At the Skyveil Sect.
With the aral tablet floating beside him, Li Yunlin, who had once been disheveled, had now shaved the short, rough hairs on his fad ged his clothes. He looked just like the young man who had first arrived at the Skyveil Sect.
He stood at the highest point of the Skyveil Sect, looking down at the foot of the mountain. Many cultivators from outside the sect were arriving to offer assistahe Skyveil Sect disciples were using formations to protect them, preventing them from being affected by the strange poisonous miasma outside the mountain gates.
Li Yunlin's eyes shoh a golden light.
In a fsh, Daoist Jiuyou appeared behind him. He sighed and said, "Yunlin, you are the Sect Master of the Skyveil Sect. At this time of the Wu vasion, do you truly io return to the Li family?"
"I am first and foremost a desdant of the Li family, and only then the Sect Master of this sect."
Li Yunlin smiled. "In this great camity," he said, "I will not take the sect's disciples with me. But the Skyveil Hall..."
Daoist Jiuyou shook his head and smiled.
"Fellow Daoists are proteg the Skyveil Sect," he said. "No one will dare disturb it for the time being. You may take the Skyveil Hall with you."
"Thank you, Master!"
Li Yunlin smiled faintly and leaped into the air.
Nine fire lotuses surrounded him.
At that moment, everyone in the Skyveil Sect looked up. Above the sect, a dark space filled with stars was following Li Yunlin as he departed!
His expression was calm.
"Aor," he decred, "this time, I will fight on the front lines!"
...
On the main road leading to the Li family estate, a group of eight people were walking.
The one leading the way had his upper body bare, a blood-red saber strapped to his back. He was incredibly handsome, his body covered in mysterious runes.
Behind him followed five men and two women, all with powerful builds, heavy armor. The ground trembled with each step they took.
Wherever they went, dark clouds gathered, and bck mist swirled around them.
Behind them, y the headless corpses of Wu members. They walked through a path of blood.
Beside each of the Seven Ironcd, an aral tablet floated.
They were silent, but their killing i grew heavier and heavier.
Suddenly, anroup of Wu members appeared from an unknown dire. They held their heads high, their eyes glowing red.
Li Yundou's thick lips parted wide.
"Take their heads bae as an to our aor!" he anded.
...
[Thunderfire Cave]
Inside Li Yaoqing's cave, she was still being held aloft by the giant tree, having been dormant for an unknowh of time. It had been so long that the demon cultivators and righteous cultivators who had retly arrived at the Thunderfire Cave had only heard of the existence of the Saintess and the Deadly Pharmacist.
"Whoosh!"
Ihe cave, a sudden gust of wind stirred, seemingly out of nowhere. Li Yaoqing, still wearing her mask, opened her eyes and stared at the aral tablet floating before her, its surface gleaming!
"Aor," she said, "I uand. I have recovered. I will immediately—"
"—return home!"
As her gentle words faded, the entire cave, just like that day when Li Yaoqing sacrificed her lifespan for the three children's training, was filled with vibrant flowers and pnts sprouting from the withered ground!
...
In the cave where thunder and va verged, the aral tablet was glowing!
"g!"
Li Yaotie, who was lifting his massive hammer te, froze mid-swing. He raised his rge, sweat-covered bald head, droplets of sweat trig down his ned onto his bulging muscles, his physique perfectly sculpted.
"The Wu ?" Li Yaotie excimed. "Don't worry, Aor! No matter what they are, I'll smash them all!"
Li Yaotie put down his hammer and walked toward the end of the cave.
As he slowly turned around...
Behind him, rows of spirit puppets opeheir eyes. Their eyes, refleg the molten va within the cave, looked like stars in the night sky!
...
In the tral area of the Thunderfire Cave, atop the pace built by Li Yunbing.
Li Yunbing was reing in his seat, his head resting on the back of his hand, looking quite seductive.
