Chapter 813: King of Yue

Li Qi did not choose to charge against the surging giant whale.

He just stayed still, unmoving.

The giant whale slammed into Li Qi!

It was like a raging torrent, swollen by heavy rain and snow, pouring down from the mountaintop, inundating the surrounding land, sweeping away everything in its path, and dragging everything into its vortex.

A world-shaking, terrifying, and rapid change, one that didn't even require listening. From beyond the domain to the world, within the endless worlds, all life involved with the Baiyue could clearly hear the faint rumbling transmitted into their minds, disturbing the seemingly calm surface of their thoughts from time to time.

The clever ones among them probably understood very quickly that these gloomy, rolling thunderclaps were the precursors to an even greater storm.

The impact of the giant whale created a clanging collision in the sea of the mind, shattering the loneliness of many lives and causing their minds, which had been silent since birth, to ripple.

How can a person's mind be stirred?

Many people, perhaps, have never felt such heartfelt excitement in their entire lives, have they? Their minds are like stagnant water, still as an ancient well. They have never encountered anything that could make their calm minds erupt like a mountain flood. They lack interest in many things, repeating their days endlessly.

In fact, such people are rather fortunate, which indicates that their living environment is relatively peaceful.

If they lived in an era of war, an disharmonious era, then life would constantly cause their emotions to fluctuate every day, just like a cup of water, which is still as an ancient well when placed on flat ground, but would certainly spill everywhere if placed in a shaking vehicle.

But whether fortunate or unfortunate, their minds at this moment felt the giant whale's rage. They were the sardines beside the giant whale, thrown by the waves, filled with terror.

Their minds were shattered by the giant whale, and countless people even fainted from emotional agitation. Even on the Baiyue front lines, many soldiers from both sides fainted, regardless of friend or foe.

In the sea of the mind, these sounds of fierce battle echoed continuously, spreading from one mind to another.

The entire sea of the mind was turbulent because of this.

If you want to find peace…

Then, when you calm down and pay attention, you will find that what is confronting the giant whale is a giant standing in the deep sea.

The giant's body stood in the ocean, calmly facing the giant whale's impact.

His body was like a towering lighthouse, and his eyes were the bright light of the lighthouse.

The light lit by the proudly standing giant seemed to never extinguish. The lighthouse was the spiritual pillar for all navigators, preventing many sailors who encountered storms or lost their way from giving up hope in despair, praying that they could eventually reach the port by following the guidance of the light.

Those sardines gathered around the lighthouse, though they had no effect on it whatsoever.

Both were radiating their influence across the entire sea of the mind in different ways.

But soon, the giant whale's power waned.

It seemed to have burned out its life, gradually weakening.

Meanwhile, the giant gradually grew taller.

He became taller than the entire sea of the mind, then reached out and pulled the previously evenly matched giant whale out of the sea.

The magnificent giant whale from before was now in the giant's hand, like a grass carp.

“Captain Qiu, you lost,” the giant said.

“Impossible… The gap between you and me isn’t that great.” Qiu Zhi was still struggling, but his tone remained calm, without any fear, just a little astonished.

“Indeed, the gap in our cultivation is not that great, after all, you hold an official position, but the difference in our breadth of mind is too vast,” Li Qi said, looking at Qiu Zhi.

“Absurd, you are a Genius, true, but too young. How can you speak of breadth of mind? How many rises and falls have you witnessed?” Qiu Zhi rebuked.

“I don’t need to witness that much, Captain Qiu, prepare to die.” Li Qi said, closing the giant whale in his palm and pressing down hard!

The giant whale rapidly shrunk, its power dissipated, and it was pressed into a dying state.

Li Qi, like Qiu Zhi, was not overjoyed by the victory.

After all, he knew very well how he had won.

Qiu Zhi was so convinced by the Human Dao, believing that the Human Dao could devour the Baiyue, and this was the cause of his defeat.

The Human Dao wants to replace Heaven, to change the entire Universe. Setting aside whether that’s possible or if the Human Dao can achieve it, just this thought alone made Li Qi feel that the Human Dao was inferior.

Qiu Zhi’s Human Dao could not tolerate the natural. Qiu Zhi’s breadth of mind only saw humans.

But… this Heaven, however, could accommodate the Human Dao, and not just the Human Dao… the natural could accommodate everything.

Therefore, the breadth of mind of the natural was greater than that of humans.

Qiu Zhi only saw humans in his eyes, but Li Qi’s heart contained more than just humans.

Li Qi had already begun to try to simulate the Heavenly Dao when he was at the sixth rank.

