Time flowed on.
[Li Family Year 1300]
Many fellow cultivators had come to visit the Heavenly Eye Ghost Gate in Qingyun Prefecture. Beneath the ghost gate, they gazed up at the Dao gate in the clouds.
With black cloth covering his eyes, Patriarch Tianye drew upon the energy of heaven and earth and knocked upon the Dao gate.
An ancient aura emerged from his body.
The cultivators attending the ceremony watched with envy in their eyes.
"Have you heard? Patriarch Tianye visited the Li Family twenty years ago, and his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds."
"Quite a few people went to see the Li Family that year. They were all old friends of theirs, and lately, they've all entered seclusion."
"Now that you mention it, the Azure Cloud Li Family seems to have vanished over the years. It looks like they're deliberately leaving Azure Cloud Prefecture to the other powers."
"With Patriarch Tianye breaking through to Body Integration, along with our other experts, Azure Cloud Prefecture won't be any worse off than the other prefectures. The Azure Cloud Li Family is protecting us from behind the scenes. Don't worry."
"..."
Amid these murmurs,
the Li Family's old friends—Ye Xiu, Feng Chunlin, Sun Haotian, and the others—shook their heads with bitter smiles.
There were things only they knew. The Azure Cloud Li Family's grand undertaking back then had nearly brought about their extermination.
Now, the Li Family's members were probably hiding somewhere, honing themselves.
That year, Li Yaotie entered the Greedy Wolf Tribe's blessed grotto-heaven for the first time.
The Greedy Wolf Tribe was rather ancient, and its people truly looked like ordinary residents of a small town. But a closer examination revealed that their foundations were exceptionally solid. At the very least, they all cultivated earth-grade