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Chapter 1334: Chapter 1328: Choice
[Year 1030]
[After over a century of probing, the Southern Frontier, beginning with the Xuanyuan Clan in Clearpeak Prefecture, has established the first line of defense against the Blood Moon.
Your family has entered a state of war!]
Azure Cloud Prefecture, City of Merit.
Li Wei emerged from his secluded cultivation and appeared within the family estate.
He saw numerous spirit boats docked within the grounds.
Cultivators of Azure Cloud Prefecture were bustling about, arriving through secret teleportation arrays scattered throughout the City of Merit to deliver reports.
In the family hall, numerous descendants were gathered together.
Li Yaoqing had already ended her secluded cultivation. She sat in the seat of honor; possessing an ancient immortal within her body, she could also perceive the situation inside the Blood Moon.
Seated below her were Li Yunlin, Li Kuanghua, Li Chang’an, and a host of other children.
As for the rest, they were either out wandering the world seeking a method to resolve the Blood Moon, or at the critical juncture of breaking through in their secluded cultivation.
Li Xinghuo said in a deep voice,
“The Xuanyuan Clan has deployed their clan’s war Dharma Treasure, the ‘Verdant Bamboo Forest’.
The commoners of Clearpeak Prefecture are being evacuated to Westfall Prefecture.
At least thirty percent of the cultivators have retreated. However, Senior Xuanyuan Liqun possesses considerable prestige. He has prepared for many years, and Clearpeak Prefecture has already formed a united front.”
“The Zhangsun Clan is wavering. They helped us deal with Jade Mist Valley back then, but the Zhangsun Clan has no foundation in Clearpeak Prefecture.”
“We cannot just sit and wait for death.”
The crowd exchanged glances, agreeing deeply.
Over these years, they had all been searching for strategies to deal with the immortals, and the same was true for all the major factions in the Southern Frontier, regardless of size.
However, aside from the Mad Blood Demon Lord and the Seven Ironclads who charged into the Blood Moon two years ago, there hadn’t been a single true, large-scale battle with the immortals within the Blood Moon.
The Old Ancestor said that two years had passed, and Li Yundou and his group were still fighting the likes of the Flame Sage Elder…
“What is certain now is that the Demon Race is unaffected by the Blood Moon. Over the past two years, we sent some prisoners into the Blood Moon.
Foundation Establishment cultivators resisting with all their might will become slaves beneath the Blood Moon in one to three days at most.
Dao Seeds will be planted in their bodies. However, those who have Dao Seeds planted in them by the Blood Moon cannot leave the Blood Moon’s perimeter; the Dao Seeds inside their bodies possess some sort of rule.”
Li Chang’an added,
“Golden Core realm cultivators cannot last past ten days, and Nascent Soul cultivators two months… This is assuming they steady their minds.
If they use Spiritual power or sustain injuries, the speed at which the Blood Moon plants a Dao Seed will increase.
Under these circumstances, we simply cannot fight the millions upon millions of kin within the Blood Moon. Furthermore… going deeper in, the situation is even worse.”
The crowd wore gloomy expressions. How could they fight in a place an ordinary person couldn’t even enter?
“Kin.”
Suddenly, Li Yaoqing spoke this single word, prompting everyone to turn their heads.
Li Yaoqing continued,
“Lu Niang told me that she can sense an immortal in the direction of the Western Frontier that she has never seen before.
Everything beneath the Blood Moon is caused by this immortal. Generally speaking, even for a Great Golden Immortal, encompassing the kin of an entire prefecture is an exceedingly difficult task.”
“But what if… we became the kin of another immortal?”
Li Chang’an’s eyes lit up. “Right, the kin of other immortals have never entered the Blood Moon before!”
“An immortal’s kin refers to special existences possessing immortal bloodlines, traits, and the like.
They swear loyalty to the immortal, and the immortal’s consciousness will influence their hearts, turning them into running dogs for the immortal.
This achieves the same result as the Blood Moon planting a Dao Seed.”
Li Yunlin’s face was dark. “We are fighting for ourselves, not for an immortal.”
Hearing this, the clan members woke up as if from a dream. Kin were no different from spiritual slaves.
“You only have this choice.”
Lu Niang suddenly appeared in mid-air within the hall, sitting on a roof beam.
Swinging her legs, she looked down at these numerous Li Clan descendants she had watched grow up bit by bit while residing inside Li Yaoqing’s body.
She smiled, “You should trust me. I can use my immortal power to make the Ancient Tree of Delusion Breaking bear fruit.
Those who consume the fruit will become my kin, and will also receive my protection.”
The clansmen wore ugly expressions and completely ignored Lu Niang.
Li Chang’an said, “Let us set this matter aside for now. What we need to do currently is sustain war through war.”
“Right.” Li Yuanshang smiled bitterly.
“Over the years, our resources have been mostly depleted.
Forging the Heavenly Fire Dao Field, the Corpse Mountain Dao Field, the Life Dao Field within the city, and acquiring the materials to isolate demonic qi within the divine tower… our family doesn’t have many resources left.”
