One was the head of the Ten Exalts, the undisputed number one Martial Saint of the World beyond Worlds and their most outstanding figure in the past two or three centuries.
The other was a True Immortal of the Five Emperors, a peak figure of the World beyond Worlds.
The collision between two major entities like these would naturally evoke quite a big disturbance.
Still, the Brocade Emperor had not been in his cave manor then.
In the end, Chen Qianhua had stomped on Ingenious Flying Peak’s Red Lotus Cliff, breaking through its defences and taking it down!
As Red Lotus Cliff was where the dao tradition of the Brocade Emperor flourished, its defensive power was naturally incomparable to that of the Minor No Hatred dao arena.
Yet, the Upper Exalt Chen Qianhua was an expert who could battle the Brocade Emperor himself head-on.
Without the Brocade Emperor, Chen Qianhua would undoubtedly be able to take down Red Lotus Cliff given enough time.
Hearing the news, while Yan Zhaoge did feel rather surprised, he was not especially shocked by it.
He possessed a general understanding of the Upper Exalt’s temperament by now.
While he had fallen prey to Yan Zhaoge’s backstab in the Nine Underworlds and been wounded by the Brocade Emperor with his Immortal Artifact, the Four Grands Earlier Heaven Flag, it was not that Chen Qianhua would have been unable to forgive the Brocade Emperor, wishing deeply to take revenge for that blow.
Instead, there should only have been one goal on his mind when he had gone to stomp on Ingenious Flying Peak’s Red Lotus Cliff.
Fu Ting.
To be precise, his goal would have been to kill Fu Ting.
Whether or not a victor was decided between the black and white Brocade Emperors, killing Fu Ting and Meng Wan would be able to cause the strength of the black-clothed Brocade Emperor who walked the unfeeling path to rise greatly.
This was not something Yan Zhaoge would be happy to see.
Chen Qianhua was using the Brocade Emperor as a pawn to compete with Yan Zhaoge.
“I wonder if there were casualties at Red Lotus Peak?” Yan Zhaoge asked, “How did it turn out in the end?”
Long Hanhua answered, “The specifics are unclear, but casualties did appear.”
“With the Brocade Emperor absent, didn’t anyone else move to obstruct Chen Qianhua?” Yan Zhaoge rubbed his temples lightly.
Long Hanhua was silent for a time before he said, “The Encompassing Emperor intervened, but did not succeed as Red Lotus Cliff’s defences were ultimately broken through by the Upper Exalt.”
“Oh?” Yan Zhaoge was really rather astonished at this.
Generally speaking, when two sides were battling over a target, the attacking party would hold the initiative with the defender only able to passively react. The third party in this case, however, Red Lotus Cliff, was not all that weak as they focused completely on defence.
Secondly, the two sides that were battling were not equally matched in the first place!
Granted, in terms of martial prowess, the Upper Exalt Chen Qianhua was truly worthy of his title as the World beyond World’s strongest Martial Saint with his ability to battle True Immortals head-on.
The problem was that just like the Brocade Emperor, the Encompassing Emperor possessed an Immortal Artifact.
Even though it would sound embarrassing for a True Immortal if they actually had to employ an Immortal Artifact against a Human Exalt, the Encompassing Emperor could be considered justified in going all out to protect Red Lotus Cliff.
If the Encompassing Emperor had used an Immortal Artifact but Chen Qianhua had still managed to take down Red Lotus Cliff, it would really sound quite shocking.
“Did the Encompassing Emperor not bring along his Immortal Artifact?” Yan Zhaoge asked.
Since he had effectively battled Chen Qianhua before, Yan Zhaoge understood him to be very powerful.
Still, if someone were to say that Chen Qianhua could withstand the attacks of a True Immortal with his bare fists even as he attacked and felled Red Lotus Peak, Yan Zhaoge would not believe it.
“The Encompassing Emperor was eventually forced to use his Immortal Artifact,” Long Hanhua said solemnly.
