Wang Zhengcheng, the Earthly Sovereign at the present, was the disciple of Jiang Shen who had been the Exalted Earth Luminary.
Hu Yuexin was the disciple of Shao Junhuang who had been Exalted Wood Luminary.
When Mars Halberd had been sealed in the Ancient Cold Abyss, he was acquainted with both of them.
“No wonder you would come to look for Mingzhang.” Mars Halberd said that in a meaningful tone, “He might not in the mood of dealing with other things. But since you and your mother are all disciples of Shao Junhuang. Things might be different.”
Hearing that, Yan Zhaoge was cheered up right away, saying, “You mean...”
“I’m also an outsider. The relationship between Mingzhang and Shao Junhuang is so complicated. Maybe they couldn’t even sort it out themselves.” On these words, the fire giant looked to the space in the distance.
“Mingzhang didn’t listen to my advice and insisted on heading to the Immortal Court. He said he must kill those two Profound Immortal of the Immortal Court. I was very grateful to him, but also quite concerned.”
“I have heard that he has retreated all of a sudden after he had killed a cultivator. As I got relieved hearing that, I was also a bit confused. Because the Suo Mingzhang I know, is not a person who would give up so easily.”
The face of the fire giant looked a little indistinct behind the fire. He continued, “Something must have happened to make him change his mind.”
“That’s why you have followed the trace and arrived here?” Yan Zhaoge paused and asked, “With all due respect, do you know... why Exalted Fire Luminary has come here?”
“He would only leave everything behind for one thing.” Mars Halberd answered lightly, “ One thing that concerning Shao Junhuang.”
Yan Zhaoge exhaled deeply.
He had had a same assumption before.
However, at that time, Yan Zhaoge only had a hunch without any proof. After all, Exalted Fire Luminary had already been obsessed with finding Exalted Wood Luminary for over two thousand years.
Now, Mars Halberd who knew Exalted Fire Luminary a lot also made the same assumption. Then Yan Zhaoge was eighty percent sure that his former guess was right.
“Senior, are Exalted Fire Luminary and Exalted Wood Luminary... a couple?” Yan Zhaoge asked a tentative question.
“A couple?” Mars Halberd said that with hesitation. After a short while, she said, “They used to be...”
Yan Zhaoge’s heart jolted right away while the look on his face turned awkward, “Used to be...”
“It’s a long story.” The fire giant shook his head with his eyes fixing to the place far away, “Since Mingzhang has gone straight to this place regardless what have happened, Shao Junhuang might really be here.”
Yan Zhaoge rubbed his temples gently.
It was likely that Exalted Fire Luminary had known of this location from the expert of the Immortal Court who had been captured by him.
Here came the question.
Since the Immortal Court knew that Shao Junhuang was at this place, why hadn’t they done anything yet?
After all, Shao Junhuang who supported the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor had gone against the Immortal Court more often than Suo Mingzhang who had always had a neutral attitude.
What those of Hu Yuexin’s lineage had done was enough to show what kind of a person Exalted Wood Luminary was, since Hu Yuexin was Exalted Wood Luminary’s disciple.
If Shao Junhuang’s position had been located, the experts of the Immortal Court would already come here to attack her.
Therefore, this area might not be the place where Shao Junhuang had hidden herself, but where she had been buried.
Yan Zhaoge had already been prepared mentally after Astro Sovereign had reminded him. But he still couldn’t help feeling pitiful.
Right at this moment, the fire which enveloped Mars Halberd’s body wobbled slightly.
Then he, having no intention to hide anything from Yan Zhaoge, said, “Words have come from Candle Sunlight Emperor through the contact path he has left me.”
“He said he would think of a way to bring me across the encirclement and get to the inside.”
Yan Zhaoge asked, “I wonder if Senior Apprentice-Uncle Yue and Earthly Sovereign have also arrived at this area.”
“They might have.” Mars Halberd answered, “But Candle Sunlight Emperor couldn’t get in touch with them for the moment nor know where they are.”
