Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1762 - 927: Dragon_2

In less than a single breath after the destructive blast, fission had occurred. This was a power that defied the natural order of this world, akin to humanity unlocking Pandora’s Box, as nuclear fission exploded into existence for the very first time. Every strand of hair on the elder Thunder Cultivator's body stood on end; an unimaginable surge of power was building before him. Within the Yuqing Sect, once a Thunder Cultivator's power reached a certain threshold, their innate danger perception would fully awaken. Bolts of lightning began to manifest, each one representing a Thunder Cultivator sensing the peril and attempting to locate its source. However, it was tragically too late. The 'Great Dragon's Fury,' unleashed through nuclear fission, was an unstoppable cataclysm. A searing white light erupted, radiating a heat capable of annihilating all in its path. Even the protective layers adorning the Thunder Cultivators proved utterly useless against the blinding glare. Wherever the white light swept, both cultivators and structures dissolved into nothingness. Standing a daunting eight thousand miles away, Li Shiming observed the unfolding events at the Yuqing Sect's main gate, not just with his 'God's Eye' but also through various specialized monitoring devices, all to gather more data for IBMz15. It was crucial to remember that although he had engineered the 'Great Dragon's Fury,' the initial ingredient, a fourth-grade 'Hell Disgust Crystal Essence,' prevented IBMz15 from precisely calculating its ultimate destructive potential. Inside the Yuqing Sect’s main gate, the white light's expansion was alarmingly swift, outpacing the reaction time of the numerous cultivators in the air, engulfing them before they could react. Every one of these cultivators, irrespective of their cultivation stage, was reduced to ash. The expansion of the white light ceased after covering a radius of ten miles, and from the core of the Yuqing Sect’s main gate, a colossal mushroom cloud surged upwards. At this very moment, the Thunder Cultivators who had regained their senses, provided they were not at the epicenter of the blast, commenced an instinctual retreat from the ten-mile zone. They fled instinctively away from the explosion's heart, unaware of the cause. The agility of the Thunder Cultivators, particularly those who had activated Thunder Escape, was exceptional. The entire Yuqing Sect mountain gate seemed to have imploded, with a torrent of electrical energy scattering into the distance. Mere seconds after the mushroom cloud ascended, the incandescent sphere formed by it began its outward surge, expanding until it encompassed the entirety of the Yuqing Sect’s inner grounds, held briefly in check by the sect's grand formation. Yet, this containment by the Yuqing Sect's great formation lasted but a fleeting moment. With the ground-array nodes critically compromised, the formation could no longer impede the fireball's relentless expansion. By this juncture, the initial shockwave from the mushroom cloud had largely dissipated, and the secondary wave of concussive force began to assert its dominance. Freed from the formation's constraints, the shockwaves radiated in all directions, their intense heat incinerating everything they encountered. Within the Yuqing Cave Heaven, the Great Power Luo Yuan experienced a sudden, intense premonition, a violent pounding in his chest. Since ascending to the Great Power realm, he had not felt such a profound disturbance. He instinctively knew something momentous had occurred, and he instantly moved from his cave. Emerging from his seclusion, he gazed in stunned disbelief at the scene before him. The main gate of the Yuqing Sect, a renowned bastion of cultivation in the Cultivation World, was utterly transformed. Because the enormous Flying Boat, intended for transporting new disciples, had been docked near the periphery of the main gate, that entire section was now a desolate expanse of white. The area nearer the center of the main gate had borne the brunt of the mushroom cloud's fiery impact. The majority of the structures in that vicinity had been consumed by fire; only the buildings situated beyond the central mountain peak remained, though they too were so severely ravaged that their original forms were unrecognizable. The mind of Great Power Luo Yuan reeled; he questioned if his own vision had betrayed him. How could the Yuqing Sect, with its ten-thousand-year legacy and its history of nurturing countless elite Thunder Cultivators, be reduced to such a state? He extended his divine sense, searching for any sign of life. Swiftly, he located a handful of fortunate survivors, their bodies covered in horrific burns. It was likely their exceptionally robust cultivator physiques that had prevented what would have been fatal injuries for ordinary individuals. As his spiritual sense probed further, he detected Thunder Cultivators who had managed to escape to distant locations. The more he searched, the more his heart grew cold. Within the range of his perception, a significant number of cultivators in the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm were conspicuously absent, as if they had vanished without a trace.

