Fu Ting had a dark expression on her face, “My father once said that the Immortal Artifact left behind by the Dim Radiant Emperor is inauspicious.”
“Still, he was unwilling to reveal the reason for this, just saying that he would only tell me after I had attained the peak of the Martial Saint realm.”
“From the looks of it now, it might be related to the Immortal Court’s external dao.”
Fu Ting turned and looked at Yan Zhaoge, “Just earlier, after leaving the lands of the Immortal Court and returning to our side, I tried thinking of the name of the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord again.”
The smile on Yan Zhaoge’s face vanished as he asked solemnly, “What was the end result?”
Fu Ting exhaled slowly, “That strange, abnormal feeling is still there.”
Yan Zhaoge had a pondering look on his face.
It was certainly impossible that Fu Ting might worship and chant the name of the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord.
The problem was that just thinking about that name, the thought arising in her mind, there already seemed to be something abnormal.
It could also be said that having learnt of the other party’s existence, a formless seed had seemingly been planted within her heart.
Still, this seed had not sprouted.
As for whether or not it would sprout in the future, that was very hard to say.
Relating this to what the Brocade Emperor, the Northeastern Exalt Liu Zhenggu and the Southeastern Exalt Cao Jie had said previously, Yan Zhaoge could not help but wonder if the inauspicious, taboo matter they would not speak of was the existence of the Immortal Court and the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord.
If that was really the case, it was no wonder that they were so cautious regarding this matter.
How was Fu Ting’s talent and strength like?
In both the World beyond Worlds and the Roving Jade Heavens, there were only two people Yan Zhaoge had personally seen who would be able to stably defeat her at the same cultivation level.
The Little Sword God, Long Xueji.
His father, Yan Di.
Besides that, amongst the people Yan Zhaoge had interacted with, there was no one else who would be able to easily defeat Fu Ting at the same cultivation level, considering only their cultivation bases.
Fu Ting’s strength did not just lie in her talents and powers of comprehension as well as the martial arts that she cultivated in.
Her mentality, will, combat experience, intelligence, powers of observation and adaptability were all very outstanding too.
However, even such a peerless talent had still not been immune to the taboo of the Immortal Court and the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord.
“Young Master Yan, are there any abnormalities when you think about or mention the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord?” Fu Ting frowned, asking.
Yan Zhaoge’s heart jolted slightly.
There had really not been anything of the kind for him.
As for the reason, it was probably that he cultivated in the Peerless Heavenly Scripture.
Even though the Faceless Devil Scripture could disrupt Buddha light and treasured light, it still might not be sufficient for a problem like this.
Fu Ting had a vast amount of knowledge. Even if she herself was unclear on it, if she went back and told her father, the Brocade Emperor about it, he too would definitely come to suspect something.
Yan Zhaoge had actually always had some unresolved doubts regarding an unparalleled, ultimate martial art like the Peerless Heavenly Scripture.
Therefore, he had always been hiding the fact that he possessed it.
Hearing Fu Ting’s question now, Yan Zhaoge answered, “There is nothing out of the ordinary for me. Perhaps it is related to me cultivating in the Dim Radiant Twelve Arts.”
“The Dim Radiant Emperor’s Dim Radiant Twelve Arts vaguely contain the phenomenon of the peerless infinity of chaos. I suspect that it is related to this.”
“Still…” Yan Zhaoge frowned, “It is also precisely because of this that there may be something hidden within the dim, radiant chaos which is instead difficult for me to detect.”
“After all, it is not the Dim Radiant Twelve Arts that I primarily cultivate in.”
Hearing his words, Fu Ting nodded lightly, “That does sound possible.”
Hearing her answer, Yan Zhaoge was able to grasp some other meaning from it.
From the looks of it, the Brocade Emperor’s lineage of Kunlun Mountain’s Ingenious Flying Peak did not possess the Taiyi Fist, that which manifested the phenomena of Grand Simplicity from the Grand Cosmos Five Manifestations.
