Chapter 298

Shen Qingli clearly heard the movement from the realm barrier, and she immediately looked up at the heavens.

Di Jin and the Queen Mother of the West were also startled, coming out one after another.

Besides them, no one else could hear this fluctuation from the realm barrier.

"They're going to seal the realm early!" the Queen Mother of the West said, her face grim.

Shen Qingli steadied her mind, sent a voice transmission to Di Jin, asking, "Do you know the reason for sealing the realm?"

"Hn." Di Jin's eyes were clear and deep, as if gazing through the void into deeper depths, "You try first; there's still time."

"All right." Shen Qingli steadied her heart and sat cross-legged in midair.

"What is she doing?" the recovered Huang Lao Gou, Mo Jun, and others all had their attention drawn to Shen Qingli.

Not only them, but Pei Heng and Lin Mu Sheng, who were hidden by the Changshui bank and secretly observing, were also watching her.

"What is she doing?" Lin Mu Sheng completely couldn't understand.

Pei Heng didn't understand either, "It looks like she's cultivating..."

But why would cultivation require sitting cross-legged in midair?

"Another ascension?"

Aside from that, Lin Mu Sheng couldn't figure it out.

"No."

Pei Heng had keener eyes than Lin Mu Sheng, and he vaguely judged that Shen Qingli was no ordinary immortal.

"Her aura is far more subtle than those immortals who came from the lower realms; her realm must have advanced by leaps and bounds, and it's impossible that she has fallen back below the Xuan Saint level, needing to re-cultivate and re-ascend."

"Leaving that aside, when she first appeared, she summoned the four spirit divine beasts in one breath, indicating that after her ascension she successively awakened the powers of Xuanwu, Qinglong, and Baihu..."

Pei Heng's tone suddenly became especially complex: "In our Pei clan's ancient records, there has never been a divine body capable of simultaneously awakening the four spirit bloodlines; she is likely the first person in history to do so!"

Lin Mu Sheng fell silent.

At this moment, he felt especially regretful!

Other forces had no chance, but he and the Pei clan clearly had the opportunity to bind more firmly with the Shen clan!

Yet he stubbornly cut off his own future...

When he returned, he even got a scolding and beating from his ancestors, who said he was short-sighted.

But even crafty old-timers like the Pei clan have retreated; how dare he rush forward?

Moreover, the ancient god clans—who among them isn't an extraordinary group possessing bloodline divine powers? Even if they are sinful descendants, nothing can strip away what's in their blood; they remain strong, right?

"What should we do now?" Lin Mu Sheng asked hoarsely.

"Other things are fine to say, but he fears that once Shen Qingli frees her hands, she will take revenge on the Shenmu Lin clan."

Pei Heng, however, took it in stride: "She won't retaliate against us, but we also can't gain anything more from the Shen clan."

Lin Mu Sheng sighed with a grim expression, "Not taking revenge is already good."

But when they saw Shen Qingli's body emanating a profound and mysterious aura that made heaven and earth seem to tremble, their hearts still gave a little jolt.

Mo Jun also felt it, and unable to hold back, he humbly asked, "Beast Lord, may I ask the Demon Lord what you are doing?"

"Trying to refine the Changshui Shen clan." Jiu Li clung to its paws, looking eager~

If it hadn't guessed wrong, if this could succeed...

"Is A Li truly becoming a god now?" Jiu Li looked up at Di Jin, asking cautiously.

"It's not just the Investiture of the Gods realm; it's the True God realm! Only those born as gods can break through to that level."

"The True God realm that ordinary people can never attain in a lifetime! This would also be the first person in Shen Ting history to become a True God postnatally."

"It's too unique; even Jiu Li isn't sure, so she asked Di Jin again, 'Um, is that right?'"

Di Jin lowered his gaze to look at it; seeing its timid, clueless expression, he instead reached out a hand.

Jiu Li was startled, then obediently climbed up! It actually didn't want to, truly afraid of being choked.

But since the big shots had extended their hands, it couldn't refuse to give face...

The result——

As soon as it got up, it was indeed grabbed by the back of the neck of fate.

"Ow!"

"Your eyesight isn't bad."

"That's—"

Jiu Li didn't dare struggle.

But seeing Jiu Ying return from its bath, it was delighted beyond measure!

However, when it looked toward Di Jin, all nine of its heads shrank back, not daring to move.

"Holy shit!"

"How does this guy feel even more terrifying!"

"When he was lying dead in the tree, he never scared the infant like this!"

——Jiu Ying immediately didn't dare mock Jiu Li; it was also terrified.

"Why aren't you leaving?" Shen Qingyuan, who had brought it back, asked in surprise.

Jiu Ying clung to his leg, motionless; this person carried the master's bloodline aura, making it feel safer.

Shen Qingyuan hadn't expected it to cling to his leg as well, leaving him momentarily unable to move...

"This guy, too heavy!"

"Besides, he's a great merit who helped the Shen clan exterminate the evil tribe; it's not good to drive him away."

"Forget it."

Shen Qingyuan stood silently, also gazing up at the sky.

It was also this moment……

The entire Shen Clan felt a subtle sensation, and they all looked up at Shen Qingli in the sky.

"Everyone,"

Shen Qingli also spoke.

【65> She also stood up, gazing at the Shen Clan's land.

She also stood up, gazing toward the Shen clan's land.

Previously, the Shen Clan members who had successively retreated to the Ten Directions Forest due to the anomaly have all returned to the clan.

Some were burying clansmen, some were repairing damaged houses; evidently they all decided to move back.

Even though Shen Qingyuan had already conveyed Shen Qingli's words to them, they all knew their homeland had been tainted by the Fifth Evil Clan's evil aura, and that the Divine Realm would surely station troops there in the future, making it unsuitable to live in again.

