novelweb Chapter 1328 Kunlun Immortal Sect's Panic and Anger, Preparation for Retaliation
Chapter 1328 Kunlun Immortal Sect's Panic and Anger, Preparation for Retaliation
On the mortal side, the entrance and exit of the Kunlun Immortal Sect are located in the old site of the Shushan Sword Sect, while the entrance and exit within the Kunlun Immortal Sect are still located in the Shushan Sword Sect.
At this moment, the ancestral hall on the back mountain of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect is shrouded in clouds and mist, exuding an ethereal aura, a scene befitting a blessed immortal land.
The teleportation platform leading to the mortal world is located here. At this moment, the teleportation platform is operating on its own, constructing a spatial passage.
However, the spatial passage is extremely unstable, with constant bursts of spatial turbulence emanating from it, and the runes on the teleportation platform flickering on and off. Entering the spatial passage rashly at this time could very well result in being torn apart by the chaotic spatial forces or by the spatial turbulence itself.
The teleportation array is set to open once every thousand years to reduce the influence of the immortal sects on the mortal world, and also to reduce the influence of the mortal world on the immortal sects.
The main purpose, or rather the original intention, of the Immortal Sect opening once every thousand years is to provide the Kunlun Immortal Sect with talented cultivators.
Only when both the teleportation arrays inside and outside the Immortal Gate are activated simultaneously can a spatial passage be constructed.
In other words, if either of the two teleportation arrays is destroyed, the spatial passage cannot be successfully constructed.
To protect the teleportation array, the teleportation array on the Kunlun Immortal Sect side was placed within the Shushan Sword Sect, one of the top powers, while the teleportation array in the mortal world was placed on the old site of the Shushan Sword Sect.
Normally, the former site of the Shushan Sword Sect is a small, secret space with an extremely low probability of being discovered.
Moreover, even if they were discovered, the presence of a cloud-like killing formation on the outside would make it difficult for ordinary people from the mortal world to cross the line.
Therefore, for tens of thousands of years, the two teleportation platforms have coexisted peacefully.
It begins once every thousand years, operates without ceasing, and has never made a mistake.
The prodigies and powerful figures of the Kunlun Immortal Sect who went to the mortal world were all able to leave unscathed.
Regardless of whether or not a genius cultivator can be found, at least one's own safety is guaranteed.
Considering that the spiritual energy of the Great Dao in the secular world is declining, there will be fewer and fewer genius cultivators and strong individuals.
In this way, the prodigies of the Kunlun Immortal Sect are more secure when they go to the mortal world.
But this time, in an ordinary millennium, the opening of the immortal gate caused a great uproar throughout the city.
The first wave of geniuses from the immortal realms who went to the mortal world were almost completely wiped out.
The Golden Dragon Clan suffered the most casualties, with the Fifth and Ninth Princes, along with four Divine Realm attendants, a total of six Golden Dragons perishing.
Jian Chen, a true disciple of the leader of the Shushan Sword Sect, has also perished.
In addition, several other prodigies also perished in the mortal world after their soul lamps went out.
In order to find out the cause of death of these talented disciples, the major sects sat down together to discuss the matter and finally decided to send a Golden Core elder to the mortal world to investigate the cause and effect of the incident.
Because the spatial passage is not yet stable, and the higher the cultivation level, the more difficult it will be for people to pass through the passage, and it will also damage the passage, the elders chosen are all at the early stage of Golden Core. They are a Golden Core elder of the Golden Dragon Clan, Elder Guhe of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, Monk Liaokong of the Vajra Temple, True Man Chifa of the Fire God Sect, and Daoist Tiansha of the Shadow Killing Sect.
To ensure their safe passage through the spatial passage, various sects brought out numerous protective treasures.
Just as the five Golden Core cultivators entered the spatial passage, all the sects to which they belonged sent people outside the spatial passage to await the good news, ready for battle.
Each sect holds the soul tablet of its own elder.
To everyone's surprise, not long after the five elders successfully passed through the spatial passage, the soul tablet of the Golden Dragon Clan's Golden Core Elder was the first to shatter.
Following closely behind, the soul tablets of Tian Sha Dao Ren, Chi Fa Zhen Ren, Gu He, and You Kong He Shang also shattered one after another.
"All five Golden Core cultivators have perished? How is this possible? What exactly happened?"
An elder from the Shu Mountain Sword Sect said in a trembling voice.
In an instant, the news spread like wildfire throughout the entire Kunlun Immortal Sect.
The entire immortal sect was shaken.
The mortal world is clearly a land in decline, with incomplete laws and diminished spiritual energy, at most capable of producing divine realm experts.
With just a few prodigies like Jian Chen, Huo Yun, Niu Tianci, and the two princes of the Golden Dragon Clan, they could easily sweep through the entire mortal world.
In particular, Jian Chen is wielding a divine weapon, giving him the ability to fight even against a true Golden Core cultivator.
If the fall of these talented disciples wasn't a big deal, the subsequent deaths of five Golden Core cultivators were enough to cause panic throughout the Kunlun Immortal Sect.