Still, thinking of the special characteristics of the Immortal Court and the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord, Yan Zhaoge was rather unable to get his head around this, “Is it because the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord is also of Daoism that there is no similar problem with the Future Buddha and the Buddhists?”
Fu Ting inhaled deeply, saying as she looked at Yan Zhaoge, “Young Master Yan, the matter of the external dao of the Immortal Court is not to be spread lightly. Although you and your sect possess the Dim Radiant Twelve Arts, it is still best not to take any risks.”
Yan Zhaoge nodded, “This is only natural.”
It was just a pity that it could not be used to set people up. Otherwise, it would really get them good.
Still, from the looks of it, this information would not cause bad luck to immediately befall.
If the other party knew of it, they too would be able to spread the news. It would be very difficult for even those of Broad Creed Mountain themselves to avoid it then.
Under such circumstances, it would still be best for everyone to keep their mouths shut.
Still, it might also be in order to prevent news of the Immortal Court from spreading that the World beyond Worlds had kept even news of Buddhism under wraps.
“If only I could know about this in greater detail,” Yan Zhaoge narrowed his eyes slightly.
The lineage of his mother, Xue Chuqing, as well as the destruction of the Dim Radiant Sect seemed definitely related to the Immortal Court.
Yan Zhaoge had some vague ideas about this which still needed to be verified.
As he pondered, his eyes suddenly lit up as he could not help but smile.
Fu Ting looked curiously at him, “What is it, Young Master Yan?”
Yan Zhaoge smiled, “Fortune is shining on me today. Miss Fu, please allow this Yan to go on ahead.”
He did not continue forward as he instead stopped, entering the meditative position.
Seeing the way he was, Fu Ting’s heart jolted abruptly as she seemed to have guessed something, a shocked look appearing in her eyes.
As Yan Zhaoge sat in the meditative position, light radiated from his entire body as his various major acupoints all pulsed simultaneously, resonating with the numerous stars of the actual universe.
Fu Ting now saw a tiny speck of light suddenly appearing on Yan Zhaoge’s neck, illuminated by the starlight that surrounded him.
That speck of light seemed dim as compared to the other acupoints which also resembled stars.
Yet, as soon as this speck of light appeared, the aura of Yan Zhaoge’s entire body surged, rising rapidly as it grew exceptionally powerful!
While Fu Ting herself had yet to reach this stage, how could she not recognise Yan Zhaoge’s current condition?
This was clearly the look of one of his obscure acupoints having been refined to see Divinity as he successfully ascended to the sixth level of the Martial Saint realm, the late Seeing Divinity stage!
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 922: The upcoming battle between Emperors
HSSB922: The upcoming battle between Emperors
Just a moment ago, Yan Zhaoge’s Northern Ocean Clone who had been in seclusion at Broad Creed Mountain in the World beyond Worlds had successfully broken through the bottleneck which had been hindering him.
After all his main acupoints resonated with the stars of the actual universe, havin
g seen true Divinity, the Northern Ocean Clone had successfully refined one of his obscure acupoints to see Divinity too.
With this, Yan Zhaoge’s Northern Ocean Clone had successfully stepped into the sixth level of the Martial Saint realm, the late Seeing Divinity stage.
Hence stepping into a whole new level.
Even though the connection between Yan Zhaoge and the Northern Ocean Clone in the World beyond Worlds had been weakened greatly as they were separated by countless layers of space, such an advancement in cultivation base was still sensed by Yan Zhaoge himself from this location.
More importantly, at that instant at which the Northern Ocean Clone had advanced, refining that obscure acupoint, Yan Zhaoge had had some comprehensions which aided him greatly in his own cultivation.
Ever since ancient times, although experts refining clones was rather rare, it was still not all that uncommon a thing.
Still, refining a clone with a cultivation base that was even higher than that of one’s real body was extremely rare indeed, as rare as the horns of Qilin and the feathers of phoenixes.
Yan Zhaoge was one of those rare cases.
