Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan-Chapter 2003 - 1470: Emerging from Seclusion (2)

In the narrow sea region, thousands upon thousands of Bai Lian bloom, layered and clustered together like a small mountain, yet effectively suppressing the spread of pollution.

Ao Huang and Ao Qing grew increasingly convinced that Li Zhirui could resolve the issue of the West Sea Eye.

"When will the purifying spiritual objects you prepared arrive?" Li Zhirui suddenly asked.

He had originally thought that the spiritual objects he prepared along the way were sufficient, but unexpectedly, purifying just the perimeter of the sea consumed nearly forty percent, clearly not enough.

So he needed the wealthy Sea Clan to make up the shortfall, and just in case, he had planted another batch of purifying spiritual objects in his spatial domain.

Ao Huang looked at Ao Qing first, somewhat unsure as he spoke, "Within ten days..."

"That's too late!"

Li Zhirui frowned and shook his head, saying, "I'll enter the Sea Eye first and try to suppress the pollution, so as not to waste time. When the spiritual objects arrive, you can send them in."

He then took out a Jade Token, spirit light flickering in the palm, quickly adding several key dao patterns—it could help others enter through the restriction.

If one barges in without a Jade Token, it's very likely the restriction will shatter, nullifying all his efforts so far—wouldn't that render everything he did useless?

So Li Zhirui also asked them to post guards, not letting anyone enter, so his previous work would not be ruined.

"Fellow Daoist, rest assured, we absolutely won't let anyone enter!"

The nearby sea region had already been purified, so they could set up camps and have protectors guard the area.

Li Zhirui nodded, then transformed into spirit light and entered the Sea Eye.

"Let's hope he truly can purify the pollution within the Sea Eye."

Just as they'd said before, he was already the most skilled at purification in the Primal Spirit Realm—if even he can't manage it, nobody else stands a chance.

...

Now, inside the Sea Eye.

Good heavens!

Upon entering, Li Zhirui immediately sensed the severity of the issue; he hadn't lingered outside for long, but upon returning, the pollution in the Sea Eye had grown even worse.

"Luckily, the Demonic Tao does not possess such power, otherwise the Primal Spirit Realm would eventually be overrun by it."

Sighing, he quickly steadied his mood to start tackling the problem.

Li Zhirui's fingertip emitted a strand of purification spirit light; he made no other moves, simply shot it out, letting it flit around in midair.

He watched as the spirit light gradually dissipated, vanishing completely in moments!

He had mentally prepared for such an outcome; after all, he was surrounded by pollution. But he hadn't anticipated the environment would be so harsh, with spirit light fading so quickly.

"Looks like I'll really have to give it my all."

Li Zhirui muttered, "The terms I discussed with the Sea Clan before were too few—I'll have to make up for that afterwards."

But for now, he needed to find a way to resolve the immediate crisis!

He formed hand seals, his palms bursting with dazzling spirit light, and from his Storage Magical Treasure, a vast number of Pure Lotus Seeds flew out, merging into the spirit light.

He released them, and they shone like a Sun, purifying the surrounding evil filth.

Zizizi——

Strands of black smoke evaporated from the seawater, all sealed by Li Zhirui in a special Jade Bottle.

At the same time, he poured a mass of purifying spiritual objects into that pure white Sun in midair, replenishing its energy.

On another front, he unleashed the Lotus Seed Skill again, and this time didn't let the Purifying White Lotus grow freely—it was personally controlled by Li Zhirui.

So in less than an hour, Bai Lian grew into a sizable patch. Once mature, half the lotus seeds were used for continued cultivation, the other half as 'fuel' for the pure white Sun.

Li Zhirui had used many methods, yet even so, the Sea Eye's environment only improved slightly—still far from thorough purification.

Fortunately, he'd expected this. On this matter, he was very patient—everything would be done step by step.

Time passed day by day; Li Zhirui had already purified an acre of land in the polluted Sea Eye, and suppressed the outward spread of dirty seawater.

And that was his present limit!

But the purifying spiritual objects he had were about to run out. If the Sea Clan's supplies didn't arrive in time, all Li Zhirui's previous efforts, if not wasted, would at least leave him at a disadvantage—making further resolution even more troublesome.

Meanwhile, outside the Sea Eye.

Ao Qing was anxious, discontented as he said, "Wasn't it agreed that this batch of purifying spiritual objects would arrive within ten days? Yet now it's the tenth day and there's no sign of them."

"If purification fails because the spiritual objects aren't delivered on time, let's see how they plan to solve the mess!"

Ao Huang, though more composed, was only slightly so; his frequent glances into the distance betrayed his inner restlessness and urgency.

Luckily, the Sea Clan didn't disappoint—in the final moments before sunset, they handed Ao Huang two large Storage Bags filled with purifying spiritual objects.

"You've had a hard time."

With that, he gripped the Jade Token and passed through the restriction, entering the Sea Eye.

Ao Huang walked in and immediately noticed clear differences from his previous visit—the situation hadn't worsened, but pollution had lessened!

Most striking was the pure white Sun in midair, followed by the white lotus sea below.

These two together had halted the Sea Eye's further deterioration.

But that was all—not enough to restore the Sea Eye directly.

"Li!"

Ao Huang called out, then flew toward Li Zhirui's location.

He handed over two Storage Bags, saying, "This is the first batch of purifying spiritual objects. If it's not enough, the next batch will arrive in ten days."

"Good."

"Then I'll not disturb you, Fellow Daoist."

In such matters, Ao Huang always knew when to read the situation.

After he left, Li Zhirui examined the quantity and grade of the spiritual objects, sighing that the Sea Clan was truly wealthy.

He didn't act right away, but sat and rested, adjusting his own state.

With the Devil Race's spiritual objects as supplementation, Li Zhirui no longer wanted to delay—he was ready to go all out!

And after Ao Huang left, he told Ao Qing what the situation inside the Sea Eye was like.

"That Li is indeed powerful, already able to claim a patch of purified land within the Sea Eye. It might not be long before we hear good news."

"Good, good, good!" Ao Qing was overjoyed, suddenly excited all over.

But within the Sea Eye, Li Zhirui was not so optimistic.

With a large amount of purifying spiritual objects, he stood before the pure white Sun, testing whether his next method would work.

...

Two flowers bloom, each with its branch.

Mount Wanxian.

Li Zhixuan, after years in seclusion healing, had finally recovered!

The first thing she did after leaving was contact Li Zhirui, asking him to come observe the full process of her transcendence in a few days.

It sounded complicated and troublesome, but the actual process was simple—consuming merit to dissolve karma, or else using other means to sever karma.

For karma owed to heaven and earth, only merit could offset it, but other karma could be settled with spiritual objects, methods, and so on.

"Hm? Jiu isn't at the family?"

But when Li Zhixuan arrived at Li Zhirui's Cave Mansion, she found the door tightly shut—with a Jade Slip left specially for her hanging there.

It contained little, just explained why he wasn't at the family, and he asked her to wait a bit longer until he returned to witness her transcendence.