Mr. Nian's expression was tinged with nostalgia.
"There's no need to think too much about it. One of the five leading disciples would definitely inherit Mr. Nian's position, but the other four would also enjoy glory and power. There wouldn't be too many grudges. This is the Four Seasons Tower's tradition. Back then, my master was already close to three thousand years old. He was already at the end of his rope and could pass away at any time. He gave us a task and asked us to do it. Those who could do it would be the next leader of the Four Seasons Tower, while the four who couldn't were Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. This was the structure of the Four Seasons Tower's highest level. "
"You should be able to relate it now. In fact, all the leaders of the Four Seasons Tower have the surname Nian, or should I say, Mr. Nian." Mr. Nian said faintly, "As for my real name … it's Feng Xiange. This is my real name!"
"The task that my master entrusted to me isn't new. It's the unchanging, ultimate goal that the Four Seasons Tower has been searching for, the location of God's Gate!"
Mr. Nian chuckled bitterly. "I believe that Lord Supreme Cloud has learned about God's Bone from the Three Venerable Ones. However, there's still a great secret about God's Grave. Every three hundred and sixty-five years, the Grave of God will change its location. In other words, we'll need to locate it again and confirm its location. This is where the mission lies."
"In that mission, I was the first to find the grave and became the Four Seasons Tower's new Mr. Nian. What's more, when I was searching for the God's Gate, I coincidentally encountered the shift of the stars. I stuck a divine weapon at the stargate, but it accidentally caused the God's Grave's location to be permanently fixed. It would never move again! Since then, I've contributed greatly to the Four Seasons Tower, and the position of the sect leader was no longer in doubt. "
"However, it was then that I truly understood the Four Seasons Tower's true mission, or rather, where the Four Seasons Tower's survival was at stake."
"God's Bone has mystical effects and immense power, but once it's obtained, it can't be stopped. Once it's stopped, one will suffer the backlash of the God's Bone's spiritual power. Unfortunately, there's a limit to how much God's Bone can be obtained. Countless seniors of the Four Seasons Tower have perished at this point. "
"After the God's Bone was fixed, I asked for the Patriarch's Will and studied it over and over again. However, I focused my attention on one sentence: When the Nine Stars Shine on the Sun, I will either soar to the Nine Heavens or sink into oblivion for all eternity."
Mr. Nian looked at Yun Yang with a rather complicated gaze. "… When the nine stars shone, the Residence of Nine Supremes appeared in the Tianxuan Continent. From that moment onwards, the Four Seasons Tower's opposition to all of you has become … a foregone conclusion!"
"If the Four Seasons Tower doesn't want to sink into oblivion forever, it has to stop the Nine Supremes' soaring into the nine heavens!"
Yun Yang could not help sighing. This was truly an undeserved calamity.
However, the first master of the Four Seasons Tower was truly remarkable … He had actually left such a message a few thousand years ago.
"If there's a choice, who wouldn't want to live a carefree life and embark on the path of cultivation in peace? However, when the nine stars shine, the Residence of Nine Supremes really emerges. Is everything fated, or is this how it should be?" Mr. Nian's voice was filled with a sigh.
"Since the prophecy of the nine stars has come true, then the two outcomes of soaring into the nine heavens or sinking into oblivion for eternity are inevitable." Mr. Nian said faintly, "However, since such a prophecy exists, there must be a reason behind it. Everything in this world has a cause and effect, and vice versa. Therefore, I've tried to find the reason. If I can find the reason, or perhaps I've found a variable that can affect or interfere with this destined outcome, allowing it to be beneficial to us as much as possible. "
"With this as the starting point, I've deduced the subsequent events. The first thing I've foreseen is undoubtedly the appearance of the nine stars. The impact is immense; it could be a crisis for the Four Seasons Tower, but it could also be an opportunity. As long as I can seize this opportunity, I can naturally avoid sinking into oblivion for eternity. Lord Supreme Cloud, from what you see, does my understanding make sense? "
Mr. Nian asked.
Yun Yang sighed and said, "You're right. If it were me, I'd definitely understand it the same way. "
Perhaps everyone understood the saying that danger was accompanied by opportunity.
In spite of this, there were very few people who truly understood what to do and how to deal with the crisis when it came.
