Infighting

This is a very strong statement. It criticizes Human Path while telling Haotian, "If you don't care about this kind of thing, then 'If it comes down to Heaven, whose fault is it?'"

Whose fault is it? It's your fault, Haotian! Why didn't you do anything? Your fair treatment of all things directly led to the rise of Human Path. The harm that Human Path has done to heaven and earth, to the Primal Gods, is all because of your inaction.

These words could be considered extremely treasonous, Li Qi did hesitate for a while at the time. But after thinking about it, he realized that, just as the previous eulogy had said...

"It is said that only virtue can move Heaven, and only sincerity can move the gods. Sincerity within will inevitably manifest itself without, and cannot be concealed."

Then let's just say what we think.

However, after saying this, Li Qi changed the subject in the second half of his eulogy, continuing:

"Human Path that he is cunning and deceitful, arrogant and rebellious, and has been plotting against us for a long time. His power has been established and is beyond the reach of the gods. Even with a mighty army and fierce generals, it will be difficult to succeed quickly. Moreover, the nature of the local people is such that they are not always loyal or rebellious. We must consider the heavy responsibility entrusted to us by the local government, assess the situation carefully, and prioritize righteousness over profit. We dare to ask the Emperor to issue a decree to appoint a Heavenly General, so that the Heavenly Punishment may be justified and grant us the power to Heavenly Punishment the Tang Dynasty."

"We implore the gods to judge based on righteousness, and not to hesitate, doubt, scheme, or act rashly, lest we damage their divine power and go against the course of events. Whether this matter succeeds or fails, it will not hinder us from joining forces to fight to the death, thwarting their schemes and crushing their attacks."

"The Sacrificial Ritual is complete. Heaven is above, and with sincere and earnest intentions, we are serene and respectful. We know that sincerity and virtue can move people. It is in accordance with the will of Heaven and Earth. Houtu and Earth are truly faithful. The gods are watching over our virtue. We receive blessings from Heaven. We bow and kowtow to receive Heaven's blessing."

After the sacrificial text was finished and the Sacrificial Ritual was completed, Li Qi, in addition to his understanding of the Vast Heaven Dao Charm and the events that were happening in the Immortal Heaven, even Li Qi hinted at the existence of Yao Ji.

Once this Sacrificial Ritual is completed, there will only be two possible outcomes.

First, if the ritual is interrupted, they might be able to find out why the other side caused their physical body to collapse. Even if it isn't interrupted, it could still provide Li Qi with inspiration to eliminate incorrect options.

The second outcome is as follows: the sacrifice was successful, and the heavens granted permission.

As for the successful sacrifice, why did Haotian not respond to him?

Li Qi had not considered this possibility.

Yao Ji has arrived, and Zhu Fengdan has even been captured by Haotian. Li Qi even faced Yao Ji's Vast Heaven Dao Charm directly. With so many buffs, is it possible that Haotian himself was unaware of it?

With the information from Vast Heaven Dao Charm, Li Qi could easily modify the Sacrificial Ritual and deliver the sacrificial text directly to the recipient.

Is this a coincidence?

It couldn't be a coincidence; it's just a matter of whether you can discover it yourself.

Clearly, Li Qi had discovered it.

The Perfected Person before him would never be able to discover this, because the other party had just awakened from his body. He could not possibly have the memory of these things. To him, he had just awakened and even needed to guess what he was facing.

In this situation, his ability to guess to this extent is already considered cheating, especially since he is currently inside the Immortal Heaven's body and has no way to explore other situations through cause and effect. Li Qi is just taking advantage of the fact that the other party has just woken up and is completely clueless.

All of this planning succeeded, and in the end, it was answered with a single word: 'Accurate'.

With Haotian's permission, the power of the Thunder Method increased dramatically!

Thunder Method is Heavenly Punishment!

The eulogy written by Li Qi was a plea for this true 'Heaven' to acknowledge that the Little Heavenly Master's Thunder Method was genuine heavenly thunder, the thunder of a divine general, and a divine Heavenly Punishment permitted by the Jade Emperor!

With this recognition, the Little Heavenly Master immediately felt a sharp decrease in the consumption of his own power.

He suddenly realized that his Thunder Method no longer required his own Law Power.

If Thunder Method was previously executed with his own money, then... now he is using public funds, and both the materials and the level will be significantly improved compared to before.

This is support from the Heavenly Court.

There's no other reason than that the divine general in charge of Heavenly Punishment can naturally mobilize the power of heaven and earth. You are just office supplies and consumables, so of course you don't need to pay for them yourself. Besides, thunder is itself a manifestation of 'Heaven's Will'.

What appeared at this moment was a Little Heavenly Master with almost 'infinite' power, without any restrictions on the amount of Law Power he could exert!

