[Your family has killed the Zhao Clan Divinity Transformation cultivators who attempted to commit massacres in the rear of Azure Cloud to throw your forces into disarray.
These Divinity Transformation cultivators, unrivaled among their peers, died without a sound.
Congratulations! Your family has obtained a large amount of spoils of war!]
[Obtained: Complete Zhao Clan Divinity Transformation Cultivator Corpse x8]
[Obtained resource-rich storage rings.]
[From the bodies of multiple key figures of the Immortal Zhao Clan, you have obtained the complete secret technique of the Immortal Zhao Clan—Earth-rank Cultivation Method: Embryo Refining Technique.
This is the secret behind the Zhao Clan's ability to extend longevity beyond the limits of their bloodline.
Practitioners can increase their lifespan.
Only Zhao Clan members born with Double Spirit Roots or those possessing special bloodlines may cultivate it.]
[There are five stages of cultivation. Those who break through all five stages gain three hundred years of lifespan and undergo a second marrow cleansing and essence purification.]
[Obtained Dharma Treasures, Spirit Artifacts, Spirit Objects...]
At this moment.
Led by Li Yaoqing, Li Yaotie, and Li Yaowen, the powerful experts of Azure Cloud had only just stepped out of Merit City, heading toward the border of Azure Cloud Prefecture!
A group of twelve, every single one a cultivator at the Divinity Transformation realm.
They traveled on their flying swords, their faces showing neither joy nor sorrow, as if they weren't the ones who had just killed four peerless geniuses of the Zhao Clan inside Merit City.
"Second Sister, Third Brother." Li Yaowen's figure moved like a drifting leaf, arriving beside her older sister and brother.
"The news of the four Zhao Clan geniuses dying in our Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land has been blocked.
But in other places, even with the Old Tree's leaves shielding the heavenly secrets, I fear the news will still reach the Immortal Zhao Clan.
They will soon know that not a single one of the Divinity Transformation cultivators they sent has managed to escape."
"It is a pity they were too arrogant and conceited; their Void Refining cultivators did not come."
Dongfang Xuan knitted her fine brows slightly. "The inescapable net that our entire Azure Cloud Prefecture spent a century secretly laying out... in the end, we were still one move short."
"Mm." Li Yaowen did not refute her.
When the Zhao Clan appeared in the Duravia Trade Prefecture, their Li clan had already begun making preparations.
The Zhao Clan perhaps never took Azure Cloud Prefecture seriously, but the Li family had truly been preparing for this for over a hundred years.
She had given Dongfang Xuan a goal, and for that goal, Dongfang Xuan had spent years deducing strategies, seeking a way to break the deadlock.
"Those surnamed Zhao had vast momentum. When Tianyi and the others hadn't found the Zhao Clan's secret history yet, you guys imagined they had ten Void Refining experts."
Li Yaotie scratched his head, remembering Zhao Hongchang, whom he had smashed to death with a hammer in the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land.
"Close enough, I guess. Their Void Refining experts didn't come, but four old geezers did. If this were a hundred years ago, hehe, I really wouldn't have been their match."
"Mm."
Li Yaowen nodded slightly and exchanged a glance with Dongfang Xuan, both of their expressions complex.
It wasn't "close enough"; it was off by a wide margin.
The two of them were skilled at deduction. But to ensure Azure Cloud Prefecture wouldn't panic too much, they claimed to have predicted ten Void Refining experts, when in fact... it was twenty Void Refining experts, plus one at the Integration realm.
Moreover, the predicted time was earlier than this, and the enemy wasn't the Zhao Clan.
Although they couldn't defeat such a force, it wouldn't mean the total destruction of Azure Cloud Prefecture; there would still be a glimmer of hope.
In the Old Ancestor's words, this was called the "Tian Xing" and "Prince Qian" after-effects.
"Second Sister, Third Brother." Li Yaowen's expression was grave.
"When Big Brother faced Zhao Wan'er, he was defeated in the very first exchange.
They still have five people, plus an 'Old Ancestor' of unknown nature.
Their Divinity Transformation descendants are all extraordinary, and their cultivation of techniques has reached the absolute limit.
This is a realm we haven't reached, even after seizing Tian Xing's arts.
It is hard to predict whether we will live or die in this battle."
"Mm." Li Yaoqing and Li Yaotie nodded solemnly.
The report on Zhao Wan'er's strength sent back by their Big Brother had scared them into a cold sweat.
An instant kill!
Seeing that her elder sister and brother had become solemn, Li Yaowen's expression relaxed slightly.
"The Zhao Clan was arrogant and conceited, and now they have paid the price.
Three million commoners of Perennis Immortal City have died; we need only prevent them from escaping.
The mighty figures of this world will not let them off."
Hearing this, the group arrived at the border between Azure Cloud Prefecture and the Duravia Trade Prefecture.
They saw the monks of the Great Ming King Temple still there, chanting sutras.
Whether or not it inflicted any damage on the Immortal Zhao Clan was another matter, but it certainly made everyone roll their eyes.
However, the moment the Li family arrived, Master Yuming silently joined their ranks.
As they advanced, Divinity Transformation cultivators from all corners of Azure Cloud Prefecture silently came forward to join them.
They had been preparing for over a hundred years!
After experiencing so much, the entire Azure Cloud Prefecture viewed the Immortal Zhao Clan not only as their greatest threat since its appearance, but also as...
A huge, delectable prize placed right before them!
They rode the winds and departed.
The wind and snow whipped up their hair, and their faces appeared incredibly gloomy under the sky that had seen no sunlight for years.
At the same time, a trace of guilt lingered in their eyes.