Yan Zhaoge frowned as a thought flashed through his mind, “Wait, could it be that…”
“That’s right,” Long Hanhua knew what he was thinking as he affirmed, “Upper Chen also possesses an Immortal Artifact!”
“This really is…” Yan Zhaoge put a hand on his forehead.
Gao Xuebo and Long Hanhua exchanged glances as they both shook their heads as well.
Immortal Artifacts were incredibly rare. With how difficult it was to forge one as well as the scarcity in materials, even Emperors who had opened the door to Immortality would not necessarily possess one.
This had already been so in pre-Great Calamity times, let alone this comparatively deteriorated era.
Even True Immortals lacked Immortal Artifacts, let alone Human Exalts!
It was true, however, that there would always be exceptions. For instance, Gao Xuebo already possessed an Immortal Artifact of the Leakless level while at the Martial Saint realm.
Still, strictly speaking, this Immortal Artifact could not totally be considered Gao Xuebo’s property.
This sword belonged to his mother, the Profound Sovereign, from when she had been a Leakless True Immortal in the past. Afterwards, she had passed it down to her eldest son, Gao Xuebo, to grasp it in her stead.
If not for this, it would be difficult for Gao Xuebo to be in possession of an Immortal Artifact. This difficulty could be clearly seen when considering that his younger brother, Long Xueji, lacked an Immortal Artifact even after opening the door to Immortality.
Of course, this was related to Long Xueji preferring to forge and refine his own swords.
Still, whatever the case, it could be seen how rare it was for Martial Saints to be in possession of Immortal Artifacts.
Chen Qianhua did not have an elder who could have passed down an Immortal Artifact to him…
“His own fortuitous gains?” Yan Zhaoge smacked his lips, “The Origin Heavenly Scripture is really awesome in this regard.”
The information reports that could be received in the Roving Jade Heavens were still too simple, unable to give a clear picture of what was going on in the World beyond Worlds right now.
It was impossible, however, that things would end so simply given the scale of the disturbance caused by Chen Qianhua this time around.
Yan Zhaoge was somewhat unable to be certain on Fu Ting’s current situation, though.
Logically speaking, Red Lotus Cliff and Fu Ting should already have had measures in place in case the Brocade Emperor came and made things difficult for them.
In the end, rather than the Brocade Emperor, Chen Qianhua had been the one to come instead.
Had it been anyone else, if Fu Ting had been away from Red Lotus Cliff and out adventuring, concealing her identity in the process, she would probably have been able to avoid danger.
Yet, Chen Qianhua who bore the Origin Heavenly Scripture would find it even easier than the Brocade Emperor to locate Fu Ting.
If Fu Ting had been at Red Lotus Cliff at the time but had not been slain by Chen Qianhua on the spot, instead having been taken away under the protection of the Encompassing Emperor, she could be considered relatively safe.
“Senior apprentice-uncle Gao, I intend to return to the World beyond Worlds,” Yan Zhaoge pondered for a moment before taking his leave of Gao Xuebo and the others.
Whether this was out of concern for the contest between the black and white Brocade Emperors or due to his personal friendship with Fu Ting, it was still necessary for him to rush back to the World beyond Worlds.
While he did not understand Yan Zhaoge’s thoughts, Gao Xuebo did not question him on it as he nodded in agreement, “Ask after your father on this old man’s behalf. The Roving Jade Heavens welcome the two of you to come
visit together.”
“Thank you, senior apprentice-uncle Gao,” Yan Zhaoge bid Gao Xuebo, Long Hanhua and the others farewell as he immediately brought Meng Wan along in returning to the World beyond Worlds.
To return to the World beyond Worlds from the Roving Jade Heavens, one had to pass through numerous layers of space that obstructed them.
When Yan Zhaoge and Meng Wan finally made it back to the World beyond Worlds after a long journey, they immediately learnt a new piece of information.
A newly ascended Southern Exalt had arisen!
