Forty Millenniums of Cultivation

As the crystal cameras revealed themselves, the crowd at the rear of the valley began to riot again.

However, the modern magical equipment that was well-sealed and did not leak much spiritual energy lacked the brilliance and splendor of the ancient magical equipment. Therefore, most of the Cultivators of the Ancient Sages Sector were merely curious but not panicked.

In that moment, the riot had not reached the front of the crowd yet.

The fiery fiend in the sky did not notice the ‘insignificant’ crystal cameras, either, but simply chuckled at the hundreds of assassins. “You people of the six major sects don’t appreciate your lives at all! I have tolerated a lot of your provocation. Yet, you did not stop but came to stir trouble in the Angry Fire Mountain. Do you really that I will not dare to kill you because the six major sects are behind you?”

While talking, the three big faces suddenly turned extremely hideous. They craned the necks at the same time and spurted out three streams of overwhelming hot waves to the sky, setting the whole sky on fire.

The sky was burnt deep red, then purple, and then black. The sun, the moon, the stars, and the lightning were all eclipsed by Elder Scorching Sun’s dominance!

The Cultivators of the Ancient Sages Sector had never seen such a splendid view before. Unable to control the fear and admiration in their heart anymore, they all began to shout.

Even the experts of the youngest generation from the six major sects were dumbfounded inside the barriers, finding it hard to believe their eyes.

They were even secretly regretting their decision. Such an Elder Scorching Sun was an out-and-out reincarnation of a fiend that could not be defeated by the mortals such as them. How were they bold enough to assassinate such an unparalleled expert?

“Haha. Hahaha. Now that you have pushed me to this point, do I still have any concerns at all?”

The six arms of the fiery fiend were extended to the limits, as if it was trying to grasp the entire world into its hands. Elder Scorching Sun declared thunderously, “Crush the Grand Mystery Sect first, then the Purple Pole Sword Sect. All six major sects will be crushed before the capital city of the Great Qian Dynasty is taken. If the Dark Cloud Prairies dare to refuse my decree, no grass will ever grow out of the place after the thudding of a million iron hooves!

“There are almost no places where the sun cannot reach as it rises and sets, but I will make the name of ‘Scorching Sun’ hover in the sky forever and illuminate every blade of grass and every rock of the Ancient Sages Sector!”

The splendid view completely shattered the last defense line in the heart of the last few Cultivators.

There was no telling who started it, but very soon, all the Cultivators were kneeling on the ground, some shaking, some zealous, some blushing, and some frightened. But all of them roared crazily at the same time.

“Crush the Grand Mystery Sect first, and then the Purple Pole Sword Sect!”

“Obliterate the six major sects and take the capital city of the Great Qian Dynasty!”

“If the Dark Cloud Prairies dare to refuse Elder’s decree, no grass will ever grow out of the place!”

“Elder Scorching Sun is invincible!”

“Elder Scorching Sun will sweep across the world!”

“Elder Scorching Sun will live for all eternality!”

On the altar at the highest place of the Red Sun Sect, a high-level Cultivator, who was wearing a crimson robe, a cloud-shaped crown, with a pair of glowing eyes that were filled with explosive strength, stood three meters in the sky away from the altar.

His hands were behind his back, and his face was quite casual, not revealing any emotion. But deep inside his glittering eyes, the deepest ecstasy was hidden.

He was Elder Scorching Sun, the best expert of the Ancient Sages Sector, invincible!

Hearing the praise and roars from the hundreds of disciples on the pavilions, floating mountains, and flying boats and the more than hundred thousand Cultivators, Elder Scorching Sun could not have felt more gratified and ambitious.

In a trance, mottled pictures flashed before his eyes.

The struggles and hard work a hundred years ago, the hard training in the underground relic for a hundred years when he broke the most shocking barriers, and finally today, he ended his seclusion and was about to establish an enterprise that would last ten thousand years!

Finally, he had made it to this step.

All the effort had been rewarded in the most fruitful way. He was indeed the lucky guy favored by fate. The whole world would be his.

Elder Scorching Sun waved his hands. “Fine. We will give sacrificial offerings to the flags with Zhao Changlie and the hundred assassins here. Then, all the fellow Cultivators will follow my flag of angry fire and sweep across the entire world!”

His enormous hand was raised high in the sky. As long as he closed his hand, Zhao Changlie and the hundred assassins from the six major sects would be killed immediately.

At the most critical moment, Elder Scorching Sun’s face suddenly turned extremely weird. Thousands of needles seemed to have stabbed into his fingers, making it impossible to clench them into a fist.

His eyes that were burning like magma darting at beyond the sky brutally, Elder Scorching Sun was never as solemn and infuriated before.

Some of the Cultivators of the Ancient Sages Sector sensed the weird waves, too, and raised their heads to check.

Finally, somebody lost their calmness and shouted, “Look, Elder’s image is—”

In midair, the overwhelming fiendish image of Elder Scorching Sun was releasing ripples. Because of the affection of the ripples, the three solemn and ambitious faces were twisted and stretched into the most ridiculous appearance.

