“You’re right,” Chen Qianhua realised, “What have I brought about? Good, good. Life will no longer be so boring that way. It looks like I must stand aside and simply do nothing for many more things I encounter in the future. There might be even more pleasant surprises some years down the road.”
“Still, this Snow Crane ends today,” He sounded regretful but also nonchalant as he gazed towards the sky up above.
Chen Qianhua’s gaze flickered slightly as streams of originally jade green light surfaced, traversing the air.
It was naturally immensely different when someone else used the talisman and when he made a move in person.
After returning to the World beyond Worlds, all-encompassing jade green light intermingled within Chen Qianhua’s gaze.
The radiance dimmed after a long time, dissipating into formlessness.
“Alright, the Earth Exalt’s lot won’t have to expand so much effort in trying to track her now. Only the physical work remain,” Chen Qianhua smiled.
Just as his younger brother Chen Kunhua was about to say something, his expression suddenly flickered as he retrieved a paper talisman and ignited it.
Green smoke arose from the paper talisman which condensed into some words in mid-air.
Chen Qianhua returned to his usual lackadaisical self as he paid it no concern.
After reading them, though, Chen Kunhua was stunned, “How is this possible?!”
“Oh?” The purple-clothed youth was intrigued now as he glanced at the words.
The message originated from the Earth Exalt Wang Zhengcheng, requesting that Chen Qianhua personally intervene in this matter.
The strength of Yan Zhaoge and Yan Di surpassed all their previous estimations!
The news from Yuanzhou City’s Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion was that within a mere few years, Yan Zhaoge had actually advanced yet further in attaining the ninth level of the Martial Saint realm, the late Immortal Bridge stage.
More importantly, at the ninth level of the Martial Saint realm, Yan Zhaoge was able to suppress the black-clothed Brocade Emperor with his abilities.
While unsure of Yan Di’s current strength, relating Yan Zhaoge’s abnormal improvement to Yan Di’s similarly astonishing growth rate from before, Wang Zhengcheng felt that an adjustment to his plan was necessary.
An immense change had already occurred with the comparison in strength between their two sides!
There was a chance of failure for them if Chen Qianhua did not personally act this time.
“Oh? A pleasant surprise really came?” Chen Qianhua’s gaze instantly lit up.
“But how could he be this fast?” Chen Kunhua was rendered dumbstruck, “If I do not remember wrongly, Yan Zhaoge only attained the eighth level of the Martial Saint realm four over years ago back in the Nine Underworlds, right? Ah, wait!”
“It seems that his father spent an even shorter period of time in going from the eighth to the ninth level of the Martial Saint realm. In that case, could he now be…”
Chen Kunhua looked on in shock at his elder brother, “It couldn’t be so fast even in places with very abundant spiritual qi like Jade Capital Crag, Qilin Cliff and Restful Immortal Valley, right? However supremely talented one is, however ideal their environment, some time-based cultivation is still necessary along with a gradual accumulation.”
He suddenly thought of something as his expression turned solemn, “Could it be that just like us, Broad Creed Mountain possesses the Thick Spirit Essence Congregating Art? That couldn’t be, right? There should not be enough materials left in the World beyond Worlds to forge a second set of this.”
“Who knows?” Chen Qianhua said, “Thick Spirit Essence Congregating Art, Immortal Rising Ladder, Seven Paths Centred Mechanism, Spirit Divinity Overflowing Lid…there are just those few methods at the end of the day. Who knows which of them he used? All I know is that things have become even more interesting. Haha!”
Amidst his laughter, Chen Qianhua soared into the air, disappearing from his original location.
……
At the same time, someone else was also returning to the World beyond Worlds from extradimensional space through another wound of the sky.
He appeared to be in his thirties or forties with frost on his brows and a sharp, piercing gaze.
This was none other than Yan Di.
Not long ago, he had left Broad Creed Mountain and headed to extradimensional space outside of the World beyond Worlds to investigate a newly discovered foreign dimension.
