History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474

by 八月飞鹰, Ba Yue Fei Ying, August Eagle

  He knew this senior apprentice-uncle Yang to be one of the most outstanding experts of his Chaotic Heavenly Sect.

  While that senior apprentice-uncle Peng was of the same generation as Yang Chong, having entered the sect earlier than him, his cultivation base was comparatively much inferior to his.

  Yang Chong was the youngest Seeing Divinity Martial Saint the Chaotic Heavenly Sect had seen in the past thousand years. He was also their youngest late Seeing Divinity stage expert.

  Over the years, Yang Chong had also participated in battles against the filthy Buddhists, slaying many of those devilish experts.

  It was not just the Lofty Towering World. He reputation was well known even in the Loathing Square Immortal Realm as some peak experts even thought quite highly of him.

  He was a good sapling of the Immortal Court’s orthodox tradition.

  Everyone had believed that he was to become the sect’s youngest Immortal Bridge Martial Saint ever since its founding, taking over the old Chief to assume the leadership of the Chaotic Heavenly Sect whereupon he would lead it to new heights, attaining high status in the entire Immortal Realm.

  Yet, not long ago, something had gone wrong with him after he had led a team out to deal with that relic site.

  Quan Haolong who had always been looked after by Yang Chong had only felt disbelief at first. After witnessing that weakened treasured light in Yang Chong’s body, however, only panic had remained within his heart.

  He could not imagine how this senior apprentice-uncle Yang whom he had always respected and looked up to so might have ended up like this.

  After hearing the other party’s words, Yan Zhaoge and Fu Ting both frowned.

  The same thought arose in both their minds.

  Yan Zhaoge said casually, “Stop boasting. Do you know what an Emperor entails?”

  The other party laughed loudly, “You have no need to deliberately antagonise me. So what if I tell you? It will just as well let you know how you evil followers of the external dao will ultimately end up!”

  “That person was titled the Dim Radiant Emperor, and his name was Yin Tianxia. He led the Dim Radiant Sect, this being a dao tradition and legacy which already existed in this world before the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord cleansed the world.”

  “After cleansing the world, it was out of benevolence that the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord allowed you of the external dao and the Buddhist devils to continue surviving. Yet, you who still understand not the will of the heavens and instead defy it will ultimately all be punished in the end!”

  This Chaotic Heavenly Sect martial practitioner roared, “Understanding not the will of the heavens, respecting not the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord, the fate that befell those Buddhist devils slain by the experts of the Immortal Court and that Yin Tianxia will be the fate that befalls you very soon!”

  His appearance was severe as he said this. Still, Yan Zhaoge and Fu Ting could not be bothered listening to his nonsense any longer.

  Yan Zhaoge raised his head and surveyed the Lofty Towering World before him.

  He had indeed been trying to provoke the other party into speaking.

  This was because he had already guessed it just now.

  The Dim Radiant Emperor Yin Tianxia had not perished to the Nine Underworlds or Buddhism as he had previously guessed.

  Instead, it was this world of the Immortal Court where he had fallen!

  Besides Yin Tianxia himself, many other peak experts of his sect had also fallen here.

  As a result, the Dim Radiant Sect which had once reigned mightily in the World beyond Worlds had ultimately declined and fallen apart.

  Yet, a new doubt now arose.

  Why had Yin Tianxia led an expedition to this distant land that year?

  Was it because he could not tolerate the ways of the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord and the Immortal Court?

  As Fu Ting had said, in the eyes of descendants of the tradition of the Three Clear lineages, the way of the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord and the Immortal Court was not the orthodox way.

  However, in the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord being able to compete against the Future Buddha and the Immortal Court being able to compete with Buddhism, they were actually already mighty beyond compare.

  The Dim Radiant Emperor did not seem like a reckless person. Why had he come to provoke them of his own accord?

  Was it because he had not been clear regarding the level of power that the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord and the Immortal Court possessed back then or was it that he had plotted to profit as a third party in the conflict between the blessed lands of Buddhism and the Immortal Court, having sadly failed in the end?

