Chapter 1041 - 315: The Final Reunion (Part 3)

A faint smile appeared on his face as he slightly cupped his hands, "Brother Li, we meet again."

Li Qing too had lost his previous arrogance, smiling as he cupped his hands, "You and I, brothers parted, has it not been decades?"

"You said you would come and see me often, but now..."

The words of blame were left unfinished when Li Qing paused.

He understood that Shen Wen’an had encountered many things over the years.

The Yangnao Land’s path had collapsed, the family was in danger, circumstances beyond his control.

The juniors and Huang Lingshan present sighed at the friendship between the two, as Shen Chongxu cupped his hands and spoke, "Third Uncle and Elder Li, please continue your conversation, I will take Elder Sword Immortal and Xiuchan to find accommodations."

"Brother Ming, let’s join together."

Shen Chongming nodded, and the group left the small courtyard together.

...

Jiuzhou World, Inference Saint Mountain.

In the secluded small courtyard where Shen Li resided, Shen Xiuyan sat alone in the pavilion.

Earlier, he had received a revised version of the Mystic Mechanism Escape Armor from his great-grandfather Shen Yuan, intending to bring it to Shen Li for the Heavenly Prayer Skill to inform Shen Xiubai, enabling him to integrate it into the world barrier of Jiuzhou World.

The last time he visited, Shen Li was in seclusion.

Now, after more than ten days, knowing the urgency of the matter, he had come to the small courtyard where Shen Li resided.

"Xiuyan, if you’re in a hurry, you can wake your aunt."

Hu Mei’Er’s form passed through the vine-entangled corridor, arriving at the pavilion and speaking with a smile.

Shen Xiuyan quickly stood and cupped his hands, "Grandmother, no need."

"A cultivator’s seclusion and enlightenment is a rare opportunity; grandson’s matter still has time, there is no rush."

Hu Mei’Er sighed lightly, shook her head, and said no more.

"Then sit for a while."

Indicating Shen Xiuyan to sit down first, Hu Mei’Er pondered whether to wake Shen Li.

She could sense Shen Xiuyan’s urgency, realizing he must have something important in mind.

Before Shen Li went into seclusion, she had already conveyed that she was merely studying some witchcraft, not at a critical juncture for a breakthrough; waking her mid-way should have no impact.

But as Hu Mei’Er hesitated, a faint and deep drumbeat suddenly sounded above the room at the rear of the courtyard.

The drumbeat seemed to come from a distant time and space, desolate yet incredibly penetrating, causing one’s heart and spirit to tremble!

As the drumbeat sounded, Shen Xiuyan stood abruptly, raising his head to gaze at the void.

"Grandmother, is that where Aunt Li’Er is in seclusion?"

Hu Mei’Er nodded her head in a daze.

The next moment, another drumbeat resonated across the sky above Inference Saint Mountain.

With the sound of this battle drum, all cultivators within a thousand-mile radius of Inference Saint Mountain, whether in secluded cultivation or seated in meditation, were instantly stunned!

The two drumbeats seemed to awaken the deepest and most ancient memories within their bloodline.

Some cultivators even had bizarre scenes flash in their minds.

Vast land, majestic mountains.

Through the dense primitive aura of the barbaric wilderness, numerous powerful demon beasts and evil demons roamed and raged with fury.

Within the human race tribes below, one powerful entity after another held the most primitive stone knives, stone axes, bone swords, or simple bronze weapons, relying on formidable physique to charge at the terrifying fierce beasts and evil demons!

The battle drums resounding through heaven and earth mixed with the shouts and cries of the human race ancestors, continuous roars and screams of the fierce beasts and evil demons.

Like a vast and tragic epic unfolding in everyone’s mind.

Though briefly, it ignited the blood within many cultivators.

In an instant, all these cultivators felt the speed of spiritual power flowing through their meridians increase, and the affinity with this heaven and earth became more intimate.

A sense of determination to protect their homeland, protect their loved ones at any cost emerged in their hearts, fearless of anything!

The drumming in the void grew increasingly urgent and clearer.

The grand drumbeats gradually echoed throughout Jiuzhou World.

In Qingzhou Sea Region, cultivators battling with sea demon beasts, who initially succumbed to fear and dared not venture out from the cities, now found their blood ignited by the drums.

One by one charged out, engaging in life-and-death combat with the sea demon beasts!

The drumbeat not only affected many cultivators but also some common people who became equally fervent, holding ordinary harpoons and spears, dared to sail into the sea aboard fishing boats.

The sea demon beasts, which had previously matched the cultivators of Jiuzhou World blow for blow, now found themselves frightened and fleeing amidst this scenario.

Far away in the small courtyard of Inference Saint Mountain, Shen Xiuyan was unaware of the events transpiring in Qingzhou Sea Region.

At this moment, he only saw a void above him, where a figure towering several dozen feet, clad in a robe with colorful feathers, and crowned with a Jade Flower Crown slowly appeared.

This figure exuded a sacred and noble aura, the illusory face gradually becoming solid, subtly resembling Shen Li’s appearance.

Ancient and rhythmically intoned prayers emitted from the figure clad in the robe with colorful feathers, and the sky of Jiuzhou World shimmered in vibrant hues amidst these prayers.

Shen Xiuyan squinted his eyes, within the vast hues he beheld a blurry silhouette.

The figure donned a moon-white robe, slender in form, standing with hands behind in the void, gazing down at Jiuzhou World.

"Xiubai..."

Seeing this ethereal vision, Shen Xiuyan couldn’t help but murmur.

The silhouette within the hues was indeed Shen Xiubai, whose spirit was melded into Jiuzhou World after losing his life creating the Five Elements Secret Realm.