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Everyone’s hearts jolted as they simultaneously gazed towards the west.
Someone was currently approaching from that direction.
That was the direction of the southern Blazing Heaven Territory’s Circumference Mountain.
Yan Zhaoge and the others realised, “The recovery of the impeded flow of the Dynasty River was this person’s handiwork…”
While the Heaven Emperor was not concerned about the newcomer’s cultivation base, the martial concept that emanated from him caused his expression to change slightly as he seemed to have thought of something.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1040: A Human Exalt as a junior apprentice-nephew
HSSB1040: A Human Exalt as a junior apprentice-nephew
Due to the descent of the Female Emperor and her clash with the Heaven Emperor, the thick earth which had previously obscured the sky up above had already slowly shattered and fallen apart.
The Royal Reed Sea saw the light of day once more. Still, the scenes of the world were already long since different from before.
Currently, three mighty auras were approaching from Circumference Mountain to the west as they were headed straight for Broad Creed Mountain in the Royal Reed Sea’s Spirit Inheritance Region.
Sword-light that split apart the heavens and the earth instantly arrived, appearing before everyone.
The sword-light gradually faded as three figures appeared.
One of them was a tall, white-clothed youth who was spirited and handsome, seeming remarkably transcendent.
A sword hung about his waist. While it was in its scabbard now, it still emanated a shocking feel.
It was like as soon as this sword was unsheathed, the world would definitely be shaken mightily.
Bright sword-light enveloped the entire body of this white-clothed youth as where he passed, space and time seemed to be cleaved apart within the world, all scenes automatically moving to avoid him.
There was also two others who were standing on either side of this white-clothed youth.
The person on the right was a middle-aged man.
While he had an ordinary appearance, he similarly possessed brilliant sword-light that seemed as if it sought to split the heavens and the earth.
The person on the left was a black-clothed youth. While he was rather handsome too, he possessed a cold temperament as he was silent and unspeaking.
The sword-light was not prominent on his body as he simply followed the white-clothed youth and the middle-aged man in coming before the Heaven Emperor and Female Emperor.
The three first glanced at Broad Creed Mountain. Seeing that Yan Zhaoge, Yan Di and Broad Creed Mountain were unharmed, they all nodded slightly.
As Zhuang Shen, Lang Qing and the others noticed this, their pupils all involuntarily dilated slightly.
Led by the white-clothed youth, the trio greeted the Female Emperor together, “We juniors greet the Female Emperor.”
The Female Emperor nodded, “You were slightly late to arrive.”
“We did tarry,” The white-clothed youth bowed before straightening and looking at the Heaven Emperor, saying, “Heaven Emperor.”
The Heaven Emperor’s gaze shifted from Yan Zhaoge to the trio as he was silent for a long time.
The Western Exalt Lang Qing said from the side with a dark look on his face, “You people actually came here, Bai Tao.”
That white-clothed youth said, “While you and southern Zhuang are willing to give my southwestern Vermillion Heaven Territory some benefits, I would naturally abide by the order of my Master rather than accepting your benefits since he has given one.”
The white-clothed youth was called Bai Tao.
Still, people were more used to addressing him by another name in the World beyond Worlds.
Lord of the southwestern Vermillion Heaven Territory, the Southwestern Exalt Bai Tao.
If Bai Tao was merely the Southwestern Exalt, the Heaven Emperor would not be looking so solemn now.
The thing that could cause an Emperor to feel so guarded did not stem from the trio themselves as it was really the lineage that they were descended from.
The Southwestern Exalt Bai Tao and the other two were from the lineage of the central Jun Heaven Territory’s Kunlun Mountain’s Northern High Peak’s Jade Capital Crag.
Their Master was one of the highest existences of the current World beyond Worlds, the Sword Sovereign of the Three Sovereigns!
While the Sword Sovereign’s seniority was lowest amongst these three, he along with the Earthly Sovereign and Concealed Sovereign possessed unshakeable authority that reigned throughout the entire world.
He was currently still amidst extradimensional space, having yet to return.
Still, the appearance of Bai Tao’s trio here would inevitably cause others to think of him.
This was especially so since just the three of them alone would be insufficient to request the Female Emperor to act.
“Yan Zhaoge has obtained the relic of the late Dim Radiant Emperor Yin Tianxia, being a true disciple of his!” Lang Qing exclaimed, “Even if the Sword Sovereign treasures talent, you must reconsider…”
Bai Tao shook his head, “Do you still not understand, Western Lang?”
Looking at Yan Zhaoge and Yan Di, he sighed vastly, “They are surnamed Yan!”
Lang Qing was shocked, “Surnamed Yan…wait a moment!”
He looked like he had seen a ghost as he turned and looked towards Yan Zhaoge and Yan Di, stunned, “It’s that Yan?!”
Zhuang Shen, Daoist Oneheaven, Lian Zulin, Cao Jie and Liu Zhenggu all appeared puzzled initially before shocked looks appeared on all their faces.
They all turned to look at Yan Zhaoge and Yan Di in unison, with Lian Zulin blurting out, “They are the descendants of Yan Xingtang!”
Many atop Broad Creed Mountain had blank looks on their faces.
