History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474
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“No matter how you were last time, I ask Daoist Yang to think first before you act.”
Yang Ce smiled, “Indeed, you’ve always knew about these. However, it’s a pity…”
“You do not know who I am.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1303 - Who Will Wake Up From This Illusion First? I’m Aware Of It Myself
It’s a pity you don’t know who I am.
Exalted Concealed Luminary – Yang Ce looked carefree. However, the shocking sentence he said made the Exalted Earth Luminary’s heart shudder.
He stared tightly at Yang Ce, and his expression became grave after he thought of something.
Yang Ce’s expression was calm. He smiled and said, “After so many years of not meeting each other, I could only chat with Daoist Jiang without using my original face after meeting each other again. Please don’t blame me for this.”
“We’re all aware of how strong Suo Yanlong is. If I wanted to use him as a catalyst for my goal, I would have to pay a huge price. Besides, there was still the North Star Emperor around. In order to make them not worry, I can only pay a huge price.”
“Fortunately, things went well.”
As he was talking, the transformations happened to the Concealed Sovereign – Yang Ce.
His face was the same as last time, with no outstanding features. One would forget about his face even if they saw him.
His eyes were an exception. His eyes that were glittering and peaceful previously were now radiating with rays of lights that were growing brighter and brighter, resembling the morning star.
Then, the star rose. As if it was a rising sun, it quickly flew through the sky and hung by the top of the skies, just like the sun in the middle of the day!
Jiang Shen did not back down. Instead, he stared at the glaring radiance and spoke his words slowly one by one.
“Gao! Han!”
Even Yue Zhenbei’s actions slowed down. He stared at the extremely familiar, and yet somewhat unfamiliar Exalted Concealed Luminary in surprise.
It wasn’t accurate to say that he was unfamiliar. Instead, the Exalted Concealed Sovereign’s current looks made him feel unfamiliar.
Yue Zhenbei had seen the pair of eyes that resembled the huge sun before.
However, it didn’t belong to the Exalted Concealed Luminary – Yang Ce.
Instead, it belonged to someone among the New Kunlun Nine Luminaries. He was the Exalted Solar Luminary that had already left the World beyond Worlds a few thousand years ago, Gao Han!
Even Yan Zhaoge located in the Pill Hall’s Purple Divine Pavilion was surprised by this unexpected turn of events.
Through the Astro Sovereign – Chen Xuanzong, he already knew that the Concealed Sovereign – Yang Ce was secretly plotting something. In fact, he even hid it from the Earthly Sovereign – Jiang Shen and even planned to frame the Astro Sovereign, attempting to kill him to conceal the information.
However, he never expected the Concealed Sovereign – Yang Ce, who was one of the World beyond Worlds’ Three Sovereigns, to be a clone of someone else!
The Exalted Solar Luminary – Gao Han’s clone!
The Exalted Earth Luminary was aware of his secret plottings. In fact, he knew many things like the back of his hand.
However, the shocking revelation was that Gao Han purposely enabled him to acquire these information for the purpose of making the North Star Emperor not worry.
He gave his weakness and secrets away to Jiang Shen and the others.
However, they were only able to acquire the ones that Gao Han intended on giving them.
As a result, the deeper level of secret became even more secretive.
Just like how his original body was outside of the Dao universe. He was deeply wounded from Suo Mingzhang’s attacks and was forced to retreat far away.
However, he had already hid the truth from everyone and secretly placed his own actual chess piece within the Dao universe. After calmly waiting for the North Star Emperor and Suo Mingzhang to leave, only by then would he appear.
“Since when?” asked Jiang Shen in a serious tone. “Even if you could hide it from me, Daoist Chen and Zhenbei, how did you hide it from the North Star Emperor?”
“Yang Ce” smiled slightly, “I was lucky to receive the help of a treasure I had randomly acquired. After all, the North Star Emperor has to remain by the outskirts of the void most of the time. It’s rare for him to return.
“Actually, there were a few times where I was almost busted. Luckily, nothing ended up happening.”
