Myriad Paths

The demon prince's dharma has covered almost all the sky in one of the nine places in the world, and the entire area of ​​the demon hot sand has been completely obscured by the demonic energy above the sky.

In the sky, the earth, the ocean, the Gangfeng layer, and even the underground below, the ubiquitous darkness has eroded everything.

According to common sense, at this time, patrol angels will come to look for trouble.

But... more than twenty patrol angels were already lying there, so no one came for the time being.

The fall of many fourth-grade people has caused serious shifts in the surrounding weather.

Yinghuo enters the zodiac, and is more than thirty degrees north of the ecliptic. The hook is already moving, and the light shines like five buckets. Taibai suddenly touches the wolf star, and the wolf star is in the south of the ecliptic.

Seeing the sky in the daytime, competing with the sun for brightness, or even turning into a demon star, the spirit of the year star becomes a spear, the spirit of yinghuo becomes a thief, the spirit of Taibai turns into a celestial dog, the spirit of the star becomes a useless arrow, the spirit of the sun becomes It turns into a bee, and the essence of the moon turns into a comet.

The entire world has been distorted by this, all the flow of Qi has been cut off, and the Demon Prince's energy fills every inch of space. In an ordinary world, this would probably be a devastating disaster.

Under normal circumstances, a third-level player should take action at this time.

Unfortunately, an agreement has been reached between the magicians. Except for the parties concerned, no power above level four will intervene in this matter.

So……

It can even be said that if the third level does not take action, no one in this universe can stop the Demon Prince.

However, Shariputra stretched out his hand and pulled the seriously injured Jing Wuzhen back.

Face the Demon Prince alone.

No...he was not alone. Then came Moggallana, two Buddhist disciples, blocking the way of the demon prince.

"Ah...you two, that's fine too, they're pretty much the same." The Demon Prince put on the heavy ink jade mask again and said, "So, what did Li Qi do? Can you tell me?"

When Shariputra heard this, he clasped his hands and said calmly: "Oh, are you here for Li Qi? I thought you were here to protect the City of Dreams. After all, Li Qi wants to refine half of the city. "

"Those things are irrelevant. I just want to know about Li Qi's situation. Oh, yes, you have already started telling me, so let's continue. What plan did he arrange and why was he able to break through to the third level so quickly?" The Demon Prince looked at it. Asked Shariputra this way.

Both parties knew clearly that the Demon Prince had now broken through to the fourth level.

Monster-like talent.

However, such a hasty breakthrough is not without cost.

The Demon Prince became angry when he realized that "Li Qi might be better than him". He could allow him to "take the first step", but he could never accept that his peers were better than him.

Even if his talent is better than his own, it won't matter.

As the only one among his peers who had defeated the Demon Prince by making breakthroughs on the spot, Li Qi had a special status in the Demon Prince's eyes, otherwise he wouldn't have been paying attention to Li Qi.

A 'defeated general' like Shariputra could clearly feel that the Demon Prince was much indifferent to them, and could even be said to be somewhat indifferent.

After all, he was just a defeated general.

"What's the plan? If you ask me, I'm afraid there's no plan. It's just that when he was in the fifth level, he was already laying the groundwork for his third level. Now he's just using a riskier method to lay the groundwork for himself. Just a few stepping stones, then step on them and climb up by your own strength," Shariputra said.

"When I was at the fifth level, I was laying the groundwork... So, what is the opportunity now? Why can he be promoted by devouring eleven demon kings and using this place as a dojo? This is different from the promotion of witchcraft. Doesn't it matter?" The Demon Prince asked Shariputra again.

He was indeed doubtful about this.

Shariputra smiled and replied: "Promoted in the way of 'dojo', Demon Prince, doesn't it look familiar to you? Where is the largest dojo in the world?"

Where is the largest dojo in the world?

This is definitely a secret to ordinary people.

But to Shariputra, the demon prince, this is something everyone knows.

The largest dojo in the world is Shinto, the dojo of ‘Tai Yi’, the Lord of Star Officials.

The sky is full of stars, including the four phases, and all the places covered by the world are the dojo of "Tai Yi" and are also components of this god.

Of course, there is another famous example, that is, the "Dragon Lord of the East China Sea" uses the entire East China Sea as a dojo, and coupled with the status of the Sea God, he wants to break through to the second level.

