The Li Lineage's ancestral tombs, the Void Abyss.
"Fifteenth."
The Ninth Ancestor stood at the end of a surging immortal river, watching Li Xunyuan's departing figure as he spoke softly.
His faint, chilly voice echoed between heaven and earth.
Crack!
As his words fell, the void around him began to shatter, and Chaos Qi spread through the air.
A black-robed young man wearing a purple-gold crown, his body wreathed in immortal radiance, strolled out of a chaotic rift.
His arms were folded, and his gaze looked down upon all living beings. His imposing body shifted constantly between void and reality, a sight of utmost strangeness.
The black-robed young man's pupils were unusual, crimson as blood.
Deep in his eyes lurked an almost pathological madness, though he had deliberately suppressed it.
Li Xuanyou's appearance
"Ninth Brother, I'm here!"
The black-robed young man grinned wickedly and spoke to the Ninth Ancestor in a lazy voice.
"Starting today, you are Xunyuan's Dao guardian. Kill anyone who dares lay a hand on him!"
The Ninth Ancestor wasted no words, getting straight to the point with his instructions.
"Hehe... killing people... I love it!"
Void-spanning killing tribulations surged in the black-robed young man's eyes, accompanied by a supreme bearing unmatched beneath the heavens.
"Li Xuanyou, haven't you spent enough time in that place? Remember to restrain yourself!"
The Ninth Ancestor frowned slightly. He suddenly felt he had chosen the wrong person.
But among the Li Lineage's ancestors, the other man seemed to be the only one currently free to take on the task, so he had no choice...
"With me here, no one in the world can touch him."
Li Xuanyou took a step, and the stars wheeled and the heavens and earth shifted as endless blood-red lightning poured down.
A blazing immortal rainbow pierced the starry sky. Treading on boundless immortal light, he vanished in an instant.
Above Heaven-Subduing Ancient City.
Golden light suddenly bloomed, and the void twisted incessantly.
Roar!
Peals of dragon roars suddenly rang out between heaven and earth, as if carried from another space and time, reaching from ancient days to the present.
Rumble!
An awe-inspiring five-clawed golden dragon tore through space and crossed the void.
Atop its enormous head, a banner fluttered and snapped in the wind.
Emblazoned on the banner was a single large character, its strokes soaring like dragons and dancing like phoenixes-Li!
"The Longevity Li Family!"
A cultivator cried out in shock on the spot.
At once, everyone looked up toward the sound.
They saw a five-clawed golden dragon gleaming with golden light descend upon Heaven-Subduing Ancient City with overwhelming force.
The heavenly phenomenon the Li Lineage had caused three years ago was still vivid in their minds, though it was a pity that the sacred body awakened had been a ruined one.
But that did not matter. It did nothing to stop the scions of other prominent families from holding the Li Lineage in awe.
Even without the ancient sacred body, the Li Lineage continued to produce talent after talent. Its peerless geniuses outshone the younger generation, unmatched in battle and admired by all!
"The Longevity Li Family actually came riding a golden dragon. You know, that person from the Great Void Dragon Court... is in Heaven-Subduing Ancient City right now!"
"Forget the Great Void and all that for now. I just want to know who that red-robed boy is."
"That boy is so handsome, he's beyond compare! He's like an exiled immortal descended from heaven to the mortal world!"
"I think a perfect Dao companion could be no better than this. It's a pity... he's a little young, but so what? Ten years older, and a woman gets to hold a heavenly immortal!"
The moment the young female cultivators present saw Li Xunyuan, their hearts all fluttered, and they screamed with excitement.
They could hardly wait to rush up, throw their arms around Li Xunyuan, and give him a kiss that would last until the heavens grew old!
"He really is pretty handsome, but he's only a tiny bit more handsome than me."
Male cultivators also spoke up indignantly, though they had to admit that his looks truly stood out.
"Look behind that red-robed boy. Isn't that the Li Lineage's holy son, Li Cangtian, who awakened the heavenly hegemon body?"
A sharp-eyed cultivator had spotted what was happening atop the dragon's head.
Li Cangtian held the Li Lineage's banner and stood respectfully behind Li Xunyuan, not daring to overstep by half a pace.
"Who on earth is that boy? To have Li Cangtian lower himself to carry his banner-he's no ordinary person!"
At the sight, countless geniuses drew sharp breaths and spoke in utter shock.
After all, Li Cangtian was renowned far and wide. He possessed the heavenly hegemon body and had opened nine Life Palaces, making him a true peerless genius!
Yet now he was content to stand behind someone else as a banner-bearer.
That made everyone all the more curious about Li Xunyuan's identity.
Everyone was secretly guessing what sort of great figure the red-robed boy could be, to receive such treatment from the Heavenly Holy Son.
Most outsiders knew the reputations of the Li Lineage's geniuses and recognized their faces.
But... they had never seen this handsome red-robed boy before. His face was utterly unfamiliar, leaving them all wondering.
"Li Nantian, the Li Lineage's steward in Heaven-Subduing Ancient City, greets the Divine Son!"
Just then, amid the bustling crowd, a white-robed middle-aged man led a large group of black-robed men into the air.
"Greetings, Divine Son!"
The next moment, the white-robed middle-aged man and the black-robed men behind him moved in perfect unison, their robes rustling softly as they knelt on one knee in midair to pay their respects to Li Xunyuan.
The moment Li Nantian knelt, the whole of Heaven-Subduing Ancient City erupted.
Countless people stared, dumbstruck, as towering waves surged through their hearts.
Li Nantian, the Li Lineage's steward in Heaven-Subduing Ancient City, had reached the Saint realm in cultivation!
Even the rulers of ancient kingdoms had to treat him with the utmost respect when they met him, not daring to overstep or slight him in the least!
Yet today, he had knelt to pay his respects to that unfamiliar boy and addressed him as Divine Son!
This handsome red-robed boy was actually the Li Lineage's Divine Son!
No wonder Li Cangtian treated him with such respect. So that was why!
"No need for formalities."
Li Xunyuan waved a hand and responded politely, with a practiced ease that tugged at the heart.
The formalities still had to be observed.
As his words fell, the Chaos Ancestral Dragon's divine body gradually shrank, turning back into a little golden dragon that coiled around Li Xunyuan's shoulder.
"Many thanks, Divine Son."
Li Nantian and the others rose, their eyes full of envy as they looked at the little golden dragon coiled around Li Xunyuan's shoulder.
That was a true dragon!
And its bloodline was extraordinarily pure!
Li Nantian could not help feeling a surge of emotion, his admiration leaving him prostrate in awe.
He truly was the Divine Son of their Li Lineage, to make a race as proud as the dragon race submit.
On the other side of the ancient city, in a restaurant with carved beams and painted rafters.
Ao Xing withdrew his gaze from the window, his eyes ice-cold.
The chilling killing intent swirling around him had almost condensed into substance, as if it could freeze the void for ten thousand ages.
"Good, good, good! What a fine Li Lineage! You dare use one of my kin as a mount? I, the Crown Prince, will slay you!"