Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1584 - 838: Relocation (Part 2)

A deep sense of helplessness washed over him, but there was truly no way to change things. Elder Su’s bodily state simply couldn’t be healed in the same manner as Yin Shilan’s.

After all, Yin Shilan was still in her youth, and surrounded by plentiful resources, her recovery could proceed at a rapid pace.

Elder Su, however, with his advanced age, had deepened his physical decline through deep-seated wounds to both body and soul.

Naturally, should luck smile upon Elder Su, Li Shiming could perhaps barter for a modest supply of lifespan-prolonging spiritual treasures, granting a short-lived boost to his years, though the benefit would remain severely constrained.

"I will properly organize the Shushan cultivators!" Elder Su declared, noting Li Shiming’s clear disinterest in claiming the inheritance and treasures, and he stressed his promise firmly.

With matters reaching this point, as the head of the Shushan branch, he resolved to solidify this lineage on Li Shiming’s behalf.

"Master, take this spiritual tea back and savor it leisurely!" Li Shiming paused briefly in thought, then retrieved a jade box and presented it, his tone gentle.

"I once yearned for this very flavor; after your century-long absence, I’ve nearly lost all memory of the spiritual tea you used to prepare!" Elder Su’s gaze sparkled with delight, a warm smile gracing his face as he accepted the jade box.

As he lifted the lid of the jade box and the fragrance of the spiritual tea wafted out, a faint change crossed his features, leading him to snap it shut hastily, anxious that the scent might slip away.

He immediately recognized the quality of the spiritual tea housed in the jade box; it was fourth-grade spirit tea, a rarity even for Nascent Soul cultivators on the Beishu Continent, doled out in extremely scarce portions.

The contents of this lone jade box alone matched the quota of fourth-grade spirit tea for a Nascent Soul cultivator spanning hundreds of years.

What he didn’t realize was that in the vast cultivation world, the genuine worth of this fourth-grade spirit tea soared a hundredfold beyond his wildest expectations.

"Master, first handle the cultivators’ settlement, and once the seven sects unite, I’ll invite you to join the talks on what lies ahead." After surveying the Shushan lineage’s circumstances, Li Shiming delivered these words and departed without delay.

This epic, unprecedented mass relocation of sects across the Beishu Continent dragged on for three months, encompassing the full transfer of six sects from scattered corners of the continent.

The Righteous Path, Demon Sect, and Buddhist Sect all converged in one unified location.

When the final piece fell into place—the mountain gate of the Yin Yang Sect—Li Shiming suddenly appeared high above the Yin Yang Sect.

He took possession of the Sect Jade Order that the Yin Yang Sect offered up, while also securing command over the Yin Yang Sect’s great array.

Truthfully, the presence or absence of the Sect Jade Order and great array authority amounted to nothing more than ceremony. Armed with his immense power, dominating these cultivators required no such symbols—they stood no chance of defiance regardless.

Still, upholding this ritual proved essential; gathering all seven Sect Jade Orders in his grasp signaled the complete breakdown of the united alliance among the Beishu Continent’s seven major sects.

Thereafter, the Beishu Sect, bearing the banner of the Beishu Continent, emerged as the singular dominant major sect across the entire land.

This new powerhouse differed vastly from the former self-appointed seven major sects of the Beishu Continent. Those prior so-called giants barely scraped by as medium-sized sects in the eyes of the wider cultivation world.

Qualifying as a medium-sized sect demanded at least one Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator to stand guard, and lacking such a figure rendered it unfit for even that designation, to say nothing of major status.

The Beishu Sect now stood apart; anchored by a supreme cultivator like Li Shiming, it rightfully claimed the mantle of a major sect.

Even with stark variations in cultivation realms among its ranks, thanks to Li Shiming’s strict order for total seclusion, the Beishu Sect’s active Nascent Soul cultivators—counting even the withered elders good for just one final exertion—tallied no more than twenty-one, every one at Nascent Soul Early Stage.

It’s important to note that virtually every sect harbored concealed Nascent Soul cultivators, not from deliberate secrecy, but simply because exceedingly aged Nascent Soul experts often retreated into suspended animation.

In moments of dire need for their sect, these dormant Nascent Soul cultivators would rouse themselves, delivering their ultimate service.

During this upheaval, however, no sect bothered awakening their suspended Nascent Soul cultivators, as such a move would achieve nothing meaningful.

