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The sky gradually darkened.
The battlefield was then engulfed in the boundless night.
High up in the sky, a pair of doubtful eyes were hidden in the clouds, looking down at the scene below, but it was filled with an inexplicable feeling.
"Supreme Cloud … who is he?"
"Listening to this, it seems like Han Sanhe has a suspect. Could it be that there are clues related to this in Dongxuan?"
"This Yun Yang … he's obviously not Supreme Cloud. He's too young!"
"Especially when he was under surveillance the entire time … from the moment he entered the battlefield, he was ordered around by the marshals and generals. There's nothing suspicious about him at all …"
"Most importantly, when he entered the battlefield, the Nine Supremes attacked at the same time. Yun Yang can't be Supreme Cloud then."
"Then, who is Supreme Cloud?"
"It's a pity that Han Sanhe died too soon …"
"A clue related to the Nine Supremes was cut off just as soon as it appeared. What fate, what fate …"
The person in the clouds was mumbling to himself. Suddenly, eight dazzling rays of light fell from the sky like stars, like meteorites falling to the ground.
In just an instant, the eight rays of light pierced through the clouds and landed on the ground almost at the same time.
The entire land suddenly fell into a peculiar state of undulating up and down. It was as if many huge earth dragons were rolling and moving under the ground. The eight colors of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, and black constantly flickered on the ground …
After a while, they disappeared abruptly.
"The power of the Nine Supremes!"
The person in the sky suddenly opened his eyes wide, his eyes filled with astonishment and astonishment.
"Eight of the Nine Supremes are really dead … This is …" Thinking about it, the frustration in the man's heart rose to its peak, almost crushing his own head into smithereens.
"I see!"
"So this is the truth!"
"It was the spiritual restraining formation that prevented the Nine Supremes from unleashing their powers, but the powers of the manifestations didn't dissipate … instead, they were sealed in Tianxuan Cliff …"
"And the so-called reappearance of the Nine Supremes this time … is actually caused by the release of those powers?"
"No wonder the powers are like trees without roots, unable to persist for long despite being powerful. This is the truth!"
"As for the strange light now … should it be the final bloom of the Nine Supremes' power … or what? Why would eight different types of light suddenly descend upon this land? "
"This piece of land … there's clearly no longer any signs of life within a thousand miles …"
"What the hell is going on?"
"Is it just fate, or is there something else?!"
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"What are your plans?"
Yun Yang found the twelve children in the Steel Cavalry's camp.
But now, there were only eight left.
The faces of the eight of them were filled with sorrow.
However, his expression was filled with determination.
"If you want to go home, I can make the decision to let you leave." Yun Yang said, "If …"
The eight slightly immature faces hesitated for a moment. "We want to take a leave of absence. Send our brothers' bodies back first … then come back to the Fortress of Resilience. "
"Why?"
Yun Yang frowned. "Four men have been lost in one battle. Aren't you all afraid? Don't you care?"
He was in a dilemma.
These little fellows were so determined. How was he going to explain this to their families?
How could it be so fun to join the army to fight a war?
"We …" The leader of the children was called Li Erdan. After joining the army, he had given himself a name – Li Zhan. He hesitated for a moment before saying, "Teacher … we know that it doesn't bode well if we stay here …"
"But … we're even more unwilling to go back just like this …"
"Firstly, we still have to avenge our four brothers. Secondly, we like this atmosphere, we like the battlefield, we like the military camp … Thirdly …"
He stuttered and snuck a peek at Yun Yang's expression, saying, "Staying here, although it's cruel, although we have to face life and death at all times … come out, whether it's cruel or tragic, we've seen the outside world after all …"
Yun Yang understood it all at once.
It was true. Coming out of a small, isolated village, it was fine if they could not see the vast world, spending the rest of their lives peacefully in a small valley. However, once these hot-blooded youths had seen the outside world, how could they be willing to return to the isolated village and spend the rest of their lives in silence?
Yun Yang was silent for a moment before he said, "If you all want a place to live, you can follow me back to the capital. I'll be watching over you there. It's much better than staying here."
The eight children were silent for a moment.
Yun Yang could feel the resistance in the silence.
It was a resistance of pride.
"We want to work our way out with our own strength …" Li Zhan said softly.
"Ambitious."
Yun Yang said approvingly.
The eight youths blushed together.
Yun Yang took out a mystical Qi cultivation manual that he had prepared earlier and explained it in detail. He then watched as the eight children practiced.
"No matter where you all stay …" Yun Yang said in a low voice, "Never forget where your roots are. Do you understand? "
"Yes!" The eight youths' eyes shone brightly.
"No matter where you are, no matter what achievements you have in the future … never forget the comrades and brothers who have fought alongside you … never forget the comrades and brothers who have sacrificed themselves by your side! Do you understand? Don't ever forget their families! "
"Never forget, as a man, the responsibility towards his friends, parents, family, country, and the relatives of his comrades who have sacrificed themselves!"
Yun Yang said in a low voice.
His gaze was hollow.
Wang Dingguo watched quietly from the side.
When Yun Yang said all this, he could clearly feel the sincerity and sense of responsibility that was almost overflowing from him.
The weight of each word was as heavy as a mountain!
He could not help but look solemn as well.
"We will remember teacher's teachings!"
The eight youths knelt on the ground at the same time and kowtowed.
