Victory and Defeat

The Heaven's Wrath: Five Thunders Strike does not refer to ordinary Five Elements Thunder Techniques.

If it's just ordinary Five Elements Thunder Techniques like Metal Thunder, Water Lightning Thunder, how can it be worthy of the title "Heavenly Strike"?

The term "divine strike" refers to the wrath of Heaven. Azure Heaven, in its anger, takes action, hence the term "divine strike."

The Heaven's Wrath: Five Thunders Strike, which is an imperial edict to the Five Directional Thunder Emperors of the five directions: the Thunder Emperor of the East, the Thunder Emperor of the South, the Thunder Emperor of the West, the Thunder Emperor of the North, and the Thunder Emperor of the Center. The Five Directional Thunder Emperors unleash five thunderbolts simultaneously.

Heavenly thunder brings down calamity, earthly thunder severs the spirit, Dragon Lightning stirs up wind and clouds, divine thunder kills the righteous law, and earthly thunder subdues the old qi, thus annihilating the enemy of heaven.

The essence of this ritual is to punish on behalf of Heaven, hence the name "Heaven's Wrath: Five Thunders Strike".

With the power of a seventh-rank master, the Little Heavenly Master was able to command the Five Directional Thunder Emperors. What kind of power is that?

A sudden storm came from the northwest, plunging the surrounding area into darkness. The ground turned red like a blood-red pill, and the Demon Prince died instantly.

Everyone felt that the matter was settled. Since he had died like that, they could wait for the demonic path to go to the underworld to retrieve him. It was unlikely that he could be reborn and start over.

However, many people were surprised afterward, even by the fact that he had reached the third rank.

The Demon Prince truly succeeded in fighting death with his willpower.

The arriving underworld officials couldn't get close, and even reincarnation couldn't take away his shattered soul. Moreover, he remained expressionless, continuing to do what he was supposed to do.

The Little Heavenly Master was terrified; he couldn't understand how this was done.

But when the boundless demonic energy rushed over, the Little Heavenly Master trembled.

Not to mention the Little Heavenly Master, even Li Qi was frightened.

Oh, no, Li Qi wasn't very brave to begin with, so the roles should be reversed.

Not to mention Li Qi, even the Little Heavenly Master was frightened!

That boundless killing intent, a will strong enough to resist death, made the Little Heavenly Master truly realize the terrifying nature of the demonic path.

What is the most powerful aspect of the Heavenly Demon, the supreme being of the demonic path?

Thanks to the tireless popularization of Buddhism, everyone knows this.

The idea of Heavenly Demon Lineage is that I am the world, an extreme form of solipsism. All things in the world are projections of the Heavenly Demon's self, and the demonic thoughts in the hearts of you other beings are proof of that.

All existence is a demon, and the demon is also all existence. Who dares to say that the demonic thoughts in one's heart do not actually belong to oneself?

You harbor demonic thoughts, and as everyone knows, all demonic thoughts are the work of celestial demons.

Demonic thoughts are a component of celestial demons. Since demonic thoughts belong to the cultivator himself and also to the celestial demons, doesn't that prove that the cultivator and the celestial demons... are actually one?

Therefore, for the Heavenly Demon's Dao Lineage, the entire world is a projection of their own spirit, and apart from 'I', nothing in the world has any real meaning.

Absolutely idealistic, absolutely self-centered; nothing exists except for 'I'.

Extending this further, the willpower of other Dao Lineage can only be self-controlled, but the willpower of the Heavenly Demon Lineage... truly possesses actual power.

If your firm mind is not broken by objective reality, then your will can influence objective reality.

That's how it is now.

The Demon Prince doesn't want to die, so he won't die unless you can break his will and force him to accept death.

The Little Heavenly Master realized this as well, and thus, a flaw appeared in Little Heavenly Master mind.

How can you win against a monster that says "I don't want to die," so it really won't die?

The Little Heavenly Master's determination to win wavered.

Thus, demonic thoughts arose from the heart. With demonic thoughts within and demonic energy without, the Demon Prince seized this opportunity. With a completely shattered body and a completely shattered soul, he resisted death while trying to break the Little Heavenly Master's beliefs.

Once one's beliefs are shattered, even Dao heart will be affected.

However, at this moment, someone from the Daoist sect made a move.

A third-rank Earth Immortal stepped out from the crowd and glanced at the Demon Prince.

With just one glance, the Demon Prince's 'willpower' collapsed.

This was the first time the Demon Prince lost his composure during this battle.

Even the Demon Prince trembled under the gaze of the Third Rank.

Fear, a deep-seated fear, mercilessly enveloped the Demon Prince's mind... His unwavering will, strong enough to resist death, was shattered in an instant by that one glance.

With his willpower broken, the Demon Prince quickly faced true death.

