The Answer, The Fence-Sitter

The major powers of the world gathered in Merit City.

The clan members within the ancestral space learned of it as well. Half a year later, the ancestral space had changed once again. It had actually taken on the appearance of Merit City, down to the smallest details of its layout. Even everything happening in Merit City at that very moment seemed to be unfolding right before their eyes.

Within the rooms "simulated" by the ancestral space, the clan members could be seen sitting cross-legged in meditation. The figures appearing one after another outside "Merit City" caused them to open their eyes.

This was all thanks to Zhiheng and Yaowen. One possessed the [Great Dao of Reality and Illusion], while the other wielded powerful fate arts. The ancestral space itself had originally been created by Li Yaowen, and it allowed Li clan members to sense events thousands of miles away through the ancestral space by sending out their souls.

Sounds of congratulations and gift-giving rang out from every direction within "Merit City," making everyone frown.

"Bastards." In the deepest room, Li Dalong stood at the doorway, watching the figures emerge in the sky. With a sweep of his sleeve, he turned and entered the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin. Its phantom image faintly appeared, revealing Xu Cuihua and the many underworld officials within, using the Heaven-Imprisoning Lock and the River of the Underworld to suppress the immortals captured from the Spirit Domain.

Li Yaozu, carrying a sword case on his back, stood beneath an apricot tree and studied the experts who had come. At last, he closed his eyes and merely said, "A rabble of crows, petty men crawling like ants to do vile deeds."

No matter who these visitors were, how capable they might be, or what lavish gifts they had