Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

After reviewing this person’s information.

Many classmates immediately fell silent, unsure of what to say.

”Does he know he is spiritless?”

Someone couldn’t help but say, ”In the eyes of all native cultivators, he is no more than an ant; if not for his status as a citizen of Xianmen Sect, any slight disrespect to a cultivator, even without any disrespect, could lead to being killed on a whim without it being anything surprising.”

”Without Xianmen Sect, he has no right to be equal to native Foundation-building cultivators.”

”Much less stand above the rest to give a lecture, with the saintly posture of saving all beings, while numerous Foundation-building cultivators listen below like students.”

”These deluded people are just like that.”

An Siyan, however, was not surprised.

”Xianmen Sect has protected them too well. The native cultivators show them nothing but respect, leading them to mistakenly believe they are naturally superior and have the right to save all beings from above.”

”Just deluded fools, unreasonable, lacking logic.”

Another classmate sneered, ”It must be that someone promised him something, cultivation, Foundation-building, and such, then attached a fancy title to his name.”

”Plus his inherent ignorance and arrogance, believing that with his cleverness and the advantage of information asymmetry, he could easily manipulate the natives.”

Another person summarized.

”No matter what, he is doomed. Causing so many citizens’ deaths, the death penalty is inevitable.”

They continued to read through the intelligence.

”...There is another, three years ago, before Liyun Sect launched a rebellion and slaughtered millions of mortals, Immortal Li Hai led all Foundation-building monks of the sect in receiving a distinguished guest with the highest sect rites. Here is what that guest looked like.”

Ou Daocheng sent a video to the group headquarters.

In the clouds,

An old man with a noble immortal bearing, looking frail and haggard, rode an Immortal Crane while being served by golden boys and jade girls; the boys holding treasure boxes and the girls holding lotuses, with golden lotuses blooming on the ground and blossom rain falling from the sky.

”Looks good. The rebellion of Liyun Sect must have a significant connection with him. Send this to the Canghai Steel Floating Island Base for a check,” Jin Lingfeng snorted.

”There’s no information about him, he must have disguised himself or is from the Outer Realm.”

The result came back quickly.

”Just this is insufficient to determine the opponent’s strength. According to wartime regulations, we can neither retreat nor request reinforcements,” An Siyan said.

That was inevitable.

Survival and fear of battle are human instincts, and this is the case even within Xianmen Sect. If they retreated or requested reinforcements at the first sign of trouble, without solid evidence, no amount of military power would suffice.

Xianmen Sect does not encourage attacking doomed enemies, nor does it permit cowardice in battle.

Several days later, the incense data collection was complete.

The damaged Spiritual Vein had also been mostly repaired, preventing further deterioration. Once the wartime status ended, professional personnel would come to thoroughly repair and reinforce it, and then a new Big Array would be set up; the new Daoist Soldier School would emerge here.

”In the detection Array Method, 37 percent of the incense data has been collected, which temporarily isn’t enough to calculate the location of the Incense Fire God’s Country,” An Siyan reported.

”Next, we need to go into the mortal world to find more statues of Incense Avalokitesvara, measure more data on the flow of incense, and find the convergence point of incense, where Immortal Li Hai, who will inevitably be there, must be killed.”

”Furthermore, it is imperative to eradicate all practitioners of Diabolism on the lands of Li Country, destroy all Diabolism inheritances, and then restore the livelihoods of Li Country.”

”The new Daoist Soldier School must be born on clean soil.”

”If manpower is needed, we can mobilize it from the three nearby countries.”

”Understood.”

Jin Lingfeng nodded.

”I’ll issue commands in the name of the headquarters to Tianhai Sect, Ancient Wood Sect, and Black Stone Sect to enlist mid to low-level cultivators to purge Diabolism cultivators and restructure the order in Li Country.”

”If they are resistant, eliminate them along the way.”

Connect to the Canghai Steel Floating Island, then from there to the military bases in the three Sects, which had evacuated citizens and were now managed solely by Array Spirits, to issue the orders.

...

Tianhai Sect.

”Yes, we shall obey the command of the Immortal envoy!”

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”I immediately ordered the disciples from the sect to head for the Liyun Sect.”

Immortal Tianhai spoke respectfully until the connection to the Array Spirit in the Tianhai military base was severed.

