Making a Name

"So what if they're venerables? Could they really kill me in a Great Wilderness this vast?"

"As long as they can't kill me, they'll be the ones in trouble!"

He said to Grandpa Jingbi beside him:

"Senior, cover me!"

With that, he spread his golden wings and flew straight toward Demon Spirit Lake.

Bang!

As the crash of a shattered gate rang out, the disciples cultivating inside Demon Spirit Lake sensed Li Dao's aura.

Demon Spirit Lake was not populated solely by Golden Spiders; many disciples from other families also studied there.

Seeing Li Dao stomp straight through Demon Spirit Lake's gateway, they felt their honor had been trampled.

Their anger surged.

"Boy, who are you? Do you know where you are?"

"I came to retrieve something!" Hearing those familiar words, Li Dao offered only that reply before preparing to attack.

If he dragged things out any longer, who knew what unforeseen complications might arise?

The disciples of Demon Spirit Lake still knew nothing of what had happened to the Rain Clan. Hearing Li Dao's words, they stared at him as though he were a fool.

"Boy, take a look at where you are! You dare run wild here?"

"You think Demon Spirit Lake is somewhere you can act as you please?"

"Even if Demon Spirit Lake took something of yours, you'd just have to swallow it!"

Li Dao remained expressionless. Spreading the wings behind him, he plunged straight into the crowd.

Since he had already resolved to offend Demon Spirit Lake, Li Dao had no intention of holding back.

The Law-Suppressing Stele hung high overhead. Wherever its ripples swept, all arts were suppressed, leaving them no choice but to fight Li Dao hand to hand.

Although most of Demon Spirit Lake's members were Pure-Blooded Creatures whose physical bodies were their greatest strength,

they still fell far short when faced with Li Dao.

Several people fell with each punch. Even Demon Spirit Lake's elders, with their cultivation suppressed, could not withstand a single exchange with Li Dao.

In just half a day, Li Dao walked out of Demon Spirit Lake.

"Here!"

Breathing heavily, Li Dao tossed a white bone straight to Grandpa Jingbi.

Seeing Li Dao like this, Grandpa Jingbi was astonished. He had never expected him to be so powerful.

With a physique like that in the Starting Ground, he could reign as king and overlord!

"Hehe, you're an honest boy. This old man will shamelessly accept it, then."

Li Dao said nothing more. He shook his head, and the two headed toward Lord Bird.

"You're back already?"

Lord Bird could not help feeling surprised when he saw them arrive.

"Heh, you old rascal! With me on the job, how could it not be quick?"

"I kept my eyes on them the whole time!"

Seeing Grandpa Jingbi's delighted expression, Lord Bird curled his lip. Ignoring him, he explained the situation to Li Dao.

"The Wang Family? Never heard of them. They probably aren't very famous."

Without giving it much thought, Li Dao charged straight into the Wang Family's grounds. Another bout of chickens flying and dogs jumping ensued, though this time he moved much faster.

Just as Li Dao stripped the Wang Family's treasury bare, the record stele appeared before him once again.

Wiped out three clans. Reward: one Primordial Bronze Fragment.

Grandpa Jingbi and Lord Bird stroked the Treasure Bones in their hands as they gazed at the record stele before Li Dao, its entire surface shrouded in mist.

When they saw the reward written on it, the Treasure Bones in their hands suddenly lost their appeal.

"Hehe, boy, interested in a trade?"

"How about exchanging the Treasure Bone in my hand for that fragment?"

"You scoundrel, trying to swindle a child? Have you no shame? Trade with me instead!"

"You old rascal, you're no better!"

Listening to the two shameless old men beside him, Li Dao's lips twitched. He shook his head and ignored them.

Using his finger as a brush, he swiftly wrote a few words on the record stele. Having done it once already, he was now fairly practiced.

The next instant, the words on the record stele, as though cast from molten gold, radiated countless layers of divine light.

Wiped out three clans. Reward: one Primordial Bronze Fragment!

Great Evil! Damn You, Daoist!

The words on the record stele could be seen throughout the blessed lands and Cave Heavens.

"It's only been two days, and this fellow has already set another record?"

"What's this record supposed to mean, anyway? Wiped out three clans? Is he really that savage?"

"You haven't heard? The Rain Clan, Demon Spirit Lake, and a Wang Family all got dealt with! They're all rushing toward the Starting Ground now!"

"Let's go together! I want to see whether this fellow has three heads and six arms or what!"

If his first record had been a pebble tossed into still water, this one was a meteor hurled into waters already rippling.

The monstrous waves it raised were enough to grind anyone caught within them to dust.

The many cultivators who had still been watching the commotion outside the Rain Clan's gate saw the record stele.

They instantly scattered like birds and beasts. None of them had imagined that Li Dao would so thoroughly offend three different powers.

How could they linger there now? They could already foresee the storm about to unfold.

Many people left the Starting Ground, but even more poured in.

They had all come to see Li Dao, wanting a glimpse of the person who had earned this "Great Evil" record.

By then, however, Li Dao had divided some Essence Jades between the two old men and asked them to keep his secret before entering the Second Layer.

"They've all gone to the Starting Ground to look for me. They probably won't guess I've come to the Second Layer!"

In the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range, Li Dao claimed a mountaintop and sat cross-legged inside a cave abode. Before him lay a small mountain of treasure medicine and Essence Jades.

"I plundered three powers. I wonder how far this can raise my strength!"

As he thought this, three blazing suns appeared behind him, followed by the Blood Furnace within his dantian.

The cultivation resources piled into a small hill before him instantly transformed into an endlessly flowing river of vital essence that surged toward Li Dao.

Humm-

His body shone with divine light, and brilliant golden runes churned and drifted around him.

In an instant, rays of divine light spilled through the chamber, bathing the cave abode in an immortal glow.

While Li Dao was still cultivating in seclusion, the Starting Ground had already erupted into an uproar.

"That's the Rain Clan's prodigy, Yu Zimo, and Demon Spirit Lake's prodigy, Jin Ming!"

"Why have they all gathered together?"

"What else could it be? It's all for that thug! They've practically turned the Starting Ground upside down looking for him!"

"I heard the Wang Family is searching for him too. Looks like they won't rest until one side is dead!"

"Now we've got another good show to watch!"

Yu Zimo's expression was grim. Her clan's elders had already sent word that Li Dao had to be brought to justice.

They had even specifically joined forces with Demon Spirit Lake for this purpose, but after doing all that, Li Dao had vanished without a trace!

Beside her, Jin Ming's brows were likewise tightly furrowed. As Demon Spirit Lake's prodigy, he felt he was being toyed with, and the feeling was utterly wretched.

"Fairy Zimo, that scoundrel may have already left the Starting Ground and gone into secluded cultivation somewhere."

"Let's split into two groups. You keep searching the Starting Ground with your people, while I take mine to investigate the blessed lands and Cave Heavens on the higher layers."

"The moment we get any news of that scoundrel, we'll inform our clan elders and have them bring Soul-Eradicating Needles to kill the fiend!"

Yu Zimo nodded, signaling her agreement with the plan.