The amount of polishing, refinement, and precise control they had over their body was just like their understanding of the world’s laws. The knowledge they possessed was too shallow than other Daoism martial art practitioners in the same realm as them.
“Without the influence of the martial arts they cultivated, or the various medicines and treasures they consumed, the average lifespan of a heretic martial art practitioner would be much lower compared to our Three Clear Lineage martial art practitioners. In fact, the difference is huge.” Yan Zhaoge shrugged, “Even if their cultivation realm is higher than us, their lifespan might not even be as long as ours.”
“The Blessed Lands would be slightly stronger. That’s because Buddhist martial arts itself trains their body to be extremely tough and also educates them on the true meaning of the impermanence of life and death.”
“The Dim Radiant Emperor had once said this to a heretic True Immortal.” Yan Zhaoge let out a sigh upon mentioning Yi Tianxia. “He said, ‘Even if you managed to push open the Immortal Door, the one pushing it open isn’t you.’ It might sound contradicting, but it clarified many matters.”
Feng Yunsheng nodded, “Although they ascended to the Immortal Realm and walked in through the Immortal Door, the one being brought inside lacks the experience that one would acquire by walking in themselves.”
“It’s not entirely unbeneficial either,” said Yan Zhaoge peacefully. “Just like Heavenly Monarch Zhao and the others, they managed to pass the Origin Heavenly Tribulation. Even if they didn’t become everlasting like our orthodox Daoism’s Grand Heavenly Immortal, their strength would experience an improvement.”
“Of course, this isn’t the main point either. After all, they still can’t compare their strength to our orthodox Daoism’s Grand Heavenly Immortals. Most importantly, after they manage to form the Three Flowers Converged Crown, and transform all of their Immortal Essence into Immortal Splendour, the Immortal Essence of a Grand Virtual Immortal wouldn’t be able to harm them at all.”
It was difficult for a Virtual Immortal to harm a Grand Heavenly Immortal.
This was also why Zhao Jiang, Gao Jineng, and the others besieged Suo Mingzhang, who was still in the Virtual Immortal Realm at that time, with such confidence.
If the situation called for it, they could even block Suo Mingzhang’s attacks with their own body and use the chance to kill him.
Compared to when they were still Virtual Immortals, the situation was naturally different.
From a different perspective, even if their lifespan experienced no changes, the possibility of encountering a deadly situation would decrease drastically. To a certain extent, they had increased their lifespan drastically as well.
The difference between Immortal Realm experts of different realms was like the distance of a chasm to the heavens. The difference was insurmountably huge.
“Even if they would eventually face the end of their lifespan, it still holds its benefits.” Yan Zhaoge touched his chin, “There’s no everlasting and unbounded existence among the Grand Heavenly Immortal heretics.”
“If it’s a Virtual Immortal raised by a heretic lineage and managed to pass the Origin Heavenly Tribulation, their lifespan will still increase. After all, their lifespan is already low enough to begin with.”
After contemplating for a while, Feng Yunsheng said, “If one is gravely wounded, and their vitality is damaged greatly, their lifespan will decline, and become less than a normal person. If they join the heretics, and their cultivation increases, they may have a chance to recover their lost lifespan.”
“That’s right; they may have a chance. But…” Yan Zhaoge smiled, “… Only if they have a deep understanding of the heretics, would they be clear of these principles. If they barely know anything, it will be inevitable for them to be tricked.”
“Hehe, if they fell for the heretic’s tricks, it will be impossible for them to escape.”
As for the Immortal Court universe’s original citizens, they had always been receiving the education of the heretics. There was no need to mention them.
“Although I disapprove of the heretics, the speed of their cultivation, as well as the hopes of breaking through to achieve higher strength, would certainly give people hope. The people that joined them would gain something by sacrificing something else, which is why I’m not surprised by the Heavenly Monarch Zhao and the others.”
