Hard to Get Along

There was nothing in the void.

There are no stars, no light in sight, and it seems that there are no remarkable extraterrestrial wonders or world clusters within tens of thousands of light-years.

The place where Li Qi was at this moment was a typical extraterrestrial void.

Due to the properties of gravity, matter and world groups outside the domain form a fibrous network with varying density. The void in the center of this network is the void outside the domain, which is extremely sparse and contains nothing.

There was no light, no up or down, no direction; it was complete darkness in every direction, and it was the same whether your eyes were open or closed.

Generally speaking, travelers to other worlds deliberately avoid such places. When looking for flight routes, they travel through the middle of material networks. This way, even if they get lost, they can locate themselves by their relative position and the existence of otherworldly wonders. Even if they can't locate themselves, they can find a supply point, so they don't end up flying for hundreds of thousands of years only to find that the scenery hasn't changed at all.

It can really drive people crazy; even immortals might not be able to withstand it.

In fact, it is precisely because of this that Li Qi actually has a bit of a liking for this kind of extraterrestrial emptiness.

Because only in outer space can he find a brief moment of peace.

The reason for this is quite simple: even those True Knowledge Dao Charm of the universe can rarely capture information in the void beyond the realm.

All around... was a true void, almost an absolute vacuum, where even light did not exist. True Knowledge Dao Charm did not even have any matter or information to analyze. So, Li Qi could sometimes pretend that he did not have True Knowledge Dao Charm and enjoy a moment of tranquility here.

Unfortunately, he couldn't enjoy it for long before he had to find his way again.

Li Qi was teleported to this place by Zhu Fengdan's manipulation of the Liesu, so he didn't know where he was.

Zhu Fengdan was supposed to lead the way...

But now Zhu Fengdan has been arrested for assaulting the daughter of the Heavenly Emperor.

Damn it... Li Qi was speechless and didn't know what to say.

But no matter what, let's get him up first.

Li Qi stepped forward and glanced at the Technique Method imprisoned Yao Ji.

True Knowledge Dao Charm swept across the area. Although it was Zhu Fengdan's Technique Method, its grade was not high, and it was probably just something she did casually.

But it's not low either, after all, the casual actions of a third-rank official are not something that ordinary fifth-rank officials are qualified to handle.

However, Li Qi was no ordinary fifth-rank official.

True Knowledge Dao Charm unfolded, sweeping the binding Technique Method over its entirety.

"Gu" means to imprison or block. The phrase "Gu Nanshan" is used as a metaphor because of its great depth and size, imprisoning the forms of all things that come and go.

So that's how it is. Let's take the method of "even though the Southern Mountain is imprisoned, there are still gaps" and start from there, making it desirable...

Li Qi calmed down and began to dispel Zhu Fengdan's Technique Method.

During this process, he even forgot that there was someone below him. The main reason was that this Technique Method was so ingenious, like a perfect equation, and the process of solving it was very enjoyable.

Soon, Li Qi successfully dispelled the Technique Method set up by the third-rank official.

Li Qi let out a long sigh and gave a light whistle.

It felt exhilarating, almost like finishing a thrilling, exciting, one-shot movie-style game, or getting a pentakill.

Li Qi hadn't encountered such a perfect Technique Method in a long time, yet it just so happened to be within his capabilities.

"Just as frivolous as you, Zhu Laosan, but... you do have some skill. The Technique Method you just used was no simple feat." At this moment, Li Qi heard a voice in his ear.

Ah, I remember now, there's someone imprisoned under the Technique Method.

Thinking of this, Li Qi immediately stood up and bowed. "My master has a rather eccentric temperament... please forgive me. I don't know how to address her? Perhaps, I should call her 'Empress'?"

As Zhu Fengdan just said.

Yao Ji is the daughter of the Heavenly Emperor... Obviously, there's a reason why she dares to call Zhu Laosan directly. However, she didn't expect Zhu Fengdan to be so uncouth, directly punching her twice and knocking her down.

If Li Qi hadn't pulled her away, she probably would have landed a few more punches. Besides, the scene was just too unsightly—a delicate young girl being brutally beaten by a grown man on the ground... It's inappropriate, inappropriate.

Regardless of what Zhu Fengdan says, Li Qi should be addressed with a different title for this kind of status.

"No need, that's from a past life. Just call me by my name," Yao Ji said, shaking her head.