He returned to the faraway Tianhai Peak, used a talisman to inform the disciples, and sat alone with eyes closed in cultivation, striving hard to calm his inner turmoil.

However, hours passed,

and he still could not achieve the state of meditation that he could enter at will hundreds of years ago during the Qi Practicing Phase.

”The Ancestor Master of the Liyun Sect was a close friend of our sect’s Ancestor Master, both of whom joined the Xianmen Sect three thousand years ago, slaying the remnants of the Great Sun to establish great merit, founding our sects.”

No longer forcing himself into meditation, he sighed deeply.

”Now, it has been destroyed.”

”The Blood Life Pill, maybe I shouldn’t have... The legacy of successive Ancestor Masters has been passed down for three thousand years, a feat not easily achieved...”

”...But I am several decades older than Li Hai, how can I be willing to die just like that...”

After a long silence and much hesitation,

Immortal Tianhai activated the Concealment Array, took out an unremarkable Gray Stone and imbued it with a wisp of Divine Sense.

In a flash, when he opened his eyes again, he had arrived in a pitch-black space, faintly discerning the scenes of incense and prayers, the name of the merciful Guanyin appearing repeatedly with a strong enchantment.

The voices of prayer entered his ears, sounding as if they intended to penetrate his eardrums and reach into his Divine Soul.

Looking around, there were already two others.

Both figures were hazy and indistinct, barely managing to maintain basic human shapes, making it impossible to identify who was who.

”Cough cough, the three of you are here.”

The incense grew thicker as a pale-faced middle-aged man with a shoulder-level amputated left arm walked out. His arm was sealed many times over, and his eyes were cold and indifferent.

It was none other than Immortal Li Hai, who had managed to escape under the Taiqing Flying Sword.

A moment of silence ensued; nobody responded to him.

”This is the scene of the Liyun Sect’s obliteration. Since you are curious, take a look.”

Immortal Li Hai flicked a finger, and scenes after scenes projected from his fingertips, mingling with curses, the roar of explosions, and continuous screams of agony.

The three blurred figures watched with grave expressions.

”...all cultivators and mortals who participated in the conspiracy against the citizens of the Xianmen Sect, whether they were directly or indirectly involved, will die. All those not directly or indirectly linked to this matter, having failed to protect the citizens, will spend the rest of their lives in hard labor until death...”

The final scene depicted the sect gates surrounded by craters, with the corpses of foundation-building and Qi-cultivating practitioners strewn everywhere.

The three hazy, transparent figures heaved a sigh of relief.

All the citizens of the Xianmen Sect within their territories had been evacuated three years earlier, with no casualties.

”You...”

Immortal Li Hai started, his face showing a look of hateful pain that quickly disappeared, as he sneered, ”Although you haven’t gone to the extremes I have, you’ve still killed hundreds of thousands of mortals and loose cultivators to refine Blood Life Pills. Do you really think the Xianmen Sect will spare you?”

”Let’s not talk about anything else. Your mere act of splitting your Divine Sense to come here today is an unforgivable crime!”

”The only way out is to completely yield to the Immortal Sects, like I did, so that the path of immortality lies ahead, thereafter hoping for a Nascent Soul.”

No one replied to him.

Some even scoffed.

Immortal Li Hai’s face grew dark.

”Li Hai, there’s no need to deceive yourself.”

Immortal Tianhai sighed deeply, his face filled with sorrow for his friend and for himself.

”The Immortal Sects are not kind. They aren’t places that freely offer Nascent Soul opportunities in benevolence.”

”The Xianmen Sect may be strict, but as long as you abide by their rules, you will be rewarded for your compliance. Over thousands of years, there has not been a single error.”

”That’s why many Nascent Souls of the Small Worlds are willing to merge, due to certainty.”

The other two Golden Pills let out soft sighs.

”In the Immortal Sects, might makes right. There are no absolute rules. Even if you have rendered great services, if one influential figure dislikes you, everything can be lost, including life.

”Nascent Soul opportunities are exceedingly rare and incredibly precious within the Immortal Sects. What do you have to compete with the major clans and the Nascent Soul disciples deeply rooted for thousands or tens of thousands of years?”

”Even if you achieved the so-called great merit, with just some lip service from others, what use would it be?”