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Chapter 1711: Chapter 902: Pinnacle

Grandmaster Hu piloted the large flying boat steadily, and when it had flown over a thousand miles to the entrance of the Sun Concealing Sect, he looked at the sect’s formation.

At that moment, the formation was half-closed, with the protective shield that should have been present now vanished.

"We are entering the Sun Concealing Sect, so please, Brother Ding, lead the combat cultivators to gather the prisoners, and the remaining cultivators to take over the sect!" he said in a deep voice.

The large flying boat entered the gate of the Sun Concealing Sect, and the sect was eerily silent, with only a single figure standing in the void.

Master Ding’s gaze slightly narrowed on that figure, which was Li Shiming’s late-stage Golden Corpse, currently subduing the entire Sun Concealing Sect by itself.

Then he saw a few Great Cultivator corpses. Since there were only so many Great Cultivators on the Dongqi Continent, he recognized their identities at a glance.

Retrieving his sight from the bodies of the Great Cultivators, his gaze fell throughout the sect’s premises, and he was surprised to find that the Sun Concealing Sect’s gate was completely unharmed.

This direct assault on the Sun Concealing Sect would yield enormous rewards.

He waved his hand and led the combat cultivators downwards.

Afterwards, there was no resistance whatsoever; the spirits of all the Sun Concealing Sect cultivators were shattered by the overwhelming power of the late-stage Golden Corpse.

Upon discovering that the Ten Thousand Beast Sect was apprehending them, they became even more cooperative.

That figure standing in the void, they never wished to see again.

Grandmaster Hu received a transmission from Li Shiming through the late-stage Golden Corpse and subsequently found the valley leading to the Grotto Heaven.

Upon entering the Grotto Heaven, he saw the well-preserved spirit fields and various growing Spirit Plants, which stirred a strong urge to shout for joy.

With these resources, the Ten Thousand Beast Sect would integrate the resources of the previous three major sects; what they needed next was time to grow.

As long as the Ten Thousand Beast Sect had time to grow, they could cultivate several times more Great Cultivators, eventually allowing them to truly control the Dongqi Continent.

The operation of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect was so swift that by the time their second group of cultivators entered the Sun Concealing Sect’s gate, the cultivators across the Dongqi Continent had only just learned of the Sun Concealing Sect’s downfall.

The Ten Thousand Beast Sect then announced that they would establish a second branch sect at the Sun Concealing Sect’s gate, named the Sun Concealing Branch Sect.

The Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s takeover of the Sun Concealing Sect was extremely comprehensive; all its records and legacies, even the treasury, were fully absorbed.

Additionally, vast territories formerly belonging to the Sun Concealing Sect, where large numbers of mortals lived—who were the source of disciples for the sect—were also acquired.

All cultivators on the Dongqi Continent understood that the unification of the continent by the Ten Thousand Beast Sect was unstoppable.

Simultaneously, some superpowers speculated that Li Shizhen had left a contingency within the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, at the very least capable of countering a Peak Great Cultivator.

Since almost every disciple survived the demise of the Sun Concealing Sect, details of the battle spread out.

These disciples, at most at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, could not recognize the late-stage Golden Corpse’s identity, only knowing that the two Great Cultivators from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect broke through the Sun Concealing Sect’s great formation in just a few dozen breaths and slaughtered all Great Cultivators.

Such combat prowess was comparable to that of the now-fallen Master Wang He and Yan Gao Great Cultivator, who had once attacked the Sun Concealing Sect’s gate but could not conquer it so swiftly.

The White Emperor Sect’s voluntary withdrawal from the Dongqi Continent further prompted those superpowers to reevaluate the Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s strength.

No matter what, in the short term, no superpower would eye the Dongqi Continent anymore.

The Dongqi Continent itself did not have many resources, so paying a high price to seize it was not worthwhile.

Currently, the greatest pressure on the Dongqi Continent was on Lianhua Temple, the only major sect remaining.

While the entire Dongqi Continent speculated on when the Ten Thousand Beast Sect would act to destroy Lianhua Temple, Lianhua Temple proactively proposed its withdrawal from the Dongqi Continent to preserve its heritage.

Of course, resource points, the mountain gate, Grotto Heaven, and so on, which Lianhua Temple could not take away, were all ceded to the Ten Thousand Beast Sect in exchange for a promise not to pursue Lianhua Temple.

The negotiation proceeded smoothly; Grandmaster Hu did not want to push things too far, as Lianhua Temple had ties to the Buddhist superpower, which chose not to interfere in these matters.

But if the Ten Thousand Beast Sect truly intended to obliterate Lianhua Temple, whether the Buddhist superpower would remain uninvolved was uncertain.

In the Cultivation World, the Buddhists are a special group, more united than others.

After just a month of preparation, Lianhua Temple completely withdrew from the Dongqi Continent, relocating to an island between the Central State and West Yan Continents to rebuild.

The Ten Thousand Beast Sect also successfully occupied Lianhua Temple’s former mountain gate, marking it as the sect’s third branch, the Lianhua Branch Sect.

Thus did the entire Dongqi Continent fall under the Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s control, making it a superpower though not officially recognized as one.

This designation comes because the Ten Thousand Beast Sect lacks a figure of great power and thus cannot be considered a superpower, but it does dominate an entire continent and has the strength to suppress a Peak Great Cultivator, differing little from a superpower except for lacking a great power figure.

With the Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s sole control over the Dongqi Continent, the sect gained more sources of potential disciples, significantly increasing its number of disciples.