The smile on Yan Zhaoge’s face disappeared, “I just have some doubts.”
“Let’s not talk about the Maitreya Buddha first. If the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord used this method to reach the Grand Heavenly Realm,” said Yan Zhaoge softly. “What would he do to seek improvement?”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1326 - The Immortal Door that Gradually Became Clearer
“Improve…?” muttered Feng Yunsheng, repeating Yan Zhaoge’s words.
If a bigwig expert managed to achieve such heights, who wouldn’t be willing to step forward and enjoy a much glorious view?
“Not just the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord alone,” said Yan Zhaoge slowly. “ Although the Immortal Court had lost four Grand Heavenly Immortals, there are still others who managed to pass the Origin Heavenly Tribulation because of him. However, how would they experience improvement?”
“How about the Buddhist martial arts practitioners in the Blessed Lands, compared to our Daoism’s Grand Heavenly Immortal Realm?”
Yan Zhaoge’s gaze became deep, “They aren’t like our orthodox Daoism’s Grand Heavenly Immortal, and aren’t an everlasting existence like the Gautama Buddha of the Mystical Mountain in the past, which shares the same lifespan as the world.”
“They’re just like our Three Clear lineage’s Heavenly Monarchs. An upper-limit to their lifespan exists.”
Feng Yunsheng pondered for a moment and said, “Many guesses wouldn’t be proven true unless it truly happened. Even if it were mentioned to someone among the heretics, it would be hard to shake their views.”
“No matter if it’s through their accumulated hard work, or if they relied on external luck,” said Yan Zhaoge. “If one wanted to win, there would be two simple ways. Either you weaken the opponent, or you increase your strength.”
“Now, Senior Suo bought us the opportunity to develop ourselves. The heretics lost their balance in strength, and a huge war is about to happen. They won’t have the time to make things hard for us. This is the perfect opportunity to work hard to increase our strength.”
Feng Yunsheng nodded, “Naturally.”
For Yan Zhaoge and the others, time and tide waits for no man. Time itself was too precious.
If they were given enough time, they would eventually become an important figure.
The only contradiction was their lack of time.
Their opponents definitely wouldn’t just let them develop freely and would suppress them.
Therefore, Yan Zhaoge and the others required detailed planning. They would utilize the chance to increase the chances of victory for their side.
Yan Zhaoge watched Feng Yunsheng sitting in a lotus position by the Pill Hall’s cosmic void, and started meditating. After conditioning his own body, Yan Zhaoge sat at the opposite side of her.
However, Yan Zhaoge did not immediately start meditating.
His gaze became erratic. He looked around and swept his gaze around the boundless and vast universe within the hall.
The Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace’s Pill Hall in the past had now fallen under his control.
The memories of him obtaining the Pill Hall and coming in contact with the hall spirit – Awakened Sky flashed across his mind once more, which made him recall the times before the Great Calamity.
The memories of him in the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace’s Martial Repository.
His encounter with the North Star Upper Palace Heavenly Sovereign Emperor, Heavenly Monarch Zhao, and the others made him even more emotional.
Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to have a conversation wi
th them. As a result, he could only bury these questions deep in his heart.
Heavenly Monarch Zhao, the Main Smallpox Emerald Cloud Origin Monarch, and the others were negligible. However, the North Star Emperor was one of the few top-notch bigwigs in the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace.
Yan Zhaoge might find answers to numerous questions of his.
Similarly, there was also the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor. He was someone much older than the North Star Emperor.
He was the actual disciple of the Jade Clear Grand Master – the Primordial Heavenly Lord. He was also one of the few Jade Clear lineage bigwigs that entered the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace without being an Investured God.
He had lived through the Investitures of the Gods era, the Journey to the West era, and was still alive even in the current era. The amount of information he held might be even more than the North Star Emperor.
“Hoo…” Yan Zhaoge let out a long sigh. He sorted out his emotions and calmed his heart down.
