This was the gap between the Merging Avatar and Seeing Divinity stages. Whether or not one’s acupoints had been refined into divinities, being able to connect the inner and outer universes in resonating with the stars made a very great difference.
The Northern Ocean Clone was currently already at that doorstep. Still, it would not be easy for him to take that all-important stride.
Yan Zhaoge remained composed, neither hasty nor impatient.
The Northern Ocean Clone attempted to feel the universe of the outside world even as he meditated on the profundities of the Great Wilderness Fish-Roc Art.
In his self-consciousness, Yan Zhaoge felt as though his Northern Ocean Clone had transformed into an actual Kunpeng, bobbing unceasingly within the great ocean.
All this seemed endless, the cultivation making no progress as he was unable to take that final stride.
Yan Zhaoge’s heart jolted slightly as the massive fish that was the Northern Ocean Clone shot out of the ocean’s surface, transforming into a great roc which soared into the air, going higher, higher, and yet higher.
The sky seemed endless. As the roc soared, it would surely feel exhausted eventually as time passed.
Yet, as it was flying, the great roc suddenly folded its wings, actually transforming into a massive fish within the air.
The massive fish leapt, as if leaping back into the great ocean.
The great ocean up above.
The great ocean above the sky.
The ocean of stars.
After leaping into the ocean of stars, the great roc turned back into a massive fish as it instantly seemed to leap into a whole new world.
Yan Zhaoge’s body jolted as he opened his eyes.
He saw the Northern Ocean Clone before him suddenly rise with light now flashing above the top of his head right where his vital acupoint, the Baihui acupoint, was located.
The carefree Kunpeng seemed to soar into the skies, ascending the nine heavens whereupon it transformed into an ocean of stars.
While he was still amidst the chaotic flows of space, at this moment, the Northern Ocean Clone shockingly felt that amidst the actual ocean of stars of the universe in the outside world, there existed an actual star which had established a connection with him.
The Northern Ocean Clone’s consciousness instantly seemed to merge with that star as they stood together above the heavens, presiding loftily over the world upon which it gazed.
A barrier which had existed seemed to be broken as he was close to the heavens and earth as he had never been before.
At this moment, Yan Zhaoge’s Northern Ocean Clone had successfully broken through space to see true Divinity, stepping from the third level of the Martial Saint realm, the late Merging Avatar stage, to the fourth level of the Martial Saint realm, the Seeing Divinity stage!
At the same time, Yan Zhaoge was able to feel that however much time had already elapsed aside, the chaotic flows of space had finally weakened to the point that the Myriad Dragon Palace as bolstered by the Dim Radiant Wheel would be able to break free of their influence!
Yan Zhaoge got up, laughing, “Double happiness. It is time for us to return!”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 725: Please move aside
HSSB725: Please move aside
Feng Yunsheng, Ah Hu, Xiao Ai and Pan-Pan could all feel the heaven-shaking, earth-overturning changes that had happened with the Northern Ocean Clone.
For those of their current cultivation bases, the Northern Ocean Clone had already been extremely powerful before this.
Still clearly able to feel his immense increment in strength now, they were impacted greatly by it.
It was still fine for Xiao Ai who had lived in the World beyond Worlds for a long time. Feng Yunsheng and Ah Hu were both curiously appraising Yan Zhaoge’s Northern Ocean Clone.
To they who had always lived in the Eight Extremities World before this, there was a great difference between experts of the third and fourth levels of the Martial Saint realm.
Experts who had surpassed the third level of the Martial Saint realm and attained the Seeing Divinity stage would thus break free of the Eight Extremities World, ascending to the World beyond Worlds.
Just from this alone, the given impressions of these two cultivation levels seemed to be separated by an incomparable gulf which one would hold special significance in one’s mind.
Yan Zhaoge stood up, clapping lightly.
The Myriad Dragon Palace shook, seemingly transforming into a dragon of light which traversed the chaotic spacetime in the vicinity.
