History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474

by 八月飞鹰, Ba Yue Fei Ying, August Eagle

  Having been delayed slightly, his opponent was not slow as well as he shot over, avoiding his sword as he went over to the other side of the pill furnace, reaching out to grab it as well.

  Both sides now tried to wrest control of the pill furnace in mid-air, falling into a stalemate for a time.

  The remaining four Immortal Bridge Martial Saints advanced forward even as they clashed, grabbing the pill furnace successively even as they attacked their opponents.

  The Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace shuddered intensely, its lid opening as bright steam arose all around, surging with a vicious momentum.

  The next moment, the fog which composed the purple sea of clouds in the surroundings of the pill furnace were all swept up into the heavens, flowing in reverse back into the pill furnace.

  Bright golden light was emitted from within the pill furnace, brightly illuminating the area all round.

  Fu Ting, Gao Qing and the others clenched their teeth, preparing to step forward to help as well.

  As the purple qi dissipated, Yan Zhaoge’s group now appeared in their field of vision as well!

  Both sides were shocked by this.

  At the same time, a black ring of light suddenly appeared from atop the furnace, expanding into the surrounding area.

  Where the black light was, illusory shadows manifested which formed a massive, illusory palace hall!

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 827: Obtaining the furnace

  HSSB827: Obtaining the furnace

  Enveloped by that black light, that massive, illusory hall was stern and imposing, seeming to instantly envelop the sky and encompass the entire surrounding area.

  A strong medicinal fragrance wafted from that hall, suffusing the entire area.

  This foreign dimension was indeed split into seven levels.

  However, at this moment, the other six levels of space down below all folded upwards simultaneously, seemingly converging into themselves with the top level as the centre.

  If anyone was still present in the other six levels at this time who were not at least Immortal Bridge Martial Saints, they would be crushed directly into shreds without fail, their corpses not remaining.

  Looking at that palace, a curious glow shone in Yan Zhaoge’s eyes.

  A scene which was already somewhat foreign in the depths of his memory resurfaced in his mind.

  From its external appearance, this great hall in front of him was precisely the Pill Hall of the past Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace!

  The Heavenly Court above the nine heavens had contained tens of thousands of efficacious pills and miraculous medicines. This had been an important treasured ground of the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace.

  It was just that it was different from Yan Zhaoge’s memories. The Pill Hall that Yan Zhaoge recalled had walls that were white and flawless, flickering with golden radiance as it was wreathed in clear streams of qi all round. At this moment, however, it was enveloped by black light.

  This was not the actual Pill Hall, merely being a projection of the Pill Hall that was manifested here.

  Yan Zhaoge narrowed his eyes, “This is a mechanism established with the help of that Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace?”

  Fu Ting, Gao Qing and the others detected that something was wrong as well. Yet, it was already too late for regrets now.

  Those six Immortal Bridge Martial Saints who were touching the Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace with their hands were all uncontrollably devoured by the black hole.

  The black hall was condensed of light, its walls seeming transparent.

  Yan Zhaoge and the others could see those six Martial Saints unable to get a hold on themselves as they hovered helplessly in mid-air within the hall.

  As Immortal Bridge Martial Saints, they had lost control of their bodies, becoming totally vulnerable!

  Amongst them were even two late Immortal Bridge Martial Saints. Yet, all they could do was struggle as even they were unable to extricate themselves from such a bind.

  The black hall began collapsing inwards, a black hole taking form which swept those six Immortal Bridge Martial Saints within.

  Fu Ting, Gao Qing and the others who were outside were caught within its influence as well.

  Even Yan Zhaoge’s group that was further away was affected, caught by the suction force of that black hole as they were unable to keep themselves from plunging straight towards the black hole.

  The Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace beneath the great hall that was the source of the black light shook before flying up as well and plunging into the black hole.

  The foreign dimension that everyone had been in collapsed completely, space and time distorting as they were devoured by that black hole as well.

