Regret Not Acting Sooner

"Come in."

After leaving everyone waiting outside Peerless Hall for quite some time, Li Xinnian finally waved his hand, and the restrictions outside Peerless Hall opened.

The people outside exchanged glances, then entered the hall one after another.

Below the eighteen jade steps, the moment he arrived, Heavenly Lord Jiang Heng stared at Li Xinnian on the jade-green throne in disbelief. The Azure Cloud Li Family head who had once been graceful and courteous now looked down with hawk-like eyes, an overwhelming aura of great power spilling uncontrollably from his body. The entire Peerless Hall had become his Dao field. Jiang Heng could not understand how that once-young family head had become someone he no longer recognized when they met again.

For a moment, Jiang Heng did not know how to face Li Xinnian.

Then, with a dull thud, Jiang Heng turned his head slightly to the left. Changsun Buhuo had already dropped to her knees, her face flushed red as her indignant voice echoed through Peerless Hall.

"Please, fellow Daoist, save my Changsun Family!"

Changsun Buhuo's face was crimson. She had never imagined that one day, she would kneel before a junior—even if that junior had already reached heights beyond her grasp.

She did not even dare raise her head to look at Li Xinnian. Yet just as her knees fell, Changsun Buhuo's heart jolted. Spiritual power supported her from beneath, and two blood arrays happened to halt her kneeling motion. Her face turned pale. "Fellow Daoist..."

"I cannot accept such a grand salute from a senior."

Li Xinnian's expression remained blank. "Senior, I fear you have forgotten. When the Southern Border was in peril, the Xuanyuan Family took in your Changsun Family, yet you resolutely chose to leave the Southern Border. Now that the Changsun Family has