Chapter 373 - Chapter 373: Arrival of a Celestial Venerable
Chapter 373: Arrival of a Celestial Venerable
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The time when Jiang Ziyu ascended the throne was about the same as when the Martial World Competition began. In other words, the Martial World Competition had been going on for 170 years. As for the threat of Celestial Venerable Bu and the Divine Martial Realm, Jiang Changsheng did not intend to tell Heavenly Jing.
Heavenly Jing already had its own troubles. Plus, Jiang Changsheng did not need anyone’s help for this matter.
After sending a clone out of the Great Wilderness Martial World, Jiang Changsheng began to spread out his spiritual will to cover all the martial worlds participating in the competition.
There were only eighty-one martial worlds left out of a hundred. The Flame Lord had destroyed nineteen martial worlds. Jiang Changsheng had already sensed his existence and location, but he did not take action. In his eyes, the Flame Lord was just a potential survival reward.
Jiang Changsheng tried to come into contact with the martial luck of the 81 worlds. Soon, he captured the power of laws similar to the Celestial River. When he was at the tenth level of the Dao Technique, he could already sense the power of laws. Now that his spiritual will was stronger, he could easily distinguish different powers of laws.
After integrating so many martial worlds, he must first sever the Divine Martial Realm’s control over the martial worlds before he could go to the void in peace and not be found.
Jiang Changsheng discovered that the luck of the martial worlds was extremely complicated. There were the purest rules of Martial Dao and the power of the Celestial River. If the Martial Dao were directly shattered, the martial world would simply collapse. If only the power of the Celestial River were severed, the martial worlds could still exist independently.
The Divine Martial Realm should have relied on the power of the Celestial River to manipulate the martial worlds under it. It was impossible for them to completely grasp the rules of the Martial Dao. Otherwise, the Divine Martial Realm would have sent someone to kill him long ago. After all, he had already alarmed the rules of the Martial Dao when he transcended the tribulation.
After Jiang Changsheng familiarized himself with the power of the Celestial River in various martial worlds, he withdrew his spiritual will. It was equivalent to him making preparations to sever the power of the Celestial River in advance.
Time flew by.
After that pair of scarlet eyes disappeared, the Divine Martial Realm did not attack the Great Wilderness immediately. Perhaps that pair of eyes did not represent the Divine Martial Realm. After all, the Divine Martial Realm itself was a whirlpool of power with many internal factions.
Fifteen years later, it was the 185th year of the Dingtian Era.
Heavenly Jing was still growing, and the Heavenly Court was getting more and more lively day by day. This was because there were many new races. Other than the Qiangliang Race in the beginning, the experts of the other races were not ranked among the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals. Instead, they became the Divine Attendants under the Immortal Gods. Currently, the total number of Divine Attendants had exceeded 100,000. Their role was to help the Immortal Gods better implement their divine power.
One day, Jiang Changsheng, who was listening to Bai Qi’s report on Huang Tian and Hei Tian, noticed a commotion in the sky.
A group of martial artists descended from the light clouds at the top of the spiraling Celestial River, escorting huge ships and buildings. Their direction was shockingly the palace on Divine Lord Zi Huan’s floating island.
From the looks of it, they should be from the Chang Clan. They were really fast.
Jiang Changsheng originally thought that Divine Lord Zi Huan would spend up to 100 years on this matter. After all, the Chang Clan was not a small clan, and they were moving across the void.
“Master, those two are determined to be the Demon Emperors, but their growth rate is so slow. Right now, experts from all walks of life are flooding into the Great Wilderness. I’m afraid they will encounter danger. Why don’t…
Bai Qi leaned against Jiang Changsheng and said. She did not finish her sentence, but Jiang Changsheng understood what she meant.
Jiang Changsheng answered as he cultivated, “The Heavenly Court is not a joke. If you work in the Heavenly Court, you cannot establish your own power in the mortal world.”
