History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474
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Now, however, having learnt from Yan Zhaoge that Bai Ziming had obtained a major backer in the World beyond Worlds that did not fear the might of the Heavy Sun Sect, the reservations held by these Great Snowy Mountain experts were instantly wiped away.
Toppling the Heavy Sun Sect was something that would benefit them greatly in the first place.
If the time was ripe, not needing anyone else to say it, they too would surely muster their troops.
Therefore, Yan Zhaoge did not have to worry about them refusing his request. It could be said that this was entirely something that was beneficial to both sides.
He and his Grand Master might even be helping Great Snowy Mountain out here.
Otherwise, just Great Snowy Mountain alone would never be able to topple the Heavy Sun Sect in the Floating Gate World.
Bai Ziming being affiliated to the Southeastern Exalt in the World beyond Worlds, it was sufficient for defence whilst insufficient for offence.
The Heavy Sun Sect fearing the Southeastern Exalt, they would not dare to make things difficult for Bai Ziming and Great Snowy Mountain. Yet, it would similarly be impossible for Bai Ziming to invite the descendants of the Southeastern Exalt’s lineage to help him by descending to the Floating Gate World and attacking the Heavy Sun Sect.
At the very least, this would definitely be impossible with Bai Ziming’s current position in Golden Court Mountain.
Yan Zhaoge believed that as long as Great Snowy Mountain had the ambition to replace the Heavy Sun Sect as the overlords of the Floating Gate World, they would most likely agree to his requests.
At most, they would only suspect him of exaggerating and cheating them, being worried about the potential retaliation by Heavy Sun Sect experts coming from the World beyond Worlds afterwards.
Still, as they did not have to personally clash with the Heavy Sun Sect, the risk had unquestionably already been lowered to the utmost for them.
If Yuan Zhengfeng managed to escape, with the Heavy Sun Sect already hard pressed to deal with him, how would they still have the energy to find fault with them?
At that time, even if they really joined forces with Yuan Zhengfeng and the Heavy Sun Sect therefore descended from the World beyond Worlds, it was still hard to say who would obtain the final victory.
From the descriptions of the Great Snowy Mountain experts, Yan Zhaoge was able to tell that his Grand Master Yuan Zhengfeng was currently invincible one versus one in the Floating Gate World. For one versus many, he might still be able to defeat his opponents.
Under such circumstances, if Great Snowy Mountain even had the slightest shred of ambition, they would surely be won over by him.
“Since that is so, I will be troubling you. This Yan first thanks you here,” After Yan Zhaoge said this, the radiance within the eyes of Bai Ziming’s statue gradually faded.
The Descending Spirit Jade Pendant had already reached the limit for when it could be sustained.
Yan Zhaoge’s mind accompanied that wisp of jade green smoke in leaving the carved statue, rising slowly into the air and rapidly entering space once more.
After again traversing through space, the jade green smoke returned to the area enveloped by the crimson crystal wall.
The smoke returned to the jade pendant, and Yan Zhaoge’s strand of divine will returned to his body as well, combining with the rest of it.
After having recovered, thoughts quickly flashed through Yan Zhaoge’s mind as he looked at the bloodred vortex before him, “While the vortex remains ferocious, it is at the end of its tether…”
Madame Kang, Tan Jin and the others had realised this as well as they were patiently resisting the vortex without seeming panicked or flustered in the least.
The sword-light that resembled flowing water twisted and turned in the air, moving about the sky while evading that bloodred vortex.
Yan Zhaoge was able to feel three icy cold gazes fixated on him from within that long river of time.
Madame Kang and her two sons clearly already hated Yan Zhaoge to the core. They would likely be attacking him at once as soon as the vortex disappeared.
Meanwhile, Tan Jin and the other Radiant Light Sect martial practitioners were instead much calmer.
Even as Tan Jin resisted the suction force of the bloodred vortex, part of her attention still remained on the treasured mirror that she was carrying.
Yan Zhaoge noticed that the mirror-light emitted from that treasured mirror was clearly penetrating through the crimson crystal wall as it extended into the distant space.
