“These lower realms are full of nothing but low-level cultivators,” Li Ziming said disdainfully. “The strongest among them is only at the Unity stage. We could wipe them out in an instant. What’s there to hesitate about?”
“But interfering without authorization…”
“Brother, one day here is a year down there. If we go to find the Heavenly Emperor to report this, the round trip will take too long. If we delay his daughter’s ascension, we can’t bear that responsibility!” Li Zihao wanted to go to the lower realm first and report afterwards.
He desired that purple lightning. It contained the power of the Heavenly Dao, which could greatly enhance his cultivation.
Furthermore, some time ago, he had sensed a fleeting trace of dragon aura from that very lower realm.
No dragon tribe had been seen in the Heavenly Realm for ten thousand years. If he could find something related to them, it would surely be a great merit.
“Ziming, the Shade-eye of Heaven is watching over that realm. Nothing will happen. We should still consult the Heavenly Emperor first to decide our course of action,” Li Zihao shook his head.
Countless individuals who had previously descended to lower realms had never returned. No lower realm should be underestimated.
Moreover, this particular lower realm had always been under the Heavenly Emperor’s control.
If their descent disrupted the normal functioning of that world and affected the Heavenly Emperor’s daughter…
Given the Heavenly Emperor’s methods, he would never let them off.
Li Ziming couldn’t be bothered to argue further with Li Zihao.
He directly charged into the portal leading to the lower realm.
“Ziming, come back!” Li Zihao’s face paled with shock.
He reached out to grab him, but was a step too late.
What happened next filled Li Zihao with even greater terror. The moment Li Ziming entered the lower realm, the portal closed behind him.
Whoosh!—
Crack!—
The Scrying Mirror shattered.
Instantly, Li Zihao’s eyes widened in fury, his body trembling uncontrollably.
Then, all the Scrying Mirrors shattered!
Li Zihao collapsed to the floor, sweating profusely. “It’s over… All three thousand lower realms have gone out of control. What are we going to do?”
“Ziming, you’ve committed a catastrophe! Even the Heavenly Emperor doesn’t dare to casually descend to a lower realm, and you just charged right in… The Li Clan is finished…”
Li Zihao struggled to his feet, trembling as he performed hand seals, attempting to salvage the situation.
But before long—
Li Zihao’s aura became chaotic, his cultivation base began to regress, and his face instantly aged, becoming like that of a man in his eighties.
He had exhausted all his cultivation, yet failed to repair a single Scrying Mirror.
He took out a purple talisman. “Luocheng, quickly! Disperse all members of the Li Clan. Tell them to find a way to leave the Heavenly Realm. Also, take this token and secretly send Yuxi to the Feng Family. After delivering her, immediately erase all your memories related to Yuxi!”
“Carry this out as soon as you receive my message!”
As soon as Li Zihao finished speaking, the talisman in his hand burned up and vanished.
He was grateful he had kept one Long-range Sound Transmission Talisman. He hoped this plan could preserve the Li Clan’s sole remaining bloodline.
Trembling unsteadily, Li Zihao stood up and began walking towards the direction of the Heavenly Palace.
With his current fallen realm, it would take him three days to reach the Heavenly Emperor. He could only hope to buy some time for the Li Clan.
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Meanwhile.
After sealing the portal, the Shade-eye of Heaven’s previous gloominess vanished completely.
In its joy, it completely failed to notice Li Ziming, who had quietly flown away into the distance.
Hiding far away, Li Ziming observed the Shade-eye of Heaven covertly. How did this creature also possess the power of the Heavenly Dao?
No good!
He couldn’t move against it yet.
Since the lightning tribulation had ended, Li Ziming couldn’t locate the person he had seen in the Scrying Mirror, which made him irritable.
He blamed Li Zihao. If not for his brother’s dithering and wasting time, he would have already extracted the Thunder Spirit Root and returned.
As for the portal being sealed, Li Ziming wasn’t worried at all.
As long as he found the Heavenly Emperor’s daughter and stayed by her side, he would eventually find a way to leave this inferior lower realm.
Li Ziming found a city and tried to enter to inquire about who possessed the Thunder Spirit Root, but was stopped at the gates.
Several incredibly long queues stretched out from the city entrance.
“What’s happening? Why is everyone trying to get into the city?” Li Ziming asked someone.
The person looked at Li Ziming with wary eyes. “Which sect are you from?”
Impatience flashed in Li Ziming’s murky eyes, followed by a wisp of black mist.
Instantly, the man’s eyes became vacant and lifeless. “Everyone wants to enter the state capital to apply for a transit token to Qingyun Province. I’ve heard that the Shumo Auction House in Qingyun Province will be auctioning a Tianyuan Fruit three days from now.”
“It’s not just Huoling Province. People from across the entire Nine Provinces Continent are rushing to Qingyun Province. Every major power wants to get their hands on the Tianyuan Fruit.”
“There are currently no cultivators at the Unity stage on the continent. Obtaining the Tianyuan Fruit offers a chance to cultivate one.”
The man revealed everything he knew.
Li Ziming was slightly surprised. A Tianyuan Fruit existed in such a low-level world?
That fruit would be his. These ants would only be wasting such a treasure anyway. Using a Tianyuan Fruit to pass a tribulation was simply profligate.
He completely ignored the man’s mention that there were no Unity stage cultivators on the continent.
“Is there any other way to get to Qingyun Province besides the teleportation array?” Li Ziming asked.
“Yes, one can cross the toxic barriers between the provinces. There are two toxic barriers between Qingyun Province and Huoling Province. The poison within is something even Void God stage cultivators cannot withstand, so no one chooses to cross the barriers to reach Qingyun Province.”
Disdain flashed in Li Ziming’s eyes. Just because some Void God trash couldn’t cross them didn’t mean he couldn’t.
After obtaining the desired information, Li Ziming used a shrinking earth technique and departed.
Shortly after he left, the man at the city gate exploded and died.