After receiving news from Yan Zhaoge, he had rushed back at full speed.
Yan Di’s gaze was bright as it had never been before but cold too.
He gazed at a compass in his hand, its needle clearly being a jade hairpin that had a snow crane at its head.
The needle wobbled lightly as Yan Di hurried in the direction indicated by it.
Now, streams of jade green light suddenly flickered in the sky above.
Yan Di’s gaze hardened as the originally unstable compass needle suddenly stabilised, pointing stably in a single direction.
He inhaled deeply and accelerated, going at full speed.
Soon, Yan Di arrived at Fog Tea Mountain which was close to the borders of the eastern Vast Heaven Territory and the central Jun Heaven Territory.
The compass needle indicated that he was to continue heading north a little more.
Yet, the dim yellow light of earth suddenly surged before him, concealing the heavens and earth as an egglike clump of light was formed.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1151: Sabre overshadows the earth!
HSSB1151: Sabre overshadows the earth!
The spherical clump of light enveloped the world as it descended upon Yan Di, seeking to surround him.
Yan Di was expressionless and also did nothing at all.
Still, a formless sabre blade seemingly appeared out of nowhere between the heavens and earth, cleaving the dim yellow clump of light before him directly into two!
The yellow radiance dispersed to the sides as the figure of an old man appeared.
It was none other than the Earth Exalt, Wang Zhengcheng.
He sighed, saying, “This old man truly wished to resolve this matter with none the wiser. I did not wish to harm the harmony between our two lineages like this.”
“If you have anything to say, Earth Exalt, we can discuss it slowly later. Even if you did not look for this Yan, this Yan would still go to look for you,” Yan Di said coldly, “This Yan has no time to waste with you now.”
Wang Zhengcheng shook his head slowly, “Some people made a mistake, but it was not they alone who had to bear the responsibility as many others will be affected as well. In order to remedy their mistake, we can only perform some unwanted acts that just have to be done. Please understand that this old man cannot let you pass today, Chief Yan.”
“You do not have to let me pass,” A cold light was emitted from Yan Di’s eyes, “I will sweep you away.”
He formed a sabre with his palm and raised his arm before stepping forward, instantly arriving before Wang Zhengcheng whereupon he hacked out with a sabre!
“This old man does not find it surprising that Chief Yan is unable to understand this. Since you have already come here today, I can only offend you here,” Wang Zhengcheng said, gliding backwards.
Flowing streams of light suddenly flickered about his surroundings.
Endless phenomena were manifested amidst the radiance, with mountains, rivers, deserts and oceans abound.
Wang Zhengcheng seemed to have retreated into another world.
That world was not as cramped and weak as any ordinary foreign dimension or lower world.
It actually seemed as vast as the World beyond Worlds, surging with the power of dimensions that clashed with space and time there as the heavens and earth of the border areas of the central Jun Heaven Territory and eastern Vast Heaven Territory hence shook intensely.
Yan Di struck down with his sab
re, cleaving the heavens and earth before him directly into two.
Still, the shattered space circulated as endless mountains and rivers were born yet once more.
The tall mountains and great rivers seemed to have a life of their own as they just expanded ceaselessly, seeking to surround Yan Di.
“So this is the Yin Yang Earth Mountain River Diagram?” Yan Di asked coldly.
While he had never seen it before, he had heard of this rumoured Leakless Immortal Artifact that the Earthly Sovereign had used in the past.
“This old man has no wish to do battle with Chief Yan. I only wish for Chief Yan to stop and remain here for a time,” Wang Zhengcheng’s voice resounded from amongst the lofty mountain peaks and meandering rivers.
The mountains and rivers surged in reverse, seeking to capture Yan Di into the diagram’s bounds.
Seeing this, Yan Di neither evaded nor dodged as he simply advanced, “You cannot stop me, Earth Exalt.”
With every step he took, that tyrannical, domineering aura that surrounded him shot up somewhat.
