Chapter 350 - Lu Xuan’s Influence (2/2)

They had been thumbing their noses at the other Taoist sects in the past after having claimed to be of the purest of Shangqing lineage. What had just happened, however, would have dragged their faces through the mud.

The entire sect seemed to have mobilized right after the day Sha Tongshen returned, making their way to Southeast Asia and attacked the overseas rite’s lair. They killed three Airborne Realm cultivators as well as over 20 from the Celestial Realm.

The entire overseas rite of the Maoshan Sect was overturned for thorough investigations, and all who practiced Tame Head were killed without exception.

Only those who kept true to their Taoist traditions in overseas rite were spared.

The Maoshan Sect could be said to have been brutal in the operation. They were doing so to both maintain their faces as inheritors of the Shangqing heritage, as well as to answer to Lu Xuan.

The local rite of the Maoshan Sect mobilized there all that time to demonstrate just how truly capable a sect of ancient heritage truly was.

They went to practically exterminate the entire overseas rite of their sect in that blitzkrieg of an operation.

The powers demonstrated by both the local and overseas rites of the Maoshan Sect shocked the entire world of cultivators. While both sides clashed, over ten Airborne Realm cultivators were seen fighting on some island in Indonesia.

The resulting battle was so intense that they caused the volcano on that island to erupt.

The idea of cultivators fighting with enough intensity to cause natural disasters was something that doubtlessly exceeded everyone’s expectations.

Nobody had imagined that battles between cultivators could literally shake the world around them.

People from all over the world gained new perspectives regarding the power of cultivators.

The impression of cultivators being walking menaces was also deepened in the minds of many.

The Maoshan Sect had also suffered losses in that battle, with two of their Airborne Realm members being severely injured. One of them, who was of advanced age, actually passed away not long after they returned.

However, that wasn’t to say that they gained nothing in the operation. The sect was able to finally regain control of the several factions of the overseas rite, which all previously had their own agendas.

This was no doubt a major discovery.

Lu Xuan learned all of that through the intelligence network of the Heavenly Palace.

Many people somehow also learned the role that Lu Xuan played in the whole commotion.

Everything from members of the overseas rite of the sect trying to make the ancestral grave of Lu Xuan’s clan into a place for keeping undead, to ticking off Lu Xuan and finally, to forcing the sect’s hand enough to go out and eliminate their overseas rite, quickly spread like wildfire.

Many were shocked to learn how much influence Lu Xuan possessed.

The Maoshan Sect was of the true lineage of the Shangqing, and the sect had great influence among the cultivators of Huaxia. Despite this, such a massive and renowned sect was forced to make a move against their overseas rite, all because Lu Xuan told them to do so.

In the process, four Airborne Realm cultivators from both rites of the sect met their demise.

The Airborne Realm cultivators were known to be the best among the best throughout the world, with every single one of them lauded to be at the very cutting edge of cultivation. The death of every single one of them was enough to cause a huge commotion.

Having four of such beings dead was definitely more than enough to shake the world.

All of this had happened because of something Lu Xuan said.

Everyone was compelled to view his influence in a new light.

The Maoshan Sect went that far just to avoid getting on Lu Xuan’s bad side.

However, many had to admit that the entirety of the Maoshan Sect would have been razed if Lu Xuan himself made a move. The entire fighting force both rites could muster probably would not have stood a chance against him alone.

It was definitely better for the sect to clean up their own traitors than to have Lu Xuan raze the entire sect.

After all, they were able to at least keep one-third of their original powers alive. Thus, the integrity of the sect as a whole could be maintained.

There was yet another matter that shook the entire world when the cultivators were still reeling from the fearsome extent of Lu Xuan’s influence.