Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1523 - 808: After the Battle

Cultivators from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect soon followed in droves, pouring into the Taichu Sect’s grotto-heaven group by group. Excitement and exhilaration beamed across the features of every single cultivator.

They fully understood that starting from this moment, the Ten Thousand Beast Sect would face no more threats, and instead, it would boom and thrive.

Li Shiming and Grandmaster Hu lingered amid the wreckage of Taichu Sect. While scarce powers across Dongqi Continent would risk grabbing Taichu Sect’s assets under these conditions, the pair still needed to stick around until defensive formations were erected to ward off any potential chaos.

The array that Li Shiming had arranged using the one hundred and eight Buddha beads served merely as a short-term measure. Those Buddha beads counted as a unique treasure he had to keep close at all times.

"Shizhen, Lianhua Temple and Sun Concealing Sect have dispatched surrender letters; what’s your view on this?" Grandmaster Hu brushed away some rubble in the ruins and, after taking a seat, turned to Li Shiming with the question.

The capitulation from Lianhua Temple and Sun Concealing Sect came as no shock to Li Shiming. By shattering Taichu Sect’s mountain gate through sheer overwhelming power and obliterating this ancient powerhouse, he had sent a stark warning to all other factions on Dongqi Continent.

Dongqi Continent wasn’t limited to just the four original major sects; it also hosted offshoots of certain super forces, such as the Dongqi Continent division of Central State Commerce.

These offshoots held little desire to vie for dominance on Dongqi Continent, yet that didn’t prevent them from snatching up gains whenever opportunities arose.

Li Shiming aimed to warn these branches of super forces that without power surpassing his own, they ought to tread carefully across Dongqi Continent.

"How do you suggest we deal with Lianhua Temple and Sun Concealing Sect?" Rather than replying to Grandmaster Hu’s query, Li Shiming countered with his own.

"Dongqi Continent shouldn’t fall under a single sect’s control. Should the Ten Thousand Beast Sect seize total command here, those super forces would refuse to accept it and instead foster rival groups to battle over Dongqi Continent’s riches.

That’s why, in line with various esteemed cultivators’ views, I propose allowing Lianhua Temple and Sun Concealing Sect to persist.

Naturally, we won’t overlook their misdeeds; they must face consequences, particularly by handing over most of their resource sites to fall under the Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s banner!" Grandmaster Hu laid out his initial thoughts on the matter.

"You handle it all, Master; I’m no expert in these affairs!" Li Shiming replied with a grin.

He had already accomplished everything possible, displayed his might, and lost any urge to keep battling.

The cultivators of Dongqi Continent simply failed to ignite his passion for fights.

Swiftly settling the Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s crisis marked the result he sought.

For he knew that Master Ren Mu from Central State Commerce and the Yan Gao Great Cultivator of White Emperor Sect planned to head to Dongqi Continent and challenge him; these two pinnacle great cultivators represented true adversaries.

"Such a shame about this spot; it probably won’t be usable for three or four millennia!" Grandmaster Hu shifted the subject, gazing at the Taichu Sect devastation.

"I spared the spiritual vein in this area; once the lingering energy gets purged, it should be ready for use!" Li Shiming gestured toward the primary spiritual vein of Taichu Sect.

During his deployment of the ’Thunder Cloud Skill,’ he had exercised restraint, avoiding key spots like Taichu Sect’s spiritual vein—a vital lifeline for any major sect, with only a handful existing even on Dongqi Continent.

"Purging residual energy isn’t straightforward; it’s nothing like battling. Battles just wreck things, but clearing out leftover battle energy proves a thousandfold more arduous!" Assuming Li Shiming overlooked the challenges of residual energy, Grandmaster Hu shook his head with a wry grin.

"I’ll give it a shot!" Interest sparked in Li Shiming; with idle time on his hands, why not tackle a task?

Grandmaster Hu chuckled and refrained from intervening; Li Shiming would halt on his own once he grasped the complexity.

Li Shiming extended his divine sense over a roughly fifty-meter radius, ready to test this section.

Through the ’Divine Eye,’ everything ahead expanded in clarity; he spotted the lingering battle energy and the embedded rules.

From every stone to every speck of dust and soil, even the airborne particles, all brimmed with faint thunder energy intertwined with thunder rules.

Though this thunder energy remained faint and barely affected cultivators, it rendered the surroundings deadly for plants; beyond flora, even frail creatures would perish under the thunder energy’s influence.

Clearing it inch by inch would demand endless effort—even scraping away surface layers wouldn’t suffice, as the persistent thunder energy would keep tainting the zone via drifting particles in the air.

Such repeated purges would demand immense labor and call for a great cultivator versed in thunder rules.

No other great cultivators commanded thunder rules. To extract thunder energy without them, they’d resort to their personal energy for cleansing; even if successful, they’d merely swap one form of contamination for their own lingering traces.

This amounted to trading one pollutant for another, utterly missing the mark on true purification.

Li Shiming invoked his innate magic weapon, IBMz15. Following its examination and breakdown, IBMz15 proposed several strategies, each tailored to his capabilities.

The most drawn-out approach required him to purge the residual thunder energy over and over. A single pass wouldn’t do it, but multiple rounds could dwindle the remnants to negligible amounts after prolonged effort.

Given the vast expanse of Taichu Sect’s mountain gate, he could end up stationed here for years.