"Hahaha! Iing, the lingering souls of the twenty-three Soul elders within the Azure Cloud Pavilion!"

  Amidst the wind and snow, even now, with everything exposed, Feng Qingyang showed no signs of panic. He simply sighed after his ughter. "The remnant souls of the Azure Cloud Pavilion elders," he mused, "the Li family truly possesses extraordinary fortune."

  "With their presence, as long as the Li family makes an example of a few, Li Tianyi bee the new Pavilion Master of the Azure Cloud Pavilion. The remaining major forces will tio follow the old rules, respeg the Azure Cloud Pavilion, just like hundreds of thousands of years ago. The only difference is that now there's also the Li family!"

  "Abbot Wuyou, the Long family..."

  "...they are merely discarded pawns!"

  Seeing the unwaveriermination in Feng Qingyang's eyes...

  Li Yaowen said calmly, "Lord Feng, I demand that you swear to the heavens that from this day forward, you will remain in seclusion within the Jun Prince's Mansion unless it faces annihition, and you will appoint Feng lin as the new head of the family."

  "Only then will we let this matter go. The Jun Prince's Mansion will remaieemed Jun Prince's Mansion, and my Li family will still be your in-ws."

  Feng Qingyang finally stood up, turned around, and looked at the snow falling from the sky. "As if nothing ever happened?" he asked.

  "As if nothing ever happened," Li Yaowen firmed.

  With Li Yaowen's affirmative reply, the wind within the Jun Prince's Mansion grew even colder.

  The wind whipped up the snow, filling the sky.

  A long silence followed.

  The wind and snow almost obscured Feng Qingyang's figure, his sighs mingling with the winter's chill.

  "It's too te."

  "The Feng family has missed opportunity after opportunity," he mented. "Geion after geion, they have been inpetent. This time, I want to lead the Feng family to victory."

  Hearing this, Li Yaowen didn't say anything more. She had her personal maidservant escort her out of the Jun Prince's Mansion, her figure blending into the snowy winter day.

  Not long after, within the vast Jun Prince's Mansion, soldiers moved about, and the true strength of the Feng family was revealed.

  Feng lin anxiously rushed past the worried servants in the Mansion and arrived at the spot where Feng Qingyang and Li Yaowen had been pying Go. Li Yaowen was no lohere, only Feng Qingyang still standing in the same spot, lost in thought.

  Feng lin was stunned. His father, a Soul cultivator, had always been a figure of t strength and unwavering posture in his eyes.

  But at this moment, his father's back seemed incredibly weary and burdened.

  "Father... the Southern Barbarian Lands..."

  "...are in turmoil!"

  ...

  On the ground, corpses y scattered everywhere. A massive flying ship, riddled with holes, had crashed to the earth.

  Li Dalong had once again hoisted the coffin onto his shoulder.

  The tless flying corpses from before had all been recalled into the Heaven-Pierg Coffin.

  Li Yaozu had also sheathed his sword case. Where was the rain of swords and stars now?

  They were standing quietly under a rge tree that had barely survived the battle.

  As for Long Xuankong?

  Xuan Tianzi was sitting on a branch, swinging her legs just like before.

  Elder Tianqing, who had e from the Azure Cloud Pavilio his distance from Xuan Tianzi, his hands hidden within his wide white sleeves. He frowned as he looked ahead.

  "..."

  Long Xuankong, who had e to annihite the Li family and vowed to rename Azure Clion to Long Region, now had his eyes rolled back, his body limp like a dead dog. He was being held by the back of his colr by a burly man with a powerful build, his upper body hanging helplessly in the air, his arms and legs dangling limply toward the ground.

  "Patriarch Li, you are truly capable," the man said. "To think that you could even make Xuan Tianzi serve the Li family."

  The man had a rugged appearance, but he was clearly a smooth talker. He didn't mention a word about Li Dalong refining Xuan Tianzi into a zombie. He threw Long Xuankong to the ground and said with a smile, "gratutions to the Li family then, on repg the Long family and being another Soul family in our Azure Clion."

  As soon as he finished speaking, Li Dalong and Li Yaozu spoke in unison.

  "Thank you, Heavenly Master Wushou," they said. "My Li family is not qualified to be a Soul family. We are still a Golden Core family."

  "We are grateful for your assistance, Heavenly Master Wushou, in intercepting and killing the Long family. But I wonder how we should divide the spoils this time?"

  "..."

  Father and son exged a gnce, each seeing approval iher's eyes.

  [Your desdant, Li Tianyi, with the help of the twenty-three old masters, has gaihe support of the seven major forces and the curre Master, Elder Tianqing, seg the position of the Pavilion Master of the Azure Cloud Pavilion!]

  [He has gaihe bag of Soul cultivators!]

  [Your family has gaihe assistance of Heavenly Master Wushou from Everlife Mountain. With the help of Everlife Mountain's experts, they killed over thirty Long family cultivators. Heavenly Master Wushou and the Heavenly Zombie Xuan Tianzi joined forces to kill Long Xuankong on the spot as he tried to flee!]

  "Ahem."

  Heavenly Master Wushou cleared his throat and g the father and son. One appeared ho and simple, the other serious and reserved. They both seemed like genuinely good people, but the Heavenly Master could tell at a ghat these two were full of ing.

  "Uood," said Heavenly Master Wushou. "Everlife Mountain will annouhat the Long family attempted to collude with fn enemies and was thus besieged aroyed by the major forces of Azure Clion. As for the Long family's resources..."

  Heavenly Master Wushou pondered for a moment. "Azure Cloud has always been resource-scarce," he said. "It would be best if the Li family took a look first and then distributed the resources among the major forces of Azure Cloud. This would greatly be all of Azure Cloud ahe Li family establish a firm foothold."

  Hearing this, Li Dalong nodded slightly.

  At this moment, Li Wei, in front of the s, also had a gleam in his eyes, thinking to himself that this Heavenly Master Wushou was someohey could trust.

  In truth, Heavenly Master Wushou's assistance had been crucial. Otherwise, Xuan Tianzi alone wouldn't have been able to prevent Long Xuankong from esg, and then the Li family would have had many sleepless nights. He had a certain degree of authority in this matter.

  If the Li family got to look first, they could take whatever they wanted without needing to tell anyone.

  Moreover, Heavenly Master Wushou's words also meant that he aowledged the Li family's presen the Azure Clion.

  Soon after, Li Dalong and his son, with the help of the Everlife Mountain experts, collected all the corpses and equipment debris from the battlefield, and then headed toward the Long family's territory with Xuan Tianzi.

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