Even if it fails.

"Oh, that is to say, the Shinto method? Shinto...wait, Li Qi doesn't seem to be a god, right?" The Demon Prince suddenly realized something.

Li Qi is quite far away from Shinto.

"This issue needs to be discussed. After all, his master is the descendant of Zhu Rong, who is an orthodox god. He has a good relationship with Yao Ji, right? And... you should have heard that Haotian once He promised to 'carry out punishment on behalf of heaven'," Shariputra said. (See Chapter 692 for details)

"That is to say, oh... Is Zhu Rong's heir? He has been prepared for a long time. Now he has seized the opportunity and used the Shinto method and the previous preparation to advance to the third level. Moreover, the dojo is still in the dream city... This is, he wants to go to the world of desire. "?" At this time, the Demon Prince suddenly said.

"Yes, it's not impossible, is it?" Shariputra said with his hands clasped together.

"Well... you are actually quite annoying. You are known as the wisest... ah, no, you are indeed the smartest among your peers. You can even catch my flaws here. Compared with you, Li Qi and I seem too naive." The Demon Prince looked at Shariputra and said so.

"Catch the flaws? No, there have never been any flaws. Everything you do is destined. The cause has been planted, and there must be a result. Even if for you, the cause and effect can be reversed, but in your heart, everything has been determined. What a person wants to do is ultimately determined by all the "cause" in his previous life."

The typical attitude of Buddhism is that everything is caused by "conditions", born from "cause", and finally produces "fruits", and then the cause and effect cycle.

Even if the law of cause and effect itself is not solid, the cause and effect connection itself exists.

In the final analysis, as long as the "sequence of time" still exists, then this way of doing things is undoubted.

"Yes, so, if you see through all the causes, you will see through all the results, so the ability to catch flaws is particularly strong, which is also wisdom." The Demon Prince said. "How can there be so many flaws in a person's life, Prince Devil, you think too much." Shariputra said so.

"Heh... OK, although he is defeated, he is really good at talking. However, I have roughly understood it." Prince Devil stood up and flew down.

He went to find Li Qi.

Only the seriously injured Jing Wuzhen looked at a loss.

She tried to support her body and said weakly: "Ahem, Buddhist son, what are you and Prince Devil talking about?"

The simple warriors could not understand the conversation between the two riddlers at all.

However, compared with Shariputra and Prince Devil, such a conversation was just right, simple, clear, and everyone could understand it.

"Okay, don't think too much, take a rest first, don't worry about those, what we have to do is over." Shariputra said with a smile, gently stroking Jing Wuzhen's wound.

With the Buddha's energy in his hand, the injury began to be gradually healed.

Only Maudgalyayana stood there and sighed: "Is he ignored... It seems that my practice is not enough."

"Okay, don't worry too much. The devil prince's evil thoughts are too deep. Although this is also the reason why he is powerful, this obsession is not a good thing after all." Shariputra patted Maudgalyayana on the shoulder.

"Then, what about Master Li Qi?" asked Maudgalyayana.

Shariputra smiled and just shook his head.

The next moment, the sky broke through the clouds!

The sky was originally covered by the black fog of the devil prince. However, when the devil prince landed at the lowest level, the black fog was torn apart, and the light pierced through the haze. The dawn appeared behind the black curtain of the sky, as if the iron rod burned through the ice, and the wild mountains and ridges were all yellow and rose-colored. The sun announced by thousands of rays of light finally came out from the abyss of light.

The body of the devil prince flew directly from the ground below.

His eyes were quite solemn.

He had discovered that Li Qi had filled the god in his body with eleven demon kings, and then promoted himself with the Shinto method, revealing some characteristics of a "god".

But... this is not right.

As we all know, all "gods", including star officials, are born, and there is no way to make you become a god without dying once and reincarnating.

Unless -

"Unless, I really die once." Li Qi said so, and then stood in front of the demon prince.

His momentum was still rising, and the promotion was not over.

Only then did Li Qi know that... the promotion of the third rank might even last for millions of years. During these millions of years, he would gradually gain complete "reality" and possess a thorough, even "absolute" immortal nature.

Beyond the three realms, not in the five elements - this is probably the best interpretation of the third rank.

