Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 1947: Chapter 1442: Omen (2)

The originally quiet stronghold was suddenly overtaken by a storm of movement, becoming lively beyond compare, as all the cultivators raced at top speed toward where Li Zhixuan stood.

Each person raised their head to gaze at her, their eyes filled with worship, excitement, exhilaration, and other emotions.

In just a brief moment, the once empty grounds became packed with people, not even a crack left between them. Even though the crowding was unbearable, no one intended to leave—they didn’t want to miss this opportunity!

Li Zhixuan herself was quite amazed at her own immense power to command so many; she had expected to attract many cultivators, but never so many as this.

If this were in the past, she might not have thought it a problem—she might even have felt pleased, since she could obtain resources more quickly. But now, she no longer needed so many cultivators.

But since they’d all arrived, it wouldn’t be right to drive them away; she’d just have to see how they could be used, and then send them out when needed.

Of course, if anyone was unwilling, they could go adventuring on their own.

But the overwhelming majority of cultivators obediently chose the former, only a scant few, dissatisfied, privately formed teams to explore the Floating Light Realm on their own.

In their eyes, after so many years, the circumstances of the Floating Light Realm had long since been thoroughly explored; as long as they were cautious, their harvest might not necessarily be worse than anyone else’s.

But once they actually set out, they suddenly realized they had been too naive; many things were not so easy as they had imagined.

…

Because all the Immortal Tao forces in the Floating Light Realm had already been wiped out, and now only a few scattered minor forces and loose cultivators remained, Li Zhixuan did not bother wasting time on them, letting the loose cultivators sort them out themselves—which suited them just fine.

She then led the majority of cultivators, heading straight to the west!

That was once the territory of the Demonic Tao, though previously, to ward off the fierce attack from the Li family, they had brought in the Devil Race, further strengthening their defenses.

But not long after, Li Zhirui called a halt to the Li family’s assault, ordering all withdrawn back to the stronghold—so the place became desolate again.

Instead, several small skirmishes broke out between the Demonic Tao and Devil Race. If not for the presence of an external threat, they might truly have come to blows.

Yet after several quarrels, a rift began to appear between them!

And over this hundred years, the rift only widened; if not for the pressure from the Li family, they’d probably have long since split apart.

Now, Li Zhixuan returned with a large force of cultivators and began attacking the Demonic Tao and Devil Race!

Slash!

She said nothing, merely lifted her hand and slashed out a wave of Sword Qi.

But this seemingly casual slash nearly shattered their defenses outright.

A barrier of light appeared, trembling violently. Spirit light flickered on and off, as if it could endure no more and was about to shatter at any moment.

Only when groups of demon cultivators continuously poured mana into the defensive array did they barely withstand Li Zhixuan’s strike.

“Damn! Why is her strength so terrifying?!”

“Even if she is a Heavenly Immortal Cultivator, her strength has been suppressed by the Heavenly Dao by eighty percent—how can she still unleash such terrifying attacks?”

Though they had been prepared, only upon actually experiencing Li Zhixuan’s might did they realize how truly fearsome her strength was!

At this moment, these demon cultivators and Devil Race finally understood why the Immortal Tao had perished so quickly.

Earlier, they had privately ridiculed and mocked the Immortal Tao for being so weak as to let Outsider Creatures exterminate their lineages, but now, such thoughts vanished completely.

If not for the Heavenly Dao suppressing her strength, that one sword just now would likely have wiped them all out.

Rumble—

Before they could recover, the cultivators behind Li Zhixuan also unleashed their attacks, and in an instant, the sky was filled with dazzling spirit light.

But to the demon cultivators and Devil Race, those brilliant lights were talismans of death hidden with killing moves, snapping them back to their senses and forcing them to rally everyone for a counterattack.

All manner of divine ability spells burst from their hands, crashing into the torrent of spirit light, instantly sending up waves upon the flood.

They had actually seized the initiative and broke through this round of attacks!

This outcome restored much of the demon cultivators’ and devil beasts’ confidence—no matter how powerful she was alone, how could she possibly smash through both the Demonic Tao and Devil Race herself?

At the same time, it let them see their opponent’s weakness!

They could simply send some to hold off Li Zhixuan, and the rest to deal with those weaker outsider cultivators.

Having discovered this weakness, naturally they seized upon it, so the Demonic Tao and Devil Race immediately shifted tactics, focusing on slaughtering the cultivators to weaken the invaders’ strength.

What was more, once the casualties among the outsiders became too great, aside from dispatching more, their only other choice would be to retreat!

Thus, they decided to gamble—betting these outer realm cultivators would choose to withdraw.

“By the way! Does anyone know where these outsider cultivators’ stronghold is?” a Devil Race Human Immortal suddenly asked.

At once someone replied, “You want to wipe out their rear stronghold—cut off their supplies?”

“Exactly! And the pathway they use to enter must also be there. If we can destroy it, we’ll be safe—maybe we’ll never have to live in fear again!”

Hearing this, everyone’s eyes lit up. Yes!

If they severed the ‘path’ the outsiders used to come to the Floating Light Realm, not only would no new invaders arrive, but the ones already here would be trapped forever, eventually besieged on all sides and, with the Heavenly Dao’s rejection and suppression, meet their doom!

The plan was good, but unfortunately, the portal they imagined was not the only one—at any time in the distant Primal Spirit Realm, the Li family could open another! There was no way for them to be truly trapped for good.

Dreaming of this bright future, both demon cultivators and devil beasts were elated.

They began drawing in reinforcements from the rear, but so as not to alert the enemy, this batch of demon cultivators and devil beasts didn’t approach the battlefield. Instead, they traveled by a different route, even if it meant making a long detour, rather than let their plot be revealed prematurely.

Within just a few days, they’d gathered over thirty thousand—ten thousand demon cultivators, and more than twenty thousand from the Devil Race.

Although the Devil Race sent more, most were low-level devil beasts, cannon fodder to storm the arrays and sap the enemy’s strength.

To be absolutely certain, there were no less than seven Human Immortals leading the force.

It might not seem overwhelming, but one mustn’t forget—the Floating Light Realm was only a Middle Thousand World, and Human Immortal was its uppermost limit.

To dispatch seven Human Immortals at once—they were clearly determined to seize the Li family’s stronghold.

Because it was all done in secret, those like Li Zhixuan waging bitter battle in the front lines knew nothing of it, nor could the family make preparations in advance.

Since she had restrained herself in attacking, the battlefront had not become one-sided; at most, her side only held a slight advantage.

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As the saying goes, “Two flowers bloom, each displaying a branch.”

Former Immortal Tao lands—the Li family stronghold.

Li Zhirui suddenly opened his eyes, his brow unconsciously furrowing, and muttered to himself, “Why does it feel like something is about to happen to me?”

Just now, he had been calmly cultivating, when a wave of heat surged through his heart, rousing him immediately from meditation.

Since coming to the Floating Light Realm, his strength had been greatly suppressed, but his spirit sense remained unaffected. This sudden premonition instantly made Li Zhirui cautious.

After some thought, he summoned several clansmen and instructed, “Each of you take a group and scout in all directions. As soon as you see anything out of the ordinary, return at once and report—there’s no need to get close or investigate deeply!”