Yet, Zhou Haosheng and the others were composed, instead appearing rather leisurely and at ease.
They of the Dim Darkness Sect could not be any more acclimatised to such an environment.
As he walked, Yan Zhaoge pondered, “Extreme darkness nourishing myriad things, the extremity of darkness birthing light, ushering in unparalleled brightness. This resembles the darkness that exists before the light.”
Travelling alongside him in the Myriad Dragon Palace, Feng Yunsheng and Ah Hu were unaffected.
Feng Yunsheng said, “After the Dim Radiant Emperor and many of the Dim Radiant Sect’s higher echelon experts vanished, everyone gathered to topple them together. Not just its former enemies, there were also those who set their eyes on the sect’s treasures, accelerating their overall downfall.”
“Most of the Dim Radiant Sect’s treasures were stolen with hardly anything remaining. The Dim Darkness Sect has no high-grade Sacred Artifact; the Radiant Light Sect has the Sun Moon Wheels.”
“Still, the whereabouts of the Dim Radiant Mausoleum of legend which likely possesses the essence of the Dim Radiant Sect’s accumulation has always remained unknown,” Feng Yunsheng raised her brows slightly, “I fear that there would be many who have their eye on it as well. If they are unable to find it, their gazes would then fall on the Radiant Light Sect and the Dim Darkness Sect instead.”
While it had already been a long time since the Dim Radiant Sect had fallen, while the Radiant Light Sect and the Dim Darkness Sect were currently not doing that well at all, those who had designs on the Dim Radiant Mausoleum would likely not let down on their surveillance on both of these sects.
After all, these two sects possessed the most orthodox legacies of the Dim Radiant Sect.
Thinking logically, wanting to find the Dim Radiant Mausoleum, the clues for this could most likely be found with one of the two.
The current movements of Zhou Haosheng and the others seemed to prove this theory as well.
Looking at Zhou Haosheng’s back, Yan Zhaoge thought to himself, “Zhou Haosheng and them would not be unaware of this. While the Dim Radiant Mausoleum is an existence that they yearn for every waking moment, they should also know that their dreams would only have attained fruition for real when the treasures have been acquired by them. They minds should not be clouded by this as they mess up their footing as a result.”
“If I am not wrong, they have some special arrangements in mind.”
Now, Zhou Haosheng who stood at the front of the squad pressed a hand on his chest whilst striking forward horizontally with his other palm.
A speck of light suddenly lit up amidst the dark space before them.
Yan Zhaoge’s pupils retracted, “With the clues we currently have on hand, it shouldn’t be sufficient for us to truly take the final step in determining the exact position of the Dim Radiant Mausoleum.”
As he thought thus, Yan Zhaoge’s heart jolted slightly as he vaguely guessed what Zhou Haosheng intended to do.
At virtually the same moment, the dark space suddenly quaked slightly.
It was as if the darkness of the night had suddenly been sliced open by a sabre before a flame appeared, illuminating the dark space as it suddenly swept over towards that speck of light.
Now, however, space quaked at another spot nearby as well as another massive palm also extended outwards from amidst the darkness.
That palm was massive beyond compare, seeming able to grasp and explode entire planets with the simple furling of its fingers. Even as it blocked the flame, it also grabbed towards that speck of light.
Before this flame and this palm, even the Chief of the Dim Darkness Sect Zhou Haosheng who was at the peak of the late Seeing Divinity stage could only await cautiously, unable to make any rash move.
Yet, Zhou Haosheng did not appear nervous, his gaze instead being distant and indiscernible as he carefully scanned his surroundings.
Seeing how he appeared, Yan Zhaoge relaxed completely, “Those who intend for us to lead the way do not know what step we are at in locating the Dim Radiant Mausoleum, do not know that we are actually unable to completely determine the mausoleum’s exact location.”
That speck of light that had suddenly appeared amidst the darkness was secretly Zhou Haosheng’s own handiwork!
