History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474

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

  Astro Sovereign glared at Concealed Sovereign coldly while the latter said in calmness, "Those are all the causes and effects of this. I'm not beating around the bush."

  "If you have to question closely..." As Concealed Sovereign said that, he suddenly laughed, "I have disliked you for a long time and I only wanted you to disappear. Haven't you heard the saying which goes 'Out of sight, out of mind'? Well, is this reason good enough for you?"

  Astro Sovereign also remained calm. He nodded and said, "Since that's the only thing you can say. There is no need for me to say more."

  After that, Astro Sovereign took out a two-feet broken sabre.

  "You have the Cover Sky Fan, I have the Broken Cold Sabre. Let's fight." Astro Sovereign raised his sabre composedly with the breach of the white jade broken sabre pointed to Concealed Sovereign.

  When Astro Sovereign took out the sabre, the whole Restful Immortal Valley was enveloped in the extreme coldness again.

  However, Concealed Sovereign had no intention to fight against him.

  "I understand that you have grudges after you got out of the ice. But the changeable situation in the World beyond Worlds doesn't allow us to have a fight."

  After saying that, Concealed Sovereign looked at Astro Sovereign smilingly while stepping back.

  There were blue and black light streams showing in the Restful Immortal Valley again and covering the sky like a canopy.

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1197: Astro Sovereign Blocking The Door

  The blue and black light kept flickering, like the bottomless abyss on the sky.

  The piercing cold air was swallowed into the light and disappeared with no sound.

  "Although my place seems humble, I still have the geographical advantages. Like what you have just said, fellow daoist Chen, you have the Broken Cold Sabre, I have the Cover Sky Fan." Concealed Sovereign's voice came through, "I'm planning to sit inside and go nowhere. And it's also not possible for you to come in."

  "There's a huge world outside there for you two to explore. I'll just stay in my little s.p.a.ce here."

  Concealed Sovereign's reaction surprised both Yan Zhaoge and Astro Sovereign.

  "Yang Ce..." Astro Sovereign frowned and also gave up the idea of fighting. He took back his white jade broken sabre and stared at the Restful Immortal Valley, continuing, "What on earth are you planning for?"

  Concealed Sovereign chuckled and said, "Don't worry. I'm not waiting for any reinforcements. Even if fellow daoist Jiang comes back, I won't ask him to help me if we get into a fight."

  "I owe you this fight and I'll definitely pay you back some day. You and I are bound to have a fight. And I a.s.sure you it'll be a good one."

  Astro Sovereign stared at the Restful Immortal Valley with his eyebrows knitted, saying nothing.

  "However, I can only promise you that no one would intervene in our fight." Concealed Sovereign said calmly, "But I can't a.s.sure you the same thing with others' fight."

  "Your majesty." Yan Zhaoge suddenly asked, "Do you still want Earthly Sovereign to return to the World beyond Worlds now that Astro Sovereign has been back?"

  After a short moment of silence, Concealed Sovereign smiled and replied, "Of course. Why not?"

  Astro Sovereign looked at the Restful Immortal Valley with the look on his face gradually turning calm.

  "I have left the World beyond Worlds for so many years. Now finally I had a chance to come back but everything has already changed."

  "So I decide to accompany you here, fellow daoist Yang. I might have to ask for your hospitality."

  After saying that, Astro Sovereign flew high and reached to the air above the Restful Immortal Valley.

  Then, a water curtain spread from Astro Sovereign and fell to the ground, forming a bigger curtain which enveloped the whole Restful Immortal Valley.

  In no time, the water curtain was frozen into a huge glacier which blocked all the areas around the Restful Immortal Valley.

  Astro Sovereign also sat cross-legged in the cold ice in peace.

  The spiritual qi that flowed in the Kunlun mountain changed completely. Meanwhile, in the center area of the mountain, the Restful Immortal Valley which used to be spring all year round entered into severe winter.

  "Since you are interested in doing this, I won't mind, fellow daoist Chen." Conceal Sovereign's voice came through from the valley.

  Soon afterwards, the Restful Immortal Valley fell into silence with no sound coming out anymore.

  "Thank you, your majesty Astro Sovereign." Yan Zhaoge arrived at the top of the glacier and bowed to Astro Sovereign.

