Strive for Revenge, My Descendants

Early in the morning.

Li Xiang drove at 160 mph, speeding down the empty streets, and soon pulled up in front of a high-rise building.

He spent two full hours inside before finally coming back down.

"Sigh, it looks like I'll have to file a lawsuit after all."

Li Xiang shrugged. He hadn't expected the Li Family in the real world to run into such a massive mess. With the old guard replaced by the new, the newly appointed head of the family was abusing his power, funneling his allowance directly to his own children...

"I'll just go back and deal with it later."

Li Xiang glanced at his phone. A lot of time had passed, and the Li Family had undergone drastic changes.

He frowned and tucked the phone into his pocket.

Suddenly, the sound of something breaking the sound barrier echoed through the sky, and he looked up.

Above the high-rise, over thirty lawyers in suits were riding swords through the air, each manifesting their own magical treasures.

Faintly, Li Xiang could hear voices drifting down from the clouds.

"Send word to the others in our firm. Boss Han has ordered a siege on the Li Family!"

"You go find the governor and tell him the head of the Li Family is suspected of murder... no, suspected of colluding with the Alien Zerg."

"Ask if any of our clients are in prison. Tell them to get ready; the boss has something to discuss with them. Don't ask why—if you ask, just say someone in there might die in a few days, and we have business to conduct."

"You call this a raid? Bullshit, we're obviously going to file a lawsuit. We're a legitimate law firm!"

Hmm.

Judging by this display, they must be heading out to help with the lawsuit.

With these justice-seeking lawyers helping out, getting his allowance back should be a sure thing.

Li Xiang's heart settled, and he headed toward home with a look of relief on his face.

"Finally, I can play my game in peace!"

"Welcome home, Master."

When he returned home, the sun was already high in the sky. Yuexian's smile was even brighter than the sunlight. "Actually, Master, a simple message would have sufficed; there was no need to go in person. By the way, Mr. Liu from Cave Abode No. 7, Miss Five from No. 39, and Mr. Wang from No. 92 stopped by. They said they wanted to see you."

"I had to go; otherwise, they'd think I was dead."

Li Xiang grinned. "I'm going to my room to play games. Give all the braised pork from lunch to Uncle Chen; I'll just make do with some egg fried rice. If anyone comes looking for me, just tell them I'm not home. I owe too many favors as it is, and I can't afford to owe any more. Someone like me just can't pay them back. Once the business outside is finished, they'll stop coming."

"Understood, Master." Yuexian stepped back.

Li Xiang hurried to his room and sat cross-legged on the sofa.

He had been running around for five hours, but back home, looking at the computer screen, five years had already passed.

Inside the Cultivation Family Simulator.

The Li Family was changing with each passing day. The original small wooden hut had become a large estate with six main rooms and many other outbuildings.

The action log contained a wealth of information.

[Xu Cuihua has successfully given birth to a daughter, named 'Li Yaowen'!]

Li Yaowen was now 3 years old and was at the age where she ran around the courtyard constantly.

As for the other three children, Li Yaozu was already 10. To Li Xiang's delight, because the child's aptitude had been improved by medicinal pills, his Wood Spirit Root had reached 62, and his cultivation had reached the third level of Qi Refining.

[Qi Refiner Cultivation Manual: Progress 12%.]

The other two children weren't doing badly either. Although 8-year-old Li Yaoqing had slightly poorer aptitude—even with the Heavenly Secret Spirit-Replenishing Pill, none of her spirit root values exceeded 50—she had still reached the first level of Qi Refining, and more importantly, she had gained a special trait.

[Trait: Plant Affinity]

[Born with an acute intuition for botany; the success rate for planting and cultivating plants is greatly increased.]

Even though they were still in a year of severe drought, perhaps because of Li Yaoqing, the vegetable garden remained unaffected, and the plants were growing vigorously.

The other one was Li Yaotie, who previously had the best aptitude!

His mixed spirit roots had three values exceeding 50. Even though he was only 6, he had already become a first-level Qi Refining cultivator.

Compared to the beginning when Li Dalong was all alone, the Li Family was much livelier now.

However, perhaps due to her age, Xu Cuihua hadn't shown signs of pregnancy again.

That wasn't much of a problem, though. She had already given birth to four children and was a great contributor; Li Xiang couldn't ask for more.

When he moved the mouse over the member list to Li Dalong's entry.

The screen shifted.

Li Xiang frowned.

In the room, after five years of cultivation, Li Dalong, who had reached the sixth level of Qi Refining, was lying on the bed with one leg wrapped in bamboo splints and secured with white cloth strips.

[Li Dalong]

[Status: Severely Injured]

Although Li Xiang had been busy since early morning, he had been keeping a close eye on the game screen.

Over the past five years, Li Dalong had certainly been the most competent member of the Li Family. He frequently traveled to the Silver Iron Forest, and while bringing back meat, he never forgot his duty to teach the children.

However, no one's life is ever smooth sailing.

[Year 15: Li Dalong traveled to Changlin Town to sell monster materials. On the way, he encountered a spoiled brat galloping on horseback and saved a child who was about to be trampled. The young master of the Hu Family in Changlin saw that Li Dalong possessed extraordinary skills and tried to recruit him.]