Moreover, the speed of his promotion might make all the beings in the nine lands of the world look up to him, right?

"You dared to kill your own soul, and then recast it... Without going through the reincarnation of the underworld, you directly tied yourself to the earth and became 'half god' and 'half earth god'. Li Qi, Li Qi, you are really brave." The Demon Prince looked at Li Qi, and his expression obviously lost the usual 'calmness'.

On the contrary, his eyes were shining.

If the Demon Prince was the kind of indifference standing on the top of the mountain before, then at this moment he was a climber who saw the 'high mountain' again. Although his overlord foundation was even shaken, the Demon Prince himself seemed more excited... It can even be said to be 'manic'.

"I originally thought that no one in this world could beat me, but, Li Qi, Li Qi, I really don't know how to describe my mood. I should have challenged you here and defeated you here, but once I fight with you and interrupt your promotion, you will lose your prime state and lose the opportunity for a feast in the future." The Demon Prince changed his usual frugal appearance and described his mood in a somewhat long-winded way.

"Okay, Prince Mo... or should I call you by your name, Mo Luo Shang Fan, are you anxious?" This was the first time Li Qi called out Prince Mo's name, he used to call him by his title.

However, this name was not a secret, Li Shiwei often called him 'Uncle Mo', because she also knew Prince Mo's real name.

He never concealed his name.

This name is actually quite big. Moro is the title of "Devil", Brahman means "Lord" and "All Things", "Shang" is his name, and the others are modifications.

Therefore, if understood in vernacular, the full name of the Demon Prince is ‘Shang, the Lord of All Things who was born from the Demon of Heaven’.

"Afraid? Oh, you're right, I'm a little lost." The Demon Prince took a deep breath, picked up the crutches again, and said, "So, how did you think of doing this?"

"Think of it? I don't know. I don't have this memory yet, and I don't know when I arranged it. If you want to know the answer, you should ask Chongnian the great wizard."

"I'm afraid it's not just that, there's also Yun Fang. The divination failure on your daughter's body was Yun Fang's handiwork, right? How long ago was it arranged?" asked the Demon Prince.

"It's not good to ask too many questions. If you want answers, go find them. As I just said, I don't know anything now. My memory has been torn down by myself, just to avoid being exposed. After all, I want to It takes a lot of courage to do such a big thing," Li Qi said with a smile.

"I understand, then... the doubts are almost resolved. Now that I am no match for you, I will leave first. Next time, I won't be so embarrassed." The Demon Prince stood up and prepared to leave.

Li Qi smiled and didn't stop him.

While the two of them were talking, his cultivation and essence were constantly improving.

The ascension has begun and will not stop for millions of years to come.

Li Qi couldn't even describe this feeling...

The third grade is a qualitative change.

The current Demon Prince is definitely no match for him.

He has truly reached the "high level" and has become a being who can be called a "mighty one" no matter where he is, even enough to look down on the so-called Overlord Daoji.

Of course, it's only temporary. In his current state, the Demon Prince will probably try his best to catch up.

The conversation with the Demon Prince did not last long. Almost as soon as he finished speaking, the Demon Prince left and disappeared in an instant.

And Li Qi closed his eyes.

Memories flooded into my mind.

So this is ah.

Li Qi knew that he had plans, but in order to prevent leaks, he split these plans into pieces and turned them into instincts in an incomprehensible way.

"The God in my body actually has such a use. Although I have been reminded many times, I am really a genius." Li Qi felt the information seeping out of the remains of the God in his body.

As said before——

Everything that happened happened.

Even if it is traced back and reset, then all this has happened, but it has just become a bunch of "message sent from a distant place, and I don't know where it came from."

Even if it has no roots or origins, existence is existence.

Use this method to reset things.

Then, this sourceless information, information that is meaningless in the eyes of the devil, became the key to this plan.

Yes, it is meaningless in the eyes of the devil.

The Demonic Way believes that the world is nothingness, so this information is meaningless, while Li Qi believes that it is true. This difference in thinking is the reason why the Demon Lords are tricked.

It's hard to describe how it's done, let alone describe it, or even understand it.

To put it simply, Li Qi used "non-existent" things to foreshadow himself.

One thing happened.

