He and Mars Halberd had lots of differences with each other, but they were connected right away.
As their powers were combined together, the fierce and bright Heaven Opening Fire showed up.
Mars Halberd transformed into a figure which was like a flag and also an axe. The next moment, he cut all the golden light which had tied on him.
As Mars Halberd was free from the constraint, he and Yan Zhaoge accelerated right away. They both transformed into fire light and dashed into the second crack.
Almost at the same time they entered into the crack, all those powerful flowing lights already arrived at the outside of the crack.
Nonetheless, after Yan Zhaoge and Mars Halberd had got inside, there were raging flames gushing out from the second crack, which blocked all the flowing lights.
While the flames rose to the sky, the second crack closed right away and vanished in the space.
A wave of anger shocked the space, which almost collapsed this place.
But no matter how angry they were, they still had to accept the fact that they had to start over chasing Exalted Fire Luminary again.
Even though there were also some experts of the Immortal Court at the spot who were good at changing the time and space, they still gave up exploring this area deeply after trying for a long while.
Because the environment of the Original Nebula was a huge obstacle for those chasers.
Sunlight Emperor retreated aside while watching the scene in front of him with a stern look.
With light flickering in the space, a middle-aged man in black appeared by his side, saying, “We have done that in vain.”
The one who said that was Brocade Emperor in Black.
“Even if they have discovered our plan, I was still able to stall him off for a short moment. It’s just I never realized that Mars Halberd was accompanied by someone else.” Sunlight Emperor said in a sullen voice, “I was being too neglectful.”
“Yan Zhaoge, he was here too. Is he everywhere?”
The daoist with a red face watched the space in front of him blankly while saying, “It’s still to soon to say whether we will catch them all or fail at the last moment.”
...
“We don’t need to worry anything for the moment.” After Yan Zhaoge had entered into the crack, he looked back and found the crack had already closed.
Flames were flying in front his eyes. In the meantime, there was something dragging them from the distance to help them move forward quickly.
“If you haven’t warned me, I might have already made a huge mistake.” Mars Halberd changed back to a fire giant while saying that.
“Senior, I’m flattered.” Yan Zhaoge said with a smile, “Didn’t you also get suspicious?”
When they had been guided by Sunlight Emperor, the Original Nebula had changed abruptly after they had just passed through the encirclement of the Immortal Court and approached the edge of the Original Nebula.
It had been too coincidental.
Due to the strange change of the Original Nebula, it had swallowed everyone around it and separated the people of the Immortal Court from Mars Halberd and Sunlight Emperor. That had freed Mars Halberd from the supervision of the Immortal Court and made him able to act on his own.
To be conclude, all the things that prevented Mars Halberd from finding Exalted Fire Luminary just disappeared so easily.
So, there must have been some experts of the Immortal Court who were in the high cultivation base entering into the Original Nebula on their own, which caused the changes of the Original Nebula.
That was the best way to trick Mars Halberd.
Exalted Fire Luminary was able to escape from the encirclement of the Immortal Court with the help of the Original Nebula. As long as he didn’t find the target he wanted, he could leave at any time.
Therefore, the Immortal Court must lose no time to capture him.
Exalted Fire Luminary might not trust Earthly Sovereign or other experts of the World beyond Worlds, but he would definitely trust Mars Halberd.
That was why the Immortal Court had thought of a way to let Mars Halberd lead the way for them and help them find Exalted Fire Luminary as soon as possible.
Being pressed for time, the Immortal Court did have executed their plan a bit impatiently. So Mars Halberd had been a little suspicious before.
“But after hearing the conversation between Sunlight Emperor and Brocade Emperor in black, I became less skeptical.” Mars Halberd said that in a complicated tone.
Yan Zhaoge smiled and said, “Luckily, the result is not bad.”
They were dragged by the flying flames which were like rivers and travelled through the spaces for a long distance.
Finally, as the flying flames all disappeared, the scene in front of their eyes changed right away.
Before Yan Zhaoge could stand still, he suddenly flashed a light in his eyes.
Because he could feel his Myriad Dragon Palace shaking slightly.
To be more specific, the beams and the doors which were from the past Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace started to shake slightly.
Yan Zhaoge fixed his eyes on the space in front of his eyes, finding there was something there, unlike the other empty spaces.
There were some broken stones, which seemed like the dilapidated walls of the collapsed buildings.
Beside one of the broken walls, a man was sitting right there.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1224: Thousand Years Flower Bloomed
A young man was sitting beside the broken walls with one of his legs stretching forward and the other leg bending toward his body.
With his arms on his bent knee, he leaned on the wall leisurely while looking at Yan Zhaoge and Mars Halberd.
“You are here, old buddy.” As saying this, the young man stood up from the ground.
“I almost walked into their trap and brought troubles to you.” The fire giant who was transformed by Mars Halberd fell on the ground while saying this.
Yan Zhaoge hit the ground with Mars Halberd and observed the young man in front of him at the same time.
That young man wore short hair, which was very rare.
Yan Zhaoge’s hair had been getting shorter and shorter because he had insisted to do so. And that had made him widely different from other males of this ancient world.
