Sealing True Knowledge

In the twentieth year, Shen Shuibi finally responded.

From this period onward, Li Qi stopped going out all day and instead stayed home to digest the books he had read before, organize his thoughts, and observe Shen Shuibi's condition so that he could take care of her.

Almost the instant the fetus formed, Shen Shuibi visibly weakened. The fetus made no attempt to conceal its greed, recklessly absorbing the mother's Qi and Blood to nourish its own body.

Although it was instinctive, Li Qi still felt a surge of annoyance towards the unborn child.

He didn't know why he had such thoughts. Normally, shouldn't one feel all sorts of love and joy when seeing a child developing?

But those things didn't matter. Emotions were no longer a factor for Li Qi. He immediately set about activating the Spirit Gathering Formation that he had prepared beforehand to replenish Shen Shuibi's cultivation. He also took out the pills he had prepared to replenish the Qi and Blood that the fetus had absorbed from Shen Shuibi.

Fortunately, Shen Shuibi was a fifth-rank official, so this kind of absorption wouldn't be life-threatening for her. After all, it was just a newly conceived child, a trivial matter. She even thought that Li Qi was making a mountain out of a molehill.

However, right now it's just Qi and Blood; after a while, it will start absorbing other things.

Vitality, cultivation level, and even the smooth flow of the Great Dao within her body—this little life was Shen Shuibi's 'Dao injury' even before it was born.

Li Qi was extremely nervous and even started to get angry at the fetus, but Shen Shuibi was smiling happily. She had a very strange feeling.

Despite the fact that her vital Qi and Blood and life force were being constantly drained, the circulation of the Great Dao within her body was becoming sluggish and slowed down, and various traces of 'Dao injury' began to appear, to the point that she would sometimes fail when casting certain Technique Method, she did not resist it.

She hadn't encountered such a Technique Method in at least eight thousand years. After growing up, she had already mastered all kinds of Method Formula, but she didn't expect to stumble at this moment.

She had never experienced the Dao injury before, but now she was experiencing it.

Dao injury, as the name suggests, is an injury to the Great Dao. It generally means that your Great Dao has suffered some kind of severe damage. For example, someone uses a powerful attack to expose the cultivator's weaknesses in the Great Dao that they were unaware of, or simply uses their own Dao to crush your Dao.

In this way, when you realize the weakness of your own Dao, although there will be no setbacks, you will find that the once perfectly functioning microcosm of your human body now looks wrong no matter how you look at it. This influence will gradually crush your Dao heart, and if you cannot make a breakthrough and repair the Dao injury, then you may even lose your Dao Path.

However, pregnancy is another reason. The human body is a perfect microcosm, and if an extra organ suddenly appears, the body's natural order will not be able to function properly. Unless you create a special method to adjust your body to fit the situation of having a child, it will definitely become unbalanced.

But there's no need for that. It will recover naturally once it's born. Developing a special method for this would be too costly and wouldn't take long.

This pregnancy lasted for ten years.

For ten years, Li Qi was almost always by his side.

This interaction deepened their relationship and also allowed Shen Shuibi to give birth to a girl smoothly.

Li Qi had anticipated this. Shen Shuibi was a lunar essence with abundant Taiyin Qi. If her child was not specially treated, it would easily become Yin in nature.

Ten years of pregnancy was indeed very difficult, but thankfully we made it through.

However, the child born was even more bizarre; it had no human form whatsoever. It seemed the child was overnourished, and what was born wasn't an infant, but rather...

Li Qi didn't know how to describe it.

It's probably because she gave birth to a ball?

A ball of light formed from moonlight emitted the fragrance of laurel and a special kind of fluctuation, containing the Dao fluctuations of the Taiyin guiding all things. It was the product of the combination of Shen Shuibi and Li Qi's Dao.

Li Qi was completely baffled by the ball.

He did know that there was a high-ranking deity in Heaven who was born after three years of pregnancy and was just a ball. Later, his father cut her in half with a sword, and that's how she was born.

Li Qi was pondering whether he should use his sword to cut it open when Shen Shuibi slapped him away, telling him to quickly go and discuss it with Zhu Fengdan. If he was Chen and the child was hurt, Li Qi would be in deep trouble.

Li Qi then hurriedly summoned Old Ma and rode at full speed to Zhu Fengdan's cave abode to explain the situation.

