Chapter 459: I am the Dao [Seeking monthly votes!!]

Yu Kingdom spirit mine, in the residence.

"Brother Li, if there are no signs of breakthrough in another three years, I will have no choice but to think of a way to go to the Northern Plains."

Yuan Xiong said.

A touch of bitterness on the corner of his mouth.

Even someone as stunning as him had been stuck in the Profound Heaven Initial Realm for over a decade, his patience gradually being worn away.

This was also the situation for most martial artists in the world.

Someone like Li Rui, who had no obstacles, was what too many people dreamed of.

Being Yuan Dingting's adopted son could only take him to the Profound Heaven realm; if he wanted to go further, he had to fight for it himself.

Only by going to the battlefield in the north could he find a glimmer of opportunity.

Never mind him, an adopted son of a Saint of War; it was the same for an Imperial Prince.

Zhu Gan was the best example.

Whether practicing martial arts or cultivating immortality, there is no way without risking one's life.

Li Rui: "Brother Yuan's pursuit is different from mine; it is time to think of change."

He didn't say any nonsense like "don't be in a hurry."

It would be urgent for any martial artist.

Moreover, Yuan Xiong was still young; since he couldn't break through, there was no need to continue wasting time in the spirit mine.

Yuan Xiong was somewhat surprised: "Brother Li also thinks I should move?"

He had originally thought Li Rui's temperament would persuade him to stay.

Never expecting.

Li Rui actually took the initiative to tell him to think of change.

"Of course, I am not one of those pedantic old antiques from the Hanlin Academy."

Li Rui laughed loudly.

Hearing this, Yuan Xiong also laughed loudly.

Afterward, he looked at Li Rui curiously: "Brother Li, you should be soon, right?"

Li Rui nodded:

"Luck is not bad; the array has improved, and by analogy, I have entered the Mid-Realm."

Yuan Xiong was stunned.

He had guessed whether Li Rui was near the Mid-Realm, never expecting that he had already broken through long ago.

It really is comparing people to people, which is infuriating.

Li Rui could break through like drinking water while staying on a small hill in the Qingwei Sect, while he couldn't make any progress while guarding a spirit mine.

Of course.

He also knew.

It was because their Daos were different.

To put it simply, it was because their temperaments were different; although he was the most steady among Yuan Dingting's adopted sons, he was also a person who liked to move and couldn't do the thing of closing his doors for decades.

And he had also gained quite a lot of benefits in the spirit mine.

Although they, the adopted sons, all walked Yuan Dingting's path.

But the situation was ultimately different from before.

Outsiders only knew that the Holy Emperor's ascension was difficult, never knowing how many dangers were hidden in the Immortal Calamity afterward.

The world thought Yuan Dingting, the Imperial Preceptor, and the Duke of Dingyuan had transcendent status.

Never knowing that this was all achieved by killing Fallen Immortals.

Otherwise, did they really think these Fallen Immortals like True Lord Qing Ding were so easy to get along with?

But now, there was no such opportunity.

Therefore, only the eldest and second brothers who followed Yuan Dingting in the most tragic battle achieved the Heavenly Phenomenon realm.

Hearing Li Rui's words.

Yuan Xiong became even more determined in his resolve to go north.

Watching Yuan Xiong leave.

Li Rui just smiled lightly.

Yuan Xiong staying in the spirit mine would naturally be of great help to him, but he couldn't force him to stay in the Ten Thousand Mountains against his will just because of this reason.

That would be a major event that ruined his future.

Li Rui was not a saint who sacrificed himself for others, but he also valued loyalty.

He had witnessed too many Great Daos.

So he knew that Yuan Xiong's future was not in the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Li Rui stood up and returned to his room.

Sat cross-legged by the window.

The cold moonlight spilled onto his body.

The next instant.

Firelight rose around his body, and a wisp of purple qi rose slowly above his head.

Purple qi comes from the east, the Great Dao is near!

Li Rui remained motionless, using the Everlasting Green Qi to turn into red flames to attract the Great Dao to forge his body.

This was something only the Innate Immortal Martial Dao Fetus could do.

Looking within himself.

He saw the Immortal Court in his dantian, where the phenomena were even more terrifying, with purple clouds filling the sky, ten thousand divine rays, and faintly, one could even see the figures of immortals—it was truly magnificent and majestic.

In the Immortal Court, countless Great Dao auras flowed.

Extraordinary and profound.

Indeed.

