Free Web NovelChapter 429: Chapter 262: Cultivation World 52
"Sister, there’s a plaque here," Jiu Jiu called out.
Si Lingle walked over. The words on the plaque were slightly different from those of the Lower Realm, but based on the shapes and some of the characters, she could guess the general meaning—Dao Yuan Sect.
Knowing which sect it was didn’t really help.
Why they died here, she still didn’t know.
They needed to continue looking for clues. ƒгeewebnovёl.com
In the end, Si Lingle and her companions searched the corpses. Although these Immortal bodies still carried a pressure, perhaps because they’d been dead for so long, the pressure from the corpses was bearable for the two of them.
After looting anything valuable from the Immortals’ bodies, Si Lingle found a Memory Stone.
She infused it with spiritual power, and the Memory Stone began to play.
The tribulation clouds pressed on the Immortal Realm beyond the Nine Heavens, black clouds churned, and tribulation lightning roared like dragons. The thirty-six peaks of Dao Yuan Sect trembled ceaselessly, the Mountain Protection Array already riddled with cracks. Sect Master Xuanxiao stood atop the mountain, his white hair stained with blood, the horsetail whisk in his hand crumbling bit by bit.
"Sect Master, the demon tribulation has reached the mountain gate!" A disciple staggered over, his robe charred black, "Thirty thousand demon cultivators have formed an array, and the Soul-devouring Banner has sealed the Eastern Heavenly Road!"
Xuanxiao closed his eyes, his Divine Sense sweeping over the sect—out of a hundred thousand disciples, half were severely injured. He slowly opened his eyes, his voice hoarse yet firm, "Give the order, activate the ’Thousand Immortals Protection Array’."
In the main peak’s plaza, one thousand one hundred and fifty-two True Immortals stood in formation. Among them were elders with white hair as well as young disciples just embarking on the Immortal path, and even reclusive seniors secluded for centuries. At this moment, no one retreated.
"Fellow sect members," Xuanxiao deeply bowed, "once this array is activated, your Immortal Yuan will be exhausted, and your Divine Souls extinguished."
"Why speak more, Sect Master?" a green-robed elder laughed heartily, "These ten thousand years of cultivation were all for protecting this path, were they not?"
The Immortals collectively burst into laughter, simultaneously forming hand seals with their fingertips. In an instant, a thousand beams of Immortal Light shot toward the sky, forming a sky-veiling barrier!
A Female Immortal, with both arms shattered, still gripped her sword with her teeth, pouring her life’s cultivation into the array hub; a young disciple, blood streaming from seven orifices, held onto the array flag fiercely, his body on the brink of disintegration, yet he did not retreat a single step; Xuanxiao himself burned through his life span, using the blood from his heart as a guide, condensing the power of a thousand Immortals into a single line!
The Demon Cultivators screamed miserably, the Soul-devouring Banner exploded with a bang. However, the Immortal Array was collapsing—each breath saw the fall of dozens of True Immortals.
By the time the final strike of tribulation lightning fell, the Dao Yuan Sect’s mountain gate had turned to ashes.
Xuanxiao knelt in the ruins, cradling a dying little disciple in his arms. In the distance, surviving disciples crawled out from the ruins of the Scripture Pavilion and medicinal fields, their faces blood-stained yet their eyes bright.
"Sect Master...did we win?" the little disciple’s breath was faint. freewebnøvel.com
Xuanxiao looked at the dissipating demonic clouds in the sky and gently brushed the disciple’s forehead, "A thousand Immortals have fallen, but the fire of the Dao is undying. From today onward, you all are the new flame."
The Memory Stone playback then ended.
Si Lingle glanced around; these thousands were the Immortals who voluntarily sacrificed themselves to protect the sect, just as depicted in the Memory Stone.
The recordings showed that Dao Yuan Sect triumphed over the demon cultivators, and logically, the remaining disciples of Dao Yuan Sect should have properly buried the bodies of these Immortals.
Yet now they appeared in the Secret Realm—could it be that after Dao Yuan Sect defeated the demon cultivators, some other mishap occurred?
Si Lingle took out some items for rituals and paid respects to the deceased Immortals, "Immortals, we have taken your treasures, please do not hold it against us."
"After all, if we didn’t take these treasures, others who come in would take them anyway."
"If, in the future, we juniors manage to Cross Tribulation and Ascend to the Immortal Realm, we will certainly return your remains to Dao Yuan Sect. If Dao Yuan Sect has ceased to exist, we will ensure you are well buried."
Si Lingle also knew in her heart that these Immortals had not reincarnated, but by taking their items and burying them, she could be at ease with her conscience.
Si Lingle collected all the remains of these Immortals.
Then, she and Jiu Jiu worked together to open the space rift, and they left the rift.
Emerging from the space rift, Si Lingle and Jiu Jiu headed southwest.
Two years later, the spiritual insect on Si Lingle detected the location of Wenzhe Daojun.
Si Lingle and Jiu Jiu flew southeast, encountering demon beasts and Spirit Plants along the way, all of which Si Lingle did not let pass by.
Over a month later, Si Lingle joined up with Wenzhe Daojun.
Besides Wenzhe Daojun, Peiyun Daoist Monarch of the Fire Cloud Sect was also present.
Both were not in good condition, especially Peiyun Daoist Monarch.
Upon inquiry, they learned they had encountered an Immortal Rank demon beast.
If not for Peiyun Daoist Monarch using a Divine Secret Skill, the two might have lost their lives to the demon beast.
Si Lingle thought to herself that since she had the Heavenly Eye, she had been able to avoid the Immortal Rank demon beast in advance.
