At this very moment.
The Li Family watched as Li Xiaosi easily succeeded in his tribulation and prepared to ascend.
He was about to leave them forever.
They did not want Li Xiaosi to leave, because they were all high-level cultivators and had their own intuitions.
Their intuition told them that something very bad was going to happen.
It was like when one's parents went far away to do something, and you had an ominous feeling about it.
So they began begging Li Xiaosi not to leave.
"Old Ancestor, our lifespans are limitless. Wouldn't it be better for us to live peacefully together in this Small World?"
"Yes, Old Ancestor. We all have lifespans of tens of millions of years. Even the Emperor Lords of the Immortal Realm might not have more than that, right?"
"Yes, Old Ancestor, be content. You can't leave. If you leave, there will be great danger."
The grandsons, granddaughters, wives, and concubines whom Li Xiaosi usually doted on the most all came to plead with him.
However, Li Xiaosi shook his head. "If we remain trapped in one place, then even if we last forever, once the outside world changes, all we can do is wait for death."
"Have you seen those mortal dynasties? Those that expanded outward survived, while those that stayed shut in were eliminated."
As Li Xiaosi said this, everyone fell silent.
Both his previous life and this life had taught Li Xiaosi that shutting oneself away was a dead end.
Those who clung to the status quo would die sooner or later.
The crowd stopped speaking and instead began celebrating for him.
They celebrated his successful tribulation.
They hypocritically arranged an ascension ceremony for Li Xiaosi, sending him happily off to become an immortal...
Li Xiaosi could tell that they had