Chapter 666

Wu Laodao's words gave Li Yi a sense of urgency.

His warning clearly came from the heart, or he wouldn't have taken the trouble to speak so plainly to Li Yi.

Li Yi understood: asking a Three Flowers cultivator from a world devoid of Dao to fight for Earth against the Demon God Realm was indeed unreasonable—they had crossed over to survive, not to die.

Everyone knew full well how powerful the great demons were; even a Three Flowers cultivator could easily be killed by one.

Last time, to repel those three great demons, they nearly exhausted their resources, destroying several Dao artifacts, even shattering the Xuan Huang Seal and the Heavenly Dao Map of the Seven Immortals' lineage; it was only after the bald Daoist re-forged the broken artifacts into a new one—the Heavenly Dao Seal.

If Xiang Xiangzi hadn't fought to the death, everyone would have been killed by those three great demons.

"With my current strength, I truly can't suppress Three Flowers cultivators, so I can't bring too many of them across to Earth. They're fine staying in the end-Dao world for now—at least every time I cross over, I bring them some resources to ensure their lifespans remain secure."

Li Yi thought to himself: "So my immediate priority is to break through as soon as possible—at least to the Five Qi Convergence realm."

He believed that once he reached that realm, with his Dao artifacts and immense magic power, he could at least trade blows with a great demon—perhaps not win, but certainly not lose.

That would place him among the top-tier experts, so in the future, he wouldn't need to be so cautious about anything he did.

Soon.

Wu Laodao and Li Yi returned to the frontline.

Because Wu Laodao bore Wu Yong's identity, he didn't stay long with Li Yi and soon slipped away, but he assured Li Yi he would sense his aura at all times and arrive immediately if anything changed.

With his strength, he could arrive almost instantly at such close range.

Li Yi had his own task: he needed to cooperate alone with several other evolvers to hold this section of the frontline.

But when he returned, he saw Su Mu standing pale near the fortress formed by Tianyi Palace.

Seeing Li Yi return, Su Mu finally exhaled slightly.

"Li Yi, you're safe—that's good. I saw what happened earlier; thanks to Professor Wu Yong from the Golden Academy. How's the situation over there now?" she asked eagerly.

"Several heavenly demons died chasing me, and even a great demon was stirred—but thankfully, no battle broke out, so let's leave it at that," Li Yi said. "I'm now marked by the Demon God Realm; I can't show my face again. If they learn I'm stationed here, a great demon will cross over to kill me within days."

"Is it that serious?" Su Mu's body swayed slightly at the news.

"It'll get worse—I killed Du Bai Zhi. You don't know this, but Du Bai Zhi had another identity: she was the daughter of the Moon Demon King of the Demon God Realm, possessing an extremely rare Jade Rabbit bloodline," Li Yi added, shaking his head slightly. "Those heavenly demons and great demons all want to kill me more than anyone else, to avenge the Demon King's daughter."

"Forget it. Things are already bad enough; a little more trouble won't hurt. How's your injury? Are you alright?"

Su Mu said: "I was struck by a heavenly demon's attack on my soul—no visible wounds, but my soul is damaged. Fortunately, I've broken through to the Spirit God realm, which primarily refines the soul. But our evolver method isn't suited for solo cultivation; if my Dao cultivation reached Soul Transformation, it would be perfect."

"When my soul reaches Soul Transformation, my primordial spirit will be immune to such attacks."

Li Yi nodded; Su Mu's words weren't false.

Combining the evolver method with any cultivation art is a game-changer; going solo is a dead end.

But Dao cultivation on Earth has been widely practiced for too short a time, so many evolvers haven't kept up with their secondary arts.

Unless, like Li Yi, they temporarily abandon the evolver method and switch entirely to Dao cultivation.

Thus, Li Yi still remained at Qi Power realm, but his Dao cultivation had already reached the fourth layer of Five Qi.

According to his plan,

he would raise his evolver cultivation to Spirit God realm once he achieved Five Qi Convergence.

