His gaze shifted to the side, penetrating through numerous obstacles before spotting a streak of sword light rapidly leaving Yuanzhou City, headed towards Kunlun Mountain.
Despite feeling shocked that Yan Zhaoge actually dared to block the Brocade Emperor head-on, Wang Pu wasted no time as he made use of this chance to head back to Jade Capital Crag.
“You are going nowhere,” The black-clothed Brocade Emperor said in an indifferent tone.
Before his words had fallen, dense purple qi expanded about him, instantly coming to envelop the entire Yuanzhou City.
At the same time, however, Yan Zhaoge said mildly, “Yes, he is.”
His body suddenly turned blurry, bright at times whilst dark at others.
The next moment, light and darkness separated into two distinct entities, the indistinct chaos feeding each of them.
The boundless darkness faded as only immeasurable radiance remained.
After the radiance shattered, darkness was not born in its place as it was like the grand dao had undergone a major collapse all at once.
The two extremities no longer existed within creation itself as boundless terror descended.
A crevice was actually forcibly ripped through the black-clothed Brocade Emperor’s dense purple qi that enveloped Yuanzhou City.
Wang Pu immediately shot off on his sword, escaping into the distance.
At this moment, those attending the auction in the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion had still yet to fully regain their wits.
As for those like Qiu Jiahai who were in the know, they were all simultaneously stunned.
Yan Zhaoge had actually gone looking for trouble with the Brocade Emperor head-on!
Even more shocking was that he had actually successfully helped Wang Pu to flee the black-clothed Brocade Emperor’s lockdown.
“…Ninth level of the Martial Saint realm, late Immortal Bridge stage?” Although the black-clothed Brocade Emperor’s expression did not change, his attention was already fully on Yan Zhaoge before him and no longer on Wang Pu who had left.
“When I was actually unable to see through you when we met earlier, I had already vaguely suspected something. I still find it inconceivable, though. To think it was actually real.”
The black-clothed Brocade Emperor glanced deeply at Yan Zhaoge, “It should only have been a little over four years since you attained the eighth level of the Martial Saint realm back in the Nine Underworlds.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1145: Ninth level Martial Saint vs True Immortal!
HSSB1145: Ninth level Martial Saint vs True Immortal!
The black-clothed Brocade Emperor did not reveal any emotions of shock or the like.
He only felt uncomprehending and conflicted at this clearly abnormal situation before him.
Still, however he looked at it, the current Yan Zhaoge was shockingly already a ninth level Martial Saint of the late Immortal Bridge stage!
When out of combat earlier, Yan Zhaoge had reverted complexities to simplicity, appearing outwardly like some ordinary mortal who had never cultivated for a single day in his life.
Only when the two had clashed for real had his true abilities finally been revealed.
His acupoints that had broken through space to see True Divinity circulated without rest like the numerous stars of the actual universe.
Besides destruction, the starry sky could also birth new life!
When a star had reached its end and was extinguished, a new star would be born.
Countless stars all possessed their unique trajectories, circulating freely in an organised, rhythmic manner.
The cycle of rebirth had been established as the martial practitioner’s power had entered a whole new level.
Of his acupoints, only a measly few obscure ones remained that had yet to break through space to see True Divinity.
When all of them finally did so, he would have accomplished the Human Exalt stage that was at the peak of the Martial Saint realm.
Yan Zhaoge had undergone something akin to an effective rebirth as compared to when he had been at the eighth level of the Martial Saint realm back in the Nine Underworlds.
Back in the Nine Underworlds, the black-clothed Brocade Emperor had personally encountered Yan Zhaoge of the eighth level of the Martial Saint realm.
While he had still yet to split apart into the black and white Brocade Emperors then, his memories still remained from that time.
Comparing these Yan Zhaoges of now and before, he was fully aware of the gap between them.
Still, this caused the black-clothed Brocade Emperor to doubt life even more.
Other people aside, he had personally witnessed Yan Zhaoge ascending from the seventh to the eighth level of the Martial Saint realm in the Nine Underworlds that year.
