Rewarded with the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist, a Freakish Uncle, and the Yun Family's Divine Maiden, Yun Yao!
The immortal forbidden domain, the only one in all eternity!
Everyone in Heaven-Subduing Ancient City trembled at the sight. A boundless storm swept through their hearts, leaving them profoundly shaken.
He had broken a taboo that had stood for eternity and entered the immortal forbidden domain.
It hardly took any thought to know that the immortal forbidden domain was surely a level above the emperor forbidden domain.
All because it bore one word-immortal!
Moreover, the emperor forbidden domain also earned a reward from the Heavenly Dao, but no one called it the only one in all eternity.
Taken together, the immortal forbidden domain stood above the emperor forbidden domain.
"Congratulations, Divine Son, on breaking the taboo and entering the immortal forbidden domain!"
The void split open, and Li Nantian strolled out, then bowed respectfully to Li Xunyuan.
At the same time, he waved his sleeve, not forgetting to return the treasures and people he had swept away from the Star-Picking Pavilion.
Li Nantian had departed with carefree ease and returned just as quickly. He had his own thoughts on the matter.
"The Divine Son is without equal under heaven!"
After Li Cangtian and his companion were safely released by Li Nantian, they too spoke up, delighted.
Their gazes held unparalleled reverence as they looked at Li Xunyuan.
The two of them could say with absolute certainty that their Divine Son was the supreme figure from the prophecy of fate and karma, the one who would suppress all heavens and myriad worlds and reign supreme!
Buzz!
Just then, a hazy ball of light drifted out from the depths of the sky and finally landed in Li Xunyuan's hand.
At the same time, Li Nantian looked at the hazy light. Sacred fire burned deep in his eyes, bearing supreme might that could see through everything.
Only after sensing that the object within the light posed no danger did he breathe a sigh of relief.
As a reward for breaking an eternal taboo, it presumably posed no great problem.
"Divine Son, there's no dangerous presence coming from this object. You can open it," Li Nantian said cautiously.
"Mm!"
Li Xunyuan nodded, but he was still somewhat uneasy. He asked again, "System, is this jade slip dangerous?"
The forbidden reward he had received this time was a black jade slip, crystal clear throughout and otherwise unremarkable.
[Answering the host: no, it is perfectly safe.]
"That's good."
Li Xunyuan finally relaxed. He sent a strand of divine sense into it and discovered that it was an extraordinary forbidden divine ability.
Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist!
He had just obtained the divine ability Boundless Strength for breaking through the physical body's extreme limit, and now he had been given a set of emperor-path fist techniques.
Good fortune truly never came alone; double blessings had arrived at his door!
From that point on,
The little commotion in Heaven-Subduing Ancient City finally drew to a close.
Li Nantian had opened a starry-sky battlefield and forcefully erased Great Saint Ao Xu.
Ao Xing, who stood high above others in the eyes of the world, had opened nine Life Palaces and possessed the Great Void Dragon Physique, yet the Li Lineage's Divine Son had killed him with a single move, reducing him to a mist of blood.
Then came the sword strike that extinguished the Sacred Body tribulation clouds, broke an eternal taboo, and brought him into a forbidden domain.
Any one of these events alone was enough to astound all living beings!
Whenever the crowd recalled the events of that day, their faces bore shock and wonder they could scarcely conceal.
Whenever some of the young geniuses thought about living in the same era as the Li Lineage's Divine Son, they could not help but feel deep despair and sigh again and again.
Perhaps only those monstrous talents sealed away from the world could contend with the Li Lineage's Divine Son!
Not long after Crown Prince Ao Xing and Great Saint Ao Xu fell,
In distant Ancestral Dragon Heaven, the ancestral land of the Great Void Dragon Court,
"Li Lineage! The Li Lineage again!"
A furious dragon's roar shook the nine heavens. Terrifying dragon might enveloped all of Ancestral Dragon Heaven, and every living being trembled.
"Damn that Li Nantian! He's nothing but a chess piece in Heaven-Subduing Ancient City, yet he dared kill my dragon race's crown prince and slay our Great Saint. Does he think there's no one left in my Great Void branch?"
The voice roared in a frenzy, its murderous intent stirring the winds and clouds between heaven and earth.
"The Divine Son of your Great Void branch is at the critical point of breaking through to the eleventh Life Palace. At this juncture, it would not be suitable for the Great Void Dragon Court to go to war with the Li Lineage."
"The Three Lives Emperor Tomb will soon open. The Three Lives Great Emperor's second incarnation cultivated the Supreme Ancient Dragon Physique. If we can obtain his dragon bones, essence blood, or inheritance..."
"When the time comes, the overall strength of the Great Void Dragon Court will rise another level!"
"If we insist on going to war with the Li Lineage, their fifteenth elder is a complete and utter madman. Judging by the time, he should be coming out of that place soon!"
Another expert of the Great Void Dragon Court voiced his opinion, laying out the advantages and disadvantages one by one.
"Heh. A Great Saint of Xuanming Divine Mountain also fell outside the Li Lineage's ancestral land. They aren't the sort to swallow a loss without a fight."
