Cultivation Begins from Infancy - Chapter 342

Volume 3 - Chapter 69: Second Master!! - Part 1

The Sunlit Destiny Wheel Array absorbed the lifeforce of the entire city’s inhabitants, bursting forth with resplendent divine light. The swiftly roaring divine patterns now stabilized, becoming orderly and composed.

However, as Feng Lingxiao launched his attacks and numerous demon kings from the tide of monsters joined forces, the divine array quaked repeatedly. Each strike consumed a massive amount of lifeforce.

This lifeforce belonged to the citizens of the city. When the array absorbed enough to reach its limit, it would cease taking in lifeforce, and the array would also reach its breaking point.

Li Tiangang sharply turned his head to gaze in the direction of the Divine General Mansion. There, golden meteors streaked across the sky, and he immediately recognized them—they were the ancestral spirits of the Li family, charging into battle once again.

Tears welled in his eyes, and his heart filled with shame.

“Child, let me aid you in this battle.”

A kind and gentle voice called out. An ancestral remnant soul flew to Li Tiangang, stopping in front of him.

Li Tiangang looked at the figure and recognized him as the 21st-generation ancestor. In ancient times, this ancestor had slain demons at the border, perishing alongside six demon kings in an act of valor.

“Your unworthy descendant implores the ancestor to guard me!”

Li Tiangang suppressed his sorrow and spoke.

The kind elder smiled faintly, his figure shimmering before transforming into golden flames that draped over Li Tiangang like armor.

Power surged into his body, and the ancient bronze blade in his hand radiated divine flames imbued with awe-inspiring might. Li Tiangang’s eyes shed their grief, replaced by decisive ferocity. He transmitted a message to his wife, Ji Qingqing, tasking her with containing Feng Lingxiao.

With the Taiyuan Sword Sacred Treasure in Ji Qingqing’s hands, capable of countering domain abilities, only she and Li Muxiu could stand against the power of such domains.

“Fourth Uncle, let’s handle the other demon kings!”

Li Tiangang called out to Li Xiaoran.

Li Xiaoran glanced at him, his eyes lingering briefly on the ancestral soul armor adorning Li Tiangang. In a fleeting moment, his mind flashed back to the River of Death, where a youth once fought bloodily, draped in the remnant soul of their ancestor Li Tianyuan.

A pang of sorrow struck his heart. His fingers clenched slightly into fists, but he gave no response to Li Tiangang. Instead, he turned abruptly, charging toward a group of demon kings in another direction.

Shortly after Li Xiaoran surged forward, an ancestor joined him, merging with his body. Instantly, his aura intensified dramatically. Yet, being at the Absolute Technique Stage already, the enhancement provided by the ancestor was limited. It merely allowed him to burn his soul for a sustained boost in power, granting him an indomitable force.

“Die, all of you!!”

Li Xiaoran roared furiously, unleashing the full might of the ancestral soul-burning power. His eyes turned red as he charged into the battlefield ahead, breaking out of the divine array.

The demon kings from the Dragon Gate and the Sacred Palace saw Li Xiaoran, and all their accumulated grievances and hatred exploded. The Divine General Mansion had guarded the four regions for millennia, fostering countless clashes and an unrelenting cycle of resentment.

Boom!!

The battle erupted with an earth-shattering intensity. Li Xiaoran’s strikes were wild and overwhelming, his blade light slicing in all directions. He drove back four or five demon kings, following up with an Absolute Technique—"Boundless Horizon Blade"—that cleaved one demon king at the Dao Heart Realm cleanly in two!

The demon king’s soul attempted to flee with a shrill scream, but Li Xiaoran’s second slash struck through the air, tearing the soul apart. The demon king perished on the spot.

In the blink of an eye, one demon king had fallen.

The remaining demon kings were both furious and terrified. The ferocity of this "Carefree Blade Saint" of the Li family at the Absolute Technique Stage rivaled their own grand elders.

“You continue attacking the array—leave him to me!”

A figure from the Sacred Palace emerged, radiating a vivid green glow. The figure revealed its true form—a massive peacock demon king. Its tail feathers unfurled suddenly, stretching over a hundred meters and blocking out the sky. The peacock unleashed a strange spiritual attack, causing Li Xiaoran’s mind to grow hazy.

“Wake up!”

The ancestral soul attached to him roared furiously.

Li Xiaoran snapped back to his senses in an instant. Although his thoughts were muddled for just a moment, he saw a razor-sharp peacock feather, crackling with purple lightning, flying straight at him.

He hurriedly swung his blade, splitting the feather in two, then unleashed a series of Absolute Techniques in fury. Radiant blade light descended instantly, striking the massive peacock demon king.

The surrounding space fractured as the Boundless Horizon Blade transcended the domain’s restrictive pull, with every slash finding its mark!

Bang! Bang!

Several of the peacock demon king’s tail feathers were severed. Its chest suffered two consecutive strikes, leaving deep, bloody gashes.

The peacock demon king spewed blood and staggered back, its eyes filled with disbelief.

“Die!!”

Li Xiaoran roared furiously, unleashing his most powerful Absolute Techniques, bolstered by the ancestral soul-burning power.

