Yu Yaozi's Grand Ambition

Li Weiyi felt a sense of novelty. "What brilliant ideas does Young Master have? Tell me about them."

Tang Wanzhou said, "Throughout history, the power of the Netherworld of the Departed has far surpassed that of the Various Life Realms. Once a calamity breaks out, it is not surprising what level of powerhouses or how many departed spirits emerge."

"But this time, with the Withered-Prosperous Belt holding back, how many undead can get in? Undead at the Great Longevity level are almost impossible to find. Can we encounter such a situation outside? If we dare to go on a killing spree outside, we will inevitably provoke Great Longevity, or even transcendent level Ghost King and Corpse Kings. That's one point!"

Secondly, how do you see my cultivation speed?

Li Weiyi laughed and said, "In the Southern Yingzhou, there are very few like them. Even the children of those extraordinary women have been left behind by you."

"It was built with resources, and it was earned through countless battles and undefeated acts," Tang Wanzhou said.

Li Weiyi was deeply moved.

She added, "Even with the resources of Myriad Gate Families, the limit is reached when martial arts practitioners are cultivated to the Longevity Realm! From then on, they can only rely on themselves."

Li Weiyi nodded slightly. Once you reach the Longevity Realm, even a single Low-grade Spirit Crystal is worth millions of Spring Coin. Myriad Gate Families can be used to build an army.

A low-grade elixir is even more expensive.

Tang Wanzhou said, "Therefore, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gather wealth to prepare for the Great Longevity Cultivation. I don't want to spend hundreds of years cultivating in the Great Longevity Cultivation. Of course, this is a choice that we third-realm martial artists must make. As for you, Chang Yujian, Liu Ye, you can just cultivate in seclusion until the trial ends."

"I am no less powerful than a third-realm martial artist." The wealth Li Weiyi gained from killing the Departed Spirit Marquis was already enormous, not even counting the future rewards from the Sentinel Spirit Army.

Therefore, he understood better than anyone else what Tang Wanzhou meant by "a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Tang Wanzhou said, "But you've been targeted by Wenren Tinghai! Don't underestimate him. You should know that once Son of Heaven's Disciple or Ancient Sect True Disciple breaks through a realm, they can defeat everyone else at the same realm. Even at the Early Third Realm, he's stronger than Qin Zhengyang and Qingzao, who are at the Peak Third Realm."

Li Weiyi sighed, "It is said that upon reaching the Great Longevity, within the same cultivation level, Son of Heaven's Disciple and Ancient Sect True Disciple are rivals, while everyone else in the world can only compete for the position of invincible below the true disciple level. Is it already like this by the third realm?"

After reaching the third realm, Tang Wanzhou exuded confidence and laughed, "Stop lamenting. If you can fight someone in the third realm while you're only in the First Realm, why can't the Son of Heaven's Disciple and the Ancient Sect True Disciple be invincible at the same realm?"

At this moment, Tang Wanzhou was unaware that Li Weiyi, relying solely on her own combat strength and going all out, was already no less powerful than Taiyin Envoy at the Peak Third Realm. An ordinary Peak Third Realm cultivator could be repelled with a single sword strike.

As for capturing Haruzao, that was done with the help of the four Battle Corpse Puppet. Such power cannot last long.

Li Weiyi has already checked, and the remaining magical energy in the Longevity Golden Pill of the four Battle Corpse Puppet is only enough to support one more battle of blood-dripping corpse awakening. This time, it cannot be used lightly.

As for the Seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors, Li Weiyi will not allow them to participate in True Disciple-level battles until they reach the Second Realm of the Longevity Realm. Otherwise, the loss of each one would be an unacceptable blow.

After laughing, Li Weiyi asked with concern, "I heard you were seriously injured again?"

"In the past two years in Chun City, I've fought dozens of battles, big and small. Getting injured is commonplace. What's there to say?"