  Yan Zhaoge instinctively glanced at Fu Ting beside him.

  What role did the Brocade Emperor and the other peak experts of the World beyond Worlds play here?

  Noticing Yan Zhaoge’s gaze, Fu Ting immediately understood what he meant.

  It was just that she was wondering the same thing herself.

  Feeling greatly puzzled, Yan Zhaoge ignored that noisy Chaotic Heavenly Sect martial practitioner as he instead looked at Yang Chong, “Are things like he says?”

  Yang Chong sighed, “That’s right.”

  “The relic site that we handled earlier was not where experts of the external dao perished but where a battle once occurred in the past.”

  Yang Chong said slowly, “It was precisely where that Dim Radiant Emperor battled the experts of my Immortal Court.”

  Fu Ting asked, “If Emperor-level experts or higher were to battle in this world, it would probably be completely destroyed.”

  Yang Chong explained, “They just happened to pass by the Lofty Towering World for a time as they continuously battled.”

  Even so, however, a tribulation had still befallen the Lofty Towering World.

  This was a great event in the history of the Lofty Towering World.

  Yang Chong’s expression was rather complex, “While it was gained from the external dao, one must admit that an Emperor is an Emperor at the end of the day. Those who can claim the title of Emperor are all mighty indeed.”

  “Still, as they battled, a remnant strand of will was actually condensed and left there all these years.”

  He coughed, unable to project the scenes of that time due to his grave injuries.

  Yan Zhaoge said mildly, “I will be offending you.”

  He tapped on the other party’s forehead, wisps of black qi entering as Yang Chong’s eyes instantly turned rather dazed.

  Fu Ting was slightly shocked, “…Faceless Devil Scripture?”

  The expressions of Quan Haolong and the others abruptly changed as they saw a black light emitted from one of Yang Chong’s eyes.

  A black scene of light condensed in mid-air, images manifesting.

  Amidst the ruins of the valley, all was hazy as it was neither bright nor dark.

  Amidst the haziness was depicted the scene of a great battle, resembling shooting stars streaking across the horizon as numerous wild tides surged, sweeping through the heavens and the earth.

  If it had been during the great battle itself, Yang Chong would not have understood its process at all.

  Yet, where only the remnant aura remained in this valley of rubble, he could instead understand it.

  Yan Zhaoge and the others could clearly see it as well.

  The first to enter their fields of vision was a rather familiar figure.

  Black clothes and white robe, long jet-black hair flowing down his back with eyebrows that were pure white in colour.

  The white and black were distinct in his eyes and pure to the extreme. The whites of his eyes seemed to emit immeasurable radiance while his black pupils were instead like a deep abyss.

  It was the Dim Radiant Emperor, Yin Tianxia.

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  Within the depicted scene
of light, Yin Tianxia had two opponents.

  One of them radiated light as he was like the sun high in the sky, his martial concept simultaneously containing the power of the Sun Star and of the extremity of light.

  One of them resembled the descent of eternal night, darkness that concealed the sky and obscured the sun. His martial concept was the pure tranquillity of darkness.

  These two people were not of the same lineage as they were in possession of two different legacies.

  Yan Zhaoge recognised the former as that of a major power of pre-Great Calamity times, Vast Yang Palace.

  The legacy of this power had disappeared in the worlds of the orthodox Daoism of the Three Clear lineages. It was unknown whether it was to be found if any of the lower worlds.

  It was worth mentioning that Yan Zhaoge knew that the bigwig who had created the Extreme Yang Scripture in pre-Great Calamity times hailed from Vast Yang Palace.

  Atop the foundation of the Vast Yang Scripture had been integrated techniques acquired of his own creation, forming the Extreme Yang Scripture.

  While there had not been a complete version of the Extreme Yang Scripture in the collection of the Martial Repository of the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace, there had however been a comparatively well preserved Vast Yang Scripture there.

