Lu Changsheng and his fellow travelers waited outside for five hundred years, during which some cultivators managed to escape.
After five hundred years, there were hardly any survivors coming out.
In the meantime, just as Lin Xuantong had predicted, people from the Heavenly Court indeed arrived.
The visitor was an old man with a long beard, carrying a longsword on his back, radiant with vitality and possessing unfathomable cultivation.
“It seems there are hardly any survivors left. We shall return to the Heavenly Court. The grudge we bear today will be repaid doubly.”
Ku suffered a brutal beating at the hands of the Impermanence Demon Monarch here and was thinking about how to retaliate against the Demon Realm, with no mood to wait any longer.
“Palace Master Li, I will surely visit Guanghan Palace with a token of my thanks in the coming days.”
Ku bid farewell to the people of Guanghan Palace and then led the Heavenly Court delegation away.
“We should also leave.”
“On our journey, we must be cautious and vigilant.”
The various teams from Qianyuan Cave Heaven gradually departed.
The teams from Mount Taihua, Yaochi, and Guanghan Palace joined forces and returned to the northern part of the Immortal Realm.
The news of Lin Xuantong’s close call spread throughout the Holy Land of Mount Taihua, leaving its people anxious. It wasn’t until Lin Xuantong’s return that their hearts were steadied.
“Return and cultivate at ease. There is still no danger on Mount Taihua.”
Lin Xuantong asked Lu Changsheng, Lin Qinghan, and others to return to their respective cave abodes to cultivate and then went to the rear mountain with the Elder Ancestor of the Lin Clan.
Lu Changsheng knew that even if the sky were to fall, there were those with higher cultivation than his own to bear it.
All he needed to do was to enhance his own cultivation as swiftly as possible.
Lu Changsheng took his disciples back to Yuntai Peak to assimilate his recent enlightenment.
Having experienced life-and-death battles within Qianyuan Cave Heaven, and especially after temporarily ascending to a sixth-rank Divine King with the help of the Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill, Lu Changsheng gained profound insights into the Dao.
Only by becoming a Divine King could one truly join the first echelon of the Immortal Realm.
If war were to break out between the Immortal and Demon Realms, those at the Immortal Emperor Realm would merely be cannon fodder.
Lu Changsheng needed to ascend to the Divine King Realm as quickly as possible in order to take control of his own destiny.
Deep in the back mountains of Mount Taihua, mists swirled and waterfalls roared.
Lin Xuantong and the Elder Ancestor of the Lin Clan arrived at a stone gate covered in wild grass and moss, bowing with great reverence.
After a long while, a hoarse voice came from within the cave: “You two have come. Is there a matter?”
The Elder Ancestor carefully composed his words before responding, “Ancestor, it’s like this…”
The Elder Ancestor explained in detail what had happened inside Qianyuan Cave Heaven.
Some time later, the voice inside the cave spoke again: “The fate of the heavens has changed, and it is time to make use of the resources that Mount Taihua has accumulated over billions of years.”
Lin Xuantong asked, “Does the Ancestor mean to distribute all the cultivation resources accumulated over the years to the Elders and Disciples for their cultivation?”
“Resources can be accumulated again, but if people are lost, the Holy Land is finished.”
The voice from the depths of the cave disappeared.
The Elder Ancestor and Lin Xuantong respectfully bowed and then left.
Three days later, the Holy Land of Mount Taihua announced new rules: effective immediately, all cultivation resources awarded to Elders and Disciples would increase tenfold!
Moreover, if an Elder or Disciple was at an important breakthrough, they could apply for additional resources from the Holy Land—effectively doubling the increase to twenty times the normal rate!
Instantly, all Elders and Disciples within the Holy Land of Mount Taihua were ecstatic.
Ten times the cultivation resources!
What has gotten into the Saint Lord?
After returning from Qianyuan Cave Heaven, the Saint Lord had ordered the distribution of ten times the usual cultivation resources. Had the Saint Lord acquired treasures from Qianyuan Cave Heaven?
“Hahaha, I’ve only just begun cultivating, and I’ve encountered tenfold cultivation resources; I’m truly lucky.”
“That’s right, this is the kind of treatment geniuses receive, but I never thought we ordinary Disciples would get to enjoy it as well.”
“The Holy Land has granted us so many resources; if we can’t surpass our predecessors, then we’re bound to let the Saint Lord down.”
The Disciples of the Holy Land of Mount Taihua were filled with excitement, eager to match their forebears.
Their realms couldn’t match those of geniuses, so they could blame the insufficient resources provided by the Holy Land.
Now, with Lin Xuantong generously granting ten times the resources to the Elders and Disciples, if their realm still failed to advance, then it would mean they simply weren’t skilled enough.
Some of the well-informed Supreme Elders were deeply worried.
Why would the Holy Land issue tenfold cultivation resources?
