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Chapter 1300: Chapter 1294: The Cage
[Your descendant Li Yaotie, after the battle with the immortal, in addition to forging his Unorthodox Artifact Body, has begun researching demonic and immortal physiques, striving to overcome the frailty of the human body to find a method to rival immortals and demons without joining them.]
[Acquired Trait: Immortal and Demon Researcher]
[The ‘Never Give Up’ trait continues to exert its effect, giving him the belief that altering the physical body will one day yield power surpassing immortals and demons.
Comprehension of the Spirit Puppet Dao increases by 10%.]
Inside the Heavenly Fire Dao Field.
The current Nirvana Sage Elder, after a century, was now a young man.
Having reincarnated and recultivated, he had finally regained a bit of power, becoming a glorious Golden Core cultivator.
In the past, he was the one being carried in a basket by others; now, he was the one carrying an infant in a basket.
“Despicable creature, let me go, ah! Itchy, so itchy!”
The infant in the basket was covered in red rashes.
The Nirvana Sage Elder sprinkled itching powder, watching the Immortal Infant vigorously rub against the edge of the cradle, a look of profound satisfaction actually surfacing on his face.
He was certain that this powder could rule the infants of the entire world.
The talismans on the edge of the basket swayed. Look, even an immortal couldn’t escape the supreme power of the infant world.
Handing the Immortal Infant over to Li Yaotie and his wife, the Nirvana Sage Elder slowly returned to the center of the Dao Field to educate the younger generation of the Li Clan and Azure Cloud Prefecture.
His expression was solemn.
Now, the Li Clan had torn off his seal. With the emergence of immortals, the fate of the world had surpassed the hatred between him and the Li Clan.
Unfortunately, he also knew clearly that even though the Li Clan’s ‘spiritual liquid’ aided his cultivation, when the Blood Moon arrived, he would have absolutely no means to resist.
Even that damn Red Dust Immortal wasn’t willing to teach him in the slightest… Clearly, in the eyes of the Red Dust Immortal, his esteemed Golden Core mighty self was nothing.
“I wonder what the current situation of our Divine Bird Totem is, and the Divine Phoenix.”
The Nirvana Sage Elder murmured. The Divine Phoenix was also the master of the Divine Bird Totem, the totem’s faith.
The latest intelligence was that not a single member of the Divine Bird Totem within the Blood Moon had been spared.
Immortal shadows had appeared within the Blood Moon, and the totem’s final Sage Elder was sealed beneath molten lava, resisting the immortal’s bewitchment.
The Moon Dragon and Verdant Wood totems had also fallen into disaster.
To make matters worse, the venomous snakes in the Human Race’s imperial court were taking advantage of this opportunity to invade the Wu Tribe from another direction.
Until his preaching ended.
The Nirvana Sage Elder took a deep breath and headed into the distance, but suddenly trembled all over.
He saw a gaze staring at him from the distant cloudy sky. This gaze was profound, seemingly peering through all things in the world to glimpse the past and future.
It swept past him, seemingly leaving only after confirming he was harmless.
“The Li Clan’s… Yaowen?”
The Nirvana Sage Elder murmured this name.
He had only heard this name from the older generation of the Li Clan, and initially, he paid it no mind.
Over these years, he naturally knew how freakish the Li Clan was.
This man Li Yaotie had snatched his Dao and stubbornly forged a path on the Great Dao of Heavenly Fire that had never existed before.
His physical body was tough to the extreme, and one person could even wield dozens of Dharma Treasures.
He heard that in the battle at Grandhaven Prefecture, this new Fire Ancestor hadn’t even used his full strength in wielding so many Dharma Treasures.
He had also seen Li Dalong. Relying purely on intuition, he could feel this person’s terrifying nature; glimpsing Li Dalong was like glimpsing death itself.
Li Yaoqing, Li Zhiheng, Li Yunlin… he had seen all these existences.
It wasn’t until now, seeing Li Yaowen, that he suddenly realized he was far from seeing the Li Clan’s true foundation.
Until Li Yaowen’s aura vanished, he shuddered and wiped cold sweat from his forehead.
