Read Novel Full Chapter 1342: Chapter 1336: Immortal In The Mirror
Chapter 1342: Chapter 1336: Immortal In The Mirror
When the Xuanyuan Clan charged into Grandhaven Prefecture back then, they set a precedent.
The greatest characteristic of the living beings who survive in any era is their adaptability.
They will exhaust every possible means to face the crisis before them, all for one simple reason: to survive.
Over the years, the entire Southern Frontier had been researching one ultimate subject: dealing with immortals.
The immortal methods of the Red Dust Immortal were merely the beginning.
Following that was how to coexist with immortals… exhausting every method to capture immortals, and learning from Li Tianming how to suppress them.
[Your descendant Li Xinjue, along with members of Azure Cloud Prefecture and the Hall of Heavenly Principle, searched for a method to deal with the Blood Moon.
Through cooperation and relying on Li Changsheng wandering the edges of the Blood Moon, they found an opportunity, entered the Blood Moon, and captured an immortal—Shenyin.]
[The immortal Shenyin, awakened from ancient times, was parasitic upon a Void Refinement realm cultivator.
It was the most cruel immortal of the ancient era, summoned by the nightmares of living beings.
It would devour the desires and fears in their dreams, ultimately turning desires into reality, and then, at the very moment their desires were fulfilled, strip away everything from the living beings.]
[Acquired Immortal Method: Immortal in the Mirror]
[The ancient fairy transforms into the person in the mirror, making the target see themselves in the mirror and directly face their desires, thereby becoming bewitched.
Through this immortal method, one’s divine sense can appear in all reflections across an entire region, and one’s divine soul can merge into mirrors to manifest from within them.]
This was also one of Li Xinjue’s favorite methods.
Li Xinjue established the ‘Shadow Division’ within the family, similar to the Hall of Heavenly Principle’s Shadow Division.
The vast majority of the Silver Moon lineage clansmen who emerged from the mines were Shadow Division members.
Today, with the entire Southern Frontier in a state of chaos, any factor detrimental to the family was a target for Li Xinjue to eradicate.
When they captured Shenyin from the Endless Forest, Li Xinjue knew that this method was the absolute best immortal method for him.
He was intimately familiar with human greed and understood human desires; desire was the very standard that dictated a cultivator’s actions.
[Acquired Immortal Method: Kin]
[Acquired Immortal Method: Vow Fulfillment]
[Fulfills everything the supplicant desires, establishing a pact with them. Once the pact is fulfilled, Shenyin will extract the price.]
Li Xinjue sat at home, surrounded by square mirrors.
Occasionally, the images of descendants and members of the Hall of Heavenly Principle would reflect upon the mirrors.
This was another benefit of the [Person in the Mirror].
The members of the Hall of Heavenly Principle and the descendants of the Silver Moon lineage had benefited immensely from his immortal method over the years.
This immortal method surpassed the family’s communication tools like the ‘Spirit-Transmitting Smoke Gourd’ and ‘Dark Nests’.
All highly classified missions could be conveyed to him through mirrors.
The only trouble was…
Within the mirror, a heavily made-up, alluring woman suddenly appeared, posing seductively at Li Xinjue.
“Look at that bitter face of yours, is it really such a big deal? Your niece is bound to find out about my existence sooner or later.”
“Is it just ‘finding out’?” Li Xinjue turned his head away with an ice-cold expression, refusing to look at the Immortal in the Mirror.
“I am an elder, after all. For you to control my body to act so outrageously, how do you expect my descendants to view me?
If you make me lose face like this again, so what if I perish together with you?”
“Oh my, still so shy.” The Immortal in the Mirror wasn’t the least bit angered by this and silently vanished.
Li Xinjue’s expression remained slightly cold, but upon recalling that Zhijing had broken through to the Void Refinement realm, his face finally softened significantly.
He could feel that after years of cultivation, the family’s Divine Dragon bloodline within Zhijing had grown increasingly rich.