This is because it suggests that an incredibly powerful being may have been born in the mortal world, and at least one incredibly powerful being was born. It was this incredibly powerful being who killed all the talented disciples of the Kunlun Immortal Sect, as well as the five Golden Core cultivators who came afterward.
Whoosh whoosh!
As soon as the news spread, beams of light flew out from the various sects of the Kunlun Immortal Sect, some riding flying swords, some walking on red ribbons, and some riding the clouds... heading straight for the strongest sect in the Eastern Region, the Shu Mountain Sword Sect.
As mentioned earlier, the Kunlun Immortal Sect has four top-tier sects, each occupying and commanding a region.
The Shushan Sword Sect occupies the Eastern Region, the Yaochi Holy Land occupies the Western Region, the Jiuli Divine Sect occupies the Southern Region, and the Golden Dragon Clan occupies the Northern Region.
In the center of the four celestial domains, there is a primordial land that does not belong to any domain. This primordial land is hidden within an array and is called the Spirit Ruins.
The Lingxu was originally created to protect the spiritual roots of Kunlun Immortal Sect, the World Tree.
Like the Ragnarok World, the Kunlun Immortal Sect also has a World Tree, which grew from a branch of the spiritual root of the Central Earth Star.
The reason why the spiritual energy of the Kunlun Immortal Sect has not declined, or rather, has not declined significantly, is because of this World Tree.
If this World Tree withers, the Kunlun Immortal Sect will become a wasteland, just like the Twilight of the Gods.
Therefore, in order to protect this World Tree, the powerful beings of the Kunlun Immortal Sect used their great magical power to construct a huge magic array and specially opened up a space to guard the World Tree.
That space remains in its prehistoric state, inhabited by many powerful alien creatures. Because the spiritual energy of the Great Dao is most abundant there, it is also called the Spirit Ruins Treasure Land, or simply the Spirit Ruins.
The great formation protecting the Spirit Ruins opens once every hundred years, and the various sects of the Kunlun Immortal Sect can select their talented disciples to enter for trials.
Now, the once-in-a-century Spirit Ruins Trial is about to begin.
Alright, let's leave that matter aside for now.
Because of the sudden death of five Golden Core cultivators, many powerful figures from the Kunlun Immortal Sect gathered at the Shushan Sword Sect to discuss the matter behind closed doors.
No secrets stay hidden forever, and the matter quickly spread like wildfire among the common people of the Immortal Sect.
"Holy crap, several prodigies just perished in the mortal realm a few days ago, and today five Golden Core experts went there and also fell. Has the mortal realm become a den of dragons and tigers?"
"The mortal realm is clearly a wasteland where the spiritual energy of the Great Dao has declined. Could it be that the spiritual energy has been revived?"
"Even if the spiritual energy in the mortal world is recovering, it shouldn't be enough to crush my Kunlun Immortal Sect. There must be something fishy going on behind this!"
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Numerous cultivators from the Kunlun Immortal Sect discussed among themselves.
Throughout history, the Kunlun Immortal Gate has been opened countless times, but never before has it caused such a great sacrifice.
Because the Kunlun Immortal Sect belongs to the upper realm compared to the mortal world, it possesses absolute overwhelming power. Even if extraordinary geniuses occasionally emerge in the mortal world, they are no match for the Kunlun Immortal Sect.
However, this time, the Kunlun Immortal Sect has lost so many geniuses and Golden Core experts, which is quite unusual.
Putting everything else aside, the fact that five early-stage Golden Core cultivators from the Kunlun Immortal Sect perished means their opponents must have been at least late-stage Golden Core cultivators, or even those at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core realm.
"No matter who the other party is, whether it is a Golden Core cultivator or a Nascent Soul cultivator, I will definitely make him pay. I will skin him alive, remove his bones, and pull out his tendons to avenge my two sons."
Inside the ancestral hall in the back mountain of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, a middle-aged man wearing golden dragon scale armor, tall and imposing, with two deer antlers on his head, spoke angrily, blowing his nose and glaring, his whole body surging with a vast aura.
The moment this immense aura emanated, all the Golden Core cultivators present couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines.
You can tell from his clothes that he's no ordinary person.
The antlers on his head were not actually deer antlers, but dragon antlers.
Thus, his identity was revealed: the leader of the Golden Dragon Clan, the Old Dragon King, a Golden Core cultivator at the Great Perfection stage.
It is said that there are many Golden Core cultivators in the Kunlun Immortal Sect, but very few can cultivate to the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage.
Those who can cultivate to the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage have the potential to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
The Fifth and Ninth Princes of the Golden Flood Dragon Clan went to Dragon Pool to capture ancient ginseng and collect dragon marrow, all for the purpose of preparing for the Old Flood Dragon King, hoping that he could break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
However, achieving the Nascent Soul stage is as difficult as ascending to heaven.
It is no exaggeration to say that the difficulty of attaining the Nascent Soul stage in the Kunlun Immortal Sect is no less than the difficulty of attaining the Golden Core stage in the mortal world.
