I Have an Immortal Emperor Uncle Who Farms at Home Chapter 21: The Trap Laid by the Heavenly Dao

The Law of Balance restrains and regulates all things.

The Law of Life governs the creation and destruction of all things.

One who masters the Law of Balance controls the harmony between all things and their states.

One who masters the Law of Life can determine life and death for all beings.

The Heavenly Dao—a unique lifeform that simultaneously commands both the Law of Life and the Law of Balance.

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The Divine Realm—residence of the Heavenly Dao.

"Ah, it's still Ye Fan who knows how to get things done. He made me a Dao Guard."

Just a month ago, everything on Earth had to be handled personally by the Heavenly Dao. But after Ye Fan arrived, the Heavenly Dao, who had been diligently fulfilling his duties, no longer had to work himself to exhaustion.

The so-called Dao Guard just as the name implies—is the Guardian of the Dao (a pure workhorse), specially created by Ye Fan.

"This kind of life is really relaxing."

At the moment, the Heavenly Dao was leisurely fishing, occasionally humming a little tune.

"Lord Heavenly Dao, I have something to report."

As the Heavenly Dao was enjoying his peace, a voice transmission reached his ears, and then a figure appeared beside him.

The Heavenly Dao, somewhat annoyed with the Dao Guard, scolded, "What is it, Dao Guard? Can’t you see I’m fishing?"

"Lord Heavenly Dao, there’s a situation on Earth."

The moment Earth was mentioned, the Heavenly Dao immediately tensed up. After all, he was Earth’s protector. If something went wrong, not only would Ye Fan be furious, but even his own boss might punish him.

The Heavenly Dao put down his fishing rod and asked, "What’s going on?"

The Dao Guard replied respectfully, "Someone on Earth is trying to break through to the Nascent Soul stage again!"

"What? Someone’s attempting it again?"

"Yes, this is already the fourth attempt this month!"

As he spoke, the Dao Guard took out the Yingyuan Mirror and handed it to the Heavenly Dao with both hands.

"Lord Heavenly Dao, please take a look."

The Yingyuan Mirror, an artifact that can track every cultivator on Earth who has reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

The Heavenly Dao was responsible for overseeing, and when those cultivators at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage attempted to break through to the Soul Formation stage, it was his job to summon heavenly lightning upon them.

In the past, barely anyone ever tried to break through. But for some unknown reason, just in the past month alone, four people had already made the attempt.

The Heavenly Dao took the Yingyuan Mirror from the Dao Guard and stared at it in confusion.

Sure enough, inside the mirror, an image appeared showing an elderly man in a Daoist robe attempting to break through in the back mountain of a sect in Huaxia.

"Everyone below the Soul Formation stage is like an ant. If I can successfully break through, who in the world could possibly rival me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man pulled out a pill from his sleeve, the Infant-Breaking Pill.

"With this Infant-Breaking Pill, my chances of advancing to the Soul Formation stage will increase significantly."

Right after that, the old man swallowed the pill in one gulp, then began circulating the spiritual energy within his body.

"Damn it, these human cultivators will try anything just to reach the Soul Formation stage. What am I supposed to do about this?"

Just as the Heavenly Dao was feeling helpless, Ye Fan’s voice came from outside.

"Xiao Tian! Xiao Tian! Are you home?"

"Who’s that? So rude, who dares call me ‘Xiao Tian’?"

"Lord Heavenly Dao, that sounds like Ye Fan’s voice."

"What? Ye… Ye Fan?"

Suddenly, Ye Fan appeared before the Heavenly Dao and the Dao Guard.

His sudden arrival startled the Heavenly Dao, but he quickly bowed respectfully and said, "Isn’t this Lord Ye? To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit today?"

The Dao Guard also bowed halfway and respectfully said, "Greetings, Lord Ye."

"Mm." Ye Fan looked at the Heavenly Dao. "What? I can’t drop by unless there’s something going on?"

"No, no, Lord Ye is always welcome here!"

Ever since Ye Fan had defeated and humbled him a month ago, the Heavenly Dao had sincerely come to respect him.

"Xiao Tian, looks like that Creation Pill I gave you last time really worked. You’re already in the late stage of the Tribulation Realm."

"Heh heh, I have to thank Lord Ye for the gift. Otherwise, it would’ve taken me tens of thousands of years to reach this level."

"But it seems like the Creation Pill hasn’t fully been digested yet. Once it is, reaching the peak of the Tribulation Realm should be no problem."

