Chapter 1712
Understanding
However, given the current intensity of the great calamity in the prehistoric world, among these cultivators, only Bai Pu is a Celestial Immortal while the others are Earth Immortals. Without the protection of other powerful fellow disciples from the Shangqing Dao, it is highly likely that they will have difficulty surviving the calamity.
Bai Pu actually knew this in his heart, but he just couldn't bear to say it.
After all, he might not even be able to save his own life, let alone protect them. But if he told the truth, everyone would fall into despair, and there would be no chance of survival.
"Ok!"
So he responded with great certainty and laughed, "If we all work together, we can definitely get back to Biyou Island!"
The others actually believed his lie, and it even boosted their morale and spirits.
After his injuries healed and he recovered, he left the place to find suitable living beings in order to get through the great calamity as soon as possible.
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On the other side...
On his way back to Biyou Island, Mingshan was extremely cautious and careful, fearing that he might encounter some danger.
You must know that he risked his life several times to finally resolve his own calamity and successfully survive the great tribulation. If he had died on the way back, he would have died with regrets!
Fortunately, he wasn't that unlucky.
Moreover, as the gate of the sage's lineage, no living being in the vicinity dares to ambush and kill them. If their disciples are killed in the outside world, there is no need to worry too much about being retaliated against by the sage.
Because in the midst of a great calamity, cause and effect are not remembered.
Moreover, it is unknown how many living beings did this. Even a saint could not possibly kill so many living beings. Besides, the prehistoric world is not just home to the single saint, Shangqing Daozun.
However, if a disciple of a sage is killed near the gates of a Taoist sect, even if the sage is magnanimous and doesn't hold it against him, his fellow disciples will definitely help him take revenge!
After all, this behavior is tantamount to provoking everyone, so how could we possibly let them off the hook?
So in the end, Mingshan returned safely to Biyou Island.
Upon entering the mountain gate, he saw many fellow disciples. However, before his return, many Shangqing Dao disciples had already survived the great tribulation, numbering about seventy or eighty.
Among these disciples, he was among the lowest in cultivation level, with only a few others having lower cultivation than him.
The other disciples were all at least at the Xuanxian level or above, with the majority being Taiyi Jinxian, followed by Jinxian, and the fewest being Xuanxian.
But he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, because in the midst of a great calamity, those beings with greater strength are more likely to survive.
If he hadn't been lucky enough to encounter Bai Pu and his group, and hadn't killed several Celestial Immortal cultivators in one go, he would still be fighting desperately outside.
"Mingshan greets all senior brothers, senior sisters, junior brothers, and junior sisters." Mingshan greeted his fellow disciples.
Everyone returned the greetings. Those with higher cultivation levels nodded slightly, while those with lower cultivation levels stood up to return the greetings.
As the head of the inner disciples, Zhao Gongming was quite pleased to see a new fellow disciple return, and said, "Congratulations, Junior Brother Mingshan, on surviving this great tribulation!"
"Thank you, Senior Brother Zhao."
"Besides the junior brothers and sisters here, there are several fellow disciples who are recuperating in the cave due to severe injuries."
Zhao Gongming said, "The great calamity is not over yet. Junior brother, you can stay here and wait with us for the return of the other fellow disciples, or you can return to your cave to heal and recover."
Although Biyou Island is only a thousand miles in circumference, its internal space is very large, so every Shangqing Dao disciple can open their own cave dwelling on the island, and the area is not small.
However, only the four true disciples will stay on Biyou Island, because in addition to guarding the mountain gate, they also bear the responsibility of teaching their fellow disciples.
The other disciples all have their own cave dwellings outside and do not stay here indefinitely. They only stay for a period of time when they are listening to the teachings or when there is something important to do.
"I am not injured. I will just wait here for my fellow disciples to return," Mingshan said quickly.
He wasn't some eccentric person, and besides, there were so many fellow disciples present whose cultivation levels were higher than his; who couldn't see his condition? He then quickly found a seat and sat down.
"it is good."
Zhao Gongming smiled and nodded, but he was quite worried and did not appear happy, because the situation of Shangqing Dao was far too dire!
It seems that a large number of disciples have returned to the mountain gate, but it should be noted that Shangqing Dao is a sage lineage with an extremely large number of disciples. If you include their own disciples, grand-disciples, and other followers, there are tens of thousands of them!
Of all those disciples, less than a hundred have returned!