At the end of it, Yan Di was emitting a splendid light and possessing the momentum of a raging bull as even the Yin Yang Earth Mountain River Diagram was unable to withstand him.
It was like an ancient divinity had awoken from its slumber at this moment, slowly opening its eyes and standing up.
With every step he took, an unstoppable, unchangeable, invincible momentum was created which crushed the numerous tall mountains and great rivers before him.
Cracks seemed to form in the vast, limitless world little by little before expanding non-stop.
Yan Di’s body was like a complete, independent universe of its own that circulated freely, having broken completely free of the starry universe of the external world as it formed a system of its own.
Seeing this from within the Yin Yang Earth River Mountain Diagram, Wang Zhengcheng’s heart sunk, “He has actually truly successfully gotten all the acupoints in his body to break through space and see True Divinity!”
All the acupoints of his body, both the major and obscure ones, had seen Divinity. He was now a Human Immortal and only one step away from the Immortal realm!
The great circle of the Martial Saint realm, a Human Exalt!
Over the past three years, the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion had stirred the winds and clouds of the World beyond Worlds, drawing countless gazes.
During this time, Yan Di had focused much less on expanding within the southern Blazing Heaven Territory as he had successfully broken through that bottleneck, attaining the Human Exalt stage!
He had slain the Southern Exalt Zhuang Shen back in the eighth level of the Martial Saint realm.
Ever since that day, all those of the World beyond Worlds had looked forward to yet feared it.
They had looked forward to Yan Di attaining the Human Exalt stage, yet feared how mighty he would be by then!
Even so, no one had been able to predict that this day might actually come so early to the point that all were taken unawares!
After learning of Yan Zhaoge’s situation, the Earth Exalt Wang Zhengcheng had been relatively more mentally prepared for such a thing possibly happening with Yan Di.
Yet, when he did truly encounter this, he was still left shocked!
Even that world formed of the Yin Yang Earth Mountain River Diagram actually seemed fragile in the face of Yan Di who was exhibiting his true strength at this moment.
The Heavenly Dragon Sabre was unsheathed, falling in Yan Di’s hand.
Yan Di did not cease in his footsteps as he slashed horizontally outwards.
The heavens and earth instantly shook simultaneously as it was like a strip of fabric had been neatly snipped apart along its centre, being split into half.
The mountain peaks dissipated into nothingness whereas the flows of the rivers were terminated!
“New generations arise to challenge the old, the old making way for the new. How wonderful it is that the Exalted Gold Luminary could have such a descendant.”
As Wang Zhengcheng’s figure reappeared alongside the shattering of the mountains and rivers, he said regretfully, “Sadly, fate likes to fool with people.”
A large amount of soil suddenly appeared within the shattered world of mountains and rivers.
The soil reformed into mountains and rivers, continuing to block Yan Di’s path.
“Yin Yang Earth Spirit Soil?” Yan Di’s expression did not change as he instead asked, “I heard that the essence of the Yin Yang Earth River Diagram lies with a golden lotus of yin yang earth before formed. Are you able to do that, Earth Exalt?”
Amidst his words, he raised his sabre high before chopping down with it once more!
Opening and exterminating the heavens, birthing and extinguishing the world.
The sabre-light was unstoppable like the shifting forces of creation as it majestically and tyrannically broke through the numerous layers of soil before it.
Standing at the centre of the dark yellow soil, Wang Zhengcheng moved his palms slowly yet without end.
Drawing on the might of the Yin Yang Earth Mountain River Diagram, he executed a supreme martial art of the Earth Sovereign’s direct lineage, the Nine Heavens Breath Palm, in blocking Yan Di’s sabre.
As its name suggested, the Nine Heavens Breath Palm was a supreme martial art formed from the analysis of the profundities of the Nine Heavens Breath Soil.
When used for defence, it could diminish the incoming attacks, shifting accordingly with regard to their scale and movements as it was sturdy and nigh unassailable.
When used for attacks, the palm contained the force of thunder as it smashed the enemy mightily into extermination in both body and soul.
