Now that Yan Zhaoge was supplying the full Dark Moon Pill Scripture, the fifth of the Dim Radiant Twelve Arts could reach a whole new level, gaining a more abundant foundation rather than only perpetually walking a side path.
Seeing a tragic white cold light emitted from another slot of the black metal wheel, the corners of Yan Zhaoge’s lips arched upwards in a smile.
Of these two slots which were closely adjacent, one emitted vast, majestic sunlight while the other emitted cold, tranquil moonlight, emanating a rather unique vibe.
Yan Zhaoge’s upcoming days were very substantial indeed.
He spent his time either analysing Yan Di’s Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud and cultivating diligently or attempting to further refine the Dim Radiant Wheel.
Ever since returning to Broad Creed Mountain, Yan Zhaoge had virtually just remained there, cultivating in peace.
Those momentous tides of change that he had caused within the World beyond Worlds instead quelled.
Broad Creed Mountain seemed to have become low key too as not only did it seldom participate in the blows of the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory towards the southern Blazing Heaven Territory, it even made no big movements within the Royal Reed Sea.
The sole disturbance that was comparatively greater was the fact that Broad Creed Mountain’s Chief, Yan Di, had successfully ascended the Immortal Bridge.
Apart from that, things were exceptionally calm.
It was just that presently, no one in the entire World beyond Worlds would dare underestimate Yan Zhaoge and Broad Creed Mountain any longer.
At the same time, many people were actually waiting.
They were waiting for the Southern Exalt Zhuang Shen to return to Phoenix Ritual Mountain’s Wutong Slope.
They were waiting for the Heaven Emperor to return to Kunlun Mountain’s Illusory Coming Peak.
At that time, they would truly know if Yan Zhaoge and Broad Creed Mountain were really a newly ascended legend or a fleeting shooting star.
Whether it was Wutong Slope that was currently being owned by Golden Court Mountain or Illusory Coming Peak that had not done anything since the deaths of Qing Shuzi and Daoist Leading Mist, all of them would surely be waiting for that moment too.
Five years after the battle at Circumference Mountain, World beyond Worlds time.
Yan Zhaoge and Yan Di were sitting across from each other within a cave manor atop Broad Creed Mountain.
“I intend to make another trip to the Vast Ocean World,” Yan Zhaoge said calmly, “I cannot be certain when the Heaven Emperor will return, and cannot be certain of the same for the Southern Exalt too, but I will be fast as I can.”
Yan Di nodded, “Go then.”
Yan Zhaoge said, “During this time, I will have to trouble you and the sect to investigate one thing for me.”
He passed Yan Di a jade slip, “According to the methods and steps laid out here, carefully measure the flow of the earth veins within the Royal Reed Sea and see if you can discover anything unique.”
“Principles similar to that of the Heaven Bearing Efficate Formation…” Yan Di raised his brows as he browsed through it and realised this.
Yan Zhaoge lightly tapped his temples, “Many a times, return to the beginning, and the solution to the problem might just be hidden there.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1008: The Yan Family’s wives
HSSB1008: The Yan Family’s wives
When Yan Zhaoge had just arrived in the Royal Reed Sea that year, his cultivation base had still been low as he possessed meagre strength.
There had been the threat of their major enemy, the Radiant Light Sect. It had seemingly hung over the Eight Extremities World like a butcher’s blade, seeming like it could descend and sever them at any moment.
Back then, Yan Zhaoge had moved amongst the powers of the Royal Reed Sea in order to expand space in which he could be active.
During this time, he had wrecked the Grand Xuan Dynasty’s setting up of the Heaven Bearing Efficate Formation and slain many of their people, thus having sowed increasingly greater enmity with them to the point where they were irreconcilable enemies.
Back then, Yan Zhaoge had not been concerned about why the Heaven Emperor had secretly dispatched Shen Lingzi’s lot to the Royal Reed Sea to establish the Heaven Bearing Efficate Formation, also having been unconcerned about why that Emperor was so persistent on seeking the legendary Earth Queen, one of the Four Imperials of Daoism.
