Chapter 815: The situation suddenly changed

Why is Baiyue Baiyue?

Because since ancient times, this place has been used as a buffer zone by both Humans and Shamanes.

During the era of Great Deer Marsh, when the conflict between Humans and Shamanes began, this trend was already evident.

After that, Baiyue experienced many things, but for many years, it existed as a buffer zone.

And a buffer zone needs 'stability'; a bearing that isn't strong enough won't work.

All of this led to one result: the solidification of Baiyue, which continues to this day, and the emergence of things like the Baiyue Kingdom Lord.

And now, everything, everything, ends today.

Li Qi's letting go, and the struggle of the Baiyue beings themselves, a struggle that surpassed Li Qi's wisdom, accomplished all of this.

Moreover, the struggle of the Baiyue beings themselves even accounted for the majority.

Li Qi looked at the constantly Breaking Through lights and shook his head.

Just as Zhang You said before.

She said, "We will not just defeat an enemy, but defeat a segment of history."

Now, Baiyue's past history has been defeated.

What will follow will be a brand new Baiyue.

"However, it's still not enough, oh.", Huodou suddenly said.

Baiyue defeated its history from ancient times to the present and moved towards a new chapter.

But, is that enough?

Can it resist the Human Dao?

Hehe, the answer is, impossible.

Huodou looked at Li Qi with a somewhat mischievous smile, all the previous astonishment replaced with mockery: "Li Qi, you are indeed very excellent, but your vision is still not high enough."

Li Qi didn't react for a moment.

Before that, he felt that Huodou was a cute Senior, and quite approachable.

Only when this smile appeared did he realize that Huodou was not that likable.

Just like Zhu Fengdan, she wasn't some kind and good person.

It makes sense, being good friends with Zhu Fengdan, a calamity beast named Huodou, could she be a kind and good person?

But now, Li Qi reacted.

Because at this moment, Li Qi saw that those newly promoted Fifth-ranks were shot down.

Li Qi, who was Restricteded, lost sufficient observation ability, so at this moment, he belatedly realized…

The Human Dao was deliberate.

The reason Shen Shuibi and the others were able to persist until now was because the Human Dao held back.

At this moment, when Baiyue defeated its history and a new 'bud' was born, the Human Dao began its action.

They wanted to nip the bud.

Dozens of Human Dao Dao Resonances instantly made their move.

Among the newly Breakthrough Fifth-ranks, there were also moles.

That's right, why would all the Breakthrough Fifth-ranks defect to Shaman Dao?

Thinking too much, all of this was still within the calculations of the Heavenly Supervision Bureau.

Moles, plus serious Human Dao Fifth-ranks, Baiyue had no chance at all and was immediately destroyed.

Without any hesitation, without any possibility of resistance.

Baiyue lost.

Qiu Zhi once said, "After calculations by the Ministry of War and the Heavenly Supervision Bureau, our win rate is 100%."

He was telling the truth, as everyone knows, the Human Dao never lies.

Li Qi sighed, "Senior Huodou, was it also part of your plan to let me witness all of this firsthand?"

"Yes, so, now you can burn the daylight. You see, I told you long ago that you didn't need to wait an hour, but you're a child, I understand. Seeing all this is also a good thing for you this time.", Huodou stood up.

"Then… was your action not discovered, Senior?" Li Qi asked again.

If the Human Dao could calculate even such things, then why wouldn't Huodou be within their calculations?

"Hehe, if you could guess such a thing, then how could I hide it from the Human Dao? Don't ask what you shouldn't ask.", Huodou said with a smile.

Then, she prepared to strike and burn the daylight!

However, the moment she was about to strike, she suddenly discovered something and abruptly looked up.

"What's wrong again? Senior, you've been startled quite a lot today.", Li Qi sighed.

This time he truly lost without a word to say. Fortunately, Zhu Fengdan still had a backup plan, having ambushed with Huodou's brilliant move in advance, so it would definitely be resolved in the end.

But Li Qi himself lost without any suspense, an undisputed defeat.

"Hey, that one, you know her, right?" Huodou pointed to the sky.

The originally dejected Li Qi jolted, his Dharma Body suddenly stood up, and he looked up at the sky.

In the sky—Demonic Qi was abundant!

It was already afternoon, and under the magnificent orange-yellow sunset, a starry sky slowly appeared.

In the center of the starry sky, a small black dot continuously expanded, forming a circular black mass. At first, the black mass was inky black, gradually, as the black mass grew larger, some dark red spots could be seen on it, and finally, it became clear that those spots were actually intertwined narrow cracks, fiery red.

That wasn't a starry sky, that was—the appearing Demonic Qi.