Still, for some of them, within their minds surfaced a name which, to them, only existed in legends as well as history books.
Yan Xingtang.
Rather than his actual name, there were more who knew of his title.
One of the new Kunlun Nine Luminaries who had established the World beyond Worlds that year, the Exalted Gold Luminary!
The number one figure in the dao of the sword for Daoism following the Great Calamity, the Sword God Yan Xingtang!
It was not for no reason whatsoever that Lang Qing, Zhuang Shen and the others were able to relate this distant legend to the situation at hand.
The current Sword Sovereign of the World beyond Worlds’ Three Sovereigns was precisely the personal disciple and primary descendant of the late Exalted Gold Luminary from back then!
“Could it be that the Sword Sovereign is mistaken?” Zhuang Shen asked in a heavy tone, “The Yan father and son from Broad Creed Mountain originate from a lower world. They are not locals of the World beyond Worlds.”
“If you were to say that they share the same surname, the Exalted Fire Luminary of the Kunlun Nine Luminaries of back then and the Profound Sovereign of the Roving Jade Heavens are both surnamed Gao. Still, they are not related by blood in the least!”
Looking at Zhuang Shen, Bai Tao saw that while he had a heavy expression on his face, his eyes were surging like blazing fire.
He sighed, replying, “He is a descendant of Grand Master’s, but not just any mere descendant.”
Bai Tao’s gaze turned towards Yan Di, a rather complicated look on his face, “To be exact, this Bai would have to call you senior apprentice-uncle.”
Zhuang Shen looked disbelievingly at Yan Di, “He is the son of the Exalted Gold Luminary?”
“It is not surprising that those like Zhuang Shen and Lang Qing have not heard of this,” The Female Emperor now said mildly from the side, “Heaven Emperor, you must have heard of who the Exalted Gold Luminary’s wife was.”
The Heaven Emperor who had been keeping silent throughout finally spoke now, “Of the Prime Clear direct lineage, the Sword Emperor Di
Qinglian of the Roving Jade Heavens!”
Sword God Yan Xingtang.
Sword Emperor Di Qinglian.
Several thousand years back, Daoism of post-Great Calamity times had witnessed the union of the two most outstanding sword cultivators whose renown had shaken the world. While few knew of them today, having experienced this for himself during his youth, their names were as familiar as booming thunder to the Heaven Emperor.
“Yan…Di, Yan Di, what a Yan Di!” The Heaven Emperor’s expression changed intensely, “If not for this name of his, this humble Daoist would instead have paid attention to his surname.”
Standing quietly beside his father, Yan Zhaoge looked over and saw that there was neither sorrow nor joy visible on Yan Di’s face, just that his gaze was growing increasingly sharp.
Yan Zhaoge looked at the Heaven Emperor again was he was able to imagine his despondence right now.
Yan Di’s name was the combination of his parents’ surnames.
Still, it was said that the couple had already been dead for over two thousand years.
Yet, Yan Di was not even a century old yet!
This did not correspond no matter what.
It would be much more natural to think of it as a coincidence.
The gazes of the Heaven Emperor’s lot were filled with anger as they looked at the Female Emperor and Bai Tao’s trio as they just felt as if they were being played.
“This humble Daoist has seen images of the Exalted Gold Luminary before,” The Heaven Emperor exhaled slowly, “If they are father and son, how could there be no resemblance between them?”
“The bloodline of the Sword God and Sword Emperor instead cultivates in sabre arts?”
“With so many conflicting areas, how can you be sure that he is a descendant of the Exalted Gold Luminary?”
The Female Emperor Jie Mingkong smiled coldly, not deigning to reply.
The Southwestern Exalt Bai Tao remained well-mannered as he cupped his hands towards the Heaven Emperor, “Please look over there, Heaven Emperor.”
Looking where his finger was pointing, the Heaven Emperor’s gaze abruptly grew focused.
A cloud that resembled a blooming lotus was hovering silently above Yan Di’s head.
The cloud was dim and chaotic as time and space appeared all blurry within.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1041: Not just a single great backer!
HSSB1041: Not just a single great backer!
Grand Simplicity, the head of the Grand Cosmos Five Manifestations, represented the primordial, original state of the universe as it had no brightness and no form, being silent and formless.
Even the boundaries of space and time were blurred.
There was no before and no after, no beginning and no end.
Looking at the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud above Yan Di’s head, the Heaven Emperor’s gaze was solemn as many of his previous doubts were simply resolved just like that.
What remained was more of despondence.
Yan Zhaoge did not speak as listening quietly to the conversation between the Female Emperor and the Heaven Emperor, many of his previous doubts were alleviated and his guesses verified.
Why had the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud come to seek out his father on its own accord, and why did Yan Di feel a sense of closeness and familiarity with it?
This was because it was an existence which had been born alongside him in the first place!
The first time Yan Zhaoge had seen the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud, its strange form had been different from that of the Grand Simplicity that he knew of.
It was as if it had stepped from earlier heaven at the commencement of the universe into later heaven.
The reason was actually that this Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud had been born alongside Yan Di like a baby’s swaddling clothes, having descended from an earlier heaven womb as they were born into later heaven together.
