Chapter 871: Exploring the Desire world

The demon Monkey seemed not to care about his Monkey brothers and sisters, but instead rushed towards Li Qi.

"Haha, brother, I found it!" He waved a 'crack' and happily returned to Li Qi's side.

As for the thing in his hand, it was difficult to evaluate...

It was a crack.

It was as if the Desire Realm had been cut open; when this crack appeared, the delusions of the Desire Realm in the space he was in dissipated.

In the location of the crack, the rules of the Desire Realm receded, leaving only an empty Void Realm.

This was... the nature of Demon of Death’s Dao Resonance.

This was another Demon of Death’s Dao Resonance, and it looked much stronger than the one in Li Qi's hand!

"This thing, it's exactly the same as yours, right? It's just bigger. I got it over there." The demon Monkey handed the Demon of Death’s Dao Resonance to Li Qi: "But that place seems to move, and now it's gone somewhere unknown. You can go look for it."

"Thank you, Monkey brother." Li Qi reached out and took the Demon of Death’s Dao Resonance, observing its condition.

It was indeed Demon of Death’s Dao Resonance, and completely identical. This thing, in nature, was exactly the same as the one in Li Qi's hand, just a little more.

However, just like True Knowledge, this thing... a little more means it multiplies exponentially, so what looks like just a tiny bit more actually has a performance difference of several hundred times.

After all, the essence of Dao Resonance is a fragment of the Great Dao. As long as there is a little more, it can restore a little more power. The closer it is to the entire Great Dao, the more terrifying its power. If all Dao Resonance were collected, it would essentially be possessing a super Divine Ability similar to the Demon of Death's full power attack.

Although it's impossible to compare to the Demon of Death itself, because even if the Dao Resonance is collected, it's only a part of the Demon of Death's external manifestation. If it were truly the complete Demon of Death Dao, it wouldn't even need to be collected; just by being there, the Demon of Death would have revived, instead of existing in the form of Dao Resonance.

But no matter what, these were all Dao Resonance comparable to First Grade, formed from the Demon of Death after his death.

It was visibly apparent that if Li Qi were to integrate his own Dao Resonance with the Demon of Death’s Dao Resonance in front of him, its strength would surge, possibly even by another exponent.

This made Li Qi frown.

"Hmm? That expression means, is this thing useless to you?" The demon Monkey asked, seeing Li Qi's expression, full of doubt.

"No, it's useful, but... it's too useful, to the point where I'm a little suspicious." Li Qi said with a wry smile, holding the Dao Resonance.

He was indeed a bit awkward.

When it was useless, he wanted to find something useful.

But when he found something useful, he would instead wonder if it was a trick, if someone had deliberately let him find it?

Hearing this, the demon Monkey laughed heartily: "Brother, you're so hesitant, why are you so indecisive? If someone deliberately set a trap, could they really trap me? I've had this thing for who knows how long, and I only got it by chance. What kind of person can cross time and plot against both you and me at this scale? If that person truly has such ability, what he does, can you stop him?"

Li Qi only gave a wry smile upon hearing this.

He naturally understood this principle, but the problem was that this view was predicated on "the demon Monkey not lying."

If the demon Monkey himself was deceiving him, then if he easily believed him, he would be miserable.

However... what the other party said also made sense. He couldn't distinguish the truthfulness of the demon Monkey anyway, so it was enough to just be cautious. There was no need to be hesitant.

If he was afraid of everything, why come to the Desire Realm? The most dangerous thing he had done was actually coming to the Desire Realm. This trip was originally intended to sever his connection with the Demonic Dao.

So, Li Qi held the Demon of Death’s Dao Resonance in his hand and said: "Since that's the case, then Monkey brother, I'll temporarily borrow this."

The demon Monkey patted his chest and said boldly: "You and I are brothers, why talk about borrowing? I'm giving it to you, just take it. It's just a pity that I'm locked here and can't accompany you. Otherwise, with the two of us brothers together, who could stop us?"

"Uh... that might be a bit difficult, Monkey brother. Although your essence is First Grade, your current cultivation is still Fourth Grade. To be honest, even if you could go... you probably wouldn't be much help to me." Li Qi suddenly said.

"Hmm?!" The demon Monkey raised his voice: "Is that true?!"

"Although it's a bit hurtful, it is indeed the truth..." Li Qi spread his hands, stating the fact.

