The Immeasurable Heavenly Lord and the Future Buddha, the Immortal Court and the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus, and even the Western Pure Lands had fought against the Demon Race until now. Naturally, Yan Zhaoge and the others were happy to see this.
However, as Bai Tao had said, it was hard to predict when the flames of war would subside.
“Let’s focus on our own matters first.”
Yan Zhaoge exhaled lightly and said to Cao Jie, “I’m really sorry for holding you up for so long. Today was supposed to be the day we congratulate you.”
Cao Jie shook his head, “It’s fine.”
Despite his words, Yan Zhaoge still ended the conversation. Cao Jie and the others got up and walked outside to meet the other guests.
Yan Zhaoge naturally wouldn’t show himself now, leaving the stage to Cao Jie.
Gao Xuebo slowed down and said to Yan Zhaoge, “My mother and father have already left seclusion a few days ago. If there are any results from the sword ritual, we can depart anytime.”
Yan Zhaoge nodded and asked, “How’s senior apprentice-sister Yu?
I haven’t been able to head to the Roving Jade Heavens recently. “
“She hasn’t awakened yet.”
Gao Xuebo sighed, “Her injuries were too severe. While the Chaos Extinguishing Origin Scripture is sharp in killing, it has the opposite effect in Little Ye’s current situation. It’s not beneficial for her recovery.”
Yan Zhaoge also sighed. He was similarly aware of this logic.
Still, no matter how difficult the situation was, it wouldn’t be any worse than Ying Yuzhen’s.
After comforting Gao Xuebo, Yan Zhaoge stopped and watched them leave. Then, he sat back in his chair and closed his eyes.
As Yan Zhaoge closed his eyes, the originally bright room suddenly turned dim and hazy. Space and time were blurry as if chaos had descended.
Within this blurry scene, Yan Zhaoge opened his eyes after closing them for a moment.
As he opened his eyes, the room didn’t become bright. Only a dim light seemed to have lit up.
This light resembled a candle flame in the dark night. It looked extremely dim and weak, swaying as if it could be extinguished at any moment.
Yan Zhaoge’s gaze was deep and distant. After a long time, he raised his brows, “… Looking for it out of thin air, there’s nothing of value. I need some clues.”
Yan Zhaoge had already started cultivating in the Primordial Heavenly Scripture of the Earlier Heaven Three Scriptures.
With the other nine Heavenly Scriptures gathered, Yan Zhaoge’s Peerless Heavenly Scripture had also improved greatly.
The more Yan Zhaoge analysed the concept within the Origin Heavenly Scripture, the more he felt like there seemed to be a formless ceiling above his head that was getting closer and closer to him.
The higher one’s cultivation level was, the stronger the effect of the Primordial Heavenly Tome would be. However, the Primordial Heavenly Tome was not omnipotent. The higher one’s cultivation level was, the more obvious this effect would be.
Otherwise, Yun Zhongzi, who was a Grand Heavenly Immortal, wouldn’t have perished.
The higher the level of a cultivator, the clearer they would be able to see the existences that were lower than them. It was as if there were no secrets to speak of. The past could be seen clearly, and the future, though complicated, was relatively clear.
However, for those at a higher level, there were naturally fewer valuable items.
For example, Yan Zhaoge was currently paying attention to existences like the Immortal Exterminating Sword and the Immortal Ending Sword. It would undoubtedly be extremely difficult to find them.
The Origin Heavenly Scripture would trace even the slightest bit of relevant traces and continuously expand, making it impossible for anything to hide.
On the other hand, existences like the Four Immortal Exterminating Swords would, to a large extent, destroy the traces they left in space and time.
“If I don’t use the Origin Heavenly Scripture as my foundation, the effect would still be lacking.” Yan Zhaoge closed his eyes and lightly rubbed his temples.
The gloominess within the sanctum gradually faded away, and everything returned to its original state.
Time slowly flowed by. Yan Zhaoge’s state of mind was at peace. He closed his eyes and rested, until he felt the hustle and bustle outside slowly fading away.
