Fame Spreads Far and Wide

Fortunately, Li Qi was already used to ups and downs, so although the decline in his ability to cope was painful for him, he quickly adapted.

After that, Li Qi, carrying the Death Demon Dao Charm, returned to the place of the Great Witch of Yun Fang.

"Senior Yun Fang, these are all the unusual phenomena at that time, and... I also found a second-grade Spirit Dao cultivator inside." Li Qi landed on the platform outside and began his narration and report.

The Great Shaman Yun Fang listened carefully, his expression showing some surprise.

Clearly, the spiritual path is involved here. As a high-ranking member of the Shaman Path, he knew about this, but for Li Qi to be able to personally meet a second-rank official after just one trip was a bit...

If it weren't for the fact that he could clearly see the cause and effect that the witch god was holding, Yun Fang would probably have thought that this was a secret arrangement by some 'Heaven's Will'.

After Li Qi finished speaking, he looked at the Great Shaman Yun Fang, waiting for his reply.

"You... right, you obtained some information about the demonic path, didn't you?" Yun Fang suddenly asked at this moment.

Li Qi nodded. "That's right. Please accept this knowledge, senior. I know that you have been searching for methods related to demonic thoughts."

Before Yun Fang could speak, Li Qi offered the Literary Qi.

He was still very grateful to the Great Shaman Yun Fang, who had concealed his origins when he was young, helped him avoid many disasters, and had even saved his life together with Teacher Zhu.

The Yun Fang wanted to say something, but after his gaze swept over Li Qi's body, he simply smiled.

All he could see was honesty and gratitude.

"... Thank you, then I'll accept it." With that, he reached out, picked up the Literary Qi, used his Divine Ability to make a copy, and accepted it.

Then, Yun Fang said, "You can give me the strange phenomena and the Daoist aura. If you are worried about your daughter, you can send her here. She is not directly involved in the battle, and I can give her some pointers."

Upon hearing this, Li Qi was overjoyed!

His only concern was his daughter's safety, and now that a great shaman was willing to take care of her personally, that was naturally the best thing ever.

As for the Literary Qi he was giving away, it was a copy anyway, so there was no problem with it. Besides, even without the Great Shaman's supervision, he was prepared to give it to the other party and did not intend to use it to blackmail Senior Yun Fang.

"You still have a year... You can wait here with me. These phenomena still need some research. The Spirit Path won't help you analyze them; they'll probably just send you a bunch of data packaged up, which you'll still need to organize," said the Great Shaman Yun Fang after receiving the Literary Qi.

"Thank you, senior." Li Qi didn't stand on ceremony. "I'll go and bring Shiwei over first, and then wait here to get ready."

"Okay, go ahead." Yun Fang nodded.

Li Qi acted swiftly, setting off immediately and returning to where Bo Yue was. Without much pleasantry, he took Li Shiwei away and, once again through the Liesu, brought Li Shiwei to the place where the Great Shaman Yun Fang was.

The entire process took no more than a day, which was very fast.

During this time, Li Shiwei found it strange because Li Qi didn't hide anything from her and told her directly that he was going to take her to the home of a great shaman, who would personally teach her.

This isn't a direct disciple, but just being able to receive guidance is already a blessing that's hard to come by.

Upon arriving at the scene, Li Shiwei was filled with trepidation.

But the Great Shaman Yun Fang was quite kind. He comforted Li Shiwei with a smile, which quickly put the nervous little girl at ease.

However, this was only temporary. Li Shiwei soon discovered that her father and the shaman had immediately begun intensive research.

They are studying their own Daoist principles.

This made Li Shiwei grip the stone, waiting somewhat anxiously.

Fortunately, Shi Tou was still Anxin; he wasn't flustered at all, which quickly calmed Li Shiwei down as well.

Ten months have passed quickly.

Over the course of ten months, the Great Witch Yun Fang sifted through the chaotic information within the Literary Qi, an efficiency that left Li Qi in awe.

As expected of a third-rank official, their efficiency is truly impressive.

If Li Qi were to do this sorting work, it would take at least three thousand years, and he might not even finish.

Once the information is organized, it becomes much easier to understand.

Meanwhile, during this time, Li Qi finally learned the details and origins of the Death Demon Dao Charm.

The Death Demon Dao Charm has appeared 36,742 times in history. However, due to the special nature of the Daoist Rhyme, each one has a different nature.

