[Special Event — Summit of Azure Cloud, Ruler of the Era, has been completed!]
[Your family has completely eliminated Feng Qingyang. The Li family faces no further obstacles in the Azure Cloud region. Your family's power has been recognized as the strongest in the Azure Cloud region. You have replaced the Prince's Mansion as the true ruler of the Azure Cloud region. The Li clan has become the ruler of the Azure Cloud region in this era. Reputation increased.]
[Congratulations, you have gained +10 Family Will!]
"He's finally and completely dead!"
Li Wei and the clansmen watched intently as Feng Qingyang died, bit by bit. Li Tianyi's ancestors even made a sweep of the entire Prince's Mansion, confirming that Feng Qingyang's Nascent Soul was utterly extinguished, before everyone finally felt at ease.
If the game event log said he was dead, then he was definitely dead.
Li Wei was truly indifferent to reaching the top of power in the Azure Cloud region.
After all, this was a reputation earned by generations of the family fighting desperately on this land, won with their blood and sweat, and it was only right that it should be so.
He was just about to shift the scene back to the family compound to take a look when Li Wei saw Li Tianyi sneaking around the back hills of the Feng family estate... It was a graveyard.
This kid was staring intently at a compass in his hand, pondering something. A zither had already been opened, and the ancestors behind him expertly grabbed shovels and spades from inside the zither's hidden compartment... looking quite enthusiastic.
"You brat, don't dig!"
Li Wei quickly used the ancestral spirit tablet to prevent Li Tianyi from disturbing the peace of the Feng family's ancestors.
Taking another look.
The Feng family estate was also in turmoil. Li Yunbing, that brat, stood with his hands behind his back at the entrance to the Feng family's treasure vault. The Feng family ancestor, retainers, and death warriors who had remained at home surrounded him as if facing a great enemy, but Li Yunbing's gaze remained calm, and he spoke first.
"Please rest assured, everyone. Unless you invite me, I won't enter."
An elderly man from the Feng family, dressed in simple cloth, showed a flicker of helplessness in his eyes. "Fellow Daoist, this is a secret place of the Feng family; I don't have the authority to make such a decision. Besides, with Feng Qingyang... having suffered a cultivation deviation and died suddenly, many matters must wait until a new family head takes over, don't you agree?"
"Indeed."
Li Yunbing now appeared even more aged, yet he showed no trace of panic before this Feng family ancestor. In fact, judging by his demeanor, he seemed to have the upper hand in terms of presence.
As the wind blew, Li Yunbing's white hair and beard fluttered. A calm, unruffled smile always graced his face. To any onlooker, he exuded the aura of a transcendent master.
Gazing at the Feng family's treasure vault in the scene, Li Wei's eyes also gleamed.
This had already been planned by the family before they came: eliminate Feng Qingyang and, while they were at it, take a look at the Feng family's reserves.
After all, the Prince's Mansion had existed for even longer than the Azure Cloud Pavilion. The Feng family and the Li family were also in-laws; it was good to have a better understanding of each other.
Then, he shifted the scene and reported the good news to Li Dalong and the others.
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[Li Family]
"With Feng Qingyang dead, the family has finally achieved invincibility within the Azure Cloud region! Ancestor, we've done it! Under your leadership, we've climbed step by step to the top of Azure Cloud..."
Li Dalong excitedly hugged Xu Cuihua in the ancestral hall and wept.
Beneath the Primordial Blood Tree.
"Oh!"
Li Yaoqing held the ancestral spirit tablet high, running in circles around the Primordial Blood Tree. "Old Tree, Old Tree! The ancestor said our family is amazing now, hahaha!"
This caused the face on the trunk of the Primordial Blood Tree to follow Li Yaoqing's movements, becoming quite dizzy.
At this moment.
[Azure Cloud region Border]
Here, cultivators from sects of all sizes across the Azure Cloud region had gathered. After the Wu Clan fled back into the Endless Forest, these cultivators had rushed to the border at the first call to arms and assembled into an army.
Faced with this war between races, they were able to put aside their differences and follow the arrangements of Azure Cloud region's many Nascent Soul ancestors. They established defensive arrays along the border of the Azure Cloud region, and at a single command, they could launch a counterattack.
At this moment, the Azure Cloud region was truly united. On the ground below, hundreds of massive spirit boats could be seen, a testament to the combined efforts of all the factions.
On a magnificent structure floating in mid-air, Nascent Soul cultivators sat cross-legged around a chessboard, upon which was projected a map of the distribution of power of the various Wu Clan tribes at the edge of the Endless Forest.
These long-lived seniors, with their far-sighted vision, were discussing matters of the future.
"Thanks to the Li family, the Wu Clan have been driven out this time, and the Azure Cloud region has been spared. But these Wu Clan have plundered the spirit fields, spirit herbs, and spirit mines that we have relied upon for generations. Without these resources, for the next thousand years, it will be difficult for our descendants to grow. I fear they will fight amongst themselves for the meager resources remaining, leading to endless internal strife. Resentments will accumulate, and sooner or later, it will affect us as well."
"The world is a place of give and take. We are united in purpose. If there are no opportunities within the Azure Cloud region, there are still opportunities in the Wu Clan's territory, and in other regions! Starfall Region and Qi Region have requested our aid, and they also have resources. It simply means that our descendants will have to travel further!"
"Then who will take charge of the overall situation in the future?"
The five Feng family ancestors, who had come from the Feng estate, spoke one after another, completely ignoring the Nascent Soul ancestors of Azure Cloud region's other factions in their conversation, causing many to frown deeply.
Old acquaintances of the Li family – the rugged Master Wushou of Longevity Mountain, the blindfolded Tianye Ancestor of the Ghost Eye Sect, and the Tianqing Elder of Azure Cloud Pavilion, a Nascent Soul ancestor who had been forcibly elevated through the combined efforts of the entire pavilion... these individuals now silently stared at a young man: Li Yunlin.
So many days had passed, and not a single expert representing the Li family had arrived. The only one present, Li Yunlin, also had the lowest cultivation level among those gathered, still at the peak of the Golden Core stage and in the process of forming his Nascent Soul. Yet, he represented the Skyveil Sect.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Li Yunlin simply closed his eyes, pretending not to notice.
The seniors in the family had told him that when he was out and about, and nothing was going on, he should present himself as the Sect Master of the Skyveil Sect. When benefits were to be had, or if he was being bullied, then he should mention that he was a member of the Li family.
"Sigh..."
The many Nascent Soul ancestors of the various factions sighed inwardly. They had long wanted the Li family to step up and take charge, but alas, the Li family were truly strange. They cared nothing for reputation or honor. Just recently, some of them had encountered Li Yaotie of the Li family.
Initially, seeing Li Yaotie commanding thousands of puppets to break into a Wu Clan tribe, they were overjoyed and wanted to help, and also to invite Li Yaotie to discuss important matters with them.
That boorish, bald man suddenly acted as if facing a great enemy, looking like he was ready to kill, blocking the spirit mine behind him, and shouting, 'This is a spirit mine I discovered! If anyone dares to try and steal my mine, I'll smash them to death!'..."