Rebirth as God

Chapter 6 The Decline of Biyuan Star

Entering the main hall, the servants brought out tea, fruits, and snacks to serve their guest, Xuan Xing."Xuan Xing, make yourself at home and try these. These fruits are a specialty of our Xuanling Sect and cannot be found elsewhere," Sect Leader Qingsong said with a smile.Xuan Xing didn't hesitate and grabbed a fruit the size of a baby's fist, red in color, and put it in his mouth. A refreshing sensation spread through his body, filling his mouth with a delightful fragrance. The fruit was indeed excellent, something he hadn't had often, even in the past.Xuan Xing grabbed another and continued eating, finishing five fruits in a row before stopping out of embarrassment. Beside him, Luo Suo watched with envy and eventually grabbed one for himself."Sorry, the fruit is so delicious that I couldn't help myself. I must have amused you, Sect Leader Qingsong," Xuan Xing said apologetically."It's alright. These Ganlin fruits are indeed excellent. It takes a hundred years for them to bloom, bear fruit, and mature, and they are very beneficial for our cultivation. Consuming them can stabilize our realm," Sect Leader Qingsong explained with a smile."Yes, brother, you're lucky to have these. The Ganlin fruits are just ripening now, so stay here for a while," Luo Suo said, hoping to eat more of the Ganlin fruits himself. Usually, his master didn't give them out easily, and Luo Suo was much more reserved in front of Qingsong.Xuan Xing now understood the preciousness of the Ganlin fruit. While spirit fruits that could enhance true essence and power were rare in the cultivation world, they could still be bought. However, spirit fruits that could stabilize one's realm were exceedingly rare."Thank you, Sect Leader, for such a valuable gift," Xuan Xing said, recognizing Qingsong's generosity and easy-going nature.They then chatted about various trivial matters."Sect Leader Qingsong, I have a question. Are there many cultivators on our planet? What is the highest cultivation level reached?" Xuan Xing asked. Over the past two years, he had only encountered Luo Suo as a fellow cultivator, and it seemed unusual for someone at the Nascent Soul stage to be a sect leader."There are only three major sects on this planet, and our Xuanling Sect is one of them. Currently, the highest cultivation level is the early stage of the Out-of-Body phase, and there's only one person at that stage. There are fewer than ten at the Nascent Soul stage combined," Qingsong revealed a fact that Xuan Xing found hard to accept.A cultivation planet with fewer than ten Nascent Soul stage cultivators, and only one at the Out-of-Body stage!"How could this be? Has it always been like this?" Xuan Xing was puzzled.Qingsong sighed and continued, "It wasn't always this way. It started about ten thousand years ago."Our Biyuan Star is located in a relatively remote area of the cultivation world, but it wasn't always in this state. Despite the remote location, many from our Biyuan Star successfully transcended the tribulation and ascended. The turning point was an event from ten thousand years ago. Ancient records say that there were three super sects in the cultivation world at that time: Qingxu Sect, Xuanming Sect, and Tianling Sect. Our Biyuan Star cultivators were very united, but one day someone here obtained an immortal artifact, which was discovered by an elder from Tianling Sect. That elder chased the person to our Biyuan Star."Our Biyuan Star's people felt that there was no reason to hand over the immortal artifact to Tianling Sect. So, our top cultivators united and defeated the Tianling Sect elder, driving him away. However, it wasn't long before Tianling Sect sent more people, including two loose immortals. At that time, we only had one loose immortal, and they had a significant advantage. All our Nascent Soul stage disciples fought against Tianling Sect, but despite having only one fewer loose immortal than them, our forces were almost completely wiped out because loose immortals are terrifyingly powerful."The immortal artifact was eventually taken away, and our Biyuan Star's strength declined drastically, losing almost 90% of its power. Only disciples below the Nascent Soul stage remained, and with the death of our seniors, many cultivation techniques were lost. We only have techniques up to the Nascent Soul stage; beyond that, we must figure things out ourselves."This situation wasn't fatal in itself, but Tianling Sect went too far. Before leaving, they destroyed all our interstellar teleportation arrays, cutting us off from the rest of the cultivation world and making it impossible for us to obtain complete cultivation techniques."After hearing Qingsong's explanation, Xuan Xing finally understood why Biyuan Star's cultivation level was so low.Generally, when cultivators take on disciples, they first teach techniques up to the Nascent Soul stage. Only upon reaching the Nascent Soul stage do they teach the next stages. This prevents an unstable foundation before continuing cultivation. These teachings are usually verbal or directly implanted into the disciple's mind by a high-level cultivator. Rarely are these techniques recorded in writing, which explains why Biyuan Star lacks advanced techniques now.Understanding all this, Xuan Xing's hatred for the three major sects deepened.Aside from his personal vendetta against the three major sects, the destruction of teleportation arrays is absolutely forbidden in the cultivation world. There's an unwritten rule that anyone who destroys a teleportation array can be attacked by all. Even loose immortals wouldn't dare to destroy a teleportation array easily.But Tianling Sect still did it!After some careful thought, Xuan Xing understood why Tianling Sect acted this way.Immortal artifacts! In the cultivation world, these are incredibly rare and valuable items, something even loose immortals would desperately fight for. If a Nascent Soul stage cultivator were to obtain an immortal artifact, even a master at the Integration stage would be powerless against them.It's said that each of the three super sects possesses a treasure that guards their sect—a single immortal artifact. The three sects have maintained their positions at the pinnacle of the cultivation world largely due to these immortal artifacts, which shows just how precious they are.It's normal for people to die for the sake of obtaining an immortal artifact. As one of the three super sects, Tianling Sect has numerous experts, but they possess only one immortal artifact. Acquiring another one would bring immeasurable benefits to Tianling Sect, which is why they didn't hesitate to make an enemy of the entire Biyuan Star.Moreover, destroying the teleportation arrays was a strategic move. If they hadn't destroyed the arrays, news of Tianling Sect obtaining the immortal artifact would quickly spread throughout the cultivation world, leading to trouble. The other two super sects would undoubtedly take an interest in this matter.Destroying the teleportation arrays of a peripheral cultivation planet wouldn't attract much attention since such planets rarely have visitors from other worlds. Without the teleportation arrays, cultivators from other planets couldn't reach Biyuan Star. Establishing a teleportation array requires the abilities of a tribulation stage master. At that time, Biyuan Star didn't even have Nascent Soul stage cultivators, let alone tribulation stage ones.By the time someone on Biyuan Star reached the tribulation stage, it would be thousands of years later. By then, even if the incident were revealed, few would believe it; after all, it's hard to distinguish fact from fiction after thousands of years.So, from a different perspective, Tianling Sect's actions are somewhat understandable.However, Xuan Xing would never think that way. Destroying the teleportation arrays is an unforgivable crime!