On this matter, he neglected and didn't put enough emphasis on the information sent back from the dojo, nor did he go personally to support it.
But then again, he had to focus on his own cultivation and deal with matters within the clan. How could he manage it all?
The Cloud-patterned Primordial Stone is the foundation of their Dao clan. Such a loss is enormous, enough to drive anyone mad upon learning of it.
This is a treasure capable of establishing a great clan!
"He succeeded, leaving filled with anger and regret." Dao Wuya's eyes were as sharp as knives.
"In just this short ti, he definitely hasn't gotten far, and regardless of his path over the Heavenly River Sea, his ultimate goal must be Heavenly River City," he said angrily, his thoughts piercingly clear, "We won't chase him, we'll block him on the road ahead!"
The Heavenly River Sea is vast, looking for soone is like finding a needle in a haystack, nearly impossible.
But if one knows the person's direction, there is a trail to follow.
"Although Lu Qingshan's cultivation is low, his combat power is ridiculously high. A group of six cultivators from the Ninth Realm, including Dao Ji in the Three Steps of Unity Realm Stage, was easily massacred by him. The pursuit is imperative, but if too few people go, it would just be sending them to their deaths."
"Therefore....."
"This ti, except for a few who remain on the island, all Ninth Realm cultivators of our Dao clan will be mobilized!"
"Dao Luo, go notify the Demon Race, inform them of Lu Qingshan's appearance, and have them join us in hunting this fiend."
"This is the master of the future Sword Sect, a Sword Immortal; he is absolutely one of the obstacles to their sweeping through Sky Do Heaven.
If they can kill such a figure at its root, they will be more than willing."
The news of Evil Venerable's miserable defeat by Lu Qingshan at Lingye Island and his forced retreat clearly hadn't reached the Dao clan's ears yet.
"Alright, you all follow to battle, reclaim the Cloud-patterned Primordial Stone, and kill Lu Qingshan, so that the Sword Sect never has a new master again!"
This ti, the Dao clan was truly making a major move, not only was Dao Wuya personally moving, but several old figures of the clan were also coming out of seclusion, making a grand scale operation.
This was not enough; Dao Wuya still wanted to involve the Demon Race, to jointly surround and kill Lu Qingshan, setting up an inescapable killing situation for him.
....
The Heavenly River Sea is too vast, even though Lu Qingshan is extrely fast, in the entire sea area, it is only a negligible movent.
Therefore, to return to Heavenly River City, even going in a straight line will take quite so ti.
If he takes a detour, it will take even longer.
But precisely because of the enormity and vastness of Heavenly River Sea, even if the Dao clan uses all its power, attempting to capture Lu Qingshan moving rapidly is wishful thinking.
The manpower from the Dao clan quickly split into small teams and dispersed.
And the request for help quickly reached the Demon Race.
This made the Demon Race extrely excited, especially Evil Venerable.
On Lingye Island, he was utterly humiliated by Lu Qingshan's Heavenly Punishnt, the plan to conquer Lingye Island also temporarily shelved, and his killing intent toward Lu Qingshan was even greater than Dao Wuya's.
"Hehe, what benefit is there for the Dao clan in hunting down Lu Qingshan? Could they truly be sincerely united with our Demon Race, laboring tirelessly for our great cause?"
"Surely there is so secret hidden within, making them determined to kill Lu Qingshan, yet lacking the ability to do so, so they've set their sights on us." Evil Venerable, though filled with furious killing intent towards Lu Qingshan, did not lose his reason, seeing through the matter clearly.
"So, should we still act?" Qian Venerable hesitated.
"Of course, we act." Evil Venerable affird.
"The Dao clan has ulterior motives for sure, but that's not my concern."
"This is an opportunity to avenge, Qian Venerable, you take people to campaign imdiately, assist the Dao clan in killing Lu Qingshan, I don't want him to continue existing in this world."
Upon receiving the urgent intelligence from the Dao clan, Evil Venerable didn't hesitate to dispatch personnel to join the plan to besiege and kill Lu Qingshan.
Of course, he didn't act personally, instead choosing to watch from the sidelines.
Because Evil Venerable feared a repeat of the situation on Lingye Island.
