Myriad Paths

In short, the war with the second-grade demons is over.

Everything is moving in a good direction.

For example, Wu Xian is back, and he has the "idea" he wants in his hand.

As for Xiantian...

Li Qi doesn't know.

Anyway, Xiantian disappeared in the end.

As for what the spiritual path has become, Li Qi is not very clear, anyway, the spiritual path has shrunk back.

It is difficult to evaluate what happened, but there is no need to figure out everything.

It's like many sects don't care what Li Qi is doing. Li Qi and the demons exploded, and it's really nothing in their eyes, just like Li Qi doesn't care what they are doing.

Everyone does their own thing, and no one delays anyone.

Apart from the disputes between the major sects, there is no major event in this universe that "all beings are paying attention to". After all, the universe is so big that there are always places that are too lazy to watch you.

The universe is like a huge, jointly created mural. Without telling each other, you paint this section, I paint that section, and finally create this magnificent cosmic scroll.

As for the intersection of our drawings, whether to work together or fight for the right to define this section depends on both parties.

After parting with the Demon Prince, all Li Qi had left was to wait.

When the Demon Prince finished reading the Great Tripitaka and the Great Tripitaka, it should be about the same, right?

As for Li Qi himself, he was not going to read those things. He was not interested in these things in Buddhism. Li Qi still believed that the essence of this universe was material, and using self-consciousness as a criterion for judgment was really not in line with his path.

Li Qi thought so, and then set out on the way home.

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As soon as I got home, the fresh aroma of medicine lingered, and in the lingering fire, the elixir light on the furnace was flickering.

"Are you back?" Shen Shuibi asked beside the elixir furnace.

"Well, it's time to rest after that, and there's nothing specific to do." Li Qi returned to his recliner, rocking and watching the clouds outside.

The elixir fire gradually died out.

Shen Shuibi put away the refined elixir, put it into the gourd, and then walked over here.

She sat on Li Qi's legs, the rocking chair lost balance and fell backwards, but immediately supported itself under the effect of its own material, up and down, up and down.

"What's wrong?" Li Qi hugged her, without moving his body, just lying there, letting the rocking chair rock.

"Everything is settled, and there should be no enemies to face now, so, what about the thing we talked about before?" Rabbit grabbed Li Qi's hand and put it on her belly.

"What's the matter? Oh, give birth to a second child, um..." Li Qi remembered what he had said before.

Give birth to a second child.

What if it's a barbecued pork? Li Shiwei has already given Li Qi a headache, and if there is another one, Li Qi feels that his old bones can't stand it.

To be honest, the inner demons have never bothered him so much, and he has never had such a headache when he went to the battlefield.

"Before you didn't care, Jiupin let her go out and hang out, plus you were also targeted by the demons, how can you blame her? Isn't Shi Wei much more obedient now? Besides, at that time, we were not mature yet." Shen Shuibi gently rubbed Li Qi's chest with the back of her head and said so.

"Well... that's right, then, come on." Li Qi broke free from Shen Shuibi's hand, picked her up, turned over, and let the two lie on the recliner facing each other.

Anyway, there is really nothing to do now, so let's have another child and raise it well.

After all, my bloodline will definitely be very strong. It is a direct descendant of the second rank, and it is not the type that can give birth to millions of children at a time. It is eugenics.

In the state of eugenics, there shouldn't be any problems, right?

However, the delicate strings whispered, the arms moved, the jade bracelets rang in harmony, the room was lit, and the couple lit the lights, the time was not over, and the joy was very great.

This time, Shen Shuibi's pregnancy lasted much longer than before.

Li Shiwei has only been around for seventy or eighty years, but this time it is not calculated according to seventy or eighty years, and we have to add a ten thousand character.

But the second child was finally born, and it was a boy.

On the day of the birth, both Laqi and Li Shiwei came, but Li Shiwei's expression was a little subtle.

Shitou came with him, and he seemed very calm, but Li Qi could see that he was actually very curious. Shitou seemed to be very concerned about this "little brother".

Li Qi saw that he probably wanted to see what Li Shiwei looked like when she was young.

