Patriarch of Law Enforcement, Lu Zhengyang, and Lu Renhuang were living a good life. On the other hand, Jiang Qiling, Bai Qiuxue, and Bai Xiashuang were having a hard time.
Lu Li had been in the Divinity for several years without any news. If it were not for the fact that his jade talisman of life was still intact, everyone would have thought that he was dead.
Patriarch of Law Enforcement and Lu Zhengyang had no hope of becoming immortals. Therefore, they focused on running the Lu Family.
Before Lu Li left, he laid a solid foundation for the Lu Family. The Lu Family developed in the Earth Imperial Universe in a low-key manner.
Jiang Qiling, Bai Qiuxue, and Bai Xiashuang missed Lu Li day and night. They were exhausted.
Jiang Qiling and Bai Qiuxue were fine. They would cultivate often so their lives were not so hard.
Bai Xiashuang was a restless person. Many times, she wanted to cultivate, but she would stop soon. She was alone and miserable.
Since Lu Renhuang went to the Divinity, he had been cultivating in the Prison of Ice all by himself. He had only come back twice.
He had made some progress, but he had not reached the peak of the Semi-God Realm, not to mention becoming an immortal.
Jiang Qiling and Bai Qiuxue's progress was slow as well. With the legacy of Emperor of Heaven Reverse, Jiang Qiling had reached the Semi-God Realm.
However, since she had to rely on Emperor of Heaven Reverse, her foundation was not stable. She made no progress after several years of cultivation.
Bai Qiuxue was doing better. She had reached the peak of the Earth Immortal Realm. In a year or two, she would reach the Semi-God Realm.
The disciples of other families were doing well. With a large amount of resources, their progress was fast.
What surprised Patriarch of Law Enforcement and Lu Zhengyang the most was — Prajna!
In just a few years, Prajna had progressed from the Human Sovereign Realm to the Semi-God Realm. Her cultivation speed was horrifying, even faster than Lu Li's.
Prajna had returned to the secular world. She was in her budding age. At such a young age, she was pursued by many young masters.
The best young masters of the Jiang Family, Lu Family, and Ye Family all expressed their love. Many regarded Prajna as a goddess and would marry anyone but her.
Unfortunately …
Prajna was cold to everyone. She would slap away anyone who dared to pester her. She would not be humiliated by anyone. Two young masters of the immediate family were almost slapped to death.
Many people were fuming. When they went back to their families to complain, they were told about a rumor — it was said that Prajna was in love with Lu Li but was turned down by him. Later on, Lu Li said that he would only accept Prajna if she became an immortal and went to the Divinity to look for him.
After this rumor spread, no one dared to have any ideas about Hannya anymore.
After all, Prajna could be considered Lu Li's woman. Lu Li was the supreme lord of the Earth Imperial Universe and a hero in the history of the nine universes.
With the Divine City and the protection of Blazing Huo and Chen Tianxian, the families of the Heaven Reverse Universe and the Lu Family were living a comfortable life in the nine universes.
The family disciples often went to the Primal Chaos Purgatory to train. Even if they ran into some family disciples from the Nine Boundaries, no one dared to provoke them.
This made many people feel a little proud and arrogant. Naturally, they would feel a little complacent and conceited.
Patriarch of Law Enforcement and Lu Zhengyang would mercilessly punish any disciple of a Family who did something that crossed the line.
They would either be locked up for 10 years or be severely punished or be deprived of the right to leave the Earth Imperial Universe.
Patriarch of Law Enforcement and Lu Zhengyang were well aware that the Lu Family and the other families were too weak. The families of the nine universes were being polite to them because … Lu Li's influence was still there.
If the disciples of the Lu Family and the other families dared to do whatever they wanted and ran amok in the nine universes, they would be attacked by many.
That being said, the Yan Family also had a Divine City and it was conquered by Lu Li as well.
The Lu Family was not flourishing yet. If the Lu Family was not strict with themselves, the Lu Family would perish before it could flourish.
