Feeling them carefully, they actually seemed to carry some wonderful, profound truth of impermanence.
However, this principle seemed to have been distorted, emanating a bit of the feeling of lawlessness.
While it was distorted, it contained a unique, profound concept within.
Yan Zhaoge opened his eyes, staring at the small black orbs within his palm.
Or rather, it was more appropriate to call them tree seeds.
“Indeed seeds of the Impermanent Devil Tree.” Yan Zhaoge looked at that Nine Underworlds Dark Soil once more.
While it was called soil, it actually resembled a clump of clouds, vaguely emanating the aura of the Nine Underworlds, shocking one’s soul.
The Nine Underworlds Dark Soil having left the Nine Underworlds, it would undergo changes, there no longer being complete certainty of cultivating an Impermanent Devil Seed within, growing up to become an Impermanent Devil Tree.
Before the Great Calamity, the Impermanent Devil Clan had contained a unique one-of-a-kind treasure, the Impermanent Devil Pond, allowing the Nine Underworlds Dark Soil to not undergo any changes having left the Nine Underworlds, preserving its original efficacy for a long time, from this growing Impermanent Devil Trees without relying on the Nine Underworlds.
However, followed by the Great Calamity, the Impermanent Devil Pond had long since been reduced to nothing, the Impermanent Devil Tree thereon also becoming extinct in the human world.
Yan Zhaoge looked first at the Impermanent Devil Seed, then at the Nine Underworlds Dark Soil which had already mutated somewhat, concentrating as he began to ponder.
“While the Earth Domain has mutated, becoming the death ground ‘Hell’, it is, at the end of the day, not the real Nine Underworlds,” Yan Zhaoge stroked his lower chin, “The Nine Underworlds did not truly descend in the Eight Extremities World; that bastard Xin Dongping, where did he get the Nine Underworlds Dark Soil?”
Walking towards Water Ridge Peak whilst considering, Yan Zhaoge suddenly halted his footsteps.
Following behind him, Ah Hu looked bemusedly at his young master.
Yan Zhaoge’s gaze flickered as he raised his head to look at the sky, the Clear Qi Grand Formation already having gradually concealed itself within the surrounding space once more.
Except for at the back mountain, the Water Ridge Peak, where controlled by Yan Zhaoge, the power of the formation descended in an endless stream, helping Fang Zhun to suppress the Devilish Domain Grand Formation.
The black Devilish Domain Grand Formation gradually withered away.
The black devilish qi that had surged to the heavens and enveloped the entire Water Ridge Peak earlier, even expanding into the surrounding area, had now completely returned to Water Ridge Peak, the peak seeing the light of the day once more, the dense devilish qi only able to put a up a final bit of struggle around the area of the Heaven Sealing Gorge.
Yan Zhaoge raised his head to look at the empty sky, radiance flickering within his left eye.
Affected by him, countless majestic, brilliant spirit patterns appeared within the sky once more.
Yan Zhaoge’s vision moved between the Clear Qi Grand Formation overhead and the movements of the domain of devilish qi at the Water Ridge Peak before him, his gaze finally coming to land on the devilish mark on the back of his left hand.
After a while, Yan Zhaoge stopped his thoughts, continuing to stride forward in the direction of the Water Ridge Peak.
Arriving at the Heaven Sealing Gorge, entering the domain of devilish qi, arriving at its core region, he saw a tall golden tower, currently already less than five metres high.
On the top of the tower, Fang Zhun was seated in the meditative position. His face seemed slightly pale, but his expression was calm and composed, no different from how he was usually.
Beneath the tall golden tower stood Feng Yunsheng, sabre in hand. Seeing Yan Zhaoge appear, her face showed a relieved expression.
Yan Zhaoge nodded to her, and she nodded back in return.
“Zhaoge, since you have appeared here, that means that the situation outside has already been resolved?” A hint of a smile was revealed on Fang Zhun’s clear face.
Yan Zhaoge bowed to him, “Yes, second apprentice-uncle. Xin Dongping and the Devil Saint Yuan Tian have already been slain.”
