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Chapter 407: Chapter 172: The Three Factions’ Titans Clash; Li Treading Immortal Generously Shares His Dharma, Receives Immortal Almond, Gains 30 Years of Power

Tongye State, Nirvana Mountain.

The ’Life and Death Mountain and River Sect’ once again gathers its former disciples and followers, quite majestic.

After this ordeal.

The Flying Curse Sect, Puppet Hall, and ss Mountain in Xizhou, seeing the weakened state of the Life and Death Mountain and River Sect, were thoroughly destroyed.

At present, only thirteen strong sects remain.

...

Tongye State, Duke’s Mansion!

On the nearby Nirvana Mountain, those who came to congratulate and pledge allegiance, celebrating Zuo Shanhe’s entry into the True Master realm, regardless of whether they had any connections, and regardless of their origins, almost spanned across the three races: ’Demon’, ’Half-Demon’, and ’Human’.

And with the names ’Zuo Shanhe’ and ’Li Treading Immortal’ shaking the entire state.

Tongye Duke’s Mansion, the apex of power in this state...

Has been shrouded in mourning for a consecutive month, the atmosphere nearly frozen to ice.

The incident a month ago stirred quite a commotion, impossible to suppress.

So much so that now, throughout Tongye City, rumors about Lady Tongye ’Dong Hongshuang’s’ death circulate rampantly, truth and falsehood intertwined, filling the streets with various tales.

At this moment.

Tongye Duke’s Mansion.

In the main hall where the servants withdrew thrice over.

Duke Tongye, Li Shen Yao.

Entrusted with governing ’state affairs’, possessing the real power of the State Lord, in Tongye State, comparable to the status of a Third-Grade Official, the eldest son, Li Qiankun.

And the second son, Li Xuanzong, who due to the great shifts a month ago, has already harnessed the Dragon Tiger Divine Power, responsible for overseeing military personnel.

The three stood on separate sides.

Among them, the eldest son Li Qiankun slammed the table, filled with righteous indignation:

"Father, mother died just like that... and she died at the hands of that boy Li Shunfan. It’s been a month, and you haven’t shown any response?"

After he spoke, he glanced at his second brother on one side, pursing lips silently, furrowing his heroic brows, seemingly deep in thought.

Then turned towards his father, whose aura grew ever deeper, seemingly having reached the limits of the ’Primordial Pill’, becoming even more perplexed:

"If it were a month ago, it would have been different, when Zuo Shanhe broke through the True Master Pass, almost leading the world to believe he would become invincible."

"But as time progressed... with him proving the Dao as a True Master, it seems the level of ’cultivation’ in the world has been elevated once again, and our usual cultivation and martial practices efficiency has increased three to four times more than before!"

"A top-tier expert like you must sense it even more acutely."

"Moreover... I’ve heard that my maternal grandfather, along with my mother’s foster brother, Marquis Hu Wei, who commands the Celestial Prison Pass bordering Tongye State and Ming Huang State..."

"Have already advanced to the ’Zhenren Realm’!"

"To challenge even Great Yin, wherefore should we fear Zuo Shanhe?"

"Moreover, it’s not about opposing Zuo Shanhe, how long has Li Shunfan known him, how many days has he been a disciple of the Life and Death Mountain and River Sect?"

"As for our Tongye Li Family, a colossal force within the state, how illustrious was mother’s heritage, with two of the ’Six Pillars of Divine Blood’ related to her by family, Zuo Shanhe and Li Shunfan have no familial ties..."

"Even if we force them to hand over people from the Life and Death Mountain and River Sect, what difference does it make!"

Li Qiankun slammed the table fiercely, recalling how, a month ago, while he was not there, his biological mother was directly murdered in court by others, fury surging through his veins.

Though it was Zuo Shanhe who acted, if it weren’t for the presence of ’Li Shunfan’, the Mountain and River Immortal standing atop Nirvana Mountain for decades wouldn’t have emerged from seclusion?

Naturally, the account must be settled with him!

Li Xuanzong sighed and said:

"Brother, matters aren’t as simple as you think, the incident with our half-brother might be trivial, but regarding Grandmaster Dong and Marquis Hu Wei, some aspects alter the nature of things."

"You are in charge of political affairs, can’t you see why father dared to ’seize independence’ even when there were no True Masters in the realm?"

"If it weren’t for the implicit hint from those two behind, wanting to test the waters, to see Great Yin’s reaction, to support their own forces, to grip the narrative authority, would Great Yin let anyone sleep soundly beside them!"

"For such a long time, how much military personnel suffered due to the withholding of provisions at Celestial Prison Pass, causing them to lose in battle as soon as they emerged, leading to a collapse in morale, swiftly shattering, acclaiming our prestige."

"Or do you believe, it’s genuinely because Great Yin’s elite troops are incompetent?"

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Saying this, Li Xuanzong turned to Li Shen Yao, and cupped his hand:

"However, father’s decisive means, coupled with managing Tongye for many years, have long forged a seamless entity."

"Even though Grandmaster Dong and Marquis Hu Wei are top-tier earthly experts, they cannot directly control father, essentially forming a mutual understanding, maintaining a balance between ’Tongye and Great Yin’."

"In this way, even with Great Yin showing signs of decline, if the time comes to change allegiances, cultivating our Li Family into a generation of dukes, the future power of the realm would still rest in their hands."

"In the past, even the strongest Primordial Pills were unable to form a military force with absolute authority, saying whatever goes was evidently impossible."

"Thus, father is not a pawn or puppet, just a collaborator with maternal grandfather and maternal uncle."

"But now a month has passed, the former top-tier Primordial Pills have retreated into seclusion, some have become True Masters, those who have earned the ’True Master’ title..."

"Can they still remain pure and obedient as before?"

"Not to mention anything else, maternal uncle ’Marquis Hu Wei’, Guardian of ’Celestial Prison Pass’, is also of Divine Blood, how did he rise to power?"

"Back when maternal grandfather and his biological father contested for territory, he surprisingly erupted, killed his biological father, and sided with maternal grandfather, enticing prosperity!"

"Such a person, do you dare to believe in his so-called ’family love’?"

"If it weren’t for maternal grandfather’s iron-fisted means, experienced through two reigns, accompanying from the founding of the former king, having recently becoming a True Master, unfathomably deep, maternal uncle might have long been uncontrollable."