Chapter 667: 617: Aftermath, Destruction of the Waves
The impact of Pei Xuanjing’s suppression of the Taixu Venerable, the most powerful being in the Nine Realms of Spirit, is many times, even a million times greater than the suppression of his previous incarnation.
Before this, the most powerful beings in the Nine Realms of Spirit were seen as the strongest existences in Heaven and Earth, unchallengeable by anyone. Their authority deeply embedded in people’s hearts, and even the rulers of the Divine Dynasty treated them with respect.
However, Pei Xuanjing broke this rule by launching a rebellion from the Spirit Realm Eightfold against the most powerful being in the Nine Realms of Spirit, and defeating them.
His action provoked countless cultivators of the Spirit Realm Eightfold to madness because they now understood that the chasm between the Spirit Realm Eightfold and the Nine Realms of Spirit’s most powerful beings is not insurmountable.
Particularly after understanding many of Pei Xuanjing’s techniques, many cultivators of the Spirit Realm Eightfold who have had difficulty elevating their realm for a while began to curious about the Heavenly Divine Position. They, too, wanted to know if they could become stronger if they received the enfeoffment of the Divine Position and the amplification of Heaven and Earth’s Divine Position. They aspired not to defeat the most powerful beings in the Nine Realms of Spirit like Pei Xuanjing did, but only to protect themselves when facing these powerful beings.
No one wants their life to be in the hands of others, as the feeling of having one’s life and death controlled by others has never been pleasant.
In the past, they had no choice, but when suddenly someone broke this iron law, it undoubtedly stimulated the courage and ambition of the followers, who no longer tolerate the status quo, and began to find ways to strengthen themselves.
The Divine Position of the Great Ming Divine Dynasty is too difficult to obtain, but the Sky Wasteland once took away all the secrets of the Tang Dynasty era. Although they were not widely known and regular cultivators could not understand them, most of these secrets were unimportant to the cultivators who were only one step away from the peak of Heaven and Earth.
In an instant, many powerful beings began to rummage through the ancient books passed down in their sects, searching for methods to obtain the Heavenly Divine Position in order to elevate their power.
Besides the actions of these Spirit Realm Eightfold cultivators, there are numerous shifts in the world, such as the alliance and cooperation of various forces.
Both Canglang Palace and the Taixu Sect are among the most powerful forces in Heaven and Earth, and both have a common trait – they are domineering in their actions.
The Taixu Sect, as a newly risen top-level power, has a thirst for resources and profits that far exceeds those of other ancient top-level powers.
However, after thousands of years, the power structure of the Sky Wasteland has largely been formed. Their rise, besides some plundering from the Demon Race, has also inevitably occupied many benefits of the original powers.
Only because the Taixu Venerable, a mighty being of the Spirit Realm Ninefold, sat in town, those who were powerful had to hold their noses and accept it out of fear of his intervention.
But now that the Taixu Venerable has been suppressed by Pei Xuanjing, although he is not yet dead, many believe there is little chance of him escaping alive.
Therefore, without the protection of the mighty being of the Spirit Realm Ninefold, the Taixu Sect still has so much benefit, which seems a bit bad form, and they seem undeserving of their position.
Some even saw that Pei Xuanjing had suppressed the Taixu Venerable and realized that the two sides were irreconcilable. And although they didn’t know why Pei Xuanjing hadn’t acted against the Taixu Sect’s forces yet, it didn’t prevent some from wanting to take advantage of this opportunity to show goodwill to Pei Xuanjing and gain a favor.
As a result, various forces began to deliberately or unintentionally target the Taixu Sect, causing many of the Taixu Sect’s ongoing plans to fail, and all their hard work to go down the drain.
Of course, the current leader of the Taixu Sect is not a fool. He understands the situation the Taixu Sect is facing. After these plans failed, he didn’t dwell on the gains and losses, but instead immediately decided to give up many benefits and concentrated the power of the Taixu Sect together.
Therefore, although they lost the protection of the Taixu Venerable, only he went to confront Pei Xuanjing this time, and no other powerful beings followed. In the end, besides him, no other powerful beings of the Taixu Sect perished, which can be considered as a blessing in disguise.
By relying on the foundation built over the years and the remaining strong beings within the Taixu Sect, they temporarily abandoned the management of their ancestral land and gathered together to form a powerful force. Under such circumstances, the power of the Taixu Sect can’t be easily challenged by some top-level powers.
With the benefits released by them, and even as a favor, no one would be foolish enough to try to confront the Taixu Sect directly. So, in the absence of top-level powers deliberately targeting them, they managed to calm down temporarily.
On the contrary, Canglang Palace was having a hard time for a while.
Ever since the news of Pei Xuanjing suppressing the Taixu Venerable and killing the master of Canglang Palace came, the entire Canglang Palace fell into great panic.
In the Canglang Palace, there were originally only five strong beings in the Spirit Realm Eightfold. Apart from the First Supreme Elder who once challenged the most powerful beings, the most powerful were the Palace Master and the Third Supreme Elder.
Now that the Palace Master and the Third Supreme have fallen, only the First Supreme Elder and the Fourth Supreme Elder, and the Seventh Supreme Elder of the Spirit Realm Eightfold are left in the Canglang Palace. It can be said that more than half of their strongest forces are lost.
This kind of loss instantly made Canglang Palace, once a dominant force among top-tier forces, slide to the lower ranks of top-tier forces, and this is still due to the existence of the First Supreme Elder.
In theory, the tiger’s death still retains its might. Despite the loss of two powerful beings, with the reputation of the First Supreme Elder and the presence of other two Elders of Spirit Realm Eightfold, Canglang Palace could still endure this difficult time.
However, sometimes, you reap what you sow.
In the past, because the First Supreme Elder challenged the most powerful being in the Spirit Realm Ninefold undefeated and was seen as very likely to break through to the most powerful being in the Spirit Realm Ninefold, it was thought that he could propel the Canglang Palace to become a top-level power. This made the disciples of Canglang Palace domineering and overbearing, and today they received their retribution.
Also, precisely because of the reputation of the First Supreme Elder and the possibility of breaking through to the most powerful being in Spirit Realm Ninefold, it has become the biggest reason for the current crisis in Canglang Palace.
There are only so many things in Heaven and Earth. If you take more, I get less. Now, with the arrival of the Great World, everyone is scheming for the benefits of the ancestral land.