Outside Jade Mist Valley, the auras of the four Body Integration experts stationed in the four cardinal directions were completely unconcealed.
After the Martial Emperor and the others tested one another, the exterior of the valley appeared tranquil, but in the shadows, winds and clouds surged.
Inside, however, a commotion had broken out.
Although the oppressive might of these powerful experts was isolated by the grand array, these four had already stood guard for a month.
No one could enter or leave Jade Mist Valley.
Ironically, the cultivators who had not been planted with Dao Seeds were somewhat calmer; those who had Dao Seeds planted in them were left with nothing but despairing panic.
No one knew what would happen beneath the Blood Moon.
Rumor had it that the people in the Western Frontier couldn't even step out of the Blood Moon's range.
Having arrived at Jade Mist Valley, there was no need to go to the Blood Moon either.
The Southern Frontier was now a lawless zone; no one would care whether Body Integration cultivators carried out a massacre or not.
Furthermore, the world knew that the people of the Li Clan were not benevolent lords even in times of peace.
In the southern part of Jade Mist Valley, a solitary figure knelt on the ground, tears and snot streaming down his face as he kowtowed incessantly.
"Fire Ancestor, let your child out! You must have a way to dispel the Dao Seed. Your child knows that the people of the Grand Tower are right in the Demon Cave!"
"I beg you, your child will genuinely and wholeheartedly serve the family from now on!"
"Your child kowtows to the ancestors. I will burn incense; I will burn incense right now."
"..."
It wasn't just the grand array suppressing Jade Mist Valley; the suffocating Dao rhythms of the four Body Integration experts were equally omnipresent.
With a mere wave of his hand, Li Yaotie could now conjure the most primordial Heavenly Fire in the world over a vast expanse.
Channeling his Dao method to effortlessly obliterate a Divinity Transformation cultivator from afar was as simple as breathing.
He saw absolutely everything unfolding within the grand array.
Watching Li Chuyuan with his disheveled robes, clumsily erecting an altar to offer sacrifices to the ancestors, Li Yaotie furrowed his brow at this unparalleled disgrace of a descendant.
"This must be Eldest Brother's seed. Yes, when I return, I must have Yundou thoroughly audit the genealogy."
He immediately used his Dao rhythm to isolate the kid's voice and continued to rest with his eyes closed.
In Jade Mist Valley right now, who had the time to care about this minor interlude?
At the location where Immortal Linghu was in secluded cultivation.
"Four... four Body Integration experts!"
Linghu Tiangong arrived.
Seeing his Ancestral Master remaining completely indifferent, he slammed his fist against the stone surface outside the secluded cultivation chamber, his face contorted in anguish.
"Ancestral Master, are you truly going to leave us with no path to survival?"
At this moment, even Immortal Linghu, who had always been aloof and paid no heed to outside worldly affairs, stood up, sensing the auras of the four Body Integration experts from the four directions.
No matter how egocentric his personality was, he couldn't suppress the wild pounding of his heart.
"Four... and all of them are from the Li Clan. How can there be so many Body Integration cultivators?!"
Outside, Linghu Tiangong was still howling.
Immortal Linghu ignored him.
If Linghu Tiangong weren't of his bloodline, he would have definitely executed him for such a cowardly and foolish disposition.
His ridiculous descendant had no idea that he was scheming to become an immortal.
As long as they survived this tribulation, Jade Mist Valley could become the Old Immortal Valley.
Even a Pyrrhic victory would mean that when he achieved the Dao, even his poultry and dogs would ascend to heaven.
Amidst his thoughts, Immortal Linghu caught a whiff of a foul fox stench.
He didn't even need to look to know that the elusive Fox Saint had appeared beside him.
The old creature feigned profound depth.
"Four Dao-Glimpsing experts. I didn't expect the Li Clan to hide their strength so deeply, but against Your Excellency, it is not enough.
The other Body Integration experts in the Southern Frontier are all watching from the sidelines. It seems Your Excellency has a high hope of becoming an immortal."
"Hmph."
Looking at the faint smile on the Fox Saint's face, Immortal Linghu said arrogantly, "Even if a few more came, what harm..."
But before the word "harm" could fully leave his mouth, his arrogant expression suddenly stiffened, and he raised his head to look at the sky.
A spatial mirror suddenly materialized in the cloudy sky above Jade Mist Valley.
The Li Clan's Old Ancestor, shrouded in black mist like blazing fire, arrived, stepping upon a Yin-Yang Fish diagram.
Li Yaotie and the others stationed at the four cardinal directions slightly curled their lips and raised their eyebrows.
"Hoo!"
At this moment, even the Fox Saint's expression drastically changed.
The Li Clan's Old Ancestor waved his hand.
Spatial Spiritual power was instantaneously deployed.
Several mirrors floated in the cloudy sky, slowly opening like ancient unadorned gates, from which stream after stream of Body Integration coercive pressure emanated.
The Fox Saint could feel the Li Clan's Old Ancestor's gaze pierce through the grand array, fixating on him before shifting to glare at Immortal Linghu.
Immortal Linghu lost all of his previous confidence and arrogant aloofness.
Only a hoarse voice echoed from the cloudy sky.
"Do you want to be a human, or do you want to be an immortal? Immortal Linghu, please make your choice."
With his hands clasped behind his back, the Li Clan's Old Ancestor looked down.
Like a towering mountain pressing down on Jade Mist Valley, all the cultivators in the valley raised their heads in sheer terror.
Every single word from the Li Clan's Old Ancestor struck viciously at the hearts of the cultivators in Jade Mist Valley.
"The time left for you... is running out."
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