Nine Revolutions Star Technique

As the main hall of the Celestial God Sect shook.

Within the Bronze Gate cave abode.

Ye Qingchen slowly withdrew his gaze from the shattered silhouette. Although the contact lasted but a moment, he had already thoroughly understood the use of this Soul Seal and glimpsed the Venerable Lord of the Celestial God Sect!

Of course.

Inevitably, he too was observed by the other party.

”This can be considered our first confrontation!”

Ye Qingchen’s voice was neither sad nor happy.

”This...”

Gongyang Yu, Su Muzhe, and others were so shocked they couldn’t close their mouths.

Under the terrifying oppressive aura of the silhouette, they couldn’t even move, yet Ye Qingchen remained unfazed, tearing it apart on the spot. That was the Venerable Lord of the Celestial God Sect!

”Even if it were just a Soul Seal avatar of his, I’d still kill him!”

Ye Qingchen said calmly.

”Indeed, he must be killed!” Su Muzhe, the most spiteful towards evil among them, nodded. ”The sins of the Celestial God Sect are unspeakable. They dared to set foot in the Eastern Domain, committing heinous blood debts. Destroying one of his Soul Seal avatars serves as a warning!”

”Warning?” Ye Qingchen looked at Su Muzhe with a faint smile and shook his head, ”That’s a declaration of war!”

A declaration of war!

These understated two words struck the ears of the crowd like a thunderclap.

Could it be?

Ye Qingchen truly intends to enter the Western Domain to deal with the Celestial God Sect?

”Young Master Ye, you mustn’t... The Western Domain is the heartland of the Celestial God Sect, and we know little about them,” Gongyang Yu hurriedly advised.

Su Muzhe, standing beside, also quickly added, ”Young Master Ye, think thrice!”

The others nodded quietly in agreement.

Even just one Thunder Department of the Celestial God Sect caused bloodshed in the Eastern Domain.

While in the Western Domain, there are seven more departments of the Celestial God Sect, which is no less than a dragon’s lair or a tiger’s den. Many strong practitioners from the Eastern Domain ventured into the Western Domain, often disappearing without a trace.

Previously, people might not have known why those practitioners disappeared, but thinking on it now, it very likely had to do with the Celestial God Sect.

Ye Qingchen chuckled lightly. He knew well the fear of the Celestial God Sect in everyone’s heart, so he did not speak but instead turned his gaze to the cave abode. Relying solely on his own power to resist the Celestial God Sect would undoubtedly be challenging.

But if he could obtain the treasure within the cave abode, then what?

Inside the cave abode.

The flames continued to burn, but after Ye Qingchen’s earlier strike, the fire had receded to the center of the cave abode. With Lei Ming dead, the tombstone behind him was revealed.

This tombstone stood several meters high, inscribed with tightly packed characters in small seal script.

”... In the spring of February, the sky fell with meteoric fire, burning the heavens, turning night into day, akin to doomsday. The meteor fell into the vast mountains, flames ravaging and burning, red walls for thousands of miles...”

”This...”

Just at a glance, Ye Qingchen involuntarily narrowed his eyes.

The tombstone actually recorded the scene of the meteor’s descent back then, not only lighting up the skies of the Eastern Domain as Elder Qin had said but also turning the vast mountains into a sea of fire.

This scenario was several times more terrifying than what Elder Qin described.

Ye Qingchen continued to read on with these thoughts in mind.

”... I saw the suffering of living beings and couldn’t bear it. I led over ten members of Taotian Palace to the vast mountains to tame the meteoric fire...”

Following that was the owner of the tombstone describing the events of that year.

Besides the disciples of the Taotian Palace, there were also other strong practitioners of the Eastern Domain invited to tame the meteoric fire. But it was so dreadful that less than one out of every ten Celestial Saints that arrived survived, ultimately suppressing the flames here.

”... Seeing the meteoric fire’s power, I feared it might one day break free from its seal, so I suppressed it with the Eight Divine Soul Swords, to absorb its might, preventing it from causing harm again. Should any descendants of Taotian Palace come here, they may take the swords for use.”

