"You little bastard."
Aboard Azure Cloud Prefecture's Spirit Boat, Zishu Feng gazed toward the distant saber light where the Divine Heart of Heavenly Arts stood, unsure whether to laugh or cry.
Beside her, Xuanyuan Liqun of the Xuanyuan Family narrowed his eyes. Demonic markings covered his body, and his slight weakness made it clear that he had already fought a battle. In this greatest war the mortal world had ever seen, peerless powerhouses emerged at intervals. Even those in the body integration realm could summon phenomena of heaven and earth, and Zishu Lingtian's was far from the most breathtaking.
Yet a mighty pressure still reached him across that vast distance. Only the appearance of one of the mortal world's supreme Great Daos could give him such a feeling.
"Rumor has it that you retrieved all three parts of Zishu Lingtian's corpse from the Azure Cloud Li Family. I've heard some of the dynasty's secrets. Was this man... really that formidable?" Xuanyuan Liqun was puzzled. This was someone the Human Emperor had dismembered. How monstrous must his crimes have been for the Human Emperor to put righteousness above kinship?
"Are you worried he isn't on our side?"
Zishu Feng asked with a strange expression, noticing a trace of embarrassment in Xuanyuan Liqun's eyes. She shook her head without taking offense. "Those who survived from the dynasty's founding until today wouldn't be treacherous villains. Once, the people of our Zishu Family were just like the Azure Cloud Li Family is now."
"Then he..." Xuanyuan Liqun froze. Throughout history, the Zishu Family had produced countless heroes, but almost all had fallen, leaving the Human Emperor alone to uphold the dynasty. Even Emperor Yu, who had betrayed the dynasty, seemed to have cared for the world.
Zishu Feng sighed. "I don't know. All I