However, the man in front of him had shorter hair than him. His hair style was like the brush cut in Yan Zhaoge’s cognition. What’s more, although his hair was dense, each of his hair stood very straightly, which might prick the hands.
This man had a huge figure with a perfect proportion. Thus he looked very strong and vigorous instead of clumsy and corpulent.
And with that short hair, this man looked extremely masculine.
As he opened and closed his eyes, Yan Zhaoge could even see the vast universe inside of his eyes.
“You won’t bring any troubles to me.” Hearing Mars Halberd’s words, the man shook his head and said, “I’m just not in the mood of dealing with them.”
After that, he looked at Yan Zhaoge and asked, “Where does this young fellow come from?”
Though it was the first time Yan Zhaoge saw this man, he was pretty sure who the man in front of him was.
This man was one of the New Nine Luminaries of Kunlun, like Yan Zhaoge’s grandfather, Astro Sovereign, Earthly Sovereign and Exalted Solar Luminary!
He was Exalted Fire Luminary, Suo Mingzhang!
Comparing to the painting of him which had been drawn by Shao Junhuang on the folding fan, Yan Zhaoge found the real Exalted Fire Luminary not that uninhibited.
Right now, he was like a peerless immortal weapon being sheathed.
However, Yan Zhaoge could still sense that wide and scary aura from him.
He didn’t know why and when that domineering fire dragon had turned into a quiet man like this.
But no one would assume this short-hair man to be really harmless to others.
Not long ago, on the
territory of the Immortal Court, he had deliberately stepped into the trap which had been set the people there. And even he had been besieged by lots of experts, he had still managed to kill the bait and walk away.
And that bait was a Profound Immortal Emperor who had already transformed his immortal qi to immortal gang.
“Exalted Fire Luminary, I am Yan Zhaoge. It’s an honor to meet you.” Yan Zhaoge, being neither humble or pushy, gave his obeisance to Exalted Fire Luminary.
“Last time we met each other, I have mentioned to you that this young man was the descendant of Fellow Daoist Yan Xingtang and Di Qinglian.” Mars Halberd said that.
Having looked at Yan Zhaoge, Suo Mingzhang said slowly, “A descendant of an eminent family but also excels his ancestors.”
“There’s no needs for the formalities.” Exalted Fire Luminary nodded to Yan Zhaoge and then turned to Mars Halberd, saying, “I’ll talk with you later. Now I need to deal with my previous business.”
Mars Halberd said, “I have just acknowledged another thing.”
“The Grand Master of Yan Zhaoge’s mother is Hu Yuexin, also... Shao Junhuang is the Great Grand Master of his mother.”
“Really?” Suo Mingzhang suddenly turned around.
Yan Zhaoge made an obeisance to Exalted Fire Luminary while saying, “I didn’t know if Senior Mars Halberd had told you about what Yin Tianxia and Hu Yuexin have done at that time.”
“What have happened at that time still affects my mother and I. And we are trying our best to solve the problems.”
Yan Zhaoge didn’t hide anything and only said blankly, “I have wandered in the space outside of the World beyond Worlds only to find my mother’s Great Grand Master, who was also Exalted Wood Luminary. In the meantime, I have heard from others that you were an old acquaintance of Exalted Wood Luminary, so I was also looking for you.”
Hearing that, Exalted Fire Luminary, without expressing any of his opinions, only said simply, “I am looking for Junhuang now. You can come with me.”
Yan Zhaoge nodded and followed Exalted Fire Luminary with Mars Halberd.
Suo Mingzhang walked ahead of them on the ruins.
As Yan Zhaoge walked, he tried to feel the aura which was contained in the broken walls while connecting his Myriad Dragon Palace.
“This place is completely ruined. All the spirit qi here has almost disappeared. The construction here is even worse than the pillars and beans of the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace and the White Jade Gate.” Yan Zhaoge sighed secretly.
After the Great Calamity, after such a long time, after the changes which had brought by the Original Nebula, this place had already turned into a wasteland for real. There wasn’t even a nice piece of tile being left.
Then there was no need to combine this place into the Myriad Dragon Palace.
However, as Yan Zhaoge felt pity about that, he suddenly reminded of something.
He felt that one of his treasures which he had never managed to control now had a slight reaction.
The Profound Sky Purple Gold Furnace!
“This place might have something to do with the Pill Hall. Or maybe there is a time tunnel inside of the Original Nebula which connects to the Pill Hall?”
Exalted Wood Luminary had been famous for her skills of refining pills. Actually, she had been recognized as the best alchemist of all the experts after the Great Calamity.
She had dedicated herself in searching for the Pill Hall of the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace. Even if she did have found some clues, it was very reasonable.
However, what she had already found was still uncertain to others.
As Yan Zhaoge pondered that, he suddenly saw Exalted Fire Luminary stopping in front of him.
The place where the three of them stayed was ruined. And the surroundings seemed quite ordinary.
After Suo Mingzhang had looked around, he raised a finger to write something in the air.
The marks which were left by the dim light froze into a special seal quickly.
As Yan Zhaoge saw that seal, he flashed a light in his eyes.
Because he had seen that seal before.