“If this goes on, Luo Zhiyuan’s group should be able to return very soon.”
At this, Yan Zhaoge pondered for a moment before the corners of his mouth slowly curled in a smile, “Now that cannot happen.”
Gazing at that bloodred vortex which was gradually beginning to show signs of weakening, as the vortex deteriorated unceasingly, Yan Zhaoge suddenly mightily clapped the Myriad Dragon Palace.
The door of the Myriad Dragon Palace opened, a streak of radiance suddenly shooting out from within as the roar of a dragon shocked the heavens, the mighty authority of a dragon sweeping through the surrounding area.
Madame Kang’s trio and Tan Jin’s group were all shocked. Looking over carefully, they discovered that it was not actually a true, live dragon. Instead, it was a gigantic dragon corpse.
While it was already dead, it still emanated a powerful aura and intimidating authority and dignity.
As manipulated by Yan Zhaoge, this dragon corpse now plunged straight into the bloodred vortex!
Yan Zhaoge roared, “Sacrifice!”
He reached out and drew within the air, his fresh blood instantly transforming into a massive sprit talisman that plunged into the bloodred vortex as well.
How incomparably mighty was the qi and blood of a true dragon? At this moment, as the blood sacrifice of its entire body occurred, its majestic, powerful qi and blood all erupted completely, resembling the explosion of a blazing hot sun.
As the flourishing qi and blood was absorbed by the bloodred vortex, the vortex which had already been in the process of deteriorating originally instantly grew stronger.
Yet, after the massive spirit talisman formed of Yan Zhaoge’s essence blood was merged within, the bloodred vortex ceased to expand as it instead grew even more unstable.
The crimson crystal wall that enveloped and restricted the surrounding space trembled intensely as well, seeming as if it might break apart at any moment.
Madame Kang, Tan Jin and the others prepared themselves for the worst.
Now, the bloodred vortex mightily exploded before expanding rapidly towards the surroundings!
Meanwhile, the external crimson crystal wall shattered all at once, next concaving inwards!
One inside, one outside, one advancing, one retreating, both swiftly transforming into an all-encompassing mist of blood, a massive bloody cloud hence suffusing the surrounding space.
Everyone could only see dense blood pervading their field of vision, unable to tell up from down or left from right as all sense of direction was thereby lost.
In the Phoenix Bearing Region of the World beyond Worlds, the original wound of the sky was currently disappearing gradually with only the dense colour of blood visible amidst the horizon.
As time passed, the colour of blood gradually faded. Still, the wound of the sky did not regain its original look.
A clump of clouds had turned from red to colourless and transparent.
Within the clump of clouds, everyone and everything seemed to be between real and illusory, their movements also being hampered.
The Radiant Light Sect’s Tan Jin emitted a shocked, enraged howl.
Through that formless layer of clouds, she was clearly able to see that in the space outside of the clouds, immeasurable light flickered as a few figures had appeared.
It was precisely the Radiant Light Sect’s Chief Luo Zhiyuan and the rest!
Luo Zhiyuan’s group was shocked and enra
ged as well as they discovered that their path back to the World beyond Worlds had been completely blocked off by this clump of clouds.
Despite having painstakingly rushed back with great difficulty, they could only continue lingering amidst the chaotic flows of space outside of the World beyond Worlds!
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 739: Accompany me as I cultivate here
HSSB739: Accompany me as I cultivate here
Yan Zhaoge’s predictions had been right on point. Luo Zhiyuan’s group was merely a single step away from reaching this wound of the sky.
Yet, by just this single step, they instead remained trapped outside of the World beyond Worlds.
Amidst the chaotic flows of space, while paths seemed to exist everywhere, whichever direction someone moved in, their destination might still actually be incomparably far away.
Only having found the right route and correctly ventured onto the right path of space and time could one arrive at the place that they wanted to go to.
It was just like how it had been very difficult for Yan Zhaoge and Bai Ziming to find the Floating Gate World previously.
