Qiu Liming utilized all the connections he had accumulated over several millennia, but ultimately, only two or three sects deeply tied to Wu Ding Sect's interests agreed to secretly dispatch disciples to provide support.
However, the disparity in cultivation levels within the Cultivation World was simply too vast; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that all beneath the Mahayana Realm were like ants.
The residual power from a Mahayana Realm battle could easily wipe out all the disciples sent.
One could only say it was better than nothing.
After contacting all possible connections, Qiu Liming seemed to age several millennia in an instant; his appearance, which had once been like a brother to Qiu Mengyang, now resembled Qiu Mengyang’s father.
Qiu Mengyang looked at his father's exhausted face, filled with deep regret.
If he had known he would cause the sect and his father to fall to this state, he should have swallowed his damnable pride and apologized to Wen Xiangjie.
No! He shouldn't have questioned Wen Xiangjie for a mere Lin Zhaokai in the first place!
Only now did he deeply realize that Wen Xiangjie was not someone he could afford to offend!
“Father, I’m sorry, it’s all my fault,” Qiu Mengyang knelt before Qiu Liming and choked out.
“You’ve finally grown up, but you’ve grown up too late,” Qiu Liming said with a bitter smile, patting Qiu Mengyang’s shoulder and telling him to rise.
All Cultivators were waiting to see when Taiyi Sect would launch a war against Wu Ding Sect.
They hadn’t expected Taiyi Sect to be so swift; on the third day after Qiu Liming and Qiu Mengyang returned to Wu Ding Sect, half of Taiyi Sect’s disciples were dispatched towards Wu Ding Sect.
Taiyi Sect was immensely wealthy; along the path from Taiyi Sect to Wu Ding Sect, many Cultivators witnessed dozens of flying boats carrying Taiyi Sect’s disciples.
At the same time, Water Cloud Sect, Luminous Glass Sect, and Inconstant Sect also sent several Mahayana Realm powerhouses to lead teams of their sect disciples to Wu Ding Sect to assist Taiyi Sect in the battle.
Taiyi Sect’s Sect Master, as well as the Peak Masters of Lingyao Peak and Lingqi Peak, remained at Taiyi Sect to oversee matters, while Li Junzhuo personally led the team, bringing Wen Xiangjie and the Peak Masters of Lingjian Peak, Ling Beast Peak, and Spirit Talisman Peak to Wu Ding Sect.
Taiyi Sect made no attempt to conceal its movements, so when Taiyi Sect’s flying boats had traveled one-third of the way, Qiu Liming and Qiu Mengyang received the news.
Qiu Liming immediately summoned all the sect elders to the meeting hall, where he announced in a heavy voice, “Taiyi Sect has arrived.”
The guillotine hanging over their heads was finally about to fall; fear, anxiety, and a hint of relief flashed across the faces of everyone in the meeting hall.
“Father, let me lead the charge; this is what I should do!” Qiu Mengyang stood up and volunteered.
Qiu Liming looked deeply at him, not stopping him.
Just as Qiu Mengyang said, this was indeed what he should do.
“Good!” Qiu Liming also stood up and said to all the elders in the meeting hall, “Today concerns the life and death of Wu Ding Sect; I hope you all will do your utmost and fight for our Wu Ding Sect until the very last moment!”
“Fight for Wu Ding Sect until the very last moment!”
Wu Ding Sect still had some foundation, otherwise, it would not have been a renowned sect in the Southern Realm.
Besides Qiu Liming and Qiu Mengyang, Wu Ding Sect also had one elder with a cultivation of the Mahayana Realm early-stage.
Three Mahayana Realm mighty figures—if it were an ordinary sect, they truly wouldn’t dare to easily wage war against Wu Ding Sect.
But in front of Taiyi Sect, they were insufficient.
Taiyi Sect alone had eight Mahayana Realm mighty figures openly, not to mention the Taiyi Sect’s Grand Elders who were in perennial seclusion.
No one knew how many Grand Elders Taiyi Sect still had alive, and even Li Junzhuo himself wasn’t very clear.
“Anyway, every few hundred years, I’ll knock on the door of each Grand Elder’s seclusion cave to see if they’re still alive; if I can’t sense any spiritual energy fluctuations, then I’ll have to arrange for someone to collect their remains,” Li Junzhuo said, drinking the same ice-cold little drink as Wen Xiangjie.
Wen Xiangjie: ?
Is it that casual?
“Jie’er, do you know what Taiyi Sect’s biggest trump card is?” Li Junzhuo asked with a smile, taking a comfortable sip of his little drink.
Wen Xiangjie shook her head.
“Taiyi gives birth to the Two Instruments, the Two Instruments give birth to Yin and Yang… All things originate from Taiyi, and transform through Yin and Yang.” Li Junzhuo gently waved his right hand, and before Wen Xiangjie appeared a scene constructed by Li Junzhuo using spiritual power.
“All powerhouses above the Mahayana Realm in my Taiyi Sect, upon their demise, influenced by the formation buried within my Taiyi Sect, can successfully reincarnate, with their spiritual roots and comprehension remaining unchanged.”
“All Sect Masters of Taiyi Sect, besides managing the sect, also bear an important task, which is to bring these Taiyi Sect individuals back to my Taiyi Sect, allowing them to return to the embrace of my Taiyi Sect once more.”
“Of course, after reincarnation, although the soul is still that soul, the person is actually another person, so after finding these Taiyi Sect individuals, the Sect Master of Taiyi Sect also needs to observe their character and whether they are willing to return to Taiyi Sect.”
“So, if one day, Master departs, my disciple, you need not be sad; in the next life, we master and disciple can meet again.” Li Junzhuo raised his cup to Wen Xiangjie with a carefree gesture.
“But Master,” Wen Xiangjie blinked her eyes, saying innocently, “Perhaps before you depart, I will have already ascended to the Upper Realm.”
Li Junzhuo: …
He almost forgot that his little disciple had broken through from the Foundation Establishment Stage to the Mahayana Realm in less than a year of formal cultivation, and was estimated to ascend in just a few years.
He had initially been worried that his disciple would feel sad if he brought up this topic, and had already planned how to comfort his little disciple, but now, why did he suddenly feel a little itchy to hit her?
Taiyi Sect’s flying boats grandly and ostentatiously landed on a mountain peak not far from Wu Ding Sect’s gate.
The Cultivators from Water Cloud Sect, Luminous Glass Sect, and Inconstant Sect had already arrived.
Seeing Li Junzhuo and Wen Xiangjie descend from the flying boat, the Mahayana Realm elders leading the teams from Water Cloud Sect, Luminous Glass Sect, and Inconstant Sect hurried forward, proactively greeting Li Junzhuo and Wen Xiangjie.
“Many thanks to Water Cloud Sect, Luminous Glass Sect, and Inconstant Sect for your assistance,” Wen Xiangjie said proactively. “I trouble the three elders and everyone who has come to assist in this battle today.”
“Wen Zhenjun is too polite,” the Water Cloud Sect elder quickly waved his hand. “If we’re talking about thanks, it should be my Water Cloud Sect expressing gratitude. The Imperial Thunder Pearl you gifted to Elder An is extremely valuable; Elder An is currently studying this Imperial Thunder Pearl day and night, and it is said that he has already made some progress in its creation.”
“Our sect’s Elder Jiang is the same.”
“Our sect’s Elder Xing, upon learning that I was leading the team this time, specifically instructed me to personally thank Wen Zhenjun again for her generous gift!”
After a few pleasantries, everyone got straight to the point.