The Ghost Island was located in the depths of the South Sea, and only the Dragon Race had the ability to take the risk to search for it.
Even if they were discovered, as long as they escaped into the deep sea, even You Quan would feel powerless.
For tens of thousands of years, the resource-rich ocean had been occupied by the Dragon Race because of their unique racial talent. Even if the humans and demons coveted it, they couldn't compete with the Dragon Race in the deep sea.
This was only one of the arrangements. After all, Li Mu couldn't pin all his hopes on the Dragon Race to find the other two ancestors of the Demonic Path before they advanced. He had to make more comprehensive arrangements.
It would be great if he could advance to the Eighth Realm as soon as possible. Although the Eighth Realm was a whole new world and couldn't be compared to the Seventh Realm, and he couldn't defeat several people alone, he still had the confidence to fight one against two.
At that time, together with Tian Jizi, they could compete with the three ancestors of the Demonic Path.
Xuan Ming could be handed over to the Empress. After restraining Xuan Ming, no one in the Demonic Path would be a match for Zhou Zhong, Fu Daozi, and the ghost servant. Together with Ao Feng and the others, their strength would be enough to form an overwhelming advantage.
However, the Dao Integration Realm wasn't something that Li Mu could advance just because he wanted to.
The first and second ancestors of the Demonic Path were originally at the peak of the Seventh Realm. In order to break through to the Eighth Realm, they slaughtered tens of millions of lives in Yanzhou and Juku Continent. Their advancement was made with the lives of tens of millions of people. Li Mu wouldn't and couldn't do that.
Among the thousands of techniques in the cultivation world, there was no faster shortcut than the Demonic Path.
Li Mu looked at Tian Jizi and asked, "Senior Tian Jizi, how did you advance back then?"
Tian Jizi said, "I'm ashamed to say that all the Spirit Crystals of Xuanzong's ancestors were wasted on me."
The most important part of the inheritance of the six sects was the cultivation crystals condensed by the ancestors before their lifespans were exhausted. Apart from Fu Daozi, all the Seventh Realm experts of the six sects advanced through this method.
No wonder there were so few Seventh Realm experts in Xuanzong. It turned out that they used all their Spirit Crystals to create an Eighth Realm expert.
Otherwise, the Xuan Sect would have more powerhouses in the Nirvana Realm than the other five sects combined. But at the same time, they wouldn't have any powerhouses of the eighth level protecting them. Perhaps they would've been destroyed by the demonic path a long time ago.
Li Mu was unable to replicate Tian Jizi's path of advancement.
Each sect had a limited amount of Spiritual Crystals. Up until now, almost all of them had been used up. Even if the six sects gave their last Spiritual Crystals to Li Mu, it was still far from enough.
Li Mu suddenly had an idea. The mantra of Tao Te Ching, as his last trump card, was more powerful than the Sun-Shooting Bow. With his current cultivation, he still could not use it. If he borrowed the mana of Tian Jizi, what would happen?
As long as his primordial spirit temporarily possessed Li Mu, Li Mu would be able to start the experiment.
He looked back at Divine Predictor, but before he could speak, Divine Predictor pinched his fingers and said, "Although I don't know what you're going to say, this old man has calculated that what you're going to do next has a 90% chance of destroying my body and soul. This method absolutely cannot work …"
Since Divine Predictor had said so, Li Mu could only give up.
It seemed that even if Li Mu advanced to the Eighth Realm one day, he still could not uncover the secrets of Tao Te Ching. However, Li Mu had a faint premonition in his heart that the backlash of the power of Heaven and Earth was not without a limit.
When he was strong enough to withstand this huge power of Heaven and Earth, he would completely master these mantras. At that time, the mystery of Tao Te Ching would be completely revealed before his eyes.
Li Mu no longer bothered about this matter and said to Divine Predictor, "Senior Divine Predictor, can you let me take a look at the Heavenly Book of Xuanzong?"
Already knowing Divine Predictor's intentions, Li Mu did not stand on ceremony with him. Divine Predictor stretched out his hand, and a simple page appeared. It was the last page of the Heavenly Book of the six sects.
Divine Predictor said, "Since the Heavenly Book of the five sects is already in your hands, you can also take this page of the Heavenly Book."
Li Mu separated his divine sense and sank his consciousness into the Heavenly Book. The contents of the Heavenly Book of the six sects were similar. In the Heavenly Book of Xuanzong, there were also the figures of giant beasts and a group of ancient cultivators using mysterious techniques to fight against their enemies. Li Mu swept through those techniques and techniques, focusing all his attention on the divination.
This was the supreme technique of Xuanzong. When one cultivated to the highest level, one could foresee the future. Even Divine Predictor only understood the surface.
Li Mu pinched his fingers with one hand. Divine Predictor reminded, "Anyone who tries to pry into the secrets of heaven will be bitten by the secrets of heaven. Countless seniors of Xuanzong were proficient in this Dao, but they all fell before their lifespan was exhausted. You have to be careful."
Li Mu nodded and said, "I know."
With the rise of the demonic path and the impending calamity of the continent, there were many other things that needed to be prepared besides cultivating diligently.
The many forces of the continent could no longer be like before, scattered everywhere like a plate of loose sand. It would be extremely easy for the demonic path to take them down one by one.
