Family Management Game In Immortal Continent

Chapter 1322: Chapter 1316: The True Master Of The Mortal Realm

Stepping out of the City of Merit, Zhao Guang and the others wore grim expressions.

“This is the Azure Cloud Li Clan?” Zhao Guang sensed everything within the City of Merit.

The entire city was lush and verdant, brimming with vitality.

Having cooperated with the Li Clan many times in the past, he knew that as his lifespan neared its end, the Li Clan had consistently relied on their merchant branch’s immense wealth to supply him with life-extending pills.

The Mountain of Esoteric Stratagems, the Grand Tower, battling the Nirvana Sage Elder in the Western Frontier…

He had cooperated with the Li Clan on all these occasions, and even then, he knew the Li Clan possessed tremendous potential.

But only now, having arrived in the Southern Frontier, did he truly grasp the Li Clan’s profound foundation.

These verdant vines and the vibrant vitality permeating the Li Clan formed a natural array imbued with the power of an immortal.

The Li Clan’s territory housed the actual presence of an immortal, not merely half-immortals created through the bestowed gifts of immortals!

And… perhaps more than just one.

As for Body Integration realm cultivators, he could sense three of them who hadn’t even bothered to conceal their auras!

Aside from that.

Passing by the Li Clan’s Myriad Dao Pagoda, even at the Body Integration realm, Zhao Guang could feel a pair of eyes staring at him from the void.

Some sinister, evil entity undoubtedly lurked within that divine tower, making him feel a pervasive, inescapable threat.

“Just how many secrets… is the Li Clan hiding?” Zhao Guang murmured softly.

Beside him, Wenren Jiuyue wore a solemn expression. “Commander Zhao, Li Chang’an agreed to our conditions. Do you think…”

“He was coaxing us.”

Zhao Guang replied without hesitation.

“If the Li Clan wanted to leave, they could have taken the majority of their foundation and departed via the South Sea at any time.

With the Li Clan’s current strength, they could easily settle and thrive anywhere in this vast world.

Yet they haven’t done so, which proved long ago that the Li Clan is absolutely determined to guard Azure Cloud Prefecture and fight the immortals beneath the Blood Moon to the bitter end.”

“These people are truly insane.” Wenren Jiuyue’s face turned dark.

“I heard the Li Clan’s Old Ancestor even took a trip into the Blood Moon. The Li Clan must know exactly how terrifying the things inside the Blood Moon are; they are simply courting death!”

“And then there’s our Imperial Dynasty. The Imperial Dynasty completely ignores the Blood Moon and has repeatedly sent messages urging the Li Clan to leave Azure Cloud Prefecture.

They should be perfectly aware that Her Majesty the Empress supports the Blood Moon’s intentions. Why must they be so stubbornly inflexible?”

Seeing the two mighty figures conversing, Gongyang Ju didn’t dare to interrupt.

Inwardly, he was cursing endlessly.

This is their home, not the home of the people from the Imperial Capital. Even Gongyang Ju knew quite a bit about the affairs of the Imperial Capital.

With the Empress—that old demoness—in charge, the entire Imperial Dynasty appeared prosperous on the surface, but in reality, nothing she did was humane.

The cultivators in the Western Frontier were originally fighting the Wu Tribe.

But Min Tiange, that dog-like bastard, took advantage of the Grand Tutor’s departure to the Northern Frontier to hook up with the Empress.

Suddenly, the entire Western Frontier became Min Tiange’s breeding ground for Dao Seeds.

Inside these Dao Seeds were immortals, and the immortals ruled the Blood Moon, swallowing both the Western Frontier and three totems of the Wu Tribe.

The old demoness colluded with the immortals.

The immortals within the Blood Moon were reviving, and numerous immortal artifacts were being sent to the Imperial Dynasty—this was part of their transaction.

Relying on these immortal artifacts, people like Zhao Guang consequently became half-immortals.

Such things were happening all over the Imperial Dynasty, silently altering the entire realm’s landscape.

“Motherfucker, what a bitch,” Gongyang Ju cursed under his breath, his face expressionless.

Legend had it that the Human Race had painstakingly suppressed the immortals, yet now the Empress was secretly supporting them.

The Imperial Dynasty’s strength was currently increasing, and in cooperation with the immortals, it wouldn’t be long before the entire Imperial Dynasty and the Human Race, bolstered by these benefits, would rule the entire world.