Like Yan Zhaoge, the Radiant Light Sect too had left a guiding marker in the World beyond Worlds.
Yet, due to the spatial storm caused by the collapse of the Dim Radiant Mausoleum previously, it had been much harder for them to navigate than Yan Zhaoge who had been protected by the Dim Radiant Wheel.
Having finally managed to contact Tan Jin and the others who had remained in the World beyond Worlds, they had thought to work together in concert, returning to the Phoenix Bearing Region via the wound of the sky there.
Yet, just having arrived there, the wound of the sky had disappeared.
What appeared before the eyes of Luo Zhiyuan’s group was a clump of formless clouds that seemed to distinctly separate the real and illusory world.
They attempted to enter the clouds, yet found them to be like an illusion as they were just unable to tangibly make physical contact with them.
They were still unable to find the wound of the sky and the path back to the World beyond Worlds.
While it was like an indistinct veil had covered it, Luo Zhiyuan was still able to see the faces of Yan Zhaoge, Madame Kang, Tan Jin and the rest amongst the illusory clouds.
Tan Jin loudly shouted something at him. Still, as no voice was emitted, Luo Zhiyuan could only interpret it based on the shape of her mouth.
Tan Jin was saying as she pointed at Yan Zhaoge, “The wound of the sky was indeed located here. Yet, this person damaged it!”
Amongst the illusory clouds, Yan Zhaoge’s body was currently half-real and half-illusory as well as he was rendered unable to easily move.
His entire person resembled a bug encased in amber.
It was not just him. The Northern Ocean Clone beside him and even the Myriad Dragon Palace had become this way as well. It was the same for Feng Yunsheng, Ah Hu, Xiao Ai and Pan-Pan inside it.
Even the remaining true dragon corpses that were stored deep within the Myriad Dragon Palace turned illusory and indistinct as they lost their tangible form.
The sole exceptions to this were the Dim Radiant Wheel and the Extreme Yang Seal. Both of them remained as they were as they hovered silently amidst the illusory space.
Apart from that, Yan Zhaoge’s other accompanying Sacred Artifacts and even Feng Yunsheng’s Cold Sun Divine Sabre that had still yet to attain completion lost their forms alongside them, only illusory shadows remaining.
Yan Zhaoge was not panicked at all. Looking at Luo Zhiyuan’s group outside of the clump of clouds, he even smiled and waved towards them.
Whether it was Tan Jin’s group located amongst the clouds with their figures having turned illusory or Luo Zhiyuan’s group which was still being affected by spatial storms outside, they inevitably felt much more despondent upon seeing this.
This was especially so for Luo Zhiyuan’s group. Close behind them were violent, chaotic flows of space.
They could not easily linger outside of the clump of clouds as it looked like they were going to be swept away helplessly by the chaotic torrents once more.
Currently, these chaotic spatial torrents were already much weaker than when the Dim Radiant Mausoleum had collapsed previously.
As time passed, its influence on the Radiant Light Sect experts would grow increasingly weaker as they would definitely be able to successfully break free of it one day.
Yet, as Luo Zhiyuan’s exhausted group saw the light of hope appear and then vanish right away before their very eyes, their tolerance had truly reached a limit.
His face livid, Luo Zhiyuan roared, a golden wheel appearing in his hands that emitted endless radiance, illuminating the surrounding space.
Seeing that only the sun wheel now remained of the Radiant Light Sect’s supreme high-grade Sacred Artifact, the Sun Moon Wheels, Luo Zhiyuan felt even more furious. It had precisely been Yan Zhaoge right there who had caused all of this.
He wielded the sun wheel, radiance protecting his body as he borrowed the spiritual force within to forcibly strike at those illusory clouds.
Where the clouds and the radiance of the sun wheel touched, space distorted unceasingly as there was vaguely the look of normalcy being regained.
Still, it turned out to be insufficient in the end as the illusory clump of clouds remained how it was.
Based on this, Luo Zhiyuan managed to forcibly tie himself down to these spatial boundaries, preventing himself from being again swept away by the encroaching chaotic flows of space.