  In this way, Concealed Sovereign was forced to stay in the Restful Immortal Valley.

  Yan Zhaoge really doubted that most of time, Concealed Sovereign had only used his seclusion as a cover.

  After all, Concealed Sovereign's cultivation was high enough to make him be able to sneak out without being noticed.

  Even if Earthly Sovereign, Astro Sovereign and Sword Sovereign had stayed in their own residence which were the Qilin Cliff, the Jade Sky Peak and the Jade Capital Crag, they wouldn't detect a thing.

  However, now that Astro Sovereign had blocked the door of the Restful Immortal Valley by himself, it would be impossible for Concealed Sovereign to slip out.

  Astro Sovereign had made himself very clear by doing that.

  He didn't believe that Concealed Sovereign would really sit in the Restful Immortal Valley and go nowhere.

  Thus, Astro Sovereign chose to believe himself.

  'Since you want to hide yourself, you better stay in your valley like you have said and don't make any other stealthy moves like before. Or else I would love to fight you in person.'

  Astro Sovereign thought .

  Concealed Sovereign's excuse which claimed that he had only done all of that because he had disliked Astro Sovereign was too ridiculous.

  Neither Yan Zhaoge nor Astro Sovereign had taken that seriously.

  Concealed Sovereign must have done lots of dirty tricks over these years. Setting up the Grand Clear lineage was only one of his schemes which were caught in the act by Astro Sovereign.

  Since Astro Sovereign had had suspicions at that time, he could also follow up the clues and track down more of Concealed Sovereign's plans.

  That was why Concealed Sovereign had had to think of a way to let Astro Sovereign disappear.

  Then, there was another question that needed to be answer.

  Who had Concealed Sovereign tried to hide from by acting secretly?

  Maybe it was Astro Sovereign. However, the thing which was more concerned by Yan Zhoge was that it seemed that Concealed Sovereign had also hidden something from Earthly Sovereign!

  As for Yan Zhaoge and Broad Creed Mountain, there were lots of things that needed to be planned and prepared before Earthly Sovereign came back.

  Maybe the situation was also the same for Concealed Sovereign?

  Whether or not Yan Zhaoge's guess was right, Astro Sovereign had already blocked Concealed Sovereign here.

  In this way, Yan Zhaoge and Broad Creed Mountain could do things with less restrictions and make more careful plans.

  "From then on I'll stay here. And I won't leave here unless anything critical happens." Being in the ice didn't affect Astro Sovereign's chatting with Yan Zhaoge, "If you meet Mingkong and Lili out there, please do me a favor and help them."

  Astro Sovereign had used sound transmission to tell Yan Zhaoge that, so Concealed Sovereign knew nothing about their conversation.

  "Don't worry, your majesty, I'll try my best." Yan Zhaoge nodded.

  "I've already seen your junior apprentice-nephew and his mother. You can ask your father about the details when you come back."

  Astro Sovereign continued, "Also, Yang Ce has lied about lots of things. Maybe he still has other plans which you need to mind out."

  "I see." Yan Zhaoge nodded. Then he said with his eyebrows knitted, "It really is hard to tell if Concealed Sovereign was tellin
g the truth. However, there was something hidden in his words just now..."

  Yan Zhaoge looked at Astro Sovereign and said, "It seems that Earthly Sovereign..."

  It didn't matter if Concealed Sovereign was happy to see Earthly Sovereign coming back. For Yan Zhaoge and Broad Creed Mountain, the return of Earthly Sovereign was always a bad news.

  After pausing for a moment, Astro Sovereign nodded and said, "I know what you mean. And I agree with what you have thought."

  "It has been so many years. Fellow daoist Jiang might already make further progress and step into a new realm, which is the Five Qi Unification realm!"

  "Perhaps when he comes back this time, we would face the new Virtuous Earth Lord rather than Earthly Sovereign." Astro Sovereign said that slowly, "Maybe we could also call him Exalted Earth Lord, or the Star Conquest Lord, or even the full name 'Central Virtuous Earth Lord'."

  Hearing that, Yan Zhaoge held his forehead with his palm, saying, "The Grand Virtual Immortal, the heaven's lord."

