'Coincidence'

Shen Shuibi could no longer interfere with the outside world. Even if she could hold out for a few more days, it didn't matter, since there were still two fifth-rank Unreturning Disciples.

As for the remaining hundreds of thousands of the Unreturning Disciples, even if they formed a military formation, two fifth-rank soldiers would be able to take them down in a quarter of an hour, with their Soldier's Qi canceling each other out.

With the remaining time, the detector could be easily destroyed.

The dust has settled, and the outcome has become clear: Liu Junyi ultimately prevailed.

But at that very moment...

Cha Xike was not far away, suddenly opened his eyes.

Knock knock.

Knock knock knock.

His heart began to beat rapidly, and his Qi and Blood seemed to surge.

What happened? Wasn't he dead?!

Yes, Cha Xike died earlier.

It wasn't for any other reason, but because he tried to absorb Shen Shuibi's shattered golden core and the fifth-grade inner world that had been shattered by the golden core, but he failed. He was backfired by the Daoist rhyme within, his physical body was shattered, and his inner world was in complete chaos.

But--

Perhaps it's just a coincidence.

Beyond the realm, there may be some 'shooting stars'.

In essence, it is the remnant of a dead zone in the world. Its mass is neither too large nor too small to form a dead zone, but it is not so small that it would be diluted by the volume of the outer void. Its own gravity is sufficient to maintain its existence.

There are quite a few of these meteors outside the region.

Of course, there are quite a few of these, and even when diluted throughout the entire outer void, they are extremely rare. If you are a seventh-rank cultivator, you might have a chance to encounter one if you travel non-stop through the void for hundreds of years.

After all, the outer void is too vast, which is why many native worlds are able to exist. In such a large outer void, there must be some corners where insects can survive.

Back to the shooting star, Gou Lou, who was thrown out and was waiting to die and enter the cycle of reincarnation, was grazed by a shooting star that came from who knows where.

In that instant, Gou Lou's remains were pulled off course and drifted to the side of the already dead Cha Xike.

Cha Xike is not completely dead yet. After all, it is very difficult for a fifth-rank cultivator to die completely. Although his physical body is already declining, he can still hold on for a while.

After holding on for just a short while, Gou Lou's remains floated to Cha Xike's side.

At this moment, Gou Lou, whose soul was already completely shattered and whose body was completely destroyed, managed to squeeze out his last bit of strength from somewhere and grabbed Cha Xike.

"Eat me..." he said with a wave of his soul, because he no longer had a throat and his vocal organs were completely shattered.

It can only be said that he is indeed a martial artist. Even if he becomes a pile of rotten flesh devoid of divine will, he can still store his thinking organs in the few remaining living cells.

Of course, it's just a matter of prolonging life; unless a third-rank official arrives, death is only a matter of time.

There was no response to that sound.

"Eat me!" Gou Lou roared one last time, which made his remaining body turn even whiter and more withered.

This startled Cha Xike awake.

He glanced around, then looked into the distance.

As a fifth-rank official, he was very clear-headed, so without any hesitation, he tilted his head and bit down on the mangled body.

The flesh of a fifth-rank martial artist, along with the last remaining blood, flowed into Gou Lou's body.

His physical body began to recover.

Then, his eyes welled up with tears, because he had consumed some remnants of a soul.

Gou Lou's divine will completely collapsed, and he couldn't even enter the cycle of reincarnation.

But Cha Xike did not delay, and chewed hard on the flesh and blood of the fifth-rank official, swallowing him into his stomach.

But as he was eating, he suddenly burst into tears.

It wasn't because of any particular sacrifice; he had seen sacrifices all before. Cha Xike had witnessed the deaths of hundreds of thousands of the Unreturning Disciples, and it had become commonplace.

Therefore, he will not cry over sacrifice.

He simply thought of his hometown, and of how he and Gou Lou had boasted about their respective world achievements, and had even almost gotten into a fight.

He and Gou Lou didn't just meet; they were already good friends, having traveled together in the outer realms for many years, having known each other Subordinate Seventh Rank.

Cha Xike also recalled that among the many solitary wanderers and travelers outside the realm, they all shared a common trait: when these wanderers gathered together, their conversations generally revolved around their own world, and boasting about their achievements was something every wanderer outside the realm had done.

Those Unreturning Disciples are all wanderers from beyond the borders.

