Chapter 1940: Chapter 1016: Returning to the Sect (2)
Even cultivators who joined the sect in the last hundred years have heard of the legend of our ancestor Li Shiming. Though they havenât met him, their admiration for Li Shiming remains undiminished.
"What happened here? Where is my mentor?" Li Shiming asked in a deep voice.
His perception covered the entire area, but he failed to find the figure of Grandmaster Hu, which filled him with worry.
"Senior Brother Hu was severely injured and is currently recuperating at the Taichu branch!" a newly promoted great cultivator from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect replied with a bow.
"Capture these cultivators for questioning and have the Intelligence Department compile the details and send them to me. I will go see my mentor!" Li Shiming exerted a bit of force, instantly restraining all the cultivators still alive outside the Ten Thousand Beast Sectâs mountain gate, and commanded.
He disappeared from the spot before the cultivators of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect could take action.
Li Shiming reached the mountain gate of the Taichu branch within the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.
Owing to his high level of authority here, he found Grandmaster Hu shortly after entering the Taichu branch mountain gate.
Grandmaster Hu had only one leg remaining; his arms and left leg were lost, leaving merely the right leg.
Aside from these physical injuries, his nascent soul was severely damaged as well.
Upon sensing the extent of Grandmaster Huâs injuries, Li Shimingâs expression turned extremely grim.
Grandmaster Huâs injuries were severe, although he had ingested the high-grade healing spirit pill left behind by Shiming, yet his injuries remained grievous.
Without the high-grade healing spirit pill left behind by Shiming, Grandmaster Hu would likely have perished.
At this moment, Grandmaster Hu was situated within a formation within the Taichu branch. This formation was used for healing in the Taichu Sect and could generate some life energy to nourish the injured body.
Unfortunately, Grandmaster Huâs injuries were too severe, and this formation could only slow down the rate at which his life energy ebbed.
"Shizhen, youâve finally come back. I almost lost the foundation of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect!" Despite his severe injuries, Grandmaster Huâs first words upon seeing Li Shiming were not about his own condition but about the foundation of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
"The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect is fine. Those who dare to show their teeth at us, Iâll break all of their teeth when I return!" Li Shiming waved his hand and said.
"For the sake of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, I have brought too much trouble upon you!" Grandmaster Hu shook his head and said.
Though he didnât wish for Li Shiming to take risks, the legacy of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was far too important, and he couldnât bear to let go of it; this conflicted mindset left him at a loss.
This time, while the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was resisting external enemies, they were nearly overwhelmed, revealing the gap between the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and truly super-powered factions.
With the cultivators of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect growing on the Dongqi Continent, once there were no enemies, they rarely encountered battles, let alone with the legacy brought back by Li Shiming to replenish the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect; it was too short a time, and the new generation of cultivators had not fully matured.
This left the battle strength of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect far inferior to super-powered factions, and Grandmaster Huâs injury resulted from being severely wounded in the defense battle.
Upon recognizing his identity, the opposing party deliberately severed his arms and left leg in this humiliating manner, leaving energy in the wounds, preventing him from recovering even with limb-regenerating spirit pills.
"Mentor, I will heal you first!" Li Shiming said, pressing his hand down.
He raised his hand, emitting a âInnate Woodâ divine skill, and with his current realm, the light of a âInnate Woodâ divine skill landed on Grandmaster Huâs body, making his severed limbs regrow at an observable speed.
Simultaneously, the injuries within Grandmaster Huâs body also healed quickly, taking only a few short breaths for Grandmaster Hu to return to full health.
Li Shiming sighed inwardly; although he managed to heal Grandmaster Huâs injuries, the damage incurred this time had fundamentally hurt him.
Given Grandmaster Huâs age, the probability of further advancement was almost zero.
Without injuries, with Li Shimingâs assistance, Grandmaster Hu still had the possibility of advancing to a higher stage.
Li Shiming suppressed the anger within his heart; after examining Grandmaster Huâs condition once more, he withdrew his hand.
