That night, people were chatting throughout the Li family estate.

  Li Dalong and his daughter, Li Yaowen, stood beh the Primordial Blood Tree, gazing at its blood-red branches and leaves swaying in the night breeze.

  "Yaowen," Li Dalong said, his expressiole, "do you remember this old tree from back then?"

  A hint of nostalgia flickered in Li Yaowen's eyes. "I remember," she replied. "It was many years ago. Father, Mother, and my elder siblings went into the Silver Iron Forest together and brought back the diviree. I could only atiently at home."

  "The diviree slowly grew, apanying our Li family."

  "Back then, none of us could have imagihat the diviree would grow se, that our Li family would develop so quickly."

  "No one could have imagihat its leaves would bee so red, that the path of our Li family would be stained with so much blood."

  The cool night breeze swept past, and the father and daughter felt the wind against their skin, memories of the past fshing before their eyes.

  A human face materialized on the Primordial Blood Tree.

  Its crimsoared at the father and daughter. "Do you need an omen?" it asked.

  If it were the Li family's desdants, it could easily give them omens, which were also necessary for their growth after the Pig Demon King's death. But as time passed, the Primordial Blood Tree uood that it was better to use suehey represented a glimpse into the children's future, be it about cultivatioh, or joy.

  Seeing the Primordial Blood Tree's appearahe father and daughter exged a smile.

  "Old tree," Li Dalong said, "I was the one who dug you up and allowed you to take root here, so don't try to show off your fortuelling skills with me. I was born a sve, spent many years as a farmer, then became a hunter. I carved my own path. No one determine my future, except for our aor."

  "And you?"

  The Primordial Blood Tree simply ignored Li Dalong and turo Li Yaowen.

  It remembered how Li Dalong, back when it didn't have sentience, used t the children to urinate on it every day.

  Li Yaowen also ighe Primordial Blood Tree's offer of an omen. "Diviree," she said with a smile, "you've ed so much blood over the years. I want to see the future of our family."

  [The Primordial Blood Tree asks you if you wish to expend the lifeblood of living beings it has stored for many years to foresee a glimpse of the future.]

  [Use it.]

  Li Wei typed on the keyboard without hesitation. Although he agreed with Li Dalong's words, at least the omens from the Primordial Blood Tree had never been wrong. Knowing a glimpse of the future would make it easier for them to face what y ahead.

  As he finished speaking, the branches and leaves of the Primordial Blood Tree swayed, and a red light desded from the sky. As its eyes grew even more blood-red, two leaves fell onto the shoulders of the father and daughter.

  The Primordial Blood Tree's a voice echoed.

  "I have seen, and I have heard."

  "Enemies e from all dires, but you advance bravely, you fight ruthlessly, you shout with all yht."

  "Blood flows and dilutes in the rivers of Azure Clion, the earth is stained red, and there's only one word in the sky—"

  "Li."

  "That day will e soon, and the children of the Li family will return home."

  As if having expeoo much spiritual energy, the human fa the Primordial Blood Tree vanished into the night, as if it no longer wished to pay attention to Li Dalong and his daughter.

  Soon after, both father and daughter furrowed their brows aed separately.

  They had already glimpsed the future through the Primordial Blood Tree. Now was the time to make battle preparations. They o inform every member of the Li family that war was immi!

  Later in the night, Li Yunlin emerged from the aral hall. He went to the Pig Demon King's grave, bowed in respect, and drank a cup of wihen, he went before the Primordial Blood Tree and drank more wine.

  The Primordial Blood Tree opes eyes again. Li Yunlin was clearly aware of its abilities.

  But he shook his head and tinued drinking with the moon as his panion.

  Not long after, Huang Xiujin arrived with the three Li children, Feng Mi and Li gsheng, and another woman.

  Li Kuangtu rolled up his sleeves, revealing his toned muscles, and fshed a wide grin. "Diviree," he decred, "look at me! I'm a real man now. I died many times in the Heaven-Pierg Coffin, faced tless demon cultivators, and worked hard ihunderfire Cave. I'm no longer a coward!"

  "Yes, Kuangtu will soon be a man and marry his older sister." Qingyu, who had bee his child bride when he was young, patted Li Kuangtu's head just like she used to. Her appearance hadn't ged over the years.

  Li Kuangtu, who had already learned some things about men and women from the demon cultivators, blushed. However, he still adhered to the family rules aly decided not to be reckless like his elder brother.

  "Hahaha, that's right!"

  Huang Xiuji out a hearty ugh. "The Cloudsea Pavilion be entrusted to you now!" he decred.

  "Grandpa Huang."

  Hearing this, both Li Kuangtu and Qingyu lowered their heads, a hint of relu their eyes.

  In fact, Huang Xiujin had told them years ago that his end was near. This was unavoidable, a fate that almost all cultivators eventually had to face.

  Seeing the children's sadness, Huang Xiujin said nontly, "Alright, alright. I, yrandpa Huang, have been calg fortunes my whole life. How could I not know my own fate? I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, it was all for the tinued existence of the Cloudsea Pavilion that I dedicated myself to helping the Li family."

  "Now my goal has been achieved," he tinued. "Qingyu, you and Kuangtu must ehat the Cloudsea Pavilios for a thousand years, ten thousand years, even a huhousand years. Let the people of the Cloudsea Pavilion forever remember that I, Huang Xiujin, was the first Pavilion Master, a testament to my existence."

  The three children had also grown up under Huang Xiujin's care in those years. Now, hearing his words, although they didn't fully uand, they gradually seemed to grasp a glimmer of his meaning and oward him.

  Li Wei, in front of the s, also smiled slightly.

  Indeed, everyoalent and opportunities are different, and fag the end of one's lifespan is ultimately something all cultivators must front. But at least Huang Xiujin had lived a fulfilling life. Now, as he approached his natural end, his legacy would tio be passed down. This erhaps something many cultivators longed for.

  Uhe moonlight, the wrinkles on Huang Xiujin's face seemed to multiply, yet the old man still smiled kindly.

  Perhaps he wasn't a great hero, but he would live forever in the memories of those who came after him.

  Dawn arrived.

  On this day, Li Dalouro his coffin, Li Yaowen tinued her jourhrough the world, and Li Yunlin, s up from his drinking, went back to the Skyveil Sect.

  Huang Xiujin brought the three children, the young princess Feng Mi, and Li gsheng back to the Jun Prince's Mansion.

  Huang Xiujin was heading back to the Li family estate, preparing to return to the Cloudsea Pavilion and quietly await his passing.

  Suddenly, Yu Xian, the former Pavilion Master of the Azure Cloud Pavilion, blocked his path, a friendly smile on his face.

  "Pavilion Master Huang," he said, "we meet again. Do you wish to live?"

  Uhe rising sun, it seemed to record the traces of the Li family's jourhrough the world, along with the memories of their panions.

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