Family Management Game In Immortal Continent Chapter 859: Third Prince

[Special Event — Rescue Li Tianyue]

Within the Ancestral Space, the panel's words stood out plainly.

Slightly, Li Wei lifted his brows.

All along, he had observed Li Tianyue's dire situation.

The fact that he hadn't shown up wasn't due to any unwillingness to aid her, but rather because, even absent his intervention—or the clan's support—Li Tianyue possessed the ability to rescue herself.

Clearly, Li Tianyue had prepared her forces well in advance.

Regardless of the Imperial Capital's message, the resources at her disposal, the seized war tools, and the gates she commanded would have acted as her hidden aces.

Dongfang Liancheng was indeed doddering and shortsighted.

The individual for whom the Fourth Prince was ready to forfeit a million troops in a rescue effort was treated by Dongfang Liancheng as disposable trash.

Naturally, the Fourth Prince's moves also aimed to curry favor with the Li Clan.

[Your descendant, Li Tianyue, abandoned by Dongfang Liancheng, watched her final ray of hope for the Eastern Expedition Army crumble.

In response, she launched a fierce comeback, her thoughts reaching a vast enlightenment, enabling her to shatter into the peak of the Divinity Transformation stage.]

[Acquired Trait: Distrust of Authority]

[She now refuses to rely on any authority or power, always bracing for betrayal from the mighty at any instant.

She starts grasping power's real nature: merely a balance of gains and losses, where all can be thrown away.

Mental state enhanced; Comprehension boosted by 10%.]

Without realizing it, Li Tianyue had hit the pinnacle of the Divinity Transformation stage, her cultivation level now exceeding that of the Three Thieves!

Right then, inside the Ancestral Space, numerous family members gathered as well.

The incidents involving Li Tianyue had already stirred them deeply.

Yet as soon as Li Tianyue stepped in, the clansmen offered her comforting grins, indicating she had nothing to fear—they stood solidly at her back.

Li Dalong approached her and, much like in her childhood days, gave her head a gentle pat.

"That old thief Dongfang is advancing in age.

I've dispatched a letter full of curses his way; it'll reach him shortly.

Next time our paths cross, I'll snap his mutt legs personally to unleash this fury on your behalf."

"Exactly, no need to fret, Tianyue. Grandpa Yaozu heads to the Tang Clan.

He plans to test exactly what they're capable of."

Li Tianyi placed his hands on his waist.

"Hold on tight. Your elder brother was busy raiding a tomb just now.

With this news, I can't possibly stand by.

I'll trail Grandpa Yaozu soon and unearth the Tang Clan's forebears' tombs!"

"Big Brother, unearthing ancestral graves..." Li Tianming started to object, but catching the fierce glare from Li Tianqi, he pulled back his neck.

"Unearth... just half of them. Too many isn't wise."

Li Xinnian kept his hands folded behind him.

"High Ancestor Aunt may leave with her followers in ten days.

Regarding Eastern Border affairs, this junior will send operatives to step in.

None with malicious aims will slip away."

"..."

With clansmen chiming in successively, Li Tianyue felt her eyes growing misty.

Moving from the shame endured in the Eastern Expedition Army to facing her kin now felt like emerging from frigid winter into the gentle embrace of spring blossoms.

The icy stares from Dongfang Liancheng and the Eastern Expedition Army faded away like mist, replaced by a surging wave of injustice ready to burst forth as sparkling tears.

Noticing the girl on the verge of breaking down, Xu Cuihua drew Li Tianyue away for some private family talk.

"That's enough. No more talk of these sorrowful things."

Gently, Li Wei gestured with his hand, capturing everyone's attention.

"Kuangren, share the outcome of your talks with the Fourth Prince."

"Understood, Old Ancestor."

Li Kuangren's face grew solemn at once.

"For the realm and the greater good, the Fourth Prince chooses to yield ground."

Hearing this, the Li family members shared Li Tianyue's shock.

"Indeed, a retreat." Li Kuangren looked baffled.

"Conflict between the factions looms inevitable.

The Fourth Prince's position is tangled too.

He controls twelve prefectures, and plenty of his backers plus army enlistees hold stakes in this conflict.

Since halting hostilities proves unfeasible, letting the Imperial Dynasty clash with the Wu Clan undivided isn't overly challenging."

"He merely has to suffer a handful of defeats.

Losing two or three prefectures' lands is bearable for him.

Afterward, his forces would require time to recover, easing Fei Heng's worries."

"However, it comes at a cost. He demands just one individual—"

"Zishu Lingtian!"

...

"Zishu Lingtian? He demands Zishu Lingtian?"

In the Imperial Capital, at the Li Clan's trading house.

Confronting the terms relayed by Li Yuanshang, Fei Heng furrowed his brow deeply.

Li Yuanshang blinked in surprise.

"Yes, that's the fellow he seeks.

Your Highness, who exactly is this figure in your kin?

Does he truly merit such a steep toll to the Fourth Prince?"

"I've merely caught wind of him. He's the grandson of my Third Imperial Brother, Zishu Qingtian.

He's much my senior."

Fei Heng shook his head.

"My Third Imperial Brother died ages ago, and his line faded from existence.

Only Zishu Lingtian lingers.

Concerning him... it's unclear if he's living or gone."

"Unclear if living or gone?" Li Yuanshang sounded frustrated.

"So how do we track him down?

Let's simply battle the Fourth Prince!

I've got spirit stones, you've got command.

United..."

"We'd reign supreme across the lands."

Fei Heng finished for him, rolling his eyes.

"Zishu Lingtian's uncertain fate came to my knowledge accidentally, from perusing hidden annals after ascending as Crown Prince.

You... what's that you're up to?"

Li Yuanshang sprang up abruptly, returning moments later with a fistful of melon seeds. His tiny eyes stretched wider than ever.

"Do continue."

"During Father Emperor's campaigns to broaden our borders, various Imperial Brothers and their offspring battled beside him.

Among them, Third Imperial Brother shone bravest.

By then, Father Emperor wielded the Authority of Humanity.

Third Imperial Brother bore the Human Sovereign Blood like ours, yet his was extraordinarily strong—he neared immortality.

His spirit holds a Phylactery(Life Box); unless destroyed, he cannot die."

"An undying form, the gift of pure human lineage... his aptitudes even outstripped Father Emperor's.

He ranked among the Azure Imperial Dynasty's founding heroes."

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