It indicates that a significant event is about to happen!
The cultivation resources that Mount Taihua had accumulated over billions of years were being consumed in large quantities, with the approval of Lin Xuantong.
Generally, the Holy Land would only start to burn through resources like mad right before a disaster strikes, striving to enhance the cultivations of the current generation of Elders and Disciples without considering the longer-term consequences.
Survival is the most urgent matter at hand.
The more resources the Holy Land provides, the more dire the situation seems.
As the Holy Son Lu Changsheng and the Holy Maiden Lin Qinghan, they have been granted a hundred times the normal cultivation resources by Lin Xuantong!
Even under normal circumstances, the Holy Son and Holy Maiden receive a considerable amount of cultivation resources each month. Now that Mount Taihua Holy Land has granted them a hundredfold increase, they can access even more resources.
Lin Xuantong was well aware of Lu Changsheng’s exceptional talents, and thus he spared no expense.
And Lin Qinghan, being his daughter and having received the authenticating treasure of the Mount Taihua Goddess, was considered a legitimate heir of the Mount Taihua lineage, so she too received a hundredfold increase in cultivation resources.
Candidates for Holy Son and Holy Maiden are granted thirtyfold resources.
Supreme Elders also receive thirtyfold resources.
Ordinary Elders get twentyfold resources.
Disciples, tenfold resources.
And at critical breakthrough moments, these amounts could double.
For Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan at their breakthrough moments, the resources would double to two hundred times the standard rate.
Even ordinary Elders could enjoy fortyfold resources during their breakthroughs.
With such liberal distribution by the Mount Taihua Holy Land, everyone in the Holy Land, aside from those who had a foreboding sense of an impending disaster, was thrown into a fervor, cultivating frantically.
Rare Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, once seldom seen, were all distributed by the Holy Land. Disciples could gorge on Pan Peaches, ginseng, Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, and all sorts of treasures every day—as long as they could advance their realm, that was all that mattered!
With special authorization from Lin Xuantong, the disciples under Lu Changsheng enjoyed fiftyfold cultivation resources.
The treatment of Lu Changsheng’s disciples even surpassed that of candidates for Holy Son and Holy Maiden.
Jiang Sheng, the current Clan Leader of the Jiang Clan, protested, only for Lin Xuantong to present him with the Qilin Ranking.
Lu Changsheng’s disciples ranked higher on the Qilin Ranking than the candidate Holy Son Jiang Yu.
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Faced with this, Jiang Sheng was at a loss for words.
There was nothing he could do, for each of Lu Changsheng’s disciples was a monstrous talent.
In the world of cultivators, the law of the jungle prevails.
The strong are rightly entitled to more cultivation resources.
The Elders and Disciples of the Mount Taihua Holy Land thought their situation was unique, but when some Elders visited other Holy Lands, they discovered that Yaochi, Guanghan Palace, Lianshan, Taishi, and Taishi were also distributing a vast amount of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to their Elders and Disciples, striving to bolster their Holy Lands’ strength as much as possible.
A cultivation frenzy swept the entire Immortal Realm.
All the treasured objects that the major Holy Lands had kept in reserve were brought out.
Encouraged by their respective Holy Lands, Elders and Disciples cultivated like mad, forsaking sleep and forgetting to eat.
The alchemists of the Lianshan Holy Land were tirelessly concocting various Immortal Pills day and night.
Within an Alchemy Tower that shot up into the clouds, Suxin Fairy handed a jade bottle to Xiao Fan, who was there to observe: “This is the ‘Nine Revolutions Soul Return Pill’ that your master asked me to concoct. Take it back to him.”
Xiao Fan bowed respectfully, “Yes.”
As Xiao Fan took the jade bottle, he felt a surge of excitement within him.
His fourth senior brother, Shen Xiaoyao, was finally going to recover his memory.
After Xiao Fan left on his flying sword, Suxin Fairy approached the alchemy furnace: “It’s time to concoct the twenty-one-grade Divine Pill commissioned by the Purple Void Palace of Kunlun Mountains. This twenty-one-grade Divine Pill is only a component for a twenty-two-grade Divine Pill… It looks like the Purple Void Palace has realized that catastrophe is upon us.”
Suxin Fairy held the twenty-one-grade Divine Pill prescription given to her by the Purple Void Palace in her delicate hands.
If it were just an ordinary twenty-one-grade Divine Pill, Suxin Fairy would not have found it notable.
After all, having concocted several twenty-one-grade Divine Pills, she had earned the right to be called a Pill Saint.
But the twenty-one-grade Divine Pill that the Purple Void Palace had asked her to concoct was not the final product, but rather a catalyst for making a twenty-two-grade Divine Pill.
The Purple Void Palace, ranked as one of the strongest Holy Lands just below the Heavenly Court, would not be so eager to request Suxin Fairy’s alchemical services unless they were alerted to some imminent danger.