novelraw Chapter 1951 - 1933: Internal Strife
Chapter 1951 - 1933: Internal Strife
In the sky, Elder Wang and others were flying in one direction.
"Fang Yan, how did you manage to catch that runaway? Even if your speed is fast, it doesn’t make sense for you to disappear from within my Divine Sense. What’s going on?" Elder Wang asked Fang Yan while flying. He really couldn’t hold this back; he genuinely wanted to know what was happening.
"Yes, Fang Yan, if it’s convenient, please tell us."
"Your speed is too fast, what’s really going on?"
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At this moment, Wang Chang and others couldn’t help but ask too. Their Divine Sense covered several miles, and Fang Yan’s disappearance within such a large range was clearly not normal. They were also curious about how Fang Yan managed it.
"I acquired a Secret Technique from a legacy mansion of Emperor Hong Bing during my training outside. It’s called Thousand Miles in One Step. With my current strength, I can only achieve about thirty miles in one step, so catching someone is quite normal." Fang Yan glanced at Elder Wang and the others, replying calmly.
He knew that if he didn’t answer this, everyone would surely become suspicious, so he attributed the Thousand Miles in One Step to Emperor Hong Bing’s legacy mansion. This way, no one would doubt it, and he didn’t fully reveal his capabilities. He could actually achieve over a thousand miles in one step, as his Divine Sense already covered such a range, but these things cannot be disclosed. One must always have their own trump card.
"Thirty miles in one step!"
"There really is such a Secret Technique!"
"Fang Yan, you’re really lucky!"
"Emperor Hong Bing, sounds like an ancient powerful being!"
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After listening to Fang Yan’s explanation, Elder Wang and others finally understood. It turns out Fang Yan had explored the legacy of an ancient powerful being; no wonder he obtained such an indescribably miraculous Secret Technique. Now, with Fang Yan’s realm only at the beginning of the Human Immortal Realm, he could achieve thirty miles in one step. Who knows how far he could go if he reached the Earth Immortal Realm, it was unimaginable!
However, all they could do was feel jealous inside; everyone knew that such Secret Techniques would never be taught to others, no matter how much they wanted to learn, it was impossible. They could only envy Fang Yan’s luck; encountering the legacy of an ancient powerful being was rare enough, let alone obtaining such a Secret Technique. This was simply defying the heavens!
"Being fortunate to encounter such a good thing is your Creation, we can only envy you. Let’s not dwell on it; let’s keep going." Elder Wang said with a bitter smile, Fang Yan’s Secret Technique certainly defied the heavens. With such a Secret Technique, if Fang Yan wanted to leave, no one could stop him. Elder Wang thought to himself that he must surely advocate for Fang Yan to be proclaimed as Taoist by the sect after returning, otherwise, if Fang Yan truly left Divine Sword Sect, it would be too late for regret.
After saying that, everyone continued on their journey...
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Meanwhile, the fifth elder of the Holy Soul Sect and others ran into another large sect of the Divine Profound Cultivation Realm, the Myriad Laws Sect. By some stroke of bad luck, the ancestor of the Myriad Laws Sect was at the Immortal Realm Peak, and was halfway into the Earth Immortal Realm, a formidable opponent. This was only part of the trouble; the major issue was that the ancestor of the Myriad Laws had an Innate Spirit Treasure, the Myriad Laws Seal!
In such circumstances, the fifth elder, even though already in the Earth Immortal Realm, took nearly six hours to defeat the ancestor of the Myriad Laws, during which two inner sect disciples of the Holy Soul Sect perished. This infuriated him greatly; even in this lower-level cultivation world, they faced such incidents. He wondered how to explain this to the sect.
Originally, he intended to claim the Innate Spirit Treasure, the Myriad Laws Seal, but before he could reach it, the ancestor of the Myriad Laws used some unknown Secret Technique causing the Myriad Laws Seal to explode, its immense power enveloped them all, including half of the Myriad Laws Sect’s territory.
In an instant, countless lives were lost, mountains and rivers collapsed, everything turned into an Asura Hell...
The fifth elder and others, unable to escape, desperately raised Gang Qi to protect themselves, but it was still insufficient against the power of the Innate Spirit Treasure’s self-destruction. When the smoke cleared, the fifth elder was severely injured, and three more inner sect disciples were dead!
"Kill, kill them all!"
Staring at his tattered clothes and the dead inner sect disciples, the fifth elder said with gritted teeth, heartbroken. He was furious. Facing such madness, there was no point in reasoning—only by exterminating everything would his anger be appeased.
