Follow the path of Dao from infancy

Li Tian Gang said with a cold gaze.

He raised his hand, and suddenly, a surge of power swept out.

The range of his Immortal Spiritual Thought swept over the Divine General Mansion, and then, from a dark dungeon within the mansion, two chains shot out, racing swiftly towards their destination!

These chains crossed the Divine General Mansion, over the heads of thousands, like two black meteors falling from the sky.

Then they landed in front of Li Hao.

“I wanted to make up for you, but after so many years of being spoiled, even if it means breaking my word, I must first break your stubborn bones!”

Li Tian Gang said coldly, “Don’t forget what I do. For your obstinate nature, I have ways to erase it!”

“Li Tian Gang!!”

Li Qingzheng’s eyes bulged with rage as he charged over, his aged face flushing with anger, “What are you doing? Do you really want to torture your own son?!”

“Fifth Uncle!”

Li Tian Gang’s expression changed slightly, then he retorted angrily, “This is a family matter. Do not interfere!”

“You, you’re driving me to my grave!”

Li Qingzheng pointed at him and cursed furiously, “You’ve just returned from the Frontier Pass. Weren’t you imposing enough out there that you still need to throw your weight around here?”

“For so many years, you haven’t even glanced at Hao Er. You come back and demand he change this and that. Are you insane!”

“Fifth Uncle, enough!”

Li Tian Gang’s face turned to ice as he said, “Actually, I have already been patient before. These years you and Second Uncle have indulged this scourge, raising him to be so obstinate. You were meant to be my stand-in for raising him, and I didn’t want to speak plainly!”

“But Hao Er’s behavior today, isn’t it because you all have been indulging and protecting him?”

“Can’t you see what he has become today? He dares to lay hands on me! He just received the True Dragon nomination and got a bit of strength, and he is already so rampant!”

“Once he achieves Immortality, and steps into the Four Stands Realm, I fear even you uncles will be stepped on by him. He would even dare to shatter the ancestral divine position!!”

“You, you!”

Li Qingzheng pointed at him, shaking all over with fury, his eyes bulging, temporarily at a loss for words.

Blaming them for indulging Li Hao?

Had they ever indulged Li Hao?

In this vast mansion, besides the two of them, the old-timers, who else was there to accompany the child?

And what wrong had the child ever committed?!

“You are simply, utterly unreasonable!” Li Qingzheng grinded his teeth and said.

Decades of State of Mind were suddenly overcome with real anger. If it weren’t for the need to guard the ancestral divine position in the ancestral hall—their Li Family’s millennium foundation, which was even more important than Listening Rain Tower—he would have taken action to severely discipline his nephew on behalf of his deceased brother!

“Make way!”

Li Tian Gang’s face was murderous, no longer wasting words with Li Qingzheng. In his eyes, everything the other said was an excuse for Li Hao.

“Fifth Elder, please step aside. Don’t break your oath over this mad dog.”

Li Hao’s voice came from behind Li Qingzheng.

Li Qingzheng’s body shook slightly, his expression changing as he turned to look at Li Hao, covered in wounds, ragged clothes, and a face smeared with blood. His eyes were filled with pity and pain as he said,

“Hao Er, why don’t you just yield and admit your mistake?”

“After all, you are father and son. Just apologize, and that will be enough.”

Father and son, after all?!

Li Hao laughed, laughing uproariously at the sky.

But soon, the laughter stopped abruptly.

“Fifth Elder, please move aside,” Li Hao said again.

Li Qingzheng’s expression turned ugly, but in the end, he stepped aside.

Between father and son, there was no longer any barrier; the face full of authority, eyes dazzling and penetrating, was revealed in front of Li Hao.

Li Tian Gang said coldly, “Fifth Uncle is right, we are indeed father and son, although it’s too late for you to admit your fault now. But If you do, today I will spare you from torture.”

Li Hao laughed once more, bitterly spitting a mouthful of blood to the ground.

“To hell with ‘father and son, after all’!”

Li Hao roared.

It was because of that very thought, because of that millennia-old tradition of propriety, that the child within his heart still held hope for the couple at the frontier after fourteen years.

Yet those traditions of rites and music were the very reason he faced desperation today, battered and bloody!

Upon hearing the young man’s roar, everyone’s expression subtly changed.

Li Qingzheng froze, just about to speak out in dissuasion.

Yet a torrent of blood and rage surged across Li Tian Gang’s face as he furiously shouted, “You’re nothing but a beast!!”

The chains on the ground suddenly flew out, their front ends revealing two sickle-like blades which now shot forward explosively.

