125: Falling into disadvantage

This was also why Li Xiangyun refused to compromise easily.

If the Clan Chief was the leader and manager of a cultivation Family, then the Old Ancestor was the face and backbone of a cultivation Family.

As the strongest fighting force of a Family, you might not be powerful enough, but you must be able to protect every Clansman.

Li Xiangyun intended to forge the backbone of the Li Family and instill their Family pride through a series of battles.

Cultivation itself was Heaven-Defying; to not advance was to retreat!

In Purple Cloud City, he could have retreated, but the cost would have been the sacrifice of the other members of the Li Family.

In the Spirit Beast Sect, he could have retreated, but the cost would have been Li Xiner's arranged marriage, Li Xingyan turning against them, and the Spirit Beast Sect completely devouring them.

Even now, Li Xiangyun could still retreat, but the cost would be that the Li Family would forever be monitored by the Great Zhou Dynasty, never to rise again.

Therefore, for many things, it wasn't that Li Xiangyun didn't want to retreat, but that he couldn't!

Once a person makes concessions for a difficulty, he will lose the courage to challenge that difficulty again, and he will be hesitant in everything he does.

Conversely, when you overcome a difficulty, you will gain victory and joy, and you will become stronger and more resilient.

You will no longer fear difficulties; you will use difficulties as nourishment until one day, you will be so powerful that no one or anything can defeat you.

Li Xiangyun wanted to set such an example for the Li Family.

The strength of one person is not true strength; the strength of a group of people is unshakeable.

If territory is lost, it can be reclaimed, but if backbone is lost, when can it ever be found again?

For a time, Li Zhongwen thought of many things and gained much insight.

Thus, Li Zhongwen looked up at Li Xiangyun, who was fiercely battling in the sky, and sighed, "I finally understand Seventh Uncle's painstaking efforts!"

"It's not too late now," Mo Lingfeng said with a smile from the side.

"Indeed!" Li Zhongwen nodded in agreement.

Suddenly, Mo Lingfeng turned to Li Zhongwen and said solemnly, "I must go!"

Then, he entered the teleportation Formation without hesitation and left the Li Family.

This was something they had discussed long ago.

According to their discussion, given the current situation of the Li Family, to escape the pursuit of the Great Zhou Dynasty, they had to enter the Misty Swamp.

As one of the ten Forbidden Grounds, the Misty Swamp not only had eerie mists lingering year-round but was also a kingdom of Yao Beasts.

Only the Misty Swamp could make the Great Zhou Dynasty wary and dare not explore deeply.

Therefore, Mo Lingfeng, as a Golden Core Immortal Master, needed to take on the responsibility of forging a path.

"Take care on your journey!"

Li Zhongwen murmured softly, then also left the place; some things needed to be prepared...

On the other side, in a small courtyard.

Li Xingyan and Li Xiner did not leave with the main group but gathered here alone to watch the decisive battle between Li Xiangyun and Zhou Huanyu.

"Teacher, do you think Old Ancestor can win?" Li Xingyan asked worriedly.

Fire Old's mouth twitched as he replied, "It's hard to say. The power of a Domain is not easily surpassed."

"But your Old Ancestor being able to fuse three Dao Intents into the Spirit Fire is unprecedented."

"However, that Zhou Huanyu being able to revive in this manner is quite surprising to this old man."

"Then you?" Li Xingyan's heart stirred, and he spoke.

Fire Old saw through Li Xingyan's thoughts and said disdainfully, "This method of Possession of a junior descendant is not something this old man would stoop to."

Li Xingyan couldn't help but shiver, realizing that he had just asked an extremely foolish question.

If Fire Old would use the method of Possession of a junior descendant to revive, then, thinking differently, couldn't he also revive using a Disciple?

After all, with Fire Old's abilities, it was not impossible.

Noticing Li Xingyan's abnormality, Fire Old said playfully, "What, scared?"

Li Xingyan chuckled awkwardly, "How could I be? This Disciple is just thinking that in the future, I must find a perfect body for Teacher to revive in."

Upon hearing this, Fire Old saw through him at a glance and said, "Don't worry, if this old man wanted to possess you, I would have done it long ago, and wouldn't have waited until now."

"Hehe~" Li Xingyan smiled sheepishly.

Just then, Li Xiner gritted her teeth and said, "Why don't we just hand me over!"

Li Xingyan was stunned, realizing that he had been so engrossed in talking with Fire Old that he had forgotten to consider Xin'er's feelings, so he quickly comforted her.

And Li Xiner's sudden words were not groundless.

In the high sky, Li Xiangyun was once again struck down, crashing onto the ice surface, tumbling continuously and kicking up a large amount of ice shards.

"Brat, die!" Zhou Huanyu stood in the Void Realm, proudly looking down at Li Xiangyun, then fiercely threw the halberd in his hand.

The bronze patterns entwined on the halberd's body, like a Bloodline dormant for a thousand years, suddenly awakened, erupting with an eerie, dark green glow.

Immediately after, a deafening Dragon roar burst forth. In an instant, all the bronze patterns on the halberd's body lit up, transforming into a hundred-meter-long azure Dragon.

Its Dragon whiskers swayed, stirring up gusts of strong wind, its Dragon eyes were blood-red, and it spat black flames from its mouth, distorting the space wherever it passed.

Then, the azure Dragon opened its colossal mouth, which blotted out the sky, and fiercely pounced towards Li Xiangyun. The surrounding air was crushed by its Aura, exploding into circular shockwaves.

Li Xiangyun's eyes narrowed; he didn't have time to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth as the Spiritual Qi around him circulated wildly.

A tremor like an ancient beast awakening came from deep within the ice. Just as the azure Dragon was about to touch Li Xiangyun's glabella, the ice surface beneath his feet exploded.

Ethereal blue ice crystals, like a reversed river of stars, surged skyward, and a giant Dragon, its entire body shimmering with a frosty halo, burst out of the ice.

The scales of the ice-frost Dragon were as hard as ten-thousand-year-old profound ice, and ice prisms hung from its Dragon whiskers. Each falling ice prism cut silver cracks in the Void Realm, and wherever it passed, the air instantly solidified into ice crystals.

The ice-frost Dragon raised its head and let out a clear Dragon roar. It opened its massive, tooth-filled mouth, and a breath of ice-cold Dragon Qi, imbued with Spirit Fire, shot out, colliding with the black flames spat out by the azure Dragon.

The moment ice and fire collided, a dazzling strong light erupted between heaven and earth. Two completely different energies fiercely annihilated each other, forming a giant Chaos vortex that swallowed all the surrounding mountains, rivers, and clouds.

Even the Formation guarding the Li Family not far away began to tremble violently.

Seizing the opportunity, Li Xiangyun once again closed in and launched an attack on Zhou Huanyu.

But just as before, enveloped by the Domain, Li Xiangyun and Zhou Huanyu were as if separated by a natural chasm. Even if he occasionally Broke Through, he couldn't cause much damage to Zhou Huanyu.

However, Zhou Huanyu could inflict great damage on Li Xiangyun.

This was also why Li Xiner was worried.

Because in the eyes of outsiders, Li Xiangyun was indeed at a disadvantage.