The people of the myriad races of the Great Wilderness were not allowed to return to their races without permission after entering the Heavenly Court. They could go back occasionally to take a look, but they could not use the Heavenly Court to support their own race. In the end, they were not from Heavenly Jing. If there was no difference in status, wouldn’t the human world be in chaos if such benefits were to be granted?
Bai Qi sighed and said, “Those two little guys are too much. Can’t they just train with us obediently? They actually didn’t come back after going out.”
Jiang Changsheng did not continue the conversation. He was currently prying into the conversation between Divine Emperor Zi Huan and the Chang Clan’s clan leader.
Within the hall.
The clan leader of the Chang Clan was currently scolding Divine Lord Zi Huan. At that moment, Divine Lord Zi Huan, who had always been high and mighty, lowered her head like a bullied little girl, not daring to retort.
The clan leader of the Chang Clan looked to be in his sixties or seventies. Even though he was old, he had a powerful aura. His furious scolding revealed his might, causing the entire palace to tremble.
“Forget it! Tell me about the Dao Ancestor and how you met in detail. Don’t miss anything!”
The clan leader took a deep breath and suppressed his anger.
No one could understand his mood. The Chang Clan was developing well, but suddenly, his daughter contacted him and said that because of her mistake, their clan would suffer a calamity and they had to evacuate their entire family. When he heard that, he was almost angered to death.
Even though he was angry, he did not doubt her. He trusted this daughter of his. She would never scare him just for the sake of it. She must have made the decision after careful consideration. Before he came, he already had a general understanding of the situation. Considering all the factors, the Chang Clan would indeed face the danger of extinction.
The Divine Martial Realm had always believed in the rule that it was better to kill wrongly than to let go. Coupled with the propaganda since ancient times, as long as the Chang Clan was even slightly related to ancient sects, they were doomed.
After a long time.
Divine Lord Zi Huan explained everything clearly.
The clan leader of the Chang Clan frowned and said, “In other words, the Dao Ancestor might not be a disciple of ancient sects, but his strength is unfathomable. He could easily kill a Palace Master and disregard the Divine Martial Realm?”
Divine Lord Zi Huan nodded and said, “That’s right. He’s very strange. He never takes the initiative to provoke powerful enemies. He’s even afraid of trouble, but once he starts a feud, he will definitely not let it go. He’s completely different from the ancient sect believers we know. He’s not obstinate. It’s just that his aura is illusory and he claims to be an immortal. Perhaps he doesn’t cultivate in martial arts and knows that he will definitely be enemies with the Divine Martial Realm.”
Speaking of the Dao Ancestor, she was still puzzled. She could not understand where he came from.
“To dare to be enemies with the Divine Martial Realm, one must either be an anomaly or have a grudge against the Divine Martial Realm. From his style, it should be the former. The Immortal Dao? Perhaps it’s true. The existence of the ancient sects proves that martial arts was preceded by the era of ancient martial arts. Since there are ancient martial arts, who can be sure that there are no other paths before ancient martial arts?”
The clan leader of the Chang Clan pondered. It was easier for him to accept this than Divine Lord Zi Huan, mainly because he knew more.
Divine Lord Zi Huan asked in surprise, “Do you think he’s not deliberately mystifying things? Does the Immortal Dao really exist?”
The clan leader nodded and said, “Since we don’t know, why should we deny it?
Human imagination must be based on cognition. In the hearts of humans, Immortal Gods represent omnipotence and power that surpasses all beings. Since humans can imagine such an existence, it might not necessarily be untrue.”
Divine Lord Zi Huan nodded and felt that it made sense. Even though it was unbelievable, she realized that she could not refute the existence of the Dao Ancestor.
Jiang Changsheng, who was using his spiritual will to spy on them, secretly admired him. As expected of the leader of a clan, he could see through everything.
From the clan leader’s bearing, the Chang Clan should not be a difficult existence to get along with. Of course, even so, Jiang Changsheng could make them easy to get along with.
“The people of our Chang Clan are too spread out. Even if we only recall those with the surname Chang, it will still take time. Let me meet the Dao Ancestor first,” the clan leader of the Chang Clan pondered and said.
