by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
“If you don’t know after muddling around in Pill Valley for so long, how would I know?” Li Tianxuan couldn’t help but smile.
“I went through countless tomes in Pill Valley, but I didn’t see any information about those two fellows or any of the secrets behind Pill Valley’s history,” said Long Chen helplessly.
Perhaps it was simply that he hadn’t been qualified to learn such things. If Li Tianxuan hadn’t mentioned it now, he wouldn’t have even known about the background of Lord Brahma and Fallen Daynight.
So Fallen Daynight specialized in forging alchemy tools. It was no wonder his statue had held a pill furnace.
However, Lord Brahma was even more amazing. All flame magical arts were his inheritance. Long Chen regretted having left Pill Valley so early. He hadn’t learned their true skills.
Back when he had fought against Qu Dajiang, Dan Yanxue, Kan Dongze, and Jiang Zijun, they had used many powerful techniques that he had never seen before. Clearly, the flame magical arts he had managed to learn in Pill Valley were nothing to them.
“Xuan Master, that Alldevil monster repeatedly said that Lord Brahma used the Alldevil race, and that he was a traitor who betrayed his master. Do you know what he was talking about?” asked Long Chen. This was still a mystery to him, so he asked Li Tianxuan, whom he had to prostrate toward when it came to wisdom.
“It would be best if you didn’t discuss things relating to gods.” Before Li Tianxuan could say anything, the Xuantian Tower’s voice rang out.
“Long Chen, although it looks like your trip to Pill Valley went very smoothly, the truth is that you have already invoked karma. You have to be careful. When mortals end up involved with gods, they are infected by karma, and that karma will always settle its debts during heavenly tribulation,” said the Xuantian Tower.
“What?!” Long Chen’s expression instantly changed.
“People aren’t being alarmists when they say that man and god are blocked off from each other by the Heavenly Daos. You shouldn’t randomly discuss gods, or the karma will cause divine lightning to fall during your next tribulation. In the end, mortals aren’t able to resist divine lightning. And it’s not just you, Long Chen. Li Tianxuan, you’ve reached the peak of Life Star and have touched the next barrier. If you are infected by karma, you’ll definitely die during your next tribulation.” The Xuantian Tower’s voice was extremely grave.
“Divine lightning?” Long Chen gulped. He was doomed. He had a premonition that his next lightning tribulation would be far more dangerous than any before. This was a feeling that came from the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art. It seemed that he would definitely encounter divine lightning next time.
So the Xuantian Tower had been helping Long Chen out by not mentioning gods to him before. But now, it was already too late. He felt like the Heavenly Daos had already locked onto him. They were just waiting for their chance.
“Xuan Master, I have a request.” Long Chen suddenly clenched his teeth and took out a dragon-shaped jade pendant. “Do you know the origin of this jade pendant?”
“Nine-line Soul Calming Jade? No, that’s not right… this dragon shape, it’s…” Li Tianxuan’s expression suddenly changed.
“We know its origin, but it would be best if you didn’t learn it yet. By the time you reach that level, you will naturally learn of it.” The Xuantian Tower cut off Li Tianxuan once more.
Li Tianxuan’s expression was bewildered, but he didn’t say anything. He simply handed the jade pendant back to Long Chen.
“Long Chen, this jade pendant’s origin is even more complex than you imagine. It can be used as a summoning transportation formation, but it would be best if you never used it. As for why, you should think about it yourself,” said the Xuantian Tower.
Long Chen’s heart pounded wildly. It seemed that the Xuantian Tower had realized something and was warning him.
“Many thanks. Then I’ll take my leave.” Long Chen knew that there was no point in asking any more questions, so he directly left.
Seeing Long Chen’s parting figure, an unprecedented grave expression appeared on Li Tianxuan’s face.
“When he first arrived, Liu Cang said that he had a nine-line Soul Calming Jade. I thought that he might have been some fallen genius from a powerful family. But only now do I realize that I was wrong. The shape of the dragon, it’s a coiling dragon. That’s the specific mark of that existence,” sighed Li Tianxuan.