Different people who cultivated in different martial arts would surely have some differences in the paths that they walked. The same applied as well for martial practitioners and their clones.
The experiences of either side would be of worth to the other as they would be able to refer to this. Still, this might instead cause some barriers in knowledge, instead leading to a new obstacle arising.
Still, the accumulation of Yan Zhaoge’s real body had just been too abundant.
Yan Zhaoge had not slowed his pace after lighting up starlight and stepping into the fifth level of the Martial Saint realm, the mid Seeing Divinity stage.
He had not allowed himself to grow slack even after that great war in the Royal Reed Sea had ended.
As one of the earlier three scriptures of the Primordial Heavenly Scriptures, the Cyclic Heavenly Scripture possessed miraculous uses.
Even if one did not consciously circulate their profound arts, strength would still secretly be accumulated amidst their breathing, hence enhancing their cultivation bases all the time.
It would be like one was cultivating at every second, every moment, every instant.
Therefore, as Yan Zhaoge cultivated normally, his accrued accumulation was actually greater than for others.
While he had not seen the Brocade Emperor in the Minor No Hatred dao arena back then, Yan Zhaoge and his father had both not been in a rush at all as they had quietened down to cultivate.
Prior to this, Yan Zhaoge had already refined all his major acupoints to see Divinity, standing at the peak of the fifth level of the Martial Saint realm as he had just been a paper-thin distance away from the sixth level of the Martial Saint realm.
Now, inspired by the Northern Ocean Clone’s opening of an obscure acupoint, Yan Zhaoge had then instantly smashed through that final obstacle that stood before him.
Even as the Northern Ocean Clone had advanced into the sixth level of the Martial Saint realm, Yan Zhaoge himself had similarly attained the late Seeing Divinity stage.
Yan Zhaoge had completed his breakthrough in front of Fu Ting without anyone else to guard him.
Fu Ting did not do anything to harm him as she simply stood quietly by the side, helping him to keep vigilant watch over their surroundings.
When Yan Zhaoge ceased in his cultivation, he saw Fu Ting looking over with a look of admiration on her face, “Young Master Yan is a peerless genius. Fu Ting is in admiration.”
“It was just a stroke of fortune. Miss Fu overpraises me. I must still thank Miss Fu for helping me to stand watch during my breakthrough,” Yan Zhaoge looked at Fu Ting, “If I do not see wrongly, Miss Fu’s main acupoints have nearly all been refined to see Divinity as well.”
Fu Ting said, “It always gets harder the higher one goes. The closer one is to success, the higher the difficulty instead is.”
Yan Zhaoge nodded.
If one divided martial cultivation into different stages, it was generally the starting and ending of each stage that were the most difficult.
With a good start, having gotten on the right track, things would be relatively easier in the middle. Even if time was depleted, it would still mostly be on necessary accumulation which could not be avoided anyway.
With Yan Zhaoge having successfully attained the sixth level of the Martial Saint realm, the late Seeing Divinity stage, the two set off once more.
With his cultivation base having improved, Yan Zhaoge was even more at ease amidst chaotic spacetime as the road back to the World beyond Worlds was naturally smoother for them.
A number of days passed. Yan Zhaoge and Fu Ting both sensed that they were finally gradually nearing the World beyond Worlds.
One fine day, Yan Zhaoge and Fu Ting emerged from a chaotic flow of space to find the world before them glowing brightly as it was shockingly a wound of the sky.
After distinguishing the surrounding environment, Yan Zhaoge instantly smiled.
The World beyond Worlds was close at hand.
They had successfully returned.
While they did not know which location in the World beyond Worlds they might end up in, they would finally be able to return.
Still, the wound of the sky before them suddenly shook now.
Then, someone emerged from within, arriving amidst the vast, limitless extradimensional space.
Seeing Yan Zhaoge and Fu Ting, this person was involuntarily taken aback.
Looking over, Yan Zhaoge saw that the other party was a black-clothed man who looked around fifty from the outside. He looked upright and honourable with a righteous aura about him.