After a while, Cao Jie and the others returned to the sanctum.
Bai Tao and Liu Zhenggu left first and returned to the Western and Northern Regions respectively. The others would return to the Broad Creed Mountain Range together with Yan Zhaoge.
After the ceremony ended, under Cao Jie’s lead, Yan Zhaoge went to the Lord of the Daoist Way’s dao arena ruins, which was moved back by the Golden Court Mountain’s Grand Master.
The ruins had already fused with the Golden Court Mountain itself. It was just a corner of the cave manor, which didn’t seem to have anything special about it.
However, within Yan Zhaoge’s pupils, a green radiance faintly flickered.
Within his mind, a scene that was different from the real world appeared.
At this moment, Yan Zhaoge felt as if he had jumped out of the river of time and was going against the current.
Light shimmered in front of his eyes, with scenes flashing by rapidly. Time seemed to be flowing in reverse, bringing Yan Zhaoge back to the time of the Great Calamity.
As the scenery changed, a beautiful treasure mountain appeared in Yan Zhaoge’s vision.
“Golden Court Mountain’s Jade House Cave …” Yan Zhaoge understood. He knew that this was the Lord of the Daoist Way’s dao arena before the cave manor was destroyed.
However, very quickly, the Great Calamity that Yan Zhaoge had always engraved in his heart arrived.
Compared to the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace’s Martial Repository, the scene was much more tragic.
The sky seemed to have shattered like porcelain, and the earth seemed to have turned into dust.
As the wind and clouds surged, while not much blood seemed to have been spilled, millions of lifeforms had already perished.
Rays of radiance seemed to flash through space, causing Yan Zhaoge to be unable to see them clearly.
Not only that, within the radiance, there seemed to be more than one gaze looking at Yan Zhaoge, looking at him who was outside and had come in reverse.
“Grand Heavenly Immortal Realm …” Yan Zhaoge was not surprised, nor did he force it. He retracted his gaze, just doing his best to observe the changes in Golden Court Mountain’s Jade House Cave.
He could not see what had happened, nor could he see the battle scenes. He could not see who the destroyer was, could not see the Lord of the Daoist Way, and could not see the Immortal Ending Sword.
Yet, this famed blessed land of immortals that had still been beautiful a moment ago had already been reduced to ruins a moment later.
Beneath the great tribulation that affected the heavens and earth and extinguished the great thousand worlds, even the ruins gradually disintegrated, breaking into pieces.
Those unfathomable radiances had already vanished, with only nothingness left before Yan Zhaoge’s eyes.
The scenes of destruction extended into the distance.
Yan Zhaoge no longer paid attention to this, instead focusing his attention on those shattered ruins.
Numerous fragments were tossed into the distance. Yan Zhaoge felt like he was on one of them, drifting away along with the fragments of the ruins.
Yan Zhaoge’s gaze flickered as he stared intently at a few fragments, until the radiance before his eyes wavered, as if he had sunk into the river of time once more.
As his consciousness returned, Yan Zhaoge closed his eyes before opening them again, the jade green radiance within them vanishing.
“How is it?” Seeing this, Cao Jie and the others immediately asked.
“I cannot see the Daoist Way Grand Master and the Immortal Ending Sword. Still …” Yan Zhaoge paused for a moment before saying, “… the Daoist Way Grand Master is very likely to have perished in the Great Calamity like the Jade Cauldron Grand Master.”
“There are still some gains. While it cannot directly lead us to the Immortal Ending Sword, if we can find a few places, there might be some relics of the Daoist Way Grand Master that can assist me in performing a sacrificial sword and executing a secret art, making use of the Immortal Slaughtering and Immortal Trapping Swords to find the Immortal Ending Sword.”
Yan Zhaoge stroked his lower chin, “Let’s try and see if we can find the Immortal Exterminating Sword first. If there are any clues, we can also look for the relics of the Daoist Way Grand Master along the way.”