There are many, but in the grand scheme of history, they are actually quite few. Only a very small number of people can obtain the Death Demon Dao Charm, far fewer than the Heavenly Demonic Dao Charm.

The effect of the wisp of Daoist essence that Li Shiwei obtained was annihilation.

Yes, although it appears to be a cutting effect, the actual effect is annihilation, which is more common in the Death Demon lineage, and can eliminate the matter and air it comes into contact with.

That's right, vanished into thin air.

Just as qi and matter can be born out of thin air, they can also disappear out of thin air. Once this wisp of Dao rhyme is activated, everything it touches will be annihilated. Only spatial storage methods can preserve this wisp of Dao rhyme. However, the Dao rhyme itself is extremely small, so it can only produce a 'cutting' effect and it is difficult to achieve a large-scale destruction like the Ruins of Return.

However, it is precisely because of its small size that this Daoist principle is usable.

Most people who obtain the Death Demon Dao Charm are those whose hearts are filled with excessive killing intent, and some even become possessed by demons because of it.

Because, according to the information on it, the Death Demon is still asleep.

The Death Demon is the so-called enemy of all things. During the great struggle for the Dao that once led to the spread of the Dao throughout the world, the power of the Death Demon swelled to an unprecedented level due to the enormous casualties throughout the universe.

So the Death Demon began to try to truly destroy the universe, to destroy everything.

The universe is all time and all space.

The Death Demon wants to end all of time and space, no matter how many layers there are or how far away they are; he wants time to come directly to the end.

Everything has a beginning and an end. Since the universe has a beginning, then the Death Demon will be the end of it all.

Clearly, he failed.

That massive battle that swept across the universe ended with the Death Demon being defeated as the final boss. All cultivators of the Death Demon lineage were executed, and the Death Demon lineage's Cultivation Method were destroyed. The Death Demon himself disappeared without a trace, seemingly falling into a deep sleep, and the First Rank cultivators never mentioned it.

After that, there were only a few Death Devil Cultivator, all of whom were born naturally and fell into the demonic path due to excessive killing intent, eventually becoming mad and bloodthirsty monsters.

However, even after so much time has passed, these scattered killing freaks have still managed to gather a considerable force, and some of them sometimes unknowingly acquire the Death Demon Dao Charm.

Therefore, obtaining the Death Demon Dao Charm is actually a very random thing. As long as you kill enough things, you may be able to get the Death Demon Dao Charm.

According to Li Qi's understanding, the most famous holder of the Death Demon Dao Charm in the world was a third-rank general in the Human Path. It is said that he had killed too many people, which led him to fall into the demonic path. However, he maintained a clear mind and completed a rare dual cultivation between humans and demons.

His killing power was so immense that he was called the 'God of Slaughter'. To this day, he is active on the battlefield between humans and witches. It is said that several great witches have fallen at his hands. Unfortunately, Li Qi is not qualified to access battle reports at that level.

In other words... the appearance of the Death Demon Dao Charm is actually something uncontrollable and random. Because the Death Demon himself is asleep, his Dao has broken apart and will naturally manifest in other places, which is the 'Death Demon Dao Charm' that appears everywhere.

Essentially, these are all fragments of the Great Dao of the Death Demon, albeit only a negligible part.

"In other words... people from other Dao Lineage don't mind the Death Demon Dao Charm. Although there is some control over it, and the nature of each Death Demon Dao Charm is different, they generally assume that the Death Demon won't interfere like the Heavenly Demon." Li Qi silently came to a conclusion.

The Heavenly Demonic Dao Charm, whenever it appears outside of the Demonic Path, will make everyone tremble with fear, even those at the First Rank will be on tenterhooks for a while.

However, the defenses against the Death Demon Dao Charm Spreading Across the World not as strict, since the Death Demon has been in a state of being...

That means it can be used.

As for the appearance of this Daoist rhyme, it is very likely that it was caused by the many deaths in the Human-Shaman War.

With this in mind, Li Qi finally chose to hand over the Dao Yun to Li Shiwei.

Since there's no problem with the Daoist rhyme, and the Great Shaman Yun Fang checked it and found no additional issues, then we might as well use it; it doesn't really matter.

The young masters of Wushen Mountain all possess their own unique Daoist aura, which is like a cheat code; you can't beat others without using it.

Everyone else is using cheats; if you don't use them, you can't play.

Besides, if everyone opens, it's the same as if no one opens.

