"We must retreat at once!"
As Aba blocked the sages' retreat beneath the Endless Night, the Azure Cloud Li Family surged with immortal energy. Li Dalong fought five Great Firmament Immortals alone, and Li Yunbing's strike with [Divine Net Devil Gate] beneath the Mahayana Path sent the "Human Progenitor" flying. Among the immortals' ships, one immortal ship retreated toward the Immortal Domain without hesitation.
This immortal ship, too, had been forged from an immortal's body. An immortal soul within it barked rebukes, but could not stop the retreat ordered by Su Chen, this "Chosen Son of Destiny."
Aboard this immortal ship were the holy sons and divine sons the Immortal Court had prepared to control the myriad races in the future.
"I knew it. They wouldn't be destroyed so easily. They... are still themselves."
Su Chen's face, already mature when the great battle began, now looked several degrees more haggard. That trace of conflicting emotions had never left his eyes, and now it only deepened.
Li Chuyuan had likewise remained at Su Chen's side throughout. This rebellious son of the Li Family had also weathered the vicissitudes of the mortal world, and said nothing.
Memories of years past crept into their hearts. Azure Cloud was their homeland, and the Li Family were their kin. Yet the past was like clouds; in the end, a gust of wind had scattered them to opposite ends of the world.
"Divine Son Su Chen, the Immortal Emperor has issued his command, and the exalted immortals are locked in fierce battle. This is a crucial fight in our Immortal Court's conquest of the mortal world. Rather than capturing and killing a few members of the Li Family, we are returning to the Immortal Domain. What is the meaning of this?"
A divine son of the