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Chapter 262: The Unstoppable Catastrophe
Chapter 262: The Unstoppable Catastrophe
After returning from Eternal Pursuit Isle, Gu An did not inform Yang Jian about the ancient treasure bodies consuming each other, to avoid causing him worry.
If there truly were ancient treasure bodies transforming into divine resentful ghosts, Yang Jian would not be able to handle them. As his master, Gu An naturally had to take action.
Since he was stepping in, why burden his disciple with unnecessary worry?
The Tai Xuan Gate dispatched great cultivators to the direction of the Broken Sea Rift, and news of the impending terrifying sea tide spread quickly.
Gu An, however, continued his routine, pretending to be unaware of the situation.
While the disciples of Medicine Valley were busy with their labor and cultivation, the ocean was already in the midst of a great calamity. From the sky, one could see a central sea tide with countless cultivators rushing from all directions, a truly spectacular sight.
Gu An, while inspecting the medicinal garden, noticed several Celestial Beings flying away, and not just one.
The sea tide continued to rise, with waves sweeping across the vast ocean like a mountain range. Before this mountain, countless cultivators formed a defensive line, casting spells to block the tide. Unfortunately, their spells and abilities only caused the waves to splash, unable to disperse them.
The number of cultivators kept increasing, but no matter how many joined, they could not change the tide's momentum.
Chi Jiu Xiao, a disciple of the Stellar Sea Sect, followed his master, Chi Bei, to assist. He exerted all his strength but could not stop the tide.
"Damn it, who is behind this wave?" Chi Jiu Xiao cursed, but no one around him from the Stellar Sea Sect answered. Everyone was tense.
Only those who truly cast spells to block the tide could feel the terrifying power it contained.
Chi Bei's voice came from a distance: "No matter who is behind this, we must stop it. There are countless lives on the mainland behind us, and they are of low cultivation. The Stellar Sea Sect must protect them!"
Chi Jiu Xiao understood this but was only venting his frustration. His hands did not stop.
Suddenly!
Chi Jiu Xiao felt a vast aura coming from behind, causing his magic power to falter.
Whoosh!
A fierce wind howled, startling the cultivators into instinctively looking back.
Chi Jiu Xiao did the same, his eyes wide as he saw the clouds part in the sky, revealing a massive banner standing tall on the clouds, its top seemingly touching the heavens. Any living being before this banner seemed insignificant.
Chi Jiu Xiao immediately recognized the banner's origin—it was the Stellar Sea Sect's supreme treasure.
The Stellar Sea Primordial Banner!
The black banner seemed to contain a vast star sea, with starlight points that drew one in, unable to look away.
As soon as the banner appeared, the morale of the Stellar Sea Sect's cultivators soared. Cultivators from other sects inquired and, upon learning it was the supreme treasure, the Stellar Sea Primordial Banner, every cultivator was filled with excitement.
"This is settled! This is a supreme treasure of the Immortal Path!"
"Just looking at the legendary Stellar Sea Primordial Banner is awe-inspiring."
"With the supreme treasure of the Immortal Path, it will surely block this wave!"
"After the Dissolution of the Seven Star Spirit Realm, only the Stellar Sea Sect is the true ruler of these seas. They can summon a supreme treasure of the Immortal Path, proving their determination to protect the ocean, living up to their name as the righteous path."
The cultivators chattered, their eyes gazing up at the towering Stellar Sea Primordial Banner, filled with anticipation.
The Stellar Sea Primordial Banner suddenly erupted with a terrifying wave, sweeping across the cloud sea. The star sea on the banner lit up, shooting out countless beams of divine light, like a star shower crossing the sky, descending upon the majestic sea tide.
From the Third Medicine Valley, Gu An looked up to see patches of rosy light in the sky.
He immediately recognized the phenomenon caused by the supreme treasure of the Immortal Path.
Truly worthy of being named alongside the Seven Star Mirror!
Under Gu An's watchful gaze, the unstoppable sea tide was dispersed by the power of the Stellar Sea Primordial Banner. Countless cultivators were thrown into the air, waves crashing into the sky, and a spectacular depression was created on the sea surface, a breathtaking sight.
At that moment, Gu An sensed a strange force surging from the Broken Sea Rift, spreading along the sea and raising a wave even higher than before, as if it could engulf the Stellar Sea Primordial Banner in the sky.
The cultivators from all sides were stunned, each mobilizing their magic power to resist.
Gu An's divine sense looked further, seeing the Broken Sea Rift splitting into two waves, moving in opposite directions. The wave on the other side was also being blocked by countless cultivators, but to no avail.
As the waves advanced, their lengths continued to grow, and there was a real possibility that they would form a world-ending sea tide.
Gu An watched for a while before retracting his divine sense. The two waves were attracting more and more great cultivators, giving him a chance to gauge the depth of the Heavenly Spirit World.
When he returned to the pavilion, he saw the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord standing by the wooden railing, gazing north, lost in thought.
Gu An walked over and asked what he was thinking about.
"Nothing," the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord shook his head, naturally paying attention to the calamity at sea.
Seeing he didn't want to talk about it, Gu An didn't press further, just nodded, and walked away.
The Nine-Fingered Divine Lord suddenly turned to him and asked, "Valley Lord, if your loved ones turned into monsters that bring calamity to the world, what would you do?"
