Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 2278 - 1608: Encounter

"No! Brother Zhu, I know I was wrong, please don’t do this to me!" a certain disciple shouted in terror.

Others also began to speak, begging bitterly, willing to hand over all their Spiritual Objects, not wanting to serve Yuanmu Gate any longer.

Unfortunately, Zhu Qianwan shook his head lightly, saying, "I gave you a chance from the very beginning, but since you are so stubborn, you can’t blame anyone else."

"According to the Sect Leader’s instructions, from now on, you will become the Mountain Guardians of Yuanmu Gate, never to leave the Mountain Gate for the rest of your lives."

As he spoke, a trace of unwillingness flashed in his eyes.

If he could, he didn’t want to use such means to deal with the brothers he had known for thousands of years, as the feelings over the years were quite deep.

But he couldn’t go against his own oath, so he could only announce this cruel fact with a cold face.

"No!"

"Ah ah ah! Why treat me like this?"

Hearing this, everyone became more desperate, collapsing on the ground with faces full of despair.

"Alas!"

Zhu Qianwan sighed helplessly, changing the spell in his hand, and the expressions of the other cultivators gradually became indifferent and stiff.

Not long after, they looked devoid of any sign of life, like lifelike puppets.

But this did not mean they were dead; their Spiritual Souls still existed within their bodies, they just couldn’t control their physical bodies as before.

Puppets made in this way were far more powerful than ordinary puppets, and their strength was not much different from living beings of the same Realm.

"Let’s go."

Zhu Qianwan sighed silently, waved his large hand, and took these Living Puppets, transforming into Spirit Light and streaking across the sky.

...

On the other side.

The members of the Tongtian Sect, who had looted Yuanmu Gate, returned to Ascension Mountain after a trek.

Along the way, they passed through the territory of Sky Snow Mountain, attracting the attention of the Sky Snow Mountain disciples, making them curious about the current situation of Yuanmu Gate, wanting to know what had happened.

When they arrived, they were surprised to find no sign of the massive battle that had recently erupted here.

And this was because Li Zhirui, before leaving, had deliberately used the Power of Purification to cleanse the Evil Qi, Death Energy, and other evil energies produced by the battle.

This not only restored the place to its original appearance but made the environment even more suitable than before.

At the same time, he did something very important.

He erected a stone tablet, establishing the status of this place, declaring that Yuanmu Gate’s territory henceforth belonged to Tongtian Sect, and was not a Land Without Master!

Although in the foreseeable future, Tongtian Sect would not send disciples to manage this territory, it didn’t mean other cultivators could occupy it at will.

If any Loose Cultivators intended to establish a family or Sect and needed a Spirit Vein to settle, they could also approach Tongtian Sect for inquiries.

For example, leasing Spirit Mountains or even directly purchasing the price of Spirit Mountains, but no matter the method, if they were in this territory, they must become vassals of Tongtian Sect.

Moreover, Li Zhirui extracted sixty percent of the essence of this place’s Spirit Vein to enhance the grade of his own Mountain Gate’s Spirit Vein.

The cost was that this originally rich Spirit Vein plummeted drastically, becoming ordinary.

And if it weren’t for the fact that even the Mountain Protection Array of Yuanmu Mountain had been shattered and no cultivators were in sight, they would have thought they had come to the wrong place.

"Gulp—"

In the silence, someone suddenly swallowed, exclaiming in shock, "Such methods are incredible."

"The power of a Mysterious Immortal is terrifying! Fortunately, we surrendered early, or we might have met the same fate," a cultivator couldn’t help but remark.

If, before this, they might have still held some resentment about becoming vassals of Tongtian Sect, now, such thoughts vanished completely.

Because Yuanmu Gate’s strength was much greater than Sky Snow Mountain, yet such a Sect ended up like this, which was truly lamentable.

After returning to the Sect, these Sky Snow Mountain disciples began to spread the news, which grew more exaggerated.

Soon, even the disciples of Spirit Soul Sect and Bibo Mansion knew about this and ventured to investigate.

"Do you think any cultivators from Yuanmu Gate escaped?" a disciple suddenly asked.

"Probably not, right? How could they escape under the eye of a Mysterious Immortal?"

"I think there must be some. How could a Sect like Yuanmu Gate, which has thrived for thousands of years, not have left some escape routes?" This was an unspoken yet widely acknowledged truth among them.

This question sparked a rather intense discussion among the people.

"Why think so much? The rise of Tongtian Sect was inevitable!"

Another disciple shook his head, saying, "Let’s return, the great tribulation is not over yet."

Since the time a Mysterious Immortal established a Sect in Mingzhou, the rise of Tongtian Sect was destined, although nobody realized it at the time!

And this suddenly erupted great tribulation merely accelerated this process, allowing Tongtian Sect to easily secure the territories of the four Heavenly Immortal forces without bloodshed, subduing three Heavenly Immortal forces.

...

And the group led by Li Zhirui, who had returned to Ascension Mountain, naturally did not know that Yuanmu Mountain had become a ’tourist holy land’ for the disciples of the other three factions, and through this observation, they themselves found their resistance to Tongtian Sect diminishing.