Chapter 972: Gradually Resolving the Crisis
The Dharma Transmitter Jiang paused for a moment in thought, but without hesitation, he left the Immortal Alliance headquarters and headed straight for the rampaging gods and demons in the world.
Even though he knew that what awaited him might still be death, he showed no trace of hesitation.
After all, as the First Dharma Transmitter, he had already “died” countless times.
Fortunately, thanks to the methods left by the Immortal Ancestor, as long as the Xuanhuang Realm remained intact and the Immortal Ancestor’s principles unchanged, he, who existed as an extension of the Immortal Ancestor, would never be destroyed.
His state was forever fixed at that initial moment in time, and as long as he wished, he could always [Return to Origin].
Not only him but also the entire Realm of Returning Ruins where he resided was the same.
This was a safeguard left by the Immortal Ancestor for the Xuanhuang Realm.
It allowed him to fearlessly face death while resolving various issues that might arise in the Xuanhuang Realm. Through repeated deaths, his experience and ability to handle situations continued to improve, making him increasingly adept at dealing with matters.
If he encountered something he truly could not handle, he would use his body as a vessel to bring it back to the Realm of Returning Ruins.
By leveraging the forced state restoration of [Return to Origin], he could achieve complete elimination of the threat.
The power of [Return to Origin] in the Realm of Returning Ruins was something the Immortal Ancestor comprehended after nearly a thousand years of divine wandering beyond the heavens, upon re-establishing the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.
The Immortal Ancestor once told him that even the dangers of True Immortal Seal Script could be neutralized invisibly through repeated [Return to Origin].
“No information was left behind. This has only happened twice before.”
“It seems that behind this turmoil, it’s either another True Immortal Seal Script or…”
Dharma Transmitter Jiang glanced toward the eastern border of the Xuanhuang Realm.
With a cold snort, he continued on his way.
Encountering a rampaging god-demon, Dharma Transmitter Jiang immediately subdued it.
Then, he sent a wisp of divine consciousness into it.
Moments later, the ferocious god-demon exploded with a boom.
Dharma Transmitter Jiang frowned slightly, “Just an empty shell left? It escaped quickly.”
Next, Dharma Transmitter Jiang tested more than a dozen other gods and demons.
All were the same.
“Clearly victorious, yet still so cautious…”
“What exactly is their purpose?”
This unknown adversary made Dharma Transmitter Jiang feel a rare sense of pressure, something he hadn’t experienced in a long time.
It was as if he saw a thick, dark cloud slowly approaching from the horizon.
It threatened to cover the entire sky of the Xuanhuang Realm.
“Forget it. First, let’s deal with these anomalies before us.”
“Wait for them to slip up again, then handle it accordingly.”
“If there’s truly no other way…”
“Then I’ll have to seek help from the Immortal Ancestor.”
With these thoughts, Dharma Transmitter Jiang crushed another demon god to pieces.
Next, instead of continuing to act personally, he returned to the Realm of Returning Ruins and issued an order from the Immortal Alliance headquarters to thoroughly eradicate the gods and demons plaguing various regions.
The gods and demons had spread like a plague, nearly paralyzing the Immortal Alliance’s grassroots defense forces.
To resolve this crisis quickly and thoroughly, a powerful and authoritative figure was needed to lead the effort.
As the First Dharma Transmitter, Jiang naturally would not take on the task himself.
After inquiring among the other Dharma Transmitters, only a few were willing to take on this arduous task.
Ultimately, after some deliberation, Dharma Transmitter Jiang decided to entrust the matter to Dharma Transmitter Feng.
Firstly, Feng had left a favorable impression on Jiang previously. Secondly, Jiang believed that this relatively young Dharma Transmitter needed more opportunities to gain experience.
“If the second Returning Ruins Realm is established, it might not be impossible to consider him as a successor, provided he passes the trial,” Dharma Transmitter Jiang thought to himself.
Dharma Transmitter Feng, also known as Mo Rubin, the Dharma King of the Xuantian Sect, began issuing orders one by one upon receiving the command.
With the official orders from the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, those Soul Transformation and Dao Integration cultivators who had previously cowered and focused only on self-preservation were now forced to step forward and actively eliminate the rampaging demon gods.
Working in tandem with the black-robed cultivators from another era, they quickly began to eradicate the million demon and gods, who had lost their central control and were significantly weakened in combat strength.
As the saying goes, illness comes like a landslide, but recovery is like spinning silk.
From the sudden outbreak to the calamity affecting the entire Immortal Alliance, the demon and god disaster took only half a day.
Yet, it took the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance more than half a month to gradually eliminate these demon gods.
After all the demon god avatars were eradicated, the real problem emerged.
What to do with the cultivators who had been possessed by the demon gods and had lost their sanity?
With the demon god avatars destroyed, these cultivators had almost all become mindless idiots.
Logically, slaughtering all these cultivators would neatly resolve the disaster.
However, an order from the highest decision-making level of the Immortal Alliance strictly forbade anyone from harming these cultivators’ lives without authorization.
Those who, out of vengeance, killed some of these cultivators faced severe punishment.
“Even if they are guilty, until their crimes are officially judged, they remain members of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.”
“Harming them is a violation of the Immortal Alliance’s laws.”
With such a clear statement, no cultivator would dare to defy the order and slaughter these now-defenseless, mindless cultivators.
Instead, following the orders, they were all escorted to the Immortal Alliance headquarters to await judgment.
This process lasted more than ten days.
The demon god disaster was finally completely quelled.
The surviving cultivators praised the benevolence of the Immortal Alliance.
As a reward for the cultivators who contributed to resolving the disaster, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance generously granted them substantial contribution points.
The rewards far exceeded those of ordinary missions, and the scope of the rewards surpassed everyone’s expectations.
Even those who did not fight but merely provided information on the demon gods’ locations received significant contribution points.
This caused those cultivators who had chosen to stand by and watch to beat their chests in regret.
The cultivators who received the rewards and suddenly became wealthy flocked to the Tianxuan Mirror to select the items they needed.
At this time, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance issued another announcement, stating that the cause of the demon god disaster had been identified.
The affected cultivators had mostly been unable to afford their desired cultivation techniques due to their high prices, leading to accumulated resentment.
Over time, this resentment allowed an evil ancient ferocious deity to bewitch them, turning them into its pawns.
To prevent such a tragedy from happening again, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, after deep reflection, decided that from this day forward, all cultivation techniques sold in the Tianxuan Mirror would be reduced by one-third in price.
The announcement caused an uproar.
A one-third price reduction was no small matter.
Especially for more expensive techniques, the saved contribution points were significant.
With their newfound wealth, the cultivators went into a frenzy.
No longer focusing on ordinary resources, they turned their attention to the countless cultivation techniques available.
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