“Back then in the Western Frontier, could it be… could it be that the Li Clan didn’t even use their full strength against me?”
Peering at Li Yaowen was like peering at a thousand people!
And these thousand people were all geniuses.
What was truly terrifying was that the karmic luck in the cloudy sky of Azure Cloud Prefecture had condensed into a vortex of karmic luck, constantly spying on everyone.
Within this karmic luck, there were the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter; mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas; birth, aging, prosperity, and decline; and the common living beings of the mortal realm.
“That’s not right. At the Void Refinement realm, how could she possess such an oppressive might?”
…….
Li Yaowen stepped into Azure Cloud Prefecture.
Her figure was ethereal.
In all directions hovered spirit tablets; at the very front was the Old Ancestor’s spirit tablet, followed by her father and mother’s, then her elder brother and elder sister’s, and finally the spirit tablets of the family’s descendants.
As she moved, ripples undulated in all directions—these were the prying eyes from all corners of the world.
“Here they come again.”
She saw a silk thread striking from afar. A trace of white mist flashed across her eyes, and through the thread, she instantly caught sight of a bustling, prosperous land.
This place was the Imperial Dynasty. While the Southern Frontier was suffering, the Imperial Dynasty was cheering for its revival and wave after wave of good news.
Li Yaowen didn’t even know how many times she had encountered such silk threads.
Ever since she experienced the Five Decays of Heaven and Human and transformed into a spirit, she had been able to see many, many things.
It turned out that many mighty figures in the world were secretly divining and scheming behind the scenes, and these silk threads were one of their calculation methods.
Being connected by a thread was like becoming a string puppet, forever trapped within their chessboard. If not connected, the opponent would harbor numerous misgivings.
She hadn’t fought alongside her family for a very long time.
Yet she was trapped in endless disputes.
Back when she walked out of Sky Jade Region, she had said that Sky Jade Region was a cage. Now she understood that the cage was always there.
Having dodged the thread of destiny coming from the Imperial Capital, Li Yaowen’s expression froze.
She was clearly advancing through the cloudy sky, yet the entire world before her eyes had completely changed its appearance.
It was Duravia Trade Prefecture—the Duravia Trade Prefecture before it was annexed by Azure Cloud Prefecture.
The world before her was the Immortal Domain. She stood within the Immortal Domain, and among the descendants of the Zhao Clan, she was there.
Then, the sky turned dark, and the earth grew gloomy as the Azure Cloud Prefecture’s grand army charged in…
Immediately after, everything shifted: the Zhao Clan’s Old Ancestor appeared, followed by the ground covered in flesh and blood… and then to the death of the body she now inhabited…
“Patter… Patter…”
The flesh and blood of the Zhao clansmen began to flow into her dead body, and boundless power entered her frame.
“Huu.”
The world she had just seen gradually vanished, replaced by the sky of Azure Cloud Prefecture. Li Yaowen murmured, “Another [Flashback].”
The power in her body swelled; she had taken another step forward.
She called this method of acquiring power [Flashback].
Upon arriving at the place where her reincarnated body had died, she would obtain the power that her reincarnated body had acquired through various means.
Every time she arrived, she would become even stronger.
Then, in the days that followed, her soul would continuously fall into reincarnation cycles.
Gradually, she would have to use all her strength to distinguish reality from the past, and even to figure out exactly who she was, while simultaneously mastering her new power.
Following that… she would have to evade the prying eyes from all over the world directed at her family.
Having just experienced the [Flashback], Li Yaowen looked down at the prosperous and bustling Azure Cloud Prefecture.
A smile gradually surfaced on her face; at the very least, everything was worth it.
She held a grand vision in her heart: one day, when there were no more prying eyes in the world, and no more immortals, she could stand among her clansmen, behind the Old Ancestor and her parents, walking shoulder to shoulder with her elder brothers and sisters.
Back in the small village of Green Valley Village, after throwing grand banquets, the clansmen would change into farming clothes, working at sunrise and resting at sunset.
Back then, the most troublesome thing was Second Sister kicking down Third Brother’s door and dragging him out of bed to scold him, all under the bewildered gaze of Third Sister-in-law.
