Chapter 1196: 1067: 200

Chapter 1196: Chapter 1067: 200

Crash——

The massive waves engulfed everything; the few Seventh Rank Devil Beasts saw they could not avoid it and were forced to stop and confront the attack.

But what they hadn’t expected was that, despite the attack dividing into several streams, its power was still incredibly overwhelming. Only by exerting their full strength were they barely able to defend against it.

“How is this possible?!”

The few Seventh Rank Devil Beasts who had directly experienced Li Zhirui’s power showed expressions of astonishment on their faces. He was just an Integration Realm cultivator—how could he possess such formidable strength?

Rumble——

Before they could catch their breath, Li Zhirui’s second wave of attacks descended once more.

Several thick bolts of azure thunder streaked across the sky, heading straight in their direction.

“Damn it!”

Having already tasted the power of these attacks, the Devil Beasts had no intention of confronting them head-on. They dodged frantically while simultaneously casting spells to weaken the thunderbolts.

Li Zhirui had no plans to completely wipe them out, nor could he achieve such a feat at this moment. Suppressing several Seventh Rank Devil Beasts to this extent was already his limit and could not be sustained for long.

Fortunately, those Sea Clan beasts were unaware of this. Seeing Li Zhirui’s few Divine Powers force them into such a miserable state, and noticing his condition remained perfectly stable—especially with another Integration Realm cultivator beside him whose strength shouldn’t be underestimated—they dared not linger and quickly fled into the depths of the sea, retreating from the battlefield.

“Father, your strength is incredible!” Li Chengshuo’s eyes gleamed with admiration as she softly asked with excitement, “Is it because you are about to break through to the Great Vehicle Realm?”

Li Zhirui shook his head and smiled, “It’s because I’ve been enhanced by the Cave Heaven Power, which led to this remarkable performance. If those Sea Clan beasts had been able to endure a while longer, I wouldn’t have exhibited such formidable combat prowess.”

“Cave Heaven Power? Sigh, what a pity I missed the ‘Earth Spirit Tao Record.’ Moreover, once I break through to the Great Vehicle Realm, I’ll need to figure out how to refine the follow-up methods for the ‘Wanling Sutra.'” Saying so, Li Chengshuo sighed helplessly.

Li Zhirui chuckled and said, “A sip and a peck—all things follow their karmic fate. The Taiyin Moonlight you absorbed back then smoothed your path in cultivation later. Some things must be lost; otherwise, wouldn’t you be monopolizing all the good fortune?”

As he spoke these words, a fleeting shadow crossed his eyes.

Though many years had passed, and Li Chengshuo had never shown the slightest adverse symptoms, Li Zhirui still held the hundreds of years of experiences shared with Li Chengshuo, Yue, and Howling Moon close to his mind.

Because Li Zhirui never believed that this matter could truly be so simple!

“Mm, Father, what you say makes sense, too.” Li Chengshuo pondered carefully and decided there was no issue with his reasoning.

As the father and daughter chatted idly, the beast tide had not yet receded. Those low-ranked Water Devils seemed to have lost their spiritual intelligence as they were driven to continuously charge at Wanling Island.

But in the face of this island, managed by the Li family for hundreds of years—laid with countless measures and even built as a secondary family estate—the actions of these low-ranked Water Devils were tantamount to throwing their lives away.

The clan members, too, appeared incredibly enthusiastic, as the Island Defense Array provided protection, and with the presence of Li Zhirui and Li Chengshuo, who were both Integration Great Powers, their safety was not in question. They could freely and aggressively hunt the Water Devils, seizing this golden opportunity to gather cultivation resources.

Woo——

Approximately two hours later, a deep mourning sound suddenly echoed from the East Sea. When the Water Devils heard it, they froze in place, quickly regained consciousness, and snapped out of their trance.

Realizing where they were, they instantly lost all will to attack and fled in panicked chaos, fearing death should they hesitate.

“Has this beast tide ended so quickly?” A trace of surprise appeared in Li Zhirui’s eyes.

Even though he hadn’t participated in defending against beast tides in many years, he had previously been the family’s main force against them. Massive beast tides like this would typically last at least ten days to several weeks.

“It could be that something has happened within the Sea Clan.” Li Chengshuo suddenly thought of that abrupt mourning sound.

Li Zhirui’s heart skipped a beat, as he seemed to sense something inexplicable. However, when he tried to recall it seriously, memory eluded him.

“I will enter secluded cultivation on the island from now on and attempt to break through to the Great Vehicle Realm. Unless it’s an extremely urgent matter, do not disturb me!”

Li Chengshuo was stunned upon hearing this. She knew her father had come to Wanling Island to focus on cultivation, but she hadn’t expected him to make such a grave declaration.

“Understood, Father, you may focus on your cultivation without worry.”

Li Zhirui nodded, then swiftly flew away, his departing figure appearing somewhat hasty.

“Has Father sensed something?” Li Chengshuo muttered, suddenly recalling a memory she had deliberately buried in the past.

“The Age of Great Strife… has it arrived?”

——

In the cave, seven days pass; in the world, a thousand years change.

In a flash, two hundred years had gone by.

To high-level cultivators, two hundred years wasn’t particularly long.

Yet, from another perspective, it could bring considerable changes to the world.

In these two hundred years, the Li family had successively birthed several Integration Realm cultivators. Among them were Xiaoqing, Cang, and Mu—three Spirit Beasts—as well as Li Xianxun, a family member who walked her own distinct path, and the family’s first Heavenly Spiritual Root, Li Mingyao.

In truth, over these years, the family wasn’t short of members aiming to break through to Integration Realm. However, others either failed and were reduced to charcoal by Tribulation Thunder…

Or some clan members and Spirit Beasts—though their cultivation had reached Nascent Soul Completion and they could summon the Thunder Tribulation—chose instead to hide in the Spirit Realm, seal their aura, and evade Heavenly Dao’s detection rather than undergoing tribulation transcendence.