Coupled with her beast-taming method, the current Zhijing could hold her own, leaving him deeply reassured.
After handling the daily affairs of the Hall of Heavenly Principle and the Silver Moon lineage, he headed toward the City of Merit via the family’s teleportation array.
Seeing the prosperous City of Merit now brimming with vibrant Spirit Plants, Li Xinjue revealed a smile.
However, upon encountering younger family members bowing in greeting along the way, he hurriedly put on a cold face.
With the family having developed to this point, he was already a clan elder; he absolutely needed to maintain an aura of fear among the younger generation.
It wasn’t long before Li Xinjue arrived at the family’s main hall.
The clan elders were gathered here, occupied with endless matters.
“Xinjue, come here.” In the hall, Li Chang waved at Li Xinjue with a gentle expression, prompting a look of deep respect on Li Xinjue’s face.
Li Chang was the patriarch leading the Li Xinnian lineage, and also Li Xinjue’s granduncle.
After returning to the family, Li Chang had taken great care of Li Xinjue. Rumor had it that Granduncle An treated their father exceptionally well, viewing him as his own.
Grandpa An was a good man—law-abiding, proper, and respectful of etiquette.
However, his fate was unfortunate; Uncle Chen was used to a wandering lifestyle, and Li Xinnian was an elusive figure.
Now, word had it that he had already left the Underworld, joining Uncle Chen in traveling the world with his wife, Nangong Qingya, to search for Su Chen, who was undergoing his mortal transformation.
“Yes, Grandpa An.”
Li Xinjue bowed to his elder; at this moment, Shenyin inside his body did not dare to emerge.
Subsequently, he bowed to the many clan elders. When he reached his father, Li Xinghuo, Li Xinghuo merely nodded at him and went back to studying the strategic map.
On the strategic map, Clearpeak Prefecture… had fallen by half.
That damned Blood Moon. Even after several decades had passed, the entire Southern Frontier still hadn’t found a method to restrict its expansion.
“The immortal inside your body…” Li Chang cast a worried glance at Li Xinjue.
“Please rest assured, Grandpa An. Shenyin is very well-behaved. It merely pops out to show off from time to time, causing me to lose some face, but it is nothing major,” Li Xinjue replied calmly.
“Hmph!”
Li Chang let out a cold snort, not at Li Xinjue, but at Li Xinghuo, who was still studying the map.
Li Xinghuo was truly a piece of work; he never cared for the son he brought into this world.
Back when Xinjue first coexisted with Shenyin, the Immortal in the Mirror, Li Xinghuo hadn’t even bothered to ask about it.
Just look at what a good child Xinjue is! Filial, obedient, and law-abiding.
Even under the threat of the Blood Moon, he would visit his elders one by one to offer them tea during festivals and holidays.
And he also loves cleanliness.
“Uncle Jue, you… you have a fairy inside your body?” Li Zhijing looked at her clan uncle with worry.
Her secluded cultivation had lasted for over a century. Most of the demons within her Heavenly Demon Talisman Seed had been given to her by this very uncle.
Who knew that upon emerging, the entire world would have completely changed.
Many of the family’s elders were undergoing terrifying transformations in their efforts to resolve the Blood Moon. Even Uncle Jue had started forming that oddly feminine gesture.
Her grandfather said that even if the family elders wanted to become half-immortals, they would do so only after extensive research.
But the decisions Uncle Jue made were never subjected to anyone else’s approval. By the time they realized he was coexisting with the Immortal in the Mirror, it was already too late.
She found it incredibly difficult to imagine how someone as traditional as Uncle Jue would agree to coexist with a fairy, let alone start forming that oddly feminine gesture.
“Don’t worry, it’s all worth it. It is harmless, just a bit mischievous.”
Li Xinjue replied casually. Under Li Zhijing’s worried gaze, he turned to Li Chang and asked, “Grandpa An, has something happened?”
Spread across the table were numerous maps and letters.
The map detailed the current extent of the Blood Moon.
