1839 Passing on the Flames

As he recalled the battle with Xie Canghai, Zhang Ruochen felt a tinge of fear.

If not for both the blood-haired man and Chen Yuhua wounded Xie Canghai twice back to back, even with a Supreme Sacred Artifact, Zhang Ruochen would have to avoid him.

But, in the end, he still killed Xie Canghai and had removed a great foe.

Zhang Ruochen stared at Chen Yuhua and walked over.

Chen Yuhua appeared feeble and no longer had the aura of an unparalleled Saint King or the hegemonic air that once swept across the entire Eastern Region.

He was nothing but a dying old man at the twilight of his days.

"Zhang Ruochen... I knew... you would.... come back... to Kunlun..."

Chen Yuhua was weak as a smile appeared on his weak, gaunt face.

"You actually recognized me," Zhang Ruochen said.

As he spoke, Zhang Ruochen's figure, appearance, and temperament changed rapidly as he returned to his original look. After years of trials and tribulations, Zhang Ruochen was no longer a pretty boy like before, and instead, a fierce aura radiated naturally from his body.

"A cultivator who can master both the Azuresky Pagoda and the power of space, aside from you... who else? It's good that you came... very good... If you become the Lord of the Eastern Region Holy City, I... Even if I die... I can die peacefully... Cough... Cough..."

"The Lord of the Eastern Region Holy City?"

Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that you may have misunderstood the reason for me coming here. I'm not a cultivator of the Kunlun Realm. I'm here to take something off Xie Canghai."

"The purpose of you coming here... it doesn't matter.... whether you are a culti... vator of the Kunlun Realm... It doesn't matter. What's important is that the Eastern Region Holy City and the Eastern Region... Cough... Cough... need you. Only you can become the Lord of the Eastern Region..." Chen Yuhua spat out a gout of flame from his mouth.

Within the flame was a flame-shaped command seal.

"This is the Seal of Flames, handed down from times ancient... It's the symbol of authority of the Lord of the Eastern Region. With this command seal, you can command all of the major sects and clans in the Eastern Region."

Chen Yuhua passed him the Seal of Flames and held it tremblingly in the air.

Zhang Ruochen did not take it.

The identity of the Eastern Region's lord was indeed prominent, but also it meant a heavy responsibility.

Chen Yuhua continued, "Remember... the Seal of Flames... is the key to unlock the Tower of Flames. As long... As long as you master the Tower of Flames, you can control the ancient wards of the Eastern Region Holy City, and through it, the entire Eastern Region."

Zhang Ruochen repeated the words as he looked up and stared at the towering three hundred and thirty-three-story building in the spirit mountain. That was probably it.

"Sir, you are handing the position of the Lord of the Eastern Region to a cultivator of a foreign realm, aren't you afraid this would rouse the anger of the Empress against the Chen Clan?" Zhang Ruochen asked.

Chen Yuhua smiled bitterly and said, "If I don't pass the Seal of Flames to you, tonight will be the day the Chen Clan is exterminated. Besides... Besides... other than you... who else in Kunlun now could bear such a burden... Who would have the backbone to support the entire Eastern Region?"

"Zhang Ruochen, take the Seal of Flames... Save the Chen Clan... Save the Eastern Region... This old one... will be forever grateful."

While he spoke, Chen Yuhua's voice already had a pleading tone.

He was afraid.

He was afraid that Zhang Ruochen would refuse.

Being Zhang Ruochen was obviously easier than being the Lord of the Eastern Region. For a cultivator that was forced to flee the Kunlun Realm, there was really no need for him to bear all of this.

Bam!

The earth trembled violently as a bright beam of light appeared in the night sky.

There was a reaction from the Tower of Flames as the bottom three-stories lit up as cobweb-like lights shot out in all directions, and activated the ancient wards in the air and the ground.

"What happened?" Zhang Ruochen's expression changed.

Chen Yuhua said, "They have struck... They have struck... Zhang Ruochen, take the Seal of Flames... only you can stop them... If the Eastern Region Holy City falls, the cultivators and civilians of the Eastern Region will be slaves, humiliated, and killed... This old one begs you!"

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Tianjue Island.

With a loud bang, Tianjue Pavilion was shattered by a powerful Saint Path Force and was reduced to ruins with wooden splinters and debris flying all over.

Mister Godcliff stepped on a white array disc as he flew into the air, his eyes brimming with fury.

Behind him was a group of elites of the Saint King rank. Among them were the Drifter, the Wayfarer, King Daxi, and Hua Cangying.

Mister Godcliff raised his head as Saint Glow appeared in his eyes. He saw through the formation array that covered Tianjue Island and snorted. "The Great Firmament Array! You actually deployed a Great Firmament Array to blind my senses. Impressive, impressive, there should be a powerful Array Master in Tianjue Island, right?"

Jiang Yunchong and a group of cultivators in brocade robes walked out from the ruins and appeared opposite of Mister Godcliff.

Standing beside Jiang Yunchong was a beautiful figure in a long cyan dress, with a delicate face as she held an umbrella over his head.

She was a translucent shadow, like a ghost, or a phantom.

Mister Godcliff guessed that the Array Master was probably her, Yin Ruo.

Jiang Yunchong smiled and said, "Being able to deceive an Array Master for so long, Yin Ruo, it looks like you've made some progress in your attainment of formation arrays. It seems like it won't be long before you will reach the realm of an Array Master."

The beautiful soulshadow smiled slightly, and her smile was extremely beautiful like a spring breeze blowing on one's face.