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1122: Things Chen Qianhua would do
HSSB1122: Things Chen Qianhua would do
While Yan Zhaoge had immediately started to return to the World beyond Worlds after learning of how Chen Qianhua had stomped on Ingenious Flying Peak’s Red Lotus Cliff, it simply wasn’t possible for him to pass through the various spatial obstructions in a short amount of time.
While Yan Zhaoge was rushing back, others would naturally not twiddle their thumbs waiting for him. In fact, many things had occurred during the time of his travel.
The disturbance caused by Chen Qianhua’s attack on the Brocade Emperor’s dao arena in the World beyond Worlds was to the point that the reigning structure of Three Sovereigns, Five Emperors, and Exalts of Ten Territories might have been shaken.
Although the news had been deliberately suppressed by the higher-ups, those in the know were well aware that things were much more complicated than they appeared on the surface.
Meanwhile, the Upper Exalt Chen Qianhua had also sufficiently proven his strength through his ability to penetrate through the defenses of the Brocade Emperor’s dao arena while withstanding an assault by the Encompassing Emperor. In fact, when the Encompassing Emperor had used an Immortal Artifact, Chen Qianhua had actually been able to resist it with one of his own.
These dazzling battle achievements raised Chen Qianhua’s reputation once again.
The positions of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors had been above those of the Ten Exalts in the World beyond Worlds all along.
Emperors who had opened the door to Immortality were intrinsically different from Human Exalts who remained Martial Saints. While they had long since represented different levels of threat, Chen Qianhua had broken through this gulf, able to stand on equal footing with an Emperor.
Those aware of this generally saw him an Emperor in practice but not in name. Rather than Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, it might be more correct to say that there were Three Sovereigns and Six Emperors in the World beyond Worlds.
If he too opened the door to Immortality and accomplished a Leakless Body one day, what level of strength might he possess then?
Even so, nobody believed that this matter would end with this. As the subject of the assault, the Brocade Emperor would definitely not allow Chen Qianhua to get away scot free. Though the Encompassing Emperor might not pursue revenge since both parties had competed with their actual abilities at the end of the day, this did not mean that the Three Sovereigns could let this pass.
Even with the Earthly and Sword Sovereigns away from the World beyond Worlds and the Concealed Sovereign in secluded cultivation, they would probably intervene in this issue once their own matters had been settled.
Chen Qianhua however, could care less about this.
He was not concerned about the Three Sovereigns potentially intervening.
He did not care at all about the praises or fear that others had for him either.
He did not feel worried or troubled, but neither did he feel happy or triumphant. He was just a little vexed by how he had failed to achieve his goal.
Fu Ting had not been at Red Lotus Cliff.
“So there was actually a mechanism designed by the Brocade Emperor for Red Lotus Fu here which is connected to her. It is no wonder that I made an erroneous judgment, stymied by the methods of a True Immortal.”
Not having managed to find Fu Ting, Chen Qianhua had left Red Lotus Cliff.
A slightly interested look appeared on his lazy face, “That mechanism…oh, is it an attempt to rid the influence caused by the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord?”
Chen Qianhua seemed to be unaware of the great waves he had stirred up as he leisurely returned to his cave manor at Kunlun Mountain’s Qianhua Peak.
“It actually occurred before the Brocade Emperor entering cultivation deviation…” He muttered to himself as he walked, his gaze distant as streams of light seemingly flashed through it.
“Still, leaving Red Lotus Cliff and hiding even at the cost of forsaking this mechanism-this is actually to avoid the Brocade Emperor, right?” Chen Qianhua chuckled, “The Brocade Emperor’s cultivation deviation really is interesting.”
After returning to Qianhua Peak, he found the Earthly Young Master Chen Kunhua still waiting there. After learning the details of what happened, a dazed look overcame his face as he realized that the scale of things this time was really too big for him to cover up.
Chen Kunhua said nothing regarding what had befallen Fu Ting.
He understood the personality of this elder brother of his well enough to know that the latter did not consider the thoughts and feelings of other in his actions.
Meanwhile, he had no way of stopping his elder brother.
