[Year 93: Your desdants, Li Kuangren, Li Kuangtu, and Li Kuanghua, have beeedly killed within the Heaven-Pierg for half a year. Their teiques and martial arts have improved, and their bat experience has greatly increased.]

  While their teiques and martial arts did improve, when they emerged from the coffin, their eyes were vat, and they were on the verge of colpse.

  "Great-grandfather said that all our aors cultivated within that coffin."

  Li Kuangren rubbed his face. "I didn't expect it to be so terrifying," he said.

  "Indeed," someone agreed.

  Their cultivation was only at the fourth or fifth level of Qi Refining. Fag the endless hordes of zombies within the Heaven-Pierg Coffin, they basically died every three seds. Even after training inside for half a year, they still couldn't survive for more than thirty seds.

  "I feel my true energy growing stronger. I'm not afraid anymore!" Li Kuanghua decred, puffing out her cheeks. At just eleven years old, she wore a bck martial arts outfit. Standing at 1.4 meters tall, with a slender figure, she had a rather pyful appearance.

  She recalled the time three years ago when Huang Xiujin took her to the Hundred Fists Sect. Grandpa Huang had wanted her to kill her wet nurse and the Sect Master's wife. But fag those who had once bullied her, she couldn't bring herself to do it. After killing zombies for half a year in the Deathbringer Coffin, she could feel that she was definitely no longer afraid!

  "Yes, not afraid! I'm not a coward!"

  Li Kuangtu, also only eleven years old, was a handsome young boy, dressed in fine clothes. He fshed a bright smile, revealing his pearly white teeth. "The Diviree called me a coward," he decred. "I'll prove it wrong!"

  As the three of them were talking, Li Dalong's voice startled them. "This is just the beginning," he said.

  Li Kuaurned around. "Great-grandfather," he asked, "is there more training? Let us rest..."

  Before he could finish his sentehe three childre a sudde in their heads.

  A person dressed in bck appeared behind them and bowed to Li Dalong. Then showed a token of Dawn, and with Li Dalong's nod of approval, he took the three children and soared away on the clouds.

  ...

  When they woke up, they saw a sect with a stone sword pierg the clouds, a truly magnifit sight. The pce was crowded with people, and there was an arena below, where it seemed a petition was taking pce.

  "Is this a secret realm?" Li Kuangren asked, looking around in a daze.

  "I... I don't know."

  Li Kuangtu gulped.

  Li Kuanghua hurriedly pulled her brothers behind a rge tree, her face full of ay. "It's alright," she reassured them, "as long as they 't see us, we'll be fine."

  But they were soon captivated by something.

  A young man with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes particurly caught their attentioood on the arena like an unyielding piree, his sword case behind him emitting a resonant hum. The young man seemed to g them briefly.

  Then, one by one, swordsmen from below the arena stepped onto the ptform to duel with the young mae the fshy sword teiques of those challengers, they were defeated oer another by the handsome youth's simple and unadorned swordsmanship!

  It seemed that no matter what sword teique they used, he could ter it with a sirike.

  Every time he defeated a swordsman, he would take their sword and store it in his sword case.

  Until everyone in the Sword Pavilion was utterly defeated and demoralized!

  The young man, with an impassive expression, took a cup of water from a stutendant, drank it, and turned away.

  "He... he's walking towards us!"

  "Ah? Wait, how did we get here?"

  "Is this really a secret realm? I 't tell anymore!"

  As the three children were in a state of fusion.

  The handsome young man walked up to them. It seemed like he hadn't smiled in a long time, as if the smile was forced. "I am your Eldest Great-uncle," he said. "From now on, I will guide your cultivation."

  "Eldest... Eldest Great-uncle?!"

  Li Kuangren was instantly thrilled. He had grown up listening to stories about his elders, and Eldest Great-uncle was his biggest idol. Eldest Great-uncle was a chivalrous hero. It was said that he oo refine a divine sword, used the blood of children in the Silver Iron Forest as a sacrifice, a hundred boys and girls a day.

  It was Eldest Great-uncle who had chopped off Third Great-uncle's hands a, causing him to lose all his cultivation. Third Great-uncle could only refine puppets in hopes aining his strength.

  The reason Freat-grandmother was in a wheelchair was also because she was beaten by Eldest Great-uncle, leaving her uo recover and even losing all her cultivation.

  He stantly dreamed of following in Eldest Great-uncle's footsteps!

  Both Li Kuangtu and Li Kuanghua looked at him with admiration. Eldest Great-uncle was a true legend in the family. He could even sy immortals with his sword!

  Seven days ter, their dreams were shattered.

  The three children watched their Eldest Great-uncle, who had takeo a noodle shop to eat and then asked them for moo pay the bill.

  In the past few days, Eldest Great-uncle had spoken to them less thaimes.

  They had thought that Eldest Great-uncle would take them to some mystical realm for cultivation, but, Li Yaozu took out a long list filled with the names of natural treasures required for Qi Refining cultivation.

  The very day, he secretly took them to raid a sect.

  Yes, they did it uhe cover of darkness, and there wasn't even a single guard present during the raid.

  Fortunately, things returo normal on the eighth day.

  Eldest Great-uook them to a pce called Azure Phoenix Mountain. Strangely, as soon as they arrived, cultivators soared into the sky above Azure Phoenix Mountain, and the sect-proteg formation was activated.

  "I'm merely borrowing your Azure Phoenix Mountain's Heavenly Pond to aid my juniors," he decred. "Don't make me e back again, for I won't be aloime."

  "Do you perhaps have another Xuan Tianzi here?"

  The sword case behind Eldest Great-urembled, and the sound of sword cries could be heard. The three children could see the fear in the eyes of the Azure Phoenix Mountain disciples.

  The grand formation opened, and the Azure Phoenix Mountain disciples, carrying various artifacts, lihe path to wele them.

  "Eldest Great-uncle," Li Kuangren asked with untainable curiosity, "where are we? And who is Xuan Tianzi?"

  Li Yaozu stroked each child's head in turn.

  "They are all the same," he said, "all stepping stones for my Li family."

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