Previously, the Little Heavenly Master's maximum output was limited to his own maximum output.

Now, his maximum output is his own limit of control.

The difference between the two is huge.

This is roughly equivalent to the previous electricity bills mainly depending on how much money you had, so you had to calculate the gas and electricity consumption to ensure a continuous supply of electricity.

Electricity bills nowadays mainly depend on how many appliances you use. Anyway, the electricity from the public utilities is unlimited, you can use as much as you want, as long as you have the ability.

How many electrical appliances does the Little Heavenly Master have?

I don't know, he hasn't tried it.

You can try it now.

"I will control all the Law Power for defense; you will now focus on the attack," Li Qi immediately said.

"Alright, you're in charge." The Little Heavenly Master looked delighted.

The Law Power was just allocated as follows: 75% was given to the Little Heavenly Master for attack, and 25% was given to Li Qi for defense.

Now, the defensive Law Power has increased fourfold, and the defensive strength has also increased two to three times accordingly.

As for the Law Power of the attack... there are no longer any limits. The power of heaven and earth has been at the command of the Little Heavenly Master after Haotian gave the order!

This is almost the same power as Yao Ji!

With just a word, a phrase, or even just an attitude, one can mobilize the power of heaven and earth. When Yao Ji wanted to take a bath, she only said one sentence, and the Spiritual Qi of an entire mountain was willingly drawn away by her.

At this moment, Haotian's single word "approved" mobilized an area that Li Qi couldn't even begin to fathom!

The Heavenly Emperor's word seemed to command obedience from the entire universe.

Immediately, a new offensive was launched!

Perfected Person awaited was not the Little Heavenly Master's period of weakness, but rather his berserk mode.

He frowned.

This is difficult.

The Little Heavenly Master's mastery of Technique Method and the essence of Thunder Method was already stronger than his fourth-rank cultivation. Now that things have changed, the situation is likely to be reversed.

Fine, let's see if we can win quickly.

This Perfected Person reached out his hand, and his aura shifted accordingly.

He originally used fourth-grade techniques and methods, but since he had already fallen from his cultivation level, theoretically he could no longer use third-grade techniques, as that would put too much pressure on him.

But it's just that the pressure is too great and it's not working well; it's not that he's forgotten these methods.

He hasn't lost his memory. He can still use a third-grade item if he pushes himself a little.

Now that the opponent has reached this level, we can abandon our previous idea of suppressing them with technical skill.

In the current state... if we use a third-grade technique, then we can use... five moves.

Five moves, lasting less than a thousandth of a second.

In other words, the outcome will be decided in a fraction of a second.

The Perfected Person was very decisive and reached out his hand.

"He's getting serious; he's going to decide the winner," Li Qi said.

The Little Heavenly Master didn't speak, but confidently unfolded his divine form.

His Dharma form is himself, and at the same time, Li Qi also unfolds his own Dharma form.

However, that Perfected Person one glanced at the Dharma image.

"So it was you two... Zhang Zong Li Qi." Through the Dharma image, he immediately recognized the enemy's origins.

That increased the winning percentage even further.

It has increased from 80% to 99%.

Yes, his win rate is 99%.

The moves of a third-rank official are beyond the ability of people like Li Qi to withstand.

Beyond the void, Witch Xian turned around.

Zhu Fengdan turned her head in confusion. "Witch God... aren't you going to watch?"

"There's no need to look anymore, we should get down to business." Witch Xian said casually, "The negotiations with Xiantian will be entirely in your hands from now on. Your master... and your father, there won't be any problems for the time being, so you don't need to worry."

"There's no need to elaborate on my father's affairs. As for my master, I haven't worried about him at all. After all... he's Wu Geng." Zhu Fengdan waved her hand slightly. "Then leave the matter of the Immortal Heaven to me. But... Shaman God, why are you so sure this kid can win? Are you already preparing to celebrate?"

"More... that name is indeed rarely mentioned anymore. Also, your apprentice is no worse than you were back then. Don't underestimate him. He just lacks experience. Compared to those who quickly rise to prominence, he's better suited to take things slowly. Give him some time. After all, like now, there are billions of rewinds." Witch Xian smiled and then disappeared from the spot.

Zhu Fengdan, however, found it hard to believe.

Retrospection, or extraordinary cosmic light, is a common phenomenon in the universe, so in a sense it can be said to be everywhere, but few people would send their disciples into it for cultivation.

First of all, time itself is not valuable. Where you cultivate is not important. There is no need to forcibly shorten the cultivation time. To be honest, only low-level cultivators can accumulate time effectively. For them, even if time is not accelerated, those extra hundreds or thousands of years are nothing more than a blink of an eye in front of beings who can manipulate special cosmic light. Few powerful beings have the leisure to do that.

