"Impossible!"

  Long Xuankong's roar came from the distance.

  Standing at the front of the Heaven-Pierg Coffin with his hands csped behind his back, Li Dalong could already see the Long family's flying ship. "A Spirit Artifact flying ship, capable of carryihousand people," he observed. "It has a Seventh-Grade defensive formation and six spirit crossbows with the power of high-grade Spirit ons. Unfortunately, its size makes it as slow as a low-grade Spirit Shuttle."

  Swords emerged from their sheaths oer anathering in the sky at a steady pace, f a rainbow of sword energy.

  How could Li Yaozu not notice the relu his father's eyes?

  This thrifty nature seemed to run in the family. Li Yaozu also sighed and said, "It's a pity, Father. This Spirit Artifact flying ship won't remain intact today. Its stru is quite plex. I wonder if Third Brother build an eveer one."

  "Yaotie is a Seventh-Grade Artifact Master," Li Dalong replied. "He should be capable of building another one. After the battle, remember to have someone collect the fragments. The spoils of our family must not fall into the hands of others."

  "..."

  In front of the s, Li Wei watched the father and son discussing this calmly, scratg his head.

  "They're already discussing the spoils of war before the battle has even begun, aren't they?" he thought with amusement.

  After all, they had e from a background of poverty and khe value of resources.

  But they were also entitled to such fidence!

  Li Wei clicked on their is, cheg their information.

  Li Yaozu, early-stage Golden Core.

  But don't uimate him because of his low realm. His most extraordinary aspect lies in his traits!

  [Your desdant has traveled the world with his sword for many years, defeating tless swordsmen.]

  [His sword case holds twenty thousand swords. After years of fusing swords with dantian fire, his Thousand Swords Body has undergoransformation — the Ten Thousand Swords Body!]

  [His body is as strong as a mid-grade Spirit on sword!]

  Decades had passed. Li Yaozu, sistent in his dedication, had been pursuing the essence of the sword with unwavering focus. He deserved such achievements.

  Within the sword case, a long sword rested in Li Yaozu's hand.

  The sword was entirely pitch bck, with cracks running through it. Strands of spiritual energy held the fragments that formed the bde together.

  [Heavenly Star Sword]

  [Grade: Supreme-grade Spirit on]

  [Description: This sword was obtained from the Heavenly Star Sword Saint. The sword transform into stars!]

  The rumors in the martial world were irue. Li Yaozu had truly met and fought the Heavenly Star Sword Saint!

  [Your desdant fought a battle with the "Heavenly Star Sword Saint" from Starfall Region. The Sword Saint, entering a bottlene his swordsmanship, heard of the Sword King Li Yaozu in the Azure Clion and came to seek enlightehrough a duel. The two fought as mortals, using only sword teiques and sword i.]

  [This battle span hundred li (about 400 kilometers) and sted for seven days and nights, with them chasing each other throughout the Azure Clion. Li Yaozu was defeated ten thousand times, but he broke through the Sword Saint's teiques over a huimes. In the final exge, he surpassed the Sword Saint with a single move. With this orike, a mountain lit into three, granting the Sword Saint sudden enlighte.]

  [Your desdant, Li Yaozu, received a gift from the Heavenly Star Sword Saint: the Supreme-grade Spirit on, the Heavenly Star Sword!]

  [Your desdant, through exging blows with the Sword Saint, gained a few strands of his sword i. His sword teique, "Sword Travels a Thousand Miles," broke through to the Profound-grade level, being the "Heavenly Sword Rainbow"!]

  That battle was undoubtedly the most beneficial one in Li Yaozu's life!

  Seven days and nights.

  Everyohought he was merely esg from the Sword Saint, but in truth, they were exging teiques and learning from each other. He didn't win the Sword Saint's sword either. The two admired each other deeply and almost swore brotherhood on the spot.

  ...

  Besides Li Yaozu there was also...

  "Xuan Tianzi!"

  Li Dalong called out, looking at the fleeing spirit ship ahead.

  Xuan Tianzi, who had been severely injured in the explosion that day, both her Soul and physical body damaged, raised her head. She gazed respectfully at Li Dalong, awaiting his orders.

  Just like that day at the Skyveil Sect, she sat quietly, resembling an i little girl, her small feet dangling in mid-air.

  But the current Xuan Tianzi, was not wearing her usual green attire. Her face had an inhumanly pale plexion, making her look even more like a por doll.

  She wore a strange bck dress that reached her knees, with detachable sleeves that revealed her small shoulders.

  She had tins in her hair, which jingled in the wind, especially with the two bck talismans hanging from their ends.

  She also wore talismans made from some unknown animal hide on her calves, revealing her fair thighs beh the hem of her skirt.

  This Xuan Tianzi, hearing Li Dalong's call, stared with her rge, pitch-bck eyes, which cked pupils. Her i and naive appearance was truly adorable.

  "Master," she asked, "what are your orders?"

  Li Dalong didn't even g Xuan Tianzi.

  He simply gazed at Long Xuankong on the spirit ship, whose Dao heart seemed to have crumbled.

  He still remembered hant and desding Long Xuankong had been.

  This man had barged into the Skyveil Sect without a word. He was sant, always looking down on the Li family as mere ants. He had even chatted and ughed outside the Skyveil Sect gates.

  And now...

  Li Dalong saw the pani his eyes, the same panic he himself had felt when fag their aor!

  "Kill him."

  Li Dalong spoke softly.

  Without a word, Xuan Tianzi stood up, soared into the air, and charged toward Long Xuankong. A fierce wind howled through the sky, and the bells on Xuan Tianzi's body jingled loudly!

  ...

  "A Heavenly Zombie!"

  Seeing Xuan Tianzi approag, none of the Long family cultivators found her adorable anymore.

  They could sehe deathly aura emanating from Xuan Tianzi!

  The faint power of ws, within the realm of Soul, caused the spiritual energy of heaven ah to exude an intense aura of death. It was an aura that instilled fear in anyone who came into tact with it.

  It was a bright, clear day, yet the sky was shrouded in bck mist.

  "The Li family's methods are truly formidable," Long Xuankong excimed. "They actually refined a dignified Soul cultivator like you into a Heavenly Zombie and even granted you a soul!"

  Seeing Xuan Tianzi approag, Long Xuankong didn't dare to be careless. He turo his members and shouted, "Go back! I'll hahis!"

  He saw Li Dalong of the Li family, riding the silver coffin, already passing him by and chasing after his members.

  But he knew even more clearly that he had to stop Xuan Tianzi.

  A Soul cultivator, for a rge , was undoubtedly a devastating force. However, he was quite fident. Li Dalong and that Sword King Li Yaozu, even with the addition of Elder Tianqing from the Azure Cloud Pavilion, couldn't possibly be a match for the desdants of the Long family. With just those three, it was simply too disrespectful to the Long family...

  Just as he blocked an attack from Xuan Tianzi, Long Xuankong's expression ged.

  In the distahree figures rose into the air from the Heaven-Pierg Coffin.

  Oer another, flying corpses, and even Zombie Kings at the Golden Core stage, emerged from the silver coffin, instantly filling the sky for a thousaers around!

  Besides that, aral tablets suddenly rose from the bodies of two Li family members. They were like the Li family aor's tablet he had seen that day at the Skyveil Sect. These tablets were emitting a purple light, and uhat day, when a figure shrouded in mist appeared before the tablet, this time spiritual poeared!

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