Tang Wanzhou deliberately evaded the question, then said with utmost seriousness, "The situation here is very complicated, with countless experts. Take my advice: go into seclusion with Chang Yujian and Liu Ye to cultivate. With the help of the power of Lesser Yang Star, you can break the Soul Return Lock in a short time."

After speaking, Tang Wanzhou turned and walked towards Nangong, whereupon the two women began a private discussion.

"There are more than a dozen large lakes like this one around Chun City, scattered over a radius of tens of thousands of miles."

Zhao Tang continued, "Did you know? This vast land has burst forth with boundless vitality, suitable for human habitation, comparable to a small to medium-sized habitat. Look, the Demon Kingdom has already begun a large-scale migration of its population."

Standing on the jade boat, one can already see the opposite shore.

On the shore, groups of residents disembarked from a massive magical warship. They were descendants of traitors and criminals from the Demon Kingdom, exiled here.

It's easy to imagine that their next step will be to build homes around the lake.

As long as the martial arts practitioners who activate the tokens are constantly changed, and the Years Ruins God Token is used, a large number of people can be attracted in.

Li Weiyi asked, "The Ancient Kingdom of the Years Ruin is fraught with danger. Will they be able to survive?"

"There are many burial grounds and spatial anomalies around Chun City, so their chances of survival are extremely slim. But the Demon Kingdom must have its reasons for doing this," Zhao Tang said.

The people from Lesser Yang Division disembarked and went ashore.

Li Weiyi felt a burning gaze fixed on him, so he followed his senses and looked toward the giant magical warship of the Demon Kingdom on the shore.

On the giant ship, a figure clad in blood-red armor glided through the Kongxu and landed not far from them.

"I am from the Sacred Dark Family, Xue Sanguan, the swordsman of the Blood Pool Silver Sea." Xue Sanguan stared at Li Weiyi as he introduced himself.

The Blood Pool Silver Sea, which was taken by Li Weiyi, is a battle blade that only the young leaders of each generation of the Sacred Dark Family are qualified to cultivate.

Yan Zhiruo transmitted her voice to Li Weiyi: "In order to manage the Ancient Kingdom of the Years Ruin, the Demon Kingdom's army held a military competition for the third stage of the Longevity Realm, with the age limit raised to two hundred years old. The Imperial Guard selected ten people, and the Border Army also selected ten people. The first place in the Imperial Guard was Yu Qi, and the first place in the Border Army was Xue Sanguan. Don't ask me how I know, anyway, my heart is with the Lesser Yang Division now, and it was the Holy Division that saved me."

Li Weiyi looked at Xue Sanguan and asked with a smile, "Senior Xue, are you planning to buy a knife, or steal one?"

Xue Sanguan frowned. The word "senior" silenced his desire to challenge. "You can buy back the Blood Pool Silver Sea, but you can't buy back the face lost by the Sacred Dark Family."

"Does stealing give you face?" Li Weiyi asked.

Xue Sanguan said, "If we can win, the world will acknowledge us. Farewell, everyone!"

Li Weiyi stared at Xue Sanguan figure and hurriedly called out, "Senior Xue, why don't you challenge me? Just bring out a treasure of the same level as the wager."

Xue Sanguan didn't look back; in his heart, Li Weiyi was already a dead man.

"For him, killing you and reclaiming the Blood Pool Silver Sea is more prestigious than defeating you as a senior," Yan Zhiruo said.

Li Weiyi said, "Then I called you 'senior' incorrectly?"

"You didn't call me by the wrong name, that was very polite," Zhao Tang comforted him.

Upon returning to the magical artifact ship, Xue Sanguan received a letter from Wenren Tinghai. After reading the contents of the letter, his expression changed drastically, and he looked in the direction where the Lesser Yang Division members had disappeared.

"Capture Haruhachi? How is that possible?"

Chun City is the capital of the Ancient Kingdom of the Years Ruin, named after the immortal tree "Great Spring" in the center of the capital. Of course, Great Spring has long been cut down, becoming one of the opportunities for Yu Jia to break through to immortality.

