novelraw Chapter 2051 1494: Emergence_2
Chapter 2051 1494: Emergence_2
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The other Elders also spoke up one after another, joining in the persuasion. Each of them sounded upright and dignified, as if considering only the development of the Sect, but their true thoughts were far from so pure.
One must know, at this celebration, there's no telling how many precious Spiritual Objects will be prepared. As long as they employ just a little trickery, they'll reap generous rewards.
Not to mention, this celebration would surely attract a large number of influential powers and cultivators to attend. What great prestige and glory! At that thought, many Elders felt their whole bodies fill with vigor!
The Sect Leader saw through their little schemes completely. Hadn't he done the same back in his day? It was only after becoming the Sect Leader, mindful of its negative influence, that he stopped behaving this way.
As for their proposal to hold the celebration, he didn't object, but whether it would take place in the end still depended on Lin Changqing's own will.
If he was unwilling to hold it, then there'd be no need for them to bother giving it further thought.
After all, for such breakthrough ceremonies, the most important segment is for the breakthrough cultivator to give a Dao lecture. Without that, what meaning would remain?
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The news that a Profound Immortal Ancestor had appeared in the Xiaxian Sect seemed to merge with the omnipresent wind of Heaven and Earth, spreading rapidly in all directions.
Whether newly initiated cultivators who just stepped onto the path of the Immortal Tao, or Earth Immortals and Heavenly Immortals who had cultivated for many years—everyone soon learned of it.
"Is it really true?"
Most cultivators' first reaction upon hearing this news was to question and doubt it.
This was no surprise, for all these years, there had been no news of any Great Ability breaking through to the Profound Immortal Rank anywhere in the Primal Spirit Realm. No one had expected the 'first' Profound Immortal would appear in the Xiaxian Sect—an only lower-tier force among the top powers.
"Of course it's true; this was spread from inside the Xiaxian Sect itself, not some baseless rumor."
"Who'd have thought the Xiaxian Sect would be so formidable, managing to produce a Profound Immortal cultivator before any other power!"
"But who knows what changes will occur on the East Sea Shore now that the Xiaxian Sect has a Heavenly Immortal. If war breaks out, what shall we do?"
At these words, the scene instantly fell into silence.
This was exactly the kind of thing Loose Cultivators ought to be worrying about. For when war begins, those without foundations, such as themselves, are most likely to become cannon fodder—perhaps even killed without reason by random attacks falling from the sky.
The Loose Cultivators who had intended to head to Yunxia State immediately became timid, no longer daring to take further action.
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Now, at the very moment Lin Changqing broke through to Profound Immortal, Li Zhirui, who was in seclusion in his own Cave Mansion, suddenly discovered that the evil filth between Heaven and Earth had abruptly risen noticeably.
"Eh?"
This unexpected situation instantly caught his attention and curiosity. He immediately sent a Sound Transmission Talisman to Li Debo, urging him to quickly investigate what major event had occurred recently in the Primal Spirit Realm.
Li Zhirui then waited—half a month passed just like that.
At last, today, he received the news.
"Someone in the Xiaxian Sect broke through to the Profound Immortal Realm?!"
Li Zhirui was instantly enlightened. No wonder evil filth had suddenly soared—it turned out there was a new Profound Immortal.
The higher the realm of living beings, the greater the pressure they exert on the world. The pressure brought by a single Profound Immortal was comparable to more than a dozen Heavenly Immortals!
Yet for Li Zhirui, this was fortunate, for it shortened the time he'd need to stay in the Primal Spirit Realm. In a few more hundred years, he could set out to purify the evil filth, attain merit, resolve his karmic ties, and transcend and depart!
"Soon, very soon."
Even with his Mental State, when he thought of his impending transcendence, he couldn't help but feel waves surging within.
"Calm! Calm! The more this moment, the more I must remain calm—haste breeds error."
Li Zhirui quickly realized the danger. He immediately closed his eyes, visualized the White Lotus, and suppressed his inner agitation.
Obviously, this method proved highly effective. When he opened his eyes again, he had regained his calm and steady Mental State.
Afterward, he no longer concerned himself with outside affairs, focusing wholly on deducing elixir formulas.
The formula Li Zhirui was now deducing was based on the Creation Heaven Pill, regressed and degraded to fit the Creation Earth Immortal, aiming to increase the likelihood of breaking through to Earth Immortal.
However, these kinds of pills that aid in breakthroughs are the most difficult to refine among all types of pills.
Even Li Zhirui, at present, only had some initial ideas. Who knows how many more years it would take to succeed.
As for why Lin Changqing did not choose to directly transcend but instead remained in the Primal Spirit Realm, one could only say each person has his own destiny.
Perhaps he wanted to try transcending only after breaking through to Profound Immortal, so as to attain a higher realm and greater power, to better survive in the void.
Perhaps he had decided not to transcend at all, but to dwell in the Primal Spirit Realm henceforth.
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After the news that the Xiaxian Sect had produced a Profound Immortal Ancestor spread, within just a few months, other Immortal Tao powers such as the Pure Sect, Guangcheng Sect, Ten Thousand Mystical Sect, and others, also successively saw Heavenly Immortals breaking through, becoming Profound Immortal Realm!
And this miraculous phenomenon did not only occur within the Immortal Tao—it spread to the Demonic Tao, Sea Clan, Devil Race, Ten Thousand Spirits Alliance, and other factions as well. They too produced 'newly-ascended Profound Immortal Ancestors.'
Even the Ghost Clan, long unacknowledged by the great factions, unexpectedly produced a Profound Immortal.
This slew of news hammered down on all living beings like a violent storm, leaving everyone dizzy and muddled.
By now, many people realized that Profound Immortals had long since emerged in the Primal Spirit Realm, only every clan had kept them hidden, intending to use them as a trump card.
But with the Xiaxian Sect openly breaking through to the Profound Immortal Realm, those powers could hide no longer.
As for the former title of 'number one Profound Immortal force,' it wasn't long before it was to change hands.
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About a year later, the Xiaxian Sect suddenly sent an Earth Immortal to visit.
"No wonder the magpies were singing on the branches early this morning—it turns out we have an honored guest at our door. Forgive my failure to welcome you from afar, fellow Daoist." Upon hearing the news, Li Debo personally came out to the Mountain Gate to greet the guest, certainly showing due respect to one from the 'number one Profound Immortal' force of the Primal Spirit Realm.
As Patriarch of the Li family, although only an Earth Immortal himself, Li Debo represented the Li family and was often regarded as an envoy of the Heavenly Immortals—his status no lesser than that of a Heavenly Immortal Great Ability.
Especially here atop Myriad Immortal Mountain, his own territory, his position was even more unshakable, surpassing that of ordinary Heavenly Immortals.
So, for someone of Li Debo's rank to personally come out of the Mountain Gate to greet him, that was truly great face given to the Xiaxian Sect's Earth Immortal.
"Fellow Daoist flatters me; such words truly leave me uneasy." That Earth Immortal was, in fact, a humble person, and did not grow arrogant over such courtesy.