He had intentionally beaten the grass to startle the snake earlier.
The flame and the massive hand clashed intensely and unforgivingly amidst the boundless, limitless space, the aftershocks of their exchange expanding into the surrounding area.
All of a sudden, intense fluctuations now emanated from the darkness that seemed to have no end.
An even more terrifying aura seemed to have been forcibly roused from its slumber.
The next moment, another light that was bright to the extreme surged, instantly enveloping the surrounding space as both the fiery light and the massive hand paled vastly in comparison to it!
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 706: All or nothing
HSSB706: All or nothing
There was just a speck of that bright light initially. In the end, though, it enveloped the entire space.
It was not light that had expanded over from the distance to illuminate the darkness. Instead, radiance seemed to be emitted from the very surrounding darkness of space at this moment.
The world of darkness before their eyes instantly transformed into a world of light.
Light and dark had been reversed and overturned in that mere, short instant.
Yan Zhaoge’s gaze lit up, “Now this is a reaction shown by the true Dim Radiant Mausoleum.”
The bright radiance that enveloped the area instantly swept away the flame, also repelling that massive palm that seemed able to pluck the stars and grab the moon.
Now, mild radiance circulated amidst space once more as numerous pillars of green qi suddenly appeared before congregating to form a massive divine tree that was connected to the heavens.
The divine tree seemed to pierce through the heavens and the earth as it descended amidst the radiance.
The aura of this divine tree was much more powerful than that of the flame and the massive hand!
Yet, it was also obstructed by that bright light, unable to descend further.
Ripples like water suddenly shook amidst space as a formless existence was revealed beneath that all-encompassing radiance.
No one at all had discovered this person before this.
Even as Zhou Haosheng had beaten the grass and startled the snake, this person had managed to hold himself back, not appearing.
Now, however, he was finally revealed beneath the radiance.
Since his tracks had already been exposed, this man no longer concealed himself as he instead approached the group with Yan Zhaoge and Zhou Haosheng.
His physical frame seemed to completely ignore the restrictions of space and time as he now appeared before them.
Even beneath that bright radiance, only his faint outline could be seen, his appearance indistinct.
Yan Zhaoge’s gaze hardened abruptly, “Spatial Heavenly Scripture…”
Now, the flickering radiance grew stronger as it tried to repel this currently approaching person.
“Hmph?” That person emitted a low snort, his aura which had remained faint and indistinct before this now erupting mightily, powerful to the extreme as the surrounding space shook alongside it.
However, such great might ultimately still collided with a wall when up against that bright radiance, being obstructed by it with no way forward.
The radiance swept along Yan Zhaoge’s and Zhou Haosheng’s group, vanishing far away in an instant.
The space where it had seemed like daybreak earlier immediately dimmed, darkness hence restored.
A long, slow sigh resounded amidst space.
The next moment, that massive tree that towered to the heavens vanished, the flame dispersed and the massive palm was retracted as well.
That concealed figure that h
ad seemed transparent amidst space vanished as well, as if it had never been there in the first place.
Amidst the radiance, Yan Zhaoge raised his palm, smiling, “The Dim Radiant Emperor is indeed well worthy of his fame. Even while he is dead, there are few who can have designs on his mausoleum.”
Those at the same level of power would not disturb Yin Tianxia’s eternal rest for no good reason.
Those whose cultivation bases were inferior would not be able to break through the restrictions of the Dim Radiant Mausoleum easily.
Zhou Haosheng sighed before saying, “If not for this, this old man would not have dared to act so perilously.”
A Dim Darkness Sect Elder beside him smiled bitterly, “That person who was formlessly concealed amidst space should be the Western Exalt? The one who wielded the towering divine tree should have been the Eastern Exalt. We have offended the two of them terribly now.”
“The one who wielded the flame seemed to have been one of the peak experts of the southern Blazing Heaven Territory.”
Hearing this, Yan Zhaoge’s gaze flickered slightly, “The Western Exalt?”
