"What, wait, junior sister, why must you..."
After the surprise, True Person Feihe immediately understood why his junior sister looked as if she were withering away. She had clearly expended an immense amount of her essence or vital blood for their sect.
Her innate talent also definitely affected her.
Now, she didn't seem like a Heavenly Human with three hundred years of lifespan; it was questionable whether she could even live to a hundred.
"Alright, senior brother, now is not the time to dwell on these matters. Besides, if I break through to the Land Immortal realm in the future, I will surely recover, so you don't need to worry too much. This time, I have specially refined some Heavenly Human-grade pills for the disciples and elders who cultivate the other two major techniques.
The specific types depend on their color, as before.
It's the same as the Innate Pills from last time. My essence is too severely damaged, and I probably won't be able to help much going forward. I need to go into seclusion and focus on recovery. I hope to successfully overcome this tribulation. I'll be leaving now.
Oh, right, senior brother, please take good care of my daughter-in-law and granddaughter. I've already left enough pills for my daughter-in-law to ensure her smooth advancement to the Heavenly Human realm.
But my granddaughter will need your care."
After a brief explanation, Ding Yun, feigning weakness, quickly bid farewell and left. True Person Feihe also feared that by keeping Ding Yun there to ask questions, he would delay her recovery.
Not only did he not stop her,
He even thoughtfully had two disciples escort her back.
Only then did he hasten to summon all the elders and grand elders of the sect for a meeting to distribute the pills and so on.
The Heavenly Human pills were distributed to the various elders, with not a single one left behind.
The Innate Golden Pills were also distributed to the elders, who in turn gave them to their elite disciples.
As for the previously established rules and regulations, which stipulated that contributions were required to exchange for them, they could only be deferred. After all, in a time of crisis, if they were stingy and kept resources for strengthening power locked away in storage, the sect would be destroyed, and all their efforts would benefit others.
Everyone knew the source of the pills. The only difference was that this time, True Person Feihe specifically emphasized Ding Yun's sacrifice, stating that his dear junior sister's essence was damaged and she probably wouldn't live for many more years. Everyone must remember her contributions and gratitude. Henceforth, anyone who dared to mistreat her only two remaining relatives, her daughter-in-law and granddaughter, would be severely punished, at best, or have their cultivation crippled and be expelled from the sect, at worst.
As for the crowd who wanted to visit her,
They were all blocked by True Person Feihe.
After the meeting concluded and the pills were distributed, it wasn't long before the Jade Flower Sect once again saw continuous phenomena of breakthroughs to the Heavenly Human and Innate Grandmaster realms. However, this time, these phenomena did not cause panic among the observers from the neighboring regions. Instead, they found it somewhat laughable and treated it with more disdain.
When only one or two breakthroughs to the Heavenly Human realm appeared at the beginning, they might have still suspected that the Jade Flower Sect truly had some hidden reserves and had produced one or two more Heavenly Humans. But as the phenomena of breakthroughs to the Heavenly Human and Innate Grandmaster realms continued to appear incessantly, they only felt that their initial speculation was correct: that these phenomena were fabricated by the Jade Flower Sect to appear more formidable.
They wanted to make others retreat. However, their performance was too overdone, revealing their hand.
No matter how profound a sect's heritage, it was impossible to continuously produce Heavenly Humans. To have hundreds of them, let alone in past centuries, even thousands of years ago, such a thing was unheard of. Even in the era when Land Immortals existed,
Top sects would have at most a dozen Heavenly Humans.
Therefore, upon receiving the latest intelligence, the Imperial Family's Ancestor merely scoffed, calling them "clowns," and immediately ordered the Heavenly Humans of the three great sects to hasten their efforts to annihilate the Jade Flower Sect.
Previously, they had considered mobilizing a hundred thousand troops as a precaution,
This was out of fear that the Jade Flower Sect might genuinely possess hidden strength.
Now that they realized it was all a performance of their own making, a feigned display of strength, there was no need to wait for the hundred thousand troops to be fully prepared.
A mere twenty to thirty thousand would suffice.
Thus, as soon as the Jade Flower Sect digested the pills given to them by Ding Yun, the Heavenly Humans of the three great sects, each leading ten thousand troops, surrounded the Jade Flower Sect.
