Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan Chapter 1942 - 1440: Recuperation

Li Zhirui refrained from getting deeply involved or aiding Li Zhixuan excessively, for the Floating Light Realm stood as the very tribute she planned to offer in order to settle her karmic obligations!

As a tribute, it only made sense that she shaped it with her own hands, allowing her devotion to shine through more profoundly.

Yet with Da Qing and his companions now present, it seemed fate had decreed their involvement, so Li Zhirui cut his words short and permitted them to assist Li Zhixuan.

He called over a clan member to guide them, and Da Qing along with his two fellows set off without delay.

"Zhixuan's bid to break through this time might just fail utterly." Li Zhirui observed their departure and whispered to himself.

Oddly enough, this notion popped into his thoughts out of nowhere.

Still, curiosity gnawed at him—why had Da Qing, Xiaoqing, and Cang suddenly felt compelled to lend Li Zhixuan a hand and ease her load without any apparent motive?

Their bond was far from strong; they were little more than passing acquaintances at best.

To nudge Da Qing, Xiaoqing, and Cang so subtly without a hint of detection, nothing short of the Heavenly Dao could pull that off.

'Could the Heavenly Dao be scheming to block Zhixuan's ascension and force her to remain in the Primal Spirit Realm?'

A stir rose in Li Zhirui's chest, his intrigue deepening over whatever cause or incident had flipped the Heavenly Dao's stance on Li Zhixuan so drastically.

It had shifted from outright disdain, revulsion, and irritation at the start, to now desperately clinging to her presence—crude tactics aside, the results spoke volumes.

This twist planted a seed of caution in his mind regarding the Heavenly Dao, vowing to shield his path of cultivation from such meddling ever again.

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Meanwhile, Li Zhixuan didn't dwell on why Da Qing and the rest had shown up to support her. She simply saw it as a boon, one that might speed up her conquest of the Floating Light Realm.

"I truly appreciate your choice to lend a hand," she conveyed her thanks with genuine warmth.

Xiaoqing waved it off and replied, "As long as you don't see us as nuisances. Truth be told, following Jiu's words, we might not boost you significantly or drag you down much either."

"Mind you? How could I? Your decision to join and assist already fills me with thanks. Heaven knows the time and toil you'll spare me."

In reality, the bunch knew each other only superficially; so after some brief exchange, they divided up the clansmen and loose cultivators, then dispatched Da Qing, Xiaoqing, and Cang to each command a team of cultivators against the scattered small powers within the Floating Light Realm.

This marked their initial foray into bearing such heavy duties, so they moved with great care. It took wiping out a handful of minor groups before they adapted to the Floating Light Realm's dynamics, gaining a clear grasp of the power dynamics there.

"From all I've gathered up to now, the might of those petty factions in the Floating Light Realm isn't all that formidable, but their sheer quantity makes rooting them out rather tedious," Xiaoqing remarked.

All three had reached the pinnacle of the Earth Immortal Realm in cultivation; their power dwarfed the opposition, rendering them nearly invincible across the Floating Light Realm.

Though the Heavenly Dao curbed their prowess to some degree, they could still bulldoze through the bulk of the threats with ease.

"True enough, and that's just the Immortal Dao side of the Floating Light Realm. No telling how the Demonic Tao and Devil Race stack up—tough nuts or pushovers remains to be seen."

"Being Divines, Cang and I can't stick around the Floating Light Realm indefinitely, so we'll push hard to clear out as many hurdles for Zhixuan as we can before departure becomes unavoidable."

At that juncture, the Immortal Dao forces in the Floating Light Realm teetered on the brink of total catastrophe, their situation dire beyond words.

Even with the Demonic Tao and Devil Race throwing in some support, it barely moved the needle; the downward spiral of the Floating Light Realm's defenders showed no signs of halting.

Following a quick pause to confer, they launched back into their strikes against the Immortal Dao groups.

"It's done for..."

"All is lost..."

The head of the final mighty Immortal Sect surviving in the Floating Light Realm bore an expression of complete collapse, his form exuding profound hopelessness and grief.

This was the very Immortal sect Li Zhixuan had targeted before!

And against her razor-sharp Sword Qi, even bolstered by Demonic Tao and Devil Race aid, they merely postponed their doom for a fleeting moment.

Truthfully, labeling it as aid from the Demonic Tao and Devil Race stretched the truth; the backing they provided was laughably thin, given they now scrambled to fortify against the Immortal Dao's vengeful strikes.

"The final Immortal Dao sect!"

Li Zhixuan stared at the shattered, crumbling mountain gate, her heart unmoved by any pang—no trace of sorrow for fallen brethren. Rather, her grip on the sword tightened, unleashing yet another surge of Sword Qi.

Ultimately, it boiled down to lacking raw power. With sufficient might, events never would have spiraled this far.

Rumble—

A thunderous boom echoed as the Defensive Array shattered completely. The whole sect stood bare and vulnerable to Li Zhixuan and her allies. Without a single command from her, the cultivators in her wake charged like a swarm, rapidly cutting down the foe's numbers.

This remaining sect offered no bid to salvage any future spark, deeming it futile. With their fall, only the weaker Immortal Dao remnants would linger, powerless against these ravenous predators, so their leader saw no value in pointless gestures.

As for sending Core Disciples fleeing to Demonic Tao territories or Devil Race domains? Leaving aside if those Demon Cultivators and Devil Beasts would slaughter them outright—

Even supposing they survived, it would merely delay the inevitable briefly. After all, these invaders from beyond had arrived with the explicit goal of purging every living soul in the realm.

They'd simply drawn the short straw, clashing directly and thus falling first; once the Immortal Dao crumbled entirely, the onslaught would turn to the other powers.