Across the Ages

Li Ping'an was slightly surprised.

The people his father, Li Dazhi, had specifically named for him to kill were not Lu Ya, Maitreya, or their ilk, but several elder members of the human race.

Most of these elders were connected to Elder Tianli. They were fugitives who had slipped through the net during the Heavenly Court's previous investigations. They had once abused their privileges and colluded with the Western Teachings. They had behaved themselves for a while, but now that peace reigned across the land, they had begun stirring again.

Li Dazhi had originally been the Heavenly Court's Chief of Finance. If he wanted to move against these people, he needed a proper justification and had to consider the views of the Ancient Human Race's old ministers.

Li Ping'an suggested secretly eliminating them, and Li Dazhi decisively gave him a list.

Li Ping'an did not hesitate. He directly manipulated the Heavenly Dao, investigated the crimes of these old Golden Immortals, then inflicted them with the poison of the Three Corpses and the Five Decays of Heavenly Beings, ensuring they would each die violently within three years.

They were merely a few simple trifles.

It was only that Li Ping'an had not been accustomed to wielding this authority before.

He wandered around the Southern Continent and found that Di Xin's preparations for the Eastern Expedition were exceptionally thorough. His troops were strong, his horses robust, and strange beasts gathered in great numbers. The feudal lords along the route had all submitted, every major pass had dispatched forces to follow him, and even Li Jing, the border commander, had led his army there long ago.

It truly carried a hint of revival.

Still, whether Di Xin could break through the impasse remained unknown.

After Ji Chang returned to Xiqi, he began openly