For several thousand years, no Nascent Soul cultivator has been born in the Kunlun Immortal Sect.
Because the spiritual energy of the Great Dao of Kunlun Immortal Sect is also declining. Although the decline is slow and not as obvious as in the mortal world, it is generally showing a declining trend. The difficulty of proving the Dao and becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator will increase year by year.
This means that although the Kunlun Immortal Sect has Nascent Soul cultivators, they are all very old, with the youngest being several thousand years old.
These elderly Nascent Soul cultivators, in order to live longer and uphold the sect's prestige, have long since withdrawn from worldly affairs, secluded themselves in some blessed land, and are nourished by spirit stones and spiritual herbs.
The Kunlun Immortal Sect can confirm that there are only four Nascent Soul cultivators still alive: the Golden Flood Dragon Ancestor of the Golden Flood Dragon Clan, the Supreme Master of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, the Supreme Holy Mother of the Yaochi Holy Land, and the Supreme Master of the Jiuli Divine Sect.
At this moment, the old dragon king of the Golden Dragon Clan arrived at the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, furious because of the deaths of his two sons.
"Old Flood Dragon King, please calm down. The most urgent task now is to stabilize the spatial teleportation channel so that we can send people over to investigate the matter thoroughly," said the Sword Master of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect.
This was also a tall and imposing man with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes. His hair was thick and black, and he looked to be in his prime, but his actual age was unknown. He wore a dark blue robe with many sword-shaped patterns on it, giving people a sense of profound and majestic power, and an awe-inspiring and unapproachable aura.
This person is none other than Zhang Tailin, the current Sword Master of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, who is also a Golden Core cultivator at the Great Perfection stage.
If you want to stabilize it on your own through the spatial channel, it will take at least several months, and sometimes even a year or two.
Clearly, the Kunlun Immortal Sect cannot wait.
Because by then, the daylily will probably be too cold.
"But how can this spatial passage be stabilized? Or even if it is stabilized, it can only send a few Divine Realm cultivators and early-stage Golden Core cultivators through. Isn't that just sending them to their deaths?" a Golden Core expert questioned.
“Yes, considering that the other party is likely to be a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, or even a Great Perfection Golden Core cultivator, we should at least teleport a late-stage Golden Core cultivator there,” another Golden Core expert said.
"You don't need to worry about that, of course I've considered it. However, stabilizing this spatial passage and allowing late-stage Golden Core cultivators to pass through is beyond the capabilities of my Shu Mountain Sword Sect alone. I need the Golden Dragon Clan, the Nine Li Divine Sect, and the Yaochi Holy Land to lend a hand and bring their sect-protecting artifacts. If the Nascent Soul patriarchs of these major sects are willing to lend a hand, that would be even better," said Zhang Tailin, the swordsman of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect.
His words shocked everyone present.
The four most prestigious sects each possess their own sect-protecting artifacts, and some even have more than one.
Like the Purple Ying Sword and Green Suo Sword of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect.
Legend has it that the Purple Ying Sword and the Green Suo Sword are a male and a female sword, and if the two swords are combined, they can unleash even greater power.
The Shushan Sword Sect was more eager to go to the mortal world than any other sect because they had lost a Purple Ying Sword there.
Fortunately, they also had the Azure Chain Sword, which was also a divine weapon of the Great Dao.
The sacred artifact of Yaochi is a tower called the Western King Tower, which is also the tower of the Queen Mother of the West.
The Great Dao Divine Weapon of the Jiuli Divine Cult is a battle blade inherited from Chi You, the Tiger Soul Blade.
The Great Dao artifact of the Golden Dragon Clan is a large seal called the Nine Dragons Divine Iron Seal, which is said to have been forged from a meteorite iron mountain that fell from the sky.
Although the Kunlun Immortal Sect possesses other divine weapons and artifacts, the most famous are undoubtedly these four sect-protecting artifacts from the four top sects.
As the name suggests, the sect's sacred artifact is used to protect the sect and will not easily leave the sect.
Gathering these four sect-protecting artifacts is already difficult enough, but to also invite four Nascent Soul elders makes it even more challenging.
Actually, the Supreme Master of the Shushan Sword Sect and the Golden Dragon Ancestor of the Golden Dragon Clan are relatively easy to deal with, since both sects have sent disciples to the mortal world and suffered considerable losses.
However, before the Nine Li Divine Sect and the Yaochi Holy Land could even send their disciples to the mortal world for training, news of the deaths of disciples from several other sects in the mortal world arrived. It would be completely unreasonable to ask these two sects to lend a hand now, and they might not even agree.
"I'll go and invite the Nine Li Divine Sect. As for the Yaochi Holy Land, I'll leave it to your Golden Flood Dragon Clan," said Zhang Tailin, the swordsman of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, to the old Flood Dragon King of the Golden Flood Dragon Clan.
“Good!” said the old dragon king.
He had no choice but to make a trip to the sacred Yaochi in the Western Regions; his two sons could not have died in vain.
With the leaders of two top sects personally taking action, the Jiuli Divine Sect and Yaochi Holy Land will likely give them some face.
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