How could he possibly fail to understand what this entailed?
While he could tell that the current Yan Zhaoge should have attained the ninth level of the Martial Saint realm only recently, less than five years had passed since that day in the Nine Underworlds!
The higher one’s cultivation base, the more difficult it was to improve as the time required was greater as well.
At the Immortal Bridge Martial Saint stage, every single step was extremely difficult.
Most people would be stuck at some cultivation level, remaining there for ten over years, decades or even over a century.
Did they lack talent?
Martial practitioners who could ascend the Immortal Bridge were all dragons and phoenixes amongst mortals, geniuses amongst geniuses.
Still, the principle that the path was more difficult the higher one walked applied to all.
Having been able to attain Immortality, the Brocade Emperor had naturally surpassed his peers in this aspect. Still, even he had not been as fast as Yan Zhaoge back then.
Thinking of the similarly shocking cultivation speed of his father, Yan Di, the black-clothed Brocade Emperor gazed at Yan Zhaoge, “Yan Family father and son, Duo Fallen Deities they are…is it?”
“Apologies, black-clothed Brocade Emperor,” Yan Zhaoge said mildly, “Frankly speaking, this Yan is indeed not on your side in the contest between you and the other Brocade Emperor. We both know the reason for this full well.”
“Still, although I support the other Brocade Emperor, I never expected that I would be facing you head-on so quickly.”
Yan Zhaoge suddenly laughed, “If not for the fact that I have something else to attend to and am busy, it would actually be pretty good too. Human versus Immortal, what a joyous event indeed!”
Neither side suppressed their voices as they resounded across the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion, leaving everyone feeling as if they were waking up from a dream.
Along with that, they were dazed by their subsequent shock.
The Fallen Deity Yan Zhaoge, a late Immortal Bridge Martial Saint, was challenging the Brocade Emperor, a True Immortal, head-on!
Few people had previously known that the Brocade Emperor had split into two.
Therefore, most of them were exceptionally shocked by the news.
Even though the Upper Exalt Chen Qianhua had already battled the Dense Encompassing Emperor to a draw previously and the Southern Exalt Nie Jingshen had battled Chen Qianhua to a draw too, all these spectators were still incomparably shocked by this.
Chen Qianhua and Nie Jingshen had been famed beneath the heavens for many years, both being extraordinary individuals.
One had been the number one Martial Saint in the World beyond Worlds for many years whereas the other had been acclaimed as the World beyond Worlds’ third strongest Martial Saint as a ninth level Martial Saint.
Even so, the abilities they had demonstrated which were sufficient to withstand the power of Emperors had both come when they were tenth level Martial Saints of the Human Exalt stage.
When had there ever been someone like Yan Zhaoge today who dared to battle Immortals as a ninth level Martial Saint?
Let alone t
he World beyond Worlds of post-Great Calamity times, no one could recall such a figure even from pre-Great Calamity times no matter how they ransacked their minds now.
Therefore, all of them felt a blazing ardour.
They all fervently yearned to know if Yan Zhaoge, a mere ninth level Martial Saint, could withstand the Brocade Emperor who had opened the door to Immortality many years ago.
Their ardour for this surpassed even that for the auction that was going on right now!
“I am not in a rush,” The black-clothed Brocade Emperor said indifferently, “Please do not be stingy in demonstrating the profundities of your Taiyi Fist, Little Friend Yan.”
With that, he raised a finger, tapping towards Yan Zhaoge’s forehead!
He had unleashed a big move right from the start, the Grand Commencement Divine Finger of one of the Grand Cosmos Five Manifestations of the Grand Clear direct lineage!
Facing a ninth level Martial Saint opponent, the Brocade Emperor’s first move was an ultimate technique!
He actually showed no indication of underestimating Yan Zhaoge in the least.
Back in the Nine Underworlds, the Brocade Emperor who had still yet to split into two had once clashed with Yan Zhaoge of the eighth level of the Martial Saint realm.