To be honest, Li Qi was also a little...scared about this.

Can't it be the second bastard?

I hope not.

But there is one thing to rest assured, the second child is obviously born with a different species.

When he was born, even the world had a strange phenomenon.

There were five Jie Yi floating scenes, clouds soaring into the blue sky, and four Cang Chi chariots rising up in the dust. Ten thousand horses were seen flying together, galloping in the sky, driving Ju Mang, Chun Zai Yang, Zhen Wei standing in the east.

Li Qi looked at the seasons and noticed that there was a spirit riding a blue dragon, surrounded by the dark yellow and desolate light, and in the shape of a red and purple wheel, so a hanging rainbow could be seen in the sky, which was the way to control Zhu Rong. It was the time of the sundial, and the South Pole star was shining brightly. Finally, the spirit, riding a red carriage, fell into Li Qi's arms under the galloping of thousands of riders.

The reason was also very simple, because Li Qi was now a second-rank official, and Shen Shuibi was also a fourth-rank official.

A second-grade eugenic offspring must be much stronger than Li Shiwei who was born when she was fifth-grade. For example... this cub was already seventh-grade when it was born.

This level of cub is basically a natural alien species of the same level as Yang Ning Shen Shuibi, at least it must be the level of Golden Crow Jade Rabbit.

Li Qi studied it carefully, and he felt that he... gave birth to a god this time.

This cub obviously inherited Li Qi's divine characteristics, resulting in him having complete divine characteristics at birth.

Shen Shuibi went to rest, even for her, giving birth was quite painful.

The birth of a powerful person is different from that of a mortal. In essence, it is to tear the Dao Yun from his own Dao.

This is even similar to Dao injury.

It is Li Qi's Dao, after combining with Shen Shuibi's Dao, parasitizing on Shen Shuibi's body, then developing, finally taking shape, and then tearing it off.

In fact, Li Qi can also take on this responsibility, that is, to make Li Qi pregnant.

The birth of powerful people is more like a combination.

This is how the Sun and Moon True Lead Cauldron was created. In fact, both Yang Ning and Shen Shuibi were born from the belly of the Sun and Moon True Lead Cauldron, and they did not think it was strange.

In fact, even in nature, there are examples of males giving birth, and only ordinary people who are not familiar with things will find it strange.

However, Li Qi had provoked the Demon Dao after all, and it was easy for Li Qi to be weakened for a period of time, which made it easy for people to catch his flaws and then die, so he was still pregnant with a rabbit.

As for this second son, Li Qi saw that he was born with the help of wind and clouds and conceived with rain and dew, so he named him Li Tiande.

Qiandao is a reformer, removing the lower body and entering the upper body, so it is called reformer. It is the position of Tiande, which means that the nine-five yang is in the sky and shines on the vastness, so it is called "Tiande".

The weather is clear, and the sky can be seen with pure strength.

It is in the position of Tiande, with the time, and with the time and luck.

Not only pointed out the other party's identity as a god, but also hoped that he... would have better luck.

Li Qi now felt that luck was really important.

Afterwards, as the celebration ended, everyone left.

Li Qi began to teach his second son.

Starting from the beginning, he couldn't let him go this time.

So, Li Qi lived a life of raising children at home.

During this period, Li Qi even pulled Laqi to educate Li Tiande from the beginning.

But Li Qi soon discovered... Li Tiande didn't need his teaching.

As a natural god, he was very opinionated, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was stubborn. He would do what he thought was right and would never give in. When encountering things, he would rather think for himself than ask his father.

Laqi also took care of his little junior brother according to Li Qi's instructions several times, and then he was surprised to find that this little junior brother was completely born with wisdom and was not naive at all.

Generally speaking, innocence has only one life. Once it dies, it is dead. It cannot be revived in the ashes of fantasy and maturity. A mature person cannot regain innocence. When innocence is replaced by acquired knowledge, life will lose its innocence forever.

As for Li Tiande, he has no innocence at all, and there is no such thing as dead innocence.

This is a very unlovable child. Like Li Qi when he was young, he is lifeless and calm. He likes to meditate, but he is unwilling to tell others what he thinks.