He raised the corners of his lips, “As for since when did this happen? Yeah, it happened right from the start.”
A chilly feeling appeared in everyone’s heart.
“He wasn’t replaced…” Yue Zhenbei’s eyes narrowed, “Instead, there wasn’t any Exalted Concealed Luminary – Yang Ce from the start. There was only the Exalted Solar Luminary – Gao Han’s clone?”
From the start, there were only eight people within the New Kunlun Nine Luminaries!
One of them was the Exalted Solar Luminary – Gao Han’s True Immortal Realm clone that managed to push open the Immortal Door!
“There’s no need to be so surprised, right? The Daoist Gao of the Roving Jade Heavens had the title of the “Profound Sovereign” for some specific reasons. First of all, her strength is outstanding indeed. Second of all, she also harbored one soul within two bodies. She also has a clone that had the same cultivation as her original self, right?”
“Yang Ce” smiled and said, “My clone is much worse compared to hers. The amount of accomplishments I acquired from this clone all depends on how hard I cultivated.”
Jiang Shen remained silent as if he was a statue.
The Profound Sovereign’s clone wasn’t capable of hiding its original identity, and deceive others into thinking that it was an independent entity.
To be precise, while some people like “Yang Ce” existed in the world, they were sporadic.
Not only did Jiang Shen not see through his acts, even the North Star Emperor was deceived.
While he wasn’t sure of how it was now, the Northern Extremity Longevity Emperor and the others were also deceived when they were establishing the World beyond Worlds!
“Yang Ce” smiled and said, “In the past, I’ve never plotted this far ahead. I merely wanted to fill up the nine member slots to conduct the ritual. Since the talents my clone possessed was quite decent, I decided to use him to fill up the slot.
Yan Zhaoge retorted, “Indeed. The only problem was that you never told anyone about your clone, and how he wasn’t an assistant you found.”
“Since then, it’s been that way up until now. It should be considered a surprise.” As “Yang Ce” was talking, he raised his head to look at the faraway World beyond Worlds.
Jiang Shen finally moved. He stared at him, “As expected, you’re here for the Triratna Jade Scepter. You wanted to activate its mark within the World beyond Worlds in order to waver the North Star Emperor’s control towards it, and allow the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor to acquire it, right?”
“Yang Ce” nodded naturally, “Since it’s been left there for so many years, it should naturally display its uses. Now, there’s finally a chance to do so.”
His gaze fell upon the light pillars connecting the World beyond Worlds and the Pill Hall.
While Yan Zhaoge was shocked at the sudden change of situation, he didn’t slow down his actions. He continued to activate the ritual he had laid down.
The Pill Hall’s door opened, and layers of purple mists expanded outwards. They turned into a boundless sea of clouds, and engulfed the World beyond Worlds.
“The younger generation is truly frightening.” Gao Han praised. His gaze became slightly ethereal as he looked at the Pill Hall, “Previously, I’ve never expected things to reach such a caliber.”
Jiang Shen wasn’t attacking the Pill Hall anymore. Instead, he was cautiously looking at Gao Han.
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p; In the current situation, if Yan Zhaoge’s plan was successfully executed, Gao Han wouldn’t be able to touch the Triratna Jade Scepter’s mark buried beneath the Kunlun Mountain. Otherwise, the World beyond Worlds wouldn’t be able to maintain itself, and would ultimately crumble.
Similarly, if Gao Han were to activate the mark, Yan Zhaoge’s plan would have to stop. Otherwise, the World beyond Worlds would be welcoming destruction.
Although Gao Han had also personally attended the World beyond Worlds establishment, his train of thought had always been unpredictable. Jiang Shen wasn’t able to predict what he was going to do.
Gao Han’s original body was deeply wounded by Suo Mingzhang, and had no more strength to interfere with today’s matters personally.
As for this clone, his cultivation had already dropped to the True Immortal Realm. Even if he were still a Profound Immortal, he wouldn’t be able to control the situation and oppress Yan Zhaoge and the others.
However, since Gao Han dared to appear, how could he not have any plans?