No, he shouldn't be called Gou Lou, he should be called Babu.

While crying, he tore Babu's body apart and ate it bit by bit, quickly regaining a little strength.

According to the usual course of events, he should now have grasped some of the True Intention of the Dao, and thus be able to improve his cultivation.

However, reality is cruel. Cha Xike didn't understand anything. He just dragged his body, which had regained some strength, and rushed towards the chaotic energy again.

A narrow escape from death?

No, even "a narrow escape from death" is not enough to describe it.

But we have to do it; it's our way, our path.

At that very moment, in the center of the Human Path War Fortress, in the rear, where Liu Junyi was commanding the curtain.

Liu Junyi sat upright, dressed neatly, his long hair tied up in a neat knot, with a hair crown and ribbon. His blue robe, though simple, was without a single wrinkle, just like him, so perfect that there was almost no flaw.

Although he wasn't devastatingly handsome, his gentle and serene temperament added a lot to his charm.

However, Liu Junyi looked somewhat haggard.

Commanding wars in countless worlds simultaneously is incredibly mentally taxing, and even with the help of Nexus of All Realms to share the burden, it is still far too difficult.

But at this moment, the Nexus of All Realms suddenly sent a message.

Before even reading the message, just the name of the sender made Liu Junyi's pupils suddenly contract.

One of the various guards, Great General of the Right Martial Guard! Principal Third Rank!

He is Liu Junyi's immediate superior!

One word is enough to tell you the general's status.

This is the person who is Zhu Fengdan's opponent in this Human-Shaman War.

Why would this general send me a message? He usually deals with extremely important matters, so why would he suddenly message me?

It's like Li Qi going to a seventh or eighth-rank realm lord to pass on a message. If something like this happens, it must be that those seventh or eighth-rank realm lords have done something earth-shattering that has even surprised Li Qi.

Similarly, Liu Junyi is in the same situation now.

Even he, being personally summoned by a third-rank official, felt somewhat uneasy at this moment, but still quickly read the message.

After reading it, Liu Junyi's expression turned much uglier.

"Controlled coincidences... Li Qi's?" Liu Junyi's face was ashen. He was already haggard, but now he had lost all color in his face, looking like a student who had stayed up all night for a month to cram for exams.

He just received a message.

Just now, a causal fluctuation occurred many light-years away, precisely controlling the occurrence of a coincidence. It is suspected that someone in the vanguard battlefield has developed a faint third-grade trait. Liu Junyi has been ordered to investigate this matter thoroughly.

After reading the news, Liu Junyi's first thought was, 'Impossible!'

Absolutely impossible!

How could this happen?!

If this is true, then once Li Qi advances, he will have enough cultivation to conceal or even trace back cause and effect, and will directly become one of the top people among the fifth rank.

Even if Liu Junyi enters the Dao according to the standards of a gentleman, and then uses his own Dao heart as the foundation to advance to the fifth rank, it is still difficult to say who will win or lose.

Of course, Liu Junyi didn't care about individual combat strength. Fifth-rank combat strength was actually irrelevant. What surprised him was that the other party possessed some characteristics of a third-rank opponent.

Just learned that? Impossible!

However, the source of the information is a third-rank official, meaning it's true, and the coordinates above—

The coordinates are the battlefield where the probe is located!

Something might have happened.

Liu Junyi immediately contacted General Zhou: "Has anything strange happened on the battlefield?"

General Zhou was currently working with that Mohist cultivator to suppress Shen Shuibi when the sudden news caught him off guard, but he still managed to read it.

Liu Junyi must have known what he was doing at that moment, but he still sent the message, which shows its importance. It might be something that could affect the situation on the front lines.

But this moment of distraction caused a sure-fire attack to slip through, giving Shen Shuibi the opportunity to dodge and catch her breath.

With just this slight opening, Shen Shuibi could hold out for a little longer.

"What's going on?" The Mohist cultivator glanced at General Zhou and frowned slightly.

That shouldn't be the case. At this level, how could someone still make a mistake?

But General Zhou didn't reply. He was surveying the entire battlefield before replying to Liu Junyi, "I've looked, nothing unusual. What? Is there anything I need to be aware of?"

Liu Junyi then said, "Be careful. The Great General of the Right Martial Guard just told me that there is a slight fluctuation of cause and effect here, but it was not caused by a third-rank official."