Li Yunlin agreed,
“There are also the immortals. Tianming has been very successful in suppressing the White Jade Immortal.
Capturing immortals, whether to devour them or force them to aid our cultivation, is an absolute top priority. Only by doing so can we truly deal with immortals.”
As the crowd discussed.
A paper kite was seen flying through the cloudy sky. Li Yuanshang caught the paper kite, startled for a moment. “The Xuanyuan Clan… had the exact same thought we did.”
The Blood Moon, Grandhaven Prefecture.
Within the abyss formed by the great battle that had once occurred in Jade Mist Valley, an immortal palace radiating iridescent light could be seen floating in the cloudy sky.
Below, numerous cultivators centered around the abyss were constructing a prosperous city.
Utilizing their techniques, these cultivators had built a thriving city on the former site of Jade Mist Valley in just a few short years.
Floating above the city were immortal mountains and massive, hundreds-of-meters-tall immortal statues of generals.
Over a million cultivators, demonic beasts, and Wu Tribe members, all implanted with Dao Seeds, were actually coexisting in extraordinary harmony.
Within the city, the various races divided labor and cooperated with one another—constructing buildings, cultivating spiritual fields, and expanding spiritual mines into the distance.
It was even more prosperous than when Jade Mist Valley had overseen the area, presenting a scene of absolute thriving prosperity.
This city was—Spirit City.
The commoners in Spirit City even sang folk songs.
In the songs, Spirit City was the future city of the mortal realm; here, there were no racial divisions, no struggles or slaughter.
There was only fairness and justice, with all races working together with one heart to build Spirit City and march toward a beautiful future.
They sang praises of the Spirit Lord above Spirit City; this Heavenly Immortal who had descended from the sky had brought them hope for the future.
A cultivator riding a tiger-type Demon King hurriedly entered the cloud-topping immortal palace.
Inside the immortal palace were jade steps. Sitting upon a jade throne atop the steps was the most visionary and benevolent immortal under the heavens: the Spirit Lord.
The cultivator knelt on one knee.
“Reporting to the Spirit Lord, it is the Flame Sage Elder again.
He has advanced into the Sage Master Martial Academy… the despicable demons from outside the Blood Moon have once again destroyed the Flame Sage Elder’s constructions, and our citizens have lost their lives at the hands of these demons.
There are also several other demons; we have already dispatched men to set up grand arrays, but these demons are as slippery as loaches!”
Clad in jade garments, the Spirit Lord sat upon the jade throne, half-leaning with his chin resting on his hand.
His silver hair cascaded down like a falling galaxy, framing an incredibly handsome face that seemed untainted by the dust of the mortal world—a perfect picture of immortal grace.
Seeing the panic of his kin, he remained expressionless.
He had arrived in Grandhaven Prefecture many years ago, and he too was an awakened immortal.
However, having awakened late, even he found the situation in the Western Frontier complex.
Above the Blood Moon was a noble immortal, and beneath the Blood Moon were numerous immortals who had long since awakened.
Additionally, a Blood Moon kin named Min Tiange dominated all transactions with the Imperial Dynasty.
The Spirit Lord was deeply dissatisfied with everything in the Western Frontier.
It wasn’t until he arrived in Grandhaven Prefecture that everything finally returned to normal.
Following the thoughts he had upon awakening, he wanted to forge an Immortal Domain belonging entirely to him.
Yet, this had not been fully realized, and he never expected that eight demons would intrude into his Immortal Domain.
“Just as it was in the past, mortals always believe our existence is a threat to them; little do they know that we are their true salvation.”
The Spirit Lord’s voice was ethereal, causing the kneeling cultivator’s gaze to soften before turning resolute.
This cultivator had once been an immortal soldier of the Western Frontier, but after becoming the Spirit Lord’s kin, everything changed.
There was no more war; they possessed the most beautiful future. At the thought of these demons intruding upon their hard-won home, his voice grew deep and resonant.
“Please give the order, Exalted Immortal! We will spare no cost to ensure these invaders are annihilated into ash!”
The Spirit Lord continued speaking to himself:
“Plunder, deceit, envy… all of these are the causes of war, and they are also the foolishness of living beings. What I desire is a perfect world, eradicating all original sin.”
“Exalted Immortal!” The cultivator’s anger grew even fiercer; it was the living beings from outside the Blood Moon making the Spirit Lord angry!
“Go. Their appearance stems from original sin.”
The Spirit Lord waved his hand.
“The Flame Sage Elder should wait. The original sin of the living beings outside the Blood Moon is like a dam.
The dam has cracked open a fissure, and those few demons will never amount to anything.
But in all things, one must look on the bright side. If we treat them as fish appearing just before the dam bursts, then allowing the fissure to tear even wider is not out of the question.”
“Yes, Exalted Immortal!”
The cultivator hurriedly withdrew, his eyes shining brightly.
“The Exalted Immortal’s meaning is that these few demons are a probe from the wicked entities outside the Blood Moon.
After the probe, even more wicked entities will come, and we shall catch them all in one fell swoop!”
After the cultivator withdrew, a guard in white armor keeping watch over the immortal palace cast an imperceptible glance at the departing cultivator, then looked respectfully at the Spirit Lord upon the jade steps.
