Chapter 2320: It Began
Three days later, Zhou Xundao and Jiaye finally explained everything they knew from the year one thousand nine hundred and eighty-fifth to two thousand two hundred and thirtieth of the Sacred Heaven Calendar.
"Thank you seniors! With all this information, if we managed to go back to the ancient era, we would achieve great results," Xiang Yuan rose to his feet and bowed.
While listening to the information over the past few days, he had been recovering from his injuries too. He was in great spirits.
"Cultivator Qin Nan, everything is ready. Let us begin. You will sit at the center of the altar. Once it"s activated, please unleash your power," Xiang Yuan was excited. He was speaking at a faster tone too.
"Got it!"
Qin Nan landed at the center of the altar and sat with his legs crossed.
Xiang Yuan, Xiang h.e.s.h.eng, and Progenitor Mingchu stood on three different corners.
"Ultimate of Time and s.p.a.ce, Tracing Back to the Ancient Era! The mystical Rules are changed according to our hearts," the three performed hand seals simultaneously while uttering in thunderous voices.
The altar started shaking vigorously, firing a tremendous aura into the clouds. Every Stone of Time and s.p.a.ce unleashed G.o.dly lights and auras which surged across the island shockingly.
The island too was shaking violently.
In addition to it, the Lands of Treasures were suddenly under terrifying pressure as their Immortal Intent surged at the altar like ancient dragons.
Qin Nan swiftly unleashed his power.
To his surprise, his aura had instantly merged with the aura of the ancient altar.
"Qin Nan, Jiaye and I won"t be able to go with you. You won"t be able to use the Undying Cycle Mountain and the Ownerless Heaven Pattern either. You will have to rely on your own power," Zhou Xundao said.
"Mm, I understand! Seniors, don"t worry, I shall return in victory."
Qin Nan"s eyes erupted into flames.
"By the way, seniors, I"ve transmitted a message to the Empress eight days ago, but she has yet to respond to it. Please ask Senior Linghuang and the others to contact her and see how is she doing," Qin Nan said.
"Sure."
Meanwhile, a great chaos occurred above the island. It spun rapidly like a deep abyss about to devour everything.
BANG!
Around a hundred breaths later, a terrifying power burst out of the ancient altar and soared into the chaos. An indescribable energy surged in all directions.
Qin Nan"s long hair drifted in the wind.
His eyes sharpened too.
"Cang, Ye Zhaoxian, just you two wait!"
Whoos.h.!.+
A strong wind rose and shook the whole island unprecedentedly.
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The two thousandth year of the Sacred Heaven Calendar...
Primary Upper Realm, Nine Heavens Immortal Realm, the Fifth Small Immortal Realm...
There were many ancient forbidden grounds and successions in the Fifth Small Immortal Realm. Many cultivators were able to alter their destinies because of them every year.
Therefore, many rogue cultivators and disciples of formidable factions would be attracted here to look for fortunate encounters.
The forbidden grounds had different levels too. The high level ones would attract more people, and the opposite for the low level ones.
The Great Rift Valley was just a normal forbidden ground. Every time it was open, it would only attract less than a thousand cultivators. The strongest level among them was the Heaven Immortal Realm.
However, the Great Rift Valley was a little different today.
Three auras of the Master Realm suddenly burst out from deep within it and clashed fiercely. It lasted for around three hours until one of the auras gradually declined and dissipated.
"That kid is pretty strong. He"s close to becoming an Extraordinary Master of Dao," a middle-aged man said.
"Yeah, he did obtain the succession of a Heaven Highness. If he could fully comprehend it in the next one or two years, he can definitely become an Extraordinary Master of Dao and achieve the Ruler Realm," a pleasant voice said.
The two that were talking were a bulky middle-aged man covered in runes and a woman with an alluring figure in a pink dress.
They were both peak Masters of Dao.
Behind them, a young man with short hair was lying on the ground in blood. Its body was still and lifeless.
"(Sigh), it"s a succession of a Heaven Highness. Say, Junior Sister, should we..."
The middle-aged man looked at a ring in his hand greedily.
"Senior Brother, you better get rid of the thought. If the leader finds out, he won"t forgive you," the woman said coldly. "From what I know, it was a request from an authority of the Curved Swords. Our leader can"t afford to get on his wrong side."
The middle-aged man shrugged and said, "Junior Sister, do you think I"m that kind of a person? I was just kidding. By the way, I know you are good at collecting information. There have been rumors that our leader is going to support the man called Cang. Is it true?"
The woman nodded and said, "It is."
The middle-aged man said with glittering eyes, "Who would have thought our leader could really found Cang. I heard many Heaven Daoism factions, ancient tribes, and formidable factions had reached out to him, but he turned down all their offers."
The woman said, "It"s normal for him to turn down their offers. Cang, Zhou Di, Huangfu Jue, and Ye Zhaoxian had just achieved the Ruler Realm, but they are already ranked in the top fifty on the Extreme Heaven Ranking! It was unprecedented. They should be Heaven Highnesses before the next time the Heaven Highness Battlefield is open."
"People like Cang aren"t going to submit themselves to others. They would surely establish their own factions. Our leader is supporting Cang by treating him as someone on the same level."
The middle-aged man blurted out in surprise, "Same level? Our leader is a Heaven Highness! Cang might be talented, but..."
The woman shook her head and interrupted, "That"s enough, we shouldn"t talk about this any further. We can"t possibly read our leader"s mind. Let"s just leave this place."
The two were just about to leave when they halted in their tracks.
"Mm?"
They turned around at the same time and looked behind them.
The young man who was covered in blood shuddered as a strong life force burst out of his body to treat his injuries rapidly.