Although lots of experts had gathered in this space to besiege Suo Mingzhang like catching a turtle in a jar, this place was actually very broad, even broader than the World beyond Worlds.
The Immortal Court could only block off this area for the moment and then slowly narrow the range afterwards to search for the precise location of Suo Mingzhang.
“So what are you planning to do, Senior?” Yan Zhaoge looked at Mars Halberd while asking that.
Mars Halberd answered, “I don’t think Sunlight Emperor would set me up.”
Otherwise Sunlight Emperor would have tangled with him at that time. The former didn’t even need to defeat him as long as Mars Halberd was not able to get away in a short period of time.
By then, the cultivators of the Immortal Court would notice the fight and come to help catch Mars Halberd.
“Since then, may I ask you to come with me, Senior?” Yan Zhaoge pondered for a while and asked that.
Time had passed by, but Sword Sovereign was still not found.
The longer he delayed here, the more variables would show up.
If Sword Sovereign had already arrived at the inner circle of the encirclement, Yan Zhaoge would only be wasting his time wandering around at the outer circle.
The method he had just come up with might seem dangerous, but was feasible.
Though Yan Zhaoge liked the feeling of having everything under control, he would still made some gutty and risky decisions.
“However, if it’s possible, I would prefer not to meet Sunlight Emperor face to face to avoid the awkwardness.”
Sunlight Emperor needed to cover for Mars Halberd from the experts of the Immortal Court if he wanted to bring Mars Halberd to the inside. That was the first cover.
Yan Zhaoge had to hide himself from Sunlight Emperor with the help of Mars Halberd. That was the second cover.
As thus, Yan Zhaoge didn’t have to circulate the Peerless Heavenly Scripture since employing the Dim Radiant Twelve Arts was already enough. Also, Mars Halberd wouldn’t detect anything strange in this way.
“This place is full of the experts of the Immortal Court. You might face an extremely desperate situation. Have you considered it thoroughly?” Mars Halberd asked.
Yan Zhaoge then smiled and said, “Senior, you don’t need to worry about me. I’m only afraid that you won’t help me.”
Mars Halberd said, “I have made you fall into the Immortal Court by mistake. I need to pay you back. Since you have already made up your mind, I wouldn’t refuse your request.”
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“There is no need to say too much about the past.” Yan Zhaoge made an obeisance to Mars Halberd and said, “Senior, I’d appreciate your help today.”
After he had said that, he transformed into a flowing light and flew up.
The light kept flickering and changed misty at last.
“I heard that the Dim Radiant Sect always destroyed the old and established the new. They have also acknowledged the secret of the peerless arts. Now seeing it by myself today, I am really impressed.” Mars Halberd reached out his hand to hold up the Dim Radiant Light which had been transformed by Yan Zhaoge. After that, he covered Yan Zhaoge up with layers of fire.
At last, he transformed into a fire light and flew to the space far away.
In the meantime, Yan Zhaoge buried his thoughts in the Dim Radiant Twelve Arts, which made him more sensitive to the outside world.
Mars Halberd had no intention to
cover Yan Zhaoge’s sensory ability. Therefore, Yan Zhaoge was able to receive the information from the outside with the help of Mars Halberd.
Mars Halberd had avoided being noticed by the experts of the Immortal Court along the way. Then, he stopped right away.
The red fire light died out, the universe fell into a darkness again.
Meanwhile, Mars Halberd also weakened his own breath to cover his trace.
Although he was not good at doing this, other cultivators were still not able to find him if he set his mind to hide himself, unless the one who was looking for him was an expert who had pushed the door to the immortality.
As time went by quietly, Yan Zhaoge and Mars Halberd didn’t make any sounds or communicated with each other, but only waited there patiently.
After a long while, a golden light shined in the space at the other side all of a sudden.
When that light approached to them, Yan Zhaoge could see a human figure in the golden light.
That was a daoist who was around fifty in a red rope which had Yin and Yang pattern on the surface.