Li Qi originally thought the demon Monkey would get angry, but unexpectedly, the demon Monkey only jumped a few times, seemingly embarrassed, and then said: "Damn it, then brother, you go first. I'll figure out how to Breakthrough. Next time, next time I definitely won't be like this!"

It seemed he was able to control his emotions.

Seeing this, Li Qi also nodded slightly: "Okay, then Monkey brother, good luck. Now that I have this, I'll go find a place first."

"Good, you go ahead. I'll figure out how to Breakthrough." The demon Monkey said, and then drilled back under the golden mountain.

After he left, Li Qi looked at the Monkey brothers and sisters' flying boat next to him.

"Then, farewell."

He said so, holding two wisps of Demon of Death’s Dao Resonance, instantly crossing countless light-years and leaving the place.

Only after leaving there did Li Qi combine the two wisps of Dao Resonance in his hand.

The two wisps of Dao Resonance were like snakes eating each other, biting each other's tails.

Li Qi observed this scene.

The next moment, the Demon of Death’s Dao Resonance in his hand suddenly expanded!

The surrounding Desire Realm space-time began to erode and collapse!

The Four Greats scattered, leaving the world, entering samadhi. In an instant, all things seemed to have experienced countless kalpas, and the ten evils, four heavy sins, and five uninterrupted Karmas were immediately eliminated!

Between heaven and earth, that which takes shape and emerges is called 'birth', and that which exhausts its numbers and ends is called 'death'.

When everything undergoes change, that is 'birth'.

And when all changes are exhausted, that is 'death'.

The Desire Realm, as the projection of all desires in the real world, should possess endless changes.

However, in front of the Demon of Death’s Dao Resonance at this moment, these changes were suppressed.

"So that's how it is. Demon of Death’s Dao Resonance can push all things towards 'death', regardless of the form of that death." Li Qi observed the continuously expanding Demon of Death’s Dao Resonance and came to a conclusion.

There are many forms of death. Some are the disintegration of the Physical Body, some are the annihilation of the True Spirit, some are when 'entropy' reaches its maximum, and First Grade refers to 'the demise of Dao principles'.

How many forms of death are there in the world?

But Demon of Death’s Dao Resonance disregards these; no matter what kind of existence, it will be directly pushed towards 'death'.

And in the Desire Realm, this manifestation is that 'changes have stopped'.

The Desire Realm created by the Heavenly Demon is the Demonic Dao's stronghold. Its endless changes are a symbol of the Desire Realm's continued vitality, just like human thought.

As long as a person is alive, they will inevitably have thoughts.

Life, in fact, simply doesn't know how to 'not think'.

As long as you are alive, thinking is inevitably continuous. Even when you're asleep, you dream; your mental activity never stops.

The Desire Realm is a symbol of this.

But in the face of the vigorous Demon of Death’s Dao Resonance, even the Desire Realm stood still.

Li Qi felt all of this, and then began to calculate.

Although he wasn't a Diviner, as a Shaman, he still possessed basic divination and calculation methods.

Especially since Li Qi had been able to see Karma lines for a long time, tracing back along the Dao Resonance's Karma lines should allow him to find where the Dao Resonance originated.

However, halfway through his calculation, Li Qi suddenly felt as if his forehead had been struck.

Almost instantly, Li Qi 'died'.

His Inner World withered, his Physical Body was destroyed along with it, and all his cultivation was directly ground away, as if he had been repeatedly pushed and pulled in a stone mill, turning into minced meat.

However, the next moment, Li Qi was resurrected out of thin air.

This was the immortality of a First Grade.

They are abstract, transcendent, and self-existent.

Even power appears out of thin air, just as the Universe itself burst forth out of thin air in the beginning.

He simply appeared out of thin air, as if a Big Bang occurred out of thin air in the Void Realm, with endless energy surging forth, and Li Qi was thus restored.

Why did this explosion occur?

Because the 'Dao' said so.

The 'Dao' tells matter how to move, how to be born. Thus, under the guidance of the 'Dao', Li Qi, who was completely dead from a Fourth Grade perspective, came back to life out of thin air.

The Big Bang occurred because the 'Dao' itself existed. The same was true for Li Qi at this moment.

