Imperial Cultivation Chapter 1702: Divine Blood

Once the Outer Sect flourishes and disciples increase, more disciples will be elevated to meet the qualifications through the Heavenly Five Mysterious Techniques.

Within a century, the Heaven-Reaching Sect would experience a surge in members, far exceeding its past.

He was optimistic about the prosperity of the Heaven-Reaching Sect.

However, everything has both advantages and disadvantages. For the Heaven-Reaching Sect, more people also means more trouble and more worries.

With excellent qualifications and top-notch mental methods, the disciples of the Heaven-Reaching Sect are full of confidence.

The line between being full of confidence and being overbearing is very thin.

Young disciples find it almost impossible to master this timing and measure, often offending others and forming enmities.

Those who practice Martial Arts are fiery and full of bloodlust, a disagreement can lead to fights, even causing life or death.

His Divine Eye saw that Heaven-Reaching Sect disciples would fall and also kill people.

They not only kill members of the Evil Sect but also some disciples of the True Sect.

This makes the Heaven-Reaching Sect famous.

But this reputation is mixed, not purely positive.

Their fame grows louder, their momentum increasingly strong.

Until they collided with another top Great Sect, the Carefree Sect, leading to an all-out war between the two sects.

The war between the two sects even damaged the Heaven-Reaching Hall.

Once the Heaven-Reaching Hall was damaged, the Spirit Venerables of both sects participated in the battle, and many Spirit Venerables fell.

Eventually, when the fighting ceased, both sides suffered heavy losses.

Both the Heaven-Reaching Hall and the Inheritance Hall were damaged.

Without the Heaven-Reaching Hall and the Inheritance Hall, the Heaven-Reaching Sect fell into obscurity, becoming an ordinary first-rate sect.

Disciples gradually couldn’t keep up in terms of qualifications, and the Heavenly Five Mysterious Techniques became incomplete.

Finally, it gradually declined, becoming a declining sect, even nearing extinction.

The decline of the Heaven-Reaching Sect was similar to the decline of sects throughout history.

Seeing these, Chu Zhiyuan felt complex emotions, yet wasn’t that agitated.

Through the Divine Eye, he had seen too many rises and falls, births and deaths.

A sect is bound to have its lifecycle; there’s no sect that remains unchanged and always strong.

Guanghan Palace was originally built by the Divine Race, and among them, it was once impressive, even more prominent than the Heaven-Reaching Sect.

Ultimately, it did not fall to just a top Martial Arts Sect, or the number one sect under heaven; it was merely one of the Four Great Sects.

The Heaven-Reaching Sect’s eventual decline also was because he had not intervened.

Why hadn’t he intervened?

He pondered.

Besides him and Zhou Qingyu, Ning Dongge and Zhang Ji Yuan didn’t intervene either.

Even when the Spirit Venerables fought, he didn’t see their presence.

Judging by the temperament of Zhang Ji Yuan and Ning Dongge, if they knew, they wouldn’t ignore it.

This major affair is impossible for them not to know, unless…

He furrowed his brows.

After saying goodbye to the three women, he went directly to the Heaven-Reaching Hall.

The Heaven-Reaching Hall was empty.

Not seeing the two there, he then flashed to appear in the mid-mountain area.

In the mid-mountain area, amidst the waves of Green Bamboo, a large courtyard was nestled within the bamboo forest.

Zhang Ji Yuan and Ning Dongge were in the courtyard, lecturing two little girls and a little boy.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled.

He didn’t step forward, just stood at the mountain peak, and gazed with his eyes.

After a moment, he withdrew his gaze and shook his head.

He had overthought.

The two were not dead.

It was because they were in seclusion that they hadn’t appeared.

While cultivating, they didn’t perceive time, thus missing that period of slaughter.

Spirit Venerables gradually become indifferent to the concept of time, eventually forgetting about it; they were in this situation.

Chu Zhiyuan let out a sigh of relief.

Their non-participation in this matter was not necessarily bad, as it avoided the risk of death.

From what the Divine Eye saw, the battle between the two sects was extremely fierce, and the Carefree Sect was on par with the Heaven-Reaching Sect, both having many Spirit Venerables.

After retracting his gaze, he strolled atop the mountain with his hands behind his back, contemplating in the breeze: Did I intervene?

The relationship was too close, the Divine Eye could not see traces of Zhou Qingyu either.