The Demonic Qi was as pure and boundless as the night sky, and the shimmering points of light on it, like stars, sparkled on the Demonic Qi, as if the night sky was covered with a thin layer of frost, dotted and indistinguishable from stars.

That was actually the layer of astral winds.

The layer of astral winds had all its heat absorbed by the Demonic Qi, so it froze.

It was a layer of frozen wind, the remnants left after the upper atmosphere of the world disappeared, hanging on the Demonic Qi, appearing as dazzling as the starry sky.

Li Qi looked up at the magnificent sky above Baiyue.

There, clusters of ice crystals were embedded in the Demonic Qi, exceptionally bright. The ice plain suspended in the sky, and the black sun that extinguished the sky, constituted all material existence; besides these, there was nothing else.

Against this backdrop, like a dying black dwarf star, it neither rose nor set; it just stayed in place.

The Demonic Qi descended silently, neither changing color nor flickering, because there was no atmosphere or cloud cover here, it just remained silent as if unchanged since eternity.

From a Mortal's perspective, this was a flat, boundless black world appearing out of thin air above the sky, with no end in sight ahead and no beginning behind.

The Demonic Qi was so silent, like an endless long night, the remnants of ancient Universe movement, nothing more.

Besides that, a blankness, movement stopped, processes ended, a cold sky, a dead black world, and an unfamiliar starry sky with shimmering lights.

Li Qi felt a familiar aura within it.

Li Shiwei.

His daughter.

Why was she here?!

Didn't he send her to the outer regions and forbid her from appearing in the world again?!

Participating in the war was too dangerous; Li Qi couldn't tolerate Li Shiwei staying in such a dangerous place in the world. The peaceful regions outside were more suitable for her.

But the next moment, Li Qi knew why.

Because, from that Demonic Qi, two figures descended.

Two people Li Qi knew.

Demonic Prince, and… Li Shiwei.

Both of them were Fifth-ranks!

Li Shiwei's progress speed was incredibly fast, even faster than Li Qi's!

She had actually reached Fifth-rank!

And she was a Fifth-rank of the Demonic Dao!

She was even at the same rank as the Demonic Prince beside her, because the Demonic Prince was also a Fifth-rank. Li Qi actually Breakthrough faster than him; it was like that back then, when Li Qi was a Sixth-rank, the Demonic Prince was only a Seventh-rank.

Just as Li Qi was surprised and couldn't react, the Demonic Prince softly said, "Watch closely, how to fight."

After speaking, the Demonic Prince descended.

Before, it was Baiyue's Fifth-ranks falling like rain.

Now… the side changed.

More than thirty Human Dao Dao Resonances died instantly.

They were all Fifth-ranks.

They clearly seemed to have similar cultivation, could even contend with each other, and could form military formations.

But the Demonic Prince easily shattered all the Fifth-ranks like a hot knife through butter. Even a heavily injured Li Qi might not have fought so decisively.

Too strong, it's truly hard to imagine any Fifth-rank existence being able to keep up with the Demonic Prince.

Even a Fourth-rank, perhaps the Demonic Prince could contend with him.

He was simply in a different world from other Fifth-ranks.

Everyone was a Fifth-rank, but 'other Fifth-ranks', including powerhouses from major Dao Orthodoxys, such as typical Human Dao dual Fifth-ranks, or direct disciples like Li Qi, were not his opponents.

Under the same rank, it was simply impossible to be the Demonic Prince's opponent.

It was like a lawnmower had gone over a soccer field, and all the grass was cut in half.

Dozens of Human Dao Fifth-ranks, this would be enough to level a Star Domain in the outer regions!

This was the configuration for a war zone, capable of ruling many light-years of starry sky and crushing and enslaving countless worlds.

But the Demonic Prince merely harvested coldly, just as he did against others.

No one was an opponent in a single move.

Finally, only four or five Human Dao Fifth-ranks remained.

"You come.", the Demonic Prince said to Li Shiwei.

"Yes… Uncle Mo.", Li Shiwei nodded.

Then, Li Qi watched his daughter make her move.

Extremely terrifying Demonic Qi, and… Demon of Death’s Dao Resonance, which was almost impossible for Fifth-ranks to handle.

The remaining few Human Dao Fifth-ranks were already trying their best to resist.

But Li Shiwei's attacks were very ruthless and precise.

The Dao Resonance from the Demon of Death gave her extraordinary killing power.

Under the Demonic Prince's training, she was also full of understanding for combat. With the help of the Demon of Death’s Dao Resonance and the Demonic Prince's teachings, Li Shiwei easily destroyed the remaining few Fifth-ranks.

The battle ended.

It didn't even require Li Qi to use the emperor fluid paste to restore his body.

