Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1513 - 803: The Plan

As the 'Chaos Sword Intent' manifested at Li Shiming's fingertip, every hair on Grandmaster Hu's body bristled in terror.

It was completely understandable for Grandmaster Hu to react like this, confronting the 'Chaos Sword Intent' that carried a lethal menace. Had the individual standing before him not been his disciple Li Shiming, he might have spun around to escape or unleashed a full-force assault.

"Throughout my life, I've witnessed countless formidable sword cultivators. Yet your Sword Intent surpasses them all by far, and it even makes my own defenses feel woefully insufficient against it!" Grandmaster Hu remarked with a trace of lingering dread, gazing at Li Shiming's fingertip where the 'Chaos Sword Intent' had now vanished.

"I've got a bit of natural aptitude for sword cultivation, and I've stumbled upon some lucky breaks that granted me a full sword cultivation legacy!" Li Shiming replied in a hazy manner, reluctant to disclose the full story.

"By merging both Thunder Cultivation and Sword Cultivation, I'm guessing your thunder cultivation skills are just as formidable as your sword cultivation ones, aren't they?" Grandmaster Hu shook his head with a wry grin and inquired.

He was convinced that Li Shiming had encountered major strokes of fortune beyond the sect, but for a single person to master both sword cultivation and thunder cultivation, pushing each to the Great Cultivator Realm, stretched beyond what he could fathom.

During his days in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, Li Shiming had practiced sword cultivation and thunder cultivation, though back then, those pursuits were worlds apart from the Great Cultivator caliber of sword and thunder cultivation he wielded now.

Most cultivators, upon reaching the Great Cultivator stage, typically select just one rule to follow as their main path.

However, Li Shiming had evidently pursued both the sword cultivation and thunder cultivation paths at once, and triumphed in doing so.

A smile crossed Li Shiming's face as he pointed a finger, where sparks of lightning flickered to life.

Even though the lightning was tiny, Grandmaster Hu couldn't help but retreat a step on instinct.

The earlier Sword Intent had been sharply targeted; unless directed straight at Grandmaster Hu, it would only leave him sensing danger at worst.

Lightning, on the other hand, was an entirely different beast—it was a force that could burst outward unpredictably at any moment.

Never dismiss the modest scale of that lightning, since Grandmaster Hu detected the rule power embedded within, and such lightning infused with rule power could unleash astonishing impacts no matter how small.

Right now, he stood without any safeguards. While stray lightning ripples wouldn't harm him, getting caught in them would surely embarrass him before his disciple.

"It looks like your powers give me no cause for concern!" Once he grasped a glimpse of Li Shiming's true capabilities, Grandmaster Hu's worries inside melted away.

In that moment, Grandmaster Hu felt the weight of years upon him, watching the younger cultivators not just rise but eclipse him entirely.

Li Shiming remained oblivious to Grandmaster Hu's inner musings; he turned back to scrutinizing the intelligence reports.

At present, the White Emperor Sect's efforts in the Dongqi Continent are progressing far more effectively than the incursion from decades past. For starters, the White Emperor Sect has set up several bases across the Dongqi Continent, including various resource sites.

This setup lets the White Emperor Sect's outposts operate nearly independently, free from the need for supplies shipped over from the West Yan Continent. Over time, these outposts might even flip the script, exporting resources back to the White Emperor Sect on the West Yan Continent.

Naturally, to pull that off, the White Emperor Sect would need to seize a substantial array of resource points on the Dongqi Continent, and simply carving out a share from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect's riches would do the trick.

The Yuqing Sect holds far fewer resource points and maintains just a single base.

For this invasion, the White Emperor Sect shifted tactics, zeroing in solely on the Ten Thousand Beast Sect while somehow convincing the Three Major Sects. Those sects trust that the White Emperor Sect won't turn against them.

Li Shiming resolved to hit the White Emperor Sect with a crushing blow first, diminishing the sway of foreign continental powers, then turn his attention to the other Three Major Sects.

As for the Three Major Sects, he truly held little regard for their Great Cultivators, yet with super forces supporting them, any moves against them demanded meticulous strategy.

To land a decisive strike, dragging out a war with the Three Major Sects was utterly unwise, as it could summon aid from the mighty backers behind them.

"I've got some intel I must tell you about!" Grandmaster Hu interjected right then.

"Master, does it concern me?" Li Shiming lifted his gaze from his contemplations and questioned.

Ever since his return, his focus in the intelligence reports centered mainly on updates about the White Emperor Sect and Yuqing Sect, especially after his stint in the Book Collection Pavilion.

He had overlooked the rest of the intel, even though he had full rights to it all.

"The Three Major Sects are digging into your exploits on the Central State Continent. The moment they uncover your full background, that could signal the start of their assault on the Ten Thousand Beast Sect's mountain gate! Before, the Three Major Sects bided their time for my wounds to deteriorate further, aware that Zhang Dansheng's lifespan was waning, so they blockaded the Ten Thousand Beast Sect for decades and intended to strike only after both Zhang Dansheng and I had passed, minimizing their casualties.

Your sudden rise has clearly thrown the Three Major Sects' schemes into disarray. With you and Great Cultivator Luo Pei, that's two Great Cultivators on our side. They don't realize my injuries have fully mended, but regardless, their plan to outlast the Ten Thousand Beast Sect's fall is pointless now. They're gearing up for a head-on raid on the Ten Thousand Beast Sect's mountain gate.

Still, because they must first confirm your deeds and hammer out terms with the White Emperor Sect and Yuqing Sect, they haven't launched their move just yet!" Grandmaster Hu revealed the current situation.

Li Shiming knew full well how tough it was to breach the Ten Thousand Beast Sect's mountain gate. True, the outer Grotto Heaven's spatial barriers couldn't halt a Great Cultivator's onslaught, but the Ten Thousand Beast Sect's Sect Formation was far from ornamental.

The Ten Thousand Beast Sect's Sect Formation could at minimum boost its Great Cultivators' power immensely, particularly in defensive capabilities.