As she spoke, her injuries healed rapidly.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Fengdan's actions were mostly humiliating and lacked any real severity; she didn't actually do anything drastic.

Surprisingly, Yao Ji didn't react much, showing no signs of anger or frustration. On the contrary, she appeared quite calm and unaffected.

"So it really is her past life? But I've heard that powerful beings can improve their cultivation very quickly when they rebuild their cultivation. How come Yao Ji is still only at the sixth rank?" Li Qi nodded slightly. It was pretty much as he had guessed. She was indeed a reincarnation.

"Because I was only a sixth-rank cultivator in my previous life. We gods cultivate very slowly, so it's normal for us not to advance in rank for hundreds of millions of years." Yao Ji didn't seem to mind at all. Instead, she started chatting with Li Qi: "But you, on your first time cultivating, have made such rapid progress. You were even able to undo the Technique Method of the Zhu Fengdan Pill just now... That Technique Method, even an ordinary fourth-rank cultivator might not be able to undo if they don't understand the key points. You'd be quite suitable to travel with me and be qualified to help me out."

Li Qi was stunned for a moment.

The other person appears to speak quietly, but their actions and the emotions they express create an air of superiority.

And then there's her little girl-like figure, well...

Female devil?

They're still the kind who don't realize it.

I really want to hit her.

But Li Qi was not Zhu Fengdan after all, and simply said, "Miss Yao Ji is joking. We are traveling together only because of a mission, there is no question of me being an assistant."

Let's just laugh it off and get by. There's no need to take it to heart.

However, Yao Ji did not think so.

She said very seriously and deliberately, "No, no, no, you don't understand anything, you can only be an assistant."

The vein on Li Qi's forehead throbbed.

But he was very polite and simply said, "Alright, alright, whatever Miss Yao Ji says goes. Let's think of a way and quickly find a direction to get to the Immortal Heaven. Teacher Zhu was supposed to take us there, but unfortunately he's not here."

Yao Ji nodded. "It's better that he's dead. It's a good thing he's not here. Never mind, let's not talk about him. You should hurry up and find the direction. Once you find it, just take me there."

Li Qi turned his head and stared at Yao Ji.

Hey, ma'am, do you have some kind of serious illness?

"Why are you looking at me? You can handle this little thing yourself. You can't expect me to find my way by myself. I'm going to take a nap first." Yao Ji said, gently stroking her veil, then leaning back and falling asleep.

Li Qi looked completely bewildered.

???

He leaned over and took a look.

There was no response from the other party.

True Knowledge Dao Charm after scanning it once.

Wow, did she really fall asleep?

How do you manage to sleep?

Li Qi took two deep breaths. Although there was no air around him to breathe, he still created some fresh air from within himself, which helped him calm down.

Forget it, let's just pretend this person never existed.

Li Qi shook his head and ignored Yao Ji. Let her sleep if she wants; he still had work to do anyway.

"Let's get to work! "Li Qi rolled up his sleeves.

Although I don't know the exact location of the Celestial Realm, I'll first figure out my own location.

Now, Li Qi, who has combined the Light Cone with causality, can use deduction to intervene in the near future and influence its possibilities. You will see different branching events that may occur in reality in the next few seconds.

This is not about predicting the future, because the future cannot be predicted; it is a kind of 'speculation'. However, he can speculate about the future from a similar perspective to that of the 'Demon Seed'.

The Demon Seed is the Light Cone that travels back in time, and then it determines the future.

Of course, Li Qi couldn't rewind the Light Cone; that was the ability of the Demon Seed. But now, he could use his computing power to approach as many futures as possible on the basis of 'causality,' and ultimately choose a greater possibility within the Light Cone, thus fixing the probability of the future's occurrence on the choice he wanted.

This is probably the result of progressing together with Bo Yue. If Bo Yue reaches the fifth rank, and they join Bo Yue, they might be able to achieve even greater things.

But it's not necessary now.

What Li Qi needs to do now is simply to achieve a 'low probability' event.

When an event has a low probability, it needs to be repeated many times to achieve it. However, as long as the base number is large enough and the number of repetitions is high enough, it can always be achieved as long as the probability is not zero.

It's just a matter of how much time it takes.

After Li Qi comprehended the relationship between the Light Cone and cause and effect, his Divine Ability developed to the point that he could choose this probability and thus choose the 'future' he wanted.

