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Chapter 1216: Chapter 1210: Retired Overlord
Li Yaoqing continued to refine pills every day.
She hadn’t even taken a single sip of the spiritual liquid.
Since she was already an alchemist, she had long ago broken through to the peak of the Void Refining realm through the characteristics of medicinal pills and her Divine Art.
With the Divine Art paired with her alchemy skills, no one had an easier time comprehending the Dao of Nature than her.
Merely the essence qi accumulated through refining pills was enough for her to reach the stage of pushing open the Dao Gate in just a few centuries, without even needing any other accumulation.
Unfortunately, her Dao Gate led to a dead end.
“It’s alright, Old Ancestor. This child is still young. Once the person occupying the Dao of Nature dies of old age, this child will naturally break through,” Li Yaoqing said softly and obediently, completely unbothered.
Li Wei smiled in response. “Good, we have plenty of time. Nothing to fear.”
Turning his head, Li Wei’s expression turned gloomy and ferocious.
“Don’t let me find out who is occupying my Little Qing’s Dao, otherwise I’ll act like a beast for once and fucking kill you!”
Immediately after, Li Wei calculated which descendants had a chance of breaking through in a short time with the help of the Old Tree and the spiritual liquid.
Among them, the most likely was Li Yunlin.
With twenty-three Daos, Li Wei truly didn’t know if anyone below the Body Integration realm was Li Yunlin’s match.
Li Wei even speculated that if he himself were to manifest with a Void Refining body, he might be just like Banshu Ao—completely unable to break through Li Yunlin’s defense.
His technique, merged with twenty-three rules, was simply too heaven-defying.
As for the Seven Ironclads and Changsheng… let’s not even mention them.
[Your descendant Li Changyao possesses the Ice Phoenix bloodline. By devouring various types of flames, she grew increasingly powerful, reaching the peak of the Void Refining realm with the help of the spiritual liquid.]
[The Heavenly Fire Dao Field is an excellent cultivation ground. With Li Yaotie’s help, Li Changyao devoured even more flames, strengthening her Ice Phoenix bloodline further.]
The extreme ice was located in the Northern Frontier.
Back when the Li Clan made a move against the Qiu Clan of the Northern Frontier, who cultivated ice methods, they hadn’t even touched the threshold of breaking through the Dao after tens of thousands of years, and could only seek out ‘Snow’.
Clearly, the Dao of Ice had been occupied.
Li Wei frowned slightly. Inside the Heavenly Fire Dao Field, apart from Li Changyao, there was also Li Chang.
[Your descendant Li Chang obtained the ‘Void-Soul Exchanging Dao Technique’ you gifted him and is currently breaking through to the Void Refining realm.]
[Obtained the ‘Primal Origin Blood Fruit’ gifted by the Old Tree, awakening the Flame Monarch bloodline and gaining the Trait: Flame Monarch]
[The Flame Monarchs were an ancient, special race. Born from heaven and earth, they originated within underground magma.
Comprehension of fire rules increases by 20%, cultivation speed of fire-attribute methods increases by 20%.
Can incarnate as a Flame Monarch descending upon the world, gaining an elemental body and doubling combat power.]
Chang cultivated an orthodox fire method. However, having just broken through to the Void Refining realm, the Great Dao of Heavenly Fire had already run out of space.
That said, back in the Western Frontier, Wenren Jiuyue also used fire—specifically Heart Fire, which differed from Heavenly Fire and could also constitute a Dao. Furthermore, this was still a long way off for Chang.
Vanishing instantly, he appeared beside Li Xinnian.
Currently, Li Xinnian was following Li Dalong around.
The secret cultivation ground he hid in the Southern Sea couldn’t escape Li Dalong’s eyes at all, resulting in him receiving a harsh scolding and lecture from Li Dalong.
Inside the secret chamber, the couple, Li Xinnian and Nangong Qingya, obediently listened to Li Dalong’s reprimand.
“Feeding on humans is a demonic method! It is our family’s failure in discipline that allowed you two to act so recklessly!”
Li Dalong, accompanied by Xu Cuihua, pointed at their noses and scolded them, his face flushed red.
“…” Li Wei’s expression twisted as he covered his ears.
Li Wei was perfectly clear on this matter, but he had actually been persuaded by Li Xinnian.
Li Xinnian’s words had always made sense to him. But now, with Li Dalong lecturing them like this, Li Wei suddenly felt it didn’t make sense anymore.
This made Li Wei curse internally, “Sure enough, as people get older, their ears get softer, and they become easily duped.”
Under Xu Cuihua’s persuasion, Li Dalong finally stopped his scolding and exhaled a long breath.
“The demonic art you cultivate is the method of ‘Devouring Heaven and Earth.’ Follow me to the Underworld. You are absolutely forbidden from feeding on humans ever again.”
