Li Yuan’s vision cut out. He wasn’t too shocked. With the elites of the Lotus Cult and imperial army weaving through this region, even the most inconspicuous of  scouts could be found.0

Still, after many days of observation, he was starting to piece the puzzle together—0

First, his martial cultivation technique didn’t contain its own ancestral seal.0

Second, hungry to break through, his disciples had improvised their own ancestral seal shards—abnormal shards they were never meant to wield. The shards provided immense power, but the price was madness.0

Third, when Li Yuan absorbed these shards, they slotted home and functioned properly. And because these shards shared the same origin, they could fuse without limit, not merely...0