Heaven Mending Saint Realm.

Lu Ping was baffled.

He had some impression of this Heaven Mending Saint Realm, having learned about its origins from Taiqi Peak, the Sect Leader of the Heaven-Facing Sect. It’s located in the Central Ancestral Realm.

Back then, to help Elder Jiang lift the Immortal Slaying Curse from her friend Shen Linglong, he communicated with the Heaven Mending Saint Realm and successfully received assistance.

Actually, the Heaven-Facing Sect is just a branch of the Heaven Mending Saint Realm established in Lingxi State.

What is the Li Family planning by mentioning the Heaven Mending Saint Realm?

From what it sounds like, they need the Heaven Mending Saint Realm’s help.

While Lu Ping pondered, Li Qianye stopped mentioning this matter and changed the topic: "Zhi Lu, this time we summoned you back because a senior wants to meet you."

Saying this, Li Qianye smiled respectfully at Lu Ping and said, "Senior, this is Li Zhilu."

Lu Ping’s gaze shifted back to Li Zhilu.

"Greetings, Senior."

Li Zhilu felt the respect from the clan leader and others towards Lu Ping and dared not neglect proper etiquette, immediately offering a respectful greeting.

Seeing Li Zhilu’s courteous demeanor and calm expression, Lu Ping slightly furrowed his brows and responded, "You don’t remember me?"

As soon as Lu Ping spoke, before Li Zhilu could answer, Li Qianye and Li Mingxu exchanged a glance, thinking that Li Zhilu and Elder Lu had actually met before.

But judging by Li Zhilu’s reaction, she didn’t recognize Elder Lu.

That was a bit awkward.

Upon hearing this inquiry, Li Zhilu studied Lu Ping closely once more, feeling familiarity and even a sense of warmth.

This feeling was incredibly real, like a mark impossible to erase, deeply etched in her mind.

This astonished her, as ever since she lost her memory, aside from a few family members, no one else brought her such feelings.

How strange.

And it made her extremely curious about Lu Ping’s background.

"Ahem."

As the two faced each other, Li Qianye coughed a few times on purpose, breaking the awkward atmosphere, and spoke with a wry smile.

"Elder Lu, there’s something you should know. Zhi Lu’s situation is somewhat unique, so perhaps she doesn’t remember you."

"Indeed, this child can’t remember many elders now, even those in the family were strangers to her at first."

Li Mingxu nodded in agreement, his demeanor very earnest.

Li Zhilu herself nodded, apologetically saying, "Please forgive me, Senior. I truly don’t remember you. If we knew each other before, I’m afraid I can’t recall."

"Memory loss?"

Upon hearing this, a thought surfaced in Lu Ping’s mind.

Before coming to the Li Family, he imagined various scenarios of meeting Li Chaoge, even the possibility of mistaking someone else for her, or not finding her at all.

But he had never considered the cliche of his wife having amnesia—something he’d only seen in TV dramas—yet now he was experiencing it.

"Senior, perhaps I should explain this story to you in more detail,"

Li Qianye said with a smile, he adjusted his demeanor.

"Zhi Lu, please have a seat first."

Li Mingxu said.

With Li Zhilu seated, Li Qianye organized his thoughts and began to narrate.

The incident occurred over fifty years ago.

At that time, the Li Family was merely a Golden Core Clan in the Eastern State, under the dominion of the Heavenly Control Sect, subjected to its exploitation and management, often dispatched to the Hengzhou Mountain Range to undertake the perilous task of eliminating demon beasts.

That occasion coincided with a massive beast tide outbreak in the Hengzhou Mountain Range, with millions of demon beasts gathering, leaving bones wherever they went, wreaking havoc and continuously attacking various cities.

During that year, the Sect Leader of the Heavenly Control Sect was in a crucial secluded cultivation phase, unable to emerge to confront the demon race kings.

Therefore, the Heavenly Control Sect’s leadership decided to send out elite forces from the sect while joining forces with other sects and clans in the Eastern State to collectively counter the beast tide.

Given the massive scale of the beast tide, including sixteen Golden Core Demon Kings, they posed a considerable threat.

As the top subsidiary clan of the Heavenly Control Sect, the Li Family was the first to be designated, required to dispatch two Golden Core Cultivators from their clan along with a hundred clan cultivators for support.

Even with this, the Li Family carried out their task, and the six subsidiary clans united, barely able to gather three Golden Core Cultivators.

Additionally, there were eight Golden Core Cultivators from the Heavenly Control Sect and five from other forces.

Initially, based on this lineup, the human and demon races each had sixteen Golden Core Stage cultivators, seemingly evenly matched.

The Heavenly Control Sect seemed capable of resisting the beast tide.

Unexpectedly, the demon tide concealed three late-stage Golden Core Demon Kings.

With millions of demon beasts and nineteen Golden Core Demon Kings, their power was formidable. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Without either side deploying Nascent Soul True Monarchs, the demon race held the upper hand.

After the battle erupted completely, the Li Family faced an unprecedented crisis, with one Golden Core member of the clan perishing in combat, and participating families suffering heavy losses.

Moreover, the demon race sent troops to launch nocturnal raids on the bases of the Heavenly Control Sect, the Li Family, the Wang Family, the He Family, and other clan forces.

The demon beast population in the Hengzhou Mountain Range had reached tens of millions, immeasurable, catching the Li Family and other clans off guard, nearly leading to their annihilation.

While defending and protecting the clan’s land, the Li Family urgently began recalling members from abroad to collectively safeguard the family against demon beast invasions.

At that time, Li Zhilu received the communication from the family and returned, fighting for the family’s survival.

Upon reaching this point, Lu Ping was struck with a perplexing thought.

Everyone knew that Lingxi State and the Central Ancestral Realm were separated by at least tens of thousands of miles, which made rapid communication unfathomable.

Tens of thousands of miles communication? Even Nascent Soul cultivators couldn’t achieve this.

Seemingly sensing the puzzled expression on Lu Ping’s face, Li Qianye chuckled and continued to explain the communication aspect.

It turned out, the Li Family was able to swiftly communicate with Li Zhilu because each possessed a spirit worm known as a Unity Worm.

Unity Worms are weak and lacking in offensive or defensive capabilities; even a child could easily crush them.

However, they have a rare effect cherished by cultivators.

Which is—communication.

As long as there are two or more Unity Worms, they can instantly transmit messages regardless of distance.

Even if one is in the Central Ancestral Realm and another in Lingxi State, if they use this messaging capability, they can instantly pass information between each other.

This communication ability allows multiple Unity Worms to transmit messages amongst themselves.