Following a Hundred Years of Cultivation, I’m dying Before I Got Cheats - Chapter 1416

Chapter 1416: The Dawn of Chaos, The Peak of the Earthly Immortals (Part 1) Chapter 1416: The Dawn of Chaos, The Peak of the Earthly Immortals (Part 1) Editor: Henyee Translations “The great catastropheaEUR| It’s finally over!

We’re free at last!” “This damned calamity has left our Immortal Domain in such a tragic state!” “Hmph!

That foul creature!

I was this close to defeating it.

What ‘Great Catastrophe’?

Nothing but a pile of rubble now!” In a vast mountain valley of the Xuanzhong Immortal Domain, Western Celestial Lands, the last remnants of inky black calamity dissipated, revealing an air of relief and exclamation.

The area outside the mountain valley remained a desolate wasteland of ash, devoid of any spiritual energy.

Just days earlier, this place lay deep within the dark barrier of the Wall of Calamity.

Suddenly, a powerful explosion shook the valley.

“BOOM!

BOOM!” The massive force sent shockwaves rippling through the mountain range, tearing apart the remaining strands of dark energy, erasing them from existence.

From a deep crevice in the mountain, three figures, draped in celestial robes and surrounded by faintly glowing auras, emerged, standing in mid-air.

Their appearances, though formidable, bore signs of battleaEUR”scorched robes, lingering marks of calamity, and visible wounds.

“The calamity is truly fading.

This is a blessing for all life in the Central Province!” said one of them, an elderly monk draped in a tattered kasaya, holding a luminous staff.

Any cultivator of the Central Province would recognize himaEUR”the Yellow-Browed Venerable, a mighty Earthly Immortal from the illustrious Daxiong Celestial Sect.

His legendary deeds included braving hundreds of demonic lairs single-handedly, earning unparalleled renown.

As he sighed with relief, another figure, a white-bearded elder dressed in violet, scoffed dismissively, “Hmph!

The so-called ‘Great Calamity’ didn’t kill me!

It fled in fear, withdrawing before my power!” The Yellow-Browed Venerable paid him no mind, but the third figure, a red-haired elder draped in crimson robes, snapped in irritation, “Purple Wei Venerable, where was that arrogance when the creature was still alive?

If we had relied on you, we’d all be corpses by now!” This red-haired elder was Red Beard Venerable, another Earthly Immortal of considerable power.

His retort was aimed at Purple Wei Venerable, a fellow Earthly Immortal of the Purple Wei Sect.

The three of them had led the Central Province’s major sects in a fierce campaign against the Great Calamity, hoping to quell the disaster and stabilize their lands.

But the creature’s strength had far exceeded their expectations.

Half of the Central Province’s immortals had perished, and the survivors were forced to flee in defeat.

The three of them, unable to break free from the creature’s relentless pursuit, had sealed themselves deep within the mountain valley, narrowly avoiding death.

Now, with the Great Calamity’s retreat, they emerged from their sealed sanctuary, exhausted but alive.

“Hmph!

YouaEUR”” Purple Wei Venerable began, only for Yellow-Browed Venerable to cut him off, “Enough!

Now is not the time for petty squabbles.

The calamity has receded.

Let us return to our sects and restore what was lost.” “The Central Province fared better than most regions.

There may be opportunities to expand our territories amidst the chaos.

What point is there in rehashing past failures?” His words stopped the argument cold.

Purple Wei Venerable and Red Beard Venerable exchanged glances, their eyes flickering with understanding.

This was not the first calamity to descend upon the Immortal Domain.

Ancient sects in the Central Province had weathered similar trials in the past.

For smaller sects, calamities were apocalyptic events, but for the region’s ruling powers, they were more like a re-shuffling of cards.

As Yellow-Browed Venerable suggested, if the Central Province had suffered less than the other regions, they had a chance to rebound quickly and seize newly exposed territories.

It was an unspoken rule that when the heavens dealt such devastation, the strong would take advantage of the chaos to grow stronger.

With a cold huff, Purple Wei Venerable and Red Beard Venerable departed in silence, flying towards their respective domains.

Upon returning to their sects, they swiftly regrouped, mobilizing forces to stake new claims throughout the province.

The Birth of the Chaotic Era The fall of the calamity marked the start of a new chaos in the Immortal Domain.

With the celestial cataclysm barely past, infighting among cultivators began in earnest.

The heavens’ tribulations had ended, but a different kind of disasteraEUR”one born of human greed and ambitionaEUR”began to unfold.

Major powers, spared from the worst of the catastrophe, quickly sought to exploit the situation.

Returning to ruined strongholds, they reclaimed lost lands and ancient domains.

Among the lesser sects, those fortunate enough to survive the disaster hurried to their ancestral grounds, eager to rebuild before stronger factions could encroach.

However, not all returned home peacefully.

Many sects, seeing an opportunity to settle old grudges, moved to seize rival territories.

What had once been sacred sanctuaries were now disputed battlegrounds.

“Who dares trespass on our sect’s sacred grounds!” “You claim this is your domain?

Where is the proof of your claim?

I see no trace of your sect’s presence here.” “The calamity scorched this land to its very bones!

We do not need to justify ourselves to you!” “Hmph!

Empty words!

Leave now, or face the consequences!” “Prepare to die!” Such disputes and quarrels played out in countless corners of the Immortal Domain.

Many sects, weakened by the Great Calamity, found themselves driven out of their homes, their ancestral lands taken by those strong enough to hold them.

The end of the cataclysm did not bring a peaceful rebirth, but instead ignited an era of fierce competition, conflict, and conquest.

A Struggle for Power Even as the chaos spread, Jiang Chengxuan’s influence in the Western Celestial Lands stood as a bulwark of stability.

The sects under the Scattered Immortals Alliance, united under Jiang Chengxuan’s leadership, restored order more rapidly than other regions.

For the other domains, however, the struggle for supremacy had just begun.

In the Central Province, ancient sects, which had weathered the cataclysm with their foundations relatively intact, surged forward.

Cultivators of the Central Province sought to recover treasures lost to the tides of darkness, their ambitions fueled by the allure of unexplored, newly exposed lands.

The Daxiong Celestial Sect, the Purple Wei Sect, and the Red Flame Sect became dominant forces in the region’s recovery efforts, using the calamity as a pretext to expand their influence.

Similar stories unfolded in the Eastern Province, the Southern Province, and the Northern Province, where old powers clashed with newly risen factions.

Some alliances formed briefly, only to collapse in bloody betrayals.

The boundaries of the Immortal Domain’s realms shifted as new alliances formed and dissolved, and old grudges were settled in blood.

Scenes of Bloodshed “These lands belong to our sect!

You have no right to be here!” “These lands?

We found no signs of your sect’s presence.

Prove it, or leave!” “Damn you!

How dare you encroach upon our sacred grounds!” “Sacred?

After the calamity, no place remains holy!

If you cannot hold it, it is ours by right!” Similar confrontations echoed throughout the shattered Immortal Domain, repeated over and over again as sects clashed for territory.

In many cases, those who barely survived the calamity were now forced to fight once more to defend what little they had left.

Some sects lost everything all over again, displaced a second time in the chaotic aftermath.