The cage set for the ancestors since the dawn of heaven and earth, the life arranged from the very founding of the family... Aba's words were as earth-shattering as a stone splitting the sky.
What a terrifying truth it was. Li Yaowen could no longer tell whether it was the emergence of their family that had caused the ancestors to appear at the dawn of heaven and earth, leading to everything happening today—or whether their emergence had influenced everyone at the beginning of creation.
She only knew that everything the family had experienced over the past three thousand years had been a life orchestrated and arranged by the Thirteen Ancient Sages.
At that moment, even Zhien Village—that tiny, isolated village in Tailin Town, filled with laughter and joy, which had lingered in her mind even after she attained the Heavenly Being state—seemed like a bubble illusion personally arranged by the man before her.
"All this, just for twenty percent of the Heavenly Dao's power?" Li Yaowen asked.
Aba was rather surprised. Even in the Heavenly Being state, one should not have reacted so calmly to such a hopeless end. But he did not care, merely saying, "The Immortal Court's betrayal, the appearance of the Heavenly Dao Prophet, your break with the Imperial Dynasty... all of it was part of the plan."
"We left so many treasures behind for your Azure Cloud Li Family so that you could grow quickly. And you did not exceed our expectations."
The aura on the battlefield was icy and biting, just like Li Yaowen's heart as it sank to the abyss.
"Each time you grew, you guided the course of the world. With your own hands, you further ignited the war between the Imperial Dynasty and the Witch Tribe. You exposed the Immortal Court's secrets,