Zimo of the Purple Blood Clan had once seen An Ning as the goddess of his dreams. But everything had changed too quickly. Back at Flying Star Fort, he had been a ninth-tier Chaos Eonic God capable of crushing Li Tianming. Now he couldn't catch up with An Ning even if he whipped his horse bloody, and he couldn't beat Li Tianming with so much as a finger.
That had put an end to any thoughts he had about An Ning. Even bringing it up made him feel inferior and embarrassed.
So at the family banquet, he kept his head down and barely dared to speak.
His elder brother Ziqian and An Tianji, on the other hand, laughed and joked without a care. The moment An Tianji saw Li Tianming, he completely forgot the show of force he'd once given him. He slung an arm around Li Tianming's shoulders and told everyone they met, "This is my brother-in-law!"
Even Ziqian's triplet daughters, Ziyu, Ziwan, and Zisi, were at the smaller table. Seeing Li Tianming again, they showed none of their former nose-in-the-air arrogance. Each had turned shy and demure, and they called him brother-in-law too.
"Two more guests are coming," Prince Anyang said with a beaming smile.
Everyone waited a while.
Before long, the two honored guests arrived.
One was a middle-aged man, forest green and straight as a pine: Wei Qingcang, the young clan prince of the Forest Beast Clan and Li Tianming's maternal uncle.
Li Tianming had met the other guest too. He was Prince Yeyu, father of Ye Yuqing and one of the Ye Clan's foremost powerhouses!
Prince Yeyu had brought a little shadow along: Ye Yushu, the daughter of his younger brother Ye Sheng. She called Prince Yeyu uncle.
"The little girl insisted on coming to