Seeing Fu Ting, that black-clothed man was rather astonished, “Red Lotus Fu, you are returning to the World beyond Worlds?”
He then gazed towards Yan Zhaoge, hesitating momentarily, “You…could you be Broad Creed Mountain’s Yan Zhaoge?”
Fu Ting recognised the black-clothed man, “So it is Chief Liu of the Jade Mountain Sect.”
She introduced the two of them, “Young Master Yan, this is Chief Liu Xiangtong of the Central Jun Heaven Territory’s Heavenly Hut Mountain’s Jade Mountain Sect.”
“Chief Liu, this is precisely Young Master Yan, Yan Zhaoge.”
Yan Zhaoge smiled, cupping his hands, “Nice to meet you, Chief Liu.”
In the coremost central Jun Heaven Territory of the World beyond Worlds, the place that was most widely known was Kunlun Mountain.
Still, the vast central Jun Heaven Territory still contained other regions besides Kunlun Mountain. The Heavenly Hut Mountain was one of the other powers there.
While Yan Zhaoge had never heard of the Jade Mountain Sect before, he had long heard of the Heavenly Hut Mountain.
This Liu Xiangtong had already ascended the Immortal Bridge as he possessed unordinary might.
Still, from what Yan Zhaoge knew, it was not an easy thing for one to have a stable foothold in the central Jun Heaven Territory.
One either had to be strong enough or possess a powerful backer.
From the looks of it, Jade Mountain Sect’s backer might be Ingenious Flying Peak’s Red Lotus Cliff?
Still, Liu Xiangtong seemed to be very astonished seeing he and Fu Ting about to return to the World beyond Worlds.
Fu Ting detected this as well, “Chief Liu, has something special happened? I was previously out in extradimensional space and was not in contact with the World beyond Worlds for some time. I merely just returned today.”
“It is no wonder then,” Liu Xiangtong said in a heavy tone, “Today is the date of the battle between the Immortal Artifact of the Exalted Fire Luminary of the past Kunlun Nine Luminaries, Mars Halberd, and the Brocade Emperor. They previously agreed on battling it out in this place today.”
“In order to avoid damaging the World beyond Worlds, they agreed to battle amidst extradimensional space. Many intend to spectate their battle, a
nd I am one of them.”
Hearing his words, Yan Zhaoge and Fu Ting exchanged looks.
Liu Xiangtong sighed, “I really had not thought that this Immortal Artifact, Mars Halberd, would actually possess complete self-consciousness as he can virtually be considered an Emperor himself.”
He looked at Fu Ting, “It is said that he wrecked your lineage’s Minor No Hatred dao arena when the Brocade Emperor was away. Afterwards, he also wanted to attack the Southeastern Exalt’s Golden Court Mountain.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 923: A shocking genius
HSSB923: A shocking genius
Liu Xiangtong did not understand the course of events that had really transpired.
Yan Zhaoge and Fu Ting had been present when Mars Halberd had destroyed the Minor No Hatred dao arena that day.
While they had avoided that tribulation, they had mistakenly entered the domain of the Immortal Court as a result.
After destroying the Minor No Hatred dao arena, Mars Halberd had not left as he had stayed and waited for the Brocade Emperor to return.
Still, for some reason, the Brocade Emperor had not returned.
Despite having waited for seven whole days, Mars Halberd had not been able to see the Brocade Emperor.
In the end, other experts of the World beyond Worlds had instead arrived.
While a conflict had not arisen between them, Mars Halberd had not accepted their mediation. He had been adamant on finding the descendants of the Grand Clear lineage who had helped those of the dragon race to seal him back then and bring an end to things.
While Daoist Xuanzhong had died, his descendant, the Brocade Emperor, had surpassed him, turning into Mars Halberd’s target instead.
Despite the Brocade Emperor not showing up even after so long, Mars Halberd had not made things difficult for those of Ingenious Flying Peak’s lineage.
Instead, he temporarily switched his target to another branch of the Grand Clear direct lineage in the World beyond Worlds.
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