Then, the power of the third level will look back and make this matter become a state that 'never happened'.

But in fact, it is like opening a box and then closing it again. The box has been opened once after all, and the contents inside have been seen long ago, and the information has been leaked out.

If anything, it's like a 'time thief'.

Steal information from the gaps in time.

A person with the ability to backtrack can, when facing an enemy, fight with the opponent first, then die, and then backtrack and gain an intelligence advantage by relying on the "strategy" that he has fought once.

When Li Qi was in the fifth level, he used this technique to become famous in various war zones.

This trick can also be used in scientific research.

Continuously try and make mistakes with the same raw materials, go back if you fail, and then start over again, and you can obtain scientific research information from the constant backtracking.

So, from the perspective of magic, that is, the world itself has no reality, and the illusions of retrospect are naturally meaningless.

However, Li Qi got his own answer, that is, everything is real, everything that happened is true.

The third level of Demon Dao is completely different from Li Qi's third level in this regard, and their magical powers will also be different because of this.

So, taking advantage of this 'cognitive difference', he seized the flaw in the magic way, secretly passed the message through the gap in time, and executed the plan perfectly even though he had 'no memory'.

With Li Qi as the core, the Demon Lords created a thought storm, which was exactly what Li Qi wanted, and even the pre-production was helped by Li Qi.

When Li Qi came to the City of Dreams, the second thing he did was to massacre here.

It seemed that he was carried away... Of course, in fact, he was indeed controlled by anger, otherwise it would not be possible to hide it from the eyes of the devil.

This is the "clever" thing. Everything Li Qi did was "from his heart." He himself didn't know the plan, but the coincidence of all the settings allowed him to execute it according to the plan.

His killings and subsequent transformation plans made the City of Dreams aware of Li Qi's existence, making Li Qi the undoubted core.

The Demon Lords took advantage of this and arranged a thought storm, embedding Li Shiwei into it, trying to open up Li Qi's defenses, and finally turned defeat into victory.

However, when Li Qi was shaken by Li Shiwei, the demon kings rushed into his inner world and were blocked by Li Shiwei who resisted.

It is indeed possible for Li Shiwei to take action, and this is the only variable in the plan.

But Li Qi chose to 'believe'.

Facts have proved that Li Qi made the right bet.

After that, using the connection established by the 'thinking storm', Li Qi, as the core set up by the demon kings, directly took the opportunity to usurp the 'symbol' here, and used this as the core to transform himself into a 'half earth creature'.

After that, he ate the Death Demon Daoyun. In this way, he took the initiative to eliminate his own soul and died here, but he did not die completely. This death was to allow the inner world to be attached to the 'world'. Became 'half god'.

The death demon Daoyun completely killed Li Qi, but Daoyun himself did not know how to kill. This was 'cheating'.

Then, Li Qi directly usurped and mastered the Death Demon Dao Yun, completing his rebirth in a state of 'half god, half earthly'.

In the end, without the interference of high-quality beings, he turned half of the dream city into his own dojo, refined the eleven demon kings as gods in his body, reshaped the inner world, and turned all things into 'reality'. This serves as the basis of Taoism and reaches the third level.

Although it hasn't arrived yet, it is already a certainty. It will probably only take about a million years to become a complete third grade.

From the beginning, the demon kings had already made a mistake when choosing their purpose.

Of course, success cannot be achieved without the help of powerful people.

Although it was agreed that those above level 4 could not interfere, in fact, no matter whether it was the witchcraft or the demonic path, there were many hidden tricks behind it. Even the agreement of ‘no interference’ was itself part of the secret trick.

Zhu Fengdan's brother, Li Qi's uncle, Prince Changqin took action to help Li Qi survive this disaster, and even gave Li Qi a chance to become a third-ranker.

I really have to thank my elders. This is the advantage of being born in a great tradition. I guess the teacher has played a lot of role behind the scenes.

The birth of a third-grade person can be seen just by looking at the world.

Li Qi could even feel countless eyes looking towards this place. He probably attracted all the attention of Jiudao.

It seems that only the Demonic Way suffers. Half of the City of Dreams has been refined by Li Qi and used as a dojo. This is one of the foundations of the world.

But... the devil can't be considered a loss.

