Chapter 814: Breaking history

But… is a Breakthrough that simple?

The answer is no; Li Qi himself knew that his foundation was far from enough, and he absolutely couldn't Breakthrough to the third rank, he could only try to gain stronger power within the fourth rank.

At the very least, it had to be stronger than the Dragon Vein’s support for human Dao fourth-rank official positions.

Must be fast.

Human Dao was advancing madly, the Baiyue Kingdom Lords were unable to resist, and now there were only a few left alive.

Li Qi now had only two fifth-rank subordinates.

One was Shen Shuibi, and the other was Yunluo Kingdom Lord.

Could the two of them hold out for an hour?

Obviously, it was impossible.

Then the only option was to have the Dharma Body tell Lord Huodou to incinerate the daylight, thereby making the bright moon rise quickly.

Human Dao was still a step behind; this wasn't a private fight, but a Dao struggle. Human Dao ultimately failed to outmaneuver Zhu Fengdan.

The Grand General of the Southern Command, and the Deputy Commander Qiu Zhi, were fighting against Zhu Fengdan and Li Qi, the master and disciple.

Qiu Zhi lost to Li Qi.

At the same time, the Grand General of the Southern Command also lost to Zhu Fengdan.

That’s right, Zhu Fengdan still had a trump card, and that was Huodou.

As long as Huodou incinerated the daylight now, Li Qi could win.

There was just one thing: this would make Huodou’s existence clearly discovered by Human Dao, and it would also put Huodou in danger. Huodou himself might not be afraid, but the favor owed to Zhu Fengdan and Li Qi would be immense, and Li Qi himself actually didn’t want to.

As he said, if he truly chose to resort to any means to ‘win’ in the end, then there was no need to win this war from the very beginning.

The moment he resorted to any means to win, he had already ceased to be a winner.

But what other way could they hold on for an hour?

Li Qi exhausted all his wisdom, using every method he could think of to deduce.

However, he powerlessly discovered that he couldn't do it.

Shen Shuibi and Yunluo Kingdom Lord were still holding on, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord had also arrived, and the three were struggling to maintain the situation, they seemed to still be waiting for Li Qi.

Li Qi could even hear their conversation.

"Shen Guniang, why hasn't Invoker arrived yet? We can't hold on for much longer." The Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord gritted his teeth, but his tone remained calm, and he didn't say much more.

"Senior Brother should have already won, the abdication is over, but why hasn't he appeared yet? Is there a problem? Senior Sister, can you contact him?" Yunluo Kingdom Lord was seriously injured and very puzzled.

"He must have his reasons, don't worry, we just need to persevere, you wouldn't distrust him, would you?" Shen Shuibi was as aloof as ever, and as a Great Master of Formation, she was also leading the battle Formation, hoping to hold on longer.

Winning was impossible; three fifth-rank cultivators, even if one was a Young Master of Shaman God Mountain, another a famous Great Demon, and adding Shen Shuibi, a direct descendant of a Great Dao Orthodoxy, they couldn't resist dozens of Human Dao fifth-rank cultivators.

Not to mention, among these dozens of fifth-rank cultivators, there were also scattered dual fifth-rank existences; these dual fifth-rank cultivators, even in a one-on-one fight, Shen Shuibi might not win, let alone being besieged at this moment.

You must know, the power of Human Dao is more than one plus one equals two; one-on-one might win against Human Dao, but ten-on-ten might not necessarily win.

Li Qi took a deep breath.

Since there was no other way, then the only option was to incinerate the daylight—

As soon as he thought of this, his Dharma Body immediately moved, bowing to Huodou beside him.

"Senior Huodou," Li Qi said, "Please help me incinerate the daylight."

"Oh, didn't you say you weren't willing? Said it went against your Dao, and winning wouldn't count as winning." Huodou tilted her head and said.

"My wife is on the battlefield right now," Li Qi immediately said.

"So, compared to your chess pieces, the many beings of Baiyue, and your Dao path, they are all unimportant, is that right? Li Qi, you didn't act like that just now." Huodou stood up. "Aren't you a Dao seeker?"

"A Dao seeker is not a crazy person who severs emotions and extinguishes nature. It is I who seek the Dao, not the Dao that binds me. It is I who seek what kind of Dao fits my heart, not the Dao that dictates what I do. I am not a slave to the Dao, please make your move, Senior." Li Qi's Dharma Body immediately responded.

However, Huodou did not move.

Li Qi was a little anxious and asked, "Senior, why are you still standing there?"

"No need for me to make a move, you see, your Dao has not betrayed you." Huodou was not in a hurry, but pointed to the Baiyue region.

She didn't need to say much, because at this moment, Li Qi also discovered it.

The Baiyue region began its own resistance.

In various places, they organized their own resistance forces; this was not power forcibly conscripted by the Kingdom Lords, but something the entire Baiyue put together themselves.

Although this power was very weak, it was far from being able to resist Human Dao.

"This is useless, they are too weak." Li Qi shook his head. "They won't last long."

"Just keep watching." Huodou rolled her eyes.

