Chapter 1888: Chapter 990: Revenge_2
Despite the monks who died in the Thousand Hands Hall not being the strongest, but merely Venerables, the impact on Da Leiyin Templeâs reputation is significant, as it means the extinction of its Thousand Hands Hall.
The most hateful part is that the Great Venerables who were lost from Da Leiyin Temple almost made up half of its Great Venerables.
The timing of this attack was too precise, coinciding exactly with the time when all the monks were preaching the Dharma, and all the Great Venerables were absent from the Inheritance Cave Heaven, dispersed among the halls leading monks in their preaching.
This resulted in the combined sword light entering the mountain gate of Da Leiyin Temple, causing so many Great Venerables to rise into the sky simultaneously.
Huinan Bodhisattvaâs apparition did not remain in the Thousand Hands Hall. As his apparition exited the hall, he saw a sword light left in the sky, which was a sword light from the Jian Family of Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.
The Jian Family Sword Light wasnât destructive but served as an identity mark.
Huinan Bodhisattvaâs apparition recognized it as the sword light mark of Li Yuanba, signaling to Da Leiyin Temple who had attacked its mountain gate.
"Li Yuanba!" Huinan Bodhisattvaâs apparition let out an angry roar.
He struck the sword light mark with a Buddha Seal, shattering and dispelling it.
Even though he shattered the Jian Family sword light mark, many monks had already seen this mark during this period.
Huinan Bodhisattvaâs apparition took a step out of Da Leiyin Templeâs mountain gate, extending his terrifying perception, spreading it around in an attempt to find Li Yuanbaâs trace.
Unfortunately, no matter how he searched, he could not find any sign of Li Yuanba.
He sent orders to Da Leiyin Templeâs intelligence hall to find Li Yuanba at all costs, deciding that he would stop at nothing to slay Li Yuanba once found.
As for Sword Elderâs threats, he no longer cared.
To Huinan Bodhisattvaâs surprise, the intelligence hall quickly provided information that Li Yuanba was still in seclusion at Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion mountain gate and had not left.
Receiving this news, Huinan Bodhisattva was momentarily silent.
He soon understood the method used in the attack, realizing it was a Sword Cultivatorâs long-range remote flying sword attack.
This kind of ability shouldnât have been possible for a Half-step Great Power, only Sword Cultivation Great Powers possessed it, and even then, not all of them did.
It required a Sword Cultivatorâs Lifebound Flying Sword to have an extremely intelligent Artifact Spirit, allowing the flying sword to be controlled by the spirit even when far from the Sword Cultivator.
A Lifebound Flying Sword with such an Artifact Spirit had to be of spirit treasure grade, something only Sword Cultivation Great Powers could possess.
Huinan Bodhisattva believed that Li Yuanbaâs Lifebound Flying Sword must be of spirit treasure grade; otherwise, it couldnât have executed such a long-range flying sword attack.
Thinking about this, he couldnât help but feel a headache.
Why do so many Great Powers in the Cultivation World dread the sword madman? This is exactly the reason.
No one knew when Sword Elder, this sword madman, would launch a long-range flying sword attack. It might not matter as much to those superpowers not on the Central State Continent, as sending a Lifebound Flying Sword across the ocean between continents is troublesome.
But the superpowers on the Central State Continent all had to consider Sword Elderâs retaliation.
Were it not for the rules that Great Powers couldnât interfere in conflicts between superpowers, and considering the substantial consumption of such long-range flying sword attacks, probably no superpower would dare to oppose Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.
Shortly after the attack on Da Leiyin Templeâs mountain gate, all superpowers on the Central State Continent received the intelligence.
Itâs no surprise that superpowers planted intelligence personnel among each other. Through training, bribery, and coercion, they could always find cultivators willing to sell intelligence.
Among them, the intelligence Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilionâs department received was the most detailed, thanks to Jian Wuweiâs instructions, which ensured they were well-prepared.
When Jian Wuwei received the intelligence, he was with Great Cultivator Lou and a few other Great Cultivators, discussing how to retaliate against Da Leiyin Temple.
He had previously instructed the intelligence department to send him any new updates on Da Leiyin Temple as soon as they became available.
Upon sensing new information within his Identity Jade Disc, his Divine Sense entered it, and he quickly became stunned.