  Entering the black hole, Yan Zhaoge saw what looked like an endless spatial tunnel before him which led to locations unknown.

  The six Immortal Bridge Martial Saints who had been the first to be devoured were already nowhere to be seen.

  Fu Ting, Gao Qing and the others had disappeared as well.

  Ah Hu smiled bitterly, “Young Master, it is just as you thought!”

  “Still, we’ve also gotten into a spot of trouble now…”

  While Yan Zhaoge’s expression was heavy, there was a hint of a smile at the corners of his mouth, “That isn’t certain.”

  With just a thought on his part, the Myriad Dragon Palace appeared once more, a seven-coloured glow being emitted from the great beam, the supporting pillar in the centre and the palace’s door.

  Where the radiance was, Yan Zhaoge and the others slowed as they traversed spacetime, no longer speeding helplessly along without being able to do anything at all.

  The chaotic space before them seemed to have turned into an actual passageway for them to stably tread on.

  Yan Zhaoge sat at the doorway of the palace, leaning against its door before he reached out, writing with his finger in mid-air.

  Numerous characters appeared amidst space from nowhere, seemingly etched there for a long time.

  They merged within the Divine Palace’s beam, pillar and door, lines of seven-coloured text appearing on their surface where radiance flickered.

  The characters transformed into numerous streams of light that extended into the surrounding area.

  After a while, a loud boom suddenly resounded in mid-air.

  The next moment, the seven-coloured streams of light were retracted, actually forcibly dragging along a massive pill furnace that was wreathed in purple qi and glowing resplendently with golden light amidst the darkness of space!

  It was precisely the Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace!

  This pill furnace was extremely quiet at this moment, seemingly having fallen into a deep slumber as it did not resist being dragged over by the seven-coloured streams of light.

  Yan Zhaoge opened the door of the Myriad Dragon Palace, directly ‘swallowing’ that furnace within.

  The next moment, the great door of the palace mightily closed.

  As the door of the Myriad Dragon Palace closed, spacetime instantly became restless and chaotic where Yan Zhaoge and the others currently were!

  It was as if a rope that was being simultaneously tugged at by two immense forces had suddenly been released by someone on one end.

  As the opposing force continued tugging mightily on it, the rope immediately flew through the air.

  The pitch black spatial tunnel mightily broke apart with a ‘boom’.

  Yan Zhaoge, Ah Hu, Feng Yunsheng and Xiao Ai lay low inside the Myriad Dragon Palace as they were swept elsewhere by the chaotic flows of space.

  For just that one instant, Yan Zhaoge felt an extreme, icy cold aura emanating from the other end of the original spatial passageway.

  That aura was like the cold placidness of ice as it seemed to have no emotional fluctuations at all in its sharpness. Yet, it was also like a lifeform that possessed feelings of its own as from it emanated fury as well as dissatisfaction.

  The two conflict
ing feelings intermingled as they were clearly transmitted to Yan Zhaoge all at once.

  Sadly, however, the Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace was sealed in the Myriad Dragon Palace, with the ritual that had been ongoing effectively being forcibly terminated as a result.

  Yan Zhaoge and the others no longer travelled through that endless passageway as they instead headed elsewhere amidst spacetime.

  That spatial passageway was soon extinguished as it vanished without a trace.

  It was as though all of it had been a dream.

  Yet, the already collapsed dimensional space of the realm with the pagoda of seven levels reminded everyone of the shocking scene that had just played out here.

  Also, those six Immortal Bridge Martial Saints who had been the first to be swept away had possibly been unable to break free in time, instead having been swept away completely.

  Looking at all that had transpired before him, Yan Zhaoge fell into deep thought.

  Having been able to sweep away two late Immortal Bridge Martial Saints without them being able to put up any resistance at all, the might of this ritual was beyond great.