"Wang Dingguo!" Yun Yang turned and said, "Take good care of them, but … they don't need special care. Do you understand?"
It was a contradictory sentence.
However, Wang Dingguo understood once he heard it. He said seriously, "Don't worry, Young Master Yun. Old Wang understands!"
Yun Yang nodded and took out a few banknotes from his pocket. "Send them back home!"
The youths were about to decline when Yun Yang glared at them. "The brothers who have sacrificed themselves are not going to eat at home?"
He shoved them over forcefully.
The eight youths' voices were choked.
Those were five hundred thousand taels worth of banknotes!
Even Wang Dingguo who was watching from the side was envious. However, Wang Dingguo had made up his mind. No matter what, he had to send these children back!
This money belonged only to the small village. No one could touch it!
Yun Yang left.
He felt a little relieved but also a little disappointed.
Working hard by themselves, starting from scratch … The dreams of the youths were always so naïve, filled with passion.
Yun Yang did not object to it. He would let them work on their own.
Perhaps one day, they would become the new legend of starting from scratch. Who could say for sure?
However, Yun Yang did not wish for them to realize the importance of 'relationships, connections, society, human relations …' one day and extinguish their passion to work hard before going to the capital city to look for him.
Yun Yang did not wish to see that.
No matter what, the path of life was always one's own choice. At a certain stage, at a certain fork in the road, the left and right sides would lead to heaven and hell respectively.
However, the entrance would be the same.
Some would choose heaven, but some would go to hell if they made the wrong choice.
In spite of this, there was still the possibility of falling to hell in heaven; there was also a path to heaven in hell.
"Bless you all. Never change your original intentions in this life, never forget your original intentions!"
This blessing was etched in Yun Yang's heart.
The eight youths watched their teacher gallop away into the night, their eyes filled with respect and gratitude.
The purple robe would forever remain in the depths of their hearts.
"Teacher, you must take care!"
The eight youths knelt down silently. Facing the faraway land where the figure had disappeared, they kowtowed silently.
"Rise, children."
Wang Dingguo sighed inwardly. "You will see your teacher again in the future."
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Yun Yang, who was already far away and nearing the boundary of Tianxuan Cliff, galloped across the snowy plains like a red shadow.
However, just as he passed by Tianxuan Cliff's boundary, he suddenly heard a loud boom.
Yun Yang looked up in shock.
The Nine Supremes Temples that stood tall on Tianxuan Cliff suddenly collapsed without any warning, turning into fine rubble that littered the ground in an instant.
"Noooo!"
Yun Yang cried out instinctively. Then, he was dumbstruck, his eyes wide as he screamed, "Why?"
It was at this moment that an inexplicable force suddenly surged out from the ground. In less than a tenth of a blink of an eye, it quietly melted into Yun Yang's body, meridians, and dantian.
The entire process was simply faster than a bolt of lightning, and it only took the blink of an eye for it to come to an end. It was like a clay ox entering the sea, and there was no further movement.
Yun Yang jolted abruptly. It was a familiar force that had fused with him.
It was a feeling that only existed when his brothers were together.
"Brothers …"
Yun Yang felt an insuppressible wave of sorrow, but he understood what had happened instantly.
He had used his identity as Supreme Cloud to trigger the manifestation power of the Nine Supremes that his brothers had left behind. His brothers' dying wish, or rather, everyone's hope of merging the Nine Supremes into one, had all been poured into him!
After he had triggered this force, he had also triggered his brothers' dying wills that had been sealed together!
Previously, when the Nine Supremes' power had struck Dongxuan's army, it had only lasted for a short period of time. It was not that the Nine Supremes' power had stopped there, but the remnant wills of the Nine Supremes had retained most of their power and followed him here!
In other words, although Yun Yang was still unable to use any of the Nine Supremes' cultivation methods or abilities, he was now truly one with the Nine Supremes!
In the most thorough and extreme way, they had merged into one!
Yun Yang, who was well aware of this, did not feel the slightest bit of joy. He lay on the horse's back, trembling as tears streamed down his cheeks.
"Brothers … will I never be able to see you all again? … "
The merging of the Nine Supremes into one was the last wish of the deceased Nine Supremes, but it was also the situation that Yun Yang was most unwilling to see. This was because when the Nine Supremes' powers merged into one, it also meant that the original Nine Supremes' traces would be completely erased from this world from this moment onwards!
The sky suddenly brightened in a way that it had never been before. On this unusually cold night, a curtain of light that was as bright as day appeared!
The gloomy clouds that filled the sky dissipated without a trace in the blink of an eye, as if they had been hit by a hurricane that could destroy the world.
The galaxy was bright, the moon was high in the sky.
Yun Yang lifted his head to look at the starry sky.
Looking at the countless twinkling stars in the sky, it was as if he could see Supreme Earth and the others' faces that he had not seen for a long time. They were smiling and blinking at him in the sky, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from their shoulders.
Yun Yang could not help the sorrow that welled up in his heart.
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In the sea of clouds.
A man who was covered in chains leaned against a tree, looking at the sky and smiling faintly.
"Not bad, not bad. This day has finally arrived."
"When the Nine Supremes return, the earth will split and the sky will be overturned; the martial world will be dominated by the Supremes … Mr. Nian, your good days … are coming. As for me, Heaven's Inquisition … I'm finally going to be free … "
"I've been trapped here all these years … I wonder what the outside world is like?"
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