Eastern Ancient Celestial Continent.
The Cracked Heaven Dynasty.
Deep within the imperial palace, in the imperial clan's forbidden grounds, inside the Heavenly Wood Secret Realm.
Three old men with deep, powerful auras, each clearly emanating Immortal Rhythm, stood around a towering ancient tree that pierced the clouds and was nearly a million zhang tall. Their faces were full of shock, yet when their eyes met, they were filled with displeasure toward one another.
So much so that the Liehuang Imperial Clan members farther away did not dare make a sound.
These three were none other than the three ancestors of the Liehuang Imperial Clan with the highest seniority and the strongest power: Ancestor Hua, Fire Ancestor, and Tree Ancestor.
Ancestor Hua's name was Li Tianhua!
Fire Ancestor's name was Li Qinghuo!
Tree Ancestor's name was Li Bishu!
The towering ancient tree the three men surrounded was nothing else—it was unmistakably the divine tree Li Yun had previously encountered on Wanqing Mountain, and also one of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Roots of the Ancient Celestial Continent.
"What a fine Li Qinghuo, what a fine Li Bishu!"
"How truly treacherous of you. The return of the divine tree was such a major matter, yet you actually kept it from me. To avoid causing a stir, you even turned a blind eye when that Jin Wushuang took the magpie's nest and occupied the imperial palace!"
"How dare you do this?"
"If I hadn't returned and activated the Seal to severely wound Jin Wushuang and drive him off, were the two of you planning to let things continue like this forever?"
Faced with Ancestor Hua Li Tianhua's questioning, both Li Qinghuo and Li Bishu looked somewhat embarrassed, with the anger of guilty men whose dirty deeds had been exposed to their faces.
Only,