“After today, I can’t look at such beautiful scenery through this body anymore.” The man with a mundane appearance smiled. Then, fiery lights started surging from his entire body.
Numerous flames fell towards the World beyond Worlds, and formed a huge formation that engulfed the entire world.
At the same time, “Yang Ce”’s right eye socket became pitch black.
Within the darkness, a dim frigid radiance suddenly appeared.
Within the white mellow moonlight, a figure slowly appeared from within.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1304 - Radiance of Sun and Moon
As Gao Han’s clone was talking, Jiang Shen and Yue Zhenbei stopped their attacks against each other.
Then, the two of them attacked “Yang Ce” together!
Although this “Yang Ce” posed no threat to them, they understood the Exalted Solar Luminary well enough to know that he had made sufficient preparations.
Since he dared to take action in front of Jiang Shen and Yue Zhenbei, it implied that he had the confidence to suppress everyone on the spot!
Under such circumstances, Gao Han might be the one at the upperhand.
As the weaker side, Jiang Shen and Yue Zhenbei naturally teamed up with each other without communication.
The Yan Zhaoge within the Pill Hall also activated a golden light ray and shot it towards “Yang Ce.”
However, before their attacks could reach him, fiery lights surged from the surface of “Yang Ce”’s body, and his body ignited.
The raging fiery lights turned into a huge formation that enveloped the entire World beyond Worlds. One of “Yang Ce”’s eye sockets turned dim radiant, and rays of frigid cool white moonlights continuously shot out from within.
Within the white lights, a figure appeared. Wherever the mellow moonlight’s radiance reached, it blocked Jiang Shen, Yue Zhenbei, and the Pill Hall’s attacks.
Seeing the woman’s figure within the mellow moonlight, Jiang Shen’s expression became even more serious, “Daoist Ling!”
Yan Zhaoge wasn’t that surprised when he saw that woman.
To make this clone into the Exalted Concealed Luminary – Yang Ce, this clone of Gao Han would require lots of secret arts, opportunities, and accomplishments. However, it would still be tough to hide it from people like the North Star Emperor or the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor.
Other than Gao Han’s own efforts, one more person was able to provide him assistance.
The Exalted Lunar Luminary, Ling Qing!
The Concealed Ketu Star was the opposing star of the Moon Star of the Extreme Yin. The power of lunar eclipse was a nemesis to the power of extreme yin. If Gao Han could acquire her help, things would turn out to be much more effective for him.
During that time, the North Star Emperor and the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor had always been hiding by the faraway void. However, the New Kunlun Nine Luminaries had been interacting a lot with each other during that era.
Among those martial art practitioners of the same realm as him, the Exalted Lunar Luminary – Ling Qing was the person with the highest possibility of noticing the abnormalities of the Exalted Concealed Luminary – Yang Ce.
The woman within the moonlight was once an owner of the Extreme Yin Crown.
She was the one that left the Extreme Yin Crown within the lower realm of the Eight Extremities Worlds.
The pillars of the Divine Palace acquired from the Eight Extremities Worlds’ Great Western Desert had also engraved the recording of her descending upon the Eight Extremities Worlds.
However, her face was completely covered within a clear layer of light. During that time, Yan Zhaoge couldn’t see through it, as his cultivation was still shallow.
Now, Yan Zhaoge could naturally see her appearance.
Her facial structures were above average. She wasn’t as pretty as the Exalted Wood Luminary – Shao Huangjun, but she had this divine aura around her. She looked cold and quiet, and anyone that gazed at her would hardly ever forget her looks. She was someone that would attract the attention of the mass.
Of course, the most attention-grabbing part of her right now was the great Dao’s sonorous voice that made one’s reflexes slower and made one’s soul feel empty. As she appeared, it resounded within the Dao universe again.
After thousands of years of not returning to the World beyond Worlds, the Exalted Lunar Luminary – Ling Qing had also passed through the Profound Origin Tribulation and ascended the Grand Virtual Immortal Realm with Five Qis Unifications.
