I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 300 - 176: Post-War Wasteland, New School of Cultivation

Chapter 300: Chapter 176: Post-War Wasteland, New School of Cultivation

"This is basically entering a post-apocalyptic wasteland world now, isn’t it..." Gu Shanhai remarked, noticing a terrifying issue. After fighting for about a decade, the entire world had become barren wastelands filled with radiation and deformations.

He didn’t know whether technology had advanced or not, but the chances were high that the world of technological cultivation had turned into a barren cultivation world.

The ones suffering the most were definitely the ordinary people, while the cultivators with deeper foundations quickly adopted the wholly new cultivation technologies and formed a completely new mode.

Yes, these cultivators had mechanical ascensions...

What’s more absurd was that they weren’t purely mechanically ascended—since cultivators generally leaned toward idealism by nature, they also mixed in spiritual energy ascension.

Most cultivators had transformed themselves to something akin to Terminators, crafting special materials into magical tools and combining them with modern technology to forge a completely new way of cultivation.

Even more importantly, this had bolstered their originally frail bodies. If this was placed in those fantasy, immortal worlds, they could probably mix with the top-tier bosses.

Combat? They operated through direct programming, strong logic computers complemented by powerful perceptual abilities and magical tool affinity, making them an invincible force.

Mana was even less of an issue. Central energy Dantians along with high-energy furnace equipment provided high capacity, pure energy, and quick recovery; even the proudest talents were not this formidable.

All this made Gu Shanhai somewhat exasperated. How could the Xuanwei Sect possibly be eradicated now?

Upon making inquiries, well, the Xuanwei Sect wasn’t faring well and had fully shrunk. Most of its cultivators were from the imperial court.

The sect cultivators had not caught up with the times and, although they were moving toward reforming to a new sect, disputes were too intense at the higher levels.

It was normal for new laws to be controversial. However, there were not too many obstructions, but this time it was a matter of altering bodies, and even incorporating special materials and magical tools as a part of themselves, which seemed a bit too dreadful.

As opposed to this, the court didn’t face such issues and had vigorously promoted the new laws from the beginning, resulting in a highly advantageous situation.

Such hesitation resulted in the sect’s forces being suppressed. Nowadays, most sects were actually forcibly broken up and assimilated by the court. Initially, these sects declared they’d rather starve than eat from the court, but later they realized it actually was quite enticing.

There were also a few sects that held their pride high, such as the Xuanwei Sect. They thought they could rise to be the top sect once again and refused to submit even if it led to oppression. Consequently, their disciples and members had mostly scattered.

No matter how grand the Xuanwei Sect was, it couldn’t compete with the court, let alone reclaim its past glory as the number one sect.

Hence, with the court’s expansion, resources naturally were squeezed, making them so poor that they nearly had no food to eat. Arm cannot twist the thigh.

With no resources, the disciples and members couldn’t even sustain themselves and lacked even basic security while trying to make a living, making loyalty impossible without means.

After learning all this, Gu Shanhai couldn’t help but laugh and cry. Such a prestigious sect had fallen to the point where they couldn’t even feed themselves.

Cultivators in this world couldn’t practice fasting unless they converted to the new sect, using various technological mechanical devices formed by their own cultivation technology to achieve a state where they didn’t need food but instead replenished their energy through kinetic and potential energy transformation.

Of course, aside from these new sect mechanical ascension cultivators, there was also a massive burst of technology—like high-frequency vibration cutting knives, Geng Metal Exoskeleton Robes, swarm drone robots, and various other advanced cultivation technologies.

From what it looked like, the massacre should be nearing its end. The reason it’s still going on is due to the severe environment caused by the previous war which hasn’t faded yet. Once the environmental issues are handled, the massacre is expected to dissipate.

If unresolved and left delayed, issues might continue to emerge.

With a high mortality rate among ordinary people, even cultivators felt incapacitated for further progress. To develop further, recuperation was necessary, which required a favorable environment. Surviving in such adverse conditions was already challenging enough, let alone rebuilding.

However, in Gu Shanhai’s view, these matters weren’t significant issues. Given the current surge in cultivation technology, remedying environmental pollution was relatively simple.

The real problem still lay in these gradually diminishing sects. Although ostensibly under court jurisdiction, if they were genuinely unified in essence, the major sects wouldn’t be disregarding court laws to vie for the Mountain God position.

Once these sect cultivators found their footing in the court, and their sects reconnected, they might just cause more trouble.

For the sect, these disciples and elders still had affection because most had been born and raised in it.

Thus, the best solution was to take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate all sects and disperse all their disciples. By the next generation, the sect would vanish into nothingness.

Luckily, this had nothing to do with Gu Shanhai. What the court decided to do was their business. Gu Shanhai had only enemies here, no friends. Even if the world exploded, he could just sit back with popcorn on a small stool, delighting in the disaster, hoping it would blow up brighter.

Besides, this world also had capable people. There was no need for him to remind them about the suppression and assimilation of sects; this probably was the approach already being taken.

"What is this?"

The journey to the Xuanwei Sect had been relatively calm, encountering no dangers. However, the Xuanwei Sect was quite far from him, and even flying with Little White would take several days.