As the tombstone’s owner wrote these last words with resolute determination, it seemed their mind had been made up.

Even Ye Qingchen was moved, falling silent for a moment.

”Who knows which predecessor of Taotian Palace, to prevent the meteoric fire from causing harm, sacrificed their own life. Such an act deserves our respect!” Gongyang Yu raised his hands, bowing towards the tombstone.

The others also bowed deeply.

Ye Qingchen looked toward the flames, deep in thought.

It seemed.

What he vaguely saw within the flames earlier should indeed be the Eight Divine Soul Swords left by the Taotian Palace predecessor. But besides those eight swords, there seemed to be something else.

With that thought, Ye Qingchen’s mind stirred, and he quickly walked forward.

Seeing Ye Qingchen’s movements, Gongyang Yu and the others were surprised, but they dared not obstruct him.

”Zing!”

Before even touching the flames.

A burst of Vast Sword Qi exploded, with eight beams of sword light soaring into the sky, forming a Sword Array, blocking Ye Qingchen outside the formation.

Since it was a Sword Array set by the Taotian Palace ancestors, how could Ye Qingchen not know how to break it?

He ignored it entirely, directly forming a seal with his fingers.

It was seen that the sword light quietly restrained itself within the flames, as if the gates of the portal had opened, no longer guarded.

And at this time, Ye Qingchen’s steps did not falter as his right hand reached directly into the flames.

”Boom!”

At that moment.

The rolling flames seemed to have been touched, suddenly boiling, frantically sweeping towards where Ye Qingchen stood.

But Ye Qingchen did not care.

Instead, under the shocked gazes of the crowd, he retrieved an ancient, oddly-shaped bronze fragment. The endless flames were unexpectedly attached to this fragment!

”What is this?”

”How is this possible?”

”What exactly is this thing...”

The crowd let out cries of exclamation, widening their eyes as if in disbelief.

They couldn’t imagine.

Hundreds of years ago, the anger that fell from the sky, burned the heavens red, and turned the vast mountains of the Eastern Domain into a fiery sea, actually surged forth from this palm-sized bronze fragment.

And it had never extinguished over the centuries.

”This is...”

Ye Qingchen stared at the fragment, the more he looked, the more familiar it seemed.

Suddenly, his mind stirred, and he quickly retrieved the Crimson Mist Cauldron from the Void Ring.

”Hiss hiss hiss!”

At that moment.

The sound of taking in a breath reverberated all around, a chill surged wildly up within the heart.

It was seen.

The fragment, half-crescent-shaped, inscribed with bizarre patterns. If viewed alone, one couldn’t discern what it was. But with the alchemy furnace beside it, it could be discerned immediately: this fragment hailed from within the alchemy furnace!

What kind of alchemy furnace was it, that a mere descent from the heavens burned through the entire vast mountain range.

Ye Qingchen observed for a moment, then casually tossed the fragment into the Crimson Mist Cauldron and formed a seal. Meanwhile, the Eight Divine Soul Swords on the ground ’zinged’ into the air, like swallow chicks returning to the nest, flying into Ye Qingchen’s hands.

These eight flying swords, after suppressing the flames for hundreds of years and undergoing refining, surprisingly reached Heavenly Grade Top level.

”Alright, I’ve finished matters here, it’s time to proceed with the main task!” Ye Qingchen put away the Eight Divine Soul Swords, folded his hands behind him, and turned to the wide-open Bronze Gate.

”What main task?” The crowd was puzzled.

Gongyang Yu pondered for a moment, suddenly thinking of a possibility, his eyes widened in shock, he exclaimed, ”Young Master Ye, are you...”

”Tell Elder Qin for me, I won’t return to Taotian Palace, I’m heading to the Western Domain!”

Ye Qingchen slowly raised his head, his gaze chilly, word by word he declared:

”Eliminate, the Celestial God Sect!”