"Is Changyao already this formidable?"
After rushing about in the Star Domain for many days searching for the "Power of Rules," Li Wei's figure, drifting in the void, appeared in the sky above the Ding family, standing guard beside Li Changyao.
Seeing Li Changyao continuously bombarding the formation while hiding her weakened body high in the clouds, Li Wei's expression was one of gratification.
He had been searching for the Power of Rules in the Star Domain for only a little over a week, yet over a hundred years had already passed for the family.
A hundred years was enough time for his descendants to undergo a leap in power and fully digest what they had obtained from Tian Xing.
Li Changyao waved to a member of the Hall of Heavenly Principle.
"Go and ask Senior Shanchen to take over my position. Do not let the Ding family's formation restart, and do not let a single member of the Ding family leave."
Seeing that Li Changyao had gradually developed the air of a leader, Li Wei raised an eyebrow.
This young girl, who once fought geniuses and now fights the older generation, was undoubtedly the most doted upon among the children of the older generation.
Regarding the Primal Origin Blood Fruit borne by the Old Tree, the elders couldn't bear to eat it themselves and had offered it to her first.
If Li Changyao hadn't insisted on yielding it to Xinnian, Xinnian likely wouldn't have that "Saint Spirit Bloodline" even now.
[Your descendant, Li Changyao, has consumed the 'Primal Origin Blood Fruit' and acquired the bloodline: "Divine Bird Blue Phoenix."]
[The Blue Phoenix Flame is extremely cold. Consuming exotic fires can increase cultivation and spiritual power. Upon reaching maturity, one transforms into a Blue-Feathered Phoenix.]
[Your descendant, Li Changyao, through years of absorbing Tian Xing's spiritual power and techniques, and via the "Divine Bird Blue Phoenix" bloodline, has broken through to the Divinity Transformation realm.
Acquired Domain: Extreme Flame Domain. Within the domain, flames slay the enemy.]
[Acquired Heaven-bestowed Primordial Spirit Technique: Cold Flame.
Ordinary raging flames injure the human body; the Blue Phoenix Cold Flame devours the human soul.]
With just this Cold Flame alone, and without even unleashing her Domain, Li Changyao's strength was already top-tier within the Divinity Transformation realm.
That day, even Immortal Master Qi Yue had been forced to flee in a wretched state before her.
The only issue was her lack of endurance.
Li Wei vaguely remembered that on that day, Li Changyao had consumed a massive amount of spiritual power just to loose a single arrow.
Today, having come to break the Ding family's formation, she was now exhausted as well.
"Divine Bird Blue Phoenix... this bloodline possesses formidable killing power, but the consumption of spiritual power is a bit too high."
Murmuring to himself, and seeing that the Ding family was no longer a cause for concern, Li Wei vanished from where he stood.
"There is still the Nine-Spirit Exotic Fire inside the Skyveil Hall on Yunlin's person. Hmm, I'll ask him for it and feed it to our family's Princess Yaoyao so she can increase her cultivation base."
...
At this moment.
The conflict was not limited to the Ding family; sixty percent of the forces in the Duravia Trade Prefecture were facing a reckoning.
Perennis Immortal City remained as bustling as ever.
A middle-aged man dressed in cloth robes appeared within this lively, prosperous city.
Thanks to the protection of the Perennis Immortal Palace's sea of flowers, Perennis Immortal City was also spared from the wind and snow.
Yet the middle-aged man paid no mind to the bustle.
As he passed by the Perennis Immortal Palace, he saw that the Sea of Red Spider Lilies, once like a sea of blood, now remained only as faint traces.
Such a vast Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land.
Daoist Mingtai, the Sect Master who once fled from the Aeternus Sect, had taken three immortal mountains with him to re-establish his sect here in Perennis Immortal City.
Today, those three immortal mountains, which had floated perennially above the Immortal Palace, had vanished into thin air.
Even the Prefecture Lord's Prince Jiang Mansion was left with only the Jiang family servants and page boys.
There were, however, quite a few cultivators remaining in the city; it seemed they were unwilling to leave.
"Reporting to the Clan Elder: The whereabouts of the people of Perennis Immortal City are unknown.
Just like those Li family cultivators attacking our Zhao Clan's subordinate forces, I don't know what methods they used, but even I couldn't detect their auras!"
Zhao Qingxia spat the words out with anger.
Following the death of the family's Clan Elder in the Imperial Capital, the Li clan moved instantly.
Another Clan Elder also sent one final piece of intelligence: the Li family members were charging toward the Duravia Trade Prefecture in an instant.
Naturally, their Zhao Clan would not remain idle, yet he had pounced on empty air.
He held a mirror in his hand. Only after he inserted a mid-grade Spirit Stone directly into it did the cold voice of Clan Elder Fairy Bai transmit from the mirror's surface.
"They were indeed prepared long ago; the moment the Imperial Capital made a move, the Li clan made theirs.
Qingxia, return to report. If the people of the subordinate forces lose their lives, then so be it; let them test the enemy's strength, and block a few more foes for my Zhao Clan while they are at it."
"Yes, Clan Elder. Qingxia is returning now."
The light faded from the mirror's surface, and Zhao Qingxia's face was as dark as sinking water.
"Insidious juniors! Sitting on the territory of an entire prefecture, yet hiding and scurrying like rats. This Grand Elder Yunlin of the Li clan's Skyveil Sect is nothing special after all!"
He swept his gaze across the bustling market of Perennis Immortal City, his eyes filled only with a ruthless light.
"Good, good, good. The cultivators may have escaped, but how can you let the mortals escape? Hahahaha!"
...
The border between the Duravia Trade Prefecture and Azure Cloud.
A strange figure could be seen—no, two!
A bald old man could be seen carrying a chair-shaped basket on his back.
The basket's left and right handles had actually become straps, tightly binding the young man sitting within, who was sleeping with his eyes closed.
That young man was truly handsome; even in slumber, he was a quiet, beautiful man.
The old man carrying him was quite peculiar, dressed in a bright red robe.
You might say he had no hair, yet his lush red eyebrows drooped down to his cheeks, and his handlebar mustache and goatee reached his waist.
But if you were to say he had hair, he looked just like an old monk bringing disgrace upon the Buddhist sect.
It was unclear whether the young man on his back was too heavy or if he was simply angry, but as the old man walked, he viciously stabbed the ground with his cane, growling through gritted teeth, "Shameless! Shameless! My beautiful hair... my Old Tree's beautiful hair!"
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