Li Hao roared in anger, trying to defend himself, but at this moment, the power of the Yin and Yang Dual Pulse was depleted, and the strength of the Seven Stars Ignition had also gone silent. An unprecedented weakness filled his body, and as he barely raised his arm, it was quickly entwined by the chains.

The twin scythes pierced through fiercely, stabbing into his shoulder blades.

Like nailing a convict to the cross!

The violent momentum dragged Li Hao’s body backwards in flight, only to be yanked back swiftly, falling at Li Tian Gang’s feet.

“I will make you admit your wrongs!” Li Tian Gang’s eyes seethed with anger, his gaze commanding like divine fire as he spoke coldly.

But the very next moment, a sudden roar thundered from the edge of heaven and earth.

“Li Tian Gang!!!”

The angry bellow had not yet arrived when a fierce wind already descended like a blanket from the sky, sweeping in all directions and stirring up the dust and debris from the ruins.

A figure appeared in a flash, landing between the father and son, and scooped up the young man from the ground, holding him in his embrace.

“Hao Er!!”

The newcomer was none other than Li Muxiu. When he rushed back to Qingzhou City, he had hoped to catch the sensational ceremony of Li Hao inheriting the True Dragon, only to witness this scene upon his return.

With his perceptive abilities, he could envelop an entire city.

Looking at the young man in his arms whose internal breath was weak, at death’s door, Li Muxiu’s eyes nearly bled.

His white hair rose without wind, his eyes filled with an anger that had been absent for a full decade.

“Hao Er, don’t be afraid, I’m back. No one else has your back, but your uncle is here for you!!”

Feeling the warmth of those arms, Li Hao’s tired heart seemed to relax slightly.

Seeing his uncle’s furious expression, Li Hao managed a slight smile and said,

“I’m sorry, Uncle. I was planning to take revenge after the guests had left, so as not to disgrace the Li Family, but it seems I’ve brought shame upon us anyway.”

Their father-son conflict had affected Qingzhou City and would surely spread far and wide.

Hearing Li Hao’s words, Li Muxiu’s heart trembled violently. Although he didn’t know what had happened, was he not clear about Li Hao’s character?

Years of companionship, countless conversations by the lake – how could he fail to understand a child!!!

“Hao Er, don’t talk, your uncle will decide for you. Even if your grandfather were here today, I would still stand up for you!!”

Li Muxiu stated, his voice almost a growl.

At Li Muxiu’s words, Li Tian Gang’s face changed, especially since the other party had mentioned his deceased father.

Fury flickered in his eyes as he said, “Uncle, these years Hao Er’s temper has been spoiled by your indulgence, hasn’t it!”

Li Muxiu gently put Li Hao down, looking at his body riddled with chain wounds, eyes filled with sorrow, yet he dared not relieve Li Hao of his chains, for fear of exacerbating his injuries.

He stood up, turned to face Li Tian Gang, and angrily retorted, “That’s right!!”

“And what of it if I indulged him, do you plan to punish me too?!”

Li Tian Gang’s expression turned grim, as he said darkly, “Uncle! Although you’re my uncle and I am grateful for your raising Hao Er, you’re also responsible for his current state due to your indulgence!”

“Grateful? Who needs your gratitude!”

Li Muxiu raged, “While you and your wife were stationed at the Frontier Pass, if we didn’t spoil Hao Er, who else would? Should we wait for you?!”

Li Tian Gang clenched his teeth and replied, “Uncle, don’t lose your temper, we can’t have such reckless talk. My station at the Frontier Pass is by imperial command, for the sake of the people there. Should I neglect the common welfare of the world for the sake of one child?!”

Li Muxiu’s expression shifted subtly, coming from a family of military lineage, he couldn’t deny this point.

Perhaps ordinary people could care for their own families as well as for the greater good, but the Divine General Mansion could not.

If that were the case, how would there still be countless families out there?

“Even though I don’t know what happened, what grave mistake could Hao Er possibly make to warrant such cruelty from you!”

Li Muxiu could not help shouting in rage.

Li Tian Gang sneered, “He just received the True Dragon, and already he has the audacity to think of killing his brother and father, relying on his talent without restraint. Has he ever thought that his talent comes from me? Even though he hasn’t awakened the Divine Blood, which son of the Li Family lacks talent?”

“His unrivaled status among his peers is because he carries the blood of me and Qingqing!”

“His reaching the Fifteen Li Realm at fourteen is thanks to the resources of the Li Family!”

“His ability to use these Peerless Techniques is because of the Li Family’s Cultivation Technique!”

“Without the Li Family, what does he have?”

Li Muxiu replied angrily, “He is your son, isn’t he supposed to benefit from these things?! And besides, over the years Hao Er hasn’t really consumed much of the family resources; he has cultivated and achieved everything on his own!”