Secondly, once you leave the lower ranks, for cultivators of the fifth rank and above, it is a rather foolish choice to work in isolation. Unless it is a problem that can only be solved by oneself, it is necessary to absorb the knowledge and insights of others and to constantly compare the situation with the outside world. This requires that their time be at least synchronized. The generally accepted synchronized time is the Cosmic Time flow rate that is most commonly found in the outer realms.

For low-level people, spending time is meaningless; for high-level people, spending time is even more meaningless and completely unnecessary unless you are in a great hurry. Otherwise, the benefits of distorting time are pitifully small.

Yes, by distorting time, you spent decades or even a hundred years, and in the eyes of outsiders, you went from being an unranked person to an eighth-rank person in a single second.

Then what?

So what?

Once you reach the fifth rank, you enter the special cosmic light. Without the help of the ever-evolving knowledge and insights from the outside world, and without constant comparison with the outside world, all you can accumulate is cultivation level. Is that really useful for your Dao Path?

Ultimately, you'll have to spend the same amount of time in other worlds to catch up on knowledge of the outside world, which makes the whole thing seem especially unnecessary.

Only...

For Li Qi, it seems that's not the case.

Compared to other fifth-rank officials, Li Qi's experience with the outside world was somewhat limited.

He seems to be a genius who can break through on his own by shutting himself in and meditating, plus the Witch God said he lacks depth...

Hmm, we'll try making a special place with unique cosmic light for him later.

Thinking this, Zhu Fengdan saw over there that, a fraction of a second later, the outcome was decided.

The sorcerer has already spoken, so the outcome is obvious.

Li Qi had broken through the third-rank technique.

Zhu Fengdan blinked.

The witch god's insight was truly sharp.

He only understood what had just happened after it occurred; before that, he hadn't even considered this possibility, and he had subconsciously ignored it.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of thing is impossible.

Actually, it's quite simple.

That is... Li Qi directly confronted the Perfected Person's third-grade burst of power.

After surviving that one-thousandth of a second, the opponent's inner world became chaotic due to the excessive power they unleashed, forcing them to lose their fighting ability.

Even if you were once a third-rank official, you cannot easily use the power of a third-rank official.

However, this force was too powerful, and Zhu Fengdan never expected that Li Qi would be able to withstand it.

But the sorcerer saw it.

Zhu Fengdan immediately began to review the events. He had seen everything that had just happened and could easily deduce how Li Qi had done it.

First of all, Li Qi was not intimidated by the aura of a third-rank master. Well... this should be attributed to himself. He should be used to it by now. So, although the Little Heavenly Master was stunned by the first wave of intimidation, which caused him to react slowly, Li Qi easily dealt with it and immediately took control of his body to complete the first wave of defense.

Next, they would have to face the moves of a third-rank official head-on. There was no room for shortcuts; they had to meet them head-on. Zhu Fengdan was very curious about how Li Qi had managed to do it.

However, after watching it, Zhu Fengdan couldn't help but clap her hands and laugh, bending over backwards.

Well!

Li Qi perfectly parried all five moves, and the moves he used were beyond Zhu Fengdan's expectations.

He used the difference between Haotian and Xiantian.

In other words, Li Qi has obtained his own answer regarding the difference between 'Haotian' and 'Xiantian'.

Using this difference, coupled with Haotian's recent permission and the gap in his own attainment of immortality, Li Qi pointed out an answer, an answer that came from the 'nature' directed by the divine way.

Li Qi gave the answer that should have been given naturally: a power that surpassed the fifth rank. If Li Qi had previously achieved the fourth rank by using the Dao of 'Immortal Heaven' and reached a point that transcended the rules, then now... he had accomplished what a fourth rank should have accomplished on his own.

Through countless reincarnations, and comparing himself to the High Immortal and the Heavenly Emperor, he arrived at his own answer.

At this moment, Li Qi transcended reality and reached the fourth rank. From then on, the 'Heavenly Way Limit' would no longer be his limit. His limit would be the 'limit of my Dao', because his Dao had already covered the Heavenly Dao. As long as he wanted, he could easily break through the speed of light.

As for the paradox that arises after breaking the speed of light, that is a paradox of the Dao in the real world, and it does not apply to Li Qi. He has his own Dao and his own interpretation of the world.

The world around Li Qi is a parallel world with different rules. The laws of this world are entirely interpreted by Li Qi himself, as long as they are consistent with himself.

Although he hadn't reached the point of self-sufficiency and eternal freedom, he was already perfect enough that he could proudly pat his chest and say that he was a true fourth-rank official!

But that's not enough, since he has to face a third-rank official.

However, Li Qi used an even more ingenious method to bridge this final gap—

That is, at this moment, they are both in harmony with the Dao.

Essentially, they are all part of the Celestial Realm.

This is internal strife.