The other inner sect disciples of the Holy Soul Sect were equally enraged and unleashed their wrath. Powerful attacks like a swarm of locusts flew toward the Myriad Laws Sect, and no matter how the Myriad Laws Sect’s other powerhouses tried, they couldn’t withstand the assault from the Holy Soul Sect members. The Myriad Laws Sect became like a land struck by natural disasters. Under the sheer ferocity of the attack, the sect’s ground was leveled in moments, claiming tens of thousands of lives, showcasing the extent of fury from the fifth elder and his party!
In just a tea’s time, the Myriad Laws Sect was utterly annihilated, bodies lay strewn, blood flowed like rivers, limbs scattered everywhere, not a single living soul left in the sect, not even an animal...
"Search!"
The fifth elder, expressionless, gave the order. He was close to spitting blood in frustration—he’d been completely caught off guard. If he’d acted with full force from the start, such a situation wouldn’t have occurred. Originally bringing only ten inner sect disciples, now half of them were dead, leaving him clueless about how to report this to the sect.
The remaining five inner sect disciples descended from the sky, their faces grim, and began searching. It wasn’t long before they found the sect treasure vault entrance. The protective array outside had long been destroyed; they dug a large hole to enter the vault.
The treasures stored in this sect vault somewhat eased their expressions. Considering the ancestor of the Myriad Laws used an Innate Spirit Treasure, and the sect ranked among the top three in the Divine Profound Cultivation Realm, how could its collection be anything but exceptional? Even though they didn’t find the Black Spirit Stone they wanted, other cultivation resources were extremely abundant!
Seeing such a haul, Elder Wang and others slightly eased their expressions, immediately proceeding to another sect...
Meanwhile, the other two routes of conquest were relatively easier; though the sects they faced were formidable, the teams on those routes didn’t hold back, swiftly eliminating the high-level combatants of the opposition, not giving them any chance. Under oppressive force, no one dared resist anymore, and after plundering, they continued to seek their next target.
Ten days later...
The entire Divine Profound Cultivation Realm had been thoroughly ravaged, all sizes of sects had been cleansed. More than a dozen peak ancestors of the Immortal Realm died, with countless others from the Human Immortal Realm. The landscape was full of dismembered bodies, a sea of blood, extremely tragic.
Every market in the Divine Profound Cultivation Realm was pillaged. One could say that the cultivation resources of the realm were plundered completely—no Dharma Treasure remained. From then on, cultivators were mostly dispirited.
At the peak they arrived at initially, at the same cave entrance, the four routes of plunder converged.
Before everyone, the fifth elder took the Universe Bags and began checking the spoils. The Universe Bags were specially crafted by the Holy Soul Sect, only opened by unique methods, boasting vast space. He sorted the cultivation resources in front of everyone, using the Universe Bags for categorization.
The precious treasures were stored by the fifth elder, while the general cultivation resources were left behind, he casually told the three sects’ people, "Share these among yourselves, consider it your reward for this endeavor."
Seeing what resembled a mountain of elixirs and dharma treasures, the members of the three sects were stunned. None of them anticipated that the final reward would be such cultivation resources, not because they were abundant, but because they were too few. Though they occupied roughly ninety percent in quantity, in value they were only about one percent; it was clear, all the good stuff had been taken by the fifth elder, leaving such scraps purely to dismiss them, treating them as beggars!
Looking at the fifth elder, the young disciples of the three sects were extremely enraged, calling the actions of the Holy Soul Sect shameless; this was outright insulting. These ordinary cultivation resources were usually beneath their notice—most were used by those in the Earth Covering Realm, a blatant slap in the face!
At this point, the leading elders of the three sects stepped forward to quell the fury of their disciples, preventing any incidents. Despite their anger, they knew they couldn’t fight with the Holy Soul Sect; if they engaged, the suffering would be theirs, and it would also implicate their sects. Such an occurrence must be avoided.
Forcefully suppressing the anger of their disciples, the three leading elders, with dark faces, took a Universe Bag from the fifth elder, divided the mountain of cultivation resources, and said no more. Subsequently, everyone left with their respective feelings, directly using the Teleportation Formation to return to Holy Soul Sect.
Once back in the Holy Soul Sect, the fifth elder took the group to report to the Great Elder, leaving everyone waiting outside the sect.
"The Holy Soul Sect is too outrageous!"
"How could they do this!"
"Elder, we can’t just endure this, otherwise we won’t go!"
"Indeed, I suspect this was the fifth elder’s personal gain!"
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After the fifth elder left, the disciples of the three sects couldn’t hold back anymore, expressing their anger. They were truly dissatisfied. Over the past ten days, they had been battling non-stop, putting in so much effort, plundering so many resources, yet in the end they got nothing, how can they be happy.