"Azurewood Sect won a great victory. But the Eighth True Disciple, Luo Mingyan, had gone missing? And the genius Sixth True Disciple had burst into dazzling prominence?"
Wei Zhong was greatly shaken upon learning this news.
"Master, Senior Li requests an audience."
Xie Linghua entered and reported.
"Let him in."
Beside the stone table,
Wei Zhong looked at Li Haowen with some emotion. Li Haowen no longer possessed the confusion and unease he had shown when he had first established his foundation. The sharpness between his brows revealed the composure of a Foundation Establishment clan head.
Ever since Li Haowen returned, the former clan head, Li Ren, had stepped down. Li Haowen, having established his foundation, succeeded him as clan head and led the Li family forward.
"It seems, Brother Li, that these five years have changed you greatly."
Li Haowen chuckled. "I was merely forced into it. During that journey through the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, I lived in fear day and night. I could not compare to Senior's carefree ease."
"I heard that this war between humans and demon beasts was filled with unexpected twists. I wonder whether Daoist Li could share a little?"
"They are merely some things I saw and heard. There is no harm in sharing them with Fellow Daoist Chu."
"When I first arrived at the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, us human cultivators actually held the advantage. Yet within less than a year, the demon beasts suddenly gained two third-rank Great Demons, placing tremendous pressure on Azurewood Sect. They had no choice but to send further reinforcements.
Sect Leader Nie personally led many Foundation Establishment cultivators to the front lines. With their aid, the situation was finally stabilized.
But fair weather did not last long. A few years later, a fourth-rank Great