He retracted his gaze and stopped staring at the void any longer. Instead, he started to meditate as well.
No one had ever walked the path of cultivating the Three Clear lineage’s martial arts. Every single advancement he made requires constant venturing and experimenting.
After cultivating for so long, the biggest hurdle slowly became clearer and more apparent in front of his eyes.
Even when walking the usual path, pushing open the Immortal Door was a tough hurdle to overcome. The difficulty would increase tremendously for him, especially when he’s walking a new path.
Therefore, even with Yan Zhaoge’s capabilities, he had to be exceptionally careful. Other than the dangers he would have to face by challenging the Immortal Mortal Tribulation, he had to build the foundations for his future pathway patiently.
Now that Suo Mingzhang damaged the Immortal Court’s overall strength, and Buddhism’s war was about to happen, Yan Zhaoge finally had the time to cultivate quietly.
After residing in the Pill Hall for the past few days, he had slowly gained some new insights.
Now, he wanted to polish these insights and turn them into actual strategies.
Yan Zhaoge lightly closed his eyes and entered a trance state, which was the most beneficial for cultivating.
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While Yan Zhaoge was maneuvering the Pill Hall to take numerous worlds away from the Dao universe and was floating about in the boundless void, someone else was also traversing through the vast void’s outskirts.
A bright cold moonlight flashed across the dark space.
After traversing through layers of space, the bright moonlight suddenly stopped.
A frigid full moon slowly hung by the darkness, illuminating its surrounding void.
A silhouette appeared from where the radiance reached. It was a white-shirt teenager.
The teenager had pale white skin and seemed to be whiter than his clothes. His mentality seemed to be fatigued. Only, his gaze was calm, and no sense of defeat was written within.
It was the Exalted Solar Luminary – Gao Han.
The moonlight of the frigid full moon became dim as if the darkness devoured it.
Although the moonlight was dim, a woman still walked out from it, which caused the world to radiate slightly.
“We almost succeeded.” Gao Han stared at the Exalted Lunar Luminary – Ling Qing walking towards him, and shook his head in pity.
Ling Qing’s expression remained unchanged. She calmly replied, “We weren’t successful because Jian Shunhua made a blunder. Instead, the lady that Jian Shunhua wanted to use for her to be reborn had obtained the authority of a Great Devil.”
She glanced at Gao Han, “It’s not the Devil of Aged Metal, but… it’s the Doomsday Heavenly Devil.”
“Doomsday Heavenly Devil…” Gao Han raised his head slightly as if he was thinking about something.
Ling Qing was already used to this. She did not continue questioning him, nor did she rush him.
After Gao Han came back to his senses, she did not inquire further about the matters of the Exalted Rahu Luminary – Jian Shunhua, as if she had already forgotten about it, “How’re your wounds?”
“A flower was taken away from me, and I lost half of my life.” After contemplating for a while, Gao Han said once more, “I almost died there.”
Ling Qing said calmly, “If it wasn’t for Daoist Suo being benevolent, you might have lost your life.”
Gao Han smiled slightly, “Just like what Senior Suo had said, I needed to pay the price for borrowing his assistance. Only, I paid the price but failed in the end. Everything had gone to waste.”
“Since we failed, the North Star Emperor would put up his guard against us. It would be harder for our plan to succeed in the future,” said Ling Qing.
“That’s fine, let’s slowly find our opportunity in the future,” said Gao Han in a carefree manner. “When I was awaiting your return, I came in contact with the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor. He told me one thing that I hadn’t known of in the past, which truly resolved various questions that I previously had.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1327 - Development of the Era
“Just one thing resolved numerous questions you had?” Ling Qing looked at Gao Han
Gao Han smiled and said, “I don’t know many things. Isn’t it normal for me to have some questions?”
Ling Qing glanced at him, shook her head, and remained silent. Although she was a little surprised, she didn’t seem to be interested.
