A Higher Realm Really Did Let You Do Whatever You Wanted

Early the next morning.

Countless figures had already gathered outside the Li Lineage's gates, bustling like a marketplace.

At the gates, Gu Chungang and the others sat in chairs, with a table set before them.

Everyone qualified to enter the Li Lineage was registered one by one.

Soon, four orderly lines stretched out of sight.

"Y-you're Senior Gu Chungang, and the Undying Man, Du Dehai... heavens!"

Quite a few sharp-eyed cultivators recognized Gu Chungang and the others, immediately stirring up a tremendous uproar.

"These men were all geniuses from over ten thousand years ago. They vanished without a trace for ten thousand years, and it turns out they've all been in the Li Lineage."

"No wonder the Li Lineage could trample the Four Symbols Sects underfoot and rise to prominence in so little time. They had foundations like these."

"Exactly. I knew coming today was the right choice. I'm joining the Li Lineage no matter what."

Today, the Li Lineage's disciples held their heads high and their chests out. This was their proudest moment in all these years.

Not far from the crowd, the little girl squatted on the ground as usual, licking her candied hawthorn skewer as she watched Long Aotian before her.

"Could that little girl be the Li Lineage's little princess, Li Tong?"

"There's no mistake. Rumor had it that the earlier phenomenon in heaven and earth was caused by the Li Lineage's little princess awakening her sacred physique. Look at her realm now."

"Holy shit, the Emperor Realm! An Emperor Realm cultivator this young? What a monster!"

"But what's she doing? Is that a dragon beside her?"

Everyone in line cast strange looks toward the little girl.

Sensing them, Long Aotian opened his eyes slightly for a glance, then squeezed them shut again.

What did the Li Lineage's recruitment have to do with him? All he needed to do was hatch his golden egg properly.

After being nourished by his Dragon Qi all this time, the golden egg beneath him was showing faint signs of cracking. He believed he would complete his task soon.

Of course, before that, he would absorb some more Innate Qi.

Inside the Li Lineage, Li Xiao slowly walked out alongside Li Yijian and the others.

Looking at the scene outside the gates, Li Xiao nodded in satisfaction.

Li Yijian glanced at Long Aotian in the corner and said to Li Xiao,

"Xiao'er, that golden egg beneath Long Aotian-Tong'er said it was a divine beast you gave her? Could it really be a divine beast?"

Aside from the Four Symbols Divine Beasts-Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise-could there be other varieties?

Li Xiao smiled.

"Yes and no. That divine beast egg is an Innate Chaos Divine Beast egg, conceived from Chaos Qi. It's no ordinary divine beast."

Li Yijian gave Li Xiao a thoughtful look, too shocked at heart to speak.

A Chaos Divine Beast egg, nine-pattern pills, top-tier cultivation techniques and weapons.

He felt that the Li Xiao of today was a little unfamiliar. From an unremarkable young master of the Li Lineage to its patriarch who could blot out the sky with one hand, he had taken only a few months.

He found it a little hard to believe.

Whenever he thought he understood this grandson of his well enough, he would get slapped in the face again.

Li Xiao always managed to do something extraordinary, leaving everyone unable to fathom him.

But everyone had their own secrets, and everything Li Xiao did was for the Li Lineage. That being the case, he would no longer pry into Li Xiao's affairs.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Don't think your Li Lineage can blot out the sky with one hand in this Upper Realm! Poaching people so brazenly-do you take us Four Symbols Sects for nothing?"

Just then, a fierce clamor erupted in the crowd.

Li Xiao narrowed his eyes.

Someone had clearly come looking for trouble.

The Li Lineage was recruiting talent on a massive scale, all of them Half-Saint Realm experts. Quite a few of the cultivators signing up had come from the various sects and factions.

Half-Saint Realm cultivators were a considerable force in any sect or faction. What he was doing amounted to directly encroaching on their interests.

And sure enough, someone had come to make trouble.

"Where is Li Xiao of the Li Lineage? Come out at once!"

Several middle-aged men emerged from the crowd, their faces filled with anger.

"I'm Li Xiao. What are you going to do about it?"

Li Xiao slowly approached and asked with narrowed eyes.

"You're Li Xiao? I'm..."

Before the man could finish, a burst of black flame flew from Li Xiao's hand and engulfed him in an instant, scattering even his ashes.

"Sorry, my cultivation's gone a little awry lately. My cultivation technique circulates on its own, beyond my control. An accidental discharge, purely an accidental discharge."

Li Xiao laughed it off, looking utterly harmless.

"Do you have any other questions?"

The others who had come along to make trouble swallowed and pointed at Li Xiao.

"Li Xiao, don't think you can do whatever you want just because your realm is higher! We Four Symbols Sects are figures of standing in the Upper Realm. What punishment do you deserve for slaughtering our Four Symbols Sects' disciples in public?"

No pointless words answered him. Li Xiao's face darkened, and he struck his palm toward them.

"Enough noise. I gave you your chance."

The several peak Half-Saint experts were instantly sent flying by that palm strike, blood spilling from their mouths.

Seeing Li Xiao's savage methods, everyone lining up to register hurried aside, afraid of being caught in the crossfire.

Li Xiao stepped toward the men who had been sent flying.

"So what if you're from the Four Symbols Sects? So what if I kill your people? A higher realm really does let you do whatever you want."

Li Xiao's icy voice slammed heavily into their hearts. They hurried backward, unable to hide the fear in their eyes.

"Y-you can't kill us! Otherwise, our Black Tortoise Sect won't let you off!"