Chapter 1578: Chapter 1258: Ascension to Godhood (Still Short a Few Hundred Characters)
As soon as the bounty order was issued, the loose cultivators, who were originally afraid of encountering demon cultivators and being killed by them, instantly went mad!
It should be known that the reward included an Earth Immortal Rank item, several Human Immortal Rank spiritual objects, and a Human Immortal Rank cultivation technique. How could the impoverished loose cultivators resist such temptation?
As long as they could get the rewards, they wouldnât have to worry about resources for cultivating to the Individual Immortal Realm after reaching the Integration and Mahayana stages!
Thus, countless loose cultivators swept across the entire Cave Abyss State like a swarm of locusts, determined to find the hidden Demon Palace.
Such a massive commotion could not be concealed, so it wasnât long before the demon cultivators found out.
âNo wonder they are a great sect of the Immortal Tao that has stood for tens of thousands of years. Theyâve come up with such a time-saving and labor-efficient method, changing the situation with one move.â
In the underground palace, countless demon cultivators gathered, the faces of the low-level demon cultivators filled with uncontrollable terror.
After all, the high-level demon cultivators were strong enough to escape if they couldnât fight, but they were no different from cannon fodder, and a single misstep might cost them their lives.
âWhat should we do now?â
A certain Human Immortal demon cultivator looked worried, saying, âThose loose cultivators are acting like madmen, digging up many places as if theyâre determined to find us.â
âWith such a generous offer from the Cave Abyss Sect, even I would be tempted, let alone those loose cultivators who are blinded by greed?â
The leading Earth Immortal demon cultivator let out a cold laugh but quickly changed his tone, saying helplessly, âThere is only one way now, and that is to leave the underground palace immediately before the loose cultivators discover us!â
Itâs not that heâs cowardly, but they are now within Cave Abyss State, where several Heavenly Immortals are stationed!
Relying only on their strength, the Cave Abyss Sect could easily crush them. In the end, who knows how many would survive.
So retreating at this time is not about being cowardly and timid, but about preserving their strength and the demon creatures theyâve painstakingly nurtured over the years.
The disappearance of an underground palace in Shanhai State had already caused them great distress. If such a situation were to happen again, who knows how many years their plans would be delayed.
The demon cultivators acted quickly, packing everything up in just one day, then dispersed and hid among the crowd.
They even left a grand gift in the underground palace for those loose cultivators who discovered the place.
So a few days later, when a certain loose cultivator luckily discovered the underground palace tunnel and excitedly reported it to the Cave Abyss Sect, expecting to receive a generous reward, he ended up with nothing!
At first, he was indignant, believing that the Cave Abyss Sect was bullying him, a mere loose cultivator. He couldnât help but voice his frustrations after getting drunk one time.
But he later learned that the underground palace had long been deserted, and there had been a terrifying explosion.
If not for the Heavenly Immortal secretly following and protecting him, many cultivators who went to the underground palace could have perished. In that case, he would be grateful not to be killed in retribution, let alone get any reward.
Upon learning about this, he promptly closed his mouth from complaining and even fled the Cave Abyss State in fear.
So, this loose cultivator was lucky!
He avoided the traps left by the demon cultivators and also didnât incur the wrath of the Cave Abyss Sect, surviving unharmed.
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Li Zhirui, who was still traveling in the Cave Abyss State, âsawâ the entire process and praised the Cave Abyss Sectâs strategy, while also admiring the demon cultivatorsâ decisive actions.
âThe only pity is that we didnât catch the demon cultivators; they all managed to escape.â
Moreover, the actions and response of the Cave Abyss Sect will surely quickly spread to nearby state domains, but the demon cultivators will do the same.
So itâs a matter of whether the cultivatorsâ actions are quicker or the demon cultivators are superior.
In this matter, the demon cultivators have a greater chance of winning. After all, they can leave at any time, unlike the cultivators who have to use clumsy methods to find the demon cultivators and only then might manage to exterminate them.
After spreading the news that the Demonic Tao had secretly set up various means in the East Continent, Li Zhiruiâs incidental task during this journey was considered complete.
Although his primary objective had yet to take any shape, fortunately, he wasnât in a rush. He had plenty of time to explore and resolve it.
Li Zhirui decided to no longer stay and began his training journey.
He wasnât entirely sure what he was supposed to do, but it probably shouldnât involve fighting and killing, to gain inspiration and opportunities on the brink of life and death.
Not only for him, unless itâs a special situation like Li Zhixuan, the higher oneâs realm, the less need there is to fight desperately. Instead, they might find an opportunity for a breakthrough from a seemingly trivial matter.
After all, if Earth Immortals and Heavenly Immortals could gain inspiration and opportunities from combat, without needing to spend a lot of time slowly wearing away and comprehending the laws, who knows how chaotic and turbulent the Primal Spirit Realm would become!
There might even be a possibility that the whole world would decline because of it, ultimately leading to destruction.
So in the end, Li Zhirui chose to go with the flow. Who knows, he might suddenly find the opportunity for a breakthrough one day?
He disguised his cultivation to appear as an Individual Immortal Realm and then restrained his aura, walking the world like a wandering Daoist of the mortal realm.
Along the way, he encountered many cultivators, most of whom looked at him with a strange gaze, not understanding why he was doing this.
Only a small portion of cultivators recognized Li Zhiruiâs purpose, which was to break through his realm, and most of them came from forces with inheritances.