Fortunately, at this moment, another powerful figure in the demonic path intervened, quickly restoring the Demon Prince's body and bringing him back to life.

However, with elders from both sides intervening, the fight naturally came to an end.

However, the outcome is already decided.

The Little Heavenly Master lost.

If no elders intervened, his Dao heart would have been crushed by the Demon Prince. He wouldn't have died, but his cultivation might have been lost.

Then came the argument.

The demonic path scoffed, saying that the Daoist sect couldn't accept defeat; a third-rank cultivator fighting a seventh-rank cultivator was utterly disgraceful.

The Daoist sect accused the Demon Prince of being ruthless, but it was clearly just a friendly spar. The Little Heavenly Master held back several times, which showed his composure. However, the Demon Prince was indeed aiming to kill, so as an elder, it was natural to intervene.

The demonic path was even more Qi Ingestion, saying that a third-rank official could personally take action, even with just a glance, to shatter a martial artist's pride, sever his path to martial arts, and eliminate his motivation and Heart Qi. Now that the Demon Prince was directly taking the hit, it was clearly an attempt to shatter the Demon Prince's foundation as a hegemon, to destroy all his Heart Qi and pride, and to turn him into a cripple. It was all the same thing, but if we're talking about ruthlessness, you are the more vicious ones.

Martial artists are known for their unwavering martial spirit, but the gaze of a third-rank Demon Prince were to face it head-on, he might indeed lose his Dao heart and be too frightened to improve his cultivation when he fights with others, remembering that gaze.

Then the two sides started arguing, and the surrounding onlookers dispersed.

It's fine if they argue, but if they start fighting, the onlookers will suffer.

Li Qi and Shen Shuibi also quickly left.

Anyway, both of them who were fighting were lying there seriously injured.

However, Li Qi always felt that, according to the usual course of events, he should be the one lying on top, with so many people watching, he should be the one shining brightly on top, and then his fame should spread throughout the world.

But never mind, the world is so big, there are always people stronger than you. Besides, Li Qi doesn't want to be the center of the world at all.

What use is fame on the Dao Path?

The struggle for power, fame, and wealth are all fleeting; enough is enough, what's the point of having more?

Only when there is not enough, and the lack of resources affects the path of cultivation, will those Dao Pursuer try to obtain resources.

To put it bluntly, they are not controlled by greed and vanity. Although they still have emotions and desires, those who cannot understand or distinguish these things will die halfway.

After watching the match, Li Qi and Shen Shuibi spent some time returning to Huliang.

Then, from Huliang to the northeastern border of the Human Path region.

Returning to the realm of Human Path, we took the Earth Flow Chariot to the nearest Golden Platform.

The Human Path traffic rules are too strict. Old Ma doesn't have a license and can't drive on the road, so he has to buy a ticket to ride the bus.

Upon arriving at Golden Platform, they instantly found themselves at the border between the Human Path and the Baiyue region.

Then we came to Baiyue.

Upon arriving in Baiyue, Li Qi did not rush to leave. Instead, he planned to visit some old friends. After all, going to Liesu was somewhat on the way, only a detour of tens of thousands of miles.

The visit to old friends, of course, involved the Wave-Pushing Gang members whom he had arranged to stay in the Song Kingdom.

The journey to the Song Kingdom took less than seven days.

They arrived at the place where the Wave-Pushing Gang had been originally assigned.

As always, Old Ma turned into a slippery eel and clung to Li Qi's shoulder.

The rabbit followed Li Qi, but in the Baiyue region, she still used an invisibility spell.

Too many ordinary people can easily cause unrest.

Even with her face covered, Shen Shuibi, now fully recovered, possesses an aura that is captivating. This beauty stems from the principles of Dao, and a fifth-rank is far too high in Baiyue.

Therefore, even if one wanted to see Li Qi's old friends, one should do so upon arrival and there was no need to show one's face on the street.

Li Qi descended from the sky and arrived in the Song Kingdom.

Song Kingdom, next to the Great Deer Kingdom, the Baiyue Kingdom, which was conquered by the Tang Kingdom in three days, has now been completely transformed. The original rulers, all kinds of Shaman, have either fled or died, and all kinds of spirits, demons, and cultivators from other Dao Lineage have been completely eliminated by Human Path.

Today, Song Kingdom is very 'clean' and is much closer to the normal level of the world.

In the world, there are very few places as backward as the Baiyue region. The Human-Shaman Dao Contention has caused too much damage to this place. Cultivators born here have to walk a more difficult path than others.

Therefore, after the Tang Kingdom cleaned up Song Kingdom, it actually appeared more advanced and refreshing.

"It's quite amazing that there's no sewage on the street." Shen Shuibi walked beside Li Qi, but she was invisible, so Li Qi couldn't see her and could only catch her voice through the True Knowledge Dao Charm.