Other things aside, he could be certain that the martial art cultivated by that person who had been concealed amidst space earlier was precisely the Spatial Heavenly Scripture of the later six scriptures of the Primordial Heavenly Scriptures alongside the Life Creation Heavenly Scripture, the Aeon Light Heavenly Scripture and the Yin Yang Heavenly Scripture.
Zhou Haosheng said, “It would be fine searching for the Emperor’s mausoleum amidst this endless space, but the three will not truly go to the extent of trespassing in the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory. Thus, it will be fine so long as we are not trapped by them upon leaving the mausoleum.”
He shook his head, “The worrying one is that person whose true essence transformed into a massive star plucking hand. While his cultivation base is inferior to that of the two Exalts, he is a figure of the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory.”
The Dim Darkness Sect Elders all smiled bitterly. The Star Plucking Practitioner Guan Lide was one of those few experts inferior only to the Southeastern Exalt in the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory.
Yan Zhaoge appraised Zhou Haosheng from the side, a hint of a smile within his eyes.
This Chief of the Dim Darkness Sect was no minor figure indeed.
He had intentionally beaten the grass and startled the snake, with Guan Lide and another expert having acted as a result.
The clash between these two had also been beating the grass and startling the snake in another sense of the term.
It was the true Dim Radiant Mausoleum which had been startled as a result.
While Yan Zhaoge and Zhou Haosheng had found the path leading to the mausoleum, they had still been lacking a little something as they had been unable to determine its exact position for certain.
Knowing that Guan Lide and the others were secretly following them, Zhou Haosheng had tricked them into acting, stimulating the defensive restrictions of the Dim Radiant Mausoleum as a result and thus determining the location of the mausoleum for real.
Afterwards, they had borrowed the activation of the mausoleum’s restrictions to secretly evade.
The Dim Radiant Mausoleum had retracted its radiance and brought them away, thus causing the Western Exalt, the Eastern Exalt, Guan Lide and the other expert to lose track of them once more.
This had been a brilliant hand indeed. Yan Zhaoge even felt like clapping for him.
Of course, there would be extremely severe aftereffects as well. Quite a few powerful, major figures would be offended as a result.
Zhou Haosheng’s expression was calm, his gaze resolute, “While the Southeastern Exalt did not say it outright, he is not happy at the Emperor’s mausoleum being disturbed by others. The Star Plucking Practitioner would have acted covertly this time. Things are unlikely to blow out of proportion.”
“While this will cause many hidden dangers for us, if we do not risk it a little, when might we ever be able to restore the former glory of our past Dim Radiant Sect?”
“Moreover, successfully entering the Dim Radiant Mausoleum this time, if we profit, our strength rising greatly as a result, even the Star Plucking Practitioner might not dare act lightly against us.”
Things already having come to this point, the other Dim Darkness Sect experts could only nod in agreement.
Yan Zhaoge watched this scene rather interestedly, able to feel an ‘all or nothing’ resolve emanating from Zhou Haosheng.
He felt that self-encouragement aside, Zhou Haosheng’s earlier words had probably been for him to listen to as well.
Yan Zhaoge smiled, not speaking further as he just reminded, “Chief Zhou, if I did not feel it wrongly, those changes in the restrictions of the mausoleum seemed to guide someone else in here as well.”
While it was the Dim Darkness Sect who circulated the formation, Yan Zhaoge had been continually maintaining a mental connection with it through the metallic fragment right at its core all this while.
Now, it felt like impurities had been added to the water. It was no longer clear, yet was extremely compatible.
This meant that the other side had not forcibly broken through the restrictions of the Dim Radiant Mausoleum. Instead, they possessed treasures that were related to it as well, having made use of that earlier opportunity to integrate within as they had been guided along into this area as well.
It was most probable that it was the Radiant Light Sect who possessed such methods.