Back then, Yan Zhaoge had subtly borrowed the local geography of the Nine Underworlds and congregated a black Buddha’s body with the Faceless Devil Scripture, arriving at a simulated ninth level of the Martial Saint realm. After that, he had unleashed the Heart’s Will Thunder, attacking the Brocade Emperor who had been vulnerable from suffering cultivation deviation at the time.
Still, the black-clothed Brocade Emperor already had an approximate estimate of Yan Zhaoge’s strength when at the eighth level of the Martial Saint realm.
Thinking impartially, the black-clothed Brocade Emperor found that Yan Zhaoge who had further advanced atop that foundation and attained the ninth level of the Martial Saint realm might really be able to battle Immortals as a mortal!
Also, while the two had not clashed directly earlier, they had already exchanged moves once.
The black-clothed Brocade Emperor had locked down Yuanzhou City using his essence and qi.
Yan Zhaoge had unleashed his fist-intent of the Grand Shattering Brightness Palm in ripping a crevice through the numerous layers of purple qi, aiding Wang Pu in leaving.
That had already been sufficient to reveal his true abilities.
The black-clothed Brocade Emperor had known then that this unprecedented opponent required him to fight seriously and with all his might!
As the Grand Commencement Divine Finger was executed, the world seemed to return to earlier heaven times as the concepts of time and space no longer existed.
There was only that abstruse, intangible earlier heaven qi that bore the principles of the heavens and earth.
Facing this finger, Yan Zhaoge felt like both time and space had been distorted.
It was as if he had already been affected by the technique as soon as the black-clothed Brocade Emperor had pointed at him.
Still, he was neither panicked nor flustered as he raised his palm, striking down with a Cyclic Heavenly Seal.
A vast, majestic force manifested.
One palm having two sides, one being Taiyi, Grand Simplicity at the start of earlier heaven while the other was Taiji, Grand Ultimate at the end of earlier heaven.
As he flipped his palm, the earlier heaven qi of the black-clothed Brocade Emperor seemed set to plummet all the way to later heaven after going through the transformations of Grand Beginning, Grand Plainness and Grand Ultimate!
The Cyclic Heavenly Seal had the variation of reverting to earlier heaven, causing the world of later heaven to be forcibly reversed to earlier heaven times.
This palm of Yan Zhaoge had reversed this, seeking to forcibly reverse a reversion to earlier heaven in causing it to plummet into later heaven!
He circulated it with relative ease, manifesting the majestic might of the Cyclic Heavenly Seal which reversed the cosmos!
“While it may be a bit rude of me to say this, Brocade Emperor,” Yan Zhaoge said mildly, “Please let me be blunt as I say that you, in this condition, are not very strong.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1146: A truly unforgettable scene
HSSB1146: A truly unforgettable scene
Facing Yan Zhaoge’s Cyclic Heavenly Seal, the miraculous aspects of the black-clothed Brocade Emperor’s Grand Commencement Divine Finger actually showed signs of being dispelled.
Yan Zhaoge’s words did not cause the Brocade Emperor to be vexed and enraged.
He simply raised his left palm, bringing it horizontally before his chest.
Yin and yang combined at the centre of his palm, Taiji rotating.
The power of the Taiji Yin Yang Palm was condensed and not released.
Meanwhile, streams of plain cloud qi wreathed the body of the black-clothed Brocade Emperor, being none other than the qi of Grand Plainness.
The power of Taiji, Grand Ultimate, rotated, unceasingly being supplied to the qi of Grand Plainness before that in turn transformed into the intangible bright emptiness of Grand Beginning.
Amidst the shift between real and illusory, the power of the Grand Beginning Bright Emptiness Form shifted towards the tip of the black-clothed Brocade Emperor’s right index finger.
From Grand Ultimate to Grand Plainness, then to Grand Beginning, and finally back to Grand Commencement.
The transformation of forcibly reverting to earlier heaven caused the light of dawn to reappear in the black-clothed Brocade Emperor’s Grand Commencement Divine Finger.