His face was dark red with three feet long beard. He looked super stern with imposing expression in his eyes.
His eyes were like the hanging mirror in the sky which reflected all the people in the world. It seemed that his eyes were able to see through people. Nothing in this world, good or evil, bright or dark, was not able to hide from him.
Since Yan Zhaoge had already seen the painting of that daoist, he recognized who that was right away.
That was Candle Sunlight Emperor, one of the Five Emperors of the World beyond Worlds, the Lord of the Purple Sunlight Cave of the Double Heart Peak in the Kunlun Mountain, also known as Sunlight Emperor.
It was said that he had discovered and inherited the dao tradition before the Great Calamity of the Clear Illusory Moral Lord of the Jade Clear lineage.
Also, the dao arena of the Clear Illusory Moral Lord was said to be the Purple Sunlight Cave of the Green Peak.
Therefore, when Sunlight Emperor had become a True Immortal and opened his own dao arena in the Double Heart Peak of the Kunlun Mountain. He had also used the name ‘Purple Sunlight Cave’.
Right now, with a serious look on Sunlight Emperor’s face, he was coming from the distance while looking steadily forward.
There was a mirror which shined bright mirror light toward all the directions hanging above his head.
A light showed vaguely in the mirror, shaking slightly.
Sunlight Emperor passed through the place where Yan Zhaoge and Mars Halberd were hiding without slowing down or stopping.
However, Mars Halberd already grabbed the chance and transformed into a fire light to fly into the mirror while merging with the candle inside.
Then the candle light shook even more violently. After a short moment, it went back to normal.
After the mirror light had turned into a flowing light and gradually disappeared, it was collected swiftly.
Sunlight Emperor acted as if nothing had happened and headed forward directly.
Nonetheless, Mars Halberd already heard a sound by his ears, “My fellow daoist, sorry that I have to put you into my candle light.”
“I understand we have to avoid those demons of the Immortal Court. It doesn’t matter.” Mars Halberd replied, “I should thank you for taking the risk for me.”
Sunlight Emperor said, “It’s my pleasure, my fellow daoist. Although Exalted Fire Luminary hasn’t been in the World beyond Worlds for a long time due to some special reasons and his name isn’t known in the World beyond Worlds right now, I have heard of him long ago and always admired his achievements.”
“Nevertheless, I still need to speak bluntly.” Sunlight Emperor paused and said in a serious look, “Our dao sect has suffered from a great catastrophe. Ever since then, there are so many things waiting to be done. Since we have just made a few progresses, we need to play it safe. This time Exalted Fire Luminary has been too impulsive making a scene in the Immortal Court.”
“I always speak frankly. So I had to say those things first. But don’t worry, it won’t affect the agreement between us.”
He continued, “Maybe we have some disagreements in many things. But since we all belong to the Three Clear Lineage, I really don’t want to see such an excellent cultivator being killed by the devils of the Immortal court.”
“I just hope you can persuade Exalted Fire Luminary when we meet him.”
Mars Halberd was not a hot-tempered person when not facing the dragon race.
So he only responded calmly, “My fellow daoist, you have always supported the Exalted Earth Luminary, so I understand your stand. But you should also know that being content to staying in one place is bad for one’s independence.”
“The World beyond Worlds is in a steady state right now just because people like Hu Yuexin or Yin Tianxia have stayed outside of the World beyond Worlds to offer their helps.”
“For what I know of Mingzhang, he doesn’t have an obvious tendency toward either of the two parties. And this time he has done that only because his nature told him to do so.”
“But as a matter of fact, Mingzhang existed in this world for the same reason as Hu Yuexin and other people like her.”
Mars Halberd continued, “Although you two stand in the opposite sides and even have some conflicts with each other, I still believe that you can understand what I was saying, my fellow daoist.”
“Your words did make sense.” Sunlight Emperor said slowly, “But still, Exalted Fire Luminary has caused such a huge trouble. It’ll be so hard to clean the mess.”