Since such a 'Dao' exists, such 'events' will occur, because the two are inherently closely linked, as stable as an apple falling downwards. Because there is 'gravity', objects moving along the geodesics of space-time become a certainty.

Similarly, the transfer of internal energy in matter is also a certainty, and loss is also a certainty. These are all 'natural', because the 'Dao' is thus, so all things will move according to this principle, and even matter can be generated out of thin air, just like the countless virtual particles born out of thin air in a vacuum.

The quantum sea of vacuum is also born out of thin air, for no reason other than that the 'Dao' is thus.

Under such power, Li Qi's death was merely the decay of his Physical Body. His Dao was completely unharmed, so he could directly revive on the spot.

After reviving, he had already realized that he had touched something.

"Ah... the Demon of Death's—remains?" After calculating, Li Qi found that tracing back along the Karma line, he actually saw... in the Desire Realm, a piece of the Demon of Death's remains.

If he had performed the deduction when he was Fourth Grade, Li Qi would probably have been killed by the other party's status.

But now that he was First Grade, he revived.

"No, the Demon of Death is already a symbol of death. Are his remains truly dead? Also, is it reasonable to find something like the Demon of Death's remains as soon as I arrived?" Li Qi's face was full of disbelief.

The Demon of Death's remains, such a thing, should be a treasure of extremely high status, so how could it just be placed in front of Li Qi?

Then, he needed to gather some information.

Now, Li Qi didn't need to slowly gather information, like a Mortal, asking around everywhere. His way of gathering information was... expanding True Knowledge.

At this moment, Li Qi no longer worried about 'affecting others,' nor did he care if others could perceive it. He simply let go and did it.

His True Knowledge, enhanced by five exponents, fully expanded, operating at full power.

He didn't pursue the density of the probe, but only the breadth, trying to spread his perception over the largest possible area.

True Knowledge unfolded instantly in the Desire Realm, exactly as Li Qi had arranged it.

In an instant, Li Qi couldn't even describe the feeling...

He had never received so much information.

However, his thinking organ could completely bear it; it seemed no matter how much information there was, he could process it clearly.

The reason for this was simple.

This information exists within the Universe, which means... the Universe can accommodate this information.

And Li Qi was already First Grade, his very being was already parallel with the Universe itself. Therefore, Li Qi could naturally accommodate this information; as long as it didn't exceed First Grade, his capacity limit was 'infinite'.

This was no longer ordinary 'capacity', but rather Li Qi had already transcended 'finitude' and become an abstract 'trend'.

He had already become a rule itself in the true sense, and naturally could do everything a rule could do, including but not limited to creating something out of nothing and containing all things.

For Li Qi's Inner World, Li Qi was 'natural'.

In this situation, no matter how much information there was, the essence was the same. He was no longer limited by ordinary 'quantity'.

Thus, as True Knowledge continuously expanded, Li Qi also continuously spied on the beings of the Desire Realm.

This observation lasted much longer than all of Li Qi's previous probes.

His perception even re-covered the area where the demon Monkey had been earlier, greeted him, and then continued to spread further away.

This observation lasted a full seven hundred and fifty years.

During these seven hundred and fifty years, countless civilizations observed Li Qi's existence. Their various instruments or Divine Ability, or the instincts of certain strong individuals, all sensed a mysterious 'gaze'.

This gaze could not be traced, could not be communicated with, and was even difficult to describe whether it was truly a 'gaze' or some strange natural phenomenon, like gravitational waves or something.

Many beings sent observations in Li Qi's direction, wanting to see what this disturbance was all about.

Li Qi became an extraterrestrial wonder himself!

For many civilizations unable to leave their own worlds, he was almost equivalent to 'civilization' itself, even becoming a part of their myths.

After all, for many young worlds, they had only truly explored this Universe for one or two hundred years, perhaps just having stepped out of their own world.

Therefore, seven hundred and fifty years was enough for Li Qi to leave his mark in their civilizations. Li Qi's divine essence could even perceive that some had begun to worship him.

But he was completely indifferent to these things.

Seven hundred and fifty years was too short for him.

He continuously extended his reach, and around the four hundredth year, what he encountered was no longer the same 'Void Realm' as the real world.

The Desire Realm began to reveal its true face before him.

Unrestrained, constantly changing, uncontrolled Chaos manifested here, and a hazy, chaotic vortex began to spin, occupying Li Qi's mind.