With Lu Qingshan having an unknown number of Heavenly Punishnts, in Evil Venerable's view, compared to his own strike, the threat posed by a hundred High Ranking Demon Venerables to Lu Qingshan was greater.
Having received a response from the Demon Race, the Dao clan's confidence was further bolstered.
.....
The main forces of the Dao clan and Demon Race took the shortest route between Tianya Island and Heavenly River City, aiming to overtake and get ahead of Lu Qingshan, blocking his inevitable path.
But on this shortest route, soone must still pursue Lu Qingshan, and that person must be Dao Wuya.
The sea is vast, such a pursuit is akin to looking for a needle in a haystack.
For a seasoned Sword Cultivator like Lu Qingshan, evading pursuit in the vast Heavenly River Sea is not difficult.
The speed of a cultivator in the Honorable Realm is naturally faster than that in the Tribulation Crossing Realm, even if Lu Qingshan is a Sword Cultivator, this is the case, but it's not fast enough to arrive in an instant.
Dao Wuya doesn't know Lu Qingshan's precise direction, a slight deviation could lead to miles of error.
Such a pursuit holds little aning.
But Dao Wuya has no choice but to do this.
Because only in this way can Lu Qingshan be threatened.
If there is no threat to Lu Qingshan in the pursuit, Lu Qingshan won't need to take detours to evade capture and can return to Heavenly River City in the shortest ti, making it impossible to form the encirclent against him.
Therefore, Dao Wuya spread his Divine Sense over a large sea area, pursuing and searching along the shortest path from Tianya Island to Heavenly River City.
Now it had been less than half a day since Lu Qingshan left, and he would still need at least ten days to cross the vast sea between Tianya Island and Heavenly River.
This is the ideal scenario.
In reality, due to Dao Wuya's search and pursuit, considering hiding and detours, this ti will certainly be extended accordingly.
And the extended ti is the ti difference that the Dao clan and Demon Race main forces needed to overtake; after all, apart from a few strong warriors, most people's speed isn't comparable to Lu Qingshan's.
.......
One hundred thousand miles outside Heavenly River City, in the high altitude tens of thousands of ters above the vast sea.
Here, the clouds were sparse, the azure sky was clear, and visibility was extrely high.
From here looking down, everything was in clear view.
Of course, at this height, the strong wind was piercing, the cold penetrated to the bone, it was not a place where ordinary cultivators could remain.
At this altitude, hundreds and thousands of Dao clan cultivators and Demon Race cultivators stretched horizontally, searching across hundreds of thousands of miles.
Qian Venerable, as the leader, was aimlessly tracing circles, recalling the words Dao Wuya had said to him.
"The Heavenly River Sea is too vast; pursuit is unlikely to catch up to him.
The only feasible strategy is to preemptively place personnel on his inevitable path to intercept and kill him."
"It can be determined that Lu Qingshan will certainly return to Heavenly River City, hence the intercept line should be established outside of Heavenly River City."
"The intercept line closer to Heavenly River City is naturally shorter, where personnel can be more densely arranged, with no oversight.
But there will also be an issue, too close to Heavenly River City will alert it, making it easy for Heavenly River City to provide support.
If Chu Mu intervenes, the interception becos nonsense."
"Thus, there must be so distance between the intercept line and Heavenly River City."
"But this distance cannot be too far, because the farther it is, the larger the sea area involved, and the longer the intercept line, requiring personnel dispersal to cover it all.
Under such circumstances, weak points inevitably arise, which Lu Qingshan could likely break through or quietly bypass."
"The distance must be chosen to be neither near nor far, just right."
"One hundred thousand miles is what I consider the most appropriate distance."
"As for Lu Qingshan's approach, one certainty is he won't co from the front.
As for whether he's veering left or right, it's unknown. However, we can control a five million miles sea line for the horizontal distance, which is sufficient."
"Beyond this sea line is rely an unnecessary detour, ultimately, one would still need to circle back."
"And under the premise of leaving so extra margin, we only need to control a six million miles sea line to form an inescapable net, leaving Lu Qingshan nowhere to escape."
Success equals nine parts judgnt and one part luck.
Qian Venerable was convinced they had left nothing to chance, and that last bit of luck would certainly be on their side.
The only thing he needed to consider was Lu Qingshan's Heavenly Punishnt.
Sothing even the Evil Venerable feared, how could he not fear it too?
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