Gu An stopped, turned to look at him, and after some thought, replied, "If they are truly my loved ones, I would not protect them, but I would not become their enemy. If they insist on killing me, then I would have no choice but to fight to the death."
After hearing this, the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord couldn’t help but laugh, saying, "If only it were that simple. Your answer lacks struggle."
"Indeed, it's not that simple, but why dwell on it? The only thing a person can truly control is themselves, isn't that right?" Gu An countered.
Was it because the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord had a loved one turned into a divine resentful ghost?
From the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord's lifespan, it was clear he had a story.
The Nine-Fingered Divine Lord sighed, "Yes, a person can only control themselves. Even cultivators are no different. The more things one tries to control, the further one strays from the path of cultivation."
The two of them chatted idly, the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord’s words filled with sorrow, though he didn’t go into specifics. They soon returned to discussing the game of Go.
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Meanwhile, in the main city of the sect, within a mansion.
Lu Lingjun and the Western Spirit Holy Mother sat opposite each other in the courtyard. At the moment, the Western Spirit Holy Mother was looking at a bronze mirror on the table, her brows furrowed.
A blurry figure appeared in the mirror, seemingly speaking.
Once the figure in the mirror vanished, the Western Spirit Holy Mother tucked the bronze mirror into her sleeve.
Lu Lingjun, sitting beside her, hadn’t heard the figure’s words and couldn’t help but ask, "Master, who were you communicating with just now?"
The Western Spirit Holy Mother took a deep breath and said, "One of my elders. I asked him about the course of this great calamity. He advised me to leave early and avoid the calamity."
Upon hearing this, Lu Lingjun’s brow furrowed.
In her mind, the Western Spirit Holy Mother was already a cultivator of extraordinary status and cultivation. Even if she wasn’t as powerful as the Sword Venerable Fudao, she was still one of the top cultivators Lu Lingjun had ever seen.
If even the existence behind the Western Spirit Holy Mother was advising them to avoid the calamity, it must be no small matter.
"The karmic ties hidden within the Great Sea Rift are something even my elders dare not tread. Perhaps we should leave. The world is vast; there must be a place to avoid the calamity," the Western Spirit Holy Mother said softly.
Lu Lingjun replied, "The TaiXuan Gate has the Sword Venerable Fudao. There’s a chance we can weather the calamity."
Since joining the TaiXuan Gate, she had experienced the demonic calamity and heard how the Seven Star Spirit Realm was swept away by the Sword Venerable Fudao alone. She still had great confidence in him.
The Western Spirit Holy Mother said with a heavy heart, "It’s hard to say."
She had come to the TaiXuan Gate to seek refuge under the Sword Venerable Fudao’s strength, but now that the calamity had changed and even more powerful variables had appeared, even her sect dared not easily intervene.
Not all sects in the world followed the righteous path; many just wanted to preserve their own traditions.
It wasn’t just them. At this moment, within the TaiXuan Gate, the great cultivators from the sea were discussing this matter. Their cultivation was higher than the local disciples of the TaiXuan Gate, and their intelligence-gathering abilities were also stronger. They had more information and knew that the direction of the tidal wave was heading towards their continent, naturally making them anxious.
Their first thought was the Sword Venerable Fudao! If the sea cultivators couldn’t stop the wave, would the Sword Venerable Fudao be able to block it when it reached the edge of the continent? Some had already chosen to flee the continent, unwilling to bet on the Sword Venerable Fudao’s strength.
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Rumble—
Thunder roared, lightning clouds churned, and countless bolts of lightning intertwined. A tsunami over a thousand and five hundred zhang tall surged forward with the might to devour all of heaven and earth. From a distance, it looked as if the entire sea had risen, unstoppable and awe-inspiring. Under this wave, any cultivator or monster seemed insignificant.
Chi Jiuxiao endured the downpour, his armor drenched. He kept retreating, his face filled with anxiety.
He instinctively looked back and could already see the outline of the continent.
If this continued, countless lives would be swallowed by the tide.
This was no ordinary seawater; it contained a strange and powerful force. Already, some cultivators had been caught in it and turned into divine resentful ghosts.
The thought of the entire continent’s populace turning into divine resentful ghosts made Chi Jiuxiao’s scalp tingle.
He looked ahead, seeing twelve figures in front of the wave. They exuded a far stronger aura than all the cultivators behind them, but even with their vast magical power, they were being pushed back by the wave.
These twelve were all celestial immortals, either founding patriarchs of sects or elders of the Star Sea Sect. Faced with the wave, they were powerless, only able to slow its advance, not to suppress it.
Earlier, the Star Sea Essence Flag had scattered the wave, but as soon as one wave was dispersed, another rose. The flag was also contaminated by the force within the wave, forcing the Star Sea Sect to withdraw this supreme treasure.
At this moment, Chi Jiuxiao’s pupils dilated, his face showing fear.
In the dim wave, he saw a figure a thousand zhang tall, only visible when the lightning flashed.
It wasn’t just him; more and more people saw the figure, and all who saw it felt a crushing weight on their chests.
To block this wave, over a hundred thousand cultivators had gathered, the weakest being at the Mystic Heart Realm, with over ten thousand celestial beings. Despite this immense power, they couldn’t even budge the wave. How could they not feel despair?
More and more cultivators were struck by this, their hearts filled with the desire to retreat. Especially after seeing the mysterious thousand-zhang figure, they were even more terrified, wishing to flee immediately.
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