"Wuwei, whatâs wrong?" Master Teng noticed Jian Wuweiâs sudden stupor and couldnât help but ask.
"Senior Brother Lou, Chou Yuanbaâs revenge for Lou Wu has been delivered!" Jian Wuwei regained his composure and said solemnly, turning to Great Cultivator Lou.
Great Cultivator Lou didnât understand, and the other Great Cultivators also showed confusion.
It wasnât their fault; although Li Yuanba was now a Half-step Great Power, Half-step Great Powers could not leave their Grotto Heaven. Regardless of how strong Li Yuanba was, avenging Lou Wu seemed impossible.
But according to Jian Wuwei, Li Yuanba had avenged Lou Wu.
Lou Wuâs enemy was the Venerable of Thousand Hands Hall at Da Leiyin Temple. Even as they were discussing, it seemed nearly impossible to find the Venerable outside to completely exact revenge.
Seeing their disbelief, Jian Wuwei shared the intelligence with them through the Identity Jade Disc.
"Lou Wu had a good master!" Great Cultivator Lou, upon seeing the intelligence, couldnât stop his tears from flowing, choking up as he spoke.
Great Cultivator Lou had only Lou Wu as a son, and Lou Wuâs death was a heavy blow to him.
Lately, what had been sustaining him was the desire to avenge Lou Wu, emotions persistently suppressed.
Seeing that Li Yuanba had slain over half of Da Leiyin Templeâs Great Venerables and extinguished all the monks in the Thousand Hands Hall, Li Yuanbaâs revenge was exceedingly thorough.
To expect more would be like asking Li Yuanba to completely annihilate Da Leiyin Temple.
Great Cultivator Louâs emotional breakdown was a good thing; releasing emotions lessens their impact on oneâs state of mind afterwards.
Upon learning that Li Yuanba executed a long-range flying sword attack, eliminating many Great Venerables from Da Leiyin Temple and exterminating all monks of Thousand Hands Hall, Infinite Sect, Beidou Sect, Guiyuan Sect, and Feiyu Sectâs first action was to immediately recall all their cultivators who were enemies of Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.
Originally, they thought Li Yuanbaâs ascension to Half-step Great Power meant Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion lost its strongest combat power.
Half-step Great Powers couldnât leave their Grotto Heaven unless they brought the Cave Heaven Anchor Point Carrier out of the mountain gate, otherwise, Half-step Great Powers couldnât threaten other cultivators at all.
Even if they brought out the Cave Heaven Anchor Point Carrier, Half-step Great Powers wouldnât dare act recklessly, with death and the destruction of their Dao as potential results.
Given Li Yuanbaâs immense potential as a Half-step Great Power, Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion definitely wouldnât have let him leave the mountain gate.
The four superpowers, the next day, together sent messages to Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, expressing their willingness to resolve their conflicts through negotiation.
This was essentially an indirect concession, phrased as negotiation for appearancesâ sake.
Even Li Yuanba hadnât anticipated that his act of avenging his disciple would directly impact the situation across the Central State Continent.
The superpowers likely hadnât considered that Li Yuanbaâs long-range flying sword attack couldnât sustain a second attempt.
This one long-range flying sword attack alone had consumed ten yearsâ worth of Cave Heaven energy production.
Otherwise, how could it have supported the merged sword light wreaking havoc within Da Leiyin Templeâs mountain gate? Additionally, the separated sword light and Artifact Spiritâs split consciousness from the Lifebound Flying Sword Xingyi also needed time to recover.
Especially the Artifact Spiritâs split consciousness, which would take many years to recover to its previous state.
This remained true even with Xingyi residing in the Grotto Heaven, being constantly nourished. If Xingyi werenât in the Grotto Heaven receiving Cave Heaven Energyâs nourishment, this recovery period would be at least ten times longer.
This incident soon spread throughout the Cultivation World.
Since the incident involved the superpower Da Leiyin Temple, and with Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion and other forces wanting to suppress Da Leiyin Templeâs reputation pushing the news, it quickly became widespread.
Li Yuanba had originally been removed from the ranks of the strongest combatants, as previous assessments deemed he couldnât make another move; thus, despite being a Half-step Great Power, he no longer posed a threat.
Now, Li Yuanba was once again recognized as a top combatant, forcing any power considering enmity with Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion to account for Li Yuanbaâs presence.