Li Rui's Dao was precisely the Immortal Court small world he opened up in his dantian.

Union of Dao Immortal Court small world!

Jumping out of the ten thousand worlds, not within the five elements.

This was the Dao Li Rui wanted to create.

If He Qiannian saw this, he would definitely laugh heartily, not to say that Li Rui was his most proud disciple.

What about the Dao of Heaven and Earth? If I don't like it, I will refine myself into the Great Dao!

What domineering spirit.

Cultivators follow the heavens, martial artists should naturally defy the heavens.

Li Rui united the small world opened up in his dantian; once the Dao is achieved, he can transcend all things and live as long as heaven and earth.

No.

It should be that even if heaven and earth collapse, I will still exist.

True great freedom!

But wanting to do this was also extremely difficult; one must melt ten thousand Great Daos into one furnace.

Of course.

Li Rui didn't need to do that step now.

He only needed to nurture a wisp of Immortal Court Dao rhyme to be able to step into the Heavenly Phenomenon realm with peace of mind.

His eyes became determined.

It was heard that great cultivators in the cultivation world still needed to undergo heavenly tribulations; cultivation is said to be following the heavens, but it is actually an act of stealing from the heavens.

Since one wants to become an immortal, one must perform extraordinary acts.

And he was only a hundred years old, with plenty of time.

But once one is impatient and walks the wrong path, one will regret it for the rest of one's life.

The next moment.

The red flames around his body rose again, almost completely submerging his figure.

The fire of Dao rhyme constantly forged the Immortal Court within his body.

Yuan Xiong's action was faster than Li Rui had imagined.

Only ten days passed.

News from the imperial court arrived.

Yuan Xiong and Nie Siming were ordered to go north to resist the powerful enemies of the Northern Plains.

Li Rui was not surprised by the imperial court's fast action.

Good things are always dragged out.

Even though the situation in the Northern Plains had eased and there was no large-scale warfare, skirmishes had never stopped.

Others were too late to escape.

Yuan Xiong and Nie Siming, two battle-hardened Profound Heaven generals, were welcomed by anyone.

It was heard that the officials of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel stayed up all night to handle it specially.

This treatment was rare.

Yuan Xiong left quickly, but the person coming to replace Yuan Xiong was not so fast.

Guarding the spirit mine in the Ten Thousand Mountains was a fat job.

Before, with Yuan Dingting guarding it, others didn't dare to snatch it.

Now that there was an opportunity.

Naturally, it would experience a game of invisible chess.

But these had nothing to do with Li Rui.

This day.

Li Rui returned to Changqing Peak from the spirit mine.

Just as he walked into the courtyard.

He saw Liu Tiezhu and Yuan An discussing something; the two were so engrossed that they didn't even move when their master entered.

Yuan An worshipped Li Rui as his master.

He didn't despise Li Rui's previous four disciples because of his status as a prince.

On the contrary.

He got along extremely well with this rough man, Liu Tiezhu.

One could often see the two walking side by side in the Qingwei Sect.

Li Rui didn't make a sound.

Just stood at the door and listened.

"Second Senior Brother, you don't know, the Qingwei Sect has a Earth Ranking, which is the ranking of inner sect disciples and true disciples in the sect."

"A few days ago, an inner sect disciple of the Jiuzhen Peak died."

"At first, everyone just thought it was normal, that his skills weren't good enough, and he encountered a tribulation during training."

"But a few more disciples died in the past few days, and you say, isn't it a coincidence, these people are ranked at the bottom of the Earth Ranking."

"Look at the time of death again."

"Good fellow, it's clearly someone killing according to the Earth Ranking list."

Yuan An said with great enthusiasm.

Although Changqing Peak was in the Qingwei Sect, due to his status, the people of Changqing Peak actually had very little communication with the Qingwei Sect.

Yuan An was an exception.

He was originally an inner sect disciple of the Qingwei Sect, and his ranking on the Earth Ranking was extremely high; with this incense-burning relationship, plus his status being high enough, many Qingwei Sect disciples hoped to curry favor with this prince so they could become officials in the future, so his popularity was naturally extremely good.

He often heard some inside news.

Liu Tiezhu listened and called it enjoyable.

He had been forging iron for years and had never walked the rivers and lakes, so he was most interested in these Jianghu affairs.

According to Yuan An.

That Earth Ranking was no longer a genius list, but clearly a life-taking book in the hands of Yama!

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