Li Shiming’s conquest of the Beishu Sect boiled down to commandeering a band of aged, feeble, and ailing Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators, devoid of any Nascent Soul Middle Stage presence, with solely himself—the unparalleled great cultivator—reigning supreme at the summit.

Such a reality filled him with profound helplessness. Had this not been his native soil, he would never have poured in such exhaustive labor.

His divine sense swept across the Yin Yang Sect’s great array, as his innate magic artifact, IBMz15, delved into analyzing the seven great arrays.

These great arrays, forged and layered over countless millennia, brimmed with such labyrinthine complexity that even the array masters from each sect couldn’t guarantee total mastery of their own creations.

Li Shiming uncovered a host of unnecessary array nodes, alongside numerous duplicated array foundations and multiple overlapping cultivation methods.

Confronting the great arrays of the seven sects left him with a pounding headache. Absent IBMz15’s support in crunching the data and helping him disentangle the structures of the seven great arrays, the endeavor would have stretched on interminably.

In truth, IBMz15 needed merely two hours to craft a brand-new great array, ingeniously incorporating every available foundation from the original seven great arrays.

Li Shiming hovered over the heart of the Thousand Illusion Sect, as five late-stage Golden Corpses materialized at five key positions, his five minds seizing control of the five late-stage Golden Corpses.

Through this, his immediate or mediated divine sense oversight blanketed half the expanse of the Beishu Sect.

"Not enough!" he murmured, his brow creasing faintly.

After a moment’s reflection, he beckoned the Heavenly Ghost, which manifested in its ethereal, unseen guise.

Special mention goes to the Heavenly Ghost’s divine sense; that of a late-stage fourth-grade Heavenly Ghost spanned the opposite half of the Beishu Sect’s domain with effortless ease.

"All cultivators, remain where you are—do not stir!" Li Shiming’s voice boomed across the Beishu Sect.

Numerous cultivators had already detected Li Shiming suspended in the heavens, clueless about the unfolding events, so they snapped to rigid stillness at the command, while those tucked in caves only dared brief peeks outside.

Divine senses from Li Shiming, the late-stage Golden Corpses, and the Heavenly Ghost all extended outward; with every one of his 191 brains engaged, each array foundation lifted into the air and shifted to its designated spot.

"This is tearing down the great array!" Master Luo of the Thousand Illusion Sect cried in alarm.

Her close tie to Li Shiming let her voice her concerns more freely.

"Master Luo, just watch what happens!" Li Shiming, seldom pulling away from his intense focus, gave her a quick reassurance.

Master Luo held her tongue after that, content to observe Li Shiming’s every move.

Other cultivators couldn’t hope to imitate Li Shiming’s array setup approach, since yanking an array foundation straight from the soil without harming it or breaking its tie to the formation’s spiritual power lay far beyond the reach of average cultivators.

Normally, to recycle materials from an existing array for a fresh one, the old array had to be thoroughly taken apart first.

That breakdown process wasted tremendous amounts of material, salvaging only a fraction in the end.

One has to grasp that the great arrays of the seven sects each carried distinct flavors, their foundations differing wildly—some erected in bygone eras, others far newer, with designs shifting dramatically every thousand years.

Piecing together a new array from these mismatched foundations posed a challenge a hundred times fiercer than starting a great array from scratch.

That explained Master Luo’s shocked outcry; the Thousand Illusion Sect’s great array, built painstakingly across millennia, faced total obliteration through this kind of upheaval.

But before long, astonishment glazed her eyes; array master though she was, she found herself more and more lost in the patterns Li Shiming was weaving. Yet the majestic, awe-inspiring presence of the emerging formations told no lies—Li Shiming was without doubt forging a revolutionary new great array.

Viewed from the lofty skies above, the mountain gates of the seven sects radiated outward from the Thousand Illusion Sect at the core, the other six arrayed in a perfect encircling ring.

At this moment, the seven sects ceased to exist as isolated powers, now fully enveloped beneath a singular great array, its nexus fixed at the mightiest relocated summit, ‘Beishu Main Peak.’

A thunderous “boom” shook through, as every cultivator sensed the surging pulse of spiritual energy. In the beginning, without a great array’s protection, all spiritual veins had let their energies scatter freely as they ascended.

But now, with the great array fully activated, an imperceptible barrier of energy draped over the vast mountain gate of the Beishu Sect, trapping the spiritual energy securely inside the formation.