Chapter 295: Retrace divine talisman

Li Qi’s Cultivation was shaking, and his Physical Body began to tear apart.

The Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations has many, many methods.

For those with greed in their hearts, it incites their greed.

For those who are irritable and easily angered, it ignites their rage.

For those who are pure and kind, it uses lies to deceive them.

For those who are cunning and resourceful, it uses sincerity to influence them.

They can always find the weaknesses in people’s hearts and then make targeted adjustments; this has almost become something deeply ingrained in the instincts of all Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanationss.

To deal with a Dao seeker like Li Qi, the best method is to refute his Dao, making him doubt the Dao he pursues, and then Li Qi’s Cultivation and Dao Heart will naturally crack.

Even though this wisp of Demonic Qi from the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations currently has no sentience, with another Six-Rank providing sufficient energy and knowledge, it seems capable of effortlessly pointing out the flaws in Li Qi’s Dao Heart.

Because it isn't the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations speaking; the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations doesn’t speak.

Li Qi knew that he was essentially conversing with himself; the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations didn’t understand anything about Human Dao or Shaman Dao; the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations merely forced him to confront the cracks in his Dao Heart, then expanded them further and further.

The many ‘Li Qis’ that materialized before his eyes were essentially each of his Dao Heart flaws, merely reflections of himself projected by the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations.

The Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations was like a mirror, reflecting all the flaws in Li Qi’s Dao and then targeting them.

Wait, a mirror!

Li Qi was startled, no longer trying to stabilize his Cultivation, but instead turned to look behind him.

Behind him, the three lives ancient mirror emitted a faint glow.

After such a long, long period of retrospection, Li Qi’s ‘current life’ finally emerged.

The three lives ancient mirror effortlessly identified all of Li Qi’s current flaws one by one, not just in his Dao Heart, but also flaws in his magical techniques and his Physical Body.

Four inches below the left armpit, there was a slight stagnation of Qi and Blood, which would expose a millimeter of vulnerability when moving.

The left knee, the kneecap had a small scar left from pulling fibers, which Li Qi hadn't even noticed before.

The first knuckle of his right middle finger was crooked by half a thread; it was from when he was helping someone carry goods and was hit, and he always thought it had healed, but he didn't expect the bone to be crooked; it seemed that exerting more than two hundred thousand catties of force would cause a millimeter deviation in power.

Besides these, there were many tiny scars; Li Qi always felt very healthy, but when illuminated by the three lives ancient mirror, it seemed like his entire Physical Body was full of flaws.

The same went for his magical techniques.

The Buddhist magical technique he used to resist the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations, which he originally thought was perfect, but when illuminated by the three lives ancient mirror, he saw subtle points of operation where stagnation was everywhere, nearly one-tenth of the energy was consumed in internal friction, and there were also a large number of redundant structures wasting energy and limiting output, which could be completely streamlined.

But looking closely at the magical techniques taught to him by Shaman God Mountain, although he still used them very crudely, and there were many blockages in practical application due to his control ability, they were flawless, without the slightest redundancy; the structure of each magical technique was so precise, not an extra bit of redundancy, not a bit less.

Li Qi immediately understood.

The magical techniques he created and the magical techniques taught by Shaman God Mountain to its Disciples… were not on the same level at all; it was laughable that he had been so smug before.

As for the flaws in his Dao Heart, there were far fewer.

That Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations actually knew how to utilize the flaws reflected by the three lives ancient mirror!

No, not utilizing…

This Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations and the three lives ancient mirror are cooperating!

It seems as if the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations itself was designed to fit the three lives ancient mirror!

The reflected weaknesses would naturally be known to the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations!

Li Qi didn't know what to say…

Should he say, 'As expected'?

After all, the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations is Buddhist, and so is the three lives ancient mirror; it’s only natural that the two are related.

Is this also Imperial Academy Vice-Chancellor’s plan?

This assassination attempt against him is truly a grand scheme.

However, Li Qi also came to a realization.

The opponent probably wanted him to die by the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations, which is why they hadn't resorted to violent assault yet.

Because if he died by the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations, and Imperial Academy Vice-Chancellor then died in the chaotic宙光, that would be an accident, with no witnesses.

But if he died by violence, even if Imperial Academy Vice-Chancellor died immediately, it would definitely be investigated, and many people would be implicated, so he absolutely could not be killed by a violent assault.

Since that was the case, Li Qi calmed down again and faced the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations before him.

Across from him, outside the chaotic宙光, Imperial Academy Vice-Chancellor was meticulously assisting the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations’s Demonic Qi.

He sensed that Li Qi seemed to have given up resistance, allowing the Cultivation within his Physical Body to continuously become chaotic.

This Young Master of Shaman God Mountain couldn't resolve the Dao conflict within his Physical Body; the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations was having an effect.

