Ever since Young Master Bai Yue of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had appeared in Star City and expressed his desire to cooperate with the Li Family, Li Junhu had vaguely sensed that a storm targeting the Li Family was quietly brewing.
Li Junhu had, after all, been chosen from among countless candidates to become the current head of the Yunling Li Family. His mind was as crafty as a fox's, and after cultivating for more than four thousand years, he had grown old and shrewd—he could no longer be viewed as an ordinary mortal.
After pondering for many days, Li Junhu gradually sorted out the whole chain of events.
Cooperating with the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace was clearly unwise. If the Li Family agreed to cooperate and the plan succeeded, the Li Family would be the one to suffer. It would fall into the demonic path and become the common enemy of the world.
If the cooperation failed, the Li Family would still be the one to suffer. It would bear the stigma of the demonic path and be condemned for all eternity.
Therefore, Li Junhu made a prompt decision and refused to cooperate with the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace. However, he did not completely cut off the road; instead, he left the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace a sliver of hope.
Li Junhu thought...if the Evil Moon Sect truly intended to fight the Li Family to the death, then to protect the Li Family's legacy from extinction, he would be willing to fall into the demonic path without the slightest regret.
After Li Junhu realized that he could not cooperate with the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, he began racking his brains for a way to break the deadlock.
In the end, Li Junhu found Second Master Li. Together, they