"Shizhen, how is your âInnate Woodâ divine skill so effective? Wait, your realm?" Grandmaster Hu, feeling the disappearance of his injuries, praised Li Shimingâs abilities while noticing something extraordinary.
"Mentor, I have ascended to great ability!" Li Shiming smiled knowingly, understanding Grandmaster Huâs wishes.
"Great ability, you have truly ascended to great ability, which means the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect has become a super-powered faction!" Grandmaster Hu exclaimed excitedly, clutching Li Shimingâs hand.
"Yes, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect will soon ascend as a super-powered faction!" Li Shiming confirmed with a nod and smile.
"Youâve endured so much; you have sacrificed too much!" Grandmaster Hu whispered.
He remembered the earlier Li Shiming; when he took Li Shiming under his wing, he never anticipated Li Shiming would elevate to such heights.
Great abilityâthe collective dream of countless cultivators in the Ten Thousand Beasts Sectâfinally achieved in the current generation of cultivators.
Grandmaster Hu understood well how difficult this is; a great ability cultivator from a non-super-powered faction is exceedingly rare in the history of the cultivation world.
The inheritance of the great ability has always been held by super-powered factions, and the risks for cultivators from other factions attempting to ascend to this level are exponentially higher than for those from super-powered factions.
At this moment, Li Shimingâs Identity Jade Disc transmitted a message. He focused his mind on the Identity Jade Discâthe message was from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect Intelligence Department.
The message detailed the plight of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, informing Li Shiming of the enemyâs identity.
The attackers of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect were from the Feiyu Sect of the Central State Continent; however, Feiyu Sect was merely at the forefront, with the Infinite Sect, Beidou Sect, and Guiyuan Sect jointly exerting efforts, diverting Luanyang Palaceâs support for the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
Under normal circumstances, Luanyang Palace would deploy three great cultivators to oversee the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
However, within this hundred-year period, the number of great cultivators cultivated by the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect has increased, coupled with incidents concocted by the Infinite Sect, Beidou Sect, and Guiyuan Sect in the Central State Continent, prompting Luanyang Palace to mobilize a significant number of great cultivators, including those overseeing the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
"Feiyu Sect seeks its own doom!" Li Shiming stated in a deep voice.
He couldnât have imagined how quick Feiyu Sectâs action would be.
Had he returned a few years later, there might have been more super-powered factions arriving at the Dongqi Continent to bite off a piece of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sectâs prime resources.
The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect possessed numerous attractions for other super-powered factions, such as the Great Cultivator Spirit Pills in the Ten Thousand Beasts Sectâs treasury.
This is evident from the rapid addition of eight great cultivators within the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect; the resources needed to train these eight great cultivators were extremely extensive, and without substantial foundational wealth, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect couldnât have accomplished this feat.
The Great Cultivator Spirit Pills in the Ten Thousand Beasts Sectâs treasury are just one aspect; there are also inheritances within the Ten Thousand Beasts Sectâs Book Collection Pavilion.
There are also intelligence personnel from other super-powered factions within the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect; one of them managed to infiltrate a relatively central position, accessing some secrets of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
This discovery revealed that the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect possesses various top-level inheritances, although obtaining inheritance is extremely difficult, constrained by vows.
The four Inheritance Cave Heavens within the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect also serve as sources of potential disaster.
These Inheritance Cave Heavens can cultivate inheritor great abilities, although the four Inheritance Cave Heavens in the Dongqi Continentâs Ten Thousand Beasts Sect have yet to produce such great abilities; nonetheless, possessing these can allow a super-powered faction to cultivate inheritor great abilities.
Additionally, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sectâs cultivation of a top-tier genius like Li Shiming suggests that outsiders find it hard to believe the sect does not have cultivation techniques used by Li Shiming.
Outsiders prefer to believe that Li Shiming was nurtured by the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, although his inheritance is quite unique with some limitations.
The existence of numerous sources within the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect draws the covetous eyes of super-powered factions, especially when the initial balance within the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was disrupted, leaving the sect predominant.
Beyond Li Shiming, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect has the backing of Luanyang Palace.