Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 2020 1479: A Misunderstanding

On the land of the West Continent, the great war between the Demonic Tao and the Ghost Clan thus fell into a stalemate.

The Demonic Tao was unwilling, nor did they wish to bow their heads and negotiate with a faction weaker than themselves; in their view, doing so would invite mockery from the other factions.

Meanwhile, the Ghost Clan had their own difficulties; seeking peace now was tantamount to revealing that they could no longer persist, likely inciting the Demonic Taoʼs fighting spirit.

Under such circumstances, the intensity of the war sharply diminished.

Perhaps it should no longer be called a great war, but rather harassment.

In fact, the drawback became apparent to the Demonic Tao quickly—that is, the morale of their low-level demon cultivators plummeted, utterly devoid of any will to fight.

And with matters now at this stage, regardless of the wishes of the Demonic Tao and Ghost Clan, the war was, in truth, already over!

Only neither side had spoken it aloud, as if both were waiting for a turning point.

This so-called turning point was, in fact, whether the Sea Clan would continue its invasion of the West Continent!

At the same time, both sides took advantage of the temporary lull in battle to hurriedly restore their own strength.

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In cultivation, a thousand years pass in the blink of an eye.

Roar!

In Shanhai State, Ten Thousand Spirit Sea Area suddenly rang out with a dragonʼs roar, its sound shaking heaven and earth, echoing a thousand miles, drawing countless beingsʼ attention.

At the same time, distant Dragon Palace of the East Sea and the Heavenly Court atop Nine Heavens also stirred with anomalies.

”What has happened?”

The supreme powers in both places frowned slightly and closed their eyes to divine the cause of the anomaly.

But the result was unexpected; they could not find the origin of the disturbance, nor its reason, only a vague sense that the commotion came from above the East Sea.

They could only send people to investigate the matter personally.

For now, only the beings near Ten Thousand Spirit Sea Area knew that the mighty dragon roar had come from their local Water God, Qingcang!

”Could it be that Spirit Ancestor/Water Monarch is about to break through to Heavenly Immortal?” This was the thought of many.

The joy in the dragon roar was so clear and easily heard, so they all believed something good was about to happen for Qingcang.

For a peak Earth Immortal, what greater good could there be apart from a breakthrough?

”If thatʼs true, wouldnʼt the Li family soon gain another Heavenly Immortal?”

Unlike the excitement and joy of the Li family cultivators, other cultivatorsʼ reactions varied wildly; they were all over the place.

Obviously, not everyone was happy to witness the Li familyʼs increasing strength.

Some cultivators who thought more deeply even felt that the Li family was quite extraordinary.

Though the Li family currently didnʼt have many Heavenly Immortals—far fewer than those old, established powers, not to mention top factions like the Yuan Sect—

The Li family possessed a unique advantage none of them had: the speed at which they produced Heavenly Immortals!

It seemed that every few thousand years, the Li family would gain another Heavenly Immortal.

This time span seemed lengthy, but even to Earth Immortals, it was nothing—merely passing through several Tribulation Transcendences.

For Earth Immortal beings with hope to break through, if they couldnʼt even survive three Tribulation Transcendences, then let alone more terrifying Thunder Tribulation or Heart Demon Tribulation.

”If the Li family could maintain this advantage, perhaps after a few tens of thousands of years—or even less—they could become one of the top-tier Immortal Tao powers!”

But on reflection, it didnʼt seem likely; after all, according to current information, those who broke through to Heavenly Immortal in the Li family were almost all the eldest generations—only Li Mingyao was an exception, not among them.

And looking further, the Li family had no members at the peak of Earth Immortal.

Rumble——

As everyone indulged in wild thoughts, dark clouds suddenly gathered over Ten Thousand Spirit Sea Area, thunder rolled, and the booming sounds interrupted everyoneʼs musings.

”Is it really a Tribulation Transcendence breakthrough?!”

Foreign cultivators wore looks of horror, while the Li family, under the direction of an Earth Immortal cultivator, drove all nearby beings away to prevent interference with the Thunder Tribulation.

At the same time, he followed the task given by Li Debo when he came to guard Wanling Island, sending the family a Thousand Mile Sound Transmission Talisman.

Soon, Li Debo received the news, rushed to Li Zhiruiʼs cave mansion, and rang the Knocking Bell.

”Ancestor Rui, Wanling Island reports that Green Cang Spirit Ancestor is about to undergo Tribulation Transcendence!”

”Understood.”

In the next instant, a breeze blew by, and Li Zhirui had already left Mount Wanxian.

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But what unfolded next confounded the many cultivators hovering over the sea area.

From the sky-full of clouds, instead of fearsome Tribulation Thunder, torrential rain poured down!

For a moment, the scene became rather odd and uncanny.

They had never heard—or seen before—anyone whose Tribulation Transcendence brought not Tribulation Thunder, but a violent downpour.

”So did we actually misunderstand? The Water Monarch isnʼt undergoing a Tribulation Transcendence breakthrough? Itʼs something else?” a cultivator murmured.

But which cultivator present wasnʼt sharp-eared and keen-eyed? Though the voice was soft, they all heard it clearly.

”Normally, as a Heavenly Tribulation forms, it radiates a terrifying oppression, but there didnʼt seem to be any just now…”

Prompted by this, the other cultivators started recalling all the oddities from just now.

The mood grew even more awkward; those cultivators looked at the Li family members with increasingly mocking eyes.

Roar——

A dragonʼs roar shattered the awkward scene, as an Azure Dragon, hundreds of zhang in length, burst forth from the deep sea, soaring straight for the heavens.