It's less than a fraction of the total number of disciples!
Moreover, among these dozens of people, the majority are high-level cultivators. Take Zhao Gongming as an example; he is a Taiyi Golden Immortal at the peak of his cultivation, only one step away from becoming a Daluo Golden Immortal.
For example, his three sworn sisters. The eldest sister, Yunxiao, is on par with him in terms of cultivation, and if you take into account the power of her magic weapon, she is even stronger than him.
Although the cultivation levels of the second sister Qiongxiao and the third sister Bixiao were slightly lower, they were still at the mid-stage of Taiyi, not to mention that the three of them were acting together.
With such strength, it's practically invincible when even a Great Luo Golden Immortal can't make a move!
As long as they didn't seek out other Taiyi cultivators from the same lineage of sages to fight, given their strength, other Taiyi Golden Immortals were no match for them, so they returned to their mountain gate very smoothly.
However, apart from these Taiyi Golden Immortals and Golden Immortals, there are only a dozen or so fellow disciples below the Xuanxian realm in the sect!
It should be noted that of the tens of thousands of disciples of the Shangqing Sect, only a few dozen were at the Taiyi level, and now nearly half of them have returned to the sect.
However, of the tens of thousands of disciples below the Xuanxian realm, only a dozen or so returned to the mountain gate. This ratio was truly terrifying.
Moreover, very few Golden Immortal disciples have returned. Shangqing Dao has thousands of Golden Immortal disciples, but now there are only twenty or thirty.
If there are no major changes afterward, then in this great calamity, the disciples of Shangqing Dao will probably lose 80% or even more of their disciples!
At that time, the once mighty Shangqing Dao will greatly decline and become weak.
Even so, the Shangqing Dao is still the most powerful force in the prehistoric world!
After all, the four direct disciples are all Great Luo Golden Immortals, and there are dozens of Taiyi. Other forces simply cannot match this level of strength.
This is also true for other major religious sects that share the same lineage of sages.
But the number of disciples who died was too great! It shook the foundation of the Shangqing Dao.
As for why these powerful disciples resolved their own calamity energy so early and immediately returned to the sect?
Instead of staying in the primordial land to help other fellow disciples overcome the great calamity? Isn't it said that the disciples of Shangqing Dao have extremely good relationships?
In fact, many Taiyi Golden Immortals, after learning that a great calamity was about to break out, planned to stay in the prehistoric land for a while longer to help their fellow disciples overcome this calamity.
However, their eldest brother, Duobao, wouldn't allow them to do that.
This was when the great calamity was about to erupt, and the non-Great Luo Golden Immortal disciples were about to leave Biyou Island. Duobao secretly transmitted his voice, instructing them to quickly resolve their own calamity aura and return to the sect, without lingering outside! The crowd did not understand why this was necessary, because it completely disregarded the lives of those fellow disciples with lower cultivation levels, which greatly shocked them.
One by one, they hurriedly asked for the reason, but Duobao did not answer them. Instead, he repeatedly and sternly demanded that all the Taiyi disciples do as he said!
That is why this situation has arisen.
However, it is clear that some Taiyi disciples did not follow Duobao's instructions, because with their strength, they should not still be struggling to resolve the calamity aura on their bodies.
In fact, Zhao Gongming was the first to return to Biyou Island, and as soon as he entered the mountain gate, he went straight to Duobao's cave to inquire about the reason.
However, Duobao activated the formation, making it impossible for him to get close.
Then he wanted to ask his three senior disciples, Guiling, Wudang, and Jinling, but they had already activated their formations.
Left with no other choice, Zhao Gongming could only return to the Dao Discussion Square on Biyou Island to wait for his fellow disciples to return.
But the longer he waited, the more uneasy he became.
It's really terrible that so few people have returned to Shangqingdao.
At this moment, Zhao Gongming vaguely understood why Duobao had made such an unreasonable request to them. He probably already guessed that Shangqing Dao would become the target of attacks and concentrated fire from various forces!
The requirement for these Taiyi disciples to return to the mountain gate as soon as possible was intended to preserve more strength for the Shangqing Dao.
This can be seen from the fact that Duobao activated the sect's grand formation, allowing entry but not exit, all to protect the disciples who had survived the great calamity and prevent them from being drawn into the calamity again by invitations from other disciples or out of sympathy for their fellow disciples' plight.
Unfortunately, he only just realized Duobao's good intentions.