That was a problem for the Southeastern Exalt Cao Jie to consider.
Yan Zhaoge had just needed to worry about how to raise his own strength so as to face the threat of the Grand Xuan Dynasty.
However, now that Yan Zhaoge would have to directly face the Heaven Emperor, matters regarding the Heaven Bearing Efficate Formation that he had previously been unconcerned with had become significant for him again.
Why had the Heaven Emperor dispatched people to establish the Heaven Bearing Efficate Formation in secret?
Why had he seemed adamant on doing so in the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory’s Royal Reed Sea?
Why was it that after having been obstructed, this great Emperor of Daoism had been so put off, finding it so difficult to accept it?
The Heaven Emperor aside, others had acted rather strangely as well.
While the Southeastern Exalt Cao Jie was a sword cultivator, he was very moderate most of the time as he seemed to have an attitude of letting others do whatever they wanted.
Still, as the ruler of a Territory and a sword cultivator, if he were really to be provoked by someone, he would definitely hold steadfast and resolute to the end.
He would not give in even if he was facing a true Immortal.
However, after he had first learnt of the existence of the Heaven Bearing Efficate Formation, Cao Jie had still silently allowed Kang Ping and the others of the Grand Xuan Dynasty to remain in the Royal Reed Sea, continuing to maintain it.
It was simply because of Broad Creed Mountain and Yan Zhaoge that the Grand Xuan Dynasty had ultimately been hard pressed to succeed.
Yan Zhaoge was on good terms with Golden Court Mountain, who leaned towards him and Broad Creed Mountain to some extent in secret.
It just so happened that a battle between the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory and the southern Blazing Heaven Territory had been set to commence, with Phoenix Ritual Mountain’s Wutong Slope also seeking to destroy Yan Zhaoge to vent their anger.
In the end, the Heaven Emperor had tied down the Southeastern Exalt Cao Jie when the battle between the south and southeast had broken out, borrowing the hand of Zhuang Shen to deal with Yan Zhaoge and Broad Creed Mountain even as he took care of the martial practitioners of the southeast.
This had instead enraged the Southeastern Exalt Cao Jie, who had borrowed the assistance of the Brocade Emperor and ultimately repelled the Heaven Emperor and the Southern Exalt Zhuang Shen.
The other peak experts of the World beyond Worlds had neither supported nor intervened in this.
Logically speaking, finding information on the Earth Queen who had not been heard of ever since the Great Calamity should be a major matter for the whole of Daoism.
Yan Zhaoge believed that Daoism’s peak experts would all attempt to do so if they had a method to.
Yet, as seen by the other peak experts of the World beyond Worlds, the Heaven Emperor’s actions were viewed more as his own private affairs.
As a result, there was only the Brocade Emperor who had intervened in this matter due to his personal friendship with the Southeastern Exalt.
Since it was a private matter, what sort of a reason could there be?
Having to face the wrath of that Emperor head-on now, Yan Zhaoge was very interested in this.
“I will personally take charge of this matter,” Yan Di gained interest as well as he kept the jade slip.
Yan Zhaoge stood up, “In that case, father, I will be going down to the Vast Ocean World now then.”
Yan Di nodded, “Yes, rest assured and go.”
“To be honest, I can’t rest assured, though not for things over here,” Yan Zhaoge forced a smile, “Miss Guan Yuluo sent news over from the north that there will only be a chance for that ‘door’ Yunsheng entered to reopen a few years later.”
Feng Yunsheng had effectively cut off her own path of retreat to some extent with this.
With that, Yan Zhaoge was unable to determine how she was currently doing.
Even though he knew that this was actually a normal thing for ambitious, resolute martial practitioners, with Feng Yunsheng being supremely talented as she also possessed two mighty weapons, the Extreme Yin Crown and the Cold Sun Divine Sabre, it would really be impossible for Yan Zhaoge not to be worried at all however confident he was in Feng Yunsheng.
“As the Chief of a sect, I would rejoice greatly at how we have a descendant such as this,” Yan Di said, “Still, I can understand your mindset too.”