The sudden intervention of the Demonic Dao, the sudden arrival of Li Shiwei and the Demonic Prince, directly shattered the Human Dao's original plan.

Li Qi lost, but Shaman Dao didn't lose.

"Oh~, it seems I'm not needed anymore. Well, I'll leave the rest of the troubles to you. I'm going to find Zhu Fengdan. The emperor fluid paste will still descend as scheduled. Take good care of your injuries.", Huodou seemed to have lost interest in watching the show and directly left Li Qi, disappearing from the spot.

Honestly, this attitude… was truly identical to Zhu Fengdan's.

As expected of a calamity beast, she indeed didn't have an easy-to-get-along-with personality, but she surprisingly got along well with Teacher Zhu?

Oh, not necessarily. When people with such personalities clash, Teacher Zhu might be very miserable.

But Li Qi had no time to think about those things now.

His mind was now filled with Li Shiwei's current situation, and… the 'calamity' mentioned by the high-ranking divine official 'Shi Yan'.

Li Qi had not expected the calamity to descend in this manner.

He could tell how this developed with his toes.

Li Shiwei saw that the rabbit and he were about to lose at this critical last hour.

So, in her desperation, she chose to descend like this.

His concern became pressure weighing on her Dao Heart, ultimately leading her to fall into the Demonic Dao.

Did the Heavenly Demon anticipate this?

Li Qi didn't know.

But at this moment, he didn't think much. His Dharma Body immediately moved and appeared at the front line.

There were many people here now.

Shen Shuibi, Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord, Yunluo Kingdom Lord.

Many newly promoted Baiyue Fifth-ranks.

And Li Shiwei, Demonic Prince.

Seeing Li Qi arrive, and Shen Shuibi also immediately stood with Li Qi, the two walked forward together. Li Shiwei let out a long sigh of relief, and she immediately rushed forward eagerly: "Father, Mother, are you alright?!"

Li Qi glanced at the Demonic Prince beside him, then at Li Shiwei.

Shen Shuibi wanted to say something, but Li Qi stopped her. He stepped forward alone: "I'm fine… But you, you don't look fine."

"How could that be.", the Demonic Prince appeared at this moment, "Isn't she doing quite well?"

"You shut up!" Li Qi suddenly interrupted the Demonic Prince, sternly reprimanding: "I'll settle accounts with you later!"

The Demonic Prince was a bit displeased: "Hey, your daughter came to find me. I pushed off a lot of things to help her. Your own incompetence caused your daughter to worry, fine, but I kindly helped you, and you treat me with such an attitude."

"Kindly helped me—!?" Li Qi glared at the Demonic Prince, just about to say something.

But at this moment, Li Shiwei suddenly clenched her fists, frowned tightly, and shouted loudly: "Enough!"

This angry shout made both Li Qi and the Demonic Prince stop, then look at Li Shiwei.

Shen Shuibi sighed.

Even if the rabbit was relatively slow in social interactions, she also sensed that something was wrong now.

Then, Li Shiwei ignored Li Qi and went to Shen Shuibi, taking her mother's hand and carefully caressing her wounds: "Mother, are you alright…?"

"They're just minor injuries, but you—"

Shen Shuibi seemed to want to say something, but she choked up. The Demonic Qi emanating from her daughter could almost be described as 'dense', so much so that Shen Shuibi was completely unable to continue speaking.

"I'm fine, and… I feel very at ease now, as if many past Restricteds have completely disappeared.", Li Shiwei said, holding her mother's hand: "Don't worry about me, I've never been better."

"And also, this.", She took out a jade pendant.

That was the stone.

Seals were wrapped around the stone, as if someone's mouth was covered, unable to speak at all.

Clearly, it was because the stone was 'too noisy'.

"Stone, I'll leave it to you two. I can't take him with me.", Li Shiwei said.

But at this moment, Li Qi arrived.

He waved his hand, lifting the Restriction on the stone.

"Invoker—!" The stone immediately spoke after its Restriction was lifted.

Li Shiwei glanced at Li Qi, but didn't speak, just quietly looked at Li Qi.

Li Qi sighed, then interrupted the pile of words the stone wanted to say, and directly asked: "Stone, are you still willing to stay by her side?"

"...Invoker, aren't you worried?"

"Everyone has their own path, everyone can choose their own. I don't interfere. Similarly, you are the same. I'm just asking you as a father, you've spent more time with her than I have, are you still willing to stay by her side?"

The stone listened to these words, fell silent for a long while, then said: "I… I still can."

"That's good.", Li Qi nodded.

Then, Li Qi handed the stone to Li Shiwei: "I can see that you don't want him to leave. Take him, and then leave here. I won't ask too many questions about your matters."

"But you also need to stay far away from here. I need to talk to the Demonic Prince alone."