“The Decimating Abyss martial practitioners that invaded our clan, their few late Essence Talisman Martial Grandmasters included, have all been killed, and we are sweeping up their remnants now.”
Now, Yan Zhaoge paused slightly before continuing, “Second apprentice-uncle…eldest apprentice uncle, fell in battle.”
Hearing his words, Fang Zhun who had always been calm and composed earlier abruptly stared, his eyes bulging.
Yan Zhaoge could swear that this was the first time ever since he had known Fang Zhun that he had seen this First Seat of Broad Creed Mountain’s Assignment Hall so out of sorts.
Fang Zhun lowered his head, and when he raised it back up once more, his face was gloomier than before, but his expression had already returned to normal, “Contact the disciples guarding the outside, keeping vigilant against the Sacred Sun Clan and the Heavenly Thunder Hall, in case they think to make use of this chance to attack.”
Yan Zhaoge nodded, “That’s what I think too. I just happen to have an idea, wanting to discuss it with you, second-apprentice-uncle. It involves this Devilish Domain Grand Formation.”
“Oh?” Fang Zhun asked curiously, “It couldn’t be that you want to keep this formation?”
By the side, Ah Hu and Feng Yunsheng also looked curiously at Yan Zhaoge.
Yan Zhaoge said in a serious tone, “While it is keeping, it is not keeping this Devilish Domain Grand Formation, but making changes to it, causing it to serve a different effect.”
“Having hurriedly rushed over here, I did not have time to mention this to my father and the other Elders. I hope for second apprentice-uncle to bear it for a time. If the Sacred Sun Clan and them do not come, we can get rid of it afterwards. If they really do come, it would also be better for our clan to have some more preparations. After all, it is not certain when Grand Master will be able to leave seclusion ah.”
Fang Zhun met Yan Zhaoge’s gaze quietly, saying after a while, “Okay, I will maintain this current state for the time being. Invite junior apprentice-brother Yan and the others over to have a look at your plan together.”
Yan Zhaoge said, “Those were my intentions exactly. I will be troubling second apprentice-uncle.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 306: East Rising leaves seclusion, the Sacred Sun Clan advances North!
HSSB306: East Rising leaves seclusion, the Sacred Sun Clan advances North!
Fire Domain, Sacred Sun Clan, World Illuminating Peak.
Currently, it was in the middle of the night. All was silent.
However, at the top of the World Illuminating Peak, a group of Sacred Sun Clan experts with their current Chief Huang Xu at their head stood silently.
The World Illuminating Young Master Huang Jie stood quietly behind Huang Xu, resembling a shadow.
While he was dubbed World Illuminating, it was like he was more suited to the deep, quiet darkness of the night. Standing there, he resembled the son of the night as he blended perfectly into the darkness.
Everyone stood there quietly, having been there for who knows how long under the night winds.
However, neither impatience nor worry was visible on any of their faces at all.
Some of them even had excited glows within their eyes, as though eagerly awaiting something.
Suddenly, the pitch black night lit up, as though the great sun had risen from the east.
The light of dawn illuminated the great earth, bringing light to the world anew.
Currently, it had actually yet to reach the time of dawn.
But it was bright between the heavens and the earth, resembling daylight.
It was just that this sunlight had not risen fro
m beyond the horizon, rather having risen from the World Illuminating Peak!
With Huang Xu at their head, the people waiting on the mountain peak all bowed, Huang Xu saying, “I welcome father out of seclusion.”
Behind him, Huang Jie continued, “I welcome grandfather out of seclusion.”
The others all bowed greatly as well, “We welcome Elder Huang out of seclusion; The Sun Comes East!”
On the World Illuminating Peak where it currently seemed to be sunrise, amidst the all-illuminating radiance, a figure slowly stepped out.
A total of nine great suns formed a ring, hovering behind this figure.
On the World Illuminating Peak, there wasn’t too much of a blazing hot feeling, as though the heat of the true sun had been retracted, only leaving behind an infinite world of light.
The light illuminated every single corner of the World Illuminating Peak, not even letting a single inch by, then expanding into the surroundings, night fading in the surrounding five thousand kilometres, the great earth experiencing a premature daylight.
