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.

Li Wei arched his brows a touch.

He'd observed Li Tianyue's crisis from start to finish.

The fact that he hadn't shown up stemmed not from unwillingness to aid her, but from knowing that Li Tianyue could handle her own escape—without his intervention or the family's support.

Li Tianyue had clearly prepared her forces well in advance.

Even absent the dispatch from the Imperial Capital, 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 the Fourth Prince was ready to forfeit a million troops to save got treated by Dongfang Liancheng like 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.

As a result, she launched a fierce comeback, her thoughts reaching utter lucidity, enabling her to push to the peak of the Divinity Transformation stage.]

[Gained Trait: Distrust of Authority]

[She now withholds faith from all forms of power or rule, always bracing for betrayal from the mighty at any instant.

She starts grasping power's real nature: it's merely a balance of gains and losses, where all things 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 outstripping that of the Three Thieves!

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

The happenings around Li Tianyue had stirred them long before.

Yet as soon as Li Tianyue stepped in, the relatives welcomed her with comforting grins, showing she had nothing to fear—they backed her fully.

Li Dalong approached her and, like in her younger days, ruffled her hair gently.

"That Old Thief Dongfang is advancing in age.

I've dispatched a missive to berate him; it'll reach him shortly.

Next time our paths cross, I'll snap his mutt legs personally to ease your fury."

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

He plans to test their mettle firsthand."

Li Tianyi placed his hands on his waist.

"Hold on tight. Your elder brother was busy raiding a burial site.

With this news, I won't stand by doing nothing.

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 recoiled.

"Uncover... just a portion. Too many isn't wise."

Li Xinnian held his hands behind him.

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

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

None with malicious aims will get away."

"..."

With family members 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 pent-up sorrow ready to flow as sparkling droplets.

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

"Stop. No more talk of these distressing events."

Li Wei gestured lightly with his hand, pulling everyone's attention.

"Kuangren, report on your talks with the Fourth Prince."

"Understood, Old Ancestor."

Li Kuangren's face grew solemn at once.

"The Fourth Prince chooses to yield for the realm and its people."

Hearing this, the Li family folks reacted with the same shock as Li Tianyue.

"Indeed, he's backing down." Li Kuangren looked baffled.

"Conflict between the factions is inevitable now.

The Fourth Prince faces tangled circumstances.

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

Since halting the war isn't feasible, letting the Imperial Dynasty clash with the Wu Clan undivided isn't so tough."

"All he has to do is suffer some defeats.

Losing land from two or three prefectures is bearable for him.

Afterward, his forces will require time to recover, putting Fei Heng's mind at rest."

"However, there's 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 brows deeply.

Li Yuanshang blinked in surprise.

"Right, that's the fellow he seeks.

Your Highness, who exactly is this in your kin?

Is he truly worth such a steep toll to the Fourth Prince?"

"I've merely heard tales 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 has faded from existence.

Only Zishu Lingtian lingers.

As for his status... it's unclear if he's among the living or not."

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

"So how do we track him down?

Let's just battle the Fourth Prince!

I bring spirit stones, you wield power.

United..."

"We'd reign supreme below the heavens."

Fei Heng finished for him. He gave an eye roll.

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

You... what's this?"

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

"Continue, please."

"In those days, as Father Emperor pushed our borders, various Imperial Brothers and their heirs battled beside him.

Third Imperial Brother shone the brightest among them.

By then, Father Emperor wielded the Authority of Humanity.

Third Imperial Brother bore the Human Sovereign Blood like ours, yet his was exceptionally strong—he was almost immortal.

His spirit holds a Phylactery (Life Box); unless it's shattered, he'll never truly die."

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

He helped forge our Azure Imperial Dynasty."

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