The current Nie Jingshen had already long since attained the ninth level of the Martial Saint realm.
At the same time, he was also the publicly acknowledged martial practitioner of the World beyond Worlds who was most likely to become a new Human Exalt.
Qing Shuzi and the others were similar to him in terms of their cultivation bases as they were only a half-step away from the Human Exalt realm, able to cross over at any time.
Still, for Qing Shuzi and the others, even having taken this half-step first was not something worth rejoicing over in the least.
In the World beyond Worlds, some busybody had once suggested such a thing.
Of the Martial Saints, the person ranked first was unquestionably the Upper Exalt Chen Qianhua.
The person ranked second was unquestionably the Earth Exalt Wang Zhengcheng.
Yet, the person ranked third was the ninth level Martial Saint Nie Jingshen!
Due to the authority of the Exalts of Ten Territories, this saying had not been widely acknowledged and spread.
Still, it was worth pondering the fact that none of the Human Immortals, Nie Jingshen's senior apprentice-brother the Southwestern Exalt Bai Tao included, had been angered by this saying.
Now, those who understood the situation were actually all looking forward to what would happen when Nie Jingshen attained the Human Exalt realm and attained the Human Exalt body.
The Little Sword God Long Xueji who had still been active under the pseudonym of Qian Xueji had been in the World beyond Worlds for too short a time as few people knew about him now.
Everyone wanted to see who was superior between the Heavenly Young Master and the Shocking God Sword.
Now, a new legend had arisen.
The phrase 'A lineage of two father and son, both fallen Deities' was rapidly spreading throughout the World beyond Worlds now.
The ones being evaluated were Yan Zhaoge and Yan Di, having resisted the Heaven Emperor in the battle of the Royal Reed Sea and slain the Southern Exalt.
The one evaluating them was the most outstanding young expert of the World beyond Worlds, the 'Shocking God Sword' Nie Jingshen.
With the two combined, the reputation of the Yan Family's two fallen Deities was naturally deeply ingrained in everyone's hearts at the fastest possible speed.
Many people felt emotional. The resurgence of Daoism in the World beyond Worlds was truly beginning to show some signs.
Aside from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, shocking, peerless martial practitioners had appeared in an endless stream in recent centuries.
Long Xueji who had shocked the world for a brief moment, Chen Qianhua who was the number one Martial Saint today, Nie Jingshen who was not an Exalt but surpassed an Exalt, and then there was Yan Zhaoge and Yan Di who had risen to fame over the past decade or so.
In the era following the decline of Daoism following the Great Calamity, all of them could be said to be geniuses rarely seen even in a thousand years.
Meanwhile, they had all gathered together in these few hundred years, causing everyone to feel that the many years of accumulation after the Great Calamity had finally come to an end.
Yan Zhaoge and those of Broad Creed Mountain had long since heard the rumours of Nie Jingshen.
It was just that before today, he didn't expect the two of them to have such a relationship.
While it was said that Nie Jingshen was the person in the World beyond Worlds who was closest to the Human Exalt stage, those outside of Jade Capital Crag did not know that this black-clothed youth had already reached the point where he could take that step at any time.
Perhaps, if not for the matter of Broad Creed Mountain today, he would have just taken that step.
And now, following Nie Jingshen's declaration, it was equivalent to saying that it would not be difficult for Broad Creed Mountain to advance into the southern Blazing Heaven Territory.
None of the other late Immortal Bridge Martial Saints who had the ability to achieve the Human Exalt stage within a short period of time were confident of suppressing Yan Zhaoge and Yan Di.
Even if they succeeded in taking that step, they would not be willing to go to the southern Blazing Heaven Territory to bear the lightning tribulation.
"It's just that your sect has inherited the legendary name of the East Peak of Taoism, but you're going to develop in the south," Wang Pu said with a smile.
Everyone couldn't help but smile.
Yan Zhaoge stroked his lower chin, his eyes shining brightly as it was unknown what he was thinking about.
"Everyone, this Yan has a request that I hope that you will not be stingy with your assistance," Yan Di now said, "I would especially like to trouble the Female Emperor."
Cao Jie, Liu Zhenggu, Wang Pu and the others all had solemn expressions on their faces as they felt curious.