Now, he used the ‘Kingdom Lord’ status to accommodate the Holy Emperor Relic with a greater breadth of mind, thus defeating Qiu Zhi.

Qiu Zhi’s cultivation, due to his official position, was indeed similar to Li Qi’s, but in the world of the mind, he won. Even the Holy Emperor Relic’s choice deemed him more suitable to become the Baiyue Kingdom Lord than Qiu Zhi.

However, at this moment, Qiu Zhi was not yet dead; he was still in Li Qi’s palm.

At this moment, a message came from him: “…Though I don’t want to admit it, the facts have already proven that I am not as good as you, Young Master Qi. Could you tell me the reason?”

Li Qi looked at Qiu Zhi, who had completely lost the ability to resist, and said, “It’s simple. I don’t know what the high-ranking Human Dao, like Grand Tutor, Grand Preceptor, or even the Human Emperor, think, but I can see, Captain Qiu, that your Human Dao cannot tolerate existences outside of the Human Dao.”

“You see, the Human Dao Rectification Law is currently being implemented in the Baiyue, but I will not resist the Human Dao Rectification Law, because I know that the Human Dao is only a part of the natural.”

“You cannot tolerate me, but I can tolerate you. This is the difference in our breadth of mind, and this is where you lost.”

Upon hearing this, Qiu Zhi was enlightened and said, “So that’s how it is. Then it’s natural for the Baiyue to choose you, but unfortunately… you can’t win.”

“It’s already come to this, can I still lose?” Li Qi chuckled.

Although he said that, Li Qi immediately became vigilant, paying close attention to his surroundings.

Qiu Zhi no longer had any ability to resist, so what other backing did the opponent have?

“Young Master Qi, do you remember what I told you when we first met?”

Li Qi certainly remembered.

At that time, Qiu Zhi had told him: “The Heavenly Supervision Bureau and the Ministry of War have both made assessments. This time, our win rate is 100%. You will lose.” (For details, see Chapter 772)

“Yes, you will lose, even if the winner isn’t me,” Qiu Zhi said.

The next moment, Qiu Zhi breathed his last.

Li Qi had obtained the symbol of the Holy Emperor Relic, so now it was time to retrieve the Holy Emperor Relic itself.

Thinking this, Li Qi stepped towards the Holy Emperor Relic. Having already obtained the symbol, acquiring the main body would be effortless; he just needed to go and take it.

At the same time, Li Qi suddenly felt a heavy pressure assaulting him!

The source of this pressure—

It was the Holy Emperor Relic in front of him, which had been within reach!

After devouring the Holy Emperor Relic, Li Qi expected no problems, as the Holy Emperor Relic, though grand in name, was merely a fifth-rank item.

But…

Something was wrong!

The Holy Emperor Relic was emitting heavy pressure!

This pressure was almost crushing Li Qi!

…Wait.

This is the pressure of the Human Dao Rectification Law!

Li Qi suddenly recalled something that White Fox King Bodhisattva had once told him. (For details, see Chapter 533)

To bear the filth of the nation is to be its master; to bear the misfortune of the nation is to be the king of the world.

To accept the power of the entire Human Dao means to bear the immense pressure of the entire Human Dao.

For example, the Human Emperor must bear the entire Human Dao alone, including the Dragon Vein, The Axis of All Realms, the entire court, and even the common people, as well as countless Human Dao worlds in the heavens, all resting on the Human Emperor’s shoulders.

The Human Emperor bears such a heavy burden that it even leads to a shortened lifespan, which shows how immense this pressure is, so much so that even the Human Emperor cannot withstand it.

However, Li Qi was only bearing the Baiyue, after all.

The Baiyue was just a small corner of the world, and even with the addition of the outer domain, it was only tens of millions of worlds, far from the extent of the Human Emperor bearing the pressure of the entire Human Dao.

But Li Qi was not the Human Emperor; he was only a fourth-rank.

Feeling the gradually increasing pressure, Li Qi’s consciousness returned to his body.

The Grand Ritual had ended. He had succeeded; he had become the Baiyue Kingdom Lord as he wished. According to normal procedure, he should immediately act, slaughter all Human Dao soldiers, and end this battle.

But he couldn’t move.

A mountain-like burden pressed down on Li Qi’s shoulders.

If it were truly a mountain, that would be great. Li Qi’s current Divine Ability makes moving mountains quite simple, but now he was half-kneeling on the ground, completely unable to move.

“This is… quite the tactic. You’re determined to drag me down with you, aren’t you…” He sighed, unable to help but lament.

No wonder Qiu Zhi was so confident; he indeed had a reason not to lose.

