The immortals want to kill the law

Initially, the Elders within the Sect still regarded the "New Law" as a shortcut and a minor path, holding it in disdain.

However, as Disciples within the Sect secretly cultivated it in private, their progress became astonishingly rapid from then on.

Incidents where Disciples' cultivation surpassed their Master's in an extremely short period of time occurred one after another.

Thus, the situation began to change.

Seeing the myriad Disciples below seeing their cultivation shoot up rapidly, the Elders of the Great Dao Sect began to feel a bit restless.

Although the current Great Dao Sect still emphasized matters of official position and seniority,

the Law of the Cultivation World since ancient times—the survival of the fittest—was difficult to change.

In the past, relying on their own cultivation and status, the Elders firmly controlled the power of the Sect.

Yet, before they had grown old, they watched as their own cultivation Realm was caught up to, and even surpassed, by the Disciples within the Sect.

Seeing their ruling status threatened, how could they remain indifferent?

Consequently, the higher-up Elders also split into two factions.

One faction believed that the "New Law" plundered the heavens and seized the earth; while its cultivation was fast, it was by no means the Righteous Path. In the long run, it would cause irreversible damage to heaven and earth and needed to be completely banned.

However, the other faction believed that heaven and earth were vast and broad, practically inexhaustible. Although Cultivators endlessly plundered during their lifetimes to supply their own cultivation, not everyone could reach the Longevity Realm. Once they fell, everything they had devoured would return once more to heaven and earth.

Therefore, there was no need to feel concerned about this.

Nowadays, the "New Law" had spread throughout the world, and countless Loose Cultivators had risen because of it.

Many Disciples of other Schools also practiced it, and their strength advanced greatly as a result.

And if the Great Dao Sect did not adopt the New Law, it would inevitably fall behind others.

Both factions each had their own reasoning, and neither was convinced by the other. However, as the faction supporting the New Law secretly cultivated and saw their long-stagnant strength improve, they gradually gained the upper hand in the power struggle.

…

When Li Fan and Senior Sister Zhao came out of seclusion, what they saw was this chaotic scene.

"Defying the principles of heaven and earth?" Senior Sister Zhao repeated in a low voice, a strange glint flashing in her eyes.

Yet Li Fan, for some unknown reason, while feeling an extreme yearning for the New Law, also felt an inexplicable palpitating dread.

It was as if some monstrous disaster was harbored within it.

"No matter what, the abnormalities in our cultivation of the Heaven and Earth Intercourse Endowment shouldn't be noticed by others anymore."

"Senior Sister, what do you think of this so-called [New Law]?"

Senior Sister Zhao let out a soft laugh. "It's merely a shortcut. No matter how fast it is, can it be faster than our Dual Cultivation method?"

"However, it should be pretty good as a cover."

After pondering for a moment, Li Fan nodded in agreement.

Thus, on the surface, the two of them also switched to practicing the New Law, but in reality, they constantly utilized the power of Dual Cultivation, seizing this rare opportunity to recklessly elevate their own Realm.

Another ten years passed.

The struggle between the old and the new grew increasingly intense.

It was not only strife within the Sect; outside the Sects, the Loose Cultivators of the world formed the [Myriad Immortals Alliance], attempting to challenge the majesty of the Ten Immortal Sects.

Family members fighting for power and profit was one thing, but outsiders wanting to grab a share of the pie was an entirely different matter.

To maintain their own rule, the Ten Immortal Sects—who claimed to share breath and branches, but in reality schemed against each other—united once more after a number of years.

They formed an allied army to suppress and crusade against the Myriad Immortals Alliance.

They originally thought that these Loose Cultivators without any foundation would quickly collapse under the joint hands of the Ten Immortal Sects.

However, the development of matters was somewhat unexpected.

In the very beginning, facing the attacks of the Cultivators from the Ten Sects, the so-called Myriad Immortals Alliance collapsed directly, suffering heavy casualties.

Yet their numbers were simply too many.

Even if a batch was completely slaughtered, a new batch of Cultivators would quickly pop up.