Then, Li Qi watched in astonishment.

Baiyue, blocked the first wave.

"Splendid." Li Qi couldn't help but praise.

He saw that among the Baiyue, many insightful people rose up; they seemed to have prepared for today long ago, using all sorts of methods, including many crude spells, but…

They were all very useful.

People of the ninth rank were thinking of ninth-rank methods to deal with ninth-rank Human Dao.

People of the eighth rank were thinking of eighth-rank methods to deal with eighth-rank Human Dao.

And so on.

Except for the fifth-rank, which no one dealt with, the lower-level Human Dao was almost instantly countered.

Li Qi's eyes were wide with amazement.

They made many moves that Li Qi couldn't think of without specialized thought, and they did it simultaneously, in different places, by different people, making different decisions, and coming up with different methods to face the current problem.

Any single one of their ideas was simple for Li Qi, but the entire Baiyue, with its billions of people, different enemies faced in different places, plus different geographical advantages, different opportune moments, and various different people, all of this piled together, even Li Qi couldn't process such a massive amount of information at once.

But they did it.

Everyone did what they were supposed to do.

Therefore, even a massive task that a fourth-rank couldn't handle for a while was devoured by a group of low-rank cultivators.

Huodou patted Li Qi’s shoulder: “Humans are very strong, they will always find a way out in the most difficult situations. Human Dao’s proper law has been implemented for sixty years, no matter how inferior Baiyue is, there should be such a group of people.”

"Humans... This is what humans are." Li Qi sighed.

Humans can always burst forth with power in desperate situations, can't they?

In other words, if he were to invade Human Dao territory, would he also face such enemies?

No wonder, when Human Dao faced rebels and allied with the Demonic Dao to invade Chang’an, in such a situation, Human Dao could still turn the tide. If it was to this extent, then being able to turn the tide was a matter of course.

However, one problem remained.

What about the fifth rank?

"Senior Huodou, they can't deal with the fifth rank. Once Shen Shuibi and the others can't hold on, their resistance will be meaningless. Can this also last for an hour?" Li Qi shook his head, but his tone was no longer as firm as before.

And he discovered that Human Dao, too, was human.

Those Human Dao soldiers were also fully exercising their subjective initiative; they were also thinking of ways to defeat their opponents.

The wisdom exchanged in the confrontation between the two sides had already surpassed Li Qi's ability to keep up; he might be smarter than each individual among them, but there were too many people, and he couldn't handle all the matters.

"Fifth rank? You probably underestimate the world." Huodou smiled. "This is the world, and it's also the Shaman's territory. What do you think is the strongest?"

In the Shaman's territory, what was the strongest? Without a doubt, it was the powerful Great Origin of Heaven and Earth.

This made Li Qi fall into deep thought.

Huodou leaned towards Li Qi and said, "Li Qi, you were so confident before, saying your capacity was vast enough to accommodate Human Dao, but now it seems that's not the case."

"Senior's meaning is... I understand." Li Qi was very intelligent; with just one sentence, he already knew what the other party meant.

Li Qi said he could tolerate Human Dao, but he hadn't truly accepted Human Dao's methods.

And now, it was Human Dao versus Human Dao confronting Baiyue.

However, he smiled freely: "However, there's no need to force it, is there? Senior."

As soon as he said this, Huodou was immediately surprised. She widened her eyes and looked at Li Qi.

This young man is quite interesting.

Their previous conversation was actually Huodou guiding Li Qi to sacrifice the Great Origin of Heaven and Earth to inject enough vitality into the current Baiyue, perhaps allowing someone to Breakthrough to the fifth rank because of it.

However, Li Qi did not do so, but instead said, there was no need to force it.

At this moment, Li Qi made a choice that surprised Huodou even more than sacrificing the Great Origin of Heaven and Earth.

That was to let it be.

To let it be, to trust those people.

"You're quite bold. Isn't your wife over there? Aren't you afraid she'll die in battle? You were just eager for me to incinerate the daylight." Huodou smiled. Li Qi changed his expression twice in just a few seconds.

Li Qi’s Dharma Body, however, looked at Baiyue: “Senior’s rebuke is correct. I previously said my capacity was sufficient, but it seems I was only slightly better than Qiu Zhi. However, it was only after Senior pointed it out that I realized this.”

"So, I already know that the people of Baiyue, born in Baiyue, this is their home, they possess natural geographical advantage, therefore there is no need to sacrifice the Great Origin of Heaven and Earth, because… humans themselves are one with the natural world."

Humans themselves are part of natural; how can there be sacrifice?

From the perspective of Shaman Dao, humans and natural are not opposed.

"This is why you can remain calm, Senior, isn't it? Although I hadn't expected it, by some strange coincidence I managed to do it, and now I've just happened to think of this point." Li Qi said.

Huodou looked at Li Qi, feeling a little emotional in her heart.

Truly… a Genius.

No wonder, even someone as eccentric as Zhu Fengdan praised this disciple endlessly.

His sensitivity to his own inner feelings was truly a Prodigy; no wonder he had an Epiphany every three days, always comprehending new things, and his current capacity was even greater than before.