He was now perhaps the oldest-looking among the Li family men, his white hair flowing loosely over his shoulders, his face full of wrinkles, and a white goatee ad his .
The aral tablet beside his seat was glowing.
"The Wu ?"
Li Yunbing narrowed his eyes. His voice was deep, yet utterly indifferent. "Aor," he decred, "with this child here, the Wu will not be able to step onto our family's nd."
"The Thirty-Six Heavenly Gangs of the Demon Cavern."
"Twelve righteous paths of the Demon Subduing Alliance," Li Yunbing anded,
"Hear my orders!"
As his words echoed, figures from all ers of the Demon Cave desded into the main hall, dividing themselves into two sides and standing respectfully, bowing deeply.
"Your orders, Demon Lord (Alliance Leader)!"
...
Time flowed slowly.
Li Wei watched his desdants return home, his heart filled with pride. His desdants had spent many years adventuring in the world, and each of them had left their mark on this nd!
He still remembered, how the Li family desdants had vowed to him that one day, they would return to their aral home with honor and dignity.
Over the years, they had always strived for this homeing.
They had endured hardships, but they never abaheir identity as members of the Li family.
Now, they would stand united, fag the approag eogether!
In Green Valley Town, only Li Kuangren, Li Kuanghua, and the two Buddhist disciples were present at the estate.
Within Green Valley Town, everyone had prepared their ons. They gazed into the distahe ground tremblih their feet!
Cold sweat dripped down Huang Xiujin's face.
With his peak Golden Core cultivation, he could sehe legendary Wu approag from all dires. He could even see, further in the distance, enormous stone giants stomping across the nd.
Although Green Valley Town had developed over the years, in the face of such power, it was as fragile as paper!
"One hundred and sixty thousand," he muttered, "one hundred and sixty thousand Wu members."
Huang Xiujin closed his eyes tightly. Although he had learned a lot about the Wu from Yu Xian, he had never imagihat he would have to face such a vast and terrifying horde of them.
In the face of such a massive force, even a Soul sect would probably only be able to barely hold on within their protective formations.
Within Green Valley Town, over a huhousand citizens had gathered. They were all trembling, feeling the oppressive aura of the Wu !
"Grandpa Huang, it's alright."
Li Kuangtu forced a smile. He had made all the preparations, instrug the people of Green Valley Town to take up arms and prepare the formations. But everything still seemed sile. His eyes held a glimmer of hope. "I believe," he said, "that the elders will be able to return in time!"
"Yes."
Huang Xiujin nodded slightly. He recalled the past, aoo, was willing to believe that those crazy and formidable members of the Li family would return and teach these Wu members a lesson!
But before that, he was also prepared to sacrifice his life to ehe escape of Li Kuangren and Qingyu.
At this moment, dark clouds seemed to hang over the Li family.
Suddenly, the expressions of Huang Xiujin and everyone else ged. A Wu cultivator, riding a stone eagle and wielding a scepter, approached, ughing at the people within Green Valley Town.
As a scout at the Fake Core Formation stage, he could tell that the Li family, who dared to defy the entire Azure Clion acc to the information from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, was nothing but a ughable joke.
Look at this so-called Bloodstained Family's estate, with only a single Golden Core cultivator!
Look at their formations, a mere six 'Eighth-Grade formations' and a single 'Seventh-Grade' formation.
They were even... using ughable crossbows!
"Priest," he reported, "this pce is nothing special..."
The chieftain shouted towards the sky.
He was even still ughing, but his ughter froze in that instant.
Everyohin Zhi'en Town stared bnkly at the se unfolding outside the town.
"Haven't you heard the people of Azure Clion say that when the Li family members are scattered, they suppress all dires, and when they gather, they bee an iructible force?"
"You, a mere Fake Core Formation cultivator, dare to make such arrogant cims outside our family's territory?"
A mog voice rang out beside his ear.
The Pseudo Core Formation scout lowered his head in terror.
Blood stained his clothes.
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