Chapter 346: The End of the Road for the Aristocratic Families

"I think, the things you cursed just now were likely heard by Fellow Daoist Li. I think you had better go and apologize to Fellow Daoist Li; you should know Fellow Daoist Li's temperament..."

Kong Sheng said with a strange expression.

The other Sages also nodded fiercely, feeling that Kong Sheng was right.

Their hearts were extremely astonished.

Because the reason Xuantianji was alive until now, and even the flames on his body had disappeared, was certainly because that Fellow Daoist Li had intervened to help, preserving Xuantianji's life.

This was simply inconceivable.

They were well aware of how difficult Xuantianji's situation was.

Burning up all essence, energy, and spirit, with even all traces of time and space burned away in those flames, in exchange for combat power pushed to the absolute limit. The combat power gained this way was indeed terrifying, but once one burned up everything they had, it would be eternal damnation.

Even worse than eternal damnation!

Because once all traces of time and space were burned away, it was equivalent to the person Xuantianji no longer existing on the level of time and space; unless one was a powerhouse of their level, no one in the world could remember Xuantianji—it was a true, thorough death.

Under these circumstances.

Even if an Immortal God descended to the mortal world, they could not save Xuantianji.

Yet now, it had actually been resolved by Fellow Daoist Li?

And this resolution had happened so silently; it was only long after Li Heng had left that they realized Xuantianji had not been burned away, and the flames had also extinguished without anyone noticing.

Had Fellow Daoist Li's realm already reached such a height?

Their hearts were filled with deep emotion.

"This..." Xuantianji's expression was somewhat bitter.

Because he had probed his own condition slightly and discovered that not only had he not died completely, he had been resurrected—changing from a dead man living in the past into a living man living in the present!

What kind of great power was this? Xuantianji found it hard to imagine.

He also knew that no matter how profound Li Heng's methods were, or how unfathomable his strength was, achieving this must have come at a considerable price, and he did not even know how he could ever repay it.

Thinking of how he had cursed Fellow Daoist Li just moments ago.

He felt even more ashamed in his heart...

After a brief silence, he let out a long sigh.

"Forget it, forget it; an apology also requires some sincerity. This old man had better first earnestly complete the task Fellow Daoist Li entrusted to me just now; otherwise, even if I go to find him to apologize, the apology will be too light..."

His emotional expression slowly transformed into one of coldness and solemnity, like the supreme will of Heaven, as he cast his gaze toward the region of the aristocratic families, causing the surviving family powerhouses to panic and tremble with fear.

At this moment, the whole world was in an uproar.

Previously, the terrifying figure had caused the world to stand still, and no one could block the fierce might of that terrifying figure; countless living beings were filled with a sense of panic that the end of the world had arrived, feeling that everything was about to be over.

Yet at that final moment.

Li Heng, whom they had concluded was already dead—this great power who had opened up Reincarnation—had actually appeared in the Present World once more, and with an incomparably powerful punch, he had forcefully blasted that terrifying figure to pieces, resolving the crisis.

Therefore, countless people were filled with gratitude toward Li Heng in their hearts.

At the same time, a sense of relief at having survived a disaster also arose.

While many powerhouses of the Present World were immersed in wild joy and gratitude toward Li Heng, they also realized that the aristocratic families were finished, and they successively took action against the families; as the saying goes, when a wall is about to collapse, everyone gives it a push, and they no longer gave the families face as they had in the past.

Those powerhouses who had defected to the aristocratic families in advance were also extremely panicked at this time, fleeing one after another to avoid being struck themselves. As for those who had originally wanted to defect but hadn't managed to do so in time, they were even more relieved and successively joined the ranks of those striking at the aristocratic families.

The world is complex and intricate, and it has never lacked opportunists.

Inside the aristocratic families, one piece of bad news after another arrived.

"The Dao Sect has taken action against us!"

"The Buddhist Sect has raided dozens of our strongholds!"

"The successor of the World Sword Sect has appeared in the Present World and beheaded our family's prodigies; the various dynasties are actually planning to remove us from the records! How ridiculous, the royal families of some dynasties are clearly aristocratic families themselves—traitors!"

The top powerhouses of the aristocratic families gathered together with expressions as gloomy as water; was the aristocratic family, which had inherited its legacy for a thousand years without ceasing, now seeing its great mansion about to collapse? A sense of unwillingness rose in their hearts.

"Don't panic, we still have one last glimmer of hope."

"The River of Time has not completely faded away; the summoning array..."

A top aristocratic family powerhouse at the Heavenly Human Peak had intended to say some words to boost everyone's morale, but before he could finish his sentence, the River of Time, which spanned across Heaven and Earth, completely dissipated and returned to Heaven and Earth.

At the same time.

The summoning array they had formed by using ten Heavenly Humans for a Blood Sacrifice also shattered at this moment, turning into specks of light and dissipating; the powerhouse who had intended to speak suddenly fell into silence.

Suddenly, the group of powerhouses felt a gaze descend upon them.

Their complexions changed instantly, and they roared.

"Run!"

However, before they could make a move, Xuantianji's figure appeared before these family powerhouses and spoke indifferently.

"I am under orders to clean up the aristocratic families; where do you think you are going?"

Li Heng was currently traveling through the Void, accompanied by the Heavenly Goddess Tian Yao. He watched everything happening in the Present World at this time while smiling as he spoke.

"You should be much more relaxed now."

"That Heaven of monsters is finished."

Upon hearing this, Tian Yao nodded somewhat obediently.

"Although the Pollution at the source level is still continuing, without that Heaven of monsters, the space for me to operate freely will indeed become much larger. Thank you, Li Heng."

The Shennü expressed her thanks very straightforwardly.

"That is not necessary; this matter was bound to happen anyway."

Li Heng said with a smile.

If Shennü Tian Yao resolving the Heaven of monsters was for her own safety, then he had resolved the Heaven of monsters for Source Power; now, ten million points of Source Power was indeed a huge profit.

"Mm..."

Tian Yao nodded, not knowing what else to say.

However, she soon stretched out her palm, and a small spatial cube appeared on it, with a black dot inside the cube bumping around chaotically.

"This is for you, a gift."

Li Heng fixed his gaze on it, raised his eyebrows slightly, and felt somewhat surprised.

Because the black dot trapped within this spatial cube was none other than that leader of the Sunset Organization, in a humanoid silhouette. He had previously searched the entire Xianshi Tiandi but had not found this Sunset Organization leader; now that he thought about it, the leader must have fallen into the hands of Tian Yao.

"After you severed the Heaven of Monsters earlier, my control over the Present World increased further, and I inadvertently discovered this fellow casting a secret technique, intending to escape; furthermore, the secret technique was overflowing with the aura of time."

Tian Yao spoke softly, explaining.

Li Heng was lost in thought.

It seemed that the origin of this Sunset Organization leader was not simple either; could it be that, like the noble families, it also came from the future? Thinking about it this way, it was quite logical.

To speak of the Sunset within the Heaven and Earth created by the Great Sun. With such confidence, then its origin could only be a future that had not been controlled by the Great Sun, by that Immortal God figure.

"Many thanks; this can provide me with clues about the future."

Li Heng accepted the spatial cube and said.

Tian Yao nodded lightly, glad that he liked it.

"Now let us see the true colors of this future reborn person." He had arrived at the restaurant where Xiao Hao was staying, and looking at this dead-drunk reborn person, he smiled slightly.