Beneath this finger, four of the Grand Cosmos Five Manifestations combined, returning to simplicity as it was boundlessly abstruse and incomparably mighty!
Even though the black-clothed Brocade Emperor was incomparable to the complete Brocade Emperor of the past, he was still a True Immortal expert who presided over the mortal realm.
He unleashed his full strength now, demonstrating the flair of the number one expert of the World beyond Worlds’ Grand Clear lineage.
His index finger was still pointing towards Yan Zhaoge’s forehead.
Yan Zhaoge was neither panicked nor flustered his he continued resisting the Brocade Emperor’s Grand Commencement Divine Finger with his left hand’s Cyclic Heavenly Seal.
He clenched his right hand into a fist, counterattacking.
The Taiji Yin Yang Palm remained condensed in the black-clothed Brocade Emperor’s left palm that remained before his chest, simply transforming into a Taiji diagram as it blocked Yan Zhaoge’s right fist.
Still, Yan Zhaoge’s right fist seemed to be divided into two by a formless boundary.
Half contained brilliant radiance that glowed with life while the other half was merged into the dim darkness and was difficult to make out.
A dim layer of radiance covered the surface of his fist that neither bright nor dazzling, simply blurry.
Seemingly recalling something, the black-clothed Brocade Emperor immediately tried to change his technique.
Still, Yan Zhaoge’s right fist had already landed on the Taiji diagram formed of his palm force.
Chaos was retracted atop his fist as the power of light as well as darkness were born.
Boundless darkness completely transformed into immeasurable brightness.
Amidst the brightness, twelve heavenly wheels rotated in mid-air, resembling twelve divinities of light that illuminated endless dimensional space.
The next moment, the twelve divinities of light shattered all at once!
This was none other than the Grand Shattering Brightness Palm!
Beneath this fist, not only did radiance shatter, it was like the daos of the twin extremities of light and darkness had shattered together.
The terrifying force of the collapse of two extremities also forcibly slammed apart the Taiji diagram where yin and yang intermingled!
Previously, only the
fist-intent had appeared when Yan Zhaoge had ripped the purple qi apart, aiding in Wang Pu’s departure. As the actual Grand Shattering Brightness Palm was executed now, both the heavens and the earth changed ominously as a result.
Having witnessed the fist-intent of the Grand Shattering Brightness Palm earlier, the black-clothed Brocade Emperor knew that this technique of Yan Zhaoge’s happened to counter the Taiji Yin Yang Palm to a certain extent.
While he sought to change his stance, it was already too late.
As the Taiji Yin Yang Palm was mightily broken through by Yan Zhaoge’s Grand Shattering Brightness Palm, the combined attack of four of the Grand Cosmos Five Manifestations was affected as a result.
Yan Zhaoge rampantly exerted greater force with his left hand’s Cyclic Heavenly Seal, immediately switching from defence to offence as he dispelled the Brocade Emperor’s Grand Commencement Divine Finger once more.
The attack with the black-clothed Brocade Emperor’s combined four Manifestations was broken apart from the head and the tail by Yan Zhaoge and forcibly wrecked.
Yan Zhaoge simultaneously attacked ferociously from both sides, his counterattack arriving like a frenzied tide.
“Your reputation is well deserved,” The expression of the black-clothed Brocade Emperor did not change as he suddenly changed his stance.
Facing Yan Zhaoge’s ferocious attacks, his left hand ceased using the Taiji Yin Yang Palm, suddenly clenching into a fist too before punching towards Yan Zhaoge.
Beneath the effects of the Grand Beginning Bright Emptiness Form, space and coordinates seemed to have changed between the two.
In a mere instant, the black-clothed Brocade Emperor’s fist had already arrived before Yan Zhaoge’s head.
This punch of his looked rather strange, being more like trying to hit someone with a sceptre than punching them with a fist.
It was shockingly the sceptre arts that were one of the Later Heaven Five Supremes of the Grand Clear lineage!
That sceptre seemed destined to hit its target without fail.
This supreme martial art was even more powerful when executed by the black-clothed Brocade Emperor, a True Immortal.
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