Li Changge’s words left Qi Xuansu a bit puzzled. He thought, Weren’t the Li family and Prince Liao allies? What could possibly be “interesting” about this?0

Did Li Changge truly carry the spirit of the Holy Xuan, biting the hand that fed him? After all, back in the day, the Holy Xuan had not treated the Li family kindly, often suppressing them. Yet his prestige had been so overwhelming that the Lis dared not disown their forebear. No matter how much bitterness they had endured back then, they now strove to uphold the Holy Xuan’s legacy, claiming proudly to be his descendants.0

However, there were rumors that internal strife had plagued the Li family back then. The three Li brothers mirrored the current three Daoist sects, with the Holy Xuan taking the role akin to the Taiping Sect. Donghuang and the eldest Li brother had allied against their second brother, the Holy Xuan, who eventually emerged victorious, forcing the Donghuang to concede. Some speculated that the Holy Xuan’s later suppression of the Li family was actually a purge of internal rivals.0

Though the Li family had seemed unusually united in recent years, far more so than the fractious Zhang family or the scattered Quanzhen Sect, internal strife could not be ruled out. But Li Changge was securely seated...0