When no one notices, he will put the results of his meditation into practice.

And the results are usually very... terrible.

How to say it, Li Qi saw the shadow of Yao Ji in it.

As a natural god, he seems to have no empathy and turns a blind eye to mortals.

This gave Li Qi a headache for a while.

So one day, he sat next to Li Tiande.

Although Li Tiande still looks like a seven or eight-year-old child, it is only because the development and practice of the gods are relatively slow. In fact, he is almost two hundred years old.

Of course, this is nothing. At this age, many monsters with longer lifespans are still innocent.

Because the psychological age does not automatically increase linearly with age, but gradually changes with strength and experience. Even ordinary people are the same. If a child lives under the protection of adults all his life and does not experience the trials of the world, then even if he is twenty, thirty, or even fifty years old, he is still a giant baby with a child's mentality.

There are many such people.

The mentality needs to be polished by experience. Without polishing, it is normal to have a child's mentality all his life.

However, this does not apply to Li Tiande.

He was born with the look of not drinking Mengpo soup completely.

It is obviously a child's face, but his face is serious and solemn, as if he has seen through the world.

"I say, Tiande." Li Qi sat next to his son: "What are you looking at?"

"Father, you should see what I am thinking." Li Tiande said in a steady tone.

"You know, I never care about what you think. In fact, I basically don't care about anyone's thoughts. It's useless." Li Qi said.

"If you don't use it, but you still want to ask me what I'm thinking, isn't that redundant? Why bother? If you want to know, just read it. If you want to know, but never read it, then I actually think that you, father, don't want to know what I'm thinking. You just want me to say it myself. No matter what I say, you just want to discipline me for this behavior." Li Tiande replied.

Li Qi sighed.

I really want to beat him.

But forget it, it's unnecessary.

"I don't want to discipline you, but I know that reading minds can't really understand a person." Li Qi said.

"Can't you?" Li Tiande wondered.

"Can you read minds?" Li Qi asked.

"Of course I can't." Li Tiande said as a matter of course.

"You can't, I can, so from what direction are you questioning me?" Li Qi asked back.

Li Tiande pondered for a while, then said: "What you said makes sense, so father, do you have to know what I am thinking at this moment?"

"I don't have to know, I just want to know, this is not a deal, and there is no intention in it, I just want to hear what my son is doing now." Li Qi was a little helpless.

"I don't quite understand, if there is no purpose, then you shouldn't do anything." Li Tiande replied.

"Okay, then I won't ask, but do you have to have a purpose to do things?" Li Qi could only give up, but still asked another question.

As these conversations, Laqi next to him felt the same.

He has had this kind of conversation with his junior brother more than once.

It's really painful.

"If there is no purpose, then it should be like this world, just naturally." Li Tiande looked at the scenery outside and stretched out his hand: "The existence of the world has no purpose, so he won't do anything."

"And if you do something, there must be a purpose."

"So, this is my answer to you, father. I don't have any purpose, so I didn't do anything. I just stayed quietly, like this world, that's all."

Li Tiande said with an unchanged expression.

Li Qi looked at the other person.

This look is really——

A god...

In the end, he gave up teaching the child in person because he felt it was unnecessary.

Li Tiande does not need to be taught, he is "born with knowledge".

Perhaps he will come to Li Qi after he is tainted by the world, hoping to be enlightened by his father's wisdom.

Before that, Li Qi should not bother him and affect his growth.

However... unexpectedly, Li Tiande likes his mother very much.

Although he is so cold and silent to the outside world, he likes to sit in Shen Shuibi's arms and be in a daze.

Only at this time, he looks like a child.

Then let the child be raised by his mother.

However... just when Li Qi was busy with the child's affairs, another thing happened in the world.

Another second-grade fell.

Since then, all the second-grade Wudao who are suitable for the sun and moon have fallen.

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Another second-grade fell.

But the sun and the moon were eclipsed, the five stars lost their orbits, the mountains collapsed, the rivers burst, the springs burst, the disasters appeared, the evil stars shone, the famine was severe, all living beings died young, and all things were injured.