Only when Li Shiwei developed her own Daoist aura could she be considered to be on the same starting line as other geniuses; otherwise, there would be no chance for her.

Having confirmed that the Daoist rhyme was safe and effective, Li Qi returned it to Li Shiwei.

For the next two months, he and Yun Fang tutored Li Shiwei together.

Then, Li Qi left the place.

We can put our daughter's matter aside for now.

Let's focus on the Human-Shaman War. Besides, there's no need for him to do anything earth-shattering now; he just needs to go on his regular missions.

After dealing with Li Shiwei's matter, Li Qi felt much more at ease and returned to the war zone, where he began working overtime for 007.

It's time to fulfill the promise I made to Bo Yue.

All the tasks of the Executioner Squad had to be handled by Li Qi alone.

However, his trip to the Illusionary Reality Domain was not entirely fruitless. At least the research he conducted with Bo Yue on the Light Cone, as well as the 'emergence effect' generated by scanning and absorbing the knowledge after the True Knowledge Dao Charm Expansion, all elevated Li Qi's understanding of reality to a new level.

This has little impact on cultivation level or the Dao Path, but it greatly enhances practical application.

At this moment, Li Qi has learned the Demon Prince's battle tactics, experienced a long period of actual combat, seen advanced civilizations like the Micro-Birds, and interacted with various worlds. He himself has already acquired the third-grade qualities, which allow him to manipulate cause and effect to a certain extent, and with the help of Bo Yue, he can even choose the future.

Moreover, Li Qi has a huge advantage, which is that he can retain his memories during the rewind.

Even if he loses, he may be able to get a second chance through frequent rewinds.

If he could start over, his intelligence advantage would be enormous; he could easily pinpoint the opponent's weaknesses.

With so many advantages piled up on Li Qi, then... let's go for it.

Give it a try.

In the time that followed, a name gradually spread like the 'Demon Prince' throughout the war zone controlled by Bo Yue and the surrounding war zones.

His name is 'Li Qi'.

Among the fifth-ranked warriors in the Human-Witch Battlefield, Li Qi began to be compared to the Demon Prince.

Because, in just seventy years, this man named Li Qi killed more than 14,000 fifth-rank Human Path, and more than 90% of them were killed with just one move.

He's practically like the Demon Prince.

Of these 14,000 fifth-rank officials, more than a third were generals of Human Path, meaning they held official positions and were both fifth-rank, but they were still no match for Li Qi and were often killed in a single blow.

In the fortieth year, having also defeated many powerful fifth-rank Shaman Path experts, 'Gentleman' Liu Junyi came to Li Qi's place to intercept him.

This was the most difficult battle Li Qi had ever faced, but from the outside perspective, Li Qi still easily defeated Liu Junyi in the end, without even getting injured.

But Li Qi himself knew that he had lost seven times.

He was defeated by Liu Junyi seven times in total.

But he was very lucky. At that time, there was a great battle that concerned whether a section of the Great Wall Human Path would collapse, and the Third Rank also personally participated in the battle.

It can't be said that they were just lucky. After all, it was inevitable. The matter must have been big enough for top-tier fifth-rank officials like Li Qi and Liu Junyi to come here and compete for victory.

The Micro-Birds that Li Qi communicated with decades ago were used at this time. The Micro-Birds manipulated gravity to create a 'nest,' which in turn caused the Great Wall of Human Path to collapse, giving birth to a huge Ruins of Return.

The humans and the sorcerers waged a great war over the time it would take for the Great Wall to collapse into ruins.

Therefore, Li Qi's ability to retain memories during regression is demonstrated at this moment.

Liu Junyi defeated him seven times at the beginning.

Then, in the next three thousand or so retrospectives, Li Qi was the victor.

From initial failures to pyrrhic victories, then to easy wins, and finally to achieving a flawless victory, Li Qi knew Liu Junyi inside and out. He understood Liu Junyi's weaknesses better than Li Qi himself.

Thus, in the final flashback, Li Qi easily defeated Liu Junyi without taking any damage in just 35 minutes, spreading his fame throughout the heavens.

Even Liu Junyi himself was surprised.

Impossible, Li Qi couldn't possibly be that strong.

But regardless of whether it was possible or not... Li Qi did it anyway.

The third-grade special quality is no joke.

As Li Qi's fame spread, he himself became increasingly exhausted.

For seventy years, there have been one great battle after another, either fighting or on the way to fight.

For seventy years, no other rulers have appeared.

What are they doing?