  Meanwhile, the sword art displayed by the other person contained mysteries of darkness which Yan Zhaoge found to be rather more unfamiliar.

  “It seems like the Heavenless Dark Sword,” Yan Zhaoge thought.

  The Heavenless Dark Sword was also a supreme martial art of pre-Great Calamity times which hailed from a major power known as the Dark Heaven Sword Sect.

  Still, the Martial Repository of the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace had not possessed the Heavenless Dark Sword as there had only been some simple descriptions of the martial art there.

  However, there was another power intermixed within this person’s sword arts that Yan Zhaoge was extremely familiar with.

  The Thunder of Eternal Night of the Nine Heavenly Immortal Thunders.

  Where the thunderbolts passed, eternal night would descend upon the heavens and earth with no light visible whatsoever.

  Only when the boom of thunder resounded would all be white within the world, space shattering.

  Of course, be it the expert cultivating in the Vast Yang Scripture or the other who cultivated in the Heavenless Dark Sword, both their foundations were still that treasured light of the power of faith.

  Also, Yan Zhaoge noted how neither the legacy of Vast Yang Palace or that of the Heavenless Dark Sword seemed to ever have produced an Emperor-level expert before.

  Yet, it was not that the two had surpassed their predecessors just like the Dim Radiant Emperor had.

  The concepts of their martial arts might consist of some changes, discarding the old and introducing the new as it was improved somewhat.

  Intrinsically speaking, however, they did not surpass the legacies of pre-Great Calamity times.

  Yan Zhaoge could not be absolutely sure for the Heavenless Dark Sword.

  He was certain that the Vast Yang Scripture was not more profound than it had been under the Vast Yang Palace, though.

  However, these two people had indeed already pushed open the door to Immortality, being bigwigs who had traversed the gap between the human and Immortal realms!

  They were experts who could carry Emperor titles!

  Even if they were experts of the Immortal Court’s dao tradition, Emperors were Emperors, sufficient to destroy the heavens and extinguish the earth with the flip of a palm.

  The two were currently attacking Yin Tianxia together, light and darkness intersecting as the heavens and earth were completely distorted.

  Seeing this scene, Yan Zhaoge narrowed his eyes slightly, “Is it also because of that treasured light of the power of faith?”

  Facing these two people, Yin Tianxia had a rather complex expression on his face.

  It seemed like regret whilst also disdain whilst also fury and helpless, these all culminating in a sigh in the end.

  “Although you have pushed open the door to Immortality, it was not you yourselves who did so.”

  “While you preside over countless others, you already know not the principles of your ancestors’ legacies.”

  He raised a hand, pushing horizontally forward with his palm with light and darkness integrated within.

  His palm seemed to be half in light and half in darkness, yet was seemingly enveloped by a glow that was neither bright nor dark.

  Where his palm passed, light vanished, and darkness ceased to exist.

  Everything turned blurry, resembling chaos as it was difficult to distinguish light and darkness.

  Yin Tianxia said mildly, “Your Dark Heaven Sword Sect and Vast Yang Palace often competed with my Dim Radiant Sect before the Great Calamity. It was difficult to determine a victor amongst us then.”

  “Today, however, victory and defeat is evident with a single glance.”

  Yin Tianxia resembled a descended divinity that made his two opponents seem completely dim and lustreless, “We are all cultivators. Slay the dao, see one’s true self.”

  Beneath his palm, his two opponents fell into defeat!

  The light projection ended at this point.

  Looking at the disappearing image, Yan Zhaoge and Fu Ting both frowned and pondered.

  Meanwhile, those of the Chaotic Heavenly Sect all broke out into curses.

  Yang Chong had a complicated expression on his face as he shook his head and sighed.

  Yan Zhaoge recovered and looked at Fu Ting who said, “They were indeed only passing by, leaving behind just simple traces.”

  “Have those ruins where you discovered that remnant aura already been destroyed?” Yan Zhaoge asked Yang Chong.