Yan Di was such a proud and unyielding person that he rarely asked for help. He had been fearless even when facing the pressure of the Heaven Emperor and the four Exalts earlier. Now, he had actually taken the initiative to ask for help. This could be said to be an extremely rare thing.
Yan Di said, "I have a senior apprentice-brother of mine. There is something wrong with his descendants. I couldn't detect it before, but as the cultivation bases of this Yan and my son grew higher and higher, we finally discovered it."
"Still, the things that we can see through are still limited. Therefore, I would like to ask for your help in analyzing it."
While he and Yan Zhaoge possessed outstanding strength that far surpassed that of ordinary people, there were still some things that could only be done with a sufficient cultivation base.
"It is related to the Nine Underworlds," Yan Zhaoge said solemnly now.
Due to having been in the Heavenly Court's Divine Palace in pre-Great Calamity times, his knowledge and discernment had been extremely great as he was even able to see through some things that Yan Di was unable to. Still, having only just stepped into the Immortal Bridge stage, he would definitely be limited in some areas.
Hearing the name of the Nine Underworlds, the expressions of Nie Jingshen, Cao Jie, Bai Tao and the others all turned solemn.
That was an existence that stood against the entire great thousand worlds in pre-Great Calamity times, a land of filth, filth and evil beneath the heavens.
Numerous devils danced chaotically, experts innumerable.
The Nine Underworlds seemed to have been affected by the Great Calamity as well.
Still, they still pervasively invaded all the worlds of post-Great Calamity times.
In the Eight Extremities World that year, a devilish door had once been opened, with true devils nearly descending.
Now that it had been sealed, the Eight Extremities World could finally heave a sigh of relief. This was also the limit of what they could do. No one would even think of counterattacking.
It was unlike the Flame Devil World whose strongest expert was merely a Great Flame Devil King equivalent to the third level of the Martial Saint realm who had even been slain by Yan Di and the others in formation back then.
While the Flame Devils possessed a massive home ground advantage as their strength was boosted, after Yuan Zhengfeng and the others had stepped into the Seeing Divinity stage, they were no longer worth mentioning.
As the one who had suffered the most from the invasion of the Flame Devils, Broad Creed Mountain's first action after its strength was no longer what it had been in the past was to launch a counterattack on the Flame Devil World, completely destroying it.
The current Flame Devil World had already completely become history.
However, the Nine Underworlds was a completely different concept altogether.
Invading the Eight Extremities World was merely a special characteristic of the Nine Underworlds.
The devils who had nearly descended that year were merely two or three small kittens to the entire Nine Underworlds.
The true great devils targeted the entire great thousand worlds, not paying much attention to lower worlds like the Eight Extremities World, the Vast Ocean World and the Floating Gate World.
Therefore, other than the devils in the vicinity of the Eight Extremities World feeling despondent and unresigned, the Great Nine Underworlds Door in the Earth Domain of the Eight Extremities World did not affect them at all.
Meanwhile, those of the Eight Extremities World would not take the initiative to open the devilish door.
It was just that Shi Jun and Ying Yuzhen's situation was very special.
Being able to cause even Yan Zhaoge who was currently at the Immortal Bridge stage to be unable to ascertain their background, it meant that the devil who had left a mark on them back then was definitely not simple.
Such great devils were limited in the first place. Yan Zhaoge being unable to confirm it was actually equivalent to having locked onto some potential targets.
He had a guess, just that he was unable to confirm it.
"Nine Underworlds?" The Female Emperor Jie Mingkong who had originally sealed herself in ice again after the opening ceremony and had not spoken a word now seemed very concerned.
The ice sculpture emitted a faint lustre as her voice resounded by everyone's ears, "Let me see."
"Thank you for your trouble, Female Emperor," Yan Di looked towards Fang Zhun who nodded, retrieving an ice coffin.
Within the transparent ice coffin, a woman's eyes were closed as though she was in a deep slumber. It was precisely Shi Jun's mother, Shi Songtao's wife, Ying Yuzhen.
Having received instructions earlier, Shi Jun had been waiting outside. Now, he inhaled deeply and entered as ordered.
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