The disturbance in Hellfire City settled down very quickly. However, ever since the battle that had erupted that night, the descendant of the Bi family who had destroyed the Bloodcloud clan never appeared again.
In the Holy Empire, in a mountain range tens of thousands of kilometers away from the City of God, there was a small wooden hut that stood alone on the highest peak. Even though it had been buffeted by the cold wind for many years, the hut seemed to have taken root in the ground. It stood there steadily, never swaying at all.
The furnishings in the cabin were very simple, so simple that it was hard to believe that this was a place where people lived. Other than a wooden bed, a table, and a stool, there was nothing else. However, the inside of the cabin was very clean and spotless.
On the wooden bed, a beautiful middle-aged woman in a dark green dress was quietly lying there with her eyes closed. She was graceful and luxurious, exuding an exuberant heroic spirit between her brows. Her bearing was extraordinary. Although she was already middle-aged, she was still as beautiful as a flower and as beautiful as the moon. With a single glance, one could tell that she must have been a devastatingly beautiful woman when she was young.
Beside the bed sat a middle-aged man in white robes. His expression was sorrowful and pained, and his face was somewhat haggard. His thick hands were gently holding the middle-aged woman's white, jade-like hands.
"Caiyun, you've been unconscious for an entire year. I know that you've sealed yourself off because you're heartbroken. You don't want to wake up …"
"Caiyun, I've let you down. I've let you down. I'm too ashamed to face you. The person who should be punished like this should be me, not you. Caiyun, why are you so foolish …"
"Caiyun, can you hear me? Don't be so stubborn. Don't continue like this. Please wake up. Do you know how sad and painful it is to see you like this …"
Hao Wu sat beside Zaar Caiyun as he gently murmured while holding her hand. His face was filled with pain.
Ever since he had brought Zaar Caiyun back from the City of God, she had been unconscious the entire time. She had never woken up.
"Caiyun, perhaps Mu 'er can wake you up. Am I supposed to go find Mu' er?" His heart was filled with bitterness. He knew extremely well that whether it was him or Zaar Caiyun, Mu 'er deeply hated both him and Zaar Caiyun. Getting Mu' er to use her zither to awaken Zaar Caiyun was almost impossible.
And if he really did that, it might even deepen Mu 'er's hatred for him.
"What should I do? What should I do? Caiyun, when are you going to wake up …"
In the blink of an eye, another two years passed. It had now been three years since Jianchen had arrived in Mercenary City. At this moment, in the secret room that Xiao Ling had condensed with energy deep beneath Mercenary City, the white-clothed Jianchen sat there like a statue without moving at all. Not a single ripple of energy radiated from his body.
In the silent and cold secret room, space seemed to beat rhythmically like a heart. A profound aura filled the entire secret room, containing an indescribable truth of the world.
Jianchen sat there just like that, using the mysteries of the world that Xiao Ling had condensed to comprehend the truths of the world and the laws of the world. After three years of painstaking study, Jianchen's rate of improvement was indescribable. During those three years, his comprehension of the mysteries of the world had gone from the Seventh Heavenly Layer of Saint Ruler to the Ninth Heavenly Layer. At the same time, he had remained at the Ninth Heavenly Layer for a year, reaching the peak of the Ninth Heavenly Layer. He was only a step away from the Holy Emperor's level of comprehension.
Bi Hai and Huang Tianba remained at the Seventh and Sixth Heavenly Layer of Saint Ruler. Their talent was nowhere near as great as Jianchen's, so even with Xiao Ling's assistance, they were unable to maintain the rate of improvement of a minor level every year. However, with their current rate of comprehension, they only needed three more years to break through again.
The reason why they could break through at the same time within a year was because they had remained at the same level of comprehension for many years. They were at the peak of a minor level of comprehension, which was why they could break through so quickly.
Even so, the two of them were overjoyed. If they had to comprehend the mysteries of the world and break through on their own, it would take them at least a few dozen years or even a hundred years to break through a minor realm. With Xiao Ling's assistance, they'd been able to shorten the time needed to break through by a few times or even over a dozen times.
Huang Luan's strength rapidly increased over the past three years. She had reached the Fourth Heavenly Layer of Saint Ruler now. Only Chang Wuji and Yang Ling remained as Heaven Saint Masters.
Chang Wuji's talent was rather mediocre. Although he had consumed heavenly resources, he had basically reached the end of his thousand-year lifespan. His current situation was rather lacking. Even with the assistance of the three beast furs, he was unable to completely comprehend the mysteries of the world. He remained at the peak of Heaven Saint Master.
On the other hand, Yang Ling had not broken through, but he still had an extremely long lifespan. As a result, breaking through was only a matter of time for him.
Suddenly, the mysteries of the world that filled Jianchen's secret room began to pulse violently. The space around Jianchen seemed to be greatly affected as well. It began to violently tremble, causing the vision in the room to distort. Jianchen, who sat in the center of the room, began to blur as well. In the end, he actually vanished into the distorted space.
