Soon, half a month passed. The people of Green Valley Town were still paying their respects. Their understanding also helped the Li family slowly emerge from the grief of Kuangtu's sacrifice.
[Your descendants are paying their respects to you in the ancestral hall.]
The scene shifted to the ancestral hall, where the members of the first and second generations were all kneeling in respect. At this moment, in the ancestral hall, his spirit tablet was at the top, followed by those of the Pig Demon King and Li Kuangtu.
[Your descendant Li Dalong reports to you that after the High Priest of the Spirit Jade Division was annihilated, all the Wu Clan members are fleeing the Azure Cloud region, retreating towards the Endless Forest. The various major sects are regrouping and have sent letters, one after another. In this chaotic world, powerful enemies still surround the Azure Cloud region. The Prince's Mansion, the Feng family, is incompetent, and the major sects hope that the Li family will step forward and take charge.]
"Take charge?"
Li Wei narrowed his eyes slightly. Kuangtu's vision was to ensure the Li family's continued existence. He had done so much, and now he had finally allowed the Li family to shed the label of "human traitors" and regain the trust of the Azure Dynasty. And now, the Li family also possessed sufficient strength.
At this time, all the border regions of the Azure Dynasty were embroiled in major battles. The Wu Clan in other regions likely had no spare forces to attack the Li family. If they unified the various major forces of the Azure Cloud region, then... the situation would be reversed!
The ones they should be guarding against were not those in the Azure Cloud region, but the Wu Clan of the Endless Forest!
Li Wei clicked on the Raging Sky Flood Dragon's avatar. Instantly, a flood dragon that looked like a swirling mist appeared. This was the Raging Sky Flood Dragon's second form, the Mist Flood Dragon.
[Your guardian spirit beast requests that you give it an elegant name.]
After thinking for a moment, he decided he would need to consult the Dictionary for this.
Afterward, he had the Raging Sky Flood Dragon relay a message.
It said to Li Dalong with a depressed tone, "The master says, 'To resist external aggression, one must first pacify internal strife.'"
"Yes, Ancestor!"
Li Dalong nodded, kowtowing repeatedly, "Please rest assured, Ancestor, your child understands your meaning."
Also in the ancestral hall were Xu Cuihua, Li Yaotie, and Li Yaoqing. Li Yaozu was still outside the family, having brought back the Heavenly Star Sword Saint from the Starfall Region. The two of them were currently eliminating the remnants of the Wu Clan in the Azure Cloud region. That fellow Li Yaowen, even up until the great battle with Guan Tian, hadn't experienced her thunder tribulation; she was currently comprehending the power of the heavens, the earth, the mountains, rivers, and lakes.
Xu Cuihua's expression became slightly serious, "Husband, the only ones we need to worry about within the Azure Cloud region are that family."
"The Feng family!"
Li Yaotie stroked his big bald head with his silver arm, gritting his teeth, "That old bastard Feng Qingyang has lived for too long. All these years, while the princely Mansions of other regions have been fighting, only the Feng Prince's Mansion has been sitting idly by. Otherwise, our Azure Cloud region wouldn't have been so completely defenseless in the beginning!"
"I've heard about it all. That damn Azure Dynasty is full of bastards too. Any rewards sent down to our Azure Cloud region all ended up with the Feng family."
"Father, just give the word, and I'll take the children and smash that Feng's Mansion to pieces!"
Hearing this, Li Dalong frowned, pondering for a long time. Finally, he sighed deeply and shook his head, "No."
At these words, Li Yaotie's eyes widened, "Father, you're still hesitating...?"
"I mean, destroying the Prince's Mansion is nothing. I want to make Feng Qingyang feel like he has thorns in his back, to make him live in constant fear and die in disgrace!"
A ruthless glint flashed in Li Dalong's eyes. The source of everything was Feng Qingyang!
This power-hungry schemer, looking down from his high position, wanted to destroy the Azure Cloud region. Thirty years ago, he almost succeeded. Perhaps this fellow knew all along that a large-scale attack would happen. This Azure Cloud region was supposed to be protected by the Prince's Mansion, but they just sat there and watched, watching all the people of the Azure Cloud region struggle desperately.
In these thirty years, the Li family experienced humiliation, and Kuangtu endured unimaginable things. Not even the future could wash away the shame.
Li Yaoqing had been listening quietly all this time. She smiled, "The tides have turned in Azure Cloud region. The Prince's Mansion..."
"...It's time for a change there too."
...
"Unifying Azure Cloud region starts with killing Feng Qingyang."
Li Wei rubbed his mouse.
Ignoring a message that read [Your guardian spirit beast is requesting that you give it a name that's 'good enough'.], Li Wei clicked on Li Yaowen's avatar, originally intending to have Li Yaowen take charge of the overall situation.
It's just that this fellow had already appeared among the Wu Clan, being pushed by a puppet-like attendant.
"How did she turn into this again?"
Previously, Li Yaowen had regained her youth, looking like an eighteen-year-old girl. Now, Li Yaowen had once again become a mature woman, and she was standing by the mountain lake.
[Your descendant Li Yaowen is comprehending the power of all the mountains, rivers, and lakes under heaven, and is voluntarily undergoing the Five Decays of Heaven and Man.]
[Currently comprehending the third layer of the "Worldly Scripture": Mountains and Rivers.]
[Li Yaowen humbly asked Huang Xiujin for guidance, and received from Huang Xiujin the "Hexa-Ren Divine Calculation" and the "Fragmentary Scroll of the Heavenly Secret," from which she gleaned a partial understanding of destiny.]
[She expended decades of her hard-won lifespan to communicate with the Endless Forest, seeking to borrow a sliver of its destiny to nourish the Li family.]
Li Wei seemed to see a faint, almost imperceptible strand of purple light falling from the Endless Forest toward the Li family. Above Li Yaowen's head, Li Wei again saw tribulation clouds. Every few finger snaps, a savage-looking soul would perish beneath the tribulation clouds.
Having reached the Nascent Soul stage, Li Wei still didn't quite understand destiny. However, he had heard in the past that things like family prosperity and wealth accumulation were all related to destiny, and many people were obsessed with planting "wealth-attracting trees."
"You went to... steal destiny?"
Li Wei's scalp tingled. No wonder Li Yaowen had aged again!
The spirit tablet floated up.
Li Yaowen's eyes held a hint of joy, but her expression remained normal. "Ancestor, your child has realized something! Azure Cloud region hasn't produced a Deity Transformation stage cultivator in over a hundred thousand years because it lacks destiny! The Great Dao is a struggle, not only for natural treasures but also for the destiny of Heaven and Earth. Without destiny, there are no more opportunities, no more blessings from Heaven and Earth. Please rest assured, Ancestor, your child will exhaust all her strength to borrow destiny little by little and bring it back home!"
"....."
Li Wei was silent for a moment; he really didn't understand these things. He had originally wanted to have Li Yaowen return home to take charge of the overall situation, but now he had no choice but to give up on that idea.
He gave Li Yaowen a 'Pat from the Ancestor,' left a message [Take care of yourself, don't force things], and then switched the view.
"Yes, Ancestor!"
Li Yaowen gazed at the spirit tablet, which had returned to normal. She narrowed her eyes slightly, looking up at the tribulation clouds in the sky.
"Kuangtu, I'm sorry. Your Fourth Great-Grandaunt is skilled in killing, but these past years, I didn't know you had already resolved to die."
"Rest in peace and go through reincarnation. When your Fourth Great-Grandaunt controls life, death, and reincarnation, I will restore you to an eternal Li family, where you can roam the world freely!"
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