However, it was obvious that the Four Seasons Tower and Mr. Nian had chosen the most correct and proactive approach. Hence, there was the battle of Mount Tianxuan and the Nine Supremes' Elegy!
"Based on this starting point, the Residence of Nine Supremes appeared after the nine stars. I didn't make a move because I wasn't clear about the latter half of the prophecy then. Acting blindly would only be futile. However, when the Nine Supremes appeared one after another, it showed who the nine dragons belonged to. As the Nine Supremes developed step by step, the providence that the Four Seasons Tower had accumulated over the years showed signs of gradually disintegrating and disappearing. With such proof, there was no longer any doubt."
"Even then, I still didn't have the thought of destroying the Nine Supremes because I hadn't found the root of the problem. I wasn't clear about the root of this prophecy, so I forced myself to act. Even if I destroyed the Nine Supremes, I was still a puppet in the prophecy, acting according to the prophecy's trajectory."
"As I continued to analyze and research in detail, I finally confirmed that the Four Seasons Tower's providence was actually linked to God's Grave. Yet, the providence of God's Grave and the Residence of Nine Supremes were mutually reinforcing and counteracting each other. In other words, the stronger the Residence of Nine Supremes was, the weaker the God's Grave would be, and vice versa. After confirming this, we made many attempts in secret, such as using various techniques to guide and release the providence of the Nine Supremes, or even forcefully plundering it. However, what made us feel helpless and powerless was that the providence of the Residence of Nine Supremes could not be absorbed at all. Both sides would only grow stronger while the other would gradually weaken. It was difficult for external forces to interfere! "
"Left with no other choice, we could only use the most ruthless method … to annihilate the Residence of Nine Supremes!"
"So, from then on, I sent people one after another to attack the Residence of Nine Supremes in the most direct way."
Yun Yang heaved a long sigh. "I see. This is the truth."
Back when the Residence of Nine Supremes was founded and the Nine Supremes had just been formed, the Residence of Nine Supremes had suffered wave after wave of attacks, wanting to wipe the Residence of Nine Supremes off the face of this world.
The strength of the incoming attacks was extremely high.
However, without exception, they were all devoured by the energy of the Residence of Nine Supremes. Those who came to attack the Residence of Nine Supremes died from the backlash! It was the same, regardless of the level.
Therefore, Yun Yang and the others had no idea what level these invading enemies were. Since they were all dead, there was no point in dwelling on it.
Moreover, there was no room for them to dwell on it even if they wanted to, because those who had been devoured had all died a horrible death. They could not even be recognized.
It turned out that those people were from the Four Seasons Tower.
The battle between the Nine Supremes and the Four Seasons Tower had actually begun a long time ago. It was just that one side had been unaware of it all along.
"After three consecutive waves of probing, all those who attacked died from the backlash. These three waves of people were handpicked by me. The first wave was at the level of Grandmaster. The second wave was at the level of the Five Venerable Lords. The third wave was only two people, but they were already at the pinnacle of this world, just slightly weaker than me. "
"Not only did these three waves of combat power fail to destroy the Residence of Nine Supremes, they died from the backlash. This further proved that the Residence of Nine Supremes is indestructible."
Mr. Nian said, "Since the Residence of Nine Supremes can't be destroyed, the only way to achieve an outcome beneficial to the Four Seasons Tower is to destroy the Nine Supremes."
"However, I have to say that the secrecy of the Nine Supremes' members is indeed impressive. There's no oversight at all." Mr. Nian sighed. "Even I couldn't find out the identity of the Nine Supremes even after exhausting all my means. I couldn't even get a hold of the Nine Supremes' basic movements."
"The Nine Supremes have contributed greatly to Yutang. The Nine Supremes who have appeared on Yutang's battlefield many times are not controlled by imperial authority, nor are they monitored by the Board of War, the Board of Appointments, or any other Yutang department. I can't believe such a strange thing would actually happen. "
"Left with no other choice, I began to plan for the Four Seasons Tower's manpower to infiltrate Yutang. It was a more comprehensive and indiscriminate infiltration than before."
"However, during this process, there was a new change in providence, an extremely bizarre change. Such a change has never happened in the Four Seasons Tower's ten thousand years of existence! "
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"Today's episode is even better. I've reached the crucial plot …"
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