The whole universe was in turmoil. Although most people could not see it, Li Qi could still clearly see these broken rules and reshaped history.

When a second-rank fell, everything he had done would become "ownerless". These events that were originally protected now returned to heaven and earth.

This triggered a new round of scrambles. For example, his former enemies, or some third-ranks who were imprisoned, or other powerful people who had planned many events would scramble for these events.

With these events, you can use your own abilities to define the history affected by these events, and the universe will naturally change as a result.

The events controlled by the second-rank must be major events, so the competition after death is also huge, but Li Qi has no interest in this, so he just watched them scramble.

As long as it does not affect the affairs of the magic path, it's casual, he doesn't care.

But Li Qi had to pay attention to another thing.

You know, at this moment, Wu Dao only had the opportunity of the Great Dao, but no second-grade one that could be used.

Then, the question of the ownership of the Sun and Moon Road had to be discussed carefully.

So, Li Qi received an invitation from the Sun and Moon True Lead Cauldron.

Yang Zhenqian asked him for help to find Wu Shen. After all, there was no second-grade one who could use the opportunity of the Great Dao in Wu Shen Mountain. If possible, maybe Yang Zhenqian could try.

After the two contacted in advance, Yang Zhenqian soon came to Xuanjing Mountain.

On Xuanjing Mountain, Yang Zhenqian landed next to Li Qi.

He was dressed like an ordinary Taoist, but you could see his specialness at a glance, such as his eyes were golden bronze, the color of the newly-made bronze.

Although he was dressed very ordinary, his temperament was not ordinary at all. He was extremely heavy. His hair, beard, and the lapels on his body would not have any "floating" when he walked, and even the wind would not move at all, as if no physical settlement had been made.

The tripod is a heavy object, a powerful and important object. No demon or monster can get close to it, and its power is almost unchangeable.

This is also what the Sun and Moon True Lead Tripod has shown.

When Yang Zhenqian arrived, Shen Shuibi naturally came out to greet him, and the couple saluted the elder together.

"Okay, we are all family, so there is no need to do these empty things." Yang Zhenqian helped the two of them up.

"Okay, please come in, father-in-law." Li Qi stood up and invited him into the cave.

The three of them entered the cave and sat on the table.

Shen Shuibi poured tea and placed various spiritual fruits, while Li Qi and Yang Zhenqian talked about business.

Because he had already understood it in advance, Yang Zhenqian did not greet Li Qi, but asked directly: "So, what do you think? Can it be done when the opportunity of the great way comes? You are an insider of the Wu Dao, what do you think of the Wu Shen who controls this thing?"

Li Qi shook his head: "Father-in-law's plan this time is naturally reasonable, but... Wu Shen Mountain should not be so easy to hand over. The Wu Shen who controls the sun and the moon should be Cang Tian. His words... are hard to say."

If Li Qi had not been excluded by Wu Shen Mountain, then as far as he knew, Wu Shen Mountain had four Wu Shens.

Wu Xian, Wu Geng, Da Tu, and Cang Tian.

The four witch gods include all the power and knowledge that Wu Dao has.

And the Sun and Moon Path is in Cang Tian's hands at this moment.

"Cang Tian... But I still have to try it. Anyway, it's just there. If I can try it, it would be great." Yang Zhenqian said.

"Why did my father-in-law say that? If you go to the Sun and Moon Path now, wouldn't it be..." Li Qi didn't say the rest.

The current state of the Sun and Moon True Lead Cauldron and the Dao Heart at this moment, if you rashly use the Sun and Moon Path to break through the first level, the most likely outcome will be the same as those of the second level of Wu Dao.

If you fail to advance to the first level, you will die.

This kind of death is not caused by external forces, but the collapse of the second level's self, and completely lose control of itself in the face of the power of the first level.

The impact of this kind of death is too great, even greater than actively investing in reincarnation and re-cultivation.

"Isn't it good to take a gamble? Or do you want to persuade me?" Yang Zhenqian asked.

"I really want to persuade my father-in-law, but it's really... unnecessary. Why bother?" Li Qi sighed.

