Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1523 - 808: After the Battle

The cultivators from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect soon poured in, making their way into the Taichu Sect’s grotto-heaven one group after another. Joy and exhilaration shone brightly on the features of every single one of them.

They fully understood that beginning today, the Ten Thousand Beast Sect would face no more threats, and it was set to thrive and expand in glory.

Li Shiming and Grandmaster Hu lingered amid the wreckage of Taichu Sect. While hardly any factions across Dongqi Continent would risk grabbing Taichu Sect’s assets in this situation, they couldn’t leave yet—not until defensive formations were erected to ward off potential chaos.

The array Li Shiming had deployed using one hundred and eight Buddha beads served only as a temporary fix. Those Buddha beads were a unique treasure he had to keep on his person.

"Shizhen, Lianhua Temple and Sun Concealing Sect have sent letters of surrender. I’d like to hear your opinion?" Grandmaster Hu swept away some rubble in the ruins and, after settling down, turned to Li Shiming with the question.

The submissions from Lianhua Temple and Sun Concealing Sect didn’t catch Li Shiming off guard. With overwhelming power, he had shattered Taichu Sect’s mountain gate, obliterating this ancient powerhouse to send a clear warning to all other powers on Dongqi Continent.

Beyond the four great sects that originally stood on Dongqi Continent, branches of certain super forces operated here too, such as the Dongqi Continent outpost of Central State Commerce.

These outposts showed no desire to battle for dominance on Dongqi Continent, yet that didn’t prevent them from snatching up advantages whenever they appeared.

Li Shiming aimed to signal to these branches of super forces that without power surpassing his own, they had better tread carefully on Dongqi Continent.

"What do you think about the handling of Lianhua Temple and Sun Concealing Sect?" Rather than replying to Grandmaster Hu’s query, Li Shiming flipped it back at him.

"Dongqi Continent cannot be dominated by one sect. If the Ten Thousand Beast Sect unified Dongqi Continent, those super forces would not agree and would cultivate forces to compete for Dongqi Continent’s resources.

Therefore, my opinion, along with several great cultivators, is to let Lianhua Temple and Sun Concealing Sect continue to exist.

Of course, this does not mean we will forgive their actions; they need to pay some price, especially their resource points, most of which need to be transferred under the name of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect!" Grandmaster Hu laid out the initial thoughts he had formed.

"Everything is decided by you, Master; I’m not adept in this aspect!" Li Shiming replied with a grin.

He had already accomplished everything possible, displayed his might, and lost any desire for further battles.

The cultivators of Dongqi Continent simply failed to ignite any fighting spirit in him.

Swiftly settling the Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s crisis was exactly the result he sought.

For he knew that Master Ren Mu from Central State Commerce and Yan Gao Great Cultivator of White Emperor Sect were heading to Dongqi Continent to challenge him; those two pinnacle great cultivators represented true adversaries.

"It’s a pity for this place; I’m afraid it can’t be used for three or four thousand years!" Grandmaster Hu shifted the subject, gazing over the Taichu Sect ruins.

"I didn’t destroy the spiritual vein here; as long as the residual energy is cleaned, it can be used!" Li Shiming gestured toward the spot of Taichu Sect’s primary spiritual vein.

During his deployment of the ’Thunder Cloud Skill,’ he had exercised restraint, sparing key spots like Taichu Sect’s spiritual vein—a vital asset for any major sect, with only a handful scattered across Dongqi Continent.

"Residual energy is not easy to clean; this is different from combat. Combat is merely destructive, while cleaning residual battle energy is a thousand times more troublesome!" Assuming Li Shiming was unaware of the challenges with residual energy, Grandmaster Hu shook his head with a wry smile.

"Let me have a try!" Interest sparked in Li Shiming; with idle time at hand, why not tackle something useful?

Grandmaster Hu chuckled and refrained from intervening; once Li Shiming grasped the complexity, he’d give up on his own.

Li Shiming extended his divine sense over a roughly fifty-meter radius, ready to test this section.

Through the ’Divine Eye,’ everything in view expanded dramatically; he could clearly spot the lingering battle energy and the embedded rules.

From stones to specks of dust and soil, even the airborne particles here brimmed with faint thunder energy intertwined with thunder rules.

This thunder energy, though feeble, posed little direct threat to cultivators, but it rendered the area barren—no plants could take root in such conditions, and even fragile creatures would perish from the thunder’s influence.

Cleaning it piecemeal would prove futile; even scraping away surface layers wouldn’t stop the thunder energy from seeping back, carried by drifting particles in the air.

Endless repetitions would demand vast effort, and only a great cultivator versed in thunder rules could handle it properly.

Other great cultivators lacked mastery over thunder rules. To purge thunder energy, they’d rely on their personal energy, and even if successful, they’d merely swap one form of contamination for another, their own residues taking its place.

This approach swapped one pollutant for another, offering no true purification.

Li Shiming summoned his innate magic weapon, IBMz15. Following its analysis and study, IBMz15 proposed several methods, each tailored precisely to his capabilities.

The most drawn-out option required him to repeatedly purge the residual thunder energy. A single pass wouldn’t do it, but through countless efforts, the remnants could dwindle to negligible levels.

Given the vast expanse of Taichu Sect’s mountain gate, he could end up stuck here for years.