After personally visiting and understanding the situation, Zhu Fengdan concluded that it was because the mother's nutrition was too abundant, and the preparations made by Li Qi and Shen Shuibi were too extravagant and profound, resulting in the child being born before having time to digest the essence from the mother. The radiance around the child was the crystallized and solidified pure energy, circulating around the Dao of Li Qi and Shen Shuibi.

This sphere is essentially a tiny cavern, and the real child is inside it.

Therefore, Zhu Fengdan gave Li Qi two choices.

The first option is the one Li Qi had thought of: cut it open with a sword, and the child will naturally come out. However, the consequence of this is that he will lose a great fortuitous opportunity, his future path will be more difficult, and his talent will decline significantly.

As for the crystallized layer of pure energy that gathers around it, along with the Great Dao rules formed by the fusion of Li Qi and Shen Shuibi, it will transform into a Law Treasure after it falls off.

This is what is commonly known as a companion Law Treasure, something that a child is born with. Many powerful children possess it, such as the famous Green Lotus or a hammer.

The second option is to let the child slowly absorb and develop inside. Although she doesn't have consciousness yet, she can still absorb and digest these things based on instinct alone. The final result is that she will be born at the peak of the ninth rank and can be promoted to the eighth rank at any time. Her talent will be much better, and she can even catch up with many Child of Destiny. However, there will be a problem.

That's the same problem as the Child of Destiny. Having absorbed the Dao of Li Qi and Shen Shuibi, she must explore her own path in the future, given that she was born with these 'Dao'. Otherwise, she will be misled by her parents' Dao and ultimately be unable to surpass them in terms of potential.

How do I choose?

Li Qi hesitated.

When Zhu Fengdan saw him hesitate, she almost kicked Li Qi out.

He's still as stubborn as a tortoise, always thinking things through carefully—he hasn't changed at all.

But Shen Shuibi was particularly decisive and chose the second option directly.

When Li Qi asked why, the rabbit replied, "If you're talking about constraints, then I'm also constrained by the Your Highness and the others. So what? If she breaks through this constraint, her future will far surpass the first one. I don't mind if she's mediocre, but I'd rather she make a name for herself."

Zhu Fengdan laughed heartily, patted Li Qi on the shoulder, and told him to learn from her.

Then, he picked up the ball and quickly set up a protective array. After that, the ball was fixed in the cave abode and would only hatch after the child inside had finished digesting.

After that, Li Qi and Shen Shuibi relaxed a lot, because Zhu Fengdan said that this child would probably take several decades to develop, and for now... just treat it as an egg, it will hatch on its own after a while, so there's no need to worry about it.

So, in the third and fourth decades, Li Qi was much more relaxed, neither anxious nor worried, and without the trouble of children.

It was at this point in time that the Demon Prince's injuries finally healed.

He began to challenge others and invited Li Qi to attend the ceremony. This time, however, he did not go to challenge them in person, but issued a challenge, openly challenging people from other families to come to him. This time, he did not designate a specific person, but would accept anyone who came to his door.

Many people in the world began to mock the Demon Prince, believing that he had been frightened by the Little Heavenly Master and no longer dared to challenge the top geniuses, so he could only find something to lay the foundation for his cultivation.

Some people even mocked him, saying, "It's better not to have Overlord Dao Foundation obtained in this way; it's shameful."

However, Li Qi had no objections and did not intend to express them. Instead, he went with Shen Shuibi to the arena set up by the Demon Prince.

Perhaps for Li Qi's convenience, the Demon Prince's arena was set up in Annam, within the territory of Wushen Mountain.

Many people came to challenge the Demon Prince, including some super geniuses from Dao Lineage, similar to the Little Heavenly Master. They were all eager to try and see just how good the Demon Prince who defeated the Little Heavenly Master really was.

However, some others felt that the Demon Prince had not actually defeated the Little Heavenly Master, but had only managed to win by luck through demonic survival techniques. Therefore, they believed that by defeating the Demon Prince, they could gain fame and reputation for defeating him.

Others felt that the Demon Prince was too hateful and wanted to use the failures of others as a foundation for his own path, so they came to punish him, preparing to defeat the Demon Prince and completely cut off his path to domination.

In any case, many young geniuses from all over the world have come to seek trouble with the Demon Prince.

Among them were many as strong as the Little Heavenly Master, because in recent years, the theory of seventh-rank combat power had been updated. The battle video of the Demon Prince and the Little Heavenly Master was circulated everywhere, and various families were studying it. The result of the study was that a group of people relied on these research results to quickly break through the previous limits and reach new limits.