Zhou Haosheng’s face sank as he nodded slowly, “This old man felt it too. It should be those of the Radiant Light Sect, no question about that.”
“Still, with how things are, we will be able to directly enter the coremost region of the mausoleum, skipping the outer restrictions, while those accursed Radiant Light Sect people would be able to get to the outer regions at most.”
Amidst his words, the radiance gradually faded.
Yan Zhaoge watched on as the scene before him gradually grew clearer, a massive mausoleum hence appearing in his field of vision.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 707: Killing formlessly
HSSB707: Killing formlessly
After the radiance had dissipated, Yan Zhaoge carefully appraised the world before him.
The heavens and earth that they were currently in were rather strange. They had the distant horizon as a boundary, black and white being distinctly separate.
The great earth beneath their feet flickered with dense radiance, preventing one from being able to clearly discern the truths contained within.
Above their heads was endless darkness. Even while light illuminated upwards from the great earth down below, it still remained pitch black.
Streams of light that were composed of spirit patterns could be seen between the heavens and the earth, resembling numerous chains as they connected the darkness above and the radiance below.
Dim, gloomy auras coiled as they wreathed those chains, collectively forming layer after obstructive layer that resembled numerous light veils.
Yan Zhaoge knew that these were numerous layers of restrictions that protected the Dim Radiant Mausoleum even as it prevented outsiders from entering.
Looking over, there was a massive mausoleum silently erected there. It was this that the restrictions outside were meant to protect.
Due to the treasures they possessed, their group had directly passed through most of the restrictions on the outer layer, directly arriving in close proximity to the mausoleum itself.
Looking from the outside, the mausoleum of the Dim Radiant Emperor, Yin Tianxia, resembled a massive altar.
The surface of the altar circulated with radiance. Yet, it did not seem bright, instead emanating a dim, gloomy feeling.
The dark sky and the bright earth seemed to have combined their forces to construct this piece of architecture that had a grand, mighty aura.
Etched inscriptions could be seen on the altar’s surface, as t
hough time had been condensed.
Zhou Haosheng and the others simultaneously kowtowed to the Dim Radiant Mausoleum even as they admired it inwardly.
These Martial Saint experts were even trembling slightly as they spoke now, so irrepressible were their emotions.
Yan Zhaoge could empathise with this. The one who lay in rest here was one of the most important figures in the whole history of the Dim Radiant Sect. Sometimes, even this ‘one of’ could be negated.
Aside from the founder of the Dim Radiant Sect himself, there should be no one else who could be mentioned in the same breath as the Dim Radiant Emperor, Yin Tianxia.
Whether it was his personal strength or the glory of the entire Dim Radiant Sect when he had been alive, Yin Tianxia was unquestionably the number one figure in history, surpassing all predecessors.
The Great Calamity had discontinued countless legacies. Yet, the Dim Radiant Sect had attained unprecedented heights beneath Yin Tianxia.
The more glorious it had been, the more the Dim Darkness Sect martial practitioners who were currently in a bad slump would naturally feel more respectful of and yearning towards that era.
Yan Zhaoge, Feng Yunsheng and Ah Hu entered, bowing solemnly towards the mausoleum as well.
After entering the mausoleum, there was the possibility of them obtaining treasures and fortune for themselves. This was only required manners.
Zhou Haosheng and the others looked back, directing a deep glance at Yan Zhaoge.
Yan Zhaoge could tell that they actually weren’t all that happy about someone like him who was not of the Dim Radiant Sect’s lineage entering the Dim Radiant Mausoleum.
Now, seemingly because of their approach, a sound actually resounded from within the mausoleum.
Zhou Haosheng’s expression changed slightly. He had not the leisure to pay any more attention to Yan Zhaoge’s group as he hurriedly looked in that direction.
Several silhouettes had actually appeared atop the mausoleum that was in the shape of an altar.
These silhouettes gradually turned into humanoid form, their bodies half-black and half-white with light and darkness intersecting, emanating a strange feeling.
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