Just hearing the words "cause and effect fluctuations" sent chills down General Zhou's spine!

What the heck?!

But this information comes from the Great General of the Right Martial Guard, which means it is true.

Therefore, General Zhou immediately warned the Mohist cultivator beside him, "There is a causal fluctuation! Be alert and pay attention!"

Upon hearing this, the Mohist cultivator spat out his words and angrily cursed, "Was our Rank 3 cultivator killed?! Why is there any causal fluctuation?!"

General Zhou said, "With the General here, Zhu Fengdan is absolutely unable to make a move right now. It's not made of third-grade material!"

Their conversation was open and transparent, and the waves of information they conveyed spread outwards, allowing Shen Shuibi to hear it as well.

Hearing this, she slowly took a deep breath.

I dare not breathe too fast, or air will leak from my chest.

Unable to dodge in time, he was pierced by the halberd. The domineering aura clung to him, and the Daoist rhyme kept reverberating, preventing repair. Even a Yang Spirit would find it difficult to heal directly and would have to remove the aura to recover.

However, she raised her neck and her eyes revealed joy.

She knew—

It must be Li Qi, absolutely Li Qi.

Even light-years away, Li Qi was still helping her.

Meanwhile, in the heart of the Shaman Path, Li Qi was floating in the sky, surrounded by an endless sea of blood.

The sky was blood red, the moon and sun were blood-red, and the earth and sea were submerged in blood and severed limbs. This dying world was engulfed by such a vast aura of death and Blood Qi, as if it were about to be reborn.

Indeed, life is born from death. If we continue to be immersed in this intense deathly aura, it is not impossible for this world to come back to life.

But that's definitely not possible now, because at this moment, all this death energy belongs to Li Qi.

Li Qi cut off a portion of the death energy from the Blood Sacrifice and allocated it to himself.

For the entire World Cluster Formation, the power generated by the Blood Sacrifice every second is immense. Even a small portion of it is enough to submerge the entire world and provide Li Qi with an almost limitless energy boost.

With this support, he began his adventure.

What kind of adventure?

The answer is, to impersonate 'Heaven's Will'.

Why would a shooting star fall silently from an unknown place and happen to hit Gou Lou?

Because of Li Qi.

Why is the battlefield divided into such a strange pattern?

Because of Li Qi.

What led General Zhou of the Seventh War Zone to be transferred to the probe's battlefield by Liu Junyi?

As is widely known, Liu Junyi dispatched General Zhou, a top general of the Seventh War Zone, to deal with Shen Shuibi because the Seventh War Zone faced the least pressure. (See Chapter 611)

So why is the pressure on the Seventh War Zone relatively low?

It's very simple, it's still because of Li Qi.

When the 'nature' he comprehended from the chaos of the divine path combined with Li Qi's mental calculation ability and the 'Heaven's Will' method he had previously tried, it directly overwhelmed Li Qi, making it impossible for him to use this method.

It's too difficult, too difficult.

At the sixth rank, he simply cannot sustain such a drain. Tracing back the cause and effect, manipulating the facts through causal relationships, is too difficult. Li Qi's current cultivation level is too low; doing so would overwhelm him.

However, after activating the Blood Sacrifice, he gained enough power to distribute the pressure.

With an endless supply of death providing Li Qi with power, he can do this.

Only...

"Pfft!" Li Qi suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, even though he was already immersed in the Blood Sacrifice.

Then, he fell from the sky.

The trajectory of just one shooting star was enough to exhaust Li Qi.

"Pass on my order: each war zone, while maintaining the current situation, may make its own decisions in case of any eventuality," Li Qi immediately said to the various fifth-rank realm lords through the 'alliance'.

Then, he tilted his head and fainted.

Becoming a true 'Heaven's Will' was an absurd burden for him. Even with the support of the World Cluster Formation and the Blood Sacrifice as a backup force, he almost died because of it.

This is only... manipulating two meteors. The cause and effect of the meteors is very simple. For at least tens of millions of years, this meteor will just be an ordinary piece of extraterrestrial garbage.

Even for something with such a simple cause-and-effect relationship, Li Qi had to manipulate tens of millions of causal threads to control it.

At the same time, he also gained a clearer understanding of where his 'Heaven's Will' power came from.

This is the power derived from Li Qi's answer, "I am who I am."

The power of the thread of cause and effect.