  If not for Yan Zhaoge’s Myriad Dragon Palace possessing the ability to stop the Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace, interrupting the ritual perfectly, he would definitely have been swept away as well.

  Who was the one who had set this ritual in place?

  While others might not be able to determine this, after seeing the projection of the black Pill Hall, Yan Zhaoge could be certain of one thing.

  The Pill Hall of the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace had been preserved in a relatively good condition as it had survived the tribulations of the Great Calamity!

  Currently, it was located someplace amidst the endless space.

  Only then was it possible for a projection of it to have manifested.

  However, who was the one who had set up the ritual in the first place?

  Logically speaking, if there was someone who was capable of something like this, the Pill Hall should already long since have fallen into their grasp.

  Yet, the other party had been unable to stop Yan Zhaoge from collecting the Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace and wrecking the ritual, even having been unable to follow up on this afterwards.

  It felt like that person had not grasped the Pill Hall.

  Yan Zhaoge was rather unable to get his head around this as he felt that many things were doubtful.

  “It is rather strange…” Yan Zhaoge exhaled, looking towards the depths of the Myriad Dragon Palace.

  There, the Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace was in a ‘deep slumber’, showing no signs of life at all.

  While the Dim Radiant Wheel was also quiet, it was at least show some reaction if suffering attacks from the outside world.

  This pill furnace, however, would just not move at all whatever Yan Zhaoge tried doing to it.

  “I am still unable to refine this furnace with my current cultivation base. Some preparations and quite a bit of effort is still needed before I can use it a little,” Yan Zhaoge was not disturbed, this having already been within his expectations.

  He controlled the Myriad Dragon Palace in traversing the chaotic flows of space.

  While he was temporarily safe, just like Luo Zhiyuan and the others when they had left the Dim Radiant Mausoleum, he had to find their way back home.

  This could not go on for long as the Myriad Dragon Palace would be unable to bear the burden.

  After drifting along for an inestimable period of time, a world suddenly appeared before them. Yan Zhaoge controlled the Myriad Dragon Palace in heading over.

  Just having entered, as Yan Zhaoge gazed over, he saw a few familiar faces before him.

  With Gao Qing at their head, several Prime Clear lineage disciples looked surprisedly at Yan Zhaoge’s group who had suddenly arrived.

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 828: Doubly rewarded

  HSSB828: Doubly rewarded

  The Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace seemed to be slumbering quietly in the depths of the Myriad Dragon Palace as its aura was not emanated in the least.

  The divine seven-coloured glow of the Myriad Dragon Palace vanished as well, with only the majestic and authoritative air of dragons remaining.

  Therefore, others would not be able to detect easily at all that the Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace that was an invaluable treasure to everyone whether it was the entire World beyond Worlds or the Roving Jade Heavens as they had competed over it had already fallen into Yan Zhaoge’s hands.

  Seeing Yan Zhaoge, Gao Qing and the rest were only a bit surprised, “Weren’t you from just now…”

  While Yan Zhaoge found it rather unexpected to see them here as well, this was not revealed on his face in the least, “Greetings.”

  The facial expression of one of the Prime Clear lineage descendants suddenly changed slightly as he secretly sent a message to his companions via sound transmission.

  A look of realisation appeared on all their faces.

  Gap Qing appraised Yan Zhaoge curiously, directly asking, “You are Yan Zhaoge, a descendant of the Exalted Solar Luminary?”

  Seeing this, Yan Zhaoge knew that that person must have seen an image of him like Sun Zhongda.

  He smiled, “I am indeed Yan Zhaoge. Still, I am not a descendant of the Exalted Solar Luminary.”

  Gao Qing and the others appraised Yan Zhaoge, seemingly considering how they should be interacting with him.

  Yan Zhaoge was currently greatly renowned throughout the World beyond World’s southeastern Yang Heaven Territory. Yet, there were diverse rumours about his origins which they could not be certain of as well.

