Secondary Mara

We must quickly summon the high-ranking officials to handle this!

They quickly reported it upstairs and then frantically began to build a defense.

Danger!

That's too dangerous!

In the heart of Chang'an, a third-rank bomb was hidden!

If it explodes, the consequences will be unimaginable!

However, Li Qi was completely unaware of everything happening outside at this time.

He is enjoying himself.

Yes, enjoy it.

He could sense that the Three Lives Ancient Mirror was constantly moving forward, and he didn't know how long it had been moving forward.

Even the light of space was in chaos, and space itself began to fracture, breaking into pieces.

At first, I could still feel the starlight, but now there is no starlight at all, as if I have already rushed to the edge of the universe.

But...

Yet, I'm increasingly feeling a sense of satisfaction.

It's like... a hungry person smells a delicious aroma, and it gets closer and closer, as if they're about to eat it.

More and more satisfied, more and more enjoying, just waiting for the moment when it enters your mouth for ultimate pleasure.

However, Li Qi did not realize that the energy that was propelling him forward was gradually becoming insufficient.

It's too far.

It's too far.

Even the Three Lives Ancient Mirror, which absorbed more than ten times the usual energy, could not match its power.

The Three Lives Ancient Mirror has no intelligence; it only knows to act according to its original logic after activation, just like a computer. Even if it has to run Crysis on the highest settings using integrated graphics, it will not give up immediately.

Even if there is a memory overflow, even if the video memory explodes, even if the machine burns out, the startup command will still be executed forcibly.

This has led to the current situation.

The Three Lives Ancient Mirror was meant to trace Li Qi's past and present lives, which was beyond everyone's expectations. Even when overloaded, this third-grade Law Treasure could not achieve this.

As he got farther and farther away, Li Qi could feel that the 'delicious smell' he was smelling was getting closer and closer.

Time continued to pass, and Li Qi grew increasingly anxious, even starting to speed up on his own.

Because he sensed something was agitated.

True Knowledge Dao Charm!

He sensed it, another wisp of True Knowledge Dao Charm!

Dao Yun is the remnant of a complete 'Dao'. When a great Dao is broken up, one of the puzzle pieces is Dao Yun.

There are many paths in the world. Some are naturally born in other worlds, while others are condensed by cultivators themselves. The highest level is the Great Dao, which is what all things in the world must follow.

These 'ways' are rules, and they are not eternal.

The infinite worlds beyond the realms each Great One rules, or 'Dao', and when many worlds are destroyed, these remaining fragments are the greatest source of Dao principles.

The Daoist principles have many wonderful uses, but in essence, they are all based on these rules. They can temporarily modify the surrounding rules, replace the currently effective rules with themselves, and thus produce other effects.

Therefore, each Daoist rhyme is unique. Theoretically speaking, if you can collect all the Daoist rhymes, you will possess a complete Dao.

However, while a complete Dao is precious, it is not particularly rare. Li Qi knew that sometimes, powerful beings would directly crush a world and extract all the Dao from it.

Piecing together Dao principles is too troublesome; it's better to forcibly shatter the world and extract a complete Dao.

However, Li Qi was very clear about one thing.

Even for the great shamans, the True Knowledge Dao Charm is quite peculiar. Although its intensity is not high, it does have its unique aspects.

Zhu Fengdan's assessment of Zhenzhi was. "The Daoist wisdom you gained by traversing the vast world."

Only now does Li Qi realize just how far this 'time travel' actually goes.

Anyway, twenty minutes have passed and they still haven't traced it back.

But it was getting closer and closer, to the point that Li Qi even discovered a second wisp of true knowledge, which was the second remnant after the Great Dao was shattered!

This is also the source of his 'enjoyment'.

When True Knowledge Dao Charm became excited, Li Qi also became excitedly excited.

Unexpectedly, just one exam allowed him to gain a second glimmer of true knowledge!

It's just a bit strange.

Logically speaking, since the Daoist essences are already broken, they should not be able to reunite. In other words, even if they come together, they will not merge, let alone attract each other, let alone reach this boiling state.

But the True Knowledge Dao Charm what it is.

But it doesn't matter, I'll get it first.

Only Li Qi himself knew the True Knowledge Dao Charm's help to him.

Whether it's memorizing texts, studying, fighting enemies, or even just strolling around, Zhenzhi has played countless roles, becoming his sixth sense in addition to his five senses.

He was secretly delighted, and prepared himself to continue going back in time.

However, Li Qi was secretly delighted, while those outside were frantic with worry.

This is bad!

The Three Lives Ancient Mirror has absorbed the energy from the activation of more than twenty-five Grade 3 magic Law Treasure!

The power outage has expanded to an area of 312 li (approximately 158 kilometers) in radius!

