Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan-Chapter 2005 - 1471: Return (Part 2)

Roar——

The mud monster seemed to sense imminent danger, frantically struggling to break free from the control, continuously letting out snarling cries.

"Good grief!"

The monster suddenly burst forth with enormous strength, catching both of them off guard, almost enabling it to escape.

Fortunately, they reacted in time, hurriedly pouring in more mana, finally regaining control over it.

Faced with such a great opportunity, how could Li Zhirui possibly let it slip by?

He formed hand seals, and the Purifying White Lotus that had grown near the Sea Eye's mouth earlier all transformed into dazzling white light, merging into a small sun, ready to attack from behind.

The huge, pure white sun floating in midair began moving slowly, forcefully pushing away seawater wherever it passed.

Carrying an extraordinarily terrifying power, it descended onto the monster like a giant mountain crushing down.

Rumble——

The ultimate filth and the ultimate purity clashed, instantly erupting with a massive explosion.

At first, the two forces were evenly matched, but as the small sun joined the fray from behind, it became like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The gigantic monster collapsed with a thunderous crash; in the process, much of it was purified, yet its vast body still split into countless chunks of mud, scattering in the Sea Eye, causing the once clean Sea Eye to be severely polluted again!

Luckily, the source of pollution was eliminated, and the remaining evil filth was comparatively easy to deal with.

However, Li Zhirui had overexerted himself, and the Purifying Spiritual Objects in his hand were nearly depleted, with only a little over a hundred Purification Lotus Seeds at Earth Immortal Rank left.

Honestly, using these lotus seeds for this purpose was definitely a bit wasteful!

But there was no choice; Li Zhirui needed to restore himself as quickly as possible, and the Sea Clan's next batch of Purifying Spiritual Objects wouldn't arrive for several days.

If this dragged on, who knows what would happen—maybe another giant mud monster would emerge, which would truly bring trouble.

So Li Zhirui couldn't afford to care about wasting them; he immediately tossed out dozens of lotus seeds, and since the mud now contained Purification Power, they quickly took root and sprouted.

And he didn't need to supply Purification Power as nourishment anymore; the White Lotus grew just fine on its own.

"Could you two fellow Daoists gather up the mud so the White Lotus can purify it faster?" Li Zhirui said to Ao Huang and the others.

"Alright."

Seeing that the Sea Eye was about to be completely purified, they were all too happy to help with such a small task.

As for Li Zhirui himself? He multitasked, restoring his mana while monitoring the White Lotus, so he could step in quickly if anything went wrong.

Like that, after spending most of the day, they finally purified all the mud completely.

But the contaminated seawater still looked pitch-black and filthy, so in the end, Li Zhirui pooled all the Purification Power within the White Lotuses together, conducting a thorough purification of the Sea Eye and the surrounding sea area!

Pure, dazzling white light erupted within the seawater, creating quite a beautiful sight.

At last, the West Sea Eye was fully restored!

Meanwhile, a golden cloud drifted down from the sky at some point, sending down a thick beam of Merit Golden Light, which split into two thinner strands as it approached Li Zhirui, each merging into Ao Huang and Ao Qing's bodies to reward them for their help.

As for Li Zhirui, the greatest contributor, he received ninety percent of the Merit alone!

When he sensed the amount of Merit, a sharp gleam flashed in his eyes—compared to purifying the East Sea Eye before, it was almost three times as much?!

No need to think further; it was obvious there was more to this than met the eye, but Li Zhirui didn't care to probe deeper.

After all, this was the Sea Clan's territory, and not just any, but a crucial, key Sea Eye—how could they let a human cultivator investigate too closely?

So he pretended not to know anything and flew away from the Sea Eye.

"Many thanks, Fellow Daoist Li! If it weren't for you, this West Sea Eye would truly have been ruined!" Ao Huang expressed his heartfelt gratitude.

"Indeed, if not for you, the entire Western Sea might have become a Demon Domain already! We'd have been forced to abandon the Western Sea to those scoundrels."

Li Zhirui just smiled, not responding to their words, and instead said, "I don't deserve such praise from you both. Now that the matter is settled, there are other clan affairs I must attend to, so I'll be excusing myself first."

"The distance from here to Eastern Continent is extremely far—you'd best travel by the Void-Splitting Spiritual Boat."

Ao Huang turned and said, "Ao Qing, hurry and escort Fellow Daoist Li back to Eastern Continent!"

"I'll trouble you then, fellow Daoist!"

Such a good arrangement, Li Zhirui readily agreed, with no intention of declining.

After all, traveling by Void-Splitting Spiritual Boat, it would take only a few days to return home, but flying on his own would take at least several months—far too wasteful of time.

Ao Qing immediately summoned the spiritual boat, and the two of them vanished into it in an instant, breaking through space and disappearing without a trace.

"Looks like we'll need to persuade the clan to foster a Celestial clan member skilled in Purification Principle as soon as possible!"

Having witnessed Li Zhirui's abilities, Ao Huang finally understood just how vast the gap between them was!

He had thought Earth Immortal cultivation would be enough to counter the Demon Path's polluting methods, but now it was clear that while the demons hadn't employed their secret filth techniques again, it wasn't because they'd given up, but that they'd been researching in secret, and would shock everyone by unleashing it unexpectedly.

If Li Zhirui hadn't outmatched them, and hadn't prepared so many Purifying Spiritual Objects, the outcome this time would've been much more uncertain.

With so many Spiritual Objects, Ao Huang had underestimated Li Zhirui's abilities, believing any Purification Principle cultivator at Celestial rank could achieve the same.

But it was actually his powerful strength that was fundamental—the Spiritual Objects helped greatly, but without the foundation, no amount of Spiritual Objects would matter!

Naturally, Li Zhirui, on his journey back home, knew nothing of this.

In just a few days, the two traversed an unfathomably vast distance, finally returning to the Ten Thousand Spirits Sea of the East Sea.

"Thank you for your efforts, fellow Daoist, along the way."

"You're welcome. Farewell!"

With that, Ao Qing vanished.

He understood that social boundaries made close contact and interaction inappropriate between them, so he simply kept it business-like, without any intentions of private connection.

Setting out from the edge of the Ten Thousand Spirits Sea, since he wasn't too rushed, he took more than two hours to return to Myriad Immortals Mountain.

Once at the entrance to his cave dwelling, Li Zhirui saw the jade slip left for him by Li Zhixuan.

"Zhixuan has exited seclusion already?"

Without even reading the jade slip, Li Zhirui already knew its contents: she must be inviting him to observe the process of breaking through and ascending.

So, he didn't even bother entering his own cave dwelling, immediately turning and heading toward Li Zhixuan's cave.