Ling Qing’s figure hopped out of “Yang Ce”’s right eye, and her dim frigid gaze swept around.
As for “Yang Ce”’s body, it thoroughly transformed into a flare and fell towards the World beyond Worlds.
The huge formation formed by the fiery lights circulated within the cosmic void outside of the World beyond Worlds.
Rays of spiritual lights shot out towards the sky from the Kunlun Mountain that was within the World beyond Worlds after feeling its pulling force. They combined with the huge fiery formation that was beyond the world.
All of a sudden, the entire Kunlun Mountain shook.
Brilliance flickered continuously everywhere throughout the World beyond Worlds. It was the Area Latitude Formation that Yan Zhaoge and Xue Chuqing had laid down previously.
The Area Latitude Formation that almost covered the entire World beyond Worlds started circulating, assisting the fiery light huge formation beyond the World beyond Worlds. It formed a tremendous huge pulling force, and seemed like it was plucking out the entire Kunlun Mountain!
However, the rays of spiritual lights that rose from the Area Latitude Formation withered very quickly.
Although they weren’t sure of Gao Han’s train of thought works, they guessed that he had his plans. As such, Yan Zhaoge and his mother had no interest in being used by others. Naturally, they wouldn’t do everything according to Gao Han’s tempo. After all, they didn’t need this formation to contact and locate the Exalted Fire Luminary – Suo Mingzhang.
With the strength from the Area Latitude Formation being drained, the Kunlun Mountain’s shaking weakened slightly.
Only the momentum weakened a little. It didn’t stop. The trembling of the Kunlun Mountain was still ongoing.
Obviously, Gao Han didn’t plan to use others’ assistance as the core part of his plan.
The Area Latitude Formation was used as a catalyst to speed up the process of the ritual.
Now that he couldn’t use the Area Latitude Formation, Gao Han’s ritual conducting speed became much slower. However, it was still continually displaying its effectiveness.
The Kunlun Mountain’s shaking was still ongoing. Yan Zhaoge’s ritual was also still ongoing as well.
After receiving the effects from both sides, the spatial boundaries of the World beyond Worlds started becoming unstable!
If one were to look at this vast world of creation from the c
osmos, they would see the world’s shapeless boundaries slowly materializing.
As for the border of the world, they were slowly warped, with cracks vaguely appearing.
If things were to go on like this, it would result in the world being torn apart, and ultimately crumble!
After the Exalted Lunar Luminary – Ling Qing appeared, she didn’t say anything. She just extended her palm and chopped it down in the air.
With this chop, the light pillars connecting the Pill Hall with the World beyond Worlds suddenly became unstable. The connection between the Pill Hall and the World beyond Worlds was also weakening.
Within the World beyond Worlds, the radiance emitted by the runes laid down by Yan Zhaoge started to become dim.
With one of the two influences of the World beyond Worlds weakening, the World beyond Worlds started becoming stable again. Although the circulation of the spiritual qi was in constant change, it managed to maintain its stability. The Evil Qi didn’t rise to a level that would be too hard to balance, which would ultimately end up destroying the world.
With this, Gao Han’s plan would go on just as he had planned. However, Yan Zhaoge’s plan would be forced to come to a halt.
To ensure that the World beyond Worlds wouldn’t be destroyed, only one of their plans could succeed.
If one side succeeded, it meant that the other side had failed.
In this situation, the stronger side would decide the victory of this situation.
The loser wouldn’t even have the chance to forcefully put his plan to action and force the opponent to stop his plan with the risk of the World beyond Worlds exploding.
The Sword Sovereign – Yue Zhenbei took in a deep breath, and his sword-light rose again. He also attacked the huge fiery formation by sacrificing the Concealed Sovereign’s body.
No matter which side succeeded, the result wouldn’t be what the Exalted Earth Luminary – Jiang Shen was willing to see. Due to that, he launched his attack as well.
Ling Qing’s silhouette seemed to be within the center of the cosmos. Two rays of white moonlight shot out without moving and blocked both Yue Zhenbei and Jiang Shen.