Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 1477: Chapter 1207: Enlightenment (Part 2)

By then, the Cave Abyss Sect will taste the bitter fruit sown today.

But it’s not that they are unwilling to retaliate; there are more important matters!

The Heavenly Immortal, who had been contending with the Dragon Tribe in the Dao of Derivation, initially thought that both sides were evenly matched and he was not affected. However, once back at the sect and cultivating, he realized the issue was not as simple as he imagined.

Although his Dao Intent was affected, not as severely as others, it still needed to be resolved promptly, or else it would surely worsen!

If that were all, the Cave Abyss Sect could still gather cultivators to retaliate.

But unfortunately, all the accompanying disciples had an additional curse within them!

When they cultivated, not only did they fail to increase their Mana, but it also caused Mana to diminish. Such a strange situation frightened everyone.

Moreover, due to the sudden outbreak, the Cave Abyss Sect was thrown into panic, unable to even attend to the issue of the territory being seized by the Great Zhou Dynasty.

At the same time, they had to urgently seal the mountain gate to ensure the news would not leak out, for otherwise, who knows what trouble might arise!

This was the reason the Sea Clan initially allowed the Cave Abyss Sect disciples to leave; they had already set their measures in place.

Although the curse could be lifted, it would not be resolved in a short time, and once activated, even if they stopped cultivating, Mana would continue to drain away.

However, outsiders do not know these internal affairs.

Yet, the Cave Abyss Sect’s attitude of retreat only emboldened the Great Zhou Dynasty more. If not for the current Emperor’s calmness; officials fearing a trap opposing intensely, and a lack of sufficient wealth and provisions, a second invasion might have been launched.

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When the news reached the Li family, Li Zhirui glanced at it, confirmed nothing had happened, and continued to cultivate in seclusion to enhance his cultivation and realm.

Meanwhile, the Li family was also busy preparing for something.

Li Xinde, the longest-serving Clan Leader in the family’s history, was about to step down.

Because the position of Clan Leader carried many benefits, this time, the number of Mahayana clan members who registered for the election finally exceeded double digits.

After a fierce election, Li Guangjie defeated numerous competitors, gaining the most recognition from the clan members to become the new Clan Leader.

Li Guangjie’s first major event as the new Clan Leader was the Spirit Testing Ceremony!

This is a task both simple and complex, greatly testing one’s competence.

It’s simple because the family has accumulated an unknown amount of experience over the years, and as long as everything proceeds step by step, usually nothing will go wrong...

It’s complex because there are so many children to test, requiring careful planning and strict protection of the latest generation of clan members’ talents.

The primary purpose of doing this is still to protect those with exceptional talents, to prevent them from being killed by Demon Cultivators or certain hostile forces before they can mature.

Of course, if they fall unexpectedly, such as dying during training, it can only mean that they had the talent but lacked the corresponding luck; it can’t be blamed on others.

After several days of spirit testing, a new group of children arrived at Mount Wanxian. From today onwards, for the next three years, they will read and write, cultivate their minds, learn martial arts, and train their bodies.

One can imagine how busy they will be, with no free time every day.

Fortunately, Li Guangjie performed quite well, establishing a preliminary authority, but reaching a level that commands full conviction still depends on his future performance.

The flowers blossom, each expressing their own beauty.

Since leaving the family and once again embarking on a journey of training, Li Zhixuan found herself without a fixed residence, wandering about. She no longer enhanced her cultivation through relentless killing as before.

It’s not that she didn’t want to, but she hit a bottleneck, specifically a mental state bottleneck, a problem that killing alone could no longer solve.

So, Li Zhixuan embarked on a wandering journey, no longer the Killing Sword Saint who could strike fear into Demon Cultivators and achieved great renown, but like a beginner who had just stepped onto the Sword Dao, seemingly unfamiliar with any swordsmanship.

She decided to start from scratch, to walk the path of Dao of Sword Cultivation once more!

To this end, Li Zhixuan decisively sealed all her memories related to the Sword Dao, leaving only the mental barrier—why practice the Sword Dao!

Only by solving this question would the sealed memories be restored.

Initially, after sealing the memories, she thought this question was exceedingly simple.

Why cultivate Sword Dao? Because Sword Dao is powerful!

But clearly, this simple answer had no effect whatsoever.

Then Li Zhixuan started to speculate incessantly, saying the Sword Dao was elegant and handsome, its power extraordinary, her own talent in Sword Dao...

But none had any effect.

Instead, due to sealing the memories and leaving only the one question, Li Zhixuan nearly succumbed to inner demons.

Fortunately, she calmed down in the end, didn’t take the last step, and started trying to find the answer during her training.

On this journey, Li Zhixuan started practicing with a wooden sword made casually at hand.

Along the way, she encountered some cultivators and Devil Beasts, who upon seeing her clumsy, disorderly swordsmanship, wanted to capture her.

However, unexpectedly, those chaotic and unruly sword techniques gradually began to take shape, as if Li Zhixuan was a natural Sword Dao seed; even without memory, she was quick to master it.

Yet due to the vast difference in cultivation between both parties, she wasn’t given much time to learn, and the battles quickly ended.

After several battles, the broken wooden sword in her hand finally shattered to pieces, so Li Zhixuan replaced it with another wooden sword and continued her journey to seek answers.

As time went on, she didn’t know how many wooden swords she’d replaced by then, yet she still hadn’t found an answer, nor understood why to cultivate Sword Dao.

One day.

As Li Zhixuan passed by a mortal town, she saw a pair of figures, an elder and a youth, by the roadside.

”I tell you to read and write, and you end up exploring deep mountains instead. There are no Immortal relics there, nor the extraordinary encounters of storybooks. Stop daydreaming about Cultivation!” the elder scolded angrily.

”I refuse! I must cultivate myself to immortality and become an Immortal. Then I can protect Grandpa, protect everyone!”

Li Zhixuan felt a subtle stir in her heart and suddenly interjected, ”Why do you want to cultivate?”

”There’s no particular reason!”

”There has to be a reason.”

”I just want to cultivate! No particular reason.”

”No! The reason you want to cultivate is to become strong, to protect those you care about!”

After speaking, Li Zhixuan stood there, stunned.

”Hahaha...”

A moment later, she suddenly burst into laughter.

”Such a simple truth troubled me for so long, yet it was a mere mortal who awakened me!” Li Zhixuan said full of emotion.

”Why practice Sword Dao? Because I want to become strong, to protect those I care about, to see the end of the Great Tao!”

”But ultimately, I want to, so I will, without needing so many reasons!”

Upon achieving enlightenment, the bottleneck that troubled her vanished instantly, and her entire demeanor transformed.

If the former Li Zhixuan was like a world-class Treasured Sword unsheathed, a ferocious blade exuding Killing Aura, now she had completely restrained her aura, without a trace of fierceness or Killing Aura.

She hadn’t weakened; rather, she had advanced significantly along the Sword Dao path, reaching the stage of Return to the Truth.

Nonetheless!

Li Zhixuan’s seemingly crazed words, particularly in the eyes of outsiders and mortals, frightened the elderly grandparent and grandchild beside her.

But the young man quickly reacted, suppressing his inner fear, rushed forward, fell on his knees, and pleaded repeatedly: ”Please, Immortal Master, accept me as a disciple! I beg you, take me as your disciple...”

The elder, upon regaining composure, fearing his grandson might offend the Immortal, couldn’t help but think, what if the Immortal truly agreed...

”Stand up first.”

Seeing her words had no effect, Li Zhixuan had to use Mana to lift him up, saying, ”Since I received enlightenment on this doubt from you two, hence I owe you both a great karma.”