"Once again, I thank Master for saving my life and giving me a new beginning. But Master, your strength has also grown much greater than before."

However, the Heavenly Dao still had no idea what cultivation level Ye Fan had reached. The only reason he felt Ye Fan was stronger than before was because his own strength had improved, and with it, his perception. That’s why he thought Ye Fan had also become much more powerful—though not yet at his limit.

"By the way, what’s this?"

"Master, this is the Yingyuan Mirror. It can detect all cultivators on Earth who are at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage."

"Oh? Isn’t that basically a surveillance tool?"

Ye Fan looked at the image inside the mirror, and sure enough, an old man was shown trying to break through to the Soul Formation stage. That piqued Ye Fan’s interest.

"Didn’t you say before that Earth’s spiritual energy is extremely scarce and that reaching Soul Formation was almost impossible? But now..."

"Sigh, Lord Ye, I don’t know what’s going on either. Ever since you arrived on Earth a month ago, the number of people trying to break through to Soul Formation this past month has already matched the total from the past few years."

"What? Are you blaming me?"

"No, no, I wouldn’t dare," the Heavenly Dao quickly replied. "However, if this keeps up, it could disrupt the balance of Earth’s laws."

"Well then, adjust it yourself. Aren’t you in charge of the balancing laws of Earth?"

"I’ve tried, but the same thing keeps happening every time. If you don’t believe me, watch this."

As he finished speaking, the Heavenly Dao pointed toward the old man inside the Yingyuan Mirror. Instantly, thunderclouds gathered above the old man’s head.

"Hmph, Heavenly Retribution Lightning, you’ve come at last."

The old man looked up at the thunderclouds, though a trace of fear flickered in his eyes.

"This Soul Formation stage, I will break through it, no matter what."

As he spoke, the old man took out another pill from his sleeve and swallowed it in one gulp.

Outside the mirror, Ye Fan stared in surprise at the pill the old man had just taken. "A Lightning-Resistance Pill? I didn’t expect them to still have something like that."

"Look, Master, this is the issue. When I summon the heavenly lightning now, there’s a high chance they can actually endure it."

"Hmm, that is a bit of a problem."

"What should we do, Master?"

After a brief moment of thought, Ye Fan revealed a mischievous smile. "That’s easy, upgrade your heavenly lightning to two layers. Keep the first layer’s power the same, but increase the force of the second one."

"That’s actually a great idea! But I don’t have the authority to make changes like that, those settings were all established by the people up above."

"I can change it!"

With that, Ye Fan slowly raised his hand and pointed at the Heavenly Dao’s forehead. A powerful and mysterious force flowed into the Heavenly Dao’s sea of consciousness.

After a while—

"All right, there shouldn’t be any problems now."

"But... making changes like this without permission, won’t we be caught?"

"Relax. As long as I’m here, nothing will go wrong."

After giving his assurance, Ye Fan continued, "Okay, my time here’s about up. I still need to go back for class. Contact me if anything comes up."

"Yes, sir!" the Heavenly Dao replied, then asked in confusion, "But, Master... you still need to attend classes?"

"What? I’m not allowed to experience normal life?"

"Yes, of course you are."

Ye Fan shook his head, glanced once at the Heavenly Dao, and then vanished.

Meanwhile, on the old man’s side, as the first bolt of heavenly lightning struck down, he managed to withstand it with the help of the Lightning-Resistance Pill.

"Hahaha! So this is all the heavenly lightning amounts to?"

After enduring the first wave, the old man's body and soul began to undergo a fundamental transformation. The spiritual energy around him also started to condense and take physical form.

Next, traces of rule-based power began to appear around him. "Hahaha, yes, this is it! Laws! The power of the laws!"

Boom...

Suddenly, the thunderclouds above his head began to churn wildly. The originally blue lightning now flickered with streaks of red, and the pressure was far stronger than before.

"What the hell?! Another bolt of lightning?!"

The old man had never imagined that a second, even stronger bolt of heavenly lightning would come after the first one.

"What do I do now? Without the boost from the Lightning-Resistance Pill, I’ll never survive this."

After a long moment of hesitation, the old man decided to give up on breaking through to the Soul Formation stage. "I have no choice."

He slowly withdrew all his spiritual energy. In moments, all his insights and spiritual force reverted back to what they were before the attempt.

And soon after, the thunderclouds also dissipated.

Once everything calmed down, the old man pointed at the sky and cursed loudly, "You damn trap-setting Heavenly Dao! One day, I will break through to Soul Formation!"