"You're mad! You're all mad!!!"
Atop the peak of the Qiu Clan Immortal Mountain, Qiu Anran roared.
Alongside all the Qiu clansmen guarding the array formation on the mountain peak, they were dealing with a single person: Li Tianming.
Yet even in the midst of this, he couldn't help but keep an eye on the foot of the mountain.
The Li Clan members had arrived without any warning.
They had appeared at a time when the Qiu Clan had launched an attack on the Li Clan—the most unlikely moment for them to strike.
This caught their entire Qiu Clan completely off guard, leading to the array formations being seized in a short period.
These Li clansmen possessed incredibly profound foundations, reaching a point where even the tens of thousands of years of the Qiu Clan Immortal Mountain's foundation could not resist them.
Each of them carried the Hidden Edge Sword, an Ancestral Spirit Tablet, puppets, demonic beasts, and talismans that connected to the underworld.
And yet, that wasn't even the main issue.
The Li Clan members were a bunch of lunatics!
He had seen with his own eyes captured Li clansmen laughing uproariously, goading their captors to kill them so they could go to their Old Ancestor's world.
This was an unfair slaughter—whether in terms of strength, foundation, or spirit.
And then there was the man right before his eyes... Li Tianming!
He saw overwhelming numbers of talismans appearing around Li Tianming.
Surrounded by them, Li Tianming appeared entirely harmless to humans and animals alike, showing a cowardly demeanor on the battlefield and terror when facing dozens of Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Divinity Transformation cultivators.
However, Qiu Anran could clearly sense that this man had already reached the Half-Step Void Refining realm.
No... or rather, he had already reached the Void Refining realm, but that terrifying Spiritual power was hidden within his body, like a dormant forest fire.
...
The talismans he had accumulated over decades in the Thunder Fire Demon Cave were released one by one, as if they cost nothing, surrounding Li Tianming.
Deafening explosions echoed incessantly.
Li Tianming sat upon the lotus platform where the "Three Thieves" once played their tricks, shivering as he looked at the numerous cultivators outside his talismans.
There were twenty-three Golden Core cultivators, seven Nascent Soul cultivators, and three Divinity Transformation cultivators, with Qiu Anran being an expert at the absolute peak of the Divinity Transformation realm.
The Dharmic Avatars and Spiritual power of these experts attacked continuously.
Fortunately, his accumulation was profound; every single talisman could counter an enemy, causing the Spiritual power around him to constantly detonate.
"Grade 5 talisman, Vajra Body Protection Rune, three left."
"Grade 6 talisman, Shadow Severing Rune, transforming shadows to kill, seven left. Heaven and Earth transform laws, talismans unleash!"
"Grade 5 talisman, Corpse Refining Rune. Underworld Tongue-Ripping Ghost Emperor, break your seal! Heed my command, assist me in slaying the enemy."
"Grade 5 talisman..."
In the cloudy sky, even when facing thirty-three opponents, the Talisman Master Li Tianming actually stood invincible.
The talismans protecting him, like a sphere transformed into various techniques, bombarded in all directions.
They could become the golden light of Divinity Transformation Spiritual power for protection.
They could turn into black shadows following bizarre trajectories to slay enemies.
They could manifest as the Tongue-Ripping Evil Ghost of the underworld, with a long tongue extending a hundred meters—anyone struck by it would have their Spiritual power, physical body, and soul corroded.
Yet despite wielding the formidable strength of a Talisman Master, the user, Li Tianming, still had pale lips and chattering teeth.
Another person's commands resounded in his mind, telling him exactly which talisman to use.
"Trash! If a person like you ran into me, I would be the first to kill you!"
Another curse echoed within his soul, rousing a rare sliver of violent temper in Li Tianming.
Amidst the terrifying roar of Spiritual power, he weakly gritted his teeth and said,
"Thirty-three experts. It's already extremely difficult for me to deal with them. If you're so capable, why don't you come out yourself?"
Then, his soul finally quieted down.
Feeling the sorrow within his soul, Li Tianming suddenly felt a trace of guilt.
He realized he must have said something he shouldn't have, hurting the 'other self' within his soul.
He had heard that the 'other self' in his soul was a rare villain in this world.
When he went on his rampages and manifested in the world, let alone Li Tianming, even the family couldn't control him.
He would eventually, uncontrollably, do things that invited punishment from heaven and earth and crossed the Imperial Dynasty's bottom line.
It was from that time onwards that Li Tianming came into existence.
In recent decades, the 'other self' had dared even less to come out; he was escaping from reality.
The Three Thieves had always moved together.
There were four of them left in the 'Tian' generation, but then another one died.
Li Tianming knew that they had once watched their brothers and sisters die one by one—that was a past they never wished to mention. And now, yet another life was lost.
Whether it was Eldest Brother Li Tianyi or Tianqi, both had begun to grow up and accept the cruel reality.
They were no longer the carefree trio who could act recklessly.
He was afraid that if he came out under this maddening anger, he would never be able to go back.
So the 'other self' in his soul also had this side to him.
Li Tianming lowered his head.
He was different from the person in his mind.
When the news of his younger sister Li Tianyue's death arrived, he only felt anger, but couldn't feel the absolute resolve of 'this grudge must be avenged'.
Watching Li Tianyi and Li Tianqi leave the Thunder Fire Demon Cave, he only felt lost and uncomfortable with his brothers' absence.
He was even selfishly afraid of having to face danger all alone without his two brothers by his side.
Li Tianming pursed his lips.
With him being like this, what right did he have to criticize the 'other self' in his mind?
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said those things to you."
Li Tianming murmured, "But I can't beat them. You... help me kill them."
Li Tianming pursed his lips and looked around.
Qiu Anran had gone mad; he had already used his trump card and was burning his vital blood energy.
The 'Snow Spirit' bloodline belonging to the Qiu Clan, along with his physique, allowed him to transform into a hundred-meter-tall Snow God, his Spiritual power already reaching the critical point of the Void Refining realm.
Seeing that he couldn't do anything to Li Tianming, the opponent clearly intended to go and kill his clansmen.
Looking at his clansmen fighting to the death everywhere on the mountain, Li Tianming felt that since his two brothers had already grown up, he too should bear his responsibilities as a Clan Elder.
At last, a sound echoed within his soul, the person's voice low and deep,
"You cultivate talismans. Through your decades of cultivation in the Thunder Fire Demon Cave, you have learned the talisman methods of He Hao, the former Sect Master of the Eternal Immortal Sect.
The 'Talisman Bamboo Slip' from the Golden Talisman Array Bamboo Slips is within your body."
"I will not come out entirely. I will only give you a wisp of divine sense. This divine sense carries my 'Hundred Treasures Array' technique.
You can use the 'Talisman Bamboo Slip' to suppress me from fully occupying your body."
"Check your spatial ring. How many Dharma artifacts and Spirit Artifacts are there? As for Dharma Treasures, don't use them; they're too expensive."
Realization dawned on Li Tianming, and he hastily checked his spatial ring.
At a glance, he was stunned.
All the treasures Li Tianyi and Li Tianqi couldn't use had been left in his spatial ring.
Countless miscellaneous items floated within the space of the ring.
"Alright then... kill them all!"
Li Tianming only felt a sinister laugh and an uncontrollable, malicious killing intent surge out from his soul like a tsunami, nearly splitting his liver and gallbladder with terror.
"When you wake up, you piece of trash, don't be scared out of your wits!"
"Leave! No! One! Alive!"
His divine soul was completely submerged in the dark, vital blood energy.