The clear sky above Mercenary City immediately darkened. A thick layer of clouds silently formed, enveloping the entire city. The thick layer of clouds blocked out the sunlight, blotting out the sky. At the same time, it rapidly expanded, reaching over a hundred thousand kilometers. The originally bright Mercenary City had become dark in a single moment.
The sudden change of weather made everyone in the city stop what they were doing. At that moment, all the people in the city raised their heads to look at the sky. Surprise and curiosity filled their eyes as discussions constantly rang out.
No one knew what was happening. The speed at which the clouds gathered was unbelievable. It did not seem like a storm at all.
Just as everyone was intensely discussing the sudden appearance of the clouds, a tremendous pressure suddenly appeared. It viciously pressed down from the sky, enveloping the entire Mercenary City. Mixed in with the pressure was a profound, incomprehensible truth of the world.
Immediately, everyone felt like a huge rock was pressing down on their chests, making it difficult for them to breathe. A few weaker people even felt like they were about to suffocate.
"This is the mysteries of the world. Someone has broken through to become a Saint Ruler …"
"No, I've personally witnessed the birth of a Saint Ruler. It was impossible for them to produce such a powerful pressure, and the mysteries of the world that descended were nowhere near as powerful as this. Has someone become a Saint Ruler …"
"The birth of a Saint Ruler is accompanied by five-colored auspicious clouds. If it's a Holy Emperor, there will be seven-colored auspicious clouds. We'll know whether the person who broke through this time is a Saint Ruler or a Holy Emperor when we see the color of the auspicious clouds …"
"Everyone, look! There's color. The auspicious clouds have appeared …"
Mercenary City was filled with experts. Many of the knowledgeable experts saw through the secret of the strange, dark clouds with a single glance and immediately cried out. Their eyes were filled with deep envy.
Soon after, a dazzling rainbow light tore through the darkness and appeared in the thick layer of clouds. The colors quickly became gorgeous, growing from five colors to seven colors very quickly. The entire layer of clouds was dyed in a riot of colors. It was extremely enchanting.
"It's the seven-colored auspicious clouds. It's the seven-colored auspicious clouds. A Saint Ruler has broken through to Holy Emperor …"
"Just who has broken through? Is it an elder of Mercenary City? From now on, Mercenary City has gained another unrivalled expert … "
The crowd burst into an uproar. They were extremely excited. Being able to personally witness the birth of a Holy Emperor was something that they could only come across by chance because there were extremely few Holy Emperors on the Tian Yuan Continent. It was very difficult for a single Holy Emperor to appear out of several billion people.
The appearance of the seven-colored auspicious clouds alarmed all the upper echelon of Mercenary City. A group of people led by Tian Jian had already appeared in the air. They all stared at the auspicious clouds in surprise.
"Grand elder, just who has broken through in our Mercenary City? Why can't I sense it at all? Could it be that the person who has broken through is not in our Mercenary City but somewhere else, and our Mercenary City just happens to be within the range of the auspicious clouds?" An elder of Mercenary City asked politely from behind Tian Jian.
Tian Jian stared at the auspicious clouds in the sky as a sliver of surprise appeared on his face. He said, "The clouds are centered around Mercenary City, so the person who has broken through is in Mercenary City. However, he's hidden himself very well, so even I can't sense where he is."
At this moment, there was a sudden change. The tremendous pressure that filled the world rapidly weakened. In just a few seconds, it vanished without a trace, as if it had never appeared in the first place. The rainbow clouds in the sky rapidly faded as well. After a few seconds, they turned into nothingness, reappearing in the azure sky.
Tian Jian frowned slightly when he saw this. Surprise filled his eyes as he cried out, "What's going on? Why have the auspicious clouds vanished?"
"When someone breaks through to the Holy Emperor level, the auspicious clouds will last for seven days, but W- w- but the auspicious clouds have just formed, so why have they vanished so quickly? I've never seen or heard of something like this before, and there's no record of it in the records," an elder beside Tian Jian sighed.
Tian Jian stared at the sky that had returned to normal as he pondered. A while later, he seemed to understand something and sighed. He said regretfully, "That person has failed to break through."
"Failed? How is that possible? Once the auspicious clouds appear, it's definitely a success. How can there be a failure? What a strange story, what a strange story … "
The Rainbow Auspicious Clouds had only appeared for less than ten breaths of time before disappearing without a trace. Such a strange scene left all the elders of Mercenary City puzzled, and a great cloud of suspicion rose in their hearts. The knowledgeable people in Mercenary City quickly connected the dots and sighed in pity. At that moment, many of them felt extremely sorry for the person who had broken through.
He was just about to break through to the Holy Emperor level and become a supreme expert that no one dared to provoke on the Tian Yuan Continent, yet he had suddenly failed at the final moment. Just how great of a blow was this?
Jianchen suddenly opened his eyes in the depths of Mercenary City. He furiously stood up and roared at the sword spirits in his sea of consciousness, "Ziying, Qing Suo, why have you come to make trouble? I was about to become a Holy Emperor, yet I failed because of you. Why are you stopping me from breaking through to the Holy Emperor level?"
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