Without the ancestor, who could keep the Li Family descendants in check?
Who could restrain Li Yaozu, who drew his sword and killed at the slightest provocation; Li Yaotie, hot-tempered and defiant toward all; Heroic Overlord Li Yunbing, who had endured in silence within Azure Cloud Prefecture; Li Tianyi, who had returned from the Southern Lands still brimming with hatred; Li Tianming, with his evil personality...
Perhaps only the people of Azure Cloud Prefecture knew that outsiders had once feared the Li Family Ancestor shrouded in black mist, the kindhearted yet decisive Li Dalong, and Li Yunlin, the world-renowned Supreme Elder of the Litian Sect. But they had feared the wrong people. These renowned members of the Li Family had always lived by the rule that if others did not offend them, they would not offend others. Anyone who met them could share a drink and chat at length.
It was precisely their presence that made the Li Family's old friends glad that certain things hidden from the light in Azure Cloud Prefecture had not appeared before the public for over a thousand years. For instance, that crimson demonic tree of the Li Family. For a thousand years, this true evil thing had birthed countless offspring, which served as "watchers" amid the lush lands surrounding every prefecture and county of Azure Cloud Prefecture. Otherwise, those trees born with bloodthirsty, wicked natures would likely have uprooted themselves and run everywhere.
The Li Family was skilled at raising demons, and Azure Cloud Prefecture had likewise not seen demons devour people for centuries. That was because the demons of the twenty-four prefectures had all gathered in the Ethereal Immortal Grove. Some said they obeyed the decree of the new Demon Emperor, Mosquito Daoist, but in truth, those demons with schemes filling their hearts