'When Brother Duobao gave the order, he must have been in great pain, right?' After all, most of the disciples of Shangqing Dao were actually taught by him.
Zhao Gongming gazed in the direction of the primordial land and couldn't help but sigh, hoping that more junior brothers and sisters would return in the future.
Yunxiao, who was standing to the side, keenly sensed the change in his mood. He glanced at his elder brother and knew that he must have guessed Duobao's intention.
'I wonder how many disciples will remain in a sect that once had countless immortals flocking to it after this great calamity...'
Upon returning to the sect and discovering that the sect's grand formation had been activated, she quickly understood everything. However, she absolutely could not reveal such a cruel truth!
Because not every disciple can understand Duobao's cruel actions. In the eyes of many disciples, their beloved Senior Brother Duobao has changed, becoming cold-blooded and ruthless, disregarding the lives of his fellow disciples!
Yunxiao, too, felt the same wish as Zhao Gongming.
……
at the same time.
The war on the ancient land has become more intense and brutal, and countless lives have perished in this catastrophe.
A battlefield that doesn't look special, but the two combatants are both Taiyi Golden Immortals!
However, behind one of the Taiyi cultivators, there were many other severely injured cultivators lying in bed, who would not be able to recover in a short time.
"Senior Brother Chu Tian, you should go now and leave us alone."
"You'd better get out of here!"
The group of heavily injured cultivators shouted hoarsely, trying to get the Taiyi who was blocking their way and protecting their lives to leave.
And this group of cultivators were none other than disciples of the Shangqing Dao!
There were more than a dozen people, and all of them were Golden Immortal cultivators.
After leaving Biyou Island, they formed a group to try to get through the great calamity more safely. They had indeed been very successful so far, killing dozens of Golden Immortals in succession and dissolving most of their own calamity energy.
But just then, their good luck ran out, and they actually encountered a rogue cultivator who was a Taiyi Golden Immortal!
As a rogue cultivator, the other party only wanted to escape the calamity as quickly as possible, and didn't care about attacking low-level cultivators. He didn't care about those rules and regulations at all.
As a result, this group of Golden Immortal cultivators suffered a great misfortune. Even though they had a numerical advantage, numbers were not very useful in the face of absolute strength.
In other words, as disciples of a sage, they possessed great strength and numerous means of self-preservation; otherwise, they would not have been able to withstand the enemy's slaughter and would have become corpses long ago, instead of being in such a severely injured state.
As for Chu Tian's appearance, it was purely coincidental. He sensed intense magical fluctuations in the distance and assumed that two Taiyi were engaged in a fierce battle, so he came over to see if there was an opportunity to "fish for the fish".
Unexpectedly, the people he fought against were a group of Golden Immortal cultivators, and they were his junior brothers and sisters from the same sect.
Then he immediately took action, intending to save his fellow disciples.
It must be said that there is a huge gap between the disciples of sages and rogue cultivators!
In other words, Chu Tian needed to protect these fellow disciples; otherwise, with the strength of this rogue cultivator Taiyi, he would have been dealt with long ago.
How could things have turned out like this, where one thing leads to another, and one ends up in a rather embarrassing situation?
He had heard his fellow disciples' cries, but he didn't intend to do anything about it. No matter what, he was determined to save them!
The rogue cultivator was naturally very happy about this situation, because as long as he dealt with them all, he wouldn't need to fight anymore. He could just find a place to hide and wait for the calamity to end.
The battle between the two Taiyi was not accompanied by earth-shattering roars, but every move was extremely dangerous, aimed directly at the opponent's life.
However, the current situation is very unfavorable for Chu Tian.
If this continues, not only will he be unable to protect his fellow disciples, but he himself may also perish.
"Drink!"
At this critical moment, Chu Tian ultimately decided to use a secret technique with significant side effects.
With a loud shout, his aura suddenly surged, instantly rising from the early stage of Taiyi to the late stage of Taiyi.
At the same time, he began to unleash extremely powerful killing moves, wanting to kill his opponent as soon as possible, or at least drive him away.
The rogue cultivator was aware of the current situation; he was in great danger and could die at the slightest mistake. However, if he could hold out for a while, he would reap incredibly rich rewards!
After weighing the options in my mind, I finally decided to stay.
boom!
A bolt of jet-black lightning, as if cleaved from the void, instantly arrived behind the rogue cultivator and devoured him. (End of Chapter)