He continued to pressure Li Qi; in a little while, the opponent would naturally explode and die, or fall into the Demonic Dao to survive, using the Demonic Dao to control the two Dao principles within his Physical Body.

The Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations continued to preach the Dao.

It spoke of things Li Qi couldn't refute, yet couldn't acknowledge.

As long as these things continued to exert their influence and echo in his mind, the cracks between the Human Dao and Shaman Dao within Li Qi's Physical Body's small Universe would grow larger and larger, until they tore him apart.

As a Six-Rank, Imperial Academy Vice-Chancellor himself couldn't resolve it, nor did he dare to interject; the conflict between Human Dao and Shaman Dao wasn’t a day or two, how could some young man think he could reconcile both sides?

How ridiculous, overestimating himself, leaving such a huge flaw was simply giving food to the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations.

On the other side, Li Qi fell into deep thought.

He looked back at the three lives ancient mirror; although this item helped the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations easily find the flaws in his Dao Heart, the three lives ancient mirror had no sentience, and naturally no bias, it would present weaknesses to the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations, and also present weaknesses to Li Qi.

He didn't bother with his Cultivation gradually turning chaotic, because he knew that if he couldn't find a solution, temporarily suppressing it wasn't a solution, he would eventually die anyway, so it was better to put all his energy into thinking about a solution.

The conflict between Shaman Dao and Human Dao, in many places, from rules and details, to values, and even to the understanding of Heaven and Earth, and even the development of magical techniques, are completely different; the two sides don't even follow the same set of physical laws, because the rules of different worlds will have subtle differences, and the transformation of Heaven and Earth by the two Dao Orthodoxys is also different.

The only thing both sides commonly adhere to is that sole ‘Great Dao’, which is the only commonality across all Heavens and Myriad Worlds, truly spanning countless worlds.

However, whether this Great Dao exists is a mystery, or… it only exists in the imagination of various Daoisms; each Dao interprets the ‘Great Dao’ in its own way to explain the origin of this Universe, and each believes its own interpretation is correct.

If this unique ‘Great Dao’ didn’t exist, it would be impossible to explain the existence of everything in this Universe, so all Dao Orthodoxys assume it exists.

It’s like when one was on Earth, assuming mathematical laws; regardless of whether these mathematical laws exist or not, it’s assumed they must exist, and then all scientific theories are extended from these ‘assumptions’, and then corresponded to reality.

This is also a ‘Dao’ belonging to Earth; scientific thinking itself is a type of Dao.

“Then… I will also assume a Great Dao that can integrate Human and Shaman Dao,” Li Qi murmured in his heart, beginning his self-rescue.

Just assuming is useless; it also needs to be filled in.

Why can this Great Dao integrate Human and Shaman Dao? What are the properties of this Great Dao?

These not only require assumptions but also practice, using actual situations to verify one’s assumptions.

However, there is no time for Li Qi to practice slowly now.

Li Qi believed that he couldn't possibly assume and then verify now; if he really tried that, he would have died long ago.

Then, one should adopt the ‘Great Dao’ assumed by other Dao Orthodoxys, because what other Dao Orthodoxys have assumed must have undergone extensive empirical verification.

But it cannot be of Human Dao and Shaman Dao; it must come from a third party, capable of mediating between them.

This means Li Qi must understand it quite well before he can adopt and apply it to himself, otherwise, if he uses it with only a superficial understanding, let alone the current Dao conflict, even a perfectly healthy Physical Body could explode from random application.

Cultivators, being able to control the great power within their Physical Body, rely entirely on the ‘Dao’ for command; if the Dao is in chaos, these Qi will lose control.

As for cultivation method, it is merely an auxiliary function, belonging to the realm of technique.

Technique, the latter use of Dao; Dao is the core guiding ideology, technique is the practical application method.

If the Pythagorean theorem is the Dao, then manufacturing a rangefinder is the technique.

The Human Physical Body's small Universe must also follow the guidance of the Dao to operate; carelessly introducing other Dao Orthodoxys to guide the Physical Body is like arbitrarily changing the position of the heart, which will cause great chaos.

Li Qi previously managed Heaven and Earth through Shaman Dao and the circulation of Qi through Human Dao, categorizing them, thereby achieving the coexistence of the two Dao Orthodoxys, and thus resolving the Baiyue Dao within his Physical Body, successfully refining Guangyang.

But now, this superficial coexistence was broken by the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations.

The Li Qi transformed by the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations previously preached the Dao, speaking of the divergence in understanding of the Heavenly Dao between Human and Shaman Dao, proposing ‘Heavenly Principle is Human Principle’, making it difficult for Li Qi to continue governing Heaven with Shaman Dao, otherwise the two would intensely conflict.

“Mediate… How to mediate?” Li Qi pondered anxiously.

Several minutes passed, and the three lives ancient mirror had begun to emit painful hums, seemingly on the verge of shattering, and the power outage outside had reached five hundred and four li.

