If the Immortal Court or the Blessed Lands were to carry out a devastating attack towards the World beyond Worlds or the Roving Jade Heavens. Even if they wouldn’t receive attacks of vengeance immediately, they would definitely receive it in the future.
Most of the time, the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord and the Future Buddha would constantly be fighting against each other, keeping each other in check.
If the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord was careless, and was unable to free himself from the opponent’s attacks, the three Heavenly Lords of the orthodox daoism would bring about a large-scale massacre within the heretics. While it would cause a destructive impact upon them, it would also destroy their foundations.
With this, the heretics that received such damage wouldn’t be able to win over their opponent.
However, the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor and the others would have to face a huge risk. There was also a possibility that they wouldn’t be able to achieve their goal. If the situation didn’t force them to do so, they definitely wouldn’t do it.
Just like what the Exalted Earth Luminary – Jiang Shen had said, the current situation was very complicated.
There weren’t only the Immortal Courts and Blessed Lands in the world. At least, based on what Yan Zhaoge knew, there were still the Demon Race and the Nine Underworlds.
With all of them present, no one could guarantee things would happen as one wished it to.
Precisely because of this, after the Great Calamity, the almost-extinct Three Clear lineage was able to take advantage of this fragile balance to acquire opportunities which gave them hopes of returning back to their glorious state.
From the looks of it now, it would be hard for the Immortal Court and the Blessed Lands settle down their grudge with each other temporarily to work together in order to deal with the orthodox daoism lineage.
However, as the Three Clear lineage grew stronger, other factions would definitely become wary of their strength.
The internal struggles of different factions of the Three Clear lineage was one of the reasons why the heretics weren’t so worried of the World beyond Worlds, and could tolerate their existence.
Enemy from the outside, and enemy on the inside. This would unknowingly form an alliance, as the enemy of an enemy is an ally.
If the heretics wanted to take action against someone, and another person were to purposely or subconsciously hold the target back, it would form a disguised form of insurance.
The existence and the attitude of the World beyond Worlds allowed the Immortal Court to not pressurise the World beyond Worlds, and tolerated their development until a certain degree.
As for the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor and others who were outside, they were constantly finding the opportunity to acquire the weakness of the opponent, and opportunities to increase their own strength.
Only, the two factions’ problems in determining the degree of actions, and determining which faction to be the leader was what made them strongly opposing each other.
If it wasn’t for this, and they were merely acting their internal dispute, they wouldn’t be able to fool others. The Immeasurable Heavenly Lord and the Future Buddha weren’t some random people that could be easily fooled.
“The three Heavenly Lords – the North Star Emperor, the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor and the Prime Clear Incongruence Divine Mother existing are definitely our biggest reliance,” said the Exalted Earth Luminary peacefully. “However, the heretics are still very strong after all. We should be careful when dealing with them.”
“Our goal isn’t to perish together with the heretics.”
Yan Zhaoge looked at Jiang Shen, and let out a soft sigh.
Relating his statement from earlier, Yan Zhaoge understood his viewpoint.
Even if the Dim Radiant Emperor and the Bright Connection Emperor had really provided some outstanding contributions, their contributions wouldn’t be announced to the public for now, and even a long time ahead.
Not only that, the killing of their descendants would still go on. They would use this to calm the anger of the Immortal Court, and prevent them from taking revenge upon the entire World beyond Worlds.
Maybe it was because the two emperors had snatched the Heavenly Essence Stone, and had accomplished a great feat. In order to keep this fruit of victory within their possession, they wanted to try their best to avoid any kinds of negative impacts from escalating.
As a result, some sacrifices became inevitable.
“I had roughly understood your opinion. However, forgive me for not complying to it. You treat others differently compared to treating yourself.” Yan Zhaoge raised his brows slightly, “One reason being this matter involves the lives of my mother and I. Another reason is that if you were to do this, while it might sacrifice less people to grant survival to more people, you had also sacrificed many kinds of indescribable stuff.”
“We always say that as long as we live, there will be hope. However, if some indescribable things are sacrificed and cut off, it would be hard to recall it back again.”
Yan Zhaoge breathed out, “The term ‘to live shamefully is better than to die’ might be a reasonable term for normal citizens. However, for us martial art practitioners, it’s not a good term.”
Jiang Shen was slightly speechless.
The Concealed Sovereign – Yang Ce who was previously only remaining silent while smiling suddenly said, “If that’s the case, then on one hand, everything happening in secret to prevent news from leaking is because the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord’s illumination is too domineering. On the other hand, isn’t it also because of this?”
“If it wasn’t for all of you doing things beyond our expectations, it wouldn’t turn out to be such a huge matter.”
Yan Zhaoge said plainly, “Indeed, those below the Exalted Martial Saint Realm don’t know anything about it. However, those that achieved the Exalted Realm, and those that had pushed open the Immortal Door would eventually know about it. I had already come in contact with the World beyond Worlds’ Three Sovereign Five Emperors, Exalts of Ten Territories. They weren’t biased towards anyone, so there’s no need to mention those that didn’t approve of your actions.”