Moreover, in every battle, some Cultivators of the Myriad Immortals Alliance would manage to escape by luck.

After surviving bloody battle after bloody battle, the combat power of these Cultivators also underwent a transformation. Even for the Prodigies of the Ten Immortal Sects, killing these people was becoming increasingly difficult.

There are countless Mortals in the world. And these Mortals, supported by the New Law, could quickly transform into fresh forces for the Myriad Immortals Alliance.

In contrast, the Ten Immortal Sects side possessed the arrogance and dignity of major Sects, making their selection of Disciples extremely strict.

Once they suffered a defeat and Disciples fell, it often took several years or even more than a decade to replenish them.

With one waxing and the other waning, the gap in strength between the two sides was becoming smaller and smaller.

The battle fell into a stalemate.

Furthermore, with the varying casualties of each Sect, internal rifts slowly began to appear within the originally monolithic Immortal Sect allied forces.

There even arose situations where certain Sects intentionally refused to go into battle in order to preserve their strength.

Everyone knew that things had reached this point, and the rise of the Myriad Immortals Alliance was already unstoppable.

Yet the leaders of the Ten Immortal Sects still refused to give up. They were unwilling to share the world they had managed to grasp with such difficulty with these Mortals whom they had originally not looked upon at all.

Thus, a plan to capture the ringleaders first was born.

The reason why the Myriad Immortals Alliance rose so rapidly was due in no small part to those so-called [Dharma Transmitters].

And these Dharma Transmitters followed the lead of that Immortal Venerable of Dharma Transmission with absolute loyalty.

As long as the Immortal Venerable of Dharma Transmission was killed, the Myriad Immortals Alliance would lose its spiritual leader and inevitably collapse on its own.

The Celestial Venerable of Dharma Transmission himself was only at the Dao Integration Realm, whereas within the Ten Immortal Sects, there were quite a few Longevity Realm powerhouses.

As long as they could find him and execute the decapitation plan,

they could break this present predicament.

The Ten Immortal Sects reached an agreement, each dispatching powerhouses from within their Sects to form teams, swearing to snipe and kill the Immortal Venerable of Dharma Transmission.

And because the Celestial Venerable of Dharma Transmission himself was elusive like a dragon whose head and tail could never be seen at the same time,

to figure out his location, the Ten Immortal Sects once again dispatched elite Disciples from within their Sects to travel the world and gather intelligence.

Li Fan and Senior Sister Zhao were naturally among them.

This search lasted for more than twenty years.

With the help of Dual Cultivation, Senior Sister Zhao had now successfully advanced to the Soul Transformation Realm.

As for Li Fan, he was slightly slower by a step, but he had also broken through to the Nascent Soul.

Along the way, they traveled all over the Xuanhuang World and slew countless Loose Cultivators.

Yet they never found any trace of the Celestial Venerable of Dharma Transmission.

"Senior Sister, what do you think of this person, the Celestial Venerable of Dharma Transmission?" Li Fan asked.

"Immortal Venerable of Dharma Transmission…" Senior Sister Zhao pondered for a moment and shook her head slightly.

"I don't know."

Hearing this, Li Fan was somewhat stunned.

Then he heard Senior Sister Zhao say, "With the strength of a single person, he turned around the landscape of the Cultivation World. For ten thousand years in the Xuanhuang World, there has never been such a monstrous Prodigy."

"Yet all sorts of news are merely rumors. What his exact origins are, and why he acts in this manner, are all mysteries."

"I'm afraid only by seeing him with our own eyes can we get the answer."

"I wonder if the rest of the senior and junior brothers have gained anything."

…

Just as the two of them were chatting leisurely, they suddenly received a message transmitted from within the Sect.

After checking it, the expressions on their faces instantly became extremely colorful.

Turns out, the [decapitation plan] that had lasted for more than twenty years without the slightest progress had actually been canceled.

Li Fan and Senior Sister Zhao exchanged glances, knowing that a major event must have occurred.