Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 238 Basketball?

Immortal Siyang received the message quickly, but was somewhat hesitant.

Asking him to sacrifice himself to save the Taiyi Ziwei Sect was out of the question. Even if his junior brother died as a result, he would at most help him take revenge afterward—that would already be more than enough. Besides, he knew his junior brother very well; he had a plethora of ways to protect himself, and countless magical treasures and artifacts. No matter who died, Si Yin would never die!
However, he was indeed somewhat reluctant to give up the offerings to the Taiyi Ziwei Sect.

The reason for this needs to be mentioned.

In the Realm of Returning to the Void, there is no fixed way to attain godhood. In addition to the Earth Immortals who attain godhood by accumulating power over mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas, and the Heavenly Immortals who rely on the sun, moon, stars, and constellations to attain godhood, there are also those who attain godhood by offering sacrifices to the gods of their race.

It is worth noting that the "fruit position" mentioned in the Guixu Realm is not the same as the "fruit position" or "cause position" in Buddhist terminology in the Blue Star Realm. In the Guixu Realm, the "fruit position" corresponds to the "cause position." Only by cultivating the "cause position" can one attain the "fruit position" and become a god. This is a proven and undeniable method that the cultivators of the Guixu Realm have already figured out.

Like the Supreme God of Penglai, when he first attained enlightenment, it was because he, as the ancestor of Penglai, protected the Penglai Sect multiple times during the calamities of heaven and earth that he attained enlightenment and took the title "Supreme God of Penglai," omitting the "Sect" from "Penglai Sect," which was somewhat of a deliberate choice. And precisely because he omitted the word "Sect," and because his care for Penglai Island was quite thorough, he inadvertently and gradually cultivated himself into the true god of "Penglai Island," making his name and reality truly fitting.

Essentially, this is also a kind of opportunistic approach, only it takes an extremely long time. Take the Penglai God himself, for example. He is already over three thousand years old. It took him more than a thousand years from the time he cultivated his immortal body to the time he attained the status of a god, and then another thousand years to slowly "become a god."

Such a long wait is not something an ordinary cultivator can do.

Si Yang and Si Yin, wanting to replicate the success of the Penglai God, had begun having the Ziwei Sect disciples worship their titles hundreds of years ago. Regardless of whether the Taiyi Ziwei Sect survives this time, as long as Immortal Si Yang doesn't actually come out to protect them, all his previous efforts will be in vain, and hundreds of years of accumulation will be wiped out.

Is it to risk one's life to go out and help protect the Taiyi Ziwei Sect, or to abandon the achievements of hundreds of years and start anew?

If this were a normal person's choice, they would undoubtedly do so without hesitation. But cultivators' practice is inherently defying the heavens; everyone is a gambler. How could a gambler willingly give up half of the ultimate prize they've already won?
After hesitating for a long time, Immortal Siyang still chose to suppress his cultivation level and use his primordial spirit to leave his body to take a look at the situation.

When Immortal Siyang arrived, the Sacrifice Immortal Array had already been set up. However, Immortal Siyin did not require it to be activated immediately. Firstly, the Sacrifice Immortal Array was based on the Taiyi Ziwei Sect's Mountain Protection Array, and the enemy needed to be inside the Mountain Protection Array first. Secondly, the situation had not yet reached the point of fighting to the death.

At this moment, the Immortal Si Yin was flying outside the mountain-protecting formation, ready for battle.

After several attacks, the mountain-protecting formation had become somewhat unstable. While others couldn't tell, the Yin Immortal, who was an expert in formations, could see it clearly.

In order not to show weakness and to boost morale, he flew to the outside of the formation.

As expected, upon seeing the appearance of the Yin Immortal, the disciples of the Taiyin Sect excitedly launched a rocket. Some curious players even secretly approached at a considerable distance, recorded the screen in real time, and started a live stream.

The rocket launcher quickly hurtled straight toward the Yin Immortal, but the expected explosion did not occur!
The Immortal Si Yin casually raised his hand, and a constantly spinning bead shimmering with a ghostly blue light floated in front of him. The blue bead seemed to be absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy, causing the scenery around the Immortal Si Yin to distort, and the bead grew larger and larger, eventually becoming the size of a basketball!

In the blink of an eye, the entire process took only a few seconds. The rocket launcher was getting closer and closer to the Yin Immortal, almost reaching his face! At that moment, he raised his hand again, and the blue bead rushed forward. In the blink of an eye, the two clashed!

A layer of indistinct spiritual energy swirled around the blue bead. With a muffled thud, the rocket exploded in mid-air. Regardless of its elemental composition, the spiritual energy released was instantly absorbed by the blue bead, leaving only the dust particles floating in the air after the gunpowder explosion and the gradually dissipating white smoke.

After the smoke completely dissipated, the Immortal Si Yin still stood expressionless in the air, his robes fluttering in the wind.

The players, who had initially been watching with amusement, were now gaping in disbelief, their mouths agape in astonishment. Then, a tremendous surge of enthusiasm erupted in the chat channels of each team—

"Holy crap! That's an awesome skill! What the hell is that basketball?!"

"Hilarious! It's a real 'basketball,' a blue ball!"

"What kind of magical artifact is it? I've seen other NPCs use all sorts of strange and wonderful magical artifacts before. I even wanted to order one, but it's too expensive..."

"Sect Master! I want one too!"

However, before everyone could finish their banter, the player closest to the Immortal of Yin, who was watching the spectacle through a homemade telescope, noticed something was wrong—

Seeing the strange group of Taiyin Sect disciples in the distance making a mess, pointing in his direction and laughing heartily, the Immortal Siyin sneered and lightly pointed his finger at the "camp" where rocket launchers were being fired.

Then, the huge blue bead shot forward like an arrow, heading straight for the "camp" where the Jade Emperor was located.

The speed was extremely fast, at least faster than a rocket launcher. The bead rubbed against the air, emitting huge sparks! The blue bead was like a sudden shooting star, hitting the Jade Emperor on the head in the blink of an eye!

The small protective array assigned to it as a shield only slightly slowed its speed; in less than a second, it came into extremely close contact with the Jade Emperor.

With a loud bang, a huge wave of spiritual energy spread outward from the blue bead, forming a shockwave that sent all the players flying. The spiritual energy rushed directly into their meridians.

Unlike the damage caused by an explosion, the damage caused by this spiritual energy directly affected the cultivator's body and spiritual meridians. Players who were bold and reckless and hadn't had time to shut down their five senses only felt a pain that made their souls tremble. Then, everyone in the entire camp died in that instant.

All that remained were overturned tables, chairs, tents, and a pile of completely destroyed debris.

(End of this chapter)