Immortal Father
Chapter 1172: 414: Testing Each Other

Chapter 1172: Chapter 414: Testing Each Other

The retreat of the Dragon Clan was so decisive, it caught Li Ping’an somewhat by surprise.

What he originally thought was the most ideal situation was for the Dragon Clan to fight and retreat simultaneously, suffering little casualties while luring the innate gods and demons into the vast wilderness heaven and earth to be defeated.

Unfortunately, that was just the ideal scenario.

The Dragon Clan did not wish to shoulder too much risk, and retreated very decisively. The long years of preparations beforehand allowed them to make numerous arrangements;

The attack of the innate gods and demons also seemed somewhat slow, as if resembling a tsunami at the horizon, overwhelming yet advancing steadily and on time.

Two hours after the great retreat of the Dragon Clan, the grand array of the ancient dragon realm was broken, with chaotic aura flooding into the ancient dragon realm, directly destroying half the territory.

This chaotic aura is blocked by an invisible membrane, the force of rules intertwined by the three thousand Great Dao of the vast wilderness heaven and earth.

The innate gods and demons flew out of the Chaos Sea, steadily advancing towards the force of rules.

The Calamity Venerable did not earn their trust;

But the Calamity Venerable conveyed a message to them, using various means to successfully communicate with these innate gods and demons.

[The vast wilderness heaven and earth will usher in the Six Saints era, representing the order power of the tangible realm, it will, under the push of the Six Saints, infinitely expand towards the Chaos Sea.]

Now, for their survival, they must strike first, to destroy the vast wilderness heaven and earth before the return of the Six Saints.

The innate gods and demons attacking the ancient dragon realm and Xuan Capital City can actually only be considered the vanguard.

Such news is still circulating among the chaos creatures.

There will be more and more innate gods and demons swarming into the vast wilderness, using the ancient dragon realm as their breakthrough point.

Although Li Ping’an was not aware of these events, he could predict with great accuracy.

Li Ping’an did not do much else, and let everything go according to the flow.

Near the ancient dragon realm, balls of water were slowly floating towards the direction of the main heavenly land in the void inside the heavens.

Those wounded battle dragons are each lying prone in the water balls wrapped around the Crystal Palace, swallowing and exhaling Dragon Balls to heal themselves.

A dozen Dragon Clan elders and reinforcement experts from the Witch Clan and Human Race were now positioned behind this group of water balls, using the Immortal Isles as a vessel to establish a ‘temporary command center’.

On the Immortal Isles, within a simple stone hall, Li Ping’an sat at the center, while various experts were seated cross-legged behind low tables.

It is a very critical moment, and the Dragon Clan kept things simple, offering the heroes and warriors a hundred and eighty dishes and fine wines, expressing many words of gratitude, and each giving a few storage rings filled with treasures.

The Dragon Clan has always been quite dignified in this aspect.

The Clan Leader Ao Guang was heavily injured, yet insisted on attending, still seated to the right of Li Ping’an, looking respectful and courteous.

Ao Guang even proactively asked:

“Your Majesty, you had a great battle with the Calamity Venerable. He attacked you cowardly, I wonder how your injuries are?”

Li Ping’an smiled gently and said: “Thank you, Clan Leader Ao, for your concern. It’s nothing serious now. Fortunately, my third teacher forced me to practice my physical body earlier, otherwise I fear I might have had to take a trip to the Sea of Blood today.”

Ao Guang nodded with a smile, the long beard on his dragon head fluttering, before frowning and saying:

“Our Dragon Clan did not offend the Western Sect before, nor did we participate in the ancient battle, or the present war, yet this Western Sect still plotted against our Dragon Clan.

“Today, upon knowing the disaster in the ancient dragon realm, we realize the new heavenly court is the reliance for all beings.

“The Dragon Clan once shattered the vast wilderness heaven and earth, failing all living beings in it, today as an old dragon, shamelessly, I pray that the Dragon Clan and its subordinates can merge into the new heavenly court, to serve Your Majesty loyally!”

Speaking thus, Ao Guang along with ten or more old dragons and the Yinglong stood up, spreading their arms to draw a large circle, then bowing deeply towards Li Ping’an.

Li Ping’an led the heavenly court’s war generals to stand and return the salute.

Seeing this, Lady Ba also led the Human Race war generals to stand and watch.

Just as all the experts present thought Li Ping’an was about to nod and enlist the Dragon Clan as a mighty general, Li Ping’an shook his head.

He said: “Please rise, do not be ceremonial, as there is still one undecided matter, I cannot agree to joining the heavenly court.”

The dragons were somewhat bewildered.

They, the ancient overlords, the present major players in the vast wilderness, possessing countless treasured materials, boasting formidable combat strength, now lowering their status to yield to the current heavenly court due to disaster and gratitude…

Yet were refused by the New Heavenly Emperor.

A few spirited old dragons were fuming.

Lady Ba only smiled subtly, arms crossed, casting a sideways glance at these Dragon Clan elders.

Li Ping’an said with a smile:

“Everyone, please don’t mind, I have not the slightest disregard for you, the Dragon Clan is the general of Pangu, once led parts of all beings during the long ages.

“Actually, the heavenly court really needs you to join.

“But regarding the Ocean Race’s affairs, we must first set a tone, how to resolve it in the future, whether it can be resolved, in how many steps to free the Ocean Race, freeing them from servitude, this must be clearly stated.

“Ladies and gentlemen, the vast wilderness is no longer ancient or archaic, the New Heavenly Court represents the new order of the vast wilderness advancing to a new stage.

“I do not ask for all beings to be equal, as it is impossible for all beings to absolutely be equal, I only seek the end of slavery in the vast wilderness, that the strong cannot act recklessly, and that the weak have support to protect themselves.”

The Human Race experts all smiled widely.

Since the start of the battle, the elderly Tianli, who was recording material for his son-in-law with a shadow capturing magic artifact, was now filled with gratification.

Elder Tianli sighed deeply in his heart.

They both bear the surname Li, and are father and son, why is the younger vastly superior, such a glaring difference in character between father and son!