Mars Halberd asked, “Is this what fellow daoist Jiang Shen’s idea?”
“I’m not sure what Earthly Sovereign thought of this.” Sunlight Emperor shook his head while saying, “I’ve never met him before. But I have heard from the people of the Immortal Court that Earthly Sovereign and Sword Sovereign have both arrived at this area to resolve the contradictions.”
“But, that is too difficult for them... We could only expect that they have managed to secretly help Exalted Fire Luminary escape from the attacks from the people of the Immortal Court.”
“However, as far as I know, we still can’t be too optimistic about the result since the number of the superior experts of the Immortal Court is too large...” Sunlight Sovereign sighed slightly.
Mars Halberd was silent for a moment. Then he replied, “Let’s talk about this after we saw Mingzhang. As long as we could get in touch with him, things would be easier when we could collaborate with him from the outside.”
“That seems to be the only solution for the moment.” Sunlight Emperor nodded.
As they were talking with each other, Sunlight Emperor was still flying in the space.
In no time, there were flowing lights appearing in the distance. A strong air turbulence was shaking the whole space in a very direct way.
That was no doubt from the experts of the Immortal Court.
Seeing that, Sunlight Emperor and Mars Halberd stopped talking.
Mars Halberd then began to cover himself up with the help of Sunlight Emperor.
Sunlight Emperor was capable of hiding someone’s trace by using his immortal weapon, Light in the Mirror even if the one he faced was a Profound Immortal of the Immortal Court.
However, when he came close to the light and sensed the aura of those cultivators. He found himself in no risk because the people he would confront with were all True Immortals.
Sunlight Emperor could even let Mars Halberd receive the information from the outside like what the latter had done for Yan Zhaoge.
However, when he saw clearly who those people were, he flashed a surprised look in his eyes all of a sudden.
Meanwhile, Mars Halberd also had mixed feelings in his mind.
Because they were both very familiar with one of the people standing across them.
That was Fu Yunchi, the Brocade Emperor, the descendant of the Prime Clear Lineage, one of the Five Emperors of t
he World beyond Worlds.
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Still that gorgeous, still that charming, and still that powerful.
When standing with other emperors of the Immortal Court, Brocade Emperor was always the most appealing one.
However, Sunlight Emperor’s eyes as well as the sense of Mars Halberd both fixed on Brocade Emperor.
“In black...” The man and the weapon said that inwardly.
Although Mars Halberd hadn’t been in the World beyond Worlds and was quite unfamiliar about the news there.
He had still heard of the things which had caused great effect later than others.
The condition of Brocade Emperor was one of the things that Mars Halberd cared about the most.
He had already known the two sides of the Brocade Emperor and also the characters of the Brocade Emperor in white and in black.
Sunlight Emperor had stayed in the outer space the whole time and never returned to the World beyond Worlds.
Though he had also got the news later that others. His disciples from the Purple Sunlight Cave had tried their best to report the big events of the World beyond Worlds.
Thus Sunlight Emperor was also clear of what kind of person the Brocade Emperor in black was.
“My fellow daoists, good to see you here.” After Sunlight Emperor reached to those emperors, he stood still and greeted them.
Apart from Brocade Emperor in black, there were also True Immortal Emperors from the Immortal Court.
They all put on a gloomy look seeing Sunlight Emperor. Nonetheless, they didn’t forget about the etiquette either. As reluctant as they were, they still gave their obeisance and said, “Fellow daoist Candle Sunlight, what are you doing here?”
“To see if I could be of any help.” With a calm look on Sunlight Emperor’s face, he said that peacefully.
An emperor right in front of him snorted and sneered, “You outer...”
With unkind expression in his eyes, he glanced not only at Sunlight Emperor but also Brocade Emperor in black.
Meanwhile, Brocade Emperor in black only stood there indifferently without changing his countenance. However, when he saw Sunlight Emperor approaching, he gave his obeisance to the latter.
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