Perhaps due to the three thousand strong army as a deterrent, they decided to forgo any probing and directly declared loudly that the Jade Flower Sect had colluded with demonic cults, practicing heretical arts, and deserved to be purged.
Immediately after, they initiated the attack.
Then, they were subjected to a brutal group assault. Four Heavenly Human elders, each over two hundred years old, were ganged up on by over a hundred newly emerged Heavenly Humans, none of whom exceeded a hundred years of age. It was truly a scene that would bring sorrow to those who heard it and tears to those who saw it. Tragic!
In less than the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn,
They didn't even have the chance to stage a pretense of resistance.
They had directly ascended to the heavens and achieved their enlightenment, flying away.
As for the thirty thousand troops on the periphery, at most, they were martial artists of the second or third rate, with a few top-tier generals. They might have been able to deal with a few or a dozen Grandmasters, but facing several hundred Innate Grandmasters and over a hundred Heavenly Humans, they could only exclaim their inability to comply.
An Innate Grandmaster was considered a match for a hundred men,
And a Heavenly Human was hailed as a match for ten thousand.
Their thirty thousand troops could, at most, be comparable to three Heavenly Humans. And how many Heavenly Humans did the Jade Flower Sect have?
They had over a hundred!
Therefore, the outcome was quite obvious. The thirty thousand troops were routed in minutes. Fortunately, True Person Feihe loudly proclaimed that heaven's mercy extended to all beings. In the end, they only led the elders in killing the leading generals. As for the ordinary soldiers, their martial arts were crippled, and they were all released.
And this was not the end. Since they had already completely fallen out, coupled with their formidable strength,
The elders of the Jade Flower Sect, after a brief deliberation,
Immediately left five Heavenly Humans to guard the sect and the remaining over one hundred and twenty Heavenly Humans sped towards the imperial capital. The Imperial Family's Ancestor was uneasy about the Jade Flower Sect producing more new Heavenly Humans, so how could they be at ease with a Heavenly Human who harbored deep hatred towards them living on?
If they didn't seize this opportunity to eliminate the other party, or even put the imperial family in their place and publicly clear their name,
They wouldn't have such a legitimate opportunity again.
The speed of Heavenly Human realm experts was certainly far superior to ordinary mortals; even swift horses couldn't catch up. Therefore, before the news of the demise of the Heavenly Humans from the three great sects and the defeat of the thirty thousand troops reached the imperial capital, over a hundred Heavenly Humans from the Jade Flower Sect had arrived and surrounded the imperial palace.
With the enhancement of their immense internal energy, they used voices that could be heard throughout the capital to loudly proclaim the misdeeds of the three great sects and the imperial court. The imperial guards within the palace, and even the Imperial Family Ancestor, wanted to stop them.
However, under the intervention of over a hundred Heavenly Humans,
They couldn't stir even a ripple.
It was precisely when they had officially read out all the wrongdoings of the imperial court and the three great sects, and killed that founding emperor of the imperial family, the Heavenly Human realm Ancestor,
That Ding Yun, who had consumed several hundred Golden Innate Energy Fruits in her closed-door cultivation room but had been unable to take the final step, felt a surge of destiny bestow upon her. Then, she smoothly and unobstructed directly broke through to the Land Immortal realm.
The thousands of years of internal energy accumulated from hundreds of Golden Innate Energy Fruits within her body instantly transformed into immortal power. Ding Yun's appearance, lifespan, and all other aspects began to transform. Concurrently, auspicious signs radiating across the entire land appeared, congratulating Ding Yun on her breakthrough.
Most ridiculously, Ding Yun's phantom also transformed into a thousand-zhang giant, appearing in everyone's sight.
In an instant, everyone knew.
Someone had become a Land Immortal.
Those who knew that the Land Immortal realm was the legendary ultimate martial arts realm marveled and exclaimed in awe. Those who didn't know directly worshipped the current Ding Yun as a deity.
At this moment, Ding Yun could clearly sense the martial arts favor and humanistic blessing of this world, coupled with the instant surge of immeasurable faith.
She immediately discovered that she could now inscribe the imprint.
Then, of course, without hesitation, she took advantage of this opportunity to complete the task of inscribing the imprint, which she hadn't even begun planning for yet.
After completing the task, she still didn't rush to leave.
Instead, she waited until her granddaughter grew up.
Only then did Ding Yun, under the pretense of ascension, break through the void and depart.