Chapter 1064 The Immortal Alliance's Golden Sword Appears
Li Fan determined through multiple observations using the "Deceptive Heavenly Way" that re-filling the world with spiritual energy attributes will have a certain influence on the Xuanhuang Realm.
For example, if the spiritual energy contains the "killing" attribute, it may encourage cultivators in the Xuanhuang Realm to kill.
If the spiritual energy contains the "chaos" attribute, it may make the rules in the Xuanhuang Realm become unpredictable and very tricky.
"Before I crossed over, I heard urban legends about people gradually becoming like the original organ donors after having their organs transplanted."
"The Heavenly Way is like a person, and the Heavenly Doctor will not deceive me!"
In Li Fan's world of extinction, there are more than ten types of mutated spiritual insects sealed. Each type possesses unique released spiritual energy attributes, which can allow Li Fan to, to some extent, reshape the Xuanhuang Realm according to his own wishes after the spiritual calamity.
Even throughout this process, he doesn't need the help of the transmission practitioners.
With his own strength, he can achieve this. In every future reincarnation, he will be able to easily complete the replication.
The so-called cooperation of transmission practitioners in this life is nothing more than spreading various arrangements that will lead to the apocalypse in the Xuanhuang Realm.
It has nothing to do with the spiritual calamity this time.
Transmission practitioners Zhou and Wei, although they appear to be the ones arranging the spiritual calamity, have actually long been trapped in Li Fan's world of extinction.
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The situation in Shilin State is proceeding exactly as Li Fan predicted.
When the Immortal Alliance headquarters received the request for assistance from the Shilin Immortal City, they didn't attach much importance to it out of habitual arrogance. After all, it was just a minor insect disaster. It could be easily suppressed by He Dao. Compared to the various emergencies reported in other states, this could not be considered a big deal.
Thus, after a thorough evaluation, the Immortal Alliance headquarters decided to proceed according to the usual processing flow for such matters.
First, they sent envoys to verify the situation in Shilin State.
Then, they would dispatch corresponding He Dao cultivators to resolve this minor trouble.
When the envoy reached Shilin State and witnessed the terrifying nature of the insect disaster, and hurriedly returned with firsthand information, the Immortal Alliance headquarters increased their attention to the matter, but not by much.
After much deliberation, they sent inquiries to many He Dao cultivators to see if anyone had free time.
Finally, they decided on the person to handle the disaster, Immortal Venerable Jinjian.
When Immortal Venerable Jinjian released his thousands of golden swords, his spiritual power was restrained, only using the sharp sword edge to harm others. For dealing with these black insects, there was no better choice.
After being appointed by the Immortal Alliance, Immortal Venerable Jinjian readily agreed.
However, Immortal Venerable Jinjian made it clear that he was currently involved in a very important exchange council and could not break away.
It would be at least seven days before he could spare the time.
The Immortal Alliance headquarters carried out another assessment of the unexpected situation.
The attendees unanimously agreed that in just seven days, the insect disaster was unlikely to cause any major changes. Waiting a bit longer was not a problem.
After all, other He Dao Venerables, might not be as efficient as Immortal Venerable Jinjian. And regardless of which He Dao Venerable it was, they were all extremely busy. Even if the selection was changed, it might not free up their time.
In fact, there were quite a few He Dao cultivators within the Immortal Alliance headquarters who were currently free.
However, under normal circumstances, this kind of unpleasant task would only be assigned to "outside" He Dao cultivators.
Deliberately assigning a tricky task would often be seen as a provocation or part of a conspiracy and would not be used lightly.
Within the Immortal Alliance headquarters, people tended to keep a low profile and maintain a harmonious attitude for mutual benefit.
In the end, due to various established conventions, when Immortal Venerable Jinjian left happily and bid farewell to the two transmission practitioners, heading to Shilin State to deal with the insect disaster, nearly half a month had already passed since the outbreak of the calamity.
As per usual, after Immortal Venerable Jinjian arrived in Shilin State, he did not immediately rush to the scene of the insect disaster.
Instead, he participated in a warm welcome ceremony hosted by the cultivators of Shilin State.
The guests were all in high spirits, and everything went off without a hitch.
The following day, as per his usual routine, Immortal Venerable Jinjian rested.
On the third day, he arrived at the Baisi Cave with the company of others, which was filled with the densely packed black insects.
Once he saw the overwhelming number of black insects in the underground cave, even Immortal Venerable Jinjian, who was full of confidence, couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed.
But being an experienced Immortal Venerable, he remained calm. He immediately summoned his thousands of golden swords and began slaughtering the insects.
After he took action, Immortal Venerable Jinjian felt a bit relieved.
Under the sharp edge of his sword, these black insects, which had strong resistance to spiritual power techniques, were as fragile as paper.
With just a moment's effort, he completely cleared the cavern of the insects.
Seeing the people of Shilin State filled with joy and admiration, Immortal Venerable Jinjian felt quite pleased.
"How big is this underground cavern?" he casually asked, intending to quickly resolve the trouble at this location in one go.
But the answer from the people present caught him off guard.
"You don't know? What do you mean?" Immortal Venerable Jinjian's face turned grim.
The explanation from the cultivators of Shilin State made Immortal Venerable Jinjian gasp for breath.
It turns out that the so-called Baisi Cave is a huge underground cavern on the border of Shilin State.
The cavern contains countless intersecting pathways.
Every so often, there would be a sudden opening, forming a spacious underground hall.
The large hall was filled with rugged rocks that grew down from the ceiling and wild, grotesque growths on the walls - of various shapes that seemed to resemble both humans and animals, which was quite terrifying.
Many cultivators had lost their way inside, never to return.
And the true size of this Baisi Cave still had not been fully explored.
Some cultivators speculated that it was an ancient beast called the Guoyuan Clam that had formed this underground labyrinth.
Although no cultivator had seen such a creature in thousands of years, it was speculated that one or two Guoyuan Clams might still survive deep within the maze.
The entire underground area of Shilin State could have already been hollowed out.
"Why didn't you mention such an important thing earlier?" Thinking that he might have to face the possibility of a whole legions' worth of black insects, Immortal Venerable Jinjian's face turned dark.
"Huh? When we reported to the Immortal Alliance headquarters, we clearly informed them of this matter." Faced with Immortal Venerable Jinjian's questioning, the cultivators of Shilin State also looked innocent.
Immortal Venerable Jinjian's face turned livid. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, he didn't waste any time and immediately set out for the depths of the cavern, sword at the ready.
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Due to the mass slaughter of their group, the mother Dao insect seemed to be getting a bit restless. She rolled her plump body, but it was only a slight disturbance.
The reduction in numbers to this extent couldn't even match the rate at which the insects themselves were dying.
Even if three more Immortal Venerable Jinjians were to come, they would not pose any threat to the mother Dao insect group.
(End of this chapter).