“There’s nothing strange about it. Back when he used Future Lake to see his past, I learned of his origin,” said the Xuantian Tower.
“Then why didn’t you warn me?!” Li Tianxuan grumbled.
“Why would I warn you? Even if you knew, would you have changed your plans?” retorted the Xuantian Tower.
“I… I guess not.”
“Then don’t worry about it. No matter what his origin is, you would have bet everything on him. Furthermore, I really look favorably on you and your decision,” said the Xuantian Tower.
“Many thanks for your support.” Li Tianxuan was grateful. Without the Xuantian Tower’s support, he wouldn’t have dared to act so brazenly. He would be worried his master would kill him once he came out of seclusion. But now he had a reliable backer.
“I have no choice but to support you. The Heavenly Daos and the lines of fate, they’ve become chaotic. The future is no longer clear. The qi flow of the world is surging. Heavenly geniuses will rise one after another, and the world will definitely enter a glorious era in just a hundred years. But that’s the herald of a world-shaking tribulation. It’s also what people call the final radiance of the setting sun.”
“Is it really so grave?” asked Li Tianxuan.
Although he had also felt the change in the world, in the end, part of the Heavenly Daos was that the world had to go through a cycle. Trees grew and withered. A cycle of prosperity and decline was completely normal.
However, the Xuantian Tower’s words were a bit frightening. Li Tianxuan knew that the Xuantian Tower wouldn’t give such a warning just to scare him.
“It’s even graver than you think. Although I didn’t experience that battle of the immortal era, my premonition is that the upcoming tribulation won’t be any less fierce than that battle,” said the Xuantian Tower.
Li Tianxuan’s heart shook. Legend said that the Martial Heaven Continent’s five parts, the Eastern Wasteland, Western Desert, Southern Sea, Northern Source, and Central Plains had all been the same size at first.
That had been a golden age for the Martial Heaven Continent. People flourished, while gods and immortals were abundant.
Yet, for some unknown reason, after a huge battle where the heavens collapsed and the earth fell, the very world had changed shape to its current state.
It was said that the five great divine items had all appeared and joined forces, but it was unknown who their opponents were. Now there were many different stories. Some said that their enemies were demons, some said that they were devils, and some said that they were gods.
That era had occurred so long ago that there was no way to research anything about it. But that huge battle had almost destroyed the entire continent. Because that time was rumored to have been a time of gods and immortals, it was called the immortal era.
After an unknown number of years, the continent gradually recovered. Although it couldn’t compare to its former glory, it had still been a glorious era with heavenly geniuses soaring and hundreds of philosophies of the Dao emerging.
The Xuantian Tower, Heaven Splitting Battle Sect, Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect, and other sects like them had only risen during that time after the immortal era. It was another glorious era.
However, when that era reached its peak, another tribulation suddenly descended. Countless lifeforms from other worlds broke through the barrier between worlds and attacked.
The Martial Heaven Continent’s experts had fought back, and under the lead of Sovereign-class experts, they managed to repel them.
That battle had
been incredibly bitter. Mountains of corpses and rivers of blood had formed. There had been so much slaughter than the sky had turned dim.
Although they had won that battle in the end, almost all the continent’s experts had been slain.
Many extremely powerful sects were annihilated and had their inheritance fully severed. Some sects relied on their powerful foundations to survive, but lost most of their inheritance.
That bloody time had been called the dark era. The Xuantian Tower had participated in that battle. However, it didn’t say that this upcoming tribulation would be like that dark era, instead it brought up the battle at the end of the immortal era. Clearly, it thought that when the tribulation came, it would very likely mark the end of the Martial Heaven Continent.
Li Tianxuan now understood why the Xuantian Tower would support him like this. It was because it could see the end coming. That was what made Li Tianxuan feel the most fear.