After all, the Demon Prince also made money.

Moreover, Li Qi is still not sure whether the 'Five Aggregate Demon' who improved his true knowledge is real.

If it's true……

Well, it's hard to say.

It's not over yet.

Thinking of this, Li Qiluo returned to the ground.

On the ground, Li Shiwei was waiting for Li Qi.

She has returned to the fifth level, and the murderous aura brought by the Death Demon Dao Yun in her body is gone.

Of course not, it had been eaten by Li Qi.

However, before that, Li Qi had some admiration for his daughter.

It's really hard to imagine.

How did she endure being burdened with the death demon Dao Yun that was activated by the demon kings?

With this in mind, Li Qi reached out and touched his daughter's head: "Look, we still have a tacit understanding. We didn't discuss it with you in advance this time, but... we did a good job."

"In this way, I can grow old with peace of mind, right?" Li Shiwei breathed a sigh of relief, a little stiff, but still brought up her sense of humor and wanted to say something witty.

"Well, you have to thank the stone, right?" Li Qi squatted down and reached out to touch the jade pendant hanging around Li Shiwei's waist.

The seal on the jade pendant was immediately lifted, and you could see that there were many cracks on it.

Shitou also immediately made a voice, "Zhuren... me, how did I do?"

Li Qize said: "It's very good. If it weren't for you, Shi Wei wouldn't be able to withstand the thought storm created by the demon kings. Although she calls her parents, I know that you have a share of the credit. Thank you, I owe you a favor.”

"It would be great if I could help the boss. After all... Zhuren, you know, I have always wanted to tell the boss that in this world, it's not just... Zhuren you who care about her." Shitou said.

"Well...thank you." Li Qi said thank you to Shitou again.

Baoyu has the power of pure heart, but it is really hard to resist such deep evil thoughts.

Li Qi gently touched the cracks on the jade stone and restored them all.

Li Shiwei also looked at the stone with a complicated expression.

"Okay, you go ahead. Let's talk about the celebration when we get home." Li Qi said, "It will probably take a while for your mother to come out of seclusion. Go back and have a good rest for a while. You have to know that you can survive it. A lot of people are helping.”

"Well..." Li Shiwei didn't know what to say for the time being, so she just nodded.

She already knows that since she left, she has been trapped in the devil's trap... However, there are people behind her father, and she is just acting as a pawn.

Many of her things were actually guided by the devil. When she had demonic thoughts because she couldn't help her parents, it had already become a flaw against Li Qi in the eyes of the devil.

However, luckily she survived, and Li Qi also completed the final comeback with the help of his elders.

"You have also seen that this world is not as good as you think, but... it is not as bad as you think. It is colorful, black and white, that's why we have this universe and everything we have today. Ah, this is nature." Li Qi sighed.

This world is, without a doubt, real.

No matter what, regardless of reality or not, those things that happened are real.

Nothing in this world is ‘fake’.

This view is actually very strange. After the third level, Li Qi is supposed to have the ability to erase existence, and can really easily treat things below the fourth level as 'illusions'.

But he has no such idea at this moment. In fact, he does not have this ability.

Don't want to, don't want to.

Li Qi felt that he had to respect the 'truth' of all this, and this was the answer he found.

This answer is not a restriction, it is just what Li Qi wants to do.

He felt a sense of 'respect' for the reality of this universe. Such respect made Li Qi unwilling to easily use his abilities to interfere with the fate of others.

If Li Qi were a third-grade person, he would probably be a more peaceful person, at least... more loving than the indifferent look he had when he was a fourth-grade person.

He has realized the importance of mortals. As a powerful person, he clearly understands that there is no essential difference between mortals and him, and they are treated equally, which gradually becomes important in his eyes.

In this way, after watching Li Shiwei leave, Li Qi's figure gradually disappeared.

But he did not leave the world, but came to the sky.

There, there are two shadows.

"Uncle, and...father-in-law." Li Qi cupped his hands and saluted the two figures.

Yes, ‘father-in-law’.

There is no doubt that there is only one person who can bear this title, and that is the powerful person who gave birth to Chen Shuibi, the Sun and Moon True Lead Cauldron.

Or his name is ‘Yang Zhen Lead’.

