Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 1938: Chapter 1438: Departure

After the passage was opened, the two Heavenly Immortals, Li Zhixuan and Li Mingyao, each led the majority of the clan members along with a group of loose cultivators, immediately setting out. Taking advantage of the pitch-dark night, they silently departed from their stronghold.

Before making their move, they had already determined which factions they would attack.

As for the choice of target, this required careful consideration; they could not select factions that were too powerful or too weak. The former would be difficult to breach quickly.

The latter, while easily eliminated, were too weak to be worthy of wasting such precious time.

So the best targets were those with moderate strength.

In addition to considering the enemy’s strength, they also had to factor in distance; targets too far away were unsuitable, as too much time would be wasted on the journey.

After careful selection, the Li family ultimately chose six factions of this realm as their targets.

After nearly two hours of swift flight in the spirit boats, the group led by Li Zhixuan arrived at their first destination—Spirit Medicine Mountain!

The name alone revealed this faction’s specialty in cultivating spiritual objects and refining spirit pills, though their combat strength lagged somewhat.

At this moment, dawn was just breaking; the vast fleet appeared like a mass of shadows, making it hard to see clearly.

However, to cultivators’ eyes, there was nothing hidden or obscured.

Perhaps it was because Spirit Medicine Mountain had enjoyed peace for so long that their vigilance had slackened; Li Zhixuan’s party had practically gotten right up to the defensive array, yet no one noticed!

She felt both disappointment and relief in her heart—disappointed because there would be no fierce battle. As a sword cultivator who tempered and improved herself in fire and slaughter, she could not help but feel regret.

Yet she was also relieved—this way, they could end the battle swiftly, minimize their own losses, and preserve strength for the next target.

Crack—

Li Zhixuan soon collected her emotions. A broken sword appeared in her hands, and with no elaborate movement, she effortlessly slashed out a sword strike.

The sword light struck the defensive array as if shattering brittle glass, instantly breaking it into fragments.

“Enemy attack! Enemy attack!”

Only then did Spirit Medicine Mountain react. An urgent, piercing cry rang out overhead, waking an unknown number of cultivators.

Rumble—

But before they could prepare, radiant spiritual lights crashed down from the heavens, accompanied by a cascade of tumbling boulders, smashing directly into the cave mansions of countless disciples at astonishing speed.

In that instant, who knew how many cultivators died in the pre-dawn darkness, some not even realizing what had befallen them in their final moments.

Those who survived rushed out at once, their faces full of sorrow, but their eyes fixed on Li Zhixuan’s group were burning with all-consuming rage!

“Aaaahhh…”

“I’ll kill you all!”

Some cultivators roared in fury, launching attacks with everything they had.

But with just a few dozen people, how could they possibly harm Li Zhixuan and her allies? They merely threw themselves into danger.

At the first clash, their attacks were directly shattered; the power continued onward, still fierce, and as it landed on them, they were instantly blasted apart, unable to fight back.

For a moment, the scene was utterly brutal—blood and flesh flew everywhere with horrible pops.

The sight shocked many cultivators, as if a bucket of cold water had been dumped over them, smothering much of their urge for revenge.

“These must be the Outer Realm fiends from the east!”

“Weren’t they supposed to be pinned down? Why are they here now? Did all the cultivators besieging them perish at their hands?!”

Although Spirit Medicine Mountain hadn’t taken part in the assault on the Li family, as part of Floating Light Realm’s Immortal Tao and being so nearby, how could they not have contributed?

Thus, they were quite well informed about the Li family’s situation.

And just picturing that scenario made their whole bodies tremble, denying it over and over, unwilling and unable to believe!

For if such a thing had indeed happened, it meant the entire Floating Light Realm was now in grave danger.

“Today, the foundation of Spirit Medicine Mountain, built up over thousands of years, will be destroyed in an instant!” The sect leader looked at the fires raging everywhere and could not help but sigh deeply.

Inside, he was truly grieving—how could he feel nothing, seeing a sect passed down through so many generations collapse at his own hands?

But for now, he had to suppress all emotions and secure a remnant for the sect’s future!

Only then would the legacy survive, and the work of thousands of years not perish entirely with him…

So, after assessing the battle and realizing there was no hope for reversal, the sect leader did not show himself; instead, he gathered all the true inheritors and several elders, instructing them solemnly:

“I trust you all see the sect’s plight—it won’t be long before we are utterly destroyed…”

“Sect Leader, even if we are doomed, we will die defending the sect!” a disciple could bear it no longer and cried out, desperate to stay and fight.

“There is no need for you to act! What you must do now is preserve your lives and find an opportunity to rebuild Spirit Medicine Mountain!” the sect leader said, face stern.

As he spoke, they arrived before the escape tunnel that had been constructed over countless years, yet never used until now.

The sect leader produced a small seal, opened the heavy door, herded several dozen people inside, and said rapidly:

“Go! Flee with all your might to the west! Tell the other factions what has happened, warn them to be vigilant, and seek a chance to rebuild Spirit Medicine Mountain—do not let our forebears’ efforts go to waste!”

As his words fell, the door shut with a roar.

Unseen by the others, the sect leader destroyed the control seal, activating the defense to its highest setting!

In this way, to enter the escape tunnel again, one would have to destroy all the defenses to forcibly open the door.

You should know, this escape tunnel had been strengthened without pause for thousands of years by Spirit Medicine Mountain—the defenses could withstand a full assault by several Human Immortals for fifteen minutes!

Even with Li Zhixuan’s current power, she would need to spend a full quarter of an hour.

Given that time, the escaping cultivators would already have slipped out, vanishing without a trace.

So, after dealing with most of Spirit Medicine Mountain’s cultivators, Li Zhixuan arrived, tested the door with an attack, and gauged its toughness—then decisively gave up.

If it took a quarter hour but could not catch those cultivators, why waste her effort on such a useless task?