Family Management Game In Immortal Continent Chapter 847: Defeat In Shadowfell Prefecture
Previously on Family Management Game In Immortal Continent...
Time flowed onward, day blending into day.
[Year 680]
[Your descendant Li Yuanwu has broken through to the Golden Core realm (Heavenly Core).
He has achieved Small Success in the Martial Dao.
By studying and contemplating the movements of numerous Demon Beasts, he has created a Yellow-Grade martial art, the "Hundred Beast Method."
Obtained Profession: Grandmaster of Martial Dao
(Martial Dao comprehension increased by 10%, Combat Power increased by 30%).]
"Impressive."
Li Wei, seldom lifting his gaze from cultivation, let out a sigh of praise.
No one should underestimate it merely for being 'Yellow Grade.'
"Martial Arts" usually served as skills for ordinary folks; having any rank at all marked it as exceptional.
To push martial arts to such a level, he stood out as a rare wonder in this realm.
[Your descendant Li Zhiheng has broken through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.]
[Your descendant Li Yunlin's spirit object, the Skyveil Hall, has achieved a breakthrough after absorbing a vast amount of spiritual materials provided by the family forces.
Obtained Primordial Spirit Technique: Spirit Severance.
The Skyveil Hall transforms into a long halberd; a single strike severs both the physical body and the Primordial Spirit.]
[Your descendant Li Tianyi has been freely searching for the ancient divine souls of seniors within Azure Cloud Prefecture.
His Spirit Rhyme Talisman has evolved into the "Talisman of the Eighteen Profound Seals," reaching the grade of a Top-Grade Dharma Treasure.]
[Li Tianyue has campaigned in Duskwild Prefecture for many years.
Rewarded by Crown Prince Fei Heng, she has been promoted to a Second-Rank Official and appointed as the Dynasty's "Blood-Robed Great General," commanding an army of 200,000.
Obtained Spiritual power empowerment equivalent to the Mid-Stage Divinity Transformation realm; obtained the Mid-Grade Dharma Treasure "Four Symbols Blood Cloak"; obtained the Primordial Spirit Technique "Spirit Summoning"...]
Tranquil times had finally come.
The Li clan held Azure Cloud Prefecture securely and stayed out of Crown Prince Fei Heng's matters.
With the Zhao Clan wiped out inside Azure Cloud Prefecture, none dared to eye this rich territory.
The relentless gales and blizzards of Azure Cloud Prefecture gradually subsided.
Ordinary folks increased in numbers and flourished, while the Li family kept expanding its might.
[Your Family Population: 358]
[Family Branches (14): Immortal Martial, Demon Suppression, Merchant, Silver Moon, Hundred Treasures...]
Over a mere decade, the family swelled from twelve branches to fourteen.
After all, the young ones needed to start their own households and pursuits.
Though many branch lines stuck to Azure Cloud Prefecture's domain, certain youths hid their origins and set off to forge their futures elsewhere, resolved to etch their marks upon the world.
The Merit Grotto-Heaven brimmed ever more with celestial vitality.
Meanwhile, the family controlled additional Grotto-Heavens.
It proved foolish to let the old Immortal Domain Grotto-Heaven sit idle, so it became known as the "Immortal Martial Grotto-Heaven."
Furthermore, the Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands seized from purged great clans in Duravia Trade Prefecture got divided up among Azure Cloud Prefecture's holdings.
Several family branches now owned their personal Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands.
[Immortal Martial Grotto-Heaven: Presided over by Li Yunlin.
The Immortal Martial branch cultivates within.
Disciples from all major branches may cultivate within the Immortal Martial Grotto-Heaven...]
Within the Immortal Martial Grotto-Heaven lay training arenas aplenty, plus array formations for practice and hidden rooms for secluded meditation.
Given that Immortal Martial branch members were all "cultivation shut-ins," when disciples from other branches hit snags in their training or puzzled over a technique, they could head to the Immortal Martial Grotto-Heaven for advice.
[Merchant Grotto-Heaven: Headquarters of the Light Division of the Hall of Heavenly Principle, and the distribution center for the annual stipends of family disciples.]
Li Xinnian at last found some ease.
The clan's enterprises had fully shifted to the Merchant branch.
On the flip side, the Merchant Grotto-Heaven buzzed with ceaseless tasks each year, all while dispatching huge hauls of Spirit Stones and valuables to the family core.
[Demon Suppression Grotto-Heaven: Location of Northern Border City, presided over by Li Xinghuo.
Family disciples and cultivators of Azure Cloud Prefecture may travel to the Demon Suppression Grotto-Heaven to battle the Demon Race alongside Li Xinghuo and accept demon-slaying missions for experience.
Produces a large amount of Demon Race materials and Demon Beasts annually.]
[Silver Moon Grotto-Heaven: Located where the northern Endless Forest borders the Azure Dynasty, amidst continuous mountain ranges. Presided over by Li Xinjue.
Family disciples and disciples of Azure Cloud Prefecture may go there for experience and mining. Produces a large amount of mineral materials annually.]
Observing Li Xinnian manage family operations from the Merit Grotto-Heaven, Li Wei felt a surge of sentiment.
Beneath this [Destined Villain]'s command, the family advanced on a smarter, swifter course; indeed, transformations unfolded daily.
Yet, amid the family's rising power, Li Wei spotted some troubling intelligence.
[Special Event — Defeat in Shadowfell Prefecture]
[The Wu Race is gaining momentum. With the Fourth Prince currently campaigning in Duskwild Prefecture, the Wu Race has frequently seized the advantage, conquering eighty percent of the Shadowfell Prefecture's territory.
Your descendant, Li Kuanghua, is currently leading disciples of both the Buddhist and Demonic Daos in a retreat.]
Right then, aboard a spirit boat, Li Kuanghua—in her yellow skirt, appearing small and charming—positioned herself at the rear.
Her jaw clenched tight as she stared back at Shadowfell Prefecture's domains, now claimed by the Wu Race.
The Wu Race troops stretched without end, roaring in victory.
Li Wei lingered near Li Kuanghua too. This sight echoed the Azure Cloud Region's fall from years back, but magnified to epic proportions.
He squinted faintly. "Breached, huh? Just as foreseen, across the whole Azure Dynasty, solely my Li family holds the line."
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Reminder for the Wu Tribe progress in Volume 4:
Year 510 - The event "[Special Event—Shadowfell Prefecture in Crisis]" established that the Wu Tribe had invaded from the southwest and occupied half (50%) of Shadowfell Prefecture.
Year 686 - the Wu Tribe had now occupied eighty percent (80%).
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