  While they were enemies of the Jade Clear and Grand Clear lineages of the World beyond Worlds, they were not purely antagonistic towards it.

  This was especially so with Yan Zhaoge’s great fame and powerful strength yet unknown origins as an expert of the younger generation.

  While they had all been competing for the Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace earlier, they did not believe that Yan Zhaoge might possess the capabilities to obtain the furnace when faced with the sudden misfortune that had descended earlier.

  There had also been no direct conflict between their two sides.

  They did not suspect like Fu Ting did that Yan Zhaoge had been like an oriole, stalking all of them.

  Gao Qing and the others had only witnessed Yan Zhaoge’s sudden appearance, not knowing whether he had long since been waiting there or if he had only just happened to arrive.

  Still, seeing that they did not possess a hostile attitude, Yan Zhaoge increasingly felt that the Exalted Solar Luminary might indeed have paid a visit to the Roving Jade Heavens before.

  Back when the Kunlun Nine Luminaries had still reigned in this world, dazzling the nine heavens, the relationship between the World beyond Worlds and the Roving Jade Heavens might not have been as strained as it was now.

  Even as he pondered, Yan Zhaoge said, “A definite passageway was formed amidst space just now, sucking us within. Yet, it was suddenly terminated midway, and we ended up being swept along by the chaotic flows of space instead.”

  “As we were drifting afterwards, we discovered this world, thus first coming in to rest before making further plans. I wonder if this very same situation also befell you?”

  Hearing this, the descendants of the Prime Clear lineage exchanged glances before nodding slightly.

  Gao Qing answered, “It was the same for us as well. We were originally going to be sucked away. However, that spatial passageway suddenly collapsed on its own due to some unknown reasons.”

  Clear worry surfaced on her face, “I wonder how senior apprentice-uncles Tang and Lu are now…”

  The expressions of the Prime Clear lineage descendants all dimmed as their moods fell drastically.

  The six Immortal Bridge Martial Saints who had first grabbed the Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace had instantly been devoured by the projection of the Pill Hall before bein
g swept into the black hole.

  Yan Zhaoge, Gao Qing and the rest had only been sucked within afterwards.

  They had fortunately avoided danger thanks to the spatial tunnel falling apart mid-journey. Still, the fates of those who had first been swept within was hard to say.

  Thinking of the trap that even late Immortal Bridge Martial Saints had been unable to stand against, a chill arose in the hearts of everyone present.

  Gao Qing’s group’s most pressing concern now was quickly establishing contact with the Roving Jade Heavens and inviting seniors with higher cultivation bases over to think of a way to deal with all this.

  Unfortunately, with the chaotic spacetime, this was not something that could be achieved so easily as getting all flustered was no solution.

  Yan Zhaoge thought, “Indeed, with the complexities of the chaotic spacetime, while everyone was drawn towards the opposite end of the passageway, we existed in different regions that were not connected to one another. There was only the possibility of arriving in this world and running into each other after having extricated ourselves.”

  Gao Qing and the others felt rather awkward as they looked at Yan Zhaoge now.

  They were basically aware of how Sun Zhongda had covertly infiltrated the World beyond Worlds and impersonated Yan Zhaoge whilst there.

  They wondered how Sun Zhongda was faring now.

  Back then, Sun Zhongda had intended to look for clues for entering the foreign dimension where the Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace was within the World beyond Worlds’ southeastern Yang Heaven Territory.

  In the end, Sun Zhongda had not appeared, yet the actual Yan Zhaoge had. Gao Qing and the others could not help but wonder.

  Sun Zhongda could not have been so unlucky as to directly run into the real Yan Zhaoge soon after entering the World beyond Worlds, right?

  Gao Qing wanted to say something, but a fellow disciple beside her secretly reminded her not to using sound transmission.

  It was best not to ask about such things straight out lest things become awkward between them.

  Their most pressing matter now was to establish contact with the Roving Jade Heavens. Creating more problems would not be ideal at this point.