“As for those that completely agreed with all of you, including you two inside, how many of you are able to maintain your clear heart constantly? How many of you have a determined will, and are able to differentiate between tolerating and escaping reality?”
Yang Ce wasn’t angry. Instead, he chuckled, “As expected, people of different factions wouldn’t come to an agreement with each other. Pity, pity.”
“What you said isn’t unreasonable,” said Jiang Shen calmly, “Moralities are always the same. However, how many people can differentiate clearly between enthusiastically going forward, and rashly rushing forward?”
Yan Zhaoge also smiled.
For someone as old as the Exalted Earth Luminary that had experienced so many different matters, how could his beliefs waver so easily?”
In the end, everything would be the same.
Those of different factions would never come to an agreement with each other.
Seeing the North Ocean Clone’s expression, Jiang Shen knew that while the person in front of him was young, he had his own opinions.
He shook his head in pity. He turned his head and looked at the Exalted Fire Luminary that was sitting within the void, and seemed like he was resting his eyes, “Before the Fallen Deity, the most outstanding martial art practitioner I had seen was Daoist Suo. You won me numerous times in terms of talents. Sadly, he was the one that brought the disaster upon our Three Clear lineage.”
“Daoist Suo, you might have seemed very cool after venting out your anger. However, you just cared about your own satisfaction, and we have to bear the burden you brought upon us.
“Not only the World beyond Worlds and the Prime Clear lineage’s Roving Jade Heavens. Even the dao universe we are in might also face a huge danger.”
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ang Shen’s gaze became serious, “If we aren’t careful in this disaster, every ounce of effort done after the Great Calamity would be put to waste.”
Suo Mingzhang opened his eyes, and stared at Jiang Shen calmly.
Jiang Shen stared at him, “I had already known you for a few thousand years. You’re used to being alone, and shouldering all kinds of burdens on your own shoulders. However, the heretics wouldn’t care about these. They would only hold a grudge against everyone of the orthodox daoism lineage.”
“Currently, the heretics are very domineering. We have yet to accumulate enough force to fight against them. Even if the North Star Emperor and the others attack the heretics, it would only be considered revenge. It wouldn’t help our Three Clear lineage’s destroyed foundations.”
Suo Mingzhang stood up from the void.
He didn’t look at Jiang Shen anymore.
“If the North Star Emperor has a message he wants to deliver, why not say it himself? There’s no need to announce it through Jiang Shen’s mouth.”
As he got up, the entire dao universe seemed to tremble.
Within the universe, everything seemed to have vanished. Only Suo Minhzhang remained, and only he was real.
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In the dao universe, not only the two Tranquil Profound Emperors – Yue Zhenbei and Yang Ce seemed to have vanished.
Even the Grand Virtual Immortal – the Exalted Earth Luminary, Jiang Shen seemed to have lost any trace of existence.
The World beyond Worlds, Roving Jade Heavens, and even other lower realms and spaces had vanished altogether.
Within the universe, only the tall and short-haired man seemed to be existing.
As for the Exalted Fire – Suo Mingzhang, he seemed to have ignored everything else in the universe too. He focused his concentration on a faraway place and was constantly expanding.
Jiang Shen wasn’t mad at Suo Mingzhang’s action of ignoring him.
He only had a complicated expression on his face. While he held some commendation for him, he felt more feelings of pity.
“When we were still trying our best to form Two Qis Fused Aura, he had already long passed the True Profound Tribulation.” The Concealed Sovereign – Yang Ce’s voice resounded from the side, “He was fusing the immortal qi, which was the hardest to fuse together with other immortal qis, especially the Evil Qi. And yet, he managed to fuse them together, and become a True Immortal faster than us.”
Yang Ce lowered his head and let out a chuckle, “Now, Chen Xuanzong and I were stuck with the Five Qis Unification. Even you, Daoist Jiang, just had some minor accomplishments in this realm. However, he had already passed the Profound Origin Tribulation for who knows how many years. I really want to know what realm he is in now.”
Jiang Shen remained silent. However, he agreed with Yang Ce’s statement.
He and the Exalted Solar Luminary – Gao Han, the Exalted Lunar Luminary – Ling Qing, and the Exalted Rahu Luminary – Jian Shunhua were people that existed before the Great Calamity. However, even after breaking through the Profound Immortal Realm, they were still left behind by Suo Mingzhang.
When the New Kunlun Nine Luminaries established the World beyond Worlds together, they were all outstanding prodigies despite them being just of the True Immortal Realm.
However, Jiang Shen had never witnessed such a talented person like Suo Mingzhang before the Great Calamity, when martial arts flourished.
Precisely because of this, he felt even more pitiful.
“Fellow Daoist Suo, the words I said just now were all that I wanted to express. It had nothing to do with helping the North Star Emperor,” said Jiang Shen lightly. “You should also sympathize with the North Star Emperor. Why do you have to make things hard for him?”
Within the cosmos, the tremor within space caused by Suo Mingzhang slowly calmed down.
Six extremely magnificent and graceful starlights lit up simultaneously as if someone was descending from the Nine Heavens.
When the six stars appeared, the cosmos lost all phenomenon it had earlier, and Suo Mingzhang wasn’t the only one that genuinely existed anymore.
