"The Li Lineage cannot lose face!"
The youth wore white and had red hair, with a faint, wicked smile playing at the corners of his lips. He was exceptionally handsome, with the unmistakable air of a beautiful young madman.
Strangely, the red-haired youth carried a saber on his back that was as tall as he was.
One of his eyes was black and the other white. Deep within his pupils flowed the Dao resonance of yin and yang and heaven and earth, as though evolving the origins of the Great Dao.
"That's... the third Holy Son, Li Zhixing!"
Many of the Li Lineage's young prodigies could not help crying out in surprise when they saw the youth in white with red hair.
Respect showed in their eyes, but their faces held even more fear.
He was a complete and utter madman, the sort who recognized neither friend nor family once he went mad.
He possessed the Indestructible Dao Body and had already opened ten Life Palaces when he first entered the Life Palace Realm.
He had also mastered the supreme immortal art of another branch of the Li Lineage-the Mad Immortal Art!
This immortal art could summon a sliver of the Mad Immortal Ancient Ancestor's will to descend upon its user, sending them into a state of madness and multiplying their combat power several times over!
It was comparable to a small-scale Emperor Forbidden Domain!
Its only drawback was that it burned through the user's life, so throughout the Li Lineage's history, inheritors of the Mad Immortal Lineage had never lived long. Most had died in their prime!
But!
Although the inheritors of the Mad Immortal Lineage died young, every one of them had left a resounding reputation in the Primordial Dao Domain and become an immortal legend.
Even the experts of those transcendent factions found the inheritors of the Mad Immortal Lineage an enormous headache.
They were reluctant to provoke them without good reason, much less make enemies of them.
What was more, Li Zhixing's Indestructible Dao Body was said to have an undying fleshly body and an imperishable soul. It was practically a health-lock cheat, perfectly suited to his Mad Immortal Art!
This guy rarely made a move, but once he did, he stopped caring about anything else...
Teammates or enemies, he took them all down!
Years ago, in a Supreme Secret Realm, he had single-handedly slaughtered every prodigy who entered it.
He had even chopped the earthworms in the secret realm in half and nearly killed his own people too!
Fortunately, the lineage elders had intervened in time, stopping a catastrophe.
It was from that incident onward that things changed.
Whenever the younger generation of the Li Lineage saw Li Zhixing after that, they scattered in terror.
They stayed as far away as they could, afraid he might take a swing at them on a whim.
"Don't be afraid. I've reformed now. I don't kill people indiscriminately anymore..."
Li Zhixing spread his hands and spoke helplessly.
He could now control the Mad Immortal Art well enough that he would no longer lose all reason and fail to recognize friend or family after entering a state of madness.
The younger members of the Li Lineage around him clearly did not believe him. Hearing this, they retreated even farther.
"Alas, is there not a shred of trust between people?"
Li Zhixing sighed and shook his head helplessly once more.
Buzz!
At that moment, the few remaining elders of the Mad Immortal Lineage appeared one after another.
They gazed quietly at Li Zhixing. No words were needed; a single look was enough.
"I, Zhixing, will not fail to live up to your expectations, elders!"
Li Zhixing bowed respectfully to the elders of the Mad Immortal Lineage and the other branches, understanding what they meant.
Then Li Zhixing took a step, and a blood-colored immortal path stretched across the sky, leading into the unknown depths.
"Sister Qingshu, go back. Men's matters should be settled by men. Let me go meet that leader of Xuanming Divine Mountain!"
As he passed Li Qingshu, Li Zhixing nodded to her. Then he turned into a streak of light and vanished beyond the horizon.
"Elders, I'll also make a discreet trip to the Primordial Battle Platform, in case anything unexpected happens!"
Li Qingshu bowed gracefully to the elders present, then lightly moved her slender legs and followed him along an ascension immortal path.
After Li Zhixing and Li Qingshu departed, several elders gathered in an Ancient Realm belonging to the Li Lineage.
"Fifth, sixth, you two follow them and keep an eye on them from the shadows. Nothing must go wrong!"
A powerful elder of Qingshu's branch spoke calmly.
"Mm!"
Space twisted as two elders with heaven-reaching strength tore through the void and stepped inside, vanishing from sight.
"To be safe, seventh, eighth, you two should go as well!"
The elder immediately gave another order.
"All right!"
Two more voices rang out from the Li Lineage's forbidden grounds, and two vast, boundless presences soared into the sky.
In another Ancient Realm, a black-robed middle-aged man cradling a killing sword raised his eyes toward the depths of the heavens, where the four presences had vanished.
Then he too broke through the void and disappeared into it.
He was an elder of the Mad Immortal Lineage, so it was only reasonable for him to protect Li Zhixing from the shadows, right?
For a single match, the Li Lineage had sent five elders to escort them.
And those were only the ones in the open. Whether there were others in the shadows was anyone's guess.
Every last one of them was a sneaky bastard!
Li Zhixing, the Li Lineage's third Holy Son and possessor of the Indestructible Dao Body, had emerged from seclusion to face Xuan Yi, the leader of Xuanming Divine Mountain.
As soon as the news spread, it caused an enormous sensation throughout the Primordial Dao Domain.
Hearing it, prodigies from many factions set out for the Primordial Battle Platform in Black Tortoise Heaven, protected by their own experts.
Although Li Xunyuan's name had recently spread far and wide, Li Zhixing had also caused several major sensations in the Primordial Dao Domain in years past. His combat power was likewise utterly heaven-defying.
Many wanted to witness such a peak showdown between peerless prodigies with their own eyes.
The Li Lineage's third Holy Son against Xuanming Divine Mountain's first inheritor.
Many factions were watching this battle. It would be a true test of the strength of the Li Lineage's younger generation.
The world knew only that Li Qingshu and Li Junlin had fought the first inheritors of the Great Void Dragon Court and Xuanming Divine Mountain years ago, but neither side had fought seriously.
If the Li Lineage's third Holy Son could defeat Xuan Yi, that would be rather terrifying.
Besides the third Holy Son, the Li Lineage also had a first Holy Son and a second Holy Son. Just how terrifying would their strength be?
Not to mention that there was also a Divine Son whose depths were unknown. That was why so many factions in the Primordial Dao Domain were paying such close attention to this battle.
The Primordial Battle Platform was where cultivators of the Primordial Dao Domain fought duels, and one had been established in every heavenly domain.
Cultivators strong enough could open up a battlefield in the starry sky to fight.
Those without sufficient strength would step onto the Primordial Battle Platform instead.
Of course, not everyone had to be so particular. For minor skirmishes, it was also fine to fight wherever they pleased.
But Xuanming Divine Mountain clearly wanted to make a high-profile display of defeating the Li Lineage's Divine Son and stripping the lineage of all face. That was why it had chosen the Primordial Battle Platform, where all eyes would be on them!