Infinite Save: I Cultivate Immortality Through Reincarnation - Chapter 198: Aftermath Work
This was the greatest calamity Kongshan Sect had encountered in nearly ten thousand years.
If it were only that three-quarters of the outer sect disciples had been killed or injured, then perhaps after twenty or thirty years, everything could have returned to normal.
Unfortunately, there were no ifs.
Kongshan Sect’s only Dao Union Realm great power, Supreme Pivot Elder Li Haoran, had fallen in this disaster.
If not for Supreme Pivot Elder Li, the one to suffer immense losses likely would not have been limited to just the outer court.
The entire Kongshan Sect might even have been destroyed because of this Outer Court Cataclysm.
Apart from Li Haoran’s fall, the death of the Supreme Imperial Law Elder also dealt a significant blow to Kongshan Sect.
Within a single day, the sect had lost two cultivators whose cultivation realms were above the eighth realm.
Moreover, this disaster had originated entirely from the Supreme Imperial Law Court. The Grand Elders within the Supreme Imperial Law Court were, to a greater or lesser extent, somewhat connected to this Outer Court Cataclysm.
Led by Huo Mu, the Supreme Imperial Law Court originally had seven Grand Elders.
After Huo Mu’s death, including Grand Elder Qi, there were now six Grand Elders remaining.
A large-scale purge of Grand Elders on such a scale was an impossible thing.
After the deaths of Li Haoran and Huo Mu, the highest authority currently in Kongshan Sect was the Supreme Martial Pacification Elder, He Zongzhou, who was at the peak of the Divine Ability Realm.
Supreme Martial Pacification Elder He completely dismantled the Supreme Imperial Law Court, distributing the six Grand Elders to the Pivot Court, the Martial Pacification Court, and the Surveillance Court respectively, and decided to reorganize the Supreme Imperial Law Court at a later date.
As for the position of the new Supreme Pivot Elder, it was temporarily shelved.
Because He Zongzhou did not intend to announce Li Haoran’s death to the outside world.
Ever since three thousand years ago, when Li Haoran stepped into the peak of the Dao Union Realm, glimpsed the heavenly secrets, and damaged his Dao foundation, this Supreme Pivot Elder of Kongshan Sect had lived in seclusion, almost never appearing in public.
Although the order of Chenping Continent, formed by the Five Great Sects, was quite stable, and no one was willing to break it easily.
If news of Li Haoran’s death were to spread, it would inevitably have some adverse effects on Kongshan Sect.
As for the specific aftermath tasks within the sect following the disaster, they were to be handled entirely by Yun Yichen.
The Chief Disciple of Kongyuan Mountain, Chen Yan, had also died in this disaster, or rather, died in this conspiracy orchestrated by Huo Mu.
Many people felt regret about this. A heaven-chosen talent who could improve the Kongshan Art at such a young age, if he had not died young, would surely have made significant contributions to the sect in the future.
As for Chen Yan’s cultivation talent…
It must be said that for an organization of Kongshan Sect’s size, heaven-chosen talents with talents like Chu Xiyao and Li Haowen emerged almost every twenty years or so.
The cultivation world has never lacked geniuses.
What it lacks are geniuses who can grow to the upper three realms.
The occurrence of this Outer Court Cataclysm was entirely planned by Huo Mu, but Qingchan Peak, which failed to properly guard the Black Flood Dragon Remnant Soul sealed within Caijun Tower, still had to bear a certain degree of responsibility.
Fu Qian still held the great authority on Qingchan Peak, and Bai Qiming’s True Dharma lineage remained a force challenging the authority of the Martial Discipline lineage.
Yun Yichen ordered that Qingchan Peak was responsible for the repairs and aftermath work for Kongshan Sect’s outer court following this incident, and had to dispatch a group of Qingchan Peak disciples to the outer court to serve as outer sect stewards, instructors, administrators, and other positions until the outer court returned to normal operation.
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Kongshan Sect, Outer Court Ruins.
A young man with a lean appearance, a gentle and refined temperament, wearing Qingchan Peak’s Daoist robes, slowly walked amidst the ruins of the outer court.
“Instructor Lu.”
A Qingchan Peak disciple passing by bowed in the direction of the young man, then quickly walked past him.
Lu Li merely nodded slightly in the direction of that Qingchan Peak disciple.
Then he continued walking forward until he reached the building that had suffered the most severe damage within the outer court.
The Outer Court Training Grounds.
Here, there was almost no trace left that any building had ever existed, just a field of ruins.
Lu Li stopped his steps, lowering his head slightly.
He directed his gaze to a fragment of a black scale on the ground, only about the size of a little fingernail.
“Long time no see.”
Lu Li murmured softly, his expression still devoid of joy or sorrow.
Over eight thousand years had passed.
This was already his eleventh reincarnation.
The Ascension Reincarnation Method originally only allowed the reincarnated body to awaken memories from before reincarnation after breaking through to the Spirit Connection Realm.
Yet in this life, he had touched upon karma closely related to him.
So—
“Karma, karma…”
Lu Li muttered:
“After all, it’s only the Dao Union Realm. The understanding of destiny and karma ultimately remains like viewing a leopard through a tube. Still, you did quite well. I have to admit, your natural talent, Li Haoran, was even above mine. If not for being in this era sealed by the ‘Cause of Calamity’…”
But the Cause of Calamity would eventually bear fruit.
And precisely because of the existence of the “fruit,” there had been a “cause” in the past.
Lu Li looked forward to the day when the Cause of Calamity bore fruit.
As for the final completion of this karmic cycle, it had completely exceeded Lu Li’s expectations.
Chen Yan.
A brash kid of the lower three realms, with cultivation only at the early stage of the Martial Spring Realm.
After that Black Flood Dragon devoured his soul, it actually regained some of its divine consciousness?
This was something that completely defied objective laws.
But it had happened.
“Instructor Lu!”
Another cultivator wearing Qingchan Peak’s Daoist robes, looking about forty-something years old and resembling an elder, walked towards Lu Li.
“Elder Lan.”
Lu Li respectfully bowed in greeting towards the newcomer.
The newcomer was none other than the superior of his current direct superior, the Scripture Hall Elder of Qingchan Peak, Lan Wei.
“What are you doing here?”
Lan Wei asked.
“I once served as an instructor in the Scripture Hall of this outer court for a period of time. Seeing such a desolate scene now, I couldn’t help but be moved by the sight.”
Lu Li replied to Lan Wei in this manner.
“I understand, but now is not the time to think about these things.”
Lan Wei said:
“The cleanup work at the ruins of the External Affairs Hall in the outer court is currently very short-handed. Instructor Lu, please work hard and find a few disciples to go help.”
“I understand.”
Lu Li bowed again in Lan Wei’s direction.
Then, he glanced down once more at the black scale fragment beneath his feet, lifted his foot, and left this field of ruins.
…
[Cycle of Reincarnation Ended]
[Settling…]
[Settlement Failed…]
[Warning, Soul Severely Damaged, Soul Severely Damaged]
[Repairing Soul…]
[Soul Repair Progress 1%, 2%, 3%, …………99%, 100%]
[Soul Repair Complete]
[Reincarnation settlement complete, the system will open a new save point for the host, inherit all previously accumulated cultivation, and restart life]