The ruins of the capital city are divided by a stretch of shimmering blue water, half shrouded in the aura of the underworld and half bathed in the moonlight of time.

The city wall is remarkably well-preserved, magnificent and imposing, covered with vines as thick as an arm.

But below the city walls, much of the area was shrouded in a thick, gray aura, where one could see broken steles, a sea of corpses, severed weapons, and blood that had never dried.

Many years ago, a war that destroyed a nation broke out here, burying more than 100 million martial arts practitioners.

Those bloodstains that have remained wet for millennia were spilled by the Martial Path Son of Heaven, containing the curse power of the Years Ruin Empress. Any Longevity Realm Martial Cultivator who comes into contact with them will suffer a great calamity.

"What do you think about me rebuilding the Lingxiao Shengjing in the Ancient Kingdom of the Ancient Kingdom of the Years Ruin?" Yu Yaozi's voice came from the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish and entered Li Weiyi's ears.

Walking through the ruined ancient city, Li Weiyi was shocked, never expecting that Yu Yaozi would have such a thought.

He replied telepathically, "The Ancient Kingdom of the Years Ruin has clearly been targeted by various forces, and its location deep within the Netherworld of the Departed makes it an undesirable choice."

"I think it's an excellent choice."

Yu Yaozi said, "The Withered-Prosperous Belt can serve as a protective Great Wall for the country. If we also open up the Ancient Ye City and the Seven Grievances Plain, we can connect with the Lingxiao Shengjing and then look out over the East Sea. Of course, it is not enough for me alone, but with the return of the Master Wu, the Lingxiao Palace will surely become stronger than ever before."

"Restoring Three Hundred Prefectures is merely a matter of course. To break through the Ghost Dongxu Ghost City, destroy this Netherworld of the Departed, and connect with the Hundred Realms Life Domain, one would have three thousand states to govern. Then, to wipe out all the demons and monsters in Southern Yingzhou, restore order to the turbid world, and reshape the universe into a Qingming —this would be a truly great achievement, bringing blessings to the world and ushering in an era of lasting peace."

"At that time, people will no longer have to live such a difficult life. Darkness will be forever dispelled, and life will triumph over death. And our first step is to take over the Ancient Kingdom of the Years Ruin."

Li Weiyi was moved by the future she described. He had to admit that Yu Yaozi was a cultivator with ideals and vision, someone who could truly benefit the world after achieving mastery of her cultivation, rather than a selfish person who only cared about herself no matter how high her cultivation level was.

Li Weiyi has been in Yingzhou for several years and has truly experienced what it means for human life to be as worthless as grass, for survival to be difficult, for evil spirits to lurk around, and for darkness and eeriness to press down on people from all directions, making it hard to breathe.

The Coffin Master once asked him what he was pursuing at this stage, and Li Weiyi never knew how to answer.

I want to answer the question about martial arts.

But which cultivator isn't pursuing the martial arts path and seeking greater power?

Strength itself is meaningless; it needs spirit to support it, it needs pursuit to realize its meaning, and it needs to build one's own values to consistently illuminate the way forward.

Li Weiyi vaguely saw the road ahead; perhaps if he saw Coffin Master again, he would be able to answer the question.

"The Great Palace Master was referring to us just now?" Li Weiyi asked in surprise.

"That's right, it's us."

Yu Yaozi's voice rang out again. "Go and help me find out what the current situation is between the Ancient Kingdom of the Years Ruin and the Ancient Years Clan. You still don't understand what it means to leverage power."

"How so?" Li Weiyi asked.

Yu Yaozi said, "Then why doesn't Nangong tell you the truth? Because you're not important enough; telling you would be meaningless. But if you represent me and the Master Wu, then you can certainly talk to the higher-ups of the Ancient Years Clan face to face."

"What do you want to talk about?" Li Weiyi asked.

After a long silence, Yu Yaozi's voice rang out again. "There's no need to rush. Let's wait a little longer and let the flames burn even brighter."