  Yang Chong smiled bitterly, “I would think so.”

  Quan Haolong said softly, “With what happened to you, senior apprentice-uncle Yang, after the other seniors of the sect arrived afterwards, they eradicated that relic site completely.”

  Yan Zhaoge looked up and pondered for a moment before suddenly asking, “Are you aware of any other cases similar to his that have occurred, and where that was?”

  Whether it was Yang Chong or Quan Haolong and the others, everyone was taken aback by this.

  Those Chaotic Heavenly Sect martial practitioners said angrily, “Traitors to the dao who were bewitched by you of an external dao-just a single such case happening is already ludicrous!”

  Yan Zhaoge was not concerned as he nodded slightly, “So it’s simply him in this Lofty Towering World?”

  Looking at Yan Zhaoge, Fu Ting sent via sound transmission, “You seem to be implying something?”

  Surveying the surroundings, Yan Zhaoge replied, “The Dim Radiant Emperor fought one against two, domineeringly defeating two Emperors of the Immortal Court’s Daoism and displaying the might of we of the orthodox Three Clear lineages.”

  “Seeing this scene for the first time, martial practitioners of the dao tradition of the Immortal Court should indeed be impacted somewhat.”

  Yan Zhaoge’s gaze was distant, “Still, it was not just Yang Chong who saw this scene. There were others of the Chaotic Heavenly Sect present at the time as well. Why is it that only the treasured light in Yang Chong’s body is unstable, his faith in the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord having been completely shaken?”

  “Because his cultivation base is highest and his knowledge base the widest, he is more predisposed to accepting a change from his conventional viewpoint? Because he is innately very perceptive?”

  “Though his talent and powers of comprehension are indeed very high as he would still be able to achieve quite a bit without relying on the treasured light of the power of faith like us normal martial practitioners, I still believe that this is not the actual reason,” Yan Zhaoge said.

  Fu Ting said slowly, “You suspect that someone set up a mechanism at the relic site, and Yang Chong was the one who set it off, th
is thus having happened to him?”

  Yan Zhaoge nodded, “It does not seem like the Buddhists who would do this, but more like orthodox descendants of the Three Clear lineages like us.”

  Fu Ting pondered, “That is possible. Sadly, the place is already no more, and we cannot verify this.”

  Yan Zhaoge did not continue speaking, actually having left something unsaid earlier.

  Relating this to the situation with his mother, Xue Chuqing, and the relationship of that lineage of hers with the Dim Radiant Sect of back then, Yan Zhaoge vaguely had a feeling that this was rather like his mother’s handiwork.

  With his current cultivation base, his intuition was not baseless as it was instead mysterious beyond compare, stemming from his perception of the principles of the heavens and earth and fate itself.

  It could not be fully believed. Yet, it could also not be easily dismissed.

  Perhaps the reason his mother was being pursued was related to the death of the Dim Radiant Emperor and the Immortal Court?

  After barely missing her back where the eastern Vast Heaven Territory and the northeastern Sky Heaven Territory intersected in the past, Yan Zhaoge had not heard any news about Xue Chuqing.

  Could it be that his mother had gone about things in a different way and chosen the most dangerous place as the safest place, having left the worlds of Daoism’s Three Clear lineages and come to hide in the territory of the Immortal Court?

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  Was it possible for Xue Chuqing to have snuck over to the Immortal Court’s territory?

  In theory, no.

  For one to break free of the worlds of Daoism’s Three Clear lineages which were centred around the World beyond Worlds, breaking through the ‘wall’ and coming to the Immortal Court’s side, was no easy thing.

  Yan Zhaoge had previously inadvertently ended up in a Buddhist world due to the disturbance caused by the Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace.

  In having inadvertently ended up in the Lofty Towering World that was governed by the Immortal Court’s Loathing Square Immortal Realm this time, it had been because of the collision between the Immortal Artifact, Mars Halberd, and the restrictions left behind by the Brocade Emperor.