While the Dim Radiant Wheel remained silent and unmoving within, blurry radiance that was neither bright nor dark was circulating on its surface.
The Myriad Dragon Palace was also enveloped by a layer of dim radiance before it broke through space and escaped.
Numerous runes circulated amidst the chaotic flows of space, interfering with and causing the surrounding space to be even more chaotic.
Still, protected by the dim darkness, the Myriad Dragon Palace successfully broke through the numerous layers of space.
Within the palace, Yan Zhaoge extended his palm, a sigil visible on it on which light circulated.
A streak of light shot out from the top of the Myriad Dragon Palace, traversing through space as if leading the way.
At the end of its path, a black hole was formed amidst space with distorted scenes visible within.
Before Yan Zhaoge had come to the Dim Radiant Mausoleum, he had left a marker in the World beyond Worlds to make it more convenient for their return.
It was because the chaotic flows of space had been too fierce earlier that it would have been hard for them to succeed. Now that this had fallen to an acceptable level, it was time for them to leave.
Amidst the distortion of time and space within the black hole, complex scenes gradually appeared.
Yet, the rhythm of the roiling spiritual qi flow within matched with the characteristics of the World beyond Worlds.
The Myriad Dragon Palace shook as it transformed into a light dragon, flying towards that black hole on a path that would lead back to the World beyond Worlds.
However, the black hole that the Myriad Dragon Palace was approaching suddenly distorted intensely as if about to shatter.
The changes in spacetime within the black hole became more intricately complex. Already having been distorted originally, the scenes within was completely overwhelmed by varying colours as it now resembled a colourful vortex.
Ah Hu was shocked, “Young Master, is someone attempting to obstruct us, damaging your marker back to the World beyond Worlds?”
Yan Zhaoge gazed at that strange vortex, “No, it isn’t that someone is intentionally trying to damage the marker that I left behind. Instead, someone is currently also attempting to break through space someplace close to the place in the World beyond Worlds where I left my marker.”
They were currently attempting to break free of the chaotic flows of space, returning to the World beyond Worlds.
And in the Royal Reed Sea of the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory, someone was currently also attempting to leave the World beyond Worlds in order to escape amidst the chaotic flows of space.
The other party was attempting to break through space not far from where Yan Zhaoge had left his marker in the World beyond Worlds previously.
Therefore, as they exerted force together, they ended up working together in concert, concentrating their might on where the spatial tunnel had been opened.
The seemingly colourful vortex gradually became stable the next moment, regaining its former look.
Within it, the surface of the Royal Reed Sea of the World beyond Worlds appeared before their eyes.
The Myriad Dragon Palace shot into the World beyond Worlds through the spatial tunnel, breaking free of the chaotic flows of space behind it.
Up ahead, someone was shooting forward straight towards them.
The other party’s domineering
fist-intent shook the surrounding space, forming blazing fire in which a phoenix spread its wings with the momentum of incinerating plains.
The cry of a phoenix thoroughly reverberated amidst the horizon together with the roars of dragons, colliding head-on in mid-air.
The Myriad Dragon Palace mightily quaked, nearly collapsing from the force of the impact.
If not for it having refined the door of white jade, were it still its previous self, the Myriad Dragon Palace might have fallen apart with just a single punch by this opponent.
While the qi of true dragons in the palace was still abundant, it was unsuited for such direct combat.
As for the Dim Radiant Wheel, it had only protected the Myriad Dragon Palace from being destroyed by the spatial storms unleashed upon the collapse of the Dim Radiant Mausoleum, having otherwise been silent. Yan Zhaoge had no way of controlling it for his own use.
The other party’s fist was like fire, violent and swift in its momentum as it caused the Myriad Dragon Palace to teeter on the brink of collapse, seemingly virtually about to topple back amidst the chaotic flows of space.
Within the palace, Ah Hu had a nervous expression on his face, “Young Master!”
