The Grand Xuan Dynasty had dispatched numerous experts here. If some reinforcements came, they would be hard pressed to deal with it.
As Gu Hong saw Luo Zhiyuan glaring resentfully and hatefully at Yan Zhaoge, he felt rather troubled.
Yan Zhaoge, though, did not mind this. He smilingly glanced at Luo Zhiyuan before turning to look at the wound of the sky once more.
He Dongcheng had similarly set his sights on the wound of the sky. Seeing that Yan Zhaoge, Gu Hong and the others had retreated, he heaved a sigh of relief and hastily shot towards that spatial crevice.
The spatial crevice that flickered with radiance was distorting intensely with a strange glow.
Feeling the changes in space within, He Dongcheng’s expression changed slightly.
He could feel that the interior of the wound of the sky did not simply connect to some lower world. Instead, it was also connected to an independent spatial domain.
Meanwhile, that spatial domain had only just collapsed with a terrifying momentum which left even he who was of the Immortal Bridge Martial Saint realm feeling rather fearful.
What was more worrisome was that if Madame Kang and her two sons had been inside that spatial domain, even if he were to charge into the wound of the sky now, he would already no longer be in time to save them. That spatial domain had already been destroyed for good.
He Dongcheng had just been about to exert his final means when he saw a sword-light that was brilliant to the extreme shoot out from within the wound of the sky.
Seeing that sword-light, an astonished look appeared on Luo Zhiyuan’s face.
Yan Zhaoge was rather surprised as well. With his understanding of that bloodred vortex, it would have collapsed very quickly, with only either one of the two groups granted enough time to escape.
Still, after having seen that brilliant sword-light, a thoughtful look appeared on Yan Zhaoge’s face.
The sword-light of the Time Flowing Sword that originated from the Aeon Light Heavenly Scripture was long and eternal. The higher one’s attainments in it, the milder the sword-light would instead become, much like the tracelessness of the ages.
Dazzling brilliance such as this was actually an extremely abnormal phenomenon.
Resembling a comet, an instant’s light.
Beneath Gu Hong’s lead, everyone did not linger as they fled far away.
The Grand Xuan Dynasty seemed to be preoccupied with something as He Dongcheng’s group did not pursue them.
A distance away from the Phoenix Bearing Region, Gu Hong looked at Yan Zhaoge and Luo Zhiyuan, “The two of you, what exactly happened?”
“Speaking of this, Chief Luo was the most innocent, having unfortunately been dragged into things,” Yan Zhaoge said casually, “This Yan had something to do at that wound of the sky, not having known beforehand that Elder Tan of the Radiant Light Sect and experts of the Grand Xuan Dynasty would be coming as well.”
“Both sides happily sought to render this Yan dead. This Yan naturally wouldn’t remain a sitting duck, presenting myself for the slaughter. Therefore, I made use of the wound of the sky to contest things with them a little.”
Yan Zhaoge looked at Luo Zhiyuan, “Only when seeing Chief Luo’s lot did I realise what your sect’s Elder Tan and the rest had come here to do.”
He laughed, “Of course, I do not deny that if I had known about it beforehand, I would have been very happy to completely block off your route back to the World beyond Worlds. Therefore, from the standpoint of eventualities, there is actually no difference at all.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 746: The fate of the Grand Xuan Dynasty
HSSB746: The fate of the Grand Xuan Dynasty
Yan Zhaoge’s casual words turned the faces of Luo Zhiyuan, Tan Jin and the rest even darker.
The Radiant Light Sect experts all resembled volcanoes that were ready to erupt at any moment.
North Sea Sword Pavilion’s Gu Hong smiled bitterly to himself as well. It seemed like the enmity between the two sides had only grown deeper.
Many things also seemed to have happened between them beforehand. Could all this be related to the Dim Radiant Mausoleum of legend?
The Dim Darkness Sect’s near extinction at the hands of the Star Plucking Practitioner seemed like it should be related to this matter as well?
Gu Hong’s thoughts flashed, he saying mildly as he could not bother trying for their reconciliation, “If Little Friend Yan is free, why not come to my Grinding Hut Region as a guest?”
Hearing his words, Luo Zhiyuan and the others understood that he still wished to protect Yan Zhaoge at the end of the day.