Yan Zhaoge sighed soundlessly towards the heavens, “Oh father, these wives that we men of the Yan Family find really make one worry indeed!”
Yan Di replied exasperatedly, “Why do you say that?”
“Let alone how your hair’s nearly turned white looking for your wife, with the search still yet to see any success, even mine’s missing now,” Yan Zhaoge shrunk his neck back, but still muttered softly.
Yan Di was aggravated by his lackadaisical look as he just pointed at him, unable to say anything at all. He raised a hand as if to hit him, but Yan Zhaoge had already scampered away from the secluded chamber by now.
Looking at the fleeing figure of his son, Yan Di did not know whether to laugh or to cry.
A few moments later, Yan Zhaoge peeked back into the room, “Right, father, how’s that junior apprentice-brother Xia doing?”
Five years ago, Xia Guang who had returned to the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory along with Yan Zhaoge had successfully become a disciple of Broad Creed Mountain just like he wished.
To him, the various tests had not been difficult to pass.
While he had started out as a white-clothed disciple as per sect rules, he had quickly donned a blue robe and afterwards one which was black-bordered as he thus became a core disciple of Broad Creed Mountain.
Also, the master whose tutelage he had gone under in the end was Yan Di.
“Shocking talent, unordinary comprehension, painstaking diligence,” Yan Di evaluated.
As for Xia Guang’s easy-to-flare up temper and unswerving personality that might make it easy for his path to be impeded, he was not too concerned with it.
Yan Di was actually someone with a similar temperament as well, just that it was not exhibited as outwardly as Xia Guang.
Yan Zhaoge asked, “Has he not found his kin yet?”
Yan Di shook his head, “Not yet.”
Besides Xia Guang, two other descendants of the Listening Thunder Peak’s Xia Family had been out adventuring back then, thus having survived the tragic decimation of the family in the Consecutive Drum Mountain Range.
After returning to the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory with Yan Zhaoge and becoming a disciple of Broad Creed Mountain back then, he had returned to the Consecutive Drum Mountain Range to look for them as soon as he could.
Yet, he had received news that his elder brother and sister had both not returned from their trip.
Over the past five years, Broad Creed Mountain had secured Golden Court Mountain’s help and searched within the domain of the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory but to no avail.
Xia Guang had originally feared that the two had fallen into the hands of Three Foot Mountain.
Still, investigations from many sources had gradually confirmed that Three Foot Mountain too possessed no hold on their whereabouts.
Xia Guang could only temporarily quell his anxiety. He thought that the two of them might have heard about what had happened with the family back then. Being worried about being silenced by Three Foot Mountain, they were temporarily hiding outside, having changed their names and altered their identities.
Therefore, after settling down in Broad Creed Mountain, he had constantly ventured outside from time to time.
The fame of ‘Blood Thunderbolt’ Xia Guang was currently also not just limited to the Royal Reed Sea as he had become yet another rather renowned martial practitioner of Broad Creed Mountain after Yan Zhaoge and Yan Di who had been cultivating and not moving around outside in recent years.
Xia Guang had no desire to spread his fame, just wishing that his kin could hear of him and come seeking him in the Royal Reed Sea.
“Junior apprentice-brother Xia is exerting great pains indeed. I hope that his elder brother and sister were blessed by fortune and can reunite with him soon,” Yan Zhaoge sighed, Yan Di nodding as well.
This newly entered disciple could be considered as being afflicted with similar sad circumstances as they father and son.
After drifting about momentarily, Yan Di’s gaze became resolute once more, “Human Exalt stage…”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1009: Martial Saint retainer
HSSB1009: Martial Saint retainer
Yan Zhaoge too desired to ascend the Human Exalt stage as soon as possible. Still, this was the pursuit of a martial practitioner.
He would not have to wait so long regarding the matter of his mother, Xue Chuqing.
Having already been to the Immortal Court, in the eyes of those like Cao Jie and Liu Zhenggu, he could already be considered a ‘gone case’ anyway as there was no point in still keeping it hidden.