But as long as it wasn't an explicit order to expel them, they were unwilling to leave.

Generations have taken root here; how could they bear to leave?

Besides, the clan head hasn't awakened yet, has he?

They will always guard the clan head, waiting for his nirvana return before speaking further.

Now——

Shen Qingli looked at them.

They were also looking at Shen Qingli.

Everyone knew her, but she still couldn't remember every clansperson.

However, Shen Qingli bowed to them, saying, "The elders, clan nephews, and juniors of my Shen Clan."

Upon hearing that Shen Qingli was speaking to all of them, the Shen Clan members all stopped what they were doing.

The clanspeople inside the houses also came out to the open ground because of her words, but they said nothing, only gazing up at her.

At this moment, they all thought Shen Qingli would announce the news of letting them leave their homeland, but——

Shen Qingli said, "I want to bring you all up to the Divine Realm; I don't know if you're willing."

She had just tried it and now felt more confident!

But if she were merely taking this piece of land, she wouldn't need to ask.

But she also wanted to bring the clanspeople along, which required their decision.

Yet just this question left the Shen Clan members bewildered!

What does that mean?

They didn't understand.

Pei Heng and Lin Musheng were already shocked!

The most active Old Dog Huang blurted out first, "Niece! Can you still bring all of your Shen Clan to heaven?"

"Not certain, I have about sixty percent confidence." Shen Qingli replied.

"Sixty percent," Old Dog Huang thought he needed at least eighty percent before she would say it.

"And eighty percent!" For someone like Shen Qingli, a woman of fortune, that was absolutely a sure thing.

"What undertaking of hers has ever failed? Anyway, as far as he knows, she has never failed."

"Can you also take me?" Old Dog Huang indicated he didn't want to strive anymore, just wanted to lie flat.

Mo Jun hurriedly followed, "Demon Lord! I also want to go!"

"Bring us too?" The demonic cultivators and the Jiangxia Huang Clan members who had come to support the Shen Clan together with them also joined in.

"If you have trained in my Shen Clan's ancestral land, you should also be able to." Shen Qingli answered seriously.

"Really works!" Old Dog Huang went crazy, "Me, me, me! I trained in your ancestral land!"

Mo Jun slumped; he hadn't……

At this moment, the Shen Clan members who had understood responded in turn!

"Young Master, I am willing."

"Young Master, we are willing!"

"We are willing too!"

"……"

Every clansperson was willing.

Not just because they could go to the Divine Realm!

That very place is the dream destination of all cultivators of the Sheng Long Tian!

Moreover, it was because Shen Qingli was the one asking.

The Young Master had asked, wanting to take them along.

What need was there to consider anything else?

The Young Master must have deliberated thoroughly, feeling that taking them along would be best for them.

If so, why hesitate? Why ask more?

This complete trust was firmer than the deities of Shen Ting and the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands, and it came straight from the heart.

Shen Qingli could feel that she had originally prepared her words to explain why, but in the end, no explanation was needed.

"A Li! Go ahead. Tell us what we need to cooperate with, and we will certainly not hold you back." Liu Qinghong shouted among the clanspeople.

By her side were several sisters-in-law, nieces' wives, and young ladies of the Shen Clan's branch; they had just been managing the clan's trivial affairs.

As the Shen Clan's strongest logistics team, they always kept the men and children at home undistracted; they were not only virtuous wives but also the invisible pillar of the Changshui Shen Clan.

When Shen Qingli lived in the Shen household, she hadn't had much contact with most of them, but that didn't hinder her knowing of their existence, nor did it hinder them from affectionately liking and pampering her from afar.

Now, with many men dead, they stepped into the forefront, transforming instantly from soft wives into iron maidens supporting the doorframe, and they did so in just half a day.

Days, they must go on.

They also still have children and grandchildren; they must hold up.

"A Li, do it."

Every aunt and every sister-in-law looked at Shen Qingli gently but firmly.

They had little contact and no natural blood‑related closeness, but—

They believed in their husbands and children; they trusted and loved them, so they themselves trusted and loved.

This is far rarer than natural trust based on blood ties!

Such the Shen Clan made Huang Lao Gou break out in a sweat again: "The daughters‑in‑law of the Shen Clan are also truly admirable!"

That's also true—the Longwater Shen Clan can be so united! It's impossible to rely solely on brotherhood among Shen Clan men; it also requires countless Shen Clan daughters‑in‑law's tolerance, understanding, and maintenance.

This moment—

"Good!"

Shen Qingli solemnly accepted!

Afterward, she once again sat cross‑legged in midair.

The next moment, every member of the Shen Clan sensed a subtle flow of qi.

"Please calm your minds and quietly follow my guidance."

Shen Qingli spoke slowly, and the Shen Clan members all closed their eyes and calmed their minds.

Almost at the same time! A faint barrier of light sprang up around the Shen Clan's land.

"Please let the Jiangxia Huang Clan members and the demonic cultivators of the Demonic Sect also listen—"

Shen Qingli's voice, like a divine edict descending from heaven, spread in all directions, reaching every corner of Sheng Long Tian.

Even the Xuanti Continent could hear her voice! It was just not as clear as in Sheng Long Tian.

"If you wish to ascend to the Divine Realm with me, set aside your worldly affairs and meditate on every detail of the Longwater Shen Clan's ancestral land—I will bring you all up together!" Shen Qingli's voice shook the entirety of Sheng Long Tian.

No, not only Sheng Long Tian.

At this very moment, Shen Jing, Shen Duo, Shen Qingtong, and Shen Qingmo in the Divine Realm faintly sensed it.

Moreover! The youth resembling Shen Qinghuang, sitting cross‑legged in some unknown place, also suddenly opened his eyes.