After his birth, due to some unique reasons, Yan Di had been resting in the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud all along.
The concept of time was blurry within the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud as the rate of flow of Yan Di’s life was virtually stagnant.
Meanwhile, two thousand years had passed in the outside world in a flash.
And one day, things had ripened as Yan Di had truly arrived in the mortal world.
How had this come to pass?
Yan Zhaoge could not be certain. Still, from the information currently on hand, it should be that his grandparents, Yan Xingtang and Di Qinglian, had met with an unfortunate incident. In consideration for her son’s safety, the pregnant Di Qinglian had temporarily entrusted him to the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud.
At the same time, his father, Yan Di, had also inherited the legacies and hopes of his grandparents!
In the past, Yan Zhaoge had not been aware that Yan Xingtang of the Jade Clear direct lineage had actually married Di Qinglian of the Prime Clear direct lineage that year.
Otherwise, he would long since have guessed this.
Why was that so?
The purer and more refined his father’s domineering, rampant martial true intent that presided loftily over all lifeforms, the more Yan Zhaoge had felt this to be familiar.
The Heaven Opening Scripture of the Jade Clear lineage’s Primordial Heavenly Scriptures.
Defining the primordial gulf and splitting the heavens and earth into existence, setting earth, water wind and fire and manifesting new creation.
The Immortal Exterminating Sword of the Prime Clear lineage’s Numinous Treasure Four Swords.
One sword breaking all arts, sturdy and indestructible, breaking through all, the conclusion of principles of the myriad heavens as it signified the descent of the art of the end along with the conclusion of all creation.
The former opened the heavens and split the earth while the latter destroyed the heavens and extinguished the earth.
As the two forms merged, there was a beginning and an end, forming the momentum of a great dao in the progress of creation itself.
The momentum lies with me, I am unstoppable, sturdy and indestructible, sweeping through all that stands in my way.
The combination of the Heaven Opening Scripture and the Immortal Exterminating Sword which had already possessed shocking power in the first place displayed even more formidable might now.
Yan Zhaoge wanted to give a thumbs up to his grandparents whom he had never met before.
They had thought of a wondrous idea, one that was both insane and genius at the same time.
More miraculous was the fact that not only had they thought of it, they had even brought it into reality!
What had helped them to accomplish all this was a treasure that they had inadvertently obtained, the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud.
Just the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud alone was still insufficient. They themselves would not be able to complete this martial art or cultivate with it.
They would have but a single chance of success with a child of their own.
This was a crystallisation of the efforts of the family of three as only Yan Di could cultivate in such a miraculous martial art.
This was perhaps the final bestowment of Yan Xingtang and Di Qinglian on their son.
It was precisely because this martial art had been born alongside Yan Di that Yan Di had continually been stagnant within the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud. It was only when two thousand years had passed in the outside world that it had attained grand completion and he had been born into this world with a unique martial art that belonged just to him and him alone.
As for his descent into the Eight Extremities World, there was no way of telling whether it was a coincidence or had been premeditated.
Yan Di was born with this martial art as what was emphasised was the concept and not the stances.
It made no difference whether he cultivated in the sword or in the sabre.
It was just that as a result, the Heave
n Emperor, Lang Qing, Zhuang Shen and the others had all been completely thrown off by this!
Due to the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud, Yan Di’s appearance had been affected as well such that the Heaven Emperor who had seen an image of the Exalted Gold Luminary before had not noticed any sign of this.
Still, these descendants of the Sword Sovereign’s lineage would not have gotten this wrong.
Knowing about the events of back then and the miraculous uses of the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud, they would not end up overlooking this due to his age.
Yan Di’s name itself already spoke volumes.
Also, his martial concept and his connection with the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud were the best proof as others would not be able to falsify this.
“Now that I think about it, the Roving Jade Heavens had no malicious intentions in giving me the Immortal Trapping Sword. This was because of grandmother,” Yan Zhaoge stroked his lower chin, “…It really feels pretty good to have connections in high places.”
Back in the Eight Extremities World, while there had been rivals like the Sacred Sun Clan and the Heavenly Thunder Hall, as one of the six great Sacred Grounds there, Broad Creed Mountain had been rather powerful too.
Yet, after coming to the World beyond Worlds, everything had to be fought for from scratch.
As the vanguard, Yan Zhaoge had really spent quite a bit of effort on this.
Still, for a lazy guy like him, the line he loved to hear most was still this.
“Oi, Yan Zhaoge, isn’t it just that you have a good father?”
Now that he could relive his old dream, Yan Zhaoge was in an extremely good mood.
In contrast, the Heaven Emperor, the Western Exalt Lang Qing and the Eastern Exalt Daoist Oneheaven etcetera all felt bitter at this moment.
They finally understood why the Female Emperor Jie Mingkong had made a move.
It might be more because of the Sword Emperor. Still, the Female Emperor had been being honest when she had said that she was willing to assist them in the first place.
The higher echelon experts of the World beyond Worlds all knew that the Female Emperor was descended from the lineage of the Exalted Water Luminary of the Kunlun Nine Luminaries!