This is not something that cannot be done.

But then Li Qi's Divine Ability began to spread.

The illusory thread of cause and effect stretched out before Li Qi to an extremely distant region.

The thread of cause and effect does not exist in a physical form, but is a manifestation of Li Qi, because in the real world, the causal relationship between things is not so clear and absolute.

This is actually something that Li Qi concretized based on his own views to make it easier for him to understand, and it is also a manifestation of 'Li Qi's Dao' eroding reality.

The present reality is so fragile that practitioners can use their own path to cover up the path of reality.

Under this modification, Li Qi, through the thread of cause and effect, perceived a possible future from afar.

According to calculations, the future will result in 'nothing happening'.

So... cut off this future, change it before the 'cause' has occurred.

A special force has begun to guide 'reality'.

This is Li Qi's Divine Ability.

The first time, nothing happened, so I made the changes.

The second time, nothing happened again, so I started making changes as well.

The third time... the fourth time, the fifth time.

The 63,531st time...

One hundred and one hundred and five hundred and twenty-two times...

Li Qi kept repeating and trying.

He doesn't know what the future holds, but through his superhuman calculation and deductive abilities, he can change the cause of the cause before the cause occurs.

This is another kind of 'Infinite Monkey Typewriter', a clumsy imitation of the Three Ranks, which can neither be reversed nor change reality, and its impact is very limited.

However... it can determine the future to some extent.

This continued until after the 200,000th time.

Li Qi's spirits lifted.

They've arrived.

It happened 200,000 times, but in reality, not that much time had passed; only a few Chen had gone by.

However, the 'Celestial Sword Energy,' which only appears once every few hundred thousand years, swept across the horizon, brushed past Li Qi's eyes, and pointed out the direction.

And it wasn't just one, it was two!

Li Qi fixed the moment in time for an event that occurs only once every hundreds of thousands of years, an event with an incredibly low probability.

That's right, there shouldn't have been any Celestial Sword Energy slashing through the air in the next moment; in reality, this never happened.

However, the layers upon layers of causes, and the time probabilities affected by those causes, have caused the real world to be influenced by Li Qi's Divine Ability.

This is the third quality he comprehended: an infinite 'monkey typewriter' that, through continuous experimentation, calculation, and deduction, ultimately determines the future, and this determined future directly causes a deviation in reality.

The 'Celestial Sword Energy' that wouldn't have appeared before suddenly appeared.

But to others, this appears to be a 'low-probability event' that suddenly occurred.

But only Li Qi himself knew how rare Celestial Sword Energy was in the independent spacetime, in the future he had cut off.

After Li Qi fixed the future, he watched with his own eyes as that Celestial Sword Energy streaked across the sky.

If we consider ourselves as point A, the origin of the Celestial Sword Energy is point B, and the other launch point of the Celestial Sword Energy is point C.

By using the angles of points A, B, and C, one can determine the relative position of oneself and the supernova that emitted the Celestial Sword Energy, because the source of these Celestial Sword Energy is pulse-like, and its Sword Qi is flickering.

Although it had traveled such a long distance, the so-called 'Sword Qi' had long since dissipated, turning into something similar to a light pulse, and had long lost the killing intent it had when it first erupted.

This indicates that this extraterrestrial void is extremely large, far exceeding the size of ordinary material voids.

It had even deteriorated and redshifted to a level beyond visible light, making it undetectable to the naked eye, but fortunately, Li Qi could observe it.

True Knowledge Dao Charm could capture very subtle information, Li Qi was able to confirm his relative position by using the Celestial Sword Energy, and even calculate how far he was from the nearest material region based on the redshift of light, and then go there to find the Immortal Heaven.

That was what he originally thought.

However, Li Qi discovered that the two Celestial Sword Energy had almost the same oscillation frequency in the same location.

This indicates that there is an unusual gravitational phenomenon in that place.

In addition, there are rare material cavities in this area...

Is the Celestial Realm located in that place?

Let's go take a look first; after all, that's where resources converge.

Thinking this, Li Qi glanced at Yao Ji, who was lying dead beside him.

The other person was dreaming, and deliberately falling asleep, using dreams as a pastime. In her dream, she was playing games, and Li Qi was actually doing the work himself.

It's time to accumulate some ambition points.