(TL Note: Here’s extra chapter 1/3)
Petrified Bone felt he had enough bad luck for one day.
He had just been screwed over by the long-dead Qin Haoran, owing a debt of one billion spirit stones and getting struck by lightning because he couldn’t repay it.
Afterward, he had to explain the situation about the Heavenly Court to the Sect Leader.
Now he had to explain it all over again.
He might as well write a memoir to avoid recalling these painful experiences repeatedly.
The other two deputy Sect Leaders looked at Petrified Bone with suspicion.
The commotion caused by the lightning was too loud; it was impossible not to notice.
Since when did Unity cultivators face lightning tribulations? Did Petrified Bone manage to break through?
With a dark expression, Petrified Bone recounted everything that happened in Ancient Locust Town, focusing not on Qin Haoran’s reincarnation as Qin Yanyan, but on the Heavenly Court Sect.
“The most powerful organization of ancient times, the Heavenly Court?”
“The first one to become an immortal was Bean Celestial?”
“Manipulating stars like soybeans, what an incredible feat of creation!”
The other two deputy Sect Leaders gasped. In just a few words, this Lu Yiyang had revealed many ancient secrets.
The first person to become an immortal—this was incredibly significant, the pioneer of the immortal path, the ancestor of immortals.
As the top echelon of the Nine Nether Sect, they knew far more secrets than the average Unity cultivator, yet even they didn’t know that the first immortal was Nonuple Immortal.Fôll0w current novÊls o/n n/o/(v)/3l/b((in).(c/o/m)
“Nonuple Immortal replaced Bean Celestial as the first immortal?”
“Ancient times were said to be full of heroes, powerful enough to dominate, yet such corruption was hidden behind the scenes!”
Seeing the two deputy Sect Leaders gradually absorb this information, the Sect Leader spoke slowly, “Actually, I know a bit about the Heavenly Court.”
“Please enlighten us, Sect Leader.” The two deputies were eager, sensing a rare opportunity to learn ancient secrets.
The Sect Leader, satisfied with their eagerness, began his explanation without further delay.
“I once came across an ancient immortal book written by Nonuple Immortal.”
For fame and power, or other purposes, Nonuple Immortal and others rebelled against Heavenly Court, defeated Bean Celestial, and took over as the rulers of ancient times.
To legitimize their rule, Nonuple Immortal and others used the name of Heavenly Court but created a completely different version of it to mislead later generations.
“So that’s how it is!” The four of them collectively felt a thrill, believing they had glimpsed a hidden corner of ancient secrets.
“This means our Nine Nether Sect’s roots can be traced back to ancient times as well?”
The Nine Nether Sect had always claimed that the Nine Nether existed since ancient times, but there had never been any evidence. Now, with the testimony from the Heavenly Court Sect, the Nine Nether Sect could finally hold its head high.
“Lu Yiyang must have hidden some things from us. Nine truths, one lie. But most of what he said should be true. We can try to connect with them!”
“And now, with the righteous path increasing its suppression of us, the Heavenly Court Sect, as a top ancient power, has deep foundations that can help us withstand the attacks from the righteous path!”
They felt that establishing a connection with the Heavenly Court Sect would be beneficial and not harmful.
They tacitly agreed not to discuss the matter of Qin Haoran and Qin Yanyan. For the sake of Qin Haoran’s legacy, they couldn’t acknowledge Qin Yanyan as Qin Haoran’s reincarnation.
If they did, wouldn’t they have to hand over Qin Haoran’s legacy to the Heavenly Court Sect?
Even though they hadn’t yet managed to open Qin Haoran’s legacy, they knew that the inheritance of a half-step Tribulation Crossing stage powerhouse and a demonic Sect Leader would be incredibly rich.
They couldn’t let it fall into the hands of the Heavenly Court Sect!
Even if they believed Qin Yanyan was indeed Qin Haoran’s reincarnation.
“We should go to Yanjiang County and connect with them. We can also test their strength.” The Sect Leader concluded.
“But why a barbecue restaurant? Is there any significance to that?”
Petrified Bone analyzed seriously, “From a culinary history perspective, the first cooking technique mastered by humans was barbecue. The Heavenly Court Sect might be using this to subtly hint at their ancient history.”
“That makes sense!”
“Old Petrified is really insightful!”
The three praised Petrified Bone’s clear thinking, making him feel much better, reducing the pain from the lightning strike.
(Author’s Note: Chapter 142 and Chapter 162 mention Everlasting Fairy talking about the Heavenly Court.)
(End of the chapter)