It had already swallowed all the territories of the Western Frontier, and subsequently Grandhaven Prefecture and half of Clearpeak Prefecture.
In addition to this, it also encompassed more than half the lands of the three Wu Tribe totems, and even parts of the Demon Race’s territory…
The map was marked with a massive number of red circles, indicating the populations of living beings.
In the recently annexed Grandhaven Prefecture and the half of Clearpeak Prefecture alone, there were over two million cultivators.
As for spirit beasts and the like, their numbers were simply innumerable.
It was even more terrifying when it came to the Wu Tribe’s territories, as every member of the Wu Tribe was a warrior.
Then there was the vast Western Frontier and Deston Prefecture… a gargantuan number of enemies loomed right before their eyes.
Facing all this, even Li Xinjue had no idea how the Southern Frontier was supposed to cope.
Not to mention the letters delivered to Azure Cloud Prefecture, which were farewell letters from many factions.
In just a few short decades, the death toll from internal strife had reduced their numbers by a tenth, and it was only going to escalate.
“The clan elders have decided to arrange for some of the children to migrate out of the Southern Frontier,” Li Chang said calmly.
“Migrate?” Li Xinjue took a deep breath. “I will handle it.”
“The Central Plains, the Northern Frontier, the sea regions, and Duskwild Prefecture all require preparation,” Li Chang said.
“Your intelligence network is the most comprehensive; our children need to be relocated to safe havens…”
“I understand. I have already thought about this matter. The primary concern is safety, staying far away from war and strife.
Over the years, our clan has acquired certain treasures, as well as the leaves of the Divine Tree, which are enough to shield them from heavenly secrets.
We cannot trust anyone in the outside world; we can only trust ourselves.”
Li Xinjue said gravely, “I will arrange for trustworthy, tight-lipped people to secretly construct Grotto-Heaven, ensuring they can at least be self-sufficient.
I will personally eradicate any threatening people or entities in the vicinity of these Grotto-Heavens one by one.”
“Good.” Li Chang’s expression was gentle.
Li Xinjue turned to leave, but then looked back. “Grandpa An, are we…”
“We still have a chance,” Li Chang replied, his expression remaining gentle.
Li Xinjue nodded slightly. He had wanted to ask if it wouldn’t be better for the entire clan to flee together.
He had been entertaining this idea for years, simply because far too many people in Azure Cloud Prefecture had fled.
Even the Mi family, which had once allied with their clan, had boarded spirit boats and set sail. More than half of the monks in the Great Ming King Temple had run away…
Yet, not a single one of the family elders had decided to run.
They were silently accepting all the changes occurring in the world.
They chose to stand beneath the crashing waves, guarding the tottering doors of their home, attempting to use their very flesh and blood to block the monstrous, apocalyptic tsunami outside.
“Fucking hell.”
Li Xinjue stood at the doorway. Behind him were his clansmen, still actively preparing for battle.
He looked up at the sun in the sky and cursed under his breath, sighing as he walked toward the family’s Divine Tree.
Before the Divine Tree hung a veil of white mist. Stepping inside, he casually kicked aside the person blocking his path and walked all the way to the end.
At the end of the path lay layers upon layers of seals, and trapped within these seals were furious… immortals!
Three immortals.
These were the immortals their Li Clan had seized over the years by employing various methods to kill half-immortals within the Blood Moon.
“Let me out!”
“Hahaha, so what if you’ve captured us? You disrespect the immortals, so don’t even dream of coexisting with us. When the Blood Moon arrives, that will be the moment we kill you all!”
“You are ultimately nothing but pathetic mortals!”
Inside his body, the Immortal in the Mirror, Shenyin, surveyed these captive immortals.
Noticing Li Xinjue’s icy glare, it laughed, “They speak the truth. Your clansmen have decided to fight, but it is nothing more than a dead end.
Even if you kill them, they will simply reappear in the future. No matter how you struggle, you are all nothing more than mere specks in the endless eons of the immortals.”
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