In their original plans, Fu Ting and He Xixing had actually intended to remain in the World beyond Worlds.
It was not that they were unwilling to come.
Of Ingenious Flying Peak's lineage, Red Lotus Cliff was virtually the cave manor that was closest to Broad Creed Mountain.
Even the white-clothed Brocade Emperor was rather friendly with Broad Creed Mountain.
The Grand Clear lineage had to stay behind in the World beyond Worlds. They naturally had other cave manors. The Red Lotus Cliff left the Dao universe together with the Broad Creed Mountain.
However, Fu Ting and He Xixing's situation was rather special.
The reason for this was none other than the fact that the two of them had known of the existence of the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord before their cultivation bases had reached the tenth level of the Martial Saint realm, the Human Exalts. As a result, a formless seed had been planted deep within their hearts.
Even though He Xixing had advanced from the ninth level of the Martial Saint realm to the tenth level of the Martial Saint realm afterwards, the effects from earlier still existed.
The hidden danger was not only limited to them, but could also affect the people around them.
Even if it didn't affect others, it might become a clue for the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord and the Immortal Court to search for Yan Zhaoge and the Pill Hall.
Therefore, the two had originally planned to stay in the World beyond Worlds. Not only would it not affect the Pill Hall, it would also be safer for them.
In the World beyond Worlds, the possibility of the Immortal Court dealing with them would undoubtedly be much lower. Because there was no need for them to do so, there was no value in doing so.
Still, Yan Zhaoge sent a sincere invitation to the two, hoping that they could travel together.
"I do have some ideas." After hearing Yue Zhenbei's question, Yan Zhaoge nodded and answered, "There are risks involved. However, some problems have to be faced."
Yue Zhenbei asked, "Do you have a way to resolve the hidden danger of the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord's Wish Curse?"
"Not yet." Yan Zhaoge lightly tapped his temple, "However, I want to try looking at this problem from another angle."
"I'm thinking about a problem. I've tried all conventional methods, but I still can't find the answer. I'm used to trying to go back to the beginning and re-examine the matter."
Yan Zhaoge explained, "Although the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord was transformed from a Grand Heavenly Immortal of our orthodox Daoism, it's way too easy for him to illuminate our Daoism's successors."
"How did he do it?"
Yan Zhaoge lightly rubbed his temples as he pondered.
Hearing this, Yue Zhenbei's eyes focused, and a look of realization appeared on his face, "Heavenly Essence Stone …"
"Yes, I guess that one of the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord's trump cards is the Heavenly Yuan Stone." Yan Zhaoge nodded, "The Dim Radiant Emperor only wrested away a fragment of the Heavenly Essence Stone that year. The remainder of the Heavenly Essence Stone should be in the Immortal Court."
"There's the Heavenly Essence Stone or something else. In addition to the fact that the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord is a Grand Heavenly Immortal of our orthodox Daoism, he was able to use such a domineering method of purification."
Yan Zhaoge smacked his lips, "It's a pity that the Heavenly Essence Stone's fragments were scattered, and most of them ended up benefiting the Exalted Solar Luminary."
Back when Xue Chuqing had obtained the Heavenly Essence Stone fragment, she had intended to scatter it and hide it within the myriad of worlds.
But things took a turn that she didn't expect.
The "Sikong Qings" that were reincarnated after the fragments separated once more were not only extremely outstanding in terms of appearance, their martial arts talents were also exceptionally outstanding.
This made it so that although the 'Sikong Qings' were scattered among a sea of people, gold would always shine. Although some died prematurely, most of them could still mature.
With such a large number of people who had outstanding physical conditions, looked exactly the same, and had outstanding martial arts talent and cultivation base appearing at the same time, it would be difficult not to attract the attention of the big shots.
Leaves were naturally the most secretive in the forest.
However, a golden leaf wouldn't be so secretive in the green forest.
If it was a large number of golden leaves, it wouldn't be secretive at all.
As for Xue Chuqing, out of cautiousness, in order to prevent others from divining, she had avoided contact with the Sikong Qings and the others.
Only after she had reunited with Yan Zhaoge and Yan Di did she realize the problem. As a result, she had the feeling of "doing a stupid thing in the past".
However, in the end, the truth was that Xue Chuqing's seemingly unintentional mistake didn't lead to the expected outcome.
Previously, the higher-ups of the World beyond Worlds like the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors didn't notice anything special about the 'Sikong Qings'.
The reason for this was that someone had secretly collected these golden leaves a step ahead of them.
Previously, when Yan Zhaoge wasn't clear about the Concealed Sovereign's background and only knew that he had something to hide from the Earthly Sovereign – Jiang Shen, he had guessed that the Concealed Sovereign might have secretly collected most of the people who resembled Sikong Qing.
Now that he knew that the Exalted Concealed Luminary – Yang Ce was the Exalted Solar Luminary – Gao Han's clone, Yan Zhaoge was almost certain about this.
The final destination of those people that were similar to Sikong Qing, was most likely sent into Gao Han's pockets in batches.
According to Xue Chuqing, the idea of splitting the Heavenly Essence Stone fragments wasn't her idea. Instead, it was an idea that her master had once mentioned.
As for whether this idea originated from Xue Chuqing's master or Gao Han, it was hard to say.
In the past, Xue Chuqing's Grand Master – Hu Yuexin's information regarding the Heavenly Essence Stone fragments might have originated from the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor and Gao Han.
"He deceived everyone and obtained a huge benefit. However, my mother was being chased by the entire world." Yan Zhaoge gritted his teeth, "However, nothing is perfect in this world. He's dreaming if he wants to gather everyone and recreate the Heavenly Essence Stone fragments."
Yan Zhaoge smiled, "We have a share, and they have a share. Isn't this a wise choice of not putting all of our eggs in one basket? In case the Immortal Court takes us all in one go. "
Yue Zhenbei, who had always been serious, couldn't help but smile when he heard this.
He shook his head lightly, "Although I vaguely felt that Elder Yang's actions weren't known to others, I didn't expect him to be a clone of the Exalted Solar Luminary."
"I originally guessed that he was the Exalted Solar Luminary's accomplice. However, I didn't expect their relationship to be so close. What's yours is mine, and what's mine is yours." Yan Zhaoge curled his lips.
Previously, when the Earthly Sovereign and the Sword Sovereign had yet to return from the void's outskirts, the Broad Creed Mountain and the Qilin Cliff had completely fallen out with each other. The Earth Exalt – Wang Zhengcheng was killed by Yan Zhaoge, which signified that the two sides had completely fallen out.
At that time, the Concealed Sovereign had secluded himself within the Restful Immortal Valley and didn't care about the outside world's matters.
After the incident, it was proven that he wasn't really in seclusion and couldn't care less about the outside world's matters. He had always been paying close attention to the World beyond Worlds' happenings.
By doing so, it was obvious that he hoped for the conflict between the two sides to escalate.
Otherwise, if he really wished for the World beyond Worlds to be stable, the most suitable thing to do would be to immediately express his support for one side. With that, the other side's disadvantage would be too obvious. Instead, it might cause the situation to calm down.
Comparing the situation with the other forces, the more the Concealed Sovereign tried to smooth things over, the more unfathomable his intentions were.
The Earthly Sovereign – Jiang Shen might have known about the Concealed Sovereign's abnormality, but he had also mistaken the Concealed Sovereign as a double agent. As a result, he became the biggest loser. Even if he didn't lose to Yan Zhaoge and Suo Mingzhang, he would still fall into Gao Han's trap.
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