Regardless of whether he himself lived or died, Li Qi was immobilized at this moment, completely bound here by the Baiyue.

Li Qi already knew the current situation.

Clearly, during the previous sixty years, while spreading the Human Dao Rectification Law, the Human Dao had quietly placed this bomb on the Kingdom Lord’s shoulders.

Qiu Zhi acknowledged Li Qi becoming ‘King’, so the Human Dao side simply stamped and sealed the Baiyue to Li Qi.

At this moment, Li Qi was not only the Baiyue Kingdom Lord but also the ‘King of Yue’ acknowledged by the Human Dao.

For the Human Dao, they lost the Baiyue, but they also tied down Li Qi. As long as Li Qi inherited the Baiyue Kingdom Lord, even if it was just the lord of one of the kingdoms, he would be crushed by the pressure.

This was the burden of the ‘King of Yue’.

Such pressure might have caused the previous Baiyue Kingdom Lords to die on the spot from being unable to bear it.

Fortunately, all the pressure now fell upon Li Qi.

Of course, this was the situation if Qiu Zhi lost.

If he had won, Qiu Zhi would have borne this pressure.

Only… Li Qi shook his head.

Could Qiu Zhi bear it?

Li Qi didn’t know if Qiu Zhi could bear it.

But Li Qi, becoming both the Master of Baiyue and the King of Yue, could not bear the pressure of the common people from the Human Dao Rectification Law.

In other words, at this very moment, Li Qi was immobilized.

So the victory of the war…

It actually fell to the battle below.

The Human Dao really… calculated brilliantly.

Now, the Baiyue Kingdom Lords had lost their Dao foundations and fallen in rank, and Li Qi was restrained in place.

Li Qi watched the front line.

The main battlefield had completely collapsed. Except for the Yunluo Kingdom Lord, all the other fifth-rank Kingdom Lords had basically fallen in rank and were being slaughtered by the Human Dao.

What a clever scheme by the Human Dao.

Regardless of the outcome of Li Qi and Qiu Zhi’s struggle, the ultimate result would be the Human Dao’s victory.

If Li Qi won the struggle against Qiu Zhi, it would be the current result: Li Qi would be pinned down by the pressure, and he had also plundered the Dao foundations of the Baiyue Kingdom Lords, causing them to instantly lose their ability to resist. This meant the Human Dao generals would face a Baiyue with no resistance whatsoever.

If Li Qi lost, it meant he didn’t accept the ‘abdication’. In that case, the Baiyue Kingdom Lords would also be instantly crushed by the Human Dao’s pressure. Li Qi himself would be suppressed by Qiu Zhi, and the Baiyue Kingdom Lords, unable to resist the pressure, would also be slaughtered by the generals.

It was a loss either way, with no other outcome.

Li Qi was pinned in place, watching Zhu Fengdan and the Grand General of the Southern Command, who were also unable to overcome each other.

In that situation, within five minutes, the Baiyue would be pacified. After that… the statuses of Baiyue Kingdom Lord and King of Yue would naturally become meaningless, and the Holy Emperor Relic’s main body would also be seized by the opponent.

Although Li Qi had already obtained the ‘symbol’ through the Grand Ritual, the Human Dao didn’t care. What if they gave him the ‘King of Yue’ status?

As long as the Holy Emperor Relic’s main body belonged to them, that was fine.

Difficult.

Li Qi knelt before the Holy Emperor Relic, so close he could touch it, yet unable to reach out.

Below, Shen Shuibi also joined the battlefield, but facing dozens of Human Dao generals, she could do nothing. Her strenuous support was useless; what was the point of a few more minutes?

“I need to find a way, I need to find a way…” Li Qi’s mind raced, thoughts flashing like lightning, constantly transforming in his brain. A large amount of information and plans appeared, then were simulated one by one.

How to break this deadlock?

Well, one thing was essential.

His cultivation must be able to bear the entire Baiyue to shoulder this burden, and then, enduring the pressure, sweep away the Human Dao army.

Is it possible?

Can I Breakthrough during the battle?

It’s possible, but not now. The injuries are too severe.

Then, to recover from injuries, I need emperor fluid paste.

Either ask the Huo Dou to burn the daylight, at the cost of all creatures below the seventh rank in the Baiyue being annihilated, to allow himself to recover immediately.

Or… hold out until night. There’s less than an hour left. When the bright moon rises and the emperor fluid paste descends, Li Qi will naturally be able to recover and immediately seek a Breakthrough. Although he cannot reach the third rank, he can advance further.

However, Li Qi didn’t know if the Breakthrough would succeed, but the only option before him was Breakthrough.

What should he do?