Blown by the wind, the vivid fiery fiend turned into unsubstantial mist and even seemed to vanish.

The Cultivators of the Ancient Sages Sector who had been dwelling in Elder Scorching Sun’s invincibility a moment ago all felt as if they were soaked in sweat after seeing the uncanny change. They could not have been more shocked.

“How—How is it possible?”

“Elder Scorching Sun’s invincible image has been broken?”

“Who is so bold as to mess around with him? Even the experts of the six major sects will be killed if they come together!”

“Hehe!” Elder Scorching Sun snorted. He bit his tongue and smeared the blood on his palm, performing a gesture quickly to stabilize the fiery fiend, while he declared in fury, “Who is it that is bold enough to mess around in Angry Fire Mountain? Are you too timid to show yourself?”

The voice soared into the sky like an overwhelming tsunami and disappeared deep inside the clouds. The Cultivators of the Ancient Sages Sector felt that their souls were shaken again and could not help but be grasped by the infinite awe for Elder Scorching Sun.

“Hello. Can you hear me?”

Above the burning clouds, a rather weird voice came over. Although it was not as intimidating as Elder Scorching Sun’s, it was also clearly audible to every Cultivator present.

However, the tone of the voice was rather weird, and everyone felt that it was quite unnatural as they heard it more. “Greetings, Elder Scorching Sun. Greetings, fellow Cultivators of the Ancient Sages Sector. Please don’t be nervous. I mean you no harm and do not intend to raise an unnecessary war at all.

“Allow me to introduce myself first. My name is Li Yao. You’ve probably never heard the name before. In that case, I used another name when I travelled in the Ancient Sages Sector a few years ago, which was ‘Master Spiritual Vulture’…”

Master Spiritual Vulture!

After hearing that, the Cultivators in the valley fell into complete chaos.

Master Spiritual Vulture, one of the ten experts of the Ancient Sages Sector who went to visit the deities’ realm’, had returned at such a critical moment!

Was it true or false? It was too unbelievable!

Everybody widened their eyes and pricked their ears while improving their spiritual shield to the maximum and preparing all their magical equipment, waiting for the development of the situation.

Elder Scorching Sun was slightly dazed. Then he laughed. “Is the legendary Master Spiritual Vulture such a stealthy coward?”

“Not exactly. It is mainly because the starships that have flown to the Ancient Sages Sector are all only adapted to the zero-gravity environment in the vacuum,” the voice from the sky explained patiently. “To enter the high-gravity environment within the atmosphere, we have to make a lot of preparations to change the mode. All in all, it is very complicated. So, if you fellow Cultivators can wait patiently for a while, a hundred or so starships will arrive in no time.”

“Nonsense!” Elder Scorching Sun turned gloomy and demanded, “I do not care whether you are impersonating anyone with evil arts or you are really Master Spiritual Vulture. Even if you are, so what?

“Master Spiritual Vulture, I’ve heard your name before and know that you have similar backgrounds to mine. We both have legacies from ancient dynasties. I’ve longed to compete with you!

“Come on. If you are the real Master Spiritual Vulture, just reveal yourself and have an open fight with me. Let all the heroes in the world be witnesses to see which is better, the legacies of the ‘Great Zhou Dynasty’ or the legacies of the ‘Saint Fire Dynasty’!”

“Well, it is rather hard to explain, but I’m actually not the real ‘Master Spiritual Vulture’, nor do I have any legacies from the ‘Great Zhou Dynasty’. All in all, would you please not be so hasty? Let’s just talk nicely. Is there anything that cannot be worked out through peaceful communication?”

The voice in the clouds sounded rather troubled. “You may not know this, fellow Cultivators, but I am in fact a pacifist who does not like fighting. So, I’m hoping to settle these archaic problems including the Angry Fire Army, the Red Sun Sect, and Elder Scorching Sun in a peaceful way.

“Therefore, please keep calm and hear me out quietly, Elder Scorching Sun, and let’s communicate with each other well. Otherwise, there will be consequences too dire for you to bear. I’m not lying.”

“…” Elder Scorching Sun.

“…” The Cultivators of the Ancient Sages Sector.

“…” The experts of the Angry Fire Army and the Red Sun Sect.

Everybody looked at each other in bewilderment. They looked at the sky as if it were a drunk moron who had lost his mind.

The voice from the sky coughed and went on. “First of all, I’d like to tell you a piece of exciting good news. In the July of the fourth year of Emperor Phoenix of the Great Qian Dynasty’s reign, or in September of year 102 of the calendar of the New Federation, at the warm invitation of the Supreme Parliament of the Star Glory Federation, after the votes of ‘Emperor Phoenix’ Zhu Zongyou, ‘Dark Cloud King’ Han Baling, Leader Qi Zhongdao of the six major sects, and other high-level representatives of the Ancient Sages Sector, the Ancient Sages Sector officially joined the Star Glory Federation and became a glorious and sacred member of the Star Glory Federation as a ‘special district’.

“From this day forth, the history of the Ancient Sages Sector has moved on to a new chapter. The world now has a new future and has crossed to become a universal civilization from a lonely planetary civilization. This is indeed a rebirth and a new life!”