  With a wry smile on Yan Zhaoge's face, he looked at Astro Sovereign and asked, "Your majesty, I venture to ask this..."

  "Although I already had four qis in my body, I still couldn't reach the Five Qis Unification realm at one stroke. If I try rashly, I might be dead due to the Profound Origin Tribulation." Knowing what Yan Zhaoge wanted to ask, Astro Sovereign gave the answer frankly.

  As he talked about that, he looked at the Restful Immortal Valley which was frozen by ice, saying, "Though I didn't get into a fight with Yang Ce, I can still sense that he's just like me and couldn't reach to that level in a short period of time."

  "What I have mentioned to you before about finding fellow daoist Suo, you can consider about it." Astro Sovereign added.

  That fellow daoist Suo that he was talking about was also one of the new Nine Luminaries of Kunlun.

  The one who used to be the Exalted Fire Luminary, Suo Mingzhang.

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1198: Sword Sovereign's Message

  When they changed to another subject, Astro Sovereign looked at Yan Zhaoge with a more serious expression in his eyes, "Have you already been to the Immortal Court?"

  When Astro Sovereign had stayed in the Broad Creed Mountain, Yan Di had told him nothing about that.

  Due to the specialty of the Immortal Court and the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord, most of the people in the Broad Creed Mountain also knew nothing about Yan Zhaoge's visit to the Immortal Court. Also, they seldom had the chance to meet Astro Sovereign.

  Hearing that Astro Sovereign had come back, all the disciples in the Jade Sky Peak came to pay a visit to him, though they were still wondering where Female Emperor was.

  However, since they were still under the Human Exalt Stage, none of them knew that Yan Zhaoge had been to the Immortal Court before.

  Therefore, Astro Sovereign only brought that up now because Concealed Sovereign had mentioned that.

  "Yes." Yan Zhaoge nodded, "But due to some special reasons, I didn't end up like Brocade Emperor's daughter."

  Astro Sovereign frowned, "Special reasons?"

  To answer Astro Sovereign's question, Yan Zhaoge showed the Dim Radiant Wheel above his head. The light gleamed vaguely, which was hard to see clearly.

  "Is this the leakless immortal weapon which Yin Tianxia tried to refine?" After glancing at the light, Astro Sovereign sensed the power of the Dim Radiant Twelve Arts inside and got enlightened right away.

  "The last art of Yin Tianxia's Dim Radiant Twelve Arts contains the peerless profound mysteries. But still, it can not prevent you from being harmed by Immeasurable Heavenly Lord." Astro Sovereign pondered for a while before he continued, "So you mean..."

  Yan Zhaoge nodded and said, "This immortal weapon wasn't refined by me. But now it has already become part of me. Also, when I combined it with the peerless art of the Dim Radian Twelve Arts, it became even more effective."

  "I have discussed with Fu Ting about this. And it's true that I never had a feeling that an invisible seed was planted deep in my mind like her."

  With Astro Sovereign's eyebrows unwrinkled a bit, he also expressed his concern, "It doesn't mean that nothing has happened to you."

  "I tend to take things as they come." Yan Zhaoge said with a smile, "At least I didn't feel anything wrong until now."

  "You still need to be careful and try not to make any contacts with the people from the external dao of the Immortal Court." Astro Sovereign added, "When a cultivator of our Three Clear lineage meets the people of the external dao who are way more stronger than him, he could still be turned forcibly."

  Yan Zhaoge nodded slightly, "Thanks for your warning, your majesty, I'll pay attention to that."

  After bidding farewell to Astro Sovereign, Yan Zhaoge left the Restful Immortal Valley.

  When he looked back, that huge glacier which had frozen the whole Land of tranquil stream reappeared in the Kunlun mountain again, freezing the whole area.

  Meanwhile, lots of thought flashed in Yan Zhaoge's mind.

  His visit to the Restful Valley today solved many of his doubts. However, it also brought many questions to him.

  As he had expected before, Concealed Sovereign was indeed not a person who only wanted to seclude himself and live a simply life.

  What had happened to Astro Sovereign before did have something to do with Concealed Sovereign.

  Moreover, Concealed Sovereign was also responsible for Brocade Emperor's condition at that time.

