destiny eternal calamity

Li Wei returned to the palace and began meditating and breathing exercises.

What he discovered two nights ago confirmed to him that Ji Yuanhong was faking illness.

I want a big one.

The reason he didn't rush into the Emperor's palace and arrest Ji Yuanhong was because he feared that a sudden power shift would deal a huge blow to the human race.

Based on Livy's experience in his previous life.

In any stable regime, most political struggles are kept behind the scenes.

The day the results are finally announced to the public is just a formality.

The loser in a struggle usually accepts their defeat with dignity.

Those who don't want a dignified experience often end up with just a news report about someone passing away due to illness.

This is true throughout history and across the world.

Those bloody coups that become known to the public are essentially cases of people tearing off all pretenses and making things very undignified for everyone.

If Li Wei wanted to resolve this matter by force, he wouldn't even need to consider whether he could defeat Ji Yuanhong; he could simply call in the Blackwater Serpent to violently suppress the situation.

No matter how much you, Ji Yuanhong, scheme and prepare, you are still just a cultivator destined for heaven, unable to escape the Five Finger Mountain of Kunlun.

However, the consequence of doing so would be that the relationship between the human race and Kunlun would deteriorate, and the little confidence and vitality that the human race had managed to cultivate would be completely destroyed.

After a thousand years of effort, they were still suppressed by a single demon beast from Kunlun.

Although some knowledgeable humans know this fact, knowing it and facing it are two different things.

Li Wei was unwilling to do such a thing.

This incident also made Li Wei realize that the reason he was not retaliated against by the hostile Eternal Tribulation cultivators for his actions in the later generations was essentially because those Eternal Tribulation cultivators were unwilling to offend those who wanted to protect him in order to kill him.

No rules in this mortal realm can govern cultivators of the Eternal Tribulation.

They are unwilling to do it simply because they feel the losses outweigh the gains.

Of course, this is because they don't know how terrifying Li Wei's potential is, given that he possesses the system.

Otherwise, they would have already obliterated Li Wei into dust.

While he was pondering, the two beautiful women served him a plate of fruit and tea.

They knew that the young man in front of them was a distinguished guest from Kunlun, and they had been trying to seduce him quite a bit these past two days.

Although this "Prince Li" may be a demon, the demons of Kunlun are still more human-friendly than ordinary demons.

If they could hook up with them, they'd be set for life.

As a result, the two "colleagues" assigned to Zhong Kuiying have been looking at them with naked jealousy these past two days.

After all, young men admired them, and although they couldn't compare to Zhong Kuiying's beauty, they were still among the most beautiful women in the world.

Seducing a young man is a piece of cake, isn't it?

Unexpectedly, this young man was truly like a saint or Buddha, remaining unmoved even with a woman in his lap.

This is certainly not because Li Wei was not lustful.

Simply because, after experiencing stunning beauties like Long Bilin, Xiao Shuying, Yaoyue, and Xie Youshan, his tastes have become more discerning.

Furthermore, since he was already a martial artist at the Divine Realm and could freely control his qi and blood, this kind of teasing based purely on lust was indeed not an irresistible temptation for him.

The reason for the resistance is quite simple.

He felt he could have multiple wives and concubines, but he had to be responsible to the end.

He doesn't want to take responsibility for women with whom he has no feelings.

So I simply kept my distance.

Speaking of which, there was a popular saying in my past life: Give up the desire to possess, and enjoy the right to use.

But this is not in line with the nature of men of his ethnicity; he was simply forced into it.

Now that he has been reincarnated into this world and has met so many beautiful women worthy of his lifelong companionship, he naturally would not choose to be an irresponsible playboy.

The two beautiful women were dressed very scantily, and seeing that Li Wei was still unmoved, they had no choice but to retreat.

If it weren't for Li Wei's abundant yang energy, these women, even without seeing his face, would have been moved and would have suspected that this "Young Master Li" had some problems in that area.

Another hour passed, and Zhong Kuiying, who had previously said he wanted to ask about cultivation, came in.

"Brother, I was wrong!"

Zhong Kuiying walked up to him, clasped her hands over her stomach, and bowed to apologize.

Li Wei was slightly taken aback.

If the other person bends their waist even lower, it will look just like the pose of a private horse race in a certain country in my previous life.

"I already said that you did a good job. It was my oversight to let you go in first."

Li Wei stood up and helped Zhong Kuiying straighten up.

That wasn't just a polite remark.

In fact, he himself has realized in the past two days that he has been taking things for granted.

Treating Zhong Kuiying as a younger sister was ultimately wishful thinking on his part.

His unconscious trust in beautiful women actually stems from his past incredibly successful romantic relationships.

A careful review of the women who have formed ties with him:

Long Bilin is essentially an extremely rational yet very traditional woman.

That's why, after careful consideration, she directly tied herself and Li Wei together.

For Long Bilin, this was like an imprinting behavior.

She was confident that her choice was correct, and Li Wei's subsequent performance did indeed meet her expectations.

With this positive feedback loop, it was only natural that feelings would develop between the two of them.

