mijobooks Chapter 222 Return
Chapter 222 Return
Such a magical cave dwelling cannot be used for killing enemies or for defense. However, it allows a cultivator to have their own cave dwelling anytime, anywhere.
Compared to storage bags and storage rings, the greatest function of this Spirit Treasure Cave is that it allows both cultivators and demonic beasts to live within it.
Even if Wu Tao stores the cave dwelling in his dantian, it will not affect the normal lives of the cultivators and spirit beasts inside.
With this equipment, Wu Tao can take people to and from various places at any time.
Wu Tao himself never imagined that his one trip would take thousands of years.
When he returned to Qin, he was already over five thousand years old.
Thousands of years have passed, and the world has changed. Not to mention the clan, even Changchun Valley has become somewhat unfamiliar.
Wu Tao naturally wouldn't choose to show his face; the family tradition has been passed down for generations.
Furthermore, given that Wu Tao himself is a transmigrator, he certainly wouldn't choose to acknowledge his relatives. He doesn't even want his disciples in Changchun Valley to know.
After transmigrating to the world of cultivation, Wu Tao vowed to climb the highest peak to see the scenery there.
He is now at the legendary level, with a lifespan of ten thousand years. Although he is over five thousand years old, he has only lived half of his life.
Over these thousands of years, Wu Tao experienced a great deal. He worked as a traveling physician, a scholar, and even a constable in the government.
In addition to acquiring more skills, Wu Tao has also completely calmed his mind.
This is also why he was able to directly break through to the legendary cultivation level when he landed in the secret realm.
It wasn't until Wu Tao broke through to the legendary realm that he was able to escape the secret realm. He then headed back towards Changchun Valley, only to find that everything had become unfamiliar upon his return.
On the way, Wu Tao also heard the news that a Nascent Soul cultivator had appeared at Zhentianmen, so he naturally guessed that a crisis would occur in Changchun Valley.
Although he didn't have much affection for Changchun Valley, it was, after all, his birthplace. Wu Tao certainly wouldn't let Changchun Valley truly become a wasteland.
A legendary cultivator's divine sense can directly scan a range of millions of kilometers. Wu Tao didn't mind using the pressure of his legendary realm to intimidate that junior Nascent Soul cultivator.
As long as the other party doesn't dare to bully Changchun Valley, what does it matter to him what happens to other sects?
The concentration of spiritual energy in the cultivation world is simply insufficient for a legendary cultivator to continue breaking through his cultivation level, unless he finds a way to break through to the spirit realm.
Unfortunately, after Wu Tao broke through to the legendary realm, he also communicated with several powerful figures of the same level in the cultivation world. Since the great changes that occurred in the cultivation world 100,000 years ago, the spirit world and the cultivation world have had no contact since.
It seems that some earth-shattering change has occurred in the spirit world, causing the cultivation world to be unable to ascend to the spirit world for the past 100,000 years.
After learning this secret, Wu Tao completely gave up his plans to continue improving his cultivation. This was also the reason he chose to return to Changchun Valley to live in seclusion. According to several legendary cultivators, they had been searching for a way to ascend for thousands of years, but unfortunately, they still couldn't find any way to do so.
Compared to Wu Tao, the other party not only has more experience, but more importantly, their sect has never lacked legendary cultivators in the past 100,000 years.
Even the bigwigs of these super sects couldn't do anything about it, so Wu Tao himself didn't think he had the ability to ascend to the Spirit Realm.
After exchanging ideas with several legendary cultivators of the same level for several years, and sharing their cultivation techniques, Wu Tao eventually declined their invitations and chose to return to Changchun Valley.
Zhao Yun of Zhentianmen launched a fierce offensive. Ten years later, Zhentianmen completed the consolidation of its sect's strength.
Zhentianmen then launched its most powerful attack on the surrounding sects, by which time those sects had already formed an alliance.
It's just that the Zhentian Sect is too powerful. The Zhentian Sect was already very strong, and after merging with the three sects, the number of Nascent Soul stage cultivators exceeded one hundred.
With Zhao Yun, a powerful cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, personally leading the charge, they were invincible, slaying gods and Buddhas alike.
A crushing defeat, a true crushing defeat. Countless cultivators were killed, their cries of agony echoing through the air. Self-destruction, escape, surrender, betrayal—the sects surrounding Zhentian Gate were truly in deep trouble.
Changchun Valley was naturally a place of extreme tension and suspicion. The three Nascent Soul stage elders of the sect sat in the sect with trepidation every day, their hearts filled with genuine anxiety.
The four major sects of the Qin Kingdom's cultivation world—Changchun Valley, Liedao Sect, Qitian Sect, and Beast King Valley—have long reached a consensus to join forces against Zhentian Sect.
However, they already knew that when the people from Zhentianmen actually arrived, everyone would probably just mind their own business.
In reality, the three Nascent Soul stage elders of Changchun Valley had already privately decided to surrender.
Surrendering means losing half the battle. Since we know we can't win or resist, we might as well just surrender.
Rather than die and perish after resisting, we'd rather try to save them.
The three elders had attended several meetings of the four sects over the years, and they did not believe the words of the Nascent Soul cultivators from the other three sects.
I suspect many people are thinking about how to surrender, but no one wants to be the first deserter to do so.
In the early stages of Zhen Tian Men's invasion of surrounding sects, some sects still resisted to the death. However, after Zhen Tian Men conquered no fewer than ten sects in succession, everyone became terrified.
At this time, Zhen Tian Sect absorbed ten sects in succession, and its strength increased dramatically once again. The number of Nascent Soul stage cultivators once exceeded two hundred. At this point, even Zhao Yun, a Nascent Soul stage expert, did not need to personally take action to suppress the various forces.
At this point, many people began to regret their actions. In fact, if everyone had truly worked together to suppress Tianmen, things might not have gone so smoothly in the first place.
However, cultivators are inherently selfish and self-serving. As they climb to the top, they don't know how many opportunities they have taken from other cultivators of the same level.
Seeking advantage and avoiding harm is the nature of cultivators. Everyone initially had the idea of letting others sacrifice themselves to preserve their own strength.
The situation has now spiraled out of control, and even if they were willing, they wouldn't dare trust anyone else.
The Zhen Tian Sect continues its unhurried encirclement and suppression of the surrounding sects, indicating that they have extremely ambitious plans this time.
In the blessed land of Changchun Valley, Elder Liu, Elder Guo, and Elder Sun were sitting blankly in a study.
Aside from daily meditation, they now spend the rest of their time gathered together in a daze.
Although they had made up their minds to surrender when Zhentianmen attacked, they still felt very uncomfortable when they actually faced it.
Since the three of them broke through to the Nascent Soul stage hundreds of years ago, as the ancestors of Changchun Valley, they have become accustomed to giving orders with absolute authority.
Now, facing the powerful Zhentianmen, they know that if they surrender, they will never have the prestige they have now again.
Although they are still Nascent Soul stage cultivators and are considered high-ranking members of the Zhen Tian Sect, their status will certainly not be as unassailable as it is now after being swallowed up by others.
With Zhao Yun, a Nascent Soul cultivator, at Zhen Tian Men, the others were mostly ordinary elders who had surrendered.
At that time, at Zhentianmen, the three of them might also become the enemy's pawns and risk their lives for Zhentianmen.
This sense of loss would be unbearable for anyone, but unfortunately, compared to death, this was the most reasonable solution the three of them could think of.