Wherever the starlights arrived, it seemed to display the heavens and earth within the dao universe.
The sharp killing intent filled up the air. The killing intent was even more frightening than all kinds of life-endangering situations in the past.
From history until now, every person and matter related to war and killing in every single era seemed to have been gathered and was in full display.
An unprecedented ruthless Evil Qi was in full display in front of everyone.
However, it wasn’t leaking out. It was merely being held within a defined boundary.
All of a sudden, the Sword Sovereign – Yue Zhenbei felt as if he had returned to his mortal state before he had pushed open the Immortal Door.
Within the heavens and earth, he fell off the Nine Heavens’ skies and fell back to the ground.
Jiang Shen and Yang Ce were still standing by the skies, looking down upon him.
Behind him, a majestic intent appeared. While its appearance was not visible, it was apparent that he was the world’s ruler.
The skies burst open, and the six stars were arranged in unison as if they were eyes. There weren’t any hints of happiness nor sadness contained within. They were staring at Yue Zhenbei and Yan Zhaoge.
Wherever his gaze fell upon, nothing could escape his inspection. No matter if it’s the World beyond Worlds, the Roving Jade Heavens, or the numerous lower realms.
Yan Zhaoge muttered to himself, “North Star Emperor……”
Yan Zhaoge knew who this person was.
Before the Great Calamity, he had seen him in person before in the Heavenly Court Divine Palace’s Martial Repository.
One of the Four Imperials, North Star Upper Palace Heavenly Sovereign Emperor!
The one in charge of the Myriad Divine Chart, and the one who was in control of both heavens, earth, and humans. He governs over all the lives in the world and all matters related to wars and fighting – the North Star Emperor!
Before the Great Calamity, he was one of the massive bigwig dao pillars. He was one of the top powerhouses among the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace.
“I never expected us to meet each other again like this.” Yan Zhaoge retracted his gaze and calmed himself down.
The Exalted Earth Luminary – Jiang Shen and the Exalted Concealed Luminary – Yang Ce turned to the six stars hanging by the skies and gave a bow, “Emperor.”
Yue Zhenbei, who stood within the void, and the Exalted Water Luminary – Chen Xuanzong near the World beyond Worlds bowed towards the six stars that weren’t far from the World beyond Worlds, and seemed to exist everywhere, “North Star Emperor.”
Within the Roving Jade Heavens, the Prime Clear bigwigs that weren’t in seclusion felt something and looked towards the six stars within the skies as well. After a short silence, they bowed to it, “North Star Emperor.”
As for those of lower cultivations, they stared at the starlights in the skies blankly. Soon after, they remembered a legend and became very excited.
Most people who didn’t understand the current situation only knew that the person who descended was a legendary figure mentioned in the history of dao.
To the dao martial arts practitioners that existed after the Great Calamity, this was undoubtedly a morale boost for them.
As for those of lower realms, they didn’t understand the reason. They just felt a sense of tranquility. The spirit qi within the heavens and earth were circulating, and the galaxy seems to be interchanging as if everything had become more profound.
In the dao universe, only one person stood within the starlights that engulfed the entire world.
The Exalted Fire Luminary – Suo Mingzhang.
Unlike Yue Zhenbei that seemed to have fallen from the sky, while Suo Mingzhang didn’t h
ave the profundities of him being the only true existence within the universe, he still stood beyond the heavens and earth.
He wasn’t in the sky, nor was he on the earth. He wasn’t in between them as well.
This side of the world was unable to contain him, unable to cover him.
Jiang Shen and Yang Ce looked at Suo Mingzhang and realized that brightness was illuminating on top of Suo Mingzhang’s head. It was extremely dazzling, complex, and profound. It was hard to describe it by using mere words alone.
“No wonder he could kill the heretics in front of the heretic Heavenly Lords and was unstoppable,” said Yang Ce in a praising tone.
Grand Virtual Immortal with Five Qis Unification. Whenever they moved, the sonorous voice of the great dao followed.
On this basis, their next step of cultivation was to converge the Three Flowers Crown step-by-step.
The Three Flowers Converged Crown would enable them to enter an entirely different realm and achieve the Grand Heavenly Immortal Realm. They would be able to cultivate together with the world and get appointed as a Heavenly Lord.
The three flowers also signified the three essentials of a human being – essence, qi, and soul.
Currently, there were two flowers present on top of Suo Mingzhang’s head!
He was a prodigy, and he was solid and firm. With just the Two Flowers Converged Crown, the heretic Heavenly Lords couldn’t do anything to him. Forcefully withstanding his opponents’ attacks, he managed to kill a bunch of Immortal Court experts and managed to retreat safely.
Within the Pill Hall, he managed to break the Wyvern Sceptre of the Longevity God, one of the Heavenly Monarch experts within the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace.
The White Deer Demon was well-known as the Immortal in the previous era who had survived the transition of an era and survived the Great Calamity. If it weren’t because of other factors that Suo Mingzhang had to be wary of, the White Deer Demon would be long dead already.
Currently, even when facing the North Star Upper Palace Heavenly Sovereign Emperor, Suo Mingzhang was still very calm with the two flowers lit up.
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