[Your descendant Li Xinnian followed Li Dalong to the Underworld to eat ghosts.]
…
[Your descendant Li Yunbing consumed the spiritual liquid and broke through to the peak of the Void Refining realm.
Now that Azure Cloud Prefecture is safe, he has handed everything over to the younger generation.
His clone has begun managing the Jiang family under the identity of ‘Jiang Chenghuan’. Relieved of all burdens, he obtained the Trait: Retired Overlord]
[Having spent his entire life scheming and deceiving, emptying his mind and soul for once allows him to briefly regain the ‘Childlike Heart’ trait. Cultivation speed increases; comprehension increases.]
Li Yunbing sat cross-legged in a bamboo forest. A lifetime of wealth and glory couldn’t compare to the tranquility of a bamboo forest and a thatched cottage.
Smoke curled upward from the thatched cottage; he was cooking.
“It’s just like the old Daoist Baimei back then.”
Li Yunbing picked up a spoon and took a sip of porridge.
Knowing he was no saint, he suddenly drew a comparison between himself and the old Daoist Baimei, who had pretended to be a kind-hearted man.
He suddenly understood that the more ambitious a person was, the more they loved such tranquil places. “I didn’t expect I would also become like Baimei.”
Enjoying his leisurely seclusion, night fell, Ancestor Tianye of the Ghost Eye Sect came knocking.
This old friend of the Li Clan was momentarily stunned upon seeing the tranquility of the place.
He then opened the door, looked at Li Yunbing resting on the bed, and laughed, “Yunbing, you certainly are quite leisurely.”
Ancestor Tianye lit the oil lamp and helped himself to some hot tea.
Li Yunbing didn’t get up. He asked casually, “Senior Tianye, have you clearly investigated the matter I asked you to look into?”
“I have.”
Patriarch Tianye nodded gravely.
“That fellow Banshu Ao once fought your eldest brother. The ‘number one person below the Body Integration realm in the Imperial Dynasty’, haha, truly a joke.
He was utterly obliterated by your eldest brother in a single move. However, it must be said that this person was extraordinary. The ‘World’ rule he used was an illusion.”
“Over the years, he had been cultivating a descendant, attempting to have both of them achieve Body Integration simultaneously upon breaking through.
Now, our people have infiltrated his side. This descendant is twenty thousand years old, and the method he cultivates is ‘Cloud’.”
Li Yunbing raised an eyebrow. “Cloud?”
Li Yunbing raised an eyebrow. “Cloud?”
“Yes.” Patriarch Tianye said,
“Banshu Ao was arrogant but not stupid. He had long since secured the Dao method of a Body Integration cultivator with a remaining lifespan of a few tens of thousands of years.
He had been cultivating his descendant, Banshu Weide, in the Dao of ‘Cloud’, waiting for him to break through and seize that person’s Dao.”
“Over in the Northern Frontier, they are also plotting for a cultivator to inherit the Dao of Cloud. Coincidentally, Daoist Yunshang only has ten thousand years of lifespan left, and he was injured during the Demon Race’s invasion.”
Li Yunbing finally sat up, staring at Patriarch Tianye for a long time, making Patriarch Tianye feel a chill down his spine.
Although Li Yunbing no longer commanded the military in Azure Cloud Region and had handed all power over to the Jiang family and other factions, everyone knew: never provoke Li Yunbing. Don’t even think about it, otherwise…
Other members of the Li Clan might minimize major issues and smooth over minor ones. But Li Yunbing would only make you wish you were dead.
After a long while.
Ancestor Tianye only heard Li Yunbing say faintly,
“Senior Tianye, help me keep a close eye on Banshu Weide. I am very interested in him. Oh, right, I also want to know his cultivation methods over these past twenty thousand years.”
[Your descendant Li Yunbing spent the night in the family estate, seeking out various array formations for seizing opportunities and karmic luck, as well as the array methods used by Yun Hongcai, the ancestor of the Yun Clan in the Western Frontier, to steal heaven and alter fate. He engaged in a long, heartfelt discussion with your descendant Li Tianqi.]
[Your descendant Li Yunbing, living in seclusion in the bamboo forest, resented Daoist Baimei, understood Daoist Baimei, and surpassed Daoist Baimei. Acquired Trait: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes.]
[Probability of obtaining opportunities, treasures, and breakthroughs increases by 10%.
Probability of being targeted by righteous figures increases by 10%.
Probability of revealing a flaw and being counter-killed by the protagonist increases by 10%.]
“???”
Li Wei looked at the pleasantly smiling Li Yunbing.
He had originally been worried about Li Yunbing, but seeing him acting so peacefully now, the ‘Childlike Heart’ had only just appeared before it flew away with a whoosh.
Li Wei was stunned for a long time before his face filled with bewilderment. “What are you trying to do?”
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