The Radiant Light Sect experts were just helpless. First not saying that Gu Hong had only come to the Phoenix Bearing Region at their invitation this time, in terms of strength alone, Luo Zhiyuan who was utterly exhausted and had also lost the moon wheel of the Sun Moon Wheels lacked the confidence to stand against Gu Hong now.
Yan Zhaoge smiled, “Pavilion Lord Gu is polite. It should be this Yan who will be troubling you.”
Luo Zhiyuan bid Gu Hong farewell with a dark look on his face, refusing to glance at Yan Zhaoge.
He was afraid to give Yan Zhaoge even a single glance right now for fear that he would be unable to resist the urge to charge right at him.
Seeing Luo Zhiyuan’s departing figure, Gu Hong sighed as he said, “In leaving this time, it is probable that he will not spend too much time recuperating. After recovering his vitality a little, he should be leading the Radiant Light Sect in declaring war on the Dim Darkness Sect.”
Although the Radiant Light Sect had suffered great losses in its trip to the Dim Radiant Mausoleum this time, as compared to the Dim Darkness Sect whose headquarters had been trampled on by the Star Plucking Practitioner Guan Lide, they were unquestionably still in a much better state.
The Dim Darkness Sect would be unable to gain a stable foothold within a short period of time. Its longtime enemy, the Radiant Light Sect, would definitely not let a chance like this pass by.
An end seemed like it would finally be coming to the conflict between light and darkness which had been ongoing for so many years after the Dim Radiant Sect had split apart.
This was also not a matter that Gu Hong could interfere in.
Yan Zhaoge was instead thinking that it might not be so. Everyone knew that even without anyone’s interference, the Dim Darkness Sect would need a very long period of time to regain its vitality.
In truth, of the four great powers of the Royal Reed Sea aside from the Grand Xuan Dynasty, North Sea Sword Pavilion, the Radiant Light Sect, the Dim Darkness Sect and Copper Men Island, following this tribulation, the Dim Darkness Sect had already toppled from its throne, losing its qualifications to be acclaimed alongside the other three powers.
Even if the Radiant Light Sect let the Dim Darkness Sect be, the Dim Darkness Sect would need a long period of time to be able to get over its slump.
At the very least, Chief Zhou Haosheng would first have to recover from his injuries. Still, having been wounded by the Star Plucking Practitioner Guan Lide, Zhou Haosheng was only alive now thanks to the assistance of the Southeastern Exalt’s disciple Lin Hanhua.
It was still an unknown whether Zhou Haosheng would be able to recover, regaining the strength he had possessed at his peak.
Under such circumstances, while both sides were longtime enemies, it did not seem that pressing a matter for the Radiant Light Sect to deal with the Dim Darkness Sect.
This was especially so when there seemed to be a certain entity which the entire Radiant Light Sect hated even more vehemently now…
Yan Zhaoge stroked his lower chin. He, on the contrary, felt that after Luo Zhiyuan, Tan Jin and the rest had returned to the Radiant Light Sect and regained their vitality, it would first be himself and Broad Creed Mountain that they would target.
Moreover, the Dim Radiant Wheel was in his possession as well.
With the Southeastern Exalt’s line
age and North Sea Sword Pavilion protecting him, if the Radiant Light Sect felt that it would not be easy at all to succeed, they would most likely target Broad Creed Mountain in the Extremities World.
Still, as long as his Grand Master Yuan Zhengfeng could make it back to the Eight Extremities World in time, with him joining forces with his disciple Yan Di, the Radiant Light Sect might not be able to see any results even if they went all out in their assault.
After all, after they had ‘descended’, all their cultivation bases would be restricted to below the fourth level of the Martial Saint realm.
Yan Zhaoge pondered as he returned to the Grinding Hut Region to the north of the Royal Reed Sea alongside Gu Hong.
As he resided at North Sea Sword Pavilion as a guest, Yan Zhaoge paid attention to the current situation in the Royal Reed Sea through those around him.
Aside from the Radiant Light Sect, Yan Zhaoge also paid special attention to the Grand Xuan Dynasty’s movements.
If he was right, after having escaped from the bloodred vortex that day, Madame Kang would likely have been in danger of death.
