Surviving the Sculk Infection in Minecraft...

I seriously can't believe what happened.... Minecraft Patch 1.19 added a few new features, including but not limited to the Sculk. Normally Sculk only drops exp when mined so I took things to a whole other level, by adding the Sculk Horde mod. This means that the Sculk block can now spread and infect you entire world. Can I survive and defeat the horde?