There was no terrifying aura that was emanated, but everyone here felt as though there was a pair of eyes staring into the very depths of their minds.
Before him, even facing death, they would also dare not to resist it, only able to bear it in silence, resembling the true sun god hanging high overhead, dealing its heavenly judgements.
The sound of footsteps resounded, mild yet real.
Accompanied by these footsteps, a white-clothed old man appeared before them.
This old man was of average build, his looks resembling that of Huang Xu and Huang Jie. On his forehead was a golden rune, resembling a blazing sun.
This old man was precisely the previous Chief of the Sacred Sun Clan, one of the current six great Martial Saints, the East Coming Martial Saint, ‘The Sun Comes East’ Huang Guanglie!
In the current Eight Extremities World, under usual circumstances, Huang Guanglie was also silently regarded as the number one expert of the current world!
Other than the Sacred Sun Clan’s Sacred Sun Saint, the Purple Sun Martial Saint Zhang Chao of the same generation as the Exalted Heaven Shaker and the Heaven Diviner that year, also Huang Guanglie’s Master, his whereabouts and whether he was alive or dead currently unknown.
Other than the Painting Saint Old Man Mo, who forever remained mysterious and hard to grasp despite having revealed his prowess before.
It was publicly acknowledged in the current Eight Extremities World that Huang Guanglie was superior to the other four Martial Saints, the Devil Saint Yuan Tian and the Lord of the Heavenly Thunder Hall Shen Li included.
And this was before Huang Guanglie had entered seclusion.
With him having emerged from secluded cultivation, who knew what level he had now attained?
Huang Guanglie looked at Huang Xu, “The situation after this old man entered seclusion-tell me about it.”
Huang Xu nodded, narrating matter after matter in an ordinary manner.
His narration contained matters both big and small. Other than significant, major matters, some trivial, minor matters were also mentioned by him.
Whether it was the listener Huang Guanglie or the others around them, none of them grew impatient, all of them standing quietly there.
Huang Xu finally finished narrating Broad Creed Mountain’s current situation, ceasing to speak.
Huang Guanglie looked to the north, in the direction of the Heaven Domain, “Yuan Zhengfeng finally dared to enter seclusion in an attempt to take that step?”
“Sadly, he was too slow.”
Huang Guanglie strode toward the north, “In these few years that this old man was in secluded cultivation, Broad Creed Mountain has stirred up many things. In that case, having emerged, I’ll first go over to their place to exercise my muscles.”
At the same time, radiance surfaced before Huang Xu, a long golden ruler appearing, now exploding with light, as though forging the entire World Illuminating Peak into a world of white light.
The long golden ruler flew, landing within Huang Guanglie’s hands.
Huang Guanglie strode out, and was instantly far away.
Limitless light headed north, illuminating the heavens and the earth. Accompanied by Huang Guanglie’s departure, it was only then that the World Illuminating Peak gradually lapsed back into night.
Huang Xu and Huang Jie both did not move, the two remaining to guard the World Illuminating Peak.
The other Sacred Sun Clan martial practitioners were all extremely excited, “Did you feel it? The old Chief emerged from seclusion successfully, really having improved a step further. Now, he is truly invincible within the Eight Extremities World; Broad Creed Mountain is done for!”
“With Yuan Zhengfeng’s old injuries, forcibly attempting a breakthrough into the Martial Saint realm, he will have a great chance of dying. Even if he does not die, it will definitely not be easy for him.”
“If Yan Di doesn’t enter the Martial Saint realm, even if he is boosted by the Clear Qi Robe and Broad Creed Mountain’s guardian formation, he will not be able to stand against the old Chief. Let alone the fact that the old Chief even has the Great Sun Heaven Measuring Ruler with him!”
Huang Xu and Huang Jie were both comparatively calmer, the two exchanging gazes as Huang Jie nodded, “Grandfather emerging from seclusion successfully with his cultivation base increasing further, the general trend of things has already been decided.”
“History is always so remarkably similar. When Broad Creed Mountain’s Zhan Dongge progressed that year, he destroyed Black Nightmare Mountain after emerging from seclusion, the Eight Extremities World going from seven great Sacred Grounds to six,” Huang Xu gazed towards the north, “With father having emerged successfully from seclusion today, the six great Sacred Grounds is set to become five.”