Envisioning the future, Li Yaowen passed through day and night, experiencing several [Flashbacks], and arrived at Westfall Prefecture.
The Eternal Immortal Sect.
“…”
In an instant, an old man with a transcendent, immortal bearing appeared before Li Yaowen.
Li Yaowen was still immersed in the disorientation of her recent [Flashback].
Before her, Ancestor Lan frowned deeply, vigilantly staring at this girl who had suddenly appeared.
The girl did not conceal her aura in the slightest, yet trailing behind her… were the prying eyes of the Human Emperor, the Empress, Min Youguo… and other experts who absolutely shouldn’t have been brought here.
If he waited another three to five days, it would be no different from stripping him naked and tossing him in front of the entire world.
“Miss, wake up. This old man has enough trouble as it is.” Ancestor Lan waved his hand.
He had seen plenty of bizarre people in this world, and this girl was definitely among the most eerie. Especially since he could sense that even if he killed her, she would still survive.
“What a monster.” Ancestor Lan tightened his hands behind his back. He was waiting to die in the Immortal Sect, and he didn’t want to cause any trouble before his death.
It wasn’t until half an hour later.
Li Yaowen’s eyes gradually regained their clarity.
Lowering her head, she saw the brothers Yunlin and Yunbing, along with many of the family’s children, all at the Immortal Sect. She knew she was now in ‘reality’.
She glanced at Ancestor Lan.
Ancestor Lan was undoubtedly one of the most powerful people in the world. He, like her, was hiding. However, it seemed he couldn’t hide anymore.
The immortals had paid no attention to Ancestor Lan; rather, it was the myriad threads of destiny from the Imperial Capital that had ravaged Ancestor Lan, riddling him with holes.
She called this kind of person a ‘dead man walking’.
Ancestor Lan, just like her, had absolutely no free time, mostly because he was constantly dodging.
In truth, he could have hidden, but seeing Ancestor Lan riddled with holes now, he actually seemed completely relaxed, which was enviable.
“Senior, I suggest you go on a massive slaughter in the Imperial Capital before you die,” Li Yaowen chuckled faintly.
Ancestor Lan laughed as well.
“Destroy them, and then what? That would truly be a disaster. Even though they are nothing but scum, they are at least combat power that can be used against the immortals.”
As he spoke, Ancestor Lan frowned. “Miss, your abilities are not small. If they were used to deal with the immortals…”
“I don’t have the time.”
Li Yaowen shook her head. This senior before her had clearly seen that she was entangled in a myriad of affairs, to the point of having no free time at all.
She said in a deep voice, “My surname is Li.”
“Surname Li?” The corners of Ancestor Lan’s mouth twitched.
Aside from the Li Clan’s Old Ancestor—who was completely unfathomable—the Li Clan actually had another bizarre entity.
“Inside this junior’s second sister’s body resides an immortal, coexisting with my second sister.
With my abilities, I am far from being a match for that immortal. I wonder if Senior would be willing to accompany this junior on a trip?” Li Yaowen’s voice was soft and gentle.
“A coexisting immortal?”
Ancestor Lan narrowed his eyes. “Then she is a human cauldron. Aside from killing It, I’m afraid there is no other way.”
“There is,” Li Yaowen replied, her expression calm.
“If Senior helps, it will be a great grace. That immortal dispatched the Red Dust Immortal to kill someone in order to break through to Body Integration. We don’t have much time left.”
In the cloudy sky, the two stared at each other for a long time.
Ancestor Lan gazed intently at the numerous spirit tablets surrounding Li Yaowen, as well as the prying eyes tracking her.
Ultimately, the killing intent in his eyes dissipated, and he exhaled a long breath. “What is the method?”
“To go see It.”
Li Yaowen smiled warmly. “Senior, open your mind and soul, and please accompany this junior to see the immortal.”
She slowly closed her eyes. In the cloudy sky, all things in the world gradually faded away and took on an entirely different appearance.
Looking up.
Beneath a sky full of stars, there was a Nine-Leaf Clover.
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