If they were rammed back in like this, the marker which had served as their guidepost having been depleted, it would no longer be so easy for them to successfully return to the World beyond Worlds.
Yan Zhaoge laughed, “It’s fine.”
The other party seemed extremely desperate as well, appearing as though their brows were on fire as they fled in a frenzied rush.
Still, there only existed one path. There was no way Yan Zhaoge could give way.
Seeing the phoenix within the air, Yan Zhaoge said mildly, “Please move aside.”
Before his words had landed, the door of the Myriad Dragon Palace opened, a streak of light that was half-black and half-golden shooting out from within, crying out as it collided with that phoenix!
It seemed to abruptly expand to become incomparably massive amidst space, a massive fish emerging from within, transforming into a great roc as it shot out from the ocean’s surface.
The roc spread its wings, soaring through the nine heavens as it directly rammed that phoenix into halting in mid-air.
Without the force of the phoenix, the Myriad Dragon Palace instantly terminated its backwards momentum as it was saved from the unlucky fate of toppling back into the chaotic flows of space.
“Get lost!” The panicked voice of a woman resounded from amidst the silhouette of the phoenix.
The next moment, the phoenix spread its wings, an infinite, endless rain of fire descending from the skies!
Every single raindrop was like a terrifying comet, seemingly sufficient to level the heavens and earth.
Countless comets thus congregated, forming an all-encompassing, plummeting terrifying rain of fire.
Even the boundless clouds and winds that surged alongside the flapping of the great roc’s wings were instantly riddled with holes, scattered about all over the place.
However, the roc emitted a cry as it transformed, turning into a massive black fish once more.
The massive fish rampaged between the heavens and the earth, the dense radiance that was half-black and half-golden seeming vast as the ocean as it effectively blocked the terrifying rain of flames.
The next moment, the massive black fish emerged from the water once more, seemingly possessing immense, boundless force that was sufficient to mow down divine mountains as it directly ripped through the sea of flames, mightily colliding with that phoenix silhouette!
The light of fire exploded, dissipating within the air.
The figure of a middle-aged woman was revealed. She was currently looking at the massive Kunpeng before her with an utterly disbelieving gaze.
As its silhouette dispersed, a body that was silent as an abyss and tall as a mountain appeared. It was precisely Yan Zhaoge’s Northern Ocean Clone.
The Northern Ocean Clone clenched his right fist, extending it forward.
That woman raised her arms to block, shielding herself from the terrifying fist of the Northern Ocean Clone.
She could only feel like the other party’s fist resembled a terrifying spear, nearly penetrating straight through her arms that were defensively upraised before her before stabbing straight into her throat!
While they had not actually been stabbed right through, intense pain told her that the bones of her arms were likely already broken.
The Northern Ocean Clone looked indifferently at the woman, expressionless.
He did not move his right arm, following up with his left as he punched straight out once more!
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 726: Without all five Virtues, you are but a featherless phoenix
HSSB726: Without all five Virtues, you are but a featherless phoenix
The Northern Ocean Clone substituted a spear with his fist. After punching out with his right fist, his left fist immediately shot out.
His fists resembled the tips of two peerless spears that swept along the immense, boundless power of the Kunpeng in attacking towards his opponent.
That woman was greatly shocked. While the martial arts in which she cultivated were also extremely superb, having gained the true form of the phoenix with the intricate profundities of blazing fire, she was still completely unable to match the Kunpeng in the area of close combat.
Her expression turned grave as she was no longer panicked and restless, the clear cry of a phoenix now being emitted from her mouth.
True essence roiled about her entire body, transforming into a blessed purple light that enveloped it.
Yan Zhaoge’s Northern Ocean Clone punched out once more. Yet, this time, it was obstructed by the blessed purple light of fortuitous virtue.
“Oh?” The Northern Ocean Clone’s gaze focused slightly, “Able to cultivate in the Virtuous Blessed Purple Light. That is a concept which is possessed not just by the fire phoenix, but a phoenix which truly bears all the Five Virtues?”
