The old Taoist was deeply moved on the spot and immediately accepted Li Zhi as his apprentice. From then on, this young man with a rough past began his path of rapid breakthroughs in cultivation.

He once broke through from the Supreme Realm to the Holy Realm in ten years, and then from the Holy Realm to the Great Saint Realm in fifty years!

The old Taoist was completely stunned by this child's explosive potential later on. He could hardly believe that he had unintentionally brought out such an incredibly proud apprentice.

A thousand years later, more than half of the people from the former Jinxiu Village were no longer around, having turned into graves at the West Mountain Cemetery.

But Li Zhi, however, had directly stepped into the Supreme Realm.

Three thousand years later, the villagers of the former Jinxiu Village were less than one in a hundred. And Li Zhi had already broken through to the Ancestral Realm, becoming a truly top-tier existence.

Moreover, the billions of miles of borders of the Immeasurable Heaven truly became a splendid landscape.

This place is Li Zhi's territory!

No Heavenly People dare to provoke here.

Under Li Zhi's leadership, though he remains the sole Great Ancestor, there are more than three hundred cultivators of the Supreme Realm and over three thousand six hundred of the Ancestral Realm. The numbers below the Ancestral Realm are even larger.

This billion-mile splendid landscape is extremely prosperous.

Even the old Taoist, who was still at the peak of the Great Saint Realm at Li Zhi's time, chose to settle here. Because here, all members of the Human Clan live with great dignity.

They never invade others' territories or make trouble for those Heavenly People. Here, they are the masters of their own fate.

But recently, everything changed dramatically.

First, a large number of cultivators from the splendid landscape were suddenly attacked by Heavenly People while outside, their heads severed.

This was highly unusual. Li Zhi immediately contacted the outside world to find out what happened. Soon, news came back, but it only made Li Zhi furrow his brows.

His information channels were limited, so he couldn't understand exactly what was happening. He only knew something major happened at the top echelons of the Immeasurable Heaven, which thoroughly intensified the conflict between the Human Clan and the Heavenly People Clan, reaching an irreconcilable point.

Hence, several top-tier Heavenly People formed hunting squads with the intent to massacre all Humans living in the Immeasurable Heaven!

They intend to completely wipe out those Humans living in the Immeasurable Heaven.

For Li Zhi, this was a huge piece of bad news.

He clearly understood that he remained a top-tier existence within this billion-mile splendid landscape. No, even now, in the entire Immeasurable Heaven, he is undoubtedly a truly formidable being that none would dare underestimate.

He is among the elite of the elite!

But the other beings in this splendid landscape are not.

If those Heavenly People really invade, it only takes three or four practitioners of the Ancestral Realm, and this billion-mile splendid landscape will turn into a billion-mile Asura field!

Because over these years, many from the Human Clan had come here in admiration. Now, the number of humans here exceeded a hundred billion!

Li Zhi was quite confident that given a few more tens of thousands of years, he would certainly raise over fifty top-tier Ancestral masters here!

By then, the self-preservation capability of the splendid landscape would greatly enhance.

In fact, in this world, it could be achieved in a shorter time. But he dared not!

He dared not cause too much of a stir and draw the attention of those Heavenly People Clan's higher-ups. The advantage here lies in its border location, where almost no Heavenly People were willing to come, hence ensuring stability.

But now, time waits for no one...

Recently, Li Zhi had repelled more than a dozen waves.

He even killed an Ancestral Realm Heavenly People practitioner. He was well aware that the antagonism between the two sides had become unequivocally clear. Killing a Heavenly People Clan's Ancestral practitioner, there's no possibility of peace.

Yet he had no choice, if he didn't kill them, not only would they kill him, but they would also massacre this entire splendid landscape's hundreds of billions of Human beings!

In his battles with them, Li Zhi himself had sustained considerable injuries. But he could still persevere, still fight. Yet his heart was filled with sorrow, knowing that if one or two more Ancestral Realm Heavenly People came, he would no longer be able to stop them.

He didn't even dare fall, much less think about what disastrous scene this billion-mile splendid landscape might become if he did fall.

And that time might not be far away.

For today alone, there were five reports of villages and towns being slaughtered to extinction.

The cultivators sent for reinforcements also did not return alive.

Facing this situation, Li Zhi was consumed with hatred, but in the end, he could only let out a sigh.

Just then, his master, the old Taoist of yesteryears, appeared before him, looked at Li Zhi, and said seriously, "Li Zhi, you must leave."