The Drifter whispered, "Mister, we have been delayed. What should we do now? Should we still proceed with tonight's plan?"

Mister Godcliff's eyes were sharp, and he said, "We have been arranging for this for so long, we cannot cancel it just because of a small accident. Follow the original plan, and leave here to me."

The Drifter, the Wayfarer, and the rest turned into beams of Saint Light as they rushed out of Tianjue Island.

Yin Ruo stretched out a translucent hand, as she pointed upwards, and said softly. "Formation, activate."

Countless light spots flew out from the palm of her hand.

The formation on Tianjue Island was activated and the skies were covered with dark clouds as thunder and lightning boomed, as a series of attacks fell, and blocked the path of the Drifter, the Wayfarer, and the rest.

"Using a formation array before an Array Master. What impudence."

Mister Godcliff's index finger pointed and tapped at a point to the southwest of the array, and suddenly there was an explosion in the sky.

The Great Firmament Array that covered the entire Tianjue Island, was shattered at that point.

Where the formation had collapsed, the dark clouds receded and formed a massive hole with moonlight shining through it.

The Drifter, the Wayfarer, King Daxi... All of them flew out of the hole and dispersed in all directions of the Eastern Region Holy City.

At the same time, the cultivators in charge of attacking the eighty-one Eastern Region Saint King Manors all struck, as they launched a thunderous offensive, and sank the entire Eastern Region Holy City into the flames of war.

Jiang Yunchong raised both of his hands, as the Saint Qi of Heaven and Earth quickly converged, and formed into a bird that was tens of miles long. The bird flapped its wings and rushed out of Tianjue Island to pursue King Daxi and the rest.

"Perish!"

With a wave of his sleeve, Mister Godcliff sent out an array mark hundreds of meters in diameter out, and struck the bird, tearing it apart.

Immediately afterward, Mister Godcliff pointed his finger and struck at Jiang Yunchong.

With that finger, formed a twelve-layered circle formation, and each layer locked onto Jiang Yunchong, and completely sealing his path of retreat.

In other words, if he could not ward off these twelve formation circles, Jiang Yunchong would die.

"Just by pointing a finger, he can stimulate the airflow and formed a twelve chain-linked array. The means of an Array Master is just too terrifying."

There was no fear on Jiang Yunchong's handsome face. He held his hands, and a large amount of Saint Path Precepts rushed out. They formed a white wheel before him and blasted the Twelve Chain-linked Array.

Bam! Bam!!

A series of explosions rang out and the white wheel destroyed ten chain-linked arrays.

However, the last two layers of the circular array landed on Jiang Yunchong and sent him, as well as Yin Ruo, to a distance of hundreds of feet away.

Yin Ruo's attainment on formation arrays was very high, and she utilized the remaining arrays on Tianjue Island to block the two-layer circular arrays.

"Pavilion Master."

The group of brocade-robed cultivators all pulled out their sacred artifacts as they rushed before Jiang Yunchong.

"All of you, immediately stop them from attacking the Saint King Manors. Leave this place to me." Jiang Yunchong may look like a young man, but he had the aura of an emperor.

No one dared to disobey his orders.

All of the brocade-robed cultivators pulled back and flew away from Tianjue Island.

Mister Godcliff glanced at those brocade-robed cultivators and showed a contemptuous look as he pointed to the sky. Suddenly, a massive array appeared in the sky and covering the skies within a radius of 100 miles.

From the formation array, a series of dragonsnake shadows rushed out and crashed into the brocade-robed cultivators.

Dushh!!

Numerous cries rang out.

In just a breath's time, half of those powerful brocade-robed cultivators were killed.

"You're courting death."

A raging flame burned within Jiang Yunchong's pupils as he yelled, "Gates of the Six Harmonies, sweep the land!"

In six directions around Jiang Yunchong, six hundred-foot-high gates of light appeared, as a large amount of Saint Path Precepts and Saint Qi of Earth and Heaven all converged toward the gates of light.

With Tianjue Island as the epicenter, the entire area within thousand of miles turned dark, with only the six gates exuding a dazzling brilliance.

Mister Godcliff's face stiffened, and he felt that the Saint Art that Jiang Yunchong was using felt familiar. Yet, for a time, he could not remember where he had seen such a Saint Art.

In his impression, this was a high-level Saint Art, and its power was quite terrifying.

A Saint could only cultivate low-level Saint Arts.

A Saint King could cultivate intermediate-level Saint Arts.

Only a Supreme Saint could successfully cultivate high-level Saint Arts. But of course, there were exceptions, as some extraordinary, otherworldly characters among the Saint Kings were also able to cultivate a high-level Saint Art to full completion.

"Jiang Yunchong, what realm are you from? Why are you preventing me from taking control of the Eastern Region Holy City?" Mister Godcliff's yelled out in anger.

"The faction of the Heavenly Realm's desire to take control of the Eastern Region Holy City had violated the interests of many forces. You may very well take a guess where I'm actually from?" Jiang Yunchong said. 

"Six Harmonies, The Gate of Tao."

Without giving Mister Godcliff any time to think, Jiang Yunchong blasted one of the light gates out.

A high-level Saint Art, even an Array Master did not dare to underestimate it.

Mister Godcliff deployed nine black array flags and formed a combat array.

The combat array revolved and flew out and crashed against the light gate. The two forces collided, and with a loud explosion, Tianjue Island was shattered.

On the island, god knows how many cultivators were reduced into dust in an instant.

Before elites on the level of Jiang Yunchong and Mister Godcliff, the lives of ordinary holy Saint cultivators were quite fragile just like that of paper humans.