Zhou Qingyu wouldn’t stand aside, meaning she might have intervened but was unable to prevent the Heaven-Reaching Sect’s decline?

If Zhou Qingyu intervened, it equates to him intervening.

Even with the Divine Eye, he couldn’t stop the decline of the Heaven-Reaching Sect?

Thinking of this, his expression turned solemn.

Could it be Heaven’s will is unchangeable? Even with the Divine Eye, he couldn’t alter the rise and fall of the Heaven-Reaching Sect?

He looked up at the sky.

By then, should he have already controlled the Taixu Tower?

Even as the master of the Taixu Tower, or as the Emperor, he couldn’t save the rise and fall of a sect?

Thinking of this filled him with inexplicable heaviness.

Even as the Emperor, unmatched in the world, and the master of the Taixu Tower, there are still limitations.

He couldn’t even save the decline of his own sect, unable to control the sect’s fate.

…

“Master told me.”

Li Hongzhao lay on the rocking chair, wrapped in a red robe, lazily speaking.

Chu Zhiyuan perked up.

Li Hongzhao lazily snorted: “Master said I guessed correctly, the Divine Artifact indeed wasn’t fully repaired.”

Chu Zhiyuan frowned: “Senior Song directly said it, not afraid of leaking it to me?”

“Master naturally knows that if he told me, you would also find out.” Li Hongzhao said.

Chu Zhiyuan slowly nodded.

Li Hongzhao said: “Why did master tell us this?”

Chu Zhiyuan looked at her.

Li Hongzhao said: “For the Court, if this news spreads, it would lead to endless trouble.”

Chu Zhiyuan said: “Seems like the Court isn’t afraid of it spreading?”

Li Hongzhao said: “Seems they’re not afraid, why? Could it be the Divine Artifact is fully repaired?”

Chu Zhiyuan pondered.

Li Hongzhao said: “It’s not that easy to repair a Divine Artifact, right?”

Chu Zhiyuan laughed: “Perhaps they obtained some treasure in the Divine Domain that fully repaired the Divine Artifact.”

“Such good luck?” Li Hongzhao said.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.

Li Hongzhao said: “If they really want to fight for the Divine Artifact, they’ll definitely ask for your help.”

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

Li Hongzhao said: “I just don’t know what tricks they’ll use to force you to give your all.”

Chu Zhiyuan said: “They’ll start with the Heavenly Sword Sect.”

His current weakness, in outsiders’ view, lies in the Heavenly Sword Sect.

“Me too.” Li Hongzhao snorted: “Master told me to help persuade you, right.”

Chu Zhiyuan showed a smile.

Li Hongzhao said: “I only hope now the Court can fully repair the Divine Artifact.”

Chu Zhiyuan slowly nodded.

Whether the Divine Artifact is fully repaired, the Divine Eye can’t see through.

“Not clear how the Divine Artifact is repaired,” Li Hongzhao said: “Hum, even if I want to help, the Court doesn’t trust me, merely me being self-indulgent.”

Chu Zhiyuan understood her meaning and laughed: “No hurry on this matter, let’s see how the Court acts.”

…

Heavenly Sword Branch

Chu Zhiyuan appeared in his small yard, opened the door: “Brother Huang, please come in.”

Huang Zhengyang stood outside the door, with a wry smile and cupped his fists.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and invited him, the two sat at the stone table in the small pavilion.

They didn’t rush to speak, first brewing tea with the Red Clay Small Stove.

After brewing the tea, they each took a sip, exhaled fragrant tea aroma, and then put down the tea cups and began to talk.

Huang Zhengyang sighed: “Brother Chu, I’m going to trouble you again.”

Chu Zhiyuan said: “About the matter of the outer world guests? Still can’t suppress them?”

Huang Zhengyang shook his head: “Found Spiritual Artifacts in the Court’s inner library, quite effective, now fewer and fewer outer world guests.”

Chu Zhiyuan smiled: “How delightful, then what’s the matter?”

“It’s about the Court exploring the Divine Domain,” Huang Zhengyang sighed: “The Court wants to ask Brother Chu to help find something.”

Chu Zhiyuan smiled: “Looking for what?”

“Divine Blood.” Huang Zhengyang said solemnly: “Blood of the Divine Race.”

Chu Zhiyuan furrowed his brow: “Blood of the Divine Race? Is this in the Divine Domain?”

Huang Zhengyang said: “It’s said to be there, but the Court has never been able to find it; Brother Chu, you are the most skilled, maybe you have hope.”