When he arrived safely in the Southern Frontier from the Western Frontier, his mind had been completely blown.

But what was the cost of all this? Wasn’t it bought with the blood of the soldiers in the Western Frontier and the entire Southern Frontier?

“My Lords, having said all that, why must the Empress insist on persuading the Li Clan to leave? And the other factions…”

Gongyang Ju simply couldn’t suppress the doubts in his heart, nor that sliver of human anger.

The two lords turned to look at him simultaneously, and Gongyang Ju didn’t fear his own meager strength.

After a long silence in the City of Merit, Wenren Jiuyue finally said, “Ancestor Lan.”

“Ancestor Lan?” Gongyang Ju was startled.

“Ancestor Lan is the legendary successor of the Dao Ancestor,” Wenren Jiuyue said, surveying the entire City of Merit, his mind restless.

“The emergence of immortals in the Western Frontier is a lethal trap Her Majesty laid for Ancestor Lan.

Now, numerous factions in the Imperial Capital have begun accumulating their foundations, ordering the cultivators within their ranks to be ready at any moment to break through and claim the Daos currently occupied by Ancestor Lan.”

“What if Ancestor Lan escapes?” Gongyang Ju was shocked, yet also somewhat confused.

“This is a high-stakes gamble. Her Majesty the Empress harbors grand ambitions, no less than any successive monarch of our Human Race.”

Wenren Jiuyue’s face bore a trace of pride as a cultivator of the Wenren family.

“Her Majesty tested the waters for many years, and she is certain that with the immortals emerging, Ancestor Lan will have no choice but to reveal himself and return his Daos to the world.

However, if she wants Ancestor Lan dead, only the immortals possess such ability.”

“In truth, Her Majesty the Empress knows that immortals will never truly disappear.

They are hidden in every aspect of the world, and after so many years, they have long been plotting in secret. So why not use the hands of the immortals to take Ancestor Lan’s life?”

“With this, our Imperial Dynasty can seize control of the entire world, making everything worthwhile.

Sitting atop the world, with the Imperial Dynasty commanding numerous Body Integration cultivators and half-immortals, the Imperial Dynasty will become the true master of the mortal realm.

Even immortals will have to submit. This is a monumental feat unprecedented since ancient times.”

“This…” Gongyang Ju’s face turned pale.

To achieve this, they were willing to sacrifice the entirety of the Western Frontier, the Southern Frontier, and the lives of the countless commoners within?

Zhao Guang’s expression was also ugly.

Yet Wenren Jiuyue remained full of arrogance. “Her Majesty’s only target is Ancestor Lan. Out of her immense grace and benevolence, she has left the Li Clan a path to survival…”

“This is what you call a path to survival?” Zhao Guang scoffed.

“Grandhaven Prefecture was destroyed in a single day. It seems you are well aware of what happened during that battle.”

“So what if we are?” Wenren Jiuyue’s expression turned slightly cold.

“The Li Clan was in Grandhaven Prefecture, gathering the strength of three prefectures to fight Jade Mist Valley.

The immortal watchdog was annihilated, and even the Red Dust Immortal vanished without a trace.” Zhao Guang didn’t bother hiding the mockery in his expression.

“According to the plans of the Western Frontier and the Empress, Jade Mist Valley should have thrown the entire Southern Frontier into chaos, effortlessly devouring the Southern Frontier and Ancestor Lan.”

“But with the battle at Grandhaven Prefecture, everything changed. Led by the Li Clan, the Southern Frontier is determined to fight the Western Frontier.

You hypocritically told the Li Clan to flee because you feared their resistance would disrupt your plans!”

Wenren Jiuyue’s face grew even uglier. “Commander Zhao, you also received the Imperial Dynasty’s assistance to become a half-immortal. Whose side are you on?”

“I am on the side of the Imperial Dynasty and the Human Race.”

Zhao Guang sneered.

“I accepted the Empress’s immortal seed because I feared death. Having served the Imperial Dynasty for so many years, it is what I deserve.

But that doesn’t mean I agree with what you are doing.

It’s nothing more than the women of your Wenren family wanting to grasp authority and power. Don’t speak of these filthy deeds as if they were so noble and pure.”

“Noble? You are the ones acting noble!”

Wenren Jiuyue was furious.

“You all knew the immortals were reviving, yet did you ever care? You enjoy everything that comes after the slaughter and bewitchment of the Western Frontier.