Xiao Shuying and he were a perfect match; it was like love at first sight for them.

Li Wei grew up in a single-parent family in his previous life, living with his father.

In this life, her mother also died young due to illness.

So he was actually someone who lacked maternal love.

Xiao Shuying, on the other hand, happens to be a woman overflowing with maternal love.

In addition, his appearance perfectly matches Xiao Shuying's aesthetic standards, and his character and qualifications are also top-notch.

The two are a match made in heaven.

Xie Youshan was initially forced into it.

But Xie Youshan is just too adorable, and her love for him has remained unchanged for a thousand years.

With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for?

So naturally, he also fell in love with this girl.

As for Aunt Yaoyue, that was purely due to possessiveness.

Even if the relationship between Yu Shu and Hou Ting Hua isn't exactly a proper one, it's still close contact.

He couldn't possibly ignore this woman with whom he had a close relationship, could he?

In general, Li Wei categorized the women he was involved with into four tiers in his mind.

The first tier consists of three beauties with whom he has completely opened his heart: Long Bilin, Xiao Shuying, and Xie Youshan.

The second tier consists of Yaoyue and Lin Peiyao, two cultivation partners and fiancées whom he is determined to win over.

The third tier consists of three women who have close relationships with him but have not yet shown any romantic feelings for him: Long Xiaoxiao, Yan Xueshang, and Zhong Kui Yaohua; as well as Mei Lan Zhu Ju, who, although they do not have much of an emotional foundation, have already been designated by Long Bilin as his concubines and are quite fond of him.

The fourth tier consists of two celestial maidens, Zhao Yuqing and Zhong Kuiying.

Upon closer reflection, they can only be considered female friends, and their relationship is not much better than that of a purely professional colleague like that of Manager Lan Yu.

Before that incident two days ago, he treated Zhong Kuiying as a younger sister, even closer to her than to his adoptive mother, Zhong Kui Yaohua, who had genuinely helped him a lot.

It's not that Zhong Kuiying's wariness of him was wrong.

She was treated like a younger sister, and after spending several months with him, she still didn't trust him. This... really hurt him.

To put it bluntly, the other party is a bit like an ungrateful cat.

Or rather, the two are incompatible.

Since that's the case, let's be friends.

This was exactly the kind of relationship he originally wanted to maintain.

After all, he could only stay in this era for a little over half a year, so saving her was simply a pipe dream.

Compared to watching his younger sister sacrifice herself to suppress the demon tomb, treating Zhong Kuiying as an ordinary friend made him feel much better.

The two sat down, and Li Wei asked Zhong Kuiying to tell him about the problems she had encountered in her cultivation, which he then answered one by one.

As conscientious and responsible as ever.

But Zhong Kuiying seemed somewhat distracted.

She felt that the other person's words lacked the care and enthusiasm they used to have.

He used to be like an older brother, but now he's like a teacher.

I didn't realize it before, but after losing it, I found it hard to accept.

Because Zhong Kuiying is also a solitary person.

From the time she could remember, Zhong Kui Yao Hua, her adoptive mother, was the only one in her world; she would even die for her.

But in the end, Kui Yaohua wouldn't hold her forever. Since she turned ten, she had spent less and less time with her adoptive mother.

Zhong Kui Yao Hua also prevented the humans on Kunlun from getting close to her, probably because she was afraid that she would be kidnapped by some ghost fire yellow-haired creature.

As for the demons, who were her subordinates, they dared not get too close to her, the little princess of Kunlun.

So Li Wei was truly the closest person to her in the past ten years or so, besides her adoptive mother Zhong Kui Yao Hua.

However, her suspicious and indecisive nature ultimately caused great damage to their relationship.

Zhong Kuiying didn't know how to repair this crack, so she could only awkwardly apologize.

Her apology was destined not to be genuinely accepted by Li Wei, because Li Wei was not unaware that his demands on Zhong Kuiying were too harsh; rather, it was intentional on his part.

He was from the future and knew that all the celestial maidens would enter the Demon Tomb to suppress the celestial demon before the age of twenty, and then disappear without a trace.

Therefore, in Li Wei's eyes, this celestial maiden's life was as short and brilliant as a shooting star.

Maintaining an appropriate distance between the two is the correct approach.

He had been too naive before, thinking that as long as there was no romantic involvement, it would be fine to treat Zhong Kuiying as a younger sister.

He later discovered that he also could not accept his sister's sacrifice to suppress the demon's tomb.

Although entering the secret room was an overreaction, it allowed the two to return to a normal friendship.

He can stop grieving over his sister's sacrifice, and Zhong Kuiying can have one less attachment to the world.

Two hours later, Zhong Kuiying lowered her head and silently left.

She knew that she had ultimately lost a brother who loved and cared for her.

Li Wei watched her retreating figure and took out the porcelain bottle containing the Nourishing Spirit Pill that Zhong Kuiying had given him.

He had used up the pills two months ago, but he kept the porcelain bottle and carried it with him.

After thinking about it, he ultimately decided not to throw the bottle away and put it back in his arms.

at night.