Another Dragon Court expert spoke in a grave voice.
"Very well. We'll put the emperor tomb first for now. One day, we'll make the Li Lineage pay this blood debt in blood!"
Heaven-Subduing Ancient City, Scholarly Fragrance Garden.
This was a place the Immortal Yun Lineage had established in Heaven-Subduing Ancient City for discussing the Dao.
The Yun Family was the clan of Li Xunyuan's mother, Yun Xiyue.
In Scholarly Fragrance Garden, butterflies danced among the flowers, and clear springs flowed over stones.
Many of the plants seemed almost sentient. Their leaves shimmered with a fluorescent glow, brimming with an intensely rich presence of life.
At this moment, in a pavilion within Scholarly Fragrance Garden, several butterflies fluttered down onto a purple-robed man with swordlike brows, starry eyes, and peerless bearing.
The evening glow fell upon him, lending him a dreamlike hue and making him appear exceptionally otherworldly.
Maternal uncle Yun Yuan
"Why does my little nephew seem even more freakish than his father? It's honestly a bit hard for his uncle here to keep a straight face!"
The purple-robed man reached out to play with the butterflies, his expression helpless as he spoke.
The purple-robed man was Yun Yuan, Yun Xiyue's elder brother.
With that relationship, wasn't he Li Xunyuan's maternal uncle?
Looking back, when he had learned that his little sister had been rooted up by a pig, he had flown into a rage and fought Li Xiaoran.
Then he had been soundly beaten.
Naturally, Yun Yuan had refused to accept it.
As a result, the more he fought, the bolder he became, and the more he fought, the more he lost. Every time, he was beaten black and blue and left unable to move.
In the end, he gave up trying.
Whatever happened, happened. His little sister's happiness mattered most.
"I'm done for. Don't tell me I won't even be able to beat my nephew in the future?"
The corner of Yun Yuan's mouth twitched slightly. There was a very good chance of that.
No wonder he had been having a bad feeling lately. So it was because his nephew was coming.
As the saying went, if you wanted to beat a child, you had to start early!
Yun Yuan coughed lightly and muttered, "Not being able to beat him later doesn't mean I can't beat him now. If I'm going to beat my nephew, I have to start early!"
Just then, a gentle, pleasant voice suddenly came from not far away.
"Master Yun Yuan, what do you mean, you have to start beating your nephew early? What are you talking about?"
As the voice faded, a red-robed girl with skin like ice and bones like jade, beautiful enough to topple a city, approached the pavilion with light, graceful steps.
Her features were picturesque, her dark hair fluttered, and not a single flaw could be found in her exquisite, near-perfect face.
Though only ten, she was already tall and graceful. Beneath her dress, her long, snowy-white legs looked as though they had been carved from white jade, glowing with a crystalline sheen.
As her red sleeves fluttered, her bearing was otherworldly and coolly alluring, with all the air of a mature beauty, inviting endless flights of fancy.
The girl Yun Yao
"Master Yun Yuan, why are you ignoring me? What was that about beating your nephew?"
The red-robed girl blinked her beautiful eyes, her voice as pleasant to hear as wind chimes.
"Adults' business is no concern of children. Don't ask so many questions, especially you, little Yun Yao!"
Yun Yuan clasped his hands behind his back and spoke with an air of feigned profundity.
"Tch! Who doesn't know how unserious you are? Why pretend to be so profound?" Yun Yao pursed her red lips.
Yun Yuan put on a stern face and said in all seriousness, "You heard wrong. I didn't say anything."
But right after that, Yun Yuan spoke again. "Go on, what did you come to see me about this time?"
This little girl never visited the temple without a reason; she was sure to have come with a request.
"I heard a peerless genius came to Heaven-Subduing Ancient City and killed the Great Void Dragon Court's crown prince in a single move. Master Yun Yuan, have you heard about it?"
Yun Yao parted her red lips, a captivating gleam flashing through her clear, limpid eyes.
Senior Xiaoran had once suppressed an entire era. Ever since he disappeared, the position of Divine Son in the Li Lineage had remained vacant.
This newly appointed Divine Son had killed Ao Xing of the Great Void Dragon Court as soon as he entered the world, arousing Yun Yao's keen interest in the boy.
Senior Xiyue had given birth to a strange child eight years ago. Could this Li Lineage Divine Son be that fellow?
Yun Yao's beautiful eyes flickered as a thousand thoughts ran through her mind.
"Of course I've heard about my nephew's exploits. As his uncle, I know them inside and out!" Yun Yuan replied.
At his words, Yun Yao's clear, sparkling eyes visibly froze for a moment.
Had she really... guessed right?
As if noticing Yun Yao's reaction, Yun Yuan smiled faintly. "You spend all day in seclusion, never stepping beyond your own gates. It's only natural that news doesn't reach you."
"The Futian Auction starts tomorrow. I'll take you along to meet that outrageous nephew of mine!"
"As his uncle... this seems to be the first time the two of us will truly meet!"
The last time Yun Yuan had seen Li Xunyuan...
He had still been an egg back then. It really was rather outrageous!