“It still isn’t as interesting as that Yan Zhaoge, though,” Chen Qianhua lazily leaned back against his wooden armchair, a rare look of excitement appearing on his face, “Finding that Red Lotus Fu looks related to Yan Zhaoge too. Things really could not be any better. I seek to derive enjoyment from that Yan Zhaoge in the first place.”
Chen Kunhua frowned, “Yan Zhaoge?”
“Right. I tried to search for Red Lotus Fu’s whereabouts, but the clues were scattered and indistinct. This means that someone is helping her to cover up her karma,” Chen Qianhua said matter-of-factly, “In the World beyond Worlds, there are only a mere few people who have sufficient capabilities for this and are currently able to intervene in this matter.”
“The Concealed Sovereign is in secluded cultivation as outsiders cannot enter.”
“Northern Guan is busy taking measures to prevent the land of tranquil stream from encroaching on the World beyond Worlds via the dimensional passageway in the snowy plains of the north.”
Chen Qianhua laughed, “Therefore, there is only one possible option remaining! Yan Zhaoge’s father, Yan Di, with his Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud.”
“So, Fu Ting secretly left Red Lotus Peak and sought Yan Di’s help, using that Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud to prevent people from finding her?” Chen Kunhua asked, “It was originally to guard against the Brocade Emperor, but has now ended up hindering you instead, big brother?”
Chen Qianhua said nonchalantly, “Right. Covered by that Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud, it is inconvenient for even me to find someone.”
The problem was that there were just those few methods which could hinder him, Chen Qianhua, from locating his prey, yet they actually could not prevent him from locking onto the correct target.
Although this method would have been effective against the Brocade Emperor, it was much less efficacious now that the one searching for Fu Ting’s whereabouts was Chen Qianhua.
“Where is Yan Di now?” Chen Qianhua asked Chen Kunhua.
Due to the existence of the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud, the Origin Heavenly Scripture’s effects were limited.
“In the southern Blazing Heaven Territory,” Chen Kunhua answered.
Chen Kunhua tilted his head upwards and thought for a moment before suddenly smiling, “Right, is the position of the Southern Exalt still vacant? What do you think about me being the Southern Exalt?”
Chen Kunhua was taken aback as he heard this.
The death of the Southern Exalt Zhuang Shen had left a vacancy amongst the Ten Exalts.
There were actually several ninth level Martial Saints in the World beyond Worlds who were relatively confident of attain
ing the Human Exalt stage in the near future. If any one of these Martial Saints were to successfully advance, they would undoubtedly be asked by the Three Exalts and Five Emperors to fill the vacant seat.
Despite this, every one of these experts was highly conflicted about actually doing so.
The reason for this was that Yan Di was currently leading Broad Creed Mountain in grandly launching a large scale invasion of the southern Blazing Heaven Territory, resulting in the position of Southern Exalt resembling the mouth of a volcano.
Without the ability to suppress the Yan father and son, trying to govern as the Southern Exalt with two tigers constantly nipping at their heels – how was this any different from being a puppet?
If they rejected the request, though, it would really be quite an embarrassment for them.
In truth, many believed that this position was as good as being left for this father-son duo, with both already possessing the strength of Exalts. Let alone newly ascended experts, even the nine other Exalts would generally not be eager to take on the role of the Southern Exalt.
Chen Kunhua had once heard that some wished for the Western Exalt Bai Tao to switch over to the south, after which their same group of people could slowly work things out amongst themselves.
If there was any Human Exalt who could simultaneously suppress the current Yan father and son, first and foremost would naturally be the Upper Exalt Chen Qianhua who could withstand True Immortals as a mere mortal. This kind of strength would even allow him to defeat the combined forces of all the other Martial Saints of the World beyond Worlds at once.
Still, Chen Kunhua did not know whether to laugh or to cry at this.
Of the Ten Exalts, Upper and Lower were higher than the eight cardinal directions.
His elder brother was also the much deserved Upper Exalt, number one amongst Martial Saints.
Upper Exalt becoming Southern Exalt-wouldn’t that be as good as a downgrade and demotion?
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