Then, the primordial spirit nurtured by the Five Qi would be immensely powerful.

"Rest well these next few days. Don't worry about anything else—I'll handle the frontline," Li Yi now took on some of the burden himself.

"How can you do that? You can't manage everything alone!" Su Mu protested, then shook her head in refusal.

Li Yi said: "Only Spirit Tribulation evolvers can fight heavenly demons. You're no match for them—you can't help on the frontline. Go rest inside. Just don't get in my way."

As he spoke, he pointed, his tone firm.

"Fine. If you need anything, just say so—I'll assist you," Su Mu conceded, then turned and walked into the fortress behind her.

Once inside, she discovered it was far larger than it appeared.

She stood in a vast hall, its walls glowing with ancient talismans that emitted beams of light, sealing off all directions except for a single entrance.

"This is a magic treasure—and its defensive power is astonishing," Su Mu observed, secretly startled.

In one corner of the hall, she saw Tao Sheng, Pan Hongjie, and Lu Yi resting deeply in sleep, unaware of her arrival.

"The cosmic energy here is incredible—comparable to a Wonder Chamber. Is there a wonder inside?"

Su Mu followed a surge of scorching, turbulent cosmic energy toward one side of the hall.

But the path ahead was sealed by talismans; she couldn't proceed.

Su Mu gave up her curiosity—after all, this was Li Yi's domain.

Yet had she crossed the seal and gone further, she would have seen, in one corner of Tianyi Palace, a wonder: the Phoenix Feather. The scorching cosmic energy within Tianyi Palace emanated from it.

Meanwhile,

Li Yi sat directly on the roof outside Tianyi Palace, eyes closed, practicing the Heaven-Earth Qi Absorption Technique.

Because this area was near the Demon God Realm, cosmic energy remained unpolluted—a perfect place to cultivate, though the danger made it risky to use.

But for cultivators stationed on the frontline, it was a kind of privilege.

"My Five Qi fourth layer isn't even complete. During this month of frontline duty, I must at least finish it," Li Yi thought.

But he knew that after leaving the Land of Incense-God Cultivation, without incense power to bolster him, his cultivation had slowed drastically.

Fortunately,

his sixty major acupoints had been opened—so his next breakthrough had no bottleneck, only time and slow refinement required.

Time passed swiftly—several days went by.

The frontline remained quiet; after the incident with Li Yi, the heavenly demons had suffered heavy losses and needed time to regroup and plan anew.

Thus, during this lull, the frontline evolvers gained a chance to recover.

Taking advantage of this window, Xiao Jianguo, the frontline commander, began recruiting experts from across the country to fight the Demon God Realm.

Unfortunately, few responded.

After all, guarding the frontline was grueling and unrewarding, and any expert with the means to cross over preferred to cultivate on Earth and then enjoy the other world.

Still, some did respond, voluntarily coming to the Demon God Realm frontline.

Though Li Yi had been cultivating these past days, he clearly sensed more evolvers arriving, including familiar faces from the Golden Academy.

Yet preparation wasn't limited to here.

The Demon God Realm was preparing too.

Many earth demons and heavenly demons had begun arriving from deep within the Demon God Realm, having learned that the killer of the Demon King's daughter had appeared—on Earth's frontline.

Moreover,

several great demons had appeared.

These great demons weren't under Moon Demon King's command—they were scattered, independent ones.

Their purpose wasn't to avenge the Demon King's daughter, but because they'd learned the Precious Moon Bow and Black Gold Arrows had fallen into human hands—they came for those treasures.

After all, taking them from Great Demon Feng Yu was impossible, but seizing them from a weak human evolver would be effortless.

As the number of earth demons, heavenly demons, and great demons on the frontline increased, restlessness grew; all sought the right moment or opportunity to launch another assault, aiming to break through Earth's defenses entirely.

Yet for some reason, Moon Demon King had not appeared.

If this demon king himself had acted, Earth's frontline would have collapsed completely—it couldn't have held this long.

This was what puzzled everyone, including the great demons.