The two directors were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, sweating profusely and jumping up and down in a panic.

The two of them alone couldn't handle it. Although they had already reported it to the imperial court, they still couldn't stop feeling panicked.

Why haven't the high officials arrived yet?

This kind of thing can only be handled by High Officials, and even one or two of them probably wouldn't be enough to solve it.

A bomb with twenty-five times the energy of a third-grade weapon is now in Chang'an!

If this thing explodes, even in a stable world like Tianxia, the area of damage will not be small.

Preliminary estimates suggest that one-tenth of Chang'an could be razed to the ground!

This has blown up!

The Imperial Academy Chancellor, who was the instigator, was dumbfounded.

He collapsed to the ground, filled with despair.

He never expected things to turn out this way.

Activating the Three Lives Ancient Mirror once caused this to happen!

Even more so, countless chaotic cosmic lights enveloped the surroundings, preventing him from escaping and leaving him to wait for death inside with Li Qi.

When the Three Lives Ancient Mirror finally breaks down, the two of them will likely perish without a trace.

They couldn't be saved; they were swallowed by the chaotic light of the universe. Even the high-ranking officials probably couldn't save them, because even time travel couldn't bring them back to life.

The chaotic light of time will erase all traceable clues. Even if you try to rewind, you can only rewind some messy fragments. Whether you can piece together a person depends on luck.

Moreover, with the matter escalating to such an extent, the Heaven Supervision Department will likely intervene personally, at which point all the behind-the-scenes incidents will probably be exposed.

However, the Imperial Academy Chancellor was still a sixth-rank official. He was not a fool, and his plans were meticulous and his mind was quite firm.

After a quarter of an hour of panic, he sorted everything out in his mind.

He gritted his teeth and got up.

He had figured it out. Things had already escalated to this point, and although he didn't know the reasons behind it, he knew that once the investigation was conducted, it would definitely not be able to be kept secret.

However, this matter would certainly not be exposed to Wushen Mountain. They would only claim it was an accident, and although they would die, the information would be kept secret internally and would never be leaked.

In other words, no matter how things develop, the imperial court will not give in to Wushen Mountain on this matter, and in the official narrative, both he and the young master will die in an accident.

The imperial court was extremely strict in its governance of officials, but it did not implicate their families, so their own families were safe.

Now that things have come to this, how can we just sit and wait to die?

The person who assigned him to this task was the Nanshan Faction of the imperial court, whose origin was the Nanshan Academy. Although the high-ranking officials who came out of this academy did not form factions, they would still form cliques based on their backgrounds to create a political force.

Being born into this academy basically means accepting its philosophy, so it's only natural that people would come together to form a faction.

Even within the Tang Kingdom, there are ideological disputes. In the past, there was the Hundred Schools of Thought, and now there are various factions in the court.

Among those killed by Zhu Fengdan was an Army Protector of the Subordinate Third Rank.

There was also a Left Assistant Minister of Personnel of Personnel, who was also Subordinate Third Rank.

This Left Assistant Minister of Personnel was a member of the Nanshan Faction, a high-ranking official who harbored extreme aversion to the barbarians of Wushen Mountain or the East Sea, and was an absolute advocate of war in the court.

The last time the Minister of Personnel a letter in his own hand, Wushen Mountain did not back down but instead directly killed people, which made Nanshan Academy very angry.

Therefore, he and the Director of the Imperial Academy discussed the matter and made this decision to target the young master of Wushen Mountain.

The Imperial Academy Director of Studies was a fellow student from the Nanshan Academy. Although he did not graduate from the academy, he had received the Director of Studies' kindness and also agreed with the Nanshan Faction's ideals, so he took on this task.

The purpose was to cause Wushen Mountain to lose a genius, and at the same time to give Zhu Fengdan a warning.

This is something that can be done, but cannot be said about.

Now that things have escalated to this point, it's as if the court has been informed of the whole story, and with things having come to this, death is inevitable.

It would be better to make a bigger scene and take the blame upon myself, so that the Director of Studies could get away with it and repay the kindness of the Director in guiding my studies.

The Imperial Academy Director of Studies had been a mentor to him, and he owed everything he had today to that mentor. Today was the day to repay that kindness!

After sorting out the cause and effect in his mind, he took a deep breath and prepared to take advantage of the moment when Li Qi's mind was completely occupied by the Three Lives Ancient Mirror to make his move according to the original plan and then take all the blame.

However, you can't directly kill someone; if you do, it will be discovered.

However, he is a sixth-rank official, and he has a thousand ways to kill an eighth-rank official without having to take direct action.

Demonic energy was brewing in his hand!

He unleashed his full sixth-grade cultivation and began to control the demonic energy of the Heavenly Demon.