"Leave? How can I leave?" Li Zhi looked at his master and said with a bitter smile, "After I leave, what will happen to the people in this magnificent land?"

"Even if you don't leave, they won't fare any better." The old Taoist spoke very directly and decisively, looking at Li Zhi, he said lightly, "If you leave, you can still leave a glimmer of hope for this magnificent land. If you die, then there is truly no hope left."

"A glimmer of hope? What hope? With only me left? What's the point of me living?" Li Zhi questioned back.

The old Taoist sighed, "This matter, I find very peculiar. All along, our Human Clan has had poor circumstances in the Four Great Heavens. In the eyes of those Heavenly People, we humans are nothing but filthy, lowly, and evil creatures. However, despite this, as long as we stayed far away and didn't meet those people, generally, not many Heavenly People would go mad and slaughter humanity."

Li Zhi nodded, "That's true."

"But this time is different. This time... you can feel it; they are really serious about it. What made them so enraged? For them, we humans are actually no threat at all," the old Taoist said, "So, there can only be one possibility that could make them so furious."

"What possibility?" Li Zhi looked at the old Taoist.

Although he now stood at the pinnacle of beings, in reality, his knowledge wasn't as vast as the old Taoist's, who was said to have traversed over one percent of the Immeasurable Heaven's territory, knowing a great many things.

As for Li Zhi, his range of activity, at most, was within the hundreds of billions of miles surrounding this magnificent land.

He had never been to farther places.

The old Taoist looked at Li Zhi, "Have you heard of Pangu?"

Li Zhi nodded, "Of course, he is the pride of all humans! A divine being."

"Yes, I heard that in the past, Pangu led the Immeasurable humans away from the Four Great Heavens, wanting to establish the Fifth Heavenly Realm, to create a true pure land for humanity," the old Taoist said.

Li Zhi nodded, "Yes, I've heard you talk about it. The Great Pangu is indeed a magnificent existence. It's a pity he later failed, right?"

The old Taoist nodded, "He did fail, but don't you remember what Master told you?"

Li Zhi thought for a moment, and said, "The gods may fall, but they never die?"

The old Taoist continued to nod, "Right, I suspect the commotion in the Immeasurable Heaven might be related to Pangu! It's possible that the old man has returned and started fighting the Four Heavenly Realms. Moreover, if my guess is correct, the Four Heavens over there... must have suffered a great loss!"

"How can that be?" Li Zhi looked at his master, shocked, "The strength of the Four Heavens is unimaginably strong, not to mention the tens of thousands of realms... just those Realm Masters are a terrifying presence!"

"Even so, don't forget." The old Taoist looked at Li Zhi, "Pangu, is a god!"

Li Zhi was so shaken he was almost speechless.

The old Taoist brought the topic back to the beginning, he looked at Li Zhi, smiled, and said, "Child, Master really couldn't have imagined you would achieve such greatness. You are Master's pride, and you are also the pride of this billions of miles of magnificent land. Go, Master will stay here, and if you leave, the people in this billions of miles of magnificent land won't blame you. You've done enough for them."

"Master, I can't..." Li Zhi said anxiously.

The old Taoist shook his head, "Listen to Master finish speaking."

Li Zhi looked at the old Taoist.

The old Taoist said, "You leaving, although it seems like giving up on the hundreds of billions of Human Clan in this billions of miles of magnificent land, in reality, their outcome is the same whether you leave or stay. By not leaving, you'll only be buried along with them. If you leave, with your strength, there are truly not many in this world who can stop and kill you. So, you can find a place to hide. Then... wait for the opportunity!"

"Wait for the opportunity?" Li Zhi looked at the old Taoist.

The old Taoist smiled, "Of course it's news of Pangu! I believe that it won't take many years afterward, that side might really attack. Do you know? We here in the Immeasurable Heaven are the closest to the place where Pangu's physical body ascended to the mortal world..."

Li Zhi's eyes widened enormously, finding it somewhat hard to believe this fact.

"So, you leave and preserve your useful body, to do more for the entire Human Clan in the future! Do you understand? Only then will your existence be valuable. Even if you still die in battle in the future, your death will surely be more significant than now!" The old Taoist, although not of profound cultivation, possessed a remarkably rich life wisdom.

He understood the situation before their eyes with unparalleled clarity, and the words he spoke to Li Zhi were not driven by selfish desires to preserve his disciple, but were the most rational choice at the moment.

At this moment, Li Zhi couldn't help but fall into silence.

He already understood his master's intention and could comprehend it, yet he truly didn't want to leave this place!

This is his home, after all!

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