And Li Qi’s Physical Body was even more overwhelmed; one could see his Bloodline bulging, his whole body’s muscles spasming, Qi and Blood churning, and the five Qi within his Physical Body in a chaotic mess.

At this moment, there were already six preaching Li Qis before him, each distinct, muttering continuously, with constant preaching sounds emanating.

Outside, Imperial Academy Vice-Chancellor, systematically, bit by bit, supported the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations in gradually collapsing Li Qi’s Physical Body’s small Universe.

He wasn't impatient either.

Anyway, it was just death; with things having come to this, he had no way out.

Then he would just let the Young Master of Shaman God Mountain also be buried here, to repay his master’s kindness.

However, Li Qi seemed not to be in a hurry at all.

A very familiar Great Dao, one that had undergone extensive empirical verification… a Great Dao that could be applied here.

Indeed, there was one.

Li Qi calmed his heart, preparing to give it a try.

Now that it was a matter of life and death, it was naturally impossible to stop.

Li Qi directly drew out the last of his Great Blessing Divine Qi and poured it into the three lives ancient mirror as energy!

He wanted the three lives ancient mirror to accelerate!

Accelerate towards the section of the second wisp of True Knowledge Dao Resonance, obtain the second wisp of True Knowledge Dao Resonance, and then begin Li Qi’s self-rescue plan.

The energy of the Great Blessing Divine Qi was extremely pure, far superior in quality to the Dragon Vein tributary, like injecting a nitrous oxide tank into a car engine, instantly activating nitrous acceleration!

It began to accelerate like crazy; the three lives ancient mirror accelerated its retrospection, its mirror surface even began to shake, and even crack!

And during this time, Li Qi sat down cross-legged, calmly thinking and waiting, while also suppressing his chaotic Cultivation.

However, suppression has its limits.

After about another minute, Li Qi’s Physical Body began to tear apart.

The Dao conflict reached its limit, he couldn’t suppress it anymore.

The Human Physical Body’s small Universe collapsed, the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations devoured his Physical Body, and his cracked Dao Heart could no longer control his Cultivation!

His Physical Body emitted violent noises, and a large amount of Qi, no longer controlled by the Dao, scattered outwards!

Even the inner body spirits began to collapse; one after another, the inner body spirits’ Dao principles became chaotic, attacking each other, all turning into dust.

The Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations let out a piercing shriek; the ‘Li Qis’ constantly preaching around him all scattered into Demonic Qi with a bang, then transformed into chains, continuing to accelerate the tearing of Li Qi.

Outside, Imperial Academy Vice-Chancellor, who had been continuously supporting the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations, finally relaxed.

At this point, Li Qi was dead.

And he died due to a cracked Dao Heart and the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations devouring his Physical Body, having nothing to do with him; any investigation could only trace back to the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations, letting Shaman God Mountain go find the Heavenly Demon of Enjoying Others’ Emanations to reason with.

Next, as long as Imperial Academy Vice-Chancellor also died, everything would be an accident with no witnesses.

“Since that’s the case, Li Cike, I bid farewell to my esteemed teacher here; this counts as partial revenge for Shangshu Cheng, but I can’t help with the academy’s and Grand Invoker’s grudge,” Imperial Academy Vice-Chancellor knelt towards Nanshan Academy, kowtowing and muttering.

That Six-Rank Official who was killed by Zhu Fengdan had shown great kindness to Imperial Academy Vice-Chancellor’s lineage.

Immediately, he fiercely rushed into the chaotic宙光, wanting the chaotic宙光 to tear him apart, so that all traces could be thoroughly obliterated.

But just before that, Imperial Academy Vice-Chancellor suddenly braked.

Because he saw that Li Qi, who had already exploded, suddenly began to undergo a strange change around him.

It was as if time was flowing backward.

The shattered Human Physical Body’s small Universe naturally restored itself; everything seemed to be in reverse, Li Qi’s collapsed Human Physical Body’s small Universe rapidly returned to its state an hour ago, and his already dying Physical Body actually recovered to its previous state.

This was a life-saving method given to Li Qi by the Great Shaman, the Retrospection Divine Talisman!

“Bastard! Delaying time!” Imperial Academy Vice-Chancellor roared in fury, gritting his teeth!

He instantly saw through Li Qi’s plan; Li Qi wanted to use this thing to buy time!

This thing couldn't save Li Qi; the Retrospection Divine Talisman couldn't save Li Qi’s already cracked Dao Heart.

Now, Li Qi could only restore his Physical Body, and then continue to collapse because he couldn’t control the Cultivation within his Physical Body.

But collapse takes time!

This Young Master of Shaman God Mountain must be trying to use this time to do something; has he thought of a way?!

Imperial Academy Vice-Chancellor grew anxious, fearing that Li Qi still had a trick up his sleeve!