While the consequences of having their identities exposed would most likely not be good, whether it was the World beyond Worlds or the Roving Jade Heavens, both sides had sent people to infiltrate the other's territories in secret to gather information.
It was extremely difficult to get first-hand access to secret and important information.
However, the Upper Exalt Chen Qianhua had actually gone to attack the dao arena of the Brocade Emperor's lineage. It would be very difficult for such a thing to remain undetected.
Although there were people who dealt with the matter in a low-key manner and prevented the news from spreading, there was no doubt that this was an earth-shattering event.
On one side was the head of the Ten Exalts, the undisputed number one expert of the World beyond Worlds' Martial Saint realm, one of the most outstanding geniuses of the past two to three hundred years.
On one side was a True Immortal of the Five Emperors, one of the peak figures of the entire World beyond Worlds.
The collision of these two colossal beings naturally caused quite a commotion.
Still, the Brocade Emperor himself was not in the cave manor.
In the end, Chen Qianhua directly destroyed Ingenious Flying Peak's Red Lotus Cliff!
Red Lotus Cliff was where the Brocade Emperor's dao tradition was located. Its defensive power was naturally not something that the Minor No Hatred dao arena could compare to.
Still, the Upper Exalt Chen Qianhua was an expert who could contend head-on with the Brocade Emperor himself.
Without the Brocade Emperor personally presiding over it, while Red Lotus Cliff could block Chen Qianhua for a time, given enough time, he would be able to break through it in the end.
Hearing the news, Yan Zhaoge was a little taken aback, but not especially shocked.
He now had some understanding of that Upper Exalt's temperament.
While he had been backstabbed by Yan Zhaoge in the Nine Underworlds, being injured by the Brocade Emperor's Immortal Artifact, the Four Grands Earlier Heaven Flag, in the end, he had still been injured.
Still, Chen Qianhua would not be unable to forget the Brocade Emperor just because of this, thinking about taking revenge for him.
There was only one reason why he went to destroy Ingenious Flying Peak's Red Lotus Cliff.
Fu Ting.
Chen Qianhua's target was the Brocade Emperor's eldest daughter, the Grand Red Lotus Fu Ting.
Of course, he didn't have any special feelings for Fu Ting, and he wasn't going to ask for her hand in marriage on behalf of his younger brother, Chen Kunhua.
To be precise, Chen Qianhua's goal was to kill Fu Ting.
Whether or not a victor was determined in the battle between the black and white Brocade Emperors, killing Fu Ting and Meng Wan would allow the strength of the black-clothed Brocade Emperor who walked the unfeeling path to increase.
This was not a result that Yan Zhaoge was happy to see.
Chen Qianhua was using the Brocade Emperor as a chess piece against Yan Zhaoge.
"I wonder if there were any casualties at Red Lotus Cliff?" Yan Zhaoge asked, "What was the final result?"
Long Hanhua answered, "The exact situation is unclear, but there are indeed casualties."
"With the Brocade Emperor himself not present, did no one obstruct him?" Yan Zhaoge rubbed his temples lightly.
Long Hanhua was silent for a moment before he said, "The Encompassing Emperor made a move, but failed within the great hall. Red Lotus Cliff was ultimately breached by the Upper Exalt."
"Oh?" Yan Zhaoge was a little surprised this time.
Generally speaking, when the strengths of A and B were about the same, A would attack C, and B would try to protect C. In this situation, A would have the initiative, and it would be easier for him to gain the upper hand.
However, in today's matter, Red Lotus Cliff, as the third party, had focused on defending themselves. Their strength was not weak.
Secondly, the strengths of the two sides were not equal!
Indeed, in terms of cultivation base, the Upper Exalt Chen Qianhua possessed the ability to contend head-on against True Immortals. He was the only Martial Saint in the current World beyond Worlds who could do so, truly deserving of the title of the strongest Martial Saint.
The problem, however, was that the Encompassing Emperor had an accompanying Immortal Artifact just like the Brocade Emperor.
While Immortal Realm experts might not be able to do anything to a Human Martial Saint, it would not be nice for him to have actually used an Immortal Artifact.
Still, since it was to protect Red Lotus Cliff, it was understandable that the Encompassing Emperor had gone all out.
If the Encompassing Emperor had used an Immortal Artifact, yet Chen Qianhua had still succeeded in breaching Red Lotus Cliff, it would be rather shocking indeed.