It can be said that the battle between the Demon Prince and the Little Heavenly Master directly raised the limit of the seventh rank in the entire world.

Of course, this kind of thing has happened often before. After all, limits are constantly being broken, just like world records. As long as a possibility is proven, someone will soon break through it.

Li Qi had no objection to this. After all, he was just there to observe the ceremony, and whether the Demon Prince won or lost was of no concern to him.

However, this time, Li Qi's eyes were opened once again.

After the theoretical breakthrough, those geniuses who were not as good as the Little Heavenly Master in the past have now all reached the level of the Little Heavenly Master. The theoretical breakthrough brought about a practical breakthrough. Over the past few decades, the combat power of these seventh-rank masters has increased significantly.

Perhaps this is the advantage of being born into this world; those seventh-rank geniuses from outside the realm have no chance of competing with the seventh-rank geniuses of this world.

However, this was only the premise. What truly opened Li Qi's eyes was that all of these people, one by one, were arrogant and could compete with the former Little Heavenly Master, but in just one day, they were all defeated by the Demon Prince.

In just one day, the Demon Prince swept through hundreds of people with ease, even saying things like, "All of you, come at me together."

Although the Demon Prince was still a seventh-rank official, Li Qi felt that it was unlikely that the Demon Prince could kill him at this moment, but defeating him was definitely not a problem.

Admittedly, Li Qi has made considerable progress over the past few decades. He has learned countless Technique Method, with a minimum of hundreds of thousands, and has completed the adjustment of his personal microcosm, now at its peak. Li Qi feels that he can easily defeat the former Little Heavenly Master.

However, facing the Demon Prince after his latest breakthrough, Li Qi didn't think he could win.

There are always people more capable than you.

The world has no shortage of geniuses, and even more so, it has no shortage of geniuses who are even more amazing than geniuses.

Li Qi sighed in admiration and watched as the Demon Prince brutally beat up all the visitors.

Except for one person.

That super genius from Wushen Mountain, the seventh-rank one, the Wushen Mountain Goddess Yao Ji of Wushen Mountain.

Given that this was done in Annam, it's understandable that the locals of Wushen Mountain were restless.

This was the first time Li Qi had met Yao Ji, and unlike the Little Heavenly Master, she didn't interact with Li Qi at all. Li Qi couldn't even see her face clearly because she was wearing a veil. She was the last one to challenge the Demon Prince.

The result was as expected.

Yao Ji is very strong. Li Qi felt that her foundation at the seventh rank was much more solid than his own, but she was still no match for the Demon Prince.

Her methods were incredibly skillful. She could transform the almost solidified microcosm into reality, and one could see the laws of Heavenly Principle flowing through it. With a wave of her hand, she could create land and sea, and with a gesture, she could create a world. She had completely achieved the state of "making one's wishes come true," making Li Qi feel like a useless person. He quickly recorded the video on the side, intending to take it back and study it carefully.

Despite the power of this, even after the Demon Prince had evolved, he still couldn't get close to her no matter how hard he tried.

However, the Demon Prince was severely injured and healed several times, becoming exhausted, and at a terrible cost, he broke through and reached Yao Ji's side.

As soon as he got close to Yao Ji decisively admitted defeat.

She was also Shaman, and her combat power was practically nonexistent in close combat. To avoid being brutally beaten by the Demon Prince and losing face, she simply admitted defeat.

So, the Demon Prince won again, bringing his progress to 20%.

Li Qi originally wanted to strike up a conversation with Yao Ji to learn how to transform illusion into reality at the seventh rank, but unfortunately, Yao Ji didn't give Li Qi any face at all and ran away before he could even say a word.

Li Qi didn't know what to say, so he could only give up.

After that, the Demon Prince swiftly challenged all the Dao Lineage, defeating all his opponents in the past twenty years, and even nearly shattering the martial arts heart of that martial arts master.

He did it; single-handedly, he made the whole world mention his name.

Ultimately, he laid the foundation for his Dao and advanced to the sixth rank.

Li Qi followed the Demon Prince throughout, observing the events and learning from his experiences in the battle.

He benefited greatly, feeling that his combat effectiveness had increased by at least 50%.

At the same time, he also witnessed the moment when the Demon Prince's promise was fulfilled.

The Demon Prince promised him to seal away true knowledge.