Still, Wang Zhengcheng focused fully on defence now, withstanding Yan Di’s sabre with the help of the Yin Yang Earth Mountain River Diagram.
This Immortal Artifact was proficient in defence and trapping enemies in the first place, allowing an efficient utilisation by Wang Zhengcheng now.
Yan Di completely ignored all of this, however.
Whatever stood in his path, he would hack it down with his sabre, using creation as his sabre as he established a grand, forward-extending dao!
Where the majestic, tyrannical might of the Creation Sabre passed, the numerous layers of thick earth that had seemed sturdy and condensed to the point of being nigh unassailable were also gradually broken apart.
When more soil came to replenish these, it would be hacked apart by an even more fearsome sabre-light!
While the thick earth was endless, the momentum of destined creation was even more unstoppable as it forcibly reduced the thick earth and the vicissitudes of time all into mere has-beens.
You may be powerful, but I will just be even more powerful than you.
If your earth is a foot high, my sabre will rise ten feet!
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1152: Yan Di battles Upper and Lower!
HSSB1152: Yan Di battles Upper and Lower!
Yan Di’s sabre descended unceasingly, breaking through the dark yellow soil formed of the combined might of Wang Zhengcheng’s palm force and the Ying Yang Earth Spirit Soil.
The rate of replenishment of the soil could not keep up with the rate at which Yan Di’s sabre descended as it was forcibly hacked through.
Wang Zhengcheng had a solemn expression on his face as he inhaled deeply.
While Yan Di was unable to damage the Yin Yang Earth Mountain River Diagram itself, after breaking through its spiritual qi, he would be able to maim him, its wielder.
As the sabre arrived directly above Wang Zhengcheng, he abruptly brought his palms together, furling up his fingers and clenching them into fists before forming a fist stance with them both.
Streams of dark yellow qi circulated about Wang Zhengcheng’s body before congregating and forming a protective layer of qi.
The most powerful defensive martial art of Qilin Cliff’s lineage, the Heaven Earth Origin Returning Mothe
r Fist!
As Wang Zhengcheng parried with his fists, his defensive power was even greater than when he had focused fully on defence with the Nine Heavens Breath Palm.
The numerous layers of Yin Yang Earth Spirit Soil manifested of the Yin Yang Earth Mountain River Diagram were bolstered and solidified unceasingly with Wang Zhengcheng at their centre.
While Wang Zhengcheng was unable to birth golden lotuses, his Heaven Earth Origin Returning Mother Fist that was bolstered by the Yin Yang Earth Mountain River Diagram instantly made for a shocking defensive power.
Wang Zhengcheng seemed to have transformed into the great earth itself at this moment, tranquil and heavy and seemingly able to bear all pressure and weight.
The world seemed to have returned to the initial formation of the great earth after the heavens and earth had just been split apart.
The source of all things, the soil of the beginning, enveloped in yellow and black, pure and untainted.
As Yan Di chopped out with his sabre, the black and yellow qi overflowed as the earth was shattered unceasingly.
Still, Wang Zhengcheng ultimately managed to withstand this sabre.
It was just that this was with him having completely given up on attacking, devoting all his efforts to defending.
Seeing this, Yan Di raised his brows, “It looks like you really are unable to birth golden lotuses using the Yin Yang Earth Mountain River Diagram, Earth Exalt. Indeed, is it because you have not opened the door to Immortality?”
“It is sadly so,” The yellow and black qi circulated, transforming into a sphere that hovered amidst space from which Wang Zhengcheng’s voice resounded.
The sphere was not big as it even shrunk further in response to Yan Di’s attacks, becoming increasingly sturdy and condensed.
“Yet, how would you be able to obstruct my path this way?” Yan Di asked mildly, “Without this transformation, what does it matter even if you have with you the Yin Yang Earth Mountain River Diagram?”
With that, he simply ignored Wang Zhengcheng as he continued on his way, heading northwards.
As Yan Di passed by that sphere, he was replied only by silence.
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