Although there was a long-distance teleportation formation, it consumed a large amount of spiritual jades every time it was activated. It was extremely inconvenient. It was better to gather all the experts in one place so that they could be mobilized in the fastest and most timely manner.
After discussing with Divine Predictor, Li Mu chose a small coastal country in the south.
The battle that was about to happen in the future would be an earth-shattering one. Several eighth level cultivators and dozens of seventh level cultivators would participate in the battle. It would be an apocalyptic scene. It was best for the battlefield to be in a remote and uninhabited place.
The people of the small country in the south would gradually move inland. The experts of the six sects of Daoism, the four sects of Buddhism, the Yao Nation, the Ghost Realm, the Yong Nation, and the Great Zhou would establish a line of defense on the shores of the South Sea.
That was the first line of defense, and also the last line of defense.
If they won, the Ten Continents would be at peace. If they lost, the Ten Continents would be completely invaded by the demonic path.
The Divine Capital.
The people who knew nothing were happy. The battle between the righteous and demonic paths had nothing to do with them. They only knew that their lives were stable now, and the Great Zhou was growing stronger day by day. They would have a long period of good days in the future.
Not many of the officials and nobles in the imperial court knew the inside story.
Only a few people knew that the deans and vice-deans of the four major academies had already left the Divine Capital. Her Majesty the Empress also hadn't attended court for many days.
Above the clouds above the Divine Capital.
Two figures that were hard to see with the naked eye shuttled through the clouds. The light of spells illuminated the white clouds in colors.
No matter how Li Mu and the Empress cultivated, it was impossible for them to break through their cultivation level in a short period of time. He could only impart everything that he knew to them. Even if the Empress couldn't display the full might of those Mystical Powers and Dao techniques like Li Mu, she could still improve a part of her abilities.
At a certain moment, Li Mu's figure appeared above the clouds. He looked at the Empress and said, "That's enough. Your Majesty should have no opponent below the eighth level."
Zhou Yi looked at Li Mu and said, "So you've been going easy on me."
When Li Mu had just entered the seventh level, he hadn't comprehended the power of domains. It was indeed difficult for him to defeat the Empress. But when he learned how to use domains, the Empress was no longer his opponent.
However, Li Mu had never used the power of domains on her.
Li Mu held her hand and walked on the clouds. He smiled and said, "If I don't go easy on Your Majesty, should I go easy on others?"
Zhou Yi stopped and leaned on Li Mu's shoulder. She asked softly, "Can we win?"
Li Mu held her slender waist and said with certainty, "We definitely can."
This sentence was only used by Li Mu to comfort the Empress. Whether they could win against the ancestors of the demonic path or not, Li Mu wasn't completely sure.
Tian Jizi could predict that the calamity was coming. He could predict that Li Mu had a chance of survival, but he couldn't predict what method he would use to break it.
Li Mu also didn't know.
There was no way he could deal with that extra eighth level powerhouse. After sending the Empress back to the palace, Li Mu flew back into the clouds. He closed his eyes and chanted a spell. He formed a seal with one hand and used a divination technique. But all he saw was darkness.
At the same time, a massive power of heaven and earth emerged from the void. Li Mu grunted and an abnormal flush appeared on his face. He had already been lightly injured.
Those who divined into the secrets of the heavens would definitely suffer a backlash. But Li Mu didn't give up. He formed another seal and all he saw was darkness.
This darkness had no boundary. It stretched up and down endlessly, left and right. The entire world was filled with a kind of extreme darkness. He divined a great battle with the demonic path. This indicated that in the current situation, they had no hope of winning.
Just as Li Mu was about to give up, a faint light suddenly appeared in a certain direction in the darkness.
This light was very dim. Li Mu almost missed it. But it was indeed the only light in the endless darkness.
Li Mu opened his eyes and looked in a certain direction. That was the direction of the light in the darkness.
That glimmer of light represented hope.
And that direction was Yingzhou.
Li Mu didn't delay. He walked all the way to the northeast. Soon, a vast land appeared in front of him.
This was Yingzhou, a barren land adjacent to the Zu Continent. Mo Li and the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Great Zhou would be conducting research on mechanisms here. But Li Mu wasn't here to find them. He went all the way into Yingzhou. After passing through countless places filled with smoke and miasma, he finally arrived at a mountain range.
This mountain range stretched endlessly, but there was no poisonous miasma. The reason was that there wasn't a single blade of grass in this mountain range. There were no poisonous plants or plants that could produce miasma.
The entire mountain range was filled with a thick corpse aura.
Li Mu floated in the air. He looked around and soon saw a familiar figure.
Xuan Ming also didn't expect that Li Mu would come here. His expression changed drastically. He said in surprise, "What are you doing here?!"
When enemies meet, their eyes turn red. Xuan Ming and Li Mu met here. The atmosphere instantly became tense. A battle was about to break out. Suddenly, a deep voice came from the mountain range. "It's you …"
A sturdy figure flew out from a mountain. This figure carried a thick corpse aura. Li Mu was shocked. This person's aura easily overshadowed his and Xuan Ming's. It was comparable to You Quan and Tian Jizi's.
This was actually an expert of the Eighth Realm …
Li Mu looked at the figure that was gradually becoming clearer. He lowered his voice and said, "Emperor Bai …"
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