Your immortal seed, Zhao Guang, came exactly from that; you have the blood of at least a million people on your hands!

Once our Imperial Dynasty unifies the world, future generations will judge whether Her Majesty’s actions were a monumental achievement or a grave sin.”

As the tension between the two escalated, Gongyang Ju hurriedly intervened.

“My Lords, please stop arguing. Let us leave the Li Clan and return to the Imperial Capital to report before doing anything else.”

“No.”

The three left the City of Merit. Under Wenren Jiuyue’s lead, they headed toward the Xuanyuan Clan in Redmere Prefecture.

Wenren Jiuyue said, “The Li Clan being unwilling to leave does not mean the other factions are unwilling. This is also the reason Her Majesty sent us here.

Once the Xuanyuan Clan leaves, it will become an inevitable trend, and the Li Clan will have no choice but to leave.”

“If they remain stubborn…”

Wenren Jiuyue’s eyes were filled with pity.

“Then we will have no choice but to erect a monument in the Imperial Dynasty for the heroic spirits of the Li Clan, just like the one for Gu Fenghua.”

……

Two months later.

Redmere Prefecture, outside the gates of the Xuanyuan Clan, upon the Pillar of Shame.

Numerous talismans rustled in the wind, accompanied by the loud rattling of the seal-bearing Heaven-Imprisoning Lock.

Array formations spanning heaven and earth formed an inescapable cage.

“Release me!!!”

Wenren Jiuyue glared furiously at the experts surrounding him in all directions, as well as the Xuanyuan Clan’s Patriarch Xuanyuan Yuanhua, Xuanyuan Liqun, the Li Clan’s Li Yaotie and Li Yunlin, and the Zhangsun Clan’s Zhangsun Feng, who all stood beneath the tall pillar engraved with the word “Shame”.

Everything had happened so fast.

They had originally come to request the Xuanyuan Clan to leave; Xuanyuan Liqun was extremely agreeable and had even spent an entire month discussing escape plans with them.

Finally, last night, Xuanyuan Liqun invited the three envoys from the Imperial Capital to step outside the Xuanyuan estate, only for the heavens and earth to be instantly illuminated by the brilliance of a grand array.

He, a dignified Dao-Comprehending realm cultivator, hadn’t even sensed a thing before being restrained by layered grand arrays, barriers, and various streams of Spiritual power, reducing him to his current miserable state.

Looking at the numerous cultivators below staring at him with bizarre expressions, his heart was currently filled with nothing but anger and bewilderment.

He knew the strength of the Three Prefectures perfectly well.

Yet, despite his abilities, he was easily captured like a mere ant!

Of the three who came, only Zhao Guang possessed the strength to escape.

“Impossible… in such a short amount of time, these cultivators of the Three Prefectures…”

Wenren Jiuyue’s face was deathly pale. He actually sensed various demonic qi and immortal qi among the cultivators below!

“Release me! I am here to advise you all. I never had any intention of making enemies of you. Everyone…”

Wenren Jiuyue roared furiously, yet the people below gave absolutely no response, only engaging in discussions that made his scalp go numb.

“The Dao of Heart Fire. My proposal is to imprison his soul and have someone cultivate his Dao of Heart Fire.”

“I have experience with this!” Li Yaotie grinned at Xuanyuan Liqun.

“My clan has Soul-Suppressing Nails. Pin his limbs down, and his Dao methods will flow out from his limbs.

Using his blood for comprehension couldn’t be faster. Furthermore, a child in my clan wields the Soul-Holding Lamp; roasting his soul with it will burn away his Dao rhythm and force it to leak out, leaving him with absolutely no thoughts of escape.”

“We could chop off his limbs and head, splitting his soul into five parts to be distributed among the five dismembered body parts, with each family keeping one.”

Zhangsun Feng’s words caused everyone to take a collective step back.

Paying no mind to their reactions, Zhangsun Feng continued discussing the dismemberment in earnest,

“The Li Clan’s Zhiheng excels at illusions. He can plunge his five divided souls into eternal, agonizing memories, only reuniting them once a decade.”

“…”

On the Pillar of Shame, Wenren Jiuyue’s face turned completely ashen.

Rendered speechless for a long time, he finally looked up at the sky and let out a furious roar with all his might.

“Zhao Guang, save me!!!”

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