……
On Broad Creed Mountain, Yan Zhaoge was currently instructing Ah Hu, “Bury these things at the nine respective locations that I’ve told you of.”
Saying thus, Yan Zhaoge handed an earthen jar over to Ah Hu.
Ah Hu lowered his head and glanced within the earthen jar, seeing that it was all bright red within, “Young Master, what in the world is this?”
Raising his head to look into the dark night sky, feeling the circulation of the Clear Qi Grand Formation, Yan Zhaoge casually replied, “Nine Underworlds Dark Soil obtained from Xin Dongping.”
Ah Hu blinked, “Young Master, when you took it out, wasn’t it illusory, resembling clouds? How does it seem like red soil now?”
“I handled it myself,” Yan Zhaoge said as he swivelled his head to look at the Water Ridge Peak.
The black devilish qi on the Water Ridge Peak had already vanished without a trace, now only some red light vaguely visible from there.
Yan Zhaoge said to Ah Hu, “After burying the Nine Underworlds Dark Soil in the respective areas, make a trip to the Heaven Sealing Gorge, and use the method that I told you of to conceal that red light a bit.”
Ah Hu answered, “No problem. Young Master, I’ll go now.”
Yan Zhaoge was currently not at the main peak, the Heaven Rising Peak, but at the Thunder Shocking Peak below it.
Beneath his feet, some markings had been drawn out within the soil, intersecting and intermingling, appearing completely ordinary and inconspicuous.
Yan Zhaoge looked at the devilish mark at the back of his left hand as he extended his foot and drew yet another line on the ground.
The east gradually turned white like the underbelly of a fish, dawn soon to arrive as Yan Zhaoge squinted.
But very quickly, Yan Zhaoge raised his eyebrows, looking to the south.
The horizon there had suddenly turned white, as though a great sun was slowly rising from beyond.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 307: Under attack!
HSSB307: Under attack!
Yan Zhaoge gazed towards the south, seeing infinite light shoot into the sky.
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ginally, being at the break of dawn, the sunlight had still been very dim. Now, however, the region around Broad Creed Mountain instantly turned from night to day.
Infinite, boundless power far surpassing that of the Devil Saint Yuan Tian swept the area as it headed north.
If against the Devil Saint Yuan Tian, one could still put up the idea of resistance, a desolate, helpless feeling was vaguely born within their hearts now.
In the air above Broad Creed Mountain, the Clear Qi Grand Formation that covered a vast area shook mightily.
The grand formation seemed to have a life of its own as having suffered a shock, the spirit patterns that had originally been concealed within the air immediately lit up, their presence revealed as they circulated with maximum power.
However, against that infinite light that unceasingly approached, the shuddering of the Clear Qi Grand Formation grew stronger and stronger.
Yan Zhaoge looked expressionlessly at this scene, sucking in a deep breath.
Not even having to guess, he also knew that of the Sacred Sun Clan, there was only one person who held such majesty. It was the previous Chief of the Sacred Sun Clan, the East Coming Martial Saint Huang Guanglie.
He was the Sacred Sun Clan’s current number one expert.
This old man had been in seclusion for the past few years. Having emerged now, the first thing he did was shoot straight for Broad Creed Mountain.
From the looks of it, he had clearly been successfully in his attempts, his cultivation base and strength having increased a step further.
Facing the Devil Saint Yuan Tian, with a Sacred Artifact in hand, a Transcending Mortality Martial Grandmaster would also be able to stand against him. With a power boost from the Clear Qi Grand Formation as well, it had even been possible to defeat him.
However, even wearing the Clear Qi Robe and bolstered by the Clear Qi Grand Formation, Yan Di might not be able to send the current Huang Guanglie into retreat.
Moreover, Yuan Tian’s weapon had been a high-grade spirit artifact.
Having come here, Huang Guanglie had very possibly brought along the Sacred Sun Clan’s Sacred Artifact, the Great Sun Heaven Measuring Ruler!
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