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Chapter 676 The Demon God Form to be Forged

Afterwards, Li Qi made arrangements for the experimental subjects in the research institute, sending them, under Yu Qi's guidance, to the base established in the Arctic in Kyushu to seek assistance and protection.

His identity as Dao Zun is now that of a user of the "Face Fruit" ability. Even if the request is particularly excessive, the major powers will have to consider it carefully. As for ordinary requests, they will naturally be met unconditionally.

If you want to do something, just use facial recognition.

To be honest, he had just slaughtered a million-strong army and turned everyone against him a few days ago, but the next day the whole world had forgotten about it. Instead, a bunch of people started disrespecting him and putting him down. He started to wonder if he had transmigrated into some kind of bizarre world.

Now, his military strength is his substance; with substance comes face.

The research institute has no shortage of transportation or supplies, so these people won't encounter any problems on the road.

As for having Li Qi spend time escorting them, that's naturally impossible.

As time passed, Li Qi continued his journey home. He no longer thought about the future or the past. No matter how complex the world was, he could not overcome it by simply brute force.

As long as he becomes stronger quickly enough, all those ancient plans and conspiracies will be irrelevant to him.

If an old monster jumps in, just smash it.

Might makes right.

Furthermore, Li Qi vaguely sensed that his future might not simply be a journey through time and space, but rather something more mysterious.

Whatever he senses, it will surely be proven true.

Furthermore, within a unified timeframe, the past may not necessarily be unable to precede the future.

If the Conan that Li Qi saw in his previous life were to become a real-world phenomenon, the timeline within it would be incredibly interesting.

If the multiverse is truly infinite, then such a timeline must also truly exist.

It's not necessarily true whether the prehistoric era or the present came first.

The future may well see the entire modern world transform into the beginning of an ancient civilization…

The future becomes the past, and the past is the future.

With power at the level of ???, it's not impossible to distort time and turn a period of time into a closed loop.

This method may seem unbelievable, but it's actually just like how people in the real world turn a piece of paper into a Möbius strip. What might seem like a dramatic change in a lower-dimensional world could be just a casual wave of the hand in a higher-dimensional world.

More than ten days later, Li Qi finally returned to Li Family Village. He left home at the end of July, and now it was the beginning of November, or more precisely, November 5th.

Before taking his phone out of the drawer, Li Qi first glanced at his progress in forging the Demon God: 340/100. Earlier, he estimated that he would need to reach 500 before he could complete the potential accumulation for the Demon God form.

As for now, Li Qi clearly knows that when the progress reaches 400, it will be the time for him to forge the Demon God form, which means there are still 30 days left, on December 5th, when he will achieve his goal.

"At this time last year, my only thought was to master my swordsmanship as soon as possible, and to push myself beyond my limits in swordsmanship practice. It was just too painful..."

Li Qi thought of his past self, and in a moment of realization, he smiled knowingly.

At that time, although he already had a panel, he never expected that he could progress so quickly and become so strong. After all, at that time, he only dared to say that he had the potential to become a Great Sage.

Because with martial arts, there are simply no more techniques left for him to master later on. At higher levels, one must forge their own path and their own methods, rather than following existing ones. "Once I forge the Demon God form, it won't be long before I can fill the gap of surpassing the limit seven times. My mental state is currently very strong, and the effects of practicing swordsmanship are becoming increasingly terrifying. It's just that I'm getting stronger too quickly, which is why I haven't been able to achieve the seventh time surpassing the limit yet."

"The seventh and ninth breakthroughs can be completed in a short time. After the ninth, it's endless. It will only improve the cultivation effect, but there will be no more major qualitative changes."

"When I complete nine transcendences, that will be the time when I enter the path."

"Once you enter the Dao and your life state solidifies, even after completing nine transcendences, you can no longer achieve a fundamental improvement. You'll be at your weakest, but still at your strongest..."

Li Qi pondered this; it was a plan he had long ago, but it had resurfaced in his mind at this moment.

According to Li Qi's estimation, once he forges the Demon God form in January, he can surpass it seven times in March, and nine times around June. Entering the Dao will coincide with the time of the Mountain and River Trial.

It can be said that everything is just right, neither too much nor too little.

Compared to entering the path earlier, it undoubtedly improves the basic coefficients and yields greater benefits.

It's only been a few months, he's not in a hurry at all.

After all, for him, not entering the Dao was not a waste of time. He was still getting stronger every day. However, this strengthening was mostly transformed into potential accumulation, and most of it did not turn into power. It was just waiting for him to enter the Dao or even reach a higher realm, where it would become the resources for rapid breakthroughs.

Don't be fooled by his current level of 20 in the dungeon module; with the experience he's accumulated, if he focuses on leveling up his life stat without any further refinement, reaching level 100 in a short time would be no problem at all.

Every bit of power has a source; it cannot be conjured out of thin air.

Afterwards, Li Qi opened his phone and checked the backlog of messages. There were messages from Shen Yue, asking him several times if he had come out of seclusion. There were also messages from Cheng Weiwei with similar content. There was even a message from Zhuang Buzhou, which was a video of Dao Zun, telling him to study it so that he wouldn't be left behind.

However, the most frequent messages came from Sun Guang, who sent them every few days. As time went on, it became clear that Sun Guang was filled with resentment towards him, as he remained in seclusion.

Furthermore, they constantly mention wanting to be the Daoist Master's lackey...

Li Qi could only silently save this information on the cloud drive; it was precious historical material.

Li Qi then replied to the message.

Li Qi: Ah Guang, let's remain brothers, don't be my dog.

Li Qi: Isn't it good to be brothers?

Less than a second after Li Qifa finished speaking, Sun Guang replied.

Sun Guang: ???
Sun Guang: !
Sun Guang: Aqi, what nonsense are you talking about?

Sun Guang: But you really can stay in the mountains? Qishan is big, but there's no entertainment at all. You're not like what's said online, fighting tigers in the mountains every day, or occasionally interacting with wild men...

Li Qi responded immediately.

Li Qi: Is it possible that my seclusion was fake, and that I was actually using a pseudonym to cause trouble?

Li Qi: You see, Dao Zun and I have never appeared at the same time. Whenever I appear, Dao Zun will not appear.
Li Qi: So there's only one truth: Dao Zun is just my disguise.
Li Qi: It's just that I'm not invincible yet, so I haven't revealed myself. After I finish the Great Trial of Mountains and Rivers and ascend to the heavens on a dragon, I'll go and kill a few saints to prove my invincibility.

Li Qi: During this time I was overseas, I had a blast killing people. My blade fell swiftly, I was invincible. Do you understand the loneliness of being invincible...?

(End of this chapter)