“Does the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor plan to come in contact with Yan Zhaoge, or Daoist Chen, or the others?” she asked.
The way Yan Zhaoge’s side viewed the heretics was different from the North Star Emperor, the Exalted Earth Luminary – Jiang Shen, and the others.
Yan Zhaoge’s grandfather – Yan Xintang, and his mother – Xue Chuqing’s Grand Master – Shao Junhuang was more biased to the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor’s side.
For the heretics, especially for the Immortal Court, was someone they were willing to dispose of.
Although Gao Han and Ling Qing had previously went up against Yan Zhaoge and the others in the Dao universe for the matters of the world beyond Worlds, it was merely because each of them had their plans. The clash only happened because of their own needs.
To a certain extent, it was a battle for benefits.
In the general direction, the two sides weren’t conflicting against each other.
Yan Zhaoge’s side had managed to win the previous battle and did not suffer from any losses. As a result, he wouldn’t mind it.
On the contrary, Gao Han’s clone – Yang Ce, had previously plotted against Chen Xuanzong, which left a crack between their relationship.
“Let’s wait for them to appear once more.” Gao Han smiled, “They’re floating around the void’s boundless outskirts, and the number of clues we hold is limited. They’re too difficult to locate.”
Ling Qing said, “Let’s not mention how Daoist Suo and Daoist Chen views you. With this matter, their impression of you won’t be any good. Your existence would only make them suspicious.”
Gao Han said indifferently, “What about me?”
“You should ask Daoist Jiang this question,” answered Ling Qing in a straightforward manner. “Daoist Chen would be able to give you an answer as well.”
Gao Han’s expression remained unchanged, “The way things had developed for Daoist Chen exceeded my expectations. After everything had happened, I put in efforts to locate Little Friend Chu and Little Friend Xie and see if I would have any gains.”
He lowered his head and chuckled, “Besides, the Fallen Deity from the Yan Family is very slick. I’m not even certain who’s the one being demanding.”
Ling Qing did not say anything and lowered her head to look at Gao Han.
“Your situation… I’ll just let you tend to your wounds first,” said Ling Qing plainly. “Daoist Suo had caus
ed such huge havoc this time. Even if those fake Buddhas wanted to attack the Immortal Court, they might hold back for a while, and allow those fake Daoists to have the time to hunt Daoist Suo down.”
“Daoist Suo is way too vigorous. No matter which side of the heretic, they wouldn’t be willing to see someone like him alive.”
“The Immeasurable Heavenly Lord is busy chasing after Daoist Suo, while the Immortal Court heretics are busy searching for Yan Zhaoge and the Pill Hall,” said Ling Qing. “You and I are being targeted by them as well.”
Contrary to Suo Mingzhang, who had always remained silent in search of Shao Junhuang’s whereabouts, and only caused a huge commotion recently, she and Gao Han were already being wanted by the Immortal Court and Blessed Lands for thousands of years.
“Although the Maitreya Buddha will purposely grant the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord a little more time, he definitely wouldn’t act too generously.” Gao Han forcefully stood up, “Very quickly, another war between the heretics would start.”
Ling Qing waved her hand, and rays of clear lights shone down. They enveloped Gao Han and brought him along to continue their journey through the boundless void.
“The fight between heretics is a good opportunity for us, but we have to be wary of others taking advantage of the situation as well,” said Ling Qing while cruising. “The Demon Race and the orthodox Buddhism that were previously conditioning themselves in a low-key manner had both started to make their moves quietly.”
“The Immortal Court’s heretics had suffered a huge blow this time. To prevent the fake Buddhists from attacking, they will find someone to help them. When that happens, the fake Buddhists will search for assistance as well.” Gao Han smiled, “The Demon Race is already on the verge of taking action. With this, they can officially reappear within the world and intervene in their matters righteously.”
“On the other hand, the Western Pure Lands might not be willing to take action so early. Only, they are forced to do so.”
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