Indeed, the Three Lives Ancient Mirror has not yet revealed Li Qi's weakness, but it doesn't matter. Does he need a weakness to fight an eighth-rank official?

He wanted to personally control the demonic energy of the Heavenly Demon, causing Li Qi to 'die in the test,' thus giving the imperial court an 'answer.'

With this answer, the imperial court could use it to negotiate with the internal affairs of Wushen Mountain, ultimately shifting all the blame to itself, the examiner, and ensuring that this genius young master of Wushen Mountain would die.

Even if we trace it back further, it only goes back to the Mara of Self-Transformation! Because it was the Secondary Demon who actually took action.

The Mara of Self-Transformation this world, and the progenitor of the demonic path who dared to obstruct the Great Sun Tathagata's enlightenment.

Is Wushen Mountain really willing to implicate a first-rank official for this matter?

Even if it were the young master of Wushen Mountain, it wouldn't be possible! There's no way to trace it.

The Mara of Self-Transformation is like an abyss from which various demons constantly emerge.

These celestial demons are secondary celestial demons, and it is impossible to trace them.

The lowest-ranking, ungraded secondary demons are as endless as the ocean, easily giving rise to Ganges sand like the sands of the Ganges.

The highest rank is four. These secondary demons are like the avatars of the Mara of Self-Transformation. They share the same thoughts and often work together. Who are you looking for?

The one in his hand was a sixth-grade item, neither high nor low, but it was still quite precious to him. Secondary Heavenly Demons were extremely difficult to capture. These things were formless and intangible, lurking within the Dao heart. They were usually dormant, but would appear when the host's emotions fluctuated greatly, transforming into demonic thoughts that quietly influenced the host.

When a demon parasitizes Dao heart, and one's emotions fluctuate violently, many "unresolved" thoughts will arise, such as murder, suicide, or "just once, I won't do it again." These are demonic thoughts.

Many people believe these are their own thoughts, but in reality, they are all demonic thoughts manifested by the Heavenly Demon.

Even if you manage to suppress it once or twice, you will definitely become more and more extreme.

Because some thoughts, once they arise, can never be erased.

Ultimately, the demons will deceive you from your own path, causing you to do things that violate your nature and your Dao heart, ultimately leading you to completely lose your way and fall into the demonic path.

This is the method of the Heavenly Demon.

Now we'll use it on Li Qi!

A wisp of demonic energy emerged from the Imperial Academy Chancellor's hand.

Immediately afterwards, the air around them seemed to start dancing.

The veins in the arm of the Imperial Academy Chancellor seemed to begin to slowly throb.

This demonic energy seemed to emanate a strange fluctuation, vaguely mysterious, and even produced a somewhat "illusory" feeling.

It's as if it shouldn't exist in this world, just a phantom.

These black demonic energies pulsed slowly, like... a heartbeat.

It was as if the blood vessels were contracting and expanding with each heartbeat.

Then, demonic energy entangled Li Qi.

At this moment, Li Qi was completely immersed in the Three Lives Ancient Mirror and could not react to the outside world, so he could only let the demonic energy come forward.

Then, the demonic energy suddenly expanded! It transformed into more than a dozen ropes, or rather, more than a dozen pythons, tightly binding Li Qi!

Li Qi, who was lost in his own inner world, suddenly heard a sound.

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

"Thump! Thump thump!"

The repeated tapping echoed in his silent world of consciousness, abruptly waking him from the joyful feeling of almost touching the True Knowledge Dao Charm.

He seemed to sense something... something was wandering in his mind.

The air seemed to freeze at that moment. Li Qi immediately snapped out of it, focusing intently, trying to suppress his wildly beating heart, holding his breath, and listening intently to the strange noise.

But the source of the sound seemed to know that someone was watching it, and after a while it stopped making its sound.

Li Qi focused intently on finding the source of the sound.

"What is it?" He frowned, a sense of annoyance rising within him.

He was still sensing another glimmer of truth when he was suddenly interrupted, which made him feel extremely irritated and a little like hitting someone.

However, Li Qi was very composed. Perhaps it was an accident, but he quickly suppressed his agitation and continued to devote himself to the work of searching for true knowledge.

The Three Lives Ancient Mirror still carries his perceptions, traversing the gaps in time and space, getting closer and closer to another wisp of true knowledge.

He could feel it getting closer and closer.

However, Li Qi also felt a surge of anxiety and irritability.

Why haven't they arrived yet!

Why hasn't it arrived yet?

"Wait... don't rush, it'll be soon, it'll be soon." Li Qi took a deep breath, then immediately realized he was being too hasty.

Suppressing his eagerness, he saw that True Knowledge Dao Charm was in a state of boiling excitement, and that they would arrive in two or three minutes at most.

However, even though he said not to rush, he felt like ants were crawling inside him.