He even wanted to encompass Human Dao, and he succeeded, indeed devouring Qiu Zhi's Human Dao, which was only fourth-rank.

But Qiu Zhi’s Human Dao was only fourth-rank.

And now, Li Qi’s gaze was truly cast towards a higher level. He possessed a greater capacity than before, and this capacity also made him sufficiently composed, able to calmly face the current perilous situation.

"It's very good to realize this, but what confidence do you have to face it? Having capacity alone isn't enough; if your wife dies, she's truly dead." Huodou reminded him.

Yes, having capacity alone is not enough. Capacity is a framework that determines how much you can contain. Li Qi was able to accommodate the Holy Emperor Relic precisely because his capacity was sufficient.

But the things inside, those ‘connotations’, won't appear out of thin air. You need to fill up the capacity, otherwise, it's just an empty framework that will collapse with a push and become a joke.

So, Huodou wanted to see what kind of things Li Qi would use to support his judgment and composure.

"Senior's rebuke is correct, but I am indeed confident," Li Qi said.

"How so?" Huodou asked again.

Li Qi then said, "In Green Mountain Country, there was once a Mountain God named Green Mountain God Jin Chi, a sixth-rank being, incredibly powerful, with killing power reaching the fifth-rank, even capable of matching the Green Mountain Kingdom Lord."

"Is there only one Lu Mountain God in the entire Baiyue?"

As Li Qi spoke, as if he had foreknowledge, the next moment—

Then, a Mountain God, Breakthrough to the fifth rank.

The next instant, another reclusive master, Breakthrough to the fifth rank, with brilliant light soaring into the sky.

Then, one after another, in less than a quarter of an hour, more than a dozen fifth-rank cultivators actually Breakthrough! And it continued, showing no sign of stopping!

Massive amounts of Qi soared into the sky, emitting dazzling white light, with many streams of Qi喷出 from the center, stirring up blood-like vortices in the Baiyue.

"How did you know they would Breakthrough?" Huodou asked.

Clearly, Huodou knew the answer, but she just wanted to hear Li Qi say it.

"After being suppressed by those hundreds of Kingdom Lords for so long, even a spring would bounce back, let alone these people." Li Qi smiled and said casually.

"That's not the answer I want to hear," Huodou said.

Facing Huodou’s attitude, Li Qi bowed: “While the Baiyue Kingdom Lords existed, they had always suppressed them, so they couldn’t Breakthrough. Even when I was the Kingdom Lord, they were still suppressed. But now, I have shattered the concept of the Kingdom Lord, ending the ‘abdication,’ symbolically destroying the Holy Emperor Relic, and freeing this Baiyue.”

That’s right, that’s what Li Qi had just done.

He gave up inheriting the position of Baiyue Kingdom Lord, completely freeing Baiyue from the ‘Kingdom Lord’ concept. Although this approach would cause the Holy Emperor Relic to lose its ‘legitimacy’ for Shaman Dao, he still didn’t hesitate.

Without the suppression of the ‘Kingdom Lord,’ many of Baiyue’s original heroes, at this moment, lost their final restrictions and Breakthrough to the fifth rank one after another.

"This loss is too great. The Holy Emperor Relic is your goal, and you just gave it up like that?" Huodou asked curiously, Li Qi had already given her two surprises today.

Li Qi replied, "Is there a loss?"

"Isn't there? But it's the relic of the Primordial Sage Emperor. You directly gave it up on behalf of Shaman Dao. If Human Dao makes a comeback in the future, Shaman Dao won't even have a chance to compete." Huodou said.

Yes, Li Qi abandoned the symbol of the Primordial Sage Emperor Relic, in exchange for the Breakthrough of these people, but this would also cause Shaman Dao to lose the legal right to inherit the relic.

Legitimacy, however, possesses real power, and this is what Huodou referred to as ‘loss’.

Li Qi then looked up with a sense of relief: "I don't think so, because... the Holy Emperor isn't necessarily right, is he? So, is the Holy Emperor Relic really important?"

"Indeed." Huodou responded.

On the other side, Breakthroughs occurred one after another.

In the past, under the suppression of the Baiyue Kingdom Lords, they sacrificed themselves and fought for generations, yet made no progress, leaving behind only piles of white bones, their spirits still lingering.

And now, the beings of Baiyue had finally broken free from the suppression of the ‘Tai Gu’.

When Li Qi, on behalf of Shaman Dao, abandoned the Holy Emperor Relic, the history that had been pressing down on them was broken, and they Breakthrough!

"But, it's still not enough, oh." Huodou suddenly showed a sinister smile, looking at Li Qi playfully, as if trying to gauge his reaction.

And with her words, the Human Dao fifth-rank cultivators decisively and easily crushed the newly Breakthrough fifth-rank cultivators of Baiyue.

Yes, the natives of Baiyue shattered the history of Baiyue that had been pressing down on them.

So what?

Could they defeat dozens of Human Dao fifth-rank cultivators?

They couldn't.