What was more, many surviving disciples of the Yan Family had fled. Not only the Yan Family, but some families of the Divine Imperial Universe, the Earth Imperial Universe, and some families from other universes had become enemies with Lu Li.
Those people were hiding in the dark or pretending to be on good terms with the Lu Family. Once the opportunity presented itself, they would bare their fangs and tear the Lu Family apart.
The Lu Family's foundation was weak. The population base was small and the core powerful warriors were few. The Lu Family was not as resourceful as the major families of the nine universes.
The Lu Family set up a shadow team to monitor the other universes. The team had been preparing for more than a year to sneak into other universes, hoping to find the surviving disciples of the Yan Family.
However, in less than a month after they were sent out, more than half of them were assassinated. Nobody knew who did it …
The major families had been entrenched in the nine universes for millions of years. They were like trees rooted in the nine universes.
The Lu Family had not gained a firm foothold in the Earth Imperial Universe yet. Now, they were trying to reach the other eight universes. It was inevitable that they would be struck back.
Needless to say, the Earth Imperial Universe was filled with scouts and spies of the major families. The Lu Family could not find them. It was possible that there were spies in the Divine City as well.
Many disciples of the Lu Family were complacent. They believed that the Lu Family was the most powerful family in the nine universes and that they could dominate …
Fortunately, Patriarch of Law Enforcement and Lu Zhengyang had put in a lot of effort to keep an eye on the Earth Imperial Universe.
If it weren't for them, the Divine City would have been breached and the Lu Family and the other major families would have been wiped out.
What comforted Patriarch of Law Enforcement and Lu Zhengyang was that Ming Yu and Lu Feixue had four sons and two daughters.
Ming Yu was grateful to the Lu Family. He gave his children the surname Lu and made them disciples of the immediate Lu Family.
Of the four sons and two daughters, three were talented. Young as they were, they had demonstrated their talents.
Lu Renhuang didn't marry and Lu Li didn't have any offspring. This was the only piece of good news that comforted Lu Zhengyang.
The other disciples of the Lu Family also married many wives and concubines. They worked day and night and had many offspring.
The Lu Family's population was small, which was the Lu Family's weakness.
The other major families in the nine universes had many branches and families. Every year, many talents would be sent to the Lu Family, which could produce batches of powerful warriors.
The Lu Family owned the Earth Imperial Universe, the Heaven Reverse Universe, the Waters Region and some small universes that used to belong to the Jun Family and the Hao Family. The Lu Family basically had endless resources.
As long as one was talented and had a good character, the Lu Family could be given endless resources.
Before Lu Li left, the policy of core disciples had been carried on. Regardless of whether one was from the immediate or the branch, as long as one was talented and had a good character, one could become a core disciple and receive endless resources.
Patriarch of Law Enforcement believed that in a few decades or a century, when the younger generation grew up and a group of Earth Immortal Realm and Semi-God Realm warriors were born, the Lu Family would have a firm foothold in the nine universes.
"Darling, you said you would come back for us. Why haven't you come back yet?"
"Darling, it has been so long. Why didn't you send an avatar here? Don't you miss us?
Or … do you have a new lover in the Divinity?
We don't blame you even if you do. You just can't ignore us … "
In a manor in the Relic City, Bai Xiashuang sat in the garden. She was bored to death, gazing into the sky and murmuring to herself.
She could not see anything in the sky, but she often sat by herself in a daze.
Bai Xiashuang realized she was depressed. She used to be an active person, but lately, she didn't want to go anywhere. She often liked to be alone in a daze.
She thought about the time when Lu Li was here. She would often sit by herself and shed tears.
She liked to stare at the sky as if she could see the Divinity through the firmament and see … Lu Li!
The two realms of immortal and mortal.
Bai Xiashuang was afraid that Lu Li might never come back. She was afraid that she would sit here and stare at the sky for the rest of her life. In the end, she would grow old and become a skeleton …
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