In truth, the foremost beings to sense the impending peril before the detonation of the ’Great Dragon’s Fury’ were precisely these cultivators at the Nascent Soul Mid-stage, accompanied by a handful of those in the Nascent Soul Early Stage.

The exceptional talents of the Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators, who were also formidable Thunder Cultivators, allowed them the quickest reaction time.

However, the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivators gravely underestimated the level of danger, mistaking it for a common threat and intending to counter it with their established combat prowess.

They employed their Thunder Escape technique, ascending into the sky directly above the source of the danger, plunging themselves into the very epicenter of the ’Great Dragon’s Fury’ explosion.

At the heart of this cataclysmic explosion, temperatures soared into the billions of degrees, a zone where any matter and lifeform would be instantaneously annihilated.

Powerhouse Luo Yuan released a guttural cry of fury, a sound akin to a wounded, solitary wolf, utterly devoid of human tone.

The cultivators, already grievously wounded, could not withstand the reverberations of this howl; their vital life forces flickered out, and those who remained were not faring much better.

By the time the enraged Powerhouse Luo Yuan comprehended the catastrophic error he had made.

He surveyed the Yuqing Sect, finding that only a sparse number of Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators remained. These gifted Thunder Cultivators experienced the highest survival rate, while amongst the lesser cultivators, merely a fraction of the Golden Core Thunder Cultivators managed to endure.

Thunder Cultivators with lesser cultivation levels were unable to evade the lethal aftermath of the ’Great Dragon’s Fury’ explosion.

Powerhouse Luo Yuan steeled himself, his emotions subdued, recognizing the necessity of confronting the grim reality before him.

Identifying the perpetrator of this attack was no longer the immediate concern; the paramount objective was the reconstruction of the Yuqing Sect.

Yet, this task proved immensely challenging, as the entirety of the Yuqing Sect’s mountain gate had been obliterated. Were it not for certain crucial inheritances preserved within the caves, a portion of the Yuqing Sect’s legacy would have been irrevocably lost.

"Clear the mountain gate immediately, locate and tend to our injured fellow disciples! As long as I stand, this sect shall once again ascend to glory!" Powerhouse Luo Yuan’s voice boomed across the entire region, ensuring every cultivator could hear his resolute declaration.

Though the surviving cultivators had never personally witnessed Powerhouse Luo Yuan in action, his legend had been a source of inspiration throughout their lives.

Galvanized by Powerhouse Luo Yuan’s impassioned words, the cultivators returned to the desolate ruins of their mountain gate, commencing the arduous task of searching for survivors amidst the charred remnants.

In reality, this was a task Powerhouse Luo Yuan could have easily accomplished himself. However, he keenly understood that at this critical juncture, allowing the cultivators to dwell on their despair would be detrimental. Providing them with purposeful activity was essential to prevent the emergence of unforeseen negative consequences.

These cultivators, filled with a renewed sense of purpose, threw themselves into their tasks, temporarily distracting themselves from the heartbreak of their sect’s devastation.

Little did they know, another calamity awaited them within the span of a single day.

Li Shiming, as the violent tremors of the explosion subsided, swiftly executed multiple instances of his ’One Leap to Reach’ technique and summoned the Golden Winged Dapeng, soaring towards the direction of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.

His urgent priority was to return to the Dongqi Continent with the utmost haste.

Two days later, he materialized at the Sun Concealing Sect on the Dongqi Continent, taking stock of the prevailing situation.

Owing to the significant event at the Sun Concealing Sect, where a cultivator on the precipice of the Great Power realm from the Yuqing Sect met their demise, numerous cultivators of profound power had journeyed from various continents to investigate.

Their collective objective was to uncover the secrets surrounding the passing of the half-step Great Power from the very location of their fall.

Li Shiming’s arrival immediately drew the attention of these revered cultivators, who expressed a strong desire to meet him.

Li Shiming did not decline all requests, instead opting to engage with certain Great Cultivators hailing from allied factions.

His strategy was to project an image to the Cultivation World, particularly to Powerhouse Luo Yuan of the Yuqing Sect, that he was present on the Dongqi Continent and thus entirely uninvolved in the recent tragedy at the Yuqing Sect in the West Yan Continent.

Whether Powerhouse Luo Yuan would accept this assertion was beyond his concern. What mattered was establishing a credible alibi, readily apparent to numerous factions, that he lacked the temporal capacity to perpetrate such an act. This would ensure his continued access to vital support from many powerful forces.