[Li Dalong politely declined, citing the need to raise his children, but this earned him the resentment of Hu Wei, who sent a level 8 Qi Refiner expert to severely injure him.]

"Damn it."

Li Xiang gritted his teeth. He had been watching when the incident occurred, and it was he who had used 'Love from the Ancestor' to save Li Dalong's life!

Just a little bit more, and my precious treasure that I've cultivated for fifteen years would have died!

Li Xiang wished he could go straight to Changlin Town and unleash a few 'Ancestral Patriarch's Fury' attacks.

At this moment, inside the screen, the family stood before Li Dalong's sickbed.

All the members of the Li Family were looking at Li Dalong's injuries, and text bubbles appeared above their heads as they spoke to one another.

Li Yaozu: "Revenge! Five years ago, a group of bandits came to our home, and we wiped them out to the last man. The Hu Family will be no exception!"

Xu Cuihua: "Calm down, child. I have already inquired; the Hu Family has a Foundation Establishment Ancestor who has lived for over a hundred years. We are simply no match for them."

Li Yaoqing: "Mother is right. Now is not the time for impulsive actions. Wuu wuu, Father, please get well soon."

Li Yaozu: "Are we just going to let it slide like this?"

Li Dalong: "Children, do not worry about your father. The Ancestor has already killed the expert who harmed me, so my revenge is half-fulfilled. A gentleman's revenge is never too late; as long as our Li Family descendants work hard to grow, one day we will make the Hu Family pay the price!"

Watching the exchange between his descendants, Li Xiang suppressed the anger in his heart.

Admittedly, the 'Ancestral Patriarch's Fury' skill was quite good.

However, Li Xiang had discovered when saving Li Dalong earlier that it could only barely insta-kill a level 8 Qi Refiner. As for whether it could kill a Foundation Establishment Realm expert, that remained unknown.

Acting rashly would only bring a disaster upon the Li Family that they could not handle.

Hiding one's strength, developing slowly, and then stunning everyone—that was the optimal choice!

Thinking of this, Li Xiang opened [Ancestral Blessing] and used a new skill on the injured Li Dalong—

Ancestral Embrace!

In the Li Family ancestral hall, a phantom appeared above the ancestral tablets. Amidst the astonished gazes of the family members, it surged into Li Dalong's body. In an instant, Li Dalong's leg healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and before long, he was already able to get out of bed and walk.

[Used 'Ancestral Embrace', consumed Incense: 100]

Compared to the minor healing of 'Love from the Ancestor', this skill was much more powerful and could even treat internal injuries!

"The Ancestor has manifested! I am as good as new!"

"Thank you, Ancestor, for saving my life!"

"Ancestor, please rest assured. One day, Dalong will lead the entire Li Family to avenge today's humiliation!"

Seeing his descendants so full of fighting spirit, Li Xiang gave Li Dalong another dose of 'Love from the Ancestor'.

In an instant, everyone was overjoyed.

[Although they encountered a crisis, the Li Family members will work even harder. They have felt your encouragement.]

[Incense +30]

Li Xiang felt gratified.

At this moment, a small red dot in the member list caught his attention.

He clicked on it—

[Family Buff: Flames of Revenge]

[Cultivation speed increased by 20%. This will not end until they have enough strength to exact revenge.]

Such a buff seemed to appear only after experiencing a specific event.

Cultivate hard and strive for revenge, my descendants!

Li Xiang cheered for his descendants from in front of the screen.

He then clicked on the status of each Li Family member to see if this event had given them any other traits, but unfortunately, it hadn't.

However, when he clicked on Li Yaozu, Li Xiang paused. The screen transitioned to the Li Family's training ground, where Li Yaozu was currently training hard, using the basic sword techniques from the Qi Refiner Cultivation Manual.

The boy was training with extreme diligence and ferocity; every strike was filled with killing intent, and he had even carved a deep character for "Kill" into a stone slab.

"That's the attitude."

Li Xiang nodded slightly. He could already imagine how insane this boy would be when he grew up and stormed into the Hu Family.

At this time.

Above the boundless sea, a spirit boat soared through the sky, accompanied by many cultivators traveling on flying swords, all wearing distinctive white robes marked with the emblem of Yanhuang.

They were a historical research team from the new era of Huaxia, tasked with investigating the cause of the spiritual energy resurgence from a millennium ago.

And...

Searching for the history buried deep within this planet for millions, or even hundreds of millions, of years.

"I found it! I found a stone deep beneath the ocean floor that records the history of the primordial era. Below, there might be a vast land where cultivators once lived, or perhaps the ruins of a family faction so massive it's beyond imagination!"

An explorer, clutching a large stone in excitement, broke through the surface of the sea and flew onto the spirit boat.

In an instant, all the explorers on the flying vessel crowded around the stone, using professional techniques to clear away the dust of history covering the carvings.

A full day and night passed.

Only then did they see the true face of the stone, and everyone looked at each other in dismay.

"Such intense killing intent."

Faintly visible on the stone were ancient characters carved into the surface—

Must kill Hu Wei!