"The Encompassing Emperor did not bring an Immortal Artifact with him?" Yan Zhaoge asked.
Having clashed with Chen Qianhua before, he knew that Chen Qianhua was indeed very powerful.
Still, Yan Zhaoge did not believe that Chen Qianhua had been able to withstand the attack of a True Immortal who wielded an Immortal Artifact barehanded while also breaching Red Lotus Cliff.
"The Encompassing Emperor finally used an Immortal Artifact," Long Hanhua said quietly.
Yan Zhaoge frowned, a thought flashing through his mind, "Could it be …"
"You guessed right," Knowing what he was thinking, Long Hanhua answered, "Upper Chen also wielded an Immortal Artifact!"
"This is really …" Yan Zhaoge put a hand on his forehead.
Gao Xuebo and Long Hanhua exchanged glances, shaking their heads as well.
An Immortal Weapon was hard to come by. One reason was that it was difficult to forge, and the other reason was that the materials were scarce.
Therefore, some of the Great Emperors who had truly pushed open the Immortal Door might not even have an Immortal Weapon.
This had already been the case before the Great Calamity, much less needed to be said about the era after the Great Calamity.
Even Perfected Immortals lacked Immortal Weapons, let alone Mortal Martial Saints.
It was true that there were always exceptions to everything. For example, Gao Xuebo who was standing before Yan Zhaoge was a Human Exalt who wielded an Immortal Artifact of the Leakless level.
However, strictly speaking, this immortal weapon could not be considered as Gao Xuebo's personal possession.
It was the sword of his mother, the Profound Sovereign Gao Qingxuan, when she was still a Leakless True Immortal. Afterwards, it was passed down to her eldest son, Gao Xuebo, to wield.
That was why Gao Xuebo could wield an Immortal Weapon as a Martial Saint.
His younger brother, Long Xueji, had already opened the Immortal Door, but he did not even have an Immortal Weapon.
Of course, this was related to Long Xueji's advocacy of forging his own swords.
In any case, it was evident how rare it was for a Martial Saint to possess an Immortal Weapon.
Chen Qianhua didn't have an elder who could pass down an Immortal Weapon to him …
"His own fortuitous encounter?" Yan Zhaoge smacked his lips, "The Origin Heavenly Scripture is indeed sharp in this aspect."
The information obtained from the Roving Jade Heavens was still too simple as it was unclear exactly what was going on in the World beyond Worlds.
Still, with Chen Qianhua having stirred up so much trouble this time, Yan Zhaoge believed that things would not end so simply.
Instead, Yan Zhaoge was rather uncertain about Fu Ting's current situation.
Logically speaking, Red Lotus Cliff and Fu Ting should have made preparations in case the Brocade Emperor suddenly rose in revolt.
In the end, it had been Chen Qianhua instead of the Brocade Emperor.
If it had been anyone else, Fu Ting would have been able to escape this tribulation if she had not been at Red Lotus Cliff at the time.
Still, it would have been much easier for Chen Qianhua to find Fu Ting's whereabouts since he possessed the Origin Heavenly Scripture.
If Fu Ting had been at Red Lotus Cliff at the time but not been killed by Chen Qianhua on the spot, instead being taken away by the Encompassing Emperor for protection, she would have been a little safer.
"Senior apprentice-uncle Gao, I intend to return to the World beyond Worlds," Yan Zhaoge pondered for a moment before bidding farewell to Gao Xuebo and the others.
Whether it was his personal friendship with Fu Ting or the conflict between the black and white Brocade Emperors, Yan Zhaoge would have to hurry back to the World beyond Worlds.
While he did not understand Yan Zhaoge's thoughts, Gao Xuebo did not question him as he immediately nodded in agreement, "Send my regards to your father. The Roving Jade Heavens welcome you all."
"Thank you, senior apprentice-uncle Gao." After taking his leave of Gao Xuebo, Long Hanhua and the others, Yan Zhaoge brought Meng Wan along as he returned to the World beyond Worlds.
Travelling from the Roving Jade Heavens to the World beyond Worlds required traversing numerous layers of space.
When the two had finally returned to the World beyond Worlds after a long journey, before they had even stabilised their footing, they learnt of another piece of unexpected news.
A new Southern Exalt had ascended to the throne!
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