And that was the personal seal of Shao Junhuang.
“You have seen it before?” Suo Mingzhang asked that randomly without turning back his head.
“I have been to the Fire Dragon World before to visit your former residence. And I saw a folding fan in the cottage.” Yan Zhaoge knew that Suo Mingzhang hadn’t meant to ask Mars Halberd. Then he confessed that.
As saying this, Yan Zhaoge looked at Mars Halberd. The latter only nodded silently when hearing of the name of the Fire Dragon World without saying anything.
As expected, Suo Mingzhang didn’t show any sign of discontent and only asked, “It has been a thousand years I haven’t gone back there. How’s the situation there?”
“The Six Feet Fei Yi there has taken good care of the tomb of your parents.” Yan Zhaoge replied.
During their conversation, the space in front of them was suddenly opened while the seal was flickering.
The three of them entered into the crack and arrived at another independent world.
The first thing that came to their sights was a huge spirit tree, which was straight and flourish.
“The Aged Splendid Tree...” When Yan Zhaoge saw that tree, he only felt his heart sinking.
“If you see the Aged Splendid Tree, that... might be transformed by the corpse of my Great Grand Master, which means she might have deceased...”
Yan Zhaoge suddenly reminded of his mother’s words. Then he fell into silence.
When he came back to his sense, he looked to Suo Mingzhang.
Then he found that short hair man stood still in silence for a long time.
After a long while, Suo Mingzhang stepped forward again and reached to the spirit tree.
When he arrived there, the luxuriant branches and leaves all started to wave without the wind.
After that, white flowers bloomed on the Aged Splendid Tree without any signs.
As the branches and the flowers swayed, there seemed to be sound of the bells coming through. However, that sound just disappeared in a flash.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1225: Exalted Fire Luminary and Exalted Wood Luminary
This huge spirit tree with luxuriant foliage nearly filled in the whole space with its trunk covering the sky.
The towering tree had stayed there in silence for so long.
Only until Exalted Fire Luminary had arrived did those white flowers suddenly bloom on the spirit tree which flashed dim green light.
As the branches swayed without the wind, the petals floated from the trees like snows.
Suo Mingzhang raised his head to watch the tree without uttering a word for a long time.
Right now, Yan Zhaoge found Suo Mingzhang’s face which used to be clear seem quite vague.
However, that huge stress which was sent from Suo Mingzhang was exposed right at this moment.
It seemed that Exalted Fire Luminary who had restrained himself for so long finally decided to show his true colors now.
For a moment, Yan Zhaoge even felt vaguely that this spacious Original Nebula might be destroyed right away.
However, only after a second, everything went back to normal. That imposing manner of Suo Mingzhang disappeared, which made people think what had just happened was just their illusions.
However, both Yan Zhaoge and Mars Halberd knew that it was not their illusions.
Yan Zhaoge, as strong and tough as he was, also felt a strong sense of sadness right now.
Although Exalted Wood Luminary was Xue Chuqing’s Great Grand Master, Xue Chuqing still never really got in touch with her.
Therefore, acknowledging the death of Exalted Fire Luminary wouldn’t make Yan Zhaoge feel so grieved.
The sentiments he had now was more like sympathy.
However, at this moment, he was still drowned in sorrow.
That deep feeling didn’t come from
himself. Actually, his feelings were all stimulated by Exalted Fire Luminary.
Suo Mingzhang didn’t mean to do so. Nonetheless, the voiceless sadness had already affected the whole world. Everything in this space emphasized with his sorrow.
The time, the space all seemed to decay.
Yan Zhaoge closed his eyes while employing his profound martial arts in order to cool himself down. After a short while, he got his tranquil mind back.
As he looked at Suo Mingzhang who was still standing under the tree, he asked Mars Halberd who was beside him without any scruples, “Senior, why did Exalted Fire Luminary and Exalted Wood Luminary separate with each other?”
“Minglan was keen on the cultivation of martial arts since his childhood. He hoped that he could keep making progress in his cultivation and comprehend all the dao principles in the world while he is still alive. Those are the things he treasures the most.” After a short moment of silence, Mars Halberd said that slowly.
Perhaps Suo Mingzhang had regarded anything else as unimportant things due to that reason.
Mars Halberd and him were both hybrid and shared the same miserable childhood.
But Suo Mingzhang never really cared about that.
A hot-tempered man like him had had many conflicts with others and got seriously injured, but he never really kept those things in his mind.
The only thing that he had always been dedicated to was making advances in his cultivation.
He didn’t want to prove himself to anyone, nor did he want to revenge the people who had injured him. And he never wanted to gain anything either.
The desire toward the dao principle and the curiosity to the unknown realms were the only things that pushed him forward.
Mars Halberd didn’t give any details, but Yan Zhaoge could still understand what he meant.
“And Fellow daoist Shao Junhuang... was the most sincere person. She was willing to die for her faith with no regrets.” Mars Halberd said softly, “Though Fellow daoist Shao and I were not so close, I know her biggest dream was revitalizing the Three Clear Lineage, bringing order out of chaos, purging away the outer dao demons and eliminating all the evils in the universe.”
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