“Don’t feel pressured. If this world really is destined to die, it means its fate has simply come to an end. No matter how hard you try, it would be meaningless. But if the continent still has some fate left, there will definitely be some variables appearing to save it. The lines of fate are a complete mess now. That means the Martial Heaven Continent also knows that it’s in a fight for its life. Heavenly geniuses will spring up like bamboo after the rain. During such an era, countless demon-class geniuses will rise to stand above the rest. We will enter an era of legends. As for whether those monstrous geniuses will be able to change the fate of the continent, it’ll be up to the will of the heavens. That’s why you don’t need to feel any pressure. Just do what you want. This is the final stand of the Xuantian Dao Sect and the final stand of the Martial Heaven Continent.”
The Xuantian Tower’s voice resounded throughout Li Tianxuan’s mind. He nodded and brushed aside all his worries.
Chapter 1392 Preparing to Forge Items
News that Long Chen had fought against Luo Minghao and Bloodkill 9 at the same time resounded throughout the Eastern Xuan Region. Most shocking of all was that of those two heavenly geniuses, one was slain and the other was sent fleeing.
Despite being struck by the Corrupt path’s Underworld Soul Ghost Curse, Long Chen hadn’t died. Instead, he had advanced to the Jade Core realm and his power had risen explosively. He won even one against two. If Bloodkill 9 hadn’t had an Ancestral item to protect him, he wouldn’t have been able to escape his death either.
At the same time, Long Chen’s ruthlessness enraged countless sects. Their strongest Jade Core disciples had all been killed by Long Chen. They had lost a whole generation of geniuses.
They went to demand justice from Pill Valley, wanting their Pill Tower to teach the Xuantian Dao Sect a lesson. Last time when Zhuo Tianxiang had led them to the Xuantian Dao Sect and their Life Star experts had been killed, they had received a large amount of compensation that had drawn Pill Valley closer to their side.
This time, they had suffered huge losses because they had been currying favor with Pill Valley. They had to stand up for them.
However, they hadn’t expected that the Eastern Xuan Region’s Pill Tower had changed masters. The new Tower Master was from the conservative faction.
As a result, the door was slammed in the face of these experts. They didn’t even get a single pill as compensation.
Now those sects were dumbfounded. Last time, the Pill Tower had been so generous. But this time, they were a cheapskate that wouldn’t even give them a copper coin.
These experts could only clench their teeth and return to their sects. They had to accept a fact. Pill Valley had been flipped on its head.
This was because of Master Long San. The radical faction had been completely suppressed. Although the valley master had said that he would put them in their place once he came out of seclusion, they were like death-row inmates. They only quietly waited for execution. Although they knew that the valley master wouldn’t kill them, they would at least be losing a layer of their skin. They were so busy acting obedient that they didn’t have time to bother with anything else.
With Pill Valley giving in, a storm of protest erupted in the Eastern Xuan Region. The Xuantian Dao Sect was too domineering. Long Chen had killed so many people, and yet no one dared to do anything to them. Even the ancient races and the ancient family alliance didn’t make a sound, let alone try to punish the Xuantian Dao Sect.
The Xuantian Dao Sect’s attitude was obvious. They were rising, and anyone who dared to try stropping them would be viewed as mortal enemies.
Even an existence as powerful as Pill Valley had retreated, not willing to provoke the Xuantian Dao Sect. It seemed even with their power, destroying the Xuantian Dao Sect would come at a huge price.
This was especially true with how Master Long San had half-destroyed Pill Valley.
Pill Valley didn’t want to do anything, while the ancient races and ancient family alliance also didn’t want to take any risks without getting anything in return. Although they were also enormous existences, they weren’t completely united.
Right now, the Xuantian Dao Sect was like a madman. No matter who went against them, the Xuantian Dao Sect would launch the craziest, fiercest attack. With the Xuantian Tower and Reincarnation Mirror backing them, no one dared to take the risk.
Most importantly, even if they did destroy the Xuantian Dao Sect, so what? Without any benefits, there was no way to unite enough people to attack them.
Battle needed a goal, and as long as there was a goal, they could make up any other excuses as to why they had to fight. But without any profit, no one would be willing to try consuming a hard bone like the Xuantian Dao Sect. Their teeth weren’t strong enough for it.