"You are not a child anymore. You are telling me why it is such a big deal?" Yang Zhenqian put down his teacup and looked at Li Qi seriously.

Li Qi also answered seriously: "Father-in-law, it is precisely because it is related to the path that we must be cautious. There is only one chance, and the Sun and Moon Road will not be lost for a while, so why risk your life at this time?"

"I think that if you prepare carefully and plan in advance, you may have a chance in the future. Even if it is a 50-50 chance, it is much better than being dead now."

Li Qi said seriously: "Father-in-law, if you take this chance now, to be honest, it is just to give yourself a relief and give an explanation to your path. It is over once and for all, but what about the mess left behind? Is this really what you want?"

Yang Zhenqian asked back: "Are you so sure that I will lose? The Sun and Moon Road is the path I found. Is my chance of winning lower than that of Wushen Mountain?"

"Father-in-law, if you were sure, why did you hesitate at the beginning?" Li Qi asked.

This made the hand of Sun and Moon Zhenqian Ding holding the tea stagnate for a moment.

But he couldn't say anything to refute.

Yes, he actually hesitated at the beginning.

He wanted to wait for a good time, a perfect opportunity, so he hesitated.

The result of his hesitation was that the Human Emperor Sword fell from the sky and shattered Luofu Cave Heaven.

So now he didn't want to hesitate, he wanted to fight for the last time, but Li Qi didn't agree.

Li Qi said: "The Sun and Moon Road is there, it will never disappear. To be honest, although this is a bit beastly to Wushen Mountain, but all the second-grade adaptations have failed, which is a good thing for my father-in-law."

"Since you chose to wait at the beginning, why should you be anxious now? Why not wait a little longer."

"Wait until when? If you say you have to wait until you are sure, to be honest, I'm really not sure." Sun and Moon True Lead Cauldron said.

Wait until you are sure?

To be honest, he is not even sure whether he will be sure in the future.

Maybe this wait will be forever.

So, should we wait forever, wait until we give up in the future, or fight here?

If we fight, we will most likely die, but we can only give ourselves an explanation.

The road is cut off, and people who have not experienced it cannot understand it.

"Well... Father-in-law, it's always a bit empty to talk on Xuanjing Mountain, why don't you go out for a walk." Li Qi changed the subject.

Yang Zhenqian did not refuse. Since Li Qi wanted to show him something, it would be fine to take a look.

Shen Shuibi did not interrupt.

The two did not choose any special place, but just found one on the planet outside the domain.

It was really random, there was no selection criteria, just found a world with life reactions.

This is a typical humanoid world, but it is still in the primitive age.

They have just developed civilization and are still in the stage where priests control power. They have not developed any excellent technology, and the overall architecture and political system are still in the Stone Age.

Despite this, due to local ecological reasons, they have mastered the preliminary means of cultivation, because the strength of this world is actually quite high, the local creatures are quite powerful, there are some natural monsters and elemental bodies, and some can even reach the level of the eighth grade.

Therefore, although the level of civilization is not high, the practice system here, with the blessing of the local people, has reached the level of the ninth level of the strongest civilization.

Ninth-grade warriors are actually quite terrifying to mortals. Ninth-grade warriors can even reach the speed of sound in an instant. There is no problem in calling them extremely powerful.

In addition, priests who can communicate with the elemental bodies and monsters also enjoy a high status, even higher than those warriors.

At this stage, society was mainly divided into several groups: warriors, priests, and civilians.

This is a bit like the original appearance of the human race in the world.

Wu Jin and warriors formed the structure of the human race at that time. Wu Jin controlled the communication with the demon clan and the natural gods, while the warriors protected ordinary people, or provided the motivation for Wu Jin to go out.

"Really, I feel a little nostalgic. I haven't seen mortals for a long time." Yang Zhenchen transformed into an ordinary local and said.

Li Qi looked at the other party, a little funny.

Local people like to wear robes made of stones, metal, and a local fibrous plant. In order to blend in, Yangzhen Lead changed into this.

But since the other party had changed, it was not easy for Li Qi to remain the same, so he became like a local aborigine.

