“Welcome to the Vault of Heaven, Xuan Tian.”
A majestic yet youthful voice came from a pillar of heaven in the northeast, and when Qing Yu looked, he saw a familiar dark blue figure sitting on a throne with countless shifting trails.
“There is some resemblance between the vault of heaven,” Qing Yu skimmed slightly at the white mist lingering around him and nodded gently to Jun Tian in the centre, “Greetings, Blade God.”
“It seems that the Blade God has lost his prestige in the jianghu, even this young man Xuan Tian knows you.” Old Man Time Life laughed.
“In the world, there should only be one swordsman who can wound the Poor Dao through the air.”
A secretive smile hung at the corner of Qing Yu’s mouth as he looked at Old Man Time-Life, “Also, you’re a young man too, Changing Heaven, at least your body is young.”
“Xuantian ——” The words of the old man of time life became low.
Now, he was completely convinced that Qing Yu had seen through his falseness. Otherwise, this white-haired Daoist would not have uttered these words.
The No. 1 Tianji Master in Heaven suddenly and inexplicably had a sense of crisis because a young man was on the verge of catching up with him at his point of triumph.
Uncontrollably, the Elder of Timeless Destiny somewhat regretted having agreed to receive Qing Yu into the Nine Heavens.
“Ding ding ding–”
In the centre, Jun Tian tapped his throne, his index finger making contact with the throne with a clear sound of gold and iron clashing, interrupting the somewhat gloomy atmosphere between Qing Yu and Elder Timeless Destiny.
“Since we have joined the Nine Heavens, we are members of the same path, so there is no need to make things too stiff.”
The lightly spoken words carried an overbearing tone that brooked no argument. After a word of warning, Jun Tian said to Old Man Timeless Life, “Change the sky, introduce the affairs of the Nine Heavens to Xuan Tian.”
He also said to Qing Yu, “Xuan Tian, this time there are not all the people, you will meet the rest of the members when the next official gathering is held.”
After saying this, Jun Tian disappeared from his throne and a white mist filled the air, enveloping his throne in it.
This white mist had an extremely strong ability to conceal itself, so much so that even Qing Yu could not see through it. Of course, this was also related to the fact that he was now only a Yuan Shen projection.
”It seems that it is not completely transparent in these nine heavens.”
Qing Yu looked towards the remaining six thrones. These thrones were all shrouded in white mist, and it was impossible to see the reality, only the shapes could be vaguely seen.
The white mist existed to conceal it. The space here was only for gathering, so it was only natural to conceal the true appearance of the gatherers.
Although the Nine Heavens are an alliance, each of them has their own identity and power, and they do not necessarily want to reveal their identities.
Among the nine, perhaps only one person knows the identity of all of them. The individual person, most likely, is the Blade God, and ——
him.
Qing Yu looked to the dark blue figure.
“It seems that you have guessed something,” Old Man Timeless Life let out a low laugh, “Not bad, all of them were invited by the old man before, so naturally, the old man knows their identities.”
“The Nine Heavens, with Jun Tian as the leader, and because of his great strength and disdain for disguise, the people also acquiesced to his position as the leader. Among the nine, only Jun Tian and I know everything. The rest, only Jun Tian, Chang Tian, and himself are known. But Xuan Tian, you are a little different ——”
The meaningful words did not cause Qing Yu to move. Today, he had the ability to solve the majority of troubles. As for those that couldn’t be solved, Gou was it.
“What’s the difference?” Qing Yu said indifferently.
“You are calm,” said the Old Man of Time and Destiny, “You were recommended to Old Man and Jun Tian by You Tian, you might as well guess who You Tian is?”
“The Shadow King.”
The first thing that came to Qing Yu’s mind was this person. At the beginning, it was the Shadow King who informed Qing Yu that there was such a group of people who were secretly guiding the great tribulation to come, intending to take away the chance of longevity. Qing Yu had suspected then that the Shadow King was also one of this group of people.
Now, having entered the Nine Heavens, Qing Yu would naturally guess which day the Shadow King would be.
”Betting on both ends, this fellow, the Shadow King, is really treacherous.” Qing Yu secretly thought to himself.
This side sent the True Martial Sword to Xuan Fa, and that side recommended Qing Yu to enter the Nine Heavens. The Shadow King sometimes did not look like an emperor in the shadows, but rather like a treacherous merchant.
However, sometimes when a treacherous businessman invests, it is most taboo to be indecisive, at least Qing Yu did not appreciate the Shadow King much. Since he was a wall-rider, he had to pay a price.
Anyway, Qing Yu had enough strength to tear up the Shadow King now, so it was up to him to decide what to do.
“Is that all?” Qing Yu said.
“Naturally there is more. These nine thrones have all been cast in Yuanliu iron, and you can inject your true qi to change the shape. Of course this is not the point, the point is our goal ——”
The tone of the old man of time and fate became low and solemn, “As I said before, our goal is to live forever. But in today’s era, we are restricted, and the only way to live forever is to break through to the legendary realm that the Daoist ancestors and Buddhas reached – the Dao realm.
But the path ahead is constricted, and the only way to break through is to break through this restriction. The Great Tribulation is our hope. Only with the help of the Great Tribulation can we forcefully blast through the obstacles ahead. At that time, we can all advance to the Dao realm and live forever.”
That layer of restriction, Qing Yu had also been trying to find a way to break it, only he did not expect that the Great Tribulation was the key to break the restriction.
‘Dao Realm ——‘
Qing Yu’s eyes narrowed slightly as he thought about the words mentioned by the Elder of Time and Life earlier, ‘Daoist Ancestor Buddha, these two are arguably the two strongest people in history, and they have indeed reached the six-star, or Dao Realm realm. However, since the Dao realm can lead to immortality, where did these two go?”
The Buddha Ancestor came from the PeaC*ck Dynasty, and after leading the Buddhists to the Central Plains, he mysteriously disappeared, and according to the Buddhists, he entered extinction and nirvana and reincarnated through the tribulation.
The Taoist Ancestor, on the other hand, disappeared even earlier, nearly ten thousand years ago, when the historical Qi practitioner and ancestor of the Taoist sect had disappeared. When the Ghost Emperor nearly killed the Dao Ancestor’s direct descendant – Tai Shang – he did not even see the Dao Ancestor show up.
“The old man has been working hard for decades to finally make the world completely chaotic nowadays. Xuantian, at this point in time, when you join the Nine Heavens, you won’t be able to idle for a few decades first like the others. Heck ——-”
The old man of time and fate smiled as he disappeared from his throne, white mist enveloping the throne that had left its owner.
“Idle up, hehe,” Qing Yu laughed lightly, “If I, the villain, were to idle up, that’s where I’d have to go to earn villain points.”
The Nine Heavens’ plan was undoubtedly to hasten the arrival of the Great Tribulation, so time had become tight. Even though the Elder of Time and Destiny had made it seem like anyone could be promoted after the plan succeeded, who knew what would happen if they were a step late.
What if those who didn’t get promoted first were slapped to death by those who promoted first?
It was not Qing Yu’s style to leave life and death in the hands of others.
With a flip of his large sleeves, Qing Yu’s throne shifted with his mind, eventually settling on a certain shape. And then, he too disappeared into the white space.
