The great war across the land continued.
However, this had nothing to do with Li Qi.
Ever since the day he had thoroughly thrashed several generals from the Three Kingdoms.
The rulers of all three factions had, with great tacit understanding, declared a hundred-mile radius around Li Qi’s mountain a forbidden zone.
All battles were to be avoided within this area as much as possible.
And Li Qi, at this moment, nodded in satisfaction as he looked at his newly rebuilt mansion.
The mansion he had built originally was simply a result of a few of his punches.
But when those eight Black Slave generals were tasked with creating a new mansion, Li Qi had fully transformed into a ruthless contractor.
Every minor imperfection, every uneven corner within the mansion, demanded their immediate repair.
What was demolished as a bare shell was now a finely decorated residence.
He felt truly blissful.
Li Qi moved in with immense joy.
However, compared to his previous dark, secluded cultivation.
Now that he was awake, Li Qi no longer wished to live such a life.
Leaning on the exquisitely decorated mansion.
Li Qi, like an old farmer who had lived in the mountains for ages, cultivated a patch of land next to his residence, raised some chickens and ducks, and once again embraced a blissful, pastoral life.
This scene even reminded Li Qi of the time he had handed over everything of the Feishamen sect to Wang Cheng to manage, and retreated to the back mountain for his retirement.
...
For ten years, Li Qi remained shut away from the world.
His cultivation successfully advanced to the third heaven of the Golden Core realm.
Another eight years passed, and Li Qi’s strength successfully reached the fourth heaven of the Golden Core realm.
Outside the deep mountains, in the Three Kingdoms, Li Qi occasionally overheard conversations from passing commoners.
After decades of fighting, a victor was gradually emerging.
Following the division of the land into three realms,
the Wei Kingdom had consistently maintained a stronger military presence than the other two.
This forced the Shu and Wu kingdoms to ally against them.
Yet, even with their combined efforts, they could not halt the increasingly evident winning streak of the Wei Kingdom.
Three years prior, which was fifteen years after Li Qi first met the three rulers,
the Wu Kingdom's national strength finally faltered, and they withdrew from the struggle for dominance.
The remaining Shu Kingdom, unable to stand alone, grew increasingly weak under Wei's relentless encroachment.
The unification of the land seemed inevitable.
Another seven years passed, and Li Qi's cultivation successfully advanced to the fifth heaven of the Golden Core realm.
Over more than twenty years, Li Qi's Strength attribute points had surpassed six thousand, and he was only a few years away from the seven thousand mark.
As for his Speed, Defense, and Recovery attributes, they had all surpassed five thousand.
At this moment, Li Qi was the epitome of a six-sided warrior!
And as Li Qi continued his retirement in the deep mountains.
The outside world saw the Shu Kingdom finally unable to resist and surrender.
In the thirty-second year since the Great Han Dynasty fractured,
the Wei Kingdom, led by Cao He, finally achieved victory.
In the thirty-third year since the Great Han Dynasty fractured,
which was the first year of the Great Wei Dynasty.
Wei Gaozu Cao He, at the age of seventy-six, inherited the destiny of the Great Han and established the Great Wei Dynasty.
Thus, the land was once again unified, and the populace entered a long period of recovery and recuperation.
Simultaneously, many Golden Core peak generals who had participated in this war for dominance across the land.
Such as Zhou Hang of Wu, Zhao Yu of Shu, and Dian Qi of the victorious Great Wei Dynasty.
They could have actually broken through to the Nascent Soul realm long ago.
However, due to the ongoing struggle for supremacy, they had forcibly suppressed their cultivation.
Now that the dynasty was unified, Golden Core peak generals began to break through to the Nascent Soul realm in a veritable flood.
Among them, the breakthrough of Dian Qi of the Great Wei Dynasty was the most awe-inspiring.
As he ascended to the Nascent Soul realm, heavenly tribulations descended.
Thunder and lightning raged.
The impact of his breakthrough spread for over thirty miles.
It was not until half a month later that the thunderclouds dispersed.
Enjoying the founding fortune of the Great Wei Dynasty, Dian Qi let out a roar that echoed like thunder.
The terrifying aura emanating from him was not inferior to that of an ordinary Nascent Soul third heaven realm expert.
Far away, Dian Qi’s former evenly matched rivals, Zhou Hang of Wu and Zhao Yu of Shu, exchanged glances, their faces etched with wry smiles.
Although they had been defeated, Cao He had not turned his blade on their defeated lords or generals. He had merely dispatched them to the Human Race Great Wall, and it was only now, with the establishment of the Great Wei Dynasty, that they were able to return.
Now, their strength had also long since broken through to the Nascent Soul realm.
However, looking at Dian Qi's overwhelming aura at this moment,
they knew that the era of their evenly matched strength was long gone.
With the backing of the Great Wei Dynasty’s fortune, it would not be difficult for the founding general Dian Qi to reach the peak of the Nascent Soul realm in the future.
At this moment, Dian Qi, having completed his breakthrough, noticed the two figures in the distance.
Although they had been on opposing sides for years, they were, after all, old rivals, and there was a hint of mutual respect.
The past was like smoke.
After a brief exchange of glances, Dian Qi headed directly towards the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty.
"Congratulations, General Dian, on breaking through to Nascent Soul. I have already ordered a banquet to be prepared to welcome you."
Wei Gaozu Cao He of the Great Wei Dynasty had arrived on the ground to greet him early. Seeing Dian Qi's successful breakthrough, he clasped his fists in congratulations.
Dian Qi laughed heartily, his demeanor exceptionally jovial.
"Your Majesty is too kind. Dian Qi is merely a general. Why would I trouble Your Majesty to personally greet me?"
Dian Qi paused in his speech, then suddenly said.
"However, Your Majesty, could the welcoming banquet be postponed slightly? Dian Qi has one matter he wishes to attend to."
Facing Cao He's questioning gaze, Dian Qi's thoughts drifted back to twenty to thirty years ago.
During that period of over a month.
He, a great general at the peak of the Golden Core realm, had been knocked unconscious and forced to spend over a month digging for a mansion, right in front of many fellow soldiers!
This was what Dian Qi considered the greatest humiliation of his life.
If the battle had not been ongoing at the time, Dian Qi would have been able to break through to Nascent Soul much earlier, and would never have suffered such disgrace.
"Your Majesty, I wish to find that fellow again for a battle, to wash away the shame of the past."
Dian Qi declared.
Cao He was slightly taken aback by this statement.
But Cao He quickly understood. The fellow Dian Qi spoke of was Li Qi. He recalled that sometimes when Cao He visited Dian Qi's room late at night to discuss important matters, Dian Qi would grumble about Li Qi in his sleep.
This was indeed a knot in Dian Qi's heart.
"If General harbors such a desire, you may depart now. However, there was no mortal feud back then, and we are all human cultivators. I implore General Dian Qi to show some restraint when the time comes."
Dian Qi laughed heartily upon hearing this.
"That is natural. Your Majesty, rest assured. Dian Qi simply wishes to wash away the shame."
At this moment, beside Cao He.
Generals Wang Feng and Zhang Wei, who had been captured and subdued by Li Qi earlier, had also reached the peak of the Golden Core realm with the help of the Great Wei's founding fortune.
Upon hearing Dian Qi's desire for vengeance, they were immediately excited.
Even some generals nearby who had heard of Dian Qi's past embarrassment became excited, and they all exclaimed.
"General Dian! We wish to witness this as well."
"Very well, let us all go together."
Dian Qi laughed heartily, brandishing his twin iron halberds, his terrifying aura radiating outward, and he shot directly into the sky.