Although the Xuantian Dao Sect had declined, they had the Reincarnation Mirror and the Xuantian Tower. This was their foundation that made it so others didn’t dare to act rashly.
As for the sects that had maintained a neutral position because of the Huayun Sect, they were rejoicing inside now. After weighing the pros and cons, they had decided to not offend anyone and just watch as things developed.
It was because they had been so cautious that they had saved a generation of their disciples. Otherwise, if they had sent people there, they would definitely have died.
The battle in front of the Xuantian Dao Sect had been recorded, and photographic jades quickly spread throughout the Eastern Xuan Region. Everyone saw how terrifying Long Chen was.
People said that as long as they didn’t encounter any powerful opponents, the Xuantian Dao Sect would become the Eastern Xuan Region’s strongest sect in less than a decade.
However, some people had their suspicions. On that day, Long Chen hadn’t come out from within the Xuantian Dao Sect, but had arrived from outside the sect.
People quickly guessed that Long Chen hadn’t been in the Xuantian Dao Sect the entire time. The Xuantian Dao Sect had simply misled them to draw their attention.
Then what had Long Chen been doing during this time? Who had helped him remove the curse? Just as these questions began to pop up, news came from the Grand Xia Ancient Nation. People said that they had seen Long Chen in the Wine God Palace.
Once this news spread, everyone came to an understanding. Considering Long Chen’s close relationship with the Wine God Palace, it was clear that he had gone to them to remove the curse.
Once they thought of this, they realized there was only one person who was capable of removing this curse, which even the Xuantian Tower couldn’t suppress. It had to have been the Wine God Palace’s High Priest.
The High Priest’s position was transcendental. His position was just as high as Pill Valley’s master. As he couldn’t personally go to the Xuantian Dao Sect to help Long Chen, Long Chen had to have gone to him.
While Long Chen was gone, Li Tianxuan had intentionally acted nervous to draw everyone’s attention. It was to cover Long Chen, while he stealthily went to the Wine God Palace.
Very quickly, the Wine God Palace
also sent out word that Long Chen had been in the Wine God Palace this entire time. He had been secluded in the High Priest’s palace. As for why the High Priest would personally remove the curse for Long Chen, no one knew.
Naturally, this was all prepared by Long Chen. When he had been in the Eastern Xuan City, he had gone to the Huayun Sect and written a letter for them to give to the Wine God Palace’s Tu Qianshang.
With the Wine God Palace testifying for him, no one would suspect that he was Master Long San.
Upon returning to the Xuantian Dao Sect, Long Chen finally had a few carefree days. He truly felt the Xuantian Dao Sect to be his home now.
He passed his days with Meng Qi, Tang Wan-er, and the others. After relaxing for a few days, he called Guo Ran to his room.
“Boss, do you have good stuff for me?” Guo Ran’s eyes immediately began to shine. After following Long Chen for so many years, he understood him the best.
“Are you able to use this thing?” Long Chen tossed a fiery-red crystal to Guo Ran.
“Heavens, this… this is a Divine Flame Crystal!” Guo Ran’s eyes almost popped out. His forging arts had reached an extremely high level, and he had studied many rare ores and materials. He immediately recognized the Divine Flame Crystal.
“Can you use it?”
“Yes, definitely! This Divine Flame Crystal can be used to forge Ancestral items. It just so happens that I’ve been studying how to forge Ancestral items during this time, but I just haven’t had the materials. I should be able to refine this Divine Flame Crystal into the arrowhead of a supreme exploding arrow. Its power might not be on the level of an Ancestral item’s detonation, but as long as it’s used when they don’t expect it, it should be no problem for it to kill a Life Star expert,” said Guo Ran excitedly.
“Killing Life Star experts is meaningless. I want to know if you can forge it into armor or weapons.” Long Chen shook his head. He wasn’t interested in killing Life Star experts.
“Boss, if you put it like this… just how many of them do you have?”
“First answer my question. Can you do it?” This was what Long Chen wanted to know. Could he forge Ancestral items or not?