Li Wei went alone to investigate the Crown Prince's residence.

The reason he didn't eliminate Ji Yuanhong with swift and decisive measures was not only because he feared instability in the human race, but also because he wanted to observe Ji Youguang.

We need to see if he is a suitable candidate to succeed the Emperor.

The Xuanyuan tribe had only one ancestor thousands of years ago.

Those clansmen who are not surnamed Ji are either followers, such as descendants of the Li Lou clan, or they are descendants of those who branched off from the Ji family.

Since Ji Yuanhong received the martial arts, the Xuanyuan tribe has become his personal fiefdom.

Most people with the surname Ji today are his direct descendants. Under his guidance, most of the other people with the surname Ji have changed their surname.

Over a thousand years and fifty generations, even amidst constant wars and natural disasters, Ji Yuanhong, the surviving ancestor, still has tens of thousands of direct descendants.

Of his first-generation children, only his third son, Ji Youguang, has survived to this day.

Because the probability of a human becoming a cultivator is too low.

The entire Ji family only has a few dozen members who have cultivated true qi.

Aside from Ji Yuanhong and Ji Youguang, the Ji family only has a few Divine Treasure cultivators as their high-level combat force.

If Ji Youguang also has problems, then the Ji family will definitely lose the throne of the Human Emperor.

After secretly sneaking into the Crown Prince's residence, the first thing Li Wei did was to scan the ground with his divine sense.

Having learned from his previous experiences, he knew that things that couldn't be made public were usually hidden underground.

He is investigating.

Suddenly, I realized that the energy of heaven and earth around me had stopped flowing.

This is a sign that a high-level cultivator has set up a restriction using the power of heaven and earth.

Although it is far less effective than spatial restrictions in suppressing low-level cultivators, the time it buys is usually enough for the opponent to unleash a killing move and hit the trapped cultivator.

However, the opponent clearly underestimated Li Wei's strength.

Li Wei kicked out, and the cage formed by the power of heaven and earth shattered.

With the visual interference gone, he was able to see the other person's appearance clearly.

"Ji Yuanhong!"

Li Wei called out in a low voice, somewhat surprised, but not particularly astonished.

"Wei Li, it's you!"

Ji Yuanhong looked at the other person's youthful skin, his voice somewhat hoarse.

"Are you faking illness?" Li Wei asked, feigning a delighted expression as if he were seeing an old friend.

He didn't want to directly break ties with Ji Yuanhong here, letting everyone see the rift between Kunlun and the Xuanyuan tribe.

Moreover, since the opponent can take to the air, they can likely escape if they can't win the fight.

"Yes, I am worried that after I die, my light will not be able to suppress those people, so I deliberately pretended to be sick and waited for those tribes and rebellious ministers with disloyal intentions to rebel."

Ji Yuanhong explained with a smile.

He used the power of heaven and earth to suppress their voices, and was not worried about attracting the guards.

Upon hearing this, Li Wei's face immediately showed a perfectly timed look of realization.

"I am now an envoy from Kunlun, and I have come to the Crown Prince's residence tonight to observe whether he is fit to be a ruler. Brother Yuanhong, what brings you here?"

"These days, those people are very restless. I only came to protect Youguang, but I didn't expect to run into Brother Wei Li."

Ji Yuanhong said, his hands behind his back.

"You Guang's character is even more noble than mine; he is a true gentleman. Brother Wei Li, there is no need to investigate him in this regard."

"His biggest problem is that he is too kind and lacks martial arts talent, so he cannot suppress the human race and makes decisions arbitrarily."

"Not to mention driving out the demons and barbarians and expanding our territory."

His words revealed an uncontrollable mix of regret and pride.

Clearly, he believed he had accomplished things that Ji Youguang could not.

"In that case, Brother Yuanhong, I won't bother you any longer. I'm leaving now!"

Li Wei bowed and took his leave, then used his lightness skill to soar through the air and disappear.

Ji Yuanhong watched Li Wei's departing figure in the night, lost in thought.

Before Li Wei arrived, he had already asked his trusted confidants in the Crown Prince's residence and learned that Ji Youguang had invited the Kunlun envoy.

He never expected that this Kunlun envoy was actually his old friend from a thousand years ago, Wei Li.

She doesn't look old at all, I'm so jealous.

He remembered that when he had secretly contacted the celestial realm without Kunlun's knowledge, the Star Lord of the Upper Realm had asked him to keep an eye on the affairs of the immortals who had descended to the mortal world.

It's quite obvious that Wei Li is most likely an immortal who descended to the mortal realm.

A thousand years ago, he did not die; he simply returned to the immortal realm.

Ji Yuanhong's mind went blank.

Completing that plan might only allow one to break through the Void Realm and receive the protection of the Immortal Realm.

However, by capturing a descending immortal to offer sacrifices to heaven, one might have a chance to obtain a spot for ascension.

He had been playing along with Wei Li because he felt he might not be able to capture the cunning immortal who had descended to the mortal realm.

Now, all he needs to do is hurry to the altar, communicate with the God of Life, and request the assistance of the celestial realm.