On this very day, the day of Dian Qi's breakthrough.
All the martial generals who founded the Great Wei Dynasty, dozens of them, suddenly soared into the sky.
Following Dian Qi as he ascended into the air.
The terrifying commotion startled everyone along the way, leaving them bewildered.
They thought that something significant had happened in the newly established Great Wei Dynasty, which required so many generals to act together.
...
And within the deep mountains where Li Qi had lived for many years.
Li Qi was currently carrying two buckets of mountain spring water from the other side of the mountain on a shoulder pole, heading towards the land he had cultivated.
On the piece of land before Li Qi, some tender shoots of plants were emerging.
He held a water bucket and carefully began to irrigate.
At this moment, Li Qi seemed to have returned to simplicity. He performed almost all tasks like a mortal, without using any spiritual energy.
Soon, after watering, Li Qi prepared to feed his three to five chickens and ducks.
Then he would bask in the sun. This had been Li Qi's leisurely life for decades.
But today.
This leisurely life seemed to be experiencing a ripple.
Li Qi, basking in the sun, suddenly opened his eyes.
His gaze was fixed on the sky not far away.
There, dozens of powerful auras were rapidly approaching his direction.
The one leading the group had an aura that had already reached the Nascent Soul stage.
Li Qi also felt that the aura of the leader seemed somewhat familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.
At this moment, a cold shout echoed through the sky from not far away.
"You scoundrel, do you dare to come out and fight me? Today, Dian Qi will completely avenge the humiliation of thirty years ago."
Only then did Li Qi finally remember who this person was.
"It's you, the digger. Haven't we met for thirty years? Are you here again to help me dig a new residence?"
Hearing this, Dian Qi's face instantly contorted with extreme anger.
"How dare you! Even now, you scoundrel still dare to resort to empty threats. Watch as I beat you till you're spitting teeth and make you experience the hardship of digging holes like I did back then."
Dian Qi had already decided that in front of his many comrades, he would crush Li Qi with absolute strength.
Then, just like back then, he would seal Li Qi's spiritual energy and personally dig out an identical cave dwelling in front of him.
From then on, whenever he felt like it, he would come to this cave dwelling for a few days to annoy Li Qi!
Dian Qi, wielding his cold, dual iron halberds, stood in the void outside the deep mountains where Li Qi resided. A terrifying aura emanated from him, pressing down towards Li Qi inside the mountains.
"Scoundrel, die! Fight me."
Li Qi, however, stretched leisurely, even yawning.
"I get it. It seems you really plan to expand my residence again."
"Then come."
Following this, Li Qi lightly stepped, and his figure slowly flew out of the mountain, standing opposite Dian Qi in the sky.
"Hurry up, I'm in a hurry to go back and sunbathe. I still haven't swept the chicken droppings in the yard today."
Hearing this, Dian Qi became even more enraged.
"Kid, since you want to die quickly, I'll fulfill your wish!"
"Clang clang clang!"
The dual iron halberds in Dian Qi's hands struck each other, emitting a deafening sound. Terrifying spiritual energy attached to them.
A fierce aura surged from Dian Qi, and the pressure was so great that the surrounding generals watching were somewhat shocked.
"As expected of General Dian, such strength has likely surpassed ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators. If not for the great war delaying General Dian's breakthrough, his strength might have been even more terrifying."
At this moment, Dian Qi swung his dual iron halberds, and his figure instantly vanished from his original position.
The very air began to vibrate.
Dian Qi appeared in front of Li Qi, his dual iron halberds bringing with them a whistling gale as they slammed down fiercely towards Li Qi.
Such a sharp attack would make even cultivators of the same level cautious.
"Rumble."
The attack hadn't arrived, but the ground was already trembling.
"That kid won't even be able to withstand one strike from General Dian, will he?"
"Isn't that obvious? The gap between Nascent Soul and Golden Core is already unimaginable, and with General Dian's strength, he is probably a formidable opponent even among Nascent Soul cultivators of the same rank."
"This kid will just have to endure the humiliation after being defeated by General Dian."
As these generals spoke, Wang Feng and Zhang Wei, in particular, were even more excited.
Although it wasn't them who defeated Li Qi, it was enough that their comrade Dian Qi defeated Li Qi and made him suffer the same humiliation they had experienced back then.
But in the next moment, among the generals watching, an incredulous voice suddenly rang out.
"This... how is this possible! He caught it."
Turning their gaze to the battlefield between Li Qi and Dian Qi, this time, including Wang Feng and Zhang Wei, all the generals were stunned.
They saw that Li Qi, far from being completely defeated by Dian Qi's attack,
Instead, Li Qi's expression was incredibly relaxed. He extended one hand and gently placed it on the dual iron halberds that Dian Qi was smashing towards him.
"Is this all the strength you have? After so many years, you seem weaker than before."
"Weaker... weaker than before!!!"
Humiliation, naked humiliation.
"Ahhhhhh!"
Hearing this, Dian Qi's face turned even redder.
Dian Qi let out a furious roar towards the sky.
"Kid, you're forcing my hand."
As his voice fell, Dian Qi's dual iron halberds were swung so rapidly that they almost became afterimages.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
Heaven and earth shook violently.
The air under Dian Qi's dual iron halberds exploded with sound.
The terrifying spiritual energy erupted, even obscuring the figures of Li Qi and Dian Qi to the point of being blurry.
In just a few breaths, Dian Qi himself didn't know how many attacks he had delivered.
More than eighty percent of the spiritual energy in his body had been consumed in the attack.
"This time, you should be defeated, right?"
A smile appeared on his panting face as he looked back at Li Qi.
But the next moment, Dian Qi's expression froze completely.
He saw Li Qi still in his initial calm demeanor, staring at him quietly.
"Ho... how is this possible."
"Nothing is impossible."
"Young general of Great Wei, you did your best."
A calm voice echoed from Li Qi's lips.
Immediately after, a fist from Li Qi grew larger and larger in Dian Qi's eyes.
"Bang!"
Dian Qi's dual iron halberds flew tens of miles away, just like thirty years ago. His unconscious body also fell to the ground.
"General Dian, General Dian, what's wrong!"
"Scoundrel, don't harm General Dian!"
The generals watching from the side were utterly shocked and horrified.
Their words, however, only served to draw Li Qi's attention to them.
"You guys are also here to cheer this fellow on."
Sensing the gravity of the situation, the generals became somewhat flustered. Even the Nascent Soul stage Dian Qi had been defeated.
They, who were only in the Golden Core stage, were even less of a match.
"Scoundrel, what... what are you going to do?"
"What am I going to do?"
A strange smile appeared on Li Qi's face.
"I've gotten tired of living in this small house. Come and build me a villa!"
As he spoke, Li Qi's wicked hand surged out like a sky-covering net, reaching towards the surrounding soldiers!
Meanwhile.
At the royal court of the Great Wei Dynasty.
"Report! Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! General Dian Qi and the generals who went to watch have all been captured alive again!"