The North Star Spirit-Breaking Spear thrust Zhao Tingyu out of the Void Refining Space, driving him straight into the ground and smashing through a high tower!
"It's useless! The Old Ancestor will revive me again. The foundation of our Zhao Clan is beyond your comprehension!"
Zhao Tingyu grinned hideously, allowing Li Wei's North Star Spirit-Breaking Spear to pierce his heart.
Even if this Li Clan Old Ancestor possessed "Time" Laws and the trump card of resurrection, he was confident he would inevitably find this person's flaw!
"What do you have to be proud of?"
Li Wei was beside himself with rage.
Trash like this had actually tried to drag him down in mutual destruction just moments ago?
Li Wei felt that even letting the North Star Spirit-Breaking Spear touch his blood made the weapon dirty.
"Why shouldn't I be proud? My Zhao Clan has stood for one hundred and sixty thousand years, and I have reached the peak!"
Zhao Tingyu summoned his saber formation.
By now, he had completely thrown caution to the wind.
That rainbow bridge of saber shadows, capable of breaking through Supreme Elder Puci's defenses, was now directed at himself and Li Wei.
He used every ounce of spiritual power in his body solely to trap Li Wei!
His voice rose high as he mocked the reckless opponent before him.
"The only reason we haven't exterminated your Li clan all these years is because of the Destiny you carry!
We will not die, but your clansmen will perish!"
However, the descending rainbow bridge of saber shadows came to an abrupt halt in mid-air.
Zhao Tingyu's eyes gradually widened as Li Wei's derisive voice reached his ears.
"Are you sure you are still alive?
Are the 'you' resurrected by your Old Ancestor... still actually you?
After you die, will the thing that crawls out of that ugly heart still be you?"
Zhao Tingyu's expression changed drastically.
Gripping the shaft of Li Wei's spear, he unleashed his spiritual power to violently tear himself free from the weapon, instantly teleporting to stand before his rainbow bridge of saber shadows.
The words of the Li Clan Old Ancestor seemed to have touched upon a taboo, turning his face as pale as paper.
"I am still alive... I am still alive!!!"
Zhao Tingyu glanced at the Zhao Clan Old Ancestor's heart—specifically at Zhao Feimeng atop it—and let out a roar, once again pulling Li Wei into the Void Refining Space.
...
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
Li Changsheng opened his eyes, causing the beating of that heart to stagnate for a moment.
The Blood Demon Lord and the Seven Ironclads charged forth, their bodies transforming into devilish forms.
The Blood Demon Lord's aura—the most orthodox and pure devilish Qi—permeated the battlefield.
These two entities undoubtedly invoked the deepest fears buried within the Zhao clansmen!
With that momentary pause in the heartbeat, Zhao Feimeng, who was sealing the Old Ancestor atop the heart, grew instantly anxious.
"They are trying to destroy the formation! Kill them!"
At this very moment.
Chaos descended upon the battlefield once more as Void Refining and Divinity Transformation cultivators from both sides engaged in a chaotic melee.
Li Yaozu, carrying his sword casket on his back, once again faced off against Zhao Wan, that resurrected figure who was neither man nor woman.
"Sister Fang, assist me!"
Pitch-black pupils, a soul immune to bewilderment!
Zhao Wan'er's expression turned ugly.
This time, upon encountering Li Yaozu, she actually turned and fled.
"Old Ancestor, save me! There is something strange about this freak!"
Fang Linglong had already taken control of Li Yaozu's body.
As an existence of unfathomable antiquity, she gazed at the Zhao clansmen crawling endlessly out of that massive heart.
Reaching out a hand, she tore open the fabric of space, raised her head toward the clouds, and projected her cold voice into the sky.
"The physical body can be reshaped, but once a soul is destroyed—without the cycle of Reincarnation—it is absolutely impossible for it to return to the mortal world!"
With those words, she dove into the spatial rift, pursuing Zhao Wan'er to kill him.
Inside the Void Refining Space, Fang Linglong's voice transmission did not escape Zhao Wan'er's ears, causing a flicker of internal conflict to flash through his eyes.
"What do you know?!! We have revived! We revived from within the Old Ancestor's body!"
"Hopelessly deluded." 'Li Yaozu' grinned hideously.
His voice was a discordant blend of male and female tones, merging into a deep, metallic resonance.
"You second-rate trash. It seems you truly have no idea what your so-called 'Old Ancestor' actually is!"
...
High above the clouds, Li Yaowen continued to pluck at the Destiny Lines of the Zhao clansmen within the Immortal Domain.
Fang Linglong's voice reached her, causing her to knit her delicate brows.
This sister-in-law of hers was, after all, a Devil Matriarch—an existence who had single-handedly suppressed the entire Divine Bird Tribe of the Wu Clan.
She seemed to possess some understanding of this heart.
"The physical body can be reshaped, but once a soul is destroyed—without the cycle of Reincarnation—it is absolutely impossible for it to return to the mortal world..."
Li Yaowen murmured, "During Dad's years in the Underworld, he long ago discovered that the Underworld is in chaos and the cycle of Reincarnation is in disorder.
Regardless of whether they were good or evil in life, the dead degenerate into evil ghosts, while the mortal world is filled entirely with new souls."
She looked down at the heart. "The Old Ancestor's guess was indeed correct."
Zhao Feimeng of the Zhao Clan remained atop the heart.
Half of her naked body, drenched in blood, was exposed—a sight that was disturbingly bewitching.
The heart of the Zhao Clan Old Ancestor continued to beat.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
It was ceaselessly transmitting a single signal: "Save him."
"How tragic." Li Yaowen murmured.
In this moment, she suddenly felt that the entire Zhao Clan was utterly pathetic.
Immediately dismissing these thoughts, she ascended into the sky, rising higher and higher. Above the clouds, a Golden Seal appeared!
This was the greatest reward her father, Li Dalong, had received from the Human Emperor after being honored by the Imperial Dynasty and appointed as the "Guardian of the Southern Border."
Their clan possessed absolute control over the territories of these two prefectures.
And this control allowed them to grant official positions on behalf of the Human Emperor—and to manipulate Destiny itself!