Chapter 501

Chapter 501: Old Li After Two Thousand Years

The ball of threads said, “Get ready; this time I won’t seal myself and will follow you throughout.”

“It’s about to begin.” Li Hui took a deep breath and inserted the golden needle into the back of his neck, feeling a sudden stillness in the wind, as if an indescribable opportunity silently arrived, reluctant to disturb anyone.

After a moment of quiet, a loud explosion was heard, and a tornado whirled around his figure. Li Hui opened his eyes, filled with the weight of time.

“You are…” The ball of threads was heart-stopping.

“Ha ha ha, I’m back! What time is it? Damn it! I was handsome when I was young; ever since I mistakenly entered Jun Mo Xiao’s tomb during mid-stage Bosa and used the golden needle, I’ve spent my life battling my demonic heart. That beast used such clever tactics; without going into madness, I couldn’t progress in cultivation. Therefore, I lived for two thousand years, still stuck at mid-stage Myriad Forms. I finally trapped my demonic heart and rose to late-stage Myriad Forms, just in time for Little Li to summon Old Li.” Li Hui looked around and slapped his head, exclaiming, “Ah! So ancient, why is Bai Ze’s divine eye so poor? Wait…

“Li Hui from two thousand years later?” The ball of threads struggled to process this news and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Ah, Ball of Threads? You’re still alive and well after the great battle at Canglang River!” Li Hui was surprised, and then he laughed heartily. “Ha ha ha, I am indeed the Unrivaled Calamity Master, feeling so damn good! This place where I first used the golden needle is different; Little Li had the brilliant idea to use the golden needle ahead of time to disrupt the timeline. Old buddy, you don’t know how happy I am to see you! This is the Golden Luan Great Thousand Cave! Ha ha ha, it’s the original Golden Luan Great Thousand Cave, and those treasures must still be here!”

“Don’t just laugh; your time is limited.” The ball of threads loudly reminded.

Li Hui casually replied, “Don’t worry, it’s only for two quarters of an hour, right? I can merge the Claws of Time into the Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique, extracting the time force from Golden Luan Cave to extend my stay. What seems exceptionally hard in this age was long resolved over two thousand years. It’s like this Golden Luan Cave; it will permanently open after six hundred years, and I don’t know how many cultivators have explored it, uncovering ultimate opportunities.”

“So you’re very familiar with the Golden Luan Cave?” The ball of threads was overjoyed.

“Heh heh, of course, I am very familiar with it. I nearly died here back in the day, and a thousand years later, the calamity peaked. Many sects had to retreat into the Golden Luan Cave. The Heavenly Talisman Sect also had a base in the cave.” Li Hui casually reached out, extending his stay.

“What? The dark moon calamity still hasn’t ended after a thousand years?” The ball of threads couldn’t imagine how much destruction a thousand-year calamity would bring to the world.

“Not just a thousand years! Two thousand years later, our world is nearly doomed. Everyone can only huddle in the cave for warmth while finding ways to seek help from other worlds!” Li Hui sighed. “The emergence of the dark moon is just the beginning! There are demonic creatures behind the ghostly beings, and when the enemy taints the heavens and earth’s spiritual energy, cultivators will decrease over the next two hundred years. This is an assured death plan by the enemy, attempting to eliminate the resistance force from a cosmic perspective!”

“Ah?” The ball of threads felt a bit dizzy; the future was actually like this.

Old Li said cheerfully, “No need to worry; since I’m back, maybe I can change history! And all the misfortunes I experienced are just one possibility for the future. In fact, the timeline is also a battlefield. Being able to cross back here from two thousand years ahead is extremely rare. Ordinary cultivators do not possess the Claws of Time, and encountering a high-level demon cultivator at the beginning of the calamity to gift the golden needle to summon my future self is even more miraculous. What’s most precious is the time span; it might just be me who has survived two thousand years in this great calamity!”

“You seem to take it lightly.” The ball of threads thought Little Li had changed too much and felt a bit uncomfortable.