"After all, someone was in charge of cleaning it. Putting Human Path else aside, it's really clean, but it's too clean..." Li Qi shook his head and sighed.

Yes, it's so clean.

It was so clean that only 'people' remained.

However, Li Qi didn't pay much attention to these things. After all, he had already seen real Human Path, so Song Kingdom was naturally used to it.

He hurried to the place where he had arranged the Wave-Pushing Gang. Now, almost three years had passed since the arrangement. What was the current state of the Wave-Pushing Gang?

I'm a little curious.

With these thoughts in mind, Li Qi prepared to walk towards the mansion.

However, his sixth sense, derived from the Shaman, suddenly gave him a bad feeling.

He accelerated instantly, dodged quickly, and covered several miles in the blink of an eye, landing directly from the sky into the mansion.

Shen Shuibi followed suit, and keeping up with Li Qi's movements was not difficult for her.

Upon entering the mansion, Li Qi discovered that it was already abandoned.

Sure enough, the Shaman's premonitions were rarely wrong.

He immediately set out a bunch of tools, sat down, and began to try to deduce the solution.

After all, he was Shaman, and fortune telling was his job. Even if he wasn't a professional diviner, Li Qi actually possessed divination abilities such as Qi Gazing qi.

With their current sixth-grade cultivation level and their residence as the basis for divination, they should have no problem divining for a group of people whose average cultivation level is below the grade.

Shen Shuibi stood guard nearby, waiting for Li Qi the intense heat to burn the tortoise shell and examine the patterns on it.

After reading it, Li Qi sighed and said, "The Wave-Pushing Gang is disbanded."

"It's over?" Shen Shuibi tilted her head, then calculated with her fingers and began to deduce the cause and effect.

If a fifth-rank deduction is not included in the ranking, then one can follow the clues all the way back without being hindered, and even see the other person's childhood. However, this requires computing power and is not easy, so no one usually does it.

But at this moment, it's clearly necessary to do so.

The deduction itself is actually about using certain clues to trace back to more clues, and then piecing together the complete sequence of events through these clues.

Ordinary people can also make deductions through some thinking, but it is even more convenient for cultivators. They have extraordinary tracing abilities and can even deduce what happened in a house from the traces in the house, thereby obtaining more information and making further deductions.

However, this is a method of deduction used by the Daoist school, which mainly relies on computational power, similar to Laplace's demon.

Knowing the present, one also knows the past and the future. Although the world may be random, there are still principles to follow on a macro level. If one's computing power and cultivation level are sufficient, one can deduce something that is about 80-90% accurate.

Li Qi Shaman metaphysics, a kind of "The Unseen" guidance, which includes instructions from local natural spirits, records of cause and effect, and even the Shaman's own "intuition".

It doesn't require much cultivation level or computing power, but its accuracy is quite unpredictable, often producing inexplicable results.

However, regardless of the circumstances, there won't be much difference between the deductions for the fifth and sixth ranks that don't qualify for the final rank, unless a powerful figure intervenes to obscure the cause and effect. Otherwise, there's no difference.

Therefore, the two people arrived at almost the same result, with only some minor differences.

The Wave-Pushing Gang has disbanded.

The reason is simple: Uncle Liu, a key figure, died.

Uncle Liu's health has never been very good. After all, he has suffered hardship for half his life. Pulling boats is a way to exhaust the body, a way to grind down bone marrow and nourish the stomach. The pressure was too great, and his life was already hanging by a thread.

His talent is not good, and he started too late, so it is almost impossible for him to embark on the path of cultivation. It would be better to let him Wave-Pushing Gang.

After Uncle Liu's death, the Wave-Pushing Gang split up and then descended into internal strife.

After the internal strife, the newcomers to the Wave-Pushing Gang, Liu Bo to rise again without the suppression of Uncle Liu (see Chapter 430 for details).

Without the authority of Uncle Liu to suppress them, they started internal strife and fought over the Carp Flowing Intent, because that was the very reason why outsiders joined the Wave-Pushing Gang in the first place.

If it weren't for the Cultivation Method, who would risk their life for you?

Ultimately, after a civil war, the dead and scattered, leaving behind a mess, the place was abandoned.

Li Qi gave them a choice, but they ultimately failed to choose the right path. Even after witnessing Li Qi's power, they still fought to the death for Carp Flowing Intent.

Li Qi shook his head. He had chosen his own path, and no one could help him.

But...

He took flight and flew towards his Uncle Liu's grave.

Uncle Liu's life is coming to an end. Although Li Qi does not advocate manipulating reincarnation, it is still possible to hold a ceremony for him to accumulate good karma and help him be reborn into a better life.

Let's hold a ceremony to bid farewell to the old man who initially saved our lives and allowed us to stand in this world.