It was just that the other Radiant Light Sect experts did not possess a supreme treasure as powerful as the Sun Moon Wheels. They could only be swallowed by the chaotic torrents, only able to watch on helplessly as they were swept away from this illusory clump of clouds and the wound of the sky.
The enraged howls of these longtime experts of the Radiant Light Sect could be heard as they were filled with fury and resentment.
The Radiant Light Sect’s Chief Luo Zhiyuan of the peak of the late Seeing Divinity stage could only grit his teeth as he saw this.
Amongst the clump of clouds, Yan Zhaoge smilingly watched all this play out.
Madame Kang, Tan Jin and the rest wanted to attack him, yet discovered that they were completely helpless to do so now.
Amongst the clump of clouds, they could only exchange looks now, staring strangely at one another as no one was able to do anything about the other.
Kang Jinyuan and Kang Maosheng who were being protected by Madame Kang both felt extremely shocked and curious, “What exactly is this?”
Madame Kang’s gaze gradually turned composed as she said after pondering for a moment, “There is yin and yang as well as real and illusory in this world. A change having come to the wound of the sky, this region of space has become something akin to a dimension of nothingness.”
Kang Jinyuan stared wide-eyed, “How could that be?”
“It must have something to do with that ritual that Yan Zhaoge used just now. There was a change that happened with it at the final juncture. Not only was that dragon corpse sacrificed, this region of space was sacrificed as well,” Madame Kang looked like she found it to be inconceivable, “This ritual-I originally thought it to be the Blood Devil Sacrificial Ceremony. Yet, it turned into the Illusory Devil Sacrificial Ceremony afterwards.”
“This is a legendary devilish technique of pre-Great Calamity times, having been extremely obscure even then. How could this Yan Zhaoge be in possession of it?”
Madame Kang sucked in a breath of cold air, “I still did underestimate him in the end! Able to know so many secret affairs, could he truly be a descendant of the Exalted Solar Luminary?”
Kang Jinyuan exclaimed hatefully, “This bastard is really too cunning! My heart will not be satisfied until I have torn him into shreds!”
Madame Kang looked exasperatedly at him, “You’re still saying this? I already told you earlier not to interfere, but you just had to sacri
fice the Blood Incantation Shattering Space Awl. Like this, he was instead enabled by you.”
“If I hadn’t sacrificed the Blood Incantation Shattering Space Awl at the time, you would have had to suffer the joint attacks of him and those of the Radiant Light Sect, mother,” Kang Jinyuan rebutted.
Then, his voice lowered slightly, “Who could have known that this bastard is actually this cunning…”
Madame Kang’s expression was vexed as Kang Maosheng now said, “He should have been forced to do it in order to try to get out of the situation. Actually, things are not good for him as well. He is currently in the same predicament as us. Facing the bloodred vortex, he too has to resist it.”
“While I do not know what exactly he came to the wound of the sky to do, he will not be able to do it now. He has been trapped here together with us.”
Kang Maosheng surveyed the surroundings, “As time goes on, the other seniors will come to search for us. The Radiant Light Sect may dispatch people as well. Instead, it is unknown whether this Yan Zhaoge possesses any backup. Even if he does have reinforcements waiting, our chances are still ultimately greater.”
“It is not that we can only wait,” Madame Kang said, “This place might not be able to trap us for that long. Let’s see who breaks free of it first!”
Radiance flickered within her eyes, the illusory clouds around her all rippling where its rays touched.
Time seemed to flow in reverse as this illusory dimension vaguely seemed to show signs of reverting to how it had been previously.
Seeing this, Yan Zhaoge laughed, “I’m not in a rush at all. This is a great place for cultivating. Come, you all. Just accompany me as I cultivate here.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 740: Cultivating in a third Heavenly Scripture!
HSSB740: Cultivating in a third Heavenly Scripture!
Now, the gap between the martial arts that the martial practitioners cultivated in was clearly shown.
While both of them were of the mid Seeing Divinity stage, Madame Kang had it different from Elder Tan Jin of the Radiant Light Sect.