Waiting until the shift change.
A sliver of wicked light flashed through his eyes, and alluring, bewitching voices suddenly echoed within his mind.
“You shouldn’t be a mere guard. On what grounds are you just a guard? With your abilities, you should become a lord beneath the Blood Moon.
Even as a kin, you should rise step by step, perhaps even becoming a half-immortal!”
“You should be highly valued!”
The guard swallowed a blood-colored pill and murmured, “Yes, I should become the Spirit Lord’s most valued kin.”
“Let me teach you how to climb to the very top. Tell me what you saw and heard today.”
“I saw… I heard…”
…
[Special Event — Xuanyuan Clan Catches an Immortal]
[Xuanyuan Liqun once captured an immortal beneath the Blood Moon, incorporating It into his body and suppressing It.
He similarly understands that to fight against the Blood Moon, there are only two paths: becoming an immortal or becoming a demon.
He decided to sustain war with war, searching for opportunities outside the Blood Moon to capture immortals and strengthen himself.]
At this time, the family had already dispatched people to search for Xuanyuan Liqun.
This was nothing new.
Their Azure Cloud Li Clan had their own set of methods, and the Xuanyuan Clan, the Zhangsun Clan, and the Immortal Sect all had their own ways.
Let alone them, even the factions of Azure Cloud Prefecture were desperately trying to survive.
Just as Li Wei had said many years ago, if you imagine a crisis as an opportunity, then your line of thought becomes suddenly, absolutely clear.
Except at this moment, Li Wei was not in the mood to observe his clansmen.
Inside the Underworld.
Li Dalong had already fought his way to the front of the ninth layer of the Underworld.
In the entire Underworld, the only one capable of battling Li Dalong was a Body Integration realm, who only wanted to kill ‘himself’.
Aside from him, there were only the ‘spirits’ that had existed in the Underworld for countless years.
These entities completely lacked sentience, resembling natural storms; one simply needed to dodge them.
Simultaneously, Li Dalong had also found a magnificent palace in the Underworld.
This palace was ancient and had originally been occupied by a Ghost Emperor of the Underworld, who was subsequently captured by Li Dalong into his Soul-Refining Banner.
The palace looked like a place where ancient, powerful existences presided, exuding a majestic aura.
At the very end of the central hall, there was a seat engraved with a nine-clawed black dragon.
As the Underworld King, Li Dalong seemed to receive some kind of guidance and sat upon it.
“Boom!”
The Underworld trembled, the mountains shook, wandering souls filled the sky, and myriad ghosts bowed in worship!
Sitting above the Blood Sea, Xu Cuihua opened her mouth in astonishment.
In the sky, the karmic luck of the Underworld seemed to link together, transforming into a token that descended in front of Li Dalong.
The black light radiating from Li Dalong’s body turned into a massive, reverse-flowing pillar that shot straight into the cloudy sky.
This was not the first time she had seen such a scene; it had happened when her husband became the Underworld King, and now it was happening again!
The entire Underworld formed its own realm, seemingly developing its own will over the passage of time, unwilling to accept the Underworld’s decline.
As Li Dalong advanced step by step through massive battles, the unwilling will of the Underworld seemed to see a glimmer of hope, bestowing upon Li Dalong numerous privileges.
Just like right now… that token radiating Nether Qi!
“…”
Li Wei watched all of this blankly.
[Your descendant Li Dalong has gained the favor of the Underworld’s will.
Having become the Underworld King and fought his way halfway through the Underworld, he has increasingly earned the Underworld’s delight.
The ancient will of the Underworld has bestowed upon your descendant Li Dalong the ‘Underworld King Token’!]
[Innate Dharma Treasure: Underworld King Token]
[A supreme-grade Dharma Treasure self-generated by the Underworld’s will over many years, possessing effects comparable to a Spirit Treasure.
Linked with the Underworld’s will, the wielder possesses the Underworld King Technique.]
[Underworld King Technique: Underworld Soldier.
Bestows the status of an Underworld Soldier upon powerful Underworld beings, or allows the wielder to seek Underworld Soldiers in the mortal realm to capture wandering souls and escort them to the Underworld.]
[Underworld King Technique: Underworld Official Decree. Bestows the status of an Underworld Official, managing Underworld Soldiers…]
[Underworld Soldiers and Underworld Officials are protected by the will of the Underworld!]
“Wait a minute…”
Li Wei froze for a moment. From the Underworld Soldiers, he sensed a condition identical to those implanted with Dao Seeds: other techniques would find it incredibly difficult to affect the minds of Underworld Soldiers, almost as if they were… kin?
Li Wei stared with his eyes wide open at Li Dalong, who was currently receiving the ‘Underworld King Token’.
“Dalong, oh Dalong. Back in Green Valley Village, I knew you were an extraordinary kid.”
The trait [Hope of the Village] was still hanging in Li Dalong’s profile.
Li Wei let out a burst of silly laughter.
“Let’s toss a couple of Underworld Soldiers beneath the Blood Moon and see what happens, hehe.”
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