Yang Ning's surname was inherited from him. Similarly, Shen Shuibi's surname came from Empress Luofu. Although they were sisters, they still had different surnames based on their nature.

Of course, speaking of father-in-law is actually a bit strange, because essentially, Sun Jing and Yue Jing were born from the True Lead Cauldron of Sun and Moon, so they should be called mother-in-law.

The essence of the two sisters is that when two powerful people had sex, their spiritual thoughts and Tao were blended and touched. Empress Luofu placed the essence of the combination of the two in the belly of the true lead cauldron of the sun and moon. After gestation, it was lifted up. Open the lid of the cauldron, and then manifest into the form of the Golden Crow and the Jade Rabbit, and you will be born in the seventh level.

Generally speaking, the true lead cauldron of the sun and the moon is the mother.

But now that we are at this point, gender is really not that important.

Although under the fundamental rule of the universe of "yin and yang", most races are divided into two genders, yin and yang, but there are always exceptions in the vast world. In fact, many races have more than two genders at all, some only have one, and some There are three, five, eight, or more than ten people in a family engaged in group marriage.

Not to mention the issue of multiple genders, just talking about reincarnation. Many Bodhisattvas have been reincarnated and changed their gender seventeen or eight times. Many Bodhisattvas have had hundreds of lives. Yesterday they were male and today they are female. Moreover, they have not changed their gender. They are all the same gender at birth. , how can we judge the man and woman he is today?

Therefore, for the Almighty, there is no need to pay attention to this fact. You can call it whatever you want, just call it according to the current gender.

In fact, you don’t have to shout, but many traditions are left over from ancient times, so just treat it as a courtesy.

Li Qi was wandering around in his mind, while standing solemnly on the spot, waiting for the two seniors to speak.

The first one to speak was Prince Changqin.

As Zhu Rong's eldest son, Zhu Fengdan's eldest brother, and Li Qi's uncle, although he and Li Qi were not familiar with each other, it was definitely only Li Qi's unilateral unfamiliarity.

In fact, for Changqin, he has been following Li Qi for a long time.

So, he said: "From today on, you will have to shoulder a lot of burdens."

"It should be so. I can get here. Master, Wu Shenshan and my father-in-law must have put a lot of thought into it. Especially now that it is still a war, I am afraid it will be even harder." Li Qi bowed his hands and said.

"It's all trivial. Whether you can be promoted or not, in the final analysis, it all depends on you. We can only help you pave the way, but we can't help you walk. And you can be considered worthy. Wu Shenshan doesn't know how many people have paved the way for you, but in the end, you can walk." After all, there are still a few who are completely successful." Changqin said.

At this moment, Yang Zhenqian also spoke, but he saw the phantom saying: "Besides, I have to remember you as a favor regarding Luofu Mountain, but I'm serious, you are really brave, for Luofu Mountain Shan, dare to be the vanguard to trigger a war between humans and witches... This is so true that I can't help but sigh. "

Yes, although the bomb for the human-witch war has been laid for a long time, Li Qi himself is definitely not qualified to provoke conflicts between the two parties, but no matter what, he must have set the trigger.

This also requires courage, and it requires great courage.

"Father-in-law was joking. Anyone can do the detonation. Today there won't be me, but there will be others tomorrow. After all, if you want to fight, there are ten thousand reasons." Li Qi immediately shook his head, refusing to take the blame.

Prince Changqin interrupted the conversation and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. There is no point in talking about these things. Li Qi, do you know why we didn't leave?"

"Do you have any tasks to explain? Master, please tell me directly." Li Qi said immediately: "It's just... Master should also know that if I am promoted in this way, I will definitely have to go to the world of desire, so , Regarding the matter of immediately supporting the battlefield, I am afraid that I will not be able to join the battle of the third level. "

Li Qi inherited the Death Demon Dao Yun and used half of the Dream City as a dojo to be promoted to the third level. He had to go to the Desire Realm to settle something, otherwise there would be endless troubles.

"Don't worry, I know this too. If you want to go to the Desire Realm, I won't stop you. However, before that, your cultivation level needs to be stable. I have a treasure here that can help you stabilize your cultivation level quickly. "Shorten your stabilization time." Prince Changqin said, "You have to be careful. The disaster Shi Yan mentioned may not be over yet."