Naturally, Divine Lord Zi Huan had no objections. Just as he was about to speak, a terrifying killing intent descended, startling the father and daughter to stand up.
“Hmph!”
A cold snort sounded and the clan leader immediately disappeared.
A large number of martial artists of the Chang Clan, huge ships, and buildings were scattered around Divine Lord Zi Huan’s floating island. It was vast and mighty, and it was an extremely spectacular sight. There were many people watching from afar.
The clan leader of the Chang Clan appeared on the roof of the palace. He looked up at the light clouds at the top of the Celestial River with a solemn expression.
He was not the only one. Everyone from the Chang Clan looked up, as that killing intent was aimed at them. Other than them, no one else on the floating island felt it.
Divine Lord Zi Huan appeared out of thin air beside the clan leader of the
Chang Clan and asked in a deep voice, “Who could it be?”
The clan leader of the Chang Clan took a deep breath and said, “This is troublesome. It seems like the higher-ups will not allow us to have the chance to escape. Perhaps they have been waiting for us to gather. Right now, the elites of the Chang Clan are gathered here. Looking at it now, the higher-ups probably want to capture us in one fell swoop.” Hearing this, Divine Lord Zi Huan turned pale.
Boom!
A white pillar of light descended from the sky and enveloped Divine Lord Zi Huan’s floating island at an extremely fast speed. It was a million miles in diameter and covered those from the Chang Clan. The pillar of light then entered the Celestial River.
The Chang clansmen in the pillar of light immediately panicked. Immediately, someone tried to use an ultimate technique to disperse the white pillar of light, but their true qi dissipated as soon as it touched the pillar of light.
More and more martial artists from the Chang Clan made a move. The scene of true qi exploding in all directions was spectacular, but none of them could shake the white pillar of light.
“Everyone, stop!”
The clan leader’s voice echoed in everyone’s ears, and all the members of the Chang Clan stopped.
“It seems like Celestial Venerable has something to say to the Chang Clan. Why don’t you appear?”
The clan leader of the Chang Clan shouted loudly. His voice was like thunder that echoed in the white pillar of light.
Everyone looked up and saw a figure slowly descending from the clouds of light in the Celestial River. It was Celestial Venerable Bu, who had sent Palace Master Ji to investigate the Nirvana Ultimate Creation Technique.
Celestial Venerable Bu had an aged appearance, and his eyes were half-closed. His black clothes fluttered wantonly, and he floated in the air like black flames.
He quickly descended and stopped less than ten thousand feet away from the palace. He looked down at the clan leader of the Chang Clan with an indifferent expression and said, “Chang Yueqian, do you know what kind of crime it is to collude with ancient sects?”
As soon as he said that, all the Chang clansmen were in an uproar. They had been puzzled as to why the clan leader had dragged them here. They did not expect that the reason was to collude with ancient sects.
No one was angry, only fear. Everyone knew the consequences of colluding with ancient sects.
“Oh? Celestial Venerable, where are the ancient sect members? Don’t slander me. Are you trying to slander me as a member of an ancient sect?”
The clan leader of the Chang Clan, Chang Yueqian, asked in a calm and unhurried manner. His eyes were cold and stern, and he was not afraid of Celestial Venerable Bu at all.
“If the Chang Clan really colluded with ancient sects, why did Celestial Venerable come alone? Where is the God Punishment Army from the Divine Martial Realm?”
When Divine Lord Zi Huan heard that, her expression changed.
It was the same for everyone in the Chang Clan. If they did not see the God Punishment Army, then it was not the intent of the Divine Martial Realm!
The white pillar of light clearly wanted to isolate them so that outsiders could not hear their conversation. This Celestial Venerable clearly harbored ill intentions.
“Does the Chang Clan know the situation below? If you want to turn back, it’s not too late!”
Celestial Venerable Bu asked casually. He still had the initiative and did not answer Chang Yueqian’s question.
Chang Yueqian smiled and asked, “Celestial Venerable, you don’t know the situation below? Don’t tell me you don’t know who you are facing?”