Of course, the return of Cao Jie and the others would also entail the return of the Southern Exalt Zhuang Shen as well as the Western Exalt who was on bad terms with Cao Jie.
When the conflict between the Immortal Court and Buddhism had gradually died down and a bit of closure had been achieved, there was the possibility of the Heaven Emperor returning to the World beyond Worlds as well.
Yan Zhaoge and Broad Creed Mountain needed to make preparations as soon as they could.
After officially taking his leave of Yan Di, Yan Zhaoge headed to the Vast Ocean World.
This time, there was no need to leave manpower in the World beyond Worlds. Pan-Pan accompanied him down to serve as a guard for him.
Ah Hu and Xiao Ai stayed behind in the World beyond Worlds to cultivate where the environment was better.
In recent years, Ah Hu had finally successfully Transcended Mortality and entered Sainthood.
Ying Longtu and Sikong Qing had achieved this too, with it being a bit earlier for the latter.
It was worth mentioning that Ying Longtu had entered Sainthood at twenty-seven years of age, having refreshed Broad Creed Mountain’s internal record.
Considering how he had come to the World beyond Worlds when already a Martial Grandmaster, this was definitely top-tier within the entire World beyond Worlds.
Besides them, Xiao Ai and Shi Jun had already entered the Transcending Mortality stage as well as they were currently aiming for a breakthrough into the Martial Saint realm.
As a fourth generation disciple of Broad Creed Mountain, Shi Jun had already reached such a level. Yuan Zhengfeng, Yan Di, Fang Zhun, Fu Enshu and those other seniors were all feeling joyful at this.
While Yan Zhaoge and Yan Di had seldom travelled outside in recent years as Broad Creed Mountain had been on the quieter side, the accumulation of the entire sect had grown increasingly abundant.
One year after Yan Zhaoge entered secluded cultivation in the Vast Ocean World, his father Yan Di advanced further, ascending into the eighth level of the Martial Saint realm. The outside world paid even more attention to them with that.
Presently, the time was already ripe for Broad Creed Mountain to officially launch their opening ceremony and open their doors to accept disciples.
Everyone was still focusing on things on the level of large scale powers and peak experts.
After the collision with
the likes of the Heaven Emperor and the Southern Exalt, they would be able to see if Broad Creed Mountain was truly a dragon or a snake.
Still, those middle and lower-tier martial practitioners, especially those ordinary people who were not in the know at all, would not know about what Broad Creed Mountain would soon be facing.
They only knew that a new legend was currently arising within the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory’s Royal Reed Sea.
These people were who Broad Creed Mountain was trying to attract as disciples.
Despite being joyful at Yan Di’s advancement, Broad Creed Mountain was not in a rush to officially launch the opening ceremony.
It was not that they were fearful of bigwigs like the Heaven Emperor and the Southern Exalt or believed that their foundation was still unstable.
There was only one reason for this.
Yan Zhaoge was still in secluded cultivation in the Vast Ocean World.
“Over half our sect’s current reputation in the World beyond Worlds was built up from scratch by Zhaoge,” Yuan Zhengfeng firmly made the decision, “How can we not wait for him for the opening ceremony?”
Yan Di did not act humble as he simply nodded, replying, “It is as Master says.”
Fang Zhun smiled, “With Zhaoge’s current cultivation base and experience, he has never yet accepted a disciple. I wonder if anyone will attract his attention when we accept disciples?”
Over the past ten plus years in the World beyond Worlds, while he had still had to preside over much of the daily affairs of the sect, Fang Zhun had spent most of his time cultivating, now having gradually regained his vitality.
While his cultivation base did not soar by leaps and bounds like Yan Di, he had already successfully broken through space and achieved true Divinity not long ago, giving Broad Creed Mountain a new Seeing Divinity Martial Saint.
Considering that huge blow to his vitality from back then, his current progress was rather dazzling.
The Hidden Dragon of the Eight Extremities World vaguely showed some signs of soaring out from the abyss in the World beyond Worlds.
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