Each strike of his blade was relentless, his strength raging like a torrent. The peacock demon king trembled in terror, unable to withstand the relentless onslaught of the Carefree Blade Saint strengthened by ancestral might.

Even the other demon kings dared not face him. Li Xiaoran, wielding such peculiar and unmatched blade techniques at the Absolute Technique Stage, was simply unstoppable.

At this moment, Li Xiaoran’s overwhelming presence forced the numerous demon kings into retreat.

The peacock demon king hastily spat out a green ring, spinning rapidly to intercept and block all of Li Xiaoran’s blade strikes. However, the light radiating from the green ring dimmed significantly—it was a top-tier divine weapon but now bore evident damage.

The demon kings were furious and alarmed. None of them had expected the older generation of the Li family to be so formidable. Aside from Li Muxiu, even Li Xiaoran proved to be an opponent they could not underestimate.

Bang!

High in the air, the Profound Universe Tower continued to batter the divine array.

Even though Ji Qingqing launched her attacks with all her might, Feng Lingxiao used the Sacred Heart Treasure to suppress her offensive. While some of the treasure's power was neutralized, its destructive force remained ferocious.

Each collision caused the divine patterns on the array to tremble violently. What had been a steady and orderly network of divine patterns began to surge chaotically. It was clear that the lifeforce previously absorbed by the Sunlit Destiny Wheel Array was rapidly being consumed.

A figure streaked through the air—it was Li Qingzheng. Glaring at Feng Lingxiao, who was relentlessly assaulting the divine array, his eyes burned with fury as he roared and charged forward.

“Get lost!”

Feng Lingxiao’s face darkened. He had noticed Li Xiaoran’s success in repelling numerous demon kings on the battlefield and felt both enraged and anxious.

As soon as the divine array was broken, these opponents would be no match for his domain. However, the array was as impenetrable as a tortoise shell, frustrating all his attempts to destroy it.

Even with the immense destructive power of the Sacred Heart Treasure, he had yet to breach it after all this time. It was a testament to the fortress-like defense of the Divine General Mansion’s city.

Li Qingzheng’s attack pierced through the domain, but it was swiftly dissolved, having no effect. Realizing that remaining here was futile, he looked toward another part of the battlefield.

There, in the distance, a titanic battle raged. His second brother, Li Muxiu, was locked in a deadly fight with the dragon demon king Long Jue Shen. From afar, it seemed his brother was being pushed into a disadvantageous position.

However, that clash of domains was not one he could intervene in.

Instead, his gaze fell upon the frontlines of the demon horde, where Li Xiaoran was cutting a bloody swath through their ranks.

“Let’s go. This young lady can hold them off here—we’ll go slaughter those demon kings!”

Li Xuanli swiftly suggested.

Without hesitation, Li Qingzheng took a single step forward, quickly catching up to Li Tiangang as they charged together out of the protective array.

“Die!!”

Li Qingzheng roared furiously. Although his Absolute Technique Stage was not as overwhelmingly powerful as Li Muxiu’s, it was still beyond the reach of most ordinary demon kings.

Catching up with Li Xiaoran, he and Li Xuanli fought side by side for the first time in many years.

“Kill all these demon kings first!”

Li Xiaoran bellowed, unleashing another series of unstoppable attacks. Each swing of his Boundless Horizon Blade sent dazzling arcs of blade light ripping through the air, shredding the void.

In three consecutive slashes, another demon king fell.

Li Qingzheng plunged into the tide of monsters, wreaking havoc with abandon. Together, the two brothers carved their way forward, forcing back the onslaught of the demon horde. Like immovable boulders standing against a rushing tide, they tore a bloody gap into the demon army.

The demon kings on the opposing side were gripped by fear. Unable to match the brothers, they could only retreat. While there were many demon kings among them, only two were at the Absolute Technique Stage, and neither could rival Li Xiaoran or Li Qingzheng.

Moreover, with their ancestral soul-burning power augmenting them, the brothers seemed inexhaustible, continuously unleashing their most devastating techniques.

From his vantage point, Feng Lingxiao observed this scene and felt an intense urge to curse aloud. He had no choice but to abandon his assault on the divine array and rush toward Li Xiaoran and Li Qingzheng.

His retreat gave the divine array precious time to recover. Ji Qingqing exhaled in relief but maintained her focus. She knew her role and immediately chased after Feng Lingxiao, determined to mirror his movements and prevent him from taking any advantage.

“Careful, he’s coming!”

Li Qingzheng shouted a warning as he saw Feng Lingxiao flying toward them at great speed.

Li Xiaoran’s expression turned cold. “Retreat!” he barked decisively.

The two brothers immediately darted backward, their movements as swift as flickering shadows. Like teleportation, they rapidly repositioned themselves, retreating toward the divine array.

By the time Feng Lingxiao’s attack arrived, the three of them had already re-entered the protection of the array.

“You break the array, and we’ll slaughter all your demon underlings!”

From behind the divine array, Li Xiaoran locked eyes with Feng Lingxiao, his gaze radiating fierce killing intent.

Earlier, their strategy of targeting the demon kings had been deliberate—to provoke Feng Lingxiao into attacking them. Now that their goal was achieved, they had managed to kill four demon kings in this brief moment, a substantial victory.

“You bastards deserve to die!!”

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