Blessed with fortuitous virtue, impenetrable by slaughter.
The Virtuous Blessed Purple Light that the woman had cultivated in based on her martial arts was a defensive martial art that was superior to the Inextinguishable Light Body of the Radiant Light Sect.
The purple light that seemed insubstantial had powerfully protected her, blocking the Northern Ocean Divine Spear of Yan Zhaoge’s Northern Ocean Clone which was fierce and tyrannical and overflowed with killing intent.
Despite having failed to achieve his desired effect, the Northern Ocean Clone did not cease in his movements in the slightest as he changed his fists into claws, switching from the Northern Ocean Divine Spear to the Fish-Roc Divine Claw in domineeringly clawing out straight at the purple light!
Not to kill, but to break his opponent’s arts!
The woman’s expression changed. She dared not forcibly resist this head-on, instead emitting a cry.
A golden light shot over from the distance, descending from the sky as it descended towards the Northern Ocean Clone.
Seeing this, Yan Zhaoge instead laughed, “Unable to successfully cultivate meritorious virtue.”
Blessed with fortuitous virtue, one would be impenetrable by slaughter. Meanwhile, meritorious virtue was boundless, replenishing the heavens and enhancing the dao. It would really have been ideal for dealing with the damage on the Virtuous Blessed Purple Light by the Fish-Roc Divine Claw.
Yet, the other party was merely able to summon a treasure to save herself. From this, it could be seen that while she had successfully cultivated in the Virtuous Blessed Purple Light, she had not been able to do so the same for the thick earth of meritorious virtue.
The other party’s golden light having arrived close by, as Yan Zhaoge glanced at it, he saw that it was a golden inkslab.
As this inkslab flew over, it directly crushed the space around it with numerous black cracks forming all around as its power was tyrannical to the extreme!<
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It was clearly a mid-grade Sacred Artifact!
Yan Zhaoge’s expression did not change. The Northern Ocean Clone halted his technique and retreated, evading the attack of that golden inkslab.
The other party immediately transformed into a fiery phoenix and soared into the air, again heading straight for the Myriad Dragon Palace that was between the heavens and earth of the World beyond Worlds and the chaotic flows of space.
A powerful aura emanated in the distant horizon as it appeared that she was indeed being pursued right now.
Yan Zhaoge was slightly taken aback by the fact that he recognised the ones who were chasing this middle-aged woman.
A longtime Elder of the North Sea Sword Pavilion of the fifth level of the Martial Saint realm, the mid Seeing Divinity stage.
There was also an old man of the fourth level of the Martial Saint realm, the early Seeing Divinity stage. It was Bai Ziming whom he had once met on the Riding Wind Heavenly Vessel.
Yan Zhaoge’s heart jolted slightly as he could already guess the woman’s identity somewhat.
Seeing her pursuers draw close, the woman controlled the golden inkslab to block Bai Ziming and companion once more before shooting towards the Myriad Dragon Palace with the momentum of sending them both into the chaotic flows of space in trying to escape her pursuers.
As for how the Myriad Dragon Palace might end up as a result, she cared not about it at all.
Yan Zhaoge chuckled, “From the looks of it, you definitely don’t have the water ripples of holy virtue, and it might be so even for the dawn mist of moral virtue.”
Originally having been retreating, the Northern Ocean Clone’s figure was before the Myriad Dragon Palace again in a flash, transforming into a Kunpeng as he collided with that fire phoenix once more!
While both of them were Seeing Divinity Martial Saints, despite only just having attained the Seeing Divinity stage, the Northern Ocean Clone was faster than his opponent!
The woman was utterly enraged.
She roared, the phoenix that she had transformed into surging into the air, its wings transforming into the sabre-light of flames which directly cleaved the heavens and smashed the earth apart. As those attacks descended, their fierceness was truly mighty.
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