Hearing this, both Li Yaowen and Li Wei, despite being separated by the screen, twitched their lips in unison. No wonder those three Nascent Soul cultivators had arrived so quickly that day. It seemed like all the major forces in the Azure Cloud Pavilion instantly knew about the Li family's actions. It turned out that this treacherous Yu Xian was behind it all.
It seemed that after leaving the Azure Cloud Pavilion, this fellow had been secretly watching the Li family all along.
"Aren't you afraid that the Li family will be destroyed?" Li Yaowen asked, her eyebrows furrowing into a single line. She now wanted to send Yu Xian's soul to her father.
"What's there to be afraid of?"
Yu Xian smiled. "If the Li family is truly destroyed," he said, "then I won't have to worry anymore. They will divide up your Li family's resources, and the Azure Cloud region will return to its former state. No matter what, I win. I can even return to the Azure Cloud Pavilion and purge those from other sects who try to seize power."
Ignoring Li Yaowen's expression...
Yu Xian continued calmly, "I am quite pleased that everything has gone according to my plan. Xuan Tianzi, Abbot Wuyou, and Long Xuankong are all dead. The major forces in Azure Cloud region are now free from internal strife."
"Li Tianyi of the Li family will become the master of the Azure Cloud Pavilion," Yu Xian declared. "With the assistance of the twenty-three elders, the Azure Cloud Pavilion will one day rise to glory again, even stronger than it was one hundred and thirty thousand years ago."
"The major forces in Azure Cloud region will unite in the face of this disaster."
"The world sees your Li family as heartless, as evil beings. But I can see that with you, Li Yaowen, and Li Yunbing in the Thunderfire Cave, your ambitions go far beyond this. Your Li family wouldn't simply eliminate the major sects for the sake of resources..."
Before he could finish speaking, he seemed to see Li Yaowen about to interrupt...
But Yu Xian simply sighed and continued, "I believe in you. You should have already discovered the news about the Wu Clan's impending arrival. Right now, I hope you will return immediately and have the Azure Cloud Pavilion disciples go to the major cities in the Azure Cloud region to evacuate the civilians and prepare all the cultivators..."
"I already had people do that an hour ago," Li Yaowen interrupted.
Li Yaowen's words caught Yu Xian off guard. "My father and elder brother went to the Azure Cloud Pavilion," she explained. "Hearing that you had been observing the Endless Forest for many years, I understood everything. The necessary arrangements have already been made."
"Let's go. Now that Tianyi has become the Pavilion Master, he will need your guidance, old fox."
Li Yaowen turned around, her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed. Although she told Yu Xian to return, there was a hint of pity in her eyes.
As expected...
Yu Xian didn't leave. He gave a self-deprecating laugh. "I've calculated it," he said. "My death is today. Go, Lord of Dawn, or it will be too late."
They saw, at the edge of the Endless Forest, the trees swaying!
Spirit ships were approaching from the sky!
It was unclear whether it was dark clouds approaching or flickering figures, but a vast, dark mass filled the horizon!
Li Yaowen closed her eyes and vanished from her spot in an instant.
"The Endless Forest is stirring!"
"Quickly, activate the supreme-grade Spirit Artifact and inform all the forces in the Azure Cloud region!"
On this day, the supreme-grade Spirit Artifact of Azure Cloud region, which hadn't been activated for countless years, finally shone with a dazzling light under the activation of the cultivator within the tower!
Within the Azure Cloud region, all the factions looked towards this direction in shock and alarm.
The Li family descendants, scattered throughout the land, all stopped in their tracks as they were returning to the family estate.
Within the Jun Prince's Mansion...
Feng Qingyang's lips curled into a slight smile. Amidst the panic within the manor, he kicked the stunned Feng Chunlin aside and shouted to everyone, "Activate the grand formation! Elders, please remain calm!"
...
The sky was bright.
Yu Xian, within the tall tower, had never seen such a brilliant light.
He opened his arms wide, embracing the wind blowing from the Endless Forest into the Azure Cloud region. He could clearly hear the war cries of the Wu Clan in the distance, and the cultivators guarding the border below were screaming in terror, as if they were being slaughtered.
Dust, killing intent...
But Yu Xian was still greedily breathing in the air of Azure Cloud region. He held his head high, his aged face with its wrinkles clearly visible under the light of the supreme-grade Spirit Artifact that guarded Azure Cloud. His robes billowed in the wind.
At this moment, he appeared incredibly sacred, like a sage descending to the mortal realm, a stark contrast to the Wu Clan warriors speeding beneath the clouds.
Just as he finished breathing...
A figure appeared behind Yu Xian. He wore a mask and a white robe with a symbol on his chest.
In an instant, he placed his hand on Yu Xian's shoulder, his voice incredibly cold.
"I nurtured you for two hundred years," he said, "and raised a treacherous wolf in sheep's clothing!"
Nascent Soul power invaded his body, his very soul!
In an instant, Yu Xian's life force was extinguished!
He fell powerlessly from the tall tower. In his final moments...
He saw the masked man, one foot resting on the edge of the tower, his hand on his knee, looking down at him.
He saw...
The sky above the Azure Cloud region, brighter than it had ever been.
He reached out toward everything he saw, as if trying to touch all that he cherished.
An innocent smile spread across his aged, weathered face.
"Li family," he said, "you must protect Azure Cloud region, let it prosper."
"This is the final request of this shameless old man."
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