214: Matters concerning the reconstruction of the sect

"It's over, everything is over. I watched with my own eyes as they chopped off Senior Brother's head, grinning viciously as they charged at me!"

"Revered Master, your death was so tragic!"

"Husband, after I avenge you with my own hands, I will surely take my own life and join you in the afterlife!"

The scene was chaotic, filled with wailing everywhere. Li Haotian watched everything unfolding before him in silence, then grabbed Huang Bocheng by the head and used an extremely brutal method to extract his memories.

After seeing everything in this guy's memory, Li Haotian finally understood why such a thing had happened.

Huang Bocheng's skull had been indented by five claw marks where he was being gripped, and his head was covered in fine, dense blood vessels; it looked like he wouldn't survive much longer.

Now, he was struggling frantically in extreme pain, unable to die, yet unable to live.

Li Haotian did not feel his methods were cruel; he was simply using the methods that should be used against a traitor.

The corpse of Immortal Master Xuan Qing was still impaled on the cliff wall. Several Disciples stepped forward, wiping away tears as they took him down, and all the fallen Heavenly Profound Sect Disciples were given a proper burial.

Including those he had brought along, the Disciples stationed at the Fissure accounted for a total of thirty percent of the Disciples and Elders. The remaining seventy percent of the Heavenly Profound Sect Disciples had been killed, leaving only this final ten percent!

From Huang Bocheng's memories, Li Haotian saw that in order to prevent the Sect from sending out requests for help, the other party had actually forcefully cast a secret technique to shield the heavenly secrets.

At the same time, they colluded with the evil cultivators to break the Sect's great formation from within.

As a Chief of one of the Thirty-Six Peaks of Tiangang, the node he was guarding was naturally quite important. He abandoned his post and began attacking other important nodes nearby, causing the great formation to be broken in almost an instant.

Otherwise, there was no way this group of evil cultivators could have killed all the Heavenly Profound Sect Disciples to this extent in such a short amount of time.

Breaking this formation would have required a day or two, at the very least, enough time to hold out until the previous batch of Disciples sent to the Fissure returned.

Li Haotian nearly shattered his teeth in anger. If it hadn't been for Xue You's reminder, they would have only returned to the Sect in two days to find a scene of utter devastation.

【Detected that the Host's faction, the Heavenly Profound Sect, has been nearly annihilated. Host, please take up the banner, rebuild the Heavenly Profound Sect, and assume the position of Sect Master. Rewards: 20 Great Emperor death warrior summoning cards, 80 Quasi-Great Emperor death warrior summoning cards, 200 Heavenly Monarch death warrior summoning cards, inheritance of all Heavenly Profound Sect Cultivation Techniques, and a massive amount of Cultivation resources.】

Hearing the voice from the System, a glimmer of hope rose in Li Haotian's heart, and his gaze gradually became more resolute.

"All Disciples, help bury the corpses of those who have fallen in battle. Tianxuan, go back and bring the Disciples in the town back here. The remaining Chiefs, come and have a meeting with me immediately."

Li Haotian immediately began issuing orders. Originally, there were a few Chiefs who didn't want to listen to him, but after being glared at by him, they were instantly too terrified to harbor any thoughts of resistance.

In the eyes of these Chiefs, Li Haotian had always been that good-for-nothing, and even after going to the Fissure, he was still that same good-for-nothing. However, this time upon returning, he had actually exchanged many blows with a Peak Great Emperor Realm Expert among the evil cultivators, and had even killed an Early Stage Great Emperor Realm evil cultivator while only at the Quasi-Great Emperor level.

No one present dared to underestimate him any longer.

"I truly didn't expect that after this battle, so many Chiefs of the Thirty-Six Peaks of Tiangang would still be alive; this can be considered a good thing for our Sect."

Li Haotian casually found a table and set up a temporary tent, letting everyone hold the meeting inside.

"Among the remaining 34 Chiefs, 11 are from the Seventy-Two Peaks of Disha, and 23 are from the Thirty-Six Peaks of Tiangang."

"Our foundation is still here. Adding in those Elders and Disciples, we still have at least forty percent of our strength. Although we might fall out of the Ten Great Powers, we must reorganize the Sect."

"I will take the lead on this matter, and I will be responsible for the next Sect Master. If anyone has any objections, let's settle it with our fists; if you have no objections, then follow my arrangements."

Li Haotian's voice was harsh, but the people around him looked at him with cold indifference.

"Chief Li, aren't you being a bit too impatient? You wouldn't happen to have a hand in this, would you? The Sect has just been destroyed, and you want to rebuild it immediately and become the Sect Master yourself; it's hard for us not to be suspicious."

A Chief stood up, his eyes filled with determination. These Chiefs who had managed to survive until now while resisting to the death and refusing to surrender were naturally loyal to the Sect.

To them, the Sect was their home. Now that this had happened, no one was in the mood to fight for power, but Li Haotian's first words had immediately made everyone somewhat dissatisfied.

"Your opinion is excellent. We will rebuild the Sect immediately after burying the corpses of all the Disciples and Elders. Regardless of whether I made this request or not, you would do the same. Don't you want to rebuild the Sect?"

Li Haotian choked the other person with a single sentence, and the latter nodded helplessly. What he said was indeed what everyone present was thinking.

"From now on, I am responsible for everything. All of you just need to follow my actions. I already have a plan in mind for rebuilding the Sect. As for your claim that I am one of the traitors, do you think that's possible?"

"I spent a full year at the Fissure. By the outside world's time, two years should have passed. I haven't even left the Fissure; where would I go to report or send secret messages?"

Li Haotian's words left everyone present silent for a moment, but there were still those who believed his seniority was insufficient.

"You child are simply too young. When you first entered the Sect, I watched you grow step by step to this day. There are many things you don't know how to handle, and to hand the entire Sect over to you…"

A Chief raised his hand as if wanting to say something, but he was glared at fiercely and forced back into silence.

"I said it before: if you have any dissatisfaction with me, you can fight me. As for you saying I don't know how to manage the Sect, do you know where the Sect Master's strategies came from? Why are all the major powers now recruiting Disciples with poor talent to establish one branch after another? These were all my ideas."

"I hope that after today, no one will have any other opinions on this matter. After all, to speak bluntly, the fact that you are all still alive and able to converse with me here is entirely due to the fact that I brought people back in time."

As soon as Li Haotian said this, the whole place fell into silence.

It was indeed the case that he had brought people back to save them. If he hadn't brought two Peak Great Emperor Realm Experts back, I fear none of those present would have survived.