Shen Shuibi didn't come because she seemed to feel that it was not easy for her to listen, so she stayed in Xuanjing Mountain.

The two of them walked around this primitive city, not attracting attention at all.

The city is beautifully built, mostly stone buildings, and huge statues of gods can be seen on the mountains in the distance.

There are tall trees on both sides of the road, towering over people's heads. They are packed tightly, and most of them are spread over the heads, blocking the gaps where the light should pass through, bringing a bit of refreshing air. Coolness.

There was a layer of dew hanging on the plants. Once, there was a light layer of mist among the woods, covered with flowers. Looking from the outside, the city looked like some faded words printed on green cloth. The color of old chintz.

Li Qi and Yang Zhenqian were walking here, looking at the practice system here.

In fact, there is nothing interesting to see. A second-grade person can penetrate everything about this civilization with just one glance.

For example, right now they are watching the priests being possessed.

The so-called divine possession is when the priests mix some potions themselves, drink them, and then enter some kind of dream, causing their souls to fly out of the body, allowing them to communicate with some natural spirits and elemental bodies, and even communicate with them. Monsters communicate directly with each other without words.

However, sometimes things go wrong, for example... when the soul flies out of the body, the physical body is easily occupied by other things.

For another example, if the soul enters a dream, it is easy to go to the 'dream world', which is the world of 'pure spirit' as Li Qichang said.

In that case, it's hard to say what will come out.

Therefore, falling into a dream is an extremely dangerous thing, and using drugs to enter a trance state is like seeking death.

In the past, this was simply the signature style of the devil, sneaking into the hearts of practitioners through dreams and then infecting the entire world. It was just as commonplace.

However, Yang Zhenpian noticed——

There is no magic.

There is no dream world.

"Oh... what are the consequences after successfully exterminating the demon? This is really, congratulations to you." Yang Zhenqian sighed as he watched the priests drink the medicine and enter the state of epilepsy, but no demonic thoughts emerged. one time.

"It's not just this world." Li Qi looked at these priests who were sleeping without any burden and said: "Now, it is rare to see demons appearing in the heavens."

During the conversation between the two, it can be seen that the spirit of nature responded to the priest, allowing the priest to call out the strong wind, and the strong wind swept the clouds in the sky, forcing countless clouds that should not have gathered together together. As a result, the water vapor overflowed and turned into heavy rain, falling on the world.

In the wind and rain, the soldiers slapped their weapons and the civilians paid tribute and praise.

It rains, and the crops begin to greedily absorb the rain.

This is just an ordinary rain praying ceremony. It is a major festival for mortals, but it is nothing to Li Qi and Yang Zhenqian.

What really amazed Yang Zhenpian was the closing of the dream world, and the fact that the demonic thoughts no longer overflowed in the pure spirit.

This shows that the interference of the devil in the real universe has been reduced to a lowest point, perhaps even the lowest since the beginning of the world.

"Father-in-law, when I said I would destroy demons in the past, what do you think is the probability of my success?" Li Qi said.

Yang Zhenzhen didn't answer.

"Now, although I dare not say that there will be no future troubles, and the devil has not been completely eradicated, all living beings are finally free from the devil's troubles, not necessarily forever, but at least for the moment."

"Even I can do it, so why should my father-in-law care about waiting a little longer? The so-called 'living' is actually the continuous extension of possibilities, right? Our death is the closure of possibilities. Since my father-in-law's timeline is still there now If it spreads, it cannot be said that the possibility has been closed."

"Now that the demonic thoughts have not invaded, my father-in-law has developed demonic thoughts in his heart because of the opportunity of the great road. Why bother?" Li Qiqi persuaded.

"Why don't I know what you're talking about?" Yang Zhenqian shook his head: "But just because the possibility of living is not closed, it doesn't mean that the possibility of the path can be extended."

Living will make you better.

This sentence……

It's okay to lie to children.

Living may just lead to a more painful future.

(More to come)

(By the way, 1022 has been released, and some plots have been changed. I didn’t expect that Li Qi was convicted of underage violence)