Chapter 28: Kong Xuan Goes into Seclusion, the Great Battle Continues

Yunxiao sat in meditation for a day and a night just like that, finally opening her eyes and saying excitedly, "Senior Brother, I have reached the late stage of Quasi-Sage, and I have comprehended the power of the Law."

Upon hearing Yunxiao's words, Kong Xuan immediately asked happily, "What power of the Law have you comprehended?" After all, counting Yunxiao, the Jie Sect already had two disciples who had comprehended the power of the Law, and their strength had increased once again.

Yunxiao continued, "I have comprehended the power of the Water Law. I am not yet fully accustomed to it, but I believe that by the time we attack Chaoge, I will have mastered the power of the Law."

Hearing Yunxiao's words, Kong Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "Originally, I did not want to come to Wu State to help right now, but Grandmaster said that I was the only one in our sect who had comprehended the power of the Law and that I must hold the line, so I came. But now that you have also comprehended the power of the Law, and my cultivation is about to break through, I must go into seclusion. Therefore, I will leave the Jie Sect side to you. I will rush back to assist when the final decisive battle arrives."

Hearing Kong Xuan's words, Yunxiao said calmly, "Then Senior Brother, go into seclusion and break through. Leave things here to me; I will certainly not let the Jie Sect win all the way. Senior Brother should hurry and break through."

Kong Xuan then said, "Then I will leave this place to you, Junior Sister. I am leaving now." After Kong Xuan finished speaking, he flew back to Dongying Island.

Kong Xuan entered the Heaven and Earth Hall on Dongying Island and began his seclusion.

Kong Xuan now began to carefully observe his own strength. His Blazing Profound Art had already reached the peak of the mid-stage of the Seven Turns. The Fire Law power he had comprehended upon breaking through to the late stage of Quasi-Sage had already reached the level of basic comprehension, while the Space Law power contained within that strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi had reached the intermediate stage of comprehension. What was about to break through now was the Blazing Profound Art. One must know that after reaching the Seven Turns of the Mysterious Technique, every breakthrough would cause a significant increase in strength. At the peak of the Seven Turns, he would not struggle even against two experts at the mid-stage of the Seven Turns. Therefore, after hearing that Yunxiao had broken through, Kong Xuan immediately returned to go into seclusion. He opened the space inside the God-Slaying Spear and unleashed the most powerful flames to temper himself. He was burned and immediately repaired, but the pain was not so easy to endure. Kong Xuan felt that his senses were shrouded in immense pain for a long time, but it had to be this way; otherwise, it would be impossible to break through from the mid-stage to the late stage in just a few years. Kong Xuan gritted his teeth and persisted.

On the other side, Yunxiao led the Jie Sect army to rest in place for three days. When they attacked the city, they discovered that all the experts of Buddhism had withdrawn, and they occupied the city without any resistance.

No one had expected that all the Buddhist experts would withdraw, and everyone cheered happily.

Only the second-generation high-level figures—Yunxiao, Duobao, Zhao Gongming, Wudang, and Jinling—frowned. It seemed that Buddhism was preparing to conserve its strength and mobilize everyone for the final decisive battle. If that were the case, even if the Jie Sect and Chan Sect won, their strength would suffer a heavy blow.

It seems that this will be another bitter battle later on.

Sure enough, they took several more cities without resistance. The news received from the Chan Sect side was the same, which made the high-level figures of both sects very worried.

Thus, the high-level figures of both sects gathered together to discuss what to do next.

"Everyone, the disciples of Buddhism have largely withdrawn to Chaoge, preparing for the final decisive battle. I wonder what thoughts you all have?" Guangchengzi took the lead and said.

"So what if they gather? With the combined strength of our Chan Sect and Jie Sect, we can still defeat them. Don't worry about this, let's continue the attack," Huanglong Zhenren said bluntly.

"Defeating them is certainly possible, but the strength of our Jie Sect and Chan Sect will inevitably suffer great losses. Don't forget the reason for this Investiture of the Gods battle: it is to reduce the number of disciples on the list and preserve the strength of each sect," Duobao continued.

"Then what should we do? Anyway, I have no way. You all decide," Huanglong Zhenren continued. Although Huanglong Zhenren's cultivation ranked in the upper-middle tier among the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect, his brain did not work well; he was a hot-headed youth, so Primordial Heavenly Lord did not like him.

"In my opinion, let's call a truce first and fight later," Yunxiao said calmly.

"Why call a truce? Right now, our two sects are winning one after another, and morale is high. A truce will dampen morale," Huanglong Zhenren said again.

"We have occupied so many cities, the hearts of the people are in panic, and people are displaced. Although we pursue the Dao of Immortals, the Human Race is after all the protagonist of the earth now. If the losses of the Human Race are too great, the Heavenly Dao is impartial, which will be unfavorable for our future cultivation. Moreover, after this decisive battle with Buddhism, many third-generation or second-generation disciples of each sect will be lost. It would be better to call a truce for a few years, let them walk more in the world, relax more, and do more good deeds to increase their merit. By then, the probability of death will be greatly reduced; at worst, they can still be on the Investiture of the Gods list and will not be reduced to ashes. I wonder if my suggestion is feasible?" Yunxiao continued. In fact, Yunxiao still had some selfish motives in making this suggestion. After all, Kong Xuan had gone into seclusion and it was unknown how many years it would take for him to come out. If by any chance Kong Xuan did not appear during the decisive battle, the losses of the Jie Sect would be even greater.

The high-level figures of the Chan Sect and Jie Sect fell into deep thought after hearing Yunxiao's words. After a while, Guangchengzi said, "I agree with Junior Sister Yunxiao's proposal. Let the Human Race recuperate first, and let the disciples of both sects do more good deeds to accumulate merit."

Hearing Guangchengzi's words, the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect also expressed their agreement, and those of the Jie Sect also expressed their agreement, so they decided to call a truce for a few years.

Yunxiao and the others returned to the Jie Sect and passed down the word: a truce for a few years, with third-generation and second-generation disciples taking turns going out to do good deeds and accumulate merit to increase the safety factor for future battles.

The third-generation disciples were very happy to hear this decision. After all, they were only third-generation disciples, and the probability of death was very high. If they accumulated merit, they could not only increase their chances of survival but also see the world. After all, they had previously only cultivated in their masters' caves and had few opportunities to travel in the human world.

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