“There’s no choice; in those damn years, fighting for survival for two thousand years, plus frequently accelerating my time to get things done, watching family and disciples die one by one; without a steel-like will, I would have collapsed! I, Li Hui, am the Immortal of Talismans and the Warrior Buddha of the world; I cannot be defeated!”

“Ahem, you seem to only be at the All-Manifestation Realm.” The ball of threads couldn’t help but dampen his enthusiasm.

“Hehe, you don’t understand the world two thousand years later.” Li Hui said with a cheerful demeanor: “Starting with the treasure cabinet of talisman formations, I solved the major problem of the Human Race having fewer and fewer cultivators; otherwise, don’t even mention two thousand years; this world wouldn’t last three hundred years.”

The ball of threads suddenly remembered the strange egg and shouted, “Don’t say that, don’t let that egg run away! Do you know what it is?”

“Egg?” Li Hui slapped his forehead and said, “Right, to be precise, I returned here before subduing Little Azure, the Six-Wonder Demon Bull, which would follow me throughout my life, traveling all over and ending up with just two horns after breaking four corners. Its egg is a precious item, but we absolutely cannot let the turbid energy leak out. I remember spending a lot of time on this, leading Jian Wujie to come just to capture a demon bull.”

“Bull? Forget it, Xie Xuan’s true form is a crab, also coming from an egg.” The ball of threads was unwilling to waste time arguing about these matters.

In the next moment, Li Hui casually collected the treasures that fell when the strange egg spilled Demon Fire, laughing heartily as he moved with amazing steps, quickly catching up to it.

He took out the dust brush, looked left and right, and couldn’t help but express his feelings: “The nine old buddies haven’t been born yet. This is the best of times and the worst of times; opportunities abound around me, yet my own abilities are weak, and every step forward is fraught with danger! The ignorant have no fear; the heavens are vast, and there are countless high-level cultivators!”

“Old man, stop with the sentimentality; hurry up and work!”

“Haha, right! Let’s get to work quickly, after all, the Golden Luan Great Thousand Cave has no time holes; the time force is thin. At most, I can extend my stay to two months.” Li Hui approached the strange egg and comforted, “Take it slow, take it slow; you’ve already reached the time for emergence, too absorbed in the benefits within the egg shell that you’re nearly drowning in them. What are you waiting for to come out and meet me?”

As soon as he finished speaking, numerous brilliant talismans dropped onto the shell of the egg.

“Crack, crack, crack…” The darkness gushed outward along with the talismans.

Li Hui waved the dust brush, throwing out countless threads of fire, these flames thinner than hair, quickly branding the strange egg with intricate patterns.

“Shangqing and Murky, among the heavens there are three great traditions: Taiqing, Shangqing, and Yuqing. I walk the path of Taiqing, while demons can only cultivate Shangqing.”

Just as he spoke, the strange egg shrank and fell into his hand, only slightly larger than a goose egg.

“Moo, moo…” The bull’s roar shook the heavens, and a strange bull appeared on the spot! Six horns sprouted from its head, four sharp and angular black horns faced forward, while two thick and curved white horns pointed backward.

This bull was covered in scales and fur, overall appearing azure, and its tail swept time away.

“Good bull.” Li Hui stepped forward to pat the bull’s head, but the demon bull resisted, struggling hard. However, the six Claws of Time tightly grasped its horns, and a ray of time force fixed its nose; every movement caused it to moo in pain, fear evident in its eyes.

“What kind of bull is the Six-Wonder Demon Bull?” The ball of threads was intrigued.

“It’s a combination of ancient Kui Bull and primal Demon Bull, and a combination of extraterrestrial Magic Bull and Azure Thunder Bull gave birth to the magical bull. This demon bull combined with the magical bull birthed the demon embryo, which is the Little Azure!”

“Little Azure? You never learned how to name even when you grow old.”

“Hehe, what else would be called other than Little Azure for the Azure Bull?” Li Hui pressed down with his hand, and the massive demon bull abruptly shrank to the size of a calf. He mounted its back, saying, “We need to hurry; some opportunities are about to be seized!”