  All of these made Yan Zhaoge start to wonder if he could find answers to all of his puzzles from Concealed Sovereign.

  For example, before he had discussed with his mother about the strangely shortage of the people like Si Kongqing in the World beyond Worlds. Actually, it truly was an abnormal phenomenon.

  If Xue Chuqing hadn't made any mistakes at that time, then there was only one explanation left.

  Someone else had also been aware of the inside information and recruited the people like Si Kongqing secretly.

  That meant that someone had been collecting the fragments of the Heavenly Essence Stone in the dark.

  And was this person the one in the Restful Immortal Valley?

  Although this thought seemed a bit hasty and was entirely groundless.

  He couldn't blame everything on Concealed Sovereign because the latter liked to do things sneakingly.

  However, after thinking deeply, Yan Zhaoge still put great suspicions on this extremely powerful expert in the World beyond Worlds.

  "I can't be prejudiced by first impression. I haven't seen the whole picture until now so I shouldn't let anything influence my judgement." Yan Zhaoge murmured that while shaking his head. Then he turned around and left.

  Since he was in the Kunlun mountain, he went all the way north toward the Jade Capital Crag of the northern high peak.

  As he met w.a.n.g Pu, w.a.n.g Pu couldn't help but say emotionally, "Junior apprentice-brother Yan, should I say you are infinitely powerful or extremely lucky. I can't believe you really have brought Astro Sovereign back to the World beyond Worlds."

  "I'm flattered, senior apprentice-brother w.a.n.g. I just felt I got lucky this time." Yan Zhaoge smacked his lips and continued, "But the news I have brought back aren't all the good ones. We are far from being well at ease."

  "Have you heard anything from Senior apprentice-uncle Yue?"

  w.a.n.g Pu answered with a stern look, "I was about to tell you. My master finally sent back a message shortly before."

  "Really?" Yan Zhaoge got cheered up, asking, "So, what did he say?"

  "Not too much. He only mentioned that he had already known about the thing with Earthly Exalt." w.a.n.g Pu responded seriously, "He also pointed that he was in the middle of something so he couldn't come back from the outer s.p.a.ce in a short period of time."

  "However, he also referred that Earthly Sovereign might not be able to come back either. Thus we don't need to worry about the Qilin Cliff for the moment. Instead, we need to pay more attention
to the Restful Immortal Valley."

  Suddenly, something occurred to Yan Zhaoge's mind.

  He reminded of the thing Gao Xuebo had told him about when he had been in the Roving Jade Heavens.

  Although it hadn't been proved yet and n.o.body knew about the truth, it seemed that something wrong had already happened in the Immortal Court.

  According what w.a.n.g Pu had said about Yue Zhenbei's message, Yan Zhaoge was more certain that the information he had got from the Roving Jade Heavens might be true.

  Because w.a.n.g Pu hadn't reached the Martial Saint Realm, Sword Sovereign only sent him a rather obscure message.

  Yan Zhaoge made a speculation that when Sword Sovereign said that he was in the middle something, it must be related to the Immortal Court.

  At present, Yan Zhaoge already heard many secret stories from Xue Chuqing and Astro Sovereign.

  For example, now he knew that most of the time, the three sovereigns and the five emperors didn't stay very long in the World beyond Worlds.

  And, once they left the World beyond Worlds, it might take them a long time to come back. Sometimes, it would take a few years. Sometimes, it might take a dozens of years or even longer.

  Except from exploring the outer s.p.a.ce, they had put lots of efforts in doing another thing, which was joining the battles between the Immortal Court and the blessed lands of Buddhism from time to time and helped the former.

  The people in the Worlds beyond Worlds had a better relations.h.i.+p with the external dao of the Immortal Court when compared to the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor and his followers or the people from the Roving Jade Heavens.

  There was a rumor that even the North Star Emperor has got into the fight.

  Of course, that only happened in rare situations.

  Even if there was no tension between the World beyond Worlds and the Immortal Court, North Star Emperor still needed to guard against Immeasurable Heavenly Lord all the time.

  Sometimes, Yan Zhaoge felt that this might be the deepest and darkest secret of the World beyond Worlds.