A brand new Li Qi appears out of thin air. Even if he has the same memory, this 'new Li Qi' has not experienced these causes and effects and has not established these connections, so he is fake and Li Qi is real. .

At the same time, through the connection of these lines of cause and effect, the cause and effect of other people can be traced. For example, if the cause and effect of Shen Shuibi is traced all the way, it can be traced back to Empress Luofu.

But... when Li Qi tried to backtrack, he only felt that his eyes were foggy.

At the same time, a voice came from his ear: "Huh? Li Qi? How is it possible, you are only at the sixth level?"

"Retreat quickly, lest it affect you. Don't follow me. It's very dangerous."

After saying this, Li Qi was directly repelled by the mist, and was forced to retreat into Shen Shuibi's line of cause and effect.

Sure enough, the third-grade person is not accessible to him, and...it seems that the other party is very busy.

He should also be on the battlefield like himself.

Forget it, regardless of these things, now we should find the cause and effect around Shen Shuibi and observe what 'coincidences' can happen near her.

Li Qi ignored his own backlash and forcibly searched for it in the causal network.

Even if he is searching, he still needs to withstand the backlash. No matter what, when he explores and manipulates cause and effect, he must start from the place of 'me' and pull and eject a certain 'line' by himself.

These behaviors will have an impact on ‘me’ and weaken ‘my’ sense of existence in the web of cause and effect.

It's like, originally, the connection points of this network are good, and nothing will happen to them if you don't move them. But Li Qi just wants to move hard, and if anything happens, he just twists it twice, and then the connection points of this network will naturally If it becomes loose, it may eventually fall off.

If it falls off, it disappears completely.

While he was exploring and searching, he could clearly feel that his 'existence' was gradually becoming weaker.

He is only at the sixth level, and he is still too 'light' and not heavy enough to hold down this great web of cause and effect.

If you want to be truly crushed to death on the big net and extremely difficult to be shaken by other things, then you probably need at least level three, and you will become the biggest cause around you.

This also allowed Li Qi to combine with the 'influence' he had previously understood. (See Chapter 346)

It turns out that the so-called influence is actually a side manifestation of the ‘heaviness of cause and effect’.

When you become the 'cause' of more and more things, you can create thousands of 'effects' with a wave of your hand. Under the pull of these 'effects', you become more and more important in the universe. Countless things are happening every moment, but if you trace back the causes of many, many things, quite a few of them will eventually trace back to you.

As a result, you become heavier and more important, able to stir up more things.

While Li Qi was comprehending the mystery of the web of cause and effect, it was only after the blood sacrifice that he was truly able to use this powerful power, and it was also the first time that he could truly stir up cause and effect.

This is not a power that can be accessed by the sixth level. If it were not for the blood sacrifices of many world groups, he would not be able to explore the web of cause and effect. He would not have that ability at all.

But Li Qi didn't stop.

The retroactive behavior put him under heavy pressure. Although the consumed cultivation was replenished by the blood sacrifice, the death energy in the blood sacrifice was also constantly eroding Li Qi.

Finally, through his connection with Shen Shuibi, Li Qi traced out all the causes and effects around Shen Shuibi. Li Qi even saw General Zhou.

Just when he started to try to create the 'fruit', Li Qi suddenly stopped.

A new 'cause' is established.

He exited the retroactive state directly.

He stopped consuming a lot, and the death energy on his body began to fade away.

It's not necessary, Shen Shuibi can already survive.

This time, I won.

What a blessing.

But luck is also inevitable to a certain extent.

The detector did not find the Wu Dao reinforcements because they were hidden very deep.

But Wu Dao's reinforcements found the detector, used the detector to successfully locate themselves, and were already heading in the direction of the detector.

As long as Rabbit persists, General Zhou and the Mohist monk will face the siege of more than a dozen fifth-level wizards.

The human side has also been pushed back into the war fortress. The previous situation of taking advantage of the high mobility of the soldiers' quality and leading the wizardry to fight has disappeared.

When we arrived at the War Fortress, the initiative in the war had come to Li Qi.

Breaking away from the causal network, Li Qiqiang stood up and began to give orders to the world leaders through the alliance: "Reduce the intensity, the reserve team can withdraw. From now on, keep the offensive intensity to a humanitarian level and you must hold on to the position. The specific implementation will be based on the local conditions. , I will cancel the blood sacrifice from now on, but the loot will still be determined by each war zone and does not need to be handed over."

After completing the order, he began the actual distribution of combat power, deciding that a certain war zone would be garrisoned by a specific world in order to bring out everyone's advantages.

Now, humanity has been forced to gather together and hold on. Next, all it takes is a wheel battle to siege the city.

Even practitioners have their energy limits. Humanity's manpower is limited and its military strength is seriously insufficient. All it needs is to let the world under the command of Wu Dao continue to attack the city and let them continue to defend the city.

When the siege here is tired, we will withdraw and continue with the second batch of worlds.

Let tens of millions of fighting worlds take turns teaching humanity what superiority in force is.

Even if you are strong, no matter how strong you are, you will still be unable to do anything at all, and you will be exhausted even if you are tired.

If you can't hold on, you can only continue to shrink the defense line.

In the end, they were gradually approached by Li Qi, and they would either be consumed to death or have no choice but to fight in the end.

This was Li Qi's plan, to give full play to Wu Dao's military advantage, and even if he traded lives with the opponent, he would still be killed.

The tables have turned.

In the past, Wu Dao was suppressed and beaten by Human Dao using its mobility. All parties attacked each other, but they were easily restrained by the opponent, walking dogs, and beaten until they could not lift their heads.

However, after this battle, Humanity will be forced to give up its mobility advantage and can only face Li Qigang.

Because if they give up the front, it will be equivalent to handing over the base station of the cardinals of all realms to the witchcraft. After this thing is destroyed, humanity will completely become a piece of loose sand, and all connections will be terminated, and the beginning and end of the war zone cannot be connected. The chain of command completely collapsed.

Compared with the 'alliance' of the witchcraft, the cardinals of all realms are much more convenient and can be used by everyone. They also have nearly unlimited information flow. No matter how complicated the message is, they can be transmitted. There is no need to worry about no signal. Cardinals are present in every corner of the universe.

But the price is that the cardinals of the worlds must rely on the base station to be used, otherwise you cannot connect.

The function of the alliance is poor, but the alliance is decentralized and does not have any restrictions. Although only realm owners of seventh grade and above are eligible to participate, which results in poor communication skills, it is enough.

At this point in the fight, the outcome has become increasingly clear.

However, Liu Junyi did not admit defeat.

Through the Cardinals of the Realms, he issued new orders.

"The whole army, abandon the external defense line, shrink the combat zone, give our soldiers a chance to breathe in shifts, and persevere."

This order is of little use strategically. It is just a slow death. As long as the situation cannot be opened up and the witchcraft cannot be continued to be led, it is meaningless.

but……

Who said we can't open up the situation?

He continued: "Everyone, hold on, hold on until...I will be promoted to fifth rank."