The sword-intent of the Flowing Time Sword had been completely abnormal, resembling a brilliant sword-light that shone brightly right before the moment of one’s death, the final blossoming of life.
At the end of the day, Yan Zhaoge was getting hold of the news via other people rather than through competent assistants of his own. Therefore, he could only patiently await news.
“Like in the Eight Extremities World, I should also quickly establish an information-gathering network here in the World beyond Worlds,” Yan Zhaoge thought.
Yan Zhaoge saw such news and information reports to be of the utmost importance.
As Yan Zhaoge saw it, most devilishly wise plans in this world that seemed perfect and without flaw rested on the basis of the information available to both sides not being equivalent.
Therefore, he had always been rather concerned about this aspect. It had been so back in the Eight Extremities World, and it was so even now in the World beyond Worlds.
The days gradually passed. News returned that the Radiant Light Sect seemed raring to go as Luo Zhiyuan and the others gradually regained their vitality.
Still, an even more striking piece of news appeared now.
The Grand Xuan Dynasty’s current number one expert, Kang Ping of the head of the Shenling Ten Swords, had returned to the Royal Reed Sea!
Previously, Kang Ping had travelled alongside the Southeastern Exalt’s disciple, Cheng Zhiliang, in going to Golden Court Mountain to see the Southeastern Exalt, properly clarifying things with him.
This matter was of the utmost significance as it could affect the very fate of the Royal Reed Sea.
As the Grand Xuan Dynasty had quelled its war drums, with North Sea Sword Pavilion, the Radiant Light Sect and the other powers also occupied with their own matters, all this had actually been as they waited for the Southeastern Exalt’s decision.
Now that Kang Ping and Chen Zhiliang who had been away for a long time had returned to the Royal Reed Sea, this entailed that this matter was thus to be concluded.
If the Southeastern Exalt had been furious, not allowing they of the Grand Xuan Dynasty to remain in the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory, the core experts of the entire Grand Xuan Dynasty, those of the lineages of King Xuanwen, Shen Lingzi and Daoist Shi, would only be able to forsake centuries of their foundations and flee wretchedly from the Royal Reed Sea however much unwilling they were.
It would not be too much to say that the heavens of the entire Royal Reed Sea would hence change.
Those who had gotten wind of this were all paying close attention, awaiting the final, decisive news.
Yan Zhaoge who was a guest at North Sea Sword Pavilion instead first received something different.
It was an invitation.
It came from the head disciple of the Southeastern Exalt’s lineage, the ‘Shadow Mountain Sword King’ Lin Hanhua who was currently stationed in the Royal Reed Sea.
When Yan Zhaoge saw Lin Hanhua again, he was still imposing as an unsheathed sword like before.
Only when he was meeting with Yan Zhaoge did the other party retract his aura, appraising him with a rather curious gaze as it was as though he was getting to know him once more.
“Able to control the Blood Devil Sacrificial Ceremony and the Illusory Devil Sacrificial Ceremony with such familiarity, it does truly surpass one’s expectations. You clearly do not cultivate in devilish arts.”
Lin Hanhua shook his head, “It couldn’t be that you cultivate in a martial art like the Spatial Heavenly Scripture? While your strength far surpasses others of the same cultivation level, causing such a great change in the wound of the sky is not something that can be done so easily at all.”
Yan Zhaoge’s gaze was calm as he answered candidly, “They were indeed the Blood Devil Sacrificial Ceremony and the Illusory Devil Sacrificial Ceremony, being something that I inadvertently gained when out adventuring. I have liked dabbling in various unorthodox studies ever since my youth, often having been scolded by my seniors for being a wastrel as a result, I am ashamed to say.”
Lin Hanhua nodded, not inquiring further as he instead said something that would cause the entire Royal Reed Sea to quake intensely.
“Master has granted Kang Ping’s group permission to continue residing in the Royal Reed Sea.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 747: An Immortal Bridge Martial Saint with a dead wife
HSSB747: An Immortal Bridge Martial Saint with a dead wife
The Southeastern Exalt had granted Kang Ping’s group permission to continue residing in the Royal Reed Sea.
In other words, he was tacitly ignoring their setting up of the Heaven Bearing Efficate Formation.
Yan Zhaoge could not know whether there had been interaction between higher powers therein with the mutual exchange of benefits.
He just needed to know that the Grand Xuan Dynasty could still stand stably in the Royal Reed Sea.
In terms of its overall strength and quantity of experts, the Grand Xuan Dynasty was unquestionably unmatched in the entire Royal Reed Sea. With the external pressure having been lifted with all their reservations cleared, they could still reign supreme as monarchs in the Royal Reed Sea.
It was instead the anti-Xuan coalition for whom the days ahead seemed dark with the losses that both the Radiant Light Sect and the Dim Darkness Sect had taken at the Dim Radiant Mausoleum.
Still, hearing Lin Hanhua’s words, Yan Zhaoge did not feel much pressure.
The other party specifically notified him in private that the Southeastern Exalt’s side would still be looking out for him.
With the Southeastern Exalt ignoring the matter of Kang Ping’s group setting up the Heaven Bearing Efficate Formation, not pursuing it, Yan Zhaoge who had been the one to expose its existence would seem to be in a rather awkward position.
The Grand Xuan Dynasty which had not been successfully chased out of the Royal Reed Sea as they were able to stably stand within it now would naturally want to settle their debts upon their return.
As opposed to North Sea Sword Pavilion, the Radiant Light Sect, the Dim Darkness Sect and Copper Men Island, they would definitely hate Yan Zhaoge with a vengeance.
The Grand Xuan Dynasty had been at the upper hand in its previous battles at the end of the day.
In the end, however, they had nearly been overturned by Yan Zhaoge. Of course they hated him.
It was due to this that Madame Kang’s trio had tried to kill him within the wound of the sky then.
With news still yet to return from Golden Court Mountain then, they had already dared to go to blows like this. Now that it had, even less had to be said.
Yan Zhaoge aside, Lin Hanhua, Chen Zhiliang and the others were naturally cognisant of such an obvious concept as well.
“Master did not forget about this young fella who might be the target of their revenge,” Lin Hanhua looked at Yan Z
haoge, “While he might have silently allowed the Heaven Bearing Efficate Formation for some reason, having accounted for it and getting hoodwinked are two entirely different things.”
Moreover, Yan Zhaoge also had credit in the capture of the Southern Exalt’s disciple, Wang Hui.
He asked, “Does Little Friend Yan intend to remain in the Royal Reed Sea or travel elsewhere?”
Yan Zhaoge smiled, answering, “I may have to trouble the sword king for a period of time.”
Lin Hanhua nodded, “That is fine.”
A great change was soon to descend on the Royal Reed Sea. Yan Zhaoge needed time to properly grasp the situation at hand, making careful countermeasures.
After all, there was a wound of the sky leading to the Eight Extremities World in the Radiant Light Sect’s territory.
The Southeastern Exalt not having discarded him after using him, Yan Zhaoge would be much safer here in the Royal Reed Sea, especially with Lin Hanhua of the eighth level of the Martial Saint realm, the mid Immortal Bridge stage, personally sitting over the area.
It was just that even as Lin Hanhua had expressed his stance amidst their earlier conversation, he had actually also been hinting for Yan Zhaoge not to continue provoking the Grand Xuan Dynasty.
As Yan Zhaoge pondered, he saw an underling enter with a message.
The other party sent the news via sound transmission, Yan Zhaoge not being privy to it.
Still, after having heard it, Lin Hanhua pondered slightly before saying right in front of Yan Zhaoge, “Invite him in.”
The underling left. Soon after, a figure entered.
It was, shockingly, none other than Kang Ping.
Seeing Yan Zhaoge, Kang Ping’s gaze hardened slightly.
Lin Hanhua asked, “So, what brings Mister Kang here?”
Yan Zhaoge stood calmly by the side. While meeting Kang Ping, Lin Hanhua had not requested him to leave, instead having kept him close by. This was actually him expressing to Kang Ping and the